Today was not a good day for Fluttershy. She had conflict with Rainbow Dash all day today, and they were still fighting.
"Dash, I-I'm sorry! You know I never meant to do that!" Fluttershy said, her lip beginning to quiver. Dash looked horrible, her hair in a mess, dilated eyes, and pale skin.
"It was no accident! How does somepony just lose a house?" Fluttershy was now on the brink of tears.
"Dash..I.. I could n-never do something l-like that to you..." She shed a tear.
"You know what? Put a sock in it Fluttershy! The real you would have! You don't even know who you are!" Dash ran out of the room, leaving a confused Fluttershy to go over what happened with damp eyes. "Who I am? I know who I am! What is she saying? This makes no sense!" She was absolutely exhausted, and she reluctantly crawled into bed. She needed to figure this out; maybe in the morning....
Rainbow Dash woke up with a start, and calmed herself down after another nightmare. She wondered why Luna wasn't there to fix it. They'd been happening for a while now, and the dreams were getting worse. She'd imagined Fluttershy being carried off to where she was born, her identity being foiled. The worst part was the gore. She saw her dearest friend with her stomach caved in. Bandages barely covered it, and her ribs were breaking. Her wings were bug like, and looked as if they were going to fall off. Her hooves were filled with holes and scratches. She had to visit Chrysalis and put a stop to this, but Fluttershy couldn't know.
"Angel.. Angel I fed you an hour..." Fluttershy yawned. "Ago.." She jumped up from bed, yesterday's fight hitting her all at once. "Oh Celestia.." She got up and fed all of her animals, and convinced Angel to eat a salad. She then went back to bed, feeling drained. She didn't even do that much..
Rainbow Dash was panting for breath when she arrived at Chrysalis' cave.
"We- She, uh.. I said something. She's probably.. super confused... now." Chrysalis was sitting in a throne, the changelings all feeding on the surplus of love they'd gotten from their last attack. She stood from her awkwardly decorated throne and stretched, she had been "keeping things in check" all day.
"That, um, well that just won't do.. We have a few options.. Kill her, let her know, or change her back. Considering that you are her best friend, you can pick." Chrysalis looked as if she had already been through this process before many times.
"I, I guess we change her back. I'm not killing her, and she wouldn't believe me if I just told her." Since they both agreed, they set a plan out that would later be taken into action.
