Disclaimer: All My Little Ponies, Big Brother Ponies, Bushwoolies, the Moochick and Spike do not belong to me.
A\N: HappyGlow, thank you again for reviewing. I do have a small collection of My Little Ponies...mostly the 1997-99 collection,. but I have a few older ones too. I'm not sure what the MLPTP is. Would you mind explaining it to me?
THESE TWO HEARTS
by Lina Shay
Chapter Six: Building Up
"Here's another batch of cupcakes," Fizzy said as she came into the room with a basket of icy cupcakes. She walked up to her friend and set them beside her bed.
"Thanks so much, Fizzy," Buttons said sincerely, taking on instantly. "I'm starving."
"It's so great having you back in the room," Fizzy mused as she sat on her own bed.
"It won't last long," Buttons informed her. "This is just until Slugger builds us a cottage somewhere in Dream Valley."
"Has he picked out a place?" Fizzy asked.
"Um...yes, I think so," Buttons said, sounding somewhat tired. "He won't tell me where. It's a surprise."
"Maybe you should get some rest," Fizzy suggested.
"N-no, I'm OK," Buttons yawned. She lay back in her bed and closed her eyes. Fizzy pulled the blanket up over her large belly.
"You're so lucky," Fizzy whispered.
She, then, left the room and ran out of Paradise Estate. She came upon a group of baby ponies.
"Have you seen Steamer?" Fizzy asked them.
"No," Baby Tidily Wink said.
Babies Moondancer and Shady shook their heads.
"I have!" Baby Cotton Candy said, jumping up instantly. "He's with Heartthrob and them. I'll show you."
Baby Cotton Candy galloped off and Fizzy followed her. They came up to a clearing in the woods. There, Steamer was blindfolded while the babies ran around and giggled. They were playing Blindman's Bluff and Steamer was it.
"Over here!" Baby Cotton Candy giggled.
Steamer started coming over. Fizzy experienced the adrenaline panic that comes from games like this. She sprinted out of his path.
"Over here! Over here!" shouted Baby Lickety Split, who happened to be right where Fizzy had run to.
Steamer changed course again. Fizzy ran away again only to find that the babies near where she had gone to started making a lot of noise. Something fishy was going on here. Fizzy doubled back to where Baby Cotton Candy was. She stared at the baby, just waiting for her to call out. Baby Cotton Candy looked at her all innocently.
"Here! Here!" called Baby Heartthrob, flying quickly to where Fizzy stood.
Steamer followed Heartthrobs voice. Fizzy tried to run left, but Babies Half-Note and Gusty were in the way. Lofty and Surprise were on her right and Cotton Candy stood behind here. They were boxing her in. What the heck was going on here? Heartthrob did one more call before zooming out of the way. Steamer came right toward Fizzy. The babies scattered in giggles as Steamer wrapped a hoof around Fizzy's leg.
"Got cha!" he said, pulling off the blindfold. "Fizzy, I caught you? What a coincidence."
"Yeah, coincidence," Fizzy said, glaring at the babies. Not in a harsh way. More of a "I'm going to get you" look.
The babies all giggled and ran off. Fizzy was beginning to suspect that those babies knew more about grown up things than they let on.
"How have you been?" Steamer asked solemnly. "I haven't seen you since that day you-"
"Yeah," Fizzy interrupted. "I've been busy, helping out Buttons and stuff."
Steamer nodded in an understanding way.
"But you're OK?" He asked.
"I'm fine," Fizzy told him, glad that he was so concerned.
"Good," Steamer said softly, smiling kindly.
Fizzy smiled back and began walking toward Rainbow Falls. Steamer followed close behind her.
"So, how's Buttons?" Steamer inquired as they walked.
"Good," Fizzy told him. "Hungry...Just very pregnant."
Steamer nodded, saying, "So, when is Buttons's new passenger going to disembark?"
Fizzy laughed at his choice of metaphor. "Any day now."
Steamer and Fizzy looked at each other as they walked. Fizzy figured someone should watch where they were going before they ended up falling in the pond. When she glanced up, she saw Slugger nervously walking in a large circle right under the apple tree.
