Organizing Chaos

Fluttershy had just finished her favorite and last class of the day, biology, and was about to start the weekend. One thing she couldn’t get off her mind was the traps that she had borrowed from the mean janitor to get rid of the woodchucks. She had put off looking for him for the whole day because she doesn’t know how to tell him that she didn’t have the traps. They were with Applejack and her brother, Big Mac. She was worried that would make the janitor, Discord’s his name, right?, angry, and didn’t feel like dealing with that, but she could put off the inevitable no longer.

The janitor was making his way towards her right now as she was walking down the hall. Before Fluttershy could say anything, he said “Fluttershy, what a relief. I’ve been looking for you all day. Do you have those traps I gave you?”

Fluttershy stood their silently for a minute before looking down and quietly saying, “I don’t have them.”

She was so worried that the janitor would be angry. “Well, that’s not a big deal. Did you really think I’d be mad? I just need to know where they are.”

“They should be at Sweet Apple Acres, with my friend Applejack. I was going to go there today. I could figure out a way to give them to you.”

“No need, I know where that is. I’ll just swing by and get them today. Where exactly did you set the woodchuck’s free?”

“I live near a forest; I just went in there and let them go.” She was curious as to why he wanted to know, but didn’t want to ask him. Now it seemed he was the one uncomfortable with the conversation as he struggled to get something out.

“My daughter rode her bike around there and said she saw them.”

“Oh, I might have seen her.”

“She’s in junior high, with purple and white curly hair. She seems to go there a lot.”

“Yeah, I’ve definitely seen her, but she rode away before I could talk to her.”

“About that,” Discord seemed to be fighting with his thoughts about saying more, but he let his feelings pour out all the same. “She is very shy and not comfortable around people. She’s never really had a mother or anyone to look up to. But she seems to care for animals a lot, just like you. Why don’t I bring her with me, and we can see if you two have anything else in common?

“Umm…okay,” Fluttershy said, before walking away and hurrying up before she missed the bus. She had not expected that from the janitor.