//------------------------------// // The Butterfly Pegasus // Story: The Butterfly Pegasus // by Fizzyberries302 //------------------------------// The ponies stared at their former enemy, not once have they seen him cry before. But this was the look of despair. “I’m sorry Fluttershy, I’m so sorry,” he sobbed. "No," Twilight uttered. “Tirek’s taken Fluttershy,” There was a gasp throughout the room. Pinkie’s eyes welled up with tears. “Tirek’s taken Fluttershy,” she whimpered. Discord let out a broken-hearted cry. “FLUTTERSHY!” “Why do you care Discord?” Rainbow asked. “Rainbow!” Applejack snapped, slapping the rainbow pony across the head. Discord clenched his fist over the feather and held it to his chest, sobbing loudly. “I…I love her…” he sobbed. Twilight stared at him. “Wait…what?” “I’ve loved her ever since she reformed me, maybe before that.” The thought of Fluttershy made Discord’s heart shatter to pieces. Twilight and the others stared at him, shocked. “You…love…her?” Twilight slowly said, trying to process what he said. “Oh my Gosh! Oh my Gosh! Discord’s in love!” Pinkie cried, not grasping the seriousness of the situation. “Pinkie, not the right time to be happy. Fluttershy’s been captured, remember.” Applejack said. Twilight snapped back into reality and conjured up a blank scroll and scribbled a message onto it. She handed it to Spike for him to deliver to the Princesses. Spike blew on the scroll and enveloped it in a green flame. Twilight patted Discord on the back, trying her best to comfort him. Having the Princess of Love as a foal-sitter taught Twilight how to recognise love or a broken heart, and this was clearly a a bad case of a broken heart. Applejack coaxed the startled animals out and led them outside. "Come on little ones, I'll take care of you." she said. Angel Bunny followed her outside, a look of pity on his furry face. He had judged Discord since the beginning, but now... All the white bunny felt for Discord was sorrow and pity. It was clear that Discord was devastated at this realisation. Angel felt...well...guilty... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Celestia paced the throne room with her sister when the letter appeared. She unravelled it with wide eyes. “Shining Armour! Shining Armour!” she cried. The unicorn stallion bolted into the throne room, along with two of the guards. “Princess, what is it? What’s wrong?” “A message from your sister, she says that Fluttershy has been kidnapped by Tirek. It appears that he’s smarter then he used to be.” Shining gasped. With the Element of Kindness gone, his sister couldn't work the Elements. They were useless pieces of jewellery without all six bearers present. Tirek had out-smarted them. By taking the most vulnerable bearer hostage, he had limited the Elements useless. "ON DECK! ALL HOOVES ON DECK!" he shouted. The guards came running from their posts outside the castle. An orange pegasus stallion stepped forward. "Captain Shining Armour," he said, giving the unicorn a salute. "What's the problem?" "News from Ponyville, Fluttershy has been kidnapped by Tirek," Shining barked. "Flash, I want you to get your squad together and search Ponyville," Shining pointed to another guard. "You there, you and your squad search the Crystal Empire. The rest of you, search the other cities of Equestria. Fluttershy must be found or the Elements of Harmony won't work." "Sir yes sir!" They cried. Flash Sentry called his squad together to leave for Ponyville. He was about to leave when Shining Armour put a hoof on his shoulder. "Flash, don't spend to much time gawking at my sister." Flash paled slightly. "I...I uh..." "Don't try to hide it, I see the way you look at her," he gave Flash a stern look. "But if you hurt her in anyway, your off the job." Flash gulped. "Yes sir," The kingdom searched and searched, but they could not find the pegasus. Though all hope was lost for the ponies, Discord was not about to give up on the hope that he would see his love again. But unknown to them...hidden in the garden of an isolated castle, a small yellow pegasus was been held... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tirek crossed his arms and shook his head at the tiny butterfly sitting on the rose bud. His assistant, a siren by the name of Sonata, was trying to coax the butterfly over. The tiny insect was beautiful, with a mint green body and yellow wings with green and pink speckles. "Now now, Fluttershy. Don't let my little spell make you sad. It doesn't even last the whole day," he gestured to the full moon. "As soon as the moon comes up," Fluttershy watched as petals and sparkles surrounded her. From the bushes by the pond, a frog and a turtle watched in amazement as the butterfly was turned into a butter yellow pegasus with a pink mane. "And that's how it works, every night. You have to be in flowers of course, and when the moonlight touches your wings-" he was cut off as Fluttershy glared at him. He sighed. "Look Fluttershy, this sort of thing doesn't give me any pleasure, well maybe a little. But your friend Discord has done me a huge favour-" he was cut off as Fluttershy snapped at him. "How dare you talk about Discord in front of me?!" she snapped. Tirek ignored her cry and continued. "He's led me to this beautiful pegasus mare, far more worthy of any amount of magic I can obtain," Tirek snapped his fingers and Fluttershy found herself in a shimmering white gown. "Your much more worthy then those other ponies," he leaned closer to Fluttershy's ear. "You'll look lovely sitting on the throne next to mine," Fluttershy gasped as she caught onto what he was implying. "Never!" she snapped and the gown disappeared. Fluttershy trotted away down the garden path. "Where are you going?!" Tirek called out to her. "As soon as Luna's moon leaves the sky, you'll turn back into a butterfly," he said. "No matter where you are..." Tirek finished. The frog and turtle watched sadly as Fluttershy burst into tears. The realisation kicked in, she was a prisoner to this monster. She was sure that she would never see her friends or Discord again.