> Is He A Monster? > by Redrose99875 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Chapter 1: her fear > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fluttershy was a normal pegasus, though if you ask any pony in Pony Ville, they would say she was a goddess,not only was she possibly the most beautiful mare in Equestria and beyond,but she was also definitely the kindest, and most caring one too, however, she had a teensy little problem;She was the shyest pony as well.But luckily, she had the best friends who would help her with her shyness, these friends were Twilight Sparkle,Applejack,Rarity,Rainbow Dash, And Pinkie Pie.One Day the pegasus was playing a game of truth or dare. "Alright Dashie, truth, or dare?" asked Pinkie pie "Dare," said Rainbow dash spreading her wings bravely "I dare you, to go a whole day without reading one Daring Doo book" "WHAT?!ARE YOU CRAZY?!" Rainbow dash said as her wings drooped "Well, can you do it or are you a,....." pinkie pie changed into her chicken costume that she wore the one nightmare night before the previous one, "Chicken?" "I am no Chicken" "Well then let's get going Dashie, I'm going to be watching you" "I can't believe I have to do this" "Well, that's what you get for always picking dare" sighed Rarity while she was brushing her mane Twilight frowned slightly, she didn't think it was right to stop a pony from reading, but she also agreed with Rarity, so she just said nothing. "Well,I better make like a chicken and split," said pinkie, before making chicken noises, she then dashed to the cyan Pegasus. "Twi? truth or dare?" said Applejack "Truth" she answered "How are things going with you and Flash?" Twilight blushed, she should have seen this coming "W-we're fine, he's a really nice,...uh,......friend" Stammered the Purple Alicorn,trying to make her blush stop "Fluttershy, Truth or dare?" asked Rarity "Um,...Truth?" "would you prefer Emerald? or Shamrock? "um,.....Shamrock?" "Oh Good, that's the color of the dress I made you," said Rarity using her magic to bring out and hold a gorgeous shimmering shamrock-green dress, that had lotuses going around the waistline, and the chest part had pink lining going around the edge "Oh Rarity,It's Beautiful" exclaimed Fluttershy "Why Thank you, darling,I thought it would be nice for you to wear if you go on a date," said Rarity with a smile Fluttershy blushed"Oh,um,......m-maybe" "Right well Rarity an' I have to get goin' ," said Applejack as she and Rarity started to walk home. Fluttershy and twilight waved goodbye,Fluttershy then look at the EverFree forest,she felt a shiver go down her spine, she was terrified by the thought of just setting hoof in there,though at the same time, she really wanted to face her fear. "Fluttershy? are you ok?" asked twilight with worry in her eyes "Um,.....I-I,......" "It's your fear of the forest again,isn't it?" "Um,.....Yes,Oh I just don't know what to do, I don't want to run into any dangerous things in there, but at the same time,I don't want to be afraid of it" she whimpered. "Well,No pony can blame you for being scared to go in there, but, why do you want to conquer your fears?","not that it's a bad idea" Twilight added hastily at the end "Well, I thought that maybe, if I'm not scared of the Everfree,I could conquer my other fears and,I-I wouldn't be such a coward" tears were now forming in Fluttershy's eyes Twilight put her hoof on her friend's back"You're not a coward, you're just,......more cautious than others" "Then, why am I so afraid?I'm afraid of dragons and I faced one,I'm afraid of Hydras, and I escaped from one,I'm afraid of heights, and I have wings,I'm a failure of a Pegasus" she sobbed the last part Twilight hugged her "Fluttershy,It"s natural to be afraid,you don't need to face any more full-grown dragons,you don't need to face any more hydras, and you're not a failure of a pegasus,besides, it's not your fault you're afraid of heights,.....I was when I first started to learn to fly"Twilight whispered the last part softly, although Fluttershy could hear it. "You-,you were?" Twilight nodded"But as I got better at flying,I became more confident each day,and I know that someday, you will too" Said the Alicorn looking into her eyes while smiling. Fluttershy was no longer crying, but rather smiling as well,"Thank you Twilight, your such a good friend" "Well,I never would have realized it if I hadn't met you,want me to walk you to your cottage so you're not scared?" "Yes, thank you" Though, as they started walking Twilight slipped in a brown liquid. "Twilight! are you ok?" "Yeah,I think I just slipped in some mud" "Actually,I think that might be,...." Twilight tasted it a little "Chocolate milk?" "What was that doing there?" "Pinkie probably dropped it on her way after Rainbow Dash" "your probably right" "Come on, let's get you home" they then walked home, avoiding all of Pinkie's large chocolate milk puddles, or could it have belonged to some pony, or even worse, something else? > Chapter 2:The Creature Within > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- He was sitting upon his throne looking over his land, the floors were checkered in the colors purple & pink and blue & blue, fish were swimming in the air without water, bunnies roaming around had small giraffe legs,buffalos were wearing white tutus with purple skirts while doing ballet, there were also enormous structures of card towers, instead of the sky being blue, it was pink, the paths were made of lard,apple pies were flying through the air, trees and their roots were in the air,floating upside down, Pigs were actually flying with pegasus wings, the Cornfield had been turned into a mess of popcorn, and the were pink cotton candy clouds that could rain chocolate milk, there was no doubt about, it was absolute chaos. Not only was his part of the forest chaotic, but so was his appearance, he had a body like a serpent with brown fur,he had a red snake tail with pink scales sticking up his tail also had a little tuft of white fur at the end of his tail,he had a green dragon leg, a brown goat leg, a blue wing that belonged to a bird, a bat wing, a lion paw, an eagle claw, the head of a pony that was grey, he had a black mane that stuck out somewhat like a mohawk, he had bizarre yellow eyes with red irises,and lastly, he had a fang that stuck out of his mouth.His name was Discord He smiled at his chaos, it was amusing, at least for him, when suddenly, his smile had faltered, then he cringed "what's going on? I never get bored with Chaos," but then he thought to himself "then, why do I feel so,....empty?" after 1,000 years of using chaos to entertain him, he never thought it would happen but it did; his chaos had become old. Discord shook his head, this couldn't be happening, he poofed up some more clouds made of cotton candy, but it didn't help, he kept trying and trying, but the process just made him fall asleep. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As Discord awoke he decided to teleport a bit, he was careful as to not leave the EverFree forest, as he strolled down the way, he heard birds tweeting to his right, he wasn't used to this seeing as he wasn't a huge fan of order, if it were up to him, they would be making cow noises,he was about to snap his paws when he suddenly came across a small, yet adorable cottage, there were little furry animals everywhere there was a little stream for the ducks, the normal bunnies were nuzzling their young, and so on, it was so cute, it sickened him,but suddenly he felt relaxed a bit when he heard the birds chirping and more noises like such, he just couldn't help but feel,.........peaceful. "WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME!?" Discord shouted, luckily he was watching from afar or something bad would happen.He didn't understand why he was acting so strange for today, it didn't make any sense, and he knew all about that.He was Discord, the master of chaos and disharmony, he had magic and power beyond that of an ALICORN, yet here he was listing to BIRDS? He was angry with himself, what's next, having a HEART? he teleported himself back to his throne he decided to go to the one creature who wasn't afraid of him. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discord teleported himself to a hut, he was about to knock on the door when a voice said,"Come in dear friend, and tell me why you are here again", Discord walked in and sat down in front of a zebra with green eyes and a mane slightly like his, she chuckled"We meet again Discord, now what can I do you for?" he cringed, he hated her rhymes, although he needed help so he thought it would be best to not complain. "Well this morning, I was enjoying my usual chaos, but soon, I got BORED!, THAT NEVER HAPPENS!!!" Zecora then said sternly"It would be a wise choice, if you were to lower your voice" "Fine, anyway, I then took a nap, then when I woke up, I decided to teleport inside the forest a bit, then I came across a cottage, that was "Adorable" Discord said as he did an air quote"Then I actually listened to the BIRDS SINGING!!!!,what's wrong with me?" "Ah, a creature who has enjoyed his chaos for long has now listened to a bird's song" Discord nodded"Am I SICK?, WILL I DIE!? "It is impossible for your time to end, though perhaps what you need, is a friend" "WHAT?!I don't need a friend, who needs friends when you've got chaos?Why I listen to you, I don't know" said Discord disappearing to his throne he a scowl on his face. "Friends,indeed" he sneered, then he started thinking,"Though it does get lonely at times," he thought about it, it was never fun, to HAVE fun alone, at times he did wish he had somepony to share a laugh with, somepony who would like him for him, though he knew it could never be possible to have a companion for company, let alone for somepony to actually love him.No matter how badly he wanted something like that, he could never have it, he was alone for a thousand years, nopony would talk to him except for Zecora, though she wasn't a pony. He sighed and just decided to go back to sleep, after all, it was 10:00 P.M and most ponies would probably be asleep by now, so he turned his throne into a bed, got into it, and closed his eyes, it had been a long day. > Chapter 3:When Kindness Meets Chaos > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fluttershy Took a deep breath, today was the day, she was finally going to face her fear, of the EverFree Forest.She had bought a few necessities, A flashlight in case it got dark, some food in case she got hungry, and she had brought a right side up horseshoe charm for good luck.She set out and was on her way.She was extremely nervous, but she had remembered what Twilight had said about bravery, so she stepped into the EverFree, starting her journey. