The Soul of Amicitia

In hurry the others left the cottage. The pure sight of the draconequus got some of them in rage and they felt that they would simply mess up with Fluttershy's tactic. Twilight turned around when she was about to leave the home of het shy friend.

"If anything happens just call for help. We'll wait outside. "

Fluttershy smiled nervously looking back to her forced guest. He tried to kick Angel from the couch the very moment. When he realized Fluttershy was glaring at him, he innocently smiled and left the bunny alone.

"I think I will be okay...", said the pegasus and followed Twilight to the door. She looked at Fluttershy seriously with a little fear in her eyes.

"Are you sure this will be okay for you?", she asked again, hesitating to leave.

Fluttershy sighed: "Yes. I'll be alright. Promised! I can't start on a base I clearly show him no trust. That wouldn't work out well."

“You know who we are talking about.”, Twilight sighed looking warning at the creature behind Fluttershy. He looked at her innocently with puppy eyes. Twilight groaned. This whole situation wouldn’t be tien put to be funny. What in Tartarus had Celestia driven, when She he got the idea to reform this luniac. And more importantly why?!

Fluttershy recognized the angry stares of the purple unicorn and patted her shoulder. Twilight met her eyes with worry.

“Well.. ah.. yes. So please trust me with this okay?”, mumbled Fluttershy. Twilight took a deep breath. Her friend looked confident. Maybe she should calm down and trust her as well. The pegasus, so timid and shy she was, had suprised with her taming nature quite often. If anypony could wack some selfless and reason into this egocentric, it was her. Defeated she relaxed and smiled at Fluttershy.

“Well alright. We will be right outside. If everything goes wrong just call.”

“Sure.”, Fluttershy said. She flinched as she heard something clashing at the ground. It was one of her favorite lamps. Discord smiled and snapped his claws. The lamp transform into a shape resembling himself. Although it looked like some colt had glued it poorly in a haste together. At least it worked. Twilight was about tobsay something, but Fluttershy shoved her out of the door cheering how lovely the new design was. Then she turned around with a begging look in her eyes. She wanted at least give him a chance.

“Oh I don't think this is a good idea.”, Twilight whispered to herself.

Fluttershy grinned nervous at her. The purple unicorn sighed and went of to the bridge where the others waiting. They looked concerned at each other. The buttercreme colored pegasus couldn't bear their worry any longer. Everything inside her told her to run away as fast as she could. But they trust her, looking forward to her success. She couldn't let them down. Sometimes a pony had to fight, even or because our was afraid of the outcome. She shut quickly the door and turned around.

Discord had vanished from the couch. Nervously Fluttershy looked around. Only seconds ago he had a fought with Angel. How could he...

"Discord?", she whispered. A shriek escaped her mouth, when he, as a smaller version of himself, teleported on her back. He snickered and patting her mane. "Awww finally these boring mares are gone...", he said satisfied and searches for a relaxing position on Fluttershy. The pony narrowed him as good as she could.

"Discord. Excuse me please! But I would prefer if you don't use my back as a seat!", she said angry.

"So?"

He teleported away only to appear on her head. "Is this more comfortable for you?", he snickered. Fluttershy stomped with her hooves.

"No!", she cried.

"Fine", he laughed scoffing and teleported in his full size in front of her. Fluttershy's mouth dropped when she saw a small golden necklace with a crystal butterfly between his claws. She touched immediately her neck. It was really gone!

"But how? Celestia put a spell on it!", she scolded him.

"Maybe she protected it against my magic... But that doesn't protect it from simply taking it." Rage and fear filled Fluttershy's. The draconequus played teasingly with the element. He grinned at her provoking with a victorious laughther.

"Give it back!" Fluttershy cried and tried to catch him. But Discord was way faster then her. He jumped aside, draging himself up and looked down to her from the ceiling.what was he thinking?! As if he was save up there!

"If you excuse me my dear. I have to do more important things than attend to Celestia's dull reformation game."

