The next day, Hardy was walking around Ponyville. It was a perfect day and he thought nothing could ruin it. He looked up thinking Cloudsdale’s Weather Patrol had done a great job, but when he did, his jaw dropped. He saw a huge black dragon. It had huge yellow eyes with black slits for pupils, the inside of its ear was blood-red, and its scales were smokey gray. The scales looked like huge fangs starting from the top of the dragons head to its neck. It almost made Smudger faint because he had never seen a dragon that big before. He shook his head and when he looked back up there was no dragon. He thought he was losing his mind because nopony else saw the dragon.
“Hello, Hardy.” Said a voice. He turned around fast and saw Fluttershy, she startled him because of what he thought he had saw. He gasped in a breath of air through his nose and exhaled it slowly.
“Um, Hardy. Are you alright? You seem startled when you heard me saying hello.” Said Fluttershy looking at him worriedly. He might have never noticed her until now. Fluttershy didn’t like drawing attention to herself, which was why he could barely hear the sound of hooves behind him.
“I’m fine, Fluttershy. I thought I saw a huge black dragon in the sky, then after I shook my head and looked back up, the dragon was gone. You scared me a little when you said hello."
"O-oh, dear... I'm sorry I scared you, I didn't really think I could scare somepony."
"It’s okay, Fluttershy, I forgive you.” Hardy said. Fluttershy was happy that he forgave her, she never meant to frighten him. Fluttershy shuddered, catching the attention of the Hardy.
“Fluttershy, are you okay? You seemed to shudder when I mentioned the dragon.” He said. He was worried about Fluttershy and wanted to make sure she was okay.
“I’m fine, Hardy. It’s that when I was a filly, my father didn’t allow me to fly around the house. He told me a dragon would eat me if that happened.” Explained Fluttershy. Hardy wondered how it was possible that he could see her fear of dragons, he was going to ask her mother about this.
“I had a dream that your mother spoke to me, I saw a memory of you as a filly. You and your mother were listening to a music box, it sounded bittersweet. I watched as your mother struggled to say to remember that I love you before going silent. You started to cry and I saw you covered in blood. A dark figure approached you then the memory faded. She told me it was how you saw your father when he became abusive towards you. I then promised her that I’d reunite you with her, I gave her my word.” He explained. Fluttershy was speechless, she wondered how her mother spoke to him in a dream. She felt a mix of emotions and she started to sniffle.
“Fluttershy, please don’t cry. I’m sorry.” He said before embracing her in a hug. Fluttershy wiped away her tears and smiled.
“Hardy, I don’t know what to say. Pinkie told me about how you had nightmares because of your own father, he killed your mother and Bellamena. And you avenged them and brought them back. It'll make me the happiest pony in Equestria to see my mother again.” Fluttershy explained, she hugged him back.