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// Chisel it bit, by bit. 
// Story: Love is in every corner, even a cornerstone 
// by Featherclaw 
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It has been the next day since Fluttershy's encounter with Discord, and by then, she has looked up the name, which meant:lack of concord or harmony between ponies or things, disagreement; difference of opinion, strife; dispute; war, music, an inharmonious combination of musical tones sounded together, any confused or harsh noise; dissonance, and at last, to disagree; be at variance,if you wanted to know.

Also she has chiseled Discord on the tail after he requested. Her friends, however, were suspicious of why Fluttershy needed a chisel! So, they tried to uncover the mystery of why Fluttershy wasn't telling. It started when she was hanging out at Sugarcube Corner, to get a carrot cake for Angel bunny and herself. She was nervous about what her friends might think about her helping out a villain, and her reason. She was even more nervous, especially when Pinkie had her Pinkie sense and she all of a sudden started sniffing at Fluttershy's saddle bag. She couldn't just leave, then Pinkie would be even more suspicious, but if she stayed, she will find out. So, she just took her saddle bag onto her lap and said:

"What are you doing?" Fluttershy tried to look questionable, but couldn't keep up her lie, because Pinkie Pie got her to look guilty.

"Fluttershy, why are you lying to me? I'm your friend, I wont tell the others. I pinkie promise." Pinkie said, doing the pinkie promise silently.

"*sigh*Okay. I was in the Canterlot gardens, with all the statues, and I was picking flowers, but then Rainbow Dash scared me, and I didn't like it, but then she questioned me if I really thought all the statues were pretty and then she pointed to this really, unique, statue, and then she laughed at me for saying that the statue was unique and then she flew away but then I was going to go home, but then I remembered tales of a creature that got turned to stone and I thought that this statue was the one and then I started talking to it and then I thought I heard something and then I realized that the statue was talking to me, and I had a conversation with the statue, found out it was named Discord and that he is over 100 years old, maybe older, but he told me to chisel at his statue every day and I, I found out he was a villain stopped by the princesses, not Cadence, and I still did it and I-"

"Woah easy there Fluttershy! I'm the only one who speaks fast, well, maybe Twilight, but still! This must have put a lot of weight on your shoulders. I will help you through this Fluttershy, this could be our little secret! Okay?"

"*sigh* Okay."

"But I really think the reason why you were so upset was because of you wanting a colt-friend, so then when he escapes he will give you one?Oh yeah that statue is probably part snake, goat, lizard, deer, pony perhaps, and also a bit of narwhal!"

"How did you kno-"

"Just a hunch!"

"Thank you for everything Pinkie, I don't know what I would have done without you! Thank you. Oh wait, I almost forgot! Could I have-"

"Yep! Here's your 3 carrot cakes!"

"But I only ordered-"

"BYE!!!!!"

Pinkie pushed out Fluttershy and waved to her, also mouthing, Discord. Understanding, Fluttershy glided to the Canterlot gardens and went to Discord to chisel some more on the statue. Pulling her chisel out, she flew up to Discord's lion paw, and chiseled a hoof-tip amount when Discord started laughing.

"BWAHAHAHA!!!! STOP! THAT TICKLES!!!!! HAHAHAHA!!!"

"Oh, I didn't know that was ticklish."

"HAHA! OH! Oh! Wow, I haven't laughed in AGES!!!"

"Well you should!"

"Wait. How loud is this?"

"Oh, your laughing? Well, I say it was like a loud whisper."

"Oh. What about now?"

"Just a whisper."

"Is anyone else here?"

"Umm..." Fluttershy looked around.

"No. No pony is around except me."

"Hmm... speaking of ponies, did you, tell any pony about me?"

"Umm... Yes."

"Who?"

"Umm... My friend Pinkie Pie."

"Who's that?"

'Oh, she is one of my 5 friends, she is the most hyper of them all, she is actually the pony who came up with the Pinkie Promise!"

"The what?"

"The Pinkie Promise. It is what all my friends do when we promise something."

"So, how do you do it?"

"Good question. You say the words I said earlier, I cross my heart, I hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye, and you act out each of the things, like putting your hoof over your eye and that symbolizes the cupcake in my eye."

"Oh. So, I cross my heart, I hope to fly,"

"Stick a cupcake in my eye." They sang together.

Fluttershy giggled at that, and Discord laughed along with her. Her laugh was the only good thing in life, so far. Maybe he should tell her about the prophecy, maybe.

"Oh Discord! Pinkie Pie gave me an extra piece of carrot cake, and she hinted that I should give it to you, I think. anyway, I want to give it to you, but I don't exactly know how." She told him.

"Well, I don't know, place it on the stone where I stand and, maybe I could smell it through this stone, or even better, taste it!"

"Oh.. well, it's worth a shot."

So Fluttershy placed the carrot cake with a napkin on it on the stand that Discord was standing on. She then backed away, wondering what was going to happen. She saw it disappear in a magenta flash, and then hear Discord quietly say:

"That was delicious!!!"

"Oh yay! You can eat! But wait. How long ago have you eaten?"

"Oh I don't know, maybe.... when I got imprisoned...."

"Oh my Celestia! You must be starving!"

"Well you see, in this statue, there is this state of limbo, where it is pitch black and you can move, but not very far. Also, there is something I need to tell you..."

What is it?"

"Well, you see, there are these big white letters that say this: The prophecy of the being in limbo will show your true fate which is to marry."

Then there was silence.

"Umm... Fluttershy?"

More silence.

"Fluttershy?!"

"What is it Discord?"

"Oh, I thought you left me."

"Sorry about that. It's just.... It sounds so TERRIBLE in there, and this 'prophecy' is, is, the best thing in the world."

"What was that last part?"

"This is the best thing in the world."

"The prophecy? WHAT?! I know you said that you wanted a colt-friend, but not ME!!!! Do you know even what I look like? How I do stuff? What I do as a hobby?!"

"Well, how, WERE you going to give me a colt-friend?"

"I, I don't know. I honestly thought that, well, you were going to leave, me, alone."

"*Gasp!* Discord! I would never do that! Not even to a manticore!"

"How can a shy pony like you, tame such a wild beast like a manticore?!"

"Well, that's what my special talent is, to be friends with all animals and creatures, and to be kind to them, after all, my element of harmony is kindness."

"Your, element of, harmony?"

"Yes?"

"Those were the things that turned me to stone! Mabye we shouldn't talk to each other."

"What?! Didn't you hear what I just said?!"

"Yes Fluttershy, but, I don't want to come out, just to be turned to stone a second time!"

"Well I wont let that happen!"

"What?"

"I, I pinkie promise not to turn you to stone, not with a good reason, at least. Okay?"

"*sigh* Okay, Fluttershy. You're, you're my only friend."

"I guess this is a bye then isn't it?"

"No, it's a see you later, actually, a hear you later."

"So, hear you later Discord!"

"Hear you later, my dear friend, Fluttershy..." Discord said sadly.

"Tickle tickle tickle!!!" Fluttershy said while chiseling at his eagle claw.

"No! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! STOP!!!"

"Okay."

"*gasp!*You little trickster! I wish I could tickle you back!"

"Well I will just pretend. Hahahaha!!!!" Fluttershy said flying out of hearing.

"*sigh* I think I found her. I finally found a friend, maybe more than a friend."
"A Mare-friend."