Fluttershy tried another tackle, screaming as loud as she could for help. But he vanished seconds before she gets to him. Her head crashed against the ceiling and she tumbled down to the ground. She shook her head trying to get rid of the pain, then ran to the door.

"Girls! Discord! He...", she screamed, choking on her own words, when she suddenly felt warm sand under her hooves. Blue water rushed in front of her. Visibly to the end of the horizon and further.

"Oh dear...", she whispered.

Discord was still cackling, when he appeared at his destination. He would had love to see the face of the yellow mare right now. But he had to concentrate on more important things. He couldn't wait any longer and just put all his hope in his backup plan from a thousand years ago. It wouldn't happen anymore. When he didn't take action now this filthy ponies would take advantage of that and imprison him again. He shivered, as he remembered the cold stone. He was not willing to be all swoshy woushy and fulfill every wish of that god damn princess. That maybe was even worse than just have to listen to her.

He grunt and his smile turned for seconds in a frown. What was she thinking? Seriously! He would never forgive her or obey anyone than himself. Angry he looked at the element between his paws. "Kindness....", he mumbled and his eyes glow from frustration. Under his feet he felt warm air drifting up from a volcano. He looked in disgust down at the necklaces and then open his paw. The golden jewelery felt down and drowned immediately surrounded by flames in the lava. He bared his teeth, when he saw not even one bubble of melted gold appeared on the necklaces. This darn Element wouldn't break by the cause of natural heat. But what ever, he thought, any pony that tried to get it back out of that pod would burn better for sure. All they had was that baby dragon. Although most dragons were fireproof and love to swim in lava, he never had sawn a pipsqueak of a dragon like him, who could bear the pressure of magma in a vulcano. Only aduld dragons were capable of this. This was probably a good hiding place anyway.

He was almost about to leave when he heard a creaking voice behind him. "Hey Gramps! What ya thinking who's territory this is?!" Discords ears erect and follow the teenage voice. He looked behind. The draconequus snorted in disgust. Three young dragons stands at the edge of the volcano. His eyebrows turned down in anger. He flew to the boys and check them out. They were boring, small and had that arrogant look of beatniks. Really dump beatniks and no menace for Discord. He almost smiled. But he was to annoyed. How did this little brat call him again? Gramps?

"What did you just say?", Discord asked slyly. He flew nearer to the boys. His muzzle only inches away from the nostrils of the young red one with the big mouth. He even dared to bravely narrowed Discord's fiery eyes. The chaps of the Lord of chaos wiggled slightly in anger.

"This is our realm you botchy gramps! Leave immediately and don't come back or you'll regret it!", hissed the red one of the boys. Discord let out a silent growl. The boys couldn't hear it very well. But the one with the most intelligent eyes flinched in fear. He just had to look at the eyes of the old thing in front of him. He knew in an instant that it was a bad idea to mess with him.

“Grable... I... I think we should leave...”, said the albino dragon. He stumbled backwards. “And... And maybe you should apologize...”

The red dragon looked puzzled at his with fear trembling friend. “What are you talking about? You won't be a chicken, won't ya? He may is older then us. But look at his fragile body. He never stands a chance against the three of us!”, Garble snorted confident. “This is OUR territory! We can not surrender it to the first pathetic dragon who tries to steal it from us!”

Discord smiled at the withe dragon who flinched again. His narrowing eyes met shortly with the purple ones on the right side of the red one. The purple dragon gulped and took as well a step back. “Grable...”, he whispered. “Maybe...”

"I would regret it?", Discord interrupted him with amusement. “Is that so?”

For the first time the eyes of Garble show some unease, when he heard the lurking tone in Discords voice.

“Do you even have the slightest idea whom you actually offended?”, the draconequus hissed. Discord smirked, when Garble lost a little bit of his confidence. And began to laugh hard, when the little dragon did step forward with a pathetic little growl.

“Owwwww? Oww do it again!”, Discord laughed and snapped with his eagle claw. The second time Garble tried to growl in dominance a little, miserable mewl came out of his throat. Upset he hold his claws against his mouth. “So puffy fluffy!”, said Discord.

