One morning, Derpy and Rainbow Dash came to wake up Fluttershy, because they were getting worried about her.

"Fluttershy? Fluttershy! Wake up!", Rainbow Dash said.

Then Fluttershy slowly woke up with tired eyes, oddly sweating from having nightmares, and looked up to Rainbow Dash and Derpy as she did her perfectly fake real smile once again. "Oh! Hi Rainbow and Derpy... How have you been...?" Fluttershy yawned.

Then Derpy said, "Fluttershy, are you okay? You seem... tired..."

Fluttershy slowly nodded. She didn't feel her body moving that much. "O-oh! No... I'm not.." Fluttershy yawned again. "Tired..."

Rainbow Dash was still worried, so was Derpy. "Hmm... I don't know.. It looks like you haven't slept at all... are you sure you're okay?"

Fluttershy slowly nodded again. "Yes, don't worry about me..."

Rainbow Dash held up her calendar and points her hooves at it. "Well, anyways, today the flying competition starts at 4:00. So you better get ready before it's too late."

Fluttershy slowly nodded once again. "Okay..."

Derpy smiled a bit. "I'm gonna go train for the competition". Then she grinned and waved her hoof at Fluttershy. "See ya there, Fluttershy!"

Rainbow Dash watched Derpy return to her home as she turned to Fluttershy and sat on her bed, looking right at her with a still worried look. "Hey..." Rainbow held Fluttershy's hoof. "Why haven't you slept? It's important to get some sleep, ya know." Then she started rubbing it slowly.

Fluttershy showed her frown once again, sighed, and looked down. "I know..."

Rainbow looked down at Fluttershy. "Hey hey.. what's going on?"

Fluttershy turned her head away a bit. "N-nothing. I'm fine."

"Look, you can't always pretend that you're 'fine'. You have to at least tell me the truth... you can't just keep something inside forever."

Fluttershy understood that, and told her why she hasn't slept. Then she started crying, now that she told her..

Until Rainbow Dash gave her a big hug. She started rubbing her back. "Shh... it's going to be okay. Don't worry.."

Fluttershy was sobbing, hard. "No it won't... I KNOW it won't..." She slowly lifted her head down with ears down.

Rainbow Dash started patting her back. "Don't give up, Fluttershy... I believe in you... at least you have me, Derpy, and your other friends to help you."

Then Fluttershy laid her head down on Rainbow Dash's shoulder.

Then there was a moment of silence. "What about we go on an adventure to try to get rid of your fear?", Rainbow Dash said, grinning. "What do you say?" She reached out her hoof for Fluttershy's.

Then Fluttershy grabbed Rainbow Dash's hoof softly. "Okay.." She sniffed and wiped her tears. "Let's go."

Rainbow Dash hugged Fluttershy once more. "That's the spirit! Now come on, our adventure will be short. So we'll have plenty of time before the competition."

Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy flew out the window, and their adventure has just begun.

Author's Note

I'm assuming this might have been too emotional than the other chapters. Well, of course, some stories have sad moments, some don't. Same difference.