Princess Celestia, The Co-ruler of Equestria, the Princess of the sun. With beauty only matched by her fellow Princesses and adored by her fellow ponies. Is bored out of her mind. Her sister Princess Luna had taken the time to schedule a day off for her without giving a heads up. So here she is, in Canterlot's library sipping tea and reading one of the many books she had read before.
"I know Luna is just doing this so I can do the same for her one day." She lets out a sigh as she closes her book. She uses her magic to bring another one to her from the shelf and puts the other one back in its place. She eats a small cookie she "borrowed" from her sister's stash and opens the book flipping through the pages. Being an Alicorn has given her plenty of time to master the art of fast reading, or as other ponies call it, skimming done right. "Normally I would be thrilled to have some time to myself, but what is the point of a day off. If I can't spend it with my sister or any of the ponies that I care about?"
Believe it or not, today was the worse timing in the history of time for a day off; Her student and close friend Princess Twilight, the Princess of Friendship. Oh, Sorry, The Queen of the Changelings, Twilight Sparkles, refuses to leave her children until they hatch. Then there is Cadence, The Princess of Love, who is having trouble with her daughter Flurry Heart again. That leaves only her sister Princess Luna, The Princess of the Moon, who is doing her duties for the day.
So, what can she do? She could always go to sleep, but she is not tired. She could talk to the guards around the castle, but they are not so much into conversations. And she would not dare go and to try to talk to the nobles in Canterlot. They would only brag to their fellow nobles that she spent time with them. She huffs to herself and rubs her eyes. It would appear that she needs to take a page from her student's book and makes some friends of her own. She drinks her tea again and grabs another book. "But where does one start?" she says to no one in particular.
"Don't look at me, Celestia." A familiar voice spoke up next to her, "I was never one to start from the beginning,"
She looks to her left to see that Discord, the entity of chaos, had appeared next to her. Celestia looks to the clock on the wall. She almost forgot that Discord likes to bug her around this time before going to see his friend Fluttershy. He has been doing this ever since he had made friends with that shy pegasus. She knows it was her idea to reform Discord, which worked, but she was hoping that after that happen, he wouldn't bother her anymore. But I guess you can't have everything.
Discord's eyes are closed as he smiles to himself, thinking of how to annoy the Princess of the Sun today. Sure, Discord said that he wouldn't do anything terrible to anypony anymore, but he never said that he wouldn't annoy them. "I was in the neighborhood and decided to drop by." He said before snapping his fingers and causing the cookies to come alive and look like guard ponies before they started fighting each other on the tabletop.
Usually, this would be something that Celestia would dread. However, today was an exception. She smiles at the miniature war zone next to her before she grabs one of the soldiers in her magic, "That is very nice of you, Discord."
Discord's eyes shot open. This was not what he was expecting to hear. "What?" He pulls off his ear and shakes it a few times before putting it back on. "Did I hear you, right? You are happy to see me?"
She nods at this and eats the soldier cookie. She thought she heard it screaming but ignore it. His sacrifice will not be in vain. "My sister has given me a day off, and I don't have anypony to talk to today. You aren't my first choice in conversational partners, but you are better than nothing." She puts down her book and grabs another cookie soldier from the group of soldiers who all have stopped fighting and stare at her in fear.
"Well, okay, then." He snaps his claws, making a robe appear on him and a fancy chair for him to sit on. He leans back in the chair, blowing bubbles from his pipe. "So, what would you like to talk about?"
She didn't think this far ahead. She thinks about it for a second before an idea came to mind. "Discord, have you been able to make any new friends since Fluttershy?" She then makes a magic bubble around the remaining soldiers before they could run away. She always did hate fast food.
"Why, yes!" He says with a big grin on his face as she reaches for another cookie soldier, "I am close friends with Spike, Big Mac, and even your sister."
Celestia dropped the cookie soldier when she heard that, "When did that happen?" She was curious about his progress in making friends; however, she wasn't expecting him to be this good at it already. And with her sister no less.
"She was helping me with a nightmare, and we started playing card games whenever we can." He taps the end of his pipe on the edge of his chair, causing dirt to come out of it, before filling it with paper and blowing more bubbles. "As for the other two, I was bored, and they weren't doing anything important. So, I made a roleplaying game for us to play in, and the rest is history." He leans in close to her. "I was wondering what the siblings to the elements of harmony were like, so yeah." He leans back into his chair as Celestia took this all in. "It was one of the best ideas I have ever had."
