It was a heavily rainy day in Ponyville, Equestria.
Pear Jam (or P.J, as he was known to his friends) sat in his bedroom, gazing at the rain plastered to his window, feeling sorry for himself and down in the dumps. He often felt this way when he wasn’t in good company; he didn’t like to be alone.
When left alone, he became more trapped in his own head, causing an undesired panic attack at the worst of times. His family genetics were a real curse on a bad day like today.
Suddenly, P.J’s heart began to beat irregularly, he started breathing rapidly, taking short bursts of breaths, sweating profusely.
“No, no, no, not again…”
He tried to take slow, deep breaths, like his therapist had advised him. When that failed to work, he thought of the only other pony who could help him calm down – his partner, Aria Crown.
P.J frantically grabbed a quill and scroll, in the process messing up his desk, and scribbled a message to his partner.
“Aria, I’m having a panic attack again… I need you here… please, I can’t manage this alone…”
P.J, shaking and sweating, stuffed the scroll haphazardly into the magic letterbox he had at his bedside. He paced around his room, heart racing, hoping his partner would get to him quickly enough before things got worse.