They started the day with good hopes that nothing bad would happen again. Thanks to that, they felt safe enough to let go of the duos and let everyone go out on their own again.
They all went back to their assigned tasks like nothing happened in the last couple of days, with most of them being in different rooms.
As they all went different ways, Fluttershy quietly made her way across the castle halls to storage. As she did so, her steps shook as she paid close attention to anything around her, shrieking at even the smallest noises around her.
Lucky for her, the shrieks weren't enough to alarm anyone else in the castle.
She arrived at storage and after slowly closing the door behind her, she flew up to the storages upper section. She got to her usual spot that was filled with multiple boxes and other items to the side that she had to sort out into the boxes.
There was quite some work for her to still do, especially after the last few events that took most of her time up. But now that that was all over, she could continue where she last left it.
As she worked, she still paid close attention to the things around her. Her attention mostly lingering at the door and other openings like windows or vents. No matter how much she tried to forget about it, the anxiety kept coming back.
She didn't like being alone in there. She liked it better when she was there working with Pinkie Pie or with Rainbow Dash. It also wasn't helping that most of the murders happened where she was right now. Alone...
She made sure to finish her task as fast as she could and once she did so, she flew down to ground level, looking back, before leaving the storage.
She let out a relieved sigh as some of the anxiety from before left her. She closed the door behind her and turned back to the same hallway from before.
Now that she was done with her first task, she was supposed to tune in with Twilight. She knew she'd probably be assigned to do some of Pinkie's leftover work, but anything to keep her from being all alone for a bit was worth it.
As she made her way across the hall and stairs of the castle to find the library, she spotted Rarity coming out of a room near her. Once the unicorn had turned around, she noticed Fluttershy there and greeted the pegasus, smiling at her.
"Oh, hello there darling. I thought you would be working on things in storage?" She asked, walking towards the pegasus.
Fluttershy just nodded before explaining. "Yea, but I finished that now, so I was looking for Twilight. She's in the library, right?"
"I think so." The unicorn responded. "She hasn't left that room for a while. I only ever see her in meetings or that one time yesterday when the lights were sabotaged. I wonder what she's doing in there."
"I guess I'm about to find out." The pegasus simply said, looking away for a bit.
It felt much saver with Rarity around than before when she was all alone. If she had a choice, she'd stay with at least one of her friends until the day was over. But she knew the others were probably busy as well.
Rarity saw her anxious face and looked over at her again. "Fluttershy, dear? Are you alright?"
It took a few seconds for the mare to answer, but when she did, it came out really quiet. "I-I'm scared Rarity... I don't want to be all alone... I don't like it at all..." But even with that, Rarity could hear the fear in her voice.
"But, darling." She started. "The infected is gone. We don't have anything to worry about anymore."
"How can you be so sure?" Fluttershy asked in return. "What if she wasn't infected as she said and there's still someone out there? I don't want to die Rarity!" The pegasus was now in tears on the ground.
Rarity looked down at the upset pegasus for a bit before showing a smile and levitating her back on her hooves. "You aren't going to die Fluttershy. I can see you're scared, so how about we stay together? If that's something to make you feel saver."
"You mean it?" Fluttershy asked, looking up at the unicorn. "I-If you don't mind of course... I won't bother you.."
"Of course I don't mind." She smiled as she walked ahead before looking back at her friend. "Now, let's go see how Twilight is shall we?"
Fluttershy got a smile again and followed her friend as they headed to the library.
Meanwhile, Twilight was busy getting through a new book she found. Even with the last couple of failed attempts, she didn't give up on finding a cure. She just found some new information that could be used to do just that.
She was deep into the book, writing notes on the side, before she was interrupted by the sound of the door behind her opening. She perked up from her book and turned around to see Fluttershy and Rarity at her doorstep.
"Rarity, Fluttershy, what are you two doing here?" She asked as she stood up and walked closer to her friends.
Fluttershy walked forward before replying. "I've finished my task in storage."
"Oh, right!" Twilight said before going over to her desk and picking out multiple papers before eventually picking one out and reading through it. Once she finished, she got a smile and put it back in before walking back over to the two mares. "Can you do a quick walk across the castle for me to see if everything is in check? Come report to me if there's anything."
"I can do that." The pegasus smiled.
"Great." The alicorn now looked over to Rarity. "And you, Rarity?"
The unicorn looked up before getting a smile. "Oh, nothing really. I just joined Fluttershy since she didn't want to be alone."
Twilight tilted her head a little, showing some confusion. "How so? We got the one infected. I'm pretty sure of it." She asked looking over to the yellow pegasus again.
"O-Oh, it was just so quiet... I'd rather have someone with me in case there's still someone out there..." She looked away.
Twilight slowly nodded but showed her a smile. "I get it Fluttershy. But you have nothing to worry about. Nothing is going to happen." She reassured her friend, putting a hoof on her shoulder.
Fluttershy showed a smile again. "Thanks, Twilight." She said before turning back to the door only looking back to look over at Rarity. "I'll do my course of course, but I can still join until we need to split up. I'll probably meet Apple Jack soon enough then too."
"Agreed. See you again later Twilight." Rarity said before leaving with the pegasus.