“Oh fuck!”, said the withe one, when the ears of Garble turned into fuzzy cat ears and his body shrank with the blink of an eye into a little kitten. Discord garbed it and held the now small and brittle body centimeters over the heart of the fire. A little bit more and her would burn alive. Garble mewed in terror not able to say anything. “Maybe I have a little breakfast?”, Discord offered with snide. The two other dragons flew, when he threw a look at them. “What friends they are, huh?”, Discord snickered. The kitten mewed helpless, crawled with all its power into Discords lion paw. Discord laugh manically and throws Garble down the slope of the volcano. Grable hit hard the ground. He tried to get up, tumble a little bit and finally got the chance to get on his feet again. The kitten run as fast as it could away. The draconequus laughed cheerfully and floating on his back. “Well lets hope none of his so called friends get hungry.” He looked pleasant down at the lava and vanished into thin air.

“Oh dear...”, Fluttershy mumbled. Her head hit again an invisible wall. She sighed and touch the air in front of her. Angel rolled his eyes at her back. “I am sorry Angle. But I couldn't find any way out.”, she sighed exhausted. The island was already a few kilometers behind her. She could see it barely at the horizon. She didn't know, how long she already searched for an escape. But she was exhausted. Maybe she should go back to the island for now. She didn't recognize a fin behind her, emerging in a dangerous speed. Angel pulled at her ear, squeaking thrilled. The fin dove under the water and vanished. That could could only mean one thing. Angel pulled harder at Fluttershy's ears. But it was to late, when she realized the fear in the squeaking of her friend. Out of nowhere a big slickly body tossed out of the water. The mare shrieked in mortal fear, when she saw the sharp teeth of a shark surrounding her body. She closed her eyes. Knowing this was the end she tensed her whole body, prepared for the pain caused by the sharp fangs of the animal.

The pain never came. She screamed again, when she fell out of the air and landed in the ice cold, salty water. Her wings dragged her down also she wasn't a very good swimmer at all. Helpless she paddled, try to find a focus and regain orientation. She barely heard the help seeking squeak of the rabbit and suddenly she could grab a furry trunk. She almost let go, when she realized it shaking with an evil laughter. Fluttershy's eyes opened wide.

In terror she looked in the yellow and red eyes of the draconequus who grinned at her in pleasure.

“Oh you should have seen your face!”, he whooped in joy. “Wait – you can!”

The pegasus shook her head, when she saw an image of her own face fallen apart in agony, appear in her head. Helpless she tried to get hold at the slippery body of the creature. He helped her out and lay her on his belly. She squeaked, when she saw Angel almost drowning and garbed him with her mouth, gently placing him on the body of the draconequus as well.

Discord bared his teeth a little bit. He didn't like the little white thing at all and considered to drown it in an instant. But the mare caught his thoughts, when she railed against him: “You almost scared me to death! That wasn't funny at all!”

He blinked at her and twist a little bit his head to the side. “It was. Seriously. Very funny indeed!”, he insisted grinning at her mischievous. Fluttershy snorted and tried to open her wings. Unhappy she flapped them but it wouldn't work out very well.

“My wings are soaking wet! How I am supposed to fly back to the island?! I am a very bad swimmer and...”, she chocked her words, when she saw the bored face of Discord. He studied carefully his claws and acted surprised, when she focused him again. “Aw come one. Since when are you Watershy?”, he punned. The mare just gave him a glare. He snickered. “You shouldn't have went of the island in the first place! I think it is a very beautiful place for a time out!”

Fluttershy looked away. She gritted her teeth and tried to think of a way out of it.

“Time out?!”, she jelled eventually. “Time out?! You abducted me! You hold me prison! And you stole the Element of Kindness! Are you nuts?!”

Discord shrug his shoulders and looked innocently at her. Just smiling. “Don't you like the water?”, he asked superior.

