Fluttershy had time to think while he drove to the school.
She mainly needed Discord so he could put up barriers and restrain Shining Armour.
She felt the glass bottle cracking, leaking the fury she trapped.
That probably wasn't a good sign.
When they parked and Fluttershy took off the helmet, she felt...giddy. She wanted to see how well her plan would work, more so out of seeing Cadence's priorities.
She never specified if it should've been just Twilight or the others as well and by this point, Fluttershy couldn't care.
There was also a vague thought that Twilight truly was a pitiful, pathetic puppy. All so she didn't disappoint Celestia, she agreed to bring her brother and his wife to Fluttershy without asking WHY Fluttershy wanted them.
You'd think she would've caught on.
But no.
Because apparently, she was the "Element of Kindness" and "Doll", Fluttershy wouldn't do anything that warrants suspicion, but oh, she could be a slut with only pictures of two guys as bullshit "evidence".
"What is at least part of your plan?" Discord asked, popping a small candy cane in his mouth.
"When I say, put a clear barrier up and restrain Shining Armour. Even if it's with magic. Please." She said and looked up at him.
He hummed. "If you say, my Dear."
She was quiet for a moment while they walked. "Discord?"
He looked down at her. "Yes?"
Her brows furrowed and she had to wonder why anyone could hate him when he was so willing to please. "Please forgive me."
He stopped her and tilted her chin up. "For what?"
She gave a wobbly grin. "For bringing you into this."
He looked in her eyes, observing. "Come on. I'm more so curious as to what you have planned for them. Peppermint?" He offered her a small one wrapped up.
She smiled fondly. "What a charmer. Thank you, my Lovely." She took it from his hand, only for him to grab her fingers gently, and like a knight in stories, kissed the top of her hand, before letting go.
Her heart ached.
Fluttershy made them slow down as they came upon the corner that lead to the field. "It'll be best to do it by surprise. Twilight has become a bit magic happy ever since Celestia gave us the gems." She looked over, seeing who was there and honestly wasn't surprised. "It looks like she brought Celestia and the girls. Fucking coward."
"Tia's the underling to the guy who hurt you and your family, right?" Discord's voice was low and snarled.
She didn't think she ever said who their attacker was, but she sighed a small breath. She knew he was smart. "Yes, but I'm not sure how much she knows or how involved."
He bent down, kissing the top of her head. "Doesn't matter to me. It just gives me a reason."
She nodded. "Help me first, though."
He chuckled. "As you wish."
She blushed. "Don't you start quoting Princess Bride. Come on, focus! We have a boy to castrate."
He stifled his laughter, taking a few deep breaths. "I will if you let me rest my head in your lap while we watch movies tonight."
She smiled sweetly. "As you wish."
They waited until Shining Armour was enough of a distance, along with Cadence, and put up the invisible barrier. Only him and Fluttershy could get through.
Both Shining Armour and Cadence became startled when they tried leaving but the barrier wouldn't let them, the others quickly noticing and approached, seeing what was going on.
Fluttershy walked out in front of Discord, him hunched slightly right behind her, a grin on his face. "Tia! How's life?" He joked, just trying to rile Celestia.
"Discord! What are you-do you have anything to do with this?" Celestia asked, a stern anger in her tone.
He shrugged. "Anything to do with what? I'm just accompanying Fluttershy here. She did need a ride and it's probably good I did come," his tone got low, a warning, "seeing how outnumbered she is."
"Fluttershy, what's going on? If you're using your Element-" Twilight began, but Fluttershy ignored her, walking inside the barrier. Everyone could hear, it simply just kept them in and Twilight and the others out.
Twilight ran after, only for the barrier to shock her when she got to it. "Ah!"
After a bit of realization dawned on them, Shining Armor had his arms crossed in front of Fluttershy. "Come to apologize for your actions that night at Cadence's parents place?"
A pause.
Fluttershy snorted and began laughing. Apologize?! Did-did Twilight assume it was to apologize? Like Fluttershy did anything wrong?!
Even Discord began chuckling, them the only two finding it funny.
