Some Fluttercord in this chapter, but only mild. ;P
Fluttershy landed in the garden and curled up in a fetal position crying. She had not been alone for more than a minute when the rest of the mane six arrived to comfort her.
"What's wrong sugarcube." Applejack looked concerned.
"Did he hurt you, because I will make that no good stallion pay!" Rainbow fumed.
Twilight pushed Applejack and Rainbow aside. "Girls, girls, calm down and let Fluttershy have some space so she can tell us what's wrong."
All the girls waited patiently for Fluttershy to stop crying. After about five minutes, Fluttershy rubbed her eyes and looked up at her friends.
"Mind telling us what's wrong sugarcube?" Applejack questioned.
Fluttershy looked down sadly, "I don't feel right dancing with him."
"Is it because he's so tall, or too handsome, or too forward, o-" Twilight clamped her hoof over Pinkie's mouth. Muffles could be heard as Pinkie tried to continue her list spitfire questions.
"I don't think that's the problem", Rarity said, "I think we can all agree he's handsome."
The mane six all nodded their heads in agreement.
"So what's bothering you? What feels so wrong?" Twilight looked quizzingly at Fluttershy.
Fluttershy uncurled herself and stood up. "Well...I thought, since Discordant is...the only male alicorn in this era, then he should be with another alicorn princess….cause if they got married and….had children then the children could possible be male alicorns."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, Fluttershy, what's with all the talk about kids and marriage? It's just a dance!" Rainbow exclaimed.
"W-well I just thought that he should be dancing and getting to know….Celestia or….Twilight." Fluttershy whimpered.
Twilight turned beat red. "F-fluttershy, you're getting ahead of yourself, he asked you for a dance, and you accepted, and I'm happy for you. You're not taking away from anypony else by dancing with him."
Fluttershy looked at the ground sadly, "well that's not a-all."
Twilight raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Care to elaborate."
"When we were dancing and he dipped me," Fluttershy turned red at the memory and twisted her head away in embarrassment but continued talking.
"I saw Celestia...a-and she looked….jealous..."
Twilight's jaw hit the floor. Knowing the princess better than the others, this was quite a surprise to her.
"I didn't want to be taking an opportunity away from her."
"How do you know he wasn't going to dance with Celestia after, he did say that he would dance with three of us!" Pinkie added.
"I still felt bad" A tear rolled down Fluttershy's cheek.
Rarity put a hoof on Fluttershy's shoulder, "you are much too kind, it's okay to dance with him, you are always to hard on yourself. Even I was hoping to get a dance with Discordant myself."
A blush could be clearly seen on Rarity's face.
"Me too!" shouted Rainbow.
"Me three!" Hopped Pinkie.
"Count me in y'all" said Applejack.
They all turned to Twilight.
"Why are you looking at me?" Twilight nervously questioned.
The mares all glances at each other sharing a knowing look and smirked.
"Admit it" Rainbow dared.
Twilight started to sweat a bit. "Fine! Yes I want to dance with him too." Twilight turned away, heat rising to her face.
"Twily has a crush! Twily has a crush!" Pinkie chanted, before he mouth was once again covered by Twilight's hoof.
"Let's just focus on the situation at hand" Twilight gruffly stated.
…..
Discordant watched the mares in the garden. He thought about approaching them, but decided eavesdropping would suit him better. Since when has privacy ever stopped him.
Discordant frowned when hearing that Fluttershy did not feel right dancing with him.
He was about to consider why, but Pinkie's questioning beat him to it.
What surprised him most was that Celestia was jealous. Discordant felt anger boil inside him. Just because he looked a little better and acted all snobby and regal, Celestia suddenly likes him.
Then she also had the nerve to scare off his friend and the only pony who saw past his appearance and what was under that monster that he was.
Discordant frowned at the thought. No matter how he looked and what he did, he would always be a monster. At least in those ponies eyes.
He was sure if they knew it was him, the Spirit of Chaos disguised as an alicorn prince, then they would turn on him instantly.
Lost in his thoughts, Discordant almost did not hear them all saying the wanted to dance with him.
Even if it was just because they didn't know who he was and how he looked his ego still got the best of him.
Discordant swelled up with pride, he flashed up a checklist and wrote, remember to thank Luna, "Wait who am I to keep a checklist"
Discordant burned the checklist and then chuckles. "I'll just wing it and try to remember. Guess it's time to make an appearance." Discordant smirked and then walked toward the mane six.
…..
"Let's just focus on the situation at hand" Twilight gruffly stated.
The mane six turned back to Fluttershy whose mood has somewhat lightened. "I think I'm feeling a little bet-"
Fluttershy did not even finish her sentence before once again curling up in fear.
The mane six looked quizzingly at her till the heard a low voice behind them.
"Greetings, may I please talk to Fluttershy?" Discordant walked up to the mane six.
Twilight looked up at DIscordant. "I suppose so."
Rainbow flew up to Fluttershy, "If he even tries to hurt you, just give a call, we will be right here."
The girls walked away leaving Fluttershy with Discordant.
Discordant lay down putting his head on the grass next to Fluttershy and nudged her. "Are you okay, why did you run away from me?"
Of course Discordant already knew the answer but he couldn't give away that he was eavesdropping.
