Twilight asked sternly, “Hey Fluttershy, what’s really happening in that room?”

Fluttershy’s faced immediately flushed red; she had expected her friend to eventually inquire about the actual nature of the activties that occurred within that room, but she certainly didn’t expect to be put on the spot so soon. Instead of coming up with a more convincing lie than her previous one, she decided to salvage what was left from her first explanation, thinking that there was still a chance that Twilight would believe it. She eventually broke the silence, stating, “Uhh… I just like to keep the room… you know… safe? There’s a little foal I foalsit for sometimes, she’s really cute but awful shy.” Fluttershy added some truth to the lie; there was a foal (at heart, at least…) that she foalsat for sometimes (even though she was the foal and the foalsitter). She thought that she herself could be considered cute, and she was really shy. Fluttershy was looking down at her hooves the whole time, trying to create the illusion of a foal; deep down, Fluttershy knew she wanted someone to know.

Fluttershy looked up with a rather sly puppy dog look in her eyes. Twilight looked at Fluttershy intently for a few seconds trying to hold a stern face, but it eventually broke when Twilight smiled and let out a small “Aww!” Twilight knew Fluttershy wasn’t being entirely truthful. ‘Fluttershy acted much too worried about me seeing inside the mystery room,’ Twilight thought. ‘What could Fluttershy be hiding? She’s too sweet to do anything cruel or illegal, I just don’t know…’ Twilight thought, disappointed look gradually showing on her face.

Fluttershy had made her way back to the couch area, “So, would you like something to drink?” the shy mare asked.
“Sure.” Twilight said with a faux smile, trying to fake an interest into anything other than the yellow mare’s mysterious behavior. Fluttershy weakly smiled and scampered off, slightly trembling as she walked to the kitchen area of her house.

Fluttershy used her weak wings to slowly lift herself to the cupboard door to open it. She then grabbed two porcelain glasses and carefully set them on the gray countertop. The shy mare then took the tea kettle and re-boiled it on the surface of the oven.

“The tea will be done in about three minutes.” Fluttershy weakly said from her fixed spot in the kitchen. Fluttershy’s knees were buckling, she knew Twilight would do almost anything to satisfy her curiosity for things she couldn’t understand. ‘I know I need to trust my friends, especially ones that have been so open to me. It’s just; if I tell Twilight, will she accept it? Will I have to tell others, will she accept me?’ These questions cluttered the yellow mare’s thoughts. In her worried state of both inner and outer conflict, the only thing that brought her back to the surface was the sound of the timer she had set for the tea.

Fluttershy walked back with the two glasses of tea on a tray being balanced on her back - her wings extended to prevent the tray from toppling - eventually setting them on the clear glass table separating the two mares. They were in a bit of a deadlock, with neither of them sure of what to say. Twilight took a sip of the tea, and perked up with a smile, “Wow, this is really good! What kind is this?”

Fluttershy smiled back at the change of topic and said, “Oh, I made it myself! You don’t think I spend all that time gardening without learning a few things about tea leaves, do you? I even know special tea leaves that have all sorts of ‘special properties!’”

Twilight took another sip of the tea, and with a somewhat cheery yet questioning grin on her face, asked, “Wait, Fluttershy, what do you mean by ‘special proprites?’”

Fluttershy, recalling the baby food she had tampered with using the tea leaves said, “Oh, nothing really!”

“Fluttershy,” Twilight said looking at her drink, “What are you making with these tea leaves?” Twilight was now glancing back at the locked room in suspicion.

“ Oh, N-Nothing, I assure you.” Fluttershy was now strongly trying to keep her eyes from shifting too far to the door. Despite her best efforts, her worry made her double-check that the nursery’s door was shut.

“Fluttershy, are you producing some sort of drug? You know that’s illegal right?”

Fluttershy got teary eyed and muttered, “Twi-Twili-Twilight...” before putting her hooves in front of her eyes and breaking down into tears.

Twilight’s face immediately changed from concern into remorse, “Flutters, I’m so sorry! I didn’t mean to accuse you!”
Fluttershy weakly worked out the words, “You just don’t understand... you’d never understand... no one can ever understand!”

Fluttershy got up from her seat on the couch and ran to her bedroom, her pink mane covering up her saddened eyes the whole way there.

