Its been two weeks since I've started working at Sweet Apple Acres. A days pay for me is tremendous in pony currency. Every day, I bring home a bag filled to the brim with coins, always counting up to a hundred and seventy five bits. Every day would be the same. I wake up at 5:00 AM, shower, throw on clean clothes, make breakfast for me and Fluttershy, feed Angel a carrot, then make my way to Sweet Apple Acres.

Surprisingly, I'm out there before AJ and Big Mac even get up, so by the time they get into the fields, I've already cleared a few rows of apple trees. AJ made a few jokes about me being a workhorse, but that stopped as I made a few pony related jokes in retaliation.

It was a normal day, however normal it gets with me being surrounded by anthropomorphic ponies. It was a few hours after lunch, the sun nearly dipping behind the horizon when something happened to me. I was grabbing apples and placing them into the bushel. I heard a *SNAP* and felt myself being pulled down to the earth. I hit the ground with a crunch. "Daniel!" I heard AJ yell, then darkness overtook me.

"Daniel!" AJ yelled, seeing him falling and land on his head pretty hard. He didn't get up from the blow to the head and Big Mac and AJ ran over, inspecting him. The back of his head was bleeding pretty hard, but what worried them was that his neck was angled awkwardly, and they were afraid that he had broken his neck.

"We need ta get him to the hospital!" Applejack said, Big Mac giving a nod and picking up the prone body. Applejack ran down the path to warn the others about what has transpired. In thirty minutes, AJ had already caught five of her friends, but the worst one was to come. Warning Fluttershy. AJ knew that Fluttershy had a crush on Daniel. It was obvious as day. Whenever Daniel was with her, she was closer to him then anypony else, and when he wasn't looking, she would stare at him.

AJ made it to the cottage in under five minutes, out of breath. Fluttershy was reading a book in the grass, but looked up to seeing a sweaty and out of breath Applejack standing over her.

"You need to go to the hospital. It's Daniel..." AJ said. Fluttershy's eyes went wide and shot up like a bullet. To Fluttershy, it felt like her world was breaking apart, thinking Daniel was seriously injured. She grabbed Applejack's wrist and they started running to the hospital. After five minutes of straight running, they made it to the hospital. Fluttershy and Applejack burst through the doors, the other four sitting together. Fluttershy walked over to the rest of them, tears brimming her eyes.

"Is he okay?" Fluttershy asked quietly. The others looked at each other for a second before Twilight spoke up.

"They said that he's going to be okay, he just knocked himself out. He hurt his neck pretty badly, but it doesn't require for him to have a cast." Fluttershy felt herself breathing slightly better in relief. "We were waiting for you two to visit him." Twilight added, standing up. The rest stood up as well and walked to the counter.

"He's in room 127 A." The pony behind the counter said, pointing down the hall. They walked down the hallway, reading the numbers as they walked down. They reached the room and hesitated for a second before pushing open the door. The room was brightly lit, Daniel laying in a bed with various hospital equipment hooked up around him, his sunglasses set on the counter, along with his iPod.

A steady beeping was all that was heard, the group silently staring at Daniel. Applejack walked into the room, sitting in one of the chairs stationed around the room.

"Ya darn fool." Applejack said with a sad chuckle. Everypony else slowly filed into the room, Fluttershy being last. She took the chair that was next to the bed, staring at Daniel with tear brimmed eyes. A few hours later, Rainbow yawned and left the room, Twilight and Rarity following behind her. Pinkie gave him a gentle hug and left, with Applejack ruffling his short hair slightly before walking away.

Fluttershy stayed for another thirty minutes, then decided to leave for the night. She gave him a hug, and waited for a moment. "I don't know what I would do if you were seriously injured," Fluttershy hesitated for a second. "I love you." Fluttershy whispered, planting a gentle kiss onto his lips. She walked out, not noticing that his heartbeat flared for a moment before going back down.

I woke up to a pair of soft arms wrapping around me. "I don't know what I would do if you were seriously injured." Fluttershy whispered into my ear, not realizing I'm awake. She hesitated for a second, then said three words I thought not possible. "I love you." She whispered, and I felt a pair of gentle lips touch mine for a second before pulling away. The door opened and closed, leaving me alone in the room.

'Did Fluttershy really say that...? Did she really kiss me...?' I cracked open my eyes, letting them get used to the light. I felt my heart flutter slightly as I replayed the words in my head, then the feeling of her lips on mine.

