"So... S-sharky?"

"Yes Fluttershy?"

"D-d-do y-you reme--"

"Ugh! Why are you always so scared of me?!"

"N-no! I'm not s-s-scared!"

"Then why do you stutter so much when you're alone with me?!"

"B-because y-you m-m-make me n-nervous..."

"Because I scare you?"

"N-n-no!"

"Then why?"

"I... I'm n-not allowed t-t-to tell you..."

"Well why not?!"

"T-the rules..."

"Ugh, what rules?!"

"... I c-can't t-tell y-you..."

"You know what? Forget it. I'm tired. Let's just go to bed."

"... Yeah... W-wait! Do you r-r-remember the p-p-p-promise?"

"The one where you'll take care of Unity if I die?"

"N-no! I t-t-told you n-not to talk about t-t-that!"

"The one where I take good care of Fang?"

"S-still n-not sure t-that was even a p-p-promise..."

"The one where I promised to stay safe?"

"Still n-no."

"The promise where I get Blaze a place to stay? Because those paparrazzi would never have let me place an order without bugging me."

"NO! Wait, y-you had p-p-paparrazzi after you?"

"Yeah, they were the annoying news crew remember? I guess they're trying to interview me because I killed a manticore and saved Scootaloo and I'm a monster hunter and stuff. They also asked about my relationship with you guys, but I don't think they believed we were all just friends."

"... Friends..."

"So, what promise were you talking about?"

"Oh... Nevermind... it doesn't m-matter right now..."

"Umm... ok. Well, let's get some sleep huh?"

"That... sounds n-nice." We both went up to Fluttershy's bedroom and crawled into bed. We were facing each other again, and her emerald eyes held me mesmerized. I wished it was possible for any of the girls to be more than friends with me. That's the one thing I didn't like about Equestria. Nopony would ever like me. I sighed sadly and tried to get some sleep. Oddly enough, Fluttershy's gaze felt comforting. I slowly drifted into sleep with the image of those eyes in my mind.

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As soon as Fluttershy was sure Sharky was asleep, she slipped out of the bed and ran outside. She didn't want to leave him, but she couldn't stand not knowing whether or not she could ever be more than friends with Sharky. She flew to Twilight's library. The lights were still on, so she knocked on the door.

"Twilight! Come on!"

"What?! Sharky are you back?"

"What? No! It's Fluttershy!"

"Oh..." Twilight opened the door. "Hi Fluttershy! Have you seen Sharky?"

"YES! He's back at my house! He's asleep and Fang isn't there to stop you from reading his mind!"

"REALLY!? Well let's go!"

*EHM* Both the girls looked up, and Stormy was flying just over them.

"Oh! Hi Stormy... How much of that did you hear?" Fluttershy asked.

"Oh, just all of it."

"... Are you going to tell Sharky?"

"Yes." Twilight tried to hit him with a blast of memory-erasing magic, but Stormy rolled to the side. "Then again... I do still owe him for leaving me at Canterlot... Go ahead with your sneaky little plan." He grinned and took off.

"Huh... well let's go I guess." Twilight and Fluttershy took off towards Fluttershy's house.

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Twilight and Fluttershy ran back to Fluttershy's house. To their relief, Sharky was still asleep in the bed.

"Finally! Now we get to know the truth...." Twilight cheered. She readied the magic, and touched her horn to Sharky's head.

"Here we go!" Twilight shouted happily. Instead of being in black space like in Unity's mind, Twilight was inside her library. "Wait, why am I here? I thought I was supposed to be in Sharky's mind..."

"You ARE in my mind!" I cheered happily behind her.

"S-s-sharky?! What are YOU doing here!?"

"Well duh, this is MY mind. I swear, it's like you didn't expect me to be here!"

"I-I didn't! A-are you m-mad?"

"Why would I be mad?"

"Because I'm in your mind..."

"Well duh, I dreamed you didn't I?"

"Uhh... yes! You dreamed me!"

