When Fluttershy woke up, she was greeted by a warm light. She slightly panicked, thinking she was in a bad place that was not her bed in her home, but quickly realized that she was in Zecora's hut. She blushed, thinking that she could just barge in, ask for advice, and sleepover, and not give the kind zebra anything in return. Fluttershy felt the heat from her cheeks die down, and decided to look for her host.
She, herself, was in a room, with a small table next to her, like a nightstand. Fluttershy got up, and saw that it was small, but cozy, so you didn't feel cramped. The walls were made out of the tree, yet were curved, as though the room itself was natural. Fluttershy got up, and made the sheets on the floor as though it were making her bed, but then decided to fold it, so she could make it convenient for Zecora to pick them up.
Speaking of, Zecora was just outside the frame of the entrance to Fluttershy's temporary room. Fluttershy rubbed her eyes with her hoof and mumbled a shaky, hi.
"Good morning, my guest. You're hungry, I guessed?" Fluttershy nodded, and slowly trotted over to the low table in the middle of the hut. Fluttershy self-consciously sat down, and yawned. She then blinked herself awake, and quickly adjusted to the earthy glow. Fluttershy once again realized her selfishness, and was about to speak, but closed her open mouth, for the tan soup that was in front of her was placed. Fluttershy sniffed it, and smelled like a combination of herbs, greens, and potatoes.
"If I may ask, what did you put in this soup? It looks delicious." Fluttershy didn't expect a direct answer, coming from Zecora.
"Potatoes, some of my herbs, and some everfree greens. Now no need to be so formal with me, but here's your tea." Zecora hoofed Fluttershy a cup of steaming liquid. It was tainted pink, and had a pleasing smell of raspberries. Fluttershy whispered a thank you, and took a sip of the drink. Almost instantly, she felt energized, alive, and awake. She felt good, and tried a mouthful of the soup. Again, she felt good, and also felt like she ate her fill. Self-consciously, Fluttershy smiled.
"Thank you Zecora. I feel much better now!" Fluttershy spoke with rare enthusiasm. She felt she could maybe tell her friends about Discord, or even do a flip in the air, since she was so energized. The pegasus was so full of energy, she flapped her wings like a hummingbird. Zecora was watching Fluttershy. Being the observer herself, she noted that Fluttershy had so much potential energy, but put's it to use in either her shyness, or her kindness.
Fluttershy's wings went to rest, but not folded at her sides, like she usually does, but instead open and hanging comfortably by her sides. Her mind wandered, something she doesn't do often, and eventually thought of Discord, and what she herself would do to get him out. She then raised her wings up, and got an idea.
Fluttershy was at Canterlot, and was in the library. She knew there had to be something in this library that would describe Discord. She also brought a saddle bag from yesterday, since she never got the ability to go home yet. Fluttershy found a brown leather-bound book, and was a bit dusty. She skimmed through the pages, trying to be like Twilight, but ended up going at her own pace.
Nightmare moon, Sirens, Discord! Fluttershy thought as she flipped through the pages of the book. She landed on a page with a picture of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna banishing a gray Discord. She figured it could mean that he was turned to stone, but she also wondered if you could undo the effects.
Fluttershy ended up staying a whole hour, and realized it was her shift. She asked the librarian if she could borrow the book, and the sweet old pony said yes. So Fluttershy put the book in her saddlebag and went to the gardens to the shed, and set her bags down.
By the time she was done, it was sunset, as usual. She hoped she didn't encounter Cranky and his friends again, that would be horrible.
Fluttershy then decided to ease the thought by singing a song she heard from somewhere she couldn't remember.
"Close your tired eyes, relax and then, count from one to ten, and open them. All these heavy thoughts, will try to weigh you down, but not this time." Fluttershy sang as she went to sweep up leaves.
"Way up in the air, you're finally free," Fluttershy neared Discord's statue. "You could stay up there, right next to me." Fluttershy serenaded to Discord.
"All this gravity, will try to pull you down," Fluttershy abruptly fell to the ground, and almost touched the dirt. "But not this time." Fluttershy soared into the twilight.
"When the sun goes down, and the lights burn out, then it's time for you, to shine." Fluttershy pointed her hoof to Discord's statue.
"Brighter than a shooting, star. Shine no matter where you are." Fluttershy floated back down to Discord's statue.
"Fill the darkest night, with a brilliant light, 'cause it's time for you, to shine." Fluttershy touched Discord's cheek. "Brighter than a shooting, star, shine no matter where, you, are. Tonight." Fluttershy ended the song, and looked back to her friend. Discord's abdomen, was glowing pink, the color of Fluttershy's mane.
"Fluttershy, why didn't you tell me you could sing?" Discord telepathically told Fluttershy. This caused Fluttershy to blush in embarrassment.
"W-well, I'm, I'm not very good at singing..." Fluttershy self-consciously dug in the dirt.
"My dear, i'd be lying if I said your singing was below amazing." Fluttershy noted that Discord called her, 'dear.' She also noted that he really liked her singing, and she got compliments from her friends if they heard her singing, so she assumed her singing was good.
"T-thanks!" Fluttershy didn't know what else to say, so she decided to tell Discord that she had to work some more.
*sigh* How am I ever going to get her a colt-friend? This may be harder than I thought.... Maybe I could put her on a dating website. She has told me about that, but verbally frowned upon it. Discord thought, and drifted off to dreamless-slumber, as he usually did.