Fluttershy appeared in her bedroom, though she barely noticed and really didn't care. She looked down and saw an oversized grey sweater with the graphic of a stained glass draconequus, past her sweater were cyan shorts. She looked up at Discord who was simply looking around her bland room.
"Are you going to put yourself on every piece of my clothes?" She asked, yawning afterwards as a grin spread across his face. He snapped, her entire closet vanishing and reappearing circling around him, each of the pieces wearing a draconequus.
She ignored it, using as much brain power as she could muster to hope he changed them back as she sat down on her bed and grabbed a pillow to hug it. She rolled her eyes as he made the lamp on her desk turn into a draconequus holding a light bulb, the lamp shade being worn as a skirt.
He sneered as he discovered the most fantastic thing in her room was a walk-in closet. Bland light blue walls stretched up to an even blander beige fan-- he almost gagged at the color. A normal brown desk held notebooks, pens and pencils, and his new addition lamp. A normal dresser held an even more normal mirror with pictures of Fluttershy and her friends. He also noticed the alarm clock with the numbers seven and forty-two on it and the pastel green colored curtains.
He smirked as he thought of the many things he could do to her room that she'd actually like. Then he was shocked he'd do chaotic things for someone else, but Fluttershy laying her head down on her pillow and shutting her eyes brought him out of his thoughts. He snapped, appearing in front of her and watching her open tired eyes. "You're going to sleep, now? The day just started."
She covered her mouth as she yawned, looking up at him with tired teal eyes matched with bags underneath them. "I spent the entire night with you," she said with a slight scowl. "And I appreciate what you did, but I'm not a creature of pure magic and need sleep," she said with a fake smile.
He rolled his eyes. "Fine," he said simply, wondering how some humans simply downed coffee and energy drinks to stay awake and why she wasn't. Well, it was partly his fault, he made her appear in her comfortable, no matter how disgusting, room with an even comfier bed in a huge sweater and shorts. Maybe his self-consciously knew she was tired? He didn't care anyways as she smiled and laid down, not even bothering to pull the blanket over herself.
And she didn't have to as he snapped and watched it sink on top of her with a new layer of comfort, she snuggled into her pillow with a smile. As he turned away to let her sleep, she spoke. "Thanks," she said quietly, rolling over and facing the wall, pulling the blanket even further on herself than before, even if it wasn't possible.
He smiled down at her, he guessed letting her sleep wouldn't be the worse idea, he had drug her around aviaries, zoos, and aquariums the entire night, letting her see all of the animals even after the places closed. And he didn't know why, but seeing her amazed face made looking at mediocre animals almost enjoyable.
But he turned to her room with a devilish grin and flexed his hand, popping his wrist. He was going to have even more fun when he saw how happy she'd be with a whole new room.
Rainbow Dash hopped her way up the stairs that led to Fluttershy's front door, glancing behind her and seeing Pinkie Pie bounce up with her, the rest of their friends moving to stand on the stairs. She knocked her knuckles against the door, ignoring Twilight's amazed face at the overly nature-fied house.
It wasn't the biggest house, in fact, it was only one story, but the size of that one story made up for not having a second one. Other than that, it seemed like it was being devoured by greenery. Plants decorated every window, the banister for the porch was covered with vines, two potted plants sat next to the door and sat on the sides of each stair. Flowery gardens decorated the front of the house on either side of the porch, the grass was lusciously green and perfectly cut, and trees littered the front yard, including a dog house with two empty bowls inside for strays.
The door was opened by a yellow woman with a soft smile, glasses, and red hair. "Hey, Mrs. Shy," Rainbow Dash gave a smirk, enjoying seeing the old woman after a long time. Mrs. Shy's smile widened as she looked back into the house and called for her husband.
A blue man with white hair wore his wife's smile as he saw the crowd. "Rainbow Dash! It's been so long!" He said in his own quiet voice, though Rainbow Dash knew he was really excited to see her. The two stepped aside, using their hands to gesture for the group to come in.
Rainbow Dash smiled at the place, reliving memories of chasing Fluttershy through the living room and hitting her toe on the coffee table. She chuckled and stuffed her hands in her pockets, glancing back and seeing all of the amazed faces.
