Fluttershy was one of the mane 6, the kindest and most shy of the group. One day she was flying in the Everfree forest, looking for the cutie mark crusaders.

She soon runs into an angry cockatrice, she quickly curls up in a ball and tries to cover her eyes but was too slow.

The cockatrice looks her in her eyes and turns her into stone, leaving the pony frozen with terror on her face.