One and a half years later Chris Sawyer and Fluttershy ascended out of the tunnel and saw the blinding light of day again. They came off the ride ragged, hungry and thirsty beyond what they had previously though possible. They didn’t feel or look much older in age, but they felt and thought centuries older in mind. “THE RIDE NEVER ENDS” boasted a sign accompanied by a statue of Mr. Bones.
Chris was OK with that now. MR BONES WILD RIDE was his favorite ride in the whole park. The other rides had long been forgotten, this was certainly his favorite. After entering the tunnel he never spoke a word or did anything for the rest of the ride. As always he had wanted to get off, but he had appreciated that MR BONES WILD RIDE was one of the safest rides in the park, excellently landscaped, and free to ride. As he left he followed the only path from the exit, which went directly to the entrance. He reentered the queue after seeing that there was nowhere else to go. He began to wait patiently in line for MR BONES WILD RIDE.
Fluttershy exited the ride sobbing. She had wanted to go on a daytrip, not to be trapped in a tunnel for over a year. Every day in that dark tunnel she had lamented for the animals and friends she missed dearly. No matter what she would do her faun companion had never said anything during the ride. Her long dried eyes could give no more than a few tears. Yet she wasn't dying of thirst, a fact which she felt both disturbed and grateful for.
Weakly she ran off in the park fields, looking for a less terrifying way home. Out of nowhere a large statue of Mr. Bones appeared, obstructing her path. Fluttershy was paralyzed with fear. More statues of Mr. Bones appeared, surrounding her. A long pause later and a sign materialized within an instant. It read only "HOPE YOU ENJOYED".
Another sign materialized containing only the words "MR BONES WILD RIDE".
"EXIT AHEAD" a new sign concluded.
A few moments later a path appeared. Fluttershy squeaked in delight, eager to get away from the horrible contraption that had eaten away years of her life, and pleased that Mr Bones understood what she wanted. She pushed her now even more frail body to it's limits. Anything was good. Anything would do nicely. Anything as long as it wasn't MR BONES WILD RIDE.
The path went underground. Fluttershy didn't pay it any mind. The path twisted and turned like no other she had ever been on. Again she payed it no heed. Soon she was at the exit of the tunnel. This was it! Soon she would be returning home. She exited the tunnel. The ride was there. It was taunting her with it's presence. She looked to her right and saw a statue of Mr. Bones with a sign. "MR BONES SAYS THE RIDE NEVER ENDS".
This sick location only appeared to mock Fluttershy. She had realized why back at the park that there was a strange magic about MR BONES WILD RIDE. A malicious, evil, magic. She had to leave.
She was dismayed, but then she remembered something that Iron Will once told her. "You laugh at me I wrath at you!" Fluttershy's gaze hardened, she turned around and started to take off.
Before she could get more then a meter off the ground a statue of Mr. Bones materialized. As she tried to fly around it she read "MR BONES SAYS THE RIDE NEVER ENDS".
Dull metal pincers materialized out of thin air, snatched her out of the air, and carried her back to the ride. She started to speculate to the magic of the park, and of Mr. Bones. However these would best be questions left for Twilight Sparkle, her bookish friend. She braced herself as she neared the ride.
As soon as she was free Fluttershy barreled forward into the tunnel of the ride. Yet again a floating pincer materialized and then picked her up and carried her back to the ride entrance. Fluttershy now knew that flying would be out of the question.
Fluttershy’s eyes sparkled with exhilaration as she entered the line. Some of the first cars of the last train had just returned. There was a long line of shambling riders, and she needed to be first for her plan to work. "Cut in line, I'll take whats mine!" Fluttershy pushed guests away left and right as she galloped to the front.
The guests did not object to her cutting. Fluttershy managed to get into the first car before it launched. This time she did not seat herself like the faun as she had done before, rather this time she was standing straight up with her rear hooves resting on the seat. The restraining bar fell down. She gazed at the statues of Mr. Bones as she passed by.
As soon as she was in the tunnel she started to fly as hard as she possibly could. Braced by the restraints, the car slowly kept accelerating. She tried hard. She tried harder then when she was a filly at flight school. She tried harder then when she was trying to catch Applejack heat of the desert, or when she pursued a belligerent Rainbow Dash during Discords brief reign. She pushed herself until her car was going as fast as it possibly could.
Surrounded, perhaps even empowered, by the malicious magic surrounding herself Fluttershy felt no great fatigue. As long as Fluttershy propelled the car forward at a reasonable pace, she knew she would get back in considerably less time. She hoped that Mr Bones would not intervene.
A little more then half a month of near constant effort later did Fluttershy see the light of day again. She was overjoyed but now had her restrains to deal with. The Bridge over the river had been repaired, but only the rails really remained of it. She gulped, trying to muster courage for the last part of her plan.
“One.”
“Two.”
“Three!”
With all of her remaining strength Fluttershy stomped on the car's seat. It broke and she slipped out of the resulting hole just in time.
After getting what she felt was a safe distance away from the ride she grazed a light dinners worth of grass on the spot. She found a stream where she could drink from. She was free! Free at last!
She cheered in the air louder then she had ever done before. Soon she was back at her home on the outskirts of Ponyville. She realized how good actual sleep in an actual bed sounded to her. The magic of the horrid place now was no longer bothering her, but it wasn't supporting her either. Fluttershy ignored a protesting Angel bunny and how chaotic her home had become and went to her long unused bed. That night she would sleep well.