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- She looked behind her, she thought she heard a twig snap, but nothing was there, so she kept on going forward, she walked deeper, and deeper."This isn't so bad" she thought, then suddenly she came upon a puddle of chocolate milk, just like the one Twilight slipped in, then she saw another, and another, she followed the trail. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discord had woke up, he rubbed his eyes and looked down, his eyes widened, THERE WAS PONY ON HIS LAND, Discord thought that no pony would even go into the forest, then he smiled wickedly, he decided, to have a little fun with this pony, he snapped his fingers and hid, his hiding place was closer to the pony, he saw that it was a female Pegasus, she had a breezy, yet elegant light pink mane and tail that looked extremely soft, her coat was light yellow and looked almost as soft as mane and tail, her eyes looked like teal waterfalls with the perfect amount of eyelashes, and her cutie mark was a pyramid of three pink butterflies, she was absolutely beautiful.Discord then snapped out of it, he told himself, so what? it's not like she has any better qualities. Fluttershy looked around her, she had never seen anything more bizarre in her life,"T-This doesn't make any sense" she said confused, then she heard a cruel echoing laughter around her when suddenly the voice said "Make sense? what's the FUN in making sense?" she then heard a poof sound, she turned around and saw a creature beyond any that she has seen, her irises shrank in terror as he started laughing his terrible, horrible, laugh. "Would you mind telling me why you're here, little pegasus?" the creature said with a dangerous smile, bending down to her eye level "Wh-who are you?" Fluttershy stuttered in fear "I'm Discord, the master of Chaos and disharmony, and I tend to, dispose of ponies who find my land" he then cackled once again, this time adding lightning to add effect, he then started to laugh normally and said"You should see the look on your face, PRICELESS" he said while continuing to laugh "You-you mean that was all a joke?" she asked feeling slightly annoyed "Well DUH!!!, I maybe the lord of Chaos, but I would never actually kill some pony"Fluttershy flinched at the last three words"Now if you wouldn't mind, who are you and what are you doing here?" he finished "I-I'm Fluttershy," she said faintly "What was that?" asked Discord taking off his right horn and twisting it in his ear, then he replaced it. "I-I'm Fluttershy," she whispered "What?" "I'm Fluttershy," she said in her normal voice"H-how did you do that?" "What? Oh you mean move my horn? I might have forgotten to mention I have chaotic powers, how do you think I made this place so chaotic?" he said gesturing to his chaos as though he was displaying his artwork. "Oh" "Well, now I know your name, so what are you doing here?" he asked again moving his face closer to hers for direct eye-contact "I-I was trying to face m-my fears of this place" Discord was slightly stunned by these words, a pony as shy as this one, was facing her fears?that was absolutely absurd. "That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard," he said with an eye roll "Oh you're one to talk," she said, slightly offended by these words although he was surprised by that statement, he said "touché my dear" she then realized what she had said"Oh, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to offend you, I was just trying to say that,....." she trailed off Discord was surprised again, he thought that the reason she would apologize would be out of fear, but he could tell that this mare was apologizing out of,..regret? no pony's done that to him before "You're apologizing to me out of,...regret?" "Of course, does that bother you?" "No, it's just that, well no pony's ever done that to me before" "Why?" "Well, you can probably tell that ponies don't usually show me kindness that often" Discord felt something soft brush up against his paw, the Pegasus was holding his paw in her hooves"Every creature deserves a little bit of kindness, especially lonely ones" she said in a motherly voice Discord gazed into her eyes, they were brighter than he thought, she was not only beautiful, but she was also kind and caring, he could look at this vision of loveliness all day, but he knew he had to say something, but he couldn't think of anything so he just said "is it me, or is some pony actually being NICE to me? for the first time, Discord heard her giggle, and for some reason, this made Discord smile,"It's what friends are for" she said while smiling "Friends?" he asked "Well sure, if you want to be" All Discord could say, was yes. > Chapter 4:Feelings > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discord paced around his land nervously, Fluttershy was coming to visit him today, so why was he feeling so nervous all of a sudden? he then felt a sudden urge to change his land to impress her, it was one of the most top things that he would never do, but then he thought "I would do anything to make her happy" then he snapped his fingers and changed the land to normal, which didn't help much since he was in the Everfree forest,so he snapped his fingers again and changed the land to look like a spring-green field of grass in Ponyville, he decided to add flowers, and maybe a few animals, he was certain that she would love this,he then waited for her to come, -------------------------------------------------------------- Fluttershy just came from Sugarcube corner, she a two-liter bottle of chocolate milk, she thought that discord would like it, just as she was stepping towards the forest, she heard a voice say "Fluttershy?" The yellow pegasus turned around and saw Twilight "Are you going into the Everfree forest?" "Yes I was going to see if the forest grew any herbs for salads" she lied "But I thought you were afraid, and plus, couldn't you get fruits and vegetables from the market?" asked Twilight slightly suspiciously "Oh, well, I wanted to face my fears" she lied again "Today?" "Yes" "Alone?" "Yes" Surprisingly twilight hugged her "Fluttershy, I'm proud of you" Twilight let go of her "Good luck," she said smiling Fluttershy smiled and said "Thank you" as she made her way into the Everfree forest to see her friend. ------------------------------------------------------ Fluttershy was lost, she couldn't find anything, then, she stumbled upon a tree with a door, she walk towards it and knocked "Come in, my dear, I am here," said a voice within, Fluttershy then walked in, shutting the door behind her, she then saw what looked like a white earth pony with black stripes, and her tail was different than a pony, Fluttershy guessed this was a zebra, Twilight had told her about them, she then took a seat the table as the zebra gestured her to sit down, The zebra then did the same. "I am Zecora, I live in this forest, I am an expert, on problems, and great pests, I'm glad you left my door shut, but tell me, who are you and why are you at my hut?" "Oh, I'm Fluttershy, and, I'm,....Shy?" she tried to rhyme Zecora chuckled"I can see you usually don't rhyme, but if it were your goal, I'm sure you would reach it with time, in rhymes, you don't have to speak, to give me information that I seek" "Oh, well, I'm Fluttershy, and I came here to visit a friend" "Ah, a friend of yours lives here, is that why now you don't possess any fear?" "yes, but I can't find him" "I have a hoof I can lend, but first tell me, who is this friend?" she asked while drinking tea "Well, his name is Discord and-" Fluttershy started to say when Zecora suddenly spit out her tea "As I go through my memory in my intellect, you said Discord, is that correct?" Fluttershy nodded "Why? do you know him?" "Indeed I do, are you sure he's not troubling you?" "Yes, do you know where he is?" "Take this map, it will show you the way, now you may go, without any delay," Zecora said handing her a map Fluttershy thanked her and left. