Underground

"Fluttershy...?"

Spike shivered.

The yellow pegasus was standing in a tunnel entry, her face mostly hidden within the shadows.

All around, there were horribly, screeching noises. The animals - the few who had followed them into their hiding place - were going wild. They'd had to restrain them. And yet Fluttershy was standing in this sea of madness like a rock. Silent. Seemingly lifeless. But for the first time in days, she was standing on her own feet.

"Are you feeling better...?"

"...Go away, please."

"But..."

"...I'll never be alright. But I can't afford to be dragged along like a broken doll anymore. I need to be alone now. No words, please. No help."

And so he huried back into the tunnel from which he had come.