After a few hours of laughing and catching up Rarity and Fluttershy left Sugarcube Corner. "Goodbye Pinkie!" Rarity yelled as she left for her home with Fluttershy trotting closely behind. Rarity had noticed that her friend had been quiet all day, even more so than usual.

"Fluttershy dear, I couldn't help but notice how silent you have been all day." She said with a look of concern.

"Ah well that's just.." she froze up. Unable to think of anything to say.

"Is something bothering you dear?" Rarity asked.

Fluttershy stopped in her tracks. "This is it Fluttershy. You can do this. You can look that pony straight in the eyes and tell her you love her. You can do this. You can do this." She looked up at Rarity and her legs started to shake. "Oh Celestia, I can't do this.."

"I'm just fine Rarity" she said as she gave a weak smile.

Rarity did not believe a word of it but she knew that Fluttershy did not want to talk about this.

After a couple of minutes the two reached Rarity's boutique. An uncomfortable silence filled the air as Rarity stood in the door opening with Fluttershy standing outside looking up at her.

"Is there anything you want to talk about Fluttershy?" Rarity asked with the same look of concern.

"Come on shy, It's now or never. You need this." as she looked Rarity in the eyes that same feeling of doubt returned to her stomach.

"Just.. thank you for having lunch with me.." Fluttershy said softly.

"It was my pleasure Fluttershy, I had a really great time." she said as she closed the door and waved her friend goodbye.

"Whatever could be on that mare's mind?" she wondered.

Rarity tucked her little sister into bed and gave her a kiss on the forehead "Sleep tight Sweetie Belle" she whispered "You too Rarity.." Sweetie said with a big yawn. She closed the door to her sister's bedroom and trotted to her own. Suddenly a ringing noise could be heard from the door.

*sigh* "Who could that be at this hour." Rarity whispered.

She slowly trotted up to the door and opened it. An old grumpy pony with a briefcase stood outside. Rarity felt her heart sink in her chest.

"Evening Miss Rarity. I'm here to gather the rent." he said with an emotionless look on his face.

"M-M-Mr Hoovington.. I thought the rent wouldn't be collected for another week." she said panicking.

"The Landlord has decided to gather the payments a week earlyer." he said with the same neutrality in his face.

"B-but I don't have the money yet.." she said.

"If you fail to hand in your payment tommorow you will be evicted from your home." he said bluntly.

The noise had awakened Sweeitie Belle who was trotting downstairs as she saw her sister talking to the pony with a worried look on her face.

"What's going on Rarity. What does he want?" she asked.

Not wanting to worry her sister she conjured up a fake smile and turned around. "It's nothing Sweetie go back to bed." Sweetie did as she was told and trotted back upstairs.

"You simply have to understand! I can pay you if you would only give me one more week!" she said pleading.

"I'm sorry Miss Rarity. The rules are the rules. They apply to everyone." he said as he walked away.

Rarity closed the door and started to make her way upstairs. "What am I supposed to do! I can't gather that amount of money before tommorow!" As she walked past Sweetie Belle's room she could hear the little filly snoozing softly in her sleep. "And what about Sweetie Belle!? Where will we live?" She was at the end of her breaking point. She laid herself down upon her bed and started sobbing. Not knowing what to do.

Sweetie Belle awoke to the sound of bags and heavy objects beign moved around in her room. She opened her eyes to see her sister standing next to her closet. Putting her clothes and belongings into bags.

"Uuhm big sister? What are you doing?" She said as she tilted her head in confusion.

Rarity turned to her little sister as she tried to fight the tears forming in her eyes. "We are going to have to live somewhere else for a little while Sweetie Belle.." she said.

"What do you mean?" Sweetie said. Not really understanding the situation.

"I mean that.. *sigh* we have to move away." she said trying to maintain her composure in front of her little sister.

"But.. I like it here Rarity.." She said as a frown formed on her face.

*sigh* "I know Sweetie, I like it here too but we simple can't stay."

"They can't simply throw us out can they!?" she said as she started crying.

"I'm afraid they can.." Rarity said softly.

"Where will we go?" Sweetie asked.

"To the only pony smart enough to know what we have to do." she said determined.

Rarity and Sweetie Belle walked downstairs and could see several ponies in suits measuring the place. "Just keep walking Sweetie" Rarity said as she saw the anger on her sister's face. As they came closer to the door Sweetie Belle dropped her bags and ran into the room.

"You are all a bunch of heartless scumponies you know that!?" she yelled.

"Sweetie!" Rarity said as she ran to her sister's side "I'm sorry gentlemen we didn't mean to interrupt your work." She said with a fake smile.

"NO! How dare you walk into somepony's home and tell them to leave!?" She screamed even louder.

"Come on Sweetie! We have to leave!" Rarity said as she grabbed her sister and walked outside. She put the little filly down on the ground and looked at her with sadness in her eyes.

