Fluttershy walked into her cottage with knuckles still on her back. She laid him down on the couch and started looking over his wounds. He had small bruises and cuts all over his body but his chest had taken the most damage. She started feeling sad while staring at his wounds. She recovered and left to get some medicine. She came back with home-made medicine and bandages. She dipped her hoof in the medicine and started applying it to his chest wound. Knuckles started grunting in his unconscious state. Fluttershy stopped for a short moment "it will sting for a bit, but you'll feel much better" she said as she continued to apply the medicine. Afterwards she wrapped his chest in bandages. She heard a knock on the door.

She opened it to reveal applejack "howdy fluttershy" she greeted. Fluttershy tilted her head "uh, hi what brings you here" she asked. Applejack peeked into the cottage "i wanted to check on that fella knuckles, mind if I come in" she said. Fluttershy nodded and stepped out of the way "of course not, come on in" she said. Applejack saw knuckles on the couch "wow, you already have him all bandaged up huh" she said. Fluttershy remembered something "what about eggman" she asked. Applejack chuckled "big mac's watching him right now" she said.

After a few seconds of silence fluttershy turned to applejack "I'm really going to miss him" she said. Applejack was caught off guard by her "i didn't know y'all were that good of friends" she said. Fluttershy's whole face turned a light pink "i wouldn't say...just friends...exactly" she said. Applejack was confused for a second but then It hit her "oh, well good for you sugarcube" she said. Fluttershy sunk her head down "i haven't actually told him yet" she said. Applejack smile faltered "well you should tell him while he's still here" she said. Applejack glanced at the clock "oh, I got to be getting back to the farm. Good luck" she said as she walked out.

Later knuckles woke up and saw the bandages on his chest. He smiled down at them happily. He then noticed that fluttershy wasn't there. He got up and walked to the backyard. Fluttershy was out there feeding her animals. He walked up to her "hey, thanks for the medical attention...again" he said. Fluttershy looked at him with surprise then with happiness "I'm the one who should be thanking you for saving my life...again" she said. Fluttershy suddenly started avoiding eye contact. Knuckles took notice of her change "is something wrong" he asked. Fluttershy smiled reassuringly at him "i just have something I wanted to tell you" she said. Knuckles nodded "alright, what is it" he asked. Fluttershy's cheeks turned crimson "i don't want to leave anything unsaid so here goes nothing" she took a deep breath "I have feelings for you...romantic feelings" she said. Knuckles said nothing, he just stood in shock. Fluttershy started to panic "um, I'm so sorry. I shouldn't of said that. What was I thinking" she said. Knuckles collected himself "flutters" he said but fluttershy didn't hear him. She continued to freak out "and you're going to leave so it was selfish of me to-" she stopped when knuckles pulled her into a hug. Fluttershy was in shock for a few seconds but she recovered and hugged him tighter. Knuckles ignored the pain and smiled.

Tails, twilight, and rarity walked into the library. Tails sat on the couch while being sure not to sit on his tail. Spike walked into the room "hey, you're back" he said happily. Twilight giggled "yes, and we were successful" she said. Spike nodded "okay, so what's next" he asked. Rarity had a thoughtful look on her face "good point spike, what is next darling" she asked tails. Tails got all his thoughts in order "well I have to build a machine to take us back to our world, though that might take a while" he said. Spike tilted his head "why will it take awhile" he asked. Tails looked slightly annoyed "i have to figure out dimensional travel, it's not exactly easy" he said. Twilight looked a bit sad "when will you start on it" she asked. Tails yawned "maybe tomorrow, I'm tired" he said.

Tails laid down and fell asleep in seconds. Spike started walking to the kitchen "well I should get dinner started" he said. Twilight stared at tails as he slept. After a few seconds she saw that rarity was smirking at her. Twilight faced her "rarity don't look at me like that" she said. Rarity giggled "should I wait until you fall asleep" she teased. Twilight opened her mouth to say something but stopped. Rarity got up and started for the door "alright I'll leave you alone...for now" she said. Twilight decided to join spike in the kitchen for now.

Later that night twilight woke up. She walked out of her room and down the stairs. She saw tails sitting at a desk. Twilight got his attention "hey what are doing up so late" she asked. Tails turned to her "oh hey, I was just getting started on the dimensional transporter" he answered. Twilight frowned for a second but put on a fake smile "wow, you must really want to get back to your world huh" she asked. Tails stayed quiet for a moment. He finally spoke up "i do want to get back but I'm also really going to miss you" he said. Twilight gave a genuine smile "do you need any help" she asked. Tails looked down at his work and back at her "yeah that would be great" he said. Twilight sat next to him and they got to work until late morning.

Tails took a step back to look at their work. The ring was halfway built "we're making pretty good time" he said. Tails heard a knock on the door "I'll get it" he said. He walked to the door and pulled it open. Shadow and pinkie were behind it. Tails greeted them "hey, how are you" he asked. Pinkie smiled happily "I'm great" she said. Shadow chose to ignore them "i came to see your progress on the transporter" he said. Tails was caught off guard slightly "of course, come in" he said. Shadow walked in with pinkie following behind him. Twilight saw them come in "oh what brings you two here" she asked. Pinkie hopped up to her "shady wanted to see the transportey thingy" she said. Shadow crossed his arms "is this all you have done" he asked. Tails sighed "you're as impatient as sonic" he said. Twilight got shadow's attention "you should be thankful to tails for making you a way home" she said. Shadow growled slightly.

Pinkie got in the middle of them "you two seem stressed. how about a party, there is no better way to relax than to party" she offered. Shadow turned to her "no party, how many time do I have to tell you" he said. Pinkie had a pleading look on her face "please, I couldn't throw a welcome party, a congratulations party, or a goodbye party. So this could be a welcome/congratulations/goodbye party" she said. Shadow was going to protest but he gave up "fine we can have a...party" he said. Pinkie jumped in joy "yay, thanks shady you're the best" she said. Twilight looked at tails "i wouldn't mind a break, what about you" she asked. Tails nodded at her "yeah, sounds like fun" he said. He turned to pinkie "so when's the party" he asked. Pinkie thought for a second "tomorrow night" she answered. She then spun around to face shadow "wanna go tell everypony" she asked. Shadow agreed silently. Twilight got her attention "we'll help you" she said. Pinkie jumped up and down "okay go tell fluttershy and knuckles, me and shady can get the word to everypony else" she said. Pinkie bounced out of the library with shadow following her. Twilight and tails headed out too.

While tails and twilight were walking sonic and rainbow dash ran up to them. Sonic greeted tails "hey buddy, what are you guys up to" he asked. Tails smiled at him "pinkie's throwing a party tomorrow night. We were on our way to tell fluttershy and knuckles about it" he said. Rainbow seemed excited "yes, pinkie's parties are the best" she said. Sonic chuckled "sounds cool. Mind if we join you to fluttershy's cottage" he asked. Tails and twilight agreed and they continued their walk.

Once they got to the cottage rainbow dash ran up to the door and put her hoof on it. Tails stopped her "are you just going walk in without knocking" he asked. Rainbow dismissed his thoughts "fluttershy won't mind, she doesn't have anything to hide" she said as she opened the door. They saw fluttershy and knuckles cuddling on the couch. The four of them stood in shock. Knuckles and fluttershy just sat still with red on their faces.