"What is he doing?" Fizzy asked in confusion.
"My signal light's flashing red," Steamer muttered.
Fizzy turned to him and said, "Steamer, sometimes I have no idea what you're talking about."
Steamer just smiled at her.
"Slugger!" Fizzy called, walking up to him. "What are you doing?"
"I was thinking that if I wished hard enough," Slugger began, still walking in his circle, "then the house would just appear."
"I don't know about that," Steamer said, "but if you pace hard enough, you'll get a good trench."
Slugger sat on his haunches and groaned. "I can't build a house."
"Why don't you ask for help?" Fizzy suggested. "Wind Whistler can design the perfect house, using perfect logic in space-saving, insolation and structure strength."
"Yeah, and 4-Speed and Salty can help you build it," Steamer told him.
"I'm sure that North Star and the other flying ponies will happily fly in the logs for your cabin, and Truly will volunteer her decorating services, whether you want her to or not," Fizzy laughed.
"You think they would really all help?" Slugger asked.
"Sure they will," Fizzy told him with a smile. "They've known you and Buttons forever."
"You wait here," Steamer directed Slugger. "We'll organize everything."
Soon enough, everything was organized. Lofty, North Star, Skydancer, and Whizzer were flying the logs in from the dead wood forest. (That way they didn't have to cut down any trees. Ponies are environmentalists.) Galaxy used the heat of her horn to cut the wood (I'm not sure if this would work). 4-Speed and Steamer held the side boards up while Salty and Paradise nailed them in place. Fizzy floated bubbles containing nails, hammers and other tools to Slugger and Shady on the roof. Wind Whistler stood on the ground and shouted orders like, "Nail them crosswise, you'll get more support!" and "No, not there!" The rest of the ponies had jobs too. Some where fixing plumbing and electricity. Others made furniture. Posy, Heartthrob, and Cupcake were back at Paradise Estate taking care of Buttons's every need. With the crew they had, the house was nearly finished in two days.
"Fizzy, may I have a box of nails please?" Slugger called down from the roof. "These shingles are coming loose."
"That is because you heeded not when I instructed you to employ four nails instead of two per shingle," Wind Whistler said.
"Coming right up," Fizzy told him. She used her horn to make a bubble. It squashed against a box of nails until it enveloped it. Then she let the bubble glide up to the roof. Slugger caught it before it floated into the atmosphere. Fizzy's gaze fell upon Steamer. He and Gusty were painting the North outside wall of the house.
"Gusty," Lickety Split called from the front door. "We need you to dry the inside of the house so we can bring the furniture in."
"Right away," Gusty said, following her instantly into the house.
Steamer was now working on the North wall alone. That wasn't fair. Fizzy smiled as she walked over to where he stood. He smiled at her.
"Ready to get your hooves dirty?" Steamed said, teasingly.
Fizzy flipped her hair over her shoulder and picked up the brush Gusty has left. She dipped it into the pale blue paint and began painting. They finished the bottom half of the wall in no time. Then they just stared at the top half.
"Are all the flying ponies busy?" Steamer asked.
"They're painting the ceilings inside," Fizzy told him.
"Well, I have one idea," Steamer told her, smiling.
Fizzy frowned, saying, "I have the feeling I have the same idea."
Steamer shrugged. They employed their idea. Fizzy stood on Steamer's back on hind legs while she painted. Steamer was trying to balance the paint bucket on his head so it was there for her convenience. Fizzy dipped her brush. As she pulled it out, a drizzle of paint feel on Steamer's ear and dripped down his neck.
"Ahh," he groaned. "You're turning me blue."
"What's wrong with being blue?" Fizzy asked, batting her eyes down at him.
He just laughed.
"What's this, the circus?" came a mocking voice.
Fizzy and Steamer looked to see Score and Tex standing nearby laughing. For once, Fizzy wasn't embarrassed by them. This was for Buttons and nothing they could say to her would bother her.
"Steamer," Score began, "that blue's a good color on you. Trying to be Wind Whistler?"
