Author's Note

HELLOOO. READ THIS PLEASE BEFORE CONTINIUING!! Ahem, yes. There's Fluttercord shipping in this fanfic. Please leave if you despise the ship or just hate it and such. However, if your willing to respect the ship and keep your comments to yourself you may stay. Thank you! Enjoy!

Some Good 'Ol Partying

In the afternoon, Twilight had returned back to her castle, seeing her friends happily chatting when she came back. They seem to be enjoying themselves as she began getting ready for what she planned for the afternoon. The others were just casually doing their own thing until Twilight called for attention and they all looked.

"Alright everypony, we're going to a party at Sugar Cube Corner today." And just as Twilight had announced it, Pinkie jumped up and did a cheerful 'yay' and then landed on the ground. Right, Pinkie hadn't been to Sugar Cube Corner in ages. Twilight had been so swept up in trying to protect the others from their elements possibly coming off or unbinding them she had made them isolated in the castle pretty much. She felt bad about it but she really didn't need them possibly dying right there without her careful care or watch.

She had performed a spell long ago that would keep them young and youthful for eternity. The elements were bonded to their necks so they couldn't take them off very easily but it was still a scare. If they fell off or were taken off, the spell would immediately fall off and they would return to their normal state. Possibly die from the age they are now. It had been years after all. The elements were what kept their youth with its magic. But Celestia was right. She couldn't keep using or straining the elements like this for her friends. It would have to be done sometime.

As everypony began following Twilight to Sugar Cube Corner, Fluttershy soon trotted up to Twilight's side.

"Um..Twilight?.." She asked.

"Yes, Fluttershy?"

"Would it be okay if um..Discord joined our little party? I haven't seen him in such a long time and it would be great to see how he's doing again and have some fun."

Twilight thought about it. Again, she felt bad about keeping them isolated in the castle. Maybe this could be a way to somewhat repay Fluttershy for all she had done? Even if Discord wasn't very enjoyable to Twilight. However, he was her friend. He deserved to see her before she had to go within a few weeks.

"Sure, that's fine." Twilight replied, giving a small smile to Fluttershy's now happiness.

They arrived to Sugar Cube Corner as everypony began going in. Fluttershy was about to go in when she was scooped off her hooves into the air. She did a small scream when she was lifted but suddenly stopped when she saw who picked her up.

"Discord!" She said happily as she threw her arms around Discord smiling.

“Hello my darling.” Discord said as he kissed Fluttershy on the lips, Fluttershy giving a giggle as it tickled a bit.

Meanwhile, Rainbow Dash was about to enter the bakery when she saw the scene. She stopped, staring at them with her mouth hung open. She had no idea that the two perhaps had something for each other.

“Hold on, hold on! Fluttershy and Discord are dating!?” Rainbow said shocked. After hearing that, Twilight turned around to see Discord and Fluttershy hugging each other and happily chatting.

“How do you know that? Their just hugging.” Twilight exclaimed.

“No they aren’t! I just saw Discord kiss Fluttershy!"

“Give it a rest Rainbow. Ya’ gotta know that pegasus wasn’t gonna’ stay alone forever. Plus, ya’ll know how close they are. If tea parties every tuesday don’t give ya’ a hint ah’ don’t know what will.” Applejack said as she trotted inside.

Rainbow looked back to Fluttershy and Discord and to the entrance of Sugar Cube Corner and gave a sigh. She then flew inside joining her friends.

***

The party now was in full swing. However, it wasn’t like any party. It was just Twilight and her friends. That including Discord of course. Rarity and Twilight were casually sitting at a table with a cup of tea chatting, Discord was showing Fluttershy his moves on the dance floor as Pinkie joined them, and Rainbow was chugging a bowl of punch with Applejack cheering her on. All was well it seemed. Twilight’s gaze turned on to Discord who was doing some crazy dance move as Fluttershy was probably laughing the hardest Twilight had ever saw. He really made her happy. Then a thought came to her mind suddenly.

“Excuse me Rarity, I’ll be back in a few minutes.” Twilight said as she got up from her seat.

“Of course.” Rarity replied as Twilight trotted off towards the dance floor.

Fluttershy now seem to be trying to copy Discord in his strange dance moves but was unfortunately failing. The pegasus was having too much fun to care however.

“Discord, may I talk with you outside?” Twilight yelled, hoping he’d hear her over the loud music. Gladly, he did as he nodded and they walked outside.

“I hope I didn’t do something wrong this time. Every time you pull me over like this, it's usually for my ‘bad’ behavior.”

“You’re right, you didn’t do anything wrong. I just thought you might like to know something considering you and Fluttershy are well…” Twilight paused, looking for a word to say.

“Together? Come on, it's not that hard to say. I don’t see why ponies act like I’m a living disease.” Discord said, a bit insulted.

“I’m sure they’re just surprised that Fluttershy of all ponies would date someone like you.”

“Oh, so I’m REALLY bad now?”

Twilight facehoofed. She really was making this worse. “No, you know what, forget it. What I’m trying to say is that you know that the Mane Six have lived way longer than they should have by now right?”

“Yes, I just thought that maybe Sunbutt extended their mortality or something by a thousand years.”

“Sunbutt!?” Twilight asked, annoyed that Discord would have the nerve to call Celestia, ‘Sunbutt’. How did she know who he was talking about? She had no idea.

“Excuse the nickname, continue?”

Twilight sighed. “No, she didn’t. I did. I discovered through a book on the tree of harmony that its power can be used to heal others. Not only that, but it can extend a pony’s life if binded to them.”

“Ooo, you bad pony. Experimenting with spells like that is quite EVIL of you. Maybe you aren’t such a goody-two-shoes after all.” He joked.

Twilight only gave him a unimpressed look before continuing. “So, I made them all wear their elements and cast a spell that binded the elements to their necks. If taken off, they could possibly instantly die. Its power is the only thing that’s keeping them alive right now.”

“So that’s why she wouldn’t take it off when we were in bed..” Discord mumbled.

“Excuse me, WHAT!?” Twilight yelled.

“Nothing.” He replied, giving her a nervous smile. It was obvious that was a awkward topic and something Twilight REALLY didn’t need to know.

“Focus Discord. Now, the princesses addressed that I needed to let them go sometime so I’m just letting you know. Fluttershy might not be able to stay any longer..” She said as her voice began to get a little sad sounding.

“Hold on, hold on. Why? The big tree thing had the power to keep my vines from sprouting out of the ground. If it can do that it can obviously keep them alive for thousands of years.”

“But not for long periods of time. The tree weakened. By doing what I’m doing I’m draining the tree of its power just to keep my friends alive. That sounds really selfish if you think about it.”

“I’m surprised you can admit to your mistakes.” He said, grinning.

Twilight rolled her eyes. “Anyway, I just wanted to say your time with her maybe limited.” She then turned to the entrance of Sugar Cube Corner, trotting inside without giving him a chance to respond. She truly felt bad to be the bearer of bad news but it was necessary. After all, he was too busy being a clown anyway. It wouldn’t bother him, right?