> She is Beautiful > by Regidar > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Flutterlove > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I can't do this, I can't do this. Her heart was pounding in her ears I can't do this, I can't be doing this. She was walking up the pathway. Why am I doing this, I shouldn't do this. She was at the door. Here I go, why am I doing this? She was knocking on the door. Oh no! The door opened. "Hey Fluttershy!" Bon-Bon said, opening the door. "How'd you know it was me?" "No one else has such a timid knock! Come on in!" Fluttershy shyly entered the house. She loved how Bon-Bon's hair floated as she walked. She couldn't help notice the smell of candies that pervaded her house due to her profession. And she wasn't exactly ignoring her plot either. Suddenly, Fluttershy felt her wings start to rise. Oh no. Not now, She thought. "So why did you come over anyway? You need help with anything?" Bon-Bon asked, looking back at the pegasus behind her. Fluttershy slid behind a potted plant to hide her wingboner. "Um, I was actually, um, curious to see if you wanted, to... hang out sometime, if that's, um, ok with you..." Fluttershy's wingboner had since drooped from the fear of being rejected. She braced herself for the worst. "Sure! I know you love animals, so I thought we could go see the butterfly migration! I wanted to go with Lyra, but she said she was 'busy.'" Fluttershy's wingboner shot straight up again. "So, um, yeah! I'll meet you there!" Bon-Bon giggled. "Alright, I'll see yah there!" Fluttershy shot out of Bon-Bon's house and flew straight home as fast as she could. When she got there, she landed on the floor and started to giggle. The giggling soon erupted into laughter, and soon, her laughter could be heard throughout all of Ponyville. That is, until Angel, who had been enjoy an afternoon nap, came over and shoved his pillow in Fluttershy's mouth. The day of the migration, Fluttershy woke up three hours early. She spent the first ten minutes getting entirely ready for the day, then the next two hours and fifty minutes tapping her hoof on the floor, staring at the clock. When it was time to leave, she raced over to Bon-Bon's and waited at her door. Ten minutes later, Bon-Bon opened it. "Oh! Hey Fluttershy. You ready for our-" "Date? I mean, outing? Oh my, yes!" Fluttershy said, grabbing Bon-Bon's hoof. "Let's go!" And so, the two ponies headed off to watch the migration. It was beautiful, monarchs and swallowtails, metalmarks and skippers, even a few moths snuck their way in. During a part where a whole bunch of butterflies swarmed over them Fluttershy was able to get extremely close to Bon-Bon. Bon-Bon apparently didn't notice this, and Fluttershy snuggled up to her. She was very soft. "Wow, Fluttershy, you sure are affectionate!" Bon-Bon said, stroking her hair and giggling. Fluttershy felt her wings stiffen and she blushed. The next day, Fluttershy decided she wanted to hang out with Bon-Bon again, but unfortunately, Bon-Bon had other ideas. "Sorry, I promised I'd hang out with Lyra today. You understand." "Oh, of course. Sorry to bother you." Fluttershy sulked sadly away, and flew back to her house, fighting back tears. In the exact same place she had laughed in joy, she wept in sadness, tears falling down her cheeks like a torrential downpour. Then, something happened to Fluttershy. Something that had only happened a few times before. She became angry. And hell hath no fury like an angry Fluttershy. "So, Lyra thinks she can steal Bon-Bon away from me?" she murmured like an insane madmare. "Not today, oh no! I will win Bon-Bon's heart, no matter what!" *** "Thanks for hanging out with me, Bon-Bon, it means a lot. I hope Fluttershy's feelings weren't hurt," Lyra said to Bon-Bon as they watched the sunset from the cliff they had hiked to. "Nah, she seemed fine. She did seem a little clingy at the migration, but she's a sweet pony, and we have been friends since she moved to Ponyville." Bon-Bon kicked a rock off the cliff, watching it spiral into the pool below, a small plopping sound accompanying its entrance into the water. After a few more moments of silence, Lyra grabbed Bon-Bon and kissed her full on the lips. "I love you so much." Bon-Bon smiled and kissed her back. "I love you too." *** Fluttershy woke up bright and early the next day. She was going to win back Bon-Bon today no matter what it took. Knocking on Bon-Bon's door, she smiled deviously. This is going to be great. "Hi there, Fluttershy!" Bon-Bon said when she saw it was indeed Fluttershy who had knocked on her door. "Hey Bon-Bon. You want to go out for lunch someplace?" "Sure!" After their lunch, Fluttershy enacted part two. This is going better than I expected. She's really connecting with me! Fluttershy smiled as she thought this. "So, Bon-Bon, what do you want to do?" "Well I was thinking-" Fluttershy grabbed Bon-Bon and kissed her on the lips in a very similar fashion to how Lyra had done the other day, except this time, in front of around 30 other ponies. Bon-Bon struggled for a bit, and was finally able to shove Fluttershy off her. The crowd parted, and standing there was a very shocked looking Lyra. Bon-Bon covered her mouth. "Lyra, I-" "Shut up, you skank!" Lyra screamed at