Chapter Five: Three weeks of vacation
Morning finally occurred, and Fluttershy was the first one to wake-up. She looked at Discord and blushed a bit, she almost forgotten that she spent the night with Discord. The pony smiled at Discord's sleeping face, he looked so peaceful and at ease. She put her hoof on his shoulder and shook it gently, trying to wake him up.
"Discord. Discord. It's morning." Fluttershy said softly.
"No mommy, I don't want to today…" Discord said turning his body away from her.
Fluttershy giggled and continued to shake him, "Come on sweetie, wake-up."
"But moooooooooooooooooooom!" Discord whined waking up. He sat up and rubbed his .
"Did you have a ?" Fluttershy asked.
The draconequus blushed brightly when he realized he was talking to his best friend Fluttershy and not to his mother.
"Um… Yes I did, how about you?" He asked poking is index fingers together.
"I did also, but I need to go home now. I have to give my animals their breakfast." She answered.
"Don't worry my dear Fluttershy; we'll be there in a jiffy!" Discord said getting ready to snap his fingers.
"Don't you mean 'mommy'?" The pony asked teasingly.
"I have no idea what you are talking about!" The dragon creature stated and blushed before snapping his fingers, teleporting them in front of Fluttershy's cottage.
"Thank you Discord." Fluttershy said with a smile.
"That was no problem Fluttershy, I'm glad to do it." He said smiling back before he noticed a piece of paper taped onto her front door, "What is that?"
Fluttershy turned away from her friend and noticed the paper also, "I Don't know." She grabbed the paper and started to read it.
Dear Fluttershy,
I apologize for my rude behavior towards you and Discord at the Gala.
To make amends, I'm inviting you and your friends to stay at my castle for three weeks so you can spend time with Discord more. Do not worry about packing, my royal guards already packed your belongings and relocated your animals to my castle.
Sincerely,
Princess Celestia
Fluttershy blinked, trying to take the situation in. Curious, Discord grabbed the paper and read it also.
"Is there a catch or something? It seems too good to be true that the nosey princess is apologizing how she treated me." Discord stated bringing out a magnifying glass to look for tiny texts.
"Why do you think there is a catch?" Fluttershy asked looking up at her friend.
"Believe me Fluttershy, Celestia isn't exactly a picnic especially if you have known her as long as I have." Discord said making the magnifying glass disappear, "Darn, I can't find any hidden texts; maybe she's using invisible ink?" Discord then rubbed his chin.
Fluttershy rolled her eyes and said, "Maybe she does mean it Discord, but if you don't believe it's fine, but it doesn't cloud the fact that we're going to spend time together for three weeks."
Discord nearly burst with happiness, "You're right!" He then grabbed the pony into his arms and said, "Three weeks with you! I don't care what she has planned, being with you makes up for it!"
"And my friends." Fluttershy said speaking up, "My friends will be there also."
Discord groaned and drooped down. "I forgot about that part…" He said bitterly and let Fluttershy down. "Maybe that was the catch?" He said tapping his chin.
"Discord…" She said a little disappointed.
"Sorry that I'm not excited that your friends are going to be there my dear, but how they treated me last night." He said annoyed before he noticed that Fluttershy's eyes had gotten big and glassy.
"Now my dear, if you're stare disapproving eyeballs doesn't effect me, what makes you think your puppy eyes can?" Discord asked crossing his arms and tried to stare her down.
The pony's eyes grew bigger and she even pouted a little. Discord's body began to tremble as her stare began to weaken him.
"Okay I give-I give!" The draconequus shouted throwing his arms into the air literally, "I'll try to get along with your friends! Enough with the stare! It's making me fall apart-literally!" He then used his tail to pick up his dismembered arms and put them back into place.
Fluttershy smiled as she flew up to him and said, "Thank you."
Discord looked at her and blushed slightly.
"Yeah-Yeah…" He said coolly before she embraced him. He relaxed and embraced her back, "I guess it's going to be okay… as long as you're there…"
"Of course." Fluttershy said before Discord snapped his fingers and teleported them to Princess Celestia's castle.
*o*o*o*
Princess Twilight Sparkle waited patiently with her friends. They were waiting for the arrival of their friend Fluttershy.
Pinkie Pie was skipping around the room, talking about how she's going to have a party everyday.
Rainbow Dash and Applejack were listening to Rarity talk about Prince Blueblood and how he had changed.
They all thought that this was some sort of vacation, but Twilight knew the truth, it was for Discord. She was surprised when Princess Luna told her that Discord was in love with Fluttershy and that was why they turned him into an alicorn for a night.
The plan was to have Discord and the others to befriend to each other and trust each other, or at least get use to each other. This will benefit all of Equestria if they learned how to work together.
"Are you alright Twilight?" Applejack asked.
Twilight snapped out of her thoughts and nodded, "Yes, just peachy!"
"Well you have been quiet." Rainbow Dash mentioned.
"I was just… thinking, that's all." The alicorn said.
"Ooo~! Were you thinking about parties!? I was thinking about parties!" Pinkie Pie said as she continued to skip around the room.
The blue pegasus rolled her eyes, "You're always thinking about parties Pinkie Pie."
"Nope not really! I also think about cupcakes!" The pink earth pony said before doing a barrel roll and tackled Rainbow Dash.
"Well I guess a broken clock is right twice a day…" Applejack mumbled.
"Hey! Are you insulting me!?" Rainbow Dash shouted.
Before Applejack could answer, somepony opened the door and said, "I'm hoooooome!"
The ponies quickly turned their attention towards the door to see Discord and Fluttershy.
Rarity gasped and pointed her hoof at Discord, "What is he doing here!?"
"I live here!" Discord answered putting his hands on his hips.
"Um… What's goin' on exactly?" Applejack asked looking at her friend Twilight.
"Princess Celestia invited us here to try to get along with each other. We had a misunderstanding last night, so we're going to spend time together so that won't happen again." Twilight explained.
"And here I thought this was a vacation, I much rather be spending time with my beloved prince." Rarity stated.
"Aw~, c'mon Rarity, Discord isn't that bad, in fact you thought he was wonderful when he was a pony!" Pinkie said.
Rarity's face turned red, "No-No-NO! I will not allow this, I absolutely refuse."
"Well like it or not, it's the princess' order." Applejack reasoned.
"Please Rarity; can you at least give the idea a chance?" Fluttershy asked with pleading eyes.
The pure white unicorn sighed, "Fine, I'll do it, but it does not mean that I changed my mind about Discord!"
"Well that's why we're here, to give it a try." The alicorn said before Prince Blueblood walked in.
"Excuse me; I hope I'm not interrupting something." Prince Blueblood said.
"Oh not at all Prince Blueblood." Rarity said happily. Rainbow Dash and Applejack gave an annoyed stare at Rarity for changing her mood so fast.
"Well I'm here to announce that breakfast is ready." He said walking towards Rarity, "May I escort you to the dining hall?"
Rarity giggled, "But of course you may!"
Discord rolled his eyes and stuck his tongue out. He thought Rarity was bipolar.
"Well I guess we can eat together to build up a relationship." Twilight said.
"Then what are we waiting for!? I'm starved!" Rainbow Dash said before flying out of the room. The rest of the ponies and the draconequus followed after Rainbow Dash so they could eat breakfast.