The Element of Kindness

by BlueHeartTattoo

Seeds of the Past- Part One: The Monster and the Wanderer

Fluttershy and the Cutie Mark Crusaders just arrived at the entrance to Discord’s bubble out in the clearing. Fluttershy was carrying their bag of aquatic ski sleds and towels.

“I can’t believe that we’re actually doing this,” Scootaloo squealed excitedly, “We’re finally going to test a talent we haven’t even touch on yet: Water Athletics!”

“And our first time swimming in chocolate milk,” Apple Bloom stated, “I wonder if that if that’s any different than water?”

“Who cares?” Scootaloo replied, “We are going to do our best and get our cutie mark at water athletics no matter how sticky and gross we will be at the end!”

Fluttershy giggled at the girls’ enthusiasm while the others gave Scootaloo a weird look at the thought of becoming sticky.

“I think I should ask him to change the ocean for today; swimming in dairy beverage doesn’t sound like a good idea,” Fluttershy stated before turning to face them, “Now, girls, I know you are very excited about this, but please remember that this might be different from your usual crusading now that Discord and I are in present.”

“Fluttershy,” Sweetie Belle spoke out, “We know you mean well, but must you do this every single time we come here?”

“True,” Babs Seed supported, “This is our third time that we did crusading here.”

“I know,” Fluttershy objected kindly, “But I wanted to make sure that you remember everything we talked about. I don’t want you getting hurt and have Applejack and Rarity worried. Everypony got their whistle?”

All the girls nodded until Babs stated, “They’re in the bag.”

“Good. Remember when you’re in trouble or you need anything, just blow this and Discord will help you. And also since you’ll be outside the islands, don’t go too far where we can’t see you.”

A masculine voice scoffed from behind, “As if I can’t literally see everything.”

Fluttershy jumped but got relieved when she and the others saw Discord’s head appearing out of the wall, making him look like a floating, dismembered head.

“Sorry for the scare, dear,” Discord said, “Also I should add as a rule to be aware of the gravity at some parts of the area. It can be a little bit loopy and it would be wise not to be near them, despite the fact I really want to watch you go through one.

Fluttershy then gave him an glare. “Kidding, Kidding,” Discord chuckled, “But just in case, I’ll case a spell on the chocolate ocean so that you’ll avoid them.”

“Actually, Discord,” Fluttershy interrupted, “Would it be okay to change the ocean into water just for today?

He gave her an eyebrow “Why on earth would you want me to do that? I swim in chocolate milk all the time; there’s nothing wrong with it.”

“I know it’s not; but I don’t think them swimming in chocolate milk is a good idea. It would see too foggy to see underneath it and it would stick to their coats. Not to mention they’ll get sick if they drank too much of it.”

“Since when you did how much swimming in brown diary feels like?”

She gave him a deadpan face, “When you flooded the treehouse the first time you visited.”

Discord was caught surprised of this while the girls behind her were trying to hide her snickering. He then gave up and sighed, “Well, you’re no fun. Fine, I’ll change the water for today. But just this once.”

Fluttershy thanked him before turning to the girls, “Come on, girls.”

Fluttershy and the girls walked right through the barriers while Discord looked in both ways to see if they’re safe. When he saw everything was clear, he then retreated back into his dimension.

He snapped his fingers on the chocolate water, turning it into the familiar crisp, blue, clear water while also sending out a purple aura throughout the entire body liquid to neutralize the gravity.

“Okay, you’re good to go,” Discord exclaimed, “Let the crusading commence!”

The girls excitedly ran towards the shore but Scootaloo later came back toward the draconequus. “Hey, I forgot to ask---Is there any chance you would have some kind of motor or something that would help us with water-skiing?”

“Oh, doy!” Discord knocked his head teasingly, “What would water-skiing be without something to pull you?” He then snapped his fingers to create two small motor propellers in the shape of a fish. “I hope this would be sufficient to you.”