"I'm sorry Rarity.. I just.. Can't understand how they can be so heartless.." She said

"Don't worry Sweetie Belle. Some ponies in this world just dont know what the right thing to do is. She said softly in a caring tone. "Come on, Twilight will know what to do."

They put their bags down in front of Twilight's house as Rarity knocked on the door. After a while the door opened. Revealing a lavender unicorn with a purple mane.

"Rarity? What are you doing here so early?" she asked her friend.

Rarity had kept a straight face the entire morning in the hope not to worsen Sweetie Belle's sadness but all her efforts turned to dust as she stood face to face with her friend. Suddenly tears ran down her cheeks like waterfalls. She ran forward into Twilight's arms.

"OH TWILIGHT! We have been thrown out of the boutique and now we have nowhere to stay.." She said sobbing.

It was then that Twilight noticed the bags sitting next to Rarity and Sweetie Belle. The realization hit her like a train. She didn't really know what to do with the unicorn crying in her arms.

"Rarity! That's terrible. Come inside!" She said signaling the two inside.

Fluttershy was busy with her morning routine. After she had her mane fixed up in her signature style she started going past all the animal homes waking them up and feeding them their breakfast. It was dull but rewarding work. besides, she was looking for anything to keep her mind from thinking about yesterdays events. She had planned on admitting her feelings to her crush but everytime she tried to do so she lost all of her confidence.

Suddenly the flapping of wings could be heard in the distance. A little owl came flying towards the pegasus with a bunch of notes strapped to his feet. "WHO!" he uttered as he sat down on the fence near Fluttershy. It took her a while to realize that this owl was indeed Owlicious, Twilight's pet owl. She walked over to the bird and noticed that her name was written on one of the notes as well as her friend's names.

She carefully removed the note from Owlicious' feet. He let out a loud hoot as he flew away. She opened the note and gasped at its content.

Fluttershy,

Come to the library immediately.
Rarity is in trouble.

Twilight Sparkle.

Fluttershy ran as quickly as her legs could take her. Her mind flooded with bad thoughts. "What if she's hurt!? What if I lose her? I would have never got to tell her I love her.."

A few minutes later she neared Twilight's library. She opened the door and ran inside to find her friends sitting in a circle comforting a crying Rarity and Sweetie Belle. Rarity was lying in Twilight's arms. Applejack and Rainbow Dash were sitting close by.

"Rarity! Thank Celestia you're ok!" she exclaimed running towards her friend.

"I wouldn't call it ok Fluttershy.." she said sadly.

"What happened?" Fluttershy asked with a look of worry in her face.

"Our landlord threw us out.." she started sobbing "And now we have nowhere to go!" she yelled as tears dripped down from her face.

"Come on now Rarity, A'hm sure there's somewhere you can go." Applejack said as she set her hoof on her friend's shoulder. "Can't y'all stay with your parents?" she asked.

Sweetie Belle looked up at her sister in worry.

"No I'm afraid they are.. away on a buisness trip for a while." Rarity said.

"There must be someplace you can stay." Twilight said.

"But where!? Of all the bad things that could happen this is the worst. possible. thing!" she yelled.

None of them were really sure what to do in this situation. They just sat there trying to do whatever they could to comfort their friend. After a while Fluttershy spoke up.

"Uuhm Rarity.. you and Sweetie Belle can stay in my cabin if you want to.. atleast until you can buy your boutique back.." She managed to say softly.

Rarity's eyes lit up at the offer. "Y-You would really do that for me Fluttershy?" she said in disbelieve.

"Of course. What kind of friend would I be if I didn't?" she said with a look of determination.

Rarity ran towards Fluttershy and hugged her tightly. "T-t-thank you so much Fluttershy. I can never repay you."

Fluttershy started blushing. "That's no problem at all Rarity.."

Their friends were relieved at the fact that a solution was found for their friend. They all said their goodbyes and started to make their way home. Before Fluttershy and Rarity left Rainbow Dash Pulled Fluttershy aside.

"Are you sure about this shy? What if you.. you know." she said with a tone of concern.

"yes. Rarity is in trouble. She needs me right now and I can't let my feelings get in the way of that." she said

"You're really awesome you know that Shy?" Rainbow said smiling at her friend "Good luck."

Rarity and Sweetie Belle carried their bags inside Fluttershy's cottage. "well, here we are. It's not much but it's cozy." Fluttershy said with a smile. "You two must be starving I'll go into the kitchen and make us some food. You go and get yourself comfortable." she said as she walked into the kitchen.

"I can't believe she is doing this for me.." Rarity said as a tear formed in her eye.

Sweetie Belle who had been silent since they left their house left Rarity's side and walked into the kitchen to find Fluttershy standing over her stove cooking. She walked up to the pegasus and hugged her tightly.

