Kind of Discord Chapter One

Kind of Discord

A/N: Hey, it's me, T.A.B! And this is my new fan-fic, Kind of Discord. This fan-fic will feature a unique and flexible pairing, not often found in any fandom. I am talking, of course, about DiscordxFluttershy. So, please enjoy! Oh, and this one will contain much less humor than Discordia. Just a heads-up. This takes place a few days after Discord's defeat.

Kind of Discord Chapter One: Guilt.


At the outskirts of the Everfree forest, there was a small cottage, in which lived a Pegasus. Not just any Pegasus, mind you. This particular Pegasus was one of the six ponies to restore Princess Luna and return Discord to his stone prison. The Pegasus was the Element of Kindness, Fluttershy. But Fluttershy was feeling something she did not often feel. Guilt.

Being the ultimate embodiment of kindness, Fluttershy didn't often do anything cold enough to merit guilt. But this time, she had done something that was driving her mad with it. She had actively helped imprison another being in stone until the end of time.

Fluttershy didn't think the other ponies would truly understand what she was going through. Loyal Rainbow Dash, her loyalty to her friends and the kingdom would blind her to the true nature of Discord's fate. Laughing Pinkie Pie, too happy to be brought down by the cruelty towards their foe. Honest Applejack, who would believe that Discord had to be stopped, which was the honest truth, but wouldn't pay much attention to the method of stopping him. Generous Rarity, who believed it was generous to simply trap him, not kill him. And Magical Twilight Sparkle, whose love for the Princesses would remove any doubts of Discord from her mind, since, as Celestia had said, he was evil. It was only Fluttershy, whose kindness allowed her to try and see the best in everyone, who could see that stone was truly too harsh a punishment.


Inside Canterlot gardens, the statue of Discord had been put back to where it was before. Cheerilee's class were revisiting the gardens, since their field trip had been ruined by Discord's escape last time.

"So, class, here we are again. Back at the statue of the draconequus, who we all know is actually which character from history, who escaped not too long ago?" Cheerilee asked her class. "Discord!" piped up Sweetie Belle. "Yeah!" Scootaloo exclaimed, "Rainbow Dash totally kicked his butt a few days ago!" "Yes, and what does he represent?" Cheerilee questioned. "Disharmony!" exclaimed the class, deciding not the let the Cutie Mark Crusaders take this one, everyone remembering what occurred last time.

"He looks kind of scared…" Applebloom commented, looking up at the statue. "Why do you think that?" Sweetie Belle asked her friend. "Look at his face. He looks really scared!" Applebloom pointed out. "Hey, you're right!" Scootaloo exclaimed. "Hey, Miss Cheerilee? Why does he look so scared?" Sweetie Belle asked.

Cheerilee paused. "I'm… not that certain, actually. Perhaps you should ask one of the ponies who beat him?" Cheerilee suggested. "Yeah! Rainbow Dash will defiantly tell us!" Scootaloo cried out. "No! My sister can tell us!" Sweetie Belle countered. "What about mine?" asked Applebloom. Foreseeing the fight that was about to occur, and remembering where they were, Cheerilee swiftly intervened.

"Why don't you ask someone else? Someone not related to or idolized by any of you." Cheerilee suggested. "Yeah! How about Twilight Sparkle?" Applebloom suggested. "Nah. She'll take ages. How about Pinkie Pie?" Scootaloo asked. "No, she'll get off track, or tell us an entirely different story." Sweetie Belle pointed out. "I guess that means we ask Fluttershy!" Applebloom exclaimed.


The pony in question was currently beating herself up. She felt horrible for encasing another living being, even one as dangerous as Discord, inside stone. She remembered her encounter with a cockatrice, a rare creature that could turn all who it looked upon into stone. It felt horrible when her lower body was turned to stone. She couldn't move it, she couldn't feel it… she couldn't do anything. And Discord was trapped from head to toe. As her guilt festered in her mind, miles away, in Canterlot, the necklace representing the Element of Kindness glowed briefly, then faded back to normal.


"Ok class! Let's move on!" Cheerilee exclaimed. The students agreed and left the statue of Discord, with the Cutie Mark Crusaders lagging behind. Suddenly, Sweetie Belle stopped. "What's wrong?" Applebloom questioned. "I dunno. I though I heard something." Sweetie Belle explained. "It was probably just the wind." Scootaloo commented. "Yeah, you're probably right." Sweetie Belle agreed.

As they left, they didn't look back at the draconequus statue. But if they did, they might have noticed a very thin crack, snaking across the statue's back, that wasn't there moments prior.

A/N: And that's chapter one! I really felt like beginning this. But Discordia is still my top priority to finish. Ah well, I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it!