On a bright and sunny day, a little far from the outskirts of Ponyville, Fluttershy was laying under a tree and cried her heart out. She couldn't believe that this would happen to her.

Just recently, her beloved Sweet Feather Sanctuary has been closed down by Dr. Fauna. And it's all just because of Zecora's plan of having Angel see what being overloaded with duties is like, and this caused him to turn the sanctuary into chaos. Once the sanctuary was closed, Fluttershy and Angel may have returned to their original bodies, but this event left a deep cut in Fluttershy's heart. Her long-life dream, crushed. Her will to live, fading. Her happiness, vanishing...

Angel and some of Fluttershy's animal friends tried to solace the crying Pegasus. She looked up and said: "Oh, I appreciate you all trying to help me, but I'm afraid that it won't bring my sanctuary back, will it?"

Fluttershy was deeply depressed. More so than when Twilight was depressed about her School of Friendship being closed down by Chancellor Neighsay. But that was just temporary and they managed to open the school again. But this was different - this is what Fluttershy worked long and hard for on her own, and thanks to one plan, it was ultimately crushed...

She heard Dr. Fauna's words inside her head over and over again...

"That's enough, Fluttershy! I'm closing this sanctuary down! I don't know what's gotten into you, but you turn this place into the chaos you were supposed to avoid, and this is no way of taking care of animals! And I thought I could trust you..."

Fluttershy never meant for this to happen. She and Angel only went to Zecora for help, but now, looking back, it was a terrible idea. And this cost her the thing that she worked for on her own...

She was so depressed even that she couldn't even go on as a teacher at the School of Friendship. Every time she would try to mention anything about kindness or taking care of animals, she would immediately break down into another cry fest. She didn't even bother telling Twilight or Starlight the fact that she won't be a teacher anymore, she just didn't come.

Later, Fluttershy trotted through the streets of Ponyville to take care of a few things. But wherever she went, no matter what she did, she was always depressed. And even though her friends tried to help her to reason, to try to look forward without worrying about things that happened in the past, she denied it, lashing out her friends because they didn't understand what she went through to get that sanctuary. Not even the cheerful Pinkie Pie could brighten her up. The depression sat very deep in her heart.

The only thing Fluttershy said to Pinkie Pie was that if her friends could somehow consult with Dr. Fauna and make her sanctuary re-open again, it would be nice. She knew that there was no talking Dr. Fauna out of that. Her verdict was final, and even if her friends tried, there was no way that they would get the Sweet Feather Sanctuary open again...

Fluttershy sat on a bench, still very depressed about the loss of her Sweet Feather Sanctuary. She had tears in her eyes, and Dr. Fauna's words still lingered in her head.

Lyra Heartstrings came along and sat next to her. "Hey, Fluttershy. What's wrong?", she asked.

Fluttershy doesn't want to answer that question, but she kinda wanted to. "I... I lost my sanctuary...", she said.

Lyra was confused. "Your what now?", she asked.

"My thing that I worked long and hard for alone...", Fluttershy said.

Lyra tried again. "Fluttershy, I can't understand what--"

And then, Fluttershy snapped. "MY LONG-LIFE DREAM HAS BEEN CRUSHED AND NOW I'M DEPRESSED! CAN'T YOU SEE THAT I'M GOING THROUGH A FLURRY OF EMOTIONS RIGHT NOW!?" Then realizing how she was talking, she immediately gasped. "Oh my... I'm... sorry...", she said apologetic.

Lyra consoled her. "It's okay, Fluttershy.", she said, "Everyone snaps at some time, and everyone is depressed at some point. Heck, I remember when Pinkie Pie was so depressed that her sad appearance caused all the flowers around her to wilt."

Fluttershy remembered that. The time when Pinkie Pie was playing the Vovidaphone and she and her friends made her stop playing it. Pinkie was also depressed until she played a Vovidaphone again, and it's the very same emotion that Fluttershy is going through right now, but in this case, there was just no fixing it.

"I wish I could get my Sweet Feather Sanctuary back. It wasn't me who turned this place into chaos... I would never do that...", Fluttershy said, almost crying again.

But Lyra came in clutch quickly. "You know, Fluttershy... When I am stressed, depressed or anything else that would get into my way, I usually paint pictures.",she explained, "It's relaxing, mind-clearing, and very rewarding. Why don't you try it?"

"I don't know, Lyra... I don't think I'll be a good painter...", Fluttershy said.

"Well, if you don't try it, you won't know...", Lyra said before she got up and went away. "I gotta go. See ya."

