Fluttershy woke up slowly, with a refreshed look on her face. It had been her first real sleep in almost two years. She noticed her room was in slight disarray from the years of unattended animals living here. It would be fixed later but Fluttershy was glad that her animals had made themselves at home.
Fluttershy peered out her window. It was still night outside. Did she really sleep for only a few hours? Or did she sleep through the whole day? What if it had been more than a day? That would be awful! Fluttershy couldn't bear knowing she had made her friends wait another day worrying about her, just so she could get some sleep. Fluttershy hurried downstairs to leave.
"Welcome back Fluttershy!" Pinkie Pie squealed.
All of Fluttershy's friends were in her living room. So was just about everypony she knew form Ponyville. "Welcome back after two years of being gone Fluttershy!" was written across one of the many banners in her living room.
Another one of Pinkies parties. Fluttershy shrunk back, eyes wide. It had literally been years since she had seen so many ponies, much less any of her friends. Fluttershy was utterly speechless. Pinkie Pie, however, was not.
"Two years ago you went missing and everypony was really sad, and so were your animals, and we sent out search parties which aren't as fun as normal parties, but then nopony could find you and then I was like "aww" but then Angel bunny found me last night and then he made all sorts of silly gestures and took me back to your house and I saw you in bed and I was like gasp and then I had to throw this party for you!"
Pinkie Pie gasped for breath from her long winded explanation.
Everypony was shocked. They had all assumed Pinkie was off her rocker for throwing a party for a disappeared pony while refusing to explain exactly why, but had all came anyways out of respect for their lost friend. There was a pregnant pause. Twilight Sparkle mustered up the courage to break it, saying "Everypony, my friends and I would like to speak with Fluttershy alone for a few minutes."
After hurrying into the kitchen all of Fluttershy’s friends tried to talk to her at once. A few moments later they all realized that they were overloading Fluttershy with questions and paused, except for Pinkie who continued for slightly longer.
"And then I found a mush- Oh..."
Rainbow Dash broke the silence this time. "Fluttershy" her voice cracked, "Soon after you went missing, Steven Magnet let us know that you had been attending to a nearly drowned faun. How did you go from that to missing for over two years"?
“Well, um.” Fluttershy paused and glanced at the ground.
“When the faun came I couldn't imagine that it had come very far. I fixed his car and went back with him to see the animals where he lived, and make sure he got back safely -".
Fluttershy told them everything. How the faun had came to her. How she was eager to see all the wonderful creatures that were surely only a few kilometers away. She lamented being trapped in the darkness for almost two years. She almost cried when she explained how Chris Sawyer had resigned on his escape. Twilight in particular was fascinated by the magics of the ride and park. Shortly after the explanation Twilight left the room to have Spike send a letter to Princess Luna, who was currently reigning over the night court.
They couldn't allow this to happen again to anypony else. What if somepony else shared Fluttershy's fate? What if someone never got off? Soon authorization to rescue those trapped fauns came from Princess Luna through Spike. Twilight Sparkle, her friends, and Spike began preparations to liberate those poor souls who had been trapped on MR BONES WILD RIDE.