When Species Collide (A Fluttercord Story)

by ChuckBoy

Rating: everyone
Tags: Discord, Slice of Life, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Romance, Drama, Spike, Big Macintosh, Fluttershy
Length: 3575

Discord and Fluttershy start experiencing feelings for each other

(Artwork made by @Mizuno Arts) After years of just being friends, Discord starts experiencing feelings for his dear sweet Fluttershy. After he finally gets the courage to ask her out on a date, he finds out that his only love was taken by another. Discourage, Discord leaves with tears, but soon, Fluttershy starts feeling new feelings towards Discord until her ex knocks there relationship down flat. Will the two lovebirds get there happily ever after? Or will the ex ruin everything?

Published 2025-01-31 05:20:00 UTC
Last updated 2025-02-14 14:56:07 UTC

Chapter 1: Ogres And Out Of The Blue

“Captain Wuzz! Squizzard on your left!” Garbunkul, a very short magician yelled as our hero, Captain Wuzz, hero of all Spytopia, fired a flaming arrow at Squizzard, the evilest thing in all of Spytopia. It missed him but stopped him as the fire spread around him.

“That should buy us some time, but not much, Is Sir Mcbiggen at the castle?” Captain Wuzz asked.

“Nope.” The black knight, Sir Mcbigeen said as he then appeared behind the two and held a stone in his hoof.

“The stone of sanctuary, thank goodness it’s recovered!” Garbunkul said with happiness in his voice.

“Quickly, Schmerdy’s waiting for us at the base, and it looks like the fire’s almost out!” Captain Wuzz said as our three heroes ran as fast as they could away from Squizzard, who had extinguished the fire that captured him and was ready for a lengthy battle. He summoned his many soldiers as soon as they, along with him surrounded our heroes.

“There’s too many of them!” Garbunkul exclaimed as the soldiers carried their bows and arrows at will, ready for attack.

“GiVe Up ThE sToNe Or DiE!” The Squizzard exclaimed with laughter in his annoying voice.

“Nope!” Sir Mcbiggen exclaimed as the soldiers came closer for our three heroes.

“This would be a perfect time for a powerful spell Garbunkul!” Captain Wuzz said with panic in his voice.

“It seems so, how about…Cyclone Loop!” Garbunkul exclaimed as he cast a cyclone spell, causing all the nearby soldiers to be flung far away, leaving our three heroes…and the big bad Squizzard.

“YoU mAy HaVe DeFeAtEd My ArMy….BuT yOu’Ll NeVeR dEfEaT mE!!” The Squizzard yelled as he fired his spells at our three heroes. These spells consisted of lighting bolts, poisonous arrows, and magical lasers. It was a very long battle but slowly, our three heroes were about to defeat the Squizzard for good as Captain Wuzz had a clear shot to fire one last flaming arrow to defeat the evil once and for all.

“Say goodnight Squizzard!” Captain Wuzz said as he was about to fire the last arrow when something…or somepony caught his attention.

Amid the battle, Captain Wuzz saw a vision of beauty in the forest, a pony named Lady Fauna. She had a white robe with golden bracelets on her front hooves, one blue and one purple flower in her mane, and two deer antlers. Captain Wuzz saw her trotting in the nearby forest…and froze at her beauty. He could feel his eyes changing from a few circles to one heart in each of his two eyes, and then he dropped his bow, as the Squzzard shot a poisonous arrow at him, causing him to collapse.

“CAPTAIN WUZZ!!” Both Garbunkul and Sir Mcbiggen exclaimed as they received poisonous arrows. They collapsed, gravity forcing them to the ground, and the Squizzard picked up the sanctuary stone.

“FinAlLy, ThE sToNe Is MINE!!!” Squizzard exclaimed as he then let out a villainous roar of laughter. “NoW i CaN dO wHaTeVeR i WaNt!!”

“Not so fast!” Captain Wuzz said as he snapped his fingers and the game world reset itself, with our three heroes in the middle of the world.

“Discord, what was that? You had a clear shot!” Spike, a dragon with green spikes and purple skin asked frustrate.

“Well it wasn’t my fault, I just lost my concentration on Lady Fauna, she can be so distractingly beautiful,” Discord said as he crossed his arms.

“Yep!” Big Mac, a red pony who was a stallion of few words said as he nodded his head.

“Wait a sec, Fluttershy only played with us last time, how was her character here in the game?” Spike asked as Discord could feel his face turning pink.

"Well….It….it must have been a simple mistake on me, nothing more than that!” Discord blurted out quickly.