“What have you even done with the element?!”, Fluttershy screamed.

“Oh that?”, Discord asked and pretend to think about it. “Throw it in a volcano...”

“You did WHAT?!”, Fluttershy was about to faint. She hold her head. How in all of Equestria should she explain that to Twilight?

Discord paddled back in the direction of the island in the meantime.

“You aren't deaf, aren't you?”, Discord laughed. “May I prefer not to be turned into stone?”

Fluttershy tried to hold her balance on the serpent body. She didn't know what to say. She was just afraid. At the moment he didn't seem to hurt her. She could only hope it would stay that way. Discord seemed bored. He checked out how far they were away from the island. He frowned. A second later Fluttershy screamed again. They were about 20 meters in the sky on the top of an icy slide. Discord didn't wait for her to calm down and slid the whole way down to the beach. Fluttershy clanged Angel and closed her eyes when they slide into a looping. She heard a gleeful scream of Discord. After another second she flew through the air and landed with the face first in the sand. She spited in disgust and rolled herself on the side. Angel hurried away to her cottage.

She heard Discord clapping with his paws. Then she thrilled, when she felt his breath at her neck.

“Fine you're still alive. It would be a shame if the fun was so short with you”, he snickered. Fluttershy pressed her eyelids together and tried to play unconscious. Maybe he would go away then. On the other hand. If he stayed here, he couldn't do any harm in Equestria. And after all Celestia had entrusted her to reform the Lord of Chaos. She couldn't let her down! She couldn't let any of her friends down.

She shivered, when he picked her up like a little doll. Her eyes opened and saw a big grin. “Wasn't that fun?” She tried to nod but it somewhere got lost in her trembling. He seemed to enjoy her fear.

“Oh yeah...”, Fluttershy tried to rescue the situation.

The draconequus just smiled devious. “You’re a bad liar.” She took a heavy breath and tried to calm down. He set her back onto the ground.

“Listen.”, he said. “I have to do something more important then teasing you, though it is quite fun. I would suggest you stay here. Have a little vacation. What do you say?”

“Vacation?”, she asked doubtful. But then she remembered she wanted him to be distracted. As he tried to snap and teleported away she garbed his paw. Puzzled he looked down at the shivering mare. “Pardon me?”, he asked.

“Well.”, she gulped. “I... ahm...”

“Hurry up or should I turn you into a snail to met up with your speed of talking?!”, he hissed. He hadn't time for the games of a little pony.

“What... what vacation would be good without an enjoyable companion?”, Fluttershy stumbled. A little laugh escaped Discord's mouth. He bow over Fluttershy causes her to duck away. But he didn't stop until her body lied flat on the ground. He circled her and run his claws along her throat. “You are really a terrible liar. What about your little hare? Is his companionship not enough for you? Or are you afraid of starving to death? There wouldn't be any fun in that if I couldn't watch it! After all it would take to long to keeps me interested.”, he said with a clear tone of menace in his voice.

Fluttershy gulped silently and try to give him a impassioned look. She was never good at getting the attention of somepony on purpose, but she had to try and buy the others some time. And no other idea ran into her mind then play with his pride.

“What... is he compared to you...? Not a very talkative and... well um... intellectual and funny... interlocutor?” She squeaked when he came closer. His muzzle touched her throat and he bit it gently. Like a pack leader that shows a lower member it's place in the hierarchy.

“I don't think so pipsqueak. You are a terrible flirter as well.”, he whispered, staring deep in her eyes and hissed with his serpent tongue, almost touched Fluttershy's muzzle. Fluttershy's eyes filled with fear and she crawled away from him. He snickered, petting her mane. “You are easy to scare. Maybe I will have a little fun with you later. After I get rid of the real threads. You just stay here and be a good girl...”

Fluttershy's heart pounced in terror. She just looked at the withe flash, when the draconequus vanished. She crouched herself shivering, hoping he wont come back at all. But she was not so sure about this. On the second thought. The thing she feared most was that he did anything horrible to her friends.