The Inane Adventures of Hazelnut Latte

by Porcelain Mug

Chapter 2: Single Parents' Club

Hazelnut Latte waved goodbye as her sister headed off to school. Just like she did every morning, she dropped her little sister off at school and got back to work just in time to finish setting things up. She then heard a voice shout, "Bye, Muffin! See you after school!"

Hazelnut Latte turned to see the mail mare, Ditzy Doo, waving at her daughter, Dinky Doo. It was only then that the grey pegasus seemed to notice her. "Oh! Hazelnut Latte!" Ditzy said with a start. "I didn't see you there."

"Well, I'm here for the same reason you are." Hazelnut Latte said with a grin.

"Oh, good." Ditzy returned the smile. "I'm glad that Dinky gets along with Cocoa Jinx, anyway. There's a new filly who transferred in this year. Her name is Trendy Topic. I heard that you went to school with her aunt, Glitterella!" The grey pegasus pointed towards a white unicorn with a glimmering red mane.

Hazelnut Latte's heart sank when she realized just which one of Glitterella's siblings was Trendy Topic's parent. It was her oldest sister, Glitzy Glam. With an air of effortless grace, Glitzy Glam made her way over to the duo. "Long time, no see, Hazelnut Latte." She said with a smile.

"Not long enough." Hazelnut Latte said flatly.

Glitzy Glam glanced at the foals and watched Cocoa Jinx enter the school, with the filly's strong family resemblance to Hazelnut Latte. The ruby-maned mare then returned her gaze to the two mares. A condescending smile appeared on her face. "Now I see why you dropped out of Lacy Ruffles' School for Fillies when you were sixteen."

"I didn't drop out." Hazelnut Latte ground out. "I was transferred."

"Transferred." Glitzy Glam said with a chuckle. "How cute. Let me guess, they sent you to your aunt's farm to be homeschooled for nine months."

"You have no idea what you're talking about, Glitzy Glam." Hazelnut said angrily.

"You made your bed, so lie in it. Well, I suppose that it was a bed that got you into this position in the first place." Glitzy Glam said smugly. She then glanced at Ditzy Doo and said, "And what a coincidence, to see you chatting with the other statistic."

Ditzy Doo lowered her head, appearing quite ashamed. Hazelnut Latte glared at Glitzy Glam and said, "I'll put up with you because your daughter attends this school, not because I'm intimidated by you. Cocoa Jinx is my sister. Don't ever let me catch you talking about Ditzy like that, either!"

Glitzy Glam chuckled and said, "If you insist." She turned around to leave. "Ta-ta, ladies. I'm off to do my well-paying job, something you two might have gotten if you had bothered to go to college!"

"I did got to college!" Hazelnut Latte shouted. "I graduated from San Franciscolt State University- I double majored in foreign languages and Pan-Equestrian cultures!"

"So you're not a statistic, then." Glitzy Glam said with a chuckle. "You don't need to pity that pegasus just because she's a statistic."

"Don't call her that!" Hazelnut Latte barked.

"I should be going, lovelies." Glitzy Glam said smoothly. "Places to go, law firms to be partner at."

As the ruby-maned mare walked out of sight, the brown-coated mare returned her attention to the grey pegasus. "Don't listen to her, Ditzy. She's just a bitch."

"I know." Ditzy Doo mumbled. "It's just nothing that I haven't heard before."

"Why did she call you a statistic, Ditzy?" Hazelnut Latte questioned.

"My asshole ex-boyfriend, Dead Beat, got me pregnant when I was fifteen. My parents weren't exactly open to talking about sex-related things and Dead Beat told me that you couldn't get pregnant if it was your first time..." Ditzy said awkwardly.

"Oh, Ditzy." Hazelnut Latte murmured.

"My parents kicked me out, so I had to drop out and get a job to take care of Dinky." Ditzy exhaled audibly. "Goodness knows that Dead Beat didn't want anything to do with her. Do you know what he said to me when I told him that Dinky was his daughter? He told me that I can't prove it!"

"That fucking asshole!" Hazelnut Latte exclaimed.

"I know, right!" Ditzy got that determined look on her face. "I got my GED when I was nineteen and I got a good job at the post! I've even started taking classes at Ponyville Community College!"

