Fluttershy is the last of the old bearers of Harmony. She has survived four milennia inside of a huge soul gem in the Temple of Harmony, bound there by Twilight's good intentions in saving her.

She has been for the ponies of High Canterlot a source of strength and comfort.

She begins to wonder if it is worth it to be Kind and Merciful. Or rather, if it is worth it in small doses.

TMP prompt.

Sometimes, stories aren't long and involved. Sometimes they are short. Very short. But that's okay, because good things can come in small packages just as easily as they can come in big ones. These are minutia and scraps, odds and ends that speak but are not long enough to stand alone well. So instead, we have this hopefully interesting gumbo of romance, sad, dark, maybe even random comedy. BUT MOSTLY Shipping. Sorry, but as the venerable Donny Boy says:

Ship ship hooray!
It's almost entirely shipping right now, but the rest will be coming.

The Pulley-- A sad, old tale of Celestia and her love, the bravest stallion in the land.

You Just Can't See Him From the Road--In which Caramel realizes that he might just have loved Big Macintosh in some way all along. Epiphanies! Or something.

How Changed From What She Was--Raridash. Rarity struggles to deal with the enormous weight of Rainbow's depression in the wake of a terrible injury.

Rarity will not sacrifice anymore. Rainbow will never love again. Twilight renounces the things she has learned. Pinkie takes a vow of silence. Applejack casts off the shackles of trust. Fluttershy comes that ponies may learn Death. Steamships fly over a sad Equestria, and the earth cries out for Harmony.

Sweetie Belle asks questions about time.