Every part of the living room was spotless, including the rooms it was connected to, the dining room and kitchen. A light green couch was decorated with color-matching pillows in the perfect places, on either side were end tables and chairs, one was obviously a recliner. A wooden coffee table with a glass top sat in the center, coasters sat perfectly near the edges as magazines laid almost picture perfectly on it. All the magazines were of plants and butterflies.
Across from that was a TV on a white spotless stand with glass cabinet windows that showed the assortment of movies on one side and books on the other. Next to the TV were small tables with potted plants on top. A shelf sat in the corner, filled to the brim with books, all separated by genre. The walls were pastel yellow with pictures of either the family, which also decorated the white fireplace, or butterflies. The fire place also sat a huge clock on top, one with roman numerals instead of numbers.
A light green rug with dark green accents ran behind the couch, leading to the kitchen, dining room, and hallway. The room was also covered in it's own greenery, fake vines covering the outer edges of the fireplace, and potted plants hanging from the ceiling around the book shelf. The rug ran towards the kitchen, closed off with a wall with a window towards the living room that was lined with another table, one either used for random, temporary items, and a beautiful rose in a vase.
The other edge of the kitchen held a white bar and counter, the bar facing the elegant dining room they couldn't get a clear view of from their place in the living room, but they assured themselves it would be just as spotless as the other rooms. A chandelier also hung from the center of the dining and living room, a normal light fixture hanging over the kitchen.
Rarity was just fixing to compliment the entire place, decorated with such beauty, though the pastel combination of yellow, blue, and green wouldn't be her first choice. But Rainbow Dash smirked as Mrs. Shy spoke up. "Are you all friends of Fluttershy's?" She asked softly, watching as five strangers just entered her home nervously.
Pinkie Pie nodded, jumping over to the woman and shaking her hand rapidly, and then doing the same to her husband. "Mm-hm! All Fluttershy's buddies!" She gave the two a wide smile before she hugged herself. "And Fluttershy's just the best! That's actually why we're here!"
Mr. Shy smiled nervously at her as Mrs. Shy readjusted her glasses. "You're Pinkie Pie," he offered, seeing her nod her head just as bombastically. He chuckled, "I guessed so."
"Yeah, Pinkie's kinda easy," Rainbow Dash said, walking next to the two with a wide smirk. "And since I'm sure Fluttershy's told you tons about us, why don't you try guessing who everyone is?"
Mrs. Shy shook her head with a sweet smile. "I, um, don't think that'd be a great idea," she said nervously, giggling slightly with it. "I'd hate to guess wrong," she said, her husband nodding his agreement. Rainbow Dash sighed, letting her shoulders fall.
She shot back up with a smile as she gestured to the others. "Then I'll introduce ya!" She said happily, grabbing Rarity's wrist and pulling the giddy girl over. "This, is Rarity," she said calmly.
Rarity let a squeal rise up in her throat as she held out her hand. "Oh, hello, darlings. I have to say, your house is just gorgeous!" She complimented, unable to keep it down any longer.
Mr. Shy chuckled and shook her hand. "Thank you, though my wife's the one who did most of the decorating," he said, smirking slyly at his wife as she shook Rarity's hand with a red face, giggling to herself nervously.
"Well, um, thank you, dear," Mrs. Shy said, watching as Rarity took a deep breath, surely ready to compliment every little thing as Rainbow Dash pushed her away. Rainbow Dash watched as Applejack walked up next to her, nodding her head as she held out her hand.
"Nice to meet y'all," she said, shaking the two's hand. "Name's Applejack. You can call me AJ though, if ya want." The two nodded, ready to reciprocate the greeting when Pinkie Pie shoved past her.
The girl's smile was almost as big as Zephyr's ego. "Hi! I'm Pinkie Pie!" She said, reaching out and shaking the two's hand again. She giggled to herself. "Oh wait! You already know that!" She kept laughing as Applejack rolled her eyes and pushed her away, making Mr. and Mrs. Shy wonder just what their daughter could have in common with such a loud, extroverted girl. "Did you know AJ and I are cousins!?" She peaked her head into their view.
