Discord sat in his chaotic living room pondering about the past few years of his life. Ever since becoming friends with the ponies, he was content with his life. He had freedom, his own dimension, and even friends, it was all he could ever want.
That was what he believed until he met Starlight Glimmer.
Once the two had met, Discord felt a strange feeling he couldn’t describe. At first, he figured it was just lust. It made sense, she was his type after all. She was not only pretty, but she was also very smart, witty, clever, and a little morally ambiguous to top it off. If they weren’t friends, he’d totally hook up with her.
That’s what he told himself at first.
Then Spike introduced him to love and suddenly he felt his whole world shatter before him. Spike may have thought Discord was in love with Fluttershy but he didn’t know about the other mare Discord had been attracted to. It was possible he was in love with Starlight Glimmer.
When Discord realized this, he knew he had to have Starlight. There was one problem though, Twilight seemed to have also fallen for her and the thought of that made his eyes roll. Seriously, out of all the ponies Twilight fell for, it ended up being her pupil?! Disgusting.
However, Discord wasn’t stupid. Twilight and Starlight had spent so much time together ever since the latter’s reformation. If Twilight had asked her out, Starlight would probably do so with no hesitation. He knew that to even stand a chance against Twilight, he’d have to get Starlight alone.
So he staged a map mission and put a glamor spell on Twilight’s cutie mark. He made sure the location was so far away that Twilight wouldn’t be able to be around Starlight for days. He also made sure to send her friends too just in case she got suspicious but of course they couldn’t leave the School Of Friendship unattended, so they had to put Starlight in charge. Perfect.
Before the first day even began, Discord immediately offered his assistance to Starlight. The mare seemed reluctant but was clearly desperate, seeing as this was her first time covering for Twilight so she accepted. As he helped out, he made sure to subtly flirt with Starlight a little. Every now and then he’d allowed himself to wrap his arm around Starlight’s body and even lean his face towards her’s to talk to her. To anybody, it could seem like he was just being Discord, heck even Starlight kinda believed it, but he could see her blushes and knew she wanted a bit more. Exactly what he wanted.
Of course, the fun had to end at some point. Twilight and the girls eventually came back from their fake friendship mission. Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity had all thought it was just a false alarm, Starlight and Spike also accepted his explanation but one glare from Twilight’s face as he stood close to Starlight told him what she truly thought.
She knew what Discord did and why he did it.
All Discord could do was smirk.
Suddenly Discord heard a knock on his door. He snapped his talons to see Twilight was at the entrance of his house with an annoyed look in her eye. Discord just rolled his eyes in amusement, Twilight was so predictable.
With a snap of his fingers, Twilight was standing right before him, a little shaken by what Discord did but immediately shook it off and glared at the Draconequus.
“Twilight, I don’t typically see you in this realm. How goes it?” Discord smirked knowingly at the alicorn before Twilight flew up to his face.
“You know exactly why I’m here. What was today all about?!” Twilight asked angrily.
“I have no idea what you mean.” Discord shrugged with a dismissive smile. A lie of course.
“Don’t act dumb, I know you tricked us into that map mission.” Twilight rolled her eyes in annoyance, “And I know exactly why you did it too. Spike told me how much much time you spent sucking up to Starlight. You were practically throwing yourself at her.”
“Please. If Starlight didn’t like how I was acting, she would’ve said so and from the look on her face, she clearly did.” Discord pointed out smugly before glaring back at the alicorn, “Besides, you can’t talk about throwing myself at Starlight when you practically cling to her 24/7. You can only keep up the friend and mentor routine for so long Twilight. She’s eventually going to realize you see her as more than your former pupil.”
It was silent for a moment. Both alicorn and Draconequus stared at each other for a while before Twilight spoke up again.
“You’re centuries older than her Discord. Leave her alone.” Twilight said angrily.
“She’s an adult and can make whatever decision she wants.” Discord said in annoyance before smirking again, “You may love her and be her best friend, but I know she has needs that you’re too scared to fulfill.”
“And what could you possibly be talking about?” Twilight scoffed.
“Lust, obviously.” Discord chuckled, “Unlike Starlight, you can barely comprehend the idea of being intimate. I can give her both love and lust, you can’t.”
Twilight felt her horn flare up furiously at what Discord was saying.
“Starlight is NOT a prize, Discord.” Twilight said angrily.
“I never said that she was.” Discord reminded the princess, “The fact of the matter is that she wants more than what you can offer.”
Twilight narrows her eyes at the Draconequus, even if Discord is her friend, she couldn’t stand to hear him speak about Starlight the way he did.
“You don’t know what you’re talking about, Discord.” Twilight spoke softly despite glaring at the immortal being, “I don’t care what you say, I’m not giving up on getting in a relationship with Starlight.”
She then teleported out of his house which caused Discord to smirk.
“I didn’t expect you to.” Discord said with a fond tone.
Twilight then teleported back to the entrance of her castle and began walking inside when she found Starlight waiting for her.
“I was wondering where you were” Starlight smiled warmly at her friend, “Where were you?”
As much as Twilight wanted to tell her about her confrontation with Discord and how he was the reason for the fake map quest, she knew she couldn’t. She’d be putting Starlight in an awkward situation.
So she settled for a lie.
“Just filling out boring paperwork. I don’t wanna bore you with any details.” Twilight fibbed but despite her lie, she smiled. Starlight had a way of doing that to her.
“Do you wanna hang out for the night. It’s been a long few days and… I kinda missed you.” Starlight sheepishly smiled with a blush rising on her cheeks. The sight made Twilight feel warm.
“Sure thing Starlight.” Twilight embraced her unicorn friend and sighed in content. She didn’t care what Discord said, she knew she still had a special place in Starlight’s heart, lust or no lust.
