//------------------------------// // A Talk With Shining // Story: Renew // by lorettafox //------------------------------// "Ready to go girls?" called Twilight from the front of the castle, two guards standing behind her. "Coming dear!" called Rarity as she ran down the castle steps wearing a rose colored dress. "I just had to find the perfect outfit to wear. I need to be fabulous among the lovely flowers today!" "I can't wait to see all the butterflies that'll be there as well." Fluttershy spoke happily as she followed Rarity out with Cadence fight behind her. "It seems we're all set. AJ and Rainbow, are you sure you two don't want to join us?" asked Cadence. "No thank you. I wanna try some new recipes for one the wedding comes back on again. For a spirit of chaos, I don't think regular treats are gonna cut it." replied Applejack, whom she and Rainbow came to say goodbye to her friends. "I may come by later but I wanna get some practice time in today! Haven't been practicing enough!" said Rainbow Dash. "See you at the festival later then!" "As you girls wish then." said Cadence. "Goodbye then, girls!" Twilight said as she turned around (the guards as well as they could follow a pony very easily) and saw Discord and Screwball in his arms standing with Shining Armor not too far away from her. "Dizzy! Shiny! We're leaving now!" The four mares walked over to the stallions and daughter of chaos to give a good-bye before heading to the Rose Festival. Shining Armor gave them all a warm smile. "Hope you girls all have fun at the festival, but please keep a look out for that unicorn. I will be there in a moment's haste if I have too." "Shiny, don't worry. She'll be fine." said Cadence. "I'll make sure nothing happens to her and neither will our guard friends either. You can trust me on this." "I know I can Candy." smiled Shining Armor. "I hope you girls have a fun time then. I love you Twilly and you too, Candy. Please be safe." "We will and I love you as well." Cadence assured him. "I love you too, Shiny." smiled Twilight at him before she looked up at Discord. "Good bye, Dizzy. I'll see you when I come back then." "Good bye, my dear. Departing is such sweet sorrow." Discord said with fake sadness causing twilight to laugh. "But like your brother said, you may want to keep a lookout for little Miss Apple Sweet. She may not be much of a threat, but just be careful, ok?" "Oh, you care about me. That's sweet to know." smiled Twilight. "I don't hear it from you enough." "Mhm." Discord mumbled. "Make sure not to be flirting with anypony or you'll BOTH find yourselves with pots of Poison Jokes on your heads." he joked. Twilight let out a small laugh. "Alright, then. No flirting then. See you when I get back. I love you." she spoke with a small grin as she hardly ever said those three little words. Discord was surprised she had said those three little words. She hardly really ever said them to him (and he was the same too) so it was actually nice to be reminded that somepony DID in fact love him, like Celestia had in the past until the hot tea shower fiasco. But that was in the past and he had found somepony who was far better than Celestia could be, even if she was just a regular unicorn. "So you do, my dear. So you do." Discord smiled at her. Twilight gave him a warm smile as Screwball gave her 'mother' a wave goodbye before Twilight and the three girls (and the few guards) left the palace grounds to head off to the Rose Festival. Screwball looked over from her father's arms as her 'mother' and friends walked away. "I hope Mommy has a fun time." Screwball smiled. "They should be fine." said Shining Armor. "They have the best guards taking them there today, including Vice Captain Knight too. Now, Discord, I've been meaning to have an important talk with you ever since I found out about you and Twilly being together." "And what, my good sir, would that be?" Discord smirked. "Her good taste in stallions? Her love for chaos now?" "Actually, that's close to it. I want to know exactly how you feel about my little sister. As you know, I am her big brother and I care about her well-being. You do love her correct?" "Well, put it this way, why would I have been in her dreams and hiding with her in Manehattan all this time if I didn't? I could have easily left her if I had wanted too. I usually don't care about other ponies feelings over my own unless for a good reason." Discord said. "Do you think I love her? I don't hate her, that's for sure. She's like my best friend." "It sounds like you do, but is she 'the one' for you or is she 'just right now?'" Shining Armor said with intensity. "If she was just right now, what would have been the point of her having a foal? True it would be very chaotic if no pony was there to help raise the foal, but I can do so much more chaotic things to a mare then simply having them to raise a foal on their own. That would just simply be too boring." Discord said as he faked a yawn. "What would you do exactly?" asked Shining with curiosity. "Well, I would just slowly break her mind instead. It's far more entertaining to affect a pony's mind." "Well, I do not wanting you to at all be touching my little sister's mind! If I see her acting quite unusual in anyway, I'm coming after you, you got that?" Shining warned. "The same applies for if you ever break her heart. I will not be afraid to teach you a lesson." "Of course, Mr, Shining! I would never do anything to hurt poor Twilight." Discord mocked. "I'm warning you, Discord. I'll be honest, I'm still not comfortable with the idea of you do, but I can't tell Twilly who to choose." "Especially when she picked the best out there!" "Hurt her in any way, and you'll be wishing for that stone prison back a thousand times over." "What's the point in hurting her anyways? Besides, Screwball would be devastated if her mother got harmed in any way." Discord said in a bored tone. "And the last thing I need is to bare guilt." Sorry it's so short, but at least you got to see Shining grill Discord about his little sister!