//------------------------------// // One cold night // Story: Wishing on a star // by Spitfiresign //------------------------------// All is well in Ponyville, Luna's moon shining on the calming waters, all is calm, all is asleep, except in one small house, or more accurately in one Sugar cube corner. " So what did you wish for Fluttershy?" a hyperactive pink pony asked. " Oh um..." Fluttershy was interrupted by a very strong looking work pony by the name of applejack. " Now wait just a minute there Pinkie! Y'all don't want to ruin Fluttershy's wish do yah?" Applejack said in a calm but stern voice. "But I was just..." the party pony started, "girls you shouldn't be arguing! this is a happy occasion." twilight said in her usual caring tone. both Pinkie and Applejack nodded in agreement, " of course it is! it's Shy's birthday " Rainbow Dash in her usual tomboyish fashion retorted. Although Fluttershy knew she should enjoy seeing her friends was wanting to go home not because she wasn't enjoying the party but she felt she didn't deserve it, not that she could ever think anything bad of something her friends do for her. No, this was because of personal matters, and it was getting worse, she was starting to get worse and worse ever since she managed to reform Discord who was now helping the princesses spread harmony through the Badlands, she always felt alone even when with her friends, like there was just something missing, she would always just zone out of conversations and her friends didn't even... "FLUTTERSHY!" Twilight shouted, worried about her friend who had started to silently cry right infront of her friends. " are you alright darling, you have been so distant these past few weeks, is there something going on?" her fashionable friend softly spoke, her worried tone was only matched by the caring nature her friend's faces were practically gleaming of. "y'all know you can tell us don't you sugarcube?" applejack added. " I ... I ca... I can't " Fluttershy wept, tears raining from her eyes like a waterfall, " what do you mean you can't!" Rainbow bolted, clearly not understanding her friends feelings. " Rainbow! there's no need for that!" twilight returned to rainbow's unnecessary comment. she continued, " if it upsets you this much, you should tell us Fluttershy, it doesn't matter what it is we don't think anything else of you other than that we are your friends and we take care of each other,". all her other friends nodded in clear agreement, "so..." twilight finished. "I'm... sorry...but...yo... you don't.... you can't..." Fluttershy tried to get out before she ran out of the room. Her friends watched here motionlessly, unable to grasp what had happened. " Whatever is wrong... I don't think we can do much about, or at least that what she thinks." Rainbow said sadly, " For now... one of us have to follow her, to make sure she is okay" twilight spoke, taking charge of the situation as usual, " I think you should go darling, your better suited to this than all of us." Rarity answered, "alright then." Twilight finished. Fluttershy was already quite far from her shaken party, 'why is this happening to me, why do I have to make my friends feel so bad about me ' she thought silently to herself. "oh Fluttershy why are you doing this to yourself," twilight said to no one in particular. whilst running through the dark starry night Fluttershy noticed a shooting star, she thought about wishing on it but, " I don't deserve a wish... but it would be nice to make my friends feel better about me..." she stopped, closed her eyes and said the words " I wish for someone to be my friend, someone more than a friend, someone to be my pillar." twilight who was close enough to hear that was confused at what she meant, but was also sad that she thought she was alone, so thought to ignore it. The rain did not prove to help the situation. After arriving home Fluttershy 'locked' her wooden door, went to her room and collapsed on the bed in a wet, yellow mess, much to a little white bunny's distress, who was very worried about his carer. Twilight arrived at the cottage a few minutes to find that the door was unlocked. due to the fact Fluttershy could not lock the door correctly due to her state, she was greeted, unfortunately, by a very upset looking bunny, " Angel have you seen..." she was interrupted by angel pointing up, Twilight knowing more did not need to be said, thanks to the bunny's look of despair and worry her carer was lost, she went to her room and knocked on the door three times, no answer. she knocked again, still nothing, " Fluttershy? Are you alright? Is it okay If I come in?" her question was answer by the sound of quiet, will tearing shrieks of her friend crying, she therefore took it as a yes and entered.