A New kind of Chaos

The Secret

That night, Diamond was in her room, looking at her reflection. 'What if Celestia is there? What if Twilight reports me to Celestia? What if Discord's friends don't like me or hate me? Or worse!' her thoughts were interrupted by a knock at the door.

"Diamond? Are you in there?" Discord asked. He opened the door anyway. "Are you as excited for tomorrow as I am?"

"I guess..." Diamond mumbled softly.

"Oh, what's wrong now?!" Discord shouted, starting to get impatient.

"It's just, I can't go with you to the dinner party!" Diamond shouted. She flew up to her unmade bed and wrapped herself in the covers.

Discord was taken back. "What! Why not?"

"Your friends with a princess. She'll probably report me to Celestia. I don't want to go back to the crystal caverns." Diamond said, through her blanket.

"You do make a compelling point." Discord said, stroking his beard. "Wait! I got it!" He finally shouted. He snapped his talons, leaving one open to hold a small piece of black cloth. "We can just hide your wings." he said, opening the cloth to reveal a small black pony coat.

"What? What do you mean?" Diamond asked.

"Well, if they don't see your wings, they won't know your an alicorn. I mean, how am I supposed to hide your horn? A really big hat?" Discord said, now wrapping the coat around Diamond.

"I see what you mean, but think about it. What if they ask me to take my coat off when we get inside? What if I get surprised and me wings open? What if..." Diamond's questions were interrupted by Discord's talon.

"You need to quit having your 'what if's', my dear. Everything will be fine." Discord said, using his lion paw to stroke her mane.

"But how will be get there? If I can't show my wings, how will we get there?" Diamond asked.

"I can just teleport us there. No problem at all."

"But what if..." Diamond said, before Discord gave her a serious stare.

"No matter what problems you think of, no matter if you are sick or well, no matter if the sky is falling, you will be going." Discord said firmly.

"Okay, but what if your friends don't like me?" Diamond said, staring down at her bed.

"I admit, it would be wonderful if they did come to like you. But if they don't, that won't change how I treat you. Just because somepony else doesn't like you, doesn't mean a true friend won't." Discord said, stroking her mane again. Diamond didn't mind that he did this. Her eyes then widened in shock.

"Wait, we're friends?" Diamond asked, looking up into Discord's eyes.

"Why, of course! We both have a great love for chaos. Why wouldn't we be friends?" Discord said, smiling down at the white mare.

"Well, I haven't had a real friend before." Diamond said, her eyes now filling with tears.

"Well, you have one in me, Diamond." Discord finished. He levitated to the door. "I expect to see you at dinner tonight." he said, as he slithered out of the room, closing the door on the way. Diamond stared at the door for a while. She began to think.

'No. That's crazy. Discord doesn't see you that way. He probably has a crush on his first friend, Fluttershy. Or maybe Celestia, since they are both around the same age. I bet Discord has his eyes on another mare.' Diamond thought, as she twiddled her hooves. She flew down off her bed, out of her room, and down the hallway to find the dining room.

When she got there, she found the room was lit with a few candles to supply light. The table was now shaped like a trapezoid. Two plates were set up very formally on the table. Diamond began to think, 'Maybe he's having one of his friend's over tonight. Probably Fluttershy.' Diamond ended her thoughts, as she flew up and sat in one of the chairs. She saw Discord materialize in front of her.

"Good evening, my dear." Discord said, taking a bow. Diamond was surprised, he never showed the slightest bit of refinement. "What would it be for dinner, my sweet."

"Hmm, how about a crystal berry salad?" Diamond said. 'Do all immortal creatures have such good manners? Or is it just Discord?'

"And I think I'll make a little sense tonight. A crystal berry salad for me too." Discord said, snapping his talons. Both dishes appeared before the mare and draconaquus.

Diamond stared down at her salad bowl for most of the meal. Every few minutes she would look up to find Discord staring at her, the him quickly turning away to look at a corner of the room. 'Well, he's acting somewhat normal. What's going on with him?' Diamond finally spoke up after the quiet dinner. "Well, thank you Discord. That was delicious. I really should go to bed now." Diamond said, as she started to walk to her room, but was interrupted by a dragon tail grabbing her from around the waist.

"Wait, do you need someone to tuck you in? Or read you a story? Or fluff your pillow?" Discord asked, giving Diamond puppy eyes.

Diamond thought for a while. "Well..."

"Please? Pretty please? Pretty please with chaos sprinkled on top?" Discord said, now making tears appear in his eyes. "Please." He whimpered out.

Diamond groaned. "Fine. Just one story." Diamond was surprised to feel Discord's tail letting go, and her being picked up in his lion paw.

"Oh, thank you! I promise, I tell you a good story." Discord said, as he snapped his eagle talons, teleporting them both to Diamond's room. Discord lifted the blanket to the ceiling, and place Diamond on her bed, before the blanket came fluttering down on top of her. Discord then snapped his talons, to make a book appear in his lion paw.

"I thought that you'd like to hear my story tonight. But the real story is too long and boring. So I did this." He said, as he laid himself on the bed, and began to read. The book was full of pictures, diagrams, and magical pop ups. About halfway through the story, Discord started to levitate the book, as he wrapped his lion paw around Diamond, letting his fingers get caught in her mane.

As the book finished its story, Diamond let her eyes flutter closed. Discord shut the book and teleported it to his room. Discord started to get up, but found himself stuck. Diamond was asleep, and her head was rested on his lion paw. Though this surprised him, he wished that it would happen eventually. Better now than later.

Discord slowly moved himself around Diamond, and gently wrapped himself around her. He rested his head on her back, and fell asleep too. Diamond opened her eyes gently and looked at Discord sleeping. 'He does look so cute and chaotic when he sleeps.' She thought, as she drifted back to sleep.