Fading Shy

  It was a cold blizzard in Equestria and everyone decided to stay in their homes until it was over, it was almost as bad as Hearthwarming Eve. Anthony sat at his window watching the snow fall, he sighs, worried about Fluttershy. He walks into his room and lays down on his bed and pulls the covers over him, and falls into a deep sleep. The blizzard lasted two whole days, and everybody was recovering from it quickly, the Pegasuses were clearing the skies, the Earth Ponies were clearing the snow off the ground, and the Unicorns were disposing of dead branches, Anthony saw no sign of Fluttershy. Usually she would wake up in the morning and meet him at the park so they could walk around town, and talk and have some fun but she didn't show up. Anthony then became worried and decided to go check on her.

  He walks over to her house and knocks on the door. No answer. He knocks on the door again, this time a bit louder. "Fluttershy, you awake?" He calls through the door. Still no answer. He then decides to slowly open the door, and peak inside, he sees all of the animals around her bed. Oh no. He thought. He pushed the door wide open and ran towards her bed. She was lying there coughing, he began to tear up. He's seen Fluttershy sick before, but he's never seen her this bad. Angel was sitting next to her comforting her, he then looks at Anthony worriedly. Anthony looks at Angel and then back at Fluttershy, she slowly opens her eyes and looks at Anthony. "Oh... Hi Anthony." She said trying to smile. "Shh Flutters, how are you feeling?" He asked concerned. "I'm... I'm not feeling so well. I feel like... like I'm-" Anthony covered her mouth before she could say the last word. "No! Don't say that, don't think like that Flutters." He began to call her Flutters after a few weeks of them knowing each other, he still remembers how cute she looked when she blushed the first time he called her that. "Anthony," She said putting a hoof on his cheek, "we all know it's true. We just have to accept that fact. We've all have to die someday." She said to him calmly. "No! I can't... I can't loose you! I don't want to loose you! PLEASE Flutters, don't die on me." Anthony began to cry.

  He couldn't accept the fact that Fluttershy was going to die, she was the only one that truly knew him. She knew his emotions, she understood him. "Could you close the door?" She asked. He turned around to see the door wide open, he hadn't noticed that he had left the door open when he ran towards her. He closed the door and the walked back over to Fluttershy and lied down on the bed next to her. He pulled her closer to him and pulled the covers over them and then wrapped his arms around her, keeping her as warm as possible. She put her head on his shoulder and held him tighter. "I'm not gonna let you die Flutters. I will do whatever it takes to keep you alive. You can count on that." He tells her reassuring her.