“Fluttershy? Yoo-hoo! Fluttershy!” Pinkie Pie called out. Fluttershy stared blankly at the pink mare, unfazed by the painfully bright torch she was waving in her face. Pinkie Pie pushed her nose against Shy’s. This wasn’t a smart move as Fluttershy spread her wings and hissed at the mare. Startled, Pinkie fell off the branch and came tumbling down to the ground. She started to sway back and forth trying to regain herself.
“That’s not Fluttershy... That’s Flutterbat!” Rarity called out, causing the rest of the group to take several steps back. This, however, did not include the fashionista.
“We’ve gotta get her down from there!” Twilight shouted to the girls, prompting a nod from the others. Rarity glanced back towards the group, fear written across their faces.
“Uh… Fluttershy, sweetness, please come down, and… do stop being a vampire bat,” Rarity finally spoke, hoping that Fluttershy would come down and stop being a bat. To no one’s surprise, Fluttershy hissed at Rarity, whose ears flattened slightly at the sound.
Deciding to take a head-on approach, Rainbow Dash flew right up next to Fluttershy. The mare looked directly at her.
“Fluttershy! It’s me, Rainbow Dash! Why don’t you cut the bat act and come on down?!” She soon regretted that statement as Fluttershy extended her wings and started flapping them.
“Whoa!” Dash said as she was knocked back a few feet. Defeated, she made her way down towards the girls. “Maybe we should just let her come down when she’s ready.”
They all turned their heads up to look at the branch only to discover Fluttershy was no longer there. Without warning, Fluttershy suddenly reappeared and began flying circles around them. The girls huddled close together, shaking in fright.
“Flutterbat on the loose! Run for your lives!” Pinkie shouted as she scrambled and began digging a hole to hide from the terror. Twilight walked over to her side.
“Pinkie Pie, calm down! See?” She pointed back up at the branch. Fluttershy had returned and was hanging upside down from the branch, her teeth piercing into a fresh red apple. “She’s back on her… branch.”
Pinkie shook her head at the alicorn. “She’s just biding her time! Waiting for the right moment to pounce!”
“Pinkie Pie,” Applejack scoffed, clearly annoyed at her friend’s over-dramatization of the situation. “Bats don’t eat ponies. Not even vampire bats.”
“But maybe vampire ponies eat other ponies! I’m not taking any chances!” Suddenly Pinkie’s mane took on the form of a drill, which began to dig furiously into the ground. The other girls stood frozen in shock for a few moments before Rarity spoke.
“How did this happen? That's what I don't understand,”
“I think this was actually our fault,” Twilight said.
Rainbow raised an eyebrow at her. “Our fault?”
“And how'd you figure that?” Applejack asked.
Twilight smiled, her horn lighting up in her usual purple aura.
A large blue grid formed in front of her, “Okay, so this is me.” She made a small hologram of herself appear. “These are the bats.” She then made one for the bats. “And this is Fluttershy doing her stare.” Another hologram appeared showing Fluttershy, and several red curved lines began to travel from it until they hit the bats. “The spell was supposed to go right onto the bats like this.”
A purple line came from Twilight’s hologram toward the bats, surrounding them in a purple aura. The aura deflected the red lines from the bats back toward Fluttershy. “But somehow the spell must have backfired. It took the vampire fruit bats’ desire to be vampire fruit bats and transferred that desire into Fluttershy.” The hologram of Fluttershy took on a much darker tone, representing Flutterbat.
Twilight terminated her little makeshift grid and made her way back over to her friends. “C’mon! We’ll reverse the spell and make it right!”
As Twilight finished her sentence, the girls heard a loud drilling noise and Pinkie suddenly burst out of the ground, landing on all fours and looking at them. “Then what are we waiting for? Let’s save Fluttershy before that thing eats us all!” she yelled, which enticed Flutterbat to fly directly at them.
“Hit the deck!” Rainbow Dash yelled to everyone, they all yelped and hit the ground as Flutterbat swooped past them before flying away.
“Follow that bat!!” Pinkie screamed as the girls began running in the same direction, in pursuit of Flutterbat.
The group had been searching for what felt like hours, and Rarity began fearing the worst. While they were walking, she was making small comments like “What if we can’t find her…” and “What if we can’t cure her…” Twilight had assured Rarity that everything would be okay.