“Very much,” Scootaloo exclaimed before she picked up the motors and giving him a hug, “Thanks.”

She then let go of him and catch with the others at the shore.

Fluttershy stayed besides Discord on the shore and came up to his when she saw his soft expression.

“You okay?” she giggled.

Forgetting for a moment that she was right by him, he snapped out of moment and cleared his throat, “Yes—Yes I’m fine. Um, want to sit down?”

“Sure,” she nodded before walking towards the bags, “Let me get the towels.”

“Uh-Uh!” he stopped her, “Allow me.”

Snapping his fingers, two long beach towels flew out of the bag and lay down perfectly on the sand.

“Your seat, madam,” He bowed before her.

She giggled at the gentlecolt as he guided her to the towel and they both sat down, overlooking at the playful fillies nearby.

“Such a lovely day, isn’t it?” Discord sighed as he stretched his arms and body.

Fluttershy agreed as she peered down to the girls in the water, “the girls seem to have grown to you.”

“They seem to, yeah,” Discord nodded, “Though, of course, they did try to tattletale me to Applebutt in the past--- And called me a monster on several occasions—and I’d sent parasprites on Apple Bloom’s hair while destroying their treehouse. Point being, like you and me, we had a rough start.”

“Well, you shouldn’t worry about that now,” Fluttershy finally said, rubbing her hoof on his arm with comfort, “You made up to them and they had forgiven you and so do I. The past is in the past.”

She didn’t mean it, but as she said it, he mentally winced as he thought back on his trickery deeds and how they all affect him at the end. He muttered out loud without realizing it, “Wish I could say the same thing.”

She unfortunately heard that and asked, “What did you say?”

He tensed as he realized what he did, “Nothing! Nothing, really, it’s just… I think I had some sand in my mouth.” He then turned his body away from her and pretended to cough and gag.

Fluttershy had heard what exactly he said as well how he mumbled it in a low, apprehensive tone. She knew he was hiding something that seemed to make him uncomfortable, almost in the same way as she tries to hide one part of her past.

But then something came to her. It was almost like an instinct calling out inside her that she needed to do something about it. From all the time she has lived here, she’d grown wiser to know that keeping secrets will only make us feel worse—as she’d lived a lifetime to know how that’s like. If there were a chance to teach him the same and try to open up to her and to others, then he wouldn’t have to be afraid of anything.

Then an idea came to her.

Discord turned back to her right after his fake fits of cough, “Sorry. I think I got that out now.” He snapped his fingers to summon a glass of water for him to drink.

Getting all the inner courage she needs, she spoke out, “Um, Discord…I would like to ask you something, if you don’t mind it.”

He poofed away the glass and looked at her, “Sure, what is it?”

“Well, it’s….. I’m making a deal with you.”

He looked her surprise, “Well, this is new. Usually I’m the one who makes deals, but… What do you have in mind?”

“An eye for an eye.”

He blinked, “What?”

“An eye for an eye. Meaning that you give me something and I give you something back—“

“Yes, yes, I know what that means! What exactly do you want from me?”

“Ask me this. Who were you before?”

Discord stared at her confused, “In another life? I don’t exactly believe in recarnat—“

“Who you were in the past. Back when you were young, before you became the lord of chaos.”

He grew uneasy as he had heard what she’d meant, “I don’t think you would like to hear it.”

“I know you probably don’t like talking about it, which is why I am going to do the same to you if you agree to this—if you tell me this, I will answer the one question you’ve asked me before.”

“Which is…?”

“Of how I got my cutie mark.”

Discord blinked for a moment. Whenever he or somepony tried to ask how she got it, she would either make up an excuse to not talk about it or quickly change the subject. It was unexpected for him to know how much she is willing to give to make him tell his tale. But he is also confused on why she would do that when he knew that she is as uncomfortable about that fact too.

“Why would you do that?”

