A prior warning: you may not like what you read in this story.

The calamity that had befallen the nation was absolute. The death toll was staggering; the devastation, absolute. In a single night the sovereign head of state was lost, and all successors likewise brought low. Of the elemental bearers, only one managed to survive. And while the names of the five who had perished are now forever commemorated upon the monumental shrine at the heart of the town of Twilight, only four were ever physically confirmed as having been lost. The last one, the bearer of the element of kindness, while assumed dead was never found. What became of her has never been uncovered, and for many it will remain a curious phenomenon, full of speculation and rumor...

The truth of the ultimate fate of the Pegasus known as Fluttershy is no less tragic than that which had befallen the people of Equestria, and in many ways it might be considered worse for what truly occured. But to know what truly happened to her, one must also hear the harrowing tale of an all but unheard of conflict which took place the night of Gho’Zra’s rampage – the so called ‘Battle of the Bloody Timbers’…

This short story takes place within the same timeline as "Born of Rage", occurring between the chapters "Roaring Storm Clouds" and "Blackest Day".