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discord sat on the grass, he had been excited to see his new friend, he then saw a cute little Pegasus trot over to him "Fluttershy!!! it's so good to see you again, did you miss me?" he asked giving her puppy-dog eyes she giggled "Discord, it's only been a day" "Really? it felt like an eternity" Said Discord, though he didn't mean to say the last part out loud she slightly blushed then said,"Okay, well I missed you too, so how about we just sit down and have our picnic?" Discord nodded as he sat down, Fluttershy didn't notice the animals until a bunny hopped up to her, When Fluttershy saw the bunny, her eyes widened and she nuzzled the little animal as it jumped into her hooves. "Aww, she so precious" cooed the mare as the bunny nuzzled her cheek Discord smiled"Indeed," he said, although he wasn't referring to the bunny Discord then stopped,'What's happening to me?' he screamed in his head, he felt as though there were butterflies inside of him, 'What is this feeling?' "Discord? Is everything all right?" said a voice "Hmm?Oh yes sorry I was just, thinking" he said rubbing the back of his neck "Oh, Okay, well, I got you this," she said holding the two-liter of chocolate milk from Sugarcube corner Discord's jaw dropped "Is-Is that f-for me?" he stuttered "Yes and I hope you like it" she said with hope in her eyes Discord then brought her into a hug 'I like you' he thought then he got back to reality, he placed her down and smacked himself in the back with his tail, he didn't say anything, but he wasn't exactly smiling either, when the pain went away, he saw that she had a look of concern on her face, he smiled and patted her head,"Don't worry about me my dear, I'm fine," he said "Now how about we start setting up?" Fluttershy smiled and nodded, he then helped her set up the picnic. > Chapter 5:Zecora's advice > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fluttershy gave him one last smile before she left to go home, Discord made a weird noise, it sounded like a sigh, except, more,................. pleasant, his heart was beating faster than usual, then realized his irises felt weird, he summoned a mirror, and they were in a weird shape, then he realized they were hearts, he dropped the mirror, What was happening to him? he paced again, thinking what was the cause of this, was he sick? he couldn't be, if he was sick, he could have poofed the sickness away, but he couldn't make THIS feeling go away, he then thought of Fluttershy taking care of him when he was sick, the thought made him smile, then he imagined something else, he was lying beside Fluttershy, who looked just as radiant as ever, suddenly, Fluttershy crawled onto him, Discord then sat up and began running his talons through her mane, it was the softest thing in the world, at this, Fluttershy giggled and nuzzled her head against his chest, Discord then took her head in his hands, leaned forward, and................. 'WHAT IN THE NAME OF CELESTIA WAS WRONG WITH HIM?!!!' he thought, this wasn't like him at all, he summoned a big thick piece of iron, and banged his head against it, although it felt like agony, it didn't help him get her off his mind, he poofed the iron away, and decided to visit Zecora, if anypony would know about this type of thing, it would be her. --------------------------------------------------------- Fluttershy was walking back to her cottage, but when she opened the door, she was greeted by a party cannon, "HI FLUTTERSHY" yelled Pinkie Pie as she pulled her inside all of her friends were there, except of course, for one. "What's going on?" Fluttershy asked, her eyes filled with confusion "Well, Twilight told me about you going into the Everfree forest to face your fear and I thought that I should throw you a "Fluttershy faced her fears party!!!" said the pink earth pony in her usual fast-worded tone "Oh, okay," said Fluttershy absentmindedly as a smile spread upon her face, thinking about the time she had with Discord, she felt light as a feather as she thought of him. "Uh, Fluttershy? are you okay?" said a voice Fluttershy looked around and saw that it was Twilight, she had a look of concern on her face, Fluttershy went slightly red at this "Oh, y-yes, I-I'm fine," she said ------------------------------------------------------ Discord teleported himself to the hut again, this time he didn't even bother to knock "Zecora!!!, I need your help," he said as he pulled at his ears, Anypony could tell there were many neurons, traveling down his spinal cord, the dendrites of the neurons were receiving many signals from his brain, and his involuntary system reacted quickly to his unusual behavior, causing his body to heat up, which only made his voluntary nervous system increase the blood circulation in his body, and it just made him sweat more due to this, to put it in simpler terms; he was freaking out. "I will help you with your frown, but first, you will need to calm down.," said Zecora giving him a disapproving glare Discord then regained his composure and sat down"Yes well, I made this new friend, you probably don't know her" Zecora smiled"Tell me, is this friend shy?and does her name sound like the word "butterfly"?" "yes, you see, she and I-" his jaw dropped "HOW DID YOU KNOW?!" Zecora chuckled "I happened to have met Fluttershy, as she was walking by" "Right, well, see, when she left, I was feeling weird, but at the same time, I felt great, my heart felt like,....chaos, my whole life I loved chaos, but this is not the chaos I'm used to, what's wrong with me?" Zecora for a long time said nothing, then finally, she had said "You think about a mare, who has the beauty of a dove, it is clear to me discord, that you are in love" there was a dead silence until Discord said, "What?" "You're in love, can't you see? It is true, take it from me" said Zecora "B-But how can that be? I've never cared for anypony in my life, let alone loved somepony" "Love is an unpredictable thing, nopony knows when it comes, or what it brings" "Okay, let's just say for a moment that I DO like her, what can I do to make it stop?" "I am sorry to say there is nothing I can do, to fix what's troubling you" "WHAT?! YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS, I CAN'T DEAL WITH THIS FOREVER" Discord shouted he then teleported himself away, trying to think about what he could do, when suddenly, he came across the same cottage where he listened to birds sing, then he saw something else, it was his friend Fluttershy,it took all of his willpower to not jump out and say hello, he didn't want to startle her, then he saw her fly over to a white rabbit, "Okay Angel, here are your carrots" Angel glared at her and kicked the carrots away, "Angel, you have to eat, you don't want to starve" Angel then hopped up and hit Fluttershy's face with his two back legs. Discord felt great anger, he quietly snapped his fingers and caused a huge branch to fall on the rabbit, Discord silently laughed to himself as Fluttershy helped Angel up and carried him inside, then he got to his senses and thought'DID I JUST DO THAT?!' he sighed, 'I really need to cure myself of this feeling' then he heard Fluttershy's laughter as she nuzzled a baby racoon, 'On second thought, maybe I don't want to be cured > Chapter 6:Never had a friend like me > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fluttershy made her way into the forest, she found Discord sitting on a strange-looking stump, he had then noticed her "FLUTTERSHY!!! Hello my dear!" discord exclaimed teleporting himself over to her "Hello Discord" Fluttershy greeted with a smile Discord teleported himself and her over to the picnic area, Discord set up a salad for her, and just had some cotton candy. "I'm really lucky to have you as a friend," said Fluttershy suddenly Discord smirked "You couldn't be more right about that, dearest" "But then again, I'm really lucky to have all of my friends," she said with a smile there was a flash of light and Discord's face and his body was close to hers "But you're EXTREMELY lucky to have me as a best friend" she frowned "Discord, I have other friends that are just as good as you" "Yes, but I have powers beyond of an ALICORN, which is why you're lucky to be my one and ONLY friend," "Still, you are just good a friend as the others, I don't choose favorites" "Oh but Fluttershy, I WANT to be your favorite friend, and I think I have just the thing to convince you," said Discord as music started playing, he snapped his fingers and disappeared while about forty thieves appeared around her then he started singing "Well, Ail baba had those forty thieves, Scheherazade had a thousand tales. he then poofed his arms where Fluttershy's hooves should have been But dear you're in luck cuz, up your sleeves, you got a brand of magic never fails, then he then started controlling his arms the were now attached to Fluttershy's torso to make them punch the thieves, then he made them appear in a red place, you got some power in your corner now, Discord then turned into a firework, and he lit himself as he sang a kind of magic of which you've never heard he shot up into the sky and exploded like a true firework You got some punch, pizzazz, yahoo and how he appeared back down to Fluttershy and gestured to her mouth See, all you gotta do is say the words, and I'll say: he snapped his fingers, as he grew dozens of times his size, he folded his arms with pride and sang in a mighty voice: Little miss, pegasus, what will your pleasure be? he snapped his fingers, Fluttershy appeared a fancy table, Discord was in front of her dressed in a waiter's costume, he had a pencil and notebook in hand, and he sang "Let me take your order, jot it down, you ain't never had a friend like me." he laughed as he made a silver tray with a lid on it appear, he grabbed the lid to take it off, revealing a salad and sang "Life is your restruant," Fluttershy was about to dig in, but suddenly Discord's head appeared in the middle of it, singing: "and I'm your maitre'd." he snapped his fingers yet again, he was out of the suit, and he put his paw to his ear while singing "Come on whisper what it is you want, you ain't never had a friend like me." Fluttershy found herself in a salon chair getting a hooficure, a Medi Pedi, her mane was being done, she had a mud mask on her face, and cucumbers over her eyes and her wings were getting massaged, all by a bunch of discords. "Yes Ma'am, we pride ourselves on service." With another flash of light, Fluttershy found herself on a soft fancy throne being fanned by hand held fans that were being held by no one "You're the boss, the queen, the shah. Say what you wish; it's yours, true dish. How 'bout a little more baklava?" in a flash of light, Fluttershy was on top of a pile of fruit, that was on top of a pillar have some of column A, Fluttershy fell onto a pile of vegetables on top of a pillar "Try all of column B" Fluttershy fell off the second pillar onto a soft pillow provided by Discord who then sang: "I'm in the mood, to please you, you ain't never had a friend like me". with another flash of light, Fluttershy saw Discord's hands pop off, and the was a smaller version who was dancing