I was shattered. The lie, the lie I used, it didn't work. For the first time, it didn't work. What was I going to do? I already felt the tears building up, I already felt my mind go in overdrive, and I knew I was shaking.

I was just a female wolf whom was trying to keep it together while balancing everyone else's problems at the same time.

I stared at the floor with such an intensity, it could kill a pony. I was trying to keep it together. I had to keep it together... I needed to keep it together.

My mouth was quivering, and it was pretty obvious that something was wrong. My shaking grew to be very obvious, and I was at the point of breaking. My breaking point.

I wanted to scream, and I wanted to shout. I wanted to tell him how I was actually feeling, but I couldn't. My depression, anxiety, and whole body was screaming not to... The small voice telling me I should died a long time before this moment.

I could tell he was staring at me. "Shadow?...." He paused, and I couldn't feel his presence, until I realized that we had walked over to me.

A tear fell. One single tear fell. That single tear ruined everything. I broke down, and collapsed. I was on the ground, shaking, and at this point, I was crying. I wanted to self harm. I needed to... For all the things I was doing wrong, and for the pain.

He then did something I never expected of him. He came down onto the ground with me, and he then hugged me. He wrapped his arms around me tightly, and was protective.

"You found out my secret." I whispered to him, even though he probably didn't hear me.