"That is absolutely the most feeble attempt at an insult I ever heard of," Wind Whistler commented.
"I didn't ask you!" Score shot at her.
This caught the other ponies' attention. A throng of them came out of the house to see what was going on.
"What in carnation is goin' on here?" Truly asked.
"I was just saying how ridiculous Steamer looks with paint all ov..." then Score realized that half the ponies had paint on them.
"You would too if you were feeling enough to actually help out," Paradise muttered.
"Yeah, grow up," Gusty told them.
This was the first time Fizzy had ever seen Score nervous. He looked almost ashamed. She never thought she'd see the day.
"What can we do to help?" Score asked with his head down.
"Well," Truly began, "you can start by carryin' that thar bed into the bedroom."
Score and Tex ran over to the bed and tried to carry it. Slugger and 4-Speed ended up having to help them. It was a large bed. By sunset, all the furniture was in and placed exactly where Truly said it should, the entire house was painted and everything was working in tip top shape. All ponies headed home except for Steamer, Fizzy and Slugger.
"Thanks, you two," Slugger muttered.
"We didn't do any more than any other pony did," Fizzy told him.
"I would never have gotten this far without you," Slugger went on. "I would still be walking in a circle and wishing."
"I'd think you would have given that up by now," Steamer put in.
Slugger shrugged.
"It was a pleasure to do," Fizzy informed him with a smile. "I hope Buttons likes it."
"She will," Slugger assured them.
Steamer and Fizzy smiled at each other, then headed back toward Paradise Estate. They stopped to see the sunset reflecting on the Rainbow Falls.
"It's getting dark," Steamer whispered.
"Don't you mean 'the sun's running out of coal'?" Fizzy mimicked.
"Are you teasing me?" Steamer asked with a big smile.
Fizzy giggled. Steamer continued to look at her. He took a step toward her, his eyes locked on her's. Fizzy watched him coming, knowing what he was going to do. She never thought she would be kissed in all her life. And now it was going to happen. Fizzy just closed her eyes.
"SLUGGER! SLUGGER! THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH BUTTONS!"
A/N: Oh, no! Like my cliff hanger?
A\N: HappyGlow, thank you again for reviewing. I do have a small collection of My Little Ponies...mostly the 1997-99 collection,. but I have a few older ones too. I'm not sure what the MLPTP is. Would you mind explaining it to me?
THESE TWO HEARTS
by Lina Shay
Chapter Six: Building Up
"Here's another batch of cupcakes," Fizzy said as she came into the room with a basket of icy cupcakes. She walked up to her friend and set them beside her bed.
"Thanks so much, Fizzy," Buttons said sincerely, taking on instantly. "I'm starving."
"It's so great having you back in the room," Fizzy mused as she sat on her own bed.
"It won't last long," Buttons informed her. "This is just until Slugger builds us a cottage somewhere in Dream Valley."
"Has he picked out a place?" Fizzy asked.
"Um...yes, I think so," Buttons said, sounding somewhat tired. "He won't tell me where. It's a surprise."
"Maybe you should get some rest," Fizzy suggested.
"N-no, I'm OK," Buttons yawned. She lay back in her bed and closed her eyes. Fizzy pulled the blanket up over her large belly.
"You're so lucky," Fizzy whispered.
She, then, left the room and ran out of Paradise Estate. She came upon a group of baby ponies.
"Have you seen Steamer?" Fizzy asked them.
"No," Baby Tidily Wink said.
Babies Moondancer and Shady shook their heads.
"I have!" Baby Cotton Candy said, jumping up instantly. "He's with Heartthrob and them. I'll show you."
Baby Cotton Candy galloped off and Fizzy followed her. They came up to a clearing in the woods. There, Steamer was blindfolded while the babies ran around and giggled. They were playing Blindman's Bluff and Steamer was it.
"Over here!" Baby Cotton Candy giggled.
Steamer started coming over. Fizzy experienced the adrenaline panic that comes from games like this. She sprinted out of his path.
"Over here! Over here!" shouted Baby Lickety Split, who happened to be right where Fizzy had run to.
