Shattered inside

---Twilights Castle---

The alicorn had asked Fluttershy to come over. Since she knew about Dashs way of dealing with mental pain, she needed to discuss what had happened last night with her.

Sipping her tea, Fluttershy was listening to what Twilight was telling her.
"...and it got me worried, so I flew to her house. And I guess I came just on time. She said something about not deserving to live. This is crazy! And then I tried to comfort her in any way I could. But no matter what I tried, nothing seemed to get through! It's.. it's like she wasn't there.. I mean, she Was there, but.. Only physically. Her mind seemed to be so far gone... she cried the whole time. She cried herself to sleep. I only left early in the morning after I got rid of each and every sharp objects in her entire house!"

Twilight levitated her cup over and drank from her tea to calm down.
Fluttershy had long put the tea cup down, being too shocked to keep holding it. She nodded and sighed.

"I know she always made the wrong choices. Always hurting herself further instead of just telling someone what happened. I guess her pride was just too big, even when she was just a filly. It was always embarrassing to her to just admit that she wasn't as 'fine' as she always made everyone around her believe."

Twilight nodded. "Yeah, that's Dash alright. That's why it felt like she was a completely different pony last night.. saying all those things.. it just didn't wasn't like her.."

Fluttershy nodded. "I know. She hides it well. The second you believe her, that she's okey, you're doomed. She won't tell you anything anymore. She shuts herself, her real self, away from you. Twilight, never make that mistake. She needs someone she can be honest with. Someone she can share her feelings with."

Twilight sat in silent for a moment, thinking. "What about you? Can't she tell you?"

Fluttershy sighed and shook her head. "I made that mistake a long time ago. I got her to stop cutting. But that just wasn't helping her get better. So when I thought she was getting better while she didn't self harm... she started hiding it from me too. And seeing how she is at it again and trusts you with this, you're her only chance right now."

Twilight felt uneasy about this. "But.. I can't do this on my own! I've never helped someone wit this kinda thing!"

"You did last night. But me and the girls are going to help you, of course. I'll have a talk with her the next time I see her, anyways. Can you tell me where she did it?"

Twilight sighed in relief. "Her left arm, on her wrist."

Fluttershy nodded.

Then they heard the door open and turned their heads to see who it was. To their luck it was exactly the Pegasus in question.

"Is.. this a bad time?" The cyan Pegasus asked hesitantly after seeing Fluttershy with Twilight in the room.

"No, of course not. Come inside." Twilight said. The Pegasus entered, joining her friends on the couch.

Awkward silence.

"So, Rainbow. You know we all trust and love you, right?" Fluttershy started, her eyes only staring at her tea cup.

"Yeah. Why?"

"Dash, I know you're at it again. I though you were over this." Fluttershy had a strangely hard voice.

"What? Of course I'm over it!"

Fluttershy almost glared at her, raising an eyebrow and grabbed the Pegasus wounded hoof.

"Or.. I was over it..." Dash added. Fluttershy let her go again.

"Rainbow. We are always here. You can always talk to us. And you know that. And yet you still rather talk to a knife. I'm disappointed."

"Fluttershy, maybe this isn't the right time-" Twilight tried to stop her.

"No, Twi. She's right. I am just a disappointment." Dash said, almost crying again and flew outside through a window.

Fluttershy felt a cold pit in her stomach at that reaction.

"..maaaybe it really wasn't the right time..." She and Twilight exchanged concerned glances before they tried to fly after their broken friend.