"You go get 'em, Ditzy Doo." Hazelnut Latte said with a grin. She then looked around and said, "Look, Ditzy, I have to get to work."

"Okay, I'll see you later." Ditzy replied.

Hazelnut turned to leave, but seconds later, Ditzy appeared in front of her. Her wings settled to her side as she landed in front of the unicorn. "Hey, Hazel, if you ever need somepony to talk to about the whole single parent thing," The pegasus reached into her saddle bag and pulled out a pamphlet.

Using her magic, the brown-furred unicorn gingerly took it from her before opening it. "It's a support group for single parents." Ditzy explained. "Me, Berry Punch, Sterling Silver, and a few others are there."

"Sterling Silver." Hazelnut Latte deadpanned. "As in Silver Spoon's mother?"

"Yeah." Ditzy said, nodding. "Her husband, Money Bags, left her for a much younger mare. Apparently, Sterling somehow reached some sort of imaginary expiration date when she turned forty."

"Some stallions!" Hazelnut Latte huffed. "The gall!"

"Well, we're all different. Some of us were ditched by assholes." Ditzy replied. "A few ponies lost their partner. Some of them, like you, chose to become parents in a somewhat unorthodox fashion."

Hazelnut Latte tucked the pamphlet into her saddle bag and said, "Anyway, like I said, I have to get to work."

Ditzy Doo nodded and said, "Think on it, all right?"

"All right." Hazelnut said. "See you later, Ditzy!"

"Later, Hazelnut Latte!" the grey pegasus waved at the unicorn as she walked away.

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After work, Hazelnut Latte managed to convince Applejack to watch Cocoa Jinx for a while. The filly was more than happy to play with Apple Bloom and the other Cutie Mark Crusaders after school. Knowing her, she would probably help them out with their Prench homework. She just hoped that her little Scion of Chaos wouldn't leave the Apple Family Farm a smoking crater by the time she got back. She then headed to the address listed on the pamphlet. She looked up at the door in front of her. It was in the same building as her apartment, just one floor up. She paused for a moment before knocking on the door. A few moments later, the door opened and a pale pink earth pony stallion with a blonde mane peeked out to see her. "Um, hi." Hazelnut Latte greeted him. "Is this where the Ponyville Single Parents' Club is?"

The stallion's golden-hued eyes brightened. "Oh, you must be the pony that Ditzy told us about! Come on in!"

Hazelnut Latte entered the apartment, leaving the pink stallion to close the door behind her. She followed him to the living room and saw a few mares, two more stallions, and, to her surprise, Rainbow Dash. All of them were sitting on the two sofas and a few chairs. Ditzy smiled and waved at the brown unicorn. The pink stallion gestured towards an empty spot on one of the sofas, next to Ditzy Doo. Hazelnut Latte quickly took her seat. The stallion then cleared his throat before speaking. "Hello, everypony. Welcome to the bi-weekly meeting of the Ponyville Single Parents' club. Everypony, since we have a new pony here, let's all introduce ourselves." The pink stallion smiled. "I'm Weaver. I'm High Jump's dad."

A familiar purplish-pinkish earth pony mare smiled and said, "I'm Berry Punch. My daughter is Berry Pinch."

Ditzy raised her hoof and said, "I'm Ditzy Doo, and I'm the proud mother of a ten-year-old filly named Dinky Doo."

A very muscular white pegasus with surprisingly tiny wings said, "I'm Bulk Biceps and I have a son named Kettlebell."

"I'm Fireheart." A cream-colored unicorn stallion with red hair introduced himself. "I have twins, one colt and one filly. Their names are Journey and Summer Rain."

A slate grey earth pony mare with a beautiful silver mane and pink cat-frame glasses smiled and introduced herself. "I'm Sterling Silver and I have a daughter named Silver Spoon."

Finally, Rainbow Dash raised a hoof. "I'm Rainbow Dash and I'm currently fostering a filly named Scootaloo, with intention to adopt."

Hazelnut Latte raised a brow. Rainbow Dash, adopt a ten-year-old filly at twenty-three? Then again, she herself had basically adopted a thirteen-year-old when she was twenty. Who knew? The universe certainly did work in mysterious ways. The brown-furred unicorn smiled and said, "Hey, everypony. I'm Hazelnut Latte. I'm twenty-seven years old and I'm the legal guardian of my younger sister, Cocoa Jinx. I was guardian to my younger brother, Fizzy Pop for a while, but he's an adult now."

