Chapter 3: An Accidental Date
Discord slowly backed away from the door. He sat carefully on the guest bed, faced flushed, heart pounding in his chest.
He was confused; why did Fluttershy like him?
“I-I…. Well, that was surprising.” He stuttered, his face dripping in sweat. “Why am I sweating?” He said, his lion paw up to his forehead.
Discord suddenly heard a faint sobbing from above. He stood up from the bed and walked upstairs to Fluttershy’s bedroom.
He knocked politely on the door, as Fluttershy’s sobbing became quiet. Faint hoofsteps could be heard from the other side of the door.
Fluttershy slowly opened the door, sticking her head into the hallway. Fluttershy looked around and looked down at her hooves.
“Are you alright, Fluttershy?” Discord asked, lifting Fluttershy’s chin up, making her look up at him.
Fluttershy blushed for a quick second, before smiling forcefully. She moved her head down. “Yes, I’m fine.” She mumbled.
Discord could tell she had a problem, mainly by the way Fluttershy was acting. She hadn’t let her animals in her bedroom like she normally did, and wasn’t smiling her usual smile. Discord knew what her problem was, but didn’t want to tell her.
“I can tell that you’re not okay.” Discord said before placing a paw on her cheek.
Fluttershy pushed away from the draconequus. She walked to her bed and sat on her behind. “S-so….You know my little secret, don’t you?”
Discord walked over to Fluttershy, then sat on the on the floor in front of the Pegasus, so the two would be at eye level. Discord answered. “You could say that….” He trailed off.
Fluttershy muttered to herself. “What should I do? He already knows about my crush on him and I have no other resort.”
Discord and Fluttershy sat there in silence for many minutes, waiting for one of them to talk first. Discord worked up the courage to say something.
“Do you want to go to the smoothie shop with me Fluttershy?”
The Pegasus’s ears pointed upwards. She was a bit surprised by the draconequus’s words, but she agreed. “O-okay. That’s fine with me. I’ll go tell my animals I’m alright and we can go.”
Fluttershy walked out of the room to tell her animals she was okay.
Discord on the other hand, felt like a complete idiot. The Ponyville Smoothie Shop was the only place to eat where he knew Fluttershy’s friends didn’t go too often.
He looked around the bedroom at the pictures hanging up on the wall. Most, if not all of the pictures were of a stallion and a mare.
As Fluttershy walked back into her bedroom, she saw Discord looking at one of the framed pictures on the wall.
Fluttershy had walked up to Discord and he noticed her from the corner of his eye. He turned to her and put one of the pictures in front of her face so she could see it. “Who are these ponies?”
“They are my parents. That’s my mother. Her name was Shining Star. And that’s my father. His name was Bright Skies.” She pointed at the two ponies on the picture.
“Wait, did you say ‘was’?” Discord interrupted.
“Yeah.” Fluttershy’s voice wavered. “My mother died when I was really young, and my father died at least five years ago.” Fluttershy was on the verge of crying, but held back her tears.
“We should be going now, but it is almost dinnertime, so do you think we could go somewhere with more filling food?” Fluttershy asked quietly.
Discord thought about it for a second; Fluttershy did have a point. “Sure. I would rather eat dinner, rather than drink a smoothie.”
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The best restaurant to go to was The Blooming Flower. It was one of the higher class restaurants in Ponyville, run by an old Canterlot elite. The two had to dress properly, in a dress code that mares must wear a dress, and the stallions had to wear a suit.
Fluttershy wore a simple blue dress and her hair in a bun. Discord on the other hand just made a suit appear on him, since he didn’t own one.
“I have an idea.” Discord said before they were about to leave. “What if I turn myself into a pony for the day, so just in case one of your friends come, I will look like somepony else?”
“That’s a great idea. Rarity goes there a lot.” Fluttershy smiled at him happily.
Discord snapped his fingers, turning himself into a gray unicorn with a brown mane. His yellow and red eyes were still the same, but he thought no pony would care.
Fluttershy blushed a bit; she thought Discord’s form of a pony was very handsome.
The two stepped out of the cottage and walked into town. Many ponies were there, including Applejack, who had to sell apples with the apple stand.
She spotted Fluttershy walking with a strange stallion and questioned who he was, but had to keep working.
Discord and Fluttershy finally reached The Blooming Flower, but it took way too long, since the restaurant is on the other side of Ponyville.
A hostess appeared in front of them as the approached the restaurant.
“Do you have a reservation?” She asked.
“Y-yes.” Fluttershy responded.
“And who is it under?”
“It should be under Fluttershy.”
“Here it is.” The hostess said, finding the name. She retrieved two menus, levitating them with her magic. “Follow me.”
The hostess led Fluttershy and Discord to a booth; it was recently cleaned, the table shining in polish and the light glistening above it.
The hostess placed down the menus and left the two to order.
The two sat quietly, trying to decide what they wanted to eat.
“What are you going to eat, Discord?” Fluttershy said, her menu slightly covering her face.
“Probably… a tofu platter. Have you ever had one before?” Discord said, still reading the menu.
“I’ve had one before, they aren’t my favorite though. I’m just going to order a veggie platter. I’m not really in the mood for tofu.”
Suddenly, a gray mare appeared at the side of the table. The mare looked very much like Pinkie Pie, only with a straight gray mane and coat
“Can I take your orders?” She said with a slightly depressed tone.
Discord told the waitress their order; Fluttershy thought he was being quite the gentlestallion.
Fluttershy felt really weird. She wondered: What if my friends come and see me with Discord? Will they think I have a coltfriend?
Discord just sat there, trying to be a patient as possible. Fluttershy could tell he was getting bored.
“Discord, are you getting bored or something?” Fluttershy said unexpectedly.
“I guess you could say that.” Discord rested his head on his temporary hooves.
A violinist walked over to their table and played a romantic tune on their instrument.
Fluttershy blushed slightly, while Discord shooed the violinist away.
Fluttershy couldn’t help but giggle. Discord heard her laugh, and started laughing himself.
Eventually, a unicorn waiter came to table with their food.
“Here are you food platters. Enjoy your evening.” The waiter said in a proper accent, placing down two large plates.
The two thanked the waiter and ate their dinners. When they were done, they headed back to the cabin
“Thanks for paying Discord. It wasn’t necessary, but…thank you.” Fluttershy gave Discord a small peck on the cheek. She trotted up the stairs to her bedroom and plopped into bed, leaving the draconequus, still in pony form, confused, and blushing.
Fluttershy slept well, for the first few hour of slumber, but little did she know what horrors her dreams would cause later.