It was another sunny day in ponyville, as the clouds form the previous night began to part, and the sun shined its lights all across Equestrisa. Light peered through the window shades of a small little cottage on the outskirts of the Everfree Forest. It hit the sight of a sleepy yellow pegasus, she squinted as she rolled over to try and ignore the sun.

Fluttershy slowly opened her eyes to look at the emptiness that lay beside her. Fluttershy had been waking up alone everyday of her entire life. She slowly reached her hooves around her vacant pillow to embrace it. A single tear rolled down her eye as she squeezed the pillow tightly, how she longed wish to do hug somepony else besides this pillow. She moaned before she closed her eyes as she imagined the most beautiful stallion she could imagine. She soon slipped off in a day dream.

He was tall, muscular, with long a flowing mane of thick brown hair blowing in the wind. “Come to me Fluttershy” as he urged her to come closer as he ripped off his shirt. She willingly galloped towards him in slow motion as a tidal wave broke on the rocks of the beach, causing a spray of ocean water to rain ever so gently on the two ponies. Their lips grew nearer, and nearer until finally there was a knock at the door.

Wait, what?

There was another knock at the door.

Fluttershy eyes shot open, she pulled her lips away the now drool drenched pillow and placed it by her side. She slowly got up to her mirror, soaking in her reflection, as she ran a brush through her hair. She looks through her jewelry box and pulls out a small hair clip with butterflies that matched her cutie mark on it. Today was a big day, so she decided to cut loose and wear the clip.

There was a third knock.

“Oh….I’m coming” she whispered, there was no way that the pony heard her called out. She quickly put in the hairclip and ran down to her living room. The rest of her animals were already up, except for Angel bunny who was trying to block out the knocking noise with some throw pillows.

Fluttershy finally reaches the door. “I’m sorry”, she opened the door as a pink blur explodes into the house. Frightened animals scurried under the couch and inside of cupboards, and a frightened Fluttershy bolted up to her room and hid under her bed.

The pink pony took a look around “Fluttershy?” she called as she wondered upstairs. “Fluttershy, where are you?” she called out as she opened the door to the bedroom.

“Oh, it’s you Pinkie” Fluttershy said quietly from under her bed. She slowly comes out from underneath “I didn’t realize it was you.”

“Well of course it is me silly!” she smiled as she pulled Fluttershy from under the bed. “Hey Fluttershy? Can I ask you something?” Pinkie bounced onto the bed and fell face first on a pillow. She then immediately bolted right back up. “EWWWW, is this…” she took a lick of the moist pillow, “Drool?”

“Oh, well, umm” the shy pony began. “I just, umm………” she fell silent.

“Well, whatever” Pinkie said, tossing the soggy pillow across the room. “I have a super special secret, and I just needed to tell somepony, and I thought to myself ‘Pinkie Pie, your best friend Fluttershy can keep a secret’ and I was like ‘Your Right Pinkie, she can keep a secret from anypony in all of Equestria!’ so I ran all the way here to tell you. Isn’t that just GREAT!” she leaned close into Fluttershy’s face. “I can trust you, right?”

“Oh yes, of course Pinkie” Fluttershy reassured her friend. “I would never tell another pony’s secret. Never.”

Pinkie wasn’t quite sure. “Hmmm” she thought and then asked “Do you Pinkie Promise?”

“Oh yes” replied Fluttershy as she crossed her heart and jabbed her hoof into her eye.

“Great! Now come here, nopony else can hear this…” Pinkie leaned towards Fluttershy as she whispered. “You remember that pony Ink Spot that came in to clean up yesterday after somepony shot that confetti cannon?” she asked.

“Umm, Pinkie that was you who shot the cannon” replied Fluttershy.

Pinkie frowned at her friend. “Details” she said. “Minor details. Anyhooves, You know Ink Spot, the cleaning pony? ”

“Yes”

“Well….” Pinkie took a big breath and finally blurted it all out. “I kinda have a teeny, weenie, itsy, bitsy spider crush on him” her entire face turned red as she gave a sigh of relief. Having told somepony, she felt like a huge weight had been lifted from her shoulders.

“Oh, Pinkie Pie, that’s wonderful” she smiled to her friend. She had already assumed the day before that she liked Ink Spot, just like the rest of her friends. But it was nice that she knew for sure.

Pinkie jumps up and wraps her hooves around Fluttershy, squeezing her tightly. “Really! Oh thank you for being the best friend a pony could ask for!”

“No…..Problem” she grunted, gasping for air. “Umm, Pinkie, this……… Is a little….. Tight” Pinkie lets up her grip and releases Fluttershy. “Thank you” she gasped.

“Oops, sorry!” Pinkie giggled. “I guess I don’t know my own strength.”

“That’s okay” Fluttershy said as she felt her ribs, thinking she may have bruised one. “I’m fine.”

“Anyways, that explains why I’ve been acting so strange the other day” Pinkie said, jumping and falling on Fluttershy’s couch. “I think I’m in love” she gave out a sigh as she sank deeper into the couch, a goofy smile stretched across her face.

“In love?” asked Fluttershy, a look of concern on her face. “Pinkie I don’t know, I mean you’ve only known him for one day….” She began, but Pinkie just laid there, lost in her thoughts.

“Maybe someday we’ll get married, and a have fifty five…. No seventy five and a half kids…..” she sighed as she looked at her friend. “Fluttershy will you be my maid of honor?”

“Pinkie” Fluttershy said shyly, “You need to calm down. It’s great that you found someone, but you may want to give it a day or two before you start talking about marriage.”

“BUT OUR LOVE IS SO GREAT!!” she screamed dramatically, sitting up on the couch. “THE WHOLE WORLD MAY FORBID OUR LOVE. BUT WE, STAR STRUCK LOVERS WILL BEAT THE ODDS BECAUSE WE ARE DESTINED TO BE TOGETHER FOREVE-“

WHACK!

A hoof strikes here across the face. “OUCHIE!”

“PINKIE” Fluttershy said as she was panting heavily.

Pinkie shook her head and blinked twice. “Wow, thanks Fluttershy, I sort of got carried away” she giggled as she looked at the clock on the wall. “OH NO! Look at the time! We’re gonna be late!” she grabbed Fluttershy as she dragged her through the door and towards the party.
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