“Nope!” Big Mac said as Spike then looked at him with a little smile on his face.

“You put her in the game on purpose, didn’t you?” Spike asked as Discord then let out a sign of defeat.

“Yes, I…I did. I thought her presence would give me the strength I needed to defeat the Sqizzard, but she and her beauty only distracted me.” Discord said as Big Mac then approached his friend.

“Uh, could it be possible that you have feelings…for Fluttershy?” Big Mac asked as Discord’s mind went into maximum overdrive in less than a second.

“What? Of course not, you're just being ridiculous! Did that poison arrow do something to your head? Did that fall hurt you? Did the game do something to you?” Discord shouted quickly and loudly in panic as his face turned so pink that it could be mistaken for a big scoop of strawberry ice cream.

“You like her, don’t you Discord?” Spike asked as Discord knew he was outmatched this time, he couldn’t just snap his fingers and things would disappear, although they would, just not this time.

“Ugh, alright, I……might…and that’s a considerable might…have feelings for her.” Discord said quickly and quietly as his face turned pinker by the second.

“You finally admitted it! I was wondering if this day would come!” Spike said as he along with Big Mac then went over and comforted their friend.

“She’s…she’s just….so….amazing. She’s so kind, awesome, but I don’t want to lose her…my first real friend.” Discord said as he snapped his fingers and summoned a picture of himself… and Fluttershy, his love into his right paw.

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen you so…in love with somepony before.” Big Mac said.

“I…I’m not sure I’ve ever felt this way before.” Discord said. “Ever since Twilight’s coronation, all my thoughts are about her. She’s on my mind, all the time and even in my dreams.”

“Is it possible that you want to date her?” Spike asked as Discord then looked at both of his friends.

“Well……I’m not sure. It’s just…I want to hear all about her day…tell her about mine, I want to be there for her when she’s alone, I want to be there to lift her spirits, and maybe fall asleep with her…I want to be by her every day, every hour……” Discord said as he felt tears forming underneath his eyes.

“I felt the same way when I first met Sugarbell…now look at us.” Big Mac said.

“How did you two do it? Well, more specifically you Big Mac.” Discord said.

“Hey, Rarity and I are close friends!” Spike said with anger in his voice.

“Well…with the CMC and even with Timber in the way…I added more room for her to bake her goods…something she’d wanted for a long time…and things just fell into place,” Big Mac explained as Discord stroked his little beard.

“So what you're saying is that I need to do something for Fluttershy that means a lot to her, then I can make my move?” Discord asked.

“Yep!” Big Mac said just as a happy smile appeared on Discord’s face.

"YES! I’m finally going to do it! I’m finally going to ask out Fluttershy!!” Discord exclaimed as fireworks of him and Fluttershy appeared in the sky and Discord then began to break dance, all while keeping this happy smile on his face.

“Say, the perfect time would be when you two have tea together.” Spike said. “Oh right! I’m supposed to meet her in a few hours! I’m sorry to dip on guy’s time but I must get going!” Discord said as he snapped them back to Ponyville and into Sweet Apple Acers. Discord then proceeded to put up a jacket and a hat.

“Good luck!” Spike and Big Mac exclaimed as Discord rushed out while making a plan in his head, it wouldn’t be too difficult to execute and it would surely win over Fluttershy. Discord could feel the excitement in his body as he headed over to Fluttershy’s cottage.

Chapter 2: Love Is In The Tea

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.

Chapter 3: Unexpected Rejected

……………………………..I’ve been turned into stone, twice. I’ve been betrayed by Tirek who I thought was my friend. I’ve had my chaos magic drained from me, twice and I’ve been chained by villains who I united, all of which were extremely painful, more pain than an average pony would and should ever experience. With all that I’ve been through, I thought I could handle anything………………… yet, I was wrong.

This was far more painful than being turned to stone, forced to stay in one single position for over a thousand years. This was more painful than when Tirek betrayed me after he gave me that medallion from his brother. This was more painful than having my magic, something exclusive to me be ripped from my own body twice, none of which were pleasant and this was far worse than being chained up by my own failed plan.

Yet, a simple sentence was enough to set the record for the worst pain I’ve ever experienced. I didn’t want to ask it at the time but, how was that possible? I know it’s because I loved Fluttershy so much, but at that moment, I had no idea how being stuck in stone was better than hearing that I was too late.

“Who……………………………….who is this….pony?” I asked, trying my absolute hardest to keep my tears from pouring…even though the glass was already upside down.

