Fluttershy's Letter
Written by: Rarityfan87
Rarity was making her way to Fluttershy’s cottage to pick her up for their weekly spa meeting. Rarity arrived five minutes early, not wanting to be late for their appointment.
*Knock knock
No response.
“Fluttershy?” Rarity asked concerned.
No response.
“Fluttershy!” She asked louder this time.
I hope the poor dear is alright. She never usually takes this long to answer. I should open the door to make sure she’s alright… but entering without permission is very un-lady like. If she’s in danger though… alright I’m going to enter, she may be in danger.
Rarity opened the door with her signature blue aura. She was surprised it was unlocked. Fluttershy usually locked her door, afraid of intruders.
Rarity walked around calling out Fluttershy’s name, still getting no response. She eventually found a letter on the kitchen table. Noticing it was addressed to her, she started to read it.
Dear Rarity,
I realise that today is usually our spa day, but I had some important business to attend to. Hopefully we could go another day, if that’s alright with you.
Oh Fluttershy, of course it’s alright. You make me laugh sometimes. Rarity chuckled slightly, before continuing to read.
The reason I also wrote this letter, is because… oh goodness… how to put this… it’s about you, Twilight, Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie, and about our friendship. Oh where to start?
Well, how about as far back as I can remember, the day my parents died. On the day Rainbow Dash performed her Sonic Rainboom, that was the same day my parents passed away. They were coming to have lunch with me, but on the way here, a strong wind knocked them really hard into a bolder. They died from internal bleeding as they arrived at the hospital, but it was too late, as they were already dead when they arrived. After school, one of the police ponies came and let me know the news.
Rarity noticed the paper was slightly wet from Fluttershy’s tears.
At that point, I moved in permanently to this shack near the woods, I wanted to spend my life with the animals. They were really nice and helped me get over the event. Rainbow Dash would also come along to visit… at least for the first month. After that she would be showing off, or would race everypony she could. She wasn’t there for me. At that point it was just me and my animals. That’s also when I found Angel, at his bunny hole, by his dead parents. I decided to take him in, seeing as he suffered the same fate as me, and maybe we could help each other out. Unfortunately, all he would do is abuse me, no matter how nice I was and no matter what I did for him, he stayed the same. Again I was alone… I continued to go to school, I continued to go home alone every day, and come home to an abusive Angel bunny. For the longest time, I felt alone, like I would never be happy again. It continued throughout school; it was a routine really.
The last year of school and the prom was coming. Most of the mares found a partner… MOST that is. I didn’t find one, sure there was a very small possibility I could have found myself a colt, but what was the point, he would probably leave me or just want to use me, like my ‘friends’ I’ve met so far. I went to the dance anyway. I sat in the back, and watched every other pony dance and enjoy themselves. As I was standing there, a colt walked up to me.
“Hey, there… I was wondering…”
“I’m sorry but the answer is no.”
“Pardon?”
“Trust me, you don’t want to waste your time with me, when there are plenty other mares out there that would be better suited for you.”
“Don’t be silly. What is your name?”
“Flu…tter…shy.”
“Fluttershy?”
“Yes...”
“Well Fluttershy, would you like to dance.”
“No.”
“Why not?”
“Because, how do I know you won’t just use me?”
“Because, I give you my solid promise. I would never just use somepony as beautiful as you.”
“Well… no, I’m sure you can find another mare more beautiful than me.”
“No Fluttershy, I looked around, and you were the most beautiful mare I saw in here. Now please give me a chance, and let’s dance.”
“Alright, but let’s do it off on the side, I can’t dance and I don’t want everypony laughing at me.”
“Alright, let’s go.”
Fluttershy followed her new friend, as he led them to a spot off on the side. He grabbed Fluttershy’s hooves in his and started to dance. Fluttershy was a little nervous, and it showed. She wasn’t moving to the music, and she wasn’t moving much, it was mostly her colt friend doing all the moves. Eventually Fluttershy started to enjoy it and started to slowly get into it. They continued to dance, and Fluttershy would slowly start to move with her colt friend. Fluttershy eventually lost herself in his arms and he used the opportunity to give her a passionate kiss on the lips. Fluttershy resisted at first, but accepted it, as it was her perfect moment. He broke the kiss, after what felt like an eternity. Fluttershy, still lost in the moment asked.
“You never told me your name.”
“My name is Butterscotch.”
“Well Butterscotch, I had a lovely time.”
“Wait.”
