The ending of a May-Eternity romance. A moment destined to come yet unspoken of. A life dwindling and dying away, but a love shining brighter than ever. This is a one-shot written on a whim.

Fluttershy disappears into the Everfree Forest. Her friends, led by an incredibly concerned Pinkie Pie, search for her tirelessly. But her motives for leaving without a trace are unbeknownst to them.

This is based on Swallow the Sun's song "Plague of Butterflies", but in prose form.

Twilight Sparkle awakens in Canterlot, to her confusion, and finds no means of contacting her friends back in Ponyville. Perplexed, she seeks out the Princess for advice, but finds herself finding more questions than answers. What starts as a simple issue of waking up in the wrong bed becomes...