> Fluttershy Eats Meat! > by Brian Jacko > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Invitation > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Here ya go sugar cube! This one's for ya to catch!" Applejack said as she tossed a Frisbee to one of her friends. "I've got it! I've got it!" Fluttershy called out as she squatted low to the ground right before she was about to leap into the air to catch the Frisbee. The moment she was about to grab it, a certain cyan colored Pegasus flew past her and stole the Frisbee. "Not today, Fluttershy," Rainbow Dash said proudly. "I win again!" Within a split second after she said those words, Applejack had tackled her hard to the ground and grabbed the Frisbee from her. "I reckon ya just like to be the center of attention like Rarity, but only when it comes to games instead. Ya been hoggin' the Frisbee all day and ya didn't even give Fluttershy the chance to even grab it once." Fluttershy came over and said, "Oh, that's ok, Applejack. I understand that Rainbow Dash likes to have fun with sports and it's not a very big deal to me since I'm not as strong or competitive as either of you." Applejack looked back down at Rainbow Dash and pressed her hoof hard against her chest, and Rainbow's eyes buldged out of her head. "Say yer sorry fer bein' a Frisbee hog and not sharin' with Fluttershy!" Rainbow Dash began to gasp for air. "I didn't do anything wrong. Fluttershy said she didn't care about catching the Frisbee anyway and I...." Applejack suddenly pressed her front hoof a little harder against Rainbow's chest. "Hmmmmmph!" Rainbow groaned. "Ok! Ok! Ok! I'm sorry I was the Frisbee hog and next time I'll share!" Applejack stepped off of Rainbow Dash and twirled the Frisbee around on her front hoof a few times before she gave it to Fluttershy to hold on to. Rainbow Dash got up and was hunched over. She was breathing quite heavily. All of Fluttershy's friends came around her. The game they were playing was now over and Fluttershy had planned something extra special for her friends. Fluttershy threw the Frisbee in the air and attempted to catch it, but she made a miscalculation and it landed hard against her forehead. Fluttershy's cheeks were red with embarrassment and she said, "I guess I'll never be able to catch one of these things." "And maybe you'd learn how to catch the dern thing if Rainbow would actually give you the chance to do so," Applejack said. Fluttershy smiled as she picked up the Frisbee and said, "And now that it has been our one year anniversary together as the very best of friends, I'd like to invite you all over for a special dinner that I prepared today," "You threw us a special surprise party for our one year aniversery as friends!?" PInkie Pie exclaimed. "You beat me before I could do it! I wanted to throw a special Pinkie Pie party at Sugar Cube Corner!" "Oh, I'm sorry Pinkie Pie, you all don't have to come to my house. I know parties are more important to you anyway. I understand," Fluttershy said as she shyly looked away from her friends." Pinkie Pie giggled and said, "No way, Fluttershy! I was just kidding. Maybe after your party we can have an after-after party at my place and we can dance, have punch, play with my pet alligator, Gummy, play games like pin the tail on the pony, oh, and..." Applejack stuffed an apple in Pinkie Pie's mouth. "We git the point Pinkie Pie. Maybe we'll have another party at another time." Pinkie Pie nodded her head ok and then swallowed the apple whole. "What time do we eat, Fluttershy? I'm starvin'" Applejack asked. "We can go over right now. I have the meal all prepared!" "Sounds great! I hope ya know that I have the full grown appetite of a stallion. I can put away food like they do in those eatin' competitions! Let's git goin' and dig in!" Applejack said. Fluttershy led her friends back to her cottage. She really wanted to make this extra special because her friends were the first ponies to help her overcome some of her shyness issues, and she learned how to make new friends. Rainbow Dash, being her first friend that she had ever made. > Dinner at Fluttershy's Cottage > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The five ponies were gathered around the table waiting for supper. Applejack kept banging her front hooves on the table in excitement because she was a very food oriented pony, thanks to all of the hard farm work that she did. Fluttershy kept coming in and out of the kitchen with food. She placed down a bowl of salad, soup, bread, and fruit. She sat down at the table and looked at her friends. They all had confused looks on their faces, as if something very important was missing from the table. "Oh, that's right!" Fluttershy said. "I forgot the drinks. Fluttershy left her friends and came back with glasses filled with grape juice. She closed her eyes proudly and smiled as she set down the last drink for herself. When she opened her eyes, she was rather startled that her friends were all staring at her. "Um, I'm sorry. Am I missing something?" "Where's