along with them to her surprise, the hand on the left hummed, Discord said "Oh my" the other hand hummed "No, no" both the hands hummed he disappeared Can your friends do this? he asked while juggling torches. Can your friends do that? he asked while falling apart, then his parts came back together.Then with another flash of light, he was in a magician's outfit and he sang: Can your friends pull this he said taking his hat and placed his right hand inside Out their little hat? he sang as he pulled out a bouquet of white roses and white lilies and held it out to Fluttershy, who gasped and had a look of adoration in her eyes, she took the bouquet in her hooves and gave it a sniff Can your friends go poof? he asked as there was a puff of smoke Well, looky here. Can your friends go abracadabra, let her rip?, he said ripping himself apart while another stood in his place And then make the sucker disappear? he snapped his fingers and made the remains of the other one of him disappear "So don't just sit there slack-jawed, buggy-eyed, I'm here to answer all your mid-day prayers, You've got me bona fide certified; You've got a friend for charge d'affaires. I've got a powerful urge to help you out, So what you wish, I really wanna know? You've got a list that's three miles long, no doubt, Well all you've gotta do is ask like so, and oh ­-" he sang as he took a contract and twirled it around like a ribbon.Then with another snap of his fingers, Fluttershy was back in the chair with two ponies bowing down to her "Little miss pegasus, have a wish or two or three. I'm on the job, you big nabob! You ain't never had a friend, never had a friend," he made the ponies appear again dancing You ain't never had a friend, never had a friend, he said as he made piles of gold appear You ain't never had a friend like me! he sang loudly, while everything was set as thought there was a party, he let out a laugh, then a few seconds later he sang while everything, including himself, was spinning in a tornado: "You ain't never had a friend like me." everything then turned back to normal, except Fluttershy still had the bouquet, and the was an applause sign above her head, Fluttershy put down the bouquet carefully and applauded with a smile "Discord that was amazing," she said cheerfully "Thank you, thank you," he said getting ready for her to say that he was her favorite "Though, you're still not my favorite" discord's smile faded "However,..you are definitely one of my best friends, and my best friends are my favorite," she said "But I thought you said you didn't pick favorites" he replied "I don't pick my favorite BEST friends because they're all my favorites, including you," she said giving him a hug Discord smiled and hugged her back, that was good enough for him, Fluttershy let go of him and picked up her bouquet, "I have to go discord, thank you for the flowers" she whispered while nuzzling his cheek, as she flew away, Discord smiled, he could have sworn his heart grew twice it's normal size. > Chapter 7: The Date? Pt.1 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Okay, so you all remember the plan right?" asked Rainbow Dash "You've only gone over it with us a million times Rainbow" sighed Twilight "Why are we doing this again?" asked Pinkie "BECAUSE, Pinkie, Fluttershy's been going into the woods for a week now, and I wanna know what's going on" stated Rainbow with an angry look. "Well it wouldn't hurt nothin' ta tell us why ya need us," said Applejack "BECAUSE if Fluttershy is be being blackmailed by somepony dangerous, I need you guys for back-up" "And you're not capable of handling it yourself?" asked Spike Rainbow scoffed "Course' I am, but You guys are like my sidekicks" the others rolled their eyes, INCLUDING Pinkie Pie they finally saw Fluttershy walking deep into the forest, they followed her when suddenly they saw her walk into a pretty field of flowers and animals, and sunshine, then they saw what, in Rainbow's opinion, looked like a monster "Fluttershy!!!" the thing exclaimed -------------------------------------------------------- "Hello Discord," said Fluttershy greeting him with a hug "Seeing you again is absolutely magnificent, just like you are dearest," he said with a smile Fluttershy blushed 'I can do this, I can do this' he thought to himself "......F-Fluttershy?" he asked sweating "Yes Discord?" she asked, her beauty aglow "Uh,....." "Is everything alright? she asked with a smile of concern "Well I,...that is .....Would you............do you.....I-I mean" he stuttered "Discord, you can just tell me anything, I mean, we're best friends, I'll understand," she said gently taking his paw "Well, um,....would you like to,....maybe if you don't mind,.....if I......take you out on teensy little date tonight?" he squeaked the last part "THAT'S IT YOU FREAK!!!" yelled a beyond fuming Rainbow Dash dashing at him. Thankfully, Fluttershy pushed him out of the way just in time, because he would not have snapped his fingers in time, though because she pushed him out of the way, Rainbow Dash crashed into a tree then she got up to see Discord holding her friend in his arms "LET HER GO" "Excuse me, you are?" asked discord rather coolly "Rainbow Dash, the element of loyalty, here to save my friend from a monster" "RAINBOW DASH!!!" yelled Fluttershy flying over to her friend "HOW DARE YOU?" "Flutters, you okay?" asked Rainbow, but when Fluttershy glared at her, she went back "I'm REALLY sorry about that," said Twilight trotting up to Discord "And who might you be?" asked Discord looking at her "a,......Princess perhaps?" Twilight nodded, "Hi, I'm Twilight Sparkle, the Princess of Friendship, but you can just call me Twilight, and you are?" "I'm Discord, the lord of chaos," he said with a smirk, but when Fluttershy frowned at him, he quickly said "But of course, I use my magic for good, instead of evil" "Good, it's,......nice to meet you Discord" "Howdy Discord," said Applejack "I'm Applejack, the Element of Honesty" then something zoomed out of the bushes and grabbed Discord by the middle and said "Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh,FluttershynevertoldusaboutyouDiscordI'mPinkiePietheElementoflaughterbecauseIliketolaughalotandIlikesweetscandyanythingsweetbasically" she said in her fast worded tone Discord managed to escape her too tight embrace, then he said "Anything sweet eh?what about this?" he snapped his fingers and a cotton candy cloud appeared again and it was raining chocolate milk, "WOW" shouted Pinkie before zooming over to the cloud to start drinking "And I'm Spike, Twilight's number one assistant, and friend," said Spike "A baby dragon huh? Fluttershy must have been really interested in you" he said with a slight frown "Believe me, she was" he replied "Fluttershy, can I talk to you alone?" asked Discord "Sure" they walked behind at least five-dozen trees "So, do you want to,....you know?" asked Discord rubbing the back of his neck she smiled "No" his ears drooped "Oh," he said disappointedly Fluttershy pounced on him knocking him over she giggled "gotcha" "Wha-ohhhhhh" he said starting to laugh himself, as he set up, he grabbed her by the waist and set her down "I think I might be rubbing off on you too much" she pretended to pout "You say that like it's a bad thing" he laughed again "So, do you want to go?" she resumed her smile "That sounds lovely, I'd love to" "Okay, how does tonight at six sound?" "That sounds fine" she replied "Great, would you,..uh,..mind wearing something nice?" "Not at all, see you tonight," she said starting to fly home while her friends just walked, as soon as they were out of sight, he did a fist pump and shouted "YES!!!"; He sat under a tree and sighed, then he started to panic, he couldn't do this alone, he doesn't know what ponies do for dates, even if he did what would SHE like? he soon decided to ask the ponies for help. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Now remember Discord, Rarity is very fond of civilization, whatever you do, please use your manners," said Twilight quietly to Discord while Spike nodded, Twilight knocked on the door "Hello, how can I help you?" asked Rarity peeking through the door at her boutique "TWILIGHT, SPIKIE-WIKIE how are you?" exclaimed the white unicorn shutting her eyes while smiling, Spike did his best not to swoon "Hi Rarity, now like we told you, you have a client, and well like we warned you,...he's a bit,.....unique," said Twilight carefully "Yes, yes, of course, but darling, I'm sure that he's not as bad as you described him to-" Rarity said before opening her eyes and seeing Discord "uh-eh-it-th-wha-huh?" there was an awkward silence between the two ponies, the dragon, and the draconequus until spike broke it by mumbling "Don't say she didn't warn you" then Twilight said, "Rarity, this is Discord he's a,......" Twilight trailed off embarrassed, she could usually name all kinds of animal species "Draconequus" Discord whispered "Yes, a draconequus, and well, he's going to have a,............chat, with Fluttershy later , and he apparently needs our help" at first, Rarity said nothing, then she said "S-sure,....come on in" Twilight and Spike walked in, meanwhile Discord appeared inside, luckily the others didn't notice. "Now then, Discord was it?" she asked, Discord nodded "Yes well, Fluttershy came by earlier and asked for a dress, I picked out one most magnificent, now I know why" Rarity whispered to Twilight a description of the dress, Twilight said "Ohhh, that dress, you've made alterations?" Rarity nodded then whispered something else, Twilight giggled and nodded. Discord looked at them curiously, what were they hiding? "Discord, follow me," said Rarity to the draconequus, he did as told, he followed her into her room to start. