Fluttershy knew this place all to well...it was where her dreams have taken her every night for the past week and a half...
Fluttershy and her five friends where standing in the center of Ponyville. The once bustling town was now eerie silent as everypony hid in their homes, waiting for what was coming...
"I'm sure Discord will catch Tirek and this will all be over soon." Fluttershy said with much faith in her friend.
"I'll bet he takes his sweet time." Rainbow Dash drawled out sarcastically.
"Or perhaps these things just take time." A voice sharply remarked.
Fluttershy whipped around to see Discord standing there. Thinking that he had already defeated Tirek, she looked up at him with the biggest proudest smile on her face.
"Did you bring the cucumber sandwiches?" She asked.
"I did." Discord made them reappear in his claw and held the tray up proudly. "I imagine they'll be your last decent meal for quite sometime.." He said darkly as he let the tray and sandwiches fall to the ground. In a flash of light, Fluttershy found herself locked in a large metal cage with the rest of her friends. Everypony was shouting things at Discord, but all Fluttershy could do was stand there in shock and confusion.
Suddenly, the ground beneath them shook viciously as Tirek's hoofsteps made contact with the earth. Tirek emerged from the trees and made his way towards the caged group.
"You gathered up all of them?" He asked Discord.
"And her little dragon too!" Discord pointed at Spike, in which the dragon then preceded to bite at.
"Why are you doing this? I thought we were friends!" Fluttershy had tears streaming down her cheeks as she looked at him.
"Oh we were, but Tirek offered me so much more than you ever did! Surely you saw this coming?" Discord sneered.
Fluttershy felt as if somepony drove a knife threw her heart. She had thought that Discord really cared about her...was starting to care about her more than a friend...and was starting to feel the same toward him...
Fluttershy cried harder into her hooves, she really and truly was a silly gullible fool. She thought she had given kindness, friendship, and...love...
But apparently Discord didn't want that, he wanted full freedom to spread his chaos...something which Fluttershy couldn't provide. Apparently, she was just a toy Discord could play with until the new, better toy came out...and that was Tirek...
She didn't even lift her head when she felt the entire cage lift off the ground and Tirek sucking all the energy out of her body...
The large cage was thrown back down to the ground with a harsh thud. Fluttershy's vision was blurry with tears as she looked up to see both Tirek and Discord laughing maniacally as they stared down at the little and pathetic group of ponies that lay crumbled on the ground before them...
Discord used his magic to make himself grow bigger. His laughter becoming deeper in tone as he continued to grow taller. Fluttershy stared up in horror as Discord grew so tall he towered over them menacingly as he continued to laugh wickedly.
Tirek however, turned his back on the imprisioned ponies and started to leave to continue his search for more power elsewhere. Discord saw him leaving, but before he made a move to follow, he glanced at the small ponies in the cage with so much disgust and disdain it made Fluttershy sob harder than she thought possible. Discord scoffed at them as he lifted his foot to make his way toward where Tirek had gone.
Fluttershy lifted her hooves from her face as she felt a shadow loom over her. She looked up just in time to see Discord's cloven hoof descending upon the cage...
"NOOO! DISCOORD!!"
Fluttershy screamed just as Discord's hoof made contact with the heavy metal, crushing it and the ponies inside of it to smithereens...
"NOOO! DISCOORD!!"
Discord was jolted awake by Fluttershy's scream, so much so he almost fell off the bed! He looked over to her and was horrified to see tears running down her face as she thrashed wildly on the sheets. After he quickly realized she was asleep and not actually in danger, the words she screamed sunk in and rang in Discord's mind...
She's...She's dreaming about...me?
Discord snapped out of his thoughts as Fluttershy let out another blood curdling scream. He jumped into action and was immediately at her side as he began to fiercely shake her.
"Fluttershy darling wake up! Please wake up!" He begged loudly.
She just continued to thrash around while Discord tried to keep shaking her. Anxiety was starting to well up inside him the longer she stayed trapped in sleep..
She suddenly stopped as her eyes suddenly flew open. She turned to face Discord, who was looking at her with deep concern on his face. Even though his eyes were mismatched, what she saw in them held the same amount of ...Fear. Fear for her...
She jumped at Discord and clung to him tightly. Fluttershy felt his loving arms wrap around her waist as he clung to her just as tightly. She let out shaky breaths as she continued to sob into his chest fur. However, she didn't seem to feel Discord's own tears trailing down her back...
Discord had never felt so helpless in all his years as he did right now, knowing that Fluttershy had these dreams but could do nothing to stop them. The worst part was knowing that her nightmares were about him...
He felt his chest fur was quickly becoming soaked with his marefriend's tears, but he didn't care. All he cared about was the mare in his arms. He started to slowly rub circles on her back while gently stroking her mane with his claws. Fluttershy finally got to a point where her cries became sniffles, but Discord still continued to stroke her mane and back.
"Fluttershy...like it or not, I am going to take you to see somepony tomorrow who will help you sort out these nightmares and hopefully put an end to them, okay?" He gently whispered softly in her ear.
She couldn't deny it any longer; and she didn't want to deny it any longer. She slowly nodded against his chest.
"Okay Discord." She whispered softly.