the protein?" Applejack demanded to know. "Oh, we have beans and nuts on the table in case you missed that, Applejack," Fluttershy said. "No!" Applejack said. "I mean real protein! Where's the meat?" Fluttershy put her hoof to her chest in shock and said, "Applejack! I'm a vegan! I don't eat meat! Meat is murder! I left my parents house because they were meat eaters and I couldn't stand it anymore!" "Vegans are weak and are some of the most unhealthiest ponies on the planet! Why, I'm sure that Hollywood would make good use out of vegans because they are so pale and sickly lookin' that they wouldn't even need to put any makeup on them to make them out to be zombies in their horror movies!" Applejack said. Twilight Sparkle face hoofed and said, "Applejack! Now might be a good time NOT to practice your element of brutal honesty." Tears welled up in Fluttershy's eyes as she said, "M-m-my friends all eat meat? But how? We are ponies and I thought we were all vegetarians. Isn't that canon in the show?" "And it's also canon in the show that we eat daffodil daisy sandwiches which is poisonous to ponies. I bet M.A. Larson has something to do with that! Every time I eat one of those daffodil daisy sandwiches in the show, I end up doubled over on the toilet because of food poisoning. Why, the next thing you know is that I'll be a princess and have wings!" Twilight said. Twilight's friends all stared at her and crickets could be heard chirping in the background. "What?" Twilight asked. "You all know that won't happen, right?" The ponies still continued to stare at Twilight. Fluttershy broke the silence and said, "I understand if you don't want to be my friends anymore because I'm different. I'm so sorry that I failed all of you. You can go home now." "Thank goodness!" Applejack said. "Let's all go out and git some real food! I feel like eatin' some chicken!" Twilight Sparkle snapped at Applejack and said, "Applejack! What did I tell you about being brutally honest? You're going to hurt Fluttershy's feelings even more!" "It's ok," Fluttershy said. "I understand and Applejack should eat what she likes." "Now we're talkin'!" Applejack said as she stood up from her chair. "C'mon girls! They got an all you can eat chicken wings at a joint in town. Let's go!" "Applejack!" Twilight yelled out again. "Your honesty is going a bit too far. Sit down and enjoy what Fluttershy has made for us to eat! If you're still hungry, then we can have something else later! Let's be a little bit considerate of our friend here!" Applejack mumbled some words of disapproval and sat down. She took some cantaloupe and grumbled. Fluttershy put her front legs on the table. She burrowed her face in them and broke down crying. Twilight, who was sitting next to Fluttershy, put her front hoof on her shoulder and said, "I'm so sorry, Fluttershy. I don't think Applejack understands the element of kindness like you do. We're going to enjoy our meal that you worked so hard to prepare for us!" The ponies all grabbed some food and began to eat. Twilight Sparkle took a few sips of Fluttershy's soup. "Wow, Fluttershy!" Twilight said. "This soup is out of this world good! What did you put in it?" "It's just a vegetable soup and I added turmeric root, black pepper, cayenne pepper and garlic." "Very good, Fluttershy!" Twilight said with praise. "Garlic has so many health benefits and black pepper helps our bodies absorb the turmeric root better. Turmeric is such an important herb for pain and it has so many good uses! Cayenne pepper is also incredibly healthy for the heart and improves blood circulation." "I know," Fluttershy said. "But you all want meat." "Fluttershy," Twilight said. "We can discuss that later. Let's just enjoy this meal right now." Applejack went into an eating frenzy and began to devour all of the food on the table. Rainbow Dash was about to reach out with her front leg for the bowl of beans, but Applejack grabbed it from her. "Hey!" Rainbow Dash said. "You're being greedy!" "I ain't greedy!" Applejack said. "I'm just starvin' and beans have a little bit of protein in them even though they are simply a vegetable." Rarity, who was sitting next to Rainbow Dash, rolled her eyes and used her magic and hovered her plate of food and a fork in the air by Rainbow Dash. She began to use the fork to put some of her own food onto Rainbow Dash's plate. "If Applejack won't share, Rainbow Dash, then I will," the white unicorn said. "Wow," Rainbow Dash said. "That's unusually generous of you, Rarity!" Rarity sighed and said, "If only Hasbro would make me half as generous as the fans often make me out to be in their own personal fan fictions, I might seem a little bit more generous to others." Pinkie Pie giggled and said, "Yeah, but the fans make clop fictions and I even remember hearing about a romantic story that involved Applejack and Big Macintosh, and they were in the barn taking a tumble in the hay, and Applejack put her mouth on Big Macintosh's...." Applejack stuffed an apple into Pinkie Pie's mouth and said, "Alright, we