What the girls didn’t know was that Rarity and Fluttershy were dating, hence why Rarity was clearly more worried than the others. They hadn’t been dating for long, but it was long enough for Rarity to realise that she was truly in love with the other mare. She couldn’t believe what was happening to her darling Fluttershy, and if what Twilight was telling the group was true… then she felt completely shitty about convincing Fluttershy to use her Stare against the bats. Even though Rarity made some very valid points, Applejack clearly had the stronger argument against the matter.
As she walked behind the rest of the group, overthinking the situation, she could barely hear Rainbow Dash suggesting that they split up to cover more of the orchard. She could overhear Twilight saying something along the lines that Dash was being stupid.
Rarity looked up to add her input on the situation, only to notice she was now alone.
“Girls?” she said as she looked around. She was completely alone. “Seriously? Has nopony seen any horror films? It’s normally the gay one who dies first… I DON’T WANNA DIE!” She whined.
Rarity began walking around the orchard searching for the other mares. “I hate the farm at night… It’s always creepy…” Just as she finished the sentence she heard a loud hiss behind her.
Quickly spinning around, she saw the blur of Flutterbat diving towards her. Not thinking, she screamed loudly trying to gain the girls’ attention but it was cut short by Flutters tackling her to the ground.
She pinned Rarity down, the mud on the ground covering her mane and coat. Rarity closed her eyes as she heard the pony on top of her growl. “I knew it… I’m dead… I’m so dead…” She slowly opened her eyes to see the mare staring down at her.
Her naturally calm blue eyes were a crimson red shade, her mouth hung open as saliva dripped down and landed on Rarity’s chest. She was ready to attack. “Fluttershy… Darling…” she managed to get out. “This isn’t you!”
Flutterbat hissed at her and stomped her hooves down onto Rarity’s, who let out a groan. In quick response, Rarity’s horn began to emit light, shooting a beam high into the air. Flutterbat looked up, watching the beam as it got brighter. Rarity prayed that the other girls would see the light and find her location.
“I’m… Sorry…” Flutterbat mumbled softly.
“W-What?”
The next few moments went by in a flash. Flutterbat looked back down at her, hissing at the unicorn and baring her teeth. Her eyes glowed crimson red and Rarity felt her heart sink down into her stomach. Flutterbat saw her as one thing and one thing only…
food
Flutterbat moved her head rapidly in one quick motion as she latched onto her neck like a vice and punctured her skin...
“AHHHH!” Rarity’s body jolted awake as she sat up, her heart racing and her breathing heavy. Her body glistened with sweat and, once again, her mane was a mess. Swiftly, she brought a hoof to her neck only to feel…. nothing…No puncture wound. It was just a dream… ” More like a nightmare if you ask me…” she thought, slowly laying back down as she tried to recover from her vivid nightmare.
Turning her head to one side, Rarity spotted Fluttershy, still miraculously asleep. Her lips gently formed a smile. She then looked up at the ceiling as she began to ponder. She never had a nightmare like that before… Granted, she has had nightmares in which Fluttershy turned into Flutterbat… but she had never dreamt of the night like that before…
” The way she hissed at me in the nightmare… It was like the one in the bathroom… Is it possible that she is still?... No, she can’t be… If she was still like that it would be obvious to spot,” Rarity groaned in frustration, unable to wrap her head around it.
As she laid there, overthinking, the sun began to poke past the blinds, a light shining into the room and upon the sleeping mare. Fluttershy groaned and pulled the covers over her head to avoid the glare.
Rarity grinned at her. “Wakey wakey darling,” she said softly.
“Noo…”Fluttershy cooed. “I don’t want to get up yet,” Fluttershy mumbled to her as she pulled the covers inwards to hide from the sun that seemed to grow brighter as the seconds passed.
“Well, you’re a very busy mare today. The main thing is that you want to see the nurse today. So why don’t you get your lazy butt out of bed! You’ll want to get there before it gets too crowded.”
Fluttershy sat up instantly, hugging the covers. “Oh… I do hate crowds…” she said quietly as she turned to face Rarity. “I will need to go in now… Can you please come with me? To… um… make the appointment?”
“Of course I will darling!” Rarity grinned at her. “I can then go to Twilight’s after and call a meeting to let them know about you needing their help.” Rarity climbed out of bed, sliding her front hooves into her purple slippers.
Fluttershy turned her body around to face her, “Rarity… Can you um… Can you please brush my mane?” she quietly asked. which gained a slight nod from Rarity. Fluttershy smiled at her.
