Eight months earlier.

Fluttershy had flown straight to Ponyville and saw the Mayor had gathered everypony outside the town hall already. Fluttershy ran onto the stage to address the town.

"Now everypony,-" She muttered, shaking all over. "-Twilight has asked me to, evacuate Ponyville-" At the thought of an evacuation everypony panicked, shouting questions and running to their homes to get valuables.

"-If everypony could gather their families and get back here as fast as possible-" Fluttershy had lost the crowd at the evacuate bit, so she knew nopony was listening anymore and even the Mayor was running around screaming. Fluttershy saw she had done all she could and backed away from the stage. Then a strange brown stallion with white hair walked through the crowd, everypony stopped to look at the new figure, completely transfixed. The stallion made it up onto the stage and went over to the front of the stage.

"Ponies!-" He began, everypony was silent now. "-Do not run from Discord! Join him on getting revenge on those who defiled him and betray all of you!" He shouted, the Ponyville ponies began to shout at the traitor. Some were panicking again. Then. "-Ponies, don't be frightened of Discord it is not he who would harm you. Come to me and join his ranks." The figure shouted. Fluttershy was huddled in the corner.

"Come on Fluttershy, your friends will leave you to die." Discord said,he was in her mind, the brown pony was still speaking.

"Join me and you may save your friends from themselves, you are the timid one, shouldn't they follow you?" Discord asked, Fluttershy was on the floor crying, the scene changing, the town hall fell and collapsed, ponies faded away or became bloody and died, Fluttershy saw herself dead on the stage, all of her friends around her, very much alive.

"Look Rainbow, isn't that the yellow one who chose the wrong side?" Twilight Sparkle said, no emotion in her voice.

"Yes Twilight, the yellow one decided to follow Celestia when it is Discord to follow, and she died, nopony cares now." Rainbow Dash replied.

"Darlings, who killed her, we should at least honour her for dying in a fight." Rarity said.

"No, Y'all know what she was like, just leave her here." Applejack replied.

"Who would miss her anyway?" Pinkie Pie asked, Fluttershy was in full tear crying, wailing out as the scene changed back. Fluttershy felt her body lose colour as Fluttershy lost her purpose of living. Then, she didn't change. Fluttershy jumped up and walked over to the brown Pegasus. Fire in her eyes.

"-So my Ponyvillians, I ask you, who wishes to join Discords great reign!" The brown pony finished.

"No!" Fluttershy screamed. "Nopony join him! Discord will destroy us all. Go to your homes, gather precious things and get out of town! Head west to Canterlot and hide. Run ponies!" Fluttershy shouted, the ponies obeyed and ran to their homes. Fluttershy looked left, but the strange Pegasus was gone. Surprisingly, everypony listened, they went to grab their most needed, most wanted things and gathered their families together. Fluttershy watched the ponies rush around and get prepared.

The whole thing took about ten minutes, Fluttershy had stayed and watched, worried as the sounds of battle slowly got closer and louder. Everypony was standing around waiting for Fluttershy to speak.

"Well Fluttershy? Where are we going?" Derpy Hooves asked, standing in the crowd with her baby sister Dinky. The grey Pegasus looked in silence at Fluttershy, as did everypony else.

"Erm.-" Fluttershy started, needing a place that would be safe for a while from Discord. "-Canterlot. I am to take you all to Canterlot." Fluttershy decided, the train had been destroyed somewhere east apparently so the only way to Canterlot was fly. Or in most cases here, walk. Fluttershy gulped at the realism of her plan.

"But that's almost three days walk!" Somepony shouted.

"So we will have to spend three days walking. Any pony with room, get food and water and lets be off." The Mayor replied, Fluttershy and the Mayor knowing that each other knew there was no actual plan. Fluttershy noticed that nopony had listened to her before when she had shouted to head west anyway but she decided to go along with it.

When the ponies of Ponyville were ready, they set off on their march, away from the fighting, to hopeful salvation.

Fluttershy lead the march, away from Ponyville and hopefully away from Discord. Everypony knew that Discord would one day attack Canterlot, and that the pony defenders would fall. Fluttershy cried to herself at that fact, her friends would be dead and Fluttershy would have done nothing to help. Fluttershy hated herself for that and decided on one thing. Her friends were the best she had, they were the most important thing to her. The yellow Pegasus looked at any pony closest to her; Lyra.

"Lyra, take over. Get these, ponies to Canterlot." Fluttershy said, still crying a little.

"Erm, okay. I promise Fluttershy. I will get them safely there." Lyra vowed, Fluttershy nodded, and flow away, back toward Ponyville, back toward her friends.