Applejack pulled the girl away, saying something about it not being true, or not knowing it if was true? The two didn't know as the final two girls walked in front of them. "Hi," the orange one said kindly. "I'm Sunset, and this is Twilight," she said, gesturing to the purple girl next to her who was waving shyly.
The couple looked down as a dog barked, seeing a purple dog waving its tail. Mr. Shy smiled down at the dog as Mrs. Shy laughed nervously. "I'm sure Fluttershy loves your dog," he smiled, watching Mrs. Shy watch it cautiously and take a step back. "I'm sorry, she's a little scared of dogs."
Twilight gave them upturned eyebrows before bending down and picking Spike up. "Oh, I'm so sorry," she said, looking down and seeing Spike try his best to look like the cutest dog in the world.
Mrs. Shy smiled and shook her head, though she moved behind her husband and latched onto him. "Oh, don't worry sweetie, I've just had bad history with dogs ruining my garden, that's all," she said, eyeing Spike worriedly.
Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes and put her hands on her hips. "Can't be worse than what Zephyr's done," she said, watching Mr. Shy try to not laugh as Mrs. Shy shot him a dirty look. "Alright, well, we just needed Flutters for something," Rainbow said, looking down the long hall that led to the bedrooms. "So, we're just gonna go, but we gotta talk later, it's been too long," she said, saluting the two as she turned down the hall. The couple waved at the girls as each of them gave them a warm smile.
Mr. Shy put his hand around Mrs. Shy's waist. "I'm glad she has such great friends," he said, watching as each of them walked into Fluttershy's room, the door shutting behind them.
Mrs. Shy rolled her eyes, "I'm glad you find my gardens demise humorous," she said before giving it up and nodding. "You're right, though. I was almost worried Rainbow Dash would be her only friend, especially when we transferred her and Zephyr to this school," she said, walking into the kitchen, her husband following.
"Yeah," he said with a blissful smile. "Fluttershy's lucky to have such a great friend like her." Mrs. Shy hummed her agreement as she went back to doing the dishes, smiling and laughing when Mr. Shy silently insisted on helping her.
Rainbow Dash's and the others jaws all hung open as they stared up at Fluttershy's room. The walls were a soft pink, multicolored butterflies painted as if in a migration on the wall with Fluttershy's bed. They completely ignored the fact that Fluttershy was fast asleep in her bed as they noticed the new headboard, decorated with it's own butterflies.
That wasn't all when the doors to Fluttershy's closet matched the walls, her dresser and mirror a new pastel yellow with green leaf knobs. Her mirror also had a green rim, spreading out like plants with small, carved animals racing off at the bottom, resting on the dresser that had small dark yellow silhouettes of animals at the corners.
Her desk shined in a new finish, all of her things organized as a small pink chair with a butterfly shaped back sat at the desk. Even her bag looked different with the pink butterfly and tornado key chains were hooked on it. And as they looked up, the upper walls of her room held pastel lights that were all cut off, though Applejack didn't see where they were pinned up. Something the others didn't notice or care was the new draconequus shaped lamp that made Spike, Twilight, and Sunset all hold their breath.
Rainbow Dash shook her head as Rarity leaned past her. "I never knew Fluttershy's room looked this... her-like," she said, noticing all of the butterfly and animal related things. Applejack and Pinkie Pie stepped next to her, nodding their agreement as they looked over the room again.
Rainbow Dash furrowed her eyebrows. "It wasn't like this a month ago," she said, gesturing towards the room and looking towards her friends. "It was totally boring and unorganized," she said, looking up at the room. Sure, it was cool, but it didn't make sense. "She never cared about it cause she barely spent any time in here."
Applejack raised an eyebrow as Sunset walked over to the bed, noticing the tornado graphic on her blanket was the only thing that didn't match the room. She shook Fluttershy, attempting to wake the girl as she tried to avoid the stare of the lamp.
"Fluttershy?" She asked, noticing the yellow nightstand with the same leaf shaped knobs, though the new pink alarm clock saying two fifty-five made her stomach turn. Fluttershy groaned, pulling the blanket over her head. "Why are you still sleeping at three in the afternoon? I thought you were an early bird."
