Ponyville. Other ponies... No! I couldn't! I couldn't be seen by other ponies! But, I had to take the risk for Looka. I couldn't let my fear overtake me, that would be selfish. This was for Looka. I had to do this.

Echo had noticed that I was thinking while trotting on the path because I was looking off into the ground, but I wasn't focused on something.

"Shadow, anything on your mind?" He asked me. At least that was better than the dreaded question of: 'How are you?' I hated that question because it would always lead itself into a lie. Most of the questions that were about me I had to lie about, but it was the only truth I had ever known.

"O-Oh! Nothing. Heh." I said, snapping out of my thoughts. My pace quickened. I just wanted to get out of here, that was it. I just needed to skyrocket away from here, to another galaxy where I could fly freely. No. I couldn't let that blind my vision of helping Looka. I... I'm keeping my word.

"Alright." He said, stretching out the word. He continued walking, and trotting along to the pace of everyone.

I just wanted to run. That keyword 'run' sent me into another vision.

I went over to a male pony that I felt I needed to walk with. I felt like I was in school? It was the end of the day, and I felt like I usually walked with him at the end of class. He was standing in a group with three others... I could tell that one pony in particular was a human in disguise. She meant no good. I knew she was evil, and I felt like she had been the one to cause a lot of evil in my life.