Silence filled Twilight's office as she typed away on her computer. The clock ticked on as the sound of typing echoed. Twilight breathed in, and gently exhaled. Writing manager reports and sorting the family’s schedules wasn’t an easy task, but it relaxed her. With the house practically empty, it was perfectly clear enough for her to think.
“Hmm, it’s quiet” she thought to herself, “too quiet.”
She was right. It was really quiet. She turned to look at the clock above her. 12:02 am. “Hmm” she thought to herself, “11. Isn’t Fluttershy u by this hour?” Twilight got up from her computer to go check and on Fluttershy. After what she heard what happened to her last night, she thought “Shy” could use some calming interaction.
Twilight slowly approached Fluttershy’s door and knocked. “Fluttershy? Are you in there?” she called out. There was no answer. Twilight knocked again. She waited 3 seconds. Again, there was no answer. She slowly placed her ear on the door to try and hear what was going on inside. “Fluttershy?” she called out.
All Twilight could hear was a muffled sobbing. Twilight was really worried now. She began to knock the door harder. “Fluttershy!” she called out. “Fluttershy, open up, please!”
Fluttershy laid on her bed, faced down into her pillow. Her gloomy aura filled her room. “What’s happening?” she thought to herself. Twilight kept knocking on her door. Still with no answer.
Twilight placed her ear on the door to try and hear. She heard muffled sobbing coming from the room. “Oh thank god” she sighed. “Least I know she’s still alive.” Twilight lightly knocked on the door again. No answer. “Hmm, what is going in there?” thought Twi.
Meanwhile inside, Fluttershy was lying face down on her bead, lightly sobbing and in a cringe. She couldn’t stop thinking about…that event. The feeling of utter helplessness. The way Sunset touched her, her cold hands on her bare body. The way she felt, helpless to the utter humiliation. The fear. The feeling of torment. The feeling of being taken advantage of…
“N-NOOOOOOOO!” yelled Fluttershy.
“Fluttershy?!” Twilight called out. “Fluttershy are you okay!? She placed her ear on the door again, to try and here her.
“No! Embarrassing! Why do I keep remembering it! NO! I’m not a yuri, I’m not a yuri, I’m not a yuri!” Fluttershy’s voice muttered.
Twilight raised an eyebrow. “Yuri?” she thought, “Eh, never mind, I don’t wanna know.” She lightly knocked on Fluttershy’s door again. “Fluttershy? Can you hear me?” Fluttershy’s eyes opened widely as she heard Twilight’s voice coming from her door. She actually came to check up on her?
“Twi?” Fluttershy gasped softly.
“Fluttershy, how long do you intend to keep this up?” she ask.
“…As long as I have to” she replied.
“Aren’t exams starting soon?” Twilight inquired, “You’ve already fallen behind enough. It’s your job as a student to study and get good grades” she continued.
“There’s more to life than studying Twi!” Fluttershy answered, “Now, j-just, GO AWAY!
Twilight was shocked. Did that just come from Fluttershy’s mouth? What was that about? She had never heard Fluttershy speak to her in such away. “Fluttershy, you can’t do that, your grades will slip” Twilight responded
“That’s fine by me!” replied Fluttershy. “I don’t care about grades or college anymore!”
“Oh boy, we are NOT going through with this again Fluttershy!” shouted Twilight. “You already have 4 absences from that commercial fiasco.”
“Who cares!? Not me!” replied Fluttershy.
Twilight was getting irritated. What was up with this attitude? She didn’t know who that girl inside the room was, but it wasn’t Fluttershy. Twilight knocked on the door one more time. As hard as she could. “LOOK HERE MISSY!” she barked, “You will be held back a year if you miss school again! Now GET UP! I MEAN IT!”
“Leave me alone!” Fluttershy whined.
“Dammit Fluttershy!” groaned Twilight. “What exactly do you even plan to do with your life?”
“IT’S MY LIFE, ANYWAY!” yelled Fluttershy, “I DON’T WANT YOU LECTURING ME ABOUT IT!”
