Prelude: Putting Her Hoof Down

A couple of days ago, Fluttershy was a doormat, nothing more than a doormat who let everypony trample all over her. Ponies could cut in line, mock her, laugh at her and belittle her all the time. That would change however after she took an assertiveness course from Iron Will. After that, she held her head up high and she had plenty of confidence, she had changed so much that she began calling herself "New Fluttershy." It would not be long after that though that her assertiveness became aggressive when she had to deal with ponies who tried treating her like a pushover. Eventually any little thing would set her off and unfortunately for her friends, they were not exempt from her increasingly volatile temper.

Fluttershy wound up dropping a letter in a puddle after giving a pony directions on how to find the Ponyville Tower. This caused her to go into a rage, such a rage that she threw him in the direction of the tower and was spotted by two of her friends, Pinkie and Rarity. Neither of the two were thrilled with what she did and thought she should know that she has gone too far.

This will for the most part be like Fluttershy's confrontation with Pinkie and Rarity in "Putting Your Hoof Down"

Rarity saw this and said, "Fluttershy darling, that's no way to behave!"

Fluttershy was not one bit thrilled by her friend's statement. She yelled, "Didn't you see what he did to New Fluttershy? He thought that New Fluttershy was a pushover!"

Rarity countered, "No he didn't, we saw the whole thing. I think you've taken this a little too far. You've gone from being assertive to aggressive."

Fluttershy yelled, "What? You just want New Fluttershy to be like Old Fluttershy!" She got up in Rarity's face and shouted, "Well that's not happening!"

It was becoming a bit more difficult for Rarity to keep her composure as she tried to keep herself from either yelling like Fluttershy or breaking down in tears. She said, "We want nice Fluttershy back, that is the Fluttershy we want back."

Fluttershy only became more agitated, "What? No, you want wimp Fluttershy back, you want pushover Fluttershy back, you want you can do anything to her and she won't complain Fluttershy back!"

Pinkie Pie, who had remained silent said, "Too many Fluttershys to keep track of, make it stop!"

Fluttershy couldn't help but think that Pinkie's statement was idiotic and was perhaps a sign of how truly stupid she was. She slammed her fist on her head and laughed, "What's the matter, is all this too complicated for your simple little brain Pinkie Pie?"

Tears began to run down Pinkie's face as she had never imagined that her friend would throw such an insult her way. This did not sit well with Rarity as she yelled, "Stop right now with the petty insults......."

Fluttershy was quickly growing tired of the conversation that she was having with her friends. Rarity was angering her further and further the more they talked and given the type of day she had, she needed to unleash some frustration and knew exactly who she wanted to unleash her anger upon. She slugged Rarity so hard that she knocked her out cold. Pinkie saw this and was in a state of shock. She gasped, "Fluttershy, how could you?"

Fluttershy gave her an evil grin and laughed, "New Fluttershy was getting sick of Rarity's whining."

She made a fist and aimed it at Pinkie, readying herself to strike. Pinkie saw this, cowered and begged, "Please don't hit me!"

Despite her pleas, Fluttershy knocked her unconscious and began dragging both of them towards her cottage. She had put up with quite a bit of stress that day and she figured that her two friends would be perfect for her to release all that stress upon.