Once she calmed down, Fluttershy looked him in the eye. "I'm going to cut to the chase. Does your "lovely" wife know about what you did to Chrysalis? It was maybe 5 or 6 years ago?"
"What are you talking about?" He asked, but she saw how his body moved. He was lying.
"Shining, what's going on? What does this have to do with Chrysalis?" Cadence asked, fear creeping into her voice. She tried getting closer, but there was a barrier around her too.
Good. At least she was smart enough to know to be scared.
Fluttershy sighed loudly. "Discord, I'm not sure how to string him up. I don't want to see..." she moved her hand in a disgusted manner, "it." She batted her lashes at him after, making him grin with laughter.
"As you wish." Putting one hand on his hip, he snapped his fingers and like that, Shining Armor was hinged up in the air, no rope, just floating. His wrists were bound together and his knees were bent and spread so it'd make access easier to her.
Testing, she yanked on his ankle, making one leg straight. It stuck. By then, her "friends" were at the barrier, trying to break it down while Discord slowly approached Celestia, like a predator sizing up its prey.
"Discord, the gun." She held her hand out and he glanced over. He rose a brow, obviously curious. He got the gun out, the others gasping and panic beginning to set in. He tossed it in the air, it disappeared above, and it gently floated down from the top of the barrier into her grasp.
She looked to Cadence. "Your hubby here forced a miscarriage on a very good friend of mine. Did you know?"
Cadence's eyes widened, shock very much apparent. "No-I-Shining..."
Fluttershy was in no mood to play along with what-yep. Cadence started tearing up, realization dawning on her.
She would've probably prolonged Cadence's misery, but too much stress was bad for a baby.
She approached her. Fluttershy surprised herself with how little care she had that she practically ruined a life.
Her teeth throbbed.
She was about to do more.
Anger was the warm fur coat over her shoulders.
"I can give you two choices for me to do. One, castrate him. Balls, rod, all that grossness. Or two, I shoot him in the leg."
Cadence looked appalled at her.
Really, if Fluttershy thought about it, castrating him was the only way it would be "fair". Chrysalis had to live with knowing she lost a child. Not even being able to hold it because there was no life there. So, instead of letting him die a slow death, really, she should make him become a eunuch and live forever knowing what she did to him and knowing he'll never fuck again. Cadence's child would be his only child.
But...she still wanted to test Cadence. If she chose for Fluttershy to castrate him, it means she respects her fellow women enough she felt her husband deserved it, and that he didn't need to have a cock In order for her to love him. But if she chose the bullet to the leg, probably thinking Fluttershy's a shitty shot, it meant she valued her husband more than justice.
"W-what? You child, you can't be serious! Chrysalis must've lied or it was an accident and she wanted someone to blame." Cadence tried pounding on the barrier.
"I'm not giving you a third choice, you rotten bitch! I'm still pissed at you. But more than that, I want justice for Chrysalis. And no, it wasn't. I saw the crisscross scars along with the c-section scar. I saw the horror. I saw the grief." She walked over, putting her hand through, the tip of the blade to her stomach. Cadence froze.
Looking, Fluttershy saw the fear. "That's what I thought. Choose."
"Justice?! Do you not see what you're doing? All of this is illegal!" Shining Armour yelled.
"Cadence. This is the last chance before I decide I won't spare you. Oh, but wait. Hm...maybe you're far along enough where I can steal your child? Then you'd be null and void." She smiled.
She didn't want to do that. But if she could make them fear, that was good enough.
Cadence stuttered, pale. "S-shoot. S-shoot the leg."She closed her eyes tight, covering her face.
Fury coursed her veins like the venom in her fangs. Sadly, she DID pick up a few tricks from Rich's goons.
She yanked the air in front of her, and sure enough, it was like mime's work. 'What a smart man.' She thought fondly about her Dissy.
Yanking it hard, it made Shining Armour higher, so all Fluttershy would have to do is stab.
She REALLY didn't want to see 'it'. So, she pulled her hand back and stabbed upward.
She's not sure what she hit, but she giggled at his girlish scream. Cadence's screams of horror weren't too bad.
Suddenly she felt a shiver go up her spine and the smile on her face grow at the sound of Twilight's anguished screeching. The other's were too, looking over, she saw with one hand Discord was twirling her "friends" in the air, horror written on their faces.
