I awoke from my dream with tear-filled eyes. My dream was so beautiful that I assumed it had led me to start crying. I didn’t care. I had every right to cry. But, at least Princess Luna was going to try to talk with Matthew. I dearly wished that she could. Had she already done so perhaps while I was still asleep? And had she spoken with Princess Celestia about bringing Matthew here, or letting me go back to him? I would have to wait for my answers.

I sat up in my bed when I heard a knocking at the door. I had forgotten that the girls had stayed with me that night.

“Fluttershy, you up yet?” I heard Rainbow Dash ask from behind the door.

“Y-Yes, I’m awake,” I replied.

“Can I come in?” It took a moment for me to reply, but I let her enter. “How you feeling?”

“Well… I guess with all things considered, I’m doing okay for now,” I answered.

“You sure?”

“Y-Yeah.” Rainbow shrugged and turned around.

“Well, Pinkie Pie and Applejack got breakfast ready. You wanna join us?” I nodded my head in response and got out of bed.

“Sure, let’s go.” As I said that, Rainbow started to walk back to the dining room. I followed to find my friends waiting for me at the table.

“Good morning Fluttershy. Sleep well?” Twilight greeted me. I nodded shyly as I sat down. Silence fell over the room.

“Have any good dreams?” Applejack asked. I nodded in response. Another silence came as nopony spoke again. I looked at my plate to see some hay pancakes, with some tea next to the plate.

“We thought we would treat you with breakfast dear,” Rarity spoke up. I looked over to her with a smile.

“Thanks girls,” I said. When I started to eat, the girls started soon after. We ate in silence. They were all being so defensive. I certainly did miss Matthew, but they acted as if I didn’t want to talk about him at all. It was the opposite in fact. I wanted to talk about him. I would almost say that I needed to talk about him. There was so much on my chest that I needed to get rid of, but none of the girls wanted to talk about it.

As we finished our breakfast, I stood up from the table.

“Thank you girls for the breakfast. I think I’m going to go out for a while. I might as well get reacquainted with Ponyville now,” I said. None of them said anything in response. But, as I turned to walk away, Rainbow got up and followed after me.

“You want some company?” she asked.

“Yes… please,” I answered. We walked out of the cottage together, leaving the rest of the girls to think of what to do next.

As Dashie and I entered Ponyville, I started to realize how long I had truly been gone. For all of the ponies, it was only six days. But, to me, it was six years. Seeing everything from my true home again felt rather uplifting. All of the places I loved to go to were still here. All of the ponies I remembered were still here. Everything was still here. And yet, it all felt so unfamiliar to me.

And, of course, there was still someone missing. That was Matthew. Being greeted by all the familiar faces that I knew didn’t help to comfort me either. Sure, all of these ponies knew me, but not all of them were my friends, and none of them certainly loved me the way Matthew did.

“So… you alright with everything?” Rainbow asked me.

“I guess so,” I answered. Rainbow wasn’t the best at helping others in respects such as this, but I could tell she was at least trying.

“Uh… hey, you wanna know what I tried to do after you got teleported to… uh, whatever that place was called?” she asked me.

“Earth,” I corrected. “What?”

“I asked if Twilight could repeat that spell so I could find you. I wasn’t about to leave my friend to fend for herself in some unknown world.” She wore a smile on her face, but it quickly disappeared.

“I didn’t have to fend for myself,” I said.

“Well… yeah, but we didn’t know that. Well, actually, Celestia knew that, but the rest of us didn’t.” It was obvious that Rainbow was having trouble with all of this, but I understood. She never was good at these sorts of things after all.

“It’s fine Rainbow, really. I just wish things didn’t turn out the way they did,” I said.

“You mean with you getting teleported?” Rainbow asked.

“No… with you all coming to get me.” When Rainbow stopped walking, I could tell she was surprised.

“What do you mean you didn’t want us to get you?” she asked, her tone a little more forceful now.

“I mean that I didn’t want you all to come get me! I didn’t even remember you all! I was fine where I was!” I responded. My words even surprised me a little.

“How could you say that?! We’re your friends!” Rainbow shouted.

“And I expected more from you all! You took me away from him! How can you call yourselves my friends after doing something like that to me?!” I covered up my mouth in shock. Did I really just say that? I could see tears starting to form in Rainbow’s eyes.

“We were worried about you Fluttershy. We wanted you back home. You think we don’t love you too? We love you just as much as Matthew did.” Much like Dashie, tears started to form in my eyes as well.

“You act as if he doesn’t love me anymore,” I responded. I could see the hurt look on Rainbow’s face.

“Well, I mean… okay, maybe he does still love you, but still. He’s doesn’t know you like we know you,” she said. Every word Dashie spoke seemed to hurt me in one way or another.

“How can you say that?! If anything, he knew me better than you all do,” I said in retaliation. At this point, both Rainbow and I were about to start crying outright.

“I… You know what? Who cares?! Who cares about him?! I don’t, the others don’t, and neither should you! He’s not here for you now, and he didn’t seem to mind letting you come back to Equestria! What does that tell you about him, huh?! It tells me that he doesn’t care so much about you as you thought he did! You need to get over him!” Rainbow was panting now. She said all of that straight to my face, and showed barely any remorse for it. I was now in tears. I turned away from her and started to cry. I could hear her hoofsteps as she walked next to me.

“Fluttershy, I… I didn’t mean that,” she said. She tried to place her hoof on my shoulder, but I smacked it away.

“Y-You’re a monster. You aren’t my friend. N-Not anymore,” I said, my voice cracking multiple times. I ran off in tears, leaving Rainbow to be with herself. I didn’t know where I was running to. All I knew was that I was running away from her.

Author's Notes:

Man, Rainbow Dash is a bitch ain't she. Well, while Matthew has been mostly able to cope with everything so far, Fluttershy is clearly still a wreck. Will they be able to stay strong without each other. At this rate, probably not. But hey, I'm the one writing this after all, so the ending is bound to be a happy one.
BUT THAT DOESN'T GUARTANTEE ANYTHING!