mylittlejamjar | Seventh attempt: request

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[ Harvest season's coming along, and apples are being bucked down at a healthy rate. The amount of ripe apples on the trees has caused Flutterbat to surface more frequently; perhaps, late at night in the orchard, you've witnessed a shadow flitting around the trees? But now that only a few of them are left, the batpony has grown hungrier. Fluttershy has to take care of her.

When Fluttershy opens up her scroll (at the entrance to the Everfree Forest), she's out of breath, and the fangs are receding into her gums. Flutterbat is particularly grumpy today, and Shy's having some difficulty keeping her under wraps long enough to make a message for the Apple family.

Well, she intended it to be just for the Apple family, anyway. ]

A-A-Applejack? It's, um... well, it's me. And... and I know Fl-Flutterbat's caused a little bit of... of trouble this season, but... well, she's running low on apples, and I know it's a lot to ask, but I was wondering if we could, um... just- set aside a tiny bit of the harvest for her, so she has something to munch on through the colder months? She's been a little, um... upset, lately, and... I-I know it is your harvest, so you don't have to, but... if there's any way to-

[ She's been nervously rubbing at her ear as it shrinks back to normal, only now she freezes, a look of panic in her eyes. ] Did I...

[ Examining the scroll, she realizes her mistake. The message is broadcasting to everyone. Everyone. All she can do is stare at the scroll in horror for several seconds, before snapping it shut. ]

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[Twilight, at first, doesn't realize what's going on. But then she remembers. Fluttershy - this one - had asked her for something a long time ago.

"... Nnnno. You accidentally made me into a vampire fruit bat."]

...I'm sure this isn't the way you'd have wanted that to come out.

... Not exactly.

[ Her eyes droop. ] I mean... a few people knew, but... n-not everyone...

Right. And more than a few ponies would have questions about it.

Actually... I didn't thank you for letting me know the cause of that, did I?

Did you? Oh... I don't know, it was... a little while ago, I guess...

[ She rubs her eyes. ] Y-you're my friend, Twilight, of... of course I'd tell you...

Yeah, it was back in March. You asked me to check you for residual magic, and I guess what I found then became Flutterbat somehow. Or always was, sometimes it's hard to tell sometimes.

[ Fluttershy nods. ] She wasn't really... awake, back then. And... I was looking for any way to ... to get rid of her...

I mean... I'm glad I didn't now, but... she worries me, too, I guess. ... For a lot of reasons.

I'd imagine so. Through her, I'd guess you're able to experience nature in a way you otherwise couldn't.

[Nature, however, is not always kind...]

It... s-sort of. ... Yes. She's... really fascinating, in a way... she's l-like one of my critters...

But I'm s-sort of responsible for what she does, too... and I don't... want any harm done... t-to anypony...

I don't think you ever would.

I'm not sure how or if I can help you with her, but I'll be here for you.

Thank you, Twilight... in a way, that's enough.

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