A Canterlot redemption

Cadance returned from her shopping trek, and was horrified to discover that Discord had re-arranged everything in her room to be upside down.

Discord, hanging from the celling, finished devouring a page from one of Cadance's books.

"Are you sure this isn't overdoing it? You said to make myself comfortable while you were gone but I wouldn't want to overstep my bounds." Discord explained to the princess of love.

"I did say that......... And if this makes you more comfortable, then by all means, feel free." Cadance assured the chaos spirit.

"Oh, well it does, very much so. You're so kind Princess Cadance, I understand why YOU are the princess of love, and not that nasty husband of yours." Discord told the love princess, as he teleported next to her.

"Shining Armor isn't nasty!" Cadance defended.

"Well of course! You say that, yet he seemed to think it was a good idea to not tell his little sister that he was getting married in person, and he thought it was appropriate to ban her from the wedding just for trying to protect him from something she felt wasn't right for him...... Not to mention he isn't all that pleasing in bed." Discord snidely remarked, as Cadance stared at him with a disgusted look on her face.

"But, I think I can say for certain that Celestia was right when she singled you out as the one who can reform me. You're off to such a good start I'm seriously considering actually being reformed." Discord explained to the pink Alicorn princess.

"And why should I take your word for it?" Cadance asked Discord.

"Well you're letting me be me! If being reformed means I can do things like this all day I would gladly accept the offer." Discord stated.

"Well then, I'm sure you wouldn't mind if I arranged a dinner for you, me, and Twilight and her friends. To see how much you've improved." Cadance offered the Draconequus.

"A dinner? With all six of them here? Oh I don't know about that I'd have to see if my schedule isn't full and get everything ready and-"

"If you are really considering being reformed, you'll prove it." Cadance told Discord.

"Hmm, and what if your friends don't trust me? What if they try to petrify me regardless if I do anything 'bad' or not?" Discord asked Cadance.

"They won't if they trust me. Believe me, all you need to do is try your best. As long as you put in the effort, they won't bite, I promise." Cadance assured Discord, who stared at her with reconsideration and concentrated thinking.

"Hmm, very well." Discord accepted the offer.

"I'll even clean up this mess, so you don't have to do any extra work." Cadance assured him.

"Really? You're going to clean up all of this?" Discord asked.

"Indeed, it will only take a couple minutes." Cadance assured, as Discord raised an eyebrow at her statement.

"Ok....... Or, a couple hours......." Cadance sheepishly acknowledged.......