Fluttershy the Transcolt

by Mintyluc

Chapter 11: Rarity's a gem

I scampered toward Rarity’s boutique as an endless amount of thoughts rushed through my head. I felt anxiety about the situation even though Rarity had made it clear that she was there for me. I trotted on, trusting Rarity more than I was able to trust myself and my own instincts. She said she would help me, which was all I needed to know.

Ponyville passed by me at a steady pace: I saw the Cakes, Pinkie Pie outside their shop, and Applejack paying a visit to them. More faces blurred past me as I saw books and drinks and friends and laughing. I couldn’t stop and though I’d longed to say hello, I moved forward.
When I eventually reached Rarity’s shop I rang twice and waited for her face at the door, “Fluttershy, darling!” Rarity said as she pulled me into a hug, “How are you? Well I hope?” she asked quickly, hardly giving me a chance to speak.

“I’m….well.” I stated, thinking hard about my answer before responding.

It was true. After opening up to the Girls about my feelings, a weight lifted off me that I didn’t even know was there before. It seemed almost as if I was so used to feeling that stress there that I’d accepted it as a natural state of mind when it didn’t have to be.

Rarity grabbed my shawl and hung it up as she ushered me into a back room of hers, “Juuust well?” she asked. She then started a pot of tea for us, but mostly for her. She sat down on the couch in the room and I took a seat next to her. “How was Soarin’s house after we left?”

I beamed with excitement, “Oh! Really good. We talked a lot…Oh, he is so friendly.” Rarity smiled as she called over Opal. Opal promptly appeared on the far end of the couch, where she laid in a fluffy bed. I continued on, “I want to see him again.” I muttered.

This caused Rarity to laugh out loud. “I bet you do, dear. A fine stallion like him…” she let out a howl and flicked her own tail, giggling.

I laughed; she knew that isn’t quite what I meant. I went on, “He is just so easy to talk to. And we have a connection that basically no one else around here has.”

Rarity nodded mindlessly as she brought over a tiny tea tray with piping hot mint tea. Sliced lemons were in a bowl next to the teapot as well as matching tea cups. She had placed everything just so and used her magic to float it over my head and on the coffee table. Rarity sat on a chair that stood next to the couch and poured us tea.

“He can really help you.” Rarity said, “This is something that is very good to talk about. And he may be able to help you figure out what you’re feeling.” I grabbed the teacup that was right in front of me, one lemon slice was floating in the tea. I nodded, sipping slowly. Rarity went on, “Though I wonder dear….” she sipped her tea as she side-eyed me curiously. My ears perked up and I gave her my attention. "Has he offered you anything in the way of clothes?" It honestly hadn’t come up, nor was that something I’d considered. I shrugged and shook my head, taking another sip.

“His clothes might not fit you correctly anyway…” Rarity had her Game Face on and I could recognize the look in her eye: she wanted to make clothes for me. She met my stare, set her teacup down, and proceeded to happily trot away to a back room.

I swished the lemon around in the teacup, the tea was level with a strip of gold paint on the inside. Soon the sound of her dainty hooves returned and she arrived with a book floating above her head; it was her sketch book. She opened it up and set it down next to the tea tray, shooing Opal off the couch.

I looked over her sketches in awe; she had sweaters, shirts, and scarves. They were in shades of pink and yellow, but really worked for the colt-ish look she was going for. I was impressed, but I didn’t cry until she turned the page and there was more. “Rarity!” I said in between gasps and tears.

She was close to me and her eyes were wide, “So you like them?” Rarity asked. I looked over at her and then quickly wrapped my arms around her, now in a full-blown sob. Her generosity knew no limits. She continued to offer getting started on some of them soon. “If you’d like?” Rarity said, “I have a few projects I’d have to set aside, but they can certainly wait.”

I smiled more, breathing a little slower now.

Rarity blinked a few times at me and rubbed her muzzle against my own. “Besides…I think you will make a handsome yellow colt…” she whispered.

I sat there and laughed a little bit, my cheeks turning increasingly red. “Oh, t-thank you.” I said to her. She smiled and nodded, then used her magic to float the book back near us. She then pointed out a shirt that she especially liked and said she was excited to get started. My head was still floating from her touching me the way she had, but I nodded after she shared her new idea anyway.

