Twilight sat on her bed. She levitated a syringe to her face and examined it, making sure it would work. With her hoofs, she tied on an elastic to her arm. With a deep inhale she stuck the syringe in. The pain stung down her arm as she injected the Scoffix. She could feel the chemicals being sent around her veins and into her heart. Her eye lids fluttered as she began to do a slow nod, her head lowering then lifting again. It was 5:30 in the afternoon; this would be the second time she took it. She wakes up around 10 in the morning and shoots up then. She takes it again around 5:30 in the afternoon, then again at 10:00.
Meanwhile, Applejack was helping Fluttershy move a new mattress to her bedroom. Applejack balanced it on her head, while Fluttershy held onto it with her hoofs.
"Come on now Fluttershy, we got this!" said Applejack happily as she began to reach the top of the stairs. Fluttershy did a quiet whimper. Finally once they got it up the stairs, the two ponies fell back onto it to rest. The two laid on their backs, looking up on the ceiling. Applejack let out a chuckle and rolled over to look at Fluttershy. Fluttershy's long mane was sprawled out like a unwashed paintbrush. Applejack smiled at her friend. The yellow Pegasus looked back at Applejack and gave her another smile.
"So Fluttershy, care to tell me why Twilight has your couch?" Applejack asked, lying back onto her back. Fluttershy's ears bent back as if she felt like she did something wrong. She cleared her throat before she responded, "Oh...well I just thought it was simply awful that Twilight didn't have one. So I let her borrow mine." Applejack nodded a bit. She turned her head to the ceiling and watched it with Fluttershy. Applejack spoke again, "So why is Twilight needin' a couch important now?"
Fluttershy blushed a little, not wanting to admit too much. She spoke anyway, "Well...there are times when Twilight can't get up the stairs when she's after taking that...scoff stuff...so I thought a couch would be a nice thing to have so she could lie on something." Fluttershy said in her gentle voice. Applejack grit her teeth a little at the thought of Twilight being so doped up she could hardly walk. Applejack looked to Fluttershy who was still looking at the ceiling.
"Why do you think she still takes it?" asked Applejack
"Oh, maybe she's upset about Spike being so sick...Poor baby...I wish I could of helped him somehow..." Fluttershy spoke with a quivering voice. Applejack could see tears in her eyes.
"Now now, Sugarcube, let's not go blamin' one another. I don't want you blaming yourself like Twilight's been doin'" Applejack said, doing her best to comfort her friend. Fluttershy rubbed her eyes and got the tears away. "Twilight blames herself?" Fluttershy asked as she turned her head to look at AJ.
AJ's green eyes looked back at her. Fluttershy always wanted eyes like Applejack, while Fluttershy's eyes were aquamarine like the ocean, Applejack had vibrant green eyes like a field of grass, new leafs on a tree and the stem of a flower. They were beautiful, just like the pony they belonged to. She began to think of Twilight's eyes. They were the perfect shade of glossy purple and matched the rest of her body. Then she became slightly sickened when she thought of how they looked now.
Twilight's eyes were always blood shot now. They were faded slightly and always had dark circles around them. The waterlines in her eyes were constantly pastel red while the rest of her eyes were pink. Around the faded colour of purple around her eyes the pink became more subtle.
"You have pretty eyes Applejack," Fluttershy said as she looked at Applejack. Applejack couldn't help but chuckle, "I like your eyes too Fluttershy." Applejack kept a smile at her face. She let out a content sigh. "I'd like them better if there wasn't always a trace of tears in them."
Fluttershy bit her lip before speaking again, "Oh uh...well you know I...cry a lot" she muttered shyly. Applejack lid back down. She could see a bird house on the ceiling. "Fluttershy, why do you cry so much?"
"Oh um...I think its because I'm so shy," Fluttershy began to play with a lock of her hair in her hoofs
"Well why are you so shy, Sugarcube?" Applejack asked
"What do you mean, Applejack?" She replied
"Well I find ponies are shy because they're constantly afraid of what others will think of them. A lot 'a shy ponies tend to think they're somewhat worthless or they're terrible. I hope y'all don't feel like that, Fluttershy." Applejack said as she looked over to her friend.
Fluttershy had some tears beading in her eyes. She continued to play with her hair to try and hide her emotions as she replied, "Maybe I do sometimes..."