A morning light entered the cottage through Fluttershy's slightly opened window. Still tired, the yellow pegasus slowly sat up in bed. She wondered for a brief moment, as she always did on these lonely mornings, if one of her old friends may visit her. No, she answered herself solemnly, They've all moved on. That's the past. She dragged herself out of bed, and stopped to look in the mirror. She combed through her mane,took off her robe and walked down the steps. She hated mornings and slow days such as these. She had way too much time to think. Grabbing the sack of pet food she kept in her cupboard, she walked over to the dishes. Her mind drifted into a memory, a thought that she had tried to push away a long time ago.
"Who needs you guys anyway!" Rainbow Dash called angrily, glaring down at all of the five ponies surrounding her. Applejack met her glare. "Element of loyalty, my ass!" She yelled, looking up at her supposed friend. "Girls..." A quiet voice called from the corner of the room in Twilight's library. The voice was quickly drowned out by the other mares. Rarity sat by the stairs, talking with her new boyfriend,Fancy Pants, and not doing anything to help with the fighting going on around her. A distraught Pinkie sat in the center of the room, her flat hair covering one of her eyes. Twilight Sparkle glared at the others and cleared her throat, beginning to speak. "You all are the worst friends-" "Twilight! Please..." Fluttershy tried to interrupt to no avail. "I have ever had. You can just leave right now and I wouldn't care! Who needs the elements of harmony anyway?!" "Fine by me!" Rainbow replied, storming out the door. "And me!" Applejack left the library, pausing to glare at the ponies behind her. Rarity and Fancy Pants got out after her, with Pinkie following. "Twilight, can't you see-" Fluttershy began timidly. "Just go..."
Fluttershy shuddered at the memory. It was going to be a long day.
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This was the last house to visit. Everypony else had shoved her away and shouted insults at her. Hopefully Fluttershy won't hate me... Then again I haven't seen her in a year or so... The pink earth pony thought as she sadly made her way down the trail leading to Fluttershy's cottage. She couldn't bear the thought of Fluttershy hating her too. When did it all go wrong? She kicked up dust with her hooves as she walked. Why does everypony have to be so dang stupid? Don't they know it's stupid and useless to fight? Pinkie Pie was sick of all of the hate. She paused her a moment. Her cheek still stung a little bit from where Rainbow Dash had hit her. Pinkie had been a bit shocked by it at first, but didn't care anymore. Dash had moments when she could be a jerk, even when they were friends.
"Here I am.." Pinkie whispered to herself. Come on Pinkie, Fluttershy won't be as cruel as the others... she can't be She raised her hoof, lowered it. Thought of the pros and cons of knocking on the door. And finally, she used her trembling hoof to knock carefully on Fluttershy's door. A creak, and the door slowly opened to reveal a familiar yellow pegasus.
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Fluttershy's thoughts swirled around her like a cloud as she saw her old friend. She tried to think of something to say. "O-oh P-Pinkie... Hi. I mean come in, you know, if you'd like." Pinkie nodded gratefully and approached the timid pegasus. Fluttershy felt a pair of arms wrapped around her. She returned the hug, noticing a bruise on Pinkie's cheek. "Oh my, what happened Pinkie?" She asked. "Oh this," Pinkie said, pointing to her cheek. "I was going to try and talk to the other elements and it didn't go so well. They all yelled at me and well... Rainbow Dash hit me." Her friend replied, sitting down. "How awful! I can't believe she'd do such a thing!" Fluttershy responded. "It's okay. I'm fine, really." Pinkie said. "I'm just glad you aren't angry with me." Fluttershy's face changed to an expression of concern. "Oh how could I Pinkie? So, any reason you wanted to visit us?" She asked. "I just wanted to try and spend some time with you guys." Pinkie said. "I'm glad you're here." Fluttershy spoke, and smiled. Smiled because now there was some sign of hope.