Back at Sugarcube Corner, the other ponies were still confused over Fluttershy's outburst. Never once had any of them see Fluttershy react in such a way, despite her encounter with the dragon of course. It was very surprising, almost frightening. As Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Caramel, Spike, and Pinkie Pie, who was now unconscious from her concussion, sat in an awkward silence. All other ponies except for the five were removed from the building by Mr. and Mrs. Cake under Twilight's request, so they could discuss what happened privately.

Spike was the first to speak.

"So… Anypony gonna explain what just happened?" Spike asked. "Uh… Cuz I think I'm missing something here." Twilight looked over at the baby dragon with a concerned look. "I'm just as confused as you Spike. All I know is that she was in her lake crying, and then there were those marks on her sides." Twilight bit her lip in anxiety, a habit she developed long ago. "Applejack said she'd talk to Fluttershy, but now I'm worried. What if this is something really, really bad." The group returned to their silent poses for a good few minutes before the front door to the Sugarcube Corner opened with a light ring.

"Um… Sorry, but we're clo-" Mr. Cake began to speak, but stopped. "Oh, heh, it's you guys… Sorry." He gestured to the group with his hoof. "Come on in…"

The group turned to see Applejack and Fluttershy walk towards them, except the comatose Pinkie. Applejack kept a brave face, but anypony could see the feelings of anger and retribution that dwelled inside many a cowpony went something is wrong. She also was not wearing her cowboy hat, which surprised the group. Meanwhile, Fluttershy, who WAS wearing Applejack's cowboy hat, was by her side, her head was lowered and she was looking away shamefully. Applejack looked at the saddened pony and smiled at her, but Fluttershy only whimpered softly.

"Do ya want me to tell them?" Applejack whispered to the Pegasus. Fluttershy didn't even hesitate as she nodded. Applejack merely sight in response. "You're gonna be okay, sugarcube. We'll get ya through this…" As the duo sat at the table, Applejack almost instantly laid her front hoofs on the table and looked straight into the group with a serious expression. She looked at Fluttershy, who nodded back to her, before she spoke.

"Listen up, everypony." Applejack spoke. "We'ves got ourselves a big situation here…"

Twilight Sparkle couldn't believe her ears. Never once in her life was she aware of such a thing happening. Such an act wasn't even listed in the Equestrian Criminology Almanac, so it almost seemed impossible to the intelligent unicorn. "Forced… mating?" She said quietly to herself, her nose crinkled up. "That's horrible, disgusting even." Fluttershy winced at the words and whimpered, only to feel the hoof of a pony on her shoulder. Fluttershy glanced out from under the brim of her hat to see Rarity, who was sitting next to her, with a horrified, almost sympathetic, expression on her face. Fluttershy remembered that Rarity was kidnapped by a band of Diamond Dogs long ago, and it now crossed her mind if they had tried to do the same that one day.

The yellow Pegasus only had to look into Rarity's eyes to know the answer.

"Fluttershy…" Rarity asked, her voice was quiet and shaky. "Who is the bucking ruffian that did this to you?"

Fluttershy shivered as she mentioned every detail about Nevermore, from the color of his mane to where she was, "attacked." As she spoke, she noticed that she began to feel better inside. She suddenly felt lighter with each word, and she could feel that inner grime break away. As she finished, her speech was quickly followed by Rainbow Dash slamming her hooves on the table. "AUGH!" She lamented. "I knew that guy was fishy. I mean, I tried not to judge him on appearance, but…"

"RAINBOW."

All the ponies turned to face Pinkie Pie, who was now fully awake. Her mane was completely down and her coat was darker, as her pupils were smaller and fiercer. Her face was in a mixture between a grimace and a scowl, and judging by her appearance, she was clearly affected by what Fluttershy said.

"Oh Celestia…" Caramel murmured.

Rainbow Dash tapped Pinkie's shoulder. "Uh, Pinkie Pi-" The pink Earth pony sharply turned her head at Rainbow Dash. "NO!" She gave elevator eyes at Rainbow Dash, and grinned widely for a second before frowning again. "It's Pinkamina! Pinkamina Diane Pie!" Pinkamina shook her head. "Never mind, forget about it. Not important." She calmly looked at Fluttershy. "For the record, I find you to be probably the bravest pony I've ever met." Pinkamina spoke coolly. The others simply watched in shock. "However, I would think that simply talking about it isn't enough. You're going to have to get…" She paused for effect. "Justice."

