Hearts are amazing things. They can hold all the love and hate one has in themselves. They can be given away, broken, hurt, but they always bounce back in someway. You can try to close your heart, but even the tiniest bit of happiness can open it again. Even a little opening can lead to more than we are capable of understanding.
For years Discord held hate, anger, and sadness in his heart. He had no reason for happiness; that is until somepony showed him genuine kindness. Fluttershy of all ponies showed him the way to happiness. Whenever he was alone his heart was closed off, but the moment Fluttershy entered his mind, or vision, his heart opened just a little bit more. This has led us to our current scene.
Discord sat outside on a park bench, Fluttershy sat beside him. It was late at night and moon was high. This wasn't their typical tea time or an usual thing they did. Discord was already nervous, and the object in his paw and claw made him more nervous.
Several hours before
"Thank you for the tea Fluttershy." Discord smiled as he walked for the door.
"Oh not at all Discord." Fluttershy smiled sweetly "I always enjoy your company." She cleared the table and floated off to the kitchen. Discord took a deep and spoke to himself. 'Alright Dissy ol boy, this is it...we can do it." He turned back and opened his mouth to call for Fluttershy, but she called from the other room. "Oh I almost forgot. We'll need to reschedule for next week." Discord's heart sunk a little but he smiled.
"That won't be a problem at all. You and the girls got some plans?"
"Nope, I have a date." she called back. Discord's heart sank so low it made a 'gong' sound when hitting the bottom. He opened his mouth to respond but the only thing that came out were a few incoherent squeaks and groans. Fluttershy came back into the room.
"What was that?" she smiled making Discords heart raised a little from the bottom, making a distinct rope pully sound. He quickly cleared his throat to drone out the noise and spoke up, albeit weakly.
"Oh, I said a date huh?" He smiled nervously, "Anypony I would know?" He seemed to ask genuinely but internally he was plotting the demise of this certain pony. 'First I'll turn them into a worm. A simple worthless worm. I will watch it unknowingly writhe in front of me, before feeding it to chicken. Then I'll roast that chicken. Perhaps a nice rosemary seasoning, light salt and pepper.'
"Discord?"
'Yes then I will eat that chicken, with a fine glass of chocolate milk. What year though?'
"Discord?" Fluttershy's voice wrecked his train of though with an audible wrecking noise coming from Discord's head.
"Huh oh yes, you were saying?" She looked at him curious of what he was thinking and wondering what those noises were.
"Uh you asked me if you knew them and I said no."
"Oh well if I don't know them how could we ever trust them. Better cancel right away, see you next week for tea." Discord tried to hurry out the door before she could respond but Fluttershy knew him too well and stopped him when he got outside.
"Discord!" He cringed and turned to face her forcing a smile. She had her serious face on. "I know you like our tea times and so do I. But this is something I don't get to do often. What with the animals and Equestria being in trouble every other week-"
"It does seem to happen a lot doesn't it?" Discord stroked his goatee.
"The point is, I want to do this." Discord could see that it was something she was really excited for. The pully system holding up his heart slowly began to lower it again with a squeak. He kept his smile up and nodded.
"I gotcha. See you in two weeks then." Rather than flying away he simply turn and walked down the path, towards the sunset.
He walked for a while until he found him self in a park. It was now dark and the stars were just appearing. Spotting a bench he slowly wandered over and sat down. The park was quiet with no pony about, just a few fireflies. Checking first that no pony was around, Discord reached into his chest and pulled out his heart to have a look at it. Being a Draconequus, it wasn't your typical heart. Discord long ago had interpreted it as a locket (very original). it use to be silver and heart shaped with a simple clasp to keep it closed, but still easy to open. Over time a padlock was added, then it began to rust and crack. Nothing shown through the cracks, except on towards the top. There was a small bit of golden light shining through but it flickered like a weak ember, desperate to stay lit. Discord stared intently at that light, anticipating it's disappearance, but it never did. He was so occupied with it, that he never heard the giggling of three young fillies.
Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo, were running through the park trying to earn some fire fly based cutie marks when they happened upon the depressing looking creature. Sweetie Belle noticed his heart in his paw and claw.
"Hey Discord! Whatcha got there?" Her squeaky voice startled Discord causing him to toss his heart into the air. He held his breath as he watched it fall. Scootaloo raced forward and snatched it before it hit the ground. She brought it back to Discord who took it quickly to ensure its safety.
"Thank you little Pegasus." Apple Bloom walked up next to the other two.
"A locket?" She questioned. Discord let out another depressing sigh.
"This little fillies," he presented it to the three "Is my heart." They all stared at it and then looked to each other with concerned faces. Discord chuckled. "I know, it don't look like much," he shook it and put it to his ear like a broken clock. "It's nearly rusted shut. Not good for much anymore." The three looked back at Discord.
"Well I don't think that's totally true." Apple Bloom smiled and hopped up next to Discord on the bench. "What about that part?" She pointed to the top where the little glow was still. "I may not know a lot about this stuff but it seems like it still has a little love in it."
"Yeah, it just needs a little help, clean it up a bit." Scootaloo smiled.
"And then, there's no telling what that heart will be able to do." Sweetie Belle squealed excitedly. Discord looked at the three young ponies and smiled. His heart began to glow just a little more.
"Truly wonderful is the mind of fillies." He smiled and looked down at his heart. "Maybe there is still hope."
"Discord?" All four snapped their heads towards the voice and saw Fluttershy standing there. Discord quickly hid his heart behind his back.
"Oh hey there." Discord smiled nervously. The three fillies looked at Discord, then Fluttershy, finally two each other. All three knew the situation and nodded.
"Look there's a fire fly." They raced off giggling, leaving Discord alone with Fluttershy. This wasn't his first time alone with Fluttershy, but it was the first time he was really nervous.
"What are you doing here?" He asked. Fluttershy walked towards him and sat on the bench.
"I was worried about you. You usually poof away, but you just walked. I don't think I've ever seen you walk that much actually."
"Oh well that's nice of you Fluttershy, but I am fine. Seriously." She looked at him and then to his claw.
"And what is that." She gestured. Discord's mind was racing. 'Do I show her? I can't put it back without her seeing it. If I poof it, no telling where it'll end up.' Slowly he took it out from behind him.
"This? Oh this is just my heart. You know crazy me." He laughed nervously and then sighed. "Yeah it's my heart." Discord looked over to Fluttershy. She was staring at him intently. 'Ok' he said to him self. He held it up for her to see. "This heart of mine, it has been broken so many times, but for some reason it just won't give up." He now looked intently at Fluttershy. "As broken as it was, you made it good again. And now it holds a lot of love." Discord took her hoof in paw placed it in her hoof. "Whatever it's worth, it is all yours, because you keep it glowing." He pointed to the little glow. Fluttershy took a closer look at it. The little glow was brighter than before, but it all depended what she said next.
"Discord...did you just-" she looked up at him. He was nodding.
"I literally and figuratively just game you my heart." She looked back at the heart.
"It's beautiful," she smiled and took Discord's paw. "And it accept it."