Fluttershy trotted to the edge of a cliff, standing far enough away to avoid falling. She looked up at the sky. Unusually violet clouds hung low under Luna's moon. The rest of the sky was what seemed a brownish-purple. It was dreary, to say the least. But not the kind of dreary one would expect-- this was a dreary that seemed to have been born of what is known as Pony Hell itself. There was a vast assortment of stars in the sky, some a bright blue, some a dark red, some pure white altogether. It was horrible and marvelous all at once, and there was simply no denying it.

Fluttershy had found a sign at the far, far end of the cliff. On it was a piece of paper, with a seemingly poorly-scrawled note. It was so poorly written that even Twilight Sparkle couldn't decipher it. Worse, it was written in blood. "Who could've done such a thing...?" Fluttershy questioned. Suddenly, the cliff's edge began cracking, as if breaking itself from the rest of the rock that held it there in place--which was exactly what was happening. Thankfully, Fluttershy was unharmed, because when the cliff began tearing at the very slightest, she began flapping her wings with such haste she became airborne.

The yellow Pegasus began jumping from cloud to cloud, sometimes going skywards, sometimes descending; depending on what cloud she thought she needed to go to as well as where said cloud was. Some clouds had three unusual coins, forged of solid gold. Fluttershy took these coins with her, though for seemingly no reason. Then, after a while, she found five gold coins just... floating in the air. They formed the addition symbol. As soon as she grabbed the last coin, she blacked out--but not before seeing Applebloom. But Applebloom was different; her irises and pupils were small compared with the white of her eyes, and her grin revealed several jagged teeth. Teeth that belonged to a Manticore at the very least. She looked as if she had descended into some sort of incurable madness; the sort of madness usually accompanied by murders or something just as awful.

Fluttershy had a great deal of trouble just waking up. There was maniacal laughter filling the otherwise-silent void of darkness. When she came to at last, she found she was standing in a very dark area. So dark, in fact, she could not see anything past her mane. She heard a voice that sounded like a sad Applebloom calling to her. It spoke these words, becoming more frightening with each word spoken:

"You're here.... You're finally here!! I'm trapped, frightened, and oh so very lonely. Won't you.... join me?!?!"

Was that even Applebloom, or a sort of demon pretending to be the young filly for the sole purpose of doing a single misdeed to the yellow Pegasus? Fluttershy was terrified, but now there was no going back. She moved forward, turning around every few minutes to make sure nothing followed her. There was a winding staircase of empty darkness, which forced the Pegasus to climb up. She found flat ground after a while, and trotted forward. She saw a white silhouette of what looked like a dismembered, clawed hand; though, if she approached said silhouette, it merely disappeared into the unearthly darkness. She fell off another cliff and into another void. This void was not inky black, but a crimson red.

Fluttershy turned around, and was once more greeted by the insane Earth filly. The yellow Pegasus turned around and began galloping madly; the insane Cutie Mark Crusader following hot on pursuit. The same laughter filled the dark red void. No matter how fast Fluttershy ran, the laughter got increasingly closer. Suddenly, there was a dead end. Applebloom began closing in on the Pegasus; her gallop reduced to a very slow pace. When Applebloom was so close she could jump Fluttershy, she disappeared. The ground where the filly stood suddenly collapsed on itself, thus leading to another void. Having no other choice, the Pegasus fell into the darkness.

She was in another room, even redder than the hallway she was in only moments before. The voice echoed once more:

"Why do you run away? Is this not fun for you? This is.... so upsetting."

The Pegasus noticed she was in a square room, with a gargantuan black oval on one of the red walls. The hole she fell from was sealed, trapping Fluttershy. She felt fear well up within her body, down to the last hair on her forehoof. The black oval suddenly turned into the filly's eye; looking at the Pegasus with ill intent. The voice spoke yet again:

"But that's okay with me. I am very sure your heart and mind will change eventually. It is not like you can simply escape me. After all, I HAVE MY EYE ON YOU!!!

Fluttershy began screaming in panic. This was not Applebloom at all; what remained was an insane filly. She began falling back into the darkness, landing on more ground. She opened her eyes and saw that she was in Twilight's library. "Are you okay, Fluttershy?!" Spike asked. He looked worried.

"No, I am not okay," replied the Pegasus. She fell back into the void of darkness.