"... You are a master of the obvious."

"Right... so, I wanna see what you think of me." She tried to command forth images like she had with Unity. Nothing happened.

"You wanna see? Well why don't you just ask me to tell you!? I don't know how I'd SHOW you that."

"Oh... right... well what do you think of me?"

"Well shouldn't you know?"

"No, she wouldn't! No one knows what we think!" Steven yelled.

"W-who is that?! He looks just like you!" Twilight exclaimed.

"Oh him? That's just Steven."

"Who's Steven? Also, why is he crying so much?" Steven had tears running down his face like rivers.

"Steven is me. He's just... me before I met you girls..."

"Why is he so sad?"

"Long story. Besides, it's too sad for ponies like you."

"Well why aren't you sad too? Aren't you the same person?"

"Well yeah, but you girls made me so happy, that I pushed my sadness away."

"Yeah, lucky bastard. His sadness became me..."

"You know, you seem different from normal Dream Twilight..."

"... Ok, slow down... So, there are TWO Sharkys in your head?"

"Well no. There's a Sharky, then there's a Steven. Two different things."

"... But you're the same person."

"Yes."

"Oh my gosh this is confusing... Wait, this isn't even what I came here for!"

"Well then deal with it!" Steven shouted.

"Sorry, he's a little rude. What did you want?"

"To know if we can ever be more than friends to you."

"... BWAHAHAHA!!! Wow! That IS a question only dream Twilight would ask!"

"... oh..."

"Wow! Ha. I wish, but you guys are so different from me, you'd never like me!"

"WHAT?! YOU DO!?!"

"Well duh, what brony wouldn't?"

"THIS IS THE BEST NE-- ... wait, what's a brony?"

"It's a guy that likes MLP:FiM. Huh, you'd think that since you're part of my dream you'd know what I know already."

"... What's MLP:FiM?"

"Hi Sharky! I'm back!" Twilight watched herself walk into the library. Sharky smiled at the second Twilight.

"Hi Twilight!" He turned back to Real Twilight and smiled at her. Then he frowned and started looking back and forth at the both of them. "D... did I dream TWO Twilights? Huh, this is a new dream... Then again I guess it already was different to begin with..." While Sharky continued mumbling to himself about previous dreams, Twilight decided it was time to leave. "I hope this isn't like the wet-mane Twilight dream... I already feel bad about that..." Twilight froze.

"What is the wet-mane me dream?"

"Oh... you know..." He blushed. "Stuff..."

"What stuff?"

"Oh for the love of-- HE F***S YOU!" Steven yelled.

"STEVEN! That was uncalled for! Back to your corner!" Sharky yelled. Steven grumbled and left.

"Wait, so you'll... do that to me in your dreams, but you barely even touch me when you're awake?!"

"What? NO! God no! I would never try a thing like that on any of the REAL girls... One, it would ruin our friendship if I told any of them I like them. Two, none of them like me like that! Three, even if the other two were proven wrong, I'm abstinent! I'd have to marry them to do that!" Sharky pointed to Dream Twilight, and she had a diamond earring on. "Wait a minute... Why are you asking this? Usually you read or do experiments in my dreams..."

"Uhh... No reason..." Twilight trotted over to her dream self. "D... does he really DO that?" Dream Twilight smiled and nodded. "Well... Uhh... What... What's it like?"

"Why don't you head back and find out yourself?" Dream Twilight's horn glowed and Twilight was thrown into reality.

"Uhhh..."

"Twilight! You're back! Did you find anything out?!"

"Hmm? Oh! Yes! He want's us to like him!!"

"REALLY!?!"

"Yes! He just doesn't think we do!"

"WHAT?! How o Equestria does he not know?!"

"I don't know... but that's not all I heard..."

"What else was there?"

"Well... he REALLY likes me..."

"What do you mean?"

"Fluttershy... he... umm... has... you know... with me in his dreams..."

"He WHAT?! What about me?!"

