Odds 'n' Ends

by TheAncientPolitzanian

True Chaos

"'This isn't your real form'?" Fluttershy repeated, curious.

"Nope!" Discord gestured at his mismatched body. "This is just the closest I can get without melting everypony's brains. Spreading chaos isn't as fun when its recipients immediately go catatonic."

"Can I see?"

Discord spat out tea he hadn't sipped yet. "What? Did you miss the 'melting brains' bit!?"

"Pleeeease?"

"Fiiiiiine. But we'll have to…" Discord shivered. "'Play it safe.' Ugh."

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Fifteen minutes later, Discord and Fluttershy, the latter wearing cardboard 3D glasses, occupied opposite ends of a funhouse's worth of relaying mirrors, plus a Chaosville portal with the "SLENDERMANE SIGHTING!!! NOT FAKE!!!" filter applied.

"Ready?" Discord shouted.

"Ready!" Fluttershy replied.

"Okay… In three, two, one…"

Snap!

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Returning to 'normal', Discord teleported beside Fluttershy. "Thank chaos, you're still conscious. Soooo… thoughts on my 'final form'?"

Fluttershy smiled wholeheartedly. "I regret every decision I've made in the past fifteen minutes."

"Good."

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Author's Note:

December 2022 flashfic based on the prompt "A Terrible Day to Have Eyes" by EileenSaysHi. Special thanks to EnergeticRider for helping me find a title!