So after all that dark... · 10:04pm Jun 1st, 2015

...I figure you all need some fluff?

Another 500 word story I wrote for the Fluttercord prompt tag . My prompt word was Curse:

“…and then the princess kissed the monster, and the curse was broken and he turned into a handsome prince! And they lived happily ever after, The End. Now, time for bed…”

“Aw, do we have to?” whined Scootaloo.

“Yeah, it’s not even that late,” added Apple Bloom.

“Yup,” said Fluttershy. “That was the deal. I read you a story then you go to bed.”

“Kind of a lame story wasn’t it?” said Discord, perched on the arm of the couch like a humongous yet comical reptilian bird.

“How so?” said Fluttershy.

“Yeah, how so?” parroted Sweetie Belle, who was hoping the prolonged conversation would stave off bed time a little longer. Fluttershy wasn’t fooled.

“The ending ruined it!” said Discord.

“But it was a happy ending!” said Sweetie Belle.

“Was it, foal? Was it really?” said the draconequus, sizing up the filly with one of his great, red eyes.

“Uh…”

“Why did he have to turn into a handsome prince for her to love him?”

“I’m…not sure, actually,” said Fluttershy truthfully. She thought for a minute. “Perhaps he wasn’t happy being a monster and her kiss of true love broke the spell.”

“Phooey!” said Discord, in the tone of a petulant child. “Nowhere in the story did it say he wasn’t happy being a monster. It also seemed to imply that one must conform to social aesthetics in order to be accepted in society. Hardly a great lesson for foals, I should say.”

“Whu?” said Scootaloo. Discord was using big words again.

“I liked the story,” said Apple Bloom.

“You would,” said Discord.

“Okay…that’s enough of that, I think,” said Fluttershy, and she nudged the Cutie Mark Crusaders towards the spare room. "I think it’s time I tucked you in. "

“Awww!” came the protest from the three fillies, but eventually Fluttershy managed to calm them down and they were snoozing.

She shut the door quietly and went to re-join Discord in the living room.

“Now, what was that really about?” she said to him.

“What do you mean? It was a poorly written story. Nothing more, nothing less.”

“Is that so?”

“Well, yes! I just think the idea that she kisses him and he changes into something completely different in order for her to love him is a bit unrealistic.”

“Perhaps,” whispered Fluttershy, moving closer.

"I mean...it's just wishful thinking isn't it? Not to mention shallow and mmmpfhh..."

Fluttershy had placed her hooves on either side of Discord’s face and kissed him softly on the lips.

It took him a second to realize what was happening, but when he did he wrapped his lion arm around her waist and returned the kiss with greater pressure, which she reciprocated. Eventually they both came up for air.

“Uh…wow,” said Discord.

“Hmm,” said Fluttershy. “I don’t see any change…”

“…and?”

“And I’m quite relieved,” she said smiling at him.

He grinned at her happily.

“So, now that the kiddies are in bed, you wanna get cozy by the fireplace?”

Fluttershy giggled. “Sounds good to me.”

He put his lion paw around her again. “I warn you though, I’m a monster.”

“Handsome princes are overrated.”

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