A short story about a romance between Fluttershy and the socially awkward Duckweed
Its another typical day for Fluttershy when a rather handsome (albeit awkward) Duckweed comes in to have his pet duck, Bronsons wing fixed. Out of this blossoms a great freindship as these two soulmates face life together against bullies and Chrysalis
Duckweed was waltzing out of his shed with a bag of worms over his shoulders, whistling "Giggle at the Ghosties". There was nothing this Stallion didnt like more than feeding and spending time with his pet ducks. He didnt have to worry about dealing with other ponies, who he really didnt understand emotionally speaking.All there was was him and the ducks underneath the warm sun. When he got to his destination, he shouted in horror "Bronson NOOO!" looking down at his poor ducks broken wing, scooping it off of the ground and kissing its head." Ill take you down to a vet, he will know what to do"
He began trotting towards the small cottage that apparently was Dr. Fluttershys veterinary practice, duck in hoof. He was mildly afraid of the social situation he was putting himself into. He kept telling himself "Just tell the vet that your duck needs help" trying to reassure himself. However he just wasnt sure he knew the social protocol for the situation, although he was annoyed by the diagnosis he couldn't deny that he had Aspergers Syndrome. He knocked on the door of the cottage rather brutally.
Fluttershy quickly opened the door, revealing the mildly handsome Duckweed. With his green coat, rubber duckie cutie mark and long yellow unkempt mane, he was possibly the weirdest looking stallion in Equestria. She looked into his eyes and asked "May I help you?" shyly "Umm yes, my duck has a broken wing." Duckweed said looking back into her eyes, the contact feeling torturous for both of them. "Oh Dear, well bring him in then." Fluttershy said with concern She placed Bronson onto a small bed and wrapped his wing in a cast, all the while engaging in conversation with Duckweed "So..uh whats your name" Fluttershy asked softly "Im Duckweed." Duckweed said "Hmmm, so are you a duck farmer"Fluttershy asked "Yes, for nine generations my families raised ducks, when I was little I thought I wanted to be a journalist but I got my own pet duck and than my duck cutie mark came in and I knew my purpose" Duckweed said "Well thats nice, I got mine when I fell out of Cloudsdale and landed in the forest, when I saw butterflies and fauna I knew my purpose." Duckweed thought to himself"More like you fell out of heaven" but he had a feeling this would not improve his situation.He than continued on "Well I hope those bullies got what was coming to them, I certainly received my share of that back in school."
Their conversation turned rather long touching on animals, though Duckweed pretty much just like Ducks, their friends and their lives. Both Bronson and Angel Bunny were staring at them annoyed, waiting for their conversation to end. "So see my friends represent the elements of harmony, laughter, honesty, magic, generosity, Loyalty and me Kindess" feeling fairly comfortable around this kind stallion. "Yeah my friends are just a bunch of stoners" Duckweed said with mild shame, feeling very open around this kind mare. "Would you care to meet up sometime?" "No, I mean yes, I mean can I get your phone number?" Fluttershy asked "Uhh, sure" Duckweed said writing his phone number on a piece of paper, not sure whether this was a rejection or not. "Good bye Duckweed" Fluttershy practically sang with some joy "So long Fluttershy" Duckweed said running out the door with Bronson in tow. Fluttershy returned to her work saying "Well wasnt he nice, still I dont think I could ever date anyone because the very thought is terrifying!" she said Angel Bunny leapt in front of her and began impersonating Duckweed "What about Duckweed?" Angel Bunny than proceed to impersonate using the phone, followed by a passionate kissing of a nearby piece of paper. "Well gosh Angel Bunny, I dont think I can..." Angel Bunny looked displeased by this and began stomping angrily. Watching Fluttershy take care of animals by herself and only hang out with her friends every once in a while was making Angel Bunny depressed and he thought Duckweed was the right kind of Stallion for her. "Oh, alright ill try one date" she said, trotting towards the phone
Duckweeds sandwich making was interrupted by the ringing of his phone. "Oh boy who could this be!"he said wandering towards the phone. "Hello"asked Duckweed "Hi Duckweed, this is umm Fluttershy" she said swallowing some of her fear "Oh hello Fluttershy, its nice hearing from you" Duckweed said, excited but nervous "Ive thought about your proposal and I propose we go to Sugarcube Corner for lunch tomorrow" Fluttershy said, more confident this time. "Sounds good to me, I look forward to seeing you there"Duckweed said, hurrying his words due to his intense nervousness. He shut off his phone and began to ponder what the next day would be like. Neither of them had ever dated before so they both wer going to go down an exciting path together it seemed. Or get bungled by social awkwardness and have the date go as a disaster. Neither of them could sleep that night, theyre thoughts overflowing their minds.
