The human took Fluttershy to his "camp" while he was on his mission. It was a long dark cave on the other side of a waterfall. It was nightfall when they finally reached it. The inside was colder then it was in the woods. The man took out some matches and lit a fire for them to stay warm. They both sat next to it.
"So... you have some form of intelligence, being as how you can talk and all. That means you have a name... right?" The man asked.
"Fluttershy," she answered. Despite being afraid at first, she had gotten over it. This human obviously had no intention on hurting her. Perhaps the opposite was true. Maybe he wanted to help her. Why else would he have allowed her into his camp?
"Fluttershy... strange name. I suppose you should call me sigma," he told her.
"Sigma? And you said my name was strange," she giggled.
"It's a code name, not my real one," he explained. He took out the device he had when she first saw him. He clicked a few buttons and it lit up.
"What is that?" she asked.
"It's... a sort of map of the surrounding area. It sends out a pulse of about 200 yards. After that it reports its findings back to me and gives me the layout of the landscape. It's pretty much the same concept of how bats manage to “see“ while being blind," he said, tilting the device over to her so she could see. She looked at the screen. It was a map. But there was something strange about it. There was a figure, like a wall, out on the far northern tip of the screen.
"What's the thing up there?" she asked, pointing a hoof at the figure.
"Where I'm going," he replied. He looked at Fluttershy, who was still fixated on the screen. "I have never seen a pony like you. Where did you come from again?"
"It's a place called Equestria… Ponyville to be more precise. My friend Twilight cast a portal with her magic and... well..." She began but could find the strength to finish. Remembering what had happened reminded her of how hopeless it was to think about going back. A tear rolled down her cheek. She was never going to see her friends again. Sigma looked at Fluttershy and then into the camp fire. He was never good at cheering people up. Nevertheless, he had to try. He lifted his hand and placed it on Fluttershy's head. She looked up at it and then to Sigma.
"I'm sure your friends wouldn't give up on you. They’re doing everything they can to get you home... I'm sure of it," Sigma told her. Fluttershy's tears stopped and she looked at him for a long time. There was truth to what he said. Perhaps it wasn't hopeless. She just had to keep her head up. She would return home!
Sigma turned back to the fire and watched as it cracked in the dark of their cave. Fluttershy moved closer to him and rested her head on his lap. He looked at the yellow pony again and considered pushing her off. Eventually he decided against it. Fluttershy quickly fell asleep. Sigma, on the other hand, never slept. He had to keep a look out. He was being hunted, and the hunters would never stop until he was captured or... dead.