The Elegance of Nature

"Wait, she asked you if you thought she was a slut?" Twilight asked me, barely able to comprehend the idea of what I had told her. I had gone to her library to ask Twilight about this matter. I had dropped Fluttershy off at sugar cube corner so she could spend the day with Pinkie baking sweets. Dr. Hooves recommended that we interact with her often so she never feels alone.

"Yes, those were her exact words to me last night."

"I don't get why she would even think that. Fluttershy is the very definition of innocence."

"Not to mention the cleanest mare in Ponyville; and far cleaner than any of us. I mean, even you've taken a trot on the wild side before."

Twilight blushed. "I don't know what you're talking about…"

"Oh don't play innocent little Ms. "Hot and Nerdy"."

Her face grew even redder. "H-How'd you know about that?!"

"Playmare and Playcolt magazines are normally sold on the same shelves darling. I must say, if I wasn't straight I would have looked inside to see just how you shook your plot." I gave her a playful smirk.

"It was just a onetime thing!" She shouted.

"Relax darling, I'm just giving you a hard time."

"Please don't tell Spike, I'd die of embarrassment if he found out."

"It's nothing to be embarrassed about. I would actually think that Spike would rather enjoy looking at that particular issue. Especially if you're the cover mare. Perhaps you could give it to him as a birthday present."

Twilight started to use her magic to push me out. "Get out!"

"Twilight darling, calm down. I'm only trying to be joke around."

She sighed and stopped pushing me. "I'm sorry Rarity. It's just the foal is making me really moody right now."

"Darling trust me, when mother was having Sweetie Belle, she was much worse than you." We both shared a good laugh.

"Well, I'm going to think about what you told me Rarity. We defiantly need to be concerned about this. I'll bring it up to Dr. Hooves too."

As I walked back home I contemplated what Fluttershy had said to me the previous night. I simply couldn't make sense of it. I mean of all the words I would have used to describe Fluttershy, slut would be at the absolute bottom of the list. I wasn't even sure if she even masturbated until I read her diary yesterday. Was it because of the rape? Did that putrid stallion make her feel that way?

Wait a second…Fluttershy said that she went out to buy pet food that night, but she had plenty when I went to feed them yesterday. Did she know this? Or did she just forget where she kept the food? No, Fluttershy would never forget something like that. Why had she lied? What was she really doing? I needed answers.

I went to Sugar Cube Corner and immediately walked back into the kitchen. There I found Pinkie Pie icing a tray of cupcakes with rainbow flavored icing. For some reason the thought of rainbow cupcakes made me want to vomit. But the strange thing was that Fluttershy wasn't there.

"Pinkie darling, where's Fluttershy?"

"Oh she said she didn't want to bake anymore. So she went back to your place."

"By herself?!"

"Well of course. There wasn't anypony to walk with her and your house wasn't that far away so…"

I had to resist the urge to hit her as hard as I could. "SHE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE LEFT ALONE!" I shouted. I dashed out of there and ran as fast as I could back to my house. Why would Fluttershy want to go alone? Just yesterday she was afraid to step outside of my house. It just doesn't…OH CELESTIA! No! She can't! I won't let her! I increased my pace and shot through the front door. "Fluttershy?!" I shouted. I ran desperately through the boutique trying to find her. I went into the kitchen and gasped when a saw a knife on the floor next to a puddle of vomit. Thankfully the knife hadn't any blood on it. I ran upstairs still trying to find Fluttershy. I heard a soft whimper coming from my bathroom. Oh thank Celestia she's still alive! I ran inside.

Fluttershy was on the floor crying into her hoofs. She looked at me and started crying even more.

"Fluttershy…" I asked, deeply concerned. "Did you…"

"Yes!" She sobbed. "I did!"

I instantly wrapped myself around her. "Why?! It's not worth it Fluttershy!"

"But you don't under stand! I couldn't take living with the horrible memories anymore! I'm sorry but I just had to! And I was going to…then I threw up. I ran up here and went into your cabinet, and…and…" She turned her head down towards the floor.

I looked down and nearly fainted. On the floor was one of the pregnancy testers I keep for those nights where I go out and have way too many. No! I snatched it up and looked at it; and this time I really did faint when I saw the reading: positive.