The next morning was quite awkward. Discord woke up yet again to the sound of Fluttershy feeding her animals. Fluttershy had already made breakfast, which were daisy sandwiches and ranch (For Discord) and some hay biscuits for herself. After eating in an utter silence, Discord finally broke the almost painful silence.

“What if your friends find out about our…..relationship?” He asked.

“Well, then we’ll just have to tell them.” She answered shyly, blushing. Then she noticed the slightly frightened look that came from Discord, and a look of concern crossed her face. “Discord? Are you...afraid that they’ll find out?”

He shrugged. “I’m not afraid, I just don’t think that’ll end well, especially with Miss Aggressive, or otherwise known as Rainbow Dash.” Discord replied.

Fluttershy sighed. “Yeah, you’re right, but on the bright side, at least we know about our feelings for each other,” the two awkwardly shared a brief kiss, much to the disgust of Angel Bunny.

“Ouch! Little brat!” Discord yelped as Angel bit his reptile-claw.

“Angel! Stop it!” Angle only gave her a no-I-won’t-you-moron-he-kissed-you look.

Fluttershy looked him in the eye, her eyes shrunken to the size of mini-golf balls. “If you don’t I’ll have to use the stare on you!”

Angel immediately obeyed, and backed off.

“Now, if you’re wondering, Discord and I confessed our feelings for each other last night,” Fluttershy spoke to her animals as Discord entire face reddened. “I love him, and he loves me, right Discord?”

Discord nodded. “It was pretty unusual that we, er, confessed after such a tiresome day, but then again, some people just do it in the royal gardens,” Discord made a look of disgust. “And it is not pretty.”

Fluttershy laughed. “Anyways, I want you all to Pinkie Promise not to tell anypony, okay?”

Almost every creature gave a yes or a nodd of response. All except the infamous Angel. He simply grunted and shot looks at the draconeqqus.

“Now Angel,” Fluttershy began to lecture, “Discord has saved me twice in these past couple of days, and also is protecting us from Timberwolves by being kind enough to have spreaded out the rest of the branches. I don’t know about you, but I’m sure he’s changed.” Angel glared indifferently at the mare as she finished, unhappy.

“Oh! I know what to do!” Discord cried and in that in that exact moment Angel’s favorite dish appeared right before him. Angel’s eyes widened and he gave a happy nodd to Discord.

“Okay! You got my lips sealed!” Angel yepled as he began to chow down.

Noticing the relieved look on the shy pegasus’s face, Discord asked:

“What did he say?”

“He said he’s got his lips sealed.”

“But I don’t think bunnies have lips, do they?”

“Oh Discord, of course they do.”

“Well, then, for a being of over a thousand years old I sure am a moron.”

They a chuckle arose, and soon enough both laughed, and continued to eat their breakfast meal.

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“Rainbow!” The Princess Twilight Sparkle knocked on Rainbow Dash’s door. “Rainbow! I know you’re in there! Come on out!” Twilight heard a grumble as the door was slowly unlocked before her.

“What do you want, Twilight?” the cyan pegasus asked, annoyed.

“I think you know exactly what I want. About last night.” Twilight said sternly. “Why did you just fly off like that? Did you even hear Fluttershy? She was just trying to make you stop fighting with Discord! Not become pals with him! And after you all flew off, she was crying-no-sobbing! You made her cry, Rainbow!” She lectured in a loud, stiff, voice.

Rainbow almost couldn’t believe it. “Realy? I did?” She squeaked.

“Yes! That’s what I just told you!” Twilight retorted angrily. “I mean, Fluttershy isn’t the only one mad with your behavior. You could at least stop insulting him all the time.” She glared at the cyan pegasus, who shrank under the alicorn's glare.

“I guess I should go apologize, then.” Rainbow Dash laughed nervously, and she flew off in a bright aray of colors.

Twilight rolled her eyes. “Rainbow, sometimes I wonder why you’re not the Element of Brutality.” She mumbled to herself.

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Fluttershy nuzzled Discord affectionately as he ruffled her mane playfully. The two had been laughing at past experiences, one including the infamous Trixie and surprisingly, Tirek.

Just then, a knock on the door was heard, and the two immediately separated. Fluttershy quietly opened the door. Much to her discomfort, it was Rainbow Dash.

