Getting to Know You

Another day, another night. Another week, another month. It was finally time.

Tis was the second Friday of the month, a night of wonder and joy, and Twilight Sparkle walked out of one of the castle kitchens, carrying two large pizzas, three bowls of chips, two small packages of dip and a couple of sodas. She casually strode through the long hallways until she reached two double doors. There it was. The room. A large room with a couple of beds, coloured dark walls and dark blue curtains. The Slumber room. The room in which the former beariers of the Elements of Harmony had their monthly sleepovers.

Twilight slowed down her step, and cautiously stepped closer to the doors. The mare couldn't hear any joyful chattering from within. What was going on in there? The princess fixed a bit her cozy hoodie as she slowly opened the door with her magic. The snacks almost fell to the ground when a soft pillow collided with her face.

The room filled with laughter as the other five mares came out of their hide-outs made of the five beds and a ton of pillows. All were just as casually dressed as Twilight. Now, you would ask, why does a species that usually walk around naked wear clothes? The answer is: the heating in the huge castle is freaking terrible, that's why.

They had arrived in the Friendship Castle about an hour ago. Before all agreed on snacks, they had already started a rather heated game of Ponopily. Rainbow Dash owned one third of the board by the time Rarity was done braiding Fluttershy's mane, and would've owned the other two thirds if Pinkie wasn't so determined to win. Apparently, in their boredom while waiting for Twilight to return, they had started an even more heated pillow fight. And she was the victim of a secret, conspiracy attack.

-"You know, this is called an assasination attempt on a princess, and is, in fact, highly frowned upon and extremely punishable."- the princess of Friendship said in a monotone voice, as she slowly placed the tray of snacks on a small table in the middle of the room.

-"Heh, sorry Twi. It was an accident..."- Dash chuckled, as she flew down infront of Twilight. Ah, yes. Her first suspect of the terrible crime. Oh, it sure wasn't an accident. She chuckled too.

Soon, all mares sat around the table and started munching on the still warm pizzas.

With most of the mares having their own businesses and jobs to do, they didn't usually have any time to spend with each other. Lukily, with Twilight and Rarity's (mostly Twilight's) amazing organizing skills, the six mares got to meet each other as often as they can. Twilight herself had planned the monthly slumber parties and they had been doing them successfully for a couple of months now. It was usually a fun night and this night was no exception. Twilight's castle was the usual location for the slumber parties but there were times when they would stay somewhere else. (They still talked about the time they stayed in Canterlot castle during one visit that happened to align with the Slumber day. The real party started when Luna joined them for an all-nighter filled with games, jokes and pranks... Oh, the poor guards...)

The mares were chatting happily and everything was fine, until Pinkie picked up a small box of chocolate milk from the tray that ,Twilight was sure, wasn't there before and giggled as she placed the straw in the hole of the box.

-"Pf, hey, remember last week, when Applejack asked Discord to water a part of the crops and he instead made a toffu cloud raining milk!"- the pink mare giggled again as she took a sip from her drink.

-"Oh, yeah!"- Rainbow butted in- "And Applejack was all like 'What 'n tranation are ya doin', Discord!? Ah told ya t'wateh tha crops!!!'"

All mares, except Twilight, laughed at the flyer's attempt of a southern accent.

-"Um, yeah, so?"- the unincluded alicorn questioned annoyedly. She really hated being unincluded.

The others' laughter ceased as they all looked back at Twilight.

-"Oh, sorry"- Fluttershy, who was sitting next to her smiled softly, placing a hoof on her shoulder. The feeling softer than usual because of the pegasus' long-sleeved sweater- "We forgot you weren't there..."

-"Okay, let me finish!"- the noise completely fadded as Dash flew into the air with all eyes on her- "And then Discord said, ahem, 'Well, I'm sorry my dear Applejack, but I thought you meant me to milk the crops! You know, good for the bones and all that...'"- Rainbow waved her hoof dismissively to emphasize her Discord imitation.

All mare, again, except Twilight, started laughing again, even louder. They stopped when their left-out friend groaned.

-"That... that joke hardly makes any sence..."- she placed her hoof on her forehead.