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "SERIOUSLY?" Discord asked loudly, he was wearing a tux, it was dark blue "How about I wear a tux that's, I don't know,....Chartreuse?" he said changing the color "No, no, no, Chartreuse represents Discord-" "EXACTLY, that's my name, so it would be perfect" "But it also represents jealousy, Cowardice, and sickness! where do you think the term "Yellow Fever" came from, the sky?" Discord hadn't thought of that, he didn't want Fluttershy to think he was the jealous type, he certainly wasn't a coward, and he didn't want Fluttershy to think he was sick, besides, he wasn't even sure if she like chartreuse, so he changed it back "Fine, your the boss" "Now then, do you remember what I taught you?" "Yes, yes, treat her like a lady at all times, care for her desires, and at the same time, be me" Rarity smiled "Yes, now, where are you taking her?" Discord started to panic again. "I hadn't thought of THAT" Rarity put a hoof to her chin in thought when suddenly they heard a voice. "Is that......" asked spike to himself, although the others could hear him. Discord and Rarity looked out the window and saw a black figure of a pegasus walking towards the boutique, though there was no mistaking those sparkling jade eyes. "SHE'S COMING" shouted discord. Fluttershy was making her way towards the place Discord told her he would pick her up Discord was curled up in a little ball on the floor he had a little brown bag that he rapidly breathed in and out through, while Rarity was patting his shoulder with one foreleg while the other was moving back and forth between her chest and thin air while saying "in, out, in, out, in out, in, out, in, out" when suddenly, an idea hit her like lightning "THAT'S IT!!!" ---------------------------------------------------------- Fluttershy walked in the door, Twilight gasped "Fluttershy, you look absolutely GORGEOUS" "Thank you Twilight, is Discord here?" "Yes, he'll be down in a second" Twilight waited two minutes, but Discord did not come down Twilight laughed nervously, "Just a minute," she said excusing herself closer to the stairs "DISCORD, get your tuchas down here NOW!!!" she yelled, "Okay, Okay, keep your crown on!!!" shouted a voice from upstairs Discord walked down the stairs "And I would really watch that language if I were you Miss Sparkle" he said smirking and glaring at her "Discord?" "FLUTTERSHY, are you ready to-" Discord began when he saw her appearance, and his jaw literally hit the ground she was wearing a long, shimmering shamrock dress, with pink lotuses lining around the waistline, there was pink lining around the chest part, and there were strands of jade ribbon going down the cape, she had a lotus behind her ear, and there were pink rose petals in her curled mane, and she had jade shoes that matched her eyes, she was just like Twilight had described her; absolutely gorgeous. "Are you okay?" asked Twilight waving her hoof up and down in front of his face. Discord didn't answer, he was too enchanted by the beauty of the pegasus before him, he couldn't take his eyes off her, she was so beautiful, he couldn't think of what to say. "Discord? is the dress too sparkly? I could change if you'd prefer something-" "NO!!!,.......I mean,.....I think you look,.....ethereal" Fluttershy blushed deeply Discord held out a bouquet of white roses to the pegasus, who took them and smiled "Thank you Discord, but how will I get these home?' with a snap of his fingers, the bouquet disappeared "There, safe and sound at home, now can we go?" he asked holding out his paw Fluttershy nodded and took his paw and headed out the door "Where are we going?" she asked "You'll see, close your eyes he said Fluttershy did as told, discord then snapped his fingers and they appeared in an open empty field, after a few snaps of his fingers he told her to open her eyes. > Chapter Eight: The Date? Pt.2 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fluttershy gasped, they were in a beautiful field, much like the one where they had picnics, except there was one thing "A,....a-a PETTING ZOO?!!" she asked her eyes starrily gazing, "Surprise!!! I knew you like animals, so I thought why not?" "Discord this is so thoughtful," she said giving him an embrace, she nuzzled her head into his chest for a while. Although he returned the hug, Discord was glad Fluttershy couldn't see him blush, if she did, he swore he would die of embarrassment when she finally let go she flew gracefully over to the pens first, she saw a little baby doe "OH MY GOODNESS" she exclaimed, walking over to the little deer, who immediately started licking her cheeks, while Fluttershy giggled. Discord watched, feeling happy inside, that smile of hers, how it enchanted him so, along with everything else about her, her soft voice, her passions, her eyes, her mane, and tail, her coat, her kindness, her bond with animals, her shyness, even her STARE was adorable, everything about her was just,...........perfect. Suddenly he heard something that made his ears perk up, it sounded like,....... a melody. "Watch all the flowers Dance with the wind Listen to snowflakes Whisper your name Feel all the wonder Lifting your dreams You can fly" Discord looked for the source of the ethereal sound, and he found it was coming from,...........Fluttershy, she was looking at the animals while doing this Fly to who you are Climb upon your star, When you believe You'll find your wings Fly to your heart She looked up and saw a rainbow(Although this wasn't Discord's doing) Touch every rainbow Painting the sky Look at the magic Glide through your life. A sprinkle of pixie dust Circles the night You can fly she started trotting to a large nearby hill with the animals trailing behind her, Discord watching, followed, she then stopped at a tree, Discord stopped at one behind, but he got splinters in his thumbs and feet. Fly to who you are Climb upon your star When you believe You'll find your wings Fly. Fluttershy had started trotting closer towards the hill, Discord continued to follow, this time, by hovering, Everywhere you go Your soul will find a home You'll be free To spread your wings Fly, you can fly to your heart" (Fly, Fly) Fluttershy was close to the top, her wings started to flap as she slowly floated into the air, her voice echoing around her "Rise to the heights Of all you can be" (Fly, Fly) she was slowly twirling "Soar on the hope Of marvelous things!" she had started to make her twirls a bit faster, and she also did some graceful dives "Fly to who you are Climb upon your star When you believe You'll find your wings Fly" she got back on her hoofs and ran, she had reached the top "Everywhere you go Your soul will find a home" She started racing towards the edge "You'll be free to spread your wings!" She jumped off the edge with no hesitation, her eyes closed, she was smiling as well, Discord was starting to panic, he tried to snap his fingers to make a pillow appear, but due to the splinters he had, he couldn't and the effort rather hurt, he tried to run so he could catch her, but the effort to do that rather hurt too, and his wings were tired, he braced himself for sound of the crash. "FLY!!! Fluttershy was flying up gracefully while doing flips, dives, and soars that would have impressed Rainbow, AND the Wonderbolts. Discord looked at the flying pegasus, his jaw dropped and his irises shrank in amazement. "you can FLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! to your heart" Fluttershy slowly flew back to the petting zoo Discord set up, sat down on the grass, and closed her eyes in relaxation, suddenly Fluttershy heard cheering, she turned around and saw Discord applauding, whooping, and whistling Then, for the first time in her life, and wasn't scared, she actually smiled, however, she was startled when Discord appeared next to her "My DEAR!!!, that was MAGNIFICENT!!!!!!" he said picking her up by the waist so she would look him in the eyes Fluttershy blushed at the contact "Thank you, but,.....I wasn't that good" Discord nearly dropped her from shock "DEAREST, I did not just hear you say that, it's the most beautiful sound I ever heard!!!" he said sternly Fluttershy felt a deep warmth in her heart, Discord was the one who was saying this, and for some reason,.... she didn't mind "Thank you" she whispered, suddenly she heard a grumbling noise, she thought it was a bear, it turned out to be her stomach, she blushed, Discord didn't seem to mind, he then asked "Hungry?" she nodded, then she saw the thorns in him, once she removed them, Discord thanked her.With a snap of his fingers they were next to an enormous mountain, he held out his right arm "Care for a bit of a stroll first?" Fluttershy took his paw and walked with him up the mountain "Why are we going up the mountain?" "You'll see" Fluttershy nearly tripped over a rock, but luckily, Discord caught her by wrapping his paw and claw around her waist, although this made him go a deep crimson, Fluttershy turned just as red, Discord quickly put her on the other side of the rock and let go, they kept walking. they got to the top, the sun was setting, Fluttershy sighed at the beautiful sight "Close your eyes" "Why?" "Please, I don't want to ruin the Surprise," he said with a smirk Fluttershy did as what she was told, Disord gently took her hooves in his claw and paw and lead her up closer "Alright, you can look,.....now" Fluttershy opened her eyes and saw a dark blue sky, it was filled with too many stars to count "Oh my,.......Discord,.....this is,.........gorgeous" she sighed looking all around her "Yes, maybe we should send Lulu a card with compliments" "You,......you mean Luna?" "Meh, I prefer to call her Lulu," he said with a bored look "DISCORD, she's a princess" "Whatever, I'm still calling her Lulu" she giggled, Discord was such a rascal, but.......he took her to see all this,.......he was so kind and caring, and sweet. "Shall we sit?" he said gesturing to a table and two chairs that Fluttershy had not noticed, she nodded as she walked over to her seat, Discord pulled it out for her, when she was seated, he pushed the chair in, while he seated himself in his own, with a snap of his fingers, a salad and a glass of apple juice