Fluttercord vs. Dislestia

Princess Celestia, The Co-ruler of Equestria, the princess of the sun, with beauty only matched by her fellow Princesses and adored by her fellow ponies. Is bored out of her mind. Her sister Princess Luna had taken the time to schedule a day off for her without giving a head up. So here she is, in Canterlot's library sipping tea and reading one of the many books she had read before.

"I just know Luna is just doing this so I can do the same for her one day." She lets out a sigh. "Normally I would be thrilled to have some time to myself, but what is the point of a day off if I can't spend it with my sister or any of the ponies that I care about?"

Believe it or not, today was the worse timing in the history of time for a day off. Her student and close friend Princess Twilight, the Princess of Friendship. Oh Sorry, The Queen of the Changelings, Twilight Sparkles, refuses to leave her children until they hatch. Then there is Cadence, The Princess of Love, who is having trouble with her daughter Flurry Heart again. That leaves only her sister Princess Luna, The Princess of the Moon, who is doing her duties for the day.

So what can she do? She could always just go to sleep, but she is not tired. She could talk to guards around the castle, but they are not so much into conversations. And she is not going to try to talk to the nobles in Canterlot, they would only brag to their fellow nobles that she spent time with them. It would appear that she needs to take a page from her student's book and makes some friends of her own. But where does she start?

"Don't mind me, Celestia."

She looks to her left to see that DIscord, the entity of chaos, had appeared next to her. Celestia looks to the clock on the wall. She almost forgets that Discord likes to bug her around this time before going to see his friend Fluttershy. He has been doing this ever since he had made friends with that shy pegasus. She knows it was her idea to reform Discord, which worked, but she was hoping that after that happen, he wouldn't bother her. Guess you can't have everything.

Discord's eyes were closed as he smiles to himself thinking of how to annoy the Princess of the Sun today. Sure he said that he wouldn't do anything bad to anypony anymore, but he never said that wouldn't annoy them. "I was in the neighborhood and decided to drop by."

Normally this would be something that Celestia would dread. However, today was an exception. "That is very nice of you Discord."

Discord's eyes shot open. That was not what he was expecting for Celestia to say. "What?" He pulls off his ear and shakes it a few times before putting it back on. "Did I hear you right? You are happy to see me?"

She nods at this, "My sister has given me a day off and I don't have anypony to talk to today. You aren't my first choice in conversations partners, but you are better than nothing." She puts down her book.

"Well okay then." He snaps his claws making a robe appear on him and a fancy chair for him to sit on. He leans back in the chair blowing bubbles from his pipe. "So what would you like to talk about?"

She didn't think this far ahead. She thinks about it for a second before an idea came to mind. "Discord have you been able to make any new friends since Fluttershy?"

"Why yes! I close friends with Spike, Big Mac, and even your sister."

"When did that happened?" Celestia was curious about his progress in making friends, however, she wasn't expecting him to be this good at it already. And with her sister no less.

"She was helping me with a nightmare and we started playing card games whenever we can." He taps the end of his pipe on the edge of his chair causing dirt to come out of it, before filling it with paper and blowing more bubbles. "As for the other two, I was bored and they weren't doing anything important. So I made a roleplaying game for us to play in and the rest is history." He leans in close to her. "Personally, I was wondering what the siblings to the elements of harmony were like so yeah." He leans back into his chair as Celestia took this all in. "It was one of the best ideas I have ever had."

"I am impressed Discord. I didn't think that you would get the hang of making friends. However, I am certain that there are more siblings to the Elements than just those two. Like Shining Armor for instance."

Discord rolled his eyes at that and waves his paw dismissively. "That white hairball from the Crystal Empire doesn't want anything to do with me."

"And what about the others?"

Discord made a scroll appear in front of him and puts on glasses. "Ahem, lets me check my notes here. Pinkie's sisters are either too afraid, too loud, or too boring. Not to mention that Rainbow Dash doesn't have any siblings. However, I am still working on the three little trios from Ponyville. And that about it." He gives Celestia the list.

Celestia is relieved that Discord isn't forcing ponies to become his friends. Celestia gives the scroll a look over. It has the names of ponies that Discord has either made friends with, or not, and Ponies he hadn't talk to yet. It is quite long and each name has a small note next to it to let him know something about the pony. Twilight would be proud. However, there is one pony missing from his list. Celestia looks back at Discord who appears to be getting ready for more praise from her, however..."What about Zephyr Breeze?"

This confused Discord and he gives her a strange look. "Zebra what breeze?"

"Zephyr Breeze. Fluttershy's younger brother." She clarified which caused Discord to fall off his chair.

Discord get's up with a look of shock on his face. "FLUTTERSHY HAS A YOUNGER BROTHER!"

"I assume she never told you then."

"She never said anything about him," Discord starts pacing in front of Celestia before he stops and faces her, "and how do you know about him anyway?"

"Twilight mentions him in one of her reports."

Discord turns away from Celestia and put a claw to his chin. "Why did she never tell me about him."

"I guess that thought might have slipped her mind?"

"I must find this stallion at once!" with a snap of his claws Discord disappeared leaving Celestia alone once again.

She lets out a sigh and goes back to her book. "That was nice." Celestia drops her book as her eyes get wide. "Did I say that?"

