Discord flew through the dark night, his mismatched wings flapping lazily. It had been nearly a year since he'd been reformed and the Lord of Chaos hadn't caused any real harm to Equestria. Although he had pulled a few small pranks on various ponies. But that was just harmless fun. However, Discord had pulled every harmless prank he could think of and had become quite bored. The Draconequus had asked Celestia to be allowed to go to Ponyville to visit Fluttershy. And perhaps pull a few pranks with Pinkie and Rainbow Dash.
Suddenly, something hit the Draconequus, knocking him out of the air and sending him flying into a nearby tree. Discord tried to sit up, but failed. The last thing he saw was the vague shape of a large pony before everything faded into darkness.
"Here, chicken, where are you?" Fluttershy's small voice sounded loud in the quiet night. "Come on, let's go home."
The yellow pegasus squeaked in terror as a branch snagged her mane. Panting, Fluttershy had almost decided to go back to her cottage when she heard a soft sound coming from somewhere a little ways into the woods. It sounded like...crying? The gentle yellow pegasus crept forwards, ears perked as she followed the sound.
"H-Hello?" Fluttershy asked.
The sobbing stopped and Fluttershy heard the sound of something moving in the bushes.
"I-Is someone there?" Fluttershy carefully moved the brambles aside, being careful not to poke herself on the sharp thorns.
Two large red and yellow eyes stared up at her, mournful and full of fear. The eyes belonged to a small, strange, mismatched creature that looked familiar although Fluttershy could not at the moment remember why. The small creature was caught in the thick brambles and struggled to get free when Fluttershy came close.
"Shhhh. I'm not going to hurt you." Fluttershy whispered soothingly. "My name's Fluttershy."
The creature's ears perked up as if it recognized the name and Fluttershy suddenly realized why it was familiar. It was a Draconequus. And not just any Draconequus.
"Discord?" Fluttershy asked in a shocked voice.
The tiny thing nodded slowly and moved towards Fluttershy. Or, at least, tried to. Young Discord winced as the thorns dug deeper into his flesh, drawing blood.
"Easy now, let me get you out." Fluttershy said, carefully untangling the young Draconequus.
Once free, Discord pressed his tiny, thin frame close to Fluttershy, trembling with fear and cold. Fluttershy gently nuzzled the Draconequus and crouched beside him.
"Come on, get on my back." Fluttershy told Discord.
Discord did as told and held tightly with his mismatched forelegs. Fluttershy grew worried when she felt how light the tiny creature was and hurried home.
By the time they got to Fluttershy's cottage, Discord had fallen asleep and was snoring softly. Fluttershy gently lay the young Draconequus on the couch, greatly to the displeasure of Angel, and trotted off to get a blanket. When she returned, however, Discord had woken up and seemed quite distressed. Fluttershy hurried over to the frightened creature.
"Shhhh. It's alright." Fluttershy whispered, placing one wings over Discord.
Discord looked up at Fluttershy, golden eyes large and trusting. He seemed to be trying to say something, but didn't seem to be able to. Fluttershy wondered just how young Discord had been made. And who had done this? She stored those questions away to ask Twilight tomorrow.
"Are you hungry?" Fluttershy asked, not knowing how long it had been since Discord had eaten last.
The young Draconequus nodded and Fluttershy trotted off to the kitchen. Discord decided to follow, and tried to get down from the couch. The de-aged Lord of Chaos flapped his tiny, mismatched wings and managed to get himself down fairly gently. The tiny creature hurried off to the kitchen where Fluttershy was preparing some warm milk which she then put into a bottle she kept to feed orphaned birds and other young animals.
"Here you go. Drink up." Fluttershy said, using one wing to hold the bottle and the other to lift Discord onto her back and carry him back to the couch. Fluttershy held the bottle while Discord drank eagerly, as if he hadn't eaten in ages.
"Easy no, you're gonna get a tummy ache if you drink to fast. How ever did you get so hungry?" Fluttershy asked with soft chuckle.
Discord, of course, didn't answer, he simply focused on drinking as much as he possibly could, his small, dragon-like tail thumping on the ground in glee. After the bottle had been emptied, Discord gave a huge yawn and Fluttershy picked the young creature up and carried him to her bed. Fluttershy lay herself and Discord down and soon fell asleep with the young Draconequus curled beneath her wing.
The next day, Fluttershy woke to see two gold and crimson eyes staring into her's. The gentle yellow mare squeaked in surprise and fell off the bed, leaving a very confused Discord sitting on the bed looking down at her with his small head tilted slightly to the side. Fluttershy remembered the events of the previous night and smiled at Discod, who grinned back, showing the single, tiny tooth.
Fluttershy fed Discord, Angel, and the rest of her animal friends and started for the door. She wanted to go to he library and see if sje could find anything that explained what had happened to Discord, why he was now a...what were young Draconequuses called anyways?
"Come on, Discord." She said, Discord followed her happily enough, tiny wings fluttering as he attempted, and failed, to fly.
Fluttershy and Discord soon came to the library, Discord now sitting on Fluttershy's back. Fluttershy knocked on the door to the library, which was soon opened by Spike, much to Fluttershy's surprise as she had thought Spike and Twilight were still in Canterlot. They weren't due to be here until tomorrow.
"Oh, um...hello, Spike...is, um....is Twilight here?" Fluttershy stuttered.
"Yeah. Just a sec'." Spike replied before calling Twilight.
"Hi, Fluttershy, what brings you here?" Twilight asked.
"Discord." Fluttershy responded.
"Discor-oh." Twilight said, staring at the tiny Draconequus sitting between Fluttershy's wings.