Steamer changed course again. Fizzy ran away again only to find that the babies near where she had gone to started making a lot of noise. Something fishy was going on here. Fizzy doubled back to where Baby Cotton Candy was. She stared at the baby, just waiting for her to call out. Baby Cotton Candy looked at her all innocently.
"Here! Here!" called Baby Heartthrob, flying quickly to where Fizzy stood.
Steamer followed Heartthrobs voice. Fizzy tried to run left, but Babies Half-Note and Gusty were in the way. Lofty and Surprise were on her right and Cotton Candy stood behind here. They were boxing her in. What the heck was going on here? Heartthrob did one more call before zooming out of the way. Steamer came right toward Fizzy. The babies scattered in giggles as Steamer wrapped a hoof around Fizzy's leg.
"Got cha!" he said, pulling off the blindfold. "Fizzy, I caught you? What a coincidence."
"Yeah, coincidence," Fizzy said, glaring at the babies. Not in a harsh way. More of a "I'm going to get you" look.
The babies all giggled and ran off. Fizzy was beginning to suspect that those babies knew more about grown up things than they let on.
"How have you been?" Steamer asked solemnly. "I haven't seen you since that day you-"
"Yeah," Fizzy interrupted. "I've been busy, helping out Buttons and stuff."
Steamer nodded in an understanding way.
"But you're OK?" He asked.
"I'm fine," Fizzy told him, glad that he was so concerned.
"Good," Steamer said softly, smiling kindly.
Fizzy smiled back and began walking toward Rainbow Falls. Steamer followed close behind her.
"So, how's Buttons?" Steamer inquired as they walked.
"Good," Fizzy told him. "Hungry...Just very pregnant."
Steamer nodded, saying, "So, when is Buttons's new passenger going to disembark?"
Fizzy laughed at his choice of metaphor. "Any day now."
Steamer and Fizzy looked at each other as they walked. Fizzy figured someone should watch where they were going before they ended up falling in the pond. When she glanced up, she saw Slugger nervously walking in a large circle right under the apple tree.
"What is he doing?" Fizzy asked in confusion.
"My signal light's flashing red," Steamer muttered.
Fizzy turned to him and said, "Steamer, sometimes I have no idea what you're talking about."
Steamer just smiled at her.
"Slugger!" Fizzy called, walking up to him. "What are you doing?"
"I was thinking that if I wished hard enough," Slugger began, still walking in his circle, "then the house would just appear."
"I don't know about that," Steamer said, "but if you pace hard enough, you'll get a good trench."
Slugger sat on his haunches and groaned. "I can't build a house."
"Why don't you ask for help?" Fizzy suggested. "Wind Whistler can design the perfect house, using perfect logic in space-saving, insolation and structure strength."
"Yeah, and 4-Speed and Salty can help you build it," Steamer told him.
"I'm sure that North Star and the other flying ponies will happily fly in the logs for your cabin, and Truly will volunteer her decorating services, whether you want her to or not," Fizzy laughed.
"You think they would really all help?" Slugger asked.
"Sure they will," Fizzy told him with a smile. "They've known you and Buttons forever."
"You wait here," Steamer directed Slugger. "We'll organize everything."
Soon enough, everything was organized. Lofty, North Star, Skydancer, and Whizzer were flying the logs in from the dead wood forest. (That way they didn't have to cut down any trees. Ponies are environmentalists.) Galaxy used the heat of her horn to cut the wood (I'm not sure if this would work). 4-Speed and Steamer held the side boards up while Salty and Paradise nailed them in place. Fizzy floated bubbles containing nails, hammers and other tools to Slugger and Shady on the roof. Wind Whistler stood on the ground and shouted orders like, "Nail them crosswise, you'll get more support!" and "No, not there!" The rest of the ponies had jobs too. Some where fixing plumbing and electricity. Others made furniture. Posy, Heartthrob, and Cupcake were back at Paradise Estate taking care of Buttons's every need. With the crew they had, the house was nearly finished in two days.
"Fizzy, may I have a box of nails please?" Slugger called down from the roof. "These shingles are coming loose."
