“It's good to have the old you back,” congratulated Twilight Sparkle with a smile, which Fluttershy returned.“Oh yes, I do hope I didn't hurt anypony...” She still hadn’t forgiven herself. ‘I don’t know what I would do if I had, she thought as she bit at her hoof worriedly and stared at the ground in order to avoid Twilight’s eyes.

Applejack took this opportunity to join them, holding her hat to her chest. “I'm awfully sorry about not listening to you before, Fluttershy,” began Applejack thinking how badly she had messed things up. This whole problem had been her own fault. With the sanctuary for the bats finished, Applejack hoped she could go back to apple bucking again without worry.

“It's okay, Applejack. I'm just happy the bats have a place to stay,” replied Fluttershy as she made a quick glance over to the vampire bats, who seemed to Fluttershy to be waving at her. Even the little baby flew over in her direction to give her a small hug on her nose before returning to his parents.

Fluttershy was glad this was all over now. Maybe this meant that things could go back to normal again. She had learned a valuable lesson though. No matter how hard it was, she had to stand up for what was right, even if her friends hadn't agreed with her at first. Sometimes you just had to be brave despite what others might think, especially when it came to the wellbeing of an animal.

Happy with how things had turned out, Fluttershy said goodbye to her friends as she walked away. With the sun still up in the sky, Fluttershy decided to head into town to get a few carrots for Angel. He was quite the glutton, devouring his carrots faster and faster each day. It was a wonder how she was able to save some of them for even a few days. She walked over to Golden Harvest's stand. Of course, Golden didn’t sell carrots only. She had quite the assortment, everything from leeks to apples and even grapes.

“Good afternoon, Golden, how are you today? Could you give me Two bags of carrots please?” Asked Fluttershy, a tiny smile on her face as she put six bits up to pay for the carrots.
Golden Harvest smiled back towards Fluttershy. “Sure thing, Fluttershy. It's good to see you, how have you been?” questioned Golden Harvest as she took the bags and placed them in front of the pegasus.

“Oh, well... I've certainly had better days, but I suppose it wasn't that bad,” she replied softly. Fluttershy did hope that the bats would be happy now. Perhaps in a day or two she'd go and check how things were going, just to be safe. After all, it was for the best. With such a large group of vampire bats around, and with Applejack's hate for them, she couldn't help but feel worry and nervousness. She took a deep breath as she accepted the two bags of carrots and placed them into her saddlebag before flinging it on her back.

“It's such a lovely day, isn't it?” Golden Harvest began. “It's been awhile since we had such a beautiful day. I do hope they aren't calling for rain again. It'd be nice to have some nice weather to enjoy, don't you think?” She questioned as she looked at the yellow mare.

“Oh, of course. That would be wonderful,” replied Fluttershy, taking a moment to look up at the sky, but quickly looked back down. She really should get going, she could only imagine how upset Angel would be if he ran out of carrots before she returned.

“Excuse me Golden, but I really need to get going. My animals are waiting for me,” she spoke, trying to remain polite. Fluttershy walked towards her home.

As she walked, Fluttershy couldn’t help but imagine how many apples she had ruined for Applejack when she had been... in her other state. She quickly shook the thought out of her head. No! She wasn't going to dwell in the past. what was done was done. Applejack still had plenty of trees for Applebuck season. Everything would be fine....or at least she hoped.’There’s no use in worrying about those things now. I do hope that Applejack still has more than enough apples for the season. Right now, I can only hope for the best… Maybe offer to help if she needs it,’ She thought, still feeling quite worried. Fluttershy hurried her pace to get back to the cottage. As soon as she entered her house, Angel showed up, standing in the middle of the room and tapping his foot on the floor. His behavior said it all, with his arms crossed and a scowl on his face.

“Mmk!” he spoke holding out a paw towards his owner.

Fluttershy hurried over towards Angel, getting a carrot out of her bag. “Here you go Angel, your favorite,” she smiled softly.
Angel accepted the carrot, nibbling it until all that was left was the stem, and then he ate that. He held out his paw for more, thumping his foot on the table, arms crossed with a scowl.

Fluttershy gave him another carrot. She sure hoped that Angel wouldn't go through a bag of carrots in one day. She didn't have a whole lot of extra bits to spend this month. She certainly couldn't afford to constantly keep going out to buy more carrots, but it's all Angel would eat nowadays. She didn't know why he was so fussy at times. She loved him nonetheless, she loved all her animals. Suddenly she felt Harry wrap his paws around her and lift her up into a big hug.

