"It's night, I must do this quickly" I thought. I left a room in the castle, recently we had to come because the princess called us because she found out about me... condition, but at least I save the excuse to come, after all, I don't think I'll stay long and I have to leave without alerting anyone. After a few minutes of slipping past the guards and out a window, I flew to the garden section.
When I arrive I stare at the entrance, memories flooding my mind about why I'm here, how this happened and prevented us from being together. I believed that everything was fine, I thought that with kindness and patience better results and opportunities could arise... "How wrong was I?" *cough* *cough* I whispered to no one in particular. After everything that happened I did not want them to find out about my problem, I had endured several weeks without the girls noticing but one night when Rainbow visited me she noticed that something was wrong with me and tried to take me to a hospital, I resisted with all my strength but my body couldn't take much and I passed out, when I woke up I was lying on a stretcher and surrounded by my friends, when they realized that I was getting up their worried and relieved voices began to talk to me and ask me several things "Are you alright cube of sugar? Does something hurt? What happened?". I wanted to answer but at that moment a doctor accompanied by the princess entered the door, the doctor, seeing me awake, informed me that I contracted a disease called: spiritalis fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva. It is rare, incurable and deadly, also being one of the carriers of the elements, they informed Princess Celestia and she came as soon as possible, when the doctor finished speaking the princess asked us to stay in the castle since they have better facilities and more trained staff.
And yet… I never thought that I would have to enter the royal garden again so soon… especially in “that” part where you were transferred, my eyes can barely make out the moon and the dim lighting it gives helps a little, no It's a lot but it's better than walking in the dark. As I walk into the garden I can see that it's a mess, it's a shadow of its former self... I know why they can't do something about it to change it, although I hardly understand why they don't want to keep trying, but even after coming here so many times before, I still don't understand why you made it stay like this, not even I can do something that doesn't start to revert after a few days.
I want to stop thinking about the possibility that the reason for this is that you don't like them to do it... but I know that it isn't. Since I know why you did this to yourself... but I don't know why this way, because even after everything that happened I never thought of remembering you this way, I never believed that... that this was how you saw yourself all This weather...
How long did you have to suffer like this? For how many nights did you have to regret being like this? How long did you have to hide it?... Only so that in the end, I was the only one to find out... and the only one to try to save you.
There are very few things I regret not doing, and the things I regret doing are even less, and seriously, after all, how could I continue to live if everything I did was something I wanted to change immediately.
But I was too shy to do anything else, I would have given anything to be able to... to be able to... save you... to be able to do everything my way just to keep you with me.
But now it doesn't matter anymore, no matter how many times I regret it, no matter what things I do now.
I had the opportunity to have done it before, but I didn't, and I'm not capable of changing the past like you could have. Now all I can do is vent in front of your statue, just because I feel like you're there... even though you're not, every time I see your statue I remind myself of how much I failed you, I can only remember your face, your voice, your eyes and that look you gave me all the time, unlike the hollow sight of your statue... and to think that you hid so many things, I never believed that you had to endure so many problems that no one deserved to suffer... even for you, that even being capable of literally deforming reality to your liking or being virtually invincible... you were still a living being, you could think, speak, feel... but our fear of you and your magic prevented us from thinking in that, but even when I wanted to understand you, be your friend and even show how wrong we were to judge you.
But who would say that I didn't even understand you in the least... I didn't understand why you did it, or why you enjoyed it... but I never saw what you did as something important, I never thought that you could be someone really serious , when you appeared to be the opposite... even now I can't help but think of seeing you as a jester trying to be a king haha, surely that would have made you laugh
But that night, when you told me why you can't change, why you can't stop doing those things, I understood, it was your obligation, your duty in this life. In the beginning you never enjoyed it, but you had to do it to prevent the planet and the balance from dying, along with you, but then, after countless years, you gradually lost your sanity, your body did not obey your orders so easily, until it came the point where your consciousness simply fell asleep, your body went to work while you mentally rested, and when you woke up you never thought that the first thing you would see would be the world consumed in chaos… your chaos.
