It took a while for Discord to arrive at Fluttershy's cottage skirting the Everfree. Three days in fact. In that time, however brief, the nightmares worsened. The scenes were more gruesome, severed limbs not just detached but used as a foux paintbrush to decorate the walls of that obscure location the victim's resting place became. Bloody daisies and silhouettes of bunny rabbits and other small woodland creatures were hastily scribbled with the crimson paste, showing a very demented version of a woodland "sanctuary". Her dream didn't even try to hide the fact that it was in fact Fluttershy that committed these atrocities. Instead, it seemed taunting, almost saying "i dare you to break" to the poor mare's already fragile psyche.

*KNOCK KNOCK*

It was already the afternoon, and the mare was still in bed, startled awake, and more importantly, away from the nightmare she was still having. Her eyes stung with every day of sunshine leaking through the cracks in her curtain. "Fluttershy! Oh, Fluttershy!" A male voice uttered, followed by another series of knocks. "Are you still in there? I brought your favorite tea!"

Groaning, Fluttershy opened the curtains and screamed in pain. "THE SUN! IT BURNS!"

*SNAP*

The curtains were slammed shut once more, a draconequus shutting them with his claws. "Dear Fluttershy, I told you not to sleep in! Bad for the eyes you know." Discord chuckled, turning around to greet his friend. "I'm sorry to barge in like this, but I was worried about you after I heard some yelling. Guess it was just a overly ambitious and sleepy mare pushing her luck by sleeping in, heh heh!"

Groaning, the mare in question rubbed her eyes in hopes of getting rid of some of the pain. I guess the shock of sudden light blinded me for a second...

...Or so she thought...

Groaning, Fluttershy got back onto four hooves. "W-what are you doing up this early, Discord?" She asked.

"Early? It's half past noon, my dear. You slept half the day away!" He put his paw onto her forehead, checking for fevers. "Are you alright, Fluttershy?" He snapped his digits, summoning a stethoscope and doctor's coat. "I hope you aren't coming down with anything severe..."

"N-no, I'm fine. I'm just tired is all."

"Are you sure?" Discord asked, looking concerned. "Because I could always-" he held his fingers together, ready to snap.

"I SAID I'M FINE, YOU STUPID COLT!" Fluttershy gasped, covering her mouth immediately. "I-I'm sorry, Discord! I didn't mean to snap at you like that!"

Where did that come from?!

Oh like you don't know, hot shot! It was me. Time to be more... "Assertive", don't you think? the Voice cackled.

Even he was shocked. "N-no I get it, you were... Just tired is all! Heh heh..." Discord chuckled nervously. "I'll just wait downstairs until you're all cleaned up and refreshed.

"B-but Discord, I-"

*SNAP*

The pale yellow mare sighed. "I-I guess I'll get ready, then..."

A few minutes later and Fluttershy made her way downstairs, trying to avoid eye contact with her guest. It was a habit she couldn't break, where she would just clam up after snapping at somepony, feeling guilty the entire time. "Ah, you're properly awake now!" He smiled, despite her shutting down. "The tea is piping hot, my dear!" She sat down next to the tea set, growing her cup tightly.

Warily, she looked at the contents swirling inside, then back at Discord. "Don't worry my dear, it's your favorite- ginseng. Uh, minus the singing of course!" He chuckled nervously.

She brought the sweet promise of caffeine to her lips, savoring the aroma before taking a small sip. "I-it's...Delicious, Discord! As always!" She didn't lie about that. Despite being an avatar of Chaos, he was quite the connoisseur when it came to tea combinations. "Tea is like Chaos, in a way." He started. "If you just take it raw, it's nothing more than hot leaf juice. However, if you make it just right..." He snapped his fingers, the kettle flying over and pouring gently into his empty cup labeled "#1 Chaos God" on the side. Sipping, he sighed. "It will taste just delicious!"

A few more casual bits of conversation later got Fluttershy thinking. "You didn't come here for tea, did you?" Silence followed.

"...no."

"Then what?" She looked up, staring intently into those yellow, chaotic, mismatched eyes of his.

"*sigh* To be honest, it's about the letter..."

Oh...

