//------------------------------// // The Gift of Discord // Story: Flutershy's Birthday Fiasco // by Catrina37 //------------------------------// Chapter 3: The Gift of Discord At the front of the Boutique, Megan was putting her dress on display before leaving with Rarity to help her find gift wrap. But, as she did, she noticed that instead of putting it on display like she was doing, Rarity was instead putting her dress in a special kind of bag used for carrying and protecting dresses. It didn’t take long for her to know what her friend was going to do. Megan and Rarity were about to leave. “Is it really necessary to bring your dress along, Rarity?” Megan asked. “Megan, I want to find gift wrap that captures her birthday outfit’s elegance,” Rarity said, “Besides, with Thorne involved, you know who won’t be far behind.” “Oh,” Megan said with realization, “Well, in that case, do you have an extra dress bag?” With that, Rarity tossed over another bag to Megan, which she caught with no problem at all. After Megan put her dress inside of her bag, Discord suddenly appeared in a flash with fabric and sewing equipment. “Salutations, Rarity!” Discord said, startling Rarity and Megan, the former giving a slight scream. They turned to find Discord was here. “Don’t ever do that again, Discord!” Rarity said. “Sorry, but I’m in a hurry. I’m going to make Fluttershy a dress of silver moonbeams like in that lovely fairy tale Megan told, and I need to borrow your boutique.” “Uhhhh… I wish I could, but...it’s a mess,” Rarity lied, “I dirtied it up while making my birthday gown for Fluttershy.” “No biggie! I can just clean it up with my magic.” “Well…Discord…another problem is…the place is being, uh, renovated by someone…” Megan nervously lied, some sweat trickling down her forehead. At first, he felt a little confused at why Rarity and Megan were so hesitant about letting him work in the boutique. He suddenly came to the realization that there was only one explanation for their apprehension. “Thorne’s in there, isn’t he?” he said with a look of disdain. Rarity and Megan nervously nodded yes. **** Meanwhile, Thorne was very busy working on his gift for Fluttershy. Everything was silent, until the door to the room suddenly slammed open. He turned around to see that Discord had angrily barged in. “I should have known you’d be doing this!” he yelled. “Tough luck, Discord!” Thorne said, “Fluttershy is going to love my gift and me!” “In your dreams, Romeo!” “Oh yay!” As the two argued, they held out their fists, ready to fight. But, their fists glowed blue and floated to their own sides. They turn to find Rarity in the doorway, with a rather firm and scolding look while Megan stood by and watched. “Listen up, you two!” Rarity yelled, “Megan and I are going to get gift wrap for our presents. You two can work in my boutique, but if I find the place a mess like that paintball war you had a few weeks back, I’m going to use you two as my new pin cushions! Am I clear?” “As the Crystal Empire, Rarity!” Discord and Thorne immediately said. Finding that their promise was honest, Megan and Rarity turned to leave, but not before Rarity showed an “I’m watching you” gesture. When the door closed, Discord and Thorne turned their attention to one another. They huffed and went toward opposite sides, obviously finding that fighting would be a waste of time at the moment. **** Outside the boutique... “I hope nothing happens in there. The last thing we need is for Discord and Thorne to fight over Fluttershy again.” Megan said with concern. “I agree,” Rarity said, her concerned look then changing to a mischievous smile, “By the way, Megan. You never did tell me or the others how your date with Ahuizotl went while we were in Manehatten.” At that realization, and the memory of that night with him, Megan couldn’t help but blush, and scratch the back of her head. “Oh. I...” she said with a pause, “I guess I just didn’t think you guys were interested.” Rarity couldn’t help but chuckle upon seeing Megan’s flustered look. “Well, I’d be honored to be the first you could talk about it with.” Megan also couldn’t help but chuckle. She wasn’t one for gossip, but she felt like it would be fun to have some girl talk with Rarity by telling her how it went and what it was like. And what Ahuizotl was like as well.