//------------------------------// // Little Eyes Watching // Story: To Be Truly Happy // by KiaraKovu123 //------------------------------// Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo stay huddled in the bush. Scootaloo had the wackiest look on her face, Apple Bloom was so shocked…well, she just stared at Discord and Pinkie, who were still hugging. Sweetie Belle was beaming, she knew she’d be right! “Told you so!” she whispered to her two friends, who glared at her. “We get it, Sweetie…we get it.” Scootaloo reminded her for the fifteenth time. Apple Bloom stared at the two love birds. She sighed. Scoots turned to her, “You think this is cute? This is serious! If anypony finds out, it’s bye-bye Discord and Pinkie Pie!” Apple Bloom seemed to consider this, she paused. “Whaddia reckon we should do about it, gals? Ah mean if Applejack were to find out…” she seemed momentarily dazed, then shook her head. “We can’t let that happen.” AB whispered. Scootaloo raised her eyebrows, “You think they should stay TOGETHER? Are you two nuts!?” Sweetie shook her head. “Not at all! What, you don’t think the same?” Sweetie and AB stared at Scootaloo as if she was crazy. Scoots scoffed. “DISCORD IS DISCORD.” She said just above a whisper, “Seriously, you two! You TRUST that this will work out?” she glanced out the bush and then back to her friends, “I mean, what the hay?” Apple Bloom smirked, “Scootaloo, come on!” Scoots blew a raspberry and Sweetie Belle gasped. “What’s wrong, Sweetie Belle?” “I just had a great idea!” Sweetie announced, her eyes gleaming with excitement. Apple Bloom motioned for her to continue. “Cutie Mark Crusader Security Guards!” Apple Bloom and Scoots gave her a puzzled look. “Listen,” Sweetie began, “We could watch over them and make sure nopony interferes with their relationship!” Scoots rolled her eyes, “We’re suppost to earn our cutie marks doing WHAT now? Seriously, Sweetie…” Sweetie frowned. “We don’t have to earn our cutie marks doin’ it!” Apple Bloom stated, “It’d just be a nice thing to do. And they wouldn’t even have to know about it! Until later on, maybe, that is.” Scoots buried her head into a pile of leafs and said in a muffled voice, “Fine, let’s give it a shot.” Sweetie and Apple Bloom brohoofed leaving a very bewildered Scootaloo to gaze out and Discord and Pinkie. Scoots smiled slightly as she watched them hugging. “They are kinda cute together, I guess…” she concluded, resting her head on her hooves. Meanwhile, Discord chose this moment to break the hug. Pinkie smiled up at him and he grinned back at her. She giggled, “Hey, Dissy?” “Yes, Pinkie?” Pinkie’s expression became serious, “Dissy, there’s a slight problem.” He raised an eyebrow and waited for her to continue. “What if…” she took a deep breath, “What if my friends come looking for me and they find you and they see you here with me and they get all mad and angry and make you go away…” she paused briefly and continued in a quiet voice, “What if we can’t stop them?” Discord bit his lip in thought, “I…hm, I don’t know, Pinkie. But until that moment comes, I’ll be by your side.” He hugged her briefly. “Do you know what?” Pinkie smiled softly and hugged back, “What, Dissy?” she said tenderly, closing her eyes for a spell. He nuzzled her. “You know that, every time I looked towards Ponyville.” He tilted his head south and Pinkie looked, too. “Every time I looked towards Ponyville, Pinkie, I thought of you.” he smiled sadly and hugged her again, “I’m so glad you’re back.” Pinkie burst out laughing, “I wasn’t trapped in stone, silly! You were!” she hugged him back, “I’m happier!” Discord frowned and nicked her on the nose, making her giggle. “I don’t think so, missy. Au contraire, I am much happier!” Pinkie scrunched up her nose and shook her head. “Don’t you defy me, Miss Pie! I have been wasting away to NOTHING,NOTHING, I SAY! In that wretched stone…” as if by magic, a blue light appeared on Discord and Pinkie frowned. “I know, Dissy. I’m sorry you were so alone…” she snuggled deep into his fur. “But I’m still happier, Dissy.” She teased. Discord beeped her nose and Pinkie grinned, this was the Discord she loved, fun, happy, and as positively random as she was herself. “Hey, I bet you didn’t talk on and on about me like I did about you!” Pinkie brightened and her tail wagged. “You did? You honestly did?” she paused with a confused expression