Cherry, Atticus, Mo, and Patch were at a meeting table together with Discord to talk about the strange things going on since they came to Equestria for a visit.

"This is so strange," Discord said. "I mean, who has ever heard of a pony falling in love with a timberwolf?"

"Besides that..." Cherry said as her head was on the table and she looked up. "Haven't you all noticed that the Mane Six has been acting strange? Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Twilight, and Rarity don't have their wings or horns."

"Fluttershy and Boots overslept for feeding the animals their breakfast." Discord added.

"Applejack couldn't buck apples like she used to..." Atticus then said.

"This is so weird." Mo said.

"Hmm..." Patch wondered what could be up.

"Guh..." Cherry put her head on the table. "Can we go now?"

"We can't rest until we get to the bottom of this." Atticus replied maturely.

"Ugh!" Cherry glared to him, looking over tired. "So solve it, Sherlock Holmes before I eat this table!"

"Wait, the first night I met Timber, he said that his father was able to take away Twilight's cutie mark, wings, and horn." Patch said.

"Rarity and Fluttershy's marks and horn and wings started to disappear..." Mo then remembered what happened at the SugarCube Corner.

"Ugh, don't say sugar..." Cherry complained, obviously hungry right now and she had to wait with them before they could get food so they could solve this and then go to bed after dinner.

"And I also saw Pinkie Pie without her cutie mark and acting all mean and not herself." Patch said.

Mo shuddered. "Mean Pinkie Pie... Tell them, Cherry."

"Do I have to?" Cherry shivered.

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Flashback

"I could use a laugh..." Cherry was going with Mo to the Cakes' place to visit Pinkie. "But if she tackles me, I swear..."

"Oh, just let her have fun, Pinkie loves you..." Mo comforted.

Cherry took a deep breath and came inside and went into Pinkie's room. "Hey, Pinkie..." She flinched, expecting to get tackled into a super tight hug since Pinkie seemed to love invading her personal space. "I'm feeling kinda bleaker than usual, do you know any good jokes or maybe a song to cheer me up?"

"Pinkie Pie, you here?" Mo asked.

Pinkie had her mane down like it used to be when she lived on the Rock Farm and she glared to the two.

Cherry smiled nervously and walked over. "Hey, Pinkie..."

Pinkie grabbed her and then pulled her into a fight cloud and began to beat her up.

Cherry screamed out in terror. "What happened to claustrophobic hugs?!"

"Pinkie Pie, what was that all about?!" Mo glared.

Pinkie was now pinning down Cherry. "What's the matter?! YA DON'T LIKE ME THIS WAY?! WHY WON'T YOU LIKE ME, CHERRY?!"

Cherry whimpered and shivered nervously.

"Pinkie, that's enough!" Mo glared.

"I'll tell you when she's had enough!" Pinkie glared bakc before continuing to pummel Cherry.

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"THE HORROR!" Cherry cried out after her flashback ended. "Make it stop! I'll do anything to make you happy, Pinkie!"

"Okay, I get it..." Atticus stopped her melodrama.

"Cherry, why don't you like Pinkie?" Patch asked.

"I do..." Cherry tapped her front hooves together shyly. "She just... Makes me nervous... She's so touchy feely... So chipper and energetic... So... Happy!"

"And that is bad?" Mo asked, confused.

"Oh, so if anyone else is hurt, it's fine, but if I am it's not?" Cherry narrowed her eyes. "Pinkie invades my personal space! She always touches me, and I hate being touched!"

"We'll tell her to not do it again when she's back to normal." Mo said.

Cherry shuddered about Pinkie Pie, being very scared of her no matter what type of mood she was in.

"Wait, Cherry, are you scared?" Atticus asked.

"Atticus, don't be silly, Cherry's not scared of anything." Patch replied.

"Oh, really?" Atticus asked before he looked up. "Hey, Cherry, is that Drell about to torture you?"

"Oh, ha, ha, very funny..." Cherry deadpanned.

"No, really, Cherry!" Atticus replied. "He's right behind you!"

"I'm not falling for th-" Cherry was about to say.

