Fluttershy shifted in one place as she tossed and turned in her bed. The sun sneakily peeked past the curtains, making her groan in displeasure. She made a huge decision yesterday. After 5 years of hiding it from her family and friends, she pulled Rarity to the side and told her about the secret that had been troubling her so much. This was overheard by Apple Bloom, who bragged about it to her friends, which was then overheard by Flash Sentry. He then told his band, which lead to Soarin gaining the knowledge, then he told Spitfire who in turn told Rainbow Dash. Then finally, it was passed through their little social group until it got back to Fluttershy.
She then became overwhelmed by the fact that so many people knew so quickly. But when they caught sight of her, they all gave her a hug. Shy was in tears most of the time, and Rainbow Dash was kind enough to comment, "You are so fucking brave, Fluttershy. I’m proud of you."
Fluttershy had finally admitted that she is gay and had been unsure if she should tell her friends. So, she went to the one friend that had been with her for years. Rarity. She would have gone to Rainbow first, but was frightened that Dash would tell. Rarity just gave her a hug and told her that it was okay and that nothing was gonna change. The exact words were, "Darling, nothing's gonna change. Although I am quite shocked that it was you who came out as being gay if you don’t mind me saying. I always thought it was going to be Rainbow Dash, if anybody... I learn new things every day." Fluttershy was extremely happy that she had gotten that off her chest. The rest of the day went pretty smoothly after that, but this morning she felt like shit. Not wanting to move or do anything even remotely active.
Her alarm went off to indicate that it was time to get up and get ready for school. She didn't move, and simply left it ringing. Her head pounded, her body was stiff and her throat dry. Upon opening her eyes she noticed that her vision was blurry, but she somehow managed to make out her alarm clock and smashed the snooze button lazily.
Fluttershy rolled back over onto her side and pulled the blankets to her chin once again in order to try and get more sleep, but it was in vain. As soon as she got back into a comfortable sleeping position, her alarm went back off. Fluttershy sat up, grabbed her alarm clock and threw it across her room, making it shatter into millions of pieces upon collision with the nearest wall. She fell back and let her eyes drift off to sleep.
...
Rarity walked into school with a bright smile on her face. As she passed by some other students, they asked her if anything was wrong, as she looked unusually happy. She replied, "No, I'm fine, darling. But thank you."
Arriving at the band practice room, she pulled a new sheet of music out of her bag. She noticed the four friends sorting out their instruments. Tuning them, and such. Applejack was sat down with Rainbow Dash as they talked about sports day, a competitive streak written across their brows. Sunset was standing with Pinkie and they were yammering about a party that they should play. Rarity's eyes scanned the room, seeking out an intended target which seemed to be missing. Fluttershy? Where on earth was she? Then something hit Rarity in a moment of realisation. "She is normally late because of all her animals."
"Guys." She finally spoke, as they all turned around to look at her.
"I have the new music piece!" She said cheerfully, handing everyone a sheet.
"It took you long enough." Dash said as Rarity handed Pinkie and Sunset a sheet. "Why did it take you so long?"
"It's hard to come up with an original song, you know." Rarity answered her rainbow haired friend as she passed her and Applejack a sheet.
"I love the song title name," Sunset said as everyone else agreed. "’Getting Stronger’. Where did that come from?"
"I don't really know. Maybe cause the chorus repeats it about 6 times?" Rarity said as she looked up at the clock. 9:50 am.
She began getting worried. "Where's Fluttershy, guys?" Everyone first looked at each other, and then back at Rarity.
"To be honest, Rares', I have no idea. I haven't seen her since last night." Applejack said as the others nodded.
"Well, I'm going to call her." Rarity pulled her phone out and dialled her number.
Ring, Ring.
The silence in the room made the ringing seem longer and louder than it should have been. Rarity put the call on speaker.
Ring... "Hello?"
"Fluttershy?" Rarity said, as the rest of the band listened in.
"Ye..." She coughed. "Yeah?" Her voice sounded scratchy.
"Where on earth are you?" Rarity asked in concern.
"Home... I’m really not feeling it today.........." There was a loud crash in the background. "Fucking hell, Angel! I swear, if you do that again, I will grab a knife and gut you where you stand!" Her voice boomed through the room as the speaker strained with the volume.
Rarity flinched, so did the rest of the band. "Calm down Flutter..." Another loud crash.
"That's it, stay right there!"
Rusling, screaming and pounding came from the phone. Rarity hastily hung up. Along, and uncomfortable silence settled throughout the room before Rarity finally spoke up,
"What has gotten into our friend?"
…
Fluttershy dropped her phone onto her bedroom floor as she launched herself at Angel, who was chewing on her plushy dolls around her room. Angel dodged out of the way just in time, as Fluttershy caught her temple on a shelf. Fluttershy roared in frustration as the chase continued throughout the upper levels of her home.
Angel had never seen Fluttershy this angry before and had no real idea why it was happening. As he looked back over his shoulder, fear written deep into his pupils, he noticed the rampaging Fluttershy was completely disheveled. She looked almost feral in nature, and it terrified the poor bunny.
Fluttershy caught up with Angel and was inches from clasping the tuft of his tail in her hands. Angel reacted instinctively, and bounded down the stairs to his left, breathing rapidly and heavily in his terrified fleet. Fluttershy screeched as she lunged down the steps, 3 at a time, making for the innocent little rabbit once more. Angel fled into the kitchen and managed to hide under the stove before Fluttershy entered the room.
Fluttershy whipped her head left and right, as her eyes scoured the surrounding room, searching for any signs of a dwelling bunny rabbit.
“Angel… You can’t hide from me forever, remember? I look after you. Now, come out here and let me teach you a lesson or two about treating me with a little more respect!” Fluttershy’s voice was ear-splitting as the sentence came to an end, the entire room vibrated on account of her absurdly high octaves.
Fluttershy grabbed a knife from the block to her right and began to circle the table in the centre of the room. She paused for a moment, as she listened for any sounds of rustling. Angel bunny was cramped under the stove, and shuffled a little, as his legs were about to give way under his strained, crouched backbone. Fluttershy heard the disturbance but was unable to pinpoint its location. She now knew he was hiding, and she was going to find him.
Fluttershy lifted the cloth of the table sheet and looked under the table and chairs in search of her pet bunny. Her search ended without the bounty, and so she dropped to her knees and looked under the oven. Nothing. Fluttershy stood up and began to look behind the various jars and packets of animal feed lined up along her shelves. There was only one place left to look. Fluttershy walked over to her stove and stood there for a few seconds.
Angel Bunny could see his master’s feet from under the stove, and panicked. He let out a strained whimper, as he tried his best to control his fear. Bunny heard a hearty chuckle from above him, as Fluttershy had confirmed his hiding place. Slowly, Fluttershy began to drop to the floor, coming face to face with Angel Bunny. Angel felt the blood freeze in his veins, as he looked into the eyes of what he currently considered to be the devil herself.
Regaining his fight-or-flight instincts, Angel Bunny dashed out past her face, as Fluttershy was moments away from having his hide. Angel sprinted as fast as he possibly could towards the window in the living room, which had luckily been left wide open. He heard what sounded uncannily similar to a banshee’s wail follow after him as he ran for his life down the path to safety.