Chapter 2: testing the waters

Pinkie pie done it. She had made shadow the hedgehog her friend. pinkie pie hopped up the stairs to her room. She sighed happily and spun around, landing on her bed. She began to feel the feeling again. She blushed to herself, and looked out the window. ¨now, I just have one more step.¨ she sighed again, and sat up. "so, what do you think i should do?" She asked her pet alligator, gummy. The reptile had no reply. "you're right. Let's think about it for a few days."

"why did I want to do that? Why did I do that?" Shadow was pacing around ponyville. He had excepted pinkie's friendship. But weirdest of all, he had asked her for friendship. "nothing like this has ever happened." he thought to himself. He thought about that word again.

"No! This can't be real!" Shadow groaned quietly to himself. He started to walk to the everfree and soon found himself at zecora's. Shadow couldn't get her off of his mind. And, he felt happy. Shadow paced around her hut, his mind full of questions. zecora noticed this, and a smile started to form from her lips. Zecora walked over to him with a smug smile on her face. "I can see that you are happy. yet you're being phony. Is this because of a certain pink pony?"

shadow stopped. He felt redness coming to his cheeks. "no! Why would I be attracted to her!?" Zecora rolled her eyes. "you are. I can even see it from afar." Shadow was flustered. Was it true? The word came to his mind once again. "you have a crush. Pinkie Pie makes you blush." Shadow's blush became even redder. "no I don't." He said this less stern than his last sentence. And with that, shadow stormed off into the forest. Zecora only had one thing to say:

"love's only a few words away."

Twilight was studying the science of portals and different dimensions when she heard someone open the castle door. "who is it?" she asked, not bothering to look up from her book. "twilight? It's me. I need your advice."

It was a quiet day at sugarcube corner. The air smelled like cupcakes, cookies, and cotton candy. Pinkie pie was trotting around, helping the Cakes with whatever they needed. she found herself at the counter once again, though there were no customers. She then saw a familiar figure walking up to the bakery.

It was shadow, who seemed to be holding something behind his back. Pinkie pie expressed surprise as he entered. "shadow! What are you doing here?" Pinkie bounced towards him happily. "Finally decided to have a cupcake?" Shadow stayed silent. His face was stone, but seemed to be relaxed, a little nervous even. 'You can do this shadow. It's just a little gift. You have to try. Just to see...'

"no." Shadow replied as pinkie faced him. "but," his eyes shifted around the room, confirming they were alone. "I-I... have something for you." Pinkie was taken aback. "what... you do?" She said, trying to recover from the momentary shock. Shadow held a blush back. "yeah." he moved his hand to his front. It was a bouquet a blue, yellow and pink flowers. Pinkie's eyes widened and she blushed. He looked away from her.

"For you..." Shadow stammered a little. Pinkie held out her hoof to grab the flowers. "th-thank you." she took the flowers from him. Shadow had a blush on his cheeks, but before pinkie could notice, he sped off. pinkie held the bouquet close to her chest. 'What... why did he do that?' Pinkie looked down the flowers. 'Well, I'm glad he did.' She sighed happily, and took them up to her room. "maybe..." She sighed, and looked out to her balcony. "one day..."

I hope you liked chapter 2 of the rewrite! Sorry that it's kinda short. Write you later!