"Oh no..." I said, realizing that I'm in love with Fluttershy. My eyes widened as I realized this and I shook my head. "I really do love her, and she feels the same way..." I said, sinking into the bed slightly. The doctor walked into the room, the same from the first time.

"Long time no see, eh?" He joked, getting a small glare from me.

"I've been better. Let me guess, I can leave in the morning?" I said, getting a chuckle from him.

"You know me too well. Yes, you can leave in the morning. You knocked yourself out falling out of a tree. How did you fall out of the tree?" He asked.

"Well, I was helping Applejack with the apples, but since I can't buck a tree without possibly breaking my legs, I would hop up into the tree and quickly pick them. Apparently the branch I was on was weak and old, because as I was sitting on it, it snapped and I ended up landing on my neck. How is my neck, by the way?" I asked suddenly. He wrote down what I said and answered.

"Your neck is fine, just a little sore from the fall. Lights are going out in thirty minutes, so I would get comfortable for the night." He said, taking out the machines from my body.

"Thanks doc." I said while he was walking out the door. I got up and stretched, a few pops echoing from behind me, then sat back down on the bed. I sat on the bed for a few minutes, then crawled under the covers and fell asleep as the lights were turned off. I woke up in a world of black, nothing surrounding me.

"Daniel." I heard a voice say behind me. I turned around and saw the pony from the first night.

"Hey, it's you from the first time." I said. She nodded and said.

"I'm Princess Luna, goddess of the moon. I can enter others dreams and tell truth from lies." She summed up, waving a hand around.

"So, I'm dreaming right now?" I asked, getting a nod from Luna.

"I joined you here so that you can see into the Element of Kindness' dreams." She said, and snapped a finger. The darkness faded, being replaced by a large grassy field with two figures sitting together in the middle.

"This is Fluttershy's dream?" I asked, looking around. "Yes, she dreams about you often." Luna said. We started walking closer to Fluttershy and the other being, most likely me, and stopped a few feet away.

"I really enjoyed you bringing me out here Danny." Fluttershy said quietly, leaning against the dream me.

"It was my pleasure, 'Shy." The dream me said. They sat together, the dream me having an arm draped over Fluttershy and Fluttershy having her head sitting on my dream self with a large yellow wing wrapped around me. The sun started to set on the horizon, leaving the sky a beautiful orange and red.

My dream self turned to Fluttershy and Fluttershy doing the same. They slowly leaned closer to each other, eventually their lips touching. They stayed like that for a few minutes before everything became dark again.

"Her dreams are very vivid..." I said, an eyebrow cocked.

"They are vivid and they get more... intimate." Luna said, a small blush shining through her dark purple coat.

"Never knew Fluttershy liked me like that. I only learned that she had feelings for me though." I said, a frown finding its way onto my face.

"Yet you've only realized that you had feelings for her also." Luna quipped, her expression blank.

"I never knew that Fluttershy had feelings for me like that," I repeated. "and I felt nervous just thinking about the feelings I have for her..." I said, sitting down on an invisible floor and putting my face into my hands. "I don't want to hurt her by having these damn feelings for her." I said, scratching my chin.

"How will you harm her by having feelings for her? That would make her happy that you feel the same way for her as she does to you." I shook my head and said.

"I would hurt her emotionally, that's a fact. When I die and she still lives, I would be hurting her by that happening. I would hurt her every time I injure myself, possibly handicapping myself during some freak accident, every fight we could possibly have, that could tear us apart if do get together, every-"

"You need to stop thinking of the bad and think of the good. Think about how she will feel every time you hold her, tell her three certain words everyday, every kiss, every time you spend time with her. You have to think about her and not what you could do to her to possibly harm her emotionally." Luna interrupted.

"Princess, if you don't think about every possible consequence about your every action that I have with her. If I got with her, and somepony else had a crush on her and she got with some random guy the other didn't know about, how would that pony react? What would happen if ponies don't agree with Fluttershy dating some hairless ape? What happens when-"

"Daniel!" Luna yelled, the force of her voice sending me tumbling a few yards. "Daniel, you need to know that Fluttershy loves you and you love her, and you need to act on these feelings soon before something happens and one of you are taken away. You are smart for thinking of everything possible for your actions, something a military general should do, but you are only a single being. By yourself, you can't do much, but with others beside you, you can accomplish more. Do you understand?" Luna stated. I sighed and replied.

"Yes, princess." Luna smiled slightly and said. "Good." Her expression went from amusement to a blank stare.

"It will be sunrise soon." And with that, she disappeared and I woke up in the hospital's bed. The doctor walked in and said.

