I felt a small tingle as Twilight lowered her horn to my head. As Matthew and I spoke those three words one last time, everything went white with a large flash. I closed my eyes, and in seconds, my friends, the Princess and I were all back in Equestria. I looked around to find that we were in the library in Ponyville. I lowered my head and sniffled.

“Fluttershy, are you alright darling?” Rarity asked me.

“What do you think, smart pony?! She was just taken away from the one guy she ever loved!” Rainbow blurted out before I could answer. I looked to her to see her being pulled to the side by Twilight’s magic.

“Not helping,” she whispered. Everypony looked at me, including the Princess. I kept most of my face behind my mane as I started to whimper. I then realized that remembering Matthew probably wasn’t the best thing to ask for. Just the mere thought of him smiling at me brought me to tears. I fell to the floor crying.

I then felt the soft touch of a hoof on my back. I looked up to see the Princess.

“Fluttershy… I’m sorry that things had to be this way. If I could do anything different, I would… but I simply can’t. Perhaps in time you will grow to forget him,” she said, trying to comfort me.

“But… I-I don’t w-want to forget h-him,” I said through my tears.

“Well, if you ever wish for Twilight or myself to take away your memories of him, we’d be more than happy to do so.” I let her words sink in for a moment. It was as if she wanted me to forget. Was it dangerous for me to have these memories?

“Princess, if I may,” Twilight cut in. “I would recommend that maybe Fluttershy could go home and relax a little bit. She’s been through a lot, and I think it best for her to just be alone for a while.” I looked over to Twilight as she looked at me with a comforting smile.

“Hmm, yes. Perhaps that is best,” Celestia said. “I will leave you ponies to help your friend. And, once again Fluttershy, I am deeply sorry. For everything.” As Celestia spoke those last few words, she teleported herself out of the library, most likely back to Canterlot. I was left alone with my friends. They all looked at me concernedly.

“Well… now what?” Applejack stuttered.

“We take her home,” Twilight answered. “We’ll let her get reacquainted with her old living space and all that. Like I said, she’s been through a lot.” I looked at them all as they discussed what to do. But, they spoke as if I wasn’t even there. They were practically treating me like a lost filly… but then again, maybe I was.

“Maybe some of my good old Pinkie Pie cupcakes will cheer her up!” Pinkie Pie said.

“Ah don’t think she needs cupcakes Pinkie,” Applejack jumped in.

“Why not? They always lighten up my days.”

“Yeah, but you’ve never lost somepony you’ve loved a whole lot,” Rainbow added.

“Um, girls,” I whispered, trying to get their attention. None of them answered.

“I say before we even take her home we take her to the spa. She hasn’t been there in so long, and I feel that it might help her relax a little better,” Rarity said.

“Nuts to that! I say that I take her for a quick fly through the skies again,” Rainbow suggested.

“Girls,” I said again. Still nothing.

“Please! Girls, I think what’s best is that she just goes home now. She needs to be alone. She needs to get readjusted to living in Equestria. After living with Matthew for so long, I’d think that getting her life back to normal would be best,” Twilight jumped in.

“Ah think Twilight’s right. She’s been through a lot. She needs some space to breathe right now,” Applejack added.

“Girls!” I said again, shouting this time. I was now standing up and staring at all of them. They all looked to me in surprise. “What about what I think is best for me?!” The question left them all looking at each other in silence. “All I want right now is to go home and be with my friends. I don’t want to be alone, not now. I want…” As I tried to continue, I started to cry again. “I want Matthew here with me.” I fell to the floor again in tears. I then felt another hoof on my back. I looked up to see Dashie.

“Hey, if you want us to stay with you for a while, we can do that. We love you Shy. You’re our friend, and we’ll do anything for you,” she said. I never really knew Rainbow to be so compassionate like that. But, in this case, I wasn’t as surprised as I might have been otherwise. She was one of my closest friends after all. Of course she cared for me.

“Then please… just stay with me,” I said, still crying. Rainbow then got down on the floor next to me and gave me a warm hug.

“Deal,” she said. I sniffled once again as I stood up. The rest of the girls joined Rainbow in hugging me. They were trying to comfort me so much, yet the only comfort I wanted right then was the comfort of being with Matthew.

As the girls separated from the hug, they all looked at me with soft smiles.

“Thanks girls. We can go now,” I said softly. They all nodded as we made our way for the door.

