Fluttershy was sitting in her house, thinking about what had happened today. “I want everypony to just leave me alone; why won’t they listen to me?” she said, tears rolling down her face. “I don’t want to go through the rest of my life living like this” She said aloud. She stood up and walked over to a desk on the other side of the room. She grabbed a quill and a piece of parchment. She wrote

To whom it may concern,

I have grown tired of living in this world. My so called ‘friends’ are just a bunch of bullies who pick on me and use me because I’m weak. I don’t want to be around anypony anymore, I just want to be alone.

Sincerely, Flutter-

She stopped writing; tears were streaming down her face. She left the note there and walked over to her kitchen counter. She opened a drawer and pulled out a kitchen knife. She looked at her reflection in the blade. “Soon I will be away from these horrid dreams and ponies” she said as she turned the blade around. Fluttershy lifted her hoof with the blade up and then brought it back down into her heart. Fluttershy retracted the knife and dropped it to the floor. She sat down on the floor and wept. “This is the only way, this is the only way” She kept repeating to herself. Blood was seeping into her coat and running down her chest. “Nopony will miss me, this is for the best” Fluttershy said softly, the loss of blood taking a toll on her. Fluttershy slowly started to drift into and out of consciousness until she finally lay on the floor unmoving.

Rainbow Dash was racing through the trees on the way to Fluttershy’s grotto. She was almost there “C’mon, please don’t let her have done something we will all regret.” Rainbow Dash broke into the clearing where Fluttershy’s home was located; she rushed up to the door and opened it. She looked around and her eyes gazed in horror at what was on the floor. Rainbow Dash ran up to Fluttershy “Fluttershy…Fluttershy, c’mon wake up” she said as she started to cry. “I was too late, I was too late to save her” Rainbow Dash wailed, tears streaming down her cheeks. She sat there and held on to Fluttershy’s body until the others shown up. The group of four ponies walked through the door and all gasped in unison. Rainbow turned her head “I couldn’t save her, she’s killed herself and it’s all my fault” “I could’ve saved her” she said, her voice trailing off. Rainbow Dash slowly got to her hooves and walked out the door. She walked down the forest trail, she didn’t want to fly, and she wanted to be alone. “Applejack, go and comfort her, she needs it” Twilight said solemnly. Applejack nodded and went out the door after her friend leaving the other four to tend to the body.

The four ponies all pitched in and had a tombstone built for their friend. They all stood around Fluttershy’s grave and read the tombstone. It read ‘Fluttershy’ ‘Loved By Her Friends In Life And Death.’ Everypony said their goodbyes and walked away from the grave, leaving Fluttershy behind.

THE END

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