Fluttershy shot up at the time and whirled to her. "It's three!?" She asked, standing up and throwing the blanket off of her, running towards her closet and opening the new doors without noticing the new design on them. Her fast movements didn't stop Twilight and Sunset from noticing the draconequus on her sweater. "How did I sleep that long?" She asked, looking through her shirts.
"Uh, yeah," Applejack said, walking up next to her. "When did you go to sleep, sugar cube?" She asked, noticing the weird animal on Fluttershy's sweater and choosing to ignore it. She assumed it was just some super mystical creature like mermaids.
Fluttershy froze and turned to her. "Um, I actually don't know," she said, shaking her head and turning back towards her closet, pulling a white tank top off of a hanger. "It was after the sun came up," she said, pulling a green skirt off of another hanger and laying the two over her arms. She stared back at shocked faces.
"You went to sleep after the sun came up?" Twilight asked, looking down at Spike worriedly. "What were you doing all night?" She asked, watching Fluttershy stiffen at the question. She wondered if it had anything to do with the seemingly new room, draconequus lamp, and draconequus sweater.
Pinkie Pie shoved her way past the group, standing in front of Fluttershy with cheeks puffed out in anger and furrowed eyebrows. "Yeah! You even missed our sleep over!"
Fluttershy covered her mouth with her hands, wide eyes matched with upturned eyebrows. "Oh, I'm so sorry, Pinkie! I completely forgot!" She said, sitting her clothes down before rubbing her arm, a sorrowful look on her face.
Pinkie opened her mouth, ready to lecture her on breaking a Pinkie Promise, even if they didn't promise. But Sunset stepped in front of her. "It's alright, we were just worried. And we are now, what did you do last night?"
Fluttershy hugged herself, looking away and letting her messy, tangled hair fall in front of her face as she debated lying and telling the truth again. She assumed it wouldn't hurt them to hear the truth, especially when she really didn't want to lie to them again. She rubbed the back of her neck and avoided their gazes. "Discord kinda took me to a lot of animal places," she said nervously.
Rainbow Dash crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow. "In the middle of the night?" She asked.
Fluttershy gave her a fake smile and a nervous nod. "Yes," she said calmly, hoping they'd believe her. She sighed in relief when they turned to each other and nodded. Though she tensed up when Pinkie Pie crossed her arms.
"That guy's a meanie! He definitely heard me tell you about our slumber party," she said, furrowing her eyebrows and pouting, crossing her arms and scrunching up further with a sneer. "And he kept you up all night! Who does that?"
Fluttershy cowered as Applejack stepped next to Pinkie Pie with her hands on her hips. "Oh! I knew he was doin' somethin'," she growled, balling her fists and holding them at her sides. "Just lookin' at 'em and you could see he ain't a good guy."
Fluttershy shook her head slightly, as Rainbow Dash joined in. "I know! What are you even doing hanging out with a cocky asshole like that?" She asked, crossing her arms. Everyone knew she seriously didn't like him when she cursed, and Fluttershy didn't know why. They barely talked to him. Sure, he had an... egotistic-sounding voice, and sure, he was sort of pushing boundaries when he ruffled Pinkie's hair seemingly condescendingly without even knowing her very well, but that was just Discord.
She watched as Rarity fell against Applejack. "And did you see those clothes? So old fashion with... with those boots!" She gasped dramatically, digging her hands into her hair. Fluttershy turned to Twilight, Sunset, and Spike in hopes that they weren't as judgmental, but the three looked away from her, silently agreeing.
Fluttershy felt anger boil up inside her as her friends continued their complaints. She stomped her foot and shouted, "Stop!" The others looked at her with wide stares at her sudden assertiveness and listened. "Now listen," she said calmly.
"You all are just judging Discord without even getting to know him," she said just as calmly, though she was tempted to not have such a civil conversation as they raised eyebrows in unconvinced ways. "You haven't said more than three words to him."
Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes, putting her hands on her hips. "But he's just some random guy that you haven't told us anything about that just came up and took you out for a joyride until this morning," she said with a scowl, the others agreeing with her with their own angry nods.
