As Nightmare Moon and Spike watched Fluttershy blush and practically skip away, Spike grinned at the alicorn. "What?" She asked. "That...thing! He's the answer!" Spike squealed. "No.." Nightmare Moon whispered. "Yes! Rember? He can break the spell with true love!" He cried. "I cursed her that way because there is no such thing!" Nightmare Moon sighed. "But Fluttershy's different! That prince could be her only chance!" Spike cried. Nightmare Moon light her horn. "Go ahead! Turn me to whatever you want! I don't care anymore."

"We're leaving tomorrow!" Scootaloo sighed. "No we're not!" Applebloom gasped. Sweetie Bell took a burnt cake out of the oven and said, "But tomorrow is Fluttershy's 16th birthday!" Applebloom groaned. "But Celestia told us to bring her back the day after her birthday!" She cried. "On!" Scootaloo cried.

"After!"

"On!"

"After!"

Suddenly the door opened and Fluttershy stepped in. Her aunties looked at her. "Um.. I need to tell you something…" She whispered. "Oh! What is it, sugar? We're here to listen!" Applebloom said. "I'm sorry to have to tell you this… but tomorrow is my sixteenth birthday…" Fluttershy said. Sweetie Belle nodded and after doing a little drum roll, she showed the burnt cake. The princess looked at it and gave a kind smile. "And I'm leaving home.." She said. The girls gasped and dropped the cake. "Now listen here, young one!" Applebloom growled. "I did not spend sixteen years living in this stupid cottage with these morons," The others gasped, but Applebloom shushed them. "Just for you to ruin it on the last day!" She cried. Fluttershy shivered as her aunt went closer. "Now we're taking you back to your parents and-"

"My parents?!" Fluttershy gasped. "You told me my parents were dead!" She cried. "You.. might want to sit down…" Scootaloo whispered…" Scootaloo whispered.

"Brezzie godmother! Brezzie godmother, I must speak with you!" Fluttershy cried, running into the Everfree. "What is it? Are you hurt?" Nightmare Moon cried. "No! When were you going to tell me I was cursed?!" Fluttershy said, collapsing into her godmother's arms. "You know?" Nightmare Moon asked. "W-who did this to me?! My aunties said her name was… I can't remember it!" Fluttershy cried. "Nightmare Moon…" The alicorn said. The young princess looked up. "I-is that… You? Are you Nightmare Moon?" She whispered. Her aunt said nothing. Fluttershy gasped in horror and started to breathe hard. The alicorn tried to comfort her but the princess pushed her away. "No! Don't touch me!" She choked. She stood and faced Nightmare Moon. "You're the evil in this world! It you!" The girl sobbed and flew away. "Fluttershy!" Nightmare Moon cried. Spike looked out of the bushes. "Find the prince!" She whispered to him.

"King Sombra!" A guard said, interrupting the shadow's planning. "This little urchin is claiming to be the princess!" The guard said. Fluttershy flew past him. "Oh!... Father?"

She asked. Sombra turned to his daughter and smiled. "I told those idiots to keep you until after your birthday." He growled. "No, father! I learned about the curse and-" Sombra interrupted her. "Ah, yes. The curse." He seemed to relish in the word. Fluttershy looked around and frowned. "Where is my mother?" She asked. "Oh… She is gone for the moment but completely safe, my precious girl!" Sombra said. He grabbed her rose pink mane and brushed through it. Fluttershy flinched. "Just like your mother's when she was younger!" The King sighed. "Rarity! Please escort the princess to her room." He said. Fluttershy smiled shyly at the white unicorn. "Right…. Come with me…" Rarity sighed softly, giving a glare to Sombra. The two walked away. The king laughed. "Won't be long now…" He whispered.

"Look at my tiny hooves!" Sweetie Belle squeaked. "Look at mine!" Scootaloo cried. They were now breezies and were flying to the castle. "Girls! Focus! We have to save Fluttershy!" Applebloom cried.

Fluttershy sat all alone in her room. She sighed softly until she felt a pang in her hoof. She looked up and went to her door. Locked. How odd. The princess suddenly heard something. A faint whisper called her name. She looked all over the room and heard another whisper come from a tapestry. "Fluttershy…" it said. She ripped the tapestry away and revealed a door. "Fluttershy…" The whisper said.

