Domestic Drabbles of Discord's Dimension

by GeekCat

Prank Day

Fluttershy blinked her eyes open, yawning quietly. As she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes, she noticed that the calendar was flapping around her head in a frenzy.

She held a hoof out towards it, and it flew down to perch. As it did, a spray of confetti and sparkles came from the square that marked what day it was. She coughed and waved away the glittery cloud, narrowing her eyes to read the date.

Prank Day!!! was written over it in shaky rainbow ink. She smiled, recalling how excited Discord, Pinkie, and Rainbow were when they finally managed to convince Twilight to make it an official holiday.

The last part of her brain woke up, and she glanced over at Discord's side of the bed. It was empty. Hopefully he hasn't left home already, she thought, flying over to her nightstand.

She opened the bottom drawer, where there were a few items Rainbow Dash had given her weeks in advance. She grabbed one of the items and tucked it under her wing before walking out and heading towards the kitchen.

---

Thankfully, Discord was still in the kitchen. But she couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness when she saw he had already made breakfast for both of them. "I thought we'd make something together," she said, making his ears perk up and his head swivel towards her.

He tossed the pan he was holding onto the counter with a loud clang, the eggs inside jumping perfectly onto a nearby plate. He floated over to her, kissing her lightly on the lips. "Sorry, Fluttershy," she said. "I woke up early because I was just so excited for today, and I needed to do something to get my energy out. Can you forgive me?"

She smiled, returning the light kiss. "Of course. I guess I'm just used to us doing this together," she said, rubbing her forehooves together. "Can I at least pour us some drinks?"

"Knock yourself out," he said, levitating the plate of eggs onto the table. "Not literally though, please. I'm in too good a mood to have a heart attack right now."

She giggled and shook her head, walking over to the fridge and pulling out a pitcher of orange juice. She reached into the cabinets above and pulled out a normal glass...then glanced back over her shoulder. Discord was busy dividing the eggs between them.

Quickly, she pulled the item out from under her wing and set it on the counter. "A dribble glass. Classic prank," Rainbow had said. "When he tries to drink out of it, the drink will actually spill on him!"

Fluttershy smiled to herself, pouring orange juice into both glasses. She put away the orange juice and carried both glasses to the table, careful to set the dribble glass in front of Discord.

"Thank you, my dear," he said as she took a seat. "Now, why don't we dig in?" She nodded and took a forkful of the stack of pancakes in front of her, biting into it—and spitting it out in surprise. It was sweet, too sweet, almost like..."A real cake," she said aloud.

She noticed that Discord was watching her, biting his lip as a smile curled onto his face. She looked at the other food items, the fried eggs and slice of toast, and took a small nibble out of each. The eggs tasted like coconut, while the yolk was lemony, and the toast tasted like haybacon.

Discord finally burst out laughing. "Oh, the look on your face!" He kept laughing, and even she couldn't help but laugh along. After a few seconds, they both calmed down, Discord wiping tears from his eyes.

"Heh...sorry about that. Do you want an actual breakfast now?" She nodded, and he snapped his fingers. "There. It's all what it looks like now." He started to dig into his pancakes.

She took another bit of pancakes, which actually tasted like pancakes now. "So, I'm guessing you have big plans for today?" she asked, trying not to stare at his untouched glass.

"Oh, yes," he said. "Forgive me for pranking you, my sweet. Just a small warm-up before I move on to the rest of our friends." He reached for his glass. "And then, I'll probably visit Canterlot to prank Twilight, and Silver Shoals to get Celestia and Luna."

She took a sip of her orange juice, trying to hide that she was shaking with anticipation. "Well, I thought your prank was funny. But don't go too far with anyone."

"I know, I know," he said, taking a crunchy bite out of his glass. She grunted, her ears flattening against her head. He glanced up at her, then down at the glass. "I'll replace it," he said, tossing the rest of it into his mouth with a loud crunch.

"Oh, o-okay," she said. They ate the rest of their breakfast, Discord telling her about some of the plans he had for their friends and other hapless victims. After they had finished, and the wet dishes were hanging on a clothesline to dry, he snapped up a jacket and began to pull it on.

"Well, my dear, I think that it's time I head out." A bike appeared in front of him, and he climbed on.

"Wait!" she said, making him freeze with a screeching noise. "I packed you a picnic basket for today, since you'll be so busy." She rushed out of the room and to their bedroom, quickly throwing open the same drawer and grabbing a picnic basket inside before running back.

