I'm confident
But I can't pretend I wasn't terrified to meet you
Twilight was... A pony?!
My eyes widened in surprise. A pony? A talking pony? A real, talking pony?! Is that even possible? Was I dreaming? Is this just a dream? Or did I die and this is just some figment of imagination?
"Scarlette? Are you okay?" Twilight asked, softly.
"H-how? How are you... talking?" I stuttered in confusion.
"What?" Twilight looked confused.
"Ponies aren't suppose to be able to talk," I said, looking at her.
"Oh. Um, well, here in Equestria, we can," Twilight replied, unsure.
I looked around the room. Besides Twilight, who was a light purple colored pony with a dark indigo and purple and pink striped mane and tail, and with both wings and a horn, there was: a white-ish colored pony with a purple-indigo mane and tail, and also a horn upon her head; a light blue pony with rainbow colored main and tail with wings; a light yellow pony with a pink colored mane and tail, also with wings; a light pink pony, with no wings or horn, with a darker pink colored mane and tail; an orange-ish colored pony, again without a horn or wings, with a yellow colored mane and tail and a cowboy hat; a taller, blue pony with a translucent mane and tail with both wings and a horn; and lastly a creature with many different parts of different animals.
"Wh-who are all of you?" I asked, looking at all of the ponies and the creature in amazement and a little bit of fear, while also trying to put names to all the different ponies.
"Hiya! I'm Pinkie Pie!" the fully pink pony without wings or a horn announced, bouncing up and down.
"I'm Rainbow Dash! The fastest pony in Ponyville!" the light blue pony with the rainbow-colored hair and wings said, arrogantly.
"I'm Apple Jack," the one with the cowboy hat entered in.
"I'm fluttershy," the yellow and pink pony with wings added in, very quietly.
"I am Rarity," the white pony with purple-indigo hair and a horn announced, elegantly.
"My name is Princess Luna, little one," the taller blue pony with the translucent mane and tail with wings and a horn said softly, walking closer to me. "Welcome to Equestria, dear one."
"P-p-princess?" I stuttered in surprise.
"Yes, dear one. I am a princess, and so is young Twilight over there," the pony, Luna, Princess Luna, said, softly.
"E-equestria?" I stuttered, "What is that?"
"Equestria, my dear, is where we are," Princess Luna replied, still using a soft voice. "Here, the unicorns," she gestured to Rarity "the pegasi, " she gestured to Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy (I think? The really quiet pegasus pony...) "and the earth ponies," she gestured to Pinkie Pie and Apple Jack "all live together in harmony."
"If unicorns have horns, pegasi have wings, and earth ponies have neither, then what are you and Twilight?" I asked, confused.
"As princesses, we are Alicorns. We have wings, horns, and the strength of the earth ponies," Princess Luna answered.
"Oh," was all I could say.
Then I remembered something.
"Who was... the other one who was in here... Who was he?" I asked, unsure of how to exactly say it.
"Oh, that was Discord," Twilight answered.
"Discord? What was he?" I asked, wondering.
"Discord is a draconequus," Twilight, again, answered.
"A... a draconequus?" I repeated in confusion.
"Yep! And what are you? I've never seen anything like you before!" the over-excited pink earth pony asked, bouncing up and down.
"I'm human..." I replied, a little unsure.
"Ooh! I need to go plan your 'Welcome to Equestria, Scarlette the Human!'" Pinkie Pie squealed, before bouncing out of the room.
I looked over at Twilight. "Is she always like that?" I asked, confused.
"Yeah, she is," Twilight replied, looking to where the pink earth pony had disappeared from.
"Okay then..." was all I said in reply.
She was alive.
She was alive.
She was alive.
She was ALIVE!
SHE WAS ALIVE!!
And why wasn't I in there?
Simple.
I was scared.
No.
I was terrified.
I've been watching her for years, but she had never been able to see me. I was always in the shadows, watching her, learning everything about her, falling for her. But now she was here. She could see me. But I was too scared to stay. What if she becomes scared of me? Or hates me? Or even rejects me? What if she doesn't love me back? Ever?
Sighing, I shook my head. Look at me. I'm suppose to be the God of Chaos, yet I'm scared that a girl won't like me. My God, Discord, what are you letting happen to yourself?
"Discord? What are you doing out here? Why aren't you with the others, with Scarlette?" a voice asked.
I looked up and saw Celestia (otherwise known as Sun-butt or Little Tia).
"What do you want, Celestia?" I asked, quietly.
"Oh my, you really do love that girl," Sun-butt stated.
"So?" I growled, looking at her.
"Calm down, Discord. Why are you not with her?" Sun-butt repeated.
"Because... What if she doesn't like me? Or will be scared of me? Then what? I..." I stopped.
"Discord..." Celestia sighed, "Come on, let's go back to the room with all the others."
As Sun-butt spoke, she started walking away. With a sigh, I shook my head and followed her lead.
I just really hope I won't regret listening to Sun-butt...