Heartbreak in the Cottage

Twilight looked into the mirror of her room, her eyes heavy with unease and doubt.

“SPIKE GET IN HERE”, she screamed.

He meekly stumbled in, “yes twilight”.

“Its fluttershy… I can't stop thinking about her” The blood rose to her face as her cheeks brighly turned red. She kicked a trashcan in Spikes direction. And he jumped out the way, certain peril.

“Twilight you know i don't like it when you do that” he meekly

“I’m so sorry, Spike, I'm just so infatuated with fluttershy that it's causing another episode.” That was a lie, she just likes kicking trash cans at Spike. She grabs another bottle from her cabinet, a pill bottle labeled “nortriptyline, anti-anxiety” and took a few. She composed herself.

“Twilight, you shouldn’t take too many of those, you know what the doctor said…” spike said worrisome.

“Yeah, spike, I know what he said. I'm very obviously smarter and the student to the princess!” she said with sarcasm.

“I have this… idea… but i don't know if i can pull it off.” twilight announced as she looked up.

Spike’s pits started to swell with sweat from fear of this upcoming idea.

“You see, if I want to go to Fluttershy's house, I need a reason” she stared into his eyes, pondering.

Twilight’s eyes lit up as she explained the plan, she wanted to choke spike. Obviously, spike was reluctant, but before he could have his word twilight’s magic scooped up a nearby rat and shoved it down his throat. Spike began to flail, he was in a panic.

“ SPIKE! SERIOUSLY? All I do for you and this is how you treat your mast- MOM?” twilight sharply retorted, proceeding to huff.

As twilight yelled in spikes stupid face, he gagged up that rodent and exclaimed, “OWLUICIOUS! WHAT ABOUT OWLICIOUS?”

Spike was gasping for any air he could get his little gross claws on.

Twilight glared at Spike, “finally a good idea from your disgusting trap”.

Her magic grabbed the bird and the rat and like the master student and masterfully combined the two, However she knew fluttershy would question why she didn’t research owl cures prior so she scattered to the shelves of her tree home and grabbed many a books on the subject as she could and stuffed them aggressively into her bag.

And with that, she ran out her home and slammed the door behind her. She was off to get Fluttershy's ‘help’.

Twilight arrived at her beloved’s cottage in the forest. She could feel her heart racing and she became unbearably nervous. She took a deep breath as she tried to compose herself.

“Let the show begin…” she muttered to herself, before she rammed into the door of the flutter home.

Standing before her was the strange chaotic beast man and… the love of her life.

She began her master act, sobbing uncontrollably and acting as if she doesn't know what happened. While fluttershy began her process. Eventually discord twiddled his fingers and “save” the day, this disgusted twilight, getting in the way of her plans? She honestly cared not for her bird however this act for fluttershy was imperative.

After she said her goodbyes, she left the cottage feeling somewhat achieved and also as though there has been some sort of change, a spark even, in her relationship with the yellow pegasus. Twilight thought to herself that she really made an impact. She went to her tree house and dropped the owl there, telling Spike to clean up any mess it makes. She proceeded to leave and head to Rarity’s to tell Rarity of her achievements, as she and the diamond dazzled horse had a very close relationship… leaving out any possible abuse accusations.

PERSPECTIVE CHANGE ~Futtershy~

A loud bang could be heard from the once cozy cottage. Grunting and screaming.

“OH FOR CELSITSIAS SAKE” fluttershy wailed as she flung plates and utensils at the walls. Smashing and crashing fragile objects in her fit of rage.

Fluttershy’s tantrum shook the house, her screaming was nearly breaking the windows around her and the fierce, angry rage emanating from her aura could be felt and was scaring her animals. Angel sat in the corner of the cottage living room, cowering in fear, stared at the scene unfolding in front of him with his gaping eyes. He was mortified. Just then, fluttershy whipped her head around in angel direction and sternly flew to him, grabbing hold of him and began to pet his head in frustration. It was a rough petting, but Angel thought it best not to react in an honest manner as it may upset the fragile, winged horse.