Twilight was furious. The time for patience was over. Without hesitation, she lift up her leg, and with one swoop, kicked open Fluttershy door, breaking it half. Fluttershy jumped up from her bed in a panic. She fell to the floor as Twilight stood right across from her with red eyes. She was at her breaking point.
“Why you little…WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!?” she shouted. “ARE YOU KIDDING ME WITH THIS ATTITUDE!?” she barked. “YOU WANNA REPEAT A YEAR! WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT’LL DO TO YOUR FAMILY’S REPUTATION, LET ALONE GRADES AND PERFECT RECORDS!” she continued. “AND NEED I REMIND YOU WHO PAYS FOR YOUR TUITION! WHAT DO YOU THINK REPEATING SCHOOL WILL DO TO YOUR FATHER’S BAK ACCOUNT!?”
“AH! I’M SORRY, I’M SORRY, “I’M SORRY, I’M SORRY! I’M SORRY!” begged Fluttershy. “I’M S-S-S-SORRYYYYYYYYY!"
Twilight clicked her teeth and shook her head. She turned back to look at the door. She sighed. “Great! Now I have to hire someone to fix the door” she groaned. Fluttershy wiped away the tears in her eyes and picked herself up from the floor.
“You just don’t get it Twi…” sniffled Fluttershy.
Twilight turned her head to view her. She doesn’t get what? “Eh?” she muttered. Fluttershy made fists with her hands, and clenched down of them tightly. She tried to hold back her crying, but couldn’t. Twilight’s eyes opened widely.
“You’ll never know how it feels” Fluttershy continued, “what it’s like to be…”
Fluttershy held her breathe, trying to keep her emotions together. She didn’t want to finish her sentence. Twilight felt horrible. It was only 9 hours ago that she learned about what happened yesterday, and she made Fluttershy feel bad instead of making feel better. She knew what she had to do. Taking a deep breath in, Twilight straightened her back, and breathe out. “I do…” she said. Fluttershy was surprised. She slowly lifted her head to view Twilight.
“Y-you do, what?” she asked.
“I know how it feels,” she repeated, “to be…sexually assaulted.”
Awkward silence filled the room the room for a while. Fluttershy and Twilight stared at each other…
“WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!!” yelled Fluttershy.
Silence was broken. Did Fluttershy hear that correctly? Did Twilight just flat out said to her the she’s been rapped before? “W-W-What are you talking about!” asked Fluttershy nervously. Twilight slowly removed her glasses, and used her fingers to comb out the hair that was in her face.
“You heard correctly” she answered. “I too know what it’s like to be held down, and ravaged. And by a woman as a matter a fact.”
“W-W-WHAT!” exclaimed Fluttershy. “Wait, you mean…you’ve done a woman, despite being a woman yourself, WITH another woman!?
“Shh…” whispered Twilight. “As much as the next person, yes”. Twilight slowly slipped back her glasses and smiled.
“I don’t believe it!” thought Fluttershy, “She just admitted to something so person like if she was just brushing of praise!”
Twilight continued. “Yes, as an experienced party, I’m telling you this to benefit you.” Twilight leaned in closely to Fluttershy, face-to-face. “You need to stop moping about it” she instructed. “After all, your sister was there to stop it before it REALLY got out of hand. In the end, you’ll realize it was no worse than a mosquito bite.”
“R-Really?” asked Fluttershy.
“Really, really!” replied Twilight.
“T-Then…uh…Can I ask you something” Fluttershy inquired.
Twilight slowly raised an eyebrow. “What is it?” she asked. Fluttershy blushed nervously, placing her hand over her mouth, embarrassed to ask. But she wanted to know.
“Can girls get aroused by having their nipples touched!?” she responded.
“Absolutely” answered Twilight with no hesitation, standing up from her leaned in position and pushing her glasses slight above her face.
Fluttershy gasped. “Even you?” she questioned. Twilight responded with a gentle nod. Fluttershy happily jumped from her bed with joy. “YAY!” she exclaimed. “So I’m not a yuri after all!” she cheered. Twilight stared on at Fluttershy as she chanted on to herself, “I am not a yuri, I am not a yuri!”
“Don’t ask, Twilight” thought Twilight to herself, “Just…don’t.”
