Fluttercord: Midnight

                     Fluttershy was out in Ponyville today, and she is going to Sugar Cube Corner to visit Pinkie. On the way, she saw ponies suspiciously looking around. When Fluttershy got into the sweet shop, Pinkie was nowhere to be found.

                     "Leave the sweets alone!" cried Pinkie as she sprang onto Fluttershy. "Oh, you're not a creepy monster from the Everfree Forest!" Pinkie jumped off. What was going on, thought Fluttershy as she got up.

                     "What do you mean?" asked Fluttershy.

                     "Oh, you didn't see the timberwolves fleeing the forest, howling in fright?" asked Pinkie, cocking her head to the side. Fluttershy shook her head no. "They must have been attacked, or some were killed, or..." Fluttershy zoned out and thought about what happened. Maybe the thing that attacked Discord was the cause of this!

                     "Uh, Pinkie, uh I have to go..." said Fluttershy as she left the Sweet Shop. Maybe Discord would know how to get through to this! But, all of a sudden, a growl sounded behind Fluttershy. Fluttershy jumped and flew to a cloud. She was greeted by a laughing Rainbow Dash.

                     "Fluttershy, you fell for that? Nice work, Scootaloo!" Scootaloo was on the ground laughing the daylights out of herself. Fluttershy was a little angered, but not much as Rainbow was having fun.

                     "Nice work, you really scared me..." muttered Fluttershy, enthusiastically. "Hey, did you hear about the strange occurrences in the Everfree Forest?" asked Fluttershy. Rainbow stopped smiling.

                     "Yeah. Pretty strange, how those timberwolves ran in fear. Whatever scared them, I won't be scared. I'm going to look around for it with Scootaloo tonight." Rainbow nodded to Scootaloo, who grinned. "We will fight off whatever scared the wolves, and it will be scared of us!" Rainbow had a smirk on her face. Fluttershy hoped Rainbow could scare off the thing, because maybe it will scare the injured animals Fluttershy needed to take care of!

                     "Well, Scoots and I need to practice some battle moves to destroy the creature. They are awesome!" Rainbow sped off with Scootaloo and they were gone in an instant. Fluttershy decided she was going to visit Twilight in the Friendship castle.

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                    Fluttershy had asked Discord to take care of the animals while she was gone, and he did so. The animals to him seemed... strange... They were nervous around him now, and he felt as if they were... prey? Discord finished tending to the last animal and headed inside. Things sure were different now. Fluttershy still trusted him, but not in the same way. Will it be like the time after Tirek-she didn't trust me for awhile, thought Discord to himself. He pushed the thought away.

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                   Fluttershy made it to The Kingdom and went in. She found Twilight in the library.

                   "I don't mean to barge in, but I wanted to ask you something." muttered Fluttershy. Twilight put down the book she was reading and looked up.

                   "What is it?" questioned Twilight, who was smiling nervously, as if she did something and was guilty.

                   "Do you know anything about the timberwolves running in fear the other night?" asked Fluttershy. Twilight looked at a book and nodded.

                   "That is what I was studying. I made a conclusion about this, and a creature scared them away. The book says that manticores and an unknown creature were the only animals that were easily capable of scaring a timberwolf. We may be able to discover that strange animal that has been scaring them!" said Twilight, who was happy, but stressed at the same time. Obviously other ponies kept asking her questions and she has to be stressed over finding the answers.

                   "Thank you. I have something else to ask too." said Fluttershy, who was cautious not to put too much pressure on her friend.

                   "Yes?" said Twilight, her eyes growing dull.

                   "Can you talk Rainbow and Scootaloo from going into the forest to fight the creature? They said they would, and I don't want them to get hurt." said Fluttershy.

                   "OK, I will soon. Right now, I have a bunch of books to read." said Twilight, going back to the book she was reading. Fluttershy walked out of the castle, and she started heading toward her cottage. Fluttershy walked in, and found Discord, who was on the ceiling.

                   "What are you doing up there?" asked Fluttershy, cocking her head.

                   "Oh, oh um, I don't know.." said Discord, and he appeared in front of her with a flash of light. "So, how was the day out?"

                   "Just fine. I saw some of my friends, and I heard some shocking news." said Fluttershy, as she told the story.

                   "That's strange. Maybe this will die down, and just a manticore scared them out." said Discord, who was deep in thought.

                   "Yeah, I guess. But, I'm going back out. You go and water my plants." before she let Discord argue, she left the cottage. She heard Discord groan, and then it was quiet. Fluttershy decided she was going to take a closer look at the forest.

