Before her stood a lanky creature that towered over every pony in ponyville. It had the tail and body structure of a snake. For a left hand the Draconequus had been given a lion paw and for his right he had an eagle claw. He also had a lizard foot for a left leg and the hoof of a goat for the other. Sitting on his pony like head sat an antler and a blue goat horn. Discord's presence always seems to make Scootaloo shrink down inside, something about him seemed to threaten her as if he was the devil (even though he probably is).
He seemed to be having an argument with Pinkie Pie who was stood behind the counter. It seemed to be a heavy argument with the pair of them on the verge of bursting into flames.
"You're a thief!" the Draconequus boomed
"Me a thief? You're the one who stole the elements of harmony! Anyway I'm not the one who even makes the prices." the pink pony argued back, eyes full of rage. Scootaloo was taken aback by Pinkie's sudden outburst as it was not in her nature.
"Then I suggest going to see your manager and get this mistake sorted out or I'll be seeing them myself and I don't think they want the lord of chaos complaining about their merchandise now would they?" Discord rebelled, smashing his paw onto the glass counter which caused it to shatter, emplacing a large crack into it. Scootaloo shrieked at the thunderous smash, attracting the attention of both the chaotic being and the candy coloured mare. There was a long silence between the three of them until it was broken by Pinkie before things became too awkward.
"Hi there Scootaloo, did you come to buy anything?" She asked Scootaloo trying to change the subject.
"I was going to but I see there's a line" Scootaloo replied, trying to make a joke of the situation.
"Don't worry" The party pony's cheerful tone quickly darkened as she gritted her teeth together "Discord was just leaving. Weren't you?"
Discord was just as surprised as Scootaloo was to hear such an agitated expression come from such a playful pony. He wasn't going to risk staying any longer so he clicked his fingers and a ton of money appeared on the obliterated counter. It was enough for the cupcakes and repairs. He glanced at Scootaloo and did not see a happy filly, he saw the despair in her eyes, how she was holding on to her sanity, questioning her social life. He delivered a warming smile to the Pegasus and with a snap of his claw he dissolved into thin air.
Scootaloo felt confused how the lord of chaos could give her that kind of emotion. She walked up to the broken counter to see the same wide grin on Pinkie's face that she always had. Scootaloo looked at the selection of cupcakes she could choose from. There were blue ones, red ones, purple ones, chocolate ones, rainbow ones, chocolate chip ones, even sapphire ones. They all looked so delicious that she could eat them all; it was so difficult to decide. Then she came up with a way to choose with cupcake was the one she wanted, she should have asked Pinkie from the start.
"What kind of cupcakes are you cooking over there?" she asked curiously, pointing at the pink oven.
"Oooh, my special kind. The Pinkie Pie surprise!" Pinkie practically shouted that last part so loud that even Princess Celestia could have heard her all the way in Canterlot.
"May I have one?"
"Of course you can. I made a fresh batch earlier, on the house!" with saying that, the enthusiastic mare pushed out a tray of pink cupcakes with sky blue frosting on the top.
"What's in them?" asked the orange little filly. Pinkie signalled her to come closer, when she got close enough Pinkie whispered into her ear,
"It's a surprise!"
Scootaloo couldn't help but give out a little chuckle.
"Thanks Pinkie" with that she trotted out of sugar cube corner holding the special cupcake in her hoof.
She came to a bench in the park; she needed somewhere to eat her Pinkie Pie surprise so she sat down to take a bite. Suddenly strange thoughts came into her head. Why was Discord the only pony/Draconequus who saw through her disguise? How could it be that he gave her a warming smile? Why did it have to be him and no pony else? Why the pony that scared her the most? Then another thought came to her mind, one that made her stunned in confusion, as the question spun for a longer time in her head the more her brain felt like it was about to explode.
"Why…why am I afraid of him?"