appeared on Fluttershy's plate, while Discord summoned some cotton candy and a glass of chocolate milk for himself. Soon they finished, Discord reluctantly snappped his fingers and teleported themselves to Fluttershy's cottage, he had just said goodbye "Discord?" Fluttershy asked while Discord was about to snap his fingers "Yes, Fluttershy?" "Thank you for tonight, you were so kind, caring, considerate, and sweet,.....I.......I want to give you something" she blushed as she said the last part "What is it?" Discord asked "Close your eyes," she said Discord complied, he then felt something soft and slightly wet on his cheek, he opened his eyes in shock, Fluttershy pulled away, "Tonight was amazing, thank you, goodnight" she said before going into her cottage Discord put a paw to the place she kissed him, he felt fireworks erupt around him "I'm never washing this cheek again" he sighed dreamily in the bushes, the mares giggled except for rainbow, "You lost Dashie, time to pay up!" Pinkie whispered "I LOST?! HOW?" rainbow yelled in a whipser "And also,...BLECH" she retched "Well still, we told you he wouldn't resist her in her dress" Rarity slightly bragged "And we told you that Fluttershy WOULD give him a kiss of some sort" added Twilight smiling smugly "Soooooooo,....PAY UP" said Pinke still holding out her hoof "I hate you guys," groaned Rainbow, hoofing over the bits. > Chapter 9: WHY? > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discord spent the rest of his day doing nothing, but humming merrily, and surprisingly, doing good deeds, he first visited Twilight "Greetings Twilight, do tell me, are you shelving books? are you studying? are you organizing?" Twilight was annoyed at his antics but she answered him anyway "Organizing," she said calmly "Organizing what?" "Books" "Alphebaticly, or by the dates you got them?" "Alphebaticly," she said her temper rising "Here I'll help," he said "NOO!!!!" Twilight yelled trying to stop him, the last time he was over, he disorganized them, but it was too late, he already snapped his fingers Twilight Growled in frustration "DISCORD!!!, It takes forever to move to the next Section, , I was on B!!! now I'm gonna have to start all over" Twilight was about to use her magic when she saw the books, they were all ordered perfectly in alphabetical order, she rubbed her eyes, but nothing changed "You,.....You actually organized them correctly" Twilight said hastily "Of course, isn't that what friends do for each other?" he said his face still the same "Yes" Twilight turned around, she had a small but genuine smile on her face "Thank you Discord" "My pleasure Twilight, if you need anything, just use this spell to summon me, " he said giving her a scroll "You need your friends of course and the elements of harmony, but it's actually quite easy, ta-ta" he said, the snapped his fingers and he was gone with a flash of light Twilight stood there in shock, 'that was weird', she thought ------------------------------------------------------------------------- She reared her hind legs and bucked the tree, apples fell from them into the baskets, there were still a lot more to go though, Applejack sighed and went to the next tree when she saw an apple on the ground, she picked it up and looked at it, suddenly, the apple sprouted yellow eyes with red irises "WOAH NELLY" Applejack exclaimed dropping the apple, that soon took the form of Discord "Hello Applejack, ORange you glad to see me?" he laugh gleefully at his joke "DISCORD!! what in th' hay are ya doing here?" Applejack said Sternly "Well, I thought, why not visit my good cowfilly friend?" "That's mighty nice of ya...... I guess" she muttered the last part "But Ah'm real busy, ah ain't got th' time for games," she said walking over to the trees "You know what? I have an Idea" said Discord with a smile, he snapped his fingers, all the trees in the orchard were in two rows, next to each other, Applejack appeared was in front of them, fuming "DISCORD!!!" she yelled "Try apple-bucking the first two trees and then see what happens," he said Applejack sighed, she turned around reared her hind legs and bucked the first two trees, which made the other trees drop apples into baskets, Applejack couldn't believe it,.....she had harvested the entire orchard with just one hit. "Wow,.....it worked, ah never thought ah'd say this but, thank ya Discord" "No problem A.J" said Discord he snapped his fingers, and the trees went back into place "Next time you need to harvest Apples, just tell me, so long" Discord then left with a flash of light Applejack thought 'huh, Discord's not actin' like himself, oh well, maybe ah can visit Rarity and we can go o the spa' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Twilight walked over to Rarity's but when she saw the sign, "Closed" Twilight wasn't surprised since it was night, but wrote a note that said: Dear Rarity, is it me, or has Discord been acting,......unusual? he won't tell us why, but that's discord, but seriously, this is starting to freak me out, the other day Discord had come to my castle, and he actually got me a FLOWER CROWN!!!!! but anyways, I hope that your doing good, Your friend, Twilight Sparkle once Twilight left a figure crawled out of the shadows and read the sign, the figure glared "blech,....oh well, no matter, once I take over Equestria, I'll dispose of him,...and his new friends" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Twilight walked out the next morning, she saw a terrifying sight, Discord had done it, he made ponyville,....chaos, twilight ran inside and used her magic to summon the girls outside, "what's going on?" asked Rainbow looking around "I don't know" replied twilight "I've never seen this much chaos in one place, and I can't seem to ward it off with my magic" "The trees are fallin' down because of the size of the apples in Sweet Apple Acres," said Applejack "I can't keep my cupcakes in my hooves" complained Pinkie Fluttershy walked towards the group, she had tears in her eyes "Fluttershy, what's wrong?" asked Rarity in concern "I,..........I-I think I know who's causing this" "WHO?" the others asked in unison Fluttershy looked at the ground, she couldn't believe it,....her best friend betrayed her,...or was he even her friend at all,...he was just using her to take over Equestria, her heart ached at the thought,....no matter how much she wanted to be angry at him,...she couldn't, she was kind,.....she had wanted his friendship,.......and though she'd really hate to admit it to her friends,.....she had slightly wanted to be more than that,.........but now she knew,..............that he wouldn't love her, it just seemed that he only loved chaos, and chaos alone. "Discord" > Chapter 10: She's back > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT TWO-FACED-" Rainbow Dash said a word the made Rarity slap her for saying it in front of Fluttershy, who was on the ground, sobbing "We need to use the elements of harmony to stop him," Said Twilight "What will they do to him?" asked Pinkie, not wanting to attend a funeral "I don't know,....but we have to use them,....for Equestria's sake," said Twilight, giving the girls their elements They then started the spell, they were lifted into the air as the waves of their elements spread towards the center, and of course, Twilight's eyes had turned White. Discord appeared, sitting down and writing in a large notebook of some sort "Hmmm,....should I dot the I's with hearts?" he asked himself out loud "Well, I do like her a lot, so......Maybe draw three butterflies? he sighed dreamily at the thought he looked around, the first thing he saw was Fluttershy, he blushed a bright crimson, stood up, immediately closed the notebook and poofed it away "Twilight, I believe I told you to give me a heads-up before you do that" he looked back at Fluttershy and saw that she was crying he walked over to her and got down on his knees "Fluttershy? W-what's wrong?" he asked, he had look of concern on his face as he reached out Rainbow reared her hind legs and bucked him in the face "LOOK AROUND IDIOT, IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU" she yelled anger in her face Discord looked around, it was chaos, but he didn't do this, he was too busy,..............writing "I know I'm the one with Chaos, but I swear,....I didn't do this," "Yeah right" said Rainbow "We know you did all those "Nice things" to lower our thoughts on you being evil, Well I knew you we're a monster from day one Dipcord, and once we use these elements, ..You're gonna get what you deserve" they suddenly heard a shriek, Fluttershy nearly had a huge stack of cards fall on her, Discord wouldn't of worried if the cards weren't so heavy Discord looked away trying to hold back the tears, "Do it,....turn me to stone.....I deserve it" for the first time in a while, Fluttershy said something "W-What?" Discord walked over To Fluttershy and held her face in his hands so she would look him in the eyes, Rainbow tried to stop him, but was held back by Twilight "Fluttershy,....I deserve to be turned to stone, I didn't want this to happen to me long ago, that's why I hid in the Everfree forest,I-I......I-I thought that I could use my magic long ago, but I never wanted to hurt any pony, I just wanted to have a little fun, but if my magic hurts you, I draw the line, it's too late for me to go back into the Everfree, I have to be turned to stone" ".......Discord" "I have to let this happen,....like I said...I don't want to hurt any pony,....especially my loved ones" Fluttershy could see the tears forming in his eyes he let go of her head, stood up and walked over to a spot, Rainbow was ready to use her element, the others seemed a bit hesitant, but followed her example, Discord's body started to turn to stone, it started at his feet then it rose, but then it stopped when it got to his head, Discord had no idea what was going on, until he saw Fluttershy,.....she wasn't using her element. "No," she said "What?" "I won't