Fluttershy was fuming as she balled her fists, wondering why she should let her friends get away with bullying one of her own friends. She stomped towards them. "I haven't told you anything about him because I knew you'd react like this," she said, trying to control her tongue about mentioning the whole draconequus and magic thing while rambling her defense of Discord.
She shoved her wrist in their faces, her bracelet looking them right in the eye. "And he's the one that gave me this," she spat rudely, watching their faces fall with shock. "And last night was one of the most fun nights of my life and I wouldn't change it for the world, and he only took me to see animals because he's nice!"
She crossed her arms and looked away, huffing as she saw their shocked faces morph into ones of guilt. "And he would never judge any of you without even getting to know you! So maybe you are judging him before getting to know him," she said, sneering to herself at the sheer idea that they would be that rude. Sure, she was the 'child' of their group that everyone wanted to protect, but that didn't mean they had to hate Discord just because his looks or voice shouted bad influence.
Pinkie Pie bounced next to her and put her hand on Fluttershy's shoulder. "I'm sorry, Flutters. I think you're right," she said sadly, her pink hair falling slightly at the apology. "I like it when you're happy, so I'll like anyone who can make you happy," she said sweetly, smiling widely when Fluttershy's hard features softened into a smile. She hugged the girl tightly.
Rainbow Dash walked up on the other side of her. "Yeah, what she said," she tried, hoping it'd suffice so she wouldn't have to just repeat all that Pinkie Pie said. She beamed when Fluttershy's smile meant she wouldn't have to recite something she was already forgetting.
Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie looked to the rest, seeing their respective feelings. Rarity and Applejack still seemed unconvinced as Sunset and Twilight smiled slightly, though Spike's ears were lowered. Rainbow Dash put her hand on her hip. "Seriously? You still think he's a bad dude?"
Applejack nodded as Rarity huffed and looked away. "Anyone who dresses like that is a bad person, darling. He's dressing that absurdly on purpose!" She fought, though she saw Fluttershy furrow her eyebrows and stiffened. Rarity sighed, letting the tension of Fluttershy's stare leave her. "But I suppose you two are right. I can at least give him a chance."
The three smiled, looking to Applejack to see her agree. She simply shook her head as she crossed her arms and rested all of her weight on one leg. Sunset Shimmer walked up next to the three. "I mean, if he's nice to you, I don't see how bad he can be," she smiled, rubbing the back of her neck and trying to ignore the blatant draconequui around.
Spike jumped next to her before walking over the Fluttershy and sitting at her feet as a sign for her to pick him up. He smiled widely when she did. "Yeah! Maybe he actually is a nice guy that's totally normal and isn't involved in anything at all!" He beamed, wagging his tail and ignoring the groups confused stares.
But they didn't have time to linger on it as Twilight stepped up to the growing crowd. "I agree with Sunset, the least we can do is give him a chance," she smiled at Fluttershy's wide smile, though it was a horrible match to the omen of stolen Elements she wore on her sweater. Where did she even get that? "Do you think we'll ever get a chance to meet him?"
Fluttershy stiffened before falling with a nervous laugh. "Oh, um, no, I don't think so," she said just as nervously, hoping they didn't ask why. And she was thankful she didn't have to when Rainbow Dash wasn't listening, she was too interested in Applejack.
Applejack still crossed her arms nonchalantly as she watched her entire group of friends agree that the guy they had previously blamed for Fluttershy's ditching might be good. "Come on!" Rainbow Dash fought, stomping over to her. "Are you even going to say anything like 'sorry, hey, maybe I will get to know him'?"
Applejack looked at her lazily, moving her weight onto her other foot. "Nope, I still don't like 'em."
"And why not?" Rainbow Dash asked rudely, her jaw falling open when Applejack shrugged.
"Gives me bad vibes," Applejack said bluntly, obviously trusting her own will and gut too much even giving Fluttershy's speech a listen. Rainbow Dash's eye twitched as her fists balled into white, though Fluttershy put a hand on her shoulder and shook her head, silently telling her to let it go. Rainbow Dash sighed, letting the anger leave with her breaths out, though she couldn't look at Applejack if she wanted to stay that calm.