Rarity pointed to a different sweater in the levitating book and said, “This one would make you look simply magical . I think it would completely transform you.”

Rarity’s faith in clothes was always surprising me, though what her words reminded me of Soarin’s story about the magical transition he had.

“R-rarity?” I asked.

She was looking at me and closed the book in her hooves, silently, so I continued.

“Do you think Twilight would be able t-to learn…transformation magic on ponies?”

Rarity stood up and levitated the book to a new tabletop. She opened a few drawers that were in the room and gathered and display of pink and yellow fabrics. She tried a few colors together while she pondered my question. “It’s not that I doubt her aptitude,” she said after several more moments, “She would need a teacher for such specialized and powerful magic like that though. And in that case, you might as well visit the teacher on your own.” She turned to me and shrugged. “Cut out the middle-pony, if you will?”

I nodded, sipped the last of my tea, and then set the cup down on the tray. She was right. I looked up at her, meeting her eyes.
She carried on, “Is that something you would want?”

I shrugged as I watched Rarity refill my teacup from the other side of the room. I looked over at her suddenly, her magic was simply awe-inspiring. She winked at me, flicked her tail, and then turned her head to attend to her colored fabrics.

Soarin mentioned a pony in Canterlot he had seen, but he also said it was “with a price”. I wondered what he considered that much to be, considering his status as a Wonderbolt. Rarity would want to help me pay, but she just told me that she would stop her projects to make me clothes that she likely wouldn’t accept money for. How would she have enough money to help me pay for such a thing?

“Well yes, but I w-would probably need to…uhm, pay them.” I said after a few swallows of tea.

Rarity flipped her hoof in the air, waving my comment off, “That can come later darling,” she said to me, continuing to mix-and-match fabrics, “For now I am concerned about which of these three you like best.” She turned around again, presenting me with three color combinations. She levitated them so that they were just above the tea set and sat down close to me. With her head on my shoulder she proceeded to tell me what she liked about each of them. Her spirit sparkled.

Comments

[Mintyluc]

5562141 Aw, thanks. I have lots and lots of plot that I've been mentally preparing. It's a matter of just doing it, you see.

[Alcatraz]

I'm just gonna drop my two cents on the whole 'trans' topic if I may.

In my story A Nightmare Come To Life (shameless self-promotion right there), my (male human) protagonist ends up in the body of Nightmare Moon (female). I've had comments commending how I'm making the distinction between the mentality of the human male being in the body of a female horse.

At the end of the day it's representing sexuality and gender however which way makes you feel comfortable; because at the end of the day everyone needs to feel comfortable in body and mind with their orientation, be it bi, straight, gay (and lesbian), etc etc.

It's fine if someone identifies as one gender but still wants to use the opposite pronouns. Like I said: It's what you feel comfortable with that matters.

Honestly, if you're copping hate (or thereof) because your depiction of FTM Fluttershy, that's entirely on the haters, and haters can go fuck themselves with a salt-dipped, vinegar-soaked cactus. I've received hate mail because I published a story that's kinda sorta rapey, but if the majority of people enjoy it then the disliker's comments and opinions don't mean diddly-squat.

Me? I'm a lesbian trapped in a mans body. When you understand that statement, you'll laugh.

I'm not really sure if this comment makes sense to you or not, but what I'm trying to say is that I don't care what people identify as (and I don't mean that in a disrespectful way), what matters is if you're a nice person, completely regardless of your identity or orientation or gender etc etc and all other synonyms thereof haha.

[ManlyDerp]

Good on ya' for continuing

[Dramapony]

LukeTheBrony! You haven't updated this story in almost a year! I was almost certain that this was dead, but you just came out of the blue like that. Great to see you continuing again, and I look forward to the rest.

[Lightosphere]

Whoop Whoop! lovin it!!! anyways I cant wait to see what he will look like (please don't make him butterscotch, he is really over used and more creative ideas could be made for him and his name).

