Something Between Us

Hitch looked around at his surroundings, trying to figure out where that voice came from.

“Oh Sheriff, you know very well you can’t see me unless I want you to,” said the voice, still echoing all around Hitch.

“Who are you, and what do you want!?” yelled Hitch. He was shaking a little, not knowing who or where they were, he continued to look around; his face stayed serious and he made sure he stayed where he was.

“Hitch, my boy, you don’t recognize me, and here I thought the last time we met we left on good terms, I did give you all the crystals back and I did promise to behave,” the voice said a little sadly, though it was obviously meant to sound more sarcastic than anything.

Hitch's eyes widened and with shock in his voice and confusion on his face, Hitch asked, “Wait, Discord?”

Out of nowhere confetti and an air horn sounded, something which scared Hitch so much he jumped high in the air, but when he fell back to the ground, he landed on a mattress which cushioned his fall.

“Bingo!” yelled Discord, now appearing in front of him wearing a game show host outfit and having a big smile on his face, “Congratulations, you got the right answer, now what’s your reward, look at the board right there!”

Discord grabs Hitch’s head and turns it so that he may see a board which was not there before. The board did some calculations and then displayed an answer that read, “Love Advice” in bright white letters.

“Oh this one is a good one, you are so lucky, trust me you will love your reward!” Discord shook Hitch's hoof.

Pulling out of the hoof shake, Hitch looked at Discord with pure anger, “Could you turn it down, you’re going to wake up Zipp and right now she needs all the sleep she can get!” he seethed.

“Oh, psh, don’t be so dramatic, I put a sleeping spell on her, she will be able to sleep during a hurricane without even stirring one bit.” As he said that a massive tsunami crashed on both of them, which destroyed the inside of the Brighthouse.

All wet, Hitch squirted out some water like a fountain and hopped back on his hooves even angrier, “You better clean this up!” Hitch demanded.

Snapping his finger, everything that was destroyed because of the wave was back in its place and fixed, as if nothing happened and Hitch was completely dried up.

Looking around, Hitch made sure everything was indeed fixed, looking at Discord with anger still plastered on his face, “Thank you. Now can you please tell me why you are here? And please hurry, I need to get back down to the beach, all that glitter that Sunny made when she saved those three fillies, again, needs to be cleaned up before it contaminates the ocean.”

“Oh you don’t have to worry about being late, I also stopped time so that we can talk for as long as we want to,” Discord said nonchalantly, now floating upside down on a couch while sipping tea.

Trying to wrap his head around what Discord said, Hitch shook his head and composed himself, “Ok, so if I’m not going to be late, what is it that you need then?”

Facepalming, Discord pulled his face down so far that he made a hole on the floor of the Brighthouse.

“Hey, you’re goi-” Hitch was cut off by the hole being fixed, “… Oh, well, umm, thank you,” he said with a bit of shock and gratitude.

Hitch was then suddenly picked up and placed in an interrogation room, and without warning, Discord slammed both hands on the desk, “Ok, so are we going to do this the hard way, or the easy way, because I can assure you, I will make sure you spill all your secrets!”

A second Discord pushed the Discord that was yelling to the side and softly spoke, “Sorry about him, he’s new and has a small fuse. Now, we both know why I’m here, you did see it right at the beginning of our conversation, so why don’t you admit it, and accept that you need it.”

“Wait, are you talking about the ‘Love advice,’ because I don’t need any advice in love,” said Hitch smirking.

Now sitting on another couch, Discord held a pen and a notepad and scribbled some notes, “Refusing to take advice because he is just as hard-headed as any other “macho” stallion, further talking will be needed.”

“Hey now, what do you-” Before he could finish his sentence, Discord put his lion paw on Hitch’s mouth causing him to be quiet.

“Hitch, you do need advice, and I will not leave and resume time unless you listen to me, because this is important, so please let me talk to you about this, it’s what she would have wanted me to do…” that last part was said more softly almost to the point that Hitch couldn’t hear what he said.

“She? Who is she?” Hitch said with confusion on his face.

Everything went black around the two, and as Hitch looked around, he noticed that Discord was nowhere to be seen.

“Hitch, did you know that you and the girls are connected to the elements of the past?” Discord said, his voice coming from all around Hitch.

“What are you talking about?” Hitch asked, now very confused.

“Your souls are all connected to the Elements of Harmony. Sunny has Twilight’s, Izzy has Pinkie’s, Pipp has Rarity’s, Misty has Applejack’s, Zipp has Rainbow Dash’s and you Hitch, you have Fluttershy’s." Discord said softly.

When Discord said Fluttershy’s name, Hitch noticed that his voice was filled with pain and sadness. Now interested in what Discord was saying, Hitch sat down and continued to listen.

“With your souls connected to the Elements of Harmony, that means that you all will gain some of their traits and powers, but most of all their feelings.” Discord continued to say.

