Whirlwind
“Why can’t I fly already?” Scootaloo stared longingly up at the sky. “Birds can fly. Bugs can fly. Even that squirrel can fly.” She added as a flying squirrel glided past. “Every other Pegasus I know can fly already… What if I’m never able to get off the ground?”
“Not everypony can fly, you know.” An unexpected voice caused Scootaloo to jump. Whirling around, the filly spotted a grey stallion with a short black mane and tail. He was looking at her curiously. “I can’t fly.” He stated.
“Well yeah, I know that everypony can’t fly.” Scootaloo nodded. “But every Pegasus can.” To her surprise, the stallion only chuckled. “Hey, stop laughing at me.” Scootaloo glared, her small wings flapping angrily.
“Oh no, you must be mistaken; I wasn’t laughing at you my dear filly.” The stallion explained. “I’m…” He paused a moment. “Whirlwind. My name is Whirlwind. And you are?”
“I’m… Scootaloo?” Scootaloo raised a brow.
“Scootaloo, was it?” Whirlwind asked. Scootaloo nodded. “Would you like me to teach you to fly?”
“Wait, what?” Scootaloo spoke before she could stop herself. “But you just said you can’t fly. How in Equestria are you going to teach me? Do you even have wings?” It was obvious she was more than confused by this stallion’s strange behaviour. Whirlwind nodded, turning slightly. On his back were a pair of almost laughably small wings. He flapped them once for extra emphasis.
“As I was saying, would you like me to teach you how to fly?” Whirlwind asked. Scootaloo nodded frantically, bouncing in excitement.
“Teach me how!” Scootaloo exclaimed. She could hardly contain her excitement. Finally, somepony who understood how she felt! And he was willing to teach her how to fly! It was almost a dream come true!
“Are you coming?” Whirlwind called out. Scootaloo saw that he was already way ahead of her. Without skipping a beat the filly grabbed her scooter, threw her helmet on and was speeding after him in an instant. Almost five minutes later they finally stopped.
“S-So, where are we?” Scootaloo spoke in confusion, a sudden wave of nervousness washing over her. She had no idea where she was and no one knew where to find her. Swallowing hard, she looked around.
“Why, we’re in the Everfree forest, dear Scootaloo.” Whirlwind told the young filly. “This is the only place in all of Ponyville where I can actually teach you how to fly.”
“Okay, so what am I supposed to do?”Scootaloo asked, her voice coming out more timidly than she had hoped. Her mind was beginning to tell her that maybe it was a bad idea but she was still clinging to the hope that maybe this pony would be able to teach her. After all, his wings were way smaller than hers was… For his size anyway.
“Patience, my dear Scootaloo.” Whirlwind responded simply. He was facing away from Scootaloo and appeared to be staring at something. Out of pure curiosity Scootaloo trotted over to him, looking around. To her sudden shock she found herself almost stepping off a cliff.
“What are we waiting f-” Scootaloo began, but she was interrupted almost immediately when Whirlwind put a hoof over her mouth.
“Shh.” Whirlwind whispered. Scootaloo sighed loudly, but she only received the same response. Sitting down on her flank with a thump, Scootaloo knew she was in for a long wait…
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“So… How long are we gonna be s-”
“Shh…”
“…Not that this isn’t fun but-”
“Shh…”
“…What are we even waiti-”
“Shh!”
“…” Scootaloo pouted silently. They had been waiting for almost an eternity! Okay so maybe it was only a few minutes, but it seemed like eternity to the impatient filly. Suddenly a swift gust blew past them, causing Whirlwind to grin.
“Geronimo!” Whirlwind exclaimed, bounding past Scootaloo and off the cliff, his miniature wings flapping hard. Scootaloo covered her eyes, ready for anything. To her surprise there was no sound. Peeking out from behind her hooves Scootaloo saw that Whirlwind was flying just in front of her, staring at her with a knowing expression.
“Woah! How are you doing that?” Scootaloo gasped, eyes wide. Her wings flapped in anticipation.
“Just jump and flap really hard.” Whirlwind grinned. “There’s enough wind to keep you airborne.” Scootaloo looked at him doubtfully. “Just trust me.” He spoke sincerely, holding out a hoof. Tentatively Scootaloo followed.
“Am I still alive?” Scootaloo’s eyes were squeezed tightly shut and her wings were flapping hard.
“Of course you are, silly-filly.” Whirlwind chuckled. “Open your eyes already.” Slowly Scootaloo opened one eye and then the other. To her surprise, she was airborne.
