Fluttershy yawned and reached her hooves to the ceiling upon her awaking. Her small cottage was dark even the sky outside seemed not yet ready to spring up. She looked around and saw nothing but sleeping animals and furniture. She smiled at picture perfect sight and patted down her frizzy hair and stumbled out of her bed and onto the cold hard tile floor. She stepped, then tip-toed her way into the kitchen and opened her new cupboards, curiosity of Applejack and Rarity. She grabbed a glass and quickly it shattered on the floor giving off a echo around the silent cottage. Chastising herself for her mistake she scooped up the bits and pieces and threw them into the trash. This time she bite down on a plastic mug and poured her sweat tea. Before taking a heavenly sip she invited her stale air of her cottage into her lungs and almost choked. She opened up her kitchen window and let in the cold Autumn air flow in. She looked towards the vast distance and smiled as the sun peeked over the mountains, almost greeting her.
She took another breath of air and was satisfied with the clean moist air. She grabbed a book and sat on in her chair and sighed a great comforting sigh. Not five pages in her mind drifted on what the day will bring, a race with Dash ? a adventure with Twilight ? or perhaps a picnic with all her friends ? her sank in her with the thought. Another ten pages passed when her sight drifted towards the sleeping Angle on the rug next to her. Her mind snapped at the idea for her little friend. A grand breakfast perhaps ? She put down her book and quickly trotted outside into her garden which held many flowers and vegetables all able to eat with great delight. She pondered for many minutes on how she would cook and what. Her eyes snapped towards a very large ripe carrot just begging to be seen. With great haste she pulled it from the ground and raised it up high for inspection. Memorizing was the vegetable with royal a orange splendor. She thought if she was a carrot she would marry this one in particular, wait that was stupid. ( and France is stupid for writing that ). Fluttershy's mind raced with carrot based food. A warm stew ? a cake ? how about juice ? What a beautiful thought !
* Slice *
The great carrot split in half and a gleaming dagger stuck in her arm. A shadow dashed from the sun flowers donning a black hood and red handled dagger. Before she saw any blood her body froze and she fell hard on her back. As the pony seemed to have trouble getting threw the dandelions, sneezing and coughing up a fit. She crawled towards her lonely home but only rough wood met her back. She screamed as loud as she could, but was as loud as a pin drop. The pony rubbing pollen mixed with snot from her face focused back on Fluttershy, then smiled. She ran with her horn aimed at Fluttershy's heart.
'' Ugh ! '' The hooves stopped hitting the ground and Fluttershy looked up from her tears. A dark figure in a white hood stood up with a bloody hoof. His eyes looked like that of a owls, wide and glowing bright yellow. He pulled the limp body of the would be killer on his back and nudged to the destroyed rose bush. He trotted over to her and pulled out the dagger and slipped it into his robe. Then he pulled out two bottles of medicine and wraps and handed it over to the crying mare. His mouth stayed stiff and unresponsive even with the sight of Fluttershy. No sign of happiness or care, but she was glad all the same. He cleaned the wounds and packed her hoof tight, when the job was done his mouth slightly curled but soon faded away. He nodded towards her and jumped from her garden and over the fence and into the forest with just two leaps. Fluttershy held her hoof tight and her heart pulsed as she starred at the white wood disappearing into the thicket.
. . .
'' Hey . . .you could you spend the night with me tonight ? I think sompony's are stealing my flowers '' Fluttershy said over the phone shaking in a small ball in the corner of the room.
She had repeated this lie five times with five of her friends and they all said sure and that they would be over soon. She had sat in her room for the past 24 hours scared out of her mind of the outside world. She could not get the image of the yellow eyes of that silent stallion out of her mind. Why would anypony want to hurt her ? what had she done to earn such hate ? She gazed towards the picture of her parents who were long since departed. She took comfort in their faces but looked away as the her throat became sore and dry.
KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK . . . Fluttershy jumped at the light tapping of the door and slowly rose up and peeked threw the door peep hole. Her five friends with looks so nonchalant it was almost unreal, their faces were distorted by the glass. She took a deep gasp of ever unwelcoming dry air and unlocked her many chains.
'' Where is this thief Fluttershy ? he better keep away if I'm here '' said Rainbow dash sporting a determined smirk.
'' Don't worry Fluttershy we'll bring this thief to justice '' chimed in Twilight. Dash gave a sigh of annoyance and headed inside with her friends.
'' Oh darling what is wrong with your hoof !? '' gasped Rarity as she examined her friends wrapped up hoof.
'' Oh it's nothing just the roses scratched me is all '' Fluttershy blurted out allowed, trying to cover up her lie.
Her friends gave quizzical looks but shrugged it off. Pinkie pie rolled in her cannon just in case if anypony got the '' party fever ''. Applejack sat next to Fluttershy and helped stitch her wound. two maybe three hours passed by and Rainbow dash did not leave her self appointed look out station over the garden.With a weary mind Fluttershy took a seat next to her. After hours of watching the garden Rainbow dash's eyes staid still but twitched ever so slightly.
'' Thanks Dash it means, ugh . . .dash ? '' Fluttershy softly touched her friends head and Dash slumped over and dropped her head in her arms.
