So, Nightmare Moon planted plunderseeds all around the Everfree, in hopes that no pony could ever touch it again. But, the breezies started to raise the young Fluttershy.
They heaved the basket carrying her onto a stump. "Oh! That was exhausting!" Scootaloo groaned. "We need a smaller baby…. Or bigger bodies… Girls! We can turn into ponies remember?" Applebloom cried. They snapped and turned into adult ponies. "Very nice…" Sweetie muttered. Meanwhile, Fluttershy was crying on her little stump but stopped when she saw a small furry animal peek out of the woods at her. The girl giggled and when the puppy went up to her, she grabbed onto it's ears, making it wince. She let go and Spike ran off. The three ponies had gone inside the little cottage, when Sweetie Belle hurryed out. "Fluttershy! You silly filly! Don't hide!" She cried, picking her up with her magic and she glanced around. "You didn't see… her, did you?" She whispered to the baby, who only looked confused. "Poor thing…" Sweetie said, taking the filly inside.
"So, those children have taken our little princess to… a cottage? Ugh! I couldn't stand for one myself! Do they think that the little girl can escape me and my curse forever?" Nightmare Moon laughed. "Spike, take me to their little spot. I believe it's time to have a little visit to my niece…"
Nightmare Moon slowly slipped to the cottage and scoffed at it. "That's so disgusting!" She whispered. Suddenly, she heard a gurgle and turned to a window it had come from. She glanced around and saw right beneath, Fluttershy looking up at her, curious. "Annoying little thing, aren't you?" Her aunt whispered. The baby, for she had forgotten about before, gave a sweet smile at her and giggled. Nightmare Moon gave a gag and looked back. She hissed at the child. The little princess looked frightened for a moment, but smiled again. "I hate you, beastie…" Her aunt muttered. The girl giggled. Nightmare Moon flew away and hid when she heard voices.
The breezies were merely children and didn't really know how to care for a baby. As Fluttershy screamed, Nightmare Moon groaned. "I think she's hungry.." Sweetie Belle said. "Then feed her!" Applebloom cried, handing Scootaloo some carrots. She ran over and placed them on Fluttershy's blankets. "There! Go on!" Scootaloo said. The baby looked at the carrots in confusion. "Well? You are hungry, right?" Fluttershy started to cry again. "That thing's going to starve!" She cried. She saw Spike as a puppy, grab little daisies and ran up to the princess. "Idiot!" The alicorn creid. Spike dropped the flowers onto the filly's blanket. The girl started to eat and gave a grateful look to the puppy, kissing it on the nose.
Celestia looked out the window and sighed. "Your majesty. We tried to bring down the wall, but it's undefeatable.." A guard said. Celestia turned to him, for hatred filled her. "I don't care! Nothing is undefeatable, try again." She growled. Suddenly, something shined. She looked over and saw a pink star stone. "Wake the element makers also…" She whispered.
Six years later, Nightmare Moon delighted as she commenced the breezies into a fight after she had fired a shot at them. Six year old Fluttershy sighed then looked up and saw a yellow butterfly. She gasped and giggled, leaping up to chase it. Nightmare Moon saw and watched her niece run towards a cliff, but the girl was so distracted that she didn't notice. "Look," The alicorn said to Spike in puppy form. He looked and barked frantically. Nightmare Moon sighed and turned him into a dragon. "What?" She asked. "Save her!" Spike cried. "I'd love to see her die quick." The queen groaned. Suddenly, she heard Fluttershy's frightened scream. The princess gasped as a ball of magic surrounded her and put her back to the ground. "What? She was going to… nevermind." Nightmare Moon muttered.
A few minutes later, Nightmare Moon had changed Spike back to a puppy and was about to leave when she heard a twig crack behind her. She snapped her head to the sound. Little Fluttershy gasped and hid behind her mane. "Oh… You." The alicorn sighed. "Hello…" Fluttershy whispered. The princess glanced up and saw Spike on her back. "Puppy!" She cried, running up. She tried to fly onto her back but was a weak flier and fell. Nightmare Moon sighed and used her magic to lift the filly up onto her back. "Yay!" She whispered, hugging Spike. Nightmare Moon took her off and took the filly close to her. "Fluttershy grabbed her horn and looked at the alicorn curiously. The alicorn put her down. "Go away, I don't like fillies!" She growled as the princess hugged her. The girl looked up. "Bye bye!" She said, trotting away.
Fluttershy grew in both grace and beauty, just as Nightmare Moon had said, far away from the drafty castle that she remembered not. And as the seasons changed and the flowers bloomed, so did she.