Is it better to be respected, or admired?

This question has always troubled Chrysalis, and being banished from Equestria has not made it any less of a pressing issue for the queen of the changelings. Cut off from her armies and alienated in a strange land, she adapts and blends in to survive. For a master of deception, this is no difficult feat, but despite her success in the business world, her new life is unfulfilling. She is almost always hungry, because the creatures she has found herself stranded with are much less generous with their love.

More than anything, she longs to be her true self, and to be adored for the regal being she truly is. Of course, she knows that no one could ever love a changeling.

Or could they?

--This is a story in which I demonstrate how I do not know what the phrase short-fic really means.--

Follow the adventure of the Great and Powerful Trixie after leaving Ponyville at the conclusion of her disastrous visit. Bear witness to her hardships as she faces the land alone, her trials, tribulations, past and present.

But lo, who is this stallion she meets upon the road? Who cares right? She hates him immediately. He's the only stallion so far who has refused to throw himself at her hooves, babbling in awestruck wonder. Besides. He's so boring! No emotion whatsoever.

But I suppose... Any company is better than none?

Hopes. Dreams. Aspirations. They're what everyone survives, and even thrives, on. What happens, then, when hopes and dreams are dashed? When something so monumentally destructive and life-changing occurs, and dreams, hopes, even ponies' lives are thrown into turmoil, where can solace be found? When somepony's entire world comes crumbling around them, who can they turn to for support? What can they do when everything they once had is shattered?

Applejack, concerned about her brother's relationship with Fluttershy, confronts the shy pegasus about some of the, ahem, 'activities' the pair get up to. It becomes a conversation that Applejack will regret for the rest of her life.

Part of the Butterflies Continuity, set after the events of 'The Bunny Suit'.

Fluttershy vector from http://Silentmatten.deviantart.com/art/Cuddleshy-293969017?q=gallery%3Amlp-vectorclub%2F29968919&qo=120

Applejack vector from http://Bronyvectors.deviantart.com/art/Applejack-Eeep-309804963?q=gallery%3Amlp-vectorclub%2F29968912&qo=2

Background from http://anitech.deviantart.com/art/Fluttershy-s-Living-Room-292372770?q=gallery%3Amlp-vectorclub%2F34905660&qo=98

Twilight and Dash, upon discovering that the long awaited "Daring Doo 4" movie contains, eugh, Humans, decide to rent out A Nightmare Moon on Elm Street.

Of course all their friends are invited. There is absolutely no way any shenanigans could possibly ensue.

None.