It was a sunny warm summer’s day in Ponyville square. The idle chatter of the town’s ponies the clacking of hooves on the cobblestones of the little town's streets permeated the air. All around were little houses with thatched roofs, brick and stucco walls, all in bright pastel colors, content and very busy ponies filled the doorways. Vendors called to ponies from behind their stalls and in front of their carts, The smell of baked goods and fresh produce wafted from every corner.
Not too far from Ponyville was the cottage home of the town’s animal specialist, Fluttershy. The young Pegasus was eating a nice meal of oats with her little bunny friend, Angel who was chomping on a large carrot. During their breakfast, through the door of the cottage came Discord, the spirit of chaos and friend of Fluttershy.
“Oh, good morning Discord.” Fluttershy greeted the spirit who walked in and laid on the sofa.
“Ah, yes, it is a good morning, isn’t it? Just thought I’d stop by and see if we can hang around today.”
“Of course we can, it sounds like a lovely time.” Fluttershy and Discord have some tea as Discord noticed an old helmet he had not seen before on the top shelf of the living room.
“That odd, I've never seen that in here before.” Discord points to the helmet.
Fluttershy smiles and says “ that an old family heirloom that belong to my great-great-great grandfather Dovahkiin “
Discord smiles at Fluttershy as they continue their tea.
. . . .
On the other side of town within Rarity’s home, two new parents of a special child were making sure their last preparations were ready. It had been three years since Rarity and Spike had been married and only a year since that they had their daughter, the half pony and half dragon, Crystal Clarity. They were great parents to the little filly but they felt they needed a break to spark the romance in their lives, so they were going to go to a nice dinner for tonight. However the usual babysitter, Twilight Sparkle, had to leave unexpectedly for a royal princess assignment and Spike and Rarity’s other friends were a bit busy too so the couple was scrambling as Rarity paced back and forth on the floor as Spike was holding their daughter.
“Oh darling, this is the worst, possible, thing!” Rarity made a dramatic pose.
Spike punched his daughter in his claws as he said: “It’s not that bad, we just need a sitter, but who else do we know?”
Spike walked to the nursery and got his daughter's favorite toy as Rarity tapped him on the shoulder with a smile on her face.
“Fluttershy! She’s not doing anything tonight, we can ask her!”
“Well...is there anyone else?” Spike gave a disapproving frown.
“Spike. Fluttershy is perfect babysitting material, why not her?” Rarity mentioned.
“Rarity, it's not Fluttershy I’m worried about. Discord is my problem with all his crazy chaos magic. I wouldn’t leave my a vase with him, let alone our precious daughter. He has been hanging out with Fluttershy a lot and I’m willing to bet some bits that he will be there.”
“I know if Fluttershy can take care of Discord, she can certainly take care of Crystal Clarity. Now let’s go and see if she can watch our bundle of joy.” Rarity picked up her daughter from Spikes claws and put her on her back. Clarity gave a lovely smile at her parents as they all left their home to meet with Fluttershy.
. . . .
Fluttershy found herself having a great time with Discord and Angel as they played a bit of Yahtzee. Granted, she was winning when a knock on the door caused her to stop and find out who it was the was taping on her cottage door. To her surprise, it was Rarity, Spike, and their daughter, Crystal Clarity.
“Hi all, what brings you here?” Fluttershy asked.
“Fluttershy darling, I’d hate to be a bother, but can you babysit our daughter? Just for the night?” Rarity gave Fluttershy a sympathetic look on her face.
“I don’t know, my past tries at babysitting didn’t work out too well.” Fluttershy looked down and was going to continue until Discord interrupted.
“Oh my dear Fluttershy, if you can watch out for little old me, then you can be sure that watching a little filly is no trouble.” Discord was always supportive to Fluttershy even when she downed herself.
“Yes, Discord is absolutely right, darling. So please?” Rarity smiled with her big old eyes.
“Oh okay, I’ll try my best…” Fluttershy knew she would eventually cave to Rarity.
“Thanks Fluttershy, but Discord, I want you to promise me and Rarity that you will not cause chaos around our daughter.” Spike demanded.
“Don’t worry, you have my word as a spirit that I won’t get too chaotic.” Discord gave an innocent smile.
“Okay, thank you again, and you be good for Fluttershy, Clarity...now let us be off, Spike darling.” Spike and Rarity leave as Clarity waves goodbye.
Fluttershy closes the door and sits Clarity on the sofa, telling her that she needs to be good while her parents are away. Discord sits next to her, saying that it’s going to be easy to take care of this little filly, there and then Clarity chomps on Discord’s tail, causing him to scream a bit…
“It’s going to be a long night.” Fluttershy face-hoofs.
. . . .
Spike and Rarity arrived at a fancy new diner in Ponyville, it was the kind of fancy place you would see in Canterlot or Manehatten. The couple were seated in a private booth and picked a grand meal for themselves. Rarity and Spike were having a great time, feeling that romantic spark they felt when they first dated.
“I hope Discord and Fluttershy can hold their own with Clarity.” Spike muttered.
“They will be fine, have some faith in Fluttershy darling.” Rarity assured her husband
The two finished their meal, to Rarity’s delightment Spike got her to go on the dance floor. the two looked into each others eyes with love and a bit of lust as they dance for hours.
. . . .
Unexpectedly, when Clarity bit Discord’s tail, she temporarily gained his powers over chaos magic which made quite the sight. Clarity created giant candy canes in the cottage, a cotton candy cloud storm of chocolate rain, and turned Angel into a luchador, it was quite the sight as the little filly giggled at the chaos. Discord tried to get it under control but to no avail.
“She needs to nap to be rid of my magic.” Discord tells Fluttershy
“Okay, I know what I must do then” Fluttershy bolted up to the shelf with the strange looking helmet with horns on it, which she then put on.
Fluttershy then dodged the chaotic mess and fluids, she zipped past the candy canes and trudged through the chocolate flood storm, and after apologizing to Angel she beats him in a wrestling match. Fluttershy then got close to Clarity and shouted.
“Fus, Ro, Dah!”
To Discord’s genuine surprise, that weird shout made the little half dragon filly fall to sleep, eventually taking a nap on the sofa with all the chaos magic draining from her.
Discord snaps his fingers and fixes the mess. Fluttershy took off the helmet and threw it back on the shelf just in time for Rarity and Spike to pick up Claraty. The two parents picked up there little girl and smiled.
“So there were no problems with her? Rarity asked.
“Nope, just another average night.” Fluttershy smiled.