Shadow was standing in a an area that was anything but light. He could barely see. Then he felt a dark malevolent darkness surround him.

As he struggled to break free from this mysterious force, he saw a light come out of the shadowy figure that appeared before him.

He tried to reach for it, but access was denied as he was pulled farther in by shadows that held a tight grasp on him. As he started to sink into what seemed like nothing, three red dots came spiraling out of the light that started to slowly fade away. As they finally reached the front of his face, they slowed down as he heard a voice that seemed so icy and cold that it felt like it had pierced his soul.

"...don't resist..."

He suddenly awoke to the sound of rain. He slowly tried to look around but didn't have the strength to sit up. He felt a sharp pain in the side of his head, along with the sweat that seemed to trickle down his face. When he was finally able to lift his head up, a small wet towel fell off his fore head.

He noticed that he was inside a small cave, and noticed a blanket laid over him.

"A blanket?" he asked himself.

He moved his hoof to the spot where his head was hurting. He felt a small bump where the pain was coming from, and also felt a bandage. The area over his nose was a little red from the fever that he realized he had. He looked around the cave a bit. He noticed someone on the other side. He squinted his eyes. He was taken back a little when he realized who it was.

"Her?" he asked himself confused.

It was Fluttershy, silently sleeping near the entrance of the cave with Angel sleeping on top of her. Fluttershy slowly opened her eyes. She sat up, and Shadow quickly closed his eyes again to pretend that he was sleep. Fluttershy turned back to look at Shadow. She yawned and stood up, with Angel tumbling off of her.

"Sorry Angel."

She begin to walk towards Shadow. She took a look at him and looked at the wet towel on the ground and wondered how it got there.

"He still seems to have a bit of a fever." she said. "Oh my, it seems to have gotten worse. Angel can you take this towel and wet it again?" she asked.

Angel hesitated for a moment, but decided to do what she asked. He took the towel from her and placed it in a bowl of water. She was using some of the things she had left over from the picnic. Angel brought back the now dripping wet towel.

"Thank you Angel" said Fluttershy.

She gently placed it on Shadows forehead. She sighed. "Looks like we're gonna be in her for awhile." I didn't know that they scheduled a downpour of rain for tonight." she sighed, and took another look at Shadow.

"I hope he'll be alright." And with that, she curled back up and tried to go to sleep.

Shadow opened his eyes, stretched his four legs and attempted to stand up. It was still hard for him to stand, but he managed to get up on all fours.

He walked to the entrance of the cave. He sat down to stare at the rain for a few seconds, then looked over at the now sleeping Fluttershy.

He developed a sympathetic look when he saw her shivering. He looked back at the rain and sighed. "I don't know why I'm doing this."

He took the blanket that was on him and slowly laid it over her. After a few seconds, her shivering ceased and she resumed normal breathing. He stared at her for a few more seconds.

"Stuck with her till this storm ends huh?" He looked back at the rain outside. "To think she would be the one to help me." But why, after all I said to her." He was still feeling weak from the strange fever he had. "Where did this fever come from." He stretched his wings and sat down. "But, that "girl" that showed up in my head. Why would she appear now? I didn't start to remember her until I met "this" girl. I try to think of her, but when I do..." He looked back at the mysterious pony sleeping next to him. "Why does she remind me of her?" he questioned himself.

Shadow was laying down for about 20 minutes when he was still staring beyond the forest as the rain showered down relentlessly. He sighed again. "This rain really isn't letting up." Then, he heard a soft groan. He looked over at the now awake Fluttershy, rubbing her eyes. She felt the blanket around her. "Huh? How did my blanket get here? She asked herself.

She looked around until she set her eyes on Shadow. Shadow just stared at her. Fluttershy freaked a little and backed up into the wall of the cave.

Shadow sighed heavily and looked back out at the rain. Her frightened face turned into a solemn look. She slowly walked over to him.

"Oh um h-hello. "Sorry if I did something you didn't like. I didn't know you were awake." she said nervously. "Don't be frightened. I won't yell at you again." Fluttershy felt awkward being next to the pony she had accidentally kissed. He let out a few coughs which were followed by a couple of violent ones.

"Are you okay," she asked worriedly. He coughed a few more times and regained his posture. "I'm fine." he answered. Just then, a ground shaking lightning bolt sounded off above them. Fluttershys pupils shrinked as she shrieked and accidentally rubbed up against Shadow.

She realized that she was touching him and slowly backed away blushing while smiling cheekily. "Sorry." she said while blushing a bit.

"Are you always this terrified of everything?" he questioned. Fluttershy looked down with lowered ears. "Yes, it's kinda my thing."

