Discord sat in the library, flipping through the pages of several books. Derpy had decided to start exercising her talents again and was entertaining the schoolhouse ponies today. That left him with nothing to do. He let out a sigh and let the books drop to the floor.
"Oh no you don't!"
Twilight walked down the stairs and stood in front of the draconequus. "Pick the books up and put them away properly."
"Fine."
He snapped his fingers and the books flew to their appointed shelves.
Twilight nodded approvingly. "Thank you."
"No problem."
Silence fell over them as they stood there. Discord wondered why neither of them spoke. He decided to do something about it.
"I'm going to go for a walk."
He snapped his fingers and shrunk to his pony form.
Twilight smiled. "Okay. Um..."
Discord nodded to the door. "Come on already. If you don't want to be alone-"
He didn't have to finish the sentence. Twilight was by his side and they left the library.
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Every now and then a pony would stop and bow when they noticed Twilight. She encouraged them not to, but they still did it anyways.
When the latest encounter ended, Discord looked at her thoughtfully. "I'm surprised that you don't like the attention."
"I'm not used to it. I know these ponies and they know me. Why should they bow to a friend?"
"Because it's what being royalty is about. You're above them now. They look to you for help and give you respect for it."
"I guess that makes sense."
"That's how it was for me."
Twilight looked disgusted. "You think that ponies fearing you is the same as respect?!"
He shrugged. "That was how I thought back then. I couldn't say it now though. Too much has changed."
"Like what?"
"Startail. That's where it all started. Then there was Fluttershy. And now it's you and Derpy."
The princess paused on the street. "Me? What have I done?"
Discord smiled. "You helped me reconnect with my daughter. You've been a true friend to me even though I can be awful at times."
A half smile crept onto Twilight's face. "You're not as awful as you were before."
"Is that a compliment?"
"Yes. And it's true. If Celestia had asked me to help you connect with Derpy when we had first met, I'd have said it was impossible."
"True."
"But now... You've changed for the better. You're not the same Discord I met once. You're a father now. And a dear friend."
Discord felt a warm, fuzzy feeling inside. He'd pull the fuzz out if he didn't like the feeling so much.
Twilight surprised him by kissing him on the cheek. She smiled at the draconequus' surprise. "Come on. Let's go see how Derpy's doing"
Welp, looks like things are about to get awkward. Wonder how Derpy is going to feel about her dad dating somepony young enough to be her sister?
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An I seeing two shipping in the future?
2731314 Pls. How much older was he than Startail?
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Twilight likes him
sh wants to kiss him
and have is babies
ooooh looks like Celestria is goign to have to keep an eye on him now hehe >:P
derpy might be getting a new mom! :D
Oh ho ho!
Things are getting steamy!!!
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Who better for a potentially immortal spirit of chaos than the potentially immortal alicorn of .... whatever Twilight is the alicorn of?
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Books. It is both hilarious and true.
I detect… is that…? Is it really…? I think it is!
!SHIPPING!
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... Miss Congeniality?
2735186 Shipping it like FedEx
2731314 Technically Derpy is about the same age as Twilight, but technically she's older than Twilight by a millennium or two...she just didn't actually live that/those millennium(s), what with being removed from the time stream and all.
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Considering that Discord is immortal, I'd guess a few thousand years if not longer... so a fair bit older.
I'm sensing some romance, luckily Twi is now the Goddess of Magic and both are immortal so I'm 100% down, I would be down even if she was not a Princess but it would have been very tragic and cruel of Fate.
2799226 me to maaaaaaaan
I liked the. Friend moment... But this isn't gonna turn into a twicord ship, is it?
The twicord is strong with this one...
Oh wow that was pretty nice so it looks like Discord was going out to walk after that trip and surprisingly he even invited Twilight to come along he even thanks Twilight for helping him