The Moonlight Waltz

by Nailah

Rating: everyone
Tags: Discord, Princess Celestia, Slice of Life, Princess Luna, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Comedy, Romance
Length: 1978

Discord gets an invitation to the gala, he is prepared to cause quite the mayhem, he gets surprised when Luna asks him for a dance.

Discord gets surprised by a mysterious letter, inviting him once again to the Gala. Oh course he's honored to get an invitation but what surprises him more is that Luna asks him to dance. Discord accepts, knowing just how wild she can be. If only Celestia could see them now. Oh wait she was watching. He was going to have fun...

Based on the song: "Shut up and dance with me."
Proofread by: The Red Parade, Zontan, RubyDubious, Moonshot, Wish, ZeroMonkey, and Lofty Withers.
Edited by: .RubyDubious

Published 2020-06-16 19:10:00 UTC
Last updated 2020-06-16 19:10:00 UTC

Shut up and dance with me.

The amount of chaos that lingered all around his realm made it awfully hard for the mail pony to find his doorstep. “How did I get stuck delivering a letter to the Lord of Chaos?” he mumbled to himself, as he felt his entire body spiraling out of control. Suddenly he felt himself landing on a doorstep with a loud thud. He groaned, and rubbed at his flank.

“Oomph...well here I am. I really hope he’s in a good mood.” He gulped, and knocked on the door.
Discord was sitting in his house, reclining back on his upside-down sofa, and enjoying some of his creations making a muck of things, when he heard the doorbell. He straightened up with a big grin.

“Oh, I wonder if that’s Fluttershy. She has always wanted to see where I live. Though I don’t recall asking her to come. Oh well! I’m coming,” said Discord as he opened the door, expecting to see his beloved friend, only to frown and stick his nose up and cross his arms. “A mail pony? What do you want?”

“I have a letter, sir...from Princess Luna,” said the mail pony, trembling.

“Oh? Princess Luna, writing to me? Oh my. I certainly didn’t see this coming,” said Discord as he took the letter from the mail pony, slammed the door, before snapping the pony back out of his dimension to Ponyville. He was sure some pony would be able to help him from there. Right now, he had reading to do!

“Dear Discord, I am sure you know by now the Gala will soon be upon us, and I would be humbled if you’d be my plus one. Yours truly, Princess Luna.”

Discord blinked, furrowing his eyebrows, shaking his head and slowly reading the letter again. “Luna wants me to be her plus one for the Gala? Well, this might actually be fun!” said Discord, as he poofed the letter to a safe place. He stood up from his chair, and looked to his clones.

“Alright boys, time to clean up. We wouldn’t want to disappoint a Princess. Though Luna isn’t as fussy as Celestia used to be. Perhaps I should just go like this. Yes. Nevermind, scratch that. Everyone pack up. We’re going to Canterlot,” said Discord, with a chuckle.

He arrived at Canterlot within seconds, right in Princess Luna’s room. Maybe he should have knocked. She might not take kindly to him just poofing up out of nowhere.
Princess Luna was laying upon her bed, her royal guardments on her hooves and her neck. Her crown laid over on her bedside stand. She giggled as she saw Discord appear.

“Took you long enough,” said Luna, as she shifted upwards, going over, and embracing him as if he were an old friend.
Discord felt himself tensing up, but returned the gesture by wrapping his own arms around her neck, and leaning into her.
“Princess Luna, are you feeling quite alright?” he asked, raising his eyebrow a bit. This was not anything he was used to seeing from her, but then again how much did he really know about Luna? Sure he and Celestia used to date, but that was ages ago. So long ago, he honestly didn’t remember why he liked her in the first place. She was so snuffy, and regal, and all business. It was just a bore, really.

“Discord, you may call me just Luna, there is no need for titles between friends,” said Luna as she leaned up and kissed his cheek. “Now, I’d like you to dance with me at the Gala. That is...if you don’t mind.”

“You? Me? Dance?” he asked,baffled. This certainly wasn’t what he expected, but it might be fun. “WAIT. Oh I get it, this is all a ploy to get at Celestia right?” he asked, as he rubbed his claw and lion paw together, snickering.
Luna didn’t answer him, but pulled him along by his lion paw, urging him into the throne room. Their decorations and such were being put together and assembled for tonight’s Gala.

Standing there, holding Luna’s hoof in his paw, even if she had dragged him felt nice. He didn’t know why, it just did. Maybe Fluttershy really was getting to him. He needed to cause some mischief. He saw one of the ponies pouring, punch into a bowl, and had an idea. He snapped his claw and suddenly the punch was tomato soup, and any pony that drank it wouldn’t get the refreshing taste they were hoping for. He felt Luna nudging him to fix it. Discord sighed heavily, and fixed it, groaning.

“I thought you wanted to have fun Princess.” said Discord, huffing as he crossed his arms across his chest, and looking away from her, and up towards the ceiling, pouting.

“I do want to have fun, Discord, but I want us to have a good time, I want you to dance with me. You’ve been holding back on me. Please, just for tonight would you dance with me?” asked Luna her eyes widening, his upper lip hovering over her bottom lip, batting her eyelashes at him.

“Alright, Princess Luna. I will dance with you. But I’m still going to have my own bit of fun while I’m doing it.” said Discord.