-"Oh, but it does, darling! Well, if you were there... It's all about context!"- Rarity tried her hardest to cheer her friend but to no profit. The young princess was now laying her head on the table with her front hooves spread atop of it. She mumbled something incohearent.

-"Um, sorray, sugarcube, but what did ya say?"- questioned Applejack from her spot next to her.

Twilight raised her head up, and to the surprised of the others, pretty much yelled her next words angrily.

-"What in the name of Celestia is so, SO great about DISCORD!?"

The room was silent.

-"W-well... he can be really sweet when he wants to..."- the soft words from the yellow pegasus in the room triggered a massive reaction if every other pony starting their own little rant about the draconeques in question.

Rainbow Dash couldn't stop talking about his 'surprisingly amazing flying skills' and how good he was at pranking.

Applejack admitted that he knew well how to cheer up the situation and that his 'fancy magics' were extremely helpful on the farm.

Rarity also took part of the conversation by also admitting admiration about his personality and skills. She even shared a joke he told her. Everypony laughed.

Fluttershy only smiled. She was far more familiar with the draconeques than the others and enjoyed the sudden change of mind towards him.

Pinkie Pie had had a trip to Joyland by the time he shared his first joke, or summoned his first cotton candy cloud. She was even slightly dissapointed by him not being able to show up. Darn politics.

Twilight watched in slight confusion. She still didn't understand, why did her friends suddenly like Discord!?

Meanwhile, in Canterlot castle, a dozen of royalties and political figures were seated around the table in the royal conference room. On one end was seated Princess Celestia, with her sister, Princess Luna on her right side, and the Lord of Chaos, Discord, seated on the left. The negotiation whether or not to start a stock exchange with the Yakyakistans was in full swing for nearly three hours now and Discord was completely and fully bored.

As Luna was just suggesting her tradding ideas, something in the draconeques came up to him. He slammed his fist against the table, starting everypony and non-pony in the room, as he suddenly took deep breaths, closing his eyes and...

"Ah-ah-ah-aH- CHOOOO!"- suddenly, confetti fell out of the rooftop as the lord scratched at his nose.

-"Well... that was a nice, cheerful swing away from the serious conversation, Discord, but-"- Celestia was quickly interrupted by another sneeze. And another. And another. They ended up being five in total. And then, a final one, the loudest of all. The politics had to swipe off the piles of confetti off the table.

After that, Discord simply layed back in his chair and smirked like nothing had happened.

"Well, I guess somepony's talking about me~"- he chuckled softly.

-"If you want to know THAT much about Discord, Twily, why don't you just schedule an outing with him or something?"- Pinkie suddenly said, interrupting the chatting of the others as she noticed Twilight's slumped form. The rest noticed it too. Twilight suddenly jotted up.

-"How did I not think of that."- the purple mare whispered.- "Of course!"- she yelled.-"I have to go out on a meeting with Discord so I can get to know him as well as you guys have!"

The mares in the room cheered in agreement. That was a good idea.

-"But, um, how are you going to invite him? And when?"- Fluttershy questioned.

-"Well, I could write him a letter?"- the alicorn thought out-loud- "I have my Monday free, so I guess I could schedule for then... But that leaves what are we going to do..."- the mare rubbed her chin in thought.

The other mares looked amongst each other. Rarity stood up and walked towards her saddlebag at the foot of her bed, taking out a piece of paper and a quill.

-"Do you have any ink, dear?"- the fashionista questioned as she walked back towards her friend.

-"Um, yes, give me a second..."- Twilight quickly summoned a small jar of black ink and tossed to the unicorn.

Rarity took it, opening the small cap and placing the stuff on a free spot on the table in front of Twilight. All mares sat around the purple mare and Rarity ushered her to start writing.

-"Hm, alright... I will now start..."

Dearest Discord,

-"Um, is this alright, is it too formal? Is it too casual?"- all five mares rolled their eyes at their friend's already starting nerveousness.

-"Hmm... Isn't it a bit tooooo affectionate?"- Pinkie Pie questioned- "I mean, you wouldn't want to send him the wrong message, do you? Haha, get it, because you are actually sending him a message!"

