The walk towards Fluttershy's cottage was a rather silent one at that. Mostly because of the trauma that the both of them had to endure after Pinkie's insane welcome. Spike had never seen Pinkie act that weird before, so he made a mental note to tell Twilight about that little incident and see if she could get Pinkie some psychiatric care. Meanwhile, some of the ponies in Ponyville where rather "mixed" about Thorax being out in the open like that. It wasn't because of any form of bias that they had against him. Heck they had crazier characters pop up in Ponyville every now and then; Discord, Cerberus, Bug Bears, Parasprites, Smooze, Chocolate Rain Clouds, and even T-Reck. So the idea of a Changeling living among them wasn't really that surprising or shocking for that matter. Still though, some of the ponies still had some form of trust issues between them and the fact that Thorax was a part of the Changeling attack on the Chrystal Empire. Even then thought, no pony decided to make a huge deal out of it.
As Spike and Thorax made their way towards Fluttershy's cottage, Thorax stopped dead in his tracks. Spike stopped as well and asked
"Hey Thorax, what's wrong?"
Thorax looked down at the baby dragon and with a shaky voice said
"Before I go in and visit. Please tell me that there is nothing in there that will thoroughly mess with my head in any way, or make me feel like I'm going to get turned into a Changeling cupcake in less than five seconds."
"Well, Fluttershy is letting Discord stay over at her house for the next couple of weeks." Spike pondered
Thorax gulped," Who's Discord?" Thorax asked as his eyes grew tiny.
"Well, Discord is the Spirit of Chaos and Disharmony, but I can assure you that he isn't as messed up as he was a few years back." Spike said
"How is that?" Thorax asked his eyes cocked in a confused expression
"Well before we met, Discord was a pretty nasty villain. He not only stole the Elements of Harmony, but he also changed my friends personality in a way that pretty much would have made the Elements, had they been used in the proper way, fail. But thankfully, Twilight and her friends managed to turn him back into stone. Then after all of that craziness, Princess Celestia brought Discord to Fluttershy to try and reform him." Spike said as he took a deep breath
"Did it work?" Thorax asked
"Uhh. It did for a few months, but then T-Reck came around, and that's when things really took a turn for the worst." Spike said as he brushed his scales with his claws.
"And." Thorax asked, wanting more info.
"Well, Discord pretty much betrayed all of us. We where all locked into a big cage, then big bubbles, and then Twilight sacraficed her magic to save all of us. After all that drama, a lot more things happened. Ask Twilight about the rest of it, because I really don't like having to relive that moment." Spike said finishing his account on Discord.
"Oh, well. Is he good now?" Thorax asked
"He is now, but I do want to warn you. He's still a bit unstable. But don't worry, Fluttershy will make sure that your okay. She's one of the nicest ponies I've ever met, and she has her hooves around Discord, so you shouldn't worry."
Thorax looked down at Spike, smiled, and with a deep breath, made his way towards the cottage. When they arrived at the front door, Spike immediately grabbed the knocker and hit it on the door twice. Nothing. Spike knocked again, and still, nothing. Spike looked up at Thorax and said
"I guess no pony's home."
Just as the two of them where about to leave, a very familiar voice spoke from out of the blue.
"Leaving so soon?"
Spike and Thorax both turned their necks towards the front door. There, mere inches away from them was the King of Chaos himself. Discord looked at the both of them, before grabbing the two of them with long, stretchy arms, and bringing them both inside the cottage. Once inside the cottage, Discord spoke
"Well,well,well what do we have here?"
Thorax was the first to speak
"Uh,hello there Discord. My name is."
Thorax was immediately interrupted with a
"Oooh, I know."
Discord immediately poofed up a magic eight ball, and shook it.
"Your name is Thorax, your Spike's uhh."
Discord paused for a moment before snapping his fingers and poofing up a doctor's outfit. Discord then snapped his fingers once again, and Thorax was now propped up on a floating medical bed, dressed in a patient's gown. Discord then poofed up a chart, and said
"Well, it's official Thorax, you are neither a boy or a girl,your a birl." Discord said as he snapped his fingers and the both of them teleported back to their original spots.
"Ooohhh, this is defiantly interesting." Discord said as he wrapped himself in a knot, splitting himself in four pieces.
"Well, I can see why you fell for him Spike." Discord said winking," He's a nice catch."