Discord was changing a apple to a orange when he heard something behind him. He spun around and snapped at the same time and when he looked, he saw, in Jelo, a dark alicorn and a small, purple dragon. "Let us out!" Nightmare Moon grunted. "And who might you be?" Discord said, observing her with a huge magnifying glass. "Nightmare Moon." The alicorn said. Discord dropped the thing and snapped again. The alicorn was now in a jail cell, in the middle of the forest with Spike and Discord dressed as a cop beside her. "You're under arrest for cursing a baby princess!" He cried. "But Fluttershy needs our help!" Spike cried. Discord stopped making siren noises and looked at the dragon. "Fluttershy?" He asked. Spike nodded, then the draconequus snapped and the baby dragon was in a chair, Discord shined a light in his face. "Really?" Nightmare Moon sighed. "Where is she?" Discord growled. "The castle! She's a princess and about to be placed under a curse!" Spike cried. "And we need your help to save her." The alicorn added. "I'll do it for Fluttershy!" The prince cried, now in a knight costume. "Bring us with you!" Spike said. "Oh fine." Discord groaned, snapping them free they gathered around him, expecting him to teleport. "Oh, no. We're riding in style!" He laughed.

"This is ridiculous! Why am I doing this?" Nightmare Moon painted. She was harnessed up to a golden carriage and Spike was driving in a snazzy suit. Discord looked out the window. He snapped his finger and a golden crown appeared on his head. "I'm a prince! Therefore, I ride in a golden carriage!" He huffed. "But Fluttershy! She's in danger!" Spike cried. "And I must save her! But we have sometime left, don't we?" Discord asked. Nightmare Moon looked to the sky. Today was Fluttershy's birthday and the sank in the sky, a few minutes and it would give into night. "Not much!" Nightmare Moon cried. "Then go!" Discord said, snapping his claw and appearing in the driver seat and took out a whip. "HE HO!" He cried, smacking it against the carriage.

Fluttershy opened the door with no hesitation. A orange earth pony stood right behind it. "Princess?" She gasped. Fluttershy pushed her away and flew past her, hoof leading her. "Oh…" Applejack, the pony sighed. Rarity, who was also in the kitchen looked up. "Applejack, dear, we can't interfere, the king said so!" She whispered. "But I don't want Sombra to rule…." Applejack said. Suddenly, she ran after the princess, but didn't know where she went.

Fluttershy flew through the white laundry, in a sort of trance. "Fluttershy…" The voice said again. She followed it down a stairway. She found herself in a dark dungeon. "Wait! Stop!" A frightened voice cried. The princess woke up from her trance for a few seconds and turned to face a white alicorn. She looked exhausted and her horn was lit. "Who are you?" Fluttershy whispered. "My name is Celestia." The alicorn said. "Queen Celestia?! Are you my mother?" The pegasus asked. The queen nodded. Suddenly, the girl felt another pang in her hoof. "Fluttershy…." Another whisper called. The princess turned and started to walk away again. "No! Fluttershy! Stop!" Celestia cried. She grabbed her daughter's tail and tried to pull her away. Fluttershy kept moving with such force that she pulled away.

"I can't hold it anymore!" Celestia cried. She let go of the sun and now it would sink faster. "Why did I do this to you, Luna? I'm sorry!" Tia sobbed. "This would never have happened if I just wanted to stay!" She whispered.

Fluttershy opened the door to the deepest dungeon and found a room full hundreds, thousands of broken spinning wheels. The princess walked forward and parts of one of the contraptions glowed blue and connected. Fluttershy walked forward to it and it set on the ground. The spindle started to glow blue and she felt entranced. The girl lifted her hoof up and walked closer. She heard fast whispers. "She will prick her hoof on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into a sleep like death." The princess lifted her hoof to the spindle and hesitated. "No power on earth…" The whispers said. Fluttershy put her hoof on the spindle and heard, "Sleep like death…"

Nightmare Moon saw the sun set and heard a scream and felt a pang in her chest. "It is done…" She whispered.

Fluttershy fell to the ground, asleep and softly breathing. Applejack ran in, followed by Rarity. "Oh no…." Applejack whispered. Rarity bent next to the princess. She checked and nodded to Applejack. They knew that Nightmare Moon's curse had been fulfilled and their princess was now asleep, for all time…