Fluttershy's New Friend

by Theblindrat

The Bench

Chapter 3: The Bench

Roadie was enjoying himself as he taught Fluttershy chords to songs he played every other day to lift his spirits, they both got so emotionally deep into their playing, they got lost as they continued to play songs like '40 oz. to Freedom' and 'Everything I'm looking For'. The two had played so perfectly together that it could have been marked off as an official recording. Fluttershy was an amazing Rhythm guitarist, and Roadie only just realized that she was so good, not from the fast learning or the quick action, but just how she put it together made it sound absolutely perfect, it was as if she could make an out of tune string sound in-tune just from touching the guitar. They just finished 'Spread Too Thin' when Fluttershy waved a hoof in front of Roadie's face to snap him out of the zone he was lost in. He looked over at Fluttershy and flushed, almost ashamed of zoning out on her the way he did. Fluttershy could only giggle at this.

Fluttershy checked the time; 11:30 is what the clock read, which meant that they had played for almost four hours, which didn't surprise Fluttershy as she wanted it to last forever. The animals were already fed, as angel came to bother them during their jam session about 2 hours in. Roadie knew that they should grab breakfast, he didn't make more grits and pancakes than they could eat for the simple fact of wasting food, they were going to have some leftovers. Roadie left his guitar on the bed, Fluttershy placed hers next to it, they both flew downstairs to grab some breakfast, which didn't take very long to eat, considering that they had waited until just before lunch to eat anything. Roadie rinsed the plates again, but this time he made sure to be more thorough with them by scrubbing hard with the organic dish soap that Fluttershy used.

Then Roadie went upstairs alone to grab his guitar and to put Fluttershy's away, and then he looked out the window. The light was pouring in almost heaven-like when he stepped into the beam. The birds were wide awake flying about with the other fruity-colored birds that were with them. He had just now only noticed how beautifully perfect the trees around the cottage were, he wanted to sit there forever, but he didn't want to sit there forever, alone. But just as he turns around to walk back downstairs, he is stopped by his closest friend who lightly pushed him back to the window with her wing. They sat there, quietly to enjoy the breeze and sunlight from the open window. Until Fluttershy leaned against his shoulder and sighed. Roadie didn't want to leave that window to save his life. But eventually Fluttershy tugged at his wing and gestured towards the door, which made him feel inclined as ever to walk out of the house with her. "This morning was really fun; do you think that we can play again soon?" Roadie whistled in a generous tone that said, "Why not tonight?" Fluttershy had plans with Rarity that night and when she told him he got a little sad, but he realized they could get together soon enough another time. Fluttershy said "I'll find you the first chance I get to spend time with you again, ok?" Roadie nodded, and took off towards a local park. Fluttershy then continued her daily duties, had Roadie known that she was going to clean and arrange, he gladly would have stayed and helped, but he was unaware.

Roadie was lost in thought while flying through Ponyville, he was thinking about Fluttershy, and the fact, that he actually had a friend, he couldn't get over it. But while he was flying he bumped into a certain sky-blue Pegasus mare that didn't even budge when they collided. Roadie raised his head to see a pair of almost angry looking light purple eyes, he was lost in them until he felt hooves shaking his shoulders, "You alright? How many feathers am I holding up?" Kind of an odd question as they were both flying. Roadie snapped back into reality when the mare reached her hoof back in an attempt to smack him awake, but Roadie caught it before it had hit him in the face, which caught the mare off guard. "I thought you were about to pass out or something" said the mare with an apologetic voice. Then Roadie whistled in a tone that matched the tone of the apology, it sounded like smooth jazz and it was kind of slow. As the tune translated into words inside of the mare's head, her mouth opened wider and wider in awe. The tune translated into "It wasn't your fault, it was mine, and I was lost in thought and not looking where I was going, my sincerest apologies." But the mare was staring blankly past Roadie, still in amazement how the Gray Pegasus had apologized. "Awesome…" She whispered.

Roadie now found himself in the same situation the mare was in when they collided, Roadie was about to lightly smack her awake, but all he could really think of was to shake her head back and forth. It hadn't worked really effectively, but it worked in the end. When she got hold of her bearings, she said "That was really bodacious, what's your name new guy?" The Gray Pegasus couldn't help but flush a bit, because she was the only one who actually thought the way he was cursed with to communicate was bodacious'. However he replied with a whistle that he had seemed to use a lot lately, the melody that stated his name, "My name is Roadie." The mare almost seemed to admire the name, but if she did, she did a good job of hiding it. "The name is Rainbow Dash." She seemed to say it in a way that was boastful, and proud, but she said it stably to not look bad. Roadie smiled at the introduction, and reached out to shake hooves, Rainbow almost competitively shook his hoof. "So, Roadie," Roadie looked her in the eye to hear what she had to say, "Are you by any chance a relative a Derpy?" Roadie had a confused look on and whistled in a similar tone, "No, but I would surely like to meet this 'Derpy', to see if we really do look so similar." Rainbow pointed over to a Pegasus who actually looked like mare version of himself, but her eyes were yellow... and in different directions? Roadie thought she looked like a very kind-hearted mare. She had an envelope in her mouth, she flew down to a mailbox and then went INTO it, through the entrance, and her head broke out of the other end. She then dropped the envelope out of the other side onto the ground, smiled, and she pulled herself out to fly away. Roadie couldn't help but to let out a light giggle at how the mare behaved.

