Knock, knock, knock!
Fluttershy opened her door to see Twilight standing at the doorstep. The alicorn gave her a smile, but Fluttershy could tell that something was bothering her just by the look on her face.
"Oh, Twilight! Come on in." Fluttershy said, raising a hoof and beckoning towards the inside of her house.
Twilight nodded and walked in, slowly closing the door with her magic. "There's something I sort of wanted to ask you, Fluttershy."
"Oh, and what's that?" Fluttershy asked.
Twilight sat down on Fluttershy's sofa and gave the pegasus a slightly nervous look. "It's kind of silly, I know...but I can't stop thinking about it for some reason..."
The pegasus nodded, sitting down beside Twilight.
"When Discord came during Cadance's visit, I initially thought that he was just trying to bother me like he always does. But I've been thinking about it long and hard, and now I'm not quite so sure what his motivations were for trying to ruin our day." Twilight sighed. "You know him better than I do, why do you think he decided to come during our visit...when he knew that you wouldn't be here? Do you think he was just trying to get under my skin, or do you think it could have been something else?"
Fluttershy ran a hoof through her mane. "I'm pretty sure I know what he was trying to do..."
Twilight blinked. "You do? Well, what was it?"
The pegasus paused, trying to think of a good way to explain it so that Twilight would understand. "You have to remember...Discord doesn't really know how to...well, his methods are different..." her voice trailed off.
"Well, what I'm trying to say is..." Fluttershy took a breath, and narrowed her eyes. "Twilight, he was trying to befriend you."
The alicorn gave her a confused look. "But aren't we already, erm, friends?" she asked, not quite believing all the way. "Why did he have to bother me about that? Are you sure that's what he was really doing? And not trying to just ruin our day?"
"He was jealous. There you were excited to spend a day with Cadance, and he'd thought you'd forgotten about him, or that you didn't like him anymore. And I guess it wasn't too, um, hard to come to that conclusion...considering that you didn't...write...or visit..."
"He was...jealous?!" Twilight cried, her eyes growing wide. She hadn't considered that possibility before. "Does he even?...oh...I guess it's possible..." Twilight felt a pang in her chest, but she brushed it away. She refused to feel guilty about Discord.
"He's been trying for a long time to make friends with you. Don't tell him I told you that, though, or he'll get mad at me. He knows that you haven't truly accepted him as a friend yet...and I know it, to..." Fluttershy said. "I realize that his methods of trying to befriend you may fray your nerves a little...but it's the only way he knows how to get your attention."
Sorry it's so short right now, but here's the beginning of a short fic called Chaotic Friendship.
