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             Another case of the love poison.              
                   -by Jade Crossroads-                    
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            Too much for even Discord to resist            
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Too much for even Discord to resist
Pinkie thought she had gotten everypny matched in ponyville, but then she sees another pontential pairing/ or they were the first. probably the latter}
Pinkie invited the pair to a party, she had all kinds of ballons and sreamers hanging around, so they thought nothing was amiss, well, all except for the downright eerie smile/ expression on the pink one's muzzle.
Discord just shrugged and took Fluttershy's hoof and lead her to the punch bowl. He tried to do so without Pinkie watching them, he had his suspicions, she was acting strangely... and even more so than was the norm. usual for her.
He had every reason to be concerned, especially because none of Flutterhsy's other friends were there.... Something definitely wasn't right.
He had pulled Fluttershy along with him to tell her so... but now that he loke dot her gentle face again, and her kind, teal eyes met his, he was at a loss for words.
She blushed and looked away, though he wished like anything that she hadn't for now he felt like he was tossed into a dessert that only her cool blue eyes could alleviate the harsh conditions of the world outside. He no longer remembered what he was so intent on telling her, only that he had yet to tell her how he felt, and how he wanted nothing more than t tell her and run his claws through her mane, lean in and.... He blushed harder now.
Had he really just imagine... kissing Flutterhsy?! He needed to clear his head, and more importantly he needed something to drink, his throat was starting to fell dry and constrict. And it was getting harder to breathe, he was so nervous. He was about to reach for a cup of punch when he remembered, he hadn't offered his lady Fluttershy a drink. He hadn't even asked.
He shook his head, as stupid as it was to have forgotten that, it ws even more foolish a thought to pick up one of the cups, even if it would settle his nerves, which he doubted tremendously, his paw would betray him, he knew, his arm would shake, and if worse came to worse, he could spill the punch on her. That would be jus this luck, pouring punch on his crush's new dress.
Pinkie came up t  them then, an with that creepy smile that looked too happy, and hopped up and down in front of them. "So... are you guys going to try some punch? You've just been standing there this whole time and you haven't even said a single word to each other. You aren't shy are you?"
"Ha! get it Shy! as in part of Fluttersy's name! Isn't that the funniest thing, Discord?" Pinkie asked being sure to jab the draconequus right square in the ribs.
"Yes, quite the....  Well, ya know Pinkie,, would you mind jumping on something thqat isn't my til, an I'd appreciate it if you'd give me room t breathe. I swear, I've formed a case of claustrophobia after my stay in my stone prison."
"Oh! Sure thing!" She said as she stopped jumping and gave him his space, se turned to Fluttershy then, and asked, Are you enjoying the party?"
Fluttershy proceeded to hide behind her mane. "Oh.. um... it's, nice I suppose. It's just that... well, we only just got here, and I don't think that's enough time to decide that."
"Oh." Pinkie's hair deflated a little bit at that.
"Oh, but I always enjoy all yor Parties Pinkie, I'm surte this one will be no different!" Flutterhsy coaxed/ reassured her freind.
"Yeah, I guess that's true. I'll just ask you again later then!"quickly resumed it's usual outrageous volume.
"Why don't you two have some punch? It's my new favorite recipe!"
Although Flutterhsy was rather hesitant to try some of Pinkie's surprise recipes and ingredients, she didn't want to upset her friend, so she reached out to grab a glass, only for a golden claw to intercept her.
"Don't trouble yourself, my dear. I shall get the drinks."
Discord walked a short distance away to where the Punch bowl table had been moved. He had to admit, all of a sudden Pinkie's idea of adding Wheels to the thing was surprisingly convenient. He couldn't have foreseen it's usefulness until this moment however, but that didn't mean he couldn't still appreciate it.
HJe tried to slow his heart rate as he poured both a cup for himself, and one for Fluttershy.
