//------------------------------// // No Way!!! // Story: Violet, I need your help again // by Fizzyberries302 //------------------------------// Discord paced around the living room, deep in thought. ‘Get a hold of yourself, you’ve been dating for a year. It’s time to take it to the next level.’ he thought. “What if I screw up and she leaves me. What if she wants nothing to do with me anymore? What if she says ‘no’!” he muttered to himself. The diamond ring he held in his paw was what was getting him in a tizzy. He had been dating Fluttershy, the local animal carer for a year and now he felt it was time to take it to the next level. Said pony was at the Crystal Empire with her friends, to help Princess Cadence, who had a new baby. He gripped the tiny piece of jewellery in his fist. “I know who can help!” He plopped the ring into a pocket he made in his fur and went downstairs into the basement. A sweet aroma of flowers and a humming noise filled the air. Standing over a pot of boiling petals, was a violet pegasus, no older then sixteen and with her blonde hair tied back with a blue scrunchie. It was Fluttershy’s cousin, Violet-Rose or Violet for short. She was a perfume maker and in the middle of working on a new formula. Discord coughed to get her attention. The mare jumped and spun around, a small rainbow light was starting to emit from her chest, but died down when she saw her best friend standing there. “Discord, don’t scare me like that. I nearly used the Rainbow on you.” she breathed. Violet also possessed the Rainbow of Light, a powerful artefact that fused with her soul when she was four. "What brings you down here in the first place?” Discord rubbed the back of his neck, awkwardly. “Listen…Violet, you know how I have been dating Fluttershy for a year now?” “Yes.” “Well our anniversary is coming up and I kind of want to…take things to the next step.” Violet’s eyes widened as he pulled out a beautiful diamond ring. “No…” she stared up at him. “Yes, I want to ask her to marry me.” He yelped Violet pounced on him, squeezing him tight. “OMG! Dude, I’m so happy for you. Let me see the ring!” he handed her the ring and Violet examined it. She gave a low whistle. “Four carats,” she handed it back. “How did you get a ring with four carats?” “Found the jewel up in the mountains, I turned it into a ring since I didn’t want to buy one.” he explained. “Wow, so why are you here?” she asked, moving the pot to the cooling shelf. “Look, I know who were a big help getting me and Fluttershy together, but this is new for me…I don’t know how to propose?” “What do you mean you don’t know how to propose? All you have to do is ask her ‘Will you marry me?’ That’s what you’re supposed to do when your proposing, dummy?” said Violet, looking at her friend weirdly. “It’s hard, Violet!” Violet sighed. “Fair enough, it seems that history is repeating itself. Guess it means that you can’t survive without my help.” Discord’s face lightening up. “So you’ll do it!” “I’ll help you, but remember that you’ll have to do the talking, not me. I am not doing your job for you.” she said firmly. “Fine by me. How should I do it?” “How bout you help me with these perfumes, then we’ll talk.” Discord groaned and looked at all the perfumes and beauty treatments that Violet made. “Fine.” Once all the perfumes were packed into their separated boxes and placed into the crates. Violet told Discord to keep one half of the perfumes aside, while the others go into the crates. Violet grabbed her checklist and counted down the deliveries. “Scootaloo’s off sick today, so we’ll have to make the deliveries ourselves.” Discord groaned. “Do we have to? I kind of want to get down to business.” “Don’t worry, you’ll be holding the money bag and handing out the deliveries. I’ll be pulling the wagon.” she said. “Can you help me get these crates upstairs?” “Sure.” He snapped his fingers and they and the crates of perfumes and spa treatments were outside. The crates were all loaded onto an orange wagon, with a logo of a violet and a rose and the words painted in white, ‘Violet-Rose Perfumes and Spa Treatments’. Violet buckled herself into the harness and Discord sat in the back with the crates. They walked for a while, until they stopped at the gate of a big mansion. Violet ran the buzzer and a filly’s voice answered. “Who is it?” “It’s Violet-Rose, I have Miss Tiara’s delivery.” “One minute!” The filly hung up and the gate opened. Violet stepped inside and stopped at the front door. They were greeted by a pink earth pony filly with a white and pink curled mane and wearing a tiara on her head. “Hey Diamond Tiara.” “Violet! Where’s Scoots?” The filly asked, confused. “She’s off sick today so Discord’s helping me out.” “Oh? Well I hope she gets better, we are friends?” “Thank you for caring Diamond,” Violet turned her head. “Discord, could you pass down Diamond Tiara’s crate? It’s the one with the tiara on it.” Discord groaned and heaved the heavy crate down. The filly squealed and ripped off the top. “Diamond sparkle moisturiser with strawberry kisses, Lavender and Lilac perfume,” Diamond Tiara looked up at the perfume maker. “Where’s my Bluebell shampoo!” “Yeah, I know you wanted that one, but I have something better,” Violet pulled out a bottle with a coconut on it. “This is my newest shampoo, Coconut Kisses with a hint of Waterlilies. It’s able to get down to the roots of your scalp and your mane will smell like a tropical garden for a week.” “Well, I do like coconuts…” Diamond Tiara reluctantly took the bottle. “Okay, I’ll take it.” She called for her butler took take the crate inside. “That will be 10 bits, thank-you.” Violet said as Discord held out a pouch for the money. Diamond Tiara reached into her purse and placed ten gold coins into the pouch. “There you go, thank-you for the shampoo.” she said. “Your welcome, have a nice day.” Violet walked out of the gate for her other deliveries. It was noon when they had finished. Boy was Discord relieved. Violet was counting out the money on the dining table. “Wow, we made 350 bits today. My perfumes are getting more and more popular than ever.” She put all the coins into her safe, there were already at least a thousand gold bits stacked in there. Once she closed the safe and locked it, she faced Discord. “Now we can talk about your problem.” “Yeah, I have no idea on how I am going to ask her.” Violet instantly understood. “Oh I get it, it’s the nerves again.” Discord nodded. “Well we can fix that with practice.” Discord raised his arm to snap, but Violet stopped him. “No I’m not going to be Fluttershy again.” she protested. Discord groaned. “Fine, so what should I say. Before I you know…” “You could remind her of why she’s so special to you, you know, remind her of why you fell in love with her in the first place.” Violet said. Discord perked up. “That’s a good idea, but…” He then stroked his beard in thought. Violet jumped as a light bulb appeared above his head. “I got it! I’ll sing her another song, you can play the music, then I’ll on the evening of our anniversary I’ll have the entire park decorated with symbols of all the dates we’ve been on. Picture this: she’s walking down a candle lit pathway, then she spotted a replica of our first date, she sees more from our other dates all the while a song is playing, then she walks over a candle lit bridge, I’m waiting underneath the big tree, dressed in a tux. When she gets there, I take her hoof and sing the final chord. Then I’ll get down on one knee and ask her.” he explained. Violet was staring at him; a single tear was falling down her cheek. “Discord…that was beautiful.” she said, wiping it away. “You should so do that!” Discord grinned. “Great! But what of the park owners?” “I’ll have a talk with Mayor Mare.” Violet said.