“I love brushing your mane, it's always so soft.” Rarity began to walk towards Fluttershy’s desk to find her brush, “Also, before I went to sleep last night, I contacted my parents, who said they are willing to lend us a few bits,”
“They are so sweet” Fluttershy smiled softly as she climbed out of bed. Rarity had found the brush and turned around only to see how messy Shy’s mane was, prompting her to giggle.
“Yes… I know it’s bad, there is no need to laugh at my misfortune.”
Rarity tried to contain herself. “I’m sorry darling, your mane is so wild I had to giggle.” She walked over towards the bed and sat down beside her. “Now, would you like me to braid it?”
“Ooo, yes please,” she said as she moved closer to Rarity. “That is… if you don’t mind doing it…”
“Honestly darling, if I minded I wouldn’t have offered to do it for you,” she chuckled to herself as she allowed Fluttershy to sit between her legs, levitating the brush over her head. “This will take a little longer, mind you.”
“Oh, I don’t mind, I really like it when you brush my mane anyways,” she said, beaming to herself as Rarity began to separate her mane into three sections. “It's without a doubt the best feeling ever…”
“I’m glad that you enjoy it.” Rarity started running the brush through the first section of her mane. She decided to avoid mentioning the nightmare she had, but she couldn’t brush off how real it felt. She didn’t want to mention it in fear of sending Shy’s stress levels through the roof and worrying herself sick.
As Rarity brushed and started to slowly move one section of her mane over another, Fluttershy started to think about this year's upcoming Hearth's Warming celebration and what they spoke about last night. It was only a few weeks away and this year, there was a chance that Rarity’s parents and her parents would be there… together… all under one roof… for a week.
” Oooh… I didn’t think this through… I really want to kiss Rarity under the mistletoe… Wait…” Fluttershy didn’t really think about it really. She has never kissed Rarity, never! Her eyes widened as she wiggled a bit, causing Rarity to mess up as she pushed down hard with the brush, which got it stuck in her mane.
“Shoot! Sorry, darling, I wasn’t expecting you to move so suddenly, and…” She tried to move the brush but it became tangled in her mane. “It’s stuck, just bare with me.” Rarity began to try to untangle it. “Are you okay?” Fluttershy left her hanging for a minute, “Fluttershy? Are you listening to me?”
Fluttershy shakes her head slightly to break out of her thoughts. “Huh, what?” Rarity had managed to get the brush out as Fluttershy’s head was pulled back slightly. “What was the question?”
“I was asking if you’re okay. You went all silent on me.” Rarity resumed with what she was doing. “You went off in your own little world,” she beamed.
“Oh… Sorry I didn’t mean to ignore you…” Her ears flattened. “Yeah, I was in my own little world… Nothing to worry about.” She tried to move her head but Rarity used her magic to turn her head back around, “Sorry…”
“You should know by now that if I’m styling your mane you can’t turn around, it’ll mess it up,” Rarity said as she continued to braid. “Would you like to talk about what got you so distracted?”
“It’s nothing important… Don’t worry…” She lightly tapped her front hooves together. “How long will you be now?” she asked.
“This shouldn’t take too long now, just need to make sure that it’s not gonna fall out midday,” Rarity said as Fluttershy felt her tightening up the bobble that was holding her mane. “Is that okay?”
“Yeah… That’s fine… We should be able to get to the hospital in time before it gets crowded…” She then began to kick her legs slightly.
“You did want me to come with you to make an appointment, right?” Rarity asked her =, Shy nodding slowly in response. “I’ll be done in 5 minutes tops.”
The two of them head out of the front door and Rarity locked up. they had finished getting ready, and they had to sneak downstairs to try to avoid waking up any of the sleeping animals. They didn’t want to deal with angry furry friends in the morning. However, they had missed breakfast, but could always grab a bite to eat while they were out.
Both mares walked side by side, smiling at each other as they made their way into Ponyville’s centre. Something had been lingering in Fluttershy’s mind all morning while she was getting ready; the first kiss dilemma was starting to get to her. She wanted to kiss Rarity badly, but she was afraid.
Don’t get her wrong, there was the occasional cheek or forehead kiss but that was about it. The first time Rarity mentioned kissing, Fluttershy said that she wanted her first kiss to be perfect. But now that she has been really thinking about it, no matter where or when she had her first kiss, if it was with Rarity, it would be perfect.
While she was deep in thought about ways to ask Rarity if she could kiss her, the unicorn in question broke her train of thought by asking, “Oh, completely forgot to ask you this sweetness, but how’s your back this morning?” Fluttershy turned to face her, smiling at her softly.
