Well... This was unexpected.
Cozy Glow had been confident in her ability to befriend the Cutie Mark Crusaders again. After all, they were always so friendly and caring! They'd been hanging out outside their clubhouse when she'd arrived, but she never would've expected the violent reaction that came in response to her offer of friendship.
"Are you kidding me?" screamed Scootaloo.
She and Apple Bloom had taken a remarkably defensive stance, while Sweetie Belle had been cowering against the trunk of the tree which acted as the clubhouse's foundation. She appeared to be on the verge of tears.
"After all you've done to us?" continued the enraged filly.
"When you think back," retorted Cozy in a calculated tone, "what all did I specifically do to you?"
Scootaloo and Apple Bloom rang out in a cacophony of overlapping misdeeds.
"You almost got us banned from the school!" Apple Bloom said.
"You betrayed our trust!" proclaimed Scootaloo.
"You made us think you were our friend!"
"And you tried to take away poor Sweetie Belle's magic!"
Sweetie's ears perked up slightly at the mention of her name, but she didn't speak.
"You locked us in a closet!" continued Apple Bloom.
"Yeah," screamed Scootaloo, about to deliver the Coup de Grace, "if that magical feedback whatchamacallit actually had destroyed the school, we would be dead!"
Cozy had been frozen in shock, but she visibly cringed at Scootaloo's final exclamation. She tried to regain her composure, but her voice, betraying her true feelings, trembled as she spoke.
"Now hang on, Scootaloo," she began, "Obviously I didn't plan on being defeated. And if I had succeeded, the magical feedback loop wouldn't have happened at all. I thought you three were perfectly safe in that closet! I think you're letting your emotions get the better of you. Now, if you'd just try to look at this logically..."
She was cut off by more angry yelling.
"Logically?" yelled Scootaloo. "This isn't an issue of logic! This entire situation is an issue of emotion! We. Could've. Died. My friends could've died! How can I not be emotional?"
Cozy had fallen silent again. Scootaloo made a valid point. One that even Cozy Glow couldn't contradict. This was an emotional situation.
When Cozy looked up towards the crusaders again, she found that Sweetie Belle, still laying against the tree, was looking straight at her. It almost looked like she wanted Cozy to convince her.
"Come on, girls," Scootaloo continued. "Let's go."
She turned away from Cozy Glow for the first time since she'd arrived, and she slowly walked away.
Cozy began to cry. The tears only started coming faster when Apple Bloom turned to follow Scootaloo. She had never failed so entirely before. Even when she'd attempted her takeover of the school, then all of Equestria, she'd almost succeeded. Now, all she'd been trying to do was make some friends, and she hadn't even come close. She'd only wanted to be friends again. She'd only wanted to apologize. She was now crying uncontrollably on the ground.
She turned her attention to the last remaining crusader.
"Sweetie Belle, please!" she desperately pleaded.
Sweetie stood up, still looking directly into Cozy's eyes. For a moment, Cozy was hopeful, but Sweetie shut her eyes tightly and ran after her friends. Cozy began to cry so much that she couldn't see Sweetie Belle stop and glance over her shoulder, tears in her eyes, before continuing the pursuit of her friends.