FS - The Envelope

> Day... who the fuck stole my calander?
> Morning.
> Sunlight trickles into the room, bright and clean.
> You can hear the birds singing and smell the heady mix of summer flowers and cut grass.
> This used to be a serene thing to wake to.
> Now?
> It's a clarion call to war.
> You slowly slip from your bed, stopping to check underneath it.
> Once, she was under there all night, whisper "love me" in an attempt to hypnotise you.
> Then, stalking barefoot, you approach the window.
> You peer around the edge but notice nothing untoward lurking in the garden.
> Seems safe.
> She still tries pits, but never hides the unearthed soil.
> You snatch up your hefty stick and tred carefully down the stairs and into the kitchen.
> Preparing breakfast follows the usual ritual.
> You carefully check each item before cooking for signs of tampering, pour a drink from a sealed bottle.
> You cook everything thoroughly, to the point of burning, just to be sure.
> Once she got into the kitchen and tipped some kind of p0ny viagra into everything you had.
> You spent 4 days with a boner that would not quit and a yellow pegasus mumbling 'm-m-m-aybe I c-could help you w-with that? if th-thats ok with you..." through the letterbox.
> You are Anonymous, and this is the battle you fight every morning.

> You dress and prepare to face the day.
> Still no sign of Fluttershy.
> Starting to get jittery.
> She might be learning.
> It had to happen someday.
> A knock at the door as you reach for the first of the eight locks makes you jump, but strangely calms you.
> Normalicy has resumed.
"Look, you crazy pega-bitch, I'm not interested. I'm never gonna be interested. Why don't you just..."
> It's Ditzy.
> She's looking shocked, one eye tearing up and the other whirling like a dinnerplate in a tumbledryer.
"Aw shit, sorry Ditzy. I thought you were somep0ny else."
> She nods and tries to smile, then she turns her head away from you as she rummages in her saddlebag for a delivery.
> Hey, it's your lucky day so far, it might even be for you!
> She turns back and hands you the envelope.
> It's stained, and not with the usual drool.
> Tears?
> From Ditzy?
> Well, it was a hell of an opening barrage...
> ...but the envelope is black, and you've learned a lot of things match in Equestria and Earth.
> The look on the mail mare's face tells you this is one of them.

> You hasten to Twilight's house.
> Spike is waiting outside, wearing a little black armband.
> The door has barely opened from the previous guest.
> You give him a nod as you pass, he doesn't return it.
> Just... stares into the distance, unblinking.
> Inside, you can see Twilight standing with a distraught Rainbow.
> Applejack has her hat off and held in one hoof, next to her Rarity stands as still as any of her ponequins.
> Rarity wears a viel of black lace underneath a sombre, simple black hat.
> A hoof held hankerchief sneaks up underneath it to periodically wipe tears.
> Pinkie is just sittin there, pale and hair straight, looking at a brightly decorated pile of cupcakes, untouched.
> "The yellow ones were her favorite..." you hear her say in a quiet, broken voice.
> Twilight is holding Rainbows hoof and patting it with hers talking quietly.
> Rainbow just looks down, shuddering with supressed sobs.
> Twilight leans forward to look under her hanging mane, glancing in your direction as she does so and sending a nod of acknowledgement your way.
> "...and it's his fault!" Rainbow breaks down, crying and shaking.
> She didn't even notice you arrive, but you know who she's talking about.
> Applejack leans slowly in against Rarity.

> She rests back against her, flank to flank, shoulder to shoulder, heads both hanging low.
> "Ahm gonna miss her... miss her more than... than..." The loss is more than she can articulate.
> "I know, dear." Rarity whispers and leans her head against her friend.
> Pinkie just continues to stare while hugging gummy, who's wearing a little undertaker outfit, top hat with black ribbon included.
> You stand there, stunned, looking at the plain, simple coffin that stands next to Twilight and Rainbow.
> The letter that summoned you was written quickly.
> It told you that she'd been found in her cottage two days ago at noontime.
> You'd become a hermit with the constant attempts to trick and trap you.
> Never answered the door when they called.
> Thought it was a trick.
> Pinkie looks up at you and tries to smile, but it fails part way, her lips shaking with the effort.
> She looks away, weeping quietly.
> 'This is because of him' Rainbow said.
> You know it's true.
> It is because of you.

> You approach the coffin.
> Rainbow looks up, tears still streaming and tries to articulate her loss and rage to you.
> "She...you... why couldn't you? j-just once?...I. It's not fair. You sh-shouldn't be here, Anon, get the buck outt-" Dash's voice was rising to a scream, but Twilight interrupts her.
> "Rainbow, he was special to Fluttershy. she'd have wanted this. Anon needs to remember her too.That's what were here to do. All of us."
"Yeah. I'm sorry guys. She's right though, Twilight. This is my fault. All this craziness. I should have stopped it a long time ago."
> You gently place a hand on the coffin lid, stroking the smooth, cool varnish.
"She's tried so much to trick me... to trap me. I never thought it'd go this far."
> You lean on the lid as you shudder with anger.
"WAKE UP YOU YELLOW BITCH!"
> You snatch the lid and throw it roofward with all your might.
> 5 sets of p0ny jaws almost strike the floor.
"WHAT'S IT THIS TIME? NECROPHILIA? CINDERELLA? KILL-FUCKING-BILL?"
> You grab fluttershy by the shoulders and shake her violently as you drag her out of the coffin.
"THIS SHIT HAS TO STOP YOU FUCKING LUNATIC!"
> Her head hangs to the side, eyes closed.
> Her wings hang drooping down.
> She feels cold to the touch.
> Oh shit.
> The silence in the Library is deafening.
> Somehow, you just know the others are going to take this the wrong way.

