Hate is only a word

Fluttershy's PoV

Fluttershy had a fitful sleep as last nights event kept playing in her head. Why was Discord back and why did he kill those Timber wolves, was he good or was back to his old ways? These questions kept plaguing her the more she tried to understand.
After another 10 minutes of a fitful sleep did she finally slip into a calm slumber.

Ever so slowly Celestia's sun made its way into the sky just as slowly waking the citizens of Equestria. Fluttershy was no exception as the sunlight began to peak through her window and into her face. With an adorable yawn Fluttershy slowly rose, stretching her limbs as she began to scan her small yet comfy room.

"Morning Angel."

Fluttershy squeaked warmly to a small figure that was curled into a ball under a small blanket at the hoof of her bed. Angel remained asleep and Fluttershy decided that she would let him sleep just a tad bit longer. She carefully made her way out of bed as not to disturb Angel and quietly closed the door to her room. With a satisfied sigh she quietly made her way downstairs. As Fluttershy settled down on a rocking chair last night's event was quickly remembered.

"Oh my."

Fluttershy could only mumble as the thought of Discord being back made her shiver visibly. Before she could run off to Twilight though the memory of the Timber wolves flashed in her head stopping her in her tracks.

"Why?" was all she could think.

Discord was really back but he saved her from the Timber wolves sparing her from a grim fate. Discord is supposed to be evil yet he saved when he could of just let me die and get rid of one of the Elements to increase his chance of winning. So why did he protect me?
There was only one answer and Fluttershy hoped that it was true, that Discord had changed for the better. She decided to refrain from telling the other this newly acquired information till she absolutely had to,
Fluttershy blushed as she remembered what she said to Discord before going to sleep.

If she had not heard the sound of something moving out there she would have never seen Discord protecting her from those feral Timber wolves. It struck her as odd though that they were so close to her home. Fluttershy shuddered as she remembered the killing intent that she felt alone from their presence. She was glad that Discord was there when he was or she would have been in a lot of trouble and for that she would thank him when she got the chance.

For now Fluttershy began to attend to her daily chores and duties. She fed her animals and nurtured the ones that needed nurturing.

It was the late afternoon and Fluttershy began to feed her chickens. Around this time an unexpected visitor made her way to Fluttershy's cottage.

As Fluttershy began to put the feed away and shooed her chicken into their coop a voice called for her attention in a sing song voice.

"Fluttershy, Fluttershy darling are you here?"

Fluttershy squeaked in surprise before smiling as she recognized the voice.

"Oh..hey..Rarity..it's nice to see you." Fluttershy quietly said.

"Fluttershy deary I still can't believe that you would want to live so close to this ghastly forest."

"Oh well its close to the animals and I kinda like the forest.."

"Well dear everybody has their prefinances."

"Um..if..its..okay.. Can i ask why your here...that is if you don't mind.."

"Of course darling I was wondering if you'd like to have brunch with me and the girls if that's alright with you?"

"Well of course, I would love to have brunch with you and the girls Rarity. Thank you for inviting me."

"Think nothing of it dear, we have been through a lot and we're all close friends. On that note i have to head into town to let Rainbow Dash know so tootles Fluttershy"

With that Rarity was off walking at a mild pace careful not to step in any mud to soil her clothes and well manicured hooves.

Fluttershy waved till Rarity could no longer be seen before getting back to work. As she finished up the rest of her chores she looked up into the sky taking note that the sun was starting to set. As she scanned her yard for anything that needed taking care of. She quickly noticed a tree that was slightly taller than the others and remembered seeing Discord on one of the branches. The tree was her favorite for it was the oldest tree around. A tall and old Red wood tree with very thick branches round as her.

She stood there scanning the branches for him or at least a sign that he was there. Her eyes fell on a fairly thick branch and for some reason she felt his mismatched eyes watching her. She didn't shudder or show any signs of discomfort. She stared for a few seconds before smiling sweetly and nodding slightly. To top it off she mouthed two words.

"Thank you"

Before turning around and making her way towards her cottage with a content smile.