"Thank you so much Fluttershy.." she said holding the pegasus tightly. "I don't know where we would have gone if you hadn't taken us in." She said trying to hold in her tears to no avail.

"Hey come on, chin up little filly. Everything is going to be ok." she said in a soft, caring voice.

After a while Fluttershy walked into the living room carrying a couple of plates with pancakes on them. She found Rarity sitting on her couch next to the burning fireplace.

"I hope you don't mind I lit up the fireplace. It was getting really cold." she said smiling at Fluttershy.

"That's ok Rarity. I was planning on doing it myself anyway." she whispered returning the smile.

The three ponies sat on the couch close to the fireplace eating their pancakes and warming themselves near the fire. After a while Rarity managed to speak up.

"Fluttershy.. you really have no idea how grateful I am that you let us stay here. I could never expect that from anypony. to just take someone in like that. I promise that we will pay you back in any way we can once we get back on our feet." She said softly.

"Oh no you wont." Fluttershy said louder then usual. "You are my friend. and I am helping you in your time of need. I cannot allow you to pay me back in any way."

The three ponies finished their food and continued to clean the plates.

"Now come on, let me show you your beds" Fluttershy said as she walked upstairs. She opened the door to the guest room. it was a fairly decent sized room with a bed sized for one person. The room was fairly well decorated just like the rest of Fluttershy's cabin.

"Sweetie Belle will be staying here." she said. The filly's eyes lit up in excitement as she ran over to Fluttershy and hugged her tightly. "Thanks Fluttershy I feel at home already." the filly said.

"Now don't get too used to it." Rarity giggled. "It is temporary after all."

The little filly started to unpack her bags. Putting her most priced belongings in their respective place. "One more thing Rarity." Fluttershy said as she signaled Rarity into her room.

"I'm afraid I only have one quest room so you will have to sleep in mine.. I can stay on the couch I mean.. if that is ok with you." Fluttershy whispered knowing well enough how picky Rarity could be.

"Fluttershy.. It is unbelievable enough that you let us stay here. Now you offer to give up your own room for me to sleep in. I can sleep on the couch just as easily." Rarity said.

Fluttershy was dumbfounded at Rarity's statement. The unicorn that went crazy at the sight of the smallest bit of mud did not mind to sleep on a couch while her friend slept in a large bed. "Rarity.. I insist that you take my bed."

"I will have nothing of it!" she exclaimed. "To be honest, it is big enough for the both of us." Rarity said.

Fluttershy started blushing heavily at the thought of sharing a bed with Rarity. "W-what do you mean Rarity.." she stuttered.

"Well why can't we both stay in your room? That way neither of us has to sleep downstairs." she said.

"Uu-uhm sure.. that sounds like a good idea.." She said still blushing.

"Fluttershy.. I know I have told you this multiple times already today but.. thank you. So much has been going on lately. I just can't keep track of it sometimes. When I fell you were there to catch me. You are the only good thing that has happened to me in the last few days."

"Now is the time Fluttershy! Go on! Tell her how you feel!" she thought until that voice returned to her. "She has too much on her mind as it is! Dont burden her further." she thought to herself.

"No problem Rarity. And if you need help finding anything you can just ask." she said as she crawled under the blankets as far to the wall as she could. Making sure to keep some room for Rarity. "We will figure out what to do with your store tommorow. You really need some sleep after this." Fluttershy said.

"I'll just go tuck Sweetie Belle into bed." Rarity said as she left the room.

Rarity entered the guest room to find her little sister busy with putting her things into the cabinets of the room. "Oh hey there Rarity!" she said happily. For the first time that day Rarity saw her little sister smiling. "I really like it here." The filly said bouncing up and down. "It's so nice of Fluttershy to let me sleep here."

"Yes.. yes it is." Rarity said "Now come on, get into bed. You need your sleep." she whispered.

"Ok big sister!" Sweetie Belle Jumped under her covers and looked at Rarity waiting for her to tuck her in.

Rarity walked over to the bed and wrapped the covers tightly around Sweetie Belle as she gave her a kiss on the forehead.

"Sleep tight, little sister." Rarity said.

"You too Rarity.." Sweetie Belle whispered.

Rarity closed the door of the guest room behind her and walked up the stairs of the wooden cabin. "Fluttershy has been surprisingly calm under these circumstances. She's much stronger than I give her credit for.." Rarity thought to herself.

She opened the door to find Fluttershy laying in bed making the cutest snoozing sound she had ever heard. Rarity crawled under the covers. Making sure she left enough for Fluttershy.

For a few hours Rarity just lay there looking up at the ceiling. Unable to comprehend why Fluttershy was so generous towards her and Sweetie Belle. Sure they were friends But this surpassed all her views of friendship. Without hesitation Fluttershy had taken her and her little sister into her home and she didn't even expect anything in return. She looked over at the pegasus sleeping softly next to her. "Someday I will find a way to repay you. Even if you won't let me." She whispered.