My Little Fluttershy: Chapter Six

Hope you enjoy! Time for fashion…yay…she said unenthusiastically. Lol. I am not the biggest fan of fashion but there has to be a little if there's a wedding coming up. (:

Rarity pulled on the strings, which were around Fluttershy's waist.

"Please do hold still darling," Rarity said. Fluttershy gritted her teeth. The string was so tight around her.

"I'm trying Rarity but…this really…hurts," Fluttershy grumbled in pain.

"If you want the dress to be perfect, you need to let me do this," Rarity said.

Fluttershy closed her eyes hard and when Rarity had tied the strings around her, she sucked in a big breath.

"That…is…so…tight!" Fluttershy said in the loudest voice she could manage.

"I'm sorry darling. It will be over in a minute," Rarity said. She was true to her word and untied the string.

"What was the point of tying a string to me if you were just going to untie it?" Fluttershy asked.

"Oh, that wasn't a string. That was a measuring tape. I needed to measure your waist. It seems to have grown a bit," Rarity said. Fluttershy gasped in horror. "Oh darling, umm…it's not grown that much but it has changed since the last Grand Galloping Gala. I knew your measurements then but this is your wedding and that was a while ago"

Fluttershy looked in the mirror. She didn't like what she saw. She saw a shy, wimpy Pegasus who, ironically, was afraid of heights. She sighed. "I'm fat," Fluttershy said.

"Fluttershy! Never say that! You are not fat. After all, you don't eat hardly anything. How could you be fat?" Rarity asked in shock. All of the main six mumbled in agreement. They had been watching and giving advice for wedding designs.

"Well…Discord has been giving me so much heart shaped chocolates, cotton candy, and chocolate milk…it could be having a negative effect on me. Not to mention all the pancakes he makes me every time he spends the night," Fluttershy said sadly. "I'm so pathetic."

"Whatever do you mean," Rarity asked. Pinkie jumped up and down.

"Yeah? What do mean? You're wonderific!" Pinkie said.

"No…I'm not. I am too shy to perform at my own wedding. I am afraid of heights when I can fly. I'm not even pretty," Fluttershy said as she started to whimper. A tear came down her cheek. The mares all gasped in shock.

"You're pretty Flutters!" Pinkie said.

"Yeah!" Rainbowdash said.

"Sugar cube what would make ya' think yur' not pretty?" Applejack asked.

"Well…I don't know. I've been thinking lately and I…I…I just wish I could know why ponies were so mean to me back at Junior Speedsters Flight Camp. There must have been a reason. Even now…ponies think I'm weak and a pushover. I realized that it's all true. I don't even understand why Discord likes me," Fluttershy said sadly with tears falling down her cheeks and onto the floor.

"He likes you because you're kind, sweet, a good friend, and beautiful darling," Rarity said. "You are graceful and petite. You're every stallion's dream…and Draconequus' dream apparently."

"I don't know but I'll just forget about it," Fluttershy said.

"Good idea. You don't have to think like that. Just know that what other ponies think of you is not your concern. As long as you think you're pretty…then you are," Twilight said.

"I don't think I am," Fluttershy said so quietly that no pony heard her.

They all went back to looking at designs. Fluttershy sighed and acted as though nothing was wrong.

Hope you enjoyed. See…not just romance! I warned you! Fluttershy deserves her story. (: