My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Matchmaker

Chapter 11

“wow. Zilver really said that?” Ash asked. The humans gathered at Orion’s engine room when they learned of what had transpired hours earlier to the guys.

“yep. The Scumbag said that he was gonna have nothing to do with Applejack or their foal.” Aura angrily said.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

“yeah, but Spike and Rarity have a big problem.” Ash said. “thanks to Sweetie Belle and her love for Spike, there’s a chance that their relationship is over and done with before it began. And he had such a good plan to win her love.”

“well, you haven’t keep keeping an eye on Shadow.” Satoshi said. “he’s in love with Dash but since she’s going out with Soarin’, he’s keeping his feelings bottled up. Eventually, they’re gonna explode out.”

“well, Twi and Halo are reaching a breaking point. Literally. I think if they don’t talk soon, they won’t have a chance to reconcile this.” Req muttered.

“well, me, Bahamut, and Sora can safely say we don’t have to worry about this.” Jax said as she leaned back.

“aren’t you guys lucky?” the rest sarcastically replied.

“but seriously, we need to do something for them.’ Sora said. “If not, this could cause a lot of damage to them.”

“especially Starlight.” Req added. “If a expectant mother gets under a lot of pressure, it can have very bad consequences on the baby. I‘m glad Jess was strong willed when she was pregnant.”

The gang looked at each other and nodded. “well, I can’t believe I’m saying this, but… Requiem, time to unleash the romance monger.”

Requiem disappeared for a moment and reappeared dressed as Cupid. “I’m ready to go to work.” she jokingly said. A arrow tipped with the heart symbol fell out of the plastic bow she held. Everyone gagged at the outfit and instantaneously came up with the same reaction:

“Lose the outfit!”

Fluttershy & Edge:

Blooming Friendship

A very bored Edge toyed with a notebook. He took a bored breath and sighed, flicking though the notebook with it. The little breath caused something to fall from a bookshelf and break. The Changeling winced when he heard that.

“hope that was nothing important.” he hoped. He fluttered on over and saw that it was a picture that fell. “wow. I have strong breath.” he felt a cool breeze behind him. He looked to see that the window was open. “or maybe the wind caused it to fall.”

He brushed off the glass and picked up the picture and it’s frame. He put the frame on the nearest table and brushed off the picture of any glass and took a look at it.

In it was a foal Fluttershy with her parents, both of whom are Mares; one of whom looked like a much older Fluttershy. “ ‘Shy didn’t mention her parents were Filly-Foolers.” he muttered.

The door opened. Fluttershy and Bahamut walked in, both carrying some animal food when they noticed Edge with the picture. “Edge!” Fluttershy exclaimed.

“the wind knocked it down off the bookshelf. I just picked it up.”

Bahamut looked to his right and saw the open window. “knew I forgot something.” he muttered as he closed it.

“Who are these 2?” Edge asked, pretending not to know anything.

Fluttershy put her bags down and flew over. “these are my mothers; Summer Night and Autumn Breeze. I haven’t seen them since I moved to Ponyville.”

“huh.” Edge flipped the photo and saw nothing on the other side. “what’s keeping you from seeing them again?”

Fluttershy’s expression turned sad. “well… when I left, they were in a pretty bad argument and… I think I somehow caused it.”

“you!?” both Dragon and Changeling exclaimed in surprise.

“how can you cause a argument? You’re… you’re cute!” Edge said in surprise.

‘Shy blushed at the compliment. “Thanks, Edge.”

“the question still stands, Fluttershy. How can you cause a argument with your parents?” Bahamut asked.

“I don’t know. All I know is that they were arguing pretty bad when I left and I heard my name come up a few times. So… I’m worried that they broke up and it was all my fault.” Bahamut and Edge looked at each other. “and the worst part? It was on Hearts and Hooves day when I left so… I have a bad feeling when that holiday comes around. It… fills me with grief, knowing that I may have broke up my parents on the most romantic holiday of the year.” a single tear ran down her cheek and fell onto the photo.

Edge and Bahamut felt bad for her. That was heartbreaking, no doubt. They looked at each other and came up with the same idea. “how about this?” Edge suggested. “how about we go and find your parents?”

A surprised Fluttershy looked back to him. “What?”

“You heard me. We go to your hometown, find your parents, and you make up with them or force them to make up. Quick, simple, easy, and maybe we’ll have time to swing by a carnival.”

Bahamut chuckled at it. “Edge…”

“okay, fine. Maybe we can skip the carnival but I’m serious about the other stuff.”