Fluttershy trembled. "B-but how could I do that? Just thinking of him…" Fluttershy squeaked and hid underneath Applejack's hat. "I-I'm scared…" She muttered barely over her breath.

Twilight smiled, "Don't worry, we'll be alongside you. With us, you'll find the courage to do anything."

"Twilight's right." Rarity chimed in. "I think it's high time we showed this buffoon who's boss."

"If he start messin' with one pony." Applejack spoke up. "Then he's messin' with all of us."

"Wait till I get my hooves on that pile of horseapples!" Rainbow Dash shouted, smashing her two front hooves together. "I'll make him see rainbows!"

Pinkamina's hair proofed back into its original form and her color became lighter. Pinkie grinned happily. "Hey guys! What'd I miss?"

The plan was a success. Thanks to Twilight's connections with Princess Celestia, the managed to locate the next concert that "Death Cab Cutie Mark" was playing at: in Appaloosa.

"Once we get there, we'll need a confession from Nevermore before we can do anything. So you'll have to be patient and carefull."

Rarity was able to purchase the tickets with bits she earned from dress purchases.

"On any other occasion, I would never do such a thing. However, it is different in your case."

When the group arrived in Appaloosa, they were instantly greeted by Braeburn, who they knew would stick to them like marshmallow paste, making it harder to get backstage at confront Nevermore. However, Applejack distracted him by introducing Braeburn to Caramel.

"Braeburn shouldn't be a problem now that he's met another coltcuddler. This should keep us from getting undetected."

Pinkie Pie and Spike would distract the security ponies while Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Fluttershy would sneak into the backstage.

"You can count on us, Fluttershy!" Spike spoke proudly. Pinkie Pie only giggled in agreement.

And lastly, Rainbow Dash would be alongside Applejack and Fluttershy in case the confrontation became too ugly.

"I can't wait to clop his face in. LET'S DO THIS!"

"That last song rocked! We did fantastic!"

Nevermore smiled as he watched his fellow band-mates, Eldorado and Tamerlane, laughed and talk about what happened on stage, like always. They were in their trailer backstage, which consisted of three beds, a small desk with a mirror on it, a lamp, and a small table. The band was getting ready for the after-party, in which the fans actually met the band.

"And Nevermore, your drum solo was perfection! Have you practiced while we weren't looking?"

Nevermore looked away bashfully. "Maybe…"

Tamerlane placed a hoof on Nevermore's shoulder. "Well, great job. I can't wait to see how we do on our next gig."

"Which is in… Ponyappolis, if I'm not mistaken." Nevermore said thoughtfully.

The two ponies began to walk out of the room as they turned to Nevermore. "Hey dude, you're not coming? There are mares EVERYWHERE. You could get lucky…"

Nevermore smiled warmly, pausing for a moment before speaking. "Nah, I don't feel like it tonight."

Eldorado grinned. "Then how about we send over a filly here, then? You'll have fun."

Nevermore's eye twitched for a spit second. "Sure, why not?"

Eldorodo and Tamerlane smacked whooves. "ALRIGHT! THE QUEST TO GET A MARE FOR NEVERMORE!" They ran out of the trailer, laughing like little fillies playing a game. Nevermore made a small sigh as he watched them leave. He then turned and began brushing his raven-colored mane with a brush that rested on the desk. He stopped when he heard the trailer door open.

"Oh, hey. By Luna's tail they worked fast. What's your na-"

Nevermore turned to see Applejack, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash standing before him. He merely had to glance at Fluttershy to realize what was going on.

"Ah."

Rainbow Dash smashed a hoof into the floor. "Alright you no good hoofpaste!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed. "I'm gonna kick your plot so hard you'll be a blank-flank." Nevermore cocked his head and smiled. "Oh, hey Fluttershy." Nevermore said directly to the yellow Pegasus. "You up for another go?" Fluttershy squeaked and shielded herself.

"Leave her along, Nevermore." Applejack shouted. "You'll answer to us."

"By Celestia's name, Fluttershy. You are pathetic." Nevermore continued smiling. "You managed to tell your friends about your disgusting habit…"

"YOU CAUSED IT, YA APPLEROT!" Applejack shouted, her anger slowly rising.

The dark pony continued. "…And now they're defending you out of pity."

"We're defending her because we're her friends!" Rainbow Dash countered.

