The Tale of Discord

by lingonberries


The News

Fluttershy could not believe what she was seeing. The headlines read, PRINCESS CELESTIA, LUNA, AND CADENCE: MISSING! "B-but, H-h-h-how?" Fluttershy choked through a wave of tears.
"Nopony knows, Fluttershy," Rainbow Dash said,"But when I find out who kidnapped them, I will give them a hard kick in their ugly face!" Fluttershy sniffed and looked up at Rainbow.
"It'll be all right, Fluttershy!" At this, Fluttershy whimpered. "What? Did that not help?"
Fluttershy said, " Oh, no, Rainbow, it helped a lot!"
"Then what's wrong?" Rainbow Dash asked with a concerned look on her face.
"Umm..." Fluttershy stammered.
"I'm listening?"
"Alright, fine, this morning, I woke up from the worst dream I've had in a long time. It was about D..." Her voice faltered.
"What was that?"
"Dis..."
Rainbow Dash gave a fake cough and stared at Fluttershy.
"Yes?"
"It was about... D-Discord..." Fluttershy then buried her face in a nearby pillow and started to cry.
"It's ok, Fluttershy," Rainbow soothed. Fluttershy was able to pull her head up then.
"D-Discord was trying to t-take over Equestria again, and I was by his side, h-h-helping with the chaos..." Fluttershy sniffled.
"Oh, Fluttershy, that will never happen!"
"I know, b-b-but..."
"Sssshhhhh. Why don't you get some rest?" Rainbow Dash whispered. It won't be too hard, since the sun's not up... Rainbow thought.
"O-okay..." She then scooped up Fluttershy and took her up to her bed.
She tucked her in and whispered, "Sleep well."

When she woke up, she was dazed. She sat up, and the world started spinning. At second thought, I think I'll lie back down... Fluttershy thought. She thought about her most recent dream. It had involved Discord again. She had been holding his lion paw, and they were sitting on a fallen log in the Everfree Forest, just chatting. Discord surprised her once with a bouquet of roses. In a way, Fluttershy thought that, in a way, that was scarier than her first dream. She rolled over and looked out of the window, hoping that the light of the morning sun would rouse her. But, instead, she was greeted with the blank black sky, same as yesterday. She groaned, and made herself get out of bed anyways. She trudged down the stairs, and realized that she was famished. Oh yeah, all I ate yesterday were those oats... She turned into the kitchen and was heading towards the fridge when she noticed something on the counter. She turned around and picked up a small piece of pink paper, cut into a butterfly shape, just like her cutie mark. On the back were four simple words: Make the right choice.