Duckweed awoke from his attempt at sleeping and went togo get himself some coffee. He was rather excited by his upcoming lunch and skipped his way into the kitchen, almost stepping on Bronson. He drank his cofee and looked out his window planning how the date would go in his mind. After his cup was empty, he found it was 11:10 and went to go put on something nice. Nothing too fancy of course but something that would make him stand out. He went with his Checkerboard sunglasses and a fedora. Now he felt cool and ready to conquer the world. He burst through his doors, singing the song "Smile" halfway there
Flutttershy was fumbling with her dresses, there was her old birds nest hat which she laughed at the thought of wearing. She finally settled on her hand knit silk scarf and began to apprehensively trot out the door, nervous about her first date. Duckweed found himself within viewing range of Sugarcube corner when his nervousness truly set in. His knees began to wobble and his thoughts soon became negative. He slowly sang "Giggle at the ghosties" to himself to assuage his fear of failure and trotted straight into Sugarcube corner, offering the already seated Fluttershy a hoof full of Daisys. "Oh my, these are just lovely!" said Fluttershy, attempting to hide her excitement. He didnt need to know that she would probably keep these flowers in a vase long past their lifespan as a memento of her first romantic encounter. Still standing in the same spot, awkwardly smiling his same stupid smile, Fluttershy said "Wel why dont you sit down." chuckling. "Oh, thank you."said Duckweed nervously,sitting down at a neary stool. Pinkie Pie suddenly burst from the kitchen door saying "Fluttershy, what can I get you!" bursting with excitement from seeing her friend. "Oh hello Pinkie, ill have a vanilla cupcake" Fluttershy said "and ill have a chocalate cupcake" Duckweed stated, fiddling with a straw wrapper. "and who are you?" Pinkie asked inquisitively "My name is Duckweed, im Fluttershys friend" Duckweed stated matter-of-factly Rainbow Dash emerged from the kitchen, "C'mon Pinkie lets keep making cupcakes, hey Fluttershy who's your friend?" "Oh this is Duckweed, hes nice" Fluttershy said, trying to subtley state through body language that she felt no desire to be interrupted during her date. "C'mon Pinkie lets leave these two alone" Rainbow Dash said, smiling at the two slyly "Oh alright, two cupcakes coming up!" Pinkie said leaving for the kitchen "Your friends seem nice" Duckweed said pleasently, sipping at his fountain beverage "Yeah, theyre different alright" Fluttershy said sarcastically "Different how?" Duckweed asked, missing her sarcasm Before Fluttershy could attempt to answer, Pinkie showed up with the cupcakes saying "eat up" before trotting back inside The two ended up enraptured in conversation, barely touching the cupcakes "I hate the whole pretentious attitude of the pegasui, how they all are so compeititive and segregate themselves in Cloudsdale" Duckweed said, his wings twitching "I know, are we two the only pegasui who moved out of that godforsaken city. Rainbow Dash is a good person who loves it there but thats because shes the best and doesent get bullied. She used to protect me from some very mean stallions back in grade school."Fluttershy said, a little sadly "Yeah, school was no paradise for me" Duckweed simply said, not feeling like sharing the worst details of his childhood Suddenly "Wild Dances" by Ruslana came onto the jukebox. The music moving through Duckweeds body, he leapt onto the bar and began dancing in ecstacy, offering his hoof to Fluttershy. While Duckweed was extremlely awkwar in dialogue and conversation, he could be very entertaining when he was in the right mood. Fluttershy admired this stallion dancing on the bar so wildly, shy as he was yet capable of shedding his inhibitions, plus he had some sweet moves. She took his hoof and together they Skanked, Crumped, Duggied, Jerked and Gopaked through 3 songs straight. Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie and Mr. Cake had all joined them up there in a supremely strange display.At the end of this strange display, Fluttershy and Duckweed hugged for a good two minutes before departing
Fluttershy and Duckweed walked home together laughing at the wild night they had just had, complimenting eachother at dancing. While Fluttershy was still somewhat shocked that she like this stallion enough to dance on top of a table with him, she though that maybe he must like her enough to trust that she wouldent be rendered indigniant by doing something so ridiculous. Suddenly, some strange pale white pegasaus with a curly blackmane ran up from behind a building and punched Duckmane to the ground. "Remember me from high school Dickweed!?" he said in a high pitched whiny voice. Enraged, Fluttershy asked "and just who are you?" "Im Dilstar and you must be some hooker that Dickweed picked up, because no woman as lovely as you would run around with that loser!" he said, licking his hoof and slicking his greasy mane back. "I dont see how such a sad excuse could ever try and pick up a mare by calling her a hooker or just looking like you!, I dont know who you think you are, knocking over other ponies like your in school. The real loser is the pony who cant get past high school. Duckmane is a duck farmer now. What did you do with your life you big stupid excuse for a pony?" "I...I deliver Equestria Daily!!" he shouted through his tears, running away. Feeling somewhat emasculated, but overall honored that Fluttershy cared enough for him to let loose her inhibited feelings to protect him, Duckweed reached out his hoof and said "Thank you". They walked home together in silence until they reached Fluttershys cottage. "We should do this again sometime." Fluttershy said "Hell yes we should." Duckmane said, not bothering to hide his eagerness "Well, here goes" Fluttershy said, puckering her lips and trotting towards Duckweed. The two kissed good night and Duckweed went home, skipping faster than Pinkie Pie ever had Fluttershy came home and saw the rest of her friends in the room, smiling slyly at her, happy that their friend had found someone nice. "So who is he" Twilight asked smiling "His names Duckweed."
Fluttershy became as thick as theives over the next two weeks, devoloping a relationship that was the talk of the town. Rarity had felt mild jealousy at this fact, Fluttershy being able to bag a stallion before she could. Still she felt like being polite to the new couple. One day while Duckweed was at home, quietly reading "Mallards Magazine" when his phone began to ring. He grumbled a little to himself, quietly making a strange clicking sound that he often found himself repeating without his knowledge, annoying others. "Hello" he asked ""Hi Duckweed, this is Rarity" Rarity said "Oh, hello Rarity, its nice to talk to you!"he said "Pinkie is hosting a party for me this afternoon in honor of my birthday and you and Fluttershy are both invited." she stated "Oh well, thanks...uh ill be sure to show up" he said, suprisedly. "Thanks!" Rarity said, putting down the phone. Duckweed was suprised at what had just happened and was confused as to what he should do. Should he go to Fluttershys cottage and go together to Pinkies attic, or should he just go to the attic and catch up with Fluttershy in there? He shrugged and began to trot towards Fluttershys cottage.