Weaver smiled once again, "All right, now that everypony is acquainted, we can get down to business. How is everypony doing?"

"Berry Pinch just got her Cutie Mark." Berry Punch said. She then laughed and elaborated, "Unfortunately, it's an electric guitar. I fear for my ears. How about you, Sterling Silver?"

Sterling Silver moved her forehooves uneasily. "It... hasn't been easy with Silver Spoon. She's eleven years old. She still misses her dad and tells me that she hates me on a daily basis. She tries to be quiet to hide that she cries at night, but I can still hear her." The silver-maned mare awkwardly shifted in her seat and said, "I don't want to poison her against him, but I feel like she deserves to know why Money Bags left."

"We're not going to try push you either way, Sterling." Fireheart said, giving one of Sterling Silver's hooves a comforting pat. "I know you've thought long and hard about it. You'll make the right decision, whatever that decision may be."

Sterling Silver smiled at the red-maned unicorn. "Thanks, Fireheart." she said. She then turned to Bulk Biceps and asked, "How have things been up with you, Bulk Biceps?"

"Well, Kettlebell just turned fourteen. I remember how rough that age was." Bulk Biceps shook his head. "I love the kid to pieces, but things would be so much easier if Barb was still around."

"We all miss Barb." Berry Pinch said softly.

Hazelnut Latte leaned into Ditzy Doo's ear and quietly asked, "Who's Barb?"

"Bulk Biceps' late wife, Barbell." Ditzy Doo whispered back.

"Goodness." Hazelnut Latte murmured. "What happened?"

"We can all hear you, you know." Weaver pointed out.

Bulk Biceps shook his head and said, "It's okay, Weaver." He looked at the sapphire-eyed unicorn and said, "It was cancer. It was very aggressive and didn't respond to treatment. All they could really do was try to make her as comfortable as possible."

"I'm sorry, Bulk Biceps." Hazelnut Latte apologized.

"It was five years ago." Bulk Biceps said. "Kettlebell has more or less adjusted and I plan on living every day just as Barb would want me to. She wouldn't want me to be sad. She would want me to meet every day with a good, hearty..." He flexed his muscles and shouted, "YEAH!"

"I'm happy for you, Bulk Biceps." Berry Punch said with a smile. "I miss my Merlot, but I know that he would want me to be happy, too. I recently got a job as a sommelier at that fancy restaurant, Le Cheval D'or. It was one of my dreams to work as a sommelier and he always told me to follow my dreams." She turned to Fireheart and said, "Enough about me, how about you, Fireheart?"

The cream colored stallion hesitated for a moment before saying, "The twins' mother is trying to file for custody of the twins."

"Uh-oh." Rainbow Dash said with a frown. "Do you think she'll win?"

"Probably not." Fireheart replied. "I got custody because she was neglecting Journey and Summer Rain's medical needs. Still, the last thing that any of us need in our lives is Lavender Essence stirring up drama."

"Did you say Lavender Essence?" Hazelnut Latte asked.

"Yeah." Fireheart said. "Do you know her."

"We dated for a while." Hazelnut Latte admitted.

Rainbow Dash scoffed. "Knowing Lavender Essence, she probably only had the kids to get attention and for ass-pats from her weirdo anti-science conspiracy nut 'momma bear' friends."

Hazelnut Latte and Fireheart both nodded. The brown mare said, "That actually does sound kind of like Lavender Essence. She was a massive attention-seeking narcissist."

"Don't get me started on narcissistic exes!" Weaver groaned.

"Did you have a paranoid, anti-medical nutcase for an ex, too?" Hazelnut Latte asked.

"No." Weaver replied. "My ex, Spindle, was a stage-five clinger and very controlling. She found out that I was going to leave her and she spermjacked me."

"What?" Hazelnut Latte question. "What's a spermjacking?"

"I used a condom, but I wasn't careful where I disposed of it. She used the sperm inside to get herself pregnant to try to make me stay with her." Weaver explained. "It worked, but I didn't stay with her. She bad-mouthed me in front of everypony we know and tried to tell them that I was a bad father and abandoned her and High Jump."

"Yikes." Rainbow Dash raised a brow. "I haven't heard you talk about this before."