"Pie on a spring," Rainbow had said. "Never a bad choice. He opens up the basket, and BAM! Pie in the face!"

She rushed into the kitchen, where Discord was still waiting. "Here you go," she said, handing it over to him. He smiled and put it in his bike's basket.

"Thank you, my dear," he said, kissing her cheek. "Now, I shall be off!" He pedaled forward, a portal to Equestria opening up in front of him. As soon as he was through, the portal vanished.

She began to pace back and forth. "Oh, what should I do? If the pie doesn't work, I'll have missed any chance to prank him until he gets home. And he's been so excited for today, I want to do something to celebrate with him..."

Her ears perked up, and she rushed from the kitchen to their bedroom, and began to stuff her saddlebags with all of the prank items Rainbow had given her. "I can prank him before he leaves Ponyville with the help of my friends!" she said aloud. "Now, who did he say he was going to first..."

---

She flew through the Sweet Apple Acres orchard, panting. As soon as she made it to the barn door, she knocked on the wood until it was finally opened...and she was sprayed by a stream of water.

She backed away, sputtering and shaking her head. "Oh my Celestia! Sorry, Fluttershy! I thought you were Pinkie, trying to get the jump on me," Rainbow said as she dropped her water gun.

Fluttershy shook the last bits of water out of her ear. "It's fine, Rainbow. I just came to warn you that Discord is on his way! He's going to prank you and AJ!"

Rainbow groaned. "Aw, why'd you tell me? Knowing what's coming just takes the fun out of it."

Fluttershy bowed her head. "S-sorry. I just wanted to ask for your help to play a prank on Discord. I tried the dribble glass, but he...kind of ate it."

Rainbow groaned, smacking a hoof against her forehead. "Ugh. Tell him he owes me a new one." She opened the barn door wider, stepping to the side. "But pranking him? I can help you with that."

Fluttershy stepped inside. The first thing she saw was a cloud in the center of the room, which she could see from a hole in its side was filled with applesauce. She approached it, tilting her head as she tried to figure it out.

"This is some payback for what he did to AJ last Nightmare Night," she said. "If we can make this applesauce rain on him, it'll be a taste of his own medicine!"

"The problem is that it's a little too heavy for just me. If you can help me carry this into the air and out into the orchard, we can get him just as he targets AJ!" Rainbow said, patting tuffs of cloud over the open hole.

Fluttershy nodded. "Okay! Let's hurry!" She grabbed at the edge of the cloud and beat her wings, grunting. Rainbow grabbed the other end, and between the two of them, they managed to lift the heavy cloud off of the ground and out of the barn.

"I see AJ over there, and Discord hiding behind that tree! C'mon!" Rainbow shouted, dragging the cloud and Fluttershy forward. Fluttershy panted and lifted her head, trying to see around the edge of the cloud.

Discord was hiding behind a tree, snickering. Applejack was looking at two of the trees, confused. She bucked one, and the apples fell into the buckets...but before she could turn around and look, the apples reattached to the tree, and the apples in the next tree over fell off, the buckets scooting over to catch them.

Applejack scratched her head in confusion. Discord's shoulders were shaking, his hands clasped over his mouth. They were close enough that she could see tears of mirth forming in the corner of his eyes.

"Almost there," hissed Rainbow. They moved forward, but then the cloud began to wobble in their hooves.

"Um, Rainbow? Is it supposed to do that?" Fluttershy asked quietly. Rainbow didn't hear her, too focused on bringing the cloud right above Discord's head.

When they were just a foot away, the cloud trembled...and then deflated as the bottom fell out, all of the applesauce inside falling to the ground with a splat. Both Discord and Applejack jumped and turned towards the sound. Fluttershy hid herself behind the cloud.

Discord looked down at the applesauce on the ground, then up at the cloud, with Rainbow Dash in front of it. "Dashie," he said. "Were you trying to rain applesauce on my head, like I did to your wife?"

"A piece of advice—next time you try to rain something odd on somepony's head, stick to liquids. I only managed to make an applesauce cloud because of my magic. I'm actually surprised you made it all the way over here with that!"

He coiled around a tree trunk, slithering up until he was standing on the topmost branch, looking her in the eyes. Fluttershy crouched down a little lower. "Second of all, pranking me will never work!" He snapped his fingers, and a cotton candy cloud appeared above Rainbow's head, drenching her with chocolate milk. "I'm the Lord of Chaos, the Duke of Disharmony, the Baron of Pranking! I'm untouchable!"