“I’m flying!” Scootaloo squealed, unable to contain her excitement. “Look at me, I’m actually doing it! I’m flying! If Rainbow Dash could see me now she-” Scootaloo suddenly gasped. “Rainbow Dash! I’ve gotta show Rainbow Dash!” Whirlwind took her hoof as she turned to leave, shaking his head.
“Just stay and enjoy it for now.” Whirlwind smiled. “Afterwards you can tell her.”
“How did you know about this place?” Scootaloo asked as she performed a flip that seemed a little clumsier than she would’ve liked. Whirlwind only smiled knowingly.
“You learn quite a lot when you get to my age.” Whirlwind explained. “This here for example is a geyser. It’s a strong burst of wind that comes out of the ground. You can use it to practise your flying for when you get older.” He looked at his wings with a chuckle. “Obviously my wings never grew but you’re still young. Something tells me that you’ll fly someday, and even if you don’t there’s always this place.”
“Wow, thank you so much Whirlwind!” Scootaloo grinned. “You’re the second coolest pony I know; behind Rainbow Dash of course!”
“It was my pleasure, Scootaloo.” Whirlwind responded. For a time the two Pegasi simply enjoyed the warm air the geyser was giving off, but finally Whirlwind told the younger filly that it was time to get back on the cliff.
“Aww, does this really have to end?” Scootaloo pouted, looking longingly as the last of the warm air evaporated, leaving a slight chill in the breeze. Whirlwind simply nodded.
“Good things cannot last forever, little filly.” Whirlwind said, gently raising Scootaloo’s head with his hoof. “I’ll tell you what though. If you come back here at the same time tomorrow you can do this all again. You can even bring your friend Rainbow Dash.” Hearing this, Scootaloo’s expression instantly brightened.
“I’ve gotta tell Rainbow Dash!” Scootaloo realized, grabbing her scooter and making her way speedily through the trees. “I’ll never forget this, Whirlwind! Thank you for everything!”
“No need to thank me!” Whirlwind called back. Once Scootaloo was gone, a snap was heard. Where a grey stallion with a twister Cutie Mark once stood, a Draconequus was seen floating barely inches above the ground. He stretched a moment, a slight smirk on his face. “Well that was fun.” He spoke to nopony. “And now I do believe I should get going. I have a luncheon to go to.” With a click and a flash he was suddenly in Fluttershy’s cottage. “My dear Fluttershy.” He grinned widely to the yellow and pink Pegasus mare. “Did you miss me?”
“That was a very nice thing you did for Scootaloo you know.” Fluttershy smiled gently as Discord went very red in the face.
“Me, nice?” Discord raised a brow curiously. “Now where did you get that idea?”
“The geyser isn’t too far from my house.” Fluttershy giggled. “I heard you two and came out to look. I think that was a very sweet thing you did, Discord. See how good a bit of kindness feels?”
“I have no idea what you’re talking about.” Discord grinned, still rather pink beneath his fur. “Now why don’t we have some lovely cucumber sandwiches and forget all this silly nonsense about me being kind?” With a snap of his talon a plate of cucumber sandwiches appeared. Shaking her head gently, Fluttershy hugged the Draconequus. After a slight pause Discord hugged back.
“Yes I think that cucumber sandwiches are a lovely idea.” Fluttershy smiled. Discord could be a real sweetheart when the mood took him.
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Wow, you write for discord really well. Like, REALLY well. His speech patterns are nearly perfect. Scootaloo seems really n character for me, but I can't really tell as I didn't pay attention to her in the show that much.
Grammar score is 10/10, but the way
I love stories where discord is going out of his way to be nice. Stories where he turns evil again and takes over equestria really bother me.
In conclusion? This was a great read! Keep up the good work!
For the first time you've written for Scoots, you did a good job of that.
Keep up the good work because you did keep her in character.
nice job
An actually unexpected Discord reveal!
I think everyone was really well in character, actually.
And in a really adorable story, too!
It's time to try defying gravity.
I think I'll try defying gravity.
And you can't pull me down.
Personally, I prefer Vortex as an alias for pony Discord. But that's just me.
For this story, Whirlwind does imply a more gentle side to him, so I've got to give you credit for pulling this off well.
Anyway, thanks for writing!
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Well after reading bride of discord I know discord could turn into a grey stallion so when I read about the grey stallion and saw the pause I realise quickly that the grey stallion was discord and I wasn't really surprise when the big "unveiling" of discord came at the end.