Nevermore looked at her with a suggestive look. "Tell you what. How about I sign you all a poster and we forget all about this?"

Rainbow Dash gritted her teeth. "ARE YOU INSANE? DO YOU THINK WE'LL JUST SELL OUT FLUTTERSHY LIKE THAT?"

Nevermore sighed. "Then go ahead, hit me. Earn your revenge. You'll only get yourself kicked out. I'll win, and 'widdle Fwuttershy will keep being da vunwerable pony-whore she is'." Fluttershy was trembling now, and Nevermore, noticing this, decided to add a cherry on top of his so-called "victory speech":

"She deserved it."

The trailer was completely demolished as Nevermore was flung around it by what looked like a rainbow. When he finally landed he slowly lifted his body up and spat out a tooth.

"Why you little fillyfooler. I'm going to kill you! I'm-"

He never even had a chance to finish his sentence, as he was quickly smashed in the face be another hoof.

"This is for!" Rainbow Dash shouted as she attempted to punch Nevermore, only to get her attack blocked by the azure pony, who then socked Rainbow Dash in the chest. Luckjly, Applejack quickly interfered and bucked Nevermore with her back hooves, resulting in a grotesque snapping sound come from the pony rapist.

"AUGH!" Nevermore clenched at his side. One or two of his ribs were broken. But that didn't stop Applejack, who then proceeded to drove her front hooves forward, punching Nevermore rapidly in the face.

"This." Thwack! She scraped Nevermore's forehead.

"Is." Bam! Nevermore gave out a cry as his none went ninety degrees.

"Fer." Smack! One of her hooves tore a bit of his cheek.

"Hurtin.'" Fwack! There was a pop as his other cheek broke.

"Mah." Pow! Nevermore staggered as his vision began to blur.

"FRIEND!" Buck! Nevermore fell on his back from the uppercut Applejack delivered, breaking his jaw.

As Nevermore fell to the ground, blood oozed out of his nose, eyes, and mouth, along with various other gashes and scrapes brought on by Applejack's assault. He groaned and attemped to get up only to get pushed down again by a unknown force.

As Nevermore he looked up, he noticed the bright glow of an Alicorn standing before him, her shimmering eyes stared daggers into Nevermore's very soul.

Nevermore shivered. "Good day, Lady Cele-"

"SILENCE!" Celestia boomed. It seemed as if the whole world shook around Nevermore. He glanced over and saw Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and his band-mates looking at him. Eldorodo and Tamerlane had mixed looks of shock and confusion on their faces.

Celestia began to speak again. "Nevermore Poeny, the crime you have committed is despicable and brings great shame to Equestria!" Nevermore managed to stand up, only to get pushed down with great force by Celestia's magic. "I believed that, due to the heinousness of your crime, that you are hereby sent to the Equestrian Royal Prison for the remainder of your days."

Nevermore gave a desperate smile towards his ruler. "B-but your majesty, I'm innocent. She-"

"Silence." Celestia's voice suddenly became harsh and venomous, her face was hardened and fierce. This was a side of Celestia that nopony had ever saw, not even Discord himself. She was angry, and Nevermore was about to receive the brunt of that anger. Nevermore gave out a sharp cry as the pain from his wounds suddenly intensified in pain, perhaps intentionally, from the force of her magic. "Don't you even dare think of defending yourself. There is more than enough evidence that you are responsible for this crime. I rule this land, Nevermore. I hear all that is said in Equestria, and I am now aware of your foul deeds." Celestia's horn glowed, and a ring of light surrounded Nevermore. "Farewell."

Nevermore managed to let out a single, "But…" before vanishing in a flash of light and smog.

The very next day, Fluttershy was greeted by her friends at Sugarcube Corner, Angel by her side. She merely had to look at them to begin crying. She ran up to the group and embraced them, whispering "thank you" repeatedly between her sobs, especially to Applejack, who without her this probably would have never happened. Her friends tearfully accepted the gratitude, and the all sat down to talk about Caramel and Braeburn's suddenly new relationship.

Fluttershy realized at that moment that if she had told her friends about her predicament from the beginning, then they would've helped her out. They were her true friends, and would always stand by her. She felt slightly guilty for not speaking up before, as well as confronting Nevermore directly. But that wasn't what was important. The important thing was that Nevermore was gone, and that Fluttershy was finally free.

She slept soundly that night, and she did the same ever night for the rest of her life.