“Because I care about you. And I know that you can trust me if we’ll be truthful and open to each other.”

A moment of silence passed between them with the exception of the sound of crashing waves and the echoed laughter from the fillies.

“So…. We have a deal?”

He looked at her and her teal eyes; almost pleading for him to come clean. He sighed and then smiled, “Okay. But I must warn you though; it’s not much of happy tale.”

“I don’t care about that as long as you tell it truthfully,” She said as she made herself comfortable almost close to him.

Discord paused, recollecting his thoughts and memories before he sighed to tell his story, “Well…. The first thing that I can remember was the cold. “

Everything faded black as he recalled back to his first memory.

“Everything was dark at the time, but somehow the harsh winds just resonated all around me through the tight space that I was in. I might’ve heard voices…. A gentle voice. There was a strange sense of warmth to it. And it was calling out to me; it was calming me down somewhere in the dark as if it can keep me warm. It lasted for a while until I suddenly found an urge to push the walls around me. I push and push until I saw a crack of light and the cold winds bursting through. I tried to fight against it and pushed the walls even harder until—well, until I got out of my shell. Literally.

“Everything looked hazy at first, but I felt the same harsh cold that was then echoing throughout the cave I was hatched in. Then I remembered the voice. I wandered through the cave, from the entrance which was blistery white and then through the insides. I’d walked aimlessly through the stony walls and wet floors until I found myself back to where I started. There were no other faces inside of the cave. I was born here… all alone.

“It had been that way until the blizzard stopped. I might’ve grown to a few months, but it was then I was old enough to walk and eat by myself.”

“How could you learn to eat?” Fluttershy asked.

“I ate the snow that formed over the entrance. It not’s much, but at least it’s something. Anyway, during that time, I had no idea what species I am or the fact that I have reality-bending powers. I’ve always known from the reflection of the puddles inside the cave that I looked a little…. unique. But I’d grown assuming that there were other creatures like me, so I wasn’t bothered of my looks anyway. And that is mainly what I thought when I decided to leave the cave, climb down the mountains and basically travel throughout the land.

“Everything looked so different without the snow and the cold wind, but it was nice seeing new things like the forest, grass, the sun, excreta. It was much better than being in a cold cave. I was starting to get a hang of it…. Until I came across this one village.

“This village, obviously enough, had ponies living there. I never saw any of them before and admittedly they looked kind of odd at first, especially how they were bustling all over town like the snow from the cave. Then I saw some younger ponies playing in the field, kicking the ball back and forth. I did what any non-ponified creature would do and walked straight to them.

“Little did I know that it would end well…..”

“Did…. Did those foals treat you badly?” Fluttershy asked, fearing what was going to happen.

“Not at first,” Discord replied, “Though some of them were a bit … skeptical. I mean, what would anybody react when you see a creature with only one hoof?” He pointed to his goat leg.

“Anyway, there was one colt who didn’t take me so well. Unfortunately I couldn’t talk then, being alone in that cave; so when he wanted me to answer something, It only made him mad.

“Then I felt something. Something inside me that… wanted to get out. In that moment, the ball that the foals were playing with started to hit the colt who attacked me. No one in the group didn’t know what was happening and they tried getting the ball to help him. This caught the attentions of the parents who heard their screams. I didn’t mean for the colt to get hurt, I just wanted him to stop. But when my mind was yelling stop, the ball just stopped. I was surprised—well confused and surprised that I was able to stop it with my mind. I test it again by commanding the ball to roll around the ground and then floating it into the air, which caught the attention of the foals, their parent and the rest of the town.

“That was when I learned about my powers. And unfortunately, the town didn’t take that fact too well. I can still hear those angry screams when they chased me out.”

Discord paused for a moment as he reminisces on that memory. He then felt a strange sensation tugging on him until he saw that Fluttershy was hugging him.

“You okay?” Discord asked.

Fluttershy nodded while still holding onto his side, “What happened then? Where did you go?”

