They did every activity that day, from the petting zoo to riding in the giant teacups, then roaming through the house of mirrors and playing carnival games, to finish with a ride on the ferris wheel. Discord made things interesting of course: he made the petting zoo animals talk like ponies, which caused quite a headache from their demands for more food and belly rubs, but Fluttershy loved having conversations with them, so it made it all worth while. He made the teacups from the teacup ride spin round and round in midair, until every pony was green in the face. The house of mirrors was so much fun for Discord, they had to go through it every time they walked past it; he was tickled pink (literally) by how silly the mirrors made ponies look, without him having to lift a claw. Discord won a stuffed bunny that looked like Angel for Fluttershy, which amused her greatly to see him trying so hard to play by the rules and win honestly, but what she didn’t know was once they left, the game went haywire and the stuffed animals started throwing the game balls at the owner, which satisfied Discord greatly. And before he could be blamed for the fiasco, he hurried Fluttershy along to the food court. They enjoyed their corn dogs and curly fries and cotton candy, oh my! until they were stuffed to the gills. Once they had finished, they headed for the ferris wheel to conclude their day. When they reached the top of the ferris wheel, they admired their view of the carnival, now covered by the glow of the setting sun. Fluttershy hugged Discord and said, “ I couldn't have asked for a better day, thank you for doing all this for me and our friends.”
Discord smiled at her and said with sincerity, “I guess Celestia was right after all, you were the best one to reform me, but I wager she’d never have guessed that by doing so, she’d be giving me the best thing that ever happened to me, the thing that makes me truly happy, besides being chaotic, was being best friends with you.”
Fluttershy beamed at him, then they snuggled closer together to watch the sun descend below the horizon.
Once they reached the bottom of the ferris wheel, they proceeded to find a place to sit to watch the fireworks. All the ponies in Ponyville were there to see the show with their brother or sister, some sitting on their siblings shoulders, which gave Discord an idea. He picked up Fluttershy and placed her on his shoulders. Fluttershy held on to his long neck, just to be closer to him, making Discord smile grow wider. From her view on Discord’s shoulder, she could see clear over the crowd of ponies, she could even see her friends sitting with their siblings: Twilight and Shining Armour were wearing matching cloaks and glasses, Maud smiling at Pinkie while she watched her devour rock candy, Rarity and Sweetie Belle were wearing matching sapphire blue outfits, Big Mac and Apple Jack were laying on the grass with very plump bellies while Apple Bloom bounced around them showing off her blue ribbon, then finally her eyes fell upon Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo. Sensing someone was looking at her, Rainbow Dash turned around to see Fluttershy smiling at her from atop Discord’s shoulders. Knowing things were alright between them, Rainbow Dash gave her a smile back and a wink to Discord, who gave her a thumbs up in reply with a smile. Fluttershy would talk to them tomorrow to hear all about their days with their siblings, but right now she had no plan of leaving the comfort of Discord’s company. As the fireworks began, Fluttershy hugged Discord tighter, feeling like she was the luckiest pony to have such a wonderful friend, and now honorary brother, as Discord in her life.
THE END