on her face, “But you couldn’t talk…” she said, raising an eyebrow. Discord laughed and patted her head. She snuggled right up to his paw and even…purred? “I could talk, but no one could hear me. Do you know how bored it was in there?” he let out a long sigh, “But now…I’m here, here with you.” He blushed lightly and Pinkie did, too. Sweetie suddenly had a little sniffle in her nose. She needed to sneeze, bad. Her eyes darted around looking for something, anything to sneeze in. Scoots soon noticed her franticness and nudged Apple Bloom on the shoulder. Apple Bloom looked at her. “Huh? What’s wrong?” Scootaloo pointed to Sweetie, who was covering her mouth with her front hooves. Apple Bloom made a face, “Somethin’ wrong, Sweetie Belle?” Sweetie tried to answer but as soon as she removed her hooves from her mouth. She sneezed. Discord’s ears shot straight up, “Did you hear that?” he asked nopony in particular. Pinkie nodded and leaped down from his arms and walked towards where she heard the noise. She stood stock-still for a moment and the CMC didn’t dare move a muscle. Pinkie poked her head into the bush and the CMC screamed. Pinkie gasped in astonishment and then the girls shot out of the bush, tripping over each other. Discord, who was utterly confused, didn’t say a word, he only tilted his head. Apple Bloom smiled shyly up at him. “Um…howdy, partner…” she said slowly. Pinkie rushed over to her and the girls. “Girls…WHAT in the WORLD are you DOING here!?” she squeaked, “Who’s here with you? Applejack? Twilight? Rarity? F-Fluttershy? R-Rainbow?” her teeth chattered and she looked horrified. Apple Bloom didn’t answer, nor did Scootaloo. Sweetie stood up. “We were following you because we thought we could get our cutie marks in spying.” Pinkie winced and Sweetie continued, “We heard you mention Discord on the train and we were very much…uh…intrigued.” She said with a tiny smile, “We followed you here and told the guards we were your bodyguards and they let us in…so, then we watched all of what just happened…” she glanced at Discord, who stared at her a partial angry, and partial captivated expression at what she was saying. Sweetie gulped, “And we devised a plan to become your REAL bodyguards.” She nudged Scoots on the shoulder and she then stood up. “We thought if we could keep you two together…” Scoots scrunched up her nose, “That maybe nopony would find out about…” she couldn’t bring herself to say ‘Discord’ so she pointed at the draconiques and continued, “Him…and you…being together.” She said, breaking into the tiniest of smiles. Apple Bloom continued with her trademark accent, “Eeyup, so, we’re sorry if we scared ya’ll…uh…guess we shoulda stayed home…” the bow on the top of her head drooped. Pinkie giggled. “Maybe you should have stayed home, maybe it was a good thing that you came along! I dunno, but, I do know one thing.” She smiled at the girls, “I have an idea. If my friends come looking for us, hold them at bay. Come up with some wacky excuse for why I can’t be there! You probably couldn’t earn your cutie marks, but, it’d just be the-” Sweetie finished for her, “The nice thing to do!” Pinkie giggled and nodded. “Yes!” Scootaloo smiled, “You two can’t stay in Canterlot, though. This place is bursting at the seams with guards.” Discord spoke up, “We know, we’ll find someplace closer to Ponyville. But not TOO close.” He chuckled and Pinkie grinned. “Yeah. But I can’t stay with you forever…” she frowned, “I still have my job and picnics on Saturday and I foalsit the twins, too.” Discord nodded knowingly. “I know. I’ll just hang out and wait. Then we could take one of those special flies again.” He winked at her and she winked back. The CMC were clueless. “Special flies? Huh…” Scoots mumbled. Discord smiled over at her. “Would you like to come along sometime, girls?” he asked, the girls gasped and nodded. “We’d love to!” they all said at once. Pinkie giggled, she was starting to think this just might work out after all! -- “Hm…it appears Discord is back…” said a dark figure. “With that little imp he calls a friend…” the figure studied Pinkie, who was giggling in her usual silly manner. “Well, I see where I could possibly fit in…” it chuckled softly, “They’re safe for now. But once I find a perfect ambush spot, they’ll be a not-so-happy couple…hahaha.” He then eyed the Crusaders, “And I’ll get them out of the way first…”