If only he could get up the courage to tell her how he felt, but he wasn't sure at all how she would react, if she would spurn him and his feelings or shun him. Or worse laugh at him. No, he didn't dare hope what would become of them should the feeling be mutual. He didn't dare hope nor dream of such happiness with his love. His world was anything/ all but perfect, while her... hers was another existence entirely. Forever separate from his own.
He took out the charm necklace he had made for her. It's property was a bright silver/ gold, that he had enchanted to ward off any spell or potion on its wearer. He wanted to make sure/ certain that nothing would happen to his beloved Pegasus. If only there was a good time to gift it to her. knowing full well he would have given it to her sooner/ had not been afraid of how it would/might be received, and he wanted to wait until he told her how he felt, if he ever confessed his feelings for her to anyone but himself. Alas, it seemed to him this was never to be. The shining metal would tarnish and rust with age and his own tears before he considered himself brave enough to bother asking her. And in that time she'd have found another, nice stallion to shower with her affections and he'd be all alone for another thousand, thousand years. It hurt to think of that/ it. But he had to, it was the way his life would play out, or rather hers, but he would also have to endure the pain of watching her fall for another, and wonder if he could have been that stallion, while his heart continued to break, crack by lengthening and / growing and new crack. Until there'd be nothing left of his love for her and only the pain remained.
Oh, Sweet Celestia! When did I become so dramatic! Ugh! /i can hardly even listen to myself at this rate.
He sighed as he turned back to her, and forced a smile, it was getting harder and harder./ increasingly more difficult to cover his inner emotions with the masks that had so easily fallen into place when he first met her and his before his first day of being reformed by the element of kindness/ by her kindness/ kind and gentle nature/.
"Would you care for a drink mademoiselle?" He asked her, a playful grin on his face.
She smiled up at her Draconnequus friend. But then, she had started to feel much closer to him than her other friends, more than one would feel for a friend.
Discord of course tried ot resist the ption's affects, and stared a tPinkie asking a silent question with his eyes, "What exaclty did you do?! " or soemwhere more along the ine sof "Wha twas in that punch?!"  but as he looked aroudn the room he noticed somehting odd, and cursed himself, that he hadn't realized it before now, that he had fallen prey to the same fate! All the other ponies tpresent had been paired up with some pony, all exept for him and Flutterhsy that was.
He strived to fight the love poison that was finding its way to his heart, but it was difficult, he had nearly succeeded in his nearly impossible endevour when a dreamy eyed Fluttershy  leaned in closer, a little too clsoe. Disocrd's nerves started ot t take hold again as he lost ffocus and was once agian entranced by her eyes.
"No! stop this, you have ot focus! It's just/ only a simple pony potion, you can fend it off and send it packing out of your system!"
Tha twas until Fluttershy spoke up, "Discord.... Dissy... how could I have forgotten about my favourite draconequus had somehting to tell me..?" It was clear that as her eyes were still normal, htat the spell had not yet taken hold, he just needed ot avoid looking inot her eyes when they starte dto swirl over... and maybe now, sinc eshe kept making him lose his concentration.
"Disocrd..." Fluttershy said, her wye snow full of hearts that, that tell tale sign that had been absent but mere moments before.
"Fluttersy... you have to fight this! You.. You don't love me!" Disocrd had trouble sayign this and stutered while he tried to get the words out and voice them. He fought off the thouhgt that this might not be as bad as he origonaly thought, but he knew this was a violation, if he could break this accursed magic potion's affects then he should focus on that, and nothing else!
"Oh, but ?i do, I have for a while now actually... I guess the funny thing is, I've wanted to do this for awhile now, and I feel as if I've gathered the couraage.
"Courage to do what? ...You're not making any.. sense Flutterhsy! And that's my thing!" He tried to make liggght of the otherwise serious situation/ grave circumstance he had foudn himself in, but he knew there was no point since she was the only on eto hear him, and she obviously had other thoughts in mind.
That ws when she kissed him.
His eyes sho open, and he was a t aloss what ot do, he dropped his defenses, and the last of the love poison reached his heart. His own eyes too now were full of spiraling hearts. IT had finally taken its full affect.
"My dear, sweet Flutterhsy....."