“I’m going to head out now, Twi!” said Fluttershy.
“Wait, now?” asked Twilight.
“Yeah, if I leave now, I can still make up 3rd period and have time to eat C-Lunch!” she replied.
Fluttershy got dressed, and headed downstairs to the living room door. She waved to Twilight as she opened the door and went outside. “Bye Twi, see you when I get back.”
Twilight smiled at Fluttershy and waved back. “Bye kiddo, come back safe” she stated. As Fluttershy closed the door and left the driveway on her bike, Twilight quickly began thinking. Rainbow told her everything that happened last that night. They way Sunset assaulted her sister. And there was one thing she couldn’t wrap her finger around.
“Hmm, it’d be one thing if Sunset attacked Fluttershy while she was still dressed in drags, but she did while Fluttershy was back to normal.” Twilight thought. “And after realizing the truth and “supposedly” getting offended and heart broken.” Twilight thought long and hard about this. “Huh, I wonder if we can use this to our advantage?”
*Ringtone...
"Huh? Oh" said Twilight reaching into her pocket to pullout her phone. "Hello? Ah, Rainbow Dash! What is it? Have you finished your TV interview? What...Fluttershy?"
Fluttershy took a deep breathe in and exhaled. The sun was bright, the sky was blue; the birds were still chirping. Everything looked calm and peaceful. "This is really nice weather" she thought, "really relaxing. And it almost makes me forget about You Know Who." Fluttershy walked on with a smile o her face. Twilight was right, she wasn't going to let this incident get her down. She road her bike all the way to the corner of her school. "Whew, best to walk the rest of the way from here" thought Fluttershy.
She hopped off her bike and continued on foot, pushing her bike on the side. When she arrived, and parked her bike by the bike stands, she noticed a large group gathering by the steps of her school. "Huh? strange..." she thought. "I wonder what's going on?" Fluttershy walked over to the crowd. "Oh, uh, pardon me. Excuse me..." she said, trying to squeeze her way through. As she got closer, she could hear voices talking.
"It that her?"
"Who's the one in the sunglasses and hood?"
"Why do you think she's here."
"Where's my camera!"
What were these students talking about? Why are they all gathered here? Is something happening? Fluttershy made it up to the front of line where she was able to finally see why everyone was gathered. They were in awe to see celebrity, Sunset Shimmer at there school. That's right. Sunset? Here?
"Sunset! I Love You!" yelled one student.
"Can I have your autograph." asked another.
"Gosh" said Sunset, "Didn't know I had so many fans."
"Pfft, You should've seen the line I caused when I first showed up" said the figure wearing the hood and sunglasses next to her.
Fluttershy couldn't believe it. Sunset was at her school. "Oh no!" she cried, "S-Sunset, here, why, I...W-W-What, I, how did...Sunset?" Fluttershy was at a lost for words. She was hoping today was going to be a new day. A regular day where she'd go to school, and eat lunch and then hang out with her friends in the Manga Club. But it was all crashing down now. Fluttershy tried to step back and sneak by without Sunset noticing her. Then Suddenly...
"Huh? F-Fluttershy!" a voice called out.
Fluttershy's eyes opened widely as her body paralyzed with fear. She slowly and nervously turned her head. Sunset was looking straight at her. "Oh, Fluttershy! It is you!" Sunset exclaimed. Sunset smiled at Fluttershy and slowly approached her with open arms. But Fluttershy wasn't so happy to see Sunset. Her eyes. Her smile. Her hands. They all brought back horrifying flashbacks. Fluttershy couldn't stay there. She had to run! NOW!
"NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" she shouted. Fluttershy quickly jetted away, leaving a cloud of dust in her tracks.
"What? No! Fluttershy, wait!" begged Sunset as chasing after her.
"HEY!" shouted the hooded figure, as she removed her sunglasses. "SUNSET GET BACK HERE! WE AGREED--"
"HEY LOOK!" shouted a student in the group, "The hooded figure! THAT'S RAINBOW DASH FROM THE SONIC RAIN-BOOMS!"
"RAINBOW DASH!" exclaimed all the students.