"Yeah." Weaver said. "I found out that she was neglecting High Jump, mentally abusing her, and trying to control her diet because she didn't want her to become even the slightest bit overweight- basically starving a growing filly. I'm seriously lucky that I managed to convince a judge to grant me custody when High Jump was eight. I got a restraining order on Spindle after that."

"Damn." Hazelnut Latte murmured before asking, "Is High Jump okay now?"

"She's better." Weaver admitted. "It took seven years and a lot of counselling to for High Jump to have an even remotely healthy relationship with food. She still has some problems with body image, but she's better than she was before. It helped to move to Ponyville. Here, there isn't nearly as much pressure to have a certain body type." Weaver smiled. "Now she's on the track and field team. She even got her cutie mark for steeplechasing when she was twelve. Her friends on the team have been good for her. What matters is that my little filly is happy now. That's all any parent wants, right?"

Rainbow Dash nodded. "I hope I can make Scoots happy. She seems happy. I mean, since she's with me and not with her birth parents. They're in jail and they don't have any family members interested in taking her in. I've asked Scoots if she wants to visit them, but she said that she doesn't want to talk about it. I..." She inhaled deeply and exhaled through her nose, seemingly hesitant to continue.

Weaver smiled at her and said, "This is a safe place, Rainbow Dash. You can talk about anything here."

Rainbow Dash nodded before speaking again. "I just want to be a good parental figure to her. I mean, I don't expect her to ever call me 'Mom', but I always questioning if I'm doing a good enough job for her."

Berry Punch patted Rainbow Dash's shoulder. "Deep down, that's a struggle that every parent deals with. You question yourself sometimes, but the fact that you're doing it shows that you're not too proud to put your foal first."

"It's what matters." Ditzy said. "I mean, ever since I was old enough to get a savings account, I've been saving up so I can send Dinky to college. I want her to have a good future. To set a good example, I'm going to college, too. I'm studying at Ponyville Community College. From what my teacher says, I'm doing well."

"My brother, Fizzy Pop, is going to go to Coltlumbia University next year." Hazelnut Latte said proudly. Thank goodness for good college funds set up for them by their mother. "I hope that Cocoa Jinx goes to college when she grows up, too." She chuckled and added, "Hopefully, they'll each end up in a job that they love instead of settling for something just because ponies say that they're supposed to."

"Here, here!" Ditzy exclaimed.

The group of ponies talked about how their lives were going and how their foals were doing for a while before Weaver finally announced, "Okay, it's time for snacks! Tea and cookies are in the kitchen."

The ponies headed to the kitchen and each got themselves a cup of tea and a couple of cookies. Ditzy Doo and Hazelnut Latte sat down at the kitchen table. The brown unicorn looked at the grey pegasus and said, "So Ditzy, how have you really been doing?"

Ditzy took a sip of her tea and replied, "I'm trying to have a good day. I won't pretend that what Glitzy Glam said didn't get to me, but I know that just because she has some fancy law thing doesn't mean that she's better than me."

"Some ponies are just mean." Hazelnut Latte said with a shrug. "I mean, there's that grey-maned pony who keeps screaming about a 'wave of immorality' threatening to envelop Ponyville."

"Who, Bookbinder?" Ditzy questioned. "I can't stand that guy. Unfortunately, he hasn't done anything illegal, so all we can really do is try to ignore him and hope he'll go away."

Hazelnut Latte scoffed. "Easier said than done. He's the herpes of this town. He can be extremely annoying and he never goes away."

"Hazelnut Latte!" Ditzy tried to scold her friend, but ended up bursting into giggles.

Hazelnut Latte shrugged. "I'm sure that Grand-mère Chardonnay would have more words for him. You've never heard swearing quite like they swear in Prance. Maman didn't often swear, but you didn't want to get on her bad side."

"Do you speak Prench?" Ditzy Doo asked.

Hazelnut Latte grinned and said, "Je parle prançais."

"Have you ever been to Maris?" Ditzy Inquired.

Hazelnut Latte smirked once again and said, "J'aime Maris."

Ditzy elbowed the unicorn and snickered. "Show-off."

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It was another ordinary Tuesday morning in Ponyville. Hazelnut Latte worked on Tuesdays, so it was not strange at all for her. What was strange, however, was who walked into the door next. When she saw who it was, Hazelnut Latte couldn't help but tense up. Still, she forced a smile and said, "Welcome to Cuppa Joe's! What can I get for you?"

