//------------------------------// // A shattered heart // Story: I heard what you said... // by DisharmonyandChaos //------------------------------// Sadness, chills, violent shaking, anger, and hate. These emotions were tearing into Fluttershy like the claws of an angry grizzly bear. These emotions brewed into an aggressive case of pre-depression, which would soon evolve into the real deal if not dealt with soon. Fluttershy's crying did not cease to become more severe with every passing moment, the viciousness of her crying made it more and more difficult to breathe properly. "I-I-I-I Ca-Cant believe she said A-A-All those things!" She coughed and gagged on her saliva and lack of breath in her lungs. Her animal friends were trying to do what they could to help calm her down, but it was to no avail she was too sad for them to do anything at all. All they could really do, was let this blow over. A stiff cold feeling slowly began to over take her, making her shaking even worse then they already were. Fluttershy's crying slowly began to stop, only because she cried so hard she couldn't anymore, and she was beginning to suffocate so she managed to suck it down long enough to be able to catch her breath. After a few minutes, she dragged herself off of the couch and managed to stand on her hoofs, legs all shaky from her depression. She grabbed some tissue angel and kindly brought over to her, blowing her snout and wiping her eyes. A knock at the door however managed to change her mood..or at least mask it anyway. "Fluttershy, y'all alright? I saw ya runnin' home with tears in your eyes earlier today ah just wanna see if everything is alright.." It was Applejack, Fluttershy completely forgot that Applejack has a stand in town, she clearly saw what had happened. Fluttershy had to play it off, she didn't want anypony to know what happened. It would simply cause too much trouble. She wiped her face as best she could, trying to wipe away the dried up tears that stained her face. Walking over to the door, Fluttershy opened it up taking a deep breath. "Hi Applejack.." "You alright sugarcube? You were cryin' pretty hard not too long ago." "I'm just fine Applejack..thanks for the concern though." "You SURE nothing is up? You wanna talk about it?" Applejack put her hoof on her shoulder. "There's nothing wrong, or anything to talk about..i promise." She gave a gentle smile to reassure Applejack, even though the smile was completely fake. "Pinkie Pie promise?" There was a long pause, nopony has EVER broken a Pinkie Pie promise. Just thinking about the consequences are enough to scare anypony and this terrified Fluttershy. "Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." Fluttershy had just done the unthinkable, established a false Pinkie Pie promise. It was more then enough to convince Applejack though. "Well, alright then. Ill get outta your mane, take care Fluttershy!" Applejack smiled with satisfaction, turned around and trotted off back to her market stall..its not a good idea to leave Applebloom in charge of it. After the door shut behind her, Fluttershy began to grasp the gravity of what she had just done. Not only did she just tell a lie, but lied with a Pinkie Pie promise! "O-Oh dear...what have i done?" This only made her feel worse, now she was a liar and in trouble with Pinkie Pie. She can figure out practically anything, she'd no doubt figure this out in a jiff. Fluttershy slowly walked towards the stairs, she felt simply horrible. Today was started so wonderfully and has now become perhaps one of the worst days of her life. Walking up the stairs and collapsing in her bed. A few moments of thought is all it took for her to begin crying again. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ It was dark, and empty. A lone spotlight on our yellow pony who was all alone in this mysterious place. She didn't know where she was. "H-Hello? Is anypony here?" Her voice echoed throughout the room. Fluttershy was too confused and frightened to get up and walk around, she just looked into the darkness surrounding her. Growing more scared with every passing second. The silence is broken with the sound of laughter, very demeaning laughter. The spotlight surrounding Fluttershy expanded, revealing what looked like a seemingly endless crowd of ponies all laughing at one thing, her. Her eyes darted all around, looking at various ponies she knew. Lyra, Bon-Bon, Cheerilee, Roseluck. Fluttershy was heartbroken once more. "St-Stop it! Stop laughing at me!" She shouted at the crowd, cowering down and covering her ears. The crowd did not stop, but only grew louder. Fluttershy clenched her eyes shut, hoping to make it all go away by ignoring it. But when she opened her eyes again the sight was simply too horrible to bare. Her friends, Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Twilight, and of course Rainbow Dash. All laughing at her, pointing and laughing. There was only one thing left to do, scream. Fluttershy awoke in a cold sweat, panting heavily and tangled in her bed cover. It was the dead of night, probably around midnight or later. Normally she'd go right back to sleep but that nightmare got her thinking about the rest of her friends. Do they make fun of her behind her back? Tell mean jokes and mock her when she's not around? She didn't wanna believe it but was so hurt...she couldn't help but think that they were. She laid her head back against the pillow, wide awake Fluttershy stared at the ceiling She continued to do this until morning, a morning that would be greeted by a new Fluttershy, a Fluttershy nopony had ever met...