Applejack smashed her head repeatedly into the red wooden walls of the barn, "What the hay is wrong with me?" She shouted at herself, clobbering her hooves into the barn as her frustration grew. Small dents forming in the wooden planks she repeatedly bludgeoned and she soon stopped only now realizing how sore she was making her head.
She paced back and forth, trying to contain her anger, "How am ah going tah fix this? There ain't no way ah can fix this!" she muttered to herself, paying no attention to the hoofsteps that approached the closed barn doors. The sound of gentle tapping captured Applejack's attention, knowing precisely who it was because of how softly the knocks presented themselves.
"Yeah, yeah, come on in Fluttershy!" Applejack called out.
The door opened quietly, and the timid vanilla Pegasus walked in gracefully. "Um, hi Applejack, um, are you alright?" her small voice barely carrying across to barn.
"Ah'm fine! Don't worry 'bout it." Applejack said waving hoof at her friend to shoo her off.
Fluttershy's bashful face grew a bit more stern, "Um, Applejack, I heard you and Rainbow Dash fighting outside my house. Are you sure everything is alright?" her voice becoming louder, and slightly more confident than before.
Applejack silenced herself for a moment before realizing it was pointless to try and keep this secret, "No everything ain't ok! Ah just made a whole mess of things with RD, and fer no good reason at all. Ah had no reason to say any of those things to her, and ah made her look like ah had just crushed the life outta her. And ah didn't even stop there, ah just kept going." Applejack sat down and covered her face, to ashamed to show that her eyes had swollen to the brink of tears.
"Oh, Applejack… I'm sure Rainbow Dash will forgive you, you're just exaggerating because you're upset." Fluttershy flapped her wings lightly, and floated over to her nearly crying friend so she could comfort her.
"Yah d-don't underst-stand" Applejack stammered the tears burst free from her eyes, she couldn't stop them from escaping any longer.
"Then explain to me. Help me to understand" Fluttershy said caringly, petting her crying friend with a hoof to calm her down.
"Rainbow loves some pony!" Applejack shouted hysterically, the volume of her voice temporarily frightening her friend.
Fluttershy was confused, "What's wrong with Rainbow Dash loving some pony?"
Applejack scooted away from Fluttershy, "Because... because…" she took in a sharp breath, "because it isn't me." She whimpered. When the words escaped her mouth the quiet cries changed into louder sobs.
Fluttershy wasn't sure she could think of anything to say, the news catching her completely off guard. She took a moment to properly process what she had heard. Any wrong word could make the situation much worse than it already was. She grabbed at her friend and pulled her back giving her a tight hug, "Applejack, it's okay." she said softly, patting Applejack's back.
Applejack cried into the comforting Pegasus's shoulders, when Fluttershy spoke again, "But do you really think sitting here is going to help anything? If you hurt Rainbow Dash as much as you think you did, than you need to go apologize, and the sooner, the better."
Applejack nodded in silent agreement.
"Then go!" Fluttershy commanded powerfully, hoping it would be enough to inspire her friend to action.
"Yer right…" Applejack dried her eyes, sprung up off of her friend and sprinted towards the barn door. A heavy rain had started to fall while she and Fluttershy had been talking.
"Um, Applejack, I think I saw Rainbow Dash fly somewhere in the middle of the forest near Sweet Apple Acres." Fluttershy called out.
Applejack had a sudden idea of where Rainbow Dash had gone. She turned around and secured her hat onto her mane, "Thanks Fluttershy" she shouted back from the open barn door before running off outside into the storm.