Tags: [Romance] [Comedy] [Slice of Life]

Characters: [OC] [Fluttershy] [Discord]

Written By: SuperPinkBrony12

When Discord finally worked up the nerve to confess his true feelings to Fluttershy, and she in return happily agreed to marry him, the once evil lord of chaos thought that he was ready for anything that would come his way with married life. After everything else he had faced down throughout his eons of existence, how hard could it be to be part of a family?

Little did the draconequus anticipate just how much that simple belief would come back to haunt him.

After some time had passed and Fluttershy and Discord had settled into a routine for their marriage, the question of foals came up. Fluttershy made it quite clear that she wanted to at least try for them. "If it turns out we can't have foals the normal way, I'm sure we can find a way to adopt. There's always plenty of foals in need of a good home," She said to Discord while having the discussion. "I've always felt like I'd make a good mother."

Discord, for his part, was understandably less enthusiastic. "Are we sure we're ready for such a responsibility? Who even knows what our children might look like if we could have them?"

Fluttershy quickly reassured her husband. "We'll manage it together, that's what families do. And it's not like we'll have to manage alone. Our friends will be more than happy to support us as best they can and give us advice," And she made up her mind then and there. "Let's start by asking Twilight and see if she's found anything out about whether a pony and a draconequus can have foals together."

The answer to that simple question turned out to be more complicated than either Fluttershy, Discord, or anypony had anticipated. It took a lot of researching, and referencing, and cross-referencing, and consulting with various "experts" before the couple could be assured that indeed they could have foals. The only complication was that there was a possibility of them retaining some of the characteristics of the father: In other words, they could end up being part pony and part draconequus.

But that did not deter the couple who decided they were ready to take that plunge. They would cross that road when and if they came to it. And as fate would have it, they did not have long to wait in that regard. Perhaps as a result of all the magically knowledgable ponies they had consulted and all the "tests" they had undergone, Fluttershy and Discord found that it was almost too easy for Fluttershy to become pregnant. Within two months of trying, she was already giving birth to their first child.

Said child at first glance seemed to be a pegasus colt with a greenish-yellow coat, eyes similar in color to Discord's and a mane and tail a blend of pink and white. Yet upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the little colt had some rather unusual characteristics about him. As it turned out, this first born son of Fluttershy and Discord's was to be the first ever pony/draconequus hybrid.

The child (quickly named Smooze Jr. per Discord's "joking" suggestion) proved to be quite the hoofful for Fluttershy from the moment he was brought home from the hospital. The draconequus side of himself quickly showed when he began to disappear and reappear almost at will, much to the annoyance of Fluttershy. And Discord, for his part, seemed to do very little to discourage such behavior.

Luckily, Smooze Jr. had one thing that his father seemed to lack: A weakness for Fluttershy's famous stare. It was a stare that Discord had to learn how to copy and emulate as best he could the few times he was required to be the discipling parent (a role that obviously didn't come naturally to him at all).

The first three years of Smooze Jr.'s life thus passed largely uneventfully. He had no trouble getting along with other foals (despite the occasional cause for concern among some parents), and progressed through the usual foal milestones for what seemed normal for most foals. In fact, he was walking and talking by the time he was a year old.

But shortly after turning three, Smooze Jr.'s life changed forever when, one day, Fluttershy made a decision. "Smooze Jr.," She said sweetly on that day, before taking her son by the hoof and leading him into the bathroom. "Your father and I believe that it's time you learned how to give up your diapers and use the potty like a big kid."

"What's a potty?" Smooze Jr. wondered as he looked all around the bathroom, trying to spot something that hadn't been there before.

The pegasus mare just smiled, before presenting a plastic bowl with the words "My Little Potty" written on it. "It's what I want you to use from now on instead of going pee-pee or poo-poo in your diapers," She explained. "It's really simple: You just have to take off your diaper," She proceeded to strip her son of the aforementioned undergarment. "Then sit down on the potty," She then placed the pony/draconequus hybrid on it. "And then you just sit until you've done what you need to do, or until your father or I say you can get up."

"Aw, that's no fun!" Smooze Jr. complained while sticking out his tongue in protest.

Fluttershy just giggled. "That's what all foals your age think, until they learn that not having to wear diapers is an amazing sensation! Besides, it's what everypony has to learn sooner or later."

And so it was that the potty training of Smooze Jr. got underway. Fluttershy was more or less the one to take initiative on it, Discord semeed to always be finding some "reason" as to why he couldn't help. And Fluttershy found that most annoying. "He can't keep putting off responsibilities like this," She thought to herself. "It's just like all the other things he was afraid to do when Smooze Jr. came along. He has to learn that it's not something to be afraid of, it's what parents have to do for their children." Thus, she began thinking of a way to get Discord to be more involved in getting his son potty trained.

