"Just cook him something!" said Vinyl.
Octavia stopped grimacing. "Oh, that's it? I thought you'd say something absurd like-"
"But," interrupted Vinyl, "You gotta dress all sexy while you cook! Wear a tight maid outfit and do a sexy dance!"
"...What."
"Trust me, he'll love it!"
"Er... I don't think..."
"Hey, if all else fails, just use your instinct!"
"My instinct..."
Vinyl rested her hoof on Octavia's shoulder. "I believe you can do this yourself."
Octavia smiled. "I hope..."
Saxo kept walking through Ponyville. He didn't exactly know where he was going, just-
"Ow!" he crashed straight into the walleyed pegasus pony from when he first arrived.
She was knocked to the ground, dropping some letters and her bag.
"Oh, sorry!" he said, already picking up her dropped belongings. She stood and smiled.
"It's okay, Mister! I remember you from before! But, you look sad now..." she said frowning.
"Nah, i'm fine..." he lied. He turned to leave when Derpy touched him and turned him to face her.
"Tell me what's wrong!" she said.
Saxo wanted to leave, but he figured now was a good time for advice.
"Well," he said, "I've fallen in love with two different mares. I don't know which one I love more, and this is really stressing me out..."
"Hm..." said the mare as her eyes spun around. "You should ask Rarity, she reads all sorts of books about this love stuff."
"I already tried that! She said to go with my instinct..."
'Then go with your instinct!"
Saxo smiled. "It's not that simple..."
"Of course it is!" said Derpy. She proudly held up her bag.
"Love is like a package!" she said. "You never know what you're gonna get! It might even be a bomb!"
"..."
"Feel better?" she asked smiling.
"Not really."
She giggled and pat his back. "Glad I could help!"
Fluttershy flew into the sky to clear her head. It always relaxed her and kept her mind at ease besides tending to her animals. She never flew as high as Rainbow Dash, though. She loved the ground.
She saw Rainbow Dash lying on a cloud with a bored expression staring at other ponies as they walked. Fluttershy smiled and flew to her.
"Hey Rainbow."
Rainbow Dash looked at Fluttershy. "Oh hey. I'm so booorrrreeedddd..."
"Rainbow, sorry I snapped at you before. I was just mad is all. Can... can you forgive me?"
"Of course! What happened back there with Saxo and Octavia?"
Fluttershy sighed. "She thinks Saxo belongs to her. It just makes me so mad..."
"So just make sure he knows you're his marefriend."
"How?"
Rainbow Dash whispered into her friend's ear, who's eyes widened every second.
"Rainbow Dash, I'm pretty sure that's illegal..."
"Really? Huh."
"I don't think it's worth it anymore." said Fluttershy.
Rainbow Dash felt sorry for her friend. She wished she knew a way for everypony to be happy. She had never seen Fluttershy so sad before.
Then Rainbow Dash suddenly had an idea. She smiled.
"I think I have the answer to everypony's problems! Just give me some time..."
Octavia walked through Ponyville until she spotted Saxo walking towards her.
"Hey!" they both said at the same time. "I wanted to say-" they cut each other off again.
"Look," said Octavia, "This whole week has been hectic. I just wanted to let you know you can choose Fluttershy..."
"Er, wait-"
"She needs somepony who can keep her happy. I'll find somepony else."
"Just let me-"
"Can you just keep her happy?"
Saxo kissed Octavia again. "Can you let me finish my sentence? I choose you."
Octavia froze and blushed. "What? Why?"
"You and I have a lot in common. We both put others before us and like music..."
Saxo lost himself in Octavia's deep purple eyes. She stared back into his and kissed him again, with more passion. His hoof grazed her cutie mark, eliciting a moan from Octavia. However, they had forgotten they were still outside, and stopped when they noticed everypony staring at them with smiles.
"Uh, we better go..." said Octavia.
"Good idea. Your place?"
"Considering you don't have a home here, yeah."
Octavia was ready to run to her house, when she was engulfed in a white light and appeared at her house with Saxo.
"Thought it'd be easier." he said smiling.
Octavia giggled. "I could use a drink..."
Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy were above on a cloud when they saw the scene unfold in the street. Fluttershy was sad, but her friend was there to comfort her.
" You okay?" asked Rainbow Dash.
"...I don't know..."
"Look, I can set you up with somepony else..."
"Thank you but... not today, okay? I need to lie down..."
Fluttershy glanced once more at Rainbow Dash before she quietly took off towards her home.
"Don't worry Shy," said Rainbow Dash, "I know the perfect stallion for you..."
It was late at night when Octavia looked up at the ceiling in bed. The large ceiling was covered in musical notes to compose a song.
"You know," Saxo said, nuzzling his mare, "I still haven't heard the song up there..."
"I've never played it for somepony else," she said, "But I'll try. For you."
She kissed him again and got up from the bed. Retrieving her cello, she looked at Saxo, who smiled. She looked back up and then closed her eyes. She remembered the song, but wanted to confirm her memory. After waiting a while, she slashed her bow across her cello once to make a smooth clean noise. She dragged it across again to hit another low note, and prepared to hit the next one.
Saxo lay in silence watching Octavia play a song for him. He watched how her black mane flowed and how her lips formed a slight smile as she concentrated. Her grey hooves adjusting and, playing the song for him. He closed his eyes in bliss to the song.
Octavia dragged the bow faster now, hitting every precise note as the song made a downward spiral in pitch. The song changed in pitch and speed for four minutes before it ended. Octavia brushed a lock of her mane from her head before smiling at Saxo.
"I loved it." said Saxo. "You're the mare I need."
Octavia got back in bed with her coltfriend and embraced him. She wrapped her hooves around his neck and passionately kissed him. He wrapped hooves around her back around her and pulled her closer, not wanting to ever let go.
Next chapter is the epilogue! Excitement! Remember to review! Also, I'm working on a Christmas fic! Each chapter will have different pony's perspective of the holiday, so watch out for it in December! I'll mainly be working on that!
And don't worry, Fluttershy will get a good ending :)
Also, my friend CosmoColt (link in my profile) is publishing his first story that I helped him edit. Check that out too!
-Sharky
