A Butterfly Over Chaos

Fluttershy carried Apple Jack on her back to Zecora's hut to figure out why she fainted and if there is a way to wake her up. As she reached there, she knocked on the door. Zecora woke up from her bed and walked up towards her door. She opened the door to see a yellow pegasus carrying an orange earth pony looking unconscious. She told the yellow pegasus to come inside and put the orange earth pony on the bed.

''Fluttershy? What have you come by?'' she questioned.

Fluttershy shrugged her shoulders, ''she was crying and then collapsed on my lap. I tried to wake her up and feel her heartbeat but...'' She swayed her head.

Zecora told her to place her body on the bed. She stirred up a soup for her to wake up and walked up towards the bed with a bowl and told Fluttershy to lift up the pony's head and make her drink the soup to make her wake up and have full energy again. In the meanwhile, Zecora touches Apple Jack's hoof, with her magical hoof, to know what has caused this faintness, perhaps she held lots of tension or brought back an old memory she couldn't handle.

She went inside her brain and saw Apple Jack as a filly crying on top of two earth ponies death beds in a hospital. She wondered it could be her parents. She felt lots of sympathy for this poor little filly to feel such grief at such a young age. She placed her hoof on top of the little filly's shoulder but got sent back to her hut.

As she was out of Apple Jack's brain, Fluttershy was confused on what had happened. ''Are you okay, Zecora?'' she asked.

''I am fine, I hope everything was divine whilst I was gone,'' she said whilst getting her hoof off her head for being dizzy.

''What happened to your eyes when you touched her hoof?'' Fluttershy questioned.

The zebra responded, ''I went inside her brain to see what has caused this pain.''

Apple Jack woke up from her bed and noticed she is at Zecora's hut. ''What happened? How am I here, already?''

Fluttershy squealed, ''APPLE JACK! YOU ARE FINALLY AWAKE!''

''Awake? What do ya mean?'' she said.

Fluttershy looked at Zecora to tell the whole explanation and story to her. ''You were nauseous and your health was incautious.''

I'M SORRY IF I'M BAD AT RHYMES, I'M NOT CREATIVE LIKE Y'ALL.

The orange earth pony twitched her eye and shivered through her spine, due to her lack of paranoia and anxiety. Fluttershy placed her hoof on her friends back to comfort her and asked her what was troubling her in her head. Apple Jack could not speak so told them she needed some fresh air so trotted off outside the door. Her yellow friend was worried sick about her.

''Zecora, I'm worried about her. What do you think happened to her? And if so, how can we make her be happy again?''

''Do not worry my dear and do not fear because I have something to make her starry again.''

Apple Jack is walking through the woods in the rain with misery in her eyes and thoughts in her head. She kept blaming herself for her past but a piece of her kept telling her it's not her fault. She was swinging around tree branches and jumping over logs to make sure she still has the bravery and strength inside of her even though she kept doubting herself.

''If I had only known,

It was the last walk in the rain,

I'd keep you out for hours in the storm,

I would hold your hand,

Like a life line to my heart,

Underneath the thunder we'd be warm,

If I had only known,

It was our last walk in the rain,

If I had only known,

I'd never hear your voice again,

I'd memorize each thing you ever said,

And on those lonely nights,

I could think of them once more,

Keep your words alive inside my head,

If I had only known,

I'd never hear your voice again,''

She sat down on a log and tried to make herself to stop crying and stop blaming her self for her parents death. Suddenly, a huge storm occurred in the sky and teleported down two earth ponies. One of them was a mare with beautiful teal blue eyes and orange mane with a yellow silky body. The other pony was a stallion with red mane and a yellow body with green emerald eyes. Apple Jack was appalled and mumbled, ''mama, dada...'' She came running up towards them and gave them a big, giant hug.

Her mother exclaimed, ''you have grown so much my dear.''

Her father exclaimed, ''you are so beautiful, almost as beautiful like your mother.''

She replied, ''how are ya alive? I thought ya were dead.'' She sobbed in between them. They both took a glance at each other and cleared their daughters mane out the way so she could see.

''We are not alive, this is just an illusion. We came down to you as we saw you crying and we were worried about you.'' The father said whilst lifting up his daughters head to him. ''We have missed you and we are so proud of you on how much you have grown. Now, what is bothering you? What is upsetting you?''

''I'm just scared. I feel like I can't carry on without you both, I keep blaming myself it was my fault you died but... but...'' She mumbled and started to cry again.

The mother hugged her. ''Aw, hunny. We will always be with you and it isn't your fault. We love you, hunny. And we always will. Nothing can ever change that.''

The father smiled. ''Besides, we saw your brother being brave and knock some sense into those timberwolves. We can't be more proud than our little children. We also heard about your little sister's cutie mark that is matching with her friends.''

The mother said, ''you see that is proof we are always watching over you.''