"Cause you should be with another alicorn princess, because you are the only male alicorn." Fluttershy whimpered "Not with me, some w-wimpy pegasus."
Discordant could see her eyes getting glassy behind her hoof that was covering her face.
"No, I disagree."
Fluttershy lifter her head up shocked at what Discordant said.
"I can choose who I want to be with and who I want to dance with. When has one dance ever hurt anypony anyway. I may be the last male alicorn but I still have free will, even Celestia doesn't have the power to stop me if she wanted to."
Fluttershy's mouth hung open for a second before losing it, "Stronger than Celestia?" she thought.
"I see it has my right to dance with the one pegasus who has always shown me-" Discordant abruptly stopped.
Fluttershy tilted her head in confusion. "But we only met today?"
Discordant started sweating a little, "I can't give away who I am so fast."
"Oh, it's just I once had a friend that looked an awful lot like you" Discordant tried his hardest to look sad. To his surprise she bought it.
Discordant decided to take things a step further, He snapped his tail quietly and a few fake tears started rolling down his face. "I just miss them so much" he sobbed.
Fluttershy stood up and wrapped his head in a hug, Discordant stiffed at the touch, but relaxed into it. He would never really get used to hugs.
Her buttercream coat was so soft he could fall asleep on it and her mane smelt of roses.
"It's ok, I understand that you miss your family and friends." Fluttershy cooed. "Don't worry we're all here for you."
Discordant looked up at Fluttershy with tear filled eyes, "Thank you" Then he stood up, and returned Fluttershy's hug, resting her head on her head.
Fluttershy smiled and blushed. Then discordant set her down and the two walked over to the rest of the mane six.
Twilight looked over at Fluttershy, "I presume everything is sorted out."
Fluttershy nodded. Then Rainbow turned to Discordant "Are you….crying?"
Discordant quickly rubbed away the tears forgetting they were there while trying to come up with an excuse. But Fluttershy beat him to it. To his dismay, it was the truth.
"Discordant was upset because he misses everyone, can you imagine waking up and everyone you knew was dead."
Fluttershy looked up sympathetically at Discordant. The others nodded in agreement.
Discordant wiped away any remaining tears and looked down at Fluttershy.
"Wanna finish that dance?" he smirked
"I'd love to." Fluttershy floated up a little to hook her hoof in his as they headed back the dance.
Applejack smiled at the two. "What do ya know, love at first site."
Twilight thought for a moment "Maybe"
The girls jumped back as Celestia teleported in front of them, they already knew something was up because Celestia almost never comes to them, she always calls them to her.
"What's the problem princess" Rainbow questioned. All the girls stood alert and ready.
They waited for as response but all they saw as princess Celestia stamping her hooves excitedly and squealing in delight ever so slightly.
Twilight raised an eyebrow, very much confused. "Umm, princess Celestia, are you okay?"
Celestia stopped and turned to them with a wide and excited smile, "I got to dance with Prince Discordant!"
"Huh!" Rarity turned her head in confusion, "but he was just right here?"
"Before he headed out to sort out what happened with Fluttershy, I stopped him and told him everything would be fine and that he could dance with me and he did!"
"You asked him?", Rarity shook her head, "Not very gentle stallion like if you ask me."
"While we were dancing, everypony was watching, and the spotlight was on us!" CElestia continued, getting even more excited with each sentence passing.
"Seems like y'all had quite some dance." Applejack chuckled.
"That's not all" princess Celestia continued, "At the end, he dipped me and gave me a KISS ON THE FOREHEAD!"
All the girls jaws hit the floor, while princess Celestia pranced around in delight.
Twilight looked at the others, "Maybe there is nothing going on between Discordant and Fluttershy, I guess he just wanted to dance."
"Maybe," they responded.
"We should still keep an eye for him" Applejack added.
The girls all nodded in agreement. Before they could continue, they were interrupted by a giggling Celestia.
"Do you think he likes me?" She asked.
"Quite possible", Twilight responded, "You are the most beautiful mare in the land."
Celestia did a little dance in her happiness.
Twilight rolled her eyes, "I mean no disrespect when I say this, but GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF PRINCESS! Twilight roared.
Celestia immediate stopped and looked down in embarrassment, "Sorry got so lost in the moment."
"Girls I have a task for you."
"And what would that be princess Celestia?" Twilight asked.
"I want you girls to find out as much about Discordant as possible, and find out if he likes me. Wait, where is Fluttershy?" Celestia looked around her for the missing member of the mane six.
"She went to dance with Discordant!" hopped Pinkie
Rainbow tried to stop Pinkie but was too slow.
Celestia's face fell. "What?!"
Twilight cleared her throat before speaking, "Discordant..uhh...wanted to finish their dance since Fluttershy ran out on their last one."
"Oh, makes sense" Celestia muttered.
Twilight could've sworn she saw a pang of jealousy in Celestia's eyes.
"You girls know your mission, please send me letters on everything you find out." Celestia said while walking away.
Twilight looked worryingly at her friends, "I can't help but feel like some tension might develop between Celestia and Fluttershy, we need to keep our eyes on those two."
HAHA done. Next chapter will be posted this weekend. Maybe Friday.