Rainbow Dash gasped. She quickly slipped her sunglasses back on trying to brush it off. "What, n-no I'm not Rainbow Dash!" she giggled nervously. As she tried to play it cool, a student snuck up behind her and pulled her hood off, exposing her rainbow hair.
"WHOA! IT IS RAINBOW DASH!" the student exclaimed.
Before Dash knew it she was surrounded by screaming fans.
"CAN I HAVE YOUR AUTOGRAPH!"
"Ccan I take a picture of you!"
"I love your hair, who style it?"
"Dash, I love you. My mom is a huge fan, can I please record you saying Hi for her!?"
"DASH! MARRY ME!"
"Oh, not this again!" groaned Dash.
Back to the plot, Fluttershy ran down the city streets trying to loose Sunset. But no matter how far she ran and how fast she went, Sunset was right behind her. "Fluttershy! Stop!" Sunset begged. "I just want to talk to you!" But Fluttershy didn't stop. She didn't trust Fluttershy for one second. She ran as fast as her little legs could go. She wasn't going to look back for a second. "Fluttershy! Please! I'm Sorry!" Sunset shouted. But Fluttershy didn't listen. She ran as fast as she could, but sunset was catching up to her. She was already at arms reach. She reached over to try and grab Fluttershy, when all of a sudden, Fluttershy's adrenaline kicked in!
"Oh! No! You! DON'T!" Fluttershy yelled. Her tiny legs took off running. Like a mighty cheetah, leaving Sunset in the dust.
After 20 straight minutes of running Fluttershy took shelter inside an alley and hid behind a dumpster. She gasped, trying to catch her breathe. She slowly peaked out. "Oh good. I think I lost her" she said. Fluttershy quickly looked at her watch. 1:24. "Oh great, now I missed 3rd period AND C-Lunch!" she cried. Fluttershy was mad. Thanks to Sunset not only was she as late as she had ever been for school, but now she missed lunch. And to top it off. She was lost. "Huh? Where am I however" thought Sunset.
Fluttershy looked down the end of the alley. A straight line, with light at the end. "Oh well, might as well see where this goes" she thought. Fluttershy slowly began walking down the alley to the exit on the other side. All was quiet. Too quiet. As Fluttershy approached the end of the alley, she as stopped by a cat in the middle of the group. "Oh!" she gasped. "Hi there mister kitty" Fluttershy greeted.
The cat didn't move. Didn't even blink. "Hum, I'm Fluttershy, and I need to pass by" Fluttershy said. "So um, I'm just going to..." Fluttershy tried to walk around, but the cat quickly stood up and hissed at her. Fluttershy got startled. "Oh, hey now, It's okay" she assured, "I'm not going to hurt you. Just going to..." Fluttershy tried to go around the other way, but the cat came and blocked her path an hissed at her again. Fluttershy then tried to go the other way again, but the cat blocked off her path and hissed at again.
"Oh come on!" groaned Fluttershy. "Let's see here..." she pondered.
"YOU!" a voice from behind called out.
Fluttershy turned around. There she was. Red and yellow hair. Black leather jacket over a purple sleeveless blouse, and blood red, twitchy eyes. "Oh no" squealed Sunset. Sensing what's about to go down, the cat jumped up in panic, and ran away. Fluttershy turned to the cat as he took off. "Oh, NOW you leave!" she groaned.
"Finally!" said Sunset. "I found you!"
Fluttershy tried to back away but tripped and fell down on her but. Looking up, she saw Sunset slowly approach her. "Oh no. This is it" she thought.
"I'm Done For..."
[Meanwhile]
"Thanks for Picking up Twi" said Rainbow Dash, sitting in the back seat of the family limo.
"No problem" said Twilight as she stopped at a red light.
"Now then..." she added.
Rainbow looked up at Twilight, who turned back to face her face her. "WOULD YOU KINDLY TELL ME HOW THE HELL YOU ENDED UP IN THIS MESS IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!!!" she barked. Rainbow Dash laid back on the seat with eyes wide opened.
"Well..." she said, "It's a Long Story..."
[To Be Continued]