“…”

“Come on, ‘Shy.” Bahamut insisted. “You said it yourself, you haven’t seen mommy and… mommy in a long time. You must be missing them something fierce. Plus, this isn’t a demon you want to be carrying around. Trust me…” Bahamut thought back to when he met his real mother for the first time. “…it’s not something to be left untouched.”

Fluttershy looked back to the picture. He’s right. This is something that would keep eating away at her. She looked up at the dragon and the changeling.

“we’re going.”

“Yes!” both males said.

“un… where ARE we going, exactly?” Edge asked.

Fluttershy grabbed the picture and looked at it. “to Las Pegasus.”

A all-so-familiar rock tune filled the air as the train bound for Las Pegasus rolled down the tracks.

“♪Bright light city gonna set my soul, gonna set my soul on fire. Got a whole lot of money that’s a-ready to burn so get those stakes up higher…♪” the singing came from a bad sounding Bahamut as he poorly played a guitar. “…♪so Viva Las Pegasus. Viva Las Pegasus. a-Viva, a-Viva, Las Pegasus…♪” a irritated Unicron grabbed the guitar and tossed out the nearest window. It shattered when it hit the rocks outside.

The passengers cheered as Bahamut crossed his front legs. “You got no music in your soul, sista.” the Unicorn rolled her eyes and got up from her seat.

“you were singing rather badly.” Fluttershy meekly said.

“so singing’s not my forte. Ain’t stopping me from having a good time.”

“hmm…” that’s a good point. That couldn’t help but make Fluttershy chuckle, though. She looked out the window to the rolling country-side below. She looked back into the car to see everyone inside laughing and chatting. Even Bahamut was entertaining a baby by making funny faces. She noticed something was off. She took a quick look around and saw that a certain someone was gone. “where’s Edge?”

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAVBjpqBOOY

Eternal Moments - Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep OST

The Changeling, in his pony disguise, sat on top of the car they were riding on and looked out at the landscape. Fluttershy climbed up the latter and saw him. “what’s wrong, Edge?”

Edge looked back and noticed her. “hey, Fluttershy.”

She walked on over to him. Edge looked back at the countryside as Fluttershy sat down beside him. “so, what are you doing up here?” she asked.

“well… not a big fan of crowded places. Think I have claustrophobia. It was pure hell back at the hive.” he stopped for a moment and silently chuckled.

“What?” ‘Shy asked.

“I remember one time. A Changeling named Ditto tried to imitate a Diamond Dog. It backfired and instead turned her into 100 Dittos.”

Fluttershy laughed. “So what happened to this Ditto… sorry, Dittos?”

“we numbered them. There’s Ditto #1, Ditto #2, Ditto#3... All the way up to 100. It also didn’t help that we shared the same cave. I was begging to leave.” Fluttershy laughed again. “and that’s not the worst part. The worst part is that they all had the same ANNOYING personality. They didn’t try to branch out and try other ideas, no no no. they stuck with the same annoying personality AND voice. I thought I was gonna have a aneurism.”

“was Ditto really that bad?”

“you kidding? She makes Pinkie look sane. Well, at least in Changeling standards. Probably a whole lot different in pony standards. But still, it doesn’t change the fact that she’s annoying as Tartarus.”

Fluttershy chuckled. Edge chuckled as well. The 2 looked at the country-side for a few minutes before Fluttershy asked the question that was on everyone’s mind at this point.

“Edge?”

“hmm?”

“what did you do during the invasion?”

“Invasion? Oh, you mean of Canterlot. Well, I was one of the ones who were trying to stop you all from reaching the Elements of Harmony, and you saw how that turned out. I was changing forms in front of Pinkie, trying to frighten her. I did Rarity, then Rainbow Dash, even you. but she just laughed and said ‘do me, do me.’ so, I did her. You wanna know her reaction? she said ‘meh, I’ve seen better’ and used Twi as a Gatling gun. Knocked me out cold. Next thing I know, the barrier popped back up and sent me and my brothers and sisters flying in all directions. I was able to meet up with 50 others and we found refuge in a cave. THEN Jax and the CMC entered the same cave. Jax beat the snot out of us… then you and Bahamut found me.”

“wow.” Fluttershy gasped. “I didn’t know Jax was the one who did that.”

“but if it wasn’t for you, I would be dead. Thanks, Fluttershy.”

“it was nothing. Just did what anyone else wo-- well, okay. Maybe not everyone, but still…” Edge gave a sly chuckle. Another thought entered ‘Shy’s mind. “so… when are you planning on going back to your own kind?”