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                   Does she really think I'm going to stay here and water the plants, thought Discord to himself. He teleported to a tree to hide in while Fluttershy passed by. She had looked at some of the trees when he vanished and appeared in them, causing them to move. But, he had made himself invisible so Fluttershy didn't send him home, and he didn't want her to be mad. Discord did this awhile, and then tried to keep in a gasp when Fluttershy went into the Everfree Forest. Why would she want to go into the dangerous place? Maybe it was important to keep with Fluttershy. Discord looked at the position of the sun, seeing it was only mid-afternoon. He still had time. Discord rustled around too much, and Fluttershy flew up to the tree.

                  "H-Hello? W-Who is in this tree, making the rustles?" Fluttershy's gaze swept past Discord, as he was invisible. Discord had used his "vampire" powers to do so. No magic, not even his own, could make a pony invisible. Discord stood as still as possible, and she eventually flew away, back on her trail.

                  "What are you doing?" muttered Discord, so quiet Fluttershy couldn't hear. In a bush, he heard a faint growling. He appeared in front of it, still invisible, and looked in it. A timberwolf pup was in there, looking starved. He scooped it up and thought, Fluttershy might see this as a nice gift. It growled again. "Oh, shut up." Discord teleported to the cottage, left it there, and teleported near Fluttershy. She seemed to walk for an endless time. Finally, she stopped. There was fear in her eyes. Discord followed her gaze. The creature that attacked him was right ahead! It started running toward Fluttershy, ready to bite. Discord became visible and leaped at it. He didn't know the sun was setting.

                  "Discord! The sun!" Fluttershy shouted, but not much of a shout, and Discord couldn't hear. The sun set, and Discord lay limp on the group. What agony he was in! He looked at the sky, realizing it was night now. He changed to the vampire form he owned, and got up. The creature was growling, and it too had changed some. Not much, but it had glowing red eyes and sharp fangs. Discord was aware of his fangs, but he couldn't care less.

                 "Come at me you mutt!" yelled Discord, as he braced to fight. The thing started walking toward him, looking calm.

                 "You should know you have the power to take over Equestria." said the creature. Discord was shocked, but thought.

                 "Why would I want to?" snarled Discord, clearly angry. The creature laughed.

                 "Who wouldn't want to rule Equestria?" asked the creature, clearly taking Discord's answer as a joke.

                 "I guess I do still like the idea, but my love for Fluttershy is going to keep me from it. But, I am still happy, which is good, and I shouldn't end it now!" snapped Discord, thinking of his love.

                 "Another reason you should have let me kill her. I was going to get you next, but not kill you. When you got in the way, you caused me some embarrassment, as I never missed a kill before. Kill that pegasus and reach ultimate power!" commanded the creature. Discord was shocked, angry, hurt, nostalgic, and thoughtful. I could find another mare, and have Equestria, one side screamed. The other screamed, don't, she understands you and loves you, don't break her heart and yours for a silly ambition!

                 "Discord, don't listen to it!" yelped Fluttershy, finally finding her voice. The creature snarled.

                 "Shut up, fool!" it whacked her, but didn't bite her. Fluttershy cried. "Well, is it ultimate power, or a wimpy pegasus?" questioned the creature. Discord made up his mind and turned his gaze to Fluttershy.

                 "Do. Not. HURT HER!" screeched Discord, as he rammed into the creature, making it cry out.

                 "Bad choice. But for now, we will not fight." the creature ran off, and before Discord could find it, the creature was gone.

                 "Fluttershy, are you OK? For a second, my old awful ambition was getting to me. But I couldn't lose you." said Discord, as he teleported them to the cottage.

                 "I knew you were going to make the right decision." said Fluttershy.

                 "What ever were you doing in the Everfree Forest anyway?" snapped Discord, narrowing his eyes. Fluttershy winced.

                 "Those timberwolves were scared out, and now I know what scared them. Obviously it was that... that thing scared them out." said Fluttershy. Discord sighed.

                 "You could have told me!" he said, and he remembered the pup. "Close your eyes."

                 "Why?"

                 "Just close your eyes." She did so, and Discord got the pup, and it growled again. "Oh shut up you." Fluttershy giggled, thinking she knew what she was getting.

                 "OK, open them." Fluttershy gasped, but still smiled.

                 "A timberwolf pup! It's so cute. Thank you!" Fluttershy hugged Discord, who returned it gratefully. "I know it's a timberwolf, but my mother said she raised one as a pup, and it was a great and loyal wolf!" Fluttershy hugged the pup next, who didn't growl, but panted with playfulness, and when she set it down, it rolled onto its back, and Fluttershy rubbed its stomach.

                 "I found it in a bush." explained Discord. Fluttershy smiled. Discord sat down, and thought. He rest his head on his hand, suddenly remembering the extra fang and quickly pulled his head up. This is great.