Then one day, by chance, Fluttershy told Discord early in the morning. "I have to go into town to do some shopping. I'll be gone for a few hours. While I'm gone, you're in charge of Smooze Jr. and making sure he behaves himself."

"Count on it, Fluttershy!" Discord firmly declared with a salute. "I'll be keeping a very close eye on him!" To emphasize his point, he briefly detached his eyeballs from his face and enlargened them, before making them briefly float around. Then he put them back into his face.

The pegasus pony nodded, before adding. "That also means making sure he uses his potty if he has to go. No buts, Discord."

The draconequus frowned and sighed. "Oh, I suppose I have to, don't I?" He lamented and briefly shrank in size, appearing to look guilty. "Fine, if it does come to that, I'll do my best to help him out. I mean, if you can do it with him, how hard can it be for me?" His tone of voice betrayed his intended confidence.

"Well, what matters most is that he tries. Make sure he understands that, regardless of what happens or if he makes it or not," Fluttershy told her husband. "And I don't care how much he tries to fight you. You have to put your foot down. You're not being the bad guy if you do." Then she departed, soon disappearing from sight.

And as fate would have it for Discord, almost as soon as Fluttershy was out of sight, he went to go check on Smooze Jr. and found him with the most unusual expression upon his face. It looked as if the pony/draconequus hybrid was trying desperately to hold something in, to the point where it almost looked like he might actually burst.

That could mean only one thing. "No! Don't tell me!" Discord thought to himself as he approached his son and asked. "Is everything okay, son?"

Smooze Jr. started bouncing up and down as his face turned the brightest shade of red imaginable. "Daddy!" He exclaimed as he started floating. "I… I think I have to…" He clutched his stomach with a hoof! If not for the incredible effort he seemed to be expending, it seemed that his diaper would not still be pristine.

"What?! Now?! Why didn't you do that when your mother was still here?!" Discord complained as he now found himself in the scenario he had hoped to avoid! In the back of his mind, he was mentally trying to pep talk himself. "Come on, Discord! Fluttershy's counting on you! You can do it! Just do it like she does it!"

The pony/draconequus hybrid could only reply. "I didn't have to go then, but I do now! Please, Daddy! I can't hold it in much longer! I really, really, REALLY gotta go!"

The reformed lord of chaos sighed deeply, taking several deep breaths. "A-alright, alright. Just hold on, son. We'll… get you on the potty," He hurriedly grabbed hold of his son by the paw and snapped his talons, teleporting them both into the bathroom. "Alright, now let's just…" But as he looked around, he found that he could not spot anything that looked like a potty. He really didn't know what it looked like, he'd just heard ponies talking about it.

"Daddy! Please! Hurry!" Smooze Jr. whimpered as he could feel the pressure building up inside of him! It felt like he was about to reach the limits of his body's ability to hold it!

"Just… just a moment!" Discord hastily replied. Finding himself short on time, he did the only thing he could think to do on such short notice: He snapped his talons and pulled his son's diaper down, then lifted up the toilet seat and delicately floated Smooze Jr. above the seat. "This will have to do! Just go, hurry! I promise, I won't let you fall!"

The little colt didn't reply with words, he just relaxed and let his body do what it had to do. He felt greatly relieved as he could feel the pressure fade, all the while he could hear something tingling and splashing into the toilet below. "I… I did it! I did it!" He cheered!

Discord, for his part, just wiped the sweat from his brows. "Yes you did, son. I am SO proud of you!" And in the back of his mind he was thinking. "You know what: That wasn't anywhere near as bad as I thought it would be. What was I so afraid of?"

When Fluttershy returned from shopping a few hours later, she suspected nothing out of the ordinary when she trotted up to her cottage door and stepped inside. Yet she was just in time to see her son rushing towards the bathroom whilst shouting "Gotta go! Gotta go!" Over and over again.

"Smooze Jr., wait up!" Discord called as he ran after his son in a somewhat playful fashion. He skidded to a halt upon seeing Fluttershy. "Oh, you're back already?"

Fluttershy nodded. "Yes, and I see you're doing an excellent job helping Smooze Jr. with his potty training, just as I hoped you would."

At that Discord blinked and rubbed his eyes, eyeballs and all! "Wait a minute: You knew this was going to happen? You set me up?"

The pegasus mare nodded again. "Indeed I did. I figured you needed a little encouragement to face your fears on this, just like all the other parenting things you were so afraid of," She then nuzzled her husband in the side. "It's okay, though. I can take over from here. And you can tell me all about it once I help Smooze Jr. with wiping, flushing, and washing." And she trotted into the bathroom to do just that, just in time to see her son plop onto his training potty (which had conveniently "reappeared" where it had not been earlier).