With his other, he was trying to deflect the bullets from a gun Celestia had. Where she got it or why she had it, was beyond Fluttershy.
Shining Armor groaned and spat out at her as Cadence tried to find a way out of her bubble. "You fucking psychopath! W-Wha-" he was cut off by Fluttershy aiming just right (it's not like he wore baggy pants) and stabbing to the hilt, no doubt popping either one or both balls.
"I'm not a psychopath." She said simply.
She was tired of the angry yelling. So, taking a breath, she sighed, with her stabs to cause more damage, but the longer she did it, the more she didn't want to stop hurting him.
Part of her wanted him not just maimed, but dead.
If Cadence wanted to judge other's for their choice of whom to love, then she can lose her own.
But...then again, their love was shallow. Besides, she'd rather Fluttershy shoot his leg than do what she was currently. Fluttershy didn't like the blood and matter getting on her from him. She would've preferred Discord's or at least more worthy blood.
She knew she could never go back after this.
They thought they could judge her, for her situation, for her tastes in who she's close with, for how she's learned to cope.
She began to laugh. It was so...so STUPID! This boy was a soldier yet he pettily took a life. His wife had it all yet she still judged her sibling for who they like. Her friends were all about peace and friendship yet they tossed her like a diseased toy.
Rich had so much money, so much power, yet he still hunted her like she were a Gold Stag on a hunt.
She was beginning to hate Humans. Her anger spiked and she breathed deep through her nose, her smile on full display as she sliced from base to tip with the blade, then horizontal at the base. His blood reeked but the scent of their fear and agony made it not as wretched to smell.
She heard bullets, bringing her back. Cadence was on her knees, sweat and tears running down her face.
Shining Armor had fallen, passed out from pain.
She sniffed, smelling Discord's blood.
A wave of panic flooded her.
Turning her head fast, she saw a bullet surrounded by magic pierce a hole in Discord's side.
She knew, vaguely, it was her mind processing, but it felt worse when it looked as if he was falling in slow motion.
She saw the blood leave his mouth, his own magic erratically trying to close the gaping wound, even as he grinned crazily and shot one more wave of magic at them, sending all the six of them flying back.
Her heart stopped. 'Not again.'
Not again Not again NOT NOT NOT
NOT AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN NOT AGAIN NOT NOT AGAIN NOT AGAIN
WHY WHY HIM HE DID'T WHY WHY WHY
I CANNOT LOSE HIM LOSE HIM LOSE HIM LOSE HIM
WHY
WHY WHY WHY HIM
WHY NOW
THEY GANGED UP ON HIM
SIX AGAINST ONE
AGAINST ONE
HE WAS PROTECTING HER
HE'S STILL HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN HUMAN WRETCHED HUMAN
HUMAN
HUMAN
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
"DISCORD!" She ran to him, her body felt like it was on fire. Truly. She could barely breathe. Her body was shaking. She skidded to her knees when she reached him, not caring they were probably scratched and bleeding.
She pulled him close, unsure where to even begin, when the air felt thick and humid.
Her fangs seized with so much venom it made her head spin. 'Not now, me!'
But if her venom gave them magic, maybe...
Either forgetting or not caring, her senses overloaded with the mixing scents around her. With the panic. With the fear she'd lose him too, she kissed from his scruff on his chin, down to his pulse point before biting as deep as she could, praying and praying.
Whoever was up there didn't need to save her.
But Discord didn't deserve it.
She began to feel dizzy herself as she felt something send shocks of pressure up her canines and through her. She swore it felt like a hug.
Discord's own eyes were hazy, but she saw he tried holding onto consciousness enough to run a bloodied, magic static hand through her hair, before he snapped his fingers, his eyes dilated and opposite.
Next thing she felt was landing on tiled ground, pain shooting up her legs.Panting, she let go and looked at Discord, he having passed out. The wound was healed on his side, a giant pink outline of a butterfly against his skin. She still held onto him tightly, only so she could feel his breath against her neck. Their magic entwined and fizzled around them for a few more seconds, dancing and fading into the air.