Fluttershy and Discord had been talking for hours. Discord was, surprisingly, nice... well... kind of.
"Fluttershy?" Discord looked up at the small pegasus.
"Yes?"
"Can I tell you something?"
"Sure, go ahead..."
"Well... I've never met somepony like you before."
"What do you mean?"
"It's just.. nopony has ever been nice to me before..."
"Oh my.. would you... tell me a bit about your past...?" Fluttershy bit her lip, afraid that she might have gone a bit too far. "Oh, I'm sorry... I understand if you don't want to, or if it brings up bad memories... I-"
"Sure."
"I just wanted to kn-wait... really?" Fluttershy looked up at Discord, her teal eyes lit up brighter than a thousand stars.
Discord slowly nodded. "You see.. I was just a little draconequus.."
***
Flashback
A tiny draconequus looked around an empty, friendless cave. Each moment he spent there, the lonelier he got. Everyone in his life that he had ever met was always so cruel to him--he was just.. different.
Now, while being different was a good thing, this draconequus felt that he was... well... too different.
The small draconequus amused himself with cotton candy and chocolate milk. It was fun for a while, but...
The draconequus started feeling lonely again.
He found a small town called Ponyville. He had heard much of the town, and the ponies that lived in it. He tried to befriend the ponies, but...
Even they wouldn't show him just a little kindness.
Angered and hurt, the draconequus turned their town upside down.
This made the draconequus feel... good.
He continued to do this for many, many years, eventually giving himself a name...
Discord.
Discord called himself the spirit of chaos and disharmony, and all was well..
Until..
Two sisters, Celestia and Luna, used the Elements of Harmony on him, turning him to stone, and ending his tyranny.
Everything was peaceful.
Years later, a pony named Twilight Sparkle moved to Ponyville, and founded the new keepers of the elements.
They went on many adventures together.
Eventually, Discord was released from his stone prison, and continued his tyranny on Equestria.
The elements posed a threat to Discord's plan, and he did not appreciate that.
Soon, he tried to split apart their friendship, but it was too strong.
The elements turned Discord to stone .
He faced many difficult years of imprisonment, all the while regretting his horrible decisions.
But, he knew that he could never change.
Monsters like him could never have friends...
...Could they?
***
End of Flashback
"Oh.. dear... Discord, I-"
"There's no need to pity me," Discord said sorrowfully. "I don't deserve to be forgiven."
"Well, too bad," Fluttershy said. Discord looked up at her, confusion in his eyes. "Because.. well... I forgive you."
Fluttershy gave Discord a kind smile.
"I.."
"And.. I think it's time you've had a friend."
"Thank you..."
The Cutie Map began to glow, and Fluttershy's cutie mark disappeared.
"She did it.." Twilight's violet eyes dilated. She smiled the biggest smile she could. "She did it!"
Twilight was mentally celebrating, when an out of breath Pinkie Pie sped into her house.
"Twilight-" Huff. "-I have something-" Huff. "-To tell you!!"
"Pinkie?" Twilight looked at the pink earth pony with question.
"My Pinkie senses are acting up!"
"What? What's happening?"
"I don't know, but it feels like someone is going to return!"
"R-return... who...?"
"I don't know, Twilight! I just said that!"
Twilight rolled her eyes. "Is... is this just some sort of prank?"
"What?!" Pinkie gasped dramatically. "This isn't a prank! I promise- no, I Pinkie promise!"
"Okay..."
"Cross my heart and hope to fly," Pinkie pulled out a cupcake. "Stick a cupcake in my eye!" She placed the cupcake on her eye.
"...Okay then?"
"All I know is that it's not gonna be pretty..." Pinkie murmured, her icy blue gaze staring off into the distance.
Fluttershy looked down at her flank. Her cutie mark was glowing... she knew what this meant: she had solved the friendship problem.
"Discord..."
"Yes, my dear?" Discord asked, his ears perked.
"I have to go now."
"Why so soon, dear?"
"I.. solved your friendship problem, apparently."
"Oh..." Discord stared at the ground, frowning.
"I'll come by tomorrow... if you'd like, I mean..." Fluttershy suggested shyly.
"That's wonderful!" Discord grinned, floating about an inch off the ground.
"Right..." Fluttershy muttered, quickly running out of the room.
"How'd it go?" Twilight asked, her violet eyes filled with curiosity.
"It went... uh..." Fluttershy glanced at Pinkie, who was yelling at a cupcake for not listening to her.
"Float! Float! Float, you darn cupcake!" Pinkie placed her hooves to her forehead, shutting her eyes tightly and whispering about 'the force'.
Twilight and Fluttershy rolled their eyes and continued their conversation.
"It went... okay I guess.. Discord seems nice.. but..."
"But what?" Twilight's eyes shone with concern.
"I don't know if it's a trick or not!" Fluttershy whispered to the purple princess.
"It probably is!" A new voice butted in. Fluttershy and Twilight whipped around to see a familiar rainbow-haired pegasus.
"How would you know?" Twilight raised an eyebrow.
"Well, 'cause it's Discord! He's evil, duh!"
"Well... anypony can change..." Fluttershy murmured.
"Yeah, but not Discord!" Rainbow huffed. Fluttershy just rolled her eyes.
"Fine... see you girls later." Fluttershy waved goodbye to her friends, trotting back to her cottage.
A strange sound could be heard in the distance. Fluttershy looked out of her window, glancing around cautiously. Her pupils dilated when she realized that the sound was coming from the Everfree Forest.
Fluttershy gulped, stepping into the dark forest. Each step was more terrifying than the last.
"You can do this, Fluttershy," Fluttershy whispered to herself. "You can do this... just find the noise, and stop it from disturbing the animals.."
Fluttershy yelped as the noise got louder. Fluttershy whipped around to see a Timberwolf!
"Oh, why did I not recognize that sound..?" Fluttershy squealed when three more Timberwolves circled her, leaving her trapped in the center of them.
Fluttershy heard the familiar cackling of the wicked draconequus, Discord.
"D-Discord?"
"Why, hello, 'my dear'!" He laughed wickedly.
"I-I thought we were friends...!" Fluttershy yelped as Discord snapped his fingers, and the three Timberwolves turned into six.
"Friends?" Discord smirked. "Oh, poor, naive Fluttershy... haven't you the slightest idea who I am? I am the Lord of Chaos! I don't need friends!"
"Please..."
"Now... say 'goodbye'!" Discord laughed evilly as the Timberwolves closed in on Fluttershy.
Fluttershy awoke with a scream.
"A-another nightmare?" Fluttershy shuddered. At first, the nightmares were just about what had happened - Discord had simply destroyed the Elements of Harmony. Nonetheless, the ponies still beat him.
Now, it was just... him being plain cruel!
"O-oh dear... what if... what if this is all a trick? What if that story was a lie for me to feel bad for him, then become his 'friend' so that he can get close to me...?" Fluttershy gasped at a sudden realization.
"What if he hurts my friends...?"