Until the End
Discord stood alone on a small hill on the outskirts of Ponyville. A tear fell as he read the inscription of the grave that lay before him:
Fluttershy
The Kindest of Ponies
It had been a little over a month since her passing, but Discord was still extremely saddened over her death. She had been his first true friend, and owed his life to her. If it were not for her, I would no doubt have been turned back into stone. As he continued to gaze down at the tombstone, he found his mind to be flooded with memories
“Go on, say it,” Fluttershy urged.
“Fine,” he agreed with a sigh, “friendship is magic.” As she smiled up at him, he couldn’t help but return the grin. While he would never admit it, he had wanted to say that all along, and Fluttershy had given him the perfect opportunity. Friendship was a beautiful gift that he had never known until he had met her.
As the years went on, he became well acquainted with Fluttershy’s other five friends, but he always remained closest to the kind pony that had reformed him so many years ago under the princess’s request.
Discord paced back and forth in the throne room as Celestia gazed out the window. It was almost time for the sun to set, meaning Luna would soon join Discord in the wait.
“Discord, you are going to wear out that spot of the floor,” Celestia said with a soft smile as she turned to look at him. “What is bothering you?”
Discord sighed and looked down at the floor, “I’m worried about them.” Two days ago, Celestia had summoned Fluttershy and her five friends to Canterlot as the elements of harmony were needed to fight a returned threat in Equestria. It had been over a year since they were last needed, and Discord found himself worrying about their safety. While the ponies were no doubt strong, he worried if a fight would ensue as it did during the royal wedding in Canterlot. While the other five were strong and could easily defend themselves, he knew Fluttershy was easily intimidated making her an easy target. His worries were instantly shattered as the doors burst open and six ponies walked in.
“Welcome,” Celestia greeted with a warm smile as she walked towards the group. Discord floated over and greeted the group. He gave Rainbow Dash a quick hoof bump while Pinkie Pie hopped up and down pausing for a moment to whisper in his ear a simple request. With a effortless snap, a cotton candy cloud appeared and rained down chocolate milk as he gave Fluttershy a warm hug. He was glad to see all of his friends uninjured and only continued to smile as Celestia continued, “I look forward to hearing what happened, but for now you should rest. The six of you are welcome to stay here in the castle for the night.”
He earned a short discrete nod from Rainbow Dash and a giggle by Pinkie Pie that did not go unnoticed by Fluttershy who in turn gave him a knowing look. Instantly he knew what this meant.
Tonight he could have some fun pranking the guards with his two fellow pranksters, as long as they were reasonable and did not cause any real harm.
Time skipped forward once again as he remembered Fluttershy’s wedding day. For a while, it had been hard for the pegasus to meet somepony due to her shyness, along with the fact that it seemed no stallion in their right mind would try to be with a pony who could take them down with the elements of harmony, who had ties to princesses, as well as the captain of the royal guard and the Lord of Chaos himself. Nevertheless, she had found herself a humble stallion that had won the approval of everypony.
Discord loved visiting their cottage, especially after the birth of two foals, and later a total of five grandfoals. Somewhere over the years, he had been adopted into the family and earned the name Uncle Discord.
It was strange to think that only a little over a month ago, Fluttershy went to sleep one night, only to never awaken. He had heard the news from Celestia late in the morning, and his first reaction was not to cry, but to lash out. He wanted to be true to his name and ensue chaos like Equestria had never seen before, but he knew that was not what she would want. Her husband had died the year before, and he found some comfort in knowing that they could be together again.
He allowed one last tear to fall before laying down a single flower on her grave. It was a thorn less yellow rose symbolic of the beautiful friendship they had shared.
“Hey.”
Discord turned towards the soft voice to see Fluttershy standing before him. He blinked twice and realized it was not Fluttershy in front of him, but it might as well have been. A solid white pegasus with a light indigo mane and tail each in a thick braid walked over and stood next to him. It was not her mane, or her single butterfly for a cutiemark that grasped his attention, but her eyes that were identical teal replicas of her grandmother’s.
He had known her since she was born in Cloudesdale, spending every Summer in Ponyville with her grandmother. She had found her special talent with the caretaking of animals, and had moved in with her grandmother after finishing school. Fluttershy’s kind heart and shyness were no doubt present in this pony as well, allowing her to be chosen as the new Element of Kindness after her grandmother’s passing.
“Hello Azura,” Discord greeted with a small smile.
“I could see you from the cottage,” she explained softly, “I was about to feed the animals, would you like to join me?”
“I would be happy to.”
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*snif* what are you looking at!
these aren't tears there sweat.
my feels hurt now......
3344314
I'm sorry! I know it's rather sad, but I get an idea and it wont leave me alone until I write it! Don't be too sad!
