Six ponies were each pulling a wagon, out across the land to where Applejack wanted to build a new barn.
Fluttershy, being the weakest pony out of her group, since she didn't eat meat, pulled the lightest load of building supplies. The wagon was very heavy to pull and she struggled to pull it. She was doing quite well until she heard something go crunch and felt a bump in the road. Fluttershy instantly paused and turned around. What she saw would probably traumatize her for the rest of her life. Fluttershy let out an "Eeeep!" and her friends all rushed over to her side to see what all the fuss was about.
There on the ground, was a bunny, caught under the wheel of the wagon.
Fluttershy tugged at the wagon with all of her might and the wheel slowly rolled off of the rabbit. She came back over and said, "Oh my goodness! We have to nurse you and get you all better. I'll take you right back to my cottage and..."
Fluttershy was cut off by Applejack. "I reckon there ain't no hope fer the little critter! Stand back, Fluttershy! I'm gonna put it out of its misery!"
The little bunny lay helplessly twitching on the ground and its little neck was broken.
Applejack came over and sunk her front hoof into its neck, killing it instantly.
Fluttershy screamed so loud in horror that all of the other ponies put there front hooves in their ears.
Applejack simply scooped up the dead critter and gave it to Rainbow Dash. "Hey, Rainbow Dash, would ya mind takin' this' lil critter back to the house and give it to Granny Smith so she can cook us up some rabbit stew tonight? Road kills are like blessin's and it's free eatin'!"
Rainbow Dash took off to the house and came back in ten seconds flat.
Fluttershy was passed out on the ground and Rarity was fanning her in an attempt to wake her up. Fluttershy stumbled to her feet when she recovered from her fainting spell.
"Let's not just stand 'round girls! We got a barn to build!" Applejack said. Applejack and her friends all went over to the spot where she wanted to build her new barn. Of course, Applejack threw a fit when Twilight Sparkle used her magic to try to build the barn, because it was not the traditional earth pony way, so Twilight had to labor like the rest of the ponies, even though she was doing her friend a tremendous favor in the first place.
All the ponies began working, except for Rarity.
"What in tar-nations are ya doin', Rarity?" Applejack asked.
"I'm being the supervisor here to make sure everything is going according to plan," she said.
"This ain't an official Hasbro cartoon show, Rarity! This is a fan fiction and yer gonna work 'cause yer supposed to be generous! Only Twilight Sparkle can git away with supervisin' anyway, and she ain't even doin' that right now."
Rarity sighed and said, "Maybe I do like being the selfish and stuck up pony better in the real show after all..." Rarity made her way over and got her coat dirty as she worked.
It took them nearly all day, but they were able to pull through and a new barn stood.
"I told ya'll that if I sing a song, that it's like some kind of magic and work gits done ten times faster than when I don't sing," Applejack said. "I'm as hungry as a horse! Let's git some of that rabbit stew!
Each pony cheered and began to follow Applejack, except for Fluttershy.
Applejack turned back and said, "Come on Fluttershy, I know ya like to follow yer crazy vegan cult thing, but give meat a taste just once. I bet you'll become an omnivore."
"Applejack's right, Fluttershy," Twilight said. "You should keep an open mind to trying meat. Science proves that it's good for us and it's the best way to get those B vitamins in our system! Don't you want to be fast, like Rainbow Dash, or as strong as Applejack, or as, beautiful as Rarity, or as energetic as Pinkie Pie, or as..." Twilight Paused for a moment and put her front hoof to her chest and closed her eyes proudly. "Intelligent like me?"
"I-I-I think I'll just come on over and ask if Granny Smith can give me an apple or something," Fluttershy said.
Applejack led the way back to the house and the six mares were sitting around the table.
Granny Smith placed down a pot of stew and took the lid off.
The smell of cooked rabbit made Fluttershy gag and want to vomit.
Fluttershy looked around the table nervously and asked, "So where do you normally get all of your meat from Applejack? Do you actually hunt for them?
Applejack laughed and said, "Actually, when yer critter friends become too over populated that yer takin' care of and they start to stray away from yer house, that's when I git Rainbow Dash to swoop down and snatch a few. She mainly targets the older and slower critters, but sometimes they taste good when they are young and they are ripe! Rainbow Dash catches them and brings them back to the farm, and I butcher them! They taste much better when they are killed fresh because they kind of lose their flavor when they have been sittin' in the grocery store for awhile."
Tears welled up in Fluttershys eyes and she said, "You couldn't just tell me a lie to make me feel better, Applejack?"
"Absolutely not! I hate lyin' and I don't care if bein' honest is upsettin' to some," the orange mare said.