Fluttershy smiled up at her friends, enjoying the idea that they'd give the idea of Discord another chance, even if they'd never meet him again. But at least she wouldn't be hearing about opinions based off of nothing for the rest of the day. And her smile widened as she thought about not having to lie to her friends again. Though she stiffened again when Rainbow Dash looked to her.
"Oh! And when did you change your room?" She asked, using her thumb over her shoulder as a gesture. Fluttershy's eyes widened and her jaw dropped slightly as she stared up at the new, fantastic room.
She swallowed, knowing she'd have to lie about this one, and she had to act like she wasn't absolutely amazed by the migration of butterflies on the wall. She smiled to her friends curious faces, trying not to gasp at the pastel lights hanging around her room. How did she not notice this entire time? "Oh, um, I've been, uh, working on it... recently," she said nervously.
Rarity walked up and hugged her. "Well, it looks great, darling!" She said before pulling away with a smile. "Since Applejack has chores, we were going to go help her," she said, trying not to gag at the idea of helping Applejack with her specific chores that absolutely included mud.
"We also wanted to talk about why Twilight's here, so, will you come with us?" Sunset asked, taking a step ahead of the group with a small smile. She smiled again when Fluttershy nodded, though the draconequus on her sweater was making her stomach turn. "Great, we'll go wait for you in the living room," she said, walking towards the door with the rest of her friends.
Fluttershy picked up her clothes and hugged them, looking over her room with a small smile. It looked absolutely gorgeous and amazing, she felt tears well in her eyes as she looked over the personalized room. She didn't know why Discord seemed intent on doing things that would make her smile, but she assumed that was just what friends did. She certainly tried her part to see him smile.
Though now a horribly dressed man sat underneath her window with a scowl, staring down at gorgeous flowers as he waited. He had been waiting for a bit before Fluttershy's stupid friends walked into her room, and the only reason he was waiting is so he could see her reaction to her new wonderland. But he knew her friends presence made it disappear, and worse of all, he was insulted in the meantime!
His eye twitched as he crossed his arms, his mind replaying what all Fluttershy's nasty friends had said. Fluttershy's beautiful defense of him had warmed his heart, and was almost as good as a reaction, but her friends comments ruined his mood and not even his darling Fluttershy's defense could fix it.
He growled, looking down at his-- ugh-- matched hands. And the worst part was that he could do whatever he wanted to them right there and then because his magic felt so much more stable. It wasn't close to normal, not even close to almost half-way back to normal, but it was stable enough.
He sneered, knowing she wouldn't want him scaring her friends, or haunting them with chaos. He sighed, assuming he could at least see her one more time before he had to give up her heavenly presence to judgmental and multi-colored horrors.
He snapped, appearing in her room and smirking at his own handiwork. It did look great, and he knew she'd love it. And he assumed she did when a pair of yellow arms wrapped around him. Though he didn't know what to think when he saw arms instead of oversized sleeves. "I love it," a small voice whispered, and he knew he couldn't stay mad. Not when he had this adorable sheep defend him and thank him.
He smiled down at her. "Well, I had to, it was hideous," he chuckled when she looked up at him, letting go of him. And he couldn't believe what he was seeing, legs and arms? He didn't think Fluttershy had them. He smirked as he thought of her taking off a sweater and only having hands and a torso.
She was beaming and he didn't know why, but it felt nice knowing he did something that caused those sparkling teal eyes and wide smile. "Well, I have to go, I'll see you later," she said, waving at him as she opened her door and left. He sighed, looking over at her bag with the butterfly and tornado keychain. Why did it hurt when she left?
He assumed it was because he never had a friend before. Sure, he had met tons of creatures and anomalies in his hundreds of years alive, but never once had he had a friend, and it felt nice. He furrowed his eyebrows and sneered, looking to her mirror and seeing he had left her many pictures of her friends up.
He snapped, all of them being replaced with random moments they had shared together. Her friends were judgmental monsters that only took her away from him, so the least he could do was make the feeling mutual. They'd absolutely hate it when she went off with him, and he was going to make sure of it.