Apple Sleep Experiment (Expanded)

by SirVindicator


Chapter 3 (part 3): What's Wrong? (Fluttershy continued)

Later in the evening, I had put most of my animals to bed. The offers were trying to sleep, but couldn't. They were restless and so was I. I lay in bed on able to sleep, thinking about the conversation I had with Rainbow Dash earlier today. I know that she didn't think that way. Discord had come for tea today as usual today and told me about the situation, about the barrier and how it inhibits Magic and how Twilight must find a solution for it. She really has way too much pressure on her. A question that I have been wondering for a while is how this was all this going to end. I wondered specifically after Applejack gets cured, how is she going to deal with the fact that she killed several ponies? Rainbow Dash really didn't want to answer that question and I never should have brought it up to her.

It clearly bothered her; she's the element of loyalty and the thought of being loyal to someone when they're doing that stuff like this must be truly horrible. She needs to remember that there's two parts to loyalty as I know there are two parts to kindness. It is important to know that kindness is not just telling creatures nice things but it's also telling them what they need to hear even if they don't want to hear it. As with loyalty it's not just about being there for someone but it's also questioning that creature on whether or not they are there for you.

Does the loyalty go both ways? Is that creature going to explain why they are loyal to you? Are they going to admit their mistakes? And are they going to take the time to look at themselves? I could wonder about this more tomorrow I needed to go to sleep...and it looks like AngelBunny wants to sleep with me. So I let him snuggle in with me and I started to drift off to sleep.

Another question and a more important one, is how everyone else going to be after all this tragedy?