Fluttershy, the Elemental Bearer of Kindness, is been invited by the new alicorn princess and her friend, Twilight Sparkle, to witness a new teleportation spell by her own friend, in which the spell must be hitting a pony or an object in order to be successful. She reluctantly agrees and move towards the Golden Oaks Library.
-Golden Oaks Library-
"Hello Twilight." Fluttershy said when she enters the library. Twilight was waiting for her.
"Oh hello Fluttershy! Are you excited to see my new spell?!" She said, with an uncomfortable smile in her face. Which deserved an uneasy look by her pegasi friend.
"Oh yes uhm....I'm very excited to witness it." Fluttershy replied. Twilight, pleased by her reply, got her into a seat and said:
"Okay this teleportation spell will allow anypony to cross Equestria without using small distance teleportation. In this case, unicorns and alicorns will have a much better chance to reach their destination with a single spell."
"Okay so how does it work Twilight?" Fluttershy asked, still uneasy about this.
"To make it work, I need something to test it. Spike, could you give me something to demonstrate to Fluttershy?" Twilight pleaded.
"Okay Twilight." Spike replied, zooming out to find something to be demonstrated. They waited for him to return, and when he does, he holds basically a mirror, and it was an old one. However, the mirror is, in Twilight's mind, the perfect candidate to be demonstrated.
"Okay Spike, put it right there." Twilight said, pointing her hoof at the wall. Reluctantly, Spike agreed, and carefully put the old mirror leaning against the wall.
"Okay everypony, stand back." Twilight commanded, making Fluttershy and Spike walk a few distance away between Twilight and the mirror. Twilight concentrated and charged her horn with the spell, pointing it directly at the mirror. She fired the spell, and expected to teleport the mirror elsewhere. But, something unexpected happened. To her utter horror, the spell just bounced from the object and was now heading towards Fluttershy. The pegasi only looked in horror unable to move from the projectile.
"FLUTTERSHY, LOOK OUT!" Twilight screamed as loud as she could to warn her friend, but it was too late. It hit her pegasus friend, and in an instant she was engulfed in a very violent bright white flash of light, blinding Twilight and Spike. And when the flash had settled, they slowly opened their eyes, only to reveal an unoccupied space, Fluttershy was gone. However, Twilight knew she could locate Fluttershy by using a very special tracking spell. She concentrated her magic with effort and persistence, but nothing happened. She couldn't feel Fluttershy's presence in Equestria anymore, meaning that she is gone forever. She lost her friend, and it was her fault. Spike could only watch the scenery mouth agape. He looked at Twilight, and saw regret and despair. At this time, Twilight did what was only left to do, she felt down and cried.
-Seven Years Later-
Seven years past since the incident, and everypony knew what happened. Rainbow Dash almost wanted to beat the hell out of Twilight for what she did. Pinkie didn't talked with her for weeks. Applejack though, felt sorry for her and was desperately trying to comfort her. Rarity didn't spoke a word, as she was to shocked to even speak. Although they were shocked, angry and sad to hear the news of what happened to the poor Fluttershy, they forgave the one who caused it, and this pony was Twilight Sparkle. They knew it was an accident and that they couldn't be mad at her forever. Today, it was Hearths Warming Eve in Ponyville, or the pony equivalent of Christmas. Ponies were smiling in the snow, including Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Rainbow Dash and Twilight. Few meters away was Applejack and Rainbow, each trowing snowballs at each other. Applejack though, noticed the look on her alicorn friend standing and looking at the snow beneath her.
"Heya Twi! What y'all doing today?" Applejack asked with concerned to the lavender alicorn.
"Oh nothing. It's just that I was just thinking about Fluttershy." Twilight replied with sorrow. But instead of hate words, she was hugged by her dearest friends, knowing it was just an accident.