“Well, nowhere practically,” Discord continued, “I just traveled around the land for a while. But unlike my first visit at that first village, I kept myself hidden and watch the ponies from afar if I ever come to another town. It’s kind of funny how much you can learn from observations, from the things they do, like dancing or eating; I even caught myself watching a street performance once.

“It was then I started practicing my magic on what I’d observed. Like making plants grow out of the ground and create levitating puppets out of rocks and leaves. I even created the food I saw, though it’s not always better than the real deal.”

“How long did you travelled?” Fluttershy asked.

“Well, I actually don’t know how old I am, so it’s kind of hard to tell how long I travelled,” Discord pondered, “But I might’ve been in my teens, I travelled through--- I think the smoky mountains. I’m not very sure, but it was somewhere like that. Anyway, while I was walking through, I didn’t notice the traps that were hidden in there, and I unfortunately was caught in one of them. The ponies who set up those traps were royal guards out for a hunting trip and they were shocked to see some creature like me.

“That’s when I had met the King Solaris. He released me and took me safely to Canterlot where he asked who I am and about my journeys throughout the land.When he learned that I was alone, he invited me to stay at the castle for as long as I liked.”

“So you lived with the King and he adopted you?” Fluttershy asked.

“Well, not really,” Discord continued,” First at all, I didn’t really mind living with the royalties so much. It was nice at first but then I started to feel… trapped. Not to mention the rumors about me being personally favored by the king didn’t help me much—heck, even his wife didn’t take my presence very lightly. But well, I don’t really blame her since she was pregnant at the time. Anyway, when I told Solaris about it, he explained to me that I don’t have to stay but he would like a visit every once in a while, to make sure that I’m okay.Anypony will think me crazy when I say this, but I’d actually grown to like him. He treated me like I was his own son—despite that I’m a different species.

“Speaking of which, while I stayed there the first time, he was very kind enough to tell me about my draconequi race, their logic-defying powers and how they came to be extinct after the discovery of Equestria. We’d both guessed from this theory that I might be the only one of my kind. He also taught me how to read and write for a short time since he noticed I had some trouble understanding what his books meant.

Anyway, as we promised, I left the castle and travelled the land a bit more. And again, as promised, I returned to Solaris and talked about my travels and asked him my questions so that he’ll teach me more. It was a couple of times where I actually get caught up with him building his family with Celestia and then Luna later on.”

“You knew Princess Celestia?” Fluttershy said surprised.

“As much as I regrettably admitted to myself, yes,” Discord said before a thought came, “Wait a minute. You were raised by changelings since birth; how do you know who the rulers of Equestria are?”

“Well, when you’re been put on cleaning duty, you can’t help but eavesdrop. That’s how I learned a few things outside my mother’s kingdom. Plus she likes to display how much she despises the princesses to get a lot of us at her side.”

“So are you on her side?” Discord asked.

“Well…. I can’t hate somepony I’ve never met. But I never really expressed my feelings to her or to any changelings; that would’ve got me into trouble otherwise.” She then changed the subject before both of them gets too quiet, “So… back to your...”

“Right,” Discord stated, “Anyway, my visits with the royal family seems to extend for a good chunk of time as I’d grown older. Unfortunately, the channeling war eventually started and everypony started to get suspicious around non-pony creatures—myself included. I also learned that Starswirl had given the princesses the Elements of Harmony as birthday presents and claimed sole ownership of them. So far, they never used it in battle or anything since nopony but the king and Starswirl knew the power it possesses. But sometimes the princesses can be a little rebellious and tested out the power whenever they can.

“But they never actually began to use it until days after I visited the king for the last time.

“Like I said before, because of the changelings, ponies were started become harsh around other creatures because they think they are as evil and untrustworthy as them. Solaris did try to defend me as much as he can, but even he can’t stop the prejudice that had infected me at that time.