A moment of silence followed. Then Twilight quickly scratched out the part.

-"How about, 'Dear Discord'?"- she nervously asked.

-"It's fine, Twi."- said Dash as she flew above her- "Go on."

Dearest Discord Dear Discord,

How are you?Heyyyy! How have you been? SO, the girls and I talked I was wondering if you and I could, you know, go out sometime? As in, like friends, I mean! I thought you wouldn't mind spending some quality time together, but I don't know, what would you say? Please say yes...Or no, that's fine! I was thinking this Monday might be a good time for any plans? Um, write back when you can, and just to be sure you know, you aren't obligated to accept!

Your faitful stident,
Your fellow princess,
Lots of Love,
I hope I hear from you soon,
Twilight Sparkle

Twilight signed her name on the bottom of the paper. True, the letter was short, but most of the paper was filled with scratched out parts and here and there small hoofnotes made by her friends. The writing took about twenty minutes and the alicorn quickly proof-read the letter, magically deleting the notes and scratched out parts, and rolled it up, placing a small seal of her own on it.

After ten more minutes, Spike was in the room sending the letter and five more minutes later, Twilight was hiding under the table, summoning a book on how to return back a letter.

Rainbow Dash had to quickly snatch the book, flying off into the air, causing Twilight to shriek in horror as she followed her across the room. The situation quickly turned into a small game of "Keep away the book from Twilight" which randomly reminded the princess about the first time she actually met Discord.

Finally, Twilight gave up and everyone was tired enough to go to bed. Maybe after twenty more incouraging remarks from her friends, the former bearier of the Element of Magic managed to calm down and fall asleep.

...

Unfortunately, her slumber was pretty short, as giant burst of pink flame blew infront of her bed, waking up the whole room, and decending on top of Twilight's head. It was a letter. The five other ponies jumped off their beds and quickly found their places around the still baffled alicorn who opened the letter.

Discord was tired and that was an understatement. Spending four, or maybe five, hours in a room full with boring ponies was like a suicide attempt for a draconeques and everyone should be educated well enough to know that. Still, he had to, for the good of his reputation as a good creature and benefit for the country of Equestria.

The lord walked in through the window of his asigned room and walked into the bathroom through the wall. He combed his teeth, brushed his bath and took his hair, as he got himself ready for a long night of naps. A total of seventeen naps, lasting twenty minutes each, with a ten minutes break in between each. (During that time, he had snacks and pranked the night guards.)

He flushed himself down the toilet and his body appeared again on the small chair of his desk on the ceiling of the room. Just as he was about to walk to his bed hooked against the far left wall, a sudden flash of green fire surprised him. After the smoke cleared up, he picked down the piece of parchment that came along with the fire hazard.

He summoned a pair of thin, pink reading glasses and started reading the text upside-down. Well, he, himself, was upside down, the paper was the right way up... After he had finished reading, his curious expression changed to a joyful surprise.

-"Wouls you look at that, the Princess of Friendship has invited me on a date! Wait, no, there it is, the word 'friends'..."- the draconeques sighed hard, if he had sighed any more harder, he was afraid the sarcasm in the act was going to make him explode. So he looked back at the letter that now stood on the ground, and then at his desk- "Well, some fun with the bookworm wouldn't hurt, now would it, Discord?"

From a framed picture on the desk moved a copy of him, that nodded and smirked devilishly. The real Discord gave back the same smile, as he rubbed his claw and paw, chuckling evily. The framed picture copied his movements.

The lord snapped his talons and Twilight's letter appeared in another frame on the wall, a purple one with time red and pink hearts covering the wood. Yep, this invitation was a serious achievement from the stiff mare.

He quickly took out a parchment of his own, quickly writting down how he agrees to go on an outing with her. After finishing up the letter with a small mocking
"See you on Monday,
Your dearest Discord~ <3"
(Her hoof-notes were simply adorable and hilariously embarrassing all at the same time!)
Discord rolled up the letter, sealing it with a picture of himself and sent it.

He jumped off the ceiling and back to the wall in his bed, he yawned and clapped his feet together, causing the room to go dark.

Oh, this was truely going to be an interesting Monday.