Twilight Sparkle pondered what to do. Rarity couldn't help, because Fluttershy's mane couldn't even be tamed by a sword (Pinkie Pie's idea). She had no choice but to contact Princess Celestia via letter, as the sun princess did not answer her IMs very often...

"Spike, take a letter." Twilight said.
Spike got out a quill and paper.

Dear Princess Celestia,

Fluttershy's mane has poofed up like cotton candy! It won't be cut or brushed, it remains an afro!

Not to be racist, but that belongs on the Zebra tribe. It looked ugly on the 70s unicorns.
There seems to be no way to fix this.. We don't even know how it started!

Your former student,
Twilight Sparkle

Soon after, Spike burped. A letter materialized and was picked up in Twilight's telekinetic grasp almost instantly.

It read:

Dear Princess Twilight,

I fear the only solution would be to shave Fluttershy. Albeit normal clippers not working, Princess Luna has a giant pair. It can cut through any hair, even the celestial mist we have as our manes. Luna created these in order to trim her own mane when it got coated in Oreo cream.

Luna will deliver it to you soon, as I figure Spike would have trouble burping up a three-foot set of clippers...

-Celestia

"W-what does it say I need to do?" asked Fluttershy.

"You need to shave your mane and tail with a three-foot pair of clippers."

Even Rainbow Dash was feeling sorry now.

Author's Note

This is what the floor looks like in the chapter after the next