Apple Jack wiped tears out of her eyes to get a clear vision. ''You mean it was him that killed those timberwolves in the forest?'' The couple nodded their heads at her. The yellow stallion then justified that it is time for them to go and got carried away with the wind, leaving the orange earth pony waving miserably to them.

As they went away, Apple Jack crouched down and started crying even more. Whereas, Fluttershy came running up towards her along with a zebra walking towards the crying filly.

''Apple Jack!'' the yellow pegasus exclaimed, ''are you alright?''

''Never been better, I just met my parents.''

''What do you mean?'' She asked confusingly.

''Never mind. Let's just head inside Zecora's hut for some shelter and talk about why we are here in the first place.''

The two ponies and zebra walked towards the hut and head inside. Zecora created tea for herself and the two ponies and sat down comfortably. She led the orange earth pony to speak on what happened to her in the middle of the forest.

''It was amazing like all of a sudden, my parents came right in front of my eyes and were talking to me. I haven't met them in years. I missed them so much but when they said it was time for them to go, I lost it.''

Fluttershy asked, ''what do you mean? What happened to your parents?''

''They... they...'' she took a deep breath, ''they are dead.''

''What?'' she exclaimed. ''I'm so sorry, Apple Jack. I didn't know, I hope they are in a safer place now.''

''It's fine, it happened a long time ago.''

''So is that the reason why you collapsed?''

''Yes,'' she said. ''Now enough about me. Let's talk about why we are actually here.'' She glared at the yellow pegasus. The yellow pegasus took a deep breath for her to talk. ''Well, we are here because we need some advice from you about...''

''Discord,'' the apple pony finished.

''How interesting. He came for the exact same reason, in the same season.''

''You mean...'' the yellow pegasus whimpered whilst Apple Jack nudged her on the shoulder. ''Ya see, he does like ya.''

Apple Jack turns back to Zecora, ''so do ya know how to make Fluttercord a thing?''

''Fluttercord...?'' Fluttershy whimpered.

Zecora replies, ''what does he love more than life, fear more than death or mortal strife. What the poor have, the rich require, and what contented he desire. What the miser spends, and the spendthrift saves. And all stallion carry to their graves.''

''What in the hay is that supposed to mean? Have ya ever considered not talking in rhyme?''

''I'm sorry but my rhyming is part of my culture, I will not hide it like a hidden furniture.''

Fluttershy tapped her chin by her delectable and soft hoof but got a yawn out of her mouth as she didn't have any sleep. The sun was about to rise. It was time for everypony to be awake. The yellow pegasus and the orange earth pony trotted off outside the door to go home and so Zecora can finally have her beauty rest. It wasn't that scary for them to enter the forest in the morning as most of the animals are nocturnal in the forest and practically the timberwolves are dead now, unless if there are other timberwolves still living in the forest. Besides, Fluttershy has gotten over her fear because of Discord and saving Equestia countless of times and she is now assertive.

As they reached outside of the Everfree forest and trot off to Ponyville, they go back to Sweet Apple Acres so Apple Jack could bake some breakfast for the two of them and talk over what Fluttershy wanted to talk about.

Fluttershy tapped both of her hooves together while speaking. ''I... well, Discord only announces me as his most dearest best friend, nothing more than that... and if he did like me then he would of told me because... well, he is brave.''

''Oh. Fluttershy,'' said Apple Jack. ''Don't you see? he is only calling you a best friend because he thinks you may make fun of him for calling you something else and just because he is...'' She clears her throat. ''Brave, that does not mean he is also brave at telling his true feelings. It looks like he wants you to tell your feelings to him so he can as well.''

''But Apple Jack, what if you may be wrong and I make a fool of myself and he end our friendship right there.''

Apple Jack puts her hoof on Fluttershy's shoulder. ''Hun, it's very obvious that he like ya back. I mean everypony in Equestia but you knows. Plus, why would he break the friendship when all he wanted was friends? Also, if ya don't mind me asking, how did ya even fall in love with him?''

Fluttershy widened her eyes and squeaked down under the table. Apple Jack dragged her back up and then took a deep breath. ''Well, our friendship got stronger overtime when he was betrayed by Tirek abandoning him. I forgave him again and again. We started writing letters and having tea parties. I let him spread his chaos in my cottage and I gotten used to his jokes.''

''Wow,'' the orange earth pony said. ''That's one strong friendship right there and I don't want ya to break that so maybe give the both of ya some space and then tell your feelings to each other.''

She takes a deep breath, ''okay.''

''Great,'' she said. ''I have to go back to my chores now, I'll talk with ya later.''

Fluttershy flutters back to her cottage and finds a teal blue pegasus with candy floss mane at her door. She landed behind him, folding her wings and greeted him.

''Hi, little brother!'' she said. ''What are you doing here?''

''Hey, Flutter Brutter! How is my closet, big sister ever?'' he asked while messing up her mane. ''I just found this golden ticket on your doorstep and I would just like to say mom and dad would be so proud to be getting a ticket to the most awesome party ever! So the question is... can I go?''