Discord rolled his eyes and said, "Oh, don't look at me like that. If I caused trouble here, I would have to go all the way over to Detrot to get an Anarchy Latte and the momentary satisfaction of causing all sorts of chaos in this location would not be worth the commute."

The Draconequus' eyes darted around, making sure that no one was looking- a futile endeavor, considering the only other individual in there was a softly snoring Twilight Sparkle, who had fallen asleep on her poppy seed pastry. Her coffee was completely untouched. She was working on some secret project that was keeping her up at night. Well, that's what the alicorn had told Hazelnut Latte, anyway. The brown-coated unicorn bit back a sigh and asked, "Is there anything specific that I can get you, Discord? Something tells me that you're not just here for an Anarchy Latte."

Discord leaned in and said, "Look, it's Fluttershy's twenty-fourth birthday today and I need this place empty this afternoon so it'll be nice and quiet. So far, Fluttershy has managed to keep her birth date a secret from Pinkie Pie. The little pink sugar addict only comes here on Fridays and Saturdays and she absolutely can't find out!"

Hazelnut Latte couldn't help but smile at how sweet the whole thing was. "Well, Tuesday afternoons are usually pretty quiet anyway. Hardly anypony comes in between 10 AM and 4 PM, which is my shift on Tuesdays. I think I can fix a birthday cupcake for Futtershy. What's her favorite flavor? We have hummingbird cupcakes today. Don't worry. No actual hummingbirds were harmed in the making of these cupcakes."

Discord seemed relieved when he said, "Good. That's actually her favorite kind of cake."

"What sort of deadline do you have?" Hazelnut Latte asked. "I can have things ready by 12 if you don't have any outlandish demands."

Discord ticked several things off on his lion's paw. "Hummingbird cupcakes, some of that lemongrass tea that she likes, something that says 'happy 24th' on it, absolutely no Pinkie Pie, and a music player. I'll bring a Trotter Swift album."

"You listen to Trotter Swift?" Hazelnut Latte raised a brow.

Discord pouted and said, "I don't. Fluttershy listens to Trotter Swift. I try to ignore it. I'm more of a Motörhoof kind of guy."

"I've never heard of Motörhoof." Hazelnut Latte admitted.

"Motörhoof was a bit before your time." Discord said with a dismissive wave of his lion paw. "A bit after my time actually, but a bit before your time." The Draconequus' shoulders slumped. "Okay, now I feel old."

Hazelnut Latte new better than to remind Discord that he was, in fact, old, but she decided that it would be much smarter not to. Instead, the brown-coated unicorn smiled and said, "I think I can arrange for all of that."

"Excellent." Discord clasped his paws together. "I leave it in your capable hands, Espresso or whatever your name is."

He was referring to Hazelnut Latte's Cutie Mark, which was a latte in a white cup with a heart in the foam. The unicorn frowned lightly and said, "My name is Hazelnut Latte."

Discord waved his clawed hand dismissively and said, "Details."

The Draconequus then snapped his fingers and disappeared in a flash of light. Hazelnut let out a sigh. She had a birthday event to arrange quickly, then. First thing's first, though. She had to wake up Twilight Sparkle, who didn't seem to be woken up by anything. The barista considered her options before making a decision that would be approved by corporate regulations. Picking up the megaphone behind the counter with her magic, Hazelnut Latte then made her way over to the alicorn. Bringing the megaphone to her lips, the barista took a deep, deep breath.

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It had taken all of Hazelnut Latte's charisma to convince a certain Princess of Friendship that she didn't need to be paid compensation out of the tip jar for giving her an hour-long case of tinnitus. The barista had explained to the alicorn that it was perfectly within Cuppa Joe's corporate regulations to use a megaphone to wake a customer who had been sleeping in a Cuppa Joe's establishment for three or more hours and could not be roused by anything else. Twilight complained, but Hazelnut Latte knew that she would be back the next day. Now, at 12 PM, the barista waited for Fluttershy and Discord to come in. Were it anypony else, Hazelnut Latte would have said no. However, this was Fluttershy and Fluttershy was one of Hazelnut Latte's favorite citizens of Ponyville. She didn't have to wait long. Discord came in, leading a blindfolded Fluttershy. The Draconequus headed over to the music player and put the Trotter Swift disc in and began to play it. With the music playing, the then removed the blindfold. "Oh, Discord!" Fluttershy gasped.