Shadow looked up at the sky. "But that was a big lightning strike. It would've taken me by surprise if I wasn't paying by attention."

Since the time she had seen him in the forest, she noticed his voice was much nicer, but still it's usual tone. She finally marshaled up the courage to walk up and sit next to him, but not right next to him.

There was a bit of silence until Fluttershy remembered a question she was going to ask him when he woke up. She was nervous at the fact that he might yell at her, but that thought left her head as she thought about how friendly he was starting to be.

"So, um, how did you end up passed out in the forest?" she asked cautiously. "I don't know, I was-he stopped himself. "I don't wanna talk about it, how did you find me?" "Well, my Angel Bunny ran back into the forest for a reason I don't know, and when I finally caught him, I found you laying in the grass with a big bruise on your head.

"Oh I wonder what made him run back to me", he said sarcastically while eyeing a certain bunny that was sticking his tongue out at him.

"And it had started to rain. I tried to shake you awake, but when you didn't respond, I feared the worst. So I pulled you into a nearby cave I saw on my way over here. "Oh, well, thanks for getting me out of the rain I guess." Shadow only thought it was right to say what he was about to say next.

"And," Shadow looked away, "sorry about what I said to you earlier." Fluttershy looked back at him. "I was, just in a bad mood." Fluttershy was surprised at his sudden change of personality.

"It's alright, some of things you said about me were true though," she said while pulling her blanket back over her.

"Thanks for this blanket, I was a little cold but I thought you would need it more. You were kinda in bad shape after all." "What made you take care of me though, after all those things I said to you?" asked Shadow, feeling a little embarrassed for asking that.

"Well, you were kind of mean, but I'm very quick to forgive I guess." Shadow looked at her with curiosity in his eyes, then shut them again.

"Don't worry about that. "Thanks for watching me,"said Shadow. "I couldn't just leave you there, anypony would've done what I did." said Fluttershy contentedly.

"I'm sorry I don't think I ever got your name." "Shadow" he replied. Another lightning strike struck in the distance, but it was loud enough to make Fluttershy make a small "meep" and hide under her cover shaking.

Shadow stared at her again as she slowly emerged out from under her blanket.

"Sorry, I'm not a big fan of lightning strikes," she said.

"No need to apologize" he stated. Fluttershy looked down in shame again.

She didn't want to be nosy, but she wanted to know about his cutie mark.

"What is your special talent?" she asked. "Hm?" he said with a raised eyebrow. " Your cutie mark, what does it stand for? I don't think I could've guessed it, no offense."

He looked at it, then looked back at her with a small sympathetic smile. "I'd rather not talk about it, if you don't mind." Fluttershy quickly responded. "Oh no, it's quite alright. "You don't have to tell me."

He smiled a little at her again, then looked away again. "You seem more kind then most ponies I meet." Fluttershy mildly blushed when hearing this, but smiled back at him. "Thanks." she said, happy that she was actually making conversation with him.

"Do you have any friends or relatives here in Ponyville?"

Shadow developed a solemn look when he was asked this. "Um no, I was just traveling.

Shadow took a look at the rabbit sleeping closely on the other side Fluttershy. "You must be good with animals, your bunny was very protective of you."

Fluttershy softly petted her sleeping bunny. "Yes, it's sort of my special talent." she said while pointing towards her cutie mark.

"Yeah, just like..." Shadow made a grunt sound while wincing at a pain in his head. "Are you okay?" she asked, getting a little closer to feel his head. "So close" he thought. "You're still a little warm."

"I'm fine" he stated while slightly jerking his head from her hoof. She backed away a bit, fearing that she had angered him.

"Sorry, but I'm fine." he said. She heard this and got a little closer. "I don't think I ever got your name neither." It's Fluttershy, nice to meet you." she said with a smile and closed eyes.

Shadow seemed to find her voice comforting.

"How's that bruise feeling?" she questioned.

"It's fine too." I'll get another small towel for you." And with that, she walked over to get the towel and wet it again and walked back over to Shadow. "So unnecessarily nice" he thought.

She walked in front of him and prepared to take the bandages off. "Sorry, she said as she started unraveling the material with her teeth.

"Um, could you bend your head down a bit please?" Shadow obliged and did what she asked.

"Sorry, this might sting a bit." She moved his mane away to find the bump on his head.

She laid the wet towel on her hoof and started to rub his forehead, slowly reaching the side of his head wiping away sweat.

"So close" he thought.

Fluttershy looked at him smiling while blushing a bit more. He noticed she was unknowingly caressing his face while she checked for any signs that he was getting warmer. She finally looked back down to meet him eye to eye.

