AN: Great question, MyLittleBigBangSwitchAtOlympus!

I view Twilight's spell working one of two ways. First being that memories from not only the ponies involved but others memories of said ponies have been changed to fit the new order. So Big Mac would always see Pinkie Pie as having always worked at Sweet Apple Acres all her life, and it was just a bad day that Pinkie wasn't able to make the plants grow or really fix the barn during the events of the episode. This would happen to everypony except for those more magically powerful than Twilight Sparkle.

Look at it this way, Alicorn magic would always trump Unicorn magic. At this time, Twilight is a Unicorn, so the Princesses would not have any issues with remembering the real timeline. Discord has already proved the be more powerful than Twilight on her own, with Twilight needing her friends complete with the Elements of Harmony to defeat him. And dragons are known in folk-lore to be magic-resistant, hence Spike still having memory of the previous timeline.

The other method would be along the lines of a large bubble. Spells seem to have a range (thank you video game logic), so imagine Trixie's dome spell spread over an area. Canterlot and Discord (who happened to be in Saddle Arabia at the time) were not affected by the spell area and still remember the real timeline. So Princess Cadence would know that Rarity makes dresses and not Applejack, but not, say, Bon-Bon (or Sweetie Drops) as she is in the town at the time.

I prefer the idea of the former rather than the latter, but both methods prove to work.

Perhaps I have thought on this too much.

Either way, I don't own My Little Pony, and I can't tell you which idea would work best in the universe as dictated in the show.

Chapter 7: Doctor, Doctor!

Fluttershy wanted to wait patiently inside Discord's house. In all honesty, she wanted to sleep and just not worry about the situation at hand. But with all the adrenaline and majority of the stress, she was staying at Discord's private retreat after all, she began to get an odd feeling. She needed to spread cheer and make others smile! The larger the smile the better! And what better way to create a smile than a party?

It was like an itch inside her head. She could ignore it for a while, but over the hours of Discords disappearance she found herself wanting to bring out the laughter. But there was nopony here. And the option of searching the house or go back into the Everfree for somepony or something to entertain was very low on her list.

On top of that she lost all her supplies in the crash. Her funny glasses, her card decks, her balloons. How could she throw a proper party without balloons!

Perhaps a song then? Wasn't there a welcome song she could sing? But she didn't have a welcome wagon to properly complete the song.

Voices coming from upstairs made her freeze in her musings.

There was no time to worry about the Welcome Wagon! She had to do the welcome song alone.

Fluttershy hid behind the nearby couch, and waited for whomever it was to come downstairs.

Discord could feel the doctors eyes on him as they walked through his stairway portal.

"What?" He finally asked.

"Was that really necessary?" she responded in a disapproving manner. Strong Bones was still not fully convinced that she wasn't simply dreaming or hallucinating the whole situation around her, but she could at least play along.

"Was what necessary?"

"Oh, don't play dumb with me," she huffed, "Waking up young ponies to play 'games,' which I still haven't forgiven you for. Throwing a giant ice cream party on the pediatrics ward. Then playing a massive round of tag across the floor where you turned walls and furniture into jello!"

"They were getting away," Discord whined, opening a door and letting the fuming pony through into his home.

"Like that is a valid excuse!" Dr. Strongbones practically shouted, walking into the most strangely decorated room she had ever seen. But after everything else she had seen with the "Lord of Chaos," it was rather tame. She began to walk down the steps into what seemed to be a front living area.

"Do you know wha-"

"SURPRISE!"

Discord and the doctor stopped and stared at her from the stairway.

"Welcome, Welcome, Welcome!

A fine welcome to you!

Welcome, Welcome, Welcome!

I say how do you do!

Welcome, Welcome, Welcome!

I say hip-hip-hurray!

Welcome, Welcome, Welcome!

Back to your home today!"

Fluttershy sung in a soft voice, and while the song was upbeat and energetic, she brought a lullaby-like quality to it. As she ended her song, she looked at them with a large smile and fearful eyes. Did they not like her song? Wait, now that she really thought about it, why did she sing anyways?

Dr. Strong Bones just stopped and stared at the strange occurrence. Sure, there were ponies whose cutie marks were that of singing, but never had she been ambushed with song before.

Discord, however, began to clap, "Wonderful, Fluttershy! Just wonderful! Truly a marvelous surprise! But I believe the song needs more energy to it. And perhaps some balloons!"

A snap later and the room around her was filled with balloons, making Fluttershy jump.

"I wanted to have balloons," she muttered softly, "But I lost them in the crash..."

"Crash?" Strong Bones asked, staring very intently at the pony before her, "Where? How long ago?"

She turned to face Discord, glaring at the large creature.

"Why was she not brought to a hospital?!"

"Now-now!" Discord said, waving his paws and claws in front of him and backing away from the enraged mare, "I wanted to! I just-"

"Just WHAT?" the doctor was furious, "Wanted to keep her as your little play thing? Is that what you do? You foal-nap our young and change them into-into your loyal slaves or-or-"

"No," called a soft voice from below.

Dr. Strong Bones stopped her procession towards the draconequus and stared at the odd pony that greeted them.