“My back? I mean it still kinda hurts… I’m sure Nurse Redheart will be able to help me with the pain… Hopefully…” Her ears flatten, but they instantly shot back up as she beamed. “But in good news, I really do love how you did my mane.”
Rarity smiled brightly at her, but then suddenly she had an idea. “Oooo!” She halted as they passed Fluttershy’s flower garden. “Do you mind if I take three flower heads?” Fluttershy stopped right next to her and raised an eyebrow slightly.
“I um… Yeah, of course, you can Rarity… But can I ask why?” Upon receiving an okay, Rarity’s horn lights up brightly and her blue aura surrounds three flower heads and picks them off with ease. “Rarity?” Fluttershy repeated as Rarity turned to face her and began placing them in her mane, making it truly stand out. “Oh wow, Rarity. ” She gives her another soft smile before pulling her into a hug.
“You look absolutely stunning darling!” Rarity returned the hug before continuing walking down the pathway, making small talk along the way.
Even though it was winter and most of the ground was coated in a thick fluffy white blanket, the pathways were clear, making it easier for ponies to get around. As they got about halfway to town, Fluttershy mentioned something that once again made Rarity stop in her tracks.
“Um, Rarity…” Her head hung low. “What’s the reason behind this time?...”
Fluttershy and Rarity’s relationship was behind closed doors, unmentioned to any of their friends and family. The two had agreed that it was best for Fluttershy’s nerves that they kept their relationship a secret. Every time the two wanted to spend any time together, they had felt the need to make up some elaborate story about why they were caught on a picnic together, or why they would spend the night at each other’s houses.
Everything needed a reason and that reason could not include anything about them dating. Rarity was very patient with the shy mare. Fluttershy didn’t deserve her. After Rarity neglected to respond, her ears flattened again.
“The reason behind this time darling could be simply the fact that you took on way too much work with your animals this year,” Rarity eventually told her as she turned to face Fluttershy, placing her hoof against her cheek. Fluttershy gently nuzzled into her, feeling loved and appreciated. “This isn’t a lie neither, for once.” She gave her a soft smile as Fluttershy looked into her eyes. “Have I ever told you that you have such stunning eyes darling?” she said, blush appearing on Fluttershy’s cheeks.
“M-Multiple times a day…” She chuckled lightly. “And a lot in front of my animals as well… You don’t realise the embarrassment of Angel Bunny the first night you did… He wouldn’t shut up after you left… All the smart remarks he said.” She grinned as Rarity started giggling. “You don’t even want to know what I had to do to stop him.”
“Oh, I could only imagine.” The two began walking again and the girls continued to laugh and giggle.
Little did the girls know, there was a certain blue pegasus above them, positioning the clouds for the next big snowfall. She just finished placing the last one when she noticed the two walking away from Fluttershy’s cottage. Smirking, she decided to eavesdrop by following them on a cloud so she wouldn’t be spotted.
“Is there any chance we could pick these berries from the bushes over there? It’s Harry’s favourite meal when he’s sick, this is to help you since you’re looking after him” Fluttershy asked Rarity, getting her to once again stop in her tracks. “He likes Elderberries, Damson and Blackberries,”
“Of course darling, but if you want to get to the hospital early you’ve got to stop getting me to stop.” Rarity chuckled as her horn glowed brightly. “And I was thinking as well, maybe we should go for another picnic? Just the two of us on the fields out of town. That way nopony could accidentally stumble upon us,”
“Oh, I’d really love that.” She said to her as she stood next to her, watching as Rarity began to pick the berries. “I would also love for us to spend a night in.”
“Well we could do that tonight,” Rarity stated, “when you’re back and I’ve helped with the animals.”
Fluttershy nodded at her, “Brilliant!” She grinned at her as Fluttershy looked right at her, which caused Rarity to raise an eyebrow at the staring, “Is everything okay? You’ve been staring at me for 2 minutes without blinking.”
“Can I…” She began as Rarity turned around to face her. Fluttershy’s eyes glanced toward her lips. She has always struggled to say what she wanted; even if it was just a hug, she found expressing her to be difficult. “Can I… Um…”
“Fluttershy sweetness, you can tell me anything. You know that right?” She smiled at her which only made Fluttershy kick the ground slightly. “But take your time so you don’t stumble over your words.” Rarity’s horn stopped glowing as she took a break from picking berries, giving Shy her full attention.
