Role Reversal
There was a flash, a “pop!”, and a brief stench of ozone as Discord and Daring Do stepped out of a circular, pony-sized portal onto an island in the Draconequus’ home dimension.
Discord frowned, noticing the island was several hundred strides away from the one his home was on. “Well, Cadance, I wouldn’t exactly say you stuck that landing, but… thank you.”
A dainty pink head topped by a long, glowing horn took a brief look through the portal. “Remember, please try to make this quick; I won’t be able to hold it for long.”
Daring Do smiled as she watched various creatures flying about the nonsensical sky. “This place is amazing.” She pointed at the house. “And look, Fluttershy must have a fire going.”
Discord studied his house. Smoke was pouring from its chimney. Soon, he noticed it was coming out of other places, as well.
He beat his wings and rose up into what passed for sky. Below him, Daring Do shouted, “Wait!” But he was having none of it.
One of the home's upper windows exploded, sending out a burst of fire and glass. Fluttershy tumbled out, spinning end over end as she fell through the swirling emptiness.
Discord threw himself into a dive. "Fluttershy!"
She opened bleary eyes and raised a weak hoof toward him.Discord did his best to pick up speed.
Suddenly, electricity began to crackle across her coat. She looked up with a mix of pain and resignation as the lightning-dance intensified.
Discord gawked at what looked a lot like Fluttershy channeling Chaos energy.
Fluttershy clopped her forehooves together. There was a white explosion just below her as a fluffy, house-sized pillow flashed into existence. He barely had time to register his surprise before both he and Fluttershy plowed into its expansive softness.
Fluttershy emerged from the pillow and flew toward him. "Oh Discord, I'm so sorry... I'm afraid I've made an awful mess of things..."
He raised his paw toward her. "No, Fluttershy… I’m sorry, it’s me who’s messed everything up."
Another surge of energy crackled over her. "Um, I don't know if I'd say that..." She raised a hoof and shivered as a discharge of raw, air-burning power shot out into the void. It flew just wide of the approaching Daring Do, and burst into a torrent of brightly-colored flowers.
His eyes went wide. "How are you doing that?"
She shook her head. "I didn’t know that’s what it was. It just… came to me while I was waiting for you. I knew it meant that something had gone wrong, and I wanted to come looking for you, but the power is so hard to control..."
Discord struggled his way out of the pillow's embrace and flew close to her. "Oh, Fluttershy, I know. It's been an uphill battle for me at the best of times." He reached his claw toward her, tentatively. "But with you, it hasn't been so difficult..."
“Hey, lovebirds!” Daring Do shouted. She pointed at the house. “What the buck is that?!”
Emerging from the burning husk of Discord’s home was a hundred-hoof-tall creature that resembled a fluffy bunny that had been run through a nightmarish meat grinder. It roared as it hurled flaming chunks of the house at Daring Do, who dodged and evaded its onslaught.
Fluttershy looked downward. "I'm sorry, I got lonely and... I tried to make myself a friend."
Discord touched his paw to the side of her face, and gently raised her head to look up at him. "Oh, Fluttershy… that’s just so you."
Fluttershy looked expectant. His heart began to pound. He gazed into her eyes, and tried to work up the courage to kiss her.
"A little help here?!" Daring Do shouted from above.
Discord sighed. "I'm sorry; she helped me get back to you. I at least owe her..."
"DISCORD!"
Fluttershy raised herself up and gave him a quick peck on the cheek. The sensation was electric, and not just because of the energy cracking over her body.
Fluttershy touched a hoof to his lips. “If you want, maybe when this is over you could tell me what you were going to say earlier?"
He swallowed. "I'd like that. But... my powers... what if this is permanent?"
She grinned. "Well… maybe you could spend some time helping me learn to use them?"
Discord smiled, and looked up toward where Daring Do was still battling the rabbit-creature in the ruin of his home.
“I think I could live with that,” he said.
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A fine work finally complete. It has been an absolute pleasure proofreading it for you. This is a highly entertaining story. Most definitely worth the read.
That was a fun story. I don't really ship Fluttershy with Discord, but it was still an entertaining read. :)
A pleasure.
