//------------------------------// // Chapter 3:When Kindness Meets Chaos // Story: Is He A Monster? // by Redrose99875 //------------------------------// Fluttershy Took a deep breath, today was the day, she was finally going to face her fear, of the EverFree Forest.She had bought a few necessities, A flashlight in case it got dark, some food in case she got hungry, and she had brought a right side up horseshoe charm for good luck.She set out and was on her way.She was extremely nervous, but she had remembered what Twilight had said about bravery, so she stepped into the EverFree, starting her journey. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- She looked behind her, she thought she heard a twig snap, but nothing was there, so she kept on going forward, she walked deeper, and deeper."This isn't so bad" she thought, then suddenly she came upon a puddle of chocolate milk, just like the one Twilight slipped in, then she saw another, and another, she followed the trail. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discord had woke up, he rubbed his eyes and looked down, his eyes widened, THERE WAS PONY ON HIS LAND, Discord thought that no pony would even go into the forest, then he smiled wickedly, he decided, to have a little fun with this pony, he snapped his fingers and hid, his hiding place was closer to the pony, he saw that it was a female Pegasus, she had a breezy, yet elegant light pink mane and tail that looked extremely soft, her coat was light yellow and looked almost as soft as mane and tail, her eyes looked like teal waterfalls with the perfect amount of eyelashes, and her cutie mark was a pyramid of three pink butterflies, she was absolutely beautiful.Discord then snapped out of it, he told himself, so what? it's not like she has any better qualities. Fluttershy looked around her, she had never seen anything more bizarre in her life,"T-This doesn't make any sense" she said confused, then she heard a cruel echoing laughter around her when suddenly the voice said "Make sense? what's the FUN in making sense?" she then heard a poof sound, she turned around and saw a creature beyond any that she has seen, her irises shrank in terror as he started laughing his terrible, horrible, laugh. "Would you mind telling me why you're here, little pegasus?" the creature said with a dangerous smile, bending down to her eye level "Wh-who are you?" Fluttershy stuttered in fear "I'm Discord, the master of Chaos and disharmony, and I tend to, dispose of ponies who find my land" he then cackled once again, this time adding lightning to add effect, he then started to laugh normally and said"You should see the look on your face, PRICELESS" he said while continuing to laugh "You-you mean that was all a joke?" she asked feeling slightly annoyed "Well DUH!!!, I maybe the lord of Chaos, but I would never actually kill some pony"Fluttershy flinched at the last three words"Now if you wouldn't mind, who are you and what are you doing here?" he finished "I-I'm Fluttershy," she said faintly "What was that?" asked Discord taking off his right horn and twisting it in his ear, then he replaced it. "I-I'm Fluttershy," she whispered "What?" "I'm Fluttershy," she said in her normal voice"H-how did you do that?" "What? Oh you mean move my horn? I might have forgotten to mention I have chaotic powers, how do you think I made this place so chaotic?" he said gesturing to his chaos as though he was displaying his artwork. "Oh" "Well, now I know your name, so what are you doing here?" he asked again moving his face closer to hers for direct eye-contact "I-I was trying to face m-my fears of this place" Discord was slightly stunned by these words, a pony as shy as this one, was facing her fears?that was absolutely absurd. "That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard," he said with an eye roll "Oh you're one to talk," she said, slightly offended by these words although he was surprised by that statement, he said "touché my dear" she then realized what she had said"Oh, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to offend you, I was just trying to say that,....." she trailed off Discord was surprised again, he thought that the reason she would apologize would be out of fear, but he could tell that this mare was apologizing out of,..regret? no pony's done that to him before "You're apologizing to me out of,...regret?" "Of course, does that bother you?" "No, it's just that, well no pony's ever done that to me before" "Why?" "Well, you can probably tell that ponies don't usually show me kindness that often" Discord felt something soft brush up against his paw, the Pegasus was holding his paw in her hooves"Every creature deserves a little bit of kindness, especially lonely ones" she said in a motherly voice Discord gazed into her eyes, they were brighter than he thought, she was not only beautiful, but she was also kind and caring, he could look at this vision of loveliness all day, but he knew he had to say something, but he couldn't think of anything so he just said "is it me, or is some pony actually being NICE to me? for the first time, Discord heard her giggle, and for some reason, this made Discord smile,"It's what friends are for" she said while smiling "Friends?" he asked "Well sure, if you want to be" All Discord could say, was yes.