He flew out of the orchard, laughing, while Rainbow tried to escape the tiny cloud that was following her. She landed next to Applejack, who was chuckling and shaking her head.

"I should have known it was him when the apples started being weird," she said with a laugh. "Looks like he got us both good. Sorry your applesauce cloud didn't work out, Dash."

Rainbow shrugged. "I'll come up with something better next time." She grabbed a hoofful of cotton candy and began to munch on it. "At least I got a free snack out of him." Her eyes narrowed. "He still better replace my dribble glass, though."

Fluttershy fluttered down to the ground next to them. "Sorry the prank didn't work out..."

Rainbow shrugged. "Hey, don't worry about it. But if you still want to prank him, you should probably get going. He's already got a good headstart on you."

Fluttershy gasped and flew up into the air, flying in the direction of Ponyville, and Discord's next destination.

---

Fluttershy flew into the door of Carousel Boutique, panting as the door closed behind her. Fortunately for her, Discord had been distracted by the flower stand, where she had heard him arguing about how many bouquets he was allowed to buy per day as she snuck past him.

Rarity turned for her sewing machine, hurried to Fluttershy's side. "Goodness, darling, are you alright?" she asked.

Fluttershy took a deep breath an nodded. "Yes, I'm...I'm okay. I just had to hurry so I got here before Discord."

Rarity blinked. "Discord's coming here?" She narrowed her eyes. "He's going to play a prank on me, isn't he?"

Fluttershy nodded. "But I was hoping that we could prank him first. Even if it's something small."

Rarity sighed. "Darling, I'd love to help you, I really would. But I haven't the faintest idea of how to prank someone! On days like these, I've always just tried to avoid being a victim."

Fluttershy dug into her saddlebags and pulled out a jar that read "Peanut Brittle". "I borrowed this from Rainbow. I'll hide, and you can give this to him before he pranks you!"

Rarity nodded, lifting the jar with her magic. Just as she did so, the bell on the door rang. Fluttershy gasped softly and dived under a nearby table, lowering her head to peek out from under the tablecloth.

"Why, if it isn't the fair Rarity!" Discord said. From her vantage point, she could see he was wearing shiny black shoes and holding a cane. "How is today treating you, m'lady?"

"Fair enough," Rarity responded. "By the way, Discord, I have something for you."

Discord hummed, and she could hear him tossing something between his hands. "A pony who doesn't bake gives me a treat...a classic pranking treat...on Prank Day, of all days."

She heard the lid pop open, and Rarity yelped and scrambled back, bumping into the table. "Ah, fake snakes in a can. Classic," he said. "But you'll need to do better than that to pull one on me, m'lady."

He clicked his heels and hovered out of her field of view. "Happy Prank Day, Rarity! Have fun!" She heard him cackling as the door opened and closed.

She crawled out from under the table. She gasped, looking around the room. All of the cloth in the room was floating and bobbing gently through the air, although she, Rarity, and all of the furniture remained on the ground.

Rarity sighed and grabbed a sheath of red fabric with her magic, pulling it towards her easily. "Well, this will make working today interesting, but at least he didn't get rid of my sewing machine," she said with a smirk. She lifted the empty plastic jar and fake snake, handing them back to Fluttershy.

"Here you are, darling. I'm sorry I couldn't help more. He caught me by surprise when that snake leapt out at me. I hope the rest of your day goes better."

Fluttershy hugged her. "It's fine, Rarity. I appreciate that you helped me, even though you don't really like pranking." She trotted towards the door, waving. "Have a nice day!"

Rarity waved back. Fluttershy waited for the door to close behind her, and then took off running towards Sugarcube Corner.

---

She opened the door to Sugar Cube Corner, hiding behind her mane and sneaking into a booth once she realized Discord was standing at the front counter, pointing at his paw as he spoke with Pinkie.

"...and that's why your joy buzzer didn't work on me," he said. "Honestly, you'd think more creatures would wear rubber gloves that looked exactly their forelimbs on a day like Prank Day."

Pinkie smiled. "I've never thought about that. I'm really glad you're getting into the spirit of the holiday, Discord!"

"I am the spirit of this holiday. It was practically tailor-made for me." A patchwork cloak appeared on his body, and he leaned on the counter, propping his chin in his hands. "Now, Pinkie, for my order, I'd like all of the cakes."