her, and ran away crying. Bon-Bon looked at Fluttershy in disgust and then also ran away crying. Everypony looked at Fluttershy. She shrank down and curled into a ball, until she felt somepony pick her up. "Come on. We need to talk," came Rainbow Dash's voice. > Scraps of Paper > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rainbow Dash deposited Fluttershy on a cloud high above Ponyville. "Ok. What's this all about?" Fluttershy uncurled herself, tears leaking down from her eyes. "I didn't know she and Lyra were going out! I-" "I thought you knew I was after you!" Fluttershy stopped and looked up at Rainbow. "What?" Rainbow Dash had a look on her face that was an odd mixture of lust, hate, and sadness. "You saw my advances! Don't tell me you just ignored them!" Fluttershy was very confused. What the hell was Dashie talking about?" Rainbow calmed herself down, then smiled at Fluttershy, biting her lower lip slightly. "But that's ok. We're here, alone, together..." Rainbow Dash flew over to Fluttershy. "Um, Dashie, I don't-" Rainbow Dash wrestled Fluttershy down to the ground, and kissed her full on the mouth, similar to two other kisses that incurred previous events. Fluttershy, like Bon-Bon, attempted to squirm out of the grip of the unwanted embrace, but Rainbow Dash had a strong grip. Fluttershy resorted to kicking Rainbow Dash in her shin. "AH! Dammit Fluttershy, why-" "GET AWAY FROM ME!" Fluttershy screamed. She felt violated. Is this what she had done to Bon-Bon, only in public? Sweet Celestia, what had she done? Fluttershy shot off the cloud down to her house. She had to make this right before anything drastic happened. *** "WHAT THE HELL, BON-BON?" Lyra had thrown Bon-bon down into a chair, and was pacing back and forth. "Look, she came onto me, it wasn't-" Lyra turned around, her hair wild and messy, her eyes distraught. "I don't know what to believe anymore. You've been spending a lot of time with her, how do I know you weren't cheating on me?" Bon-Bon fought back tears. She didn't want a three year relationship with Lyra to end at all, and most certainly not like this. "Lyra, please. Believe me. We've been through so much together, it wasn't my fault. You have to believe me!" Bon-Bon's tears spilled over, falling softly onto the floor below. Lyra sat down and held her head in her hooves. "Maybe we need some time apart, to think. I'm not sure what happened, but if we come back with clearer heads, we'll be able to communicate better." "Yeah, I guess we should." Lyra left her partner's house and walked down the path to the Everfree forest. Once there, she fell to her knees and cried. She had never cried so much in her life, not even when her mother had died. This had hit her harder for some reason. Maybe because Bon-Bon had been even more involved in her life then her mother had been. They had been friends since birth, grown up together, and since three years ago, had an intimate and sexual relationship. She HAD been closer to Bon-Bon then she had ever been to any other pony she had ever met. Bon-Bon wasn't crying. She felt hollow and empty, beyond crying. She simply stared before her, unthinking, nearly unblinking, almost unbreathing, heart close to unbeating. A knock on the door woke her up from her stupor. She slowly and uncaringly walked to the door, knowing it could not be Lyra. She was right. It wasn't Lyra. It wasn't anypony. It was just a bottle filled with pills lying on the doormat. A note was underneath the bottle. Bon-Bon took it and read it. Heard you and Lyra were having problems. Both of you take this, and your relationship will be mended. - A Friend Bon-Bon wasn't sure of what to think. She never trusted pills, and certainly shouldn't trust pills from a not that said "A Friend" But she wanted Lyra back, and nothing was going to stop her. She would do anything. *** Fluttershy landed back in her cottage. She looked around wildly. Now that she thought about it… She ran to her closet, and pulled out the things Rainbow Dash had sent her. Several different types of flowers, candies, and other romantic gestures littered the closet. Fluttershy had to keep herself from smacking herself. How could she have not seen this? The most disturbing though was something that must have been added when she was gone. Scraps of papers, notes that must have been every romantic thing Rainbow Dash had ever written for Fluttershy. There were hundreds, if not thousands of them there. Fluttershy felt sick to her stomach. Should she take the relationship with Rainbow Dash? She loved her like a friend, not in the same way that she loved Bon-Bon… But Bon-Bon was taken… and Rainbow Dash had always been there for her. Yes. Yes, she decided. She would take Rainbow Dash. She would give her a chance to win her heart. Sitting down at her table, she wrote a letter to Dashie, telling her she would give her a chance. Flying up to Rainbow Dash's cloud house, she dropped the letter on the floor in the front hall, and returned home. Night had fallen, and Fluttershy's house was dark. Fluttershy decided to go to bed early. It had been an exhausting night. "Ooh! I have to feed Angel his dinner first! I can't forget my little Angel…" Fluttershy searched the house for Angel, but he wasn't anywhere to be found. Fluttershy