The Consequences of Love

A couple hours after Celestia left Twilight finally decided to leave the library. She felt like she needed some air after confining herself to the library for a couple of days. Spike and Applejack were at the farm when they saw Twilight wandering around aimlessly. Spike ran up to her and hugged her. He asked, "Twilight, are you ok? Why did you shut yourself in the library for so long?"

Twilight shoved Spike back and shouted, "DON'T TOUCH ME! ONLY CELESTIA IS ALLOWED TO TOUCH ME!"

Applejack said, "Twilight, that isn't any way to treat Spike." Applejack paused for a minute and asked, "Wait a minute, did you just say Celestia is the only one allowed to touch you?"

Twilight snapped, "Yes! She is the only one allowed to touch me."

Applejack asked, "Now why the hay is she the only one who can touch you?"

Twilight rolled her eyes and yelled, "It is nopony's business except for mine and Celestia's."

Rarity heard all of Twilight's yelling and ran over to her. She asked, "Twilight, why are you yelling at Applejack and my Spikey-Wikey?"

Twilight gave Rarity a death look and growled, "You can keep your precious Spikey-Wikey and I am yelling because they are interrogating me."

Spike began to tear up and asked, "What do you mean Rarity can keep her precious Spikey-Wikey?"

Twilight snapped, "Just what I mean. You can go live with Rarity since you love her so much."

Applejack interrupted, "What the hay has got into you Twilight? It seems like ever since we got back from Canterlot you have been filled with anger."

Twilight replied, "Does it matter? I have every right to be angry."

Applejack asked, "Twilight, we're headed over to Sugarcube Corner. Want to come?"

Twilight had absolutely no desire to go with them but decided she would humor them. She replied, "Sure, why not. Maybe a snack will make me feel better."

When they arrived everypony was there waiting for her. Twilight saw this and got a sense of dread within her. Fluttershy asked, "Twilight, are you ok? We have been so worried about you."

Twilight growled, "I'm here aren't I? I'm fine."

Rainbow asked, "Twilight, where have you been? We thought maybe something bad had happened to you."

Twilight was getting very angry. She stomped her hoof and shouted, "I'm fine. It doesn't matter where I was and since I am here quit harassing me with all the questions. Just drop it already."

Pinkie saw how agitated Twilight was getting and decided that the atmosphere in there needed to be changed so she asked Twilight if she would want a doughnut with extra sprinkles, which is exactly how she likes them. Twilight gladly accepted Pinkie's offer and started to get in a better mood right away.

Pinkie asked, "So Twilight, how is your doughnut?"

Twilight had already finished it and was hoping for more. She was finally happy and said, "It was delicious Pinkie! Do you think I could have another one?"

Pinkie replied, "Of course you can! You can have as many as you want."

Pinkie put a whole plate of doughnuts in front of Twilight and she began to devour them, after a few minutes they were all gone and Twilight was in the best mood she had been in since before the coronation. Finally Applejack decided that it would be safe to try to get some information from her.

Applejack asked, "So Twilight, did Flash ever find Celestia?"

Twilight went from being in a cheerful mood back into a sour mood. She growled, "What? Flash was trying to find my Celly? He was trying to take my Celly away from me?"

Applejack replied, "Well he stood over by the library knocking on the door and shouting for around twenty minutes yesterday. Finally he gave up and came over to ask me if I had seen either one of you. He said that Luna needed her up in Canterlot to lower the sun."

Twilight went into a rage. She shouted, "WHAT, LUNA SENT FLASH TO TRY AND TAKE MY CELLY AWAY FROM ME? CURSE THEM, CURSE BOTH OF THEM! NOPONY WILL TAKE MY CELLY AWAY FROM ME, EVER!"

Twilight started kicking holes in the wall screaming and yelling. Finally Pinkie had to escort her out before she did too much damage. Twilight screamed a few obscenities at her friends and ran off to the library where she shut herself in.

Her friends looked at one another in shock as they had never seen Twilight like that before. Even Spike, who has seen Twilight very angry, had never seen her like this before. Spike asked, "What do you think is up with her? She seems to be obsessed with Princess Celestia and she goes into a rage thinking that Luna sent Flash Sentry to try to steal Celestia from her."

Fluttershy replied, "I don't know what is up with her but I have a feeling the Cakes will never allow her in here again after causing so much damage."

Applejack added, "I reckon not. I'll tell y'all what, I'm awful worried about her."

Rarity said, "Me too. I wonder if maybe she wasn't ready to be a princess. She couldn't even handle that one informal public appearance."

Spike asked, "Do you think we should go check on her sometime?"

Rainbow replied, "I do. Let's get going."

