"Oh my oh my oh my oh my o-"
"Fluttershy, my dear; whatever is the matter?"
"Eep!"
Yellow feathers gently fall to the ground as Fluttershy flaps her wings in a frightened manner. The sudden appearance of her tricky friend, Discord, had caused her to launch herself into the air sloppily in an attempt to escape the potential danger. Although Discord could possibly be considered a 'potential danger' in the eyes of most, of not all, ponies, his appearance has the opposite affect on the canary colored pegasus. She instead relaxes and lowers herself back down to the ground upon realizing who it was.
"Oh... hello, Discord," she greeted, exchanging her earlier frown for a kind smile. "Did you find anything about the Everfree?"
The mixed up chimera-like creature hums in confirmation. "Indeed I have," he at first chimes, though his body soon slumps instead. "I'm afraid I didn't quite remove all those dormant plunder seeds like I thought I did, dear. One or two... of thirty of them must have been eaten at one point or another by the random murder of birds in the past and thus unintentionally spread to the far corners of Equestria...
"... if not the whole world."
This was, by no stretch of the imagination, something Fluttershy wanted to hear right now. Thus she gasps.
"O-oh my..."
Discord however waves a paw passingly at the reaction now, standing up straighter once again.
"Nothing to worry about," he tries to reassure. "Honestly! The seeds are gone, but the magic remained here in the Everfree, of this I'm certain... Well, at least it did before this last week.
"It would now appear that the magic they once contained is what's spreading throughout the town, flowing into empty pockets that the Friendship Death Castle is unintentionally creating!"
The pegasus frowns.
"Please stop calling Twilight's home a 'death castle', Discord. I don't think she likes it."
"I just call them as I see um," Discord replies with a shrug. He then smoothly teleports to Fluttershy's side, relaxing on the grass next to her with claw and paw firmly planted behind his head. He stares up at the passing clouds momentarily before drawing his attention back to his first real friend. "But enough about the eventual death of all living things in Ponyville," he began, giving the shy pony a serious expression. "What has got you all hot and bothered today, Fluttershy?"
Fluttershy simply blushes.
"N-nothing," she stammers, failing to hide her now pink cheeks.
Discord's face becomes flat... Not as in dimensionally, which is a thing he can in fact do, but instead expressionless.
"Please, Fluttershy," the spirit began. "I want to try to be a good friend now, honestly! I broke your trust before and I wish, truly I do, to redeem myself." With the snap of his clawed hand, Discord disappears with a flash and reappears in a green garb. "Scout's honor," he says at first, but then he blinks and looks down at his outfit. He snaps his fingers again with no result. He does so again, only to produce yellow sparkles. On the third attempt, a sash appears and completes the costume.
"Ho hum," he muses aloud. "I keep forgetting that my magic isn't what it used to be since the princesses only returned to me half of it. Woe is me... But enough about that," he declares, allowing the cloths to disappear into a flock of bubbles. "Well, Fluttershy? Will you please share with me your problem? Please?"
Though she pauses at first, Fluttershy internally considers Discord's words.
On the one hoof, Discord was, and has been for the past week, legitimately making an afford to redeem himself in the eyes of herself and her friends. He had been nothing but helpful and, if she knew him like she thought she used to and still knew him, if she told him her problem, he would do what any good friend would do and take steps to rectify the situation.
On the other hoof, that's what Fluttershy feared the most.
"..."
Sadly thought, in the end, the yellow mare eventually comes to realize that she has no real choice in the matter. One way or another, Discord would find out.
'Better it be from me,' she attempts to reassure herself.
"... O... okay, Discord. I'll tell you."
The draconequus smiles widely.
"But," Fluttershy sharply cuts him off with a hoof, before he could get too excited. "You must understand something about friendship first. Friends stick up for each other no matter what, that's true, but that doesn't always mean fighting and sometimes it means simply listening to something and accepting it... Do you understand?"
Discord pauses for a second, but only a second. He eventually shakes his head up and down in understanding, egger to be of use.
Fluttershy smiles his enthusiasm. 'Maybe this won't be so bad?' she muses internally, tempting fate. "Good," she chimes externally. The pegasus then steels herself for these next few words.
"Okay, so; Applejack's brother, Big Macintosh, passed me by a little while ago, Discord. And, well, h-he... he said to me t-that... that..."
Five minutes later, as Fluttershy stares at the crater that used to house a mild mannered draconequues, the shy pony contemplates how colossal of a bad idea this had turned out to be.
"Oh dear..."
Really? A cliffhanger right there at the most interesting spot in the chapter should be considered criminal in every single court of law ever.
Tch. You tease.
Why would you do this to the poor sod, did he say "eeyup" to your mother in a suggestive way or something?
Makes me wonder exactly what Mac said, did he come on to Fluttershy or insult her?
Well, Mac's dead. Or he's going to the moon. Or he's going to be a new lawn ornament in Canterlot. Or he's... you get the idea.
4997934 I think I get it, but what does that do with TT being nice to AJ and the such?
Well, it IS a Death Castle so it's a fair cop.
4997864
No, I think that Big Mac said something of a more... "romantic" nature... if you know what I mean...
4998105 That's waht "Come on to" means. Being flirtatious
4997991 Well, he's pretty sure she's in for an imminent soul crushing verbal beatdown from her brother. Most anyone could spare a kind word or two for someone with that in their immediate future
FluttersMaCordShy. Things are going to go Nuclear!
Spike delivers the new Equestria NAVY recruiting posters to Celestia "After Twilights little air show Enlistments are up 23%" The Princess beamed
Rarity added " The Mare Corps are also showing a dramatic increase too"
Spike sighed " They all said something about 'Pay back' for the red mouth of lingering death"
Is Discord protective of everyone's favorite yellow Pegasus??
Tell me he did not just called her the S word?
4997796
He knows what he did!
... Besides, I was nice to him in my other fics, so it only seemed fair
Oooo, devilish cliffhanger there.
I'm gonna guess discord is all ready to give mac the what for... then something like this happens:
I don't mean to keep commenting in videos, but they just fit!
and by fit I mean discord is gonna get owned
4999130
Hehe, naw it's all cool. Haven't seen that one in a while, actually!
Can't talk about the possibility of pwnage though because, well...
My attention.
You haz it.
*favs/watches*
Fluttershy, I think you are the prettiest pony I've ever laid eyes on, and I've always dreamed of (insert unspeakable sex act here) to you in the (unspeakable sex play here).
Okay, so now Big Mac is screwed because he has a vengeance-obsessed Chaos God on his tail. Whatever he said to Fluttershy must have been pretty bad!
Guh, what on earth did he say!?
Well, now I'm hooked.
The oh-est of shits
5002091
Nope. I'm afraid I am doomed to forever be the manliest of derps. Just ask my mum!
5002135
Me thinks a certain redcoated, ginger-maned farm stallion is about to become thoroughly acquainted with the meaning of "pure-D, unadulterated agony, anguish, and suffering"