It was a new day, the sun rose in the horizon, and birds were singing. Dameon slowly opened his eyes, and noticed he had fallen asleep sitting down, leaning on something, no, someone! Fluttershy and Dameon had fallen asleep, holding each other, obviously they had tired out when they were both crying last night. He decided not to wake her, and gently lifted her up into his arms. She wasn't light, let me tell you that. Since she was about the same size as Dameon, she was a bit hard to carry over to the bed, and Dameon's bad arm/leg didn't help either.
He finally had settled her down on the bed gently, and pulled the blanket over her. He sighed gladly, panting ever so slightly. He started to feel light-headed from the strain of lifting Fluttershy when being sore. He looked around for somewhere to sit or lay down. He realized two options, sleep on the floor, or sleep on the bed next to Fluttershy. He sighed, and got in the bed next to Fluttershy, facing away from her. Soon after that, he fell asleep. Angel-bunny hopped into the room, saw they were asleep, face palmed, and hopped out of the room.
Several hours later, Fluttershy awoke first this time. She looked around the room, wondering about the whereabouts of Dameon. "Dame- gah!" Fluttershy said, when she realized Dameon was next to her the whole time. She noticed she was under the blanket, and he wasn't. She smiled slightly by how Dameon was kind enough to put her in bed while she was asleep without waking her. She silently got out of the bed, and pulled the blanket over Dameon. She watched him sleep for a few minutes. He tossed and turned, whimpering from time to time in his sleep. It was sort of…. Cute. 'Must be dreaming about something.' She thought to herself. Suddenly, Dameon yelled in his sleep, and was thrashing around. "No! Stop!" He said. Fluttershy jumped at his sudden outburst. She shook him slightly "Dameon! Wake up!" She said, trying to wake him. Dameon was still asleep, thrashing about. "Get off of her! Ill kill you If you touch her!" He said in his sleep. "No! no! no! nononononononononooo! FLUTTERSHY!" he said, yelling the last part. Fluttershy took a step back. 'what on earth was he dreaming about?' She thought to herself, she then did the only other thing she could think of at that moment to wake Dameon up, she grabbed a glass of water, and splashed him with it. Dameon instantly awoke after that. He gasped short, and loud in surprise. He was panting from the whole experience, sweat trickling down his forehead.
"Dameon! Are you okay? I was so worried!" Fluttershy said, hugging him out of worry. He hugged back, and then when they pulled away, he nodded in saying he was okay.
"You were screaming, and thrashing about!" She said. Fluttershy decided not to mention him yelling her name just yet. Dameon didn't get a chance to respond though, because a that moment, again, there was a knock at the door.
"Fluttershy, darling! Are you feeling well? I heard some shouts!" Rarity called from the other side of the door.
"Oh dear… Not now…" Fluttershy said, quickly supporting Dameon, and leading him to the closet.
"Im really sorry about this… But you can't be afford to be seen, they just don't understand…." She said. Dameon nodded in understanding. Fluttershy opened the doors of the closet, and allowed Dameon to move inside. He sat on the floor of the closet, it was small though, making it hard for Dameon to not accidentally budge the doors open with his legs. He listened, ear pressed against the door. He could hear Fluttershy opening the door, and greeting Rarity.
"Hi Rarity, do you need something?" Fluttershy asked her friend.
"Yes, I could hear yells and shouts coming from your home, and I was wandering if you were all right darling." Rarity said.
"Oh yes, im alright Rarity. Nothing's going on in here, not a single thing, I'm perfectly fine." Fluttershy said, grinning.
"You don't look alright, dear. You look worried, nervous, and fearful. May I come in?" Rarity asked.
Fluttershy looked over her options, one, if she didn't let Rarity in, she might think somethings really wrong, and go get everyone else. Two, If she do let her in, she might see Dameon, and then Fluttershy, and more importantly Dameon, would be in major trouble. She chose the second option to be the safest. She just prayed Dameon would not be seen.
"All right, come in." Fluttershy said. Rarity gave her a friendly smile, and entered her cottage. She then looked around the house.
"well kept, and pretty as always!" She said with a smile.
"Though you must let me change those curtains, dear. They look absolutely dreadful in this room, they don't match at all!" Rarity said, as always, not noticing that she was being a little rude, but everyone that new Rarity, understood she meant well, she just comes out with a wrong approach. Fluttershy smiled, and said
"Oh no need Rarity, I think there fine the way they are" She said. Rarity sighed, but still smiled.
