The unicorn shrieked as Discord and Violet appeared in her boutique. “What are you doing?!” she cried.
“Rarity, we need your help. We need you and the other girls to provide a distraction while we set up the park. Just keep Fluttershy away for a few hours.”
“Fine, but what can I do?”
“Just get the girls together and take her out for a girl’s day.” Violet said.
“How am I supposed to know when you’re ready?” Rarity asked.
“I’ll give you an ear piece, we’ll have one too.” Discord explained, snapping up three tiny ear pieces.
“Alright, I’ll help you. Now, excuse me, I have some news to spread.”
“Remember, not to Applejack or Pinkie Pie!” Violet hollered.
“Got it!” Rarity cried, disappearing out the door.
“Okay, that’s got Rarity to help, now let’s get to that park.” Violet said.
Discord snapped his fingers and they were in the area of park they had hired. Violet looked around at the scenery.
“Right,” She turned to see Discord taking pictures of the scenery. “Discord this is no time for taking selfies, we got work to do.”
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“NO WAY!” Twilight, Rainbow and Spike cried. They were all in Twilight's library.
“It’s true, he’s going to propose to Fluttershy!” Rarity said, smiling.
“This is amazing!” Twilight squealed.
“I can’t believe that he’s going to propose. We gotta tell the others!” Rainbow cried, making a beeline for the door
“No, we can’t. You know that Applejack is the worst liar in Equestria and Pinkie will just blurt it out.”
“Fair point, now let’s go have a girl’s day out!” Twilight cried.
“Ahem…” said Spike.
“You can come too.” Rarity said, patting the dragons head.
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“Hey Fluttershy, how were the Breezies?” Rainbow asked, trying to hide her grin.
“It was great,” The pegasus looked around. “Where’s Discord?”
“He…he uh…he’s in Canterlot helping Princess Celestia with something.” Twilight lied.
Fluttershy raised an eyebrow. “On our one-year anniversary?”
“Uh yeah, urgent call, unavoidable, had to go!” Rainbow spluttered.
“What’s going on you two?” Pinkie asked.
“Are ya hidin somethin?” Applejack asked.
“Err...come on girls, we’ve got a big day planned!” Rarity cried, yanking Fluttershy’s hoof.
“But I want to see Discord!” She cried, desperately.
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“Okay, I think that’s everything. And perfect timing too.” Violet looked out at the pathway; they had decorated it with photos of all those dates.
The path was also lit by rose scented candles that Violet had made. Discord had even turned the stream under the bridge into chocolate milk and cotton candy clouds with rose candles in them were floating on the stream. This gorgeous scenery led all the way up to the base of a tree, we’re Discord had set up a small picnic blanket with a basket of food and two champagne glasses.
He was dressed in a simple black tux, white shirt, blue vest, yellow bow tie and white gloves. “I’m scared Violet, what if she says no!”
“Don’t worry about it, you can do this. Remember how you were last year?”
“Yeah, that was the best night of my life.”
“But you were a nervous wreck, same as now.” she smirked. “Listen, if you can take over Equestria in a day, the you can ask your marefriend a simple question!”
“Your right!” he puffed out his chest. “Okay, I’m ready!”
“Good, I’ll call Rarity and let her know.” Violet then activated her ear piece.
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Elsewhere, the Mane Six were sitting at the shore of a lake, when Violet voice came through on Rarity’s ear piece. “We’re ready, send her over.”
“Okay,” she whispered. “Uh…girls, why don’t we got for a walk in the park.”
She winked at Twilight and Rainbow Dash.
“Yeah, lets!” The rainbow maned pegasus cried.
The two earth ponies looked at each other. “What’s goin on?” Applejack demanded.
Rainbow ignored her and grabbed Fluttershy’s hoof. The confused pegasus was dragged all the way down to the path.
“We’re on our way!” Rarity whispered.
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“Their coming! Positions!” Violet cried as she jumped behind a bush with the guitar.
Discord gulped and tugged the collar of his suit. The ring was nestled in his pocket. “Okay Discord, it’s now or never!” he thought. The six ponies and dragon we’re leading her down to the park. Suddenly they stopped at the start of the candle lit pathway. “What…what is this?” Fluttershy asked.
“I think…it’s for you Flutters.” Rainbow nudged her forward.
“But…”
“Go!”
The butter yellow pegasus was confused, but slowly walked down the pathway. Those who knew started giggling. “Let’s follow,” Rainbow whispered.
Applejack and Pinkie looked at each other. “What’s going on?” they asked.