"I owe you an explanation, Fluttershy." He stared back. "But in order to do that, I need to do something and that requires your absolute trust. Do you trust me?" He reached his paw out, offering it to Fluttershy. Nodding, she accepted and lay her hoof in it, eliciting a gentle smile from the draconequus.

"What I'm about to do is pull your consciousness out of your body and suspend it in the aether. It won't hurt, but it will feel a bit...weird. You must also stay completely quiet during this time. Knowing that, do you wish to continue?"

I've never seen this side of him before. His tone, the way he's serious about this; This is his other side, the one he keeps buried. Even chaos starts out sane...

She nodded. "Good. On the count of three, I will snap my fingers and pull you out." Discord looked worried all of a sudden. "Whatever happens, just know you are still in control."

"One." Fluttershy slammed her eyes shut, bracing for his magic.

"Two." His other claw raised, getting ready for the magic.

Discord smiled, his muzzle conveying a message saying "it'll be okay."

"...Three." Discord snapped his fingers and pulled Fluttershy's consciousness out at the same time, leaving behind what should have been her unconscious body. What remained instead, caused her to let out an ear shattering shriek of terror. Before her lay a different creature altogether; one very familiar and very bat-like. "Heh. Ha. HA HA HA HA HA!" It called maniacally.

"Ah, free at last!" It spoke in a deep and husky voice that oozed confidence; it was completely opposite of Fluttershy's quiet and sheltered tone. Opening its eyes revealed blood red irises, its smile fanged and sadistic. Stretching, the creature spoke again. "Oh, you have no idea how long I've tried to get rid of that bitch!" Giving her new wings a test flap, she stared back at Discord, a scowl forming. "Ugh, it's you again. What, come to shackle me even more?"

"Not in the slightest, Selene. I'm just stopping by and checking on you." Discord spoke, his expression neutral. "You're not trying to break free, are you?"

"Selene" mocked a hurt expression. "Wha-me? I would never!" She chuckled. "Besides, I can't help if my lesser half has nightmares, can I?"

*SNAP*

Crimson chains and shackles marked with all manner of glyphs and wards appeared around the mare's throat, hooves, and wings. "Don't forget your place, swine!" Discord scowled at the bat pony. "I don't want to have to wage war again, and you running around unshackled will do just that."

She hissed in response, eliciting a telepathic yank from Discord's paw bringing the creature closer. "Why can't I run free?! I followed your rules, left my lesser half alone! The nightmares are hers! Don't believe me?! ASK YOUR BITCH OF A PRINCESS!" That comment earned her a bone-breaking hurdle to the wall opposite where the draconequus was standing. "Ooh, hit a nerve did I?" The bat pony chuckled, spitting out blood. "Remember who's body is on r-"

*SNAP*

A gag appeared over "Selene's" muzzle. "Quiet, abomination!" Discord yelled. "*sighs* I know you're a part of her. There's nothing my chaos magic, or any magic for that matter, can do for you..."

...Nothing? Fluttershy spoke, giving her away to Selene that she was listening in. "Ah, I see 'Fluttershy' has a front row seat!" She grinned, exposing their fangs. "Hmm, I wonder... Spell, perhaps? It has to deal with the subconscious, so...!" Selene gasped. "Of course! Astral projection. Well, it'll be easy to snuff her out then!" She closed her eyes, concentrating, pulling her consciousness out as well.

Well hello there, lesser me! It's time I-

*SNAP!*

Fluttershy was pulled back into her body, shaking and hyperventilating. "...I'm sorry you had to find out about Selene." Discord spoke after she calmed down.

"W-who or w-what was that, that T-THING in my body?!" She yelled, tears streaming down her muzzle.

"...That was you. Or, at least your vampiric nature." He said quietly and in as calm a manner as possible.

V-V-VAMPIRE?! Fluttershy fainted.

Author's Note

Yeah, there's a lot of Out-of-Character moments in here. ~~Sorry don't hate me!~~ It was necessary to establish some major changes in character development.

No worries, this is part 1 of 2 of Fluttershy's transformation into Flutterbat.

I'm open to any criticisms you may/may not have about this story, so feel free to post a comment!