Deja Vu With Royalty

“Discord? Discord!” Fluttershy’s voice echoed off her cottage walls as she trotted through the rooms. Tiny animals scurried out from under her as she walked through the house, searching every nook and cranny. “Discord? Where are you?”

Suddenly in a white flash, the draconequus, Discord, appeared before the yellow pegasus. He was wearing a dark brown writer’s jacket with padded elbow pads. A smoking pipe floated beside his head as a writing desk floated next to him. On top of the desk rested a stack of loose papers and an inked quill.

“Yes, Fluttershy, what is it?” Discord asked before taking a few puffs of his pipe, producing bubbles from the pipe’s bowl.

“Oh, I’m sorry, I didn’t know I was disturbing you,” Fluttershy meekly backpedaled, “I was just wondering if you’d be joining us for lunch.”

“Afraid not,” Discord answered with a dramatic backwards whip of his neck. “I’m much too involved in my creative process to stop now.”

“Oh? I didn’t know you were an author,” Fluttershy commented, “What are you working on?”

“Oh it’s a bit of a romantic piece. A short story about a pony who’s caught indulging in one of her vices by one of her most trusted colleagues,” Discord described his newest work with a dramatic flare, making it sound like his greatest masterpiece. “Only I seem to have gotten stuck.”

“Writer’s block?”

“In a way,” Discord replied, leaning forward to look over the random sheets of paper that floated just above the writing desk. “I’m having trouble settling on an ending. I have so many ideas for possible endings, but I can’t just settle on one.”

“Maybe just keep it simple,” Fluttershy meekly suggested, “have the characters become friends and live happily ever after.”

“Hmm, I don’t know,” Discord answered, rubbing his chin, “that feels too...simple...”

“Simple might be what your audience wants,” Fluttershy answered, “sometimes a story is best left a bit open ended so the audience can draw their own conclusions.”

Discord rubbed his chin in thought, “well, I suppose I could have Twili-...the pony’s colleague flat out admit she likes the main character’s...vice and join in.”

“See? Simple,” Fluttershy smiled, “at least it’ll wrap up your story so you can move on to other projects.”

“Perhaps you’re right,” Discord answered, “my fans do need to be appeased. I cannot spend my whole life on just one project.”

“That’s the spirit!” Fluttershy exclaimed as best as her soft spoken demeanor would allow.