Operation: FLTTERDSH

“Why hello there, Fluttershy,” Discord greeted.

Fluttershy smiled at the levitating hybrid. “Hi Discord. What brings you here today?”

“Has the day already escaped you?” Discord smirked, snapping his fingers. A calendar appeared promptly, rolling open in his hooves; a pair of glasses now resting on his face. “As you can see, it’s Tuesday, and that means tea!”

“But, tea is on Sundays…” Fluttershy whispered, confused.

Discord let his grin falter. “Oh, well, would you look at that!” he exclaimed, stretching his face as he adjusted his glasses and squinted at the schedule. “Tea is on Sundays. At least there’s no post on Sundays.”

“What?”

“None of your concern, Shutterfly!” Discord smiled, poofing everything away. “Besides, is it bad for a friend to occasionally drop by?”

“Maybe?” Fluttershy said uncertainly, “You never drop by unless you have some sort of ulterior motive or it’s tea with me.”

“Le gasp!” Discord gasped, “How could you think of something so low of me?”

“I think you’re already forgetting about when Cadence came to visit and I had to leave,” Fluttershy deadpanned.

“That was once!” Discord argued.

“I don’t think so,” Fluttershy said softly.

Discord tapped his claw on his chin. “Okay, so maybe I have done that once or twice, but-”

“Discord, really?” Fluttershy sighed.

“Fine,” Discord allowed, “I do have an ulterior motive, but!” Discord donned a batter’s uniform and transported them to a baseball diamond. “I certainly hit it out of the ballpark every single time, hm?” he grinned, looking at Fluttershy as a another Discord threw a fastball and the loud smack of the bat against the ball cracked through the air. The baseball went flying, disappearing in the sky with a small twinkle.

“Home run!” Discord cheered, whooping and hollering as he circled all the bases.

“Discord? What are you wearing, and why did you hit that ball?” Fluttershy tilted her head, confused.

“Oh, that’s right,” Discord sighed, snapping the setting away, “Ponies don’t play baseball. That’s a shame.”

“Baseball?” Fluttershy inquired.

“Nothing to concern yourself about, Fluttershy. Although…” Discord poofed a uniform onto Fluttershy. “You can be the first! How about the number ‘42’, hm? Very fitting, first of your kind. I like the look!”

“Dodgers?” Fluttershy asked, reading the woven inscription on her uniform.

“Just a reference, my dear.” Discord snapped his claws and everything went away.

A chime in the distance brought his attention out of his chaotic tendencies. “Oh, hey, wouldn’t you know!” Discord said, pulling a pocket watch from behind his back, a chain hanging. “It’s high noon!”

“Discord,” Fluttershy chided, “Stop stalling and tell me why you’re here. I need to take care of a lot of things today.”

“Oh silly Fluttershy, have you forgotten what day it is today?” Discord tsked.

“It’s Tuesday…”

“Wrong again! Red pill, or blue pill?” Discord reproved before he suddenly asked, donning glasses and a leather jacket. “Red for following me to where I’m supposed to lead you, or blue for the Matrix. If I were you, I’d choose red, because the Matrix is just so confusing.”

“Uhm…” Fluttershy murmured, unsure what was happening.

“Red it is!” Discord announced, and he now flew as an orb of light with four wings. “I’ll help you on your quest!”

Fluttershy glanced behind her at all of her animal critters, who had now all mysteriously disappeared. Several things were left behind, like a mysteriously shaped carrot that looked like a heart. “Well… it looks like I’ve just been left in the dust.” Fluttershy sighed and walked out of her cottage. “Sure, Discord. I’ll follow you.”

“Fantastic!” Discord remarked, now wearing a pinstripe brown and blue suit. “Allons-y!”

Fluttershy rolled her eyes and smiled at Discord’s antics. One small thing was bugging Fluttershy’s mind though. She kept trying to put her mind to why Discord said today was a special day, and she couldn’t put a hoof to it. Walking while thinking, Discord continued to live up to his name of chaos.