Ch. 8: Start of Frenemies
Fluttershy is escorted home by Thorne and Scorpan when she yawns from the long night.
“Tired from our first Nightmare Night together?” Thorne asks.
“Oh yes,” Fluttershy replies.
“Ohhhhh. Let’s get you to bed.”
Thorne cradles Fluttershy and is about to fly her into her bedroom when Twilight uses her magic to pull him away and toward the glaring ponies and friends.
“I’m sure Fluttershy can put herself to bed, Thorne,” Twilight says.
“Besides, you’re in enough hot water with Discord,” Scorpan whispers.
“Night is still young,” Applejack says, “What do y’all say we stop at Granny’s hay maze?”
“Good idea, Applejack,” Scorpan says.
The others go over to the maze with Thorne right behind them. He was about to fly with them when Fluttershy calls him.
“Thorne!” she calls from her bedroom window.
Thorne flies up to her.
“Yes, Fluttershy?” Thorne asks.
“I want to thank you for getting me out of the cottage and showing me such a wonderful time,” Fluttershy says.
“My pleasure, and thank you for saving me from Discord. Pardon me for asking, but is he your special someone?”
“Oh no. He’s as much of my friend as you are. I have plenty of time to think of who my special somepony will be. Anyway, I want to give you something earlier. You said you wanted a goodnight kiss, right?”
“Yay, I did.”
Fluttershy kisses Thorne on his right cheek, causing him to blush and smile at the same time.
“Goodnight, Thorne,” Fluttershy says as she closes her window.
“Goodnight, Fluttershy,” Thorne says as he floats happily toward the ground while in a daze over the kiss.
Unfortunately, he bumps into Discord.
“Oh, Discord,” he nervously laughs, “You didn’t see that kiss, did you?”
“I did,” Discord replies while sneering, “I have a fitting punishment for that.”
With a snap of the fingers, Thorne is turned into a baseball bat with wings. Discord laughs to his misery, but Thorne is infuriated.
“Big Mistake!” he says before he hits Discord on the head.
Discord tries to grab him, but Thorne keeps hitting him repeatedly. But his problem was solved when he turned himself into a woodpecker, and started pecking Thorne repeatedly, much to Thorne’s pain. The two get into a scuffle as Twilight and Scorpan watch in disbelief.
“Looks like the beginning of a very harsh relationship between those two,” Scorpan says.
“Yay. Let’s go see about separating them,” Twilight says.
The two run down to the combatants right away.
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As Fluttershy is about to fall asleep, she sees the moon lily that Thorne gave her glow, proving to her the beauties of nighttime with the comfort and security needed for Nightmare Night.
“Best Nightmare Night ever,” she softly says as she goes to sleep.