"Ah, you're awake. You can leave as soon as you sign a few things." I nodded and got up. I grabbed my iPod and sunglasses, each going to their respected spots. We walked out and into the waiting room, the nurse behind the counter giving me a clipboard with a couple of sheets of paper.

"Fill out the forms and you'll be good to go." She said with a fake smile. I took the clipboard and pen and sat down in one of the chairs, filling out information. After twenty minutes of writing, I was allowed to go. I walked out and down the path to Ponyville. Some of the ponies gave me a wave, others just ignoring me. I walked to Sugarcube Corner and went inside, seeing Pinkie behind the counter.

"Danny, you're okay!" Pinkie said, shooting across the counter and wrapping me in a hug.

"Hi Pinkie." I said, returning the hug.

"What brings you to Sugarcube Corner? Like I didn't know, you're here to buy a treat?" I nodded and she directed me over to the counter, pointing out different things.

"Actually Pinkie, I was looking for a small box of chocolates." Pinkie stopped and turned around, a wide smile on her face.

"Box of chocolates for a special somepony?" She winked. I nodded once more and she went into the kitchen and returned with a small box of chocolates. "How about this one?" She said, handing me the box. It was an inconspicuous brown box wrapped in a red ribbon, a small bow on the top.

"This is perfect. How much?" I asked, pulling out my wallet.

"Five bits." She said, and I handed her five small gold coins. "Alright!" Pinkie said, pushing a button on the register and putting the coins into the register.

"Thanks Pinkie." I said, walking out. I walked down the street, seeing a flower store across the street. I walked into the building, a small bell ringing as the door opened.

"Just a minute!" A female voice called out. A pale yellow pony with rose colored hair with a green shirt and blue jeans and gloves walked in with a smile. "Welcome to my store! Are you here to buy a bouquet?" She asked.

"Yeah, for a special somepony." I responded. She went into the back room and returned a few minutes later with a large bouquet of roses in her hands. "These are perfect. How much?" I asked, pulling out my wallet.

"It's fifteen bits." She said, handing me the bouquet. I pulled out fifteen of the small coins and handed it to her, then took the bouquet. "Come back soon!" She yelled as I walked out. I started walking down the street, but my stomach growled.

"Guess I can stop to eat something." I said to myself, moving to a small stand.

"Hey Daniel!" Applejack's voice said behind me. I turned around to seeing Applejack standing behind a stand.

"Hey Applejack." I said, walking up to the stand.

"How's ya neck?" Applejack said, leaning onto the stand. I cracked my neck, the loud cracks catching the attention of a few ponies.

"It's good. You mind if I buy some apples?" I said, pulling out my wallet.

"Not at all." She said, pulling out a few apples. "Four bits for three apples." She said. I pulled out four bits and handed her them, she handing me the three apples in a small bag with a small logo on it.

"Thanks. I'll see you tomorrow." I said, walking away. I walked down the street for about five minutes, then took an apple out and bit into it.

"Damn, these are good!" I said loudly, savoring the taste. I finished off the apple and threw the core into a nearby trashcan, making it from about fifteen feet away. I continued walking the street, seeing the library. I walked to the library, shifting the bouquet, box of chocolates, and bag of apples into one hand while using the other and knocking on the door. The door opened to a short purple colored guy with serpentine eyes and green clothing.

"Hey Twilight, do you know this guy?" He yelled into the library. Twilight came to the door, a strange look on her face.

"Oh, hey Daniel!" She yelled, throwing open the door.

"Hey Twilight, was going to look at a couple of books before going back." I said, walking in.

"Spike, this is Daniel. Daniel, this is my number one assistant, Spike." Twilight said, introducing the two parties.

"Hey." I said, offering a hand. He took it and shook, then smiled.

"I thought that you were giving all that junk to Twilight, sorry." I chuckled and said.

"This is for somepony else. Although..." I said, a devious smile on my lips.

"No Daniel!" Twilight said, pointing a finger at me. I held up my hand in defense and went to the bookshelves, looking at the books. I found one that was about the history of Equestria and held it up to Twilight.

"Can I check this out?" I asked. She nodded and directed me to the door.

"Good day." She said, pushing me out the door with one hand. I started walking back to the cottage, finally done stalling the inevitable. After twenty minutes, I made it back to Fluttershy's cottage and walked in.

"Hey Fluttershy!" I yelled, but received no answer. I sighed in relief, glad I didn't have to do this immediately. I went into the dining room and set the stuff up to be seen immediately as you walk in. I wrote a quick note down on a sheet of paper, then went upstairs and turned on my music. I opened the book and started reading, taking an apple out of the bag and taking a bite. A few hours passed without any noises besides my music and the occasional flip of the page.