“We… We normally give each other… Little kisses, like on the cheek and the forehead… But we haven’t done the lips yet…” Shy mumbled out to her, catching her marefriend completely off guard. “I’m afraid… I’m afraid I’ll be bad, and you’ll hate me for it… And leave me…”
“Whatever has brought this on?” she asked her as Fluttershy looked down. “But come to think of it, yeah. I suppose you’re right darling, we haven’t kissed on the lips yet, but you said to me that you weren't ready yet! Don’t try to make it out like I don’t want to, because I’ve wanted to for a while now.” Fluttershy kicked the ground once again, moving the dirt around.
“I was thinking about it this morning, while you were doing my mane… I was being silly and a little stupid, I don’t even know why I was saying that I wanted to wait for the perfect moment… When… Any time and place with you is perfect…” She looked up at her with wide eyes, the comment made a small blush form on Rarity’s face. She beamed softly at Flutters and pulled her into a hug.
“Then stop thinking about it,” Rarity started. “Follow your heart dear, take the lead whenever you want something.” Within a few seconds of saying that Fluttershy pushed Rarity down to the ground, gaining an audible oof from her. Fluttershy towered above her, pinning her to the floor. “Well…” Rarity coughed, “Not in a place like this of course…”
“But… You did say follow your heart.” Rarity was about to say something but a blush came back to her face, making her chuckle softly. “This is what my heart wants right now…”
“Fluttershy,” she cleared her throat, “We should really do this somewhere… less open…” Fluttershy looked into her eyes, Rarity could look at them for hours, “Wow… I could get lost in your eyes for hours,” she gave her a soft smile, “But please, can we do this tonight?” Fluttershy then leaned down and kissed her hard against her lips. At first, Rarity was tense from her pushing her to the ground, but she soon relaxed.
However, Fluttershy just had her lips against Rarity’s and didn’t move them at all. Rarity pushes Fluttershy up slightly. “Fluttershy, darling? You do know you have to actually move your lips?”
Embarrassment washed over her as she blushed heavily. She quickly got up off Rarity and sat down in front of her, covering her eyes with her hooves, “Oh… I messed up… I messed up real bad…” She had no idea why she pushed her down to the ground… All she knew was that Fluttershy wanted to kiss her right there and then.
“Listen… Darling, let’s head to go see Nurse Redheart and we can pick this up tonight, okay? Now uncover those pretty eyes of yours, ” Fluttershy moved her hooves away and Rarity could see that her eyes were filled to the brim with tears, “There is no need to cry,” she said softly to her.
“But I messed up… I messed up…”
“Absolutely not, like I said we’ll pick this up tonight.” Rarity hugged her tightly before getting up off the ground, looking down at herself. “And now… I’m covered in dirt,” she sighed as Fluttershy looked at her coat, feeling bad for causing it.
“Here…” She got up and walked over to her. She used her wing to gently brush away the dirt. “I’ll get it off you.”
“Be careful darling, I don’t want you to hurt yourself,” Rarity said, but she just continued to brush it off for her. “I do appreciate it though. What I’ll do is pick these berries on my way back, that way I can gather more with Twilight.”
Fluttershy nodded at her and soon she removed all the dirt from her coat. They began walking again toward the hospital. However, the certain blue pegasus who was watching them couldn’t believe what she had just witnessed, her mouth agape as she tried to process what she just saw.
“What did I just see?” She mumbled to herself. “Who knew that Fluttershy could take charge like that and who knew the two of them were dating! I have to tell Applejack!!” Rainbow Dash then sped off towards Sweet Apple Acres.
“Miss Fluttershy?” the receptionist called, “Nurse Redheart is ready to see you now, please make your way to her.” Fluttershy nodded at her and turned to Rarity.
“Are you sure you don’t want me to come in with you?” Rarity said as she set the fashion magazine she was reading down. “I’m more than happy to,” Fluttershy nodded in response.
“It’s fine Rarity, you can go… The animals will be up soon and they will be cranky… I’ll tell you everything tonight, I promise.” Fluttershy smiled at her which prompted a nod from the unicorn.
“Alright, Fluttershy.” She hugged her. “I’ll see you later on tonight.” She got up and walked out of the reception. While she did this Fluttershy got up and made her way to Redheart’s office.
Upon entering the secure room she saw that the Nurse was sitting down at her desk, waiting for the shy mare to come. Her eyes were scanning a file that she had made for the pegasus. As soon as Shy sat down on the chair across from the nurse, the chair squeaked to let the Nurse know she was there. This, in turn, had her place the file down and smile at her. “Good morning Fluttershy, thank you for stopping by. Now, what can I help you with today?”
