Chapter 28: Newly Shared Things
FlutterShy POV:
I made breakfast for myself and Amour as Phillip left the house. I could see Amour starting to lose her happy smile the longer he was gone. "Are you ok Amour? You seem down about something." Amour looked at me and frowned for the first time since I met her and I knew something was wrong. "I am just sad, nothing more. I am just not used to feeling sad is all. I will be fine after some time passes." I set her plate in front of her and gave her a hug. "Is this about Phillip?" She shuddered in my grip but nodded on my shoulder. "I thought so. You seem happy with him around, but when he's gone you get sad. And I am sure being here with me doesn't help."
She shook her head. "No I like being with my friend, so you are fine. But I will admit that it is hard to lose to you. But as a nine-tailed fox, I will deal with it with honor. But even with honor it still makes me sad." I nodded and we ate our breakfast before feeding the animals in silence. Then an idea popped into my head. "Hey maybe we could share Phillip?" Amour looked at me confused. "What do you mean?" I smiled at the idea forming in my head. "Maybe we can both date him somehow. That way neither one of us is left alone or sad. I'm sure I could ask Luna about it." Amour looked at me in complete surprise. She was going to say something but the door opened and Phillip walked in.
Phillip POV:
I walked to the door and heard FlutterShy say "That way neither one of us is left alone or sad. I'm sure I could ask Luna about it." So I opened the door and walked in. "Ask Luna about what? And why are either of you alone or sad? Is everything ok?" The two girls looked nervous about the questions but FlutterShy Spoke up anyway. "I was going to ask Luna if there was a way that both of us could….date you…at the same time?" I looked shocked for a bit because of my mind locking up on me. The gears wouldn't work at the mention of dating me. And both of them wanted to? Ok way too many feelings and things going on right now.
I had to sit down and set my hand on fire to calm down. "O-ok let me get this straight. Not just FlutterShy but also Amour actually like me!? I knew FlutterShy did after she said that she loved me in our shared dream. But now both of you?" FlutterShy seemed surprised by something. "S-shared dream? S-so you knew?" I nodded still thinking. "Since late this morning yes, Luna told me it was a shared dream that we were both in control in. So I knew how you felt after that. The part I can't get ahold of was how to deal with it. And now I have twice the problem." Both girls looked confused and slightly hurt.
"Problem?" I realized how that sounded and corrected myself. "No you two are not problems at all, the problem I have is dealing with my emotions. And the fact that I have never known love. So my problem is knowing how I feel or how to deal with it once I know what it is and how it feels. I know I like you both as close friends…but that's as far as I have ever gotten to another being before. So that's why I was trying to think about it instead of bringing it up. How am I supposed to return your feelings at all when I don't know how any of this feels or how to treat you right if I don't know anything about any of this!?" The girls could see me breaking down and came to my sides.
"Hey its ok Phillip. I didn't know that telling you that in the dream would make you this worried. Its ok, we can make things work out." Amour nodded. "And besides only one of us can be with you anyway, so all you have to do is focus on your feelings for FlutterShy." I shook my head at her making her look confused. "The elder told me you can follow pony laws when it comes to mates. And Luna told me that ponies can make herds, meaning a stallion can take more than one mate. And I can change shape into a pony so if you two wanted I could transform into a pony and make a heard with the two of you. But that still leaves me with the emotions problem."
Both girls were shocked and excited at the news. It was the best thing both of them have heard in a long time. "That is so great! Now we can all be happy together!" Amour agreed with FlutterShy. "Yes this is great news! And this means we can both help you sort out your feelings if you want us to. We are here to help if you want it." FlutterShy smiled happily and nodded. "Yes that's part of what these feelings are. We want to help you when we can to help make you happy." Then the two did something that surprised me, they both hugged me at the same time. My hand went to human and both my mind and body started to relax at the feeling of them both being close to me like this.
