Ten years later.

Chapter 5 - Fluttershy

(I know it's been a while since I've loaded the last chapter up and it's a very short one too. I'm sorry about that, I was taking a vacation, and I won't have enough time to write soon. I try to get two chapters after this one ready before I have to leave again. I'm sorry, hope you enjoy the story!)

I'm running all alone along this lonely path. They're chasing me, soon they will get me. These scary creatures. Soon... soon... they will get me. Why can't I run faster? I can't see anything! Where am I? Why is everything disappearing. Everything except these creatures... They're coming closer... No... don't!

Fluttershy rapidly opens her eyes, she pants heavily and looks around. It's early in the morning, the sun just rose. She squints her eyes and touches her tummy. The yellow pegasus has an extreme stomachache. Ugh... not now... she thinks to herself and rubs over her big tummy. She kisses her belly and realizes that her foal wants to be born, right now. Fluttershy doesn't have a big problem with that, but it's a rather unfavorable moment right now. She slowly stands up, the pegasus can barely move, her whole body hurts far too hard.

"I have to get to Sweet Apple Acres..." Fluttershy moans and flaps her wings. Flying seems to work better than walking, so she flies out of her Cottage right to Sweet Apple Acres.

The pegasus doesn't have much strength right now, she has to stop and rest for a while, but then the baby struggles inside of her and the pegasus decides to fly ahead. After some minutes Fluttershy finally makes it to the apple orchard. "Big Mac? Where are you?" she groans, not much louder than a whisper though.

After a while she finds Apple Bloom who is carrying a barrel on her back:"Howdy there Fluttershy! What can I do for you... uhm... are you okay?" The yellow earth pony wraps her hoof around Fluttershy and the pegasus leans against her:"I have to get to Big Mac" she groans.

Apple Bloom smiles softly:"I will get you to the barn and get the others" She lays the apples down and picks Fluttershy up.

They're getting closer. They'll catch me... they almost got me.... I can't see them? I can only see this light... this light in the dark, mysterious forest, I'm running, they chase me. They chase me down... They sorround me, what are these creatures? Do they want to...

"Fluttershy! Fluttershy!"

Big Mac's deep, loud voice wakes her up. She still sees the silhouettes of the creatures, blurry imagination around her. She shakes her head.

"Shhh, shhh. It's gonna be fine, he or she is coming. You seem to be scared, what's wrong?" he asks and kisses her forehead. They suddenly disappear and Fluttershy's vision clears. She looks at the red, tall stallion watching her with a worried look on his face. He normally doesn't speak that much at all. Fluttershy must look horrible and she feels horrible. She cramps and moans.

"I hope she'll be fine" Applejack says, peeking through the window.

"Well I'd be happy if I could see anything!" Apple Zappy complains behind her.

"Be quiet! Fluttershy needs peace and quiet!" Spike cuts them off.

"Maybe she can't do it when we're looking" Scootaloo giggles

"That's mean" Apple Bloom pokes her friend.

Suddenly Fluttershy starts to scream. Her screams are shattering, extremely noisy. She has much pain. But what do the ponies expect from somepony who is about to get a foal? Of course she has pain and two female ponies who are watching know exactly how it feels. They're still happy for her friend. They are so happy that no one tells each other from the nightmares. All of them had nightmares the past few nights, but they didn't want to stress anybody, especially not Fluttershy who really needed some peace before she gets her first child whose father obviously is Big Mac.

A few hours have passed and know all the happy ponies who were peering through the window are in the barn and watch the little colt. Of course he can't walk yet, he just sits there and cuddles his mother. It's a yellow pegasus, with a red mane and green eyes. He doesn't seem to be shy at all, he already tries to crawl around and especially Apple Zappy and Cheery Pie seem to be very interested. Apple Zappy jumps:"What I said! We're the new cutie mark crusaders" he giggles and nuzzles the little colt.

Sweetie Belle snickers:"You are already thinking about that? You have a few years until you can worry about your cutie mark, especially the other two!"

Fluttershy ignores their conversation, she's pretty busy getting congratulations from all her friend. She is actually mighty proud. Just, very... very... tired. The pegasus lays her wing on her son's body and both fall asleep.

Fluttershy still lives in her cottage and she always will. It's her job to take care of her animal friends and she doesn't want to do anything else. Since Apple Bloom and the two fillies can help at Sweet Apple Acres Big Mac always comes to her at afternoon. He helps her with the animals and of course with their son.

Glaring, dark circles around Fluttershy's eyes mark her face as she gives her son some milk. Almost everypony in Ponyville has very bad sleep lately. She heard that even Sweetie Belle has problems with her concert because everybody's to tired all the time. Nopony is getting enough sleep lately and the nightmares seem to be about the same. It's just horrible. The others decided to go to Canterlot, but of course Fluttershy has to stay here, with her new baby. I wouldn't be a big help anyway she thinks smiling and lays Autmn Blaze in his bed.