Meanwhile,

Fluttershy is getting ready for her tea party with Discord. She is so excited. She just got a new brand of tea that she can't wait to try out. They will go perfectly with the new Tea Set Discord made her. They have little butterflies on them along with flowers on them. The teacups change colors from brown to pink when you pour tea in them and then they turn blue when the tea gets too cold.

Fluttershy had just set down the tea set when Discord Pop in front of her.

"Hello, Fluttershy." Discord said crossing his arms with a frown on his face.

"Oh! Hello, Discord you are earlier." Fluttershy notices her friend is in his grumpy mode. "Did something happen?"

"SO there this stallion called Zephyr Breeze. Hear of him?"

Fluttershy eyes widen when he said his name, "Where did you hear that name?"

"Does it matter?"

She looks away in shame, "I guess not."

"Fluttershy, We are best friends and there is almost nothing that we don't know about each other." Discord floats next to her. "So why all the hush-hush on your brother?"

"I really don't like to talk about him." She hadn't made eye contact with him yet. Discord notice this and back away from her and sit down on the sofa. He lets out a sad sigh before speaking.

"I haven't met him yet. I was going to once I found out about him. But I wanted to know first why you didn't tell me about him."

Fluttershy moves to her chair and sit's down and faces her dear friend. "My brother can be a hoof-full sometimes. He is nothing like me. And to be honest I get embarrassed whenever he is around."

Discord raised an eyebrow in confusion. Is she ashamed of her own brother? Fluttershy the kindest pony he knows is ashamed of her own brother. How can that be? "Is he really that bad?"

"He tried to start a campfire by tossing rocks at sticks and expecting them to start it on their own."

"Sounds like something I would do."

"But he is a Pegasus."

"Oh, a lazy brother." He nods at this starting to understand where she is coming from.

"He is getting better, but it doesn't mean that old habits don't die hard."

"I could always fix that." Discord lifts up his claw in a snap ready position and lifts his eyebrows twice hinting her what he meant.

Fluttershy taps her chin a few times thinking to herself of the possibilities, "Tempting," She shakes her head in disagreement. "but I can't do let you do that even to him."

"If you say so," Discord shrug at this and then uses his magic to start the tea party. Both of them were enjoying the party when Discord remembers something interesting that happened earlier. "By the way did you know that Celestia was actually happy to see me?"

Fluttershy drops her cookie when she heard her friend. "Come again?"

"I know right. I thought she would be hating me for at least for three more years before she starts to warm up to me."

"That is wonderful Discord. I am so happy that you are finally getting on good terms with her."

"And that is another milestone check off my list." He checks a list that was next to him before it disappeared.

Fluttershy than starts to get embarrassed as she tries to ask Discord a question. "So...a... Discord."

"Yes?"

"Are you interested in anypony?"

"There are many ponies that I find interesting in Equestria so you are going to have to be a little bit more specific Fluttershy."

She starts fidgeting in her seat. "Well, it is just that ever since we have become friends. I have never seen you try to date anypony."

"OH! That is what you mean. Well then if that is the case then the list is much shorter."

"There is a list?"

"It is not very big mind you," He pulls out a rolled up scroll from his horn, "But I do have someponies in mind. However, I never did take a second look at it. Did you want to see?"

Before she knew it, the words were out of her mouth. "Yes." Discord then moved next to her and show her the list. Discord was saying something about each name however Fluttershy wasn't paying attention. Her mind was focused on one thing, who were the names on the list. She must have checked the list four times, however, her worst fear has been realized. It is not there. Her name. Her name is not on the list of ponies that Discord is interested.

"And I need to cross out Twilight from this list since she is married now. So what do you think?"

"What?"

"The ponies that I am interested in. Who do you think that I should see?"

"Oh," She looks away, "Maybe it should be the pony that likes to be with you at any time."

"You are right Fluttershy. Thank you for your input. And since we are on the subject is there anypony that you are interested in?"

This caught Fluttershy off guard as she jumps from her seat, "What!"

"It is just a question. You don't have to answer it if you don't want to."

She calms herself down, still not looking at Discord with a small blush on her face. "There is, but I don't think that he had noticed me."

"Oh really. Well, his loss than. Every stallion should be begging you to be your special somepony."

"Discord you are going to make me blush."

"It is too easy for that," Discord then looks at his wrist and pulled back his fur to show a watch there. "And Horse apples look at the time. May Applejack forgive me." He lets the fur go back into place, "I forgot that I had to be with the guys today and lost track of time." He looks at Fluttershy with a paw rubbing the back of his head. "I hate to drink and run but I got to get going."

Fluttershy shakes her head, "It is okay Discord. Same time next week?"

"Of course Fluttershy." With a snap of his paw Discord was in the chaos dimension and fell on his bed before screaming in the pillow. He pulls up his face to catch his breath, "I thought I was going to lose my cool there." He sits up and makes his list of ponies that he is interested in, appear before him. He then started to do Origami on it to make a heart out of it. The list now says

Is Fluttershy single?

with two boxes next to it one saying yes and the other no. "And next week I will start to drop the charm." He said check marking the yes box.

Back at Canterlot,

"How is your day off fairing sister?"

"It's interesting, to say the least. And it made me realize something that I didn't put much thought into until now."

"And what pray might that be dear sister."

"I want to find a special somepony,"

"Sister! You dare enter the realm of courting?! There is so much to discuss and so much to plan for this. However, might I pry do you already have somepony you fancy?"

Celestia thinks to herself before a small smile comes to her face. "Maybe."