But over all it was an amazing story and I really liked it
4759290 Thanks so much. Discord is my personal favorite character (not that you can tell looking at my page
) so I'm glad I'm able to make his speech so good.
I like to think of Discord as that anonymous helper who'd deny everything if asked.
Personally I think he has that ability to go evil if he has the right incentive, but he could never be the way he was because of Fluttershy.
I'm really glad you liked my story.
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I was going for that, so I'm glad I managed it.
Oh thank you. I'm glad you like it.
4759299 I'm really happy that I managed it.
She's probably my favorite filly.
4761580 You have a good taste in favorite fillies.
4759374 Thank you
4759516 I'm through accepting limits
'cos someone said they're so
Some things I cannot change
But 'till I try I'll never know
I just realized how much that song fits her now.
I'm glad someone picked up on the song. 
4759846 Ooh yeah that's a really good name. I could only think of Whirlwind and Twister, and Whirlwind wasn't an actual Pegasus' name already. Maybe he has several aliases? I wouldn't put it past him.
I think we both have Fluttershy to thank for that.
I personally think that she's had more of an influence on him than he's willing to admit.
Thanks for commenting.
4759861 I've never read that story. I was going by the season finale for his appearance. Good spotting though, I must admit that's pretty clever. I was wondering if anyone would pick up on that.
I'm glad you liked it.
Very cute! I like your Discord...I was gonna gush more, but all my comments have been made, so...ya, well done
.
4763594 I'm really glad you like it.
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For all we know, Discord probably INVENTED the concept of multiple aliases.
And I definitely agree with you about Fluttershy having more influence than he would care to admit, even though it seems like he does still admit it a little, if you ask me.
4765797 He's certainly been around long enough - so why not?
I actually think he has aliases for each pony species (I was thinking about it this morning) but what I came up with was: Vortex is a Unicorn, Whirlwind is a Pegasus, Nova/Supernova is an Alicorn, and I'm unsure about his Earth Pony form - maybe Twister? 
I agree. He does like admitting she had a positive influence on him. Just not when he's trying to act like she hasn't.
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Hmm... I'm not sure if I can really come up with anything good for an Earth Pony alias, but maybe this is a decent suggestion: Dr. Ocsid. [discO .rD]
(Just something from either a fan-fic or fan-art I saw a little while ago...)
4765934 Ooh I like that one. What about something Chaosy... Like Calamity, or even Set. (the Egyptian God of Chaos) Or maybe he doesn't have one, just to mess with us.
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Oh, I so wish I would've thought about Calamity. That fits so well. Then again, it would be just like him to mess with us by not having an alias...
4765982 Okay so his aliases so far are:
Discord - Usual Form
Calamity - Earth Pony
Whirlwind - Pegasus
Vortex - Unicorn
Supernova - Alicorn
I wonder what would happen if his aliases had a conversation together? Because we know Whirlwind's the nice one and I'm not sure about Vortex but I think he'd be the cheeky, smug one. Maybe Calamity is always "accidentally-on-purpose" messing stuff up and Supernova is the "Alicorn Princess" of practical jokes.
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...I might just have found inspiration for an idea to try my hand at writing.
No guarantee, though...
Now I want to give him aliases for as many species as I can think of, but so far all I have to add to that list is Shift for a Changeling alias...
4766169 I was thinking of a dragon alias but I'm not sure of the name. Maybe Eon since he's been around forever? And what about a Timberwolf? Maybe Noble Fir (Because I saw it was a tree name and thought "It's just like Discord to name himself something like that"
)
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I'm not sure about a dragon alias either. Eon is pretty good, but the best I can come up with is Puff, because I can see Discord referencing stuff like that. As far as a Timberwolf goes, I've got nothing aside from a somewhat cliche Fluffy, so let's keep it Noble Fir. And I just came up with his griffin alias - Sphinx, because why not? Do you think that fits?
Also, I apologize for going off on a tangent and somewhat spamming your story's comment section,
but this conversation has been rather enjoyable. 
4766310 Yeah Sphinx works. I really like it...
I agree.
It's a fun topic... I sent you a PM...
I believe everypony here wasin character and Discord at the end. He does have a heart you know, he's just too shy to admit it.
Fav and upvote for you!
4771567 I'm glad everyone was in character.
I also agree about Discord. His ego gets in the way of his kindness. 
Thanks so much. For the watch too.
