//------------------------------// // Chapter Three: Telling the PFF's // Story: Chaos and Magic // by SShimmerFan2 //------------------------------// Twilight knew that nopony was going to take this the right way, especially Fluttershy. She could loose the quiet, yellow pegasus as a friend. It wouldn't matter much anyway, since she was going away, but still. Fluttershy was one of the best friends you could ask for and the purple alicorn was engaged to the one that her friend was in love with! Twilight just couldn't stop feeling guilty, but what's done is done and that's that. The princess breathed slowly before entering the throne room where her friends were discussing on what they should do. Spike looked Twilight with concern, urging her to reveal the ring meant to be on her horn. Twilight sat down and pulled the ring out and placing it on her horn. Her friends didn't even pay attention to it until Rarity noticed something was sparkling from the light over by her friend, making out that it was a ring. "Twilight?" Rarity gasped. "May we know as to why you have an engagement ring on your horn?" Twilight breathed slowly, with her head down, getting a small glance at Fluttershy. Her eyes were kind of red from all the crying, so Rarity lent her some sunglasses so no one could see how her eyes were. Telling her now would kill her inside, but Twilight can't hold it in forever, that's obvious. "Girls, I made a deal with Discord to get him to stop with the chaos on Equestria," Twilight rubbed her neck, Spike hugging her to show support. "But, since he chose the deal, I........agreed to marry him." Just saying this made the whole room gasp, Fluttershy's tears returning, and Pinkie's just speechless. After a small moment of silence, Rainbow Dash pipes up angrily. "How could you do that, Twilight?!" The blue pegasus yells. "You know that we can't do a lot without you, don't you remember what happened at the Summer Sun Celebration? We pushed you away and it happened to be Discord's fault in the end!" Twilight breathes calmly and explains to them all the many reasons why she did this. She wants to protect her friends and family from that horrible creature, especially Fluttershy, considering how bad she's hurting right now. Twilight wants to know her reason to why she's a princess, this could be it. "But Twilight, you're a princess who has duties, what about Shining Armor and Cadance? Have you told them?" Pinkie Pie asked, all up in her friend's face. The alicorn princess rolls her eyes and pushes Pinkie Pie out of her face. "I plan on going to the Crystal Empire later next week to visit and tell them about my decision, I know that Shining will not happy." Everypony just starts yelling and screaming, but Twilight notices that Fluttershy isn't on her throne. The princess slips away and finds Fluttershy in the hallway sitting alone, blowing her mussel into a tissue. "You all right, Fluttershy?" Twilight sits down next to her shy friend. "Not really, but tell me one thing," Fluttershy sniffs. "Was Discord truly the one that chose the deal?" Twilight nods and holds Fluttershy for a little while. The rest of their friends come out of the throne room and see them hugging. Applejack joins in, then Spike, and eventually they all are hugging one another. The hug soon breaks when Fluttershy calms down and is smiling. "Even if I'll never have Discord, I've got really great friends I know won't betray me," Fluttershy giggled sweetly. "Which is why we must support Twilight's decision, she chose to do this with Discord, even if he'll likely hurt her. But when he does, we'll be there. Friends?" "Friends." The ponies and the dragon laughed joyously. Happy tears start streaming down Twilight's face, leading to Spike holding onto her hoof. Fluttershy smiles greatly and they all agree a trip to Sugarcube Corner would do them some good. They all left the castle, except for Twilight. She began to pack up a little bit of her bedroom stuff, while sniffling. "How is my alicorn fiancee doing?" The mischievous voice of the Lord of Chaos says from behind her. The purple princess just gives him a glare, showing her true emotions. "Not good, okay. I assume you didn't tell them about that you'll be kept in our house for the rest of eternity, never let out?" Twilight nods, remaining quiet, although neither of them were aware that Spike was listening as well. The dragon assistant knew that his motherly figure would stay behind for a little while. Spike watched the two with a sense of anger and bitterness. He doesn't trust Discord, especially after the arrangement that this idiot made with her. "I will have to tell them eventually, but I'm telling my brother and Cadence first, they'll give me the best advice. But for now, get your butt outta here!" Twilight snaps, hitting the draconequus with her hoof. Discord got the message and vanished out of sight. "Spike, I know you're hiding behind the door, come in." There was no fooling the official Princess of Friendship, Spike knew that. He guiltily came inside Twilight's room, mostly to see an alicorn that was actually really upset about all this. "Spike, I honestly don't want to do this and I know that Cadence and Shining Armor aren't going to be happy about this at all," Twilight tells the little dragon. "But I have to be strong about this, for Equestria and for all of you. Promise me you'll all look after Fluttershy after this is all over?" Spike hugs his mother figure, as a sign of comfort. He could tell that Twilight was upset. How was her family going to react to having the Lord of all Chaos as an in-law, especially her brother. Ever since Shining Armor found out about Twilight's crush on Flash back when they visited the other world, he became protective of her around stallions. Just a normal big brother thing to do. Shining probably won't go too crazy, Spike however is willing to. Because no one, no one hurts her.