They stared at each other with Shadow admiring her Turquoise blue eyes, and Fluttershy staring deeply into his ruby red ones.

They noticed they were looking at each other for awhile and blushed when they noticed it. Shadow raised his head up while Fluttershy went to get get fresh bandages and quickly tied them on.

"There, I-I hope you feel better."

"I do, um, thanks." he replied.

"So where are you from, if you don't mind me asking?" Shadow looked away.

" I'd rather not talk about my background." "Oh, that's okay."

"So, what were you doing in the forest anyways?" she asked.

"Oh, I was, just taking a break, thinking about some things. "Well, I was going on a picnic, until I saw you aaand," her cheeks started to turn red when she remembered what happened, and Shadow turned red as well. "W-well after that, I happened to meet back up with my friends and decided to walk home.

Then we met these two strange ponies." Strange?" Shadow asked. He seemed interested in what she was saying and was feeling a little optimistic about it.

"Yes, and..um..." she started. "Yes?" Shadow was wanting to know what she had to say if was this hard for her to say it. "What was it?" he asked again.

"Well, they were looking for you." she finished.

"Me?" "Yeah. I had a very bad feeling about them, even though they didn't do anything worth suspicion. "Why would they be looking for me." he wondered.

He thought to himself for a moment. "Who could be looking for me, I haven't-" Shadow froze for a moment. "Wait, what did they look like?" he asked, not seeming so calm anymore.

"Well, let's see if I remember. There was a short pony with a white mane, with yellowish brown highlights in it, and he had some sort of weird teardrops for a cutie mark." Shadows eyes went wide.

"Did he ask anything strange, do anything strange?"

"Well he seemed to get a little upset when we didn't tell him where you were you know them?"

Shadow reverted back to a calm look to eliminate any suspicion from her. "Um no, I don't." Shadow tried not to think about that now so she wouldn't suspect him about anything. Shadow looked back up at the sky.

"It's pretty dark out there." Fluttershy heard this and looked around the cave, noticing it was getting darker and harder to see. "U-um yeah."

"It doesn't look like the rains gonna stop any time soon. I think I'm gonna try to go to sleep, I am getting a bit tired." he said while walking to the back of the cave.

"Um, yeah me too." Fluttershy wasn't fond of sleeping in dark, cold places. She tried to think of something before Shadow fell asleep.

"Wait!" she yelled.

"Hm?"

"Well, I, um, there is just one blanket, i-if you wanted to share it?"

Shadow wasn't to fond of this, but it was a pretty big blanket and they wouldn't have to sleep too close to each other. Not that there was anything wrong with her, but it would just feel awkward. And the rain was making the cave a lot colder to the point where even Shadow was a bit cold.

He thought about it for a moment, then decided he would rather feel awkward then cold.

It was weird he thought, he usually felt fine in any weather. But he quickly forgot about about it and walked over to Fluttershy as she prepared the blanket.

Fluttershy was relieved that she wouldn't have to sleep alone, but realized what she had just asked.

"C'mon, we're about to go to sleep Angel." Angel ran and hid in Fluttershys mane while eyeing Shadow and sticking his toungue out at him. "Sorry, I don't know what's got her acting like this."

"Its alright." he said.

When Shadow saw this, another image of that other girl showed up in his head again, doing the exact same thing that Fluttershy was doing, except she called her bunny "Lady", and they weren't going to sleep. Fluttershy noticed that he was just standing still. "Um, is something wrong?" "Everything's fine." He walked over and held the blanket up while she got under the covers, followed by Shadow.

It wasn't weird at all. He actually felt better when being near her, and Fluttershy felt more safe with a pony like him sleeping next to her. They didn't know why they felt so comfortable near each other, but he didn't want to stop looking at her eyes. He got a nervous blush across his face and he looked back up at the rain.

There was a moment of awkward silence until Shadow broke it. "But, thanks for taking care of me. "You remind me another Pegasus I knew a while back."

"Really? What was she like?" she asked.

"Let's see, she was kind, had beautiful blue eyes, and her love for animals was almost as amazing as yours, even though that wasn't her special talent, and she had the most comforting voice that could just turn anything nice, kinda like y-, forget it.

"Oh my, she sounds perfect."

Yeah, but everything goes sour in the end."

"What do you mean?" she asked interested.

Shadow wanted to answer her, but decided not to, regretting that he had ever told her about the girl he was thinking about.

"Nevermind, goodnight." he said, closing his eyes. Fluttershy thought she had did something wrong, but quickly shook it off, for she was too tired to think.

"Um, goodnight." she said as she closed her eyes too and slowely drifted into a deep slumber.

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I updated the other chapters a bit if you havn't gone back to check those out. Hope you continue reading.