“Yes?”
“I was hoping we could go have a coffee or hang out, and enjoy this beautiful night.”
“Well, that does sound lovely… sure.”
“Great, I know the perfect spot.”
Fluttershy followed Butterscotch to a clearing in the clouds. It was beautiful. The sky was in perfect view, and the moon was full. The perfect date night atmosphere.
“Fluttershy.”
“Yes Butterscotch?”
“Will you be my special mare friend?”
“Yes! Yes I will be!”
Fluttershy went in for a passionate kiss. Butterscotch returned it. Tonight, was the best night in a long time for Fluttershy.
Butterscotch visited me every day, and I would visit him. We did a lot together. One time, he took me to a beautiful classical music concert. It was magnificent. That night a newer artist was being featured. Her name was Octavia. She played the cello beautifully, so beautifully Butterscotch and I were in the moment. I leaned my head on his shoulder and we stayed like that, just enjoying the concert, in love. That night I invited him over, and we slept together that night. Which actually was the night I lost my virginity. Another time he took me to the movies. Unbenounced to me, we were seeing a horror movie. When I found out I refused to go, yet something told me it was okay, that it would be safe, as long as he was there with me. We ended up going, and I got scared, but knowing he was there to protect me, I was able to watch the entire thing.
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It was great! He was the perfect stallion. I had finally found a friend, no a soul mate. Somepony who cared for me, somepony who loved me for who I was. One night, I wanted to surprise him by bringing him my homemade butterscotch sauce. I entered the house, but something felt off. I put the butterscotch down on the table. I went upstairs only to find Butterscotch mounting another Pegasus.
“HOW COULD… HOW COULD YOU BUTTERSCOTCH! I THOUGHT I WAS YOUR PERFECT MARE!”
“Oh crap. Fluttershy she means nothing to me, you’re the one I love.”
“OH REALLY? THEN WHY IS SHE HERE?”
“Because, because… I don’t know…”
Fluttershy walked up to him, and gave him a hard kick in the genitals.
“OW!” He knew he deserved what he had received.
“Well Butterscotch, don’t ever come near me again, because I can’t promise I’ll be as nice next time. Goodbye forever.”
Fluttershy left, leaving a crying Butterscotch behind. She flew as fast as she could to her hut. She ran in, got into bed and cried all night.
I couldn’t believe it. He… cheated on me with that mare. I didn’t leave the cottage for days. I just stayed in bed, crying, unable to speak, unable to move, talk or do anything. He was the only true friend I had. I guess it wasn’t true though. I had to force myself to feed the animals, I had to force myself to eat, and even then, I couldn’t bring myself to eat. I would just sit there, my eyes red and sore, from crying, from the pain he caused, from the horror that fell upon me. Everyday I tried to eat, but it was impossible. That same plate of food sat there. When I finished feeding the animals, and after I tried to eat, I would go back in my bed, with the curtains closed. The room was dark, I didn’t want any light, I just wanted to be alone in the dark. I just wanted to be alone. Thankfully nopony bothered me for the next few days. That is until I heard a familiar voice about five days later.
“Fluttershy… may I please come in?”
“Of course Rarity.”
You opened the door, and walked into my bedroom.
Actually, it reminds me of how we met. That night at the concert with that… jerk! You had the seat next to me. We ended up having a nice conversation about the concert, when I wasn’t busy with that… guy.
”Isn’t her music just simply divine?”
“It is, I really like it.”
“The way she plays that cello in combination with the other instruments.”
“Yes, it’s perfect.”
“My name is Rarity, what is yours dearie?”
“My name is Fluttershy, and this is Butterscotch.”
“Hello, nice to meet you both. I just love classical music!”
“Me too, this is actually my first concert.”
“You picked a great one dear.”
The two continued to listen to the beautiful music. After the concert, Rarity pulled Fluttershy and Butterscotch over.
“We should meet up again sometime. I work at the Carousel Boutique, feel free to pop in anytime. We could book a time to meet.”
“That sounds great Rarity, and it was nice to meet you.”
“The pleasure is mine. See you two later.”
After that we would meet up. You gave me advice on my relationship, and I am thankful for that. I really appreciated it Rarity. You even brought me to my first visit to the spa. Ever since then, we went every week, we became great friends. That day though, you came in and made your way upstairs. You saw the pain and suffering I was in. You immediately sat next to me and just sat there, just subtly let me know you were there to help. It helped. Every day you visited, you slowly helped me bring my life back to normal. You were the perfect shoulder to cry on, friend. Slowly I started to go back to my daily routine. Eventually I was able to go to the market alone to buy food, I was able to leave the cottage.