By now, half of the soldiers were eaten, and the rest are trying to escape, but they will not escape her hunger, "I am impressed Discord. I didn't think that you would get the hang of making friends so quickly. However, I am certain that there are more siblings to the Elements than just those two. Like Shining Armor, for instance."
Discord rolled his eyes at that and waved his paw dismissively. "That white hairball from the Crystal Empire doesn't want anything to do with me."
"And what about the others?" She asks as another soldier is eaten,
Discord made a scroll appear in front of him and put on glasses. "Ahem, lets me check my notes here. Pinkie's sisters are either too afraid, too loud, or too boring. Not to mention that Rainbow Dash doesn't have any siblings. However, I am still working on the three little trios from Pony Ville. And that's about it." He gives Celestia the list.
Celestia is relieved that Discord isn't forcing ponies to become his friends. She gives the scroll a look over. It has the names of ponies that Discord has either made friends with or not, and Ponies he hadn't talk to yet. It is quite long, and each name has a small note next to it to let him know something about the pony. Twilight would be proud. However, there is one pony's name missing from his list. Celestia looks back at Discord, who appears to be getting ready for more praises from her for his accomplishments, however..." What about Zephyr Breeze?" She asks calmly,
This confused Discord, and he gives her a strange look. "Zebra, what breeze?"
She rolls her eyes and clarifies herself, "Zephyr Breeze. Fluttershy's younger brother." This caused Discord to fall off his chair. Celestia and the soldiers look over to see if he was alright before he shoots up from the floor.
"FLUTTERSHY HAS A YOUNGER BROTHER!" Discord shouts with a look of shock on his face.
"I assume she never told you then," she said, rubbing an ear,
"She never said anything about him," Discord starts pacing in front of Celestia before he stops and faces her, "and how do you know about him anyway?" he says accusingly,
"Twilight mention him in one of her reports." She said calmly,
Discord turned away from Celestia as he put a claw to his chin. "Why didn't she ever tell me about him."
"I guess that thought might have slipped her mind?"
"I must find this stallion at once!" with a snap of his claws, Discord disappeared, leaving Celestia alone once again.
She lets out a sigh and goes back to her novel. "That was nice." Celestia drops her book as her eyes widen in surprise. "Did I say that?" She shakes her head and turns her attention to the remaining cookie soldiers who are cowering in fear. She smiles, "Now, where were we?"
Meanwhile,
Fluttershy is getting ready for her tea party with Discord. She is so excited. She just got a new brand of tea that she can't wait to try out. They will go perfectly with the new Tea Set Discord made her. They have little butterflies on them, along with flowers. The teacups change colors from brown to pink when you pour tea in them, and then they turn blue when the tea gets too cold.
Fluttershy had just set down the tea set when Discord pops up in front of her.
"Hello, Fluttershy." Discord said, crossing his arms with a frown on his face.
"Oh! Hello, Discord, you are early." Fluttershy then notices that her friend is in his grumpy mode. "Did something happen?"
"SO there this stallion called Zephyr Breeze. Heard of him?"
Fluttershy eyes widened when he said his name, "Where did you hear that name?"
"Does it matter?"
She looks away in shame, "I guess not."
"Fluttershy, we are best friends, and there is almost nothing that we don't know about each other." Discord floats next to her. "So why all the hush-hush on your brother?"
"I don't like to talk about him." She hadn't made eye contact with him yet. Discord notice this and back away from her and sit down on the sofa. He lets out a sad sigh before speaking.
"I haven't met him yet. I was going to once I found out about him. But I wanted to know first why you didn't tell me about him."
Fluttershy moves to her chair and sits down and faces her dear friend. "My brother can be a hoof-full sometimes. He is nothing like me. And to be honest, I get embarrassed whenever he is around."
Discord raised an eyebrow in confusion. Is she ashamed of her own brother? Fluttershy, the kindest pony I know, is ashamed of her own brother. How can that be? "Is he really that bad?"
She looks down and draws little circles on her seat with her foreleg, "He tried to start a campfire by tossing rocks at sticks and expecting them to start it on their own."
"And your point is?" he said, snapping his fingers to cause two rocks and sticks to hit each before they started a fire on the tabletop.
She looks at the fire before pointing out a flaw in his reasoning, "But he is a Pegasus. And he only through the rocks and sticks together once,"
"Oh, a lazy brother." He nods at this and snaps his fingers to put out the fire.
"He is getting better, but it doesn't mean that old habits don't die hard."
"I could always fix that." Discord lifts up his claw in a snap ready position and lifts his eyebrows twice, hinting her what he meant.
Fluttershy taps her chin a few times, thinking to herself of the possibilities, "Tempting," She shakes her head in disagreement. "but I can't let you do that even to him."