Drell then came up behind Cherry and whacked her in the back of her head with a frying pan.

"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star~..." Cherry mumbled before she blacked out.

"Now, all we have to do is wait for her to wake up and then she'll be terrified and start shaking." Drell said.

"Did you really have to knock her out?" Atticus asked.

"I'm really sorry about that," Drell reassured. "You can beat me to a pulp later if you want, but she was getting hysterical."

"That's not like Cherry." Mo said.

"Cherry scared..." Patch was surprised. "You'd think someone who hangs out at the cemetery all the time wouldn't be scared of anything."

"Wait, maybe Timber's father also took away her cutie mark!" Mo said.

"But Cherry's special talent is writing... Why would it make her fearful?" Patch asked.

"Even I'm confused about that." Mo said.

"Cherry's a goth, she became goth when we turned ten when Lord Ben met Lady Tremaine after Cinderella's mother died, she likes anything scary," Atticus replied. "With fear, Cherry can't be the person she is. I remember it like it was yesterday..."

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Flashback

Cherry looked at her colorful clothes and looked disgusted as she then walked off and came back into the mirror in black clothing. "Life is pain... Life is only pain..." she told herself. "I'm just wandering the world without a purpose in my life... Just to make life miserable for those unlike me..." she then left the house.

Atticus was sent to look for Cherry and found her in the cemetery. "Cherry, what're you doing here?"

"I like it here, nobody bothers me..." Cherry said as she appeared to be writing in a notebook as she suddenly looked inspired for writing.

"Um, that's nice?" Atticus said, confused.

Cherry kept writing.

Atticus sat with her. "Man, it's creepy here."

"I know, I kinda like it." Cherry replied.

"That's the most positive thing I've ever heard you say." Atticus laughed.

Cherry glanced at him and continued to write as she seemed to enjoy her new lifestyle. "About time I smile, huh?" she then joked with a small smirk.

"That would be your only smile." Atticus said.

Cherry wrote her dark poetry. Atticus took a look and grimaced at the dark themes, but he looked to his best friend and smiled because she looked happy for the first time in a very long while.

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After a while, she finally finished her poetry.

Atticus smiled nervously. "Better?"

"Much!" Cherry smiled gleefully even though she wrote something very dark and depression.

"Great." Atticus said.

End of Flashback

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Atticus was still smiling because his best friend was happy back then, but was nothing but a sniveling coward right now.

"It must have something to do with Timber's father." Discord said.

"Do you know anything about Timber's father?" Patch asked the draconequus.

"Only that he's evil and he's been wanting to get rid of the ponies for a while now." Discord said.

"What timberwolf hasn't?" Atticus sighed before looking to Patch since his new best friend was one of those. "Oh! Sorry, Patch."

"It's okay..." Patch replied. "Well, he cna't do it, right, Discord? I mean, timberwolves don't have magic powers."

"Um, that isn't entirely true." Discord said.

"What?" the others asked.

"Some of them have magic..." Drell walked over, knowing himself. "They may be feral compared to the pony folk in this world, but this pack has access to some dark and evil magic that could rival Zecora."

"Oh, my..." Mo frowned.

Discord and Drell nodded.

"How could this have happened?" Mo asked Discord.

"I don't know." Discord said.

"Timber's family can be quite cruel with their own needs and desires..." Drell nodded somberly. "I hear from the grapevines that there is a war going to be planned between ponies and timberwolves."

"But why would they want to plan a war?" Mo asked.

"Timber and Apple Bloom's friendship..." Drell replied. "I mean, a timberwolf and a pony becoming friends? It simply isn't done!"

"Oh, and Discord and Fluttershy's relationship is done?" Patch asked.

"That's different because they know Discord's reformed now and is a father..." Drell replied. "But of course, Discord and Fluttershy have to get married."

"Drell, Apple Bloom and Timber are in love, even if they are different species." Discord said.

"Hey, it's everybody else's rules, not mine." Drell defended.

"Anyways, getting back on the focus at hand/hoof." Atticus said.

"I'm afraid nothing can stop the wolves." Drell frowned somberly.