Pinkie froze behind the counter, her eyelid twitching slightly. Discord chuckled. "Okay, maybe that's too far. I only want about five."

Pinkie breathed a sigh of relief. "Okay. Which cakes do you want?"

"Oh, it's not anything on your menu, but I have full confidence you can make all of them." He opened his patchwork coat and pulled out five sheets of paper, a covered basket, and five photos. "Here's the recipes, what the cakes should look like, and the ingredients to make them. I'd do it myself, but you're a much better baker."

Pinkie leafed through the papers. "Discord, these cakes could take us all day to make!"

"I don't need them now," he said. "I'll swing by to pick them up around 5:30. And you can get them all finished. Break the laws of physics if you have to."

Pinkie put a hoof to her mouth and whistled, and Cheese rushed out from the back. She handed him the items, and he hurried back into the kitchen. "If this is your prank, it's a little too complex too be very funny," she said. "Sometimes a simple scare or joke pays off more."

He shrugged. "Oh, that's not my prank." He hissed and lunged forward, and Fluttershy could tell he was distorting his face in some way. Pinkie jumped, but then laughed, as did Discord. "Glad to know you approve. But if someone ever wanted to prank me, they'd need to concoct something big."

He and Pinkie chatted about pranking for a few more minutes, before he waved goodbye and strolled out the door. The whole time, Fluttershy was keeping one eye on them, while rifling through her saddlebags with one hoof. Didn't Rainbow say all of these were simple classics? How can any of these work on him?

As soon as Discord was gone, Pinkie waved at her. "Hi Fluttershy! Did you need something?"

Fluttershy slunk out of the booth and approached the counter. "Well, I was hoping to get some help pranking Discord, but...he's already gone."

"Yes, but that doesn't mean to can't still prank him!" Pinkie said. She lifted an inflated balloon from behind the counter. "For just a few extra bits, we're baking these into cakes. Whenever someone tries to cut it...POP!"

Fluttershy jumped a little, then asked, "Can...can you do that with one of his cakes?" Pinkie nodded.

"Absotivly! I'll just put it in the...lemon zest raspberry frosted one, okay?" Fluttershy nodded and handed her the bits. "Thank you very much! Have a happy and safe Prank Day!"

Fluttershy said goodbye and walked out the door, planning on enjoying a nice stroll to the sanctuary. As she walked away, though, she saw Discord spreading a picnic blanket on a nearby hill, before pulling a picnic basket—the one she'd given him—out of thin air.

She crept a little closer, ducking behind a bush as she watched in anticipation. He just has to open it. He just has to open it, she thought. How can it fail?

Discord picked up the basket, unlatched the lid...then turned it upside down, shaking the pie onto the blanket. It flipped itself upright just before hitting the ground, and he tossed the basket over his shoulder before he could even see the spring.

He summoned up a spoon and began to dig into the pie. Fluttershy just sighed, her ears drooping, and continued slowly walking to the sanctuary.

---

After eating a lunch packed by Discord she found waiting for her, she got to working in the sanctuary. She spent the rest of the afternoon there, speaking with the animals, cleaning up some of their 'pranks' on each other, and mending some hurt feelings behind them.

Every so often, she would take a break and look through her saddlebags. Each item she saw, she put away, figuring each was too simple to use against Discord. After thinking, though, she placed a small squirt flower on the outside of her saddlebags. I doubt he'll try to sniff it, or even get close enough, but it's worth a shot, she thought. Besides, it's kind of pretty.

As the sun began to set, she sighed and walked towards a nearby portal. Hopefully Pinkie's balloon-in-cake trick works.

The portal took her right to the front door, which opened itself for her. A stream of confetti rained from above as she stepped inside, walls of flowers surrounding her. She couldn't help but smile, walking in and looking around for Discord.

He was standing at a nearby table, arranging five delicious-looking cakes. He turned to face her, throwing the pink apron he had been wearing off to the side. "Fluttershy, darling!" he said, flying over to her and kissing her hoof. "Is it sunset already? I wasn't quite ready for you yet."

She giggled. "The confetti, flowers, and cakes weren't enough?"

"I didn't even have time to train some butterflies to write your name in cursive," he said. "And can you believe that most of the flower stands I went wouldn't let me get more than ten bouquets? One wouldn't even let me get five." He crossed his arms and snorted. "Honestly, it's like they don't want to contribute to me greeting the best pony ever."