do it" "ARE YOU INSANE?" yelled rainbow "HE DESERVES IT, HE SAID SO HIMSELF" "Exactly, he was doing it to protect the ones he cared about, I don't see why a creature with that kind of heart deserves to be turned to stone, and I believe him," she said taking his paw, he smiled and embraced her as the stone broke off, she returned it, of course, then Discord held her chin in his paw and leaned forward, Fluttershy started to do the same,......when there was a rumble on the ground, and then there was a horrible laugh, "Clever little Pony,....you know,.I underestimated you ponies, though unfortunately, you fools fell for my plan, as soon as I'm finished, Equestria will be mine" Discord immediately cringed"What are you doing here, why did you do this?" "Why, for revenge against you of course, and to get the toy I've always wanted" "I'd leave if I were you, I'm stronger than you, and you know it" "Not until I have my revenge, I want to hurt you and all the ponies in Equestria, that includes, your little marefriend" Discord's cheeks burned ruby red, but he still said; "You won't get away with this, and leave Fluttershy alone" a madness glowed in his eyes at the last part "Awww, you want to protect her? how sickening, just know this, as long as I'm the villain in this fairy tale, there won't be a happy ending, except for me of course" "If you Hurt a hair on her head, or any pony else's, I'll personally make sure you go to Tartarus" "That's sweet, but I've got better things to do than listen to you blabber, now if you excuse me, I'm going to have some fun in Canterlot" there was another cruel laugh as the voice left Discord's expression did not change"I should have known" "What?" asked Fluttershy "She's back" > Chapter 11: The Fight > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "We need to get to Canterlot, now" Said Discord, he snapped his fingers they were in Canterlot, it was just as chaotic as Ponyville Discord looked around, he saw a draconequus in the air, except this one, had long white hair, and eyelashes, but of course, the draconequus also didn't have bushy eyebrows, it was quite obvious that this one was female, she also wore a necklace with a black jewel. she turned around "DISCORD, there you are, I've been excited to see you again after you locked me up" "I couldn't say the same" he growled she pretended to pout"Aww,..why so glum?after all these years, I'd think that you would be HAPPY to see your baby sister" "Okay,...I'M REALLY CONFUSED," said Pinkie Discord sighed "Girls, Meet my younger sister; Eris Eris appeared right next to the ponies "And you must be Twilight Sparkle," she said pointing at the purple alicorn "Applejack" she then pointed at the orange earth pony "Rarity" she pointed at the white unicorn "Rainbow Dash" she pointed at the blue pegasus "Pinkie pie, who really freaks me out" she pointed at the pink earth pony who said"HEY" "And lastly, your little marefriend" she said staring the yellow pegasus in the eyes "Fluttershy" she smirked "Wise choice dissy, after all, I guess she is pretty cute" "LEAVE HER ALONE YOU LITTLE-" shouted Discord and Rainbow in unison, until they realized they were saying the same thing,...there was an awkward silence "Well, what do you know? you two finally agree on something" cackled Eris "Shut up," said Rainbow "Whatever, I've got better things to do anyway" said Eris as she disappeared cackling "Question; am I really that annoying, or is that just Eris?" asked Discord looking at the others "Both," said Rainbow Dash smirking, though it faded when Fluttershy glared at her "We need to stop her," said Twilight "But how darling?" "We need to fight her," said Discord He flew up to Eris, "Eris, we challenge thee to a fight over Equestria" said Discord in the royal Canterlot voice "fine, but you know no one talks like that anymore right?" "I know,...I simply speak like this to annoy thee" Eris growled, but she kept her grin "Eris, until tomorrow, turn everything back to normal, then we'll start the fight" "You really were an unfun sibling you know that?" sighed Eris snapping her fingers, everything turned back to normal "Until tomorrow Dissy" she cackled yet again as she disappeared Discord flew back down to the girls and sighed "Ok, first of all,....good call Lulu, and second of all,...we need to get ready" Discord snapped his fingers and changed into a general's uniform "Rainbow, go with Pinkie pie to every sweet store in ponyville and Canterlot, were gonna really need a lot of ammo for this weapon" "I never thought I'd say this to you but, YES SIR" Rainbow said as she saluted, she grabbed Pinkie and zoomed back to Ponyville Rarity raised her hoof "Can I make outfits for this fight?" "Oh for th' love of-, RARITY this is a fight, we don't need a dress for this," said Applejack "Actually, I like that idea, though Applejack, I want you to help Rarity to make these outfit wearable, useful, and fashionable" Discord whispered a few ideas into Applejack's ears, Applejack grinned "Got it, come on Rarity," said Applejack running back to Ponyville, while Rarity was following "Twilight, if there's anything Eris hates more than I do, it's making sense, and biology, use all of the facts about Astronomy, Biology, geography, History, and Science that you know, it'll weaken her against the fight" Twilight nodded "I'll use spike to help me recite these facts" Discord changed out of the outfit, when he felt something nuzzle his paw, he looked down and saw it was Fluttershy "What about you?" "I'll take care of Eris,....and I don't want you to fight,...I don't want to risk you getting hurt by my sister, please,......stay out of this fight" he said gently taking her hoof in his paw and claw, Fluttershy looked up at him and gave a sad smile, she embraced him, which he gladly returned. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The next day the six ponies walked up into Canterlot, they each wore a stretchy, sparkly wide-legged jumpsuit with puffy tee top sleeves, each a different color, Rarity's was purple, Rainbow's was blue, Twilights was magenta, Applejack's was red, Pinkie's was orangeish yellow, and though she would not be fighting, Fluttershy's was green, they were wearing shoes that matched their jumpsuits, they each had one little knob on the front. Discord appeared in front of him, it took all his willpower to not mention that Fluttershy looked cute in her outfit, he put a serious look, "All right, Rainbow, do you have the ammo?" "Does this answer your question?" said Rainbow gesturing to a bunch of enormous piles of candy, soda, sweets, power bars, energy drinks, and etc, "Great job" he walked over to pinkie and looked her in the eyes "Private Pinkie, are you willing to eat all of this, to save Equestria? do you think you'll be able to stomach all of these energy boosters, to stop a great evil? "YES SIR, GENERAL DISCORD, I don't know if I've ever eaten this much much before, but It's a risk I'm willing to do, to save my friends and all of Equestria, plus this is a dream come true for me, but still,..if I don't make it out,.. tell Gummy and my family I love them,...especially Maud, I know she's my BIG sister, but I don't know what she'll do without me to be there for her, and, tell Cheese Sandwich to carry on my legacy, and I leave everything to my friends, But Dashie, I want you to have my party cannon" said Pinkie, as she walked over to Rainbow Dash and gave her a hug, then she gave her other friends big hugs "I'm ready," said Pinkie with a smile "I'm proud of you privet,...by the way, did you bring your party cannon?" "Bring it? I never leave without it" she said, bringing out her cannon "Good, I have a feeling we're going to need it to stop Eris" Discord walked over to Applejack and Rarity "Well, done Rarity and Applejack, did you add the necessities?" "Darn tootin'," said Applejack "And we look simply FABULOUS!!!" exclaimed Rarity "Excellent" he walked over to Twilight "Twilight, did you memorize those facts?" "Does an octopus have three hearts? yes" "Perfect" he slowly walked over to his beloved, kneeled down, and took her face in his paw and claw "Now Fluttershy, this is the one thing I want most during this fight, please, just stay here, but if she comes after you, I want you to run, or fly as fast as you can, go into the castle if you have to,...just be safe" after saying this, he gave her a soft kiss on the cheek, and let go of her head as he and the others ran into battle, Fluttershy watched them, after they were out of sight, Fluttershy put a hoof to the spot Discord's lips had touched her cheek, she started to feel warm inside. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Canterlot was chaos again, Eris looked down at the warriors below her, she flew down "Time to start already Dissy? Very well" she said, a cane appeared in her hand "Though I must warn you when it comes to games, I don't play fair" she hit him in the head with the object in her hand, he rubbed his temple and pulled her hair and threw her, as she landed hard on the ground Pinkie cried "CHARGE" Pinkie started to gobble down the sweets, Applejack started to hit her with Apples Twilight walked up behind her and said "A shrimp's heart is in its brain" Eris started to feel queasy, she growled and kicked her, Pinkie tapped her on the shoulder while still eating her food, saying "Hey Eris, I'm gonna stop you from taking over Equestria" "And how do you plan on doing that, little pony?" asked Eris smirking "By doing this," said Pinkie giving her party cannon a blow of confetti "And what was the point of that?" asked Eris glaring, suddenly she felt a hoof hit her in the back of her head "It's called a distraction," said Rainbow Rarity and Applejack surrounded Eris, they both clicked their heels, and they both kicked her in the sides with their hind legs, Eris received an electric shock and fell, it one one of the features that the shoes had when the knob on their shoes was pushed, when Eris awoke, (which only took a few seconds) she was about to pounce. Suddenly there was a yellow flash of light, Pinkie pie was floating in the air, she had turned gold, and the was a field of electricity sparking around her until it stopped, but there was a golden luminescent glow around her silhouette, she opened her eyes, which were now red "Let's get this party started" she shouted as she charged at Eris, who ran Twilight hit her with a blast while saying "A cockroach can survive 9 days without its head" Eris gagged, she grabbed Twilight by the wings and threw her, then something hit her from behind, it was Discord Eris hissed and pounced on him, luckily, Discord had kicked her off "Nice try, BRAT," he said, she was suddenly pinned down by Pinkie, who clicked her heels, and an entire pile of cupcakes appeared, Pinkie started shoving them into Eris's mouth, one by one, while she was swallowing them whole "I hope you like them, their my secret recipe" then Rainbow clicked her heels, which gave a sonic boost for five minutes, kicked her into the air, then flew up and used her hind legs to kick her down, Eris landed with a crash, while Twilight clicked her heels, a type of magic erupted from her mouth walked up to her and briefly stated in the smartest voice in Equestria; "Some hummingbirds weigh less than a penny" at this, Eris actually vomited on the ground. