Fluttershy looked at the goggles with faint fear. She had heard about these, and sometimes you went someplace with scary monsters!
She looked at Angel.
"A-are you sure I have to?" pleaded the pegasus.
Angel gave her an unimpressed look.
"W-well... okay. I'll try."
And with that, Fluttershy squeezed her eyes shut and reached out, fumbling for the light pink goggles.
She ended up tripping, and crashed into the table the goggles were resting on. She emitted a soft "eep" on impact.
Fluttershy took several seconds, then opened one eye just a tiny smidgen.
Angel looked even more unimpressed, then pointed very firmly to her flank. Fluttershy looked behind her. It seemed that the goggles had flipped upwards, soared over her head, and landed on her flank perfectly.
Angel gave her a flat stare.
"Okay... you sure?"
The rabbit rolled his eyes.
Fluttershy sighed, and very slowly put the pair of pink goggles on, squeezing her eyes shut as soon as she knew she had them. Upon reaching her face, she peeked through one eye for just a second, then quickly shoved the goggles onto her face.
She quickly curled into a ball as soon as the light pink bodysuit began to appear on her body, and shivered as the glowing tapestry began to weave itself over her.
As she began to fade into the virtual world, she firmly clamped her eyes and mouth shut, barely holding herself together.
Angel watched until the pink bodysuit became a shell-seeming capsule, protecting her physical body while she entered the virtual world.
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Fluttershy came in standing, knees trembling. A pink portal hovered lightly in front of her. Her blue eyes wandered to the portal, then squeezed shut once more.
PLEASE PLACE YOUR HOOF WITHIN THE PORTAL
Fluttershy squeaked, dropped to the ground, and covered her face with her hooves.
The pink portal hovered over to her, and extended a tendril of pink energy to lightly tap the terrified pegasus.
Fluttershy eeped, and buried herself farther into her hooves.
The portal seemed to sag a little, then turned until it was facing the floor, and lowered itself onto her.
Soon, a yellow pony with a short pink mane and tail formed in front of her.
"Hello," she whispered in a voice that would be soft at any volume. "My name is Butterfly."
Fluttershy peeked up a little, then whispered in a tiny, tiny voice, "I'm Fluttershy..."
Butterfly smiled and sat down next to Fluttershy, curling one hoof around her.
"Don't worry. It'll be okay. It'll be okay," Butterfly murmured as she gently stroked Fluttershy's mane. "It'll all be okay."