Rainbow Dash then said "You don't act like her at all, and your eyes are… ", She tilted her head, as if lost in them, "… blue." Roadie reached out to tilt Rainbow's head back into place. "Thanks," She said, slightly embarrassed. Rainbow pointed at the guitar on Roadie's back. "So, tell me about that there guitar, you going to perform somewhere?" Roadie looked at her and shook his head. Rainbow looked almost disappointed. "Well that's a shame, because I would actually like to hear you play it, we don't have a lot of musicians here in Ponyville." Roadie pointed down at a bench in the middle of town square, they both landed and sat on the nearby bench as Roadie slung his guitar around to his front, fully revealing his cutiemark to Dashie, who just realized the mark and the guitar were identical, which made her think 'awesome' to herself. Roadie started slowly, and began playing 'So Tired' by Eric Clapton. Dashie found this quite relaxing, she realized she needed more music in her life when she heard the notes pour into her ears. Roadie closed his eyes, and thought of the lyrics while subdividing drum beats in his head. He could almost feel ponies turn and look at him and Rainbow sitting on the bench playing the fine song. He strummed his heart out, getting into it as he played; he wished Fluttershy was there with him, playing the solos that sounded much better on an electric. He didn't want here there as much for the purpose of her helping, but more so just for her to be there. He played the last few notes and held that last one for a good, long time. Then he opened his eyes, to see a familiar sight that also occurred in Fluttershy's cottage, when the animals all surrounded him. But this time, it wasn't animals, it was just about everypony from town, they formed a large crowd in the shape of a circle around the bench, there was a multitude of Pegasi flying above the crowd, just to get a better view of Roadie playing his guitar straight from the heart. Roadie saw all of the smiling faces, and couldn't help but to let out a big smile, with quite a large blush as well. He had strummed his guitar so loudly that most of the town actually had come to hear him play, and he was in the center of town. The loud strumming didn't sound bad, it was actually perfect pitched, just amplified by Roadie's willpower. Then he looked over and saw Rainbow, smiling in a different way than all the other ponies, it was a thankful smile. She then said, "Now THAT, was pretty bodacious." A lot of the crowd chuckled, Roadie was still flushed, until he saw someone special in the crowd, it was Fluttershy, she heard the playing, and knew who it was, so she glided to the source. They met halfway in the air hugging as tightly as they were when they were at Twilight's but that hug didn't last as long. There was a soft collection of D'aaawwww's from the crowd, but they both ignored the crowd as they went down to collect Rainbow Dash from the bench.

They all headed for sugar cube corner, as Roadie was quite hungry, he hadn't actually eaten lunch, and it was four in the afternoon. Fluttershy didn't want anything; Rainbow Dash got a single Cupcake. Roadie got three. They sat and talked about the scene in town square, Roadie said that it was quite awkward and embarrassing for him, but it was also flattering. Fluttershy and Rainbow said they both loved it. Rainbow eventually asked, "So what made you play so hard?" Roadie blushed, he seemed to be doing that a lot today, and whistled shyly, "I imagined that Fluttershy was there playing with me." Fluttershy's face could not have lit up any brighter. Rainbow was actually touched, she just realized how close the two of them were, and they had only met the day before. Then Roadie thought to himself, 'I have two friends now, this gets better all the time.' Roadie leaned over to whistle a question into her ear, Rainbow was slightly confused by the question,"Why would you need that?" he leaned back over and gave her a reason; it was a lot longer than the question. "That seems legit, in fact that sounds like an awesome idea!" Rainbow's face turned expressions from questionable to excitement. "In fact, I could get you hooked up sometime in the next three days if you want to." Roadie nodded with a smile. Fluttershy was a little nervous about what he was referring to. And it only made her more uneasy when Rainbow gave her a grin that could come close to over-excited. But then Roadie saw the uneasiness and wrapped his arm around her in an n attempt to comfort her, it did work; she was a lot less uneasy now. She was leaning against him, relaxing. In fact, if there was one word that Fluttershy could use to describe Roadie as, it would be comforting, if not kind. Roadie saw that Dash was about to fall asleep and realized it was getting dark out again.'Oh no,' Roadie thought to himself, 'Didn't Fluttershy say that she had plans with friend, what was it... Rarity, tonight? Well there's not much I can do about it other than try to wake them up.' Roadie sighed at the two sleeping mares sitting there inside of a restaurant getting ready to close. He tried his best to wake them both up without being harsh, he shook them by the shoulders, but they were out. He grabbed the guitar strap in his teeth, and did his best to throw them both over his back, they were out cold, as if did not know where Rainbow Dash lived, he assumed in Cloudsdale, but he couldn't fly them both up there, he would hurt himself and possibly them. So he walked down to Fluttershy's, and set Rainbow down first on the couch, then carried Fluttershy upstairs to bed, Roadie was breathing quite heavily, as it was a long walk, and he was carrying two ponies over his back nonstop. He wrapped Fluttershy up in her covers. He then brought down a nice, thick, woolen comforter and tucked Rainbow Dash into it while she was snoozing on the couch. 'I'm going to have to find this 'Rarity' and give her an apology first thing in the morning'. He then noticed that he was sweating about as heavily as he was breathing, Roadie wanted to wipe the sweat off of his face, so he headed to the bathroom, and pulled out a wash cloth. He passed out from the sleepiness before he could wet the rag.