The walk back to my home was rather quick. The girls kept me hidden from the other ponies that might recognize me. I didn’t need to be reunited with everypony right now. I just needed my friends. As we arrived at my cottage, I was greeted by an oh-so-familiar face. It was my little Angel Bunny. He hopped up to me with a hug.

“Oh, I missed you too Angel,” I said to him, planting a soft kiss on his head. With Angel in my hoofs, we entered my cottage. It was just the way I had left it. All of my things were in the exact same positions as they were six years ago. Or perhaps it was six days ago. I had no way of knowing which it truly was. It felt like years to me, but in reality, here in Equestria, it was a mere six days.

“Well, what shall we do first?” Rarity asked.

“Well, maybe Pinkie and Ah could cook somethin up to eat,” Applejack suggested.

“Oh, that sounds great! What do you think Fluttershy?” Pinkie asked.

“That… that sounds nice. You girls can make whatever you like,” I said, smiling at them both. They smiled back as they made their way into the kitchen. “If the rest of you will excuse me for a moment, I just want to go clean up real quick.”

“No problem. We’re not goin anywhere Fluttershy,” Rainbow said assuredly.

“Thanks Dashie.” I placed Angel down on his favorite spot on the couch and headed into the bathroom. I closed the door behind me and softly sighed.

‘All my friends are here for me. All except for the one I care about the most,’ I thought to myself. It had only been a while since I had returned to Equestria, and already I missed Matthew this badly. It’s as if we had been separated for years. I couldn’t imagine living without him. He meant everything to me, and I meant everything to him. We changed each other. I needed to be with him. But sadly, that could no longer be.

I looked into my mirror as I started to fix up my messy mane. With everything that had been happening, my mane was a mess. I filled the sink with water, got my mane wet, then grabbed a brush from one of my cabinets. As I began to brush out my mane though, it seemed as though the image in the mirror was changing.

Suddenly, I saw Matthew! He was sitting on the floor of our… his bathroom in his apartment. Around him were shards of broken glass. He was holding a large piece of the glass in his hand. It must have been from the mirror. Had he broken it? I then noticed that he was pressing his fingers firmly against the glass. He let out a chuckle. How could I hear him though?

“Maybe you can help me,” he spoke to the shard. He continued to press his fingers against the glass, as if to see how sharp it was. He then looked at himself in that little shard.

“Look at yourself. You’ve really got nothing left. She’s gone. Why continue on?” He lowered the glass for a moment, and then raised it back up to his throat. I looked on in shock. He couldn’t do this!

“Matthew!” I tried to call to him, but I was just speaking to the mirror. I realized that I spoke out pretty loudly, and I hoped my friends didn’t hear me.

“One clean cut should do it,” he continued.

“Matthew, stop!” I tried to call to him again.

“I’m sorry Fluttershy.” I started to tear up again.

“Matthew… please… don’t…” Something must have happened, because it was as if he heard me. Matthew lowered the shard and looked into it. Suddenly, I was looking right into his eyes. How was all of this happening? Did he know he was really looking at me through this mirror, or did he think it was just a dream? Had he really just tried to commit suicide? The questions kept spinning through my head, but it all stopped when I saw his eyes tear up a bit, and he spoke to his little shard of glass.

“Okay Fluttershy… you win,” he said. He dropped the shard to the floor, and my mirror once again showed my reflection.

‘Oh Matthew… this is just as hard on you as it is on me isn’t it? Oh what am I thinking? Of course it is. We loved each other. Oh if only you knew that it was really me you were looking at.’ As my thoughts continued on, I heard a knocking on the door.

“Fluttershy, are you alright? We heard your voice? You okay in there?” Twilight asked.

“I’m fine Twilight. I’ll be out in a moment,” I responded. I heard Twilight’s hoofsteps as she walked away from the bathroom door. I continued to stare at myself in the mirror.

‘Please Matthew… stay alive… for me.’

Author's Notes:

Wow, look at me! I've already got two chapters out for this, and a prologue. I'm on fire!

Anyway, the only thing I can say for this chapter is that it felt weird having to write for Fluttershy. I've written stuff for her before, but never from her perspective. Doing this, I have to write this as if she was saying it. Yet, I still feel like I'm writing as if it's not really her. I dunno. Hopefully, I'll get the hang of this.

Aside from that, I hope you all enjoyed the chapter. Hopefully this doesn't seem too forced. Hey, she lost the love of her life. She has every right to be sad.