This is one of the more original Fluttercord fics I've read and Daring Do having a schoolgirl crush on Discord is just awesome.
This is...
...huh?
What...
*shrug* Whatever *upvote*
Just finished it, and as expected, it has earned a place in my favorites library.
Hmm. There's the potential for a great story here, but it feels rushed and incomplete. I'm not sure what pieces are missing, though, so I suggest submitting this story to one of the review groups and getting some feedback from them.
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It's amazing. I love it in every possible way. Up votes, favorites, everything.
That was a fun little adventure story. You managed to take Daring Do and at least make her relevant. The truth is when they made Daring Do real (within the context of the show) I thought it was a major mistake and I do truly dislike that episode. Your story however, makes her useful and worthwhile so kudos for that.
I was left with a few questions that do go beyond the scope of the story. I'll put these in black out just in case to not ruin plot points for readers If Discord is the Spirit of Chaos, how can he separate himself from Chaos? It would be one thing if he were merely a practitioner of chaotic magic but, since he is the physical embodiment of Chaos along with being noted as its spirit he is in fact Chaos. By ending his ties to himself he should by all rights cease to exist. If that occurs then all that is left is order and if all that is left is order would that not lead to, ultimately the ending of the world because there would be nothing to balance everything out?
This leads to the question of the goggles, if they were made by him and they are chaotic, and he's the Spirit of Chaos why would they effect him? Wouldn't it be more like lighting two matches and putting them together in an open area the fire not going out. I mean Daring Do might try and hump his leg or something but, he could get around that.
All in all I thought it was a cute story and I had fun reading it.
6307638 Rest assured, the pleasure was mutual.
6307670 I've discovered that divisions can run deep between those who ship differently. But if we can unite in the enjoyment of ridiculousness, there may yet be hope for peace in our time.
6307896 I knew I could write decent Discord with you in my corner.
6307910 Thank you.
6308004 I'm not going to complain about it being called "enjoyable."
6308087 Frankness is always appreciated.
6308101 We aim to please!
6309090 These are good things to consider. But as Discord himself might say, what fun is there in making sense?
6309455 Well said. :)
Cute and entertaining! But woah, Discord with no powers, but Fluttershy?!? You gots potential for a sequel here. Very good and original! And heartwarming too!
6314337 Thank you for your many wonderful comments!
I'm glad you enjoyed it. You're also the second person to suggest there's sequel potential...
What a great story, I really liked the adventure, and Discord teaming up with Daring Do isn't something you see very often. I was just hoping there would be more hijinks with those shipping-goggles instead of them beeing only used once.
I reviewed this story!
My review can be found here.
6324457 What's this, a comment I hadn't replied to!
A belated thank-you is in order. And who knows... just because they're broken doesn't mean they can't be fixed... 
6365417 Thank you for reading and reviewing!
6373881 Glad you enjoyed it.
6376652
You're welcome!
Pretty fun. Quite interesting.
A little anticlimactic that it just skips straight to the ending. The way it starts, one almost expects a journey full of wacky hijinks after the destruction of the goggles. But not bad at all.
I find it odd that the doc seems to know everything, yet still doesn't just ship them again, like they feared. That would be more effective than using goons and running. Also, Discord lecturing him on love struck me as odd, but that might just be because I always kinda see Dissy as new to the concept. It just seems odd to hear him talk so heroically, what with implying that he knows what love really is and his open concern for the mortal world.
Still, it was worth reading. Well done.
6531087 Great comments! The first draft actually had a few scenes of them traveling and contacting the princesses for help, but I ended up feeling like they didn't add enough to justify keeping. Pacing in general was difficult with this story... it took effort to move the part where Discord loses his powers as late as it was, and unfortunately that also kind of limited how crazy I could make the fight scene with Caballeron. I'll agree that something more original could have been done with that scene, but I kind of wanted to keep it raw and physical; his lecture/rant is a moment where he gets to show the reader his feelings about Fluttershy in a way that he's too tongue-tied or unlucky to manage otherwise...
6542414 Thank you!
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Congratulations for winning first prize!
I'm here for the hinted Daballeron.