It was short lived however as when I went shopping they would take advantage of my kindness as you and Pinkie Pie noticed. You guys tried to help me, but you only made things worse. I became a monster, I was the thing I wished never to become… I was a cruel pony. Sure I didn’t do anything too severe (thank Celestia). You thankfully helped me out there, but things only went back to normal at the market after that, and ponies only started to take advantage of me again. If they didn’t , they would give me looks of horror after how I treated them. That thankfully didn’t last forever, they eventually forgave me.
A few months later Twilight arrived in Ponyville. She only made things worse with all the adventures she brought me on. Especially talking to the dragon. I didn’t want to do it! I had eventually had the courage to talk to him, but almost at the cost of you guys. I still can’t talk to dragons today. They should just be left alone.
Which also reminds me when Rainbow tried to force me to come and look at the dragon migration. She knew I HATED to be near dragons, and she still tried to force me. She even tried to guilt trip me into going by bringing up the fact she went to the butterfly migration with me. The nerve of her! Thankfully I got away. I flew off to a secret location. I waited a few hours before returning home.
Eventually the Grand Galloping Gala came along. As you know that went horrible. The animals didn’t trust me, they ran away from me. At first I was depressed, but that depression turned into rage. As you saw I stormed in, telling the animals that they were going to love me. After that event, I felt horrible. I couldn’t wait to get home.
Sure in between all of this I had fun, but a lot of times you guys didn’t include me, you guys had many adventures and didn’t include me. I felt hurt, I felt alone. After that I was pretty much left alone. No one came to visit me, or say hi to me, unless they needed something. You guys just continued to use me, but you guys weren’t really there for me. That brought up my depression. I thought I had friends…
I want to bring up that I know I'm a very shy pony and that most of those adventures I would most likely not have enjoyed, but you guys could have always come and just visit, invite me over or at least come and say hi, how are you doing? That's all I wanted, I wanted... friends. After all that happened to me, I needed to be surrounded by friends. Every chapter of my story, there would be a depressing event, it was never great or good. It would build up, only to be taken down hard. You my 'friends' weren't there for me a lot of the time. I would only go into a depression. It would last for long amounts of time. I would just stay in my house and lay in bed, the curtains closed. I stayed in the dark and didn't do anything but lay there and wish that a friend would show up. But that never happened...
As I finish writing this letter, it hurts me… thinking of how my friends could treat me like this, how they just used me and never gave back. How you were never TRULY there for me, yet I was always there for you. You knew I was shy, you knew I was timid, but yet you still forced me to be who I wasn’t. I’ll be at my secret location to ponder about all of this.
Hopefully you won’t treat any future friends like you’ve treated me.
Sincerely,
Fluttershy.
*Moving to Fluttershy*
Well Fluttershy, it’s obvious your friends don’t care about you. Leaving is the only option. Well goodbye world, hopefully I’ll find better friends wherever I end up.
Fluttershy closed her eyes and let herself fall in the river face down, drowning in the river, letting it drag her body wherever it will take her.
THE END
*** Disclaimer! I do not encourage suicide, or believe it is the answer. If you have any thoughts about suicide please acquire help immediately! Suicide is not the answer. You're life is worth it. Just ask me or anyone in the community!
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Everyone loves you Fluttershy! You don't have to do this!
FLUTTERSHY NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
But seriously, good story. A few punctuation errors here and there, but nothing too big. Well done. Liked and favorited.
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Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
And yeah, I need to go through a fifth time and go through the punctuation.
This fic makes me listen to Cemetery Drive by My Chemical Romance. Do the same!
reminds me of the bad ending to the silent ponyville 2...slightly different reason for drowning herself but almost the same.
3063343
So good or bad?
And I haven't read that story yet. Not usually a fan of crossovers.
3063397it's not really a crossover like say the fallout thing.it just takes elements from the game. it's not a bad story and it's nowhere near as long as the fallout thing.
3063437
What about this story?
Good or bad?
3063460 it was good
poor fluttershy
Take this and leave me to sit in a corner for awhile :
I won't cry.... I wont cry....dammit yep there I go......Darn you feelzz!
My tear ducts are being overloaded with spammed tears. Fluttershy deserves so much better than that.