Fast asleep. Fluttershy sighed and went into the back room, her friends laid asleep in colorful sleeping bags. Fearful of windows she pulled her sleeping bag under a coffee table and lied down next to the hearth. She drifted into a land of her own filled with cute little animals and breezies. Vast blue rivers and high green trees with flowers blooming in the fields. Her friends and all of ponyvile dancing and spreading nice words with each other. She sat in a rocking chair that stood over a vast green and blue ocean sea with a light breeze and warming sun. Her dreams were dashed when a crunch of ash was heard in the hearth.
She covered her drooling mouth as a dark hooded stallion shook off the dust on his coat and looked around the cottage for his target. He pulled out a long slender dagger with a emerald hilt. He sniffed the air like a dog, his mouth contorted into a sick smile and he stabbed a nearby pillow. Feathers spewed all around the room and he angrily swiped them away, slashing the air wildly. He grumbled and spat on the floor and looked around again, shifting along the living room. Fluttershy's heart raced nearly thumping out of her chest and bouncing on the floor. Sweat beaded down her face as her would be killer walked into the kitchen where Dash was. She wanted to move to help her friend but hear burning cut said otherwise. The hood drew nearer and nearer to Dash, raising his dagger to her back. Her mind bounced around too what he was going to do to her, she threw her hooves out from the coffee table and with weak knees she tapped him on the shoulder. A choking mist surrounded the cottage and coughing was heard all around. Several violent shuffles and a sicking snap erupted around her. A spray of blood and dust flew on her face and she fell to the floor trying to rub the substance off her face.
She tried to crawl to somewhere she could see but found nothing but scattered furniture. She held tightly on a coffee table and starred shaking in the darkness. Suddenly she was scooped up like a sack of potatoes and slung on some strangers back. She nearly fainted at this until the sound of glass breaking stole her. They tumbled out and landed in some bushes but her thief merely shook it off. This strange being moved like a shadow, not caring for her neatly crafted yard. The shade threw Fluttershy in a canoe and the boat flew down the river. With the frogs singing songs in her hears Fluttershy shot up expecting a grim faced attacker. But to her surprise it was a pair of yellow eyes starring back at her. His white hood ruffled and with drops of what must of been blood coated his blank face. She etched herself towards the edge of the canoe and took a deep gulp as the water seemed her only way out.
'' Don't make me swim '' he said looking at her dipping hoof in the water. His voice scared her, he seemed like a stern parent. She smiled and sat back in the canoe and awkwardly looked around not wanting to look into his eyes. They remained like that for many minutes. If not for the circumstances the warm air and singing frogs would be very calming to her.
'' I hope i'm not being rude or anything but, ugh . . .where are we going ? '' she asked imagining the many ways he could '' dispose '' of her. His head snapped back as if he was woken up from a deep dream.
'' Somewhere safe, but not your home. It's too dangerous to go back '' he spoke again, sending shivers down her body.
Her mind ran away from his voice and slammed into worry upon worry. What about her animals ? her friends ? Oh no her friends !?! what if there were more of them !?! her mind screamed as her body sank down into the canoe. A slight frown twitched on the ends of his mouth but quickly faded away. He looked to the dancing stars above and back down at her and looked back at the frogs trying to follow them.
'' You need not worry, for you are safe '' he said with face being pressed against his hood distorting his features.
She had hopped to laugh at his sarcasm but realized that he was serious. The moon waved in the sky and it seemed that her '' rescuer '' was entranced by it, and again he looked like he was in a dream far from the world around. Suddenly The boat jerked to a stop and she almost fell in the green, trashy water. A large red stone swear gate starred at them with very a unwelcoming hue of black inside. The stranger stepped onto the stone platform and held out his hoof. Surprised at his gesture she hesitantly took it and followed him into the darkness. He lite a lantern and held it tight as they descended inwards. If she was braver she would of knocked him out and ran, but alas it was not to be. Soon after they came upon a heavy dark and looming metal door with a strange emblem carved into it. He knocked three times, two high and one low. And then three times fast. After a moment of defining silence a pair of ruby red eyes shot behind the opening. At the sight of the alien Fluttershy the eyes became wide and it's movements became frantic.
The door sung open and the two were greeted to a thin, muscular stallion in a hood with a pale yellow coat. He couldn't take his eyes off her and a rather infatuated grin in his eyes and hunger in them.
'' Ha ! you've found her brother ! who was in your way ? how to many did you kill ? '' he couldn't stop moving, his teeth barred like that of a wolf.
'' Silence brother, we shall meet when the master arrives '' the stranger waved off his brother and moved onto the chamber.
Her eyes were blued to the architecture, red and black walls lined the interior with chipped marble columns gracing the walls. Her gaze shifted to seven or so white marble statues that all looked eerily similar to the stranger and his brother. A tall gaunt stallion in reds robes with a white hood trotted out onto the floor and dropped his many books he had floating over his head. He ran ( as best he could ) towards the trio and hugged Fluttershy, nearly cutting off her blood flow. He stepped back and with tears in his eyes pulled down his hood. A distant ginger mane fell on his shoulders and a pale red beard smiled at her. She was confused at his gesture and how emotional he was getting even at the sight of her. She was about to ask who he was and why she was here when he put a hoof on her pink mane and ruffled it.
'' I haven't seen you since you were a little filly '' . . .