> They did.
> Rainbow screamed with rage and flew right at you, slamming you into book case again and again and again as tears streamed behind her.
> Twilight had to use her strongest p0nykinesis to hold her back, all the while trying to calm everything down through gasped breaths.
> Rarity just held a hoof to her mouth, shaking her head in denial, unable to process what you did.
> Applejack said in a quiet, measured voice "Anon? Ahm thinking it'd be best fer your health if ya'll weren't seen 'round these parts fer a while."
> A simple, inflectionless tone that sang of bucked kneecaps and broken ribs.
> Pinkie just looked at you, eyes rimmed with tears and red with heartbreak... "...s-she really loved you, Anon. How could you?"
> Her disapointment hurt most of all.
> "Just...just... go." You hear from Twilight, who has a hug wrapped tight around the shaking Rainbow.
> You leave and wander through p0nyville in a stunned fugue, trying to remember how to cry.
> Then, inspiration strikes you.
> You go to Fluttershy's cottage
> The animals will need feeding.
> It's the least you can do.

-----

> The funeral passes without your presence.
> Twilight spoke, telling of Fluttershy's gentle spirit that hid deeper strengths, of her kindness, of her love.
> Of how much she taught not just Twilight about friendship, but how much she taught everyp0ny else.
> ...about how much she taught her best friend, Rainbow.
> Rainbow tried to speak, she really did.
> It was more than she could handle.
> The loss blended with the guilt of believing that she could have been a better friend to Fluttershy...
> ...that sometimes, she was just too sharp with her or too rough.
> ...that she sometimes overlooked her, forgot about her.
> ...and throughout it all Fluttershy never once changed.
> She was always there for Dash, always had time for her.
> ...and now? Now Rainbow would never have the time to make it up to her.
> She couldn't find a way to tell, but all present knew.
> Rainbow had be pulled away from the coffin by Applejack when the time came to lower it into the ground.
> She howled protest to the skies until the little, simple box was out of sight and the first dirt began to cover it.
> Then came the tears again.
> Animals of all kind and breed sat vigil over the grave as it was filled.
> Birds perched on the gravemarker and sang in unison one final song.

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> If they weren't singing so loud, they'd probably have heard you knocking.
> You are Fluttershy, and you're in a lot of trouble.
> The last thing you remember is working on a special powder you borrowed from Zecora...
> She wouldn't mind, she's nice.
> It was a special treat for Anon.
> He'd come to the letterbox to shout those things at you, where he notices how yellow you are...
> ...*squee*, he always notices! he's sooo thoughtful...
> ...and then you'd puff it through the letterbox and he'd have a nice, restful sleep.
> Then you'd go and tell Twilight that you could see Anon on the floor through his letterbox.
> They'd take him out, not be able to tell he was alive, because of the powder, and then...
> *Hee hee*, this was the clever bit.
> ...then you'd be able to dig him up, take him home and look after him!
> It'd be soooo romantic.
> ...but then Angel Bunny sneezed and everything went black.

> You woke up and felt sore.
> It was like you'd been training with Dash again.
> You could hear Twilight talking about somep0ny who sounded really nice, and you didn't want to interrupt so you laid still.
> Then, more p0nies started to talk and cry, and it sounded very busy out there.
> You don't like crowds, so you decided to wait until it got quiet again.
> Then the box moved.
"...erm... hellooo?..." you said as loudly, but politely, as you could.
> No p0ny heard.
> Then, when you heard the soil hit the top of the box, you realised what had happened.
> You knocked, but the soil falling drowned out the noise.
> You knocked louder and shouted... well, tried to shout, but the bird choir started to sing.
> It was a beautiful song for a funeral, even if it was yours.
> An hour later the air started to feel too warm and you started to feel dizzy.
> Then, you started to see flashing little lights in the dark.
> It was too warm to move, too hard to breath.
> You decide to have a little sleep and think it over in the morning.

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> The spade hits the lid of the coffin with a *thunk* of splintering wood.
"Paydirt"
> You hurl the spade skyward and out of the hole, scattering the animal vigil again.
> Drawing your claw hammer, you start to work at the lid, smashing and ripping at the wood until it finally gives.
> There she is.
> There's still time, thank god.
> You lift her from the coffin, gently holding her limp body against yours.
"Come on, Fluttershy, let's get you out of here."
> Then you climb from the shallow, for a human, grave and set her down on the loose earth.
"Still time."
> You lean in towards her mouth.
> Her wings twitch and he eyes flicker open, freezing you in motion.
> "A-anon? is that? It is! oh it is! I n-never thought I'd see you again... Never thought I'd *sob*"
> Fluttershy leaps up and grapples around your shoulder a weak but insistant hug as she sobs into your shoulder.
> "How did you know what happened? how did you know?"
"I.. umn. your cottage?... I fed the animals and I found angel on the floor and I..."
> "Oh Anon, You're my hero!" She kisses you on the mouth with the tenacity of a limpet.
> You're too stunned to move.
> "Oh... Oh no..." I-I've got to tell the girls... they'll be so worried." She breaks the hug and the kiss, then flies skyward and towards p0nyville.
> She only stops to wave at you, and you, in your stunned state respond in kind
> This causes her to giggle excitedly as she presses her hooves together infront of her mouth, trying to hide her smiling, red face.
"...but....but..."
[spoiler] "...necrophilia really is my fetish..." [/spoiler]
[spoiler] You spend the next day as a hero of p0nyville, all the while trying to figure out how to tell Fluttershy you buried her rabbit. [/spoiler]