I was almost done with the book when the door was opened abruptly and a yellow and pink bullet wrapped its arms around me. I felt something push against my lips and froze altogether. I looked down to seeing Fluttershy, her eyes closed and her lips locked with mine. Her arms were wrapped around my entire body, a small blush on her cheeks.

I closed my eyes and savored the smell of her hair, the smell of different flowers put into one, and the feeling of her soft lips pressed against mine. After what seemed like forever, she pulled away and I opened my eyes.

"Hi." I said with a large grin on my face. Fluttershy had a wide smile that looked like Pinkie's, a small gleam in her eyes.

"Hi." She said with an uncharacteristic happiness in her voice.

"Alright, who are you, and what have you done with Fluttershy?" I said jokingly. She blinked a few times, blushed furiously, and darted out of my room.

"Flutter...shy?" I said confusedly. I got up and walked to her room, hearing soft crying from inside the room. I opened the door and walked inside.

"Go away!" Fluttershy yelled, her eyes red and puffy.

"Fluttershy, what's wrong? You didn't do anything wrong..." I said, walking over to her. She flinched and tried crawling away. "Fluttershy, please." I said, wrapping my arms around her. She froze and looked up at me.

"I-I shouldn't have done that. Now you'll hate me forever." I put a finger on her lips and said.

"Who said I was going to hate you for a small peck?" She shook her head and started crying into my arms. "Fluttershy, you didn't do anything wrong. You came into my room and gave me a kiss on the lips. That's all that you've done to me. You don't have to feel bad about that." I said, pulling her closer.

"What I did was wrong and out of place." I didn't answer, just put my arms on her shoulders and looked into her eyes.

"Fluttershy. Please." I whispered. Her eyes were watering slightly, but she smiled. We looked into each other eyes for a long time, until I leaned down and planted a kiss on her lips myself. She froze, her eyes wide, and metaphorically melted into the kiss. She closed her eyes and pushed herself farther into the kiss, wrapping her arms around my neck as I had my arms wrapped around her.

Her wings started splaying slightly as we continued to kiss, her arousal apparent. As I pulled away, a small frown formed on her face and she opened her eyes.

"Thank you Daniel." She whispered. I wrapped an arm around her and said.

"For the last few days, I've been feeling that we had the same feelings for each other, so I decided to act upon my feelings." I said, a smile forming on her face.

"I've been having feelings for the last few days actually. I was so afraid that you didn't like me that I tried staying away from you. I hope I didn't make you feel awkward or anything." I chuckled and said.

"Fluttershy, you couldn't possibly make me feel awkward. I've been waiting to say this, and it took a little bit of time for me to muster this up." I hesitated for a moment or two, then sighed. "Fluttershy, I love you." Fluttershy's eyes went wide and a smile formed on her lips.

"Oh Daniel, I love you too." She said, wrapping her arms around me. I returned her hug fully, then pulled away and kissed her on the lips once more. I felt amazing, and I didn't want this to end. She pulled away and blushed a little as she looked into my eyes. "Do you think that, um..." She trailed off.

"Yes, Fluttershy." I said, already knowing what she wanted. She smiled and got up, walking out with a small sway in her hips. I went to my room and grabbed some clothes, going to the bathroom and pulling off my dirty clothes. I hopped into the shower and turned on the water, getting a blast of cold water before turning warm.

I sat there, letting the water run for a while until I decided to wash up a little. I felt arms wrap around my stomach and yelped in surprise. I heard Fluttershy giggling behind me. "Really Fluttershy?" I said, turning around. She was fully naked, her large breasts hanging slightly against her body. "Well then." I said, pulling a new bottle of shampoo and body wash to my body. I started rubbing my body down with the nice smelling shampoo, setting the bottle down and using both arms to rub the soap into my skin. I got a little more and started washing my hair, then turned around and wrapped my arms around Fluttershy. She squeaked in surprise and pushed her breasts against my chest.

"Don't do that!" She said angrily.

"Fine then, I won't hug you." I said in mock pout. Her expression turned sorrowful and she said.

"I didn't mean that... I just meant to not scare me..." She said sadly, tears brimming her eyes.

"I was only playing 'Shy." I said, wrapping my arms around her and setting my head onto her.

"That's the first time I heard you actually not call me by my full name." She giggled.

"A pet name? Meh..." I said, shrugging my shoulders.