git it! There are some sick and twisted individuals out there! No need to remind me 'bout the garbage that they write!" Applejack paused for a moment and asked, "Say, Twilight, who is writin' this fiction anyway? I swear, if this person makes Rainbow Dash turn out to be a lesbian again and I have to kiss her, I'm goin' to protest! I'd rather choose an ending in death if someone wants to write another fan fiction like that!" "But how are you going to protest, Applejack?" Pinkie pie asked. "We're just helpless cartoon ponies who dance when the strings are pulled by the author! I'm already getting a strong Pinkie sense that he's going to do something extra crazy with me in this story!" Applejack put her hoof to her chin and was deep in thought. "I don't know exactly how, but I'll think of somethin'," she said. Twilight Sparkle used her magic and searched around a bit. "Oh," she said. "It looks like this fan fiction author's name is.....uh, Brian Jacko. Well, he seems legit from what I see in his stories. I guess we'll just have to wait and see how he'll make this story play out." Applejack finished the last bit of food and burped loudly. She leaned back against the chair and put her two front hooves on her belly. "I'm still feelin' mighty hungry, and I can hear my belly makin' all kinds of hunger sounds. Let's all go out and git some chicken or somthin'!" Applejack got up and walked out the door. Rarity felt Fluttershy's pain and said, "I'm so sorry dear, but Applejack doesn't represent the element of generosity or kindness. We have to deal with her painful honesty." "Thank you all for coming over for dinner, I guess," Fluttershy said. "I'm sorry I couldn't please you all. I guess you might as well go out to eat with Appeljack now. I'm sure you all must be hungry since I can't offer you foods that are very high in protein." "I'm still kind of hungry too," Rainbow Dash said. I need to eat lots of protein to be the best at my sports." Fluttershy put her head back down and began to cry. "Fluttershy, are you sure you want us to leave right now?" Twilight asked. "Fluttershy picked her head up and wiped the tears away from her eyes with her two front hooves. "Yes," she said. "I need to be alone right now and mourn the loss of all the innocent little chickens that will be massacred when Applejack goes to the chicken place." "Well, thank you so much for dinner, and we will all be back to check on you tomorrow," Twilight said. "Come on, girls. Let's go get some chicken!" The rest of her friends left and Fluttershy became so upset, that she built herself a protest sign and marched all around her cottage chanting that meat is murder. It was too bad that she was too shy to join a real protest, but she felt like she had to get the word out somehow. Not one pony came by her cottage and noticed Fluttershy's personal protest going on since the cottage was too close to the Everfree forest which was dangerous. Fluttershy gave up hope and went to bed. > Save the Bears > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The next day, Twilight Sparkle and her friends came up to Fluttershy, who was busy tending to the animals who are carnivores and omnivores. They stood still and listened to what she was saying. "I know you may not enjoy this right now, but I need to feed you a vegan diet to stop all of the violence that's going on. I heard that one of you ate a rabbit and I'm very upset by that. Eating meat is an out dated principle, and I need to purge you from all of the hate that was probably acquired though generations of your ancestors behaviors." Her friends got a little closer to her. "Uh, Fluttershy?" Twilight said. Fluttershy got so startled that she jumped into the air and let out an "Eeeep!" "Sorry about that Fluttershy," Twilight said. "I know you're very busy tending to the woodland creatures, but what exactly is it that you're teaching these animals?" "Oh," Fluttershy said. "I'm glad you asked. I'm teaching them how to be at peace with one another, and showing them that eating meat is an outdated principle and is an abomination." Twilight Sparkle face hoofed and said, "Uh, Fluttershy, you do know that these animals, like dogs, are called carnivores for a reason, don't you? They are supposed to be meat eaters only! Just look at how sickly they are! Most bears are omnivores and that means they need to eat meat and plants as well." A giant bear who looked as if he was suffering from terrible malnutrition, slowly crawled over to Fluttershy. He was munching on a leaf of lettuce and when he swallowed it, he collapsed next to Fluttershy and died. "This is just called evolution," Fluttershy said. "Animals have been evolving for billions of years and if we feed the meat eaters a purely vegan diet, then the weak will die out and a whole generation of vastly superior creatures will be born! I am helping the process of evolution." Twilight cocked an eyebrow and said, "You do know that evolution is just a theory and is not a scientific fact, right? Even if it is a popular belief, it's