Alektorophobia

Fluttershy finds Celestia sitting on a stump with hairy the bear sitting next to her. "Celestia are you ok?" Fluttershy says as she looks at Celestia and climbs on top of the stump to sit next to her. Celestia responds with a nod.

"Yes I am fine, at least I think so, it helps that your friend here is quite the caretaker. He saw me tearing up and offered me a tissue". Fluttershy smiles at hairy.

"That's hairy for you, he may look like a big scary bear but on the inside, he's a teddy bear." hairy smiles back at Fluttershy. Celestia stands up and gets off the stump with a frustrated look on her face. She begins to vent.

"I'm so tired of being scared all the time I mean I am the princess of the sun I've faced a literal millennium,s worth of troubles in my life without any fear, so why is it whenever I see a chicken I run away and start to tremble." Celestia places both of her hoofs into her face and sits down in the grass. Fluttershy stands up, looks at hairy, and hairy goes back into the cottage. Fluttershy then trots over to Celestia and sits down next to her.

"Sometimes that's just how fears work. We may not always understand why we are afraid of something, and why we're not afraid of other things. Especially when the things that don't scare us should in our minds be scarier than the things that do. As I said I am scared of a lot of things, but I know that even when it may seem impossible to overcome my fears, they can be overcome. Yes, I may be scared of a lot of things, but friendship has shown me that when I am scared some pony will always be with me, and that helps things seem a little less scary. The important thing is to not let our fears get the better of us. I am not saying that's going to be easy but knowing that somepony is always there for you makes it better. It may seem like you will never be able to get over your fears, but you have to keep telling yourself that you will and it may take a while but don't lose hope and remember that it can be done. That's something I need to remember also. Remember that your not the only one that's afraid. There are plenty of other ponies that deal with all sorts of fears across Equestria, some even deal with the same fear you do. So don't get discouraged, keep telling yourself I can do this. It probably won't be easy but know that it is possible and sometimes your friends are the ones that will show you that it is".Celestia looks at Fluttershy with tears of joy in her eyes, then engulfs her in her embrace.

"Thank you, Fluttershy you don't know how much I needed to hear that," Fluttershy responds by returning Celestia,s embrace and smiling.

"What are friends for" Both Fluttershy and Celestia let go of their embrace and stand up.

"So what now"? Celestia asks Fluttershy.

"Well I could still use some help taking care of my little friend,s in the cottage, as well as the ones out here if your up for it".? Celestia smiles.

"That would be lovely".