Bravo on making the very emotional build-up from happy to sheer sadness and depression that befits the horrible actions that Butterscotch did against her.
That being said, I can say that this story has an amazing appeal that could further more interesting story ideas. One-shot = Wonderful 9-10 even with Fluttershy's mental state as it was at the end.
"No Fluttershy! Don't jump of the bridge please!!" I say.
She jumps.
I died.
YEA DATS RIGHT IMMA GHOST OF TYPING
god damn it why did i have to read this f*ck man this was sad really sad bit of a dark ending its like you wanted it to screw the reader over in tears... nice work although i am not crying -brings questions to my mind as to why like the boy in the stripped pijamas i didnt feel a thing for some reason- i feel sad for fluttershy because i remember a timme when i was feeling depressed and my so called "friends" were being assholes but anyways good story make another and i will read that one too maybe dealing with the death of fluttershy maybe they lose the elemants of harmony her being an elemant bearer and all. either way good story dark ending pissed aot off and made alot cry but in the end it was a nice sad story.
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f*ck butterscotch hes a dick
Now I'm very sad... good story through.
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What can I say...in fact I can't say anything because I'm to distraught right now . A very interesting story though to be honest I'm was 99% sure Fluttershy was going to commit suicide. Feel free to put this ribbon in the long description of the fic.
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Good job, my friend. Very good job. I honestly didn't expect you to do this. You really didn't have to either. But, again, thank you. I'm putting this in a special place on my page.
3065510
Thanks I'm glad you enjoy it.
I know what you mean, I can read a really sad, depressing, dark story, and feel "nothing". I'll love the story, I can feel what the character is going through, but I won't feel anything. So I know where you're coming from.
3066566
Thanks, I'm glad Twilight approves!
I shall put that banner with pride!
3066867
No problem, and thanks for putting it in a special place!
3066743
I love SpongeBob!
3067892 thank u finally someone who gets me when I just walk out of sad movies and I am just normal people mainly my friends look at me like I'm some kind of monster ps are u gonna make a sequel like the consequences maybe if u need help them remember I'm here for ya
3068082
A lot of people do, I made that for this story but I use it on others if its sad.
Good job on the story dude! It was a tiny bit rushed but that didn't take anything that ai like about it away. Keep it up!
3068135
I have considered it. I'm planning on writing a story for each mane six character. They'll all be different, not all dark, depressing, etc.
As for a sequel, yeah, I'd consider it. As long as I can get enough thoughts to make it worth while.
Also, I'll keep that in mind.
3068172 ok cool I'm here if u need me bro and u r a bastard u know I will read those why but whatever can't wait to read more
3067907 No problem. It deserved it. You worked very hard, so I had to give it to you.
Only one thing: Butterscotch? Really? Butterscotch? Not mad, just, really?
3072440
Here's the story. I was writing and talking to a friend on Skype. I couldn't think of a name for the guy, so I asked him for a name. He said Butterscotch, so I went with it.
3072500 Butterscotch is the male Fluttershy. You now that right?
Also, I have another favor to ask of you...
3072514
Actually I didn't know that, and whats up?
Well... this story made me sad face. .... Damn it! I was too late! I could had saved her!
My Junior year in High School back in 2002, my drama teacher had us read monologues for our second year of Theater. One to choose from was called "You're A Good Boy Charlie Brown". Anyway, long story short, Fluttershy reminds me of Charlie Brown: Depressed character. Too bad they don't have anti-depressants in Equestria. Really, in listening to the fanbase I'm surprised Hasbro Studios haven't written her off yet. She WOULD be the first to off herself, most likely one at that.
That very dark POV out of the way... it was a very good story! We both enjoyed it. It made us think back a lot to high school when there was a lot of this stuff going on and probably still does. It's a true shame when a person feels that no one is there for them As we exchanged in our PMs, this story really proves that there is an ugly side of reality, or just reality in itself. Now a message from the both of us: Perhaps in writing this you've saved someone from themselves. The story is quite dark and sad, and it leaves the reader wondering how Rarity, Twilight, etc. all the others feel after this point and how they will continue to feel after they've ALL had the chance to read the letter and perhaps even after they've discovered that Fluttershy has done the unthinkable and it sets in over them. As humans, it is in our nature to put ourselves first, but we're sure that if a reader put themselves in *anonymous character from the main 6 - whoops 5* they'll discover that suicide is quite a selfish thing to do and the hurt that your "friends" have placed on you is nothing compared to the hurt you've placed on them.