We sat there for a while like this with them both hugging me and me calming down. "Thanks girls. It means a lot to have you care for me. Even if I don't know how or why you do." FlutterShy looked at me confused. "What do you mean?" I looked her in the eyes before speaking. "I have mental problems for one. And more importantly, I'm not either of your species, or even from your world. I'm an alien and you still have feelings for me?" Both girls smiled and nodded before FlutterShy spoke up on what she thought.
"You may be different but you have always been so nice to me. And you protected me whenever I was in danger. And you even showed kindness beyond mine by saving Wolfen and forgiving Tony when not even I wanted to. To me that means a lot. And you keep me happy when I need it or am feeling sad. You even made me happy when I was in the hospital by bringing me that bunny, and taking care of my animals without being asked. You care about my animals just as much as I do. And you care about me no matter what is happening." Then Amour added her feelings.
"Along with that, you came to help me when your friends were scared of me. You helped save me twice from those poachers without thinking about yourself first. I have never met one who is as brave as you, but yet still so kind and understanding. Even after I told you to watch what you do around my kind, you followed our rules without fearing me or my kind. Besides the elder, which I can understand that one fully. He can be very intimidating. But that still doesn't stop you from smiling with him there or scaring you away from me or helping my people. You love and fight with all your heart and that is a rare thing to find. And you know that my kind can fall in love with many kinds, so loving someone that is different is normal and natural."
Amour smiled at me with FlutterShy doing the same. I could feel a smile of my own forming even though I still didn't feel like smiling. But then I grabbed both of them into a hug. "Thank you for caring about this messed up human. And I will try to do anything to keep you both happy. Starting with changing." Then I got up while they both looked confused as I walked out of the house and next to the pond. "Ok here it goes." While the two girls looked on an inferno started around me. They looked on in confusion as I started to change inside this fire cocoon. Then the fire died down leaving a sight that neither thought they would see.
I was shaky standing there on four hooves instead of two feet. But there I stood as a pony. The two girls looked on in shock. I looked into the pod to see my reflection and noticed my mane was made of fire. I was a light tan color and my mane and tail were flowing fire. It reminded me of something I once saw when I was a kid. But I couldn't remember the name. Oh well this was kinda cool. Then I noticed that I had wings. "Ah cool, I'm a pegasus like FlutterShy! So what do you two think about this form?" FlutterShy smiled wide and tackled me into a hug. Only problem with that was I wasn't steady on my hooves yet. So I tumbled to the ground with her on top of me.
"Sorry, are you ok? I was just excited." I nodded. "Oh im fine, are you?" she nodded and Amour joined us. "It looks like we will have to train you on how to stay up and walk with hooves. But we will happily take the challenge." I smiled and nodded. "Thanks I am sure I will need the help. It's very different to have four legs instead of two. And hooves aren't as wide as feet so it feels weird standing on them. But I'm sure I will figure it out at some point. Till then I might need to switch between human and pony to get around faster." The girls nodded and kept looking me over. "It is interesting that your hair is now fire instead of actual hair."
Amour was looking at my hair and ran a paw through my fire mane. "Yet it still feels like hair and has no real heat. Interesting. The elder would want to hear about this later on. Once you are used to this form." I agreed with that. "And I'm sure Luna would like to know as well." The girls nodded and sat next to me as I sat up and tried to stand again. FlutterShy and Amour stood by my sides and tried to help me stand and stay up. Then we spent the rest of the day eating and teaching me to walk with four legs. Then came time for bed. I was looking forward to sleeping next to these two again tonight, just this time in a new form.
I took my spot on the floor once again and the girls took their spots happily. This time they weren't hiding how happy they were to be sleeping next to me and cuddled up closer to me than normal as well. But it didn't bug me one bit, I actually enjoyed the contact. The only thing I couldn't get used to was having the wings. But then I figured something out. I opened my wings and put them over the girls next to me. "You don't mind if I do this do you?" Both shook their heads and enjoyed the contact. So I laid my head down and started to fall asleep happily. The girls put their heads close to mine as they did the same. And it didn't take long for us all to be asleep with smiles on our faces.
