//------------------------------// // Goodnight Kiss? // Story: Nightmare Night out // by Catrina37 //------------------------------// Ch. 7: Goodnight Kiss? Fluttershy is admiring the stars when Thorne sits back down with her. “Is the poor animal alright, Thorne?” Fluttershy asks with concern. “He’s fine, Fluttershy,” he says, “He…got caught in something.” “I’m so glad that you took the time to help an animal in need.” “Thanks.” As he looked at Fluttershy, the moon shined down on her, opening to him how glorious his pony princess truly was. “Fluttershy. I want you to look below the hill and look carefully.” Fluttershy does as she says and looks below the hill. Sprouting out are glowing, lily-like flowers. “Those flowers are so beautiful, Thorne,” She says as she gets up and gets a closer look at them. “They are called moon lilies, Fluttershy,” Thorne says, “They come out only at pnight, and they release a beautiful glow that is similar to Princess Luna’s moon. Alas, not one can compare to your beauty.” Fluttershy sheepishly blushes to what Thorne said about her. **** Meanwhile, Discord is pushing against the cork of the bottle he’s in in order to get out. “I gotta get out of here before Fluttershy falls under Thorne’s love spell,” he worriedly says. Just then, Scorpan, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Twilight arrive. “Scorpan! Twilight! In here!” Discord screams as he bangs his hands on the bottle, getting their attention. “Discord? What happened?” Scorpan asks as he picks the bottle up and tries to open it. “Your batty friend made me fall for one of the oldest tricks in the book, that’s what happened!” “Are he and Fluttershy close by?” Rainbow Dash asks. “They are, and Thorne is getting too close to her!” “We’ll let ya’ out, but only if you promise not to overreact,” Applejack says. “I promise, Applejack,” Discord says as he wears a Boy Scout outfit and salutes with one hand. However, he has one hand with his fingers crossed behind his back. **** Back at the clearing, Thorne is giving Fluttershy a moon lily for her to keep. “Thanks, Thorne,” she says, “This moon lily will make a great nightlight for all those scary nights. Plus, I’ll always think of you when it opens.” “That’s means a lot to me, my dear Fluttershy,” Thorne says, “Just one last thing that makes the night a good thing for everyone.” “What’s that?” “A good-night kiss from someone who cares about you.” “Huh?” Unfortunately for Thorne, Discord overheard and got mad enough to blow a lot of steam. “Stand back! He’s gonna blow!” Twilight warns. Discord’s anger made the bottle so hot, it made Scorpan drop the bottle. Before it could hit the ground, Discord’s steam causes the bottle’s cork to explode open like a firework. With incredible speed, Discord zoomed toward Fluttershy and Thorne. Thorne is about to kiss Fluttershy as she shyly backs away from him. Before he could kiss her, Discord appears from behind and grabs him by the blouse. “Discord! What a surprise to see you here!” he nervously says. Discord magically transform his eagle claw into a boxing glove, ready to clobber Thorne as he shakes like a leaf. “Not the face!” he shouts as he covers his face. Discord is about to hit him when Fluttershy between and blocked Thorne, causing Discord to stop. “Discord, stop!” she shouts while giving him the stare. “Fluttershy, step aside! This is between me and Thorne!” he growls. “Discord, why would you want to hurt Thorne?” “He took you out on the scariest night of the year without my knowledge and kept you away from me throughout the night.” “Discord, Thorne didn’t scare me! He helped me!” “Say what?” “I used to be afraid of Nightmare Night, but Thorne got me outside and showed me some wondrous things he has seen. He showed me that just because something looks scary doesn’t mean it always is. Thorne was a truly good friend tonight.” “Friend? And nothing more than that?” Discord asks much to Thorne’s dismay. “Of course! Did you truly believe this was a date? If it was, Thorne would have asked me out a few days ago.” “D’oh! I knew I made a dating error somewhere!” he whispers to himself. Thorne’s ears drop down in dismay. “Now put Thorne down and apologize.” Discord puts Thorne down like Fluttershy asked. “Thorne, I am terribly sorry for nearly beating you to tofu,” Discord apologizes. “Apology accepted,” Thorne replies. “Thorne,” Fluttershy says, getting Thorne’s attention, “I think you owe Discord an apology too.” “What?” he responds with confusion. But that was when he remembered she was right, he did a lot of things to keep Discord away, even by trapping him in a bottle. Heck, it wasn’t even honorable. “Discord, I’m sorry about trying to keep Fluttershy away from you all night. What I did wasn’t honorable as a knight at all.” Thorne apologizes. “Chocolate river under the bridge, my good bat,” Discord responds. The two shook hands, eagle claw and bat claw. Nearby, the others watched and smiled, glad that nothing terrible happened to Thorne and that things were settled between them.