“One day, he trusted me into escorting Celestia and Luna into town to help pass any charity kit for those who were affected harshly by the war. I had a thought to use my magic to help them and try to bring some lightheartedness around these ponies. But, as predicted, they didn’t like what I was doing and even try to kick me out of the part of town along with the princesses. But as an honorable trickster as I am, I’d play some harmless pranks on them just to teach them a lesson.

“But it wasn’t until that ponies started calling me a freak and how I should’ve died along with my race that I angrily upped my powers to 10. The princesses begged me stop this, but I couldn’t. I was so mad that I didn’t care to listen. They even tried their best to get me out of that village, to which they succeeded.

“Everypony since that incident were started to point fingers at me as a monster. Even Solaris was disappointed at me for hurting his subjects and making matters worse.

“It was at this time I was starting to become sick. Sick of everypony who would turn away. Those who would subject me and my own kind as monsters. I had experienced that kind of hatred many times before and finally all the pain and rage were starting to crash back into me. And the weird thing was that I actually kind of liked it that I taught those judgmental ponies a lesson. Releasing all the magic that I had made me feel good; like I was good at something than being a punching bag for them. And I realized this would be my way to make them pay.

“So, the next day, when it was still nighttime, I flew away from Canterlot and into a small village not too far away. When dawn broke and everypony was awake, I unleashed my chaotic powers into the residents of that town and create my own world, torturing them that my imaginations chooses to do. And it felt great! I’ve never felt so alive, so energetic, so much freedom! That turned out to be the most important day of my life, since the news of my invasion came around fast and I earned the title of ‘The Lord of Chaos’!”

Discord laughed manically like he did in the past, but he stopped when he realized he in in the present and Fluttershy was still and wide-eyed, almost looked frightened.

He cleared his throat and excused himself for getting himself caught up, “Well, of course—It didn’t take Solaris long to send his daughters to the village I conquered. And as soon as they got out of the traps I set outside so the ponies wouldn’t either enter or escape, they declared peace between us if I would surrender and give up my power. But when I didn’t, they used the king’s permission to finally use the Elements of Harmony against me and…. I think you already know what happened from there.”

She nodded, “They turned you into stone to stop you…. And later on, after each time generation, the bearers recast that spell on you.”

“Yep,” he sighed dejectedly.

After a moment of silence, Fluttershy spoke out to him, “I’m sorry that you had to live through that.”

“Eh, it’s alright,” Discord sighed, “Besides, it’s not all that bad now that you’re here.”

She felt a light blush on her cheek when she heard that. Then she thought of something and asked, “Do you know what happened to King Solaris? A-after you were turned into stone?”

“No, actually and I don’t think I want to know,” he answered, “After the way I’ve disappointed him before, I thought that he wouldn’t want to do a thing with me anymore. He and the queen also died a few 10 or so years later and Celestia was given the throne after that, but that’s all I heard of him.”

Both of them were silent until Discord decided to change the subject, “Well, that’s all I can say for myself, I guess.”

“Okay,” Fluttershy breathed in and out, “Guess it’s my turn now. Remember how I told you before how I was first raised to believe I was one of them? Or about I’d never been outside my mother’s kingdom before?”

Discord shook his head in response, “Yeah, I do. Though I don’t see how location has something to do with your cutie mark?” he paused until a thought came to him, “They don’t have animals there in the wasteland, do they?”

“No, not very much. And well…. Funny thing about locations….I been in Ponyville before.”

Discord’s eyes grew wide “What?! How come you never say it before?”

Fluttershy blushed almost in embarrassment “Like yours, it doesn’t end happily.”

She hesitated for a little bit until she looked on Discord’s face, showing small hints of concern and curiosity. With a deep breath, she talked:

“There’s this tradition that every young changeling must do when they turn twelve. They would go from the training ground to the castle to be presented to the Queen so that she would give them permission to become independent. After that, they would go outside the hive on their first hunt and don’t come back until they are filled with love.