returned to the kitchen. "Oh, where could he be?" She heard the door open. The light she had lit in the living room went out. Flutterhsy's heart skipped a beat. Two sets of hooves clopped over the floor. Fluttershy squeaked, then summed up the courage to ask the intruder one word. "Hello?" > Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rainbow Dash returned to her home. She had been stupid. What was she thinking? Just kissing Fluttershy like that, she couldn't win her over like that. She'd probably have to do weeks of apologizing for this one. She took her time on the way home, enjoying the sun setting over Equestria. When she returned to her home, she saw a note lying on the floor of the front hall. Reading it, she saw that it was from Fluttershy. She wanted to give her a chance! Rainbow nearly rainboomed right then and there., but contained it. She would have to approach this delicately, something she had never cared to do with many things, and wait for the next morning. The instant the sun rose, Rainbow Dash leapt from bed and flew straight down to Fluttershy's. Something was amiss, however. Her front yard was ruined, bushes broken, and her door was open. "Hello? Is anypony there?" Rainbow Dash walked inside. There was glass all over the living room floor. Slowly, Dashie trotted into the kitchen. And screamed. Last night... "Lyra! Lyra!" Bon-Bon ran over the the unicorn. "Bon-Bon, I thought we agreed not to see each other for a bit." "I know what can solve our problem!" Lyra looked at the bottle suspiciously. "Where did you get that?" "Um... the pharmacy! It's supposed to help calm our emotions so we can communicate better!" Lyra looked at the bottle some more. "I don't know..." Bon-Bon removed the cap and took three of the pills. "Come on! They even taste good!" Lyra levitated three pills into her mouth cautiously. "Hey! Not bad!" The two stared at eachother for a bit. "You feel any different?" "Not really... but I did come up with one thing... Fluttershy is to blame for all this! You weren't cheating on me, she was trying to steal you away from me!" Bon-Bon hugged Lyra. "Exactly!" "So we should... get our revenge, don't you think?" "We totally should! OOH! I know the perfect thing to do! I don't know why I didn't think of it earlier, these pills are great!" "What is it, Bon-Bon?" "We should go over there and kill her!" "Oh my Celestia, that would be so freaking funny. Let's do that right now!" The two creeped over to Fluttershy's. Lyra accidentally smashed into the bush, uprooting it. "Jeez, these pills musta made us stronger too!" Bon-Bon looked down to see a very pissed of bunny staring up at her. She kicked it nonchalantly to the side, snapping its neck. "Ok, that's go in..." The door creaked open, and the two walked towards the kitchen. "Hello?" Fluttershy's voice cut through the darkness like a knife. "Hey, Fluttershy..." "Bon-Bon? Is that you? Look, I'm sorry for the trouble i may have caused, I don't-" Bon-bon and Lyra stepped into the light of the kitchen. "No need to apologize, it's fine." Lyra walked over to Fluttershy and licked her cheek. "Yes... *mmm* fine..." She shoved her whole tongue into Fluttershy's surprised mouth. "Hey!" Bone-Bon looked indignantly at Lyra. "Oh come on, you got to..." Bon-Bon laughed. "I guess so. Let's kill her now." Fluttershy looked shocked, then giggled nervously. "Oh, I get it. Very funny, you guys. Now, if you want a threesome, I'm down with that-" Lyra threw Fluttershy into the cabnets. "Ok... that hurt! But, I'll-" Bon-Bon walked over and stomped her hoof into Fluttershy's hoof, and with a small crack, her life ended. "Let's eat her!" Lyra looked disgusted. "No way. I'm not eating out a dead mare, that's just sick-" "No, I meant really eat her. It'd be like a romantic dinner!" Lyra laughed. "Sure!" Back in the present... Lyra and Bon-Bon were passed out on the floor, their faces covered in blood, and a half-eaten Fluttershy lay spread before them. Rainbow Dash nearly threw up, and Lyra slowly opened her eyes. "Wha... what's going on? Ugh... my head and stomach don't feel so good..." Bon-Bon opened her eyes as well. "Jeez, what did we do... why are we in Fluttershy's house? Oh, hey Rainbow Da- ahh..." Bon-Bon surveyed the scene before them. "DEAR CELESTIA, WHAT DID WE DO?" Lyra looked at the body before them. "OH MY C-" Rainbow Dash picked up Lyra and smashed her face into the floor. "YOU FUCKER! I'LL KILL YOU!" Bon-Bon forced her hoof down her throat, throwing up a lot of blood and skin. It wasn't long before the authorities showed up. After Fluttershy's funeral, and Lyra and Bon-Bon's trial, they were sentenced to death by hanging. Both of them stood on the gallows platform. The sky was gloomy and grey, and it was expected to rain any moment. "Well... this is it." Bon-Bon stared into the crowd. Even though it had almost been three months since the incident, Rainbow Dash was still crying. "Yeah... but it's kinda nice. At least we get to go out together..." Rain started to fall lightly. Bon-Bon smiled weakly. "Yeah... our last date." Lyra leaned over and kissed her as the drizzle turned into a heavy downpour. The executioner pulled the switch, and the two mares fell for a few fleeting moments before the noose delivered them from reality.