You fixed it after a lot of effort, and you brought peace back... but it didn't last long, because in the end all those who suffered from your chaos didn't see that you tried to reverse it, they just saw a rampant monster that caused chaos wherever it happened and the only thing they had in mind was to stop you. Wherever you went there were always problems, nobody understood you, they hunted you down, they didn't let you rest, although you could have annihilated them with a single thought, you didn't want to.
You never told me your age, you may not even remember it, after all... the life of an immortal gets boring the more time passes, well, that's what you told me, I don't know how true it can be, after all my life is short... well, now I think I won't even stay long.
Honestly, I'm excited by the idea of being able to see you on the other side, after all you still have to explain to me what really happened... besides, I don't have the energy to meet the successor who will have your job, that will be someone else's responsibility , but honestly I hope it doesn't go as bad as you, in these times we are no longer as closed-minded as before, I hope they come to understand their existence in this world as I did with you.
But I shouldn't worry that it will be someone else's job, I don't want to stress myself, I want my last day to be calm and allow me to be by your side... I would like that as soon as I meet you you let them do something about it with this garden, you know, a little light wouldn't hurt, after all, I can barely see the disease spreading, my hooves keep… petrifying, slow but steady.
I know I should keep taking the meds and continue the treatment to try to "fix" this, but it gets harder as time goes by, believe me or not, but even if it doesn't seem like it, I can't see colors anymore, in fact, the The iris of my eyes is no longer the blue that you remember, now they are a gray color, I am wearing contact lenses to avoid more suspicions... I can still see without problems if that worries you, but I cannot see any color. .. at least your statue didn't change since it's the same white color that I remember... except for the vines that are on your base, I think they should be green, right?
I still remember clearly, you know, the day when you turned to stone and I got "sick" , although the latter was my fault in trying to avoid the former, I shouldn't have pushed you to try to save you from that thing , that "energy" , nobody knows what it was, but I felt it, an overwhelming amount of emotions both good and bad invaded my mind, I felt like I was going to explode, when suddenly it stopped and I came to my senses, only to realize that you were already back in your stone state, when I stretched out my hoof to touch you I realized that I was also petrified I was about to scream but when I blinked it disappeared, I thought it was a hallucination but something inside me told me it wasn't... I didn't think much of it that, because at that same moment all the girls and princesses appeared teleporting, they were surprised to see you but they did nothing else apart from using the elements to reverse it and seeing that it didn't work... they didn't try to investigate anything else... so They surrounded me asking if I was okay, I said yes, just dizzy from shock, they believed me only to find out weeks later that I wasn't okay. In fact, no one knows that the real reason for my "illness" was that energy, because the only clue was a small crystal that had emerged from my helmet after arriving at my cabin, scared I ripped it off and they never came out again, but if more things happened to me, my appetite went away, I haven't eaten anything for days and as the days went by I lost the color of my body until it turned a grayish-yellow tone, with this they confused it with another very serious illness. Strangely and surprisingly, the medication they gave me managed to delay it, although the crystal is still there, they asked me where I got it and I had to lie to them by telling them that I found it in a cave, although it really was a proof of what I saw if it happened, I also liked how you could see, they are like the ones in the crystal empire, only that it is more resistant, more... unique, strange if you compare them with those, but in a way it reminds me of you and that is why I turned it into a necklace, I've been saving all this time What do you think? It's the only thing I can do that keeps some color, although it gets dimmer every day.
And now here I am, after walking for a while I finally reach the center of the garden and I see a large pond, with some fish swimming and in the middle there you are, petrified but at least here you are, you only see a surprised expression, and seeing you I wonder, if you were still here, would I have the courage to tell you what I feel for you?... I don't think so, I'm not one of those who take the first step.
This place looks very simple, and your statue too, it may not have magic or much strength but I think if I use this crystal as a chisel and ask the fish to bring me a stone from the bottom of the pond to use as a hammer maybe I can write one last message on the pedestal
And here it is: Discord the draconequus spirit of chaos and previously of disharmony, although at the beginning it was bad, deep down all he wanted was friends, which he even changed to show it by using chaos for good, everyone deserves a second chance and to deserve friendship
It may only fit that on the pedestal, but at least before coming I left a letter explaining what really happened to me as well as telling the princess to look in my cabin behind a cupboard for a book that tells your story, THE story that told me you told, let me read it and clear your name, I wrote that book since you petrified... ohh, and if you're wondering I didn't tell anything personal haha. Although I really hope they take everything I wrote to them seriously, that they know the truth, I don't want them to spend their whole lives blaming you for something that isn't your fault.