“I was very young at the time, younger than those at the training camp. I often get a chance to see the ceremony done, but I was never really involved in them in any way. Mother told me that letting me into the ceremony would be disrespectful the young changelings and the trainers. I never bothered to ask why though, but I obeyed her wishes.

“A ceremony was going to be performed later that day. Before it began, three male changelings from the group came up to me and ask if I can help their friend to ease his nerves. I recalled one small storage room that contains potions that no one ever use, so I took them there to see if there were any remedy for their friend. But once I got there, they’d pushed me into the room and locked the door behind me. Then I heard their laughter from behind the door and I realized that this was a trick. I started to kick and cry out for help as I heard them leave.

“With the storage room being so small, I nearly knocked down all of the bottle when those colts pushed me in. Something must’ve happen to the potions because while I kept on kicking the door a bright flash of light blinded me and the next thing I know it, I was standing in a forest.

“I was so scared I didn’t have a reaction when everything was happening so fast. I knew from the start that being a princess with an assumed deformity wasn’t the easiest position to be raised in--- Especially since you were made a target to some pranks. It hurt even more that I was in a place far from home and I was completely helpless and alone.

“But then I saw a light, shining at the far end of the forest. I followed it and I saw myself standing in the sunlight. And in front of me was a green meadow full of wildflowers. I’d never seen anything so beautiful before. Then I felt something inside me, something I’d never felt before; I’ve felt happy. So happy that I started smiling, and laughing and twirling around the plain like I just entered one of my dreams.

“I was in the meadow, enjoying the flowers and the butterflies until I heard something in the bushes. I came closer to it, then a group of bunnies ran past me and scared me. I didn’t know what they were at the time, but I noticed at that point that they’d looked very scared. I didn’t want to frighten them more and I wanted them to come out. So, I kneeled to them and told them exactly that.

“After that, they slowly came up and hopped to me. They started nuzzling against my hoof. It was around that time where I realized that they said something to me, as if it was saying ‘you are very nice’. But it didn’t really say that, it was mainly spoken through their squeaks and the way they moved. It was kind of unexpected that I could do something like that--- but I kind of liked it.

“And then, a few animals saw me from afar and came out of their hiding place. I remembered that there were squirrels and chipmunks and raccoons and they all were started to greet me in a very timid and curious way. Some of them came up to nuzzle me like those bunnies did. They come up all around me into this one big group and immediately I was comforted by those creature I didn’t know at the moment and I was happy.

“Then I felt something strange and a small light came near me. I looked where it was coming from and there, when that light faded, was my cutie mark. Three pink butterflies like the ones I saw before. But I didn’t know what the mark was and I started to panic.

“The animals suddenly ran away when they heard a voice nearby. I tried calling them back until I saw their silhouette. A pony. A Pegasus who in some way resembles more like me without even looking like me. And then another pony came after the first one and it stared straight at me.

“I was so scared and confused of all of this going on. I had a mark to which changelings aren’t supposed to have and I was staring at creatures that looked so much like me. I’d finally let my emotions get to me when I ran back to the woods.

“I didn’t know where I was going until I bumped into the general. He was searching for me in the forest and he wasn’t very happy when he saw what happened back there. He then brought me back to mother and…. I-I just you can figure the rest.”

Fluttershy ended her story with small tears streaming down her face, staring down to the ground in shame while Discord looked at her devastated.

He could barely get words out of his mouth, “Th—That’s how you got your cutie mark? Through a prank?!”

Fluttershy just nodded in response. When she peered at the corner of her eye, she saw that Discord was clenching his fist into a fist.

“Why those little….” He muttered under his breath, “If I have the right mind to teach those maggots a lesson—“

“No, Discord! It doesn’t matter now!”

“That shouldn’t be an excuse to accept that they hurt you!”

