Everfree Forest: Zecora's Hut

Within the herbalist's home, the zebra looked over Fluttershy, checking her eyes and tongue to even her hair. Grabbing a small mallet, Zecora hits Fluttershy's knee, causing her wings to open up, hitting both Applejack and Rainbow Dash.

"Sorry!" apologized Fluttershy.

"S'all right, sugar cube," said Applejack, smiling at the yellow Pegasus.

"Zecora, what do you think?" asked Twilight, hoping the zebra has an answer.

"Your friend is cursed, I am sure," said Zecora, going to her pot, "Luckily I know the Wolf-Pony cure".

"So there is a way to help me?" Fluttershy's eyes grew with hope.

Zecora smiled at her. "Now don't you fret, Fluttershy so sincere. I have all the ingredients…" Zecora looks at a book, her smile going down. "Oh dear…"

"Oh dear?" asked Rarity.

"What do you mean by that?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"It seems one ingredient I lack," Zecora shows the book to them, "A piece of fur off the wolf's back".

"Can somepony explain that?"

"It seems that for this cure to work, we need a piece of fur from the wolf that bit Fluttershy," said Twilight, reading it.

"Leapin' galoshes, Twi!" said Applejack, "That critter could be deep in the forest by now".

"Oh no…" Fluttershy's eyes were going teary, "I'll be stuck a Were-Pony… forever…"

"Now, now Fluttershy," said Pinkie Pie, appearing behind her, smiling, "Don't let it get you down! Look on the positive! We just need to feed you goodies to keep you happy and we haven't seen you this active before! This could be good!"

"Y-you think so..?" sniffed Fluttershy, smiling slightly.

"For the time being yes," said Zecora, looking at her old tome, "But soon, craving for MEAT is what you shall possess".

"HUH?!" the Ponies exclaimed.

Twilight looks at the tome, her eyes growing wide as she seemed to go a bit pale.

"Wha's it now, Twi?" asked Applejack.

"It says here that until the first full moon, the Were-Pony will only crave sweets, but afterwards, once its cursed forever… it'll be… *gulps* carnivorous".

"What the hay does that mean?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"She'll go from eating cakes to… eating living creatures, like Ponies!"

Everyone in the room had their eyes grow wide with shock, Pinkie Pie scooting away from Fluttershy. Fluttershy couldn't help it but begin to cry.

"Oh, Fluttershy, darling," said Rarity, soothing Fluttershy's back, "It'll be alright".

"No, it won't!" cried Fluttershy, "I'll be… a true monster! I don't want to be a monster!"

"And you won't!" said Twilight, straightening up, "Because we're friends, and friends help each other in times of need, and right now, Fluttershy needs us!"

"What's the plan, Twi?" asked Applejack.

"We need to capture the wolf cub that bit Fluttershy. Now, tell me, where did it happen?"

"Near Froggy-Bottom Bog…" sniffed Fluttershy.

"Okay! Rainbow, Rarity, and Pinkie, go out there and set up traps to catch that wolf cub! A.J. I need you to keep an eye on time. If the sun sets, tie up Fluttershy tight. I'll help Zecora prepare the cure! Everypony ready?"

The friends stood up, smiling and cheering.

Everfree Forest: Froggy-Bottom Bog

"Eww!" said Rarity, watching where she stepped as she joins Rainbow Dash, who was working on something. "I should've thought things through before coming with you".

"Now's not the time for dirty complaints, Rarity," said Rainbow Dash, tying up a loose end, "Fluttershy needs all our help!"

"Of course. Do it for Fluttershy! Um, what exactly are you making?"

"This…" Rainbow sets down a tray of muffins, "Is how we're going to catch that wolf. It likes sweets, then we'll give it sweets. Now come on!"

Rainbow Dash pushes Rarity as she skids on the muck to a hidden bush.

"Eww!"

"Shh!"

The two didn't have to wait long till they heard a…

KA-PWANG!

SWISH!

"Aha!" shouted Rainbow Dash, flying out of the bush, "it worked!"

The two Ponies head for the trap, excited.

"Behold, the wolf cub!" Rainbow Dash said to Rarity, smiling at her.

"Uh, Rainbow, you might want to take a closer look at your catch," she said.

"Huh?"

Rainbow looked at the net to see not a wolf, but a grey Pegasus with a yellow mane, eating the muffins happily.

"Derpy?!" Rainbow's expression went to shock. "Wha-what are you doing?!"

"Eating!" said the grey Pegasus. "Got any jam?"

Rainbow Dash smacks her hoof to her face, sighing in disappointment. Just as she was about to untie Derpy, they hear a distant chime, a yelp, then laughter.

"That sounds like Pinkie Pie!" said Rainbow Dash. "Come on! She may have caught the wolf!"

Rainbow Dash flew off at high speed, Rarity following behind her.

"Um…" said Derpy, "Can someone… let me out now?"

Meanwhile…

Rainbow Dash and Rarity make it to a small clearing as they see Pinkie Pie, her back towards them.

"Pinkie Pie," said Rarity, "We heard some commotion over here. Did you acquire the beastly thing?"

"Well… I did…" said Pinkie.

"And…" said Rainbow Dash.

Pinkie turns around, the wolf cub in her arms as her eyes were wide with happiness.

"How could I harm such a cutie!"

"Oh for Pete's Sake!" said Rainbow Dash, "Just take the fur!"

"YIPE!"

The wolf cub shrieked as it struggled out of Pinkie's arms and ran.

"No!" said Rainbow Dash.

"We need it for Fluttershy!" said Rarity.

"It took my cupcake!" said Pinkie.

"AFTER IT!"

The three chase the wolf as it hid into a bush. The three friends go all in, fighting to grab the cub. With yelps, yells, and bucks, the bush turned into a frenzy. Soon enough…

YIPE!

"Ow!"

The wolf cub runs out of the bush, scared out of its mind as it ran deep into the forest. Rarity and Rainbow Dash get out of the bushes, all messy and their mane full of leaves and twigs.

"No!" shouted Rainbow Dash, exiting the bush, bucking the air in frustration.

"We failed…" said Rarity, getting out as she got rid of the twigs and leaves in her mane.

"Not really!" came Pinkie's voice. The two turned to see Pinkie Pie poke her head out of the bush, a piece of grey substance in her mouth.

"Pinkie Pie…" began Rainbow Dash.

"YOU got the fur?!" finished Rarity.

"Yep!" said Pinkie, coming out of the bush.

"That's wonderful! Now we can help Flutter-OW!"

"I thought we were helping Fluttershy, not Flutter-ow?"

Rainbow Dash looked at Rarity's hoof, where a bite mark was shown on it.

"Uh, Rarity…" she lifts up the hoof. "You've… been bitten, and that means…."

"Another Were-Pony?!" said Pinkie Pie.

Rarity's eyes grew wide as she sweated with fear, imagining herself transforming into the hideous creature. Using her magic, she grabs both Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie and runs back into the forest.

"BACK TO ZECORA'S NOW!"