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Eris had started to panic, she was getting weaker, then, out of the corner of her eye, she saw a yellow pegasus trying to fly away, she smirked and flew after her, Fluttershy looked behind her, she saw that Eris was gaining on her, Fluttershy speeded up "You won't be able to fly much longer, Pegasus," said Eris snapping her fingers, an enormous gust of wind blew Fluttershy slightly to the side, but Fluttershy knew she had to be strong, to stay out of her evil clutches, so she flew over the wind, Eris saw this and said: "For a wimpy little pegasus, you sure seem persistent" "And for a sister you sure don't seem friendly," said another voice behind her, she turned around and saw Discord, who kicked her in the side, "I thought you'd never hit a girl," said Eris, glaring at him, she then grabbed him and flew towards the castle, she then hit him against the wall, making a hole, Celestia and luna looked at this, Celestia was the first one to say something "Discord?" "K.K, Lulu,...it's been a while," said Discord still battling against his sister "Indeed," said Luna "We thought you didn't do chaos in Equestria anymore," said Celestia, with a slightly stern look on her face "It's not me K.K, it's Eris, my sister" "Eris?' asked Luna "You called, your majesty?" smirked Eris "Discord, I know you were our friend, but how can we be sure to trust you?" "Because he's telling the truth, Your highness," said a soft voice Celestia looked down and saw Fluttershy gazing at her with the most pleading eyes she had ever seen eventually, the sisters both nodded and motioned for Fluttershy to come in the castle, Fluttershy quickly flew in, Eris started to go after her, but Discord stopped her "DON'T YOU LAY A FINGER ON THAT ANGEL!!!" he shouted, trying to knock her down "Try and stop me" she pushed him off and flew inside the castle Discord flew back up, he flew in after her and saw the princesses fighting her, Eris just laughed, she snapped her fingers, and they disappeared, she then flew towards Fluttershy Discord snapped, he charged towards her, but he was too late, Eris was already holding Fluttershy in her grasp, he saw the elements of harmony on the ground, they were,.......broken, all the magic inside them, had vanished "Not another move, or I'll kill her and send her to Tartarus, just like the princesses" Discord did nothing "But I'll spare her,.....if you give me all of your magic," she said with an evil grin Discord had an angry look in his eyes, he'd never do that, but he couldn't let his Fluttershy go to Tartarus "Tick tock" she smirked Discord said nothing, then finally he did something he never did before, he walked up to Eris and said "Fine,....take my magic,...just don't hurt her" Eris cackled as she dropped Fluttershy and started draining the magic from Discord, who looked weaker by the second, finally, he dropped to the ground, powerless, the girls ran into the castle just in time to see Discord fall, "Well, I am in charge now, I have all the magic I could ever need, so think it's only fair that you all bow to me," said Eris the five girls forcefully by magic bowed Eris cackled Fluttershy looked at Discord, it looked as though he was done for, Fluttershy once scared, felt great anger "How could you?" she said to Eris who looked at her confused "HOW COULD YOU?, HOW DARE YOU? YOU STUPID, EVIL, UGLY, DUMB, LITTLE, SON OF A SATAN!!!" Fluttershy started to breathe quickly in anger, then it got faster, her eyes once teal turned red, then she completely snapped and her once calm and gentle eyes turned to fire and explosions Eris looked at her, a frown on her face, her pupils shrank to the size of marbles "Uhhh,........" Fluttershy pounced on her and ripped her necklace off, she had noticed it had turn red when she took Discord's powers, so this had to be her source of power, she clicked her heels, her feet were now faster than Rainbow's "COME BACK HERE" yelled Eris Fluttershy ran, she ran to the top of the steps, Eris appeared in front of her about to steal it back, then she threw it on the ground, and stepped on it crushing it, which caused a portal opened behind Eris "Oops," she said her expression back to the one she had when Fluttershy was raging "You won't need it anymore," said Fluttershy not a trace of pity in her expression, she then reared her hind legs and bucked Eris back into the portal, Eris let out one last scream as she fell in, Fluttershy panted, she was finally gone. > Chapter 12:A happy ending > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "You know my dear, as much as I love your kind personality, I find your assertive one EXTREMELY attractive," said a voice behind her Fluttershy's eyes went back to normal, except they were starry as saw Discord, standing up, he had his magic back "DISCORD!!!" she said as she flew towards him, she took him in an embrace, which he lovingly accepted, "HOLD IT,... you have some questions you need to answer" said Pinkie "Fine, what's your question?" "Why do you hate Eris so much?" "Well, back when we were kids, Eris and I really close, until one day, Dad took me into his room, and he told me that,.......I was his favorite, Eris watched the whole thing, she was heart broken, so after mom and dad Died, she kept trying to get rid of me, and everything I loved, until I banished her into Tartarus, she's been held there for a thousand years, until today, but thanks to Fluttershy, she's back for good "So where was she hiding all this time?" "I don't know,..but she won't be coming back so it's not important" he looked down at Fluttershy who smiled back at him. "Ummm,.....HEY girls, do you remember that THING?" asked Rarity "What thing?" asked Pinkie "You know,...THE THING" "OHHHHH, that thing," said Pinkie following Rarity out the door of the throne room "Right, I REALLY need to study it," said Twilight following pinkie "Yeah, it REALLY reminds meh of apples," said Applejack following Twilight to the others surprise, Rainbow said"Oh YEAH, that THING is really awesome" as she followed Applejack out the door, which she closed behind her Fluttershy looked at Discord, she slowly flew up to him, and kissed him on the cheek, at this Discord's eyes widened, he turned red as a phoenix, Fluttershy, misreading this, pulled away "I,...I-I'm really sorry, I just,...I-I just" she sighed and turned a bright red "I need to tell you something "W-When I thought you betrayed me,....I wanted to be mad at you at the time, but,....I just couldn't,...th-the day we met, you were intimidating" she pawed the ground nervously, "B-but as I got to know you,....I found the sweet side of you, you were so thoughtful, and caring, and considerate, and kind,...you always made me laugh,.....I loved being friends with you,...until I realized I wanted to be more than just a friend in your eyes, but I thought that you wouldn't want a pony as plain as me, and I thought about what my friends would think, so.....I kept quiet about it, I'm going, to be honest, that was the real reason I gave you a kiss on our date, and I will admit, though your not the most handsome creature I've ever seen,.....I-I,...I grew fond of your eyes, I thought they were oh so pretty, they reminded me of the sunset.Whenever I wasn't with you,...I missed you,....even if it was just for a day,....I wasn't afraid to be myself around you,...I didn't know for sure if it was because of you, but when you kissed me on the cheek that is, I realized I felt this way because,......." she looked him in the eyes, "I love you" Discord was shocked, she,.....she loved him? this had to be a dream, he pinched himself in the back, but nothing changed, she loved him, she truly loved him, these words had too much honesty to not believe her, she loved him, she loved HIM, he was a hideous creature, but she loved him, he was a thousand years old but she loved him, he was a different species, but she loved him. Discord slowly got down on his knees, he slowly and gently grabbed her and pulled her close, he looked at her, she was crying, he used his paw to wipe the tears away from her beautiful eyes while he ran his claw softly through her mane, it was softer than he could ever have imagined, along with her coat, he then placed his hands on either side of her face, he then leaned forward and softly but passionately kissed her Fluttershy's eyes widened, but it didn't take her too long to relax and kiss him back, Discord eventually pulled away and said "Believe it or not, I love you too" he then kissed her again, Fluttershy kissed him back again, it was strange, when they first met, Fluttershy had wondered "Is he a monster?" she couldn't have ever been more wrong.