Granny Smith gave Fluttershy an apple and Fluttershy began to eat it. When she was finished, she was still starving. "Um, Granny Smith, may I have another apple, if that would be ok with you?"
"No," Granny Smith said. "If ya want to be strong and tough like Applejack, then ya need to eat yer meat!"
Fluttershy sunk low into her chair.
Twilight Sparkle took a spoon near by and dipped it into her bowl of stew. She hovered it over to Fluttershy and said, "Down the hatch, Fluttershy! You know you want to try it!"
Beads of sweat trickled down Fluttershy's head and she looked around her.
All of her friends were staring intently at her.
Fluttershy gulped and said, "Well, it's not like we purposely killed it or anything. I did run it over by mistake and it was suffering and probably had no chance to recover from its injury. I guess it wouldn't be too bad if I just tried a little bite." Fluttershy opened her mouth a little bit and Twilight Sparkle forcefully shoved the spoon into her mouth by using her levitation magic. Fluttershy closed her mouth with the spoon inside.
Twilight Sparkle wiggled the spoon around in her mouth and Fluttershy's head bobbled around with the spoon.
Fluttershy swallowed and Twilight took the spoon out of her mouth.
Twilight and her friends hunched over in their chairs and had their sights locked on Fluttershy.
Fluttershy sat there without saying anything for a moment as she looked at the floor in a guilty manner.
"Well, did you like it, Fluttershy?" Rarity asked.
"I-I-it was..." Fluttershy's words trailed off and all that could be heard was mumbling.
"Come again, dear?" Rarity asked.
"I thought it was rather...." Again, Fluttershy's words trailed off.
"We can't hear you!" Rainbow Dash yelled out.
"It was......it was.....DELICIOUS!" Fluttershy yelled out. She grabbed the pot of stew and drove her entire head inside and devoured what was left inside the pot. For the first time, ever since she could remember, she felt normal for once and in fact, she felt so good that she ran out of the house and spread her wings for take off.
Her friends all came outside and watched her.
Fluttershy took off into the skies and performed her very first Sonic Flutterboom. She flew through the air so fast that she had broken the sound barrier and only Rainbow Dash was known to be able to do this. A trail of pink stretched across the sky before it quickly dissipated.
Rainbow Dash's jaw hit the ground. "I-I-Is this some kind of sick joke?" she asked.
Fluttershy came back down to the ground right next to Rainbow Dash and asked, "How about a little race, Dashie?"
Rainbow Dash had never seen a pony move so fast in the skies before. Not even a Wonderbolt could fly at those speeds. "I-I-I didn't exactly warm up or get enough sleep to race and I think I hurt my wings when I leaned them against the chair and I...."
"Stop making excuses and race me!" Fluttershy demanded.
Applejack elbowed Rainbow Dash hard in the side and said, "Go on, Rainbow Dash, we wanna see a race! Give the fans what they desire!"
"Ok," Rainbow Dash said. "But I'll go easy on her since she is so weak and fragile."
"Give it your best shot!" Fluttershy said.
Rainbow Dash gulped and got into ready position. "What exactly are we racing too?" she asked.
Fluttershy pointed up to the sky with her front hoof and said, "To that one single cloud and back down here. Pinkie Pie, please give us the count down."
Pinkie Pie giggled and said, "Ready?.....three.....two.....one....GO!"
Fluttershy took off into the skies, touched the cloud with her front hoof and came back down to the ground.
Rainbow Dash couldn't even take off, because by the time she flared her wings out, Fluttershy was already back.
"Oh.....ow! My wings hurt so much. It's too bad I couldn't race, so I guess Fluttershy didn't win afterall."
"I reckon yer full of horse apples, Rainbow Dash," Applejack said. "I guess Fluttershy is the worlds greatest and fastest flier! All she needed was a 'lil meat to bring out the best in her! It looks like you'll never steal another Frisbee from her again!"
"Ok," Rainbow Dash said, "Maybe I'm just jealous and want her to become a vegan again so that she can become so sickly and weak and so she can suck at flying and doing just about everything else. Fluttershy, why don't you go back to veganism, so that I can still be the best?"
Fluttershy had a slightly crazed smile on her face as she said, "Rainbow Dash....I want to hunt. I want to kill and eat the meat from animals. I feel like I'm a super mare!"
Applejack took off her hat and backed away a bit. "Whoa there partner," she said. "I reckon ya might not want to git a bit over zealous with the meat eatin' since Princess Celestia might be a tad bit upset if ya ended up eatin' all of the woodland critters that yer supposed to be takin' care of."
Fluttershy ignored her friend and raced back home.
Her friends stood there in shock.
"Well, hopefully she doesn't wipe out the entire species and cause the food chain to become out of order," Twilight said. "We should probably check on her tomorrow."