"Come on egghead! It was just an accident!" Rainbow said in effort to comfort her. However, another question came to her mind."Where could Fluttershy be?" Rainbow Dash asked. However, before Twilight could answer, a sudden flash of light blinded them and the surrounding ponies, creating a tear, a portal of somewhat. When they open their eyes, a pony shaped body could be seen inside the portal. And when it crossed the portal completely, they could see the pony perfectly. The pony was dressed elegantly with a black and red dress of an alien type with a hood, that made her or his eyes unseen. Having a sword which made the ponies shiver, and boots. However, it didn't cover the ponies wings, yellow muzzle and pink mane. The guards, who were there in that time, came to defend the princess by surrounding the mysterious pony, only to see the portal just vanish. One of the guards asked the pony:
"Who are you? What are your intents!? Speak!" The pony slowly turned is gaze at him with its hood still on, making the guard shiver in fear by that presence alone.
"My presence is not of your concern guard. Will you kindly put down your weapon please?" The pony begged calmly, that made the guard rather confused. The mane (5) knew that voice. However it seemed to have picked some assertiveness. Can this mysterious pony really be her? Can this pony really be Fluttershy? Is that mysterious pony really is their friend?
"Not a chance." The guard said, and when the guards broke the encirclement, he assaulted the pony with his sword. However, instead of dodging the sword, the pony just by instinct pulled out its own sword and contacted it with the guard's weapon. Furious, the guard just retracted the sword and swing it to the right, only to be dodged by the pony using a fighting technique in which the ponies don't knew. When the pony stood up, it just sheathed its sword back and said:
"Fighting you will just be a waste of time. I must go back to my house. And don't follow me anyways." The pony said, moving towards the Everfree Forest, but because of curiosity, the Mane 6, now Mane 5, followed the mysterious pony.
-Fluttershy's Cottage-
Fluttershy's Cottage was just at the edge of the Everfree Forest, and although the original owner is gone for seven years, Discord the Spirit of Chaos, got the cottage in nice and tidiness and making friends with the animals as well. Today, he was sitting with a cup of coffee, still worried about his little Fluttershy.
'Oh my Fluttershy. Where are you now?' He asked in his thought. However, his thoughts were interrupted when a sudden opening of the door which made him jolt out of his couch. When the door fully opened, he could see a fully hooded pony with a weapon on it's back which made Discord shiver.
"Why hello there Discord, I see you keep my cottage nice and tidy. It's a shame I didn't even seen you for seven years." The pony said, making Discord's eyes-widened. This mysterious hooded pony, was in fact the long lost Fluttershy.
"Why Fluttershy, where have you been?" He asked, hugging the absent mare. Fluttershy just returned the hug and said:
"Oh nothing special." However, before Discord could reply, a voice came out and asked:
"Fluttershy? Is that you?" When they turned their attention to the door, they could see her friends standing in front of her front door. Letting out a sigh, Fluttershy lifted her hood, revealing her face to her friends. However she changed from the past seven years. She now had a scar on her left eye. Her eyeball was still intact though, the scar only made her more fierce looking.
"It's me girls." She said while smiling, making the Mane 6 whole again.
They all smiled at their sight, Fluttershy was here and safe. They all ran and hugged their friend like they never did. It has been seven years since they had a group hug, and it was a relief for everypony.
"Where have you been?" Rainbow Dash asked, as tears of joy came down her cheek.
"Maybe tomorrow, I think I just got busy when I have this." Fluttershy replied, revealing a necklace with a strange symbol on it.
"No Fluttershy, reveal your story today. After all, it's morning." Discord suggested, making Fluttershy sigh in defeat.
"Okay, I will tell you my story when we'll walk towards Twilight's library." Fluttershy said, and the eight of them started walking towards town, with Fluttershy wearing her hood again.
"What's your story darling?" Rarity asked, excited to hear what happened to her.
"Alright. If you want to listen, it started seven years ago, after Twilight's accidental spell incident...." Fluttershy started, making her friends eagerly to listen to her story.