Chapter 1: Gift Problem
At the Castle of the Two Sisters...
Thorne is putting yellow paint onto a portrait of Fluttershy dancing in the sky, with butterflies flying around her as if to give her effect. He was deep in thought...
The painting seemed like it was finished, but, he felt that there was something missing. He just couldn’t put his finger on it.
‘Maybe if I give it an extra coating of yellow, it’ll be perfect.’ he thought to himself.
With the use of his wrist, he gives the Fluttershy part of the portrait and extra coating on her side. He stops for a moment to see if everything was to his satisfaction.
He suddenly frowns and throws the canvas on the ground.
“It’s still not perfect!” he yells.
He throws the portrait outside the window, and it makes a rip sound. Scorpan flies in while wearing the portrait, much to the fright of Thorne who felt worried about if his friend was hurt or not.
“Scorpan, sorry about that!” Thorne apologizes.
“It’s alright, Thorne.” Scorpan assures, “I’m not hurt.”
He pulls it off his head and puts it down.
“What’s wrong?” Scorpan asked.
When Scorpan asked that question, Thorne couldn’t help but tear up because of what was going on.
“Fluttershy’s birthday is in two days and I need to come up with a present she’ll like,” Thorne weeps, “And I still can’t figure out what to give her.”
“I’m sure she won’t mind what gift you give her. You two are close friends.”
“Being friends is not enough, Scorpan! I want to be Fluttershy’s special somepony! Er-somebody! Meanwhile, Discord probably has the perfect gift in store for her! How am I supposed to compete against a guy who can conjure anything with the snap of his fingers?”
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Meanwhile, at Discord’s House in his Chaos Dimension...
A group of flying pigs were flying outside and enjoying their day, relishing the lack of out of the ordinary sounds.
Until...
“I got NOTHING!”
A yell suddenly erupts from inside of Discord’s house, causing the entire dimension to shake and the pigs to squeal and speed away in fright.
A quick zoom into Discord’s house, and we see that he is pacing around with anxiety. His green friend, the Smooze watches Discord pacing.
“I can’t think of anything good for Fluttershy for her birthday!”
The Smooze mumbles something that no one but Discord can understand.
“Yes! I know I can conjure anything, but I want this present to be special for Fluttershy. That runt-of-a-Romeo Thorne probably came up with something romantic for her, and I need to make sure she turns her attention over to me.”
Discord then poofs into existence a large red rug, as well as robes that are often worn by monks in Tibet.
“Maybe if I meditate on it, I can figure out what to gift to give Fluttershy and how to win her heart.” he says.
He sits on the rug, spreads his legs out in a split, and then turns himself and the rug upside down in the air.
He closes his eyes as he was upside down, and, as part of his meditation, he talks in gibberish, as he thought that that would help speed his thinking of what to give Fluttershy.
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Back at the castle...
Thorne is sitting on his bed, thinking of a way to make his present to Fluttershy stand out, while Scorpan stands next to the bed to console his friend.
“Don’t worry, Thorne. You’ll find the perfect gift for her somehow.” Scorpan assures.
“Thanks for the assurance,” Thorne says, “Scorpan? If Twilight’s birthday was coming up, and you were looking for a gift for her, what would you give her?”
Scorpan couldn’t help but blink with shock when he was asked that.
“Why do you ask?” Scorpan questions.
“Well, I thought you’d be the perfect person to ask since you and Twilight don’t fall very far from the tree.” Thorne tells him.
Scorpan suddenly blushed upon what Thorne just said to him.
“Oh.” he responds, “W-well, it would definitely be something that she would like. Something that she would be really fond of or always wanted.”
“Okay.” Thorne says with a raised eyebrow, “Like what?”
“Well...Fluttershy likes dresses doesn’t she?”
Suddenly, Thorne’s face was struck with inspiration and he gasps.
“That’s it! Scorpan you’re the best!”
“I am?” Scorpan questions.
“Yay! I’ll make a dress of gold for Fluttershy like in that fairy tale Megan told the CMC, and I know the perfect place to get some gold fabric,” he rubs his hands while smirking, “Gotta go! See ya later, Scorpan!”
And with that, Thorne runs straight out the door, leaving Scorpan to just look on from where his friend just ran through.
“Well, at least his problem is solved.” he says to himself.
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Back at Discord’s House...
Discord’s meditation went on for about five whole minutes! But as he meditated, he also thought back to some past events for some inspiration.
Then, something came to him!
He opens his eyes and a light bulb appears above his head and lights up. He smiles, because now he knows exactly what he wants to give Fluttershy for her birthday.
“That’s it!” he exclaims.
He makes the Tibet clothing, light bulb, and rug disappear while he continues to hang upside down. The Smooze meanwhile mumbled in confusion about what Discord just came up with. When he had obviously asked, Discord picks him up by the head and brings him to his upside down head.
“It’s genius, Smooze! I can make Fluttershy a birthday dress of silver moonbeams, just like in that fairy tale Megan talked about!” he tells his friend, “It’ll match her perfectly, like the moon’s shine will be forever radiant on her. Especially at night.”
It was then that the Smooze finally understood what he was getting at, and he nods ‘yes’ with a smile that he thought it was the perfect idea.
“And I know exactly where to go. Ta-ta, my friend!” Discord says.
And in a flash, Discord disappears from the room, obviously heading straight to where he was going to make Fluttershy’s new dress.
The Smooze meanwhile just went into the kitchen to get some to eat.