The day was going so well at Fluttershy's cottage. All the animals Fluttershy had taken care of behaved excpetionally well, even Angel Bunny. They all ate their lunch softly and calmly, almost as if things were too peaceful. Fluttershy didn't mind however, as the more peaceful her little abode was, the happier and safer she felt.

Just then, Twilight knocked her fist against the door several times so loudly, that each and every single critter jumped and hid away in some part of Fluttershy's cottage, whether it be a drawer, a cupboard or a jar. Fluttershy, feeling a bit uneasy but at the same time rather intrigued, opened the door and saw something completely horrifying. The mare that stood before her had mud all over her body, a mane and tail that were stiff and practically ruined and hooves that had gone red due to the tightness of her shoes. Had it not been for the familiar shade of purple, Fluttershy would've never assumed that she was,

"Twilight?", Fluttershy asked.

"Go ahead, tell me i look horrible!", Twilight yelled at her.

"Uhh…you look horrible", Fluttershy answered, admittedly speaking her mind.

"I can't think straight anymore! I just can't, and it's because…because…"

"Because of what?", Fluttershy asked, curious as to what could've happened to Twilight to have transformed herself so much within a few days. Unfortunately, her answer was a little louder than she needed it to be.

"Because I'm a complete and utter fashionless, ugly WRECK who DOESN'T DESERVE TO BE NOTICED!", Twilight screamed as loud as she could and threw herself onto Fluttershy's fromt hooves crying. Fluttershy tried to reason to get her off and out of the house without upsetting her even more.

"Twilight, could you please get off me and go outside?", Fluttershy asked politely.

"Why should I listen to you!?", Twilight asked and continued to let her tears express the emotion for her. Fluttershy took offense to this.

"Twilight Sparkle, get out of my house", she said with a stern voice.

"Okay fine, I don't deserve your company!", Twilight yelled at the poor pegasus and shut the door on her. Slowly the animals got out of their hiding places and gathered around Fluttershy, except for Angel Bunny who stayed in the cookie jar out of fear, I assure you.

Fluttershy was confused and devastated. Was this how Pinkie Pie and Rarity felt when she expressed her disdain towards their lives, or was this how she herself felt after reawakening from Discord's control? She had no idea whether to be offended or confused, but she knew that something awful had happened to Twilight. Noticing that it was starting to rain, she put her blue raincoat on, said good-bye to her pets and headed out into the rain.

Though Rainbow Dash had cleares the skies just hours ago, the clouds slowly started to roll back in and carried a watery vengeance. The rain shot down at Twilight, who was running back to the library, the only place she could call home at the moment, making her look worse every second. Ponies stared at her once she got within Ponyville limits and couldn't stop staring. She looked like a complete freak, and she didn't need anypony to tell her that.

She eventually came to a stop outside Golden Oaks Library, took her shoes off and ran upstairs and into her bed sobbing. Spike took notice of just how horrible Twilight looked and headed up to see her. Unfortunately, before he could say anything, he was lifted by Twilight's magic down the stairs and out into the rain. Okay, he knew not to disturb her at this point.

He wanted to get back inside, but Twilight shut and locked the door on him, leaving him in the rain to soak and possibly get a cold. He tried running to find a shelter and eventually decided to go to Sugarcube Corner. After all, it was the closest building that belonged to one of his other friends. There, he saw Pinkie Pie putting the finishing touches on one of her newest creations.

"Hey there Pinkie", Spike wanted to greet Pinkie Pie with a smile, but Twilight was still his top priority.

"Oh hi Spike. Check it out, my newest, most tastiest treat ever!", she replied excitedly, and held up a bright orange cupcake covered in circular multicoloured sprinkles.

"What is that?", Spike asked.

"It's a cupcake, silly", Pinkie Pie replied giggling.

"No, I mean what flavour is it?", Spike added.

"Well it's a-"

"Actually, that isn't important at the moment, Pinkie", Spike took his mind off the cupcake for a second to talk about Twilight. "Have you noticed Twilight going around looking odd and crying?"

Pinkie Pie explained that she saw Twilight's new horseshoes, which Spike already knew about. Just then, Fluttershy came into the building.

"Is Twilight here?", she asked them, her and her raincoat dripping from the rain.

"No, but she seems horrible", Spike answered while Fluttershy hanged her raincoat on a candy cane-looking coat hanger.

"Oh this is my fault", Fluttershy said glumly, "I shouldn't have kicked her out of my house like that"

"Woah, what did you do?", Pinkie Pie asked, concerned. Fluttershy recited what she saw, heard and said with exactly the same tone of voice throughout it all.

"That wouldn't get Twilight so sad", Spike commented, "There must be a better reason for Twilight being like this"

"Well it's getting late, we might as well go to bed", Pinkie Pie said slightly excited, "Which can mean only one thing…"

She ran up into her bedroom but Fluttershy and Spike didn't follow.

"A SLEEPOVER!", she shouted, but Mr and Mrs Cake, who were upstairs, were less than happy about Pinkie Pie's sudden plan.

"Pinkie Pie, you can't just invite friends over for a party, let alone after dark", Mrs Cake grumpily told her.

"Aw, but guys, I can easily-"

"No buts", Mr Cake chimed in, "We simply can't make an arragement this late"

"That's okay, Mr and Mrs Cake", Spike called out to whatever room they were in, having only climbed the stairs, "I was just gonna sleep at Fluttershy's place anyway", he added knowing that Twilight still wouldn't let him inside.

With that, he went back downstairs and hopped on Fluttershy's back, who then put on her raincoat and went back to her cottage. There weren't any ponies out at that time of night and in such nasty rain, so there was nopony around to question why Fluttershy would have a huge dragon-shaped hump on her back.

Author's Note

The story really has gotten a bit more intense at this point, but I hope that's not enough for this to become T-rated, not just because I put in a joke about this being E-rated, but because I want to appeal to a broad audience.