A friend returning home after a long absence is something to be celebrated, isn't it? In other circumstances, Rainbow Dash would be delighted that Fluttershy is back after almost a year away, but all she has are questions; questions and dark, disturbing thoughts that she'd rather not delve into. The most important one being, "How could I not have known what was happening all this time?"
Wow, that was really sad. But also kind of sweet? I'm mostly surprised at how... together Fluttershy seemed. Still, this was good!
This was a lot better than the average story I happen to click on in the new stories feed. Really tough subject that you handled very well here.
Great work! You conveyed Dash's emotions really well. I featured this on episode 249 of my podcast, Pony 411.
That was a good read. Goddamn. Thanks for writting this wonderful fic. It was truly an emotional journey.
This was amazingly deep, and I am with Dash that what the changelings did was beyond reprehensible, and nothing about it was the act of a mere predator trying to get its next meal, this is predatory in a completely different and horrifying way.
In any case, I would love to see an expanded story on the year-long incursion, or the aftermath where Twilight takes this information to Princess Celestia and Luna.
Oh wow, this....this hurts.
Nice work.