It's getting harder and harder to hold back the cough and even breathing is a struggle... and also the sight is affected even more, seeing the glass lose its shine faster and faster confirms it... I know there's no use talking with myself, but seeing you petrified I feel that in a way you listen to me... speaking of that, although I can no longer see the colors, and I find it hard to breathe, today I feel different, I don't know how to explain it, after all it has never happened to me before , but I feel better, but not in the health sense, I guess I feel better about myself, I was able to do something, I was able to explain everything to my friends and to the princess, I did everything I could... all I want now is to see you, to hear your voice and to be together, I just want to put this necklace around your neck, I wanted to visit you before and put it on but I never had the courage to visit your statue... but now that I know that I don't have much time left I gather my courage I fly to be at your height, I see the face and eyes of the statue and the memories of how you used to be with me flood me, I don't waste time and I put the necklace on your neck and-
*Cragh* *Crack*
I ignore the sounds due to the sudden pain in my hind hooves and back, I turn around and I can see that they are petrifying at a remarkable speed when I try to descend I feel with my front hooves that I stop on a soft surface, surprised I turn around and… and… there you are, only the lower half in stone and with the upper one you are holding me and you are smiling at me as warmly as ever, feeling the tears beginning to form I jump with all my might to hug you, I did not notice how my petrification slowed down, or just not I care, the only thing I want at this moment is that instead of feeling the cold texture of a stone, it is to feel your fur as warm as I remembered, when I felt your paw and claw returning my hug I couldn't help but cry, I came here because I I felt disappointed in myself for not having enough courage to say what I feel for you, but now here you are, I don't know for how long... I won't let this opportunity pass me by. It doesn't matter if I'm crying, I don't care about anything except telling you that
"I'm in love with you"
Discord separated me from the hug, with his claw he raised my chin and made me look him in the eye "it seems you took the first step before me haha"
" W-what? Y-you're saying y-you..."
"Do I feel the same way about you? Yes"
"E-eh, uh, I-I"
"What's wrong dear? Did the cat get your tongue?"
When the shock wore off I realized something, I saw that for every time Discord spoke, the light of the necklace on his neck blinked
"What are you seein-?" Her smile changed to a sad one. "Oh, I guess you figured it out, right?"
"What are you talking about? What's going on?"
"Well, you remember that magic that attacked me right?"
"Y-yes?"
“Well, try to um… give up? Abdicate? Well, I wanted to stop being the spirit of chaos and stop maintaining the balance of that part, I failed in the first but achieved the second, initially I wanted to try to find a successor and send him my magic and role so that could be mortal instead of a spirit, it didn't work out well, altering that exceeded the limit of my magic and therefore he didn't do what I ordered, it's his place, stop being worthy for the guardian position, of course, it wouldn't be anymore the one that would maintain the balance on the side of chaos because it was going to be destroyed to make way for a new guardian... all that was going to happen until you avoided it, you received part of the punishment and weakened the effect, although the punishment was not going to die It had yet to happen, and petrification was the closest it came, so I simply turned to stone in an instant... but what I didn't think would happen was that the same thing would happen to you, being a being of harmony and bearer of the elements, I didn't think it would happen, but you spent so much time with me that you stopped being 100% harmonious... I wanted to try to save you so I passed my consciousness to your body and I emerged as this small crystal that you turned into a beautiful necklace, all that time I was trying to reverse the effects, but the only thing I could do was slow it down, the medicine you were taking actually took a bit of work away from me, but each time it made it harder and harder for me, to the point where the medicine was the only thing that slowed down the petrifaction along with the residue of my magic "
"Oh, I see… so what happens now?"
"now? Well, we will simply become statues until the punishment ends, I guess that would be all by the way... thanks for saving me, thanks for being with me even with all this happening "
"No problem..."
"No, really, thanks. And that's why I'm sorry I can't save you from this punishment"
"I don't care about that, all I want now is to be with you, I won't let my shyness prevent that again"
"What are you talking about? Why do you say that?"