Discord scatters through the sky to find Fluttershy. He sees a yellow pegasus on the ground, in front of her cottage, with a blue teal pegasus stallion. He lands on the ground, behind a tree to see what all the fuss is about.

He sees a yellow pegasus with a golden ticket and a teal pegasus trying to persuade her to give him the ticket as plus one. Discord was furious in flames of jealousy. He trotted with his mis-matched legs towards them to protect Fluttershy from any stallion that's trying to hook up with the flawless yellow little pegasus.

''Hi Fluttershy!'' he exclaimed.

''Oh,'' she said. ''Hi, Discord! Long time no see.''

''I know,'' he replied, ''care to introduce me to this fine colt?''

''Uh, sure. Zephyr, this is Discord. My... my... friend. And Discord, this is my brother.''

''Brother, aye? You don't say, and by the way,'' He hugs Fluttershy tightly. ''We are indeed the best of friends.''

Zephyr Breeze darts at his sister, whereas the yellow pegasus blushes on Discord's words, but a little bit of misery in her eyes since she wanted him to announce something more than friends between them.

''So, Discord. What are you doing here?'' Fluttershy asked friendly.

''I'm here because I thought I saw a golden ticket handing out to somepony,'' he said.

''Oh, I was thinking about it.'' She folded her wings. ''Who are you bringing to the gala if by any chance you did get a ticket just like last time.''

''Oh, I haven't gotten it yet my dear but if I don't, make sure to keep that plus one position all clean for me, alright?'' He was about to blush but to get away with the pink strain on his face, he had to go. ''Now, I have to go...'' He picks up Starlight's laundry. ''Go do Starlight's laundry. Alright, tata!'' Discord magically disappears, leaving Fluttershy with a pensive facial expression on her face.

Twilight comes into Starlight's bedroom with slamming the door open in a complete shocked facial expression and holding a basket up in the air to show her there is no dirty clothes in it so she assumes she put it in the wash.

''Since when did you do the laundry, Starlight Glimmer?'' said Twilight surprisingly.

Starlight Glimmer put down her book on her bed and got off her bed and trotted off in front of Twilight and the basket.
''I didn't... I mean, yeah! I definitely did the laundry today!'' She chuckled slightly which made Twilight's eyebrows flinch at her. ''Is there something you are hiding from me?''

Discord comes popping inside the room and greets the two ponies by a big and giant hug. ''HELLO MATEYS!''

''Oh,'' said Twilight. ''Hey, Discord. What are you doing here?'' she asked while getting squished.

The draconequus lets the two ponies down on the floor and floats up in the air with a laying down position and two of his mis-matched arms relaxing on his horse-like face. ''I'm actually here because...'' He mumbles, ''well... I need some advice.''

''Advice?'' Starlight questioned confusingly with her eyebrow flinched.

''Yes,'' he responded. ''I need some advice on about...'' He wobbles his mouth and stutters. ''Fluh... Tuh... Shy...''

Both of the unicorns widened their eyes and was in complete silence. It was Twilight who broke the long silence. She darts her eyes at Starlight Glimmer that is laughing. ''Are you, are you asking me for some... love advice?''

''What? No! Well, uhm... yes. But if you tell anypony then I will turn you into a haystack and feed you to Starlight.'' Twilight pounces and replies with, ''alright.'' She clears her throat. ''Well, if you are willing to ask Fluttershy out and you two are really, really close friends then give her something she would love and if you are not comfortable, write a letter to her about your feelings but it's more easier to confess face-to-face.''

Discord holds her mouth tight to stop talking even more. ''Okay, to tell you the truth I did not expect a lecture and even if you are right that still doesn't make up the fact you can't love somepony. It will only lead to pain.''

The two ponies dart their eyes at each other. Discord teleports off to Fluttershy's cottage. He holds a rose in his paw in a silky black suit with a red bow tie to suit the flower colour. He also wear black shiny shoes and nicely done combed mane.

He knocks on the door gently and realises that there is no sound coming from the door. He looked in every window of the cottage but some of them were blocked with curtains in the way. There was a window uncovered, he couldn't see any yellow pegasus but just animals. He wondered if she might be at her sanctuary so he trotted away from the cottage.

He sees two ponies walking along together so he jumps inside a bush to hide from them and eavesdrop... I mean, observe over these two ponies.

He sees a light brown pegasus with yellow mane touching the yellow pegasuses chest with his brown-coloured hoof. Just by that, Discord was raging in anger and flames. The brown pegasus was about to kiss Fluttershy. Discord's heart broke and zoomed off into the sky. Fluttershy backed away and yelled, ''why in Equestia would you do that?''

The brown pegasus shivered. ''I thought you... you liked me.''

''I never said I did! Now get out!''

''But...''

''Now!''

The pegasus shivers in the air and lands on the ground again to get a head start to zoom into the sky.