The small room blazed with yellow light. Fluttershy started to disappear. Fading out of existence. With a burst of light, she was gone, leaving nothing behind but a few pink butterflies, which flew around the room for a while before dissipating. The Fanfictions and the necklace weren't there as well. Good, they had gone back with her. My friend looked at me, and I looked back at him; a moment of understanding passing between us.

"So... you really weren't lying after all..."

"Yeah."

I stood up and helped him to his feet. He turned on the light.

"I thought you had gone crazy. Maybe even passing into insanity." he said.

"I'm not crazy or insane." I said defensively. I looked at the expression on his face, and knew what he has thinking. "Well..." I continued. "Maybe a little. But so are you. You can't deny that fact." We laughed. After a while, my friend looked straight at me, confusion flitting about on his face.

"Why did you send her back? You always said that having Fluttershy in real life would be amazing. So, why let her go?"

"She didn't belong here." I started. "You haven't been seeing her over the last few years. She was out-of-place in this world. She couldn't communicate with anyone, even with animals for a few years. Luckily I helped her out with that."

I walked over to a large window and looked out at the silhouettes of the trees, slightly swaying in the wind.

"It was for the best. This world is dying and it's full of terrible people, who do terrible things. This world is no place for a beautiful cartoon pony." I finished.

My friend put a hand on my shoulder.

"Do- Do you think Fluttershy loved you?"

"Obviously. She cares for everyone. That's her nature. She is the Element of Kindness after all."

"That's not what I meant..."

I sighed. When I said nothing, my friend continued.

"You were kissing Fluttershy when I entered weren't you? I just saw you kissing air. I saw you place your forehead against air as well. That was Fluttershy the entire time wasn't it?"

I nodded. My friend still wasn't done.

"The amount of emotion put into those last few moments... obviously she cared about you. More than the usual creature, I'd say."

I turned around and stared at my friend, who took a step backwards instinctively.

"All the facts point towards it." my friend continued.

I silenced him with a glare. I already knew. I just didn't want to talk about it... not much anyway.

"Fluttershy loved me. That only made our separation harder."

I didn't want to talk any more. I started to walk towards the door. My friend blocked my path.

"Did you love her?"

I pushed him to the side and opened the door. As I went through it, I looked over my shoulder at him. I pulled out the photo of me and Fluttershy and threw it over to him. He saw the picture, then turned it over and read the messages on the back He looked at me, and for once, I couldn't make out what he was thinking and feeling.

"What do you think?" I asked as I turned around and walked away.

My life will never be the same again. My family... dead. My life... terrible. It's been two years... two years since that situation. My friend calls everyday... he's supportive, but he can't feel the pain I feel. I can't go to sleep without shedding a tear over my dead family. It will a long, dark road to recovery. But in the ever-present darkness of my life, there will always be the yellow mare, who entered my life and changed it completely. Every time I see Fluttershy on the show, my heart leaps and I can't help but smile and think about the mare who was real, and who I helped return to her world. Her bright, colourful happy world; direct contrast to my own.

I can still feel it, you know... The tingle of Fluttershy's lips on mine. The tingle of the first and last kiss we shared. Its been 2 years since I sent her back to her world. My life hasn't improved much. People still believed I needed help, due to my family... Multiple therapists haven't been able to help me. After a while, I stopped going and seeking help entirely. I didn't really need it, as I was fine on my own for now. I've been watching My Little Pony over and over, looking at Fluttershy more than every other pony, imagining how she must be feeling right now. I wondered if she even remembered me. I hope she did, but I know that I can never communicate with her again. She was in a completely different world, maybe even in a different dimension to mine. I've looked for some sort of communication-like spell, but found nothing. So, here I sit, watching My Little Pony and thinking about life in general. Just a usual day for me. I pulled out the picture. Amazingly, it still didn't have any creases or marks on it, and the messages were just as readable as the day the were written. I read the messages once more, and then I put the picture back in my pocket, and then touched my necklace. The same necklace that I wore on Christmas Day 2 years ago and everyday since. The same necklace that hopefully still dangled around Fluttershy's neck.

Then, quite unexpectedly, a bright flash of white light blinded me. I threw up my arms in front of my eyes. When the light disappeared, I saw something floating in front of me. I blinked a couple times to clear my vision. It was a scroll, just like the ones that Twilight Sparkle and Princess Celestia use to send messages to each other. I stretched out a trembling hand and plucked the scroll out of the air. I unfurled it and started to read. As I read, I started to smile as I recognized the mouth writing. I ran out of the room once I had finished and grabbed a pen and some paper. I started to write. Once I had finished, I followed the instructions included in the scroll.

I placed my hand on the paper and muttered a few words. The paper disappeared. I sat down on the nearest chair and waited. A few minutes later, another bright flash of light appeared, with another scroll floating in mid-air. I grabbed it immediately, unfurled it, and started to read. I smiled.

My life is about to get a lot better.

She found a way to communicate with me again.

I have a pen pony.

Author's Note

Thanks for reading!
The sequel is below.
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/143515/seeing-yellow-the-return