"If you say so," Discord shrug at this and then uses his magic to start the tea party. Both of them were enjoying the party when Discord remembers something interesting that happened earlier. "By the way, did you know that Celestia was happy to see me?"
Fluttershy dropped her cookie when she heard her friend. "Come again?"
"I know, right," He causes a scroll to appear before him, and he gives it a look over, "I thought she would hate me for at least three more years before she starts to warm up to me again."
"That is wonderful, Discord," She smiles at her friend, "I am so happy that you are finally getting on good terms with her." Wait, again? She thought to herself before she dismisses the thought,
"And that is another milestone check off my list." He checkmarks the list before it disappeared.
As the tea party progressed on, Fluttershy started to get embarrassed as she tries to ask Discord a question. "So...a... Discord."
"Yes?" he said looking up from his teacup,
"Are you interested in anypony?"
It was a good thing that Discord practiced with Spike and Big Mac on his poker face. Otherwise, he would have spat out his tea out of shock by her question. He calmly sets his teacup down, "There are many ponies that I find interesting in Equestria, so you are going to have to be a little bit more specific, Fluttershy."
She starts fidgeting in her seat. "Well, it is just that ever since we have become friends. I have never seen you try to date anypony."
"OH! SO, that is what you mean," He smiles at her, "Well then if that is the case, the list is much shorter."
Fluttershy blinks as she tilts her head, "There is a list?"
"It is not very big, mind you," He pulls out a rolled-up scroll from his horn, "But I do have someponies in mind. However, I never did take a second look at it. Did you want to see?"
Before she knew it, the words were out of her mouth. "Yes." She squeaks.
Discord then moved next to her and showed her the list. Discord was saying something about each name; however, Fluttershy wasn't paying attention. Her mind was focused on one thing, who were the names on the list. She must have checked the list four times; however, her worst fear has been realized. It is not there — her name. Her name is not on the list of ponies that Discord is interested in.
"...and I need to cross out Twilight from this list since she is married now. So, what do you think?"
"What?"
"The ponies that I am interested in. Who do you think that I should see?"
"Oh," She looks away, "Maybe it should be the pony that likes to be with you at any time."
"You are right, Fluttershy," He gets up and moves back to his chair and makes the list disappear, "Thank you for your input," He lends back in his chair and grunts as he back pops, "And since we are on the subject is there anypony that you are interested in?"
This caught Fluttershy off guard as she jumps from her seat, "What!" She almost shouted, but Discord didn't seem to notice.
He looks back at her, "It is just a question. You don't have to answer it if you don't want to."
She calms herself down, still not looking at Discord with a small blush on her face. "There is, but I don't think that he had noticed me."
He smiles at her, "Oh, really. Well, his loss than. Every stallion should be begging you to be your special somepony."
"Discord, you are going to make me blush."
"It is too easy for that," Discord then looks at his wrist and pulls back his fur to show a watch there. "And Horse apples look at the time. May Applejack, forgive me." He lets the hair go back into place, "I forgot that I had to be with the guys today and lost track of time." He looks at Fluttershy with a paw rubbing the back of his head. "I hate to drink and run, but I got to get going."
Fluttershy shakes her head, "It is okay, Discord. Same time next week?" She says hopefully,
"Of course, Fluttershy." With a snap of his paw, Discord was his chaos dimension and fell on his bed before screaming in the pillow. This went on for ten minutes before he calms down. He pulls up his face to catch his breath, "I thought I was going to lose my cool there." He sits up and makes his list of ponies that he is interested in appears before him. He then started to do Origami on it to make a heart out of it. It now says
Is Fluttershy single?
with two boxes next to it, one saying yes and the other no. "And next week, I will start to drop the charm." He said check-marking the yes box.
Back at Canterlot, Night had fallen, and the sisters of the castle have joined together for dinner before turning in for the night.
Luna is finishing a hay burger she ordered from Pony Ville while Celestia is eating a simple salad. "How was your day off fair, sister?" Luna said, eating her hay fries,
"It was interesting," Celestia looks at her reflection in her tea, "And it made me realize something that I didn't put much thought into until now."
"And what pray might that be dear sister." Luna drinks her soft drink waiting for her sister's response,
Celestia looks at her sister, "I want to find a special somepony,"
Luna did a spit take and coughs before getting up from her seat in shock, "Sister! Do you dare enter the realm of courting?! There is so much to discuss and so much to plan for this. However, might I pry do you already have somepony you fancy?"
Celestia thinks to herself, before a small smile comes to her face. "Maybe."