"All right, if that's what you like." She replied. Dameon, who was still inside the tiny closet, was now straining to keep himself from falling out, his legs were already asleep. Rarity then started up the stairs.
"Do you mind if I look around upstairs darling?" She asked Fluttershy.
"I guess not…" Fluttershy said, but wishing that Rarity wouldn't go upstairs. Once Rarity was up in Fluttershy's room, she looked around, under the bed, under the blankets, behind the curtains, ect. Fluttershy did not know it, but Rarity had heard from Rainbow Dash, that Fluttershy had No-Hoof in her house. Of course, Rainbow Dash over exaggerated the story.
Flashback:
"And he was right there, growling,and snarling! Fluttershy was helpless, so I flew up to the No-Hoof, and bucked him good! Fluttershy told me to stop, and she shoved No-Hoof in her closet, right before Twilight walked up into the room. I told her the story, but she refused to believe that No-Hoof was really there, so we ended up leaving, and now nopony believes me!" Rainbow Dash explained to rarity.
"Oh dear! Poor Fluttershy! Im going to go check on her! Who knows what that dastardly beast could to someone as weak as Fluttershy!" Rarity said, believing rainbow Dash, and then racing off to Fluttershy's cottage.
"Hey, wait! I forgot to tell you how he almost ate Twilight!" Rainbow Dash said, obviously going overboard with the story. Other ponies heard, and trotted over to Rainbow, asking her to tell them the story. Which Rainbow did tell.
End Flashback.
Dameon couldn't hold in anymore, the pain In his lower back, arms, and the needly feeling in his legs overwhelmed him, and he fell out of the closet, right as Rarity was about to open it. Rarity screamed
"ITS NO-HOOF!" And she bolted out of the room for her life, and down the stairs.
"Rarity! I can explain!" Fluttershy called, scared out of her wits.
"What were you thinking Fluttershy! I'm getting Twilight!" Rarity screamed as she ran past Fluttershy, and out the front door.
"Oh no, dear Celestia no…." Fluttershy said, quickly slamming the door, and locking it. She quickly flew upstairs, and to Dameon. She saw him on the floor, and slowly trying to get to his feet.
"Dameon! You have to get out of here, there coming to get you!" Fluttershy said, running towards him, grabbing his hand with her hoof, and pulling him along, down the stairs and to the back door. She opened it for him, and tried to lead him outside, but he wouldn't budge.
"Dameon come on! They hurt you!" Fluttershy said. Dameon frowned, and shook his head. He quickly wrote something down:
'They'll hurt you for hiding me, I can't allow that.' It read. Fluttershy read it, and said
"Wait, your going to- NO! I can't let you do that! You're not going to sacrifice yourself for my sake!" She said.
Dameon wrote 'You saved me, let me return the favor.' Dameon handed Fluttershy the note, and she read it. Before she could respond, Dameon bolted from the cottage and out the door. Fluttershy was about to chase after him, but she heard ponies in the distance.
"There it is! Get it, before it hurts somepony!" Fluttershy recognized that it was Applejack.
"I knew I was right!" Pinkie pie yelled, and the yells, and remarks of the angry mob could be heard. Fluttershy couldn't hear it anymore, she slammed the door closed, curled up on the floor and cried alone, for Dameon's safety. She couldn't chase after him, after what he just did for her, she wouldn't make that action meaningless by getting caught. What Dameon did for her made her so sad, but also this other emotion she had only felt only once in her whole life, and that was a while ago, so she wasn't familiar with it. She felt warm in her chest. Fluttershy was sad, scared, and happy at the same time.
Dameon was running for dear life, He heard the ponies after him. He was faster than the Earth ponies, and unicorns for reasons he did not understand, But he knew he wouldn't be able to outrun the Pegasus for long. He suddenly jumped onto a roof of a building, apparently he could also jump higher for some reason. It was just as weird as him being able to run so fast. He almost got caught by two Pegasus holding a net in their mouths, but he quickly jumped off the building, and back onto the road. He ran and ran. Dameon knew he was going to be caught, he could not outrun them for long, and he would not fight them. That would make them think he was an even greater monster. Dameon ran into an intersection, and there was a trap waiting for him. Ponies came from every route in the intersection. He was cornered. Ten Pegasus came flying down each holding a corner of a large circular net. They snared Dameon, and then the Earth ponies launched tons and tons of apples at the trapped Dameon. Hitting him all over the place. Fifteen hard red apples hit Dameon square in the face at one time, causing him to fall unconceous.
All the ponies then closed in on him, tying him up. Dameon was officially caught…