I'm...Fine

6th Grade. That's when it all began for Fluttershy.

She was an eleven year old girl with buttercream skin, long pink hair and beautiful teal eyes. Fluttershy's name suited her, for as her name depicted, she was very shy. She didn't like to draw too much attention and tried to keep to herself. She didn't have many friends, her only friend that was actually human was Rainbow Dash while the others were animals. Rainbow Dash was a popular and sporty girl who had rainbow coloured hair and light blue skin. She loved to play sports and was very outgoing, unlike Fluttershy. Somehow, though, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash stayed friends throughout their fights and differences.

One day in the middle of the school year at recess, waiting for Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy had been sitting on a bench while she tossed bits of her bread towards three birds.
It was a cloudy day but you could still see parts of the blue sky, although sometimes it would appear as if it would rain. The ground below her was plain dirt with a few rocks here and there. The bench she sat on was made of wood but the part holding it up was metal. There was a cool breeze but the temperature was durable enough to wear a T-Shirt.
Fluttershy's hair was hanging loose with a small butterfly clip holding up the strands that got in her face.
She wore a white T-Shirt, going down to her belly button, that revealed her shoulders but had sleeves that went down to her elbows along with lime green leggings.

"Here you go little Chickadees," she cooed softly.
She then laid some bread crumbs atop the bench and watched as the white and black birds happily but cautiously fluttered towards the bread that was given to them. They stared up at her and started chirping.

"I'm sorry but I don't want you to get sick, besides I need to have something to eat too," she spoke calmly. The birds chirped some more.

"No, I'm sorry but I can't, it's not good for birds to eat human food."

More chirps.

"Crows are really sneaky and aren't satisfied with worms," she replied. The birds gave up but flew onto Fluttershy's lap and hopped around.
Fluttershy smiled sweetly at the display before her, but plastered a frown on her face as a shadow towered over her, making the birds scatter. She slowly raised her head to see whom that shadow belonged to.
Fluttershy realized with dread that this shadow belonged to none other than Gilda, a girl desperate for attention in the same class as Fluttershy.
Gilda had light brown skin, short white hair with purple tipped bangs that shaded her face, sun yellow eyes and wore a dark brown jacket with lighter brown leggings.

"Hey guys, come here!" Gilda spoke outwards. Suddenly, a group of students came rushing to see what Gilda had promised them. When they all gathered around Gilda, she pointed towards a pale faced Fluttershy.

"What is it?" asked Trixie.

"Fluttershy over here, was actually talking to the birds!" she cackled. Fluttershy hid herself in her hair.

"Seriously? That is so pathetic," Trixie gawked.

"That is so lame," a guy named Hoops laughed.

"I can't believe it," another voice that belonged to a peer named Score said.

"It's a mystery why Rainbow Dash would be friends with such a wimpy-" the words just kept coming and coming.

"Hopless-"

"Pathetic-"

"Useless-"

"Stupid-"

"Short-"

"Fat-"

"Ugly-"

"Dumb-"

...

Fluttershy couldn't take it anymore as she burst out into tears. She tried to run away but was surrounded by the large crowd of people that just kept throwing horrible words at her.

"Hey, guys look, we should call her Fluttercry now!" she laughed. Fluttershy fell on her knees and cried until a louder and more powerful voice echoed throughout everyones ears.

"HEY!" Rainbow Dash yelled over the crowd. All heads turned towards her as she walked past them and towards Fluttershy. She stood protectively over her friend and faced the mob. "What are you all still doing here...GO, now!" she said with an angry tone in her voice. The group of people quickly scattered, Gilda was the last to leave. When they were all gone, Rainbow took a deep breath and leaned down towards Fluttershy, holding out her hand. "You ok?" she asked calmly.
Fluttershy softly shook her head and continued to sit on the ground, holding her knees close to her chest and burying her head in her legs.

"Do you want me to leave you alone or stay?" Rainbow asked with care in her voice.

"W...what...whatever y...you w...want," she replied while choking on her sobs. Rainbow didn't know what to do but she wanted to comfort her friend. She slowly sat down on the ground next to Fluttershy. They stayed that way for about five minutes until the bell rang, ending recess.
Fluttershy slowly looked up and then at Rainbow, who started to get up.

"You," she coughed, "coming?" she asked.

"I'll, umm...meet you there," she said softly. Rainbow hesitated but nodded and rushed towards the school, making sure to give one last glance towards her dreary friend.
Once Rainbow Dash had fully entered the building, Fluttershy sighed and looked up at the clouds, filled with sorrow.
She slowly stood up and walked towards the school while hugging herself tight.

The second bell, that meant to start classes, had not rung yet. When she entered the classroom, most eyes were on her which made her look down at her shoes uncomfortably. She slowly made her way over to her desk and sat down, hoping everyone would just start their casual conversations with their friends.
Eventually all eyes were off her, except Rainbow Dash, but their conversations were not about the usual topic. Because this time it was about her. Everywhere around her, she could hear their words that would snake their way into her small ears.
She just stared at her knuckles that were neatly placed in her lap as she hoped for her teacher to appear.
RING*
Fluttershy took a deep, but unnoticeable, breath and sigh of relief. She slowly raised her head as her Science teacher, Mr. Neigh, walked across the front of the classroom and stood in the middle of the chalkboard.

"Please turn your textbooks to page 148."