Twilight's friends headed over towards the library and as they got close enough they could hear her screaming but crying at the same time. When they got there they could tell that she was upstairs. Fluttershy asked, "I know this might be wrong but do you think Rainbow and I should peek in through that open curtain."

Rainbow replied, "I don't think it is awful and let's fly up there and see what's going on."

While Fluttershy and Rainbow flew up to peak in the window Twilight was sobbing and screaming. "I HATE THEM, I TRULY HATE THEM! I WISH THEY WOULD JUST LEAVE ME ALONE, THEM AND THEIR PRYING EYES!" She then grabbed her picture of Celestia and started sobbing, "Please Celestia, please come rescue me from them. Please just come take me away and marry me! Please Celly, please!"

Fluttershy and Rainbow's jaws dropped open when they flew back down to their friends. Rainbow said, "Uh, I think Twilight is having a complete and absolute meltdown."

Spike asked, "Why do you say that?"

Fluttershy replied, "Well she was up there screaming and crying. She was screaming something about hating them, wanting them to just leave her alone and said something about prying eyes."

Rainbow added, "Yeah and then she was looking at a picture of Princess Celestia, started crying harder and was begging Celestia to come rescue her from them, whoever them is and asked her to come take her away and marry her."

Pinkie asked, "Do you think she means that she hates us?"

Rarity replied, "Well I don't know but we're going to find out. Spike, I'm unlocking that door and I want you to go in. She might be less likely to yell at you."

Rarity unlocked the door and motioned for Spike to go in. Spike opened the door and headed in. He could hear Twilight crying uncontrollably upstairs. Twilight saw him and went into a rage. She shouted, "HOW DID YOU GET IN HERE?"

Twilight fired several bolts of energy at Spike, striking him each time. She threw him into one of the bookcases burying him in books. She continued to shout, "LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID SPIKE! CLEAN IT UP, NOW!"

The rest of Twilight's friends rushed in. Rarity jumped in front of Spike as Twilight was ready to fire another bolt. She shouted, "Twilight, what has got into you? How could you do that to my Spikey-Wikey?"

Twilight screamed, "YOU'RE ALL SPIES FOR LUNA AREN'T YOU? YOU WANT TO TAKE MY CELLY AWAY FROM ME! WELL THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!"

Twilight started screaming obscenities at her friends and began firing energy at them, striking all of them. Finally Rarity was able to fire back and knocked Twilight to the floor. Twilight was laying there with six angry friends surrounding her. She wasn't thinking very clearly after taking a direct hit by Rarity. She started to sob, "Why must you spy on me for Luna. Why can't you just accept that I love Celestia and want to marry her?"

Twilight finally came to her senses and screamed, "YOU BACKSTABBERS. GET OUT OF HERE, NOW! I HATE ALL OF YOU!"

Fluttershy shouted, "YOU KNOW WHAT TWILIGHT? I'M NOT PUTTING UP WITH THIS ANYMORE. YOU'RE NO LONGER MY FRIEND."

The rest of Twilight's friends agreed with Fluttershy and ended their friendships with Twilight. Twilight chased them out of the library firing energy at them. Just as Rarity was leaving Twilight fired one final powerful bolt of energy at her, throwing her well outside the library and left a burn mark on her left flank. Twilight slammed the door, locked it and began to scream, kick and yell.

Applejack asked, "Do y'all think she will ever return to normal?"

Spike was crying because the friend he had since birth hated him. He cried, "Why did this happen? She was my very first friend, almost like a mother to me and now she hates me. What am I going to do?"

Applejack replied, "Don't you worry Spike. You can stay over on the farm with me."

Fluttershy got a scowl on her face and asked, "Why are all of you so concerned about her? After the way she treated us, I don't care if I ever see her again." Fluttershy raised her voice and continued, "I WILL NOT LET MYSELF BE TREATED LIKE DIRT."

Everypony looked at Fluttershy in shock. Rainbow said, "Wow Fluttershy. I saw how mad you were at her in there but you are dead serious on not wanting to see her ever again aren't you?"

Fluttershy replied, "I am serious. I don't like being treated like that and after this, even if she does return to normal, I will never trust her again and neither should any of you."

Applejack said, "Well Fluttershy does make a good point. Come on everypony, let's go back to Sugarcube Corner. I think some more snacks will make us all feel better."

While they headed back for more snacks Twilight was in the library screaming, yelling, crying and kicking holes in the wall. Finally she broke down sobbing uncontrollably realizing that the only one who cared about her had not come back yet. She cried louder and louder, "Please Celestia, I need you more than ever now. Please come take me away to eternal happiness!"