First Love

Twilight headed off to Fluttershy's cottage hoping that she would be home. She knocked on the door but got no answer. She heard sobbing coming from the Everfree Forest so she headed in the direction of the crying. A ways into the forest she ran into her friend. She asked, "Fluttershy, what is wrong? Normally you wouldn't come into the forest alone."

Not only was Fluttershy devastated, she seemed a bit angry as well. What she considered a flat out rejection by Rarity made her feel unloved. She sneered, "What, can a pony not do what she wishes? Is there some sort of law that states that Unloved Fluttershy can't come into the forest alone?"

While Twilight had never encountered her when she was in her "New Fluttershy" phase after her assertiveness training, she heard about how she was and had a bad feeling that she was going to be the same way now. Twilight replied, "Fluttershy, I never said there was a law that kept you from coming in here." She sighed and continued, "Unloved Fluttershy? What do you mean by Unloved Fluttershy?"

Fluttershy replied, "Well, Unloved Fluttershy feels like nopony loves her. She has decided it would be best to just hide out in the forest."

While Twilight knew exactly why she would feel unloved, she knew that she simply couldn't come out and tell her. She wanted to see if Fluttershy would reveal anything to her. She asked, "Why do you feel unloved?"

Fluttershy replied, "Oh, haven't you heard? Rarity kicked Unloved Fluttershy out of her house last night after telling her that she could spend the night with her and Unloved Fluttershy had no choice but to walk home in the rain and lightning."

Twilight was thinking to herself that maybe she could get Fluttershy to reveal everything without her having to mention Rarity talking to her so she continued to let her rant. She asked, "Seriously? Rarity kicked you out of her house and made you walk home in that horrible storm?"

Fluttershy was becoming more agitated. She snapped, "Yes, she did. She probably just couldn't stand the thoughts of sharing a bed with her friend. She probably wished she was sharing it with some high-falootin stallion from Canterlot."

Twilight asked, "What do you mean 'sharing a bed?' Did you two share her bed last night?"

Fluttershy replied, "Yes. Lightning struck a nearby tree and she told us that she could sleep with her." She kicked a shrub so hard she knocked most of the berries off and continued, "Oh yes, she says that but then she kicked Unloved Fluttershy out in the middle of the night and forced her to walk home in the lightning and rain. Some friend she is."

Twilight slipped up and said, "Well yeah, she told me....."

Fluttershy smacked Twilight and yelled, "Oh, so she came and talked to you about last night didn't she? She came and told you how she didn't like me being on top of her and kissing her didn't she?"

Twilight was really nervous as she felt things were really spiraling out of control. She replied, "Well uh...."

Fluttershy, her voice dripping in sarcasm, yelled, "Oh, let me guess. She came to you and said she'd rather be screwing Fancy Ass, Trenderpuke or some other fancy ass pony than be kissed by her friend, didn't she?"

Twilight snapped, "No Fluttershy. She said that she feels bad about what she did. She told me that she does love you."

Fluttershy grabbed a hold of a bush and ripped it out of the ground with her teeth she was so mad at this point. She yelled, "Well she must not or she would have come here and told Unloved Fluttershy herself instead of sending you here to talk to us." She kicked some dirt at Twilight and continued, "Just leave Unloved Fluttershy alone. She's going deeper in the forest."

Twilight saw Fluttershy fly off into the forest and realized that she had failed in even getting her to listen, much less getting her to realize that Rarity does love her. She headed back into town where she was greeted by Rarity. Rarity excitedly asked, "Twilight, did you tell her that I love her?"

Twilight hung her head low and replied, "Rarity, I couldn't even get her to listen. All she did was yell at me, say you'd rather be with a fancy stallion and kick dirt at me. After that she flew further into the forest which really has me worried. Normally she won't go into the forest alone.

Rarity began to cry, "I've lost her forever, haven't I? I feel so bad for what I did."

Twilight replied, "Well we'll see. I think if we give her a few days maybe she will have calmed down."

Rarity asked, "With her going further into the forest, where do you think she went?"

Twilight replied, "Well she either went to Zecora's to ask for advice or she went to the old castle for some solitude. Sometimes I go there when I just need to be alone so she may have done the same thing."

While they continued to talk about their concerns regarding Fluttershy, Fluttershy was heading further into the forest until she reached the old castle. She flew in and headed down to the secret room that Twilight and Spike discovered when they were trying to figure out where the keys for the chest were. The good thing for Fluttershy was that it was not exposed to the elements and it held plenty of reading materials to keep her busy until she decided to go home, which could be quite some time from now.