She giggled. "Well, I think everything looks lovely. Is this because of Prank Day?"

"Sort of. I'm just very happy with how today went, and I want to share some of that with my sweet wife." He kissed her cheek. "Can't have you feeling left out!"

He draped an arm over her shoulder and guided her to the table. "Now, I know we almost had cake for breakfast, but how does cake for dinner sound? At the very least, we can eat dessert first." He winked and flashed to the other side of the table, spreading his arms as he presented the selection.

"Where to start? We have red velvet cake with Fillydelphia cream cheese frosting, orange sherbet ice cream cake, lemon zest cake with raspberry frosting, chocolate-covered mint cake, and vanilla cake with blue frosting and blueberries in the shape of my dazzling smile." He licked his lips, then shook his head. "Don't worry, Pinkie was the one to bake these, not me. Take your pick!"

She licked her lips, looking at the selection. They all looked so good, she was having a hard time choosing. She then remembered that one of the cakes had a balloon inside. "I'd like some of the lemon cake, please," she said.

He nodded, a knife and plate appearing in his hands. "Starting from the middle? I approve." She bit her lip, shaking a little in anticipation as he cut a slice out of the cake...and nothing happened.

Her ears flattened as he placed the slice of cake on her plate. "But...that was..." she said quietly.

"Oh yeah, Pinkie was acting suspicious when I picked up the cakes. So I used a little x-ray vision, and what do you know? Balloon inside a cake!" He pulled said balloon out from behind his back, and her ears flattened even more. His eyes widened. "Wait...were you in on this, too?"

She nodded. "And Rainbow's applesauce cloud...and Rarity's snake in a jar," she said. "I just wanted to join in with you today by pranking you...I even used a dribble glass and pie on a spring I borrowed from Rainbow."

Discord's eyes widened, and she could see the memories of her failed pranks flashing in his pupils. "You were trying to prank me all morning...so we could share the holiday together?"

She nodded, hiding behind her mane. "Yes...but I couldn't do any of it right."

He shook his head. "Oh, no no no, Fluttershy! Your pranks definitely would have worked on someone who wasn't me!" He groaned and smacked his paw against his face. "Saying that didn't help, did it?"

She shook her head. "I guess...pranks aren't a way we can be together," she said quietly.

He placed his hands on her shoulders. "Fluttershy, it doesn't matter whether you're amazing or terrible at pranking creatures! Because no matter what, you are Fluttershy, and I love you for th—" He was cut off by a quick spray of water. He looked down to see she had stuck a hoof into her saddlebag...just behind a dripping fake flower.

"G-gotcha," she said, blushing as a bit of water dripped down his nose.

Everything was quiet for a few seconds. Then, Discord began to laugh, his shoulders shaking. He placed his forehead on her shoulder, and said, "You...you're the only creature who managed to get me today! By catching me off guard with one of the simplest tricks in the book!" He laughed. "I haven't been tricked like that in eons!"

She smiled, then started to laugh too. She wrapped a foreleg around his upper back, holding him close as she laid her chin on his shoulder and laughed. They laughed for awhile, leaning against each other, until they both pulled away, panting.

"Looks like I can't called myself an undefeated prankster anymore," he said with a snicker. "And my wife of all ponies is the one to remove that title from me!"

She giggled. "I've never pulled a prank before. It's actually...kind of fun."

He smiled. "Well, that's your first baby step. Maybe next year, I'll let you tag along with me and I can show you some really great pranks."

She smiled. "I'd like that." She kissed his cheek, making him sigh softly, leaning a little closer to her.

He draped an arm over her shoulders. "Now, why don't we dig in? These delicious confections aren't going to eat themselves!" He placed the slice of cake he had already cut into the hooves, a spork appearing embedded in it.

He cut himself a slice of the same cake and plopped down on the couch. Fluttershy sat next to him and curled close, leaning against his side. As she took a bite of cake, she glanced out the window and saw there were fireworks going off just outside their house.

"Happy Prank Day," Discord said, holding a glass of fizzing chocolate milk to her in a toast.

She tapped the glass that was suddenly in her hoof against his. "Happy Prank Day, Discord. May next year be even better."

"Oh yeah. Because next year, I can just pin everything on you," he said with a smirk. She snorted with laughter, poking him in the ribs. He cackled, and they leaned against each other, laughing and watching the fireworks.

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[FanficReader920]

The cuteness!!! It’s... too much!!!