//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: A Heart for Fluttershy // Story: Hearts and Hooves Day // by Derpybrony890 //------------------------------// Fluttershy was gardening her flowers by her cottage, Twilight was gone to the Crystal Empire, but Fluttershy and the others had many other things to take care of, during this time many of the food she buys is gone with candy hearts and balloons pinkie is selling, with all the festival going on, Rarity is very busy making dresses, the food at the festival will have applejack working harder than usual, and rainbow dash, now with the Wonderbolts, is performing a routine that is taking up most of her time, while they’re all busy they still made a pact to meet and enjoy the festival of hearts, something the mayor came up with this year. Soon angel bunny was hopping to her head to try to tell her something. “What is it, angel?” The bouncing bunny was waddling and waving his arms trying to tell something important. “The ducks are stuck in the well? You lost your carrots?” Fluttershy said while trying her hardest to understand her pet. Angel was still wiggling his arms trying to make Fluttershy understand. “Is someone important coming?” Angel nodded his head and pointed to the front of her cottage. Fluttershy flew to her door. She wasn’t expecting anyone, and the mail ponies were off until Hearts and Hooves day was over, so it had to either be some pony who wanted something from her or… She opened the door and saw none other than the very draconequus she predicted. “Hello Fluttershy, how are you on this fine holiday,” Discord said, very spry and cheery. “I am doing very well Discord, did you want something?” Fluttershy said looking very happy to see her friend, it seemed like as the years went on he was friendlier and happier to see her, “I was wondering if maybe you and I could go out to the park and take your special pet to play with all of the other pest and rodents- I mean animals, while we have some special talk time,” Discord said, he seemed like he was embarrassed to say all of that with his cheeks getting all pink. “Sure, Angel was anxious to get out of the cottage for a while,” Fluttershy said. Discord looked really happy smiling and shouting with his arms high in the air “Oh, lovely! You won’t regret it, I will see you in a few hours.” As she saw him teleport away she started to lean over to her side of the door, then she realized what she was doing, “Well this is new,” Fluttershy said. She had this new feeling of excitement and laughter in her stomach like the butterflies on her cutie mark went into her stomach. It was a weird feeling that she hadn’t felt before, and she wondered if it was something serious. “Maybe I should see some pony before meeting Discord,” Fluttershy said, she thought about seeing a doctor or somepony like that, then she thought maybe seeing an old friend would help better. --------- As Fluttershy walked through the Everfree forest her thoughts were running wild, was it something serious, is she just overreacting, maybe this is just the spicy cupcake that pinkie had her eat, or she was sick and if some pony doesn’t help her she could be in serious danger of infection! Many dangerous thoughts were running through her head but there were also some memories that were running here and there, like the first time she and her friends were first in this forest or the first time they saw Zecora, now that she had these memories she felt better, now instead of being scared of what may come out of this forest, it’s like a path that they take just to see their zebra friend. Fluttershy knocked on Zecora’s door and the black and white zebra came, shocked to see some pony at her door on the day of Hearts and hooves day. “Fluttershy, what brings you here. are you alright my dear?” Zecora said, it always made Fluttershy happy to hear the rhyming zebra wondering how all the ponies are doing. “Zecora, I am feeling a little weird and I don’t know if this is serious or my own self worrying over nothing, I thought maybe I could come to you for some advice and see what this problem is,” Fluttershy said. “I see, and this is why you wanted to see me?” Zecora said, “please come into my home, and we’ll see this problem of your own.” Fluttershy felt relieved that Zecora would help her and she would finally be able to get this all out of her head. “Thank you Zecora, I really hope that this can all be over soon so I can go see Discord without any worry of what is wrong,” Zecora was looking at Fluttershy with a soft laugh “I see you are soon to go on an outing with your friend, a life-long pal to the end?” Fluttershy was looking at Zecora and wondering if she didn’t know if they were friends but knew that she usually asked stuff like that. “Yes, a friend, a