Good story. This is going in the faves. Keep up the great work friend!
... Now on to 'The Dragon War'
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I'm glad you enjoyed it. I was having fun writing the story in the sense that, it was something different. Most of time, when someone writes Fluttershy, they make it all happy and cute. I like to write things differently. I love to write the dark side of things, the other side of the coin. Dark, depressing, sad, tragic thrive me. The reason it's easy for me to write, is because when I was a teenager I had slight depression problems (it never went too far, I never had thoughts of suicide), so I can relate to the character and I know how to describe the feeling. As they say, "It's always easier to understand what someone is going through if you've gone through it as well.". If this story saves someone's life, than that would make me one of the happiest people on earth.
Also I put that disclaimer at the bottom because I don't want people to get the wrong message here. The message I wanted to portray is: "Suicide is never the answer, there is always someone out there that loves you, that is there for you. You just have to keep looking and eventually you'll find that person.".
I'm the type of person that listens to what others have to say. I am the type of person who listens to what people have to say, and am also the person who's shoulder you can cry on. I am always there for people. And I ask nothing in return, I just like to help people, and make them happy in life.
Wow, that was a rant and a half. Anyway, I hope you'll enjoy "The Dragon War".
I've gotta stop reading about death... Poor Fluttershy...
WoW! Poor Fluttershy. The one that started all of this was that no good stallion Butterscotch cheating on Fluttershy. And the way she described how her friends left her behind for some adventures, and all that, reminds me of how they do Spike. Powerful, sad, and deeply raw story my friend.
3182593
I am relieved to hear you like it.
I wasn't sure you'd be a big fan of it seeing as what happened, and the fact that it was Fluttershy... yeah...
This was an easy read. I can normally tell by the first paragraph or so if I will be able to read a story, and throughout this, it was smooth sailing. I feel that you captured Fluttershy well, which is sometimes hard to do, with sad fics, as there is always the possibility of writing OOC.
I don't have any real problem with this, and it was a good, if short, piece.
You get out of
3578665
I'm glad you liked it!
This is definitely one of those stories that I did because of inspiration from the picture. Thing is tho, I put a little bit of my life experience in every single one of my stories. So my stories always give a little bit about me or what I've experienced. For example I had an easier time writing about the depression Fluttershy was going through because I've experienced it myself. I've never had thoughts of suicide, but I had some depression during my last two years of high school. Once in a while I get that depressing mood, but it's been getting a lot better over the last 7 years.
Also, I was wondering... do you like Spike stories?
I have one almost done and was wondering if you would like to read that one when the time comes?
Just let me know!
Again, I'm glad you liked it!
3580164 Nope, hate Spike stories. I mean, I write a Spike story, and I hate every minute of it.
3583066
I totally forgot you did that. Lol
I apologize, I can be stupid sometimes.
3584051 Whatever do you mean, darling? Yes. we all can be forgetful sometimes, but to call yourself stupid, that just isn't proper.
I ed this story very much it was very sad, especially the end
I loved this story, the only problem I have with it is Rainbow Dash. I mean, in the series you can see that she really cares about Fluttershy, you can see that Flutters knows that she does and also I just wanted to know rarity's reaction to this
3105715 i agree with you there. I just graduated high school last month on the 7th ( june 7th 2014 ) and over the course of the 2013-2014 school year this one kid I became friends with during my junior year committed suicide and I dont condone it at all. My biological father committed suicide in early 2004 and it just enrages me how some people will take their own lives just because they dont wanna deal with their problems. If any of you guys have lost anyone to suicide my heart is out to you there is nothing more precious in your lives than the people you hold close to your heart and when you one of those people takes thier own life.
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I'm sorry to hear that man, and I agree, suicide is NEVER the answer. The silver lining may be covered by dark clouds, but you just gotta do everything to find it, and never stop.
4652012 yup
Okay so I liked the letter and build up to the end... but the ending sort of fell flat (on it's face in a river,)
For all that build up the ending was a major let down. Just two short paragraphs and BAM she's dead, the end. The whole of the rest of the story was having this emotional build up only for the ending to kill the mood. Should have been longer with more emotion put into it for it to really hit home. As it is the brick wall that is the ending just sort of subtracts from the rest of the story.
Also we should have seen Rarity's reaction to the letter before shifting to Fluttershy... also the shift to Fluttershy could have been better then just *moving to Fluttershy*
I'm actually a little surprised that this got approved by Twilight's Library... no offense.
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