Discord had been checking on the seeds he had planted last Wednesday, deep within the Everfree, the forest of disharmony. Of course Fluttershy knew that, but she had permitted him to go there anyway. As she thought it would let him go loose within a controlled region, she reasoned. He wouldn't feel as withdrawn from his chaotic nature as he mostly was in day to day life, she reasoned. She reasoned well, but chaos is never controllable.

"I agree." Discord responded. I shall ignore that,

"No." "Tell me, if I do this, will I succeed?"

Discord, yet again broke the fourth wall with that remark. He continued to plant the seeds, annoyed at my lack of a response.

"I know you know." "I'm going through with it anyway, but I wonder what'll happen." "Maybe those ponies will turn into oranges from this." "Maybe, I'll make it happen."

Discord watered the seeds with a vat of distinctly cold lava, and the seeds responded well. They shifted and squirmed, waiting to release themselves into the world. Discord turned his attention to the seeds, giving up on getting information from me since he has no way of coercing me.

"Not yet, my pretties, we have to wait until having you grown will draw away enough resources from the mane"

He promptly grew blonde hair that had pins of every element of harmony's spirit within them.

"six's efforts against my discomfortable allies to allow them a... small victory against them."

The pins flew off, and the hair retreated from whence it came.

There wasn't much of a chance for Discord to get a scenario where the elements of disorder to win properly without their internal unity being shattered. Yet, Discord had something exactly for this. He could break Fluttershy again. Not like the last time he broke her, not at all. For, if Fluttershy became cruel, that cruelty would be used against him, and him alone. He knew that, so he gained her trust, and will betray her at her time of need. Resulting in her losing every ounce of confidence she had built up in one fell swoop.

"Good plan."

Discord mused, I hope, as he walked to where he normally went when Fluttershy was away. She expected him to be here when she got back. And, just as expected, she was.

"Hi Discord." The guest of honor begun, "how's your day been?"

"Good." Discord answered.

"What have you been doing?" Fluttershy asked.

"Mostly just being chaotic, the usual." He lied. A soft chuckle came from him, prehaps Rarity would have caught on to the fact that this was Discord's tell for lying to someone's face, but Fluttershy was none the wiser.

"Want to come over for tea?" Her question was almost a formality, as it was nearing noon.

"Of course, Fluttershy." Discord responded.

Fluttershy smiled her awfully cute smile and guided the god through the dark forest that bares no fruit. The overhang, along with the river compelled Discord to teleport him and Fluttershy to her home, even if he thought it would be more polite for him to let Fluttershy guide the way. Her wares, mostly fine china, and a few couches within her wooded home. Although Discord always found it quite odd that Fluttershy had a chair that would very easily allow her to go into a compromising position, being the perfect length for that.

Fluttershy sat on her beige single cushion, and Discord plopped and then floated on the pale green double cushion.

"Could I have some singing tea?" Discord joked.

"Of course" Fluttershy played, laughing while saying it, passing him some singing tea that discord promptly ordered to sing an opera. The opera was in olde ponish, a story about a husband murdering his wife with the word goodbye. Fortunately for Discord, he knew Fluttershy did not understand olde ponish and had never expressed an intention to do so.

"Could I have some green tea?" Fluttershy joked back.

"Sure" Discord snapped his fingers and a green colored tea came forth.

Fluttershy drank it, with the full trust of Discord. Of course he could have poisoned her right then and there, but he thought it impractical, as the rest of her friends would mobilize against him. He could take them on once one or more element and Celestia were out of the picture. For now, he had to keep on playing with his toy.

Discord had finished his tea in a matter of moments, and Fluttershy took a few minutes to drink her tea. When Fluttershy had stopped drinking, she asked quite the innocuous question.

"Do you ever wonder where you would be if you were never reformed?"

Discord felt slightly worried, not worried enough to garner him sweating nervously, but worried enough to think about this for some time. The deflated arm of the clock moved one step before Discord had created the most convenient answer for his situation.

"In stone, of course!" He joked. His plan of deflecting the conversation into a joke to avoid her finding out too early was quite effective, as Fluttershy was laughing her sweet laugh. Discord had real feelings for her, but his natural state superseded Fluttershy, as awful as that was to anyone like you to think about. Even if Discord truly wanted harmony, his very essence requires disharmony, which Celestia was quite close to destroying in Equestria, which would harm his essence drastically. To put it simply, Discord requires discord to survive. And, that is exactly why he need to play this game of chess.

"Discord, did you forget the cucumber sandwiches again?" his girlfriend sassed.

"Yes, Yes I did." He admitted. He promptly teleported a platter while questioning what he just heard. He just heard Fluttershy sass him. Fluttershy! Of all people, sassy would be the worst way to describe her. But, here he was, hearing that out of her.

Fluttershy nibbled on the bread, to see if it wasn't as hard as steel, like the last time Discord had teleported bread far too late. It was not as hard as steel, luckily for her. Discord was practically obliged to eat the sandwiches, even if he wanted the host to have them all, because he has never enjoyed the sandwiches himself.

Author's Note

Playing the role of the fool.