Please note, this story occurs in a gender-bent universe. All genders have been swapped, even though some names may remain the same.

Chapter 1

"Thanks for coming with me, Scotch." The rainbow pegasus remarked cheerily as he trotted down the dirt path.

The yellow pegasus bowed his head and smiled. "Um, it's okay Blitz. I..I've been spending a lot of time at home and… I thought it would be nice to spend time with a friend."

"Are you nervous? I know you usually don't do things like this. But it's cool, and I think you'll like it."

"Um, can you explain again what this meeting is about?"

"Oh, it's really cool. It's just a bunch of stallions that get together and talk about things. I usually go by myself but Spitfire asked each of us to bring a friend. I would've taken Elusive, but he's busy with his designing. I then thought about taking Dusk but he's busy studying, does that Stallion every do anything fun?" he playfully nudged Butterscotch with his elbow. "I thought about taking Berry, but Berry being… Berry, I don't think it would work out. I thought about taking Applejack but he'd probably not stop laughing. So, I'd thought it would be great to take you." He rambled happily.

At this point, Rainbow Blitz began to bounce a bit. Butterscotch had never seen Blitz this excited before, well, except when he talked about flying. Scotch thought to himself that this meeting must be something very important to him.

"I promise I won't be a burden." Butterscotch remarked in a voice that was nearly a whisper.

Blitz turned to him, stopping him on the path, and laid a hoof on his shoulder. "You could never be burden to me." Blitz stated in a serious, yet gentle tone. Butterscotch had never seen his friend act like this before; it made him somewhat uncomfortable.

"Oh, okay Blitz." Butterscotch mumbled, breaking eye contact.

"Just relax and enjoy yourself." Rainbow Blitz reassured him.

They both turned to begin walking down the path again. It was a beautiful fall day, the rainbow pegasus had made sure of that. The sun cast a warm light down on the two pegasi. The trees still had most of their leaves, each leaf being either a vibrant red or orange. A gentle breeze sent the leaves on the ground adrift in a flurry of fall colors.

"Yep, the perfect day." Rainbow Blitz whispered to himself. He turned toward his friend. Butterscotch was still walking with his head lowered, a small smile creased his face.

"Could I ever tell him…" Blitz thought to himself.

Blitz didn't have time to reminisce for long as, who else but, Spitfire turned onto their path.

"Blitz!" Spitfire called out excitedly. He quickly galloped over to the two pegasi. Butterscotch, taken by surprise, backed behind his friend. Blitz greeted Spitfire with a hoof-bump.

"Are you ready for the meeting?! I was just heading to Sugar Cube Corner to pick up some snacks." Spitfire remarked excitedly, his face was the picture of cheerfulness.

"You bet I'm ready. In fact, we're heading there right now." Blitz said in his usual tone of confidence. He felt something brush against his tail. Realizing that his friend was behind him, he stepped out of the way to introduce Butterscotch to Spitfire.

"Spitfire, this is Butterscotch, he's coming with me to the meeting." Blitz said elatedly, obviously unaware of his friend's shyness.

Butterscotch glanced up to meet Spitfire's eyes, but quickly lowered his head again. "Oh, hello, nice to meet you", he mumbled.

Spitfire scanned the yellow pegasus and gave a nod of approval. "Well, Blitz, you have great taste in stallions."

Rainbow Blitz gave him a death stare that could rival a cockatrice's.

"Well, what I meant to say is that you have great taste in friends." Spitfire backtracked. "I better get to Sugar Cube Corner and back to 'Headquarters' before the meeting begins."

He trotted off in the direction of Sugar Cube Corner, but not before giving Blitz a knowing wink.

Blitz just sighed and turned to Butterscotch who was still peering at the ground.

"Don't worry about him. He's just excited about the meeting." He reassured Butterscotch. Blitz hoped Scotch didn't think too much about Spitfire's comment, but did it mean what he thought it meant? Did Spitfire have something in the works for the meeting?

"Did he really mean that?" Butterscotch mumbled.

Blitz's blood ran cold.

He continued, "Did he really mean you have great taste in…" Blitz was visibly nervous now. "..friends? Does that mean he likes me?"

Blitz let out the breath of air he didn't realize he had been holding. Fortunately, Butterscotch didn't see his obvious panic.

"Yeah, Scotch, haha, I think he likes you." Blitz exhaled.

Butterscotch met Blitz's eyes and smiled at him. Blitz was reminded of just how much he loved to see Scotch smile. It wasn't an ecstatic smile, or a solemn smile; it was a gentle smile. It fit him so well. And his beautiful turquoise eyes, it's a wonder they could stare down a dragon.

Blitz must have been staring because Butterscotch began to shift from one side to the other.

"Um, Blitz, we should probably hurry. We need to stop at Sweet Apple Acres before the meeting."

"Yeah, Sweet Apple Acres." Blitz said, a bit dazed. It wasn't exactly the first place he wanted to go to, but Butterscotch insisted that they make a stop before heading to the meeting.

"Okay, let's go." He tried to sound enthusiastic, but there was a certain stallion there who he didn't really want to meet right now.