Rarity watched the video her friends had made her over and over, looking at every detail. Everything they said, little bits that showed how hard they worked to make her happy. They really came through for her. She smiled, her friends were amazing, they helped each other through bad times and she couldn't hope for better. Applejack is always honest and full of integrity. Rainbow Dash always sticks by your side and always gets the job done. Fluttershy, so sweet and shy and never rude. Lastly, Pinkie Pie who never fails to make her friends laugh and get through hard times. Rarity simply could not ask for better friends, impossible. It was so magical, the bond of friendship they shared, it would take a pretty strong force to break it.

...

Fluttershy stood at the sidelines as her silent auction began. The crowd was thankfully very interested in the items on the table. She just hoped her starting bids weren't too high. The auction was held at the park and honestly, it couldn't be a better day to hold it. It was beautiful out for early spring, the skies are usually full of rain on days like these. Best of all, it was a long weekend so people had plenty of spare time on their hands. Fluttershy felt so proud, she was really beginning to help out the animals again. What perfect Saturday evening. Everyone was enjoying the piece and quiet.

"BANG"

A loud bang echoed through the dark sky, the crowd gasped.

"What was that?" Fluttershy asked herself while hiding under a table.

Another bang rang through the evening breeze, even closer this time, guests began to leave which made Fluttershy even more nervous. She was about to go out and stop them when a third bang arrived, Fluttershy could see odd lights above the tree tops. The sound of noisemakers came closer to them. Peering through the darkness Fluttershy could make out a figure lugging a machine behind them.

"Hey everyone!" Pinkie Pie laughed "Who's ready to party?!"

The guests at the auction shook their heads disdainfully at the pink girl shooting out noisemakers.

"Not impressed huh? Well wait for my big finish!" Pinkie ran behind her machine and turned it on. Bright fireworks of multiple sizes and colours popped out each followed by an ear-splattering bang. The people ran off some telling Fluttershy they withdrew their bids. She could feel herself boiling up inside, how could Pinkie be so immature about this?

"Pinkie Pie!" she shouted over the noise "What are you doing?"

Pinkie just smiled "I'm bringing the PARTY!"

"How could you do this to me? You've ruined everything! This isn't what I wanted!" Fluttershy cried.

The machine stopped and Pinkie's smile faded, everything froze in place. What was once a perfect evening and just hit the ground in a crash. The silence of the night lingered empty and eerie as the two girls stared at each other in disbelief. Not sound broke the tension between them.

"But I thought-"

"What?" Fluttershy interrupted her friend. "What did you think? You've ruined the entire event! This day was supposed to be perfect!"

"Come on Fluttershy," said Pinkie tried laughing "Didn't you think the party deserved to go out with a bang?"

Fluttershy sneered "Pinkie this is no time for jokes! You're not being funny and you just sent everyone away!"

Pinkie Pie bit her lip. "We'll you aren't being very kind! I was just trying to make this special for you!"

"Special? Why do you think this would be special? You're being nothing but immature and annoying!"

"Me? You're the one being so mean! You pretend you're so nice but really you're just a big jerk! I wish you'd just make up your mind!"

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me you little brat. Why don't you just go stick your precious animal shelter up your-"

"I shouldn't even bother with you anymore!"

"Well same here," Pinkie scowled "I never want to see you again."

With that, she took off with her fireworks holding back the tears. She heard Fluttershy's footsteps and for a moment she thought she was coming after her. But when she turned around she just saw Fluttershy walking the other way which only sunk her heart more.

"Don't bother asking me for help ever again!" Pinkie screamed after her.

Fluttershy didn't turn back, she herself was fighting not to cry. How could Pinkie do this? Didn't she understand silent auction? Now the animal shelter would never earn enough money. And it was all Pinkie Pie's fault. How could she tell the shelter she'd failed. It was all going wrong. She swiftly wiped back a tear from the corner of her eye with her thumb.

Pinkie Pie stared down at her phone in confusion, Fluttershy told her she wanted a party, what had she done wrong? Did she lie to her? Were the fireworks not allowed at her party? Pinkie's head hurt. Either way, she wasn't ready to trust Fluttershy ever again.

...

The two girls went home in tears, their friendship tattered. Sunset Shimmer sat behind a bush with Snips and Snails who both snickered at their good work.

"It's lucky you two got a hold of the little nature freak's phone," Sunset smirked.

"It was hard. Did you know she keeps a rabbit in her backpack?" Snips asked.

"Wouldn't surprise me," Sunset Shimmer rolled her eyes. "Now go return it before she finds out."

Snips ran off as fast as he could to beat Fluttershy home, leaving Sunset to plot with Snails.

"Is the second part of our plan ready to be activated tomorrow?" Sunset asked him.

Snails pulled out two phones and nodded devilishly.

"Perfect," she responded "I can't wait."

To be continued...