very good friend actually, and he asked me to meet him at the park and after he left I started having this weird feeling like butterflies were in my stomach and my head was warm like an oven and…” Fluttershy was interrupted by a laughing Zecora. “I’m sorry for your pause, but it seems funny that you don’t know your cause,” Fluttershy was very confused but knew Zecora doesn’t really get to the point of things. “From your point of view, there are feelings that are new, but you don’t know who,” Now Fluttershy was even more confused than before, she didn’t know what else to do except ask for a straight answer. “Zecora, I know that this may be out of character, but could you give me a straight answer instead of a rhyme?” Zecora looked at Fluttershy and did her best to try to get to the point. “Listen, this feeling your having is a feeling for Discord, the blushing and the warmth in your head leads to one word.” Now Fluttershy got it! Zecora thinks she may like Discord more than a friend, “D-do you really think I might l-l-love Discord,” She said in a very soft and embarrassed voice. “I cannot jump to conclusions so close, but is Discord the one that makes you feel this way the most?” Zecora said smiling. Fluttershy remembered that she had never felt this way to anyone before, so Discord must’ve been the only one to make her feel all happy. “I guess it does make the most sense, I do feel really happy when I’m around him,” Fluttershy said blushing. “I hope you believe what I say, now go on and enjoy your day,” Zecora said very enthusiastically, “Thank you Zecora for all your help, maybe if I truly feel this way, I could tell him today,” Fluttershy said noticing that she had just rhymed. “Oh my, Zecora you're rubbing off on me,” She said laughing softly. ------ After Discord teleported away he couldn’t wait any longer before he went to the Ponyville park, it was a long time till Fluttershy will come but he wanted everything to be perfect, it had been many years since she stood for him in front of her best friends, and that is what made him like her for the first time in one thousand years. “Maybe I should’ve told her a more specific area, just the park is not specific, what if she thinks it’s somewhere else other than this park, like Canterlot or Cloudsdale, or she doesn’t know where this park is and she’ll get lost, maybe I should send her a light to make the path brighter,” Discord said nervously. At a snap of a finger, the pathway from the park to her cottage was shining brightly blinding many ponies with one shouting “TURN IT OFF!” Discord, groaning, snapped his fingers and the path turned to its regular form. After that, he went back to thinking about what to do when Fluttershy came. “Maybe I can give her something so when I tell her I won’t look like a complete moron,” He said, he snapped his fingers and many items came into the air, “maybe a big stuffed bear. Who am I kidding, she can snuggle with a real bear. Perhaps something simple, like flowers. No, she probably has every kind of flower in her garden, it must be something special,” Discord said. He kept thinking and thinking until finally, a light bulb went on his head (literally). “I’ve got it! I’ll make the perfect setting with the perfect time in the most perfect way she could think,” he pulled down a big white sheet and started ruffling around with many sounds. When he was done he pulled the sheet up and left a big figure with another, whiter sheet and had a boombox in his paw, “good thing I always bring a boombox with random sounds to make me work faster,” He said in full victory. He went in the sheet to look over everything, “this is the perfect present to tell her how I feel.” It was only 15 more minutes and he would tell Fluttershy how he felt about her in the way that he could only think of. -------- Fluttershy was heading to the park with Angel and was getting a bit nervous. Was she going to tell him? Was he going to tell her? How would he do it? Will she like it? what if she had to do something, what would she do last minute, what if she was mistaken and embarrass herself in front of her newly found love. “Maybe I should get something for him, I shouldn’t tell him without at least a gesture,” Fluttershy said, turning around. Angel came in front of her looking at her angrily, he pointed at the path to the park and hopped closer to it, Fluttershy looked to the path and knew angel wanted her to go tell Discord, “Alright angel, I’ll go, but you have to promise me that you will eat all of your meals for a week,” Fluttershy said firmly, angel’s foot hopped madly while a frown on his face, but after a while of thought angel nodded and hurried Fluttershy pushing her as hard as he could. “Ok, ok, I am going, you have a good time yourself angel,” Fluttershy said