Why couldn't anyone initially stop Flutterbat?

[Winona the Dog 1,981]

I don't think she used such a time spell... she simply used telekinesis to stop them all.

 

Also... confusion and frustration. And the fact that they didn't want to hurt her.

 

I don't know what it was technically. All I know it's just that it stopped everyone in the area in thier tracks so whatever it was called I was curious why it wasn't used there.

 

I guess given the situation they couldn't think rationally enough to think of that and they just went with the big Apple Applejack had since it was the only trump card at the moment.

[Hive King 1,998]

@, 

Her friends were off-guard when that happened, Flutterbat was constantly on guard

[FNGRpony 655]

cause no one would wanna keep watching twilight use time stop LOL over and over again.

 

it would be worse than the elements.