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// Pills, Mice and a Rabbit 
// Story: Who's The Stallion? 
// by TheLunaRainbow 
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Fluttershy lay awake in her bed, the blankets thrown onto the floor and the pillows at the end of the bed. Tears soaked the sheets and Angel was nowhere to be seen.

Nightmares. Every night. I can't escape them. They scare me and I hate it. I'm always scared. I want to be brave, tough and fierce. Like Rainbow Dash. She's the coolest pony I know. Daring tricks, amazing feats and sonic rainbooms. That Pegasus is awesome. Everypony knows her and loves her. And who am I? The nice pony who can't even say no to a rabbit. When I tried to be assertive I just scared ponies and hurt my friends. 

My friends. They'd hate me if they ever find out what I'm hiding. I know. There's no way I cannot. I can feel it, churning inside of me, angry butterflies raging inside my chest. I didn't ask for it to happen, it just did and I was proud at first but now I'm ashamed, just like all my friends will be of me. It'll be all my fault if they get laughed at and ridiculed. I don't want anything bad to happen to them. I wouldn't be able to live with myself. So they cannot know about it. No one can.

She rose from the bed and quietly walked into the bathroom. Filling up a glass of water, the Pegasus gently lifted a sleeping mouse from in front of a cupboard and onto a warm towel. 

The cupboard was opened and a small tub of tablets was taken from behind the toothpaste. Pills were dropped into the water and they quickly dissolved. Fluttershy lifted the glass and downed the water, wrinkling her nose in disgust at the taste of the pills. She filled the glass up once more and downed the cool water quickly, hiding the pills even further back in the cupboard, before covering them with a towel and a few toothbrushes.

"You can never be too sure. The animals can't even find out" she whispered. A squeak from behind startled Fluttershy and she dropped the glass. It shattered, the pieces flying across the room, a piece narrowly missing the Pegasus' leg.

"Ace! Oh my goodness are you alright?" she said as she flew towards the mouse and gently picked him up. An annoyed squeak escaped the mouse's mouth and he wriggled out of her grasp, leapt onto the sink and dove into the cupboard. Fluttershy yelped in surprise and desperately tried to grab the little creature but she was too late. Rattling could be heard inside the cupboard and she yanked the door open so hard, the handle came free in her grasp. 

"No! Don't touch those!" she screamed. Animals were now running into the bathroom, having been awoken by the noise. Ace had the tub of pills in his front paws and was hobbling towards the front of the cupboard. Fluttershy flew forward and grabbed the mouse's tail, dangling him upside down. Alarmed squeaking filled the bathroom as every animal watched in horror as Fluttershy dangled the mouse in front of her face. She used the Stare to silence him and screamed

"How dare you touch my stuff?! Don't you think that if something is hidden at the back of a cupboard, underneath multiple items, that you should just leave it ALONE?!" The mouse nodded furiously.

"Why can't you learn to STOP TOUCHING MY STUFF?!" Ace whimpered but couldn't shy away or close his eyes as the power of the Stare was too strong. All he could do was drop the tub of pills. They scattered across the floor, the tub rolling underneath the sink. He swung to and fro as the Pegasus trembled with anger.

"DON'T. TOUCH. MY. STUFF!" She let go of the mouse and he fell to the ground, slamming his back against the wooden floor. Multiple animals rushed to his side and lifted him onto a small piece of material that the other mice had found. Two toucans lifted him into the air and carried him into a purple birdhouse, just outside the bathroom. 

The other mice scrambled up the back of Harry the bear and ran into the birdhouse. Fluttershy stood silently, staring at the other animals. Some were huddled up in the corner, while others stood glaring daggers at Fluttershy. Tears dripped down her face as she realised what she just did.

"No...I-I'm sorry! I didn't mean t-to get that angry I just lost...lost control for a second! Please, d-don't hate me! I'm really, truly sorry!" None of the animals moved.

"Is he ok? I d-didn't mean to drop h-him!" She whimpered, slowly trotting in the direction of the birdhouse. The crowd of animals all ran towards the door and blocked her path, many of them growling at her. 

She took an uneasy step back and heard a small yelp. Looking down, she saw that her back hoof was on top of a small, white paw. The paw belonged to Angel, who had suddenly appeared in the bathroom. He pulled his foot out from underneath her hoof and she saw a circular object in his front paws. He started to sniff it before drawing his nose back at the smell. Hopping towards the sink, he vanished underneath it for a few seconds. Fluttershy was confused.

What is he looking for? How did he even get in here without anypony noticing him?

Two ears appeared, followed by Angel's head. But next wasn't his body. No, his body was obscured by an empty tub with the words 'Anti-Vomit Pills' plastered across the front. Angel studied the tub, reading every word. He fell over backwards when the tub was pulled from him. He looked up and saw Fluttershy standing over him.

"Oh, now you appear?" she snarled. Angel was taken aback for a few moments before pointing at Fluttershy and squeaking. Her vision became obscured by tears.

"You know, don't you?" The rabbit lowered his ears and nodded. Fluttershy fell to the floor and began to cry. Angel ushered all the animals out of the room and shut the door. He hopped towards the subdued Pegasus and cuddled into her wet fur, stroking her mane and whispering into her ear. She relaxed momentarily before he uttered one last sentence into her ear that made her jerk backwards in shock. 

"NO! Nopony will accept me if they find out! I can't tell anypony, not even my friends. They'd...they'd all hate me" Angel tried to argue but Fluttershy silenced him by placing her hoof over his mouth.

"Please don't tell anyone! Please. And tell the animals that I'm really sorry. Personally apologise to Ace. Can you do that for me?" Angel was silent but he nodded his head and quickly bounced out of the room. As soon as the door shut, her knees buckled underneath he and she fell. Lying on the ground, she stared out the window at the moon. It was dark and half of it was covered by black clouds.

What did I do to deserve this? Angel is wrong, they won't accept me. Nopony will,