“Oh Angel, i am so upset!” She gushed, she was so mad about discord’s proclaimed love for twilight that she was visibly trembling. “I really thought I had something with discord… but then Twilight had to mess that up for me! I mean what does she have that I don't!?”

Fluttershy was nearly sobbing, all she wanted was Discord’s love but she couldn't even have that. Then a switch turned on in her head. She remembered how Discord mentioned that he could never love someone who smokes horse tobacco and connected that memory to the close relationship Twilight had with Rarity, who in the process of losing her dear sister to a loose landmine from the Equestrian war, took up the bad habit not long after. She thought that mayhaps she would be able to find something incriminating hiding in Twilight’s home.

Fluttershy quickly grabbed a camera and rope ladder from a junk chest and proceeded to walk promptly to twilight's domain. Looking at the faintly greening tree, the lights were off, an indicator that twilight was not currently home… perfect. Fluttershy grinned a most mischievous smirk. She proceeded to fly up to the small balcony and rattled the doorknob. Within the safe home she could see spike, he was promptly cleaning the library while simultaneously caring after the recently injured bird.

Fluttershy slowly opened the balcony door, “creeeeeak” the sound traveled through the treehouse. Luckily enough, Owlicious was unconscious and Spike was too distracted by housekeeping to have heard the shrill squeak of the door.

She snuck in, tip-toeing across the room as flying would most definitely get her caught. She started rummaging through Twilight's bedroom, checking every nook and cranny. That's when she found the pill bottle however no horse cigarettes. Tsk. This would not do, this made Fluttershy sick as a parrot. She had to go the extra mile and… plant them herself.

Just as she was about to leave, she heard spike howl. “HEY!” Fluttershy jolted, knocking the pills into her satchel unknowingly. She thought she was caught for sure. She cautiously began to turn her head when he exclaimed, “OWLICIOUS! DON’T DO THAT THERE”

It seems as though it was just the owl waking up from his day long slumber and was now doing the unmentionable in the corner of the room.

“Great, now I have to clean that or else twilight is going to GET me.” Spike spoke panically in a cold sweat. He was irritated, but fluttershy was relieved. Fluttershy collected herself and quickly and quietly snuck back out of the way she came in.

Fluttershy started to head to the once bountiful cake shop, the minor attack on ponyville really blundered everything up. She looked to the run-down shop and walked in, pinkie greeted her a bit more gloomy then the once bright cheerful pink pony would.

Pinkie started,”So, fluttershy, whatcha need from this ole shop here” she tried to make a genuine smile but it just wasn't the same... not after mr. Cake was drafted and mrs. Cake ended up in that coma…

“I need some horse tobacco..” fluttershy declared in a bad mood. Pinkie noticed the disappointment in her voice.

“What's wrong, fluttershy, are you addicted now or sumthin? You know when I'm sad i just take a little bit of this'' Pinkie showed off her newly formed blunt while handing some horse tobacco to fluttershy.

Fluttershy sighed. “not now, pinkie.” she looked to the door and tossed some bits at the table. Then she promptly left the decrepit building.

As she headed to twilight's house to plant the horse tobacco she saw owlicious flying away from the treehouse. Spike leapt through the door to chase Owluicious, yelling out his name to try and get him back. In his haste to obtain Twilight’s beloved owl pet, he rejected to make sure the door was shut.

Fluttershy smiles a most devious smile, this was the perfect timing. She waited for Spike to get a good ways away before strutting into the Sparkle home. She walked to twilights living room and placed the horse tobacco on the table, she got out her camera and started taking pictures when DISCORD WALKED IN.

“TWILY I HAVE ARRIVED WITH A MOST BEAUTIFUL FLOWER BOUQUET,” he announced with pride but then he looked before his eyes and seen not his beloved twilight but… fluttershy? Taking pictures of horse taccabo in twilight's home?

“Fluttershy, what is the meaning of this??” he confusedly spoke.

“d-discord… it's not what you think!” she stuttered, scrambling to explain herself but the damage was already done… Discord knew.

TO BE CONTINUED...?