seeing angel hop away into one of the bushes. She walked farther down and saw Discord at the bench knitting a sweater passing the time. “Discord, I’m here,” “Oh hello Fluttershy, I am glad you came, I have a special thing to show you,” Discord said, he looked up at the dim sky for a while until he took her hoof and walked her to a figure under a blanket, “What’s under this sheet Discord?” Fluttershy asked. “Well if I told you it wouldn’t be a surprise would it,” Discord said, he lifted the sheet and in front of her eyes was a board with pictures that actually moved to make it seem like she was looking at a screen with all of the moments she and Discord had together. The time she had stood up for him, the time at the gala, even last week’s tea party. She walked closer to the board to look closer at the moving pictures. “How-how did you make this Discord? I know you have chaos magic, but this is different even for you,” Fluttershy said, she smiled at all of the memories that he had kept, she felt like she was more important to him than chaos itself. “I have always kept these memories, ever since you called me your friend, I have always wanted to keep the good times we had,” Discord said, he was looking into her eyes and saw the stars above, “You know Fluttershy before I met you, the only thing I thought about was to rule Equestria in full chaos, but that was before you reformed me, you were the only pony who actually believed that I was good, then you stood up for me, I never felt so… important, you made me better. You made me think of something other than chaos, every time I left your place to rest, I couldn’t help but think of your smile, and how your kindness flows through to my stomach, and today, it seemed like it was obvious that I was feeling like-” “The butterflies of my cutie mark went into your stomach and your head felt like an oven,” Fluttershy finished. They both looked at each other in the night of stars and the big full moon was over showering the festival, Fluttershy looked at Discord in her mind saying “Ok, this is it, this is the time to tell him.” She leaned closer to Discord and started to speak “D-Discord, I… I’ve been meaning to tell you, this board is the most special thing I have ever received, it almost makes me feel even more special than I ever have been, you’ve always made me feel more special than I have ever been,” They both were blushing harder than ever. “Discord, I-I, l-lo” They both leaned in so close they could feel the breath of their mouths. “FLUTTTTTERSHYYYYYYY” a very intensive scream flew that scared both of them to lean farther away when Fluttershy turned to who screamed and interrupted and found a very pink pony with a hyperactive bounce came tumbling towards Discord and her, “Are you ready to have fun with the rest of us?” Suddenly, Fluttershy remembered that she was supposed to have met her friends so they could go to the festival. “oh, sorry pinkie, I guess I must have forgotten,” Fluttershy said sheepishly, “ oh that’s alright silly, sorry I couldn’t have come sooner, I had a problem with this colt asking me all of these orders until…” Pinkie was interrupted by an annoying Discord “Uh, Pinkie, not that I don’t mind your stories, but I do believe that I and Fluttershy were in the middle of something.” It took a while for Pinkie to understand what was happening and soon had a big grin on her face “oh, I see, well I’m going to pick up everyone and then I’ll come back for you,” Pinkie said, dashing away leaving a pink streak like Fluttershy’s rainbowed friend to the end of the park leaving them both at an awkward time. Finally, Discord spoke up and said: “Well, if Pinkie can come and leave that fast, then we won’t have much time if you want to spend the rest of the night with your friends.” Fluttershy looked at Discord with sorrow in her eyes, she kept saying inside her head: “So close, I was so close to telling him, and then Pinkie stopped the perfect time” Discord kept thinking “why, the perfect setting, the perfect time, and the perfect mare, just had to be interrupted by a hyperactive bubble gum with 4 legs and a tail,” they both were still blushing pretty hard but Fluttershy knew that it wouldn’t be long before Pinkie would come back to get her, she had to act fast. Fluttershy leaned in and kissed Discord right on the lips, it was very unexpected for both of them but it couldn’t have lasted soon for Discord to break it away. “That was…Interesting,” Fluttershy said. They both looked at each other with the most joyful eyes. Discord couldn’t help but stare at her and her beautiful smile. Then Fluttershy saw her friends coming from the beginning of the park. “Well, I should go,” She said, she started walking down the path to say hello to her friends. “Fluttershy, there you