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Fluttershy walked down the candlelit pathway, then she spotted a picture of her and… “Discord?” she kept walking, taking in the scenery.
The candles cast a beautiful glow on the dark pathway. Fluttershy kept walking and saw more pictures and things from all the dates she and Discord went on. Her ears picked up on the sound of a guitar playing, followed by a familiar voice.
Nearby, the other ponies were following Fluttershy from the bushes. They heard the music too. Fluttershy stepped onto a bridge and looked into the water. Seeing it was brown, she dipped her hoof in it and licked. “Chocolate milk?”
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Then she saw that there were candles floating on boats of cotton candy. Her heart swelled up as everything came together. She kept walking until she saw a familiar figure standing under the tree. “Discord!” she ran up to her coltfriend as he sang the final line.
“Discord, this is beautiful.” She said, looking out at the scenery.
“It’s our anniversary, Fluttershy.” he said, pouring her some grape juice.
They sat down on the blanket sipping their drinks. Discord then brought how her favourite foods. “Oh Discord…” she murmured as he cut her a slice of carrot cake.
“For you mi amore.” he handed her a slice of cake.
Fluttershy slowly chewed, while Discord calmly watched, sipping his drink.
“Did you do all this?” she asked.
He chuckled. “I had a little help from a friend.” he grinned slyly.
Discord caught sight of Violet, urging him to pop the question.
The other ponies were watching the scene with anticipation, except AJ and Pinkie. They just watched in confusion.
Discord gulped and snapped away the empty plates, before taking Fluttershy’s hooves in his hands. He would have gotten down on one knee, except he was taller than her. “Here goes nothing…” He felt more confident without Violet to assist him. Maybe it was the heat of the moment, maybe it he was thinking about the satisfaction of the end result, or maybe he was too love sick to do much else. But the words slipped from his mouth as easily as a sphere would roll down a hill.
“Fluttershy, before I met you, I thought that I was a creature incapable of any kind of love. I’ll admit, when I first saw you I didn’t think much of you, but I never expected to gain something far greater than chaos. You have given me so much this past year; your kindness, your friendship and your love. I want to show you how much I love you,” he reached into his pocket and pulled out the ring, now on a gold chain. “Fluttershy, will you marry me?”
Fluttershy hadn’t expected this at all, her eyes widened and her mouth opened slightly. She knew those words were real, how could she be dreaming. To her disbelief she felt like…crying? But she let the tears fall down her blushing cheeks, just as she let the single word he wanted to hear.
“Yes!”
Discord jumped, wondering if he heard her correctly. Fluttershy had never seen his face so happy. He didn’t even have time to slip the chain around her neck when she pounced on him, throwing her arms around his neck.
“Yes! Yes! A million times yes!” she sobbed.
Discord began to feel his own tears fall down his cheeks as he slipped the chain around her neck. Fluttershy examined the ring around her neck. “Oh Discord, it’s beautiful.”
“I love you, my little butterfly.” he said, wrapping his arms around her in an embrace.
“I love you too, Dissy.”
The newly engaged couple welcomed each other in a passionate kiss. They pulled away when they saw Violet coming out of the bushes.
“Congratulations you two.” she said, trying to fight the tears.
“Thank you for your help, Violet.” Discord said, hugging his best friend.
“Wait, was this the surprise?” Fluttershy asked.
“Yep, this nervous wreck came to me for help…again.”
They all jumped when a shrill whistle broke the silence, followed by the thunderous applause that could wake the entire neighbourhood. They turned to see the other five ponies and dragon cheering, clapping and whistling.
Rainbow and Spike were the loudest at cheering, Applejack was yelling “Yehaw!” while the others were fighting the urge to cry.
Rarity was dabbing a handkerchief on her eye. They all walked over to congratulate the couple.
“That was so beautiful,” Twilight sobbed. “I’ll have to inform Princess Celestia about this.”
“Did all of ya know about this?” Applejack asked.
“I didn’t!” Pinkie said.
“We couldn’t tell you two because we all know how terrible you two are with secrets.” Violet explained.
The cowgirl and party pony rolled their eyes. “Fair enough.”
“Oh please can I make the dress!” Rarity asked, her fashionista instinct glowing.
“Oooo please can I plan the reception, I had some much fun planning Cadence and Shining Armour’s wedding!” Pinkie squealed.
The rest of the Mane Six started to flood the engaged couple with lots of questions. “How long do you suppose it will be until they get married?” Violet asked herself.