Spike started blushing slightly, while Discord popped up a sketchbook filled with doodles of both Spike and Thorax holding hooves, kissing, and other different things.
" Oh, I wonder how your children would look like?" Discord said as he began drawing another picture of the two souls in font of him.
"I'm Asexual!" Thorax said bluntly
"So?" Discord said, slamming the sketchbook closed, and devouring it in one gulp.
"With all the magic here in Ponyville, anything's possible. I mean, just think about it for a second." Discord said pulling out a large watch from the ceiling.
"Discord, could you just shut the fu.." Spike's words where interrupted with a big piece of black tape with the word"CENSORED" written on it.
"Now, now Spike, no need to get colorful with me like that." Discord said as he ripped (rather painfully) the tape off of Spike's lips. Spike's eyes began watering, and his lips burned with a sensation that was about as painful as needles.
"OW!" Spike yelled out in pain
Thorax's mouth stood ajar as he looked at Spike, who was still crying out in pain. Thorax wasn't going to take any kind of crap from anyone, especially people who messed with his mate.
"Listen here you!" Thorax yelled," I'm not going to sit here and watch you mess with my best friend like that!"
Discord chuckled and said
"And what do you plan on doing about that?"
Without a moments hesitation, Thorax lunged at Discord and tackled him to the ground. Then with a swift move, his horn started glowing a bright blue. Discord's eyes widened as the Changeling charged up a large pulse of energy. Just as he was about to send Discord to kingdom come, a knock was heard at the door.
"Oh no." Discord said as his eyes widened
"What?" Thorax said coldly as a blue mist poured out of his eyes in anger.
"Fluttershy's home." Discord said as he started to panic
"Why should I care?" Thorax said bluntly
"You don't want to see her angry. She can get really violent sometimes. Look I promise I won't mess with the either of you if you let me go and we can pretend this never happened." Discord said shaking in fear.
"Alright fine." Thorax said getting off of Discord.
Thorax, Discord, and Spike rushed to sit themselves down on one of the chairs in the living room. After sitting down, Discord snapped his fingers and teacups popped up in everyone's hooves/claws. Fluttershy immediately opened up the door to her cottage, and made her way inside.
"Oh, I didn't see you there." Fluttershy said in her timid voice.
"Fluttershy, welcome home!" Discord said as he teleported himself towards her
"Guess who's here?" Discord said in a excited way
Fluttershy looked over to see both Spike and Thorax waving to her from the couch the two of them where sitting on. She immediately ran over towards Spike, and gave him a big hug.
"Spike, I'm glad your home." She said sweetly
" Thanks Fluttershy, I'd like for you to meet my best friend Thorax." Spike said as he pointed towards the Changeling sitting next to him.
Fluttershy immediately gasped in excitement. She had never seen a Changeling this cute before.
"Hi there." She began," My name is Fluttershy."
Thorax smiled at her and said
"I'm Thorax." He immediately extended a hoof towards her to shake
"It's such an honor to meet you Thorax. Spike has told me a lot about you, and he was right. You are cute."
Fluttershy looked at him and batted her eyes at him.
"Not to mention handsome." Fluttershy said as she bit her lip.
"Um, Fluttershy, I hate to break it to you, but Thorax is with Spike." Discord whispered
Fluttershy's smile faltered slightly as the words hit her ear.
"Oh, I'm so sorry Thorax. I didn't know that you where..."
Thorax began chuckling.
"It's okay Fluttershy, and don't worry, I'm not gay, i'm asexual. Oh, and I also don't have any actual biological gender, so you can call me whatever you like." Thorax said as he kept on chuckling
"I didn't know that was actually possible?" Fluttershy said as a confused look plastered itself onto her face.
"Well, it is. For me and the other Changelings out there that is." Thorax said blushing.
"Hey Thorax, I think we should get going. Rarity should be getting back from Mainhatten, and it's getting kind of late." Spike said as he checked his wrist watch
"Oh, well it was nice meeting you Thorax." Fluttershy replied as she shook hooves with Thorax
"It was my pleasure. Just one thing though." Thorax began
"What is it?" Fluttershy asked
"Make sure that you keep Discord over there on a tight lock and chain, he nearly killed us." Thorax said as he looked at Discord's shocked face.
"Don't worry, I will." She responded giving Discord the evil eye," Thanks again for coming to visit."
"No problem Fluttershy." Spike said as both him and Thorax made their way out of the house and into the evening sky.