are,” Rarity said, excited to see her. “I hope you're ready for a story because I have a hoot to tell ya,” Applejack said, Fluttershy walked with the rest of her friends but didn’t stop staring at Discord until they left the park. ------- When the night was getting late, Fluttershy knew it was time to go home and think the night away, Applejack was right, the story she told was true “a hoot”, they had a great and fun evening, they played some games and had delicious treats made by Pinkie, an amazing show by the Wonderbolts, Rarity was barely even there, but they figured that out later. While she had a great time with her friends, she still couldn’t help but think of the moment she had with Discord, they had one short kiss for the shortest time, it was the best kiss she ever had (even though it was her first). However, she wished that she could have some more time with him, she was picturing her and Discord at her fire being snuggled up in a blanket, feeling the way she did before this all happened. “I should go to bed, it’s getting late.” She was just about to go upstairs when a knock at the door led Fluttershy running to the door and hoping that Discord was there, she opened it and became disappointed when it wasn’t Discord, but was still surprised when she saw her striped friend of black and white. “Zecora, what are you doing here? Especially this late,” Fluttershy said, surprised anypony (or zebra) would be at her door. “I am sorry for the time of night which I have come, but I had to know what you had done,” Zecora said. It took a while, but Fluttershy knew what she was asking. “Oh, well, it didn’t go as I expected, but it did go well,” she leaned in closer to make sure only Zecora could hear her. “Just between you and me, I did kiss him for a second or two,” Fluttershy said blushing at the thought of how they kissed. “Oh, Fluttershy, that's so exciting! Is this going to become a thing?” Zecora said with a shout, so happy that her prediction of Fluttercord was coming true. “I don’t think so, we haven’t spoken yet, but I was hoping he would come to the door,” Fluttershy said, looking sad as she thought of how much she was sure it was Discord, but it still was nice to tell about it to someone she knew well. “You were expecting the creature you shared your feelings with, you wanted to spend the night with the long-living myth,” Zecora saw that Fluttershy didn’t understand and tried again “you wanted Discord to come to your door, but you also wanted more.” Fluttershy didn’t know if she wanted to tell Zecora any more of her and Discord, she was getting tired and knew if Discord wasn’t at the door now, then he wouldn’t come at all the rest of the night. “I like that you came to talk to Zecora, but I am getting really tired and just want to go to bed,” Zecora could see that Fluttershy was as tired as she said, so she said goodbye. Fluttershy closed the door and sighed heavily. “Well, I thought she would never leave,” Discord said. Fluttershy flinched then turned around and smiled like she never had before, she ran into his arms and they both fell to the floor, “I thought you wouldn’t come back, not until the next day,” Fluttershy said with the most cheer that Discord had ever seen. “I couldn’t stop thinking about what we went through and had to see you when you got home,” Discord said, he lifted her in his arms and looked at her with the slightest blush. “I know it’s late, but I have to tell you one thing before you go Discord,” Fluttershy said, she looked away then back at him with the biggest glow in her eyes, the blushing on her face made Discord nervous and warm all around his face. “I love you,” Fluttershy said so nervously that she was almost as red as the tomatoes in her garden. She smiled at him with the happiest cheer, even more, happy than Pinkie Pie, which almost made his heart palpitate a bit. “D-do you really mean that?!” Discord said, they both were so quiet until Fluttershy came up to him and hugged him hard, Discord was blushing but this time was different, this time, they both felt happy, they both smiled and laughed for a while, then Discord set Fluttershy down and they lay there a while, she felt warm being close to him, but something was still missing to her, she knew she had to finish what they ended, she looked up to him and smiled, still having that special glow in her eyes. she leaned in fast and kissed Discord once more and he didn’t think twice to sink into it, they both held each and other and shared their feeling with tons going through their head mainly Discord was thinking of how beautiful Fluttershy looked, but Fluttershy was oddly thinking of something else, in her mind she was saying “even though my friends had a weird hearts and hooves day, I hope they're having as good a time as me,”