When Species Collide (A Fluttercord Story)

Oh hi there, it’s me, the spirit of chaos and disharmony, Discord. As you just saw, I’m heading to Fluttershy’s place for our Tuesday tea party…and to ask her out. You’ll follow me for the time being as I do the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my immortal life. I would love to tell you about myself but I’m sure you already know my name and who I am, plus I am in a bit of a hurry as I continue this story.

Get yourself some popcorn, take a seat, and remember, I’m not responsible for anything chaotic that might happen during the story’s runtime. Now please keep your head, hooves, tail, and eyes on this story AT ALL TIMES and enjoy the story. Don’t forget to stop by the gift shop on your way out! This is the story of how I became the luckiest creature in Equestria…and how the two of us became inseparable.

Instead of teleporting to Fluttershy’s, I wanted to pick some flowers at the local flower shop. They were going to be a surprise tool for later after all. It was very boring but to make the story even shorter, I summoned a lot of bits for the most beautiful flowers in Equestria, these pink and yellow flowers that matched Fluttershy. I knew that she would love them…just as much as I love her, that’s a lie, I love her far more than flowers but you get the idea.

Wait, did I just say that I love Fluttershy like that? I should stop doing that, even if I love her to the edge of the universe and back. Anyway before I talk about her until my mouth falls off, I paid for the flowers, I teleported them away just as the clock struck two in the afternoon. I then teleported myself to the front door of Fluttershy’s cottage and knocked on the door. A few seconds passed and I then felt something…off about myself.

It’s hard to explain, I’ve never felt anything like this before but soon, I felt…like something wrong might happen. I then saw an image of myself with the flowers in my hands, asking out Fluttershy, however, something that shook me to my core was in the image, Fluttershy saying “no”. It may have been only a vision but I felt my entire body crumble seeing that, right when I was about to ask her out. Maybe this was a mistake, maybe I shouldn’t go through with this…maybe I should just leave her alone and-

“Hi Discord, I’ve prepared everything for today!” The door opened and Fluttershy spoke in that oh-so-beautiful voice that I loved to hear every week.

“..Well what are we waiting for, I have stories to tell.” I said in a non-panicked voice as I headed inside. When I sat on her couch, I noticed her living room was much cleaner than the last time I was there. “I’ve seen you’ve been cleaning around here, haven’t you?” I asked, trying to make some conversation.

“Oh yes, I’ve been doing a little spring cleaning, it’s far more challenging than you would think with animals running around,” Fluttershy responded.

“I can’t imagine how many times they stunk up the place,” I said as something caught my eye. Unlike all of the other tea parties we’ve shared, I couldn’t help but notice her beautiful, cyan-blue eyes and how I couldn’t help but stare into them…admiring them…and how I couldn’t escape them. I thought I would have far more trouble explaining this…but I don’t. Maybe I did like Fluttershy after all these years of being friends, even if I wasn’t ready to admit it.

This went on for some time, Fluttershy told this story about a giraffe getting loose at her animal sanctuary, and then I told this particularly hilarious story about how I discovered that Celestia had a cake obsession.

“I never thought a princess would hide so she could enjoy some cake,” Fluttershy said in laughter.

“She got so flustered that her face looked like a tomato!” I said as I chuckled.

“I don’t know how you do it but you always tell the funniest stories.” Fluttershy said while still chuckling.

“All the funniest stories for you.” I said very calmly as I looked at the time…it was almost time for me to do the hardest thing of my life. Would I crash and burn or go up in success like a rocket? I’ve never done anything like this before. How was I supposed to do it? What would be the look on her face? Would she feel the same way for me? I then took a deep breath inside my head…and executed the plan.

“Oh would you look at the time, I’m afraid I have to get back to the sanctuary, the animals aren’t going to feed themselves after all,” Fluttershy said as I summoned the flowers I bought at the market and held them behind my back.

“Fluttershy, before you go………could………could I ask you………something?” I asked as Fluttershy turned around.

“Of course,” Fluttershy responded and I held out the flowers as her face started to turn a little pink.

“Would you like to go out….to dinner sometime?” I asked as I could feel my face turning redder than a strawberry. In all my life, I had never felt so scared in my lifetime than the few seconds that followed. Hundreds of questions came into my head, all more terrible than the last.

“Would she dump you? Would she reject you?” Would she be so disgusted that she never wants to be your friend again, will she never want to see your ugly…everything again?” Was all I could think about in those few seconds. I could feel my thoughts slowly start to get stronger. Until Fluttershy responded…

“I…I would love to….but…I don’t know how to say this…” Fluttershy said in a low voice as she then looked at the ground.

“So that’s a yes?” I said very happily, only to be met with this.

“I’m…kinda already seeing somepony.” Fluttershy said as everything crumbled to pieces.