still just a faith, just like so many other things out there. I'm sure ponies will find something else to follow when evolution becomes outdated or is proven to be a fraud." "But if you don't believe in evolution, then what do you believe in, Twilight?" Fluttershy asked. Twilight shrugged and said, "Well, I don't know. Maybe believing in God doesn't sound like such a crazy idea after all." Fluttershy put her head down and sighed. "Well, if it's such a bad thing to start introducing veggies to meat eaters, then why do they put veggies and carbs inside the bags of dog food that you buy at a supermarket? That must be proof that dogs are wheat and plant eaters in the wild, right?" she asked. Applejack faced hoofed. "Oh, them wild dogs have been causin' heart ache fer wheat farmers fer gerneations! Millions of bits in crop loss add up every year 'cause of wheat stealin' dogs!" Applejack said in a sarcastic voice. "Do ya know why they put wheat and vegetables in dog food, Fluttershy? 'Cause ponies who buy that kind of dog food are idiots, and the companies only do that to save money since it's cheaper to add in veggies and carbs! Dogs should never eat any veggies or carbs, and many veggies are actually toxic to the dogs. Feeding yer dog a diet high in veggies and carbs is cruel to the pet, and it will most certainty die! Ya'll know I would never feed my little doggie, Winona, that garbage. Why do ya think pets these days have so much cancer and shorter life spans?" "But I just can't do it!" Fluttershy said. How could I feed an animal that I'm taking care of to another animal I'm taking care of as well? That's madness!" "Madness?," Rainbow Dash asked. "THIS....IS.....NATURE!!!!" Rainbow Dash was about to buck, until she took note that all of her friends became silent and were staring at her. "Oops, just got a little carried away with my battle cry. Please continue with the conversation," Rainbow said. Twilight Sparkle noticed that a bear was laying down by the stream and was too weak to catch his own food. She trotted over and looked down at the stream. Her friends followed close by. Twilight Sparkle put her head near the water and waited for just the right time to strike. "Hi-ya!" she cried out as she plunged her head deep into the stream. When she pulled her head out, there was a fish impaled onto her horn. Fluttershy gasped in horror and began to cry as she watched the fish squirm around on Twilight's horn. "Twilight.....he's suffering so much! Why are you being so violent and hateful?" she asked. Twilight Sparkle ignored her friend and brought the fish over to the suffering bear. The bear barely had enough strength to open his mouth and he put his mouth over Twilight Sparkle's horn and swallowed the fish whole. The bear then got up because he now had energy and he felt better. He went closer to the stream and snatched up another fish. Fluttershy cried out with rage. "See! What did I tell you all!? Monkey see, monkey do! Your ruthless acts of violence caused my innocent bear, who was doing so well on his diet, inspired him to kill again! Shame on you, Twilight Sparkle, and shame on you, Mr. Big Bear! You are not invited to the tea party I was planning on having later on! I will punish you for your crimes against Mr. Fishy and you're....going....to...LOVE....ME!" The words of Fluttershy fell onto deaf ears of the animal as he continued to feast on his meal of fish. Pinkie Pie scooped up a fish from out of the stream and was holding it between her two front hooves. She concentrated on containing the fish. She came over to Fluttershy and began to move the fish around and pretended to speak for the fish in a deeper tone of voice. "Oh, hi there, Fluttershy! My name is Mr. Fishy, and my job in life is to give my body up to feed other animals.....after I mate with all the females hopefully. Come on, Fluttershy, feed me to Mr. Big Bear and let me be his food!" Fluttershy began to panic and said, "Pinkie Pie! Put that fish back into the water and leave him alone. He can't breathe and he'll die without being in the water! Please don't commit another murder! It's bad enough that Twilight killed a fish already!" Pinkie Pie giggled madly and threw the fish up into the air towards, the bear. The bear snatched it in mid air and devoured it. Fluttershy was starting to lose her mind. Her animal friend, that she was teaching to be a peaceful vegetarian, was now killing again. "Can we please stop!? I'm about to run away and never come back! I can't stand the destruction of these living creatures. "You do know that plants are living organisms too and that we destroy them when we consume a plant," Rarity said. "Yeah, but at least they don't scream or wiggle around when they die," Fluttershy said. Twilight Sparkle faced hoof and said, "Fluttershy, back then, ponies could not survive on a vegan diet because there were no B vitamin supplements." "That's the thing, Twilight!" Fluttershy said. "Now we have supplements, so vegans can be healthy and live without having to eat meat." "No!" Twilight