Fluttershy's teal eyes welled up in tears as Discord, a frightening draconequus, cackled wickedly, tying the mane six up with ropes.
"You'll never get away with this, Discord!" Twilight growled at the evil draconequus.
"Oh, how cliche of you, Twilight," Discord smiled wickedly. "I expected better from somepony as intelligent as you!"
"Let us go, you jerk!" Rainbow Dash struggled as the rope around her tightened.
"Maybe the ropes are made out of candy!" Pinkie whispered to her friends rather loudly, as she started gnawing at the rope.
"Pinkie! Stop eating the rope!" Rarity whispered to the pink earth pony as she continued to chew on the rope.
"Since you're all a bit tied up at the moment, I think I'll be taking these!" Discord snatched the elements right off of the ponies' necks, and pulled Twilight's crown off of her head.
"Hey!" Twilight's horn emitted a magenta glow as she tried to grab the crown back.
"Shut up!" Discord snapped his fingers, Twilight's horn disappearing with a poof!
"Well... it's not candy!" Pinkie said as she stopped chewing at the rope. She had barely made a rip in it.
"Now.. time to finish this!" Discord snapped all of the elements in half.
"No!" Twilight screamed, still trying to break free.
"I don' believe it!" Applejack growled.
"This doesn't make any sense," Rarity sighed dramatically. "How in Equestria did he break them so easily?"
"Of course it doesn't make sense!" Discord replied. "I'm Discord!"
Rainbow scoffed. "Yeah, we noticed." Discord snapped his fingers, zipping Rainbow's mouth shut.
"S-stop..." Fluttershy spoke up. The other five ponies looked at Fluttershy nervously.
"Oh, look! The wimpy pegasus speaks!" Discord laughed wickedly.
Rainbow let out a faint growl as Discord insulted Fluttershy.
Fluttershy woke up with a gasp.
She looked around her familiar room, heaving a sigh of relief. She was glad that her awful nightmare wasn't real.
Well, in a way, it was.
A few months ago, she and her friends had defeated Discord--without the elements, of course, as they had been destroyed. They had been able to 'contain' Discord.
They had made it so that he could not wreak havoc on Equestria. If he used his magic, or just caused chaos in general, he would be punished.
However, even though Discord was unable to spread his chaos, poor Fluttershy was still having nightmares about what happened.
His frightening laugh, the menacing look in his eyes, his terrifying appearance--Fluttershy didn't like any of it.
Fluttershy slowly got out of bed, quietly trotting down the stairs into the kitchen. Humming a quiet tune, she took out some food for her animals. (Carrots, acorns, etc.)
She carefully placed the food into separate bowls, gently placing them on the ground for the animals to eat.
Without any hesitance, the animals all silently walked over to their respective bowls.
"Eat well, my friends." Fluttershy said softly. The animals did not reply, but Fluttershy knew they understood.
Fluttershy sat on her couch, letting out a quiet sigh. She couldn't get Discord off of her mind. She knew he posed no threat, but the thought of him was petrifying.
Discord resided in Princess Twilight's castle, much to his dismay. This was so Twilight could keep a close eye on the draconequus.
Discord let out a bored sigh, his red pupils wandering around the room
This room is rather boring.. if only I could spread my glorious chaos! If it weren't for these meddlesome ponies, Equestria would be mine!
Discord paced around the empty room, snapping his fingers and summoning a glass of chocolate milk.
"Discord!"
The glass disappeared.
"Why, hello, Twilight Sparkle," Discord greeted innocently. "What brings you here?"
"No time to talk," Twilight's expression remained emotionless. "You have... a visitor."
"Ooh, a visitor?" Discord grinned. "And who will that be?"
"...Me..." Fluttershy spoke up.
"Bye." Twilight seemed to rush out of the room, quickly slamming the door behind her. It was as if she didn't want to be in the same room
as them.
"So, why are you here?" Discord asked, teleporting to Fluttershy's side, causing her to yelp in surprise.
"...W-well.."
***
A few moments earlier...
Fluttershy quietly trotted into Twilight's castle.
"H-hello?"
"Fluttershy!" The purple alicorn greeted her friend with a hug.
"Hello, Twilight," Fluttershy gave her friend a coy smile. "Why did you call me here?"
"Look," Twilight pointed at the Cutie Map, which had Fluttershy's cutie mark floating above it. Fluttershy looked down at her flank to see that
her cutie mark was glowing.
"Oh my," Fluttershy blinked in realization. "Where does it want me to go?"
Twilight bit her lip. "Well, that's the thing..." She muttered. "You see... it wants you to go to Discord."
"D-Discord?" Fluttershy's eyes dilated with anxiety.
"I know that he's a monster," Twilight looked at Fluttershy reassuringly. "But we can't just ignore the Cutie Map."
"You're right," Fluttershy whispered. "I... I'll be brave.."
Twilight gave Fluttershy a warm hug. "Thank you."
Discord looked at the yellow pegasus silently.
"What?"
"Hmm? Uh, nothing." Discord stared off into the distance.
"Well..." The small pegasus looked at the mismatched creature. "I guess I'll just have to solve your friendship problem!"
"Say what now?"
"That's why the Cutie Map sent me here," Fluttershy explained. "The Cutie Map is something that lets us travel to different places, helping ponies who have friendship problems."
"Wonderful.." Discord murmured.
"Well... let's get started..."