A lone pegasus sat outside of the Ponyville Schoolhouse, his back resting against the wall of the building itself. He wore a look of pure undivided focus.
Featherweight carefully studied the newspaper in front of him, his hooves flipping through the pages as fast as he could manage without causing the pages to rip. Local News, World News, Comics (he set that aside to read later) Sports, and Editorials.
“Where are the personal ads in this thing!?” he yelled, frustrated at his inability to locate something so simple in something he read so often.
“ummm....it’s right there”
Featherweight’s laser like attention was suddenly ripped away from the newspapers by a very soft, nervous voice.
Alula flinched away the moment Featherweights gaze was upon her, her wings instantly pinning to her sides, and she immediately, once again, gave more thought to letting her mane grow out so she could hide her horn. That, or a getting a giant hat.
But she was happy when the piercing gaze instead locked onto the scrap of paper that Alula had been pointing at. He immediately grabbed the errant article and focused upon it.
“um....what are you doing?”
“Scanning the personal ads to see if there’s anyone in here that would like to be Miss Cheerilee’s very special somepony.” Featherweight snapped.
Alula hated talking to Featherweight when started reading the newspaper. He always got so.....snippy. “You’re looking at those ads where ponies are trying to get dates?”
Featherweight nodded, his eyes still on the paper. For once, Alula felt uncomfortable because somepony wasn’t staring at her. “...is there anypony in there that looks like they would be good for her?”
Silence. Alula shifted her hooves uneasily as Featherweight his search. She began to walk away. And he said he was gonna take me to take pictures of birds today...why does he have to be so-
“PERFECT!”
Featherweight’s sudden outburst shocked Alula so much that she had to stop herself from tripping over her own hooves as she spun around to face the photo obsessed colt. “huh?”
Featherweight cleared his throat and read. “Single, energetic stallion seeks fun loving companion. Like working out, hard work, and traveling to various locales. Must be willing to get dirty and be willing to try new exciting things. If interested, please send a letter to the following address.” A wide smile came to Featherweight’s face as he looked up at Alula. “And the best part about this is that he’s right here in Ponyville! We could set them up today! Isn’t that great!?”
“That actually sounds...nice.” Alula muttered.
Featherweight stood up. “Now all we gotta do is talk to this” he looked once more at the newspaper. “Caramel guy and then everything will go perfectly.” He began to walk away from the schoolhouse, until he noticed Alula wasn’t coming with him. “Hey Alula, aren’t you coming?”
“Um....” Alula was unsure of how to respond.
“I mean, we’re still on for bird watching right?”
Alula locked eyes with her friend for a moment, before she felt a smile come to her face. “Sure. That sounds fun.”
that add sounds fitting
Alula is Fluttershy, huh? I actually like that...
Probably worth noting that Featherweight probably has no particular obsession with photography. Yeah, he was the staff photographer for the Faol Free Press on the show, and yeah, he was taking lots and lots of pictures, but only because Diamond Tiara gave strict orders to "document everything!" By the end of the episode, however, he gladly took the promotion to editor-in-chief, and given that he was seen photographing Tiara while she was blackmailing the CMC, I'd not be surprised if he's the one who ratted her out to Cheerilee. Plus his cutie mark is completely unrelated to photography, being a singular white feather. Though timing wise I guess he probably wouldn't have it yet, so I guess maybe he could be obsessing over photography in the absence of having yet discovered his true calling (whatever that might be).
Also, are you seriously playing the angle that Alula has some kind secret crush on him? Or is this an intentional misdirection gag, seeing as we don't get to see her actually complete that though before being interrupted by Featherweight's exclamation. Though I suppose you can't actually answer just yet if it's the latter case.
Umm... I don't think Caramel's last name would be "Apple", he might be one of AJ's farmhands, but not a family relation -- and isn't he supposed to be dating Windwhistler anyway. Besides, there already is a Caramel Apple, and she's a mare, plus at least in the M!verse explicitly one of AJ's relatives form OUT of town.
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I figure she just hates being stared at, you know?
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I did change it to just Caramel. That makes more sense anyway. And now for the other things...
It's probably head canon on my part (influenced by more then a few random fics) but I always saw Featherweight as being a photo enthusiast.
.....ok, I did not intend for Alula to crush on Featherweight. But, whatever people do with those two after this point is their choice.
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Really?
Cause that's pretty much the perfect setup to misdirect the reader into believing so, as it creates the impression that his words complete her thoughts.
...
Anyway, in regards to Caramel; I edited one more thing above, but you might have missed it. Isn't he supposed to be already dating, or at least trying to start a relationship with Windwhistler?
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.....I did not even catch that. I meant that to be a curse cut short type thing........my god....
and as for Caramel......
Yes he is.
Don't worry, I have a plan.
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When you say not to worry, that's when I worry the most.
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yeah, pretty much.
I would love to see more of Alula. Being in the position of being a non-god alicorn I bet she has plenty of good stories to focus on.
2200534: As of Hard Bargain, he seems to be trying to start 'new relations' with every mare he meets, so I'm not surprised he's either moved on or been rejected by Windwhistler at this point.
Seeing Alula as the alicorn never ceases the throw me. i'm so used to Alula being a pegasus and Pluto being the alicorn
Ah, short but definitely good. :D Loved Featherweight and Alula here. And yeah, that bit with 'perfect' does come off as setting up a crush. Sorry, dude.
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Even when I'm not aware of it, I ship ponies! WHY!!?!?!?
.....glad you liked it though.
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I don't think Alula would like having so much attention on her though....
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Pluto?
2208710 Lol here She was an animation error and I've seen a few folks call her Pluto. I personally like the name.
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that IS Alula.
2208943 To me This is Alula. So the alicorn is a different pony.
2208710 No, but that is why she would make such a likable character.
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Same...