Edge looked at her in surprised at first but saw where she was coming from. “I don’t know. Maybe next week, maybe in 10 years.”

“what do you mean?”

“well, I made a promise to myself: I’m not leaving until I repay you for taking care of me. And so far, I wasn’t able to.”

“you didn’t? well, what do you need to do?”

Edge chuckled. “now that… is a secret.” ‘Shy chuckled. “what about you? See your parents for the first time in… I’m guessing 11 years?”

“you guess right. I haven’t wrote them a letter or anything in that time. I didn’t even hear from my sister in a long while.”

“Sister?”

“yeah. Gale Winds. She’s a year younger then me and expecting her first foal anyday now.”

“huh. So… that means that this would be the first time you saw her as well, right?”

“yeah. I’ve kept in touch with Gale since I left. I told her about me meeting my new friends, becoming a element of harmony, defeating Nightmare Moon, Discord, and the Changelings, no offense…”

“None taken.”

“I even wrote her about how the humans came. But… recently, I stopped.”

“Why?” Fluttershy looked at him, inadvertadly giving him his answer. “oh. Me.”

“That, and ourselves being turned human, the return of Nightmare Moon, Twilight getting pregnant…”

“okay, okay. I get the picture.” he looked up to the sky. “Must be nice. Having a family.”

Edge jolted in surprise when he felt something touch him. He looked to see Fluttershy resting her head on his shoulder, tears silently falling down her face. “ ‘Shy? You okay?”

“yeah. It’s just been so long since I talked about this with anyone.” she kissed him on the cheek, turning his whole body a deep shade of red. “it’s nice to have a friend to talk to.”

“no sweat.” a flustered Edge said, scratching his neck.

Bahamut watched this display from the edge with a smile. “if he wasn’t a Changeling, they’d make a cute couple.” he said as the train continued to roll on down the line.

End song.

True to it’s name, Las Pegasus is a ponified version of our Las Vegas, with anything with human in it, like the Mini-Statue of Liberty, was a pony version. Everything else was the same, though. The glass pyramid, Luxor Casino, and the gambling, all the same.

The train rolled into a station on the outskirts of the city. The trio flew off from the top and headed for the city the fastest way possible; air travel.

“So, where do they live?” Bahamut asked while flying on his back.

“very close by. Unless they decided to move during the time I was gone.”

“well, think positive.” Edge said, giving the pony version of a thumbs-up.

After looking around for just 10 minutes, Fluttershy found her childhood home. She flew on down and landed at the doorstep. Bahamut and Edge landed in the grass. She took a deep breath and looked back to her friends. They both smiled. She took a deep breath again.

“well… here goes…” she silently said. She reached up and hesitantly knocked the door.

“coming.” a voice said from within. Fluttershy recognized it as her Mom’s voice. She happily gasped when she heard it was her. She was even more happy to hear 2 different sets of hoof-steps coming.

The door opened wide, revealing a more full-grown version of Fluttershy and a orange Earth Pony mare right there. they looked down and gasped when they saw who it was. “F-Fluttershy?”

A tearful Fluttershy looked up. “hi Mom. Mommy.” she choked up. “Long time, no see.”

Both her mothers collapsed to the knees and hugged their daughter. “we missed you so much.” Summer cried.

“I missed you too, Mommy.” Fluttershy cried back.

Edge and Bahamut felt uncomfortable being in the middle of this. Fluttershy sensed this and broke the hug.

“it’s been too long, Fluttershy.” Autumn sniffled, trying to hold back the tears.

“I know, Mom.” Fluttershy sniffled. “I want to introduce to a couple of friends of mine.” she ran on back to the male duo and stood between them. “This is Bahamut, a Dragon from… out of planet and Edge, my best friend in the world.”

Bahamut stood there with a comical fazed face. “and what am I, chopped liver?” the 4 just stood there with blank expressions. “It’s a human sa-- never mind.”

“he’s a bit odd.” Edge and ‘Shy both said.

“so, Fluttershy, what happened to you these past 11 years?” Summer asked.

“you mean… Gale didn’t tell you?”

“no. why?” Autumn asked.

“It’s nothing. Just means this is gonna be a long story.” she said with happiness in her voice.

“Well, come in. better to talk indoors, right? We got some cookies ready.” Summer asked as the 2 walked back in.

“OOH! Cookies.” Bahamut flew on in, eager to get the first one.

Edge gave a groaning sigh before walking after him. “Edge…” he stopped when he heard his name. “Thanks for encouraging me to do this.”

Edge smiled. “No problem, ‘Shy.”