//------------------------------// // The Potion // Story: Shakespony- A Midsummer Nights Dream // by MlpMelodySong //------------------------------// All was peaceful in the fairy nursery. The kind light of the moon shone delicately through the window and illuminated the two figures inside. For in the room sat the beautiful Fairy Queen, Fluttershy, cradling the baby changeling as she sang to him. The sweet melody of the Fairy Queen was gently soothing the young larva as he drifted softly to sleep in her arms. The two were so content that they took no notice to the two sets of prying eyes looking upon them from outside the window. The Fairy King's anger was seething inside him as he watched how tender his wife was being with that pesky little bug. Cheese Sandwich, whom was also spying on the Queen, noticed this and began to worry about what the master was planning to do. "Umm, sir?" whispered nervously. "What!" Discord exclaimed loudly, then quickly put his hand over his mouth, hoping she hadn't heard him. "I was just wondering what the plan was" Cheese continued cautiously. Discord looked around to make sure no one was there before proceeding to tell Cheese the plan. "Right listen closely, I need you to fetch something for me, it's a very special flower that only grows in the darkest depths of the Everfree forest. It is a pale pink flower with petals in the shape of a heart and it's called Hearts Desire. It is said to be a most powerful love potion that can bring up feelings that are hidden deep down and convince you to act upon them. I would go myself, but I am the King so we cant risk my dashing good looks getting damaged now can we?" Cheese Sandwich just rolled his eyes at that last comment. "Now, how will that do any good on Fluttershy you may ask. Well we know that my beautiful wife has a very kind and loving heart right? Well, I figured out that, if we use that plant on her it will amplify that part of her which means that if she was met with say, an animal in need, all of her attention would be focused on that. Therefore, we can get in there, snatch the bug, dust my wife with the antidote and be home for tea" "But, how do you think she will react when she finds out that the changeling is gone, surely she will know that it was you. How do you plan on winning her back after that?" Cheese asked. "Cheesey, don't you see, once that pesky fly is out of her home she will realise that it was nothing but a distraction left by Old Chrissy to poison our relationship, and everything will be back to normal. Now go and fetch the Hearts Desire and bring it to me in the woodland clearing, I'll be waiting" Then in a flash of light he was gone. Left on his own, Cheese sighed and burst out his moth-like wings and began his journey. In another part of the woods a young couple were lost. "Fancy, I thought you said you knew where you were going" The unicorn mare said sceptically. "I do, I just haven't done this in a while that's all" Fancy Pants stated. "You've gotten us lost, haven't you?" Rarity deadpanned. "Erm...yes" "Fancy!" "I am sorry, my darling, it's just these map things are very confusing" Rarity sighed. "Well I suppose we better make camp for the night" "Yes I'll get a fire started with my magic" Rarity then pulled a blanket out of her saddle bag and lay it on the ground. She then proceeded to lie down on top of it and make herself comfortable, while Fancy Pants fixed the fire. Some time later, Rarity was just ready to go to sleep when she felt someone lie down next to her, which immediately made her jump up. "What are you doing!" she exclaimed. "Getting some rest, my dear" Fancy said, confused by his fiancé's sudden reaction. "Not next to me! It would be improper!" "Oh, come now Rarity, we're practically married already" "No, you can sleep over there" she said pointing to a patch of grass near the fire. Fancy Pants sighed. "Alright dear, whatever you wish" he said as he made his way over to the fire. Happy that everything was now in order Rarity relaxed and lay back down on the blanket. "Goodnight, my love" she called out to Fancy Pants "Goodnight to you also, my darling" he called back. And with that they slept. In a nearby woodland clearing, Discord sat on a branch of a tree waiting for Cheese Sandwich to return with the flower when he heard voices that seemed to be coming closer. Discord quickly hid inside the tree as he watched a young earth mare and a dragon enter the clearing. "Rarity!" the dragon called out. "Rarity where are you?" "Spike, maybe you should calm down" the mare suggested. "No! I won't calm down! I will find her, even if I have to hunt to the ends of the earth and drag her down the isle by that pretty purple mane of hers! She will be MINE!" he exclaimed, slamming his foot onto the ground causing a nearby puddle to ripple, as he looked at his reflection he started to tear up, for he saw something that he never wished to see. "No" he uttered in a tone barely above a whisper. "Spike..." the earth mare said, as she cautiously approached him. Spike turned around to face her with tear filled eyes. "I've become him, haven't I?" Applejack gasped. "No, you are nothing like your father!" "Aren't I? This is exactly how he used to behave, he was impulsive and cruel, is that not how I am being now?" "No! Your father was a tyrant who was cruel to his people, but you, you are kind and fair and my hero. Do you remember when we first met? We all decided to go for a walk in the woods and then we were attacked by Timberwolves. I got my hoof stuck under a rock and was about to get eaten when you stepped in and bravely fought the Timberwolf off, you saved my life! Do you really think that someone like your dad would do something like that? Sure sometimes you get a bit impatient but so does everyone. That doesn't make you a bad person it just makes you mortal" Applejack said as she hugged him. "Thank you AJ, you have always been such a good friend!" Spike said as he hugged her back. Applejack winced slightly at the word friend but shook it off so Spike wouldn't notice, but that didn't stop Discord from noticing and the tender way she acted towards him only made her crush on the young dragon that more apparent. Spike was just too caught up trying to find the mare of his dreams to notice how he was making his best friend feel. But Discord would fix that. As Discord watched the two friends leave the clearing an idea came to mind. Just then Cheese Sandwich came flying in, looking a bit rough. "You forgot to tell me about the Chimera guarding the flower!" Cheese exclaimed furiously. "You were lucky that I was able to fight that thing off, I was this close to becoming lunch!" "Yes, well it must have slipped my mind, anyway did you get it?" The King asked eagerly. "Yeah, I got it" he said handing the flower to Discord. "Hey do you hear that ringing sound too?" Discord ignored that last question. "Excellent, now I have a very important job for you. I need you to take a petal from this flower and squeeze it's juices into someone's eyes. A young drake wearing rich clothing should be traveling with a mare, she is desperately in love with him but he is too stupid to realise her feelings so I thought we better give him a nudge. And while you deal with that I will squeeze the love juice into my wife's eyes. You understand?" Cheese Sandwich nodded, even though he was still having trouble hearing. "Good, I'll see you later when the job is done!" Discord then disappeared in a flash leaving Cheese, once again, alone. "Wait did he say I was looking for a young stallion travelling with a mare? Yeah I think that's it" and with that he took off in the air again, in search of the young couple.