The landing was a bit more painful than she had expected, but then again, she had never expected to see the Banana Fruit Bat either.

She didn't even know, until today, there was any such thing. But there was. And now not only was her eye twitching, she had had a relapse and her right wing had turned into a bat wing, while her fangs had grown out again.

And there were no apples to suck.

In a word, it sucked.

"Oh, so you like how warm my radiant heat makes you, don't you?" A husky voice emanated from the trees close by. Curious, Fluttershy followed the voice to its origin, finding Celestia lounging on top of a large, sun-kissed boulder. "I bet you tell that to all the sun-mares."

Fluttershy blinked as Celestia giggled.

Celestia rolled to her back, letting her long mane drape around the boulder like a rainbow of love. "Oh, Tom, you feel soooo warm." She started to glow, and Tom glowed in response from within, a light that felt weird to Fluttershy. She didn't see the snake slither past her, nor it being bathed in the same light, only to disappear.

Fluttershy walked away, testing the air with her forked tongue. Maybe she just needed to relax. A visit to the Spa should help.

Hopefully the unhealthy green aura around her would have dissipated by then.

Rarity develops a Flagellum, Whips Spike into Shape and Fluttershy Catches them in the Act

...maybe it was time to go home.

She decided to take the long way, around the pond and through the forest. Best to avoid other ponies for now.

Fluttershy's day is finally over

Fluttershy was a very disturbed pony.

A very disturbed pony indeed.

Things had not gone well this day, and much of her understanding of reality had not only been challenged, but also shattered into small, intangible pieces of dimensional-sense that had fluttered away almost like little pink butterflies.

She had never imagined, upon waking up this morning, that things would go out of whack so effectively. In fact, the craziest thing she had expected today was to have to dissuade Angel from breaking Mr. Bear's arm.

But no. It hadn't happened as planned. In fact, right now, had she gazed into the mirror, she might have understood how deeply she had changed.

Her left eye twitched in asynchronous motions, while her right one remained in place, with little more than a pin-prick for what should be her iris. Her mane was a mess, with twigs and branches and pieces of mortar doting it; her tail was twisted into some sort of sapient whip that kept snapping at any random moving creature in its immediacy; her coat was striped with darker shades of yellow. Her wings, one bat-like and another feathery, rustled in an imaginary wind, and a little, branching horn was starting to show through the mane that covered her forehead.

She licked her lips with a forked tongue, looking up when the door to her room opened.

Discord stood there, grinning at her.

"Oh, my, little Fluttershy," he chuckled, floating up to her. "You certainly look... chaotic."

"Discord..." Fluttershy's voice seemed to caress his name. "You planned all of this, didn't you?"

"Moi?" Discord pretended to look innocent, by looking as guilty as possible. "I might have."

Fluttershy grinned, moving past him and slamming the door closed with a kick of her leonine hind legs. "Good." A quick motion and the door was locked.

Discord blinked. "Why did you lock the door?"

"Because." Fluttershy pounced on him, knocking him onto the bed. "I don't want to be caught in the act."

Author's Notes:

I have no idea.

Or maybe...