The Quiet Game

by Jimbob

1-5: Loss

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Rainbow Dash died several days later. It was very unexpected. It hit Fluttershy the hardest, as she was under more pressure and more depressed than ever before. She felt trapped. Like she wanted to scream.

She stayed in her cottage all day, every day from that day forward, didn’t even attend Rainbow Dash’s funeral. It was too risky, and she didn’t want to be banished during a time like that. It just wasn’t right.

Twilight, please, I can’t take it. It’s too much pressure. Please. PLEASE!

Sorry, but I’m afraid that’s not how the game works. I’ve done this many times to my Canterlot friends, but I killed them instead, and nopony knows that. You see, I was crazy all along. But being crazy is part of me. Then again, I had to keep them quiet as my loyalty to Celestia was at risk, then again, that was also a charade. You should be lucky that you are being banished for talking.

Wait... WHAT?

Yes, didn’t you notice. You were talking out loud. It made my story rather confusing to listen to. Don’t interrupt other ponies. Now, goodbye Fluttershy. Don’t think you’ll ever get out, dead or alive.

Fluttershy had slipped. She started saying her thoughts out loud and she had been banished to the Everfree Forest for the rest of her life. She didn’t think it could get any worse. But then she heard a growl.

It was a Timber Wolf.

Fluttershy sat in fear as she watched the timber wolf emerge from the bushes. She was going to die quickly. But she didn’t want to. She galloped through the trees, faster than when she ran from her questioning friends only two weeks earlier. It felt like forever for Fluttershy.

After she made her escape, Flutteryshy set up a campfire in the most desolate area she could find. She tried to stay positive, but it couldn’t get harder in a situation like this, especially in Fluttershy’s perspective. For Fluttershy, this was her own personal hell.

She mostly feasted on wild berries that she could find, gambling if they were poisonous or not. She slept on the grass or on a log she dragged from a river. It wasn’t OMG before she realised this area was set up by Twilight.


Author's Note

Sorry this chapter is so short, but I thought it would be better to end the chapter at that part. The rest of this story will mostly take place in Canterlot and the Everfree Forest so keep reading!

EDIT: This story now takes the form of parts (e.g. 1-1, 2-1,3-1)

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