“Oh it's good to see you're feeling better Harry,” smiled Fluttershy, as she patted his fur softly, before he returned her to the floor. It was good to be home. She could finally relax and stop worrying about the bad things that had happened.

****8

Applejack couldn't help but sigh, as she looked towards the decayed apple trees. She knew she was bound to lose out on some of the harvest due to the bats. Fluttershy had been right, and it was wrong of them to force her to do the stare, when they should have just listened to her in the first place. She had been angry...irritated with those darn vampire fruit bats, and she had lost all sense of herself. She know realized that she had been wrong, and had apologized to Fluttershy. Of course Fluttershy was more than willing to forgive her, but Applejack couldn't help but wonder what might happen.

It seemed like Flutterbat was gone, but could Fluttershy lose herself again? She thought about asking Twilight about it, she'd know this sort of stuff. It was all past her, but for now, she was just going to focus on her farm. It was Applebuck season and she wasn't going to let her worrying get the better of her. Everything would be fine.

******8

Fluttershy woke up early the next morning, as she could see the morning sun, rising in the distance. It was always so beautiful to see Celestia rise the sun. She yawned, tiredly, as she hopped up out of her bed, and headed downstairs. Of course Angel was one of the first ones to greet her. He looked towards her, and for once it seemed he wasn't pestering her for carrots, but rather asking her for apple pie, as he held up a recipe book with a picture of the pie in it. Angel pointed towards it, speaking to her that he wanted it, and he wanted it now.

“Alright, Angel. I'll need to go to the farm anyways, so I'll get you a pie, alright?” she smiled towards him. Reluctantly, Angel seemed to agree, as long as he got his pie, he wouldn't fuss.

Fluttershy knew she should get something to eat before she left though, as she could hear her stomach stirring with hunger. “Oh may, seems I'm hungry too.” she chuckled, as she held her hoof towards her lips. Angel didn't find it funny though, and was beginning to push her towards the door.

“Angel!” she demanded with a firm tone. “I will get you a pie, but you have to be patient.” explained Fluttershy, calmly. She knew he was just hungry, she shouldn't be too harsh on him, besides she could eat later. She hurried to grab her knapsack as she petted his head softly, before waving as she headed off towards Apple Acres.

It was quite the view outside of her cottage, birds flew by her head, chirping a happy tune, and butterflies flying by in a cluster. So many animals, so many wonders, she loved her animals, more than anything. She would always put them first. She could eat when she got back, though as she came up to the apple orchard, she felt something different.

A hunger for apples, as she felt a slight twinge in her eyes and she licked her lips as she stared towards Applejack's cutie mark. A strange sensation came over her. She shook her head quickly. What? What was that strange feeling? She wasn't sure, but she had promised Angel, she'd get him an apple pie, besides she was probably just a bit more hungry than she thought. There was certainly no way Flutterbat could return right? Oh...she couldn't help but to worry. Though she blinked, as it was Applejack that approached her.

“Howdy there, Sugarcube, I reckon you came by to check on the bats? They're doing mighty fine so far. I mean it's only been a day, I've already gotten quite a good harvest this morning.” she smiled as she pointed over towards many baskets full of apples, she wasn't one to waste time.

She worked too hard sometimes though. Fluttershy hoped she wouldn’t work herself nearly to exhaustion, like she had the one year.

“Oh yes, I did. Could you make a pie for Angel though? He really wants to try out this recipe.” spoke Fluttershy, holding the book up for Applejack to see.

Applejack glanced over the recipe, didn't seem that complicated, but with her chores, she might not be able to get to it right away. “I reckon I should easily be able to do that, when do you need it by?” she asked kindly, as she took the book from Fluttershy and put it in her knapsack that was sitting next to one of the many baskets of Apples.

“Um...today? If....possible...I don't mean to be a burden.” replied Fluttershy nervously. Though she couldn't help but notice how sexy Applejack looked all sweaty, even after only an hour or so of work. Why was she looking at her like that? Oh dear...there had to be a side effect of when she was Flutterbat. Yes, that must be it. She couldn't help but wonder, how her lips would feel against hers, and Fluttershy began to imagine the two of them, then she shook her head. No, she couldn't think like that.

Applejack was her friend...there was no way she was going to let this delusion get to her, but what if it wasn't a delusion? What if Flutterbat was still a part of her? That would be worse than just her seeing her friend in a different light, but neither one was easy for her to accept. She took a deep breath. She had to say something....but how could she? She didn't want her to see her any differently, and with how Applejack had felt about the bats before, she could only imagine, what she'd feel if Flutterbat returned.