"I-I asked Discord to not bring me back," her voice was just above a whisper.

She stared at the yellow pony at the bottom of the steps, studying her intently. The now shy pony tried to stare back at her, but lost her nerve and stared at the floor instead, not quite meeting her gaze. What in the name of Celestia happened to the pony that burst into song at the drop of a hat? There must be more here than she understood.

"Alright," Strong Bones provided with a sigh. She wasn't going to win any favors by fighting the two on the issue. Sometimes the best way to work with someone was to just give them a sign of trust.

"My name is Doctor Strong Bones. I was asked," Strong Bones gave Discord a pointed look, "to help an injured pony. Are you the one that was injured?"

"Ummm, well...," the shy mare muttered from down the steps, still avoiding her eyes.

"Now, Fluttershy," Discord floated down to the pony, "When I found you, you looked like you had been through a tornado filled with rabid fish!" Discord stopped and laughed at such a thought. Oh, if he could just sick one on Cloudsdale, the looks on the weather ponies faces would be priceless!

"But fish can't get-" Fluttershy began to interject.

"But that is beside the point," Discord pushed on as if Fluttershy had said nothing, "You were very seriously hurt! Your wings were looking horrendous!"

"Wings?" the Doctor interjected, "But she does not have wings."

"Well that's because I took them away," Discord explained as if he were talking about Celestia rising the sun to a toddler.

"You...took...them...away?" Strong Bones couldn't even look at him, she could feel a headache coming on.

"She was in pain! And I wouldn't stand for my friend to be in pain!"

At his heartfelt claim, the doctor stopped and stared at the two strangers before her; a supposed-to-be pegasus and a creature made up of all types of...things. Fluttershy, if she remembered correctly, was staring at the draconequus, blushing at his comment. Discord held true and keep staring at the doctor as if daring her to deny his statement. Somehow she could see the two of them being friends, as strange as it seemed.

"Fine then," Strong Bones sighed, she wasn't going to win any arguments against this borderline god, "If it is alright, I do need to examine my patient. However having the wings on would be preferable."

"Of course," Discord stated coolly, "That is the reason why I chose you after all."

"Chose me?"

"I saw your work with that filly. I was impressed. The little girls wing was so badly injured, but you kept her calm the whole time. You were so gentle and kind about it. The only doctor I would want helping my friend."

Strong Bones didn't know whether to flattered by the complement or creeped out by the stalking. She decided it was best to stick with flattered.

"Thank you. Now would you mind setting up a room for us? I could do with some supplies too since they were left behind."

"Not a problem."

And with a snap of his paw, a new door opened across from the stairs they were on.

"Shouldn't that door lead back outside?" Fluttershy asked, observing the door that appeared on a wall that connected to the outside of the building.

"Watch and learn, my dear," Discord said with a smile, opening the door to small but cozy doctors office. The light inside was bright and the walls painted a nice warm color. The room held many different tools as well as a patient table and a nearby X-Ray machine.

"This looks perfect," Strong Bones said contently, her mind moving on to business, "Now, if you could put my patient there and kindly return her wings. Then I will have to ask you to leave."

"Leave?! But I was the one who brought her help! I am her friend! I need to be here! I-"

"Discord," Fluttershy's light voice stopped his babble, "It's alright. She is a doctor, right? Plus, we can talk later."

Discord stared at her as she smiled softly up at him.

"Fine," he said in a huff, "But it doesn't mean that I approve."

"You may want to sit first," the doctor provided softly, "If you are not in too much pain right now, then I take it that you don't feel your wings at the moment?"

"No, not really," Fluttershy said, sitting on the table, "I feel like they are there, but I don't feel them there. It's hard to explain."

"Interesting. Like a phantom limb syndrome, " Strong Bones muttered, inspecting the location her wings would be at. The medical possibilities were endless. If only they could harness this magic for all of ponykind.

"Anyways," she shook her head and backed away before she got lost in that train of thought, "If you would, Discord?"

Discord looked apologetically at Fluttershy before using his powers once more. A cry from the table made him immediately regret it.

"Sorry," he said, "Sorry, sorry, sorry!"

He started to move forward to comfort the now crying pony, but was blocked by the doctor.

"Discord," she said authoritatively, already working inspecting her patient's injuries, "I need you to leave now! I have work to do here. Perhaps you can go set-up a meal for after we are done? Maybe then we can work on some form of payment?"

"Oh, of course," Discord didn't even look at the doctor as his eyes stayed glued to Fluttershy. He was soon out the door, allowing Strong Bones to get to work.

After a close inspection, complete with many questions about how she became injured and if Discord was involved or not, some pain relievers that happened to be in a drawer like in her own exam room in the hospital, and a long period of silence, the pony doctor couldn't contain her curiosity anymore.

"So, friends, huh?" Doctor Strong Bones asked as she began her final placements of the cast for the wing.

It had been a clean break through the one wing, with the other having some muscle strains and bruising. She was concerned about a concussion that her patient most certainly had, but she would stay here for the night to make sure that wasn't an issue. Maybe if Discord was as trustworthy as he seemed thus far, he could help until they were out of the danger zone.