“Very well, I can accept that, and please, just Luna. We are friends, aren't we Discord?” asked Luna.

“Right, right. Friends.” snickered Discord.
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He didn’t realize until later he’d have to dress up in a nice suit. Luna came out wearing the most regal, yet enchanting dress he had ever seen. He felt his jaw dropping to the ground as she trotted next to him, nuzzling him, like they were more than “just friends.” He didn’t pull away, he actually leaned in, snickering as he took a chance to grope at her flank with his claws, caressing just the right points of where her tail began.

Luna let out a shrill eep of surprise, but yet she didn’t pull away or jump up to the ceiling, instead, she pulled him by his arm out to the dance floor. Suddenly, Discord felt the whole world spinning. He noticed Celestia talking to fellow ponies, and though what they were talking about he couldn’t really hear, as the music began to blare over them. Luna was giggling, and looking at him with this childlike wonder to her.

“Come on Discord, you’re holding back, shut up and dance with me.” said Luna as she began to twirl around the room, leaning into him.

“Me, holding back? Never. Challenge accepted, Luna,” said Discord, as he snapped a rose into his lips, and began to move in motion with her, pulling her up to her hindquarters, as he took each front foreleg into his arms, and began to tango with her, he moved his feet fast, and swift, that Luna had to adjust quickly, as he winked towards Celestia as he danced with Luna, Spinning around the room with her, Discord realized something. Luna asked him to dance for a reason.

She wanted to stand out, and there was no better way to be noticed than dancing with the Lord of Chaos.

“Come on, put a bit more chaos to it.” suggested Luna with a wink.

“You want me to use my chaos magic? But…” he paused. Suddenly he felt Luna’s lips pressing against his.

“Discord, don’t take your eyes off me. Shut up and dance with me,” said Luna as she let go of him, as she pulled him closer, and gave him a good spin around the floor, that left the draconequus dazed. He barely had time to register where he was before she was pulling him closer again, and giggling like a filly.

“Oh boy. You sure do know how to give a guy a good time. Now then…” he smirked, using a bit of his magic to aid him in his steps, as he swayed around the dance floor, pulling Luna closer and closer, and then spiraling her halfway across the room, right near Celestia, before pulling her back with his tail. He leaned over Luna’s face, inches apart, so close the Princess would feel him breathing against her muzzle, as he winked at Celestia, before pulling Luna back to him again.

Discord didn’t know how it happened but in that moment, Luna captivated him, and he found himself lost in his steps, as he used his magic to ensure that they stood out amongst the crowd, and soon every pony stopped their own movements to watch the two as they danced together, smoothly, yet enchanting. They captivated the crowd, and left every pony around them speechless.

Luna giggled long after the dance was over, as she nuzzled against Discord affectionately, and kissed his cheek.

“Luna...why did you ask me to be your plus one?” he asked her, as he scratched the back of his head. He couldn’t help wrapping his arm around her and pulling her closer, if only just to make Celestia jealous that he was hitting on her little sister. Seeing her adorable pout face was worth all the fuss.

Luna shook her head, and pressed her forehoof against his lips.

“Come on Discord, shut up already. Keep your eyes on me. Just enjoy the stillness, the beauty and charm that surrounds us. But if you must know, I really wanted to make my big sister blush.” said Luna chuckling, and bursting out in a fit of laughter. “The look on her face when I kissed you. Oh it was priceless!”

“Wait, are you saying you invited me just so you could make your sister jealous?” asked Discord with a slight pout. For a second there...he thought.

Luna reached for his face, caressing his cheeks, and brought him into another kiss, this one lasting much longer, more intimate, and full of meaning. She lingered her lips against his, before she felt him pulling away.

“We shouldn’t do this. What would Fluttershy think?” asked Discord as he stared at the floor. He knew how badly he acted regarding Tree Hugger, he knew Fluttershy wasn't one to anger easily, but he felt concern and weary for his dearest friend that she could be jealous if he chose a lover that wasn't her.

“I think she’d be happy to see that you were having a good time. Besides, I never said we had to date. Unless you’d like that.” said Luna, blushing slightly.

“I think I’d like to try. That is if you can put up with a bit of chaos.” said Discord.

“Oh, Discord. I put up with a thousand years in the moon, I think a little chaos will be easy to handle. Besides, this gives us both chances to make my sister embarrassed more often, and that’s chaos in of itself.” said Luna, as she nuzzled him.

“True. I must say Luna, you’re quite the dancer, but more than that. You are a magnificent, enchanting, and lovely alicorn, that I am honored to know.”

“Oh stop that. Flattery will get you nowhere. Now shall we dance again?” asked Luna, offering him her hoof once more.

“But…” he began, when she started again.

“Come on Discord, you’re holding back, just keep your eyes on me. You know it’s destiny. Shut up and dance with me.” said Luna, as she pulled him to the dance floor once more. This was shaping up to be one hell of a night, and a Gala he soon wouldn’t forget.

This mare it must be destiny, I don’t know how it happened, she took me by the arm and said,

“Don’t you dare look back, just keep your eyes on me. She said I’m holding back, just shut up and dance with me.”
Discord danced the night away with the Princess of the night.