said. "Even with supplements, vegans are still incredibly sickly and unhealthy! The supplements just barely keep them alive. Veganism is illogical and it's like a cult following. If there was ever a food crisis and we needed to hunt to get our own food instead of going to the supermarkets, protein from animal meat is our top priority. These survival kits of dried vegetable salads that they sell are so wrong on so many levels! I bet the Flim and Flam brothers have to do something with that." "Vegans are so sickly and weak that if I were to ever have to fight a pony to the death, and I had the choice between a vegan, or a pony on chemo, I'd choose the vegan, 'cause I'm sure the pony on chemo, who is eatin' meat, would be stronger than the vegan," Applejack said. Twilight shook her head in disappointment and said, "Applejack, I know you're being incredibly honest, and that's great and everything, but it's possible to be just a tad bit on the offensive side, when you're so open to saying anything that comes to mind. Like veganism, chemo therapy is a fraud as well." Rarity spoke up and said, "Fluttershy, darling. Vegans also have some of the worst oral health out there and they lose their teeth. I don't know about you, but feeling pretty is important, and I value each and every tooth that I have. Vegans also have lots of hair loss from their manes and tails. So, now we know why you buy all of those tail and mane extensions, because your mane keeps thinning out and you don't look as pretty anymore without such a thick and beautiful mane and tail." "But vegetables have so many benefits! Like, carrots are good for your eyes because they have vitamin A!" Fluttershy said. "That statement is so overused and is politically correct so vegans aren't offended by the truth. Meat has a little something called retinol in it, and it is VASTLY superior to what carrots have to offer when it comes to eye health," Twilight said. "I-I-I don't know what to say," Fluttershy said. "I think you're all blind and I disagree with all of you." "Well, that's your choice," Rainbow Dash said. "If you want to be a little weakling who can barely fly because you won't eat meat, then that's fine by me! What did they used to say in school when we were growing up together? Oh yeah........Fluttershy. Fluttershy. Fluttershy can barely fly!" Fluttershy broke down and started crying. Twilight Sparkle put her hoof on Fluttershy's shoulder and said, "I'm sorry if the truth hurts, Fluttershy. Maybe we'll talk about this tomorrow. We have been planning to help Applejack build a new barn tomorrow since Big Macintosh got injured while moving crates of apples around. Would you like to come help us?" Fluttershy nodded her head yes, because she represented the element of kindness, and perhaps she could convert her friends to veganism by showing off acts of kindness. > Road Kills Are a Blessing > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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." > Bye Bye Angel Bunny > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Five ponies stood at the door of Fluttershy's cottage. Applejack banged on the door with her front hoof. "Knock, knock, knock." "The door is open, come in," Fluttershy said Applejack opened the door and the five mares stepped inside. They all gasped in horror at what they saw. Animal corpses were everywhere and there were piles of animal guts in one corner of the room. Fluttershy sat on a stool and was next to a giant pot. On one of the legs of the pot was Angel Bunny who was tied upside down in order to get the blood flow to his head. He was panicking and was trying to break free from the rope. Fluttershy looked down at the struggling bunny and said, "There, there, Angel Bunny. Mama knows that the life is in the blood and that she will quickly drain it all out from you so that you can be my food! Try not too worry too much. I will make it quick and painless." Fluttershy took out a butchers cleaver and held it close to his throat. "Yer not gonna kill yer beloved Angel Bunny are you?" Applejack asked. "That was like yer most favorite pet of all time!" Fluttershy smiled a psychotic grin and pulled the cleaver back for a moment, and then sang a little song to him, "Hush now, quiet now, it's time to lay your sleepy head. Hush now, quiet now, it's time to go to bed." She then forcefully chopped the head off of her pet, Angel Bunny. The head rolled around on the floor a bit as Fluttershy watched with satisfaction as the blood drained from his body. She then looked up at her friends and said, "Oh, he was always kind of a dick and I can always get a new pet bunny who actually listens to me." Rarity gasped and said, "Oh my, Fluttershy! Your language! Please do not say such words in front of a true lady!" Twilight Sparkle noticed that there were some very rare birds that were on the endagred species list in a cage with their heads cut off. "Uh, Fluttershy, you do know that you're killing some really important animals that are endangered and if Princess Celestia