[Mintyluc]

5574683 No no, what you're saying makes sense to me. I tend to agree

5575716 Thanks!

5577956 Thank you And I wont, I think that copying that would be kind of...lame?

5580782 "sjw corrupted"? What the hell is that supposed to mean? Does it sound like a sjw wrote it?

[Mintyluc]

5580931 Why don't you go a head and read the story first.

[Jamin P Rose]

I must say, I really like this story and I appreciate seeing a pony who is Trans being portrayed in a hood light as they discover who they are. I had a heck of a hard time figuring out who I was when I was questioning my sexuality before I came out as being gay. I can really appreciate the process of learning who you are and what you like, and this story does a wonderful job of it.

[iamli3]

5584605 ok that works....

[Lightosphere]

5580883
ok thanks, I have just seen many fics with fluttershy becoming a colt or man (nothing like yours though) and they just used butterscotch from "A Cross and Arrow". im glad you'll be different.

[Mintyluc]

5590726 Yep. People have been telling me since the start (two and a half years ago) that my story has been different in terms of basic plot and I'm happy about that.

[Mercury Zero]

5584605

Trans guy? As in FTM transsexual? And so is your main character?

I normally don't like self-inserts but this is a perspective that interests me. I'm seeing some assurances from you here that this is an even-handed approach to the issue, and not just a propaganda piece for social justice? Interesting. Maybe I'll check it out.

[Mintyluc]

5600422 No, as in FTM Transgender. I don't care enough about social justice to write for it. The idea came to me, so I'm working on it now.

And I really wouldn't consider this a "self-insert". I'm not trying to write about myself, nor do I want to. I'm never writing about my own life or using Fluttershy to stand is as myself. That would be ridiculous.

I'm also really frustrated with the fact that people are seeing "Story about an FTM pony" and thinking "propaganda?"

[Gentle Prism]

5570441
Dude, everybody gets assigned a gender. Just because most people are okay with it, doesn't make it not a thing.

[Gentle Prism]

5750711
When a baby is born, the doctors don't karyotype it to see what its chromosomes look like. Usually, they check its genitals and make a decision based on what they look like. Sometimes this is straightforward, sometimes it is more ambiguous, sometimes they perform a little surgery on the baby to make themselves feel better about their decision. Whatever you think of trans people, gender assignment is definitely a thing that happens.

[Gentle Prism]

5751484

Except it happens all the time.

I agree, there isn't enough work going into improving treatment for trans people. But we've managed to come up with a pretty effective treatment anyway, and it's different from how most mental disorders are treated.

I normally don't bother with this kind of debate, but I feel like you just have some bad information and aren't malicious.

[Gentle Prism]

5752181

Ok, we're done here.

[chrismonteith]

I love this story thus far

[hhhhhhh]

*clicks 'fave' button*
There aren't many stories that I can rank as my 'favourites.' So this one tackles a unique theme, displays different fashions of dealing with it, AND I do believe this is...RARISHY?!
One of the main problems with that ship is that Rarity doesn't seem the type to be interested in mares. By making Fluttershy a transcolt, this doesn't matter anymore!
Seriously, I love this story! I wish it was tangible so I could hug it to death! Or...y'know...until another update pops up
Great job!

[Wattesk Chum]

I have to say... This chapter sure was.... A Jem! Get it........ Please laugh

[Cherry Noble]

Please Continue this

[Mintyluc]

5752199 I'm sorry about not seeing this sooner, I blocked that ass and deleted his comments.

[Seanofthesky]

I have finally caught up on this and this is SUCH A CUTE STORY! As a FTM myself, I can see a lot of my problems with Fluttershy. Firstly, you made this one of my favorite stories because it talks about being transgender and it stars FREAKING FLUTTERSHY! In all seriousness though, I'm glad this story exists and I hope you will be reading my OC's origin story where Twilight does perform the transition magic. I didn't know that before reading this chapter but give it a read. I'm sure Twilight is strong enough to learn that kind of magic in my story. Anyways, I hope there is more of this! <3

[TimesX]

Lol what is this doing in Twilight x Applejack section? XD

[FSkindness]

AWWWW It ends just before his transformation! Shoot, this is good