Time seemed to fly by, as Twilight had waited an hour in the living room. “I really don’t know what I should do. I want to know what’s she’s hiding, but I can’t risk her trust like that. Oh, why does Fluttershy have to be so shy? If it isn’t something illegal, what could it be? Whatever is in there, the thought of another seeing it brings her to tears... What could it be?” Twilight mentally inquired, unable to gather her thoughts.
Meanwhile, in Fluttershy’s room...

Fluttershy lied face-first in her beds’ pillows as she cried hard, her faithful Angel bunny was outside in his rabbit hole, leaving the sad mare to herself. “Oh, why did I have to invite her, why do I always let my kindness get in the way of my own wellbeing? Maybe I should tell her... but will she understand? I don’t want to tell her something she can’t handle...maybe it’s for the best that I just-” The thought ended with a knocking at the yellow mare’s door.
“Fluttershy...I’m so sorry.” Twilight said as she peeked her head through the door before slowly walking through and closing it.

She slowly paced herself closer to the frightened cream colored mare.“It’s alright...I’m just, I’m just-“ Fluttershy was interrupted by a sudden springing of the bed as she felt two hooves wrap around her torso.
Twilight hugged the timid mare. “Don’t you worry about it, Fluttershy. Our friendship is worth more than satisfying my own curiosity.” Twilight said, soothingly brushing Fluttershy’s mane out of her face; revealing two very red eyes.

“Twilight, I-I-I can’t do it, I’m so sorry! You’re such a good friend, I just can’t explain why I can’t tell you!” the crying mare said.

“Fluttershy, it’s alright, I understand. There are things we want no other pony to know. Tell you what; how about me and you just lie here and cuddle?”

“I’d like that.” Fluttershy said between sniffles. Twilight lied in bed coddling Fluttershy for hours until the butterfly flanked mare broke the silence.

“Twilight, can I trust you with this secret?” Fluttershy asked softly.

“Of course, Fluttershy.” Twilight said, hugging the yellow mare tighter with a small chuckle.

“With anything? And you’d never tell another pony?”

“Flutters, you know you can trust me. I know you’re a gentle soul, and I know you would to do the same for me.” Twilight said, this time more sincere.

Fluttershy meekly gulped before weakly breathing in and out. She had made up her mind; she was going to tell her friend her biggest secret: what was really behind the door. “I want you to follow me.”

As the two mares walked the hallways they both arrived at the mystery door. The tender moment beforehand had left Twilight’s previous curious expression a more concerned - yet understanding - motherly look.
Fluttershy’s hooves were frozen over the keypad for a moment before she looked at Twilight’s reassuring face. At that moment, Fluttershy got flashbacks of her mother; she shared the same shy personality of Fluttershy and was her best friend... until one faithful evening; when Fluttershy’s mother left without a goodbye and never returned. Without a father, Fluttershy spent the rest of her life in a foster home until plummeting from Cloudsdale Flight Academy; unto the very general area in which she resided today.

Fluttershy focused back onto the keypad which consisted of a blank black screen and green cursor. Taking a deep breath, she typed in the word ‘Fluttercrinkle.’ The word made Twilight question the situation. “Maybe it is just a nursery, but then again, why would Fluttershy be keeping it a secret?” Twilight mentally questioned, but quickly snapped out of it while trying to retain the motherly smile.

Fluttershy signaled Twilight to step back with her hoof; Twilight did so without hesitation. Fluttershy threw the door open, and Twilight’s jaw dropped at the sight of the furniture. Fluttershy started tearing up, ashamed of herself. “Please Twilight, don’t hate me.” She said, hugging on Twilights waist.

Twilight looked at everything; the diapers, the changing table, the childish wallpaper... it had all connected for Twilight, but at the same time it was all so confusing. Twilight looked disgusted at the crying mare as she pushed her off of her purple flank, “Don’t hug me you-you, freak!”

Twilight ran through the living room and out the door, leaving Fluttershy abandoned and crying on the floor. She ran through the Everfree Forest until eventually resting upon a creek bed.

Fluttershy was left crying on the floor, feeling a whole plethora of emotions overwhelm her mind. In an instant, Fluttershy stood up and ran into the nursery; slamming the door behind her…

Author's Note

I apologize for the long wait, I had some personal stuff to take care of. Anyway I hope you guys enjoy, and I warn you Chapter 4 will be heavy in infantilism and other dark subject matter...

Authors Note: Edited by "Don'tLookAtMyNameBro" (11/9/2013)