"Alright, Danny." She giggled. I groaned, hearing Pinkie's pet name for me since day one. I washed off the soap from my hair, seeing her chest and the top of her head covered in soap.

"Alright. We can do this in the bedroom." I said, realizing I just said it and facepalmed. She giggled and started washing off the soap from her body. I got out and dried off quickly, putting on my clothes and going to my room. I checked the fifteen bags of coins sitting in my closet, then grabbed my iPod and wallet from my room. I walked out and saw Fluttershy go into her room.

I followed behind, turning off my music and making sure that the alarm was set in the morning. I walked into her room, Fluttershy pulling the covers over her and looking at the door. I saw that she was only wearing underwear and a bra, so I pulled off my clothes, down to my boxers, and crawled into the bed, setting my iPod and wallet on her nightstand. She cuddled into my arms, nuzzling into my chest.

"Can you ask Applejack if you can get weekends off? I want to spend some time with you, go somewhere nice..." She trailed off, nuzzling farther into my chest.

"I'll ask her, not sure if she would let it happen though. Knowing Applejack though, she would let us spend some time together." I answered, hugging her. I sat there, holding Fluttershy, until I felt her shifting upwards. I looked down and saw that she was looking up at me cutely. I kissed her on the forehead, which got a sigh of content from Fluttershy. She nuzzled back into my chest, falling asleep, while I laid there trying to go to sleep. I eventually fell asleep, but woke up in the same darkness as last night.

"You were successful?" Luna's voice said behind me. I turned around and saw her standing a few feet away.

"Yeah..." I said, looking off into the distance.

"She must've been ecstatic when she heard those words." Luna said, a smug grin on her face.

"Yeah, she was." I said once more.

"Let's take a look at her dreams once more?" Luna said, snapping her fingers. A familiar scene entered the space around us, but through Fluttershy's perspective. She was crying into her pillow when the door opened and I stepped through, a look of concern replacing my confused expression. I walked inside, and Fluttershy yelled."Go away!"

The same events transpired as it did an hour ago, only with Fluttershy's emotions and thoughts.

"Fluttershy will being visiting your memory later tonight." Luna said as the memory ended.

"Alright." I said simply, then darkness overtook everything as I fell into a dreamless state.

Fluttershy was playing the same dream from last night when Luna arrived in her dream.

"Hello Fluttershy." Luna said, walking up to her. Fluttershy smiled and returned the greeting.

"Tonight, we will be looking at your loves memory of what transpired earlier." Fluttershy blushed, remembering what happened in the shower. They started in the guest bedroom, with Fluttershy running out of the room crying.

"Flutter...shy?" Daniel said confused. He walked out of the room and down the hallway, concern flaring up inside of the memory/dream to the point that Luna started choking on the emotion. He opened the door, with Fluttershy yelling at him. Concern only increased as he walked farther into the room, with Fluttershy crawling away from him. Soon, the concern turned to love and happiness, with a song playing in his head that was perfect for the moment. After a moment of them sitting in the bedroom, the memory slowly faded away as a smoke.

"You have the perfect love. His concern is nearly overwhelming for you, as well as is his love for you." Fluttershy looked at Luna.

"What was his fear for?" Luna sighed and said.

"Before his coming to this world, his heart was broken multiple times, and eventually his father and a mafia grunt beat into his head that love is something that makes you weak. After being beat for weeks at a time, he finally locked his emotions away and became a heartless brute." Fluttershy gasped as she remembered his condition when he first came to the world.

"He discussed this with Twilight Sparkle already. She tried to convince him, only for him to push her away. She asked for me to help him, and I did. Last night was the night I finally made my move and finally convinced him to go out and find his love. He realized that he loved you more than anypony else in this world and made his move on you, and it was luck that you loved him. He's very smart, his wits is what kept him alive in his world.

"After his sixteenth birthday, the mafia finally came for him, only for him to beat the life from a man almost twice his size and attempt to escape. At the hands of the family is what the condition you found him in." Fluttershy was having second thoughts about Daniel, especially when she heard he took another life. "You mustn't second guess yourself or Daniel, for he has his purpose in this world. Qui semel servabit." With that, Luna disappeared and left Fluttershy confused.

"What does that mean?" Fluttershy said. 'Should I trust the princess, let alone Daniel?' Fluttershy thought. She imagined Daniel, angry and beating a man larger than him, and shuddered. 'He's been so nice since he came here, nothing as the princess said he was. Twilight should know.' Fluttershy thought, a plan forming in her head.