"I... didn't ask. I doubt it though. He said he felt really bad about the dream with me alone."

"Oh... well... I guess that makes sense... What do we do now?"

"Well... I don't know... I'm happy he likes us... but I'm not sure what to think about his dreams..."

"Isn't it a good thing for you?"

"Well... I... don't know... I'm not sure what to think about him thinking of me like that..."

"... I guess I see your point... Well... we should... definately not tell him we know this..."

"Agreed. Well... I'm gonna go back home... I... need to think..."

"Ok, bye Twilight..." Twilight turned and left the house. Fluttershy watched her leave and smiled.

"... HE LIKES US!" She cheered as Twilight left. She hopped back into the bed with Sharky and snuggled up against him.

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Friday, January 9th

"Goddamn wiggling!" I woke up to find that Fluttershy had curled up against me. One of her wings was standing straight up in my face. I knew one of my wings would be standing too.

"What's wrong?" Fluttershy asked.

"OH! YOU'RE AWAKE! Uhh... It's nothing!"

"It doesn't FEEL like nothing..."

"OH MY GOSH I'M SO SORRY!" I jumped out of the bed and my other wing popped out. Fluttershy laughed.

"Wings too huh?"

"I'M SO SORRY! I'LL LEAVE NOW!" I jumped out the nearest window and took off. It was considerably harder to fly with my wings like this, but I managed. I flew about halfway back to town, but then my wings became too small to fly with. I ran the rest of the way back to the library. I knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" Twilight called.

"It's Sharky! Please let me in."

"OH! Oh... Uh... ok!" Twilight opened the door, but her eyes were hidden behind her bangs.

"Twilight? Why are you acting like you're scared of me?"

"Oh! I'm not scared!"

"... riiiight... Well, I'm gonna take a shower and then play with Unity ok?"

" "Yeah... ok..." She still didn't look at me. I walked in and went to take my shower. I stood in the cold water and let my brain just stop. I was tired of dealing with these girls' confusing behavior. At least Fang was always the same. Unity went through less of my nerves than them. I sighed. It was worth it though. I stepped out of the shower and put on a new set of clothes from the giftbox Luna gave me.

"Hey Twilight, where can I wash my clothes?"

"Oh, I usually just use a spell for that..." She still wouldn't look at me.

"Oh, ok. Would you mind helping me then? I just need these old clothes cleaned."

"Sure..." She hit the clothes with a blast of magic, and all the dried sap, Timber Wolf saliva, and assorted flour and icing spots disappeared.

"Thanks... What's wrong? Why won't you look at me?"

"... No reason..."

"Don't lie to me. You're acting like Fluttershy normally does..."

"... Did you have a strange dream last night?"

"Huh? I don't know. I hardly ever remember my dreams. What does that have to do with anything?"

"It doesn't matter I guess... Sharky, what do you think of me?"

"I think you're smart, and really nice. You get mad really easy though. You're also a better friend than almost anybody on my old planet."

"Are you sure you think of me as a friend?"

"One of the best!"

"... Right... Well, you should get to taking care of Unity..."

"You're right. Well thanks for not acting like you're scared of me anymore."

"You... You're welcome."

"Hey... UNITY IS GONE!!!" I looked around frantically. Then I got an idea. I reached down into the bed, and sure enough my hand made contact with a body. "Oh, nevermind, he was invisible..." I picked up the body, and Unity became visible again. I walked back downstairs and made him his usual bottle. He drank the bottle again, and the milk remained solid when I grabbed it. "Uh oh..."

"What's wrong?"

"I've got possibly explosive milk..."

"... What?"

"You know what? Nevermind. I'm going outside." I walked outside, and ran away from the library. When I was far enough away, I threw the milk. It hit the ground, and a HUGE tree grew very quickly where it hit the ground. "Huh, not what I expected... why's the tree gray?" I walked up to the full-grown tree which was rapidly turning gray. I touched it, and it was cold and rough like stone. I grinned. "Blaze I've got your house!"