All jobs have their risk and reward. Some greater than others in both roles. That's just life. Taking the good with the bad. It's something you take into account but never fully respect until it comes crashing down on you like a ton of bricks.
Fiddlesticks and Octavia have always been inseparable. Ever since they were fillies that had been each others best friend. But when their Mother is stricken with an illness, they - along with the rest of the family - drift apart.
Fillies can be mean, and no one knows that more so than Fluttershy's baby sister Blossom. Being born mentally handicapped, she has to take abuse from her peers daily. Fluttershy had tried her best to protect her but her plans did not quite work