Chapter 2
A Different Fluttershy
The next day at her cottage, Fluttershy felt confident to try out the techniques she learned from Iron Will. First she stood up to a pony named Mr. Greenhooves for over watering her plants.
Then when Fluttershy went into town, she got blocked by 2 ponies who were talking to each other. At first she asked them to moved politely but they ignored her and kept talking. Then Fluttershy got angry and yelled at them. Then they moved out of her way and Fluttershy was beginning to feel more confident about no longer being a pushover.
Later, Fluttershy was in a line at Sugarcube Corner. While she was in line, a pony tried to cut in front of her. She yelled at the pony and scared him into going to the back of the line along with some other ponies.
Rarity and Pinkie Pie came over to her and were impressed by how Fluttershy has improved with assertiveness. Neo was also there and he was also impressed by how Fluttershy had changed as well. He described it as Fluttershy is now becoming a woman.
Then Pinkie Pie made a joke and laughed, but Fluttershy took it as an insult and she threw punch on Pinkie Pie and left the bakery.
As she left the bakery, she signaled a taxi, but a pony cut in front of her and Fluttershy attacked and threw the pony out of the cart.
"Nopony pushes new Fluttershy around!" She shouted in an angry voice. "NOPONY!"
Neo, Rarity and Pinkie Pie saw what happened and they were worried about Fluttershy.
Later that day, Fluttershy left her cottage with even more confidence. She went to get her mail and saw that the mailpony had delivered the wrong mail. She confronted the mailpony about delivering the wrong mail, he apologized but Fluttershy disregarded his apology and cited Iron Will's lessons again.
After getting the correct mail, a tourist pony asked Fluttershy for directions to the Ponyville tower.
As she responded, she dropped her mail in a puddle. Fluttershy got angry and she threw the tourist across the field and into a bale of hay.
Rarity and Pinkie Pie saw the whole thing and they went to confront Fluttershy. Rarity said that Fluttershy had been taking her assertiveness a little too far. Fluttershy took their concern as an insult and assumed that they wanted her to be a pushover like she used to be.
Neo was watching the whole confrontation a few yards away and he was feeling concerned as well.
Pinkie Pie said they wanted old Fluttershy back and Fluttershy said that new Fluttershy was here to stay. Fluttershy insulted Pinkie Pie, saying she had a simple little brain and Rarity was too petty.
Rarity began to cry and she said, "I cannot believe what that monster Iron Will has done to you!"
Then they both ran away crying in tears. Fluttershy felt proud of herself at first, but then she looked at her reflection in the puddle and she realized how violent and unkind she had been and she started to feel remorseful.
Iron Will isn't the monster," she said to herself, "I'm the monster."
End of chapter 2.