She gasped quietly and he eased down a bit after he saw that he almost scared her, “Sorry, I didn’t mean to yell at you. But you know that you shouldn’t excuse what they did as if it was nothing.”

“But that’s the point: I tried to forget it like it’s nothing but…. It still hurts. I know I should just move on and try to forget my life with mother and the others, but it’s hard. Even now I’m starting to doubt if I could ever live with it.”

“You don’t really mean that, do you?” Discord said with a soft, concern voice.

“I’m not really sure, to be honest,” Fluttershy sighed sadly.

Discord paused for a moment, “Well, I know for one thing: you should really reconsider that.”

Fluttershy turned to him puzzled, “What?”

“You should reconsider doubting yourself for that. Because from what I’ve seen, you’ve done so much that would make your old chums jealous. You’d learn how to read, you befriended a princess, you’d reconnected your gift with little fur balls and as the most greatest achievement of all—you turned a fearsome lord of chaos into a real softie.”

He snapped his finger to transform himself into a big, snuggly pillow before turning back to his self, which made Fluttershy giggle.

“The point is that: if you can do all those things and be satisfied with it, then you certainly can live through it. All that pain, all that abuse, all that doubtful, nagging voice inside your head saying you’re not worth it—that’s not gonna go away. It does hurt, but it is a part of us. The best thing we can do is accept it as it is. It doesn’t sound very much, but it’s much better than you think.”

“Really?” Fluttershy’s eyes were tearing up.

“Well, I know it from experience; especially for a while since I met you.”

Fluttershy smiled and then hugged him, letting go of a few tears streaming down her face. Discord returned the hug, rubbing her back as he felt her tears soaking on his fur.

“Thank you,” Fluttershy whispered.

“For what?” Discord asked before letting go of the hug.

“For understanding. And Cheering me up.”

Discord smiled as she gave thanks to him, “I should also thank you for the same thing. Not many get to know my full story, guess you’re special enough.”

Fluttershy was almost startled by that compliment and her cheeks were lightly blushing pink because of that.

Both of them stare at each other for a moment until Apple Bloom called out to them from the shore.

“Hey, guys! Want to swim with us!”

“Oh, no, I think I’m goo—“ Fluttershy tried to say. But before she could finish, Discord picks her up in his arms.

“You’re going to wish you haven’t asked that!”, He snapped his fingers, sending him and Fluttershy into a hole of a cannon.

“But I can’t swim!” Fluttershy objected.

“It’s as easy as reading. Besides, I won’t let you drown, okay?”

Fluttershy made a mistake of looking at his face and his yellow-red eye and suddenly felt comforted, “Okay.”

“Alright, let’s do this!” he exclaimed as he lit the match of the cannon, but when it went off, they were blasted off towards the lake, surprising the girls with a big splash.

As the pair emerged from the water, Discord started to splash water on the fillies as he leads onto a splashing battle. It was true that he won’t let her drown; he mainly kept her hanging around his side and other times his back so that she wouldn’t slip through him. Or maybe it was because somehow she knew that he would never hurt her. The fact that he really seems to care about her so much that she was amazed just thinking about it.

Author's Note:

Man, so many backstories in this! This has to be one of the longest and complex chapters I’ve written so far, so much so I decided to split this in two chapters to set it between Discord, Fluttershy and then Chrysalis-- Speaking of which, Onto Part Two!

With Discord’s past, I wanted to create one that is almost the same backstory every fanfic gave him (since that is mainly my head canon on his backstory), but with a little few twists that I put in there like this hatching from an egg, how he observes the world and his relationship with the Royal Family.

I’ve always planned in Fluttershy’s origins on her cutie mark from the start since this is the definitive moment where she realizes what she is and how this separates her from what she thinks is her adopted family and I think that this fitted nicely.

EDITED- 1/3/2018
I want to start a side project where I would take time to correct some grammar errors that I'd made and add/revise a few details just for the sake of the story.

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[i_am_the_jam]

Swimsuits?