"I've felt this for you for a long time, but I couldn't put it into words, I hoped that with time it would be easier but it wasn't, now I have the opportunity to change that"
"Does it mean what I think it means?"
"Yes Discord, what I want to ask you is… is… *sigh* Would you like to be my boyfriend?"
"Even though I'm the one who caused us to turn to stone?"
"I don't care about that, only you, I don't know if I will die for that but I don't care to know, I just want to know your answer to my question"
"Ohhhh Fluttershy, of course yes, also don't worry you won't die, it's a prison rather, only much more resistant compared to the elements of harmony"
"oh that's good, I'm glad at least we're still alive"
"I came to think that after this you would hate me, not all of this... I did not think that you would want to spend your last day in freedom with the person who caused your imprisonment"
"Oh Discord I don't care about that, with the simple fact that we are together for the duration of the punishment is more than enough for me, we could continue talking and I wouldn't care anymore"
Discord was speechless he tried to speak but suddenly he became thoughtful
“together hmm, that will be a problem”
"W-why?"
"It 's not that easy..."
"Huh, what do you mean, won't it be enough that the petrifaction ends?"
"You're not completely wrong, but when it's over you'll go to your jail and I'll go to mine, completely separate"
"S-so... aren't we going to be able to be together?"
"T-there's a way we could, but there's only one drawback, we have to have some kind of direct contact... anything that allows for a stable and solid flow of magic, which will allow us to share the prison between the two of us, It would be a space in nothingness, we could do what we want there, except that apart from us nothing will be completely real"
"So what's wrong? I'm not grabbing your neck right now? That should be enough, right?"
"Yes and no, it could work but it would be unstable, I don't know how long it would last, and at least it will be millennia until we return to normal"
"Then... how do we do it?"
"That's the downside, I can fully absorb the remaining magic from the necklace to stabilize it, but doing so will end the petrification process in a matter of seconds."
"So what are we waiting for? I don't think I'll be here long."
"Well, go ahead" with his paw he grabbed the glass tightly and separated it from the necklace, with the intention of breaking it, but before doing so, he brought his face closer to mine until only centimeters separated us "but first, I want to do something"
Blushing at the sudden approach I asked "W-what the d-thing?"
"Well, since we'll be in the same position for a while, why don't we make it unique?" He smiled at me, moving closer even more slowly.
"So what do you have p-planned?" my face felt very hot, knowing what he meant.
"What else could it be dear?" I could smell her breath, as sweet as the treats she created
"D-Discord~" I pouted knowing he was playing me
"I know, I just wanted to tease you a bit~"
When I was about to repel, I seal my lips with his, I opened my eyes in surprise, but the sound of a glass exploding brought me back to my senses, and feeling my body turning to stone affirmed what Discord said, so I enjoyed the kiss, and when my vision began to darken, I decided to close my eyes and just focus on the sensation, and when suddenly I stopped feeling both the kiss and my body, I opened my eyes and I was alone in the middle of a white wasteland
“Discord! Where are you?!" I screamed scared having that Discord's plan there failed
"Back here my dear, there's no need to shout"
I turned quickly and I was surprised by what I saw, behind me was Discord, my cabin in a small patch of grass and some hills nearby, all that in the middle of this wasteland
"I just made it, it may not be exactly like the original, but that's just little things that we can change later... What's the matter, don't you like it?"
I wiped away the few happy tears I had "It's nothing" I flew to him "I'm just so glad it worked out"
"oh, it's nothing, but what are you waiting for come in" I grab my helmet and we fly to the cabin "Come on, we have a tea party and catch up" and with that I enter the cabin, me staying at the door .
I smiled knowing that in the end I managed to do what I always wanted, maybe not as I wanted at the beginning, but I know that we will be happy and as soon as we leave here the world will already know our history
"Aren't you going in Flutters?"
“Oh yeah, I'm coming!”
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The next morning Rainbow, Pinkie, Twilight, Applejack Rarity and the Princesses found Fluttershy's letter, and immediately went to the garden, only to find a statue of her and Discord in the middle of a kiss, next to the inscription the princesses added a message about the bearer of goodness, and made Discord's story public, now he is no longer hated as before and is more appreciated, now everyone is waiting for the arrival of the successor and warmly welcome him, to avoid the same mistake as they committed with Discord .