I'm guessing this isn't finished?
Me:oh a story I love a story about fluttershy and discord I wounder what's this about.
I'm not cry I have something in my eye
2 minutes later
Me: this is a story
3344475
Actually, I think it is as I have nothing else to add onto it
3344502
I never knew my story would cause so many tears
Right. In. The. Feels!
It's going to take me awhile to recover from this.
3344567
I'm sorry!
But I'm glad my words have such a big impact
3344549 don't worry u might feel everyone better
My usually crying line up is here.
3347143
So many tears!
3348964
The battle against the feels has just begun!
I liked this, but I felt it was too brief and expository.
It didn't go into enough depth regarding their friendship, and I wish you had explored his relationship with the rest of her family more. The generic husband was a bit annoying, and I felt the reasons for why she had trouble finding a suitable stallion were handled in a shallow manner. I did like the addition of a grandchild, who reminded him of Fluttershy, but she didn't feel like her own character.
Overall, I felt this could have been expanded on and improved. Please don't take this as an attack.
I like your ideas. The bit about Discord pulling pranks with Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie was good, but barely touched on. Admittedly, I think that could be another story, unto itself.
I enjoyed the thought of him mourning her, but I thought he could have put his own spin on that with a little bit of innocent chaos. Perhaps him planning on having a large rose-tree growing out of her grave, over time. Something like that.
Do keep writing. There will never be enough Fluttershy and Discord fan fiction in the world.
Edit: I think Discord attending Fluttershy's wedding would be a hilarious scene. That could also be its own story, if her fiance were fleshed out into a full-blown, interesting character.
3503663
Indeed the husband was not fleshed out as his own character as I wrote this as what I can only describe as an overview. I would love to read a story about Discord, Rainbow and Pinkie pulling pranks as well as Discord attending Fluttershy's wedding. However, I feel I am not the right person to write these stories as this is the first time I have ever written a story about Discord and it may even be my last. It is easier for me to write about characters that I can relate to because I fell as if I know them. That being said, I'm not one to cause chaos or pull pranks often meaning Discord is not an easy character for me to write about
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Awww, that's too bad, but no big deal.
To be honest, I'm not any good at coming up with pranks myself, or I would write the Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, and Discord prank-athon. I may have to mention it on the forums, and see if someone has already run with that idea, or if they'd be willing to!
I feel capable of relating to Discord otherwise, so I might try my hand at writing the wedding idea in the future.
The hard part will be choosing a background stallion, or creating an OC for the husband, and that will depend on what sort of story I want to tell. It could be a comedy, a drama, or some combination of the two.
3503772
In another story I had wrote, or rather still writer, Fluttershy's husband was a member of the royal guard. It would be interesting to see her marry someone who used to scare her (ex. the episode in which she takes Celestia's Phoenix, she was invited to attend the party with Celestia but was too scared of the guards). A pony as such might be interesting, or even the common Fluttershy and Big Mac or perhaps Fluttershy and Caramel. There are plenty of options, and with Discord involved, you know it's going to be a good wedding
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I think the guards only scared Fluttershy in that one episode, because she'd taken Philomena, but I like that general concept. Since I don't have a specific character in mind already, I'll need more of a plot before I can start narrowing down who'd be the best choice. It'll just have to ferment in the back of my mind for awhile.
Oooh! If I go with an OC, one of Luna's guard would be interesting. There is still much pondering to be had.
My feels... They are... Feely.
Short and sweet, with a little moment of d'awww there at the end to bring some happier tears to my eyes. Loved this story, I honestly cannot get enough of Fluttershy and Discord friendship stories. Still, just remembering that Discord is immortal while Fluttershy isn't... I think I need a new batch of tissues...
3585054 Yay feels!
Poor Uncle Discord...
3592716 Poor Discord, but at least he and Azura get along well
Why, Fluttershy?! Why do you have to go and make Discord cry?! Why do you have to make me cry?! *curls self beside Discord and sobs*
3594901 Fluttershy can't help that she's not immortal
Besides, this shows, in my opinion at least, that he truly did treasure their friendship
I get you were trying really hard to make me cry during the story, but it ultimately fell flat. The idea was really interesting, seeing what would Discord do when Fluttershy died. The execution was okay, but something about it rubs me the wrong way. I guess it's because everything was thrown right at me rather quickly, never giving any real feel or depth to the relationship between Discord and Fluttershy, and it never gave me a chance to figure things out on my own.
So, this is an overall okay story, not too great, not too bad.
3644339 I thank you for your honest option, and I must agree this is not my best story, Nevertheless I thank you for taking the time to read it and for the fav.
Excuse me...I have to wipe the liquid pride from my eyes...
3653348 So
much 
liquid pride! 
I'm glad you liked it though