Fluttershy thought long and hard about what Lyra said. "If she thinks I can paint, then I'd better give it a try..."

She then went to the art store to purchase an easel, painting paper, paint brushes in different sizes and lots of beautiful colors. And then, she went home to her cottage.

After tending to the animals, Fluttershy set up the easel, prepared her colors and got ready to paint. But what exactly should she paint? She was too depressed to think, and Dr. Fauna's words still repeated in her head. It was so difficult to think of anything...

Then, looking to her left, she saw a bunch of blue-green flowers, and then, she had an idea - a beautiful, nightly landscape. Just very slightly, she started to smile again. And then, she began to paint...

As hours of painting passed, the picture more and more took shape, and Fluttershy was getting more relaxed and happier by the minute. The picture of a nightly landscape with Canterlot in the far background looked fascinating, and seeing this beautiful picture that Fluttershy made on her own filled her with delight.

She finally had something to work for again.

"I'm so glad I took up painting. Lyra was right, this is so relaxing.", Fluttershy said happily.

She was getting close to finishing the picture when Angel hopped up and pointed into his mouth, signalizing that he was hungry.

"Oh, hello Angel.", Fluttershy said, "I'll feed you as soon as I'm done. I've put over 15 hours into this, and it's almost finished. Just a few last touches..."

Fluttershy hoped that Angel would be a little more patient, as it really wouldn't take long. But when all of a sudden, a red splatter flew onto Fluttershy's picture, she gasped.

"Oh my goodness!"

Now Fluttershy's last pluck of sanity finally snapped. Angel not only destroyed her long-life dream, but he also destroyed that beautiful picture of hers, both of which she worked long and hard for on her own.

She turned to the bunny she calls a pet. "Oh, let me guess, you think I'm going to apologize and give you your food, right?", she said in a very serious tone, "Oh no. This time, you're going to help me make another painting. And since you like red paint so much, I'll just have to use lots of red. But you know what? Looks like you used all the red. Guess we'll just have to improvise, won't we, Angel?"

She grabbed that abuser bunny by the ears and lifted it up. Then, from a secret compartment of her drawer, she picked up a knife. And then, before Angel could say anything to maybe get Fluttershy to reason, the pegasus struck the blade into the bunny's chest, piercing his heart and ending his life once and for all...

Then, calming down from her anger, Fluttershy realized the gravity of what she had just done. She backed away from the lifeless bunny and started to shiver.

"Oh... Oh no... What have I done?", Fluttershy said before she started crying again. She couldn't believe that she out of all ponies has done that. She just mercilessly murdered her own pet bunny. And now, she screamed into the air.

"AAAAAAANGEEEEEEEL!!!"

She screamed so loud that nearly all of Equestria heard it. Fluttershy was worried. What could she do now? No one can find out that she was the one who killed her bunny.

And so, without a parting word, not even leaving a note that said where she was going, she barricaded the door, closed the curtains, jumped out of the last remaining window and galloped straight to Tartarus.

Come nightfall, Fluttershy reached the gates of Tartarus. Two big guards with spears were there. "Tell me, little pony, what is your wish?", asked the first guard.

Fluttershy gulped. "I... I murdered someone...", she admitted, "Can you please lock me up? I'm too dangerous to be out there..." She almost cried again as she said those words.

"As you wish, little pony.", the second guard said.

The gates to Tartarus, the prison for the most demonish creatures in all of Equestria, opened, and the guards led Fluttershy to a free cell. Inside, she recognized some of the creatures. Back when she and her friends were locked up in Tartarus, she befriended a few of them. But since then, new creatures have been brought in. Fluttershy was so small and innocent-looking, and they were so big and evil... And now, she would spend a very long time locked up in the most hellish prison of Equestria...

But as she and the guards passed the cells, Fluttershy noticed something about one cell... The one where Cozy Glow, Chrysalis and Tirek, the Evil Trio, were supposed to be in...

They were gone...

Fluttershy became anxious. If the Evil Trio has escaped Tartarus, then they must be somewhere, scheming an evil plan to take over Equestria... And if they found her friends with that evil plan in mind, she couldn't do anything to help them...

Soon, the guards and Fluttershy reached an empty cell. "Good night, little pony. And it will be a few more you will spend here."

Fluttershy went inside and the guards closed the door...

Author's Note

I decided to start the story with a prologue of what happened if things with the body swap went horribly wrong. I also took inspiration from this comic.

Poor Fluttershy. She has gone through a lot of bad things recently, and now she's in Tartarus... Can she get out? To be continued...