ever found out about that, she'd banish you to the Everfree forest permanently." "It's no big deal," Fluttershy said. "There's got to be more where that came from. They taste so good too!" "Never thought eating birds would be a thing," Rarity said. Fluttershy reached her front legs out and brought her friends in for a tight hug. "You're all my best friends now, and I love to eat meat! I also feed all of the animals meat whether they like it or not!" Rarity backed away a bit because Fluttershy's coat was covered with blood. "Do be careful dear," she said. "I just went to the spa and had my coat cleaned. I don't think it's a good idea to feed meat to the animals that are vegetarians, Fluttershy." Rarity looked over her shoulder and saw a bunch of rabbits trying to nibble off of the carcass of a bear because Fluttershy had forced all of her vegetarian animals to eat meat. They looked very sick. "They must accept the superior way of life," Fluttershy said. "We must help the animals evolve! Natural selection will help eliminate the weak and the useless!" Twilight Sparkle nervously pawed at the floor with her front hoof and said, "What did I tell you about the theory of evolution earlier and how it's just a faith, Fluttershy?" Don't forget that you still need to still eat your vegetables, carbs, fruits, and diary products. You shouldn't be exclusively a meat eater, and you shouldn't be feeding your rabbits the corpse of a bear." Twilight Sparkle looked around the house and noticed that a quill and a scroll was nearby on one of Fluttershy's desks. She levitated it over to herself and got ready to write. "Soooooo.......how about a letter to Princess Celestia?" Fluttershy smiled warmly and let out a squee. "I would love to!" she said. "Ok, shoot," Twilight said. Fluttershy cleared her throat and said, "Dear Princess Celestia, today I learned that meat is wonderful for you and that vegans really are the weakest and most unhealthiest ponies out there. Especially the strict ones who do not eat fish or chicken. I learned that murder is magic and I love to cut up my little critter friends and prepare them in a nice big tasty stew. I now have an open mind, and I will continue to eat the wonderful wonders of meat!" Twilight Sparkle jotted that down and used her magic to send it to the Princess. "Well, glad that's taken care of," she said. Pinkie Pie started giggling madly and said, "Hey girls, I can cook up a special meat treat if you all want to come over tomorrow and have a special Pinkie Pie party for a celebration of Fluttershy's conversion to eating meat!" "That sounds wonderful!" Fluttershy said. "And I'd love to eat more meat too!" The rest of their friends agreed and headed back home. It was a bizarre day for them all. > Pinkie Pie's Patty Party > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eight ponies stood outside in the backyard of Sugar Cube Corner. All of Pinkie Pie's friends were there, including Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom. Pinkie Pie had the grill going and was making her special hamburgers. When they were done, she gave a burger to each and everypony and they all began to dig in. When they were all about half way done with eating their burgers, Rainbow Dash perked up and said, "Wow! These are the most tastiest burgers I have ever had on the planet! These patties taste a little bit like chicken too. It's too bad Scootaloo isn't here with us to have some. Say, where is Scootaloo anyway? Do you happen to know Sweetie Belle, and Apple Bloom?" The two fillies looked at each other and then back to Rainbow Dash. They both shook their heads no. "That's too bad," Rainbow Dash said. "She's missing out on a great meal. Say Pinkie Pie, what kind of burgers are these anyway?" Pinkie Pie began to giggle madly and replied, "They are made out of pony meat! I like to call them my signature pony patties! I'm surprised you didn't realize that Scootaloo's been gone for several days now. She tastes great, doesn't she? She's Scootalicious!" Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle stopped chewing on their burgers and their mouths hung open wide in shock. The meat that was inside of their mouths slowly fell out and onto the ground. Applejack, Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash stared at Pinkie Pie with a look of horror written on their faces. Each pony slowly put their hamburger down on their plates except for Fluttershy. Fluttershy heard what Pinkie Pie had said, and she drove her face back into the burger and began chewing furiously with pleasure. Everypony went silent except for Fluttershy, who was chewing loudly on her meal. Rainbow Dash looked down at her Scoota-sandwhich and then looked back up at Pinkie Pie. Pinkie Pie began to giggle madly and said, "Oh, and just wait until you find out how I make my cupcakes, Dashie!" Rainbow Dash felt drops of sweat trickle down the sides of her head and she let out a nervous little laugh. "Cupcakes?" Rainbow asked. "I think I'd rather stay in the dark and not know." The end.