That last part caught Hitch’s attention, “What do you mean by ‘Feelings'?’” Hitch asked quizzically.

Discord snapped his fingers and three images appeared, one was of Pinkie and Twilight, both wearing a wedding dress and kissing at an altar, the second was of Rarity and Applejack, Rarity was wearing a wonderful dress, while Applejack wore a suit, and both where kissing at an altar, and then the third image, that one gave Hitch a little pause, because it was of Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash. Fluttershy was wearing a wedding dress and Rainbow was wearing a suit, both were kissing at an altar. Seeing this Hitch instantly put the pieces together which was a massive shock to him.

“So what you're saying is that my feelings for Zipp is because my soul is connected to Fluttershy? It’s as if we are destined to be together.” Hitch said softly.

“Precisely…” Discord said with a soft voice, “…though that doesn’t mean you have to act upon those feelings, you may reject them if you want, neither accepting nor rejecting is right or wrong, you are one who has full control over your life.” he continued saying with a bit more of a stronger tone.

Hitch thought about the situation that had been brought to him. Once he made his decision, Hitch lowered his head sighing a little, and spoke softly, “The feelings I have for Zipp are my own, even if they are being influenced due to my connection to the Element, I feel as if I have fallen for her myself and not because of my connection to Fluttershy’s soul.”

Smiling a little Discord was pleased with Hitch’s words, “Then why haven’t you told her, you both already have a connection that is very hard to come by, so why haven’t you said a thing to her?”

“I guess I’m just afraid, with how things have been going, mainly with some of the villains we have faced, it makes me scared to think about what a villain would do if they found out we were together.” Hitch lowered his head a little bit lower and again sighing, he spoke in a hurtful tone, “She will become a weakness that I must protect at all cost, but I don’t know if I will be able to protect her in every way. If a villain takes her, I will have no idea what to do and they may just win because of that.” slumping down he talks even softer, “I can’t even properly take care of Sparky.”

Looking at Hitch with sympathy, Discord smiled as he put one of his hands on Hitch’s shoulder, “Hitch, first of all, fear is something that one can overcome, you are a strong and confident stallion I know. You have been taking care of Maretime Bay since you graduated from the sheriff’s training academy and even though there have been a few bumps along the way, you have been an amazing father figure to Sparky, I can tell that he really loves you and he will never forget everything you have done for him.” picking up Hitch he continued to speak, “Secondly, don’t look at her as your weakness, look at her as if she is your greatest strength, she will become your biggest inspiration and confidence, because even if you don’t know what you will do if something happens to her, I know you will still do something to bring her back.” Discord said, sitting Hitch down, as he continued to speak, “And third, as I said earlier, you are an amazing father figure to Sparky and any dragon in Equestria would be lucky to have you as their adopted father, he did choose to stay with you when he could have gone to live with the other dragons after all.”

Wiping away a tear, Hitch spoke, “Thank you Discord, for all of this, I will try to tell Zipp, I promise.”

“Don’t promise me anything, it’s you who has to make the promise too," Discord replied while putting his eagle claw on Hitch’s mouth.

Chuckling a little, Hitch got up and looked around, “Then I promise myself that I'll try to tell Zipp, now if we are done here, could you please let me go and resume time please, that cleaning won’t finish itself.”

“Oh, it will.” Discord said with a cheeky smile as he snapped his fingers which caused Hitch to return back to the Brighthouse and for Discord to disappear, “I will be rooting for you, my boy.”

As Hitch got out of the Brighthouse, he took a few steps outside before seeing Sunny, Pipp, Izzy, and Misty approaching, “Hey girls, how’s the clean up!” he yelled as they were still a bit far away.

“Well, it was strange, just as we were a quarter of the way done, all the glitter just disappeared!” Sunny said as she ran toward Hitch, “ Also I thought I heard Discord laughing, but he said he was going to see if any other place from the old world is still here!”

Rolling his eyes, Hitch walked towards the group and hugged them all, “You all did a good job at least, now all of you go get some rest, the sun is setting and I still have to put this incident in the record books, I'll also have to make some new rules for the beach so that this will hopefully never happen again.” Hitch said.

Hearing this the girls rolled their eyes and went ahead and walked inside, all except for Pipp, “Hey Hitch, how’s Zipp?” she was clearly very concerned about her older sister.

“She's fine, I bandaged her up because she did get a little cut on her forehead, but other than that, she is asleep and will most likely be back up and flying tomorrow. Though I do recommend that you tell her not to fly when she wakes up, her body could still be a little shocked, and attempting to fly could cause her to crash.” Hitch replied.

“Alright, I will tell her that when I see her in the morning. Thank you, Hitch.” Pipp said before giving him one last hug and running inside the Brighthouse.

Turning around and heading to the sheriff’s office, Hitch turned to look back at the Brighthouse and said with great confidence, “I will tell you, I won’t chicken out anymore.”