“Oh! Rainbow Dash...um…”

“Look, I’m sorry for last night, I guess I just got mad because I misunderstood you. Twilight told me what you had been trying to do all along, and….I’m sorry….to both of you.”

Discord, hearing this, said. “You can be forgiven for what happened yesterday as it was a-er-misunderstanding, but not for the all other times, make sure of that, my little pony!” Mimicking Rainbow’s voice, he added, “It was totally not twenty percent cooler.”

Rainbow tensed. But upon seeing Discord’s face in the background matching hers, which was basicallya grumpy, Scrooge look, she softened and laughed.

“Yeah, I guess you are right. Mind if I come in?” Fluttershy moved out of the way and Rainbow Dash strutted inside. “Nice. I see you removed the doorway to the kitchen.” She commented.

“Wait, does that mean that door was just removed?” Discord asked, confused.

“Nah, I just haven’t been inside Fluttershy’s house for a long time, ever since Twilight got her wings really.” Rainbow explained.

“My, my, that was years ago! I thought you would be a better friend and visit Fluttershy more often, but I guess I was wrong.” Discord defiantly stated. Choosing to ignore his comment Rainbow Dash turned towards Fluttershy.

“So, yeah, Fluttershy. I’m really sorry about what happened, really! But I can’t stay here, I-I just gotta Dash!” The cyan pegasus quickly walked back and out the door. “Buuuuuut, I can stop by tomorrow!” And she flew. off.

“Oh boy, I can already sense that tomorrow will not go well.” Discord hypothesized.

“Not if you be nice.” Fluttershy said sternly. “I mean, she’s just trying to be nice, and if you are too, then maybe you can finally get along!”

“Yeah, yeah, very well. I’ll try to get along, but no promises.” He grumbled, and the two finaly finished their meal.

After about an hour or so, the two decided to head out and about again. They chose the same path, even though just the day before was the Timberwolf incident.

“Why did you choose to walk through this path again, dear Fluttershy?” Discord asked as soon as they started their journey.

“Well, Timberwolves usually don’t disturb me, and after what happened last night, I don’t think that they’ll disturb me again for a while.” She looked towards him, and gasped.

“What?” He asked dumbly.

“Your wing, Discord! Look!” Fluttershy exclaimed. Discord looked back. His pegasus wing was flapping perfectly in sync with his bat wing. ‘How did I not realize that before?’ He asked himself.

“Wow. Looks like I won’t need those bandages anymore. But because I can’t reach them because of...well, you know, could you, would mind-?” He asked.

“Taking the bandages off? No problem. Just turn around, and stop flapping your wings.”

“Very well.” Discord stopped flapping his wings and held himself up with his magic. He was happy that he had the ability to do this while the princesses could not, or at least without using a lot of energy. Fluttershy carefully took off Discord’s bandages.

“There,” Passing a small trash can, for they were flying quite quickly and had reached the edge of Ponyville, Fluttershy threw the bandages in. “But, I must say, you sure do heal fast, Discord.” She finished.

“Draconeqqui are known for their fast healing abilities.” He declared proudly. “Another good talent, eh?” Discord playfully elbowed her. but once seeing the look of sadness and concern in her face, he immediately became more worried. “Fluttershy?” He lifted her head up with his eagle's claw.

“Hmm?” She hummed as she looked up at him.

“Why are you so sad, m'dear?” He said the last word in a hush, so nopony else could hear. Realizing this might be personal, he teleported himself and Fluttershy to her cottage.

“Well, if you are feeling better, then that means that you’ll have to go back to Canterlot early.” She paused. “Like, at this rate, you might need to go back tomorrow.”

Now it was his turn to look down. “Yeah, I guess you are right.” He paused. “But...I could always still pretend I’m sick!” Discord thought out loud and smiled mischievously.

Fluttershy shook her head sadly. “That wouldn’t be right. Anyways, weren’t you supposed to be giving Celestia those herbs you had?” She asked.

“Oh, please, it’s not like she depends on it.” Discord scoffed.

Just then a knock was heard on the door. “Come in,” Fluttershy said. The pony, a royal guard, stepped in.

“The princess Celestia is terribly sick,” Was all he said.

Author's Note

Uh-Oh, I think Celestia might have really needed those herbs from the Ever Free.
Oh boy.