"I-I guess so," Fluttershy said, as if in shock herself.

"Really?" Strong Bones asked, surprise written on her face, "With the way he was acting, I would have thought that you two were very close."

"It's strange," Fluttershy almost whispered, "He is acting so different from when we first met him. Back when he first awoke he was trying to rule all of Equestria."

"Wait a minute," the doctor stopped all she was doing to stare at the pegasus, "What do you mean by "rule all of Equestria"?"

Fluttershy sighed, "Well, he had somehow escaped from his stone...well, cage I guess, and was back to take over Equestria like he tried to do before. But my friends and I were able to turn him back into stone using the Elements of Harmony."

"Elements of Harmony? Wait, you are one the girls from that group? The ones that hang out with the princesses and have helped to defeat so many of those who look at taking over or destroying our kingdom?"

"Well, yeah," she said with a blush, "I guess we are."

"So what element are you?" Strong Bones gushed. She just had to know now!

"Well, umm...Laughter, I guess."

"Laughter?" Strong Bones gave her a look, "Strange, I wouldn't have pegged you for that."

Fluttershy looked down to the floor, as if nervous or ashamed, "Well, it kind of ties back into the Discord thing..."

"What do you mean?"

"Later on," Fluttershy said softly, "We were told to reform Discord by Princess Celestia. And we were able to thanks to Rainbow Dash, and he was good again. Though some of us still had our doubts."

"Yeah?" she urged her on.

"Well, none of us had really heard from him. At least, until I met him the other day."

"And?"

"He mentioned something really strange..."

Fluttershy stayed silent for several seconds as she looked at the floor. In a whispery voice, she asked, "Has...has there ever been a case where a pony has a cutie mark that does not match their destiny?"

"What? I don't understand."

"Discord. He...he mentioned that my cutie mark was wrong. That it wasn't Rainbow that reformed him, that I had. But that makes no sense! I have no memories like that." Fluttershy began to tear up as the words began to spill faster and faster from her mouth, "But at the same time, it is the only thing that makes sense! I have memories of making ponies laugh, but whenever I try lately they just frown. And I just want to hide! They make me so scared!"

"Scared of what?"

"Scared to talk. Scared to look. Scared to be noticed," she began to cry, "I-I don't want to be up there, trying to make ponies laugh! I don't want them looking at me! I don't want them noticing me! But isn't that my element? Isn't that what my cutie mark tells me?"

She stopped as she choked and sobbed for a second. Strong Bones just calmly worked in the silence, trying to think on what the pegasus was saying. She really didn't know for certain, but didn't want to tell the distressed pony that. So instead she remained silent. Fluttershy would talk when she was ready.

"I tried not too," Fluttershy whispered after a few minutes.

"Not to what?"

"Not to tell jokes. Not to try and throw a party. But it started to hurt. It's like I have to do it. It has to be my destiny, right?"

Strong Bones didn't reply. She honestly didn't know what to think about that. Perhaps it was Discord's work, or maybe there really was an illness. Either which way, she had never heard of a situation like this before.

"Tell you what," Strong Bones spoke softly, "I'll finish with the wrappings on your wings, and we'll get you to bed. Give yourself some time to rest and we'll talk about it more in the morning, alright?"

"Al-alright," Fluttershy sniffed. Her tears were slowly clearing up.

"Hey, Discord," the doctor called.

The door suddenly stretched downwards before rolling up like a curtain, revealing Discord standing on the other side.

"You rang?" he asked formally.

"I know you heard us talking," Strong Bones began. Discord opened his mouth to object, but the doctor continued on, "But can you make a room for us for tonight? We'll need to be checking in on her through the night. Someplace soft, quiet, and comfortable would work nicely."

Discord almost snapped his fingers before she added, "Comfortable for ponies, please."

"Oh, you are no fun at all," Discord pouted, before using his powers to make two new rooms across the cottage.

After a careful inspection of both, she nodded at Discord, who followed into the room with Fluttershy, gently putting her down on the bed.

"I suggest we take turns waking her throughout the night. We need to make sure that there wasn't any damage done to her brain in the crash. Just check in on her, make sure she acts and talks normal, that she is fine. I was thinking I could check in in the first hour if you will do the next?"

"It will be done," Discord said with a bow.

Strong Bones rolled her eyes. She was getting too tired for these antics. With a quick series of good nights, and reminder to Fluttershy to come to her if anything happened, she left for her room.

"Will you be alright?" Discord asked, turning to look at Fluttershy.

She smiled softly up at him, "I think so. She really is a good doctor."

"You look absolutely exhausted my dear," Discord noted, looking at the sleepy look on her face, "I should leave you for the night. But feel free to call me if you need anything. And I mean anything!"

Fluttershy smiled up him, nodding in understanding.

Before he left, he heard her voice drift across the room, "You know, I can't remember ever becoming your friend, or, well, even honestly wanting to be your friend. Sorry, but it's true. But I can tell you really care. You...you have done a lot for me today, so...Thank you. You really are acting like a true friend would."

"Thank you, Fluttershy," Discord said with a smile before shutting the door.