Twilight, Spike, and Pinkie set out to find the other corrupted Mane Six, and with the help of Zecora, were given seven magical charms, and were able to wander throughout Ponyville without Twilight's spell protecting them, thanks to the help of the charms that provide protection from negative forces. Zecora had to stay behind, so she could keep her brew from spiralling out of control, but Twilight and the others would have to hurry, because the brew was getting stronger by every second.

Twilight thought of where she would be able to find her friends, now corrupted, and had to think outside of the box, seeing they were the opposite of themselves now. Normally, Rainbow could be found sleeping on a cloud above Ponyville, but since she was the opposite of herself, that was most unlikely.

"Any ideas of where we could find Rainbow?" asked Twilight.

"Well, seeing she's the complete opposite of herself, she wouldn't be flying," said Spike.

"I'm aware of that, Spike, so we need to think of where she'd be."

"Well, in order to do that," said Pinkie. "We need to think of Rainbow Dash differently."

Twilight smiled at Pinkie's suggestion, knowing she was right, so Twilight started to evaluate Rainbow's personality, in her mind.

"Let's see. Rainbow is normally confident, athletic, and fearless," evaluated Twilight. "So, the opposite would be she's cowardly, lazy, and afraid of everything. Even her own shadow."

"Sounds a little like Fluttershy," confirmed Spike.

Twilight want to facehoof herself, realizing Spike had nailed it.

"Spike, you are a genius!" exclaimed Twilight.

"I am?" questioned Spike.

"Come on. Let's exclude finding Rainbow, and focus on Fluttershy, first, and I have an idea of where she is," said Twilight.

Pinkie and Spike didn't question Twilight, seeing she was one of the smartest ponies in all of Equestria, and just followed her lead.

Twilight led all three of them to Fluttershy's cottage, just along the outskirts of the Everfree Forest, where the smoke cloud was visible. The smoke cloud was starting to darken and increase in size, so none of them wasted any time, and rushed across the bridge, toward Fluttershy's cottage, which they noticed was quiet.

"My suspicions were correct," said Twilight, noticing a white ball of fur climbing out of one of Fluttershy's open windows, which she identified as Angel.

He looked sick and very afraid, so Twilight called out to him, only to have him dash over to her, and hug her left-front leg. She could tell from the pressure of the hug that Angel was in desperation.

"What happened, Angel?" asked Twilight.

Angel acted out what had happened, similar to a game of charades, and Twilight recognized every action.

"Don't worry, Angel," said Twilight. "We'll have Fluttershy back to normal in no time."

Twilight, along with Spike and Pinkie approached Fluttershy's cottage door, and knocked on the door. Fluttershy responded from behind the door, and it even frightened the three of them a little.

"GO AWAY! EVERYPONY HATES ME!" yelled Fluttershy.

"Fluttershy, you're corrupted, and if you don't open the door, I'll force it open," said Twilight.

"FLUTTERSHY MAKES ALL THE ANIMALS CRY!" responded Fluttershy.

Twilight knew that Fluttershy wasn't going to reason, so she used her magic to force open the door, revealing a corrupted Fluttershy with piercing red eyes sitting in the middle of the cottage.

"I told you to LEAVE ME ALONE!" yelled Fluttershy.

"Not happening," assured Twilight, approaching Fluttershy.

"STAY AWAY!" commanded Fluttershy.

Twilight ignored Fluttershy's commands, and continued to approach her. In response, Fluttershy dashed upward, using her wings to fly.

"Can't catch me up here!" said Fluttershy.

"Oh really?" replied Twilight as she spread her wings.

"Oh for Celestia's sake!" exclaimed Fluttershy, as she dashed away from Twilight in full pursuit of her.

Twilight was still new to flying, despite Rainbow giving her flying lessons, so she was nowhere close to as fast as Fluttershy. As much as she didn't want to harm a friend, she started firing beams of magic from her horn, in an attempt to slow down Fluttershy. After nearly two minutes of flying, Twilight fired a beam from her horn and managed to hit Fluttershy's right wing, immediately causing her to fall.

"Pinkie! Spike! Catch her!" yelled Twilight.

Pinkie and Spike hurried to catch Fluttershy, but were too slow to even make it to her position. Just as Fluttershy was about to hit the hard floor, Harry, her pet bear grabbed her in his paws. The corrupted Fluttershy looked up at Harry, surprised that after all she had done, he had still saved her from injury.

"But, I thought you hated me?" said Fluttershy.

Harry shook his head, gesturing a "no," and already, Fluttershy was starting to change, but not completely. All her animal friends came out of hiding to comfort Fluttershy, even Angel who hopped onto her expressing a smile.

"Gosh, and here I thought I was hated by all of you, but now I realize that friendship is more powerful than what ever caused me to act so ruthless," she said in her low tone voice.

Twilight landed, wiping sweat from her forehead, and approached Fluttershy slowly.

"I'm sorry I had to do that, Fluttershy, but it was the only way I could weaken you long enough for me to free you of the corruption that is plaguing you," confessed Twilight.

"It's alright, Twilight," replied Fluttershy. "If I am corrupted like you say, then do whatever you need to do to free me of it. I'd rather be somepony full of kindness, rather than a ruthless pony."

Twilight nodded her head, then charged up her horn with the spell she used to free everypony of Discord's corruption. She placed her horn against Fluttershy's forehead, and cast it, freeing Fluttershy of her corruption.

Fluttershy came back to her senses, and looked around, confused on what had just happened.

"What happened?" asked Fluttershy.

"I'll explain later," replied Twilight. "For now, take this charm. It'll protect you from being corrupted again."