“Oh, his name is Lucifer, I met him just a few weeks ago and he’s the nicest pony I’ve ever met and-” Fluttershy went on about this ‘Lucifer’ pony and how he was so sweet, bought her flowers and took her to see this new show or something ridiculous like that. He may have sounded like a nice guy and in retrospect, he probably was, but I didn’t see it like that.
As Fluttershy described Lucifer, I saw an evil pony, using her to get to me, or a very ugly pony with a crummy job and who lives in an alleyway, or with his parents.

“Oh…….If you’ll excuse me, I must comfort that pony sobbing in the bathroom.” I said as I couldn’t hold back my tears any longer.

“I don’t hear anypony in their Discord,” Fluttershy said as I got up.

“You will in about ten seconds!” I said as I stood up and ran towards the bathroom, closed the door, and then cried a little of my many tears before I teleported out of there.

I couldn't think of a better place to be alone than my home as I teleported myself to my front door and I opened the door ever so slowly and quietly. I couldn't hold back my tears as once that door closed, I cried. I cried a lot. I cried more than I ever have in my whole, immortal life. I’ve never really been one for crying. When you're the lord of chaos, crying isn’t something you typically do, this was an exception to this rule as all I did was cry on my floor.

I don’t know how long I was crying, enough for my eyes to start hurting as all the liquid in my body came out through my tears. When I had cried out all that I had, I looked down and saw that my tears had created a large puddle. Normally this is something that I would have loved, the more chaos the better…that didn’t happen. I wanted to snap this puddle away, toss it under the rug, bury it, burn it, all of those things…yet when I positioned my claws, ready to snap them, I couldn’t snap, like something….or somepony was preventing me from doing my signature snap…yet nopony was.

“I’ll never get over her,” I said in a lower voice as I walked to the kitchen when I heard something.

“Captain Wuzz! We have a mission for you!” I could hear my other dear friend, Spike call my name.

“It’s not like I have a date…or Fluttershy to attend to…” I said to myself as I snapped my fingers, this time, they worked and in less than a second, I was in Twilight’s castle, standing in front of Spike and Big Mac. Looking back, I should have known that Spike would ask the question…yet I wasn’t ready to say a word about it yet…yet I did.

“So…how was your ‘tea party’ with Fluttershy?” Spike asked as the look on his and Big Mac’s face changed from excitement to a mix of worry and sadness.

“....” I couldn’t respond. Not even a word, I could say.

“Do you want to talk about it?” Spike asked as I knew I had to say something…even if I didn’t want to.

“Another…..asked……..out…” I said as I thought some of the liquid in my body came back as I felt more tears beginning to form.

“I’m…so sorry Discord,” Spike said as he and Big Mac comforted me as they helped a little…but nothing could fully help this time.

“I…I didn’t think this was how the story was supposed to go, I thought Fluttershy would have said yes….” I said as a few more tears then fell from my eyes. I didn’t see it but I could feel my eyes turning pink from all the crying…was that supposed to happen? I’ve never cried this much before.

“It’s not easy to handle rejection, I know what that’s like,” Spike said in a smooth voice.

“Like….when….Rarity rejected you for that Capper?” I asked, still speaking with tears in my eyes.

“Why I outta!” Spike exclaimed as Big Mac held him back.

“How about we walk into town to stop ya from crying?” Big Mac suggested.

“I…suppose that would be…nice,” I said as the three of us walked out of Twilight's castle and into the evening streets of Ponyville. A few ponies were walking about but it wasn’t anything too interesting. It was just the same regular town and the same regular ponies…and yet…every time I looked at a female pony…all I saw was Fluttershy. It was like this town was full of changelings and they resembled Fluttershy.

“I don’t think this is helping me that much,” I said, holding back my tears in public.

“Hm, how about we go out, and have an emergency guy's night?” Spike suggested.

"Eyep!” Big Mac said in agreement.

“I guess so,” I said as in a few minutes, we went into this new restaurant that had just opened called: “Marebles”.

“Table for three please.” Big Mac said to the front desk and in a few minutes, they showed us to our table and we then took our seats.

“Wow, I didn’t know Marebles looked so nice,” Spike said as I looked around the room.

“I guess it’s pretty nice,” I said as I opened their menu to see what was available.

“Hayburger, salad, soup…” I said to myself as I saw their menu selection until something unexpected happened…moments before disaster. I looked over at the front door and saw a Unicorn with a black coat and a black mane with red highlights and he looked good-looking. He was wearing this white suit with a top hat as if he were attending some kind of fancy event, not dinner, and not here.

“Table for me and my lovely girlfriend.” I heard the stallion say as his supposed girlfriend stepped forward…and I saw Fluttershy.