“Sugarcube? Are you feeling quite alright? You're awfully quiet today, even more than usual. You know you can always talk to me about anything.” questioned Applejack.

“I'm fine...” replied Fluttershy though with her this close to her, it was hard not to feel this strange sensation trying to control her emotions. She wasn’t about to let it overpower her. She knew she wasn’t strong like Rainbow Dash, or like Applejack but she had to try..

What was wrong with her? She had to keep it together. “Um...if you could just get me that pie today, that would be wonderful..but um...it's no rush.”

“No worries, Fluttershy, I'll be sure you get your pie.” replied Applejack softly. Applejack couldn't help but worry about her. She seemed a bit tense, and for her that was somewhat normal, but not like this. She was going to get to the bottom of this, one way of the other. She turned around to head over towards an apple tree, and as she turned, Fluttershy had a good view of her backside.

It was so hard not to look, her tail hid most of it, but Fluttershy wanted to see it, no she had to get a view of that moist....soft...what was she thinking? She shook her head, fighting with herself. It was like this desire for Applejack was consuming her. She was her friend. She couldn't just pounce on her, that wouldn't be right. Then she turned to watch Applejack buck one of the many trees in Apple orchard and just the form, and the grace in how she did it, was so....steamy.

“No..I won’t!” she shouted out loud.

Applejack immediately made her way up towards Fluttershy. “Sugarcube, listen I know it can be hard telling others, how you feel. For the love of all things apple, what’s the matter?” she questioned towards her friend. She didn’t want to pressure her, but she also didn’t want to see her friend so lost. It was like she wasn’t quite right. She must have something bothering her, and she knew it had to be more than just Angel wanting a pie. There was more to this story, that she didn’t know. She reckoned she’d have to get it out of her.

Fluttershy blinked as she looked back at Applejack. She could tell Applejack was worried. What was she supposed to say? Sure...she could say what she thought was going on, but what if that made her friend hate her? Oh she didn’t want that to happen. What should she do? All the while, she felt that other side of her...Flutterbat wanting to take the reins. No….I won’t. You don’t control me. She smiled towards Applejack.

“Would you like some help? Perhaps I could get started on the recipe for Angel to save you time.” she suggested. Anything to keep her mind off Applejack and the thoughts that kept coming into her mind. They were such lewd thoughts, she would never think this way. It had to be Flutterbat, what other explanation was there? Twilight would probably know, but Fluttershy wasn’t Twilight and she didn’t want to tell anyone in fear of losing them forever..

“Well, if you want to do that, sure I wouldn’t mind. Fluttershy are you sure there isn’t anything you wanted to tell me?” questioned Applejack.

Oh… What was she going to do now? She stumbled, and in that moment...she lost all sense of herself. She tackled Applejack against the base of the tree, Applejack's back to the tree, with Fluttershy on top of her.

Applejack, looked a bit surprised as she glanced up towards Fluttershy, and was wondering just what was going on, but what she saw...she hoped it wasn't real. For a split second her friend looked just like Flutterbat...but she shook her head looking again to see that it was still Fluttershy. Relieved and confused, she was going to find out just what was going on here, because it was clear, that all was not as it should be. She was going to get to the bottom of this.

Fluttershy was on top of Applejack, she couldn't believe it. She had Applejack right where she wanted her, but she hesitated to do anything. She couldn't she wouldn't. She had to keep herself under control. Of course she got up off of Applejack, after composing herself. She couldn't believe she had actually done that. Oh dear...now she was in trouble. She could tell that Applejack wasn't happy with her, by the horrified look she had on her face. She just hoped it didn't mean the end of their friendship.

Surely, she could explain things to Applejack, but what if she didn't believe her? What if she thought she was a terrible person? Oh dear...though she felt that strange sensation come over her again, and it was like she didn't even know who she was anymore...was she Fluttershy or Flutterbat? She only hoped that it was the latter. She didn't want to hurt anyone, especially not one of her friends, but yet she couldn't deny that she wanted her in a different more sexual way as well, and she couldn't help but wonder if it was Flutterbat that wanted the apple, and not just any apple but Applejack...Her breathing felt heavy as she gasped for a breath of air, a dash of sweat running down her face, her heart thumping. Her eyes widened, afraid of what she might become.

Author's Note

Hello, every pony, I know you've been waiting for this. I hope it's worth the wait! Please be sure to let me know what you think, and what you think might happen next! Constructive criticism only!