Fluttershy took the charm from Twilight, and stuck it somewhere safe.

"One down, three to go," said Spike.

"Goodness, what is this trash doing all over the floor?" said Fluttershy.

Angel acted out what she had done to him, and she immediately gasped.

"Oh dear! I'm so sorry, Angel. Tell ya what, later I'll make you a nice snack. It's the least I can do after feeding you garbage."

Angel agreed, following Twilight questioning Fluttershy further.

"Fluttershy, I need to know if you've seen Rainbow Dash at all today," asked Twilight.

"I haven't, unfortunately," replied Fluttershy.

Twilight sighed, before she suddenly spotted Tank near the front doorway.

"Strange," said Twilight. "If Tank is here, then Rainbow must be near.

Tank didn't look good, which caused Fluttershy to act.

"Oh my. Tank doesn't look good," assured Fluttershy.

"Ask him if he knows where Rainbow is," said Spike.

Fluttershy used her animal-communication skill, catching everything Tank was saying.

"He says that Rainbow Dash is hiding in the bush on the right side of the bridge, and that she brought him here earlier," said Fluttershy. "He also says that he doesn't feel well. Luckily, I know the cure for that."

Fluttershy walked into her kitchen of many animal foods, and grabbed a special food from a cabinet. She poured some of it into a small dish, and handed it to Tank.

"A bowl of this will cure that small fever, Tank," said Fluttershy.

Tank did as she said, and started munching on the food.

"Fluttershy, I hate to interrupt, but I need you to come with us, so we can retrieve Rainbow, Rarity, and Applejack," said Twilight. "We need to retrieve a special plant from the Everfree Forest, in order to free Equestria of this plague, which is just a brew gone wrong, because of Zecora ."

"T-The Everf-f-free Forest?!" exclaimed Fluttershy.

"Yes, and we need you," replied Twilight.

"Uh, today is not a good day. How about next year?"

"Looks like we're going to have to do this the hard way," said Twilight, grabbing Fluttershy's tail, and dragging her out of the cottage.

"Why me?!" exclaimed Fluttershy, as she exited the cottage.

Angel and the others, barricaded the front door to the cottage, so Fluttershy couldn't run home, while Twilight made her way to the bush that Rainbow Dash was hiding in. Twilight wasted no time, and used her magic to force Rainbow out of her hiding spot.

"NO! I don't like the thing that follows me everywhere!" exclaimed Rainbow Dash, in a similar position to Fluttershy when she is scared of something.

"Guys, I need you to hold her down, while I cast the spell on her," commanded Twilight, as Pinkie, Spike, and Fluttershy held Rainbow down.

Twilight charged up another spell, and quickly cast it on Rainbow, immediately coming back to herself.

"W-What happened? asked Rainbow Dash.

"No time to explain. Just take this charm. It'll protect you from what caused you to become corrupted," replied Twilight.

Rainbow accepted the charm, and stuck it around her neck.

"Two to go. Now, where would we find a Rarity that is the opposite of herself?" thought Twilight, immediately coming up with a solution to where Rarity would be; Sweet Apple Acres.

Spike and the others were confused why Twilight would think Rarity would be at Sweet Apple Acres of all places, but didn't argue with Twilight, because she had been right so far about everything, so there was no room for argument. The three managed to make it to Sweet Apple Acres quick, due to time running out for Equestria. All five of them wasted no time, and rushed to the mud pits, where they found Rarity rolling around in mud, dressed in a silly outfit.

Rainbow busted out laughing at the fact of Rarity getting dirty, catching Rarity's attention.

"Howdy, y’all! Would you care to join me?" suggested Rarity.

Twilight rolled her eyes, and cast the spell on Rarity while she was still distracted. Rarity shook her head, wondering where she was.

"Where am I? asked Rarity. "HUH!? What am I doing in this dreaded mud?! What sort of atrocity am I dressed in?! What has gotten into me?!"

"I'll explain later, Rarity," said Twilight. "Take this charm, otherwise you'll be rolling in mud again."

Rarity gasped, and quickly grabbed the charm from Twilight, and placed it around her neck.

"I believe that this charm could use some rubies, but I suppose it'll have to do for now," said Rarity.

Everypony laughed. "Alright. One more pony left; Applejack," said Twilight.

"You don't have to look far for her, darling," said Rarity. "She's right there, in the orchard."

Twilight looked toward the orchard, and spotted both Applejack and Big Macintosh resting under a shady apple tree.

"Good eye, Rarity," said Twilight.

"I'm fabulous, as always, dear," replied Rarity.

Twilight wasted no time, and quickly rushed to where Applejack was resting, and cast the spell, not giving Applejack any chance to respond. After the spell was cast, Applejack stood up.

"What happened?" said Applejack.

"I'll explain later, Applejack," said Twilight. "Take this charm, otherwise you'll end up like Big Macintosh."

Applejack accepted the charm, and placed it around her neck, not asking any questions.

"Well, everypony is back to normal, now we just have one final task to complete," said Twilight. "Come on, everypony. We're going into the Everfree Forest to get the Everfree Lotus."

"The Everfree what?" asked Applejack.

"Just trust me, Applejack. All will become clear when we get to our destination."

"Which is?"

"Dragon's Trench, the only place where the Everfree Lotus is said to grow."

Everypony gulped, as they made their way toward the Everfree Forest.

Author's Note

Will the Mane Six be able to obtain the Everfree Lotus? If so, will they be able to save Equestria from Zecora's brew, and why is the destination called "Dragon's" Trench? Poor Fluttershy Next chapter will be up soon, so leave comments, and thanks for reading.