"That is because you heeded not when I instructed you to employ four nails instead of two per shingle," Wind Whistler said.
"Coming right up," Fizzy told him. She used her horn to make a bubble. It squashed against a box of nails until it enveloped it. Then she let the bubble glide up to the roof. Slugger caught it before it floated into the atmosphere. Fizzy's gaze fell upon Steamer. He and Gusty were painting the North outside wall of the house.
"Gusty," Lickety Split called from the front door. "We need you to dry the inside of the house so we can bring the furniture in."
"Right away," Gusty said, following her instantly into the house.
Steamer was now working on the North wall alone. That wasn't fair. Fizzy smiled as she walked over to where he stood. He smiled at her.
"Ready to get your hooves dirty?" Steamed said, teasingly.
Fizzy flipped her hair over her shoulder and picked up the brush Gusty has left. She dipped it into the pale blue paint and began painting. They finished the bottom half of the wall in no time. Then they just stared at the top half.
"Are all the flying ponies busy?" Steamer asked.
"They're painting the ceilings inside," Fizzy told him.
"Well, I have one idea," Steamer told her, smiling.
Fizzy frowned, saying, "I have the feeling I have the same idea."
Steamer shrugged. They employed their idea. Fizzy stood on Steamer's back on hind legs while she painted. Steamer was trying to balance the paint bucket on his head so it was there for her convenience. Fizzy dipped her brush. As she pulled it out, a drizzle of paint feel on Steamer's ear and dripped down his neck.
"Ahh," he groaned. "You're turning me blue."
"What's wrong with being blue?" Fizzy asked, batting her eyes down at him.
He just laughed.
"What's this, the circus?" came a mocking voice.
Fizzy and Steamer looked to see Score and Tex standing nearby laughing. For once, Fizzy wasn't embarrassed by them. This was for Buttons and nothing they could say to her would bother her.
"Steamer," Score began, "that blue's a good color on you. Trying to be Wind Whistler?"
"That is absolutely the most feeble attempt at an insult I ever heard of," Wind Whistler commented.
"I didn't ask you!" Score shot at her.
This caught the other ponies' attention. A throng of them came out of the house to see what was going on.
"What in carnation is goin' on here?" Truly asked.
"I was just saying how ridiculous Steamer looks with paint all ov..." then Score realized that half the ponies had paint on them.
"You would too if you were feeling enough to actually help out," Paradise muttered.
"Yeah, grow up," Gusty told them.
This was the first time Fizzy had ever seen Score nervous. He looked almost ashamed. She never thought she'd see the day.
"What can we do to help?" Score asked with his head down.
"Well," Truly began, "you can start by carryin' that thar bed into the bedroom."
Score and Tex ran over to the bed and tried to carry it. Slugger and 4-Speed ended up having to help them. It was a large bed. By sunset, all the furniture was in and placed exactly where Truly said it should, the entire house was painted and everything was working in tip top shape. All ponies headed home except for Steamer, Fizzy and Slugger.
"Thanks, you two," Slugger muttered.
"We didn't do any more than any other pony did," Fizzy told him.
"I would never have gotten this far without you," Slugger went on. "I would still be walking in a circle and wishing."
"I'd think you would have given that up by now," Steamer put in.
Slugger shrugged.
"It was a pleasure to do," Fizzy informed him with a smile. "I hope Buttons likes it."
"She will," Slugger assured them.
Steamer and Fizzy smiled at each other, then headed back toward Paradise Estate. They stopped to see the sunset reflecting on the Rainbow Falls.
"It's getting dark," Steamer whispered.
"Don't you mean 'the sun's running out of coal'?" Fizzy mimicked.
"Are you teasing me?" Steamer asked with a big smile.
Fizzy giggled. Steamer continued to look at her. He took a step toward her, his eyes locked on her's. Fizzy watched him coming, knowing what he was going to do. She never thought she would be kissed in all her life. And now it was going to happen. Fizzy just closed her eyes.
"SLUGGER! SLUGGER! THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH BUTTONS!"
A/N: Oh, no! Like my cliff hanger?