"Welcome, Fluttershy!" Hazelnut Latte said with a grin.

Discord led Fluttershy to one of the tables. She took a seat and he took a seat across from her. Hazelnut Latte carried a tray with hot tea and a pair of big, delicious-looking hummingbird cupcakes over to the table. The cupcake on Fluttershy's side of the tray had a piece of fondant with 'Happy 24th!' on it as an edible decoration. As Hazelnut Latte returned to her station, the butter-hued pegasus' eyes widened. Discord smiled in a caring, gentle way and said, "Happy birthday, Fluttershy."

Fluttershy looked up at Discord and said, "You arranged this all for me?"

"Well, we're besties, Fluttershy." Discord said, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Fluttershy appeared to be on the verge of tears. "Oh, thank you, Discord!"

Discord immediately felt awkward. "Fluttershy, please don't cry."

Fluttershy wiped her eyes with the back of her hooves. "I'm sorry." she said softly. "It's just that no one has ever made a special, quiet birthday for me."

"Well, that's what best friends are for." Discord said with a grin. He leaned forward and said, "So Fluttershy, what are the plans for the next twenty-four years?"

Fluttershy got a thoughtful expression on her face as she said, "Well, I'll keep taking care of animals. Maybe someday I'll find that special somepony, settle down, and have a few foals." She looked up at her friend. She then asked, "What about you, Discord?"

Fluttershy waited with baited breath. Discord quickly looked away and said, "Oh, not me." He snapped his fingers and a jersey with the pi symbol on it and 'Discord' written on the shoulders appeared on him. A bottle of root beer appeared in his hand and said. "I'll never settle down. I'm a bachelor for life!"

Fluttershy looked down at her cupcake. "Oh." she said softly.

Had Discord not known any better, he might almost suspect that she was, for some unfathomable reason, disappointed. The Draconequus took a swig of his root beer and said, "Well, since it's your birthday, I didn't forget to bring a gift along."

Discord snapped his fingers and an envelope appeared in his clawed hand. He handed it to Fluttershy, who carefully opened it. When she saw what the contents were, the butter-hued pegasus gasped, "Discord, you didn't! Are these-"

"Tickets to the Trotter Swift concert in Ponyville next week." Discord said with a triumphant smirk. "There are two of them. You can bring somepony else... perhaps even a date." He leaned forward on his elbows, propping his head up in his hands. "Do you have anyone in mind?"

Fluttershy got a thoughtful expression on her face as she said, "Well, I guess I could bring Pretty Boy."

Discord turned around and pouted. "Pretty Boy." he grumbled.

"Well, he did ask me out." Fluttershy said with a smile. "It would be rude of me to turn him down and he is nice. I don't want to jump to any conclusion, but do you think he would make a good coltfriend?"

Discord folded his arms over his chest and scowled. "Sure." he ground out. "Pretty Boy is absolutely great."

Fluttershy smiled. "I'll ask him to come with me, then."

Discord said nothing. Deep down in the pit of his stomach, he felt a metaphorical monster stirring.

Author's Note:

A scene from the next chapter:

Discord watched them through a pair of binoculars. He scowled at the stallion who was on a date with Fluttershy. He refused to call that stallion, formerly known as Pretty boy, by name. He didn't deserve it, especially after he kissed Fluttershy's hoof like that.

Pretty Boy placed a hoof on Fluttershy's. Discord's metaphorical monster clawed at his insides. That stallion didn't deserve his precious Fluttershy. No, Discord thought, Fluttershy wasn't his, but she was precious.

Pretty Boy said something stupid. It must be stupid, coming from him. Of course, it still made Fluttershy laugh. When the stallion gave that stupid, charming smile that made Fluttershy giggle shyly again, the monster was straight-up gnawing at Discord's insides.

He should go in, on internal voice suggested.

If you do, Fluttershy will never speak to you again, another voice argued.

Comments

[kurusagi16]

I love your little preview, jealous Discord is one of my favorite fanfic reads. Although, it's kinda his fault for making Fluttershy think he isn't interested in her.