Fluttershy began to lightly clap her hooves together. “So… Um…” She started off as the nurse just continued to beam at her. “I wanted to make an appointment today… With you… Because of my wings…”
“Again?” Shy nodded at her. “Well alright, let's check the file to see what my notes were from your last appointment.” Redheart opened the file again to check the notes. “So last time, you came in about your wings. We ended up ruling off as stress since there was no physical damage to your skin, are you sure this isn’t the case again?”
“I’m positive, I had my…” She was hesitant, she didn’t want to tell her who was with her, “Special somepony stayed the night last night and it was happening…” She paused as Redheart raised an eyebrow. “The pain I mean… Sh-He! He mentioned it might have been stress… We took a bath together and I relaxed and everything but it still hurts…”
“Just hop on up on the bed and I’ll have a good look for you,” Fluttershy nodded and made her way over to the bed. “Also, you did mention in the last appointment that you experienced stages of aggression towards your animals? Any more incidents of that lately or is it just the pain?”
“Aggressive? No… I did, however, have a sudden urge of… um… dominance earlier…” She climbed onto the bed, laying down on her stomach which allowed the Nurse to have a look at her back.
“Can you elaborate on that please?” Redheart asked as she made her way towards her, climbing onto a small step ladder which allowed her to see her back.
“Oh yeah, I can do… Well, on the way here, I was on about first kisses, since I haven’t had one yet… Then when sh... “ She quickly stopped herself, “He… Said follow my heart and something kicked in, and I quickly pinned him against the ground… That wasn’t me…”
“You’re right, that definitely doesn’t sound like you,” She glanced at her back. “Let me know if anything hurts okay? I will stop.” She nodded at her. “I can clearly see that your back is severely damaged, so this time it’s physical damage.” She pressed her hooves against the bed to lean in for a closer look. “Now, the dominance thing, is this the only time it’s happened?”
“Yes… The pain, however, happens like once a month… I eventually got used to it, but last night…” Her eyes watered a bit just thinking about it. “The pain was so unbearable… I ended up hitting a wall while flying cause I lost my bearings…” Redheart continued to poke around her back.
“And this all started since the whole… Flutterbat situation?” Red asked her, which prompted Fluttershy to sigh.
“I’m really scared that she’s coming back, I can feel it deep within… And this time, she is not hungry for apples…” That’s when the nurse touched her most painful spot. This caused an almost immediate reaction. Her head spun around fast, eyes blood red and fangs showing, she hissed loudly at the mare; who was simply trying to help. The nurse flinched at the action, leaving them in a few moments of silence. Fluttershy turned back around. She didn’t know what had gotten into her.
“So um... “ Redheart began as Fluttershy’s ears flattened. “Have you brought this to Twilight’s attention?”
“Heavens no!” Fluttershy turned back around to face her, her eyes were normal and her fangs had seemingly vanished. “Oh goodness… I couldn’t, she’ll panic that she hasn’t been successful in curing me, she’d go off on one… It wouldn’t be a pretty experience…”
“Honestly Fluttershy… From what I just saw, A. You scared the living Tartarus out of me and B. I think it would be best if you did.” Fluttershy whimpered softly. “From the severe burned back, the hissing and some of your feathers falling out… Flutterbat might be making her return.”
“Oh no… This can’t be happening.” She sits up from the bed but the Nurse pushes her right back down. “Ow…”
“It makes perfect sense, the burning could be from the sun, your feathers falling out because of the bat wings… Listen Fluttershy, I need you to go tell Twilight before it’s too late, I’ll get a message to her as well.” She walked towards her desk and began to write notes. “I’ve got Pinkie Pie coming in later today. I’ll get her to deliver it to her.” Fluttershy got off the bed and walked over to her seat. “This will stay between us and the Princess,”
“Okay…” Fluttershy sat down on the chair and looked at her. “What should I do? The girls are taking care of my animals, they won’t let me back home…” Her ears flattened.
“Go to your safe space, and relax. I want you to come by tomorrow morning as early as you can, I’ll have Twilight here so we can discuss our next steps in helping you.” Fluttershy nodded at her. “I’m going to wrap your wings up so you can’t damage them even further okay? If you do shower or bathe, take it off and apply a new one.”
“Thank you…” Shy said as she smiled at her softly. Redheart took a small box out of her desk, walked over to Fluttershy and began wrapping her wings up. “I guess I’ll see you tomorrow…”