Kid Anon and Mommashy part 10

>Discord seem to already immediatly have an idea of how to "hang out" as he conjured up a model of two castles, (one you recognized from Ponyville) a forest, and some creepy fire filled place.
>You stared at them for a second before looking towards Discord. Did he want to play "house?". It seemed to be too wierd and tame, even degrading to do something like that. You ask him what's with the toysets.
>Discord patted your head and smiled at you. "Ahhh to be young and naive. These aren't toys, they are places we can go to have abit a fun and pal around in"
>He pointed at the Castle on the mountain side "Canterlot Castle might be a good place to start, it's quite beautiful, and has two princesses that are as different as day and night. Meaning we could have double the fun with a few harmless pranks"
>You sighed, you told him that pranking might be fun. But you didn't want to anger anyon...pony...and that you'd rather things just not have a chance to go sour.
>Discord nodded and pointed to the forest "Ahh then the Everfree Forest then? We can have a marvelous safari as we tame the more dangerous aspects of Equestria. Nothing brings two individuals together than almost certain doom." He chuckled at the last remark.
>You immediatly say no.....just...no.
>Discord sighs and points to the tree castle "Then how about scenic Ponyville Castle. It's not very far and has my second favorite pony. We could all get to know one another over tea. I'm sure we all could learn something when she gets intrigued enough to perform wonderful little expirements on you."
>Your face turned pale. You coughed and was hoping that was just something to rile you up. But just in case, you decline.
>Discord then points to the dangerous firey place. "And this is..............." a flare rises up and destroys the model "hmmmmm......perhaps not"
>You sigh, none of those places seemed good to try to build a friendship. And the only reason you even wanted to try was mostly for Fluttershy. You think abit for something more casual to do. And then you realise...
>"Ummm...Discord? Can we go to Rarity's...I think it's called the Carousel Boutique...I want to go pick something up."
>Discord rubbed his chin.
>You had kept forgetting about this, and you figured now would be the perfect time to do it since there's no danger involved and it could make for some good bonding. Also Rarity was there, you met Rarity, and you wanted to be close to somepony incase Discord gave you the run around.
>"Hmmmm, It's not a very fun place to start. But what kind of friend would I be if I didn't give my soon to be good pal a run at the helm"
>Suddenly, you are holding a very heavy ship wheel that makes you lose balance and fall to the side.
>As you laid on the ground, you began to wonder how seriously Discord was going to take this.
>Suddenly. a flash of light of light envelopes you as you reappear in...wow, so many mannequi...ponyquinns? You didn't know. And the tapestry looked like that of what royalty would have. Everything looked so organized.
>You don't see any sign of Discord. You feel abit of sorrow over it. He was atleast supposed to come with you. You get it out of your head. You did come here with a purpose.
>You notice Rarity, you hasn't noticed you, humming and working on something. You get curious and move up from behind to get a look. It looks like she's working on something that needs arms and legs. You can't get a very good look. But you wondered if it was for you. If it was, it certainly took awhile. You smile abit though, atleast the torment has pretty much stopped. "Hey...Rar...."
>You are stopped by her suddenly screaming as a few needles suddenly fly up and aim towards you.
>"Whoever you are! Don't think you can sneak up on me just because I'....."
>She turns to you, and gasps. You yourself are sweating bullets hoping you aren't going to become a living pin cushion.
>Rarity immediatly pulls back the needles and coughs, and looks towards you with a surprised face. "A-anon! What are you doing sneaking up on me like that! Do you realise I could of hurt you?"
>"u-u-ummmm..I...do now" you felt like just going home at this point, it was like you were going to get killed on any moment.
>"Really, I didn't even hear you and Fluttershy come in. Don't you realise how rude it is to enter someone's home without knocking first."
>You frown and bow "I'm s..sorry Rarity"
>Rarity eyed you "Ahrm....Miss Rarity. You should always address strangers and elders with a miss and a mister"
>You wanted to sigh. You almost wanted to be wherever Discord was at. "Yes Miss Rarity"
>Rarity smiled at you and patted your head. You felt abit degraded now, but she did comment how you'll make a fine gentlecolt yet...but then.
>"Anon,sweetie, why are you in your night garments?....Where is Fluttershy?"
>You mumble abit, you try to tell her that you didn't come with Fluttershy...you didn't even get a chance to get dressed....you came with....
>Suddenly, with glorious fanfare, Discord appears behind you with a cheerful "Ta-da!"
>You frown and point "him"
>Rarity scoffs, she doesn't even seem surprised. "That explains the poor manners, Discord, Could you atleast try to act like a gentlecolt and use a door? You have an impressionable child present."
>A smile never left his face as he agreed with her.
>But instead of waiting for a next time to use a door. He just conjures one up and walks through it. Again with a "Ta-da!" And his little fanfare.
>Rarity let out a sarcastic "cute" and asked why you both were in her boutique.
>You were silent, you didn't want to say anything now. You were afraid you were going to offend her. But keeping quiet already seemed to be bugging her. She was probably mostly annoyed at Discord though.
>You suddenly hear Discord, but as you look at him. He isn't actually speaking. He's speaking inside your head?
>"A word of friendly advice Anon, when a lady such as Rarity here asks you a question. It is always good to answer the best and quickest you can. Otherwise they will jabber on and on and on, endlessly, on how rude you are. And trust me, that's so much worse than shaking me your hand."
>Was that really him that said that? Even if it was abit suggesting that girls were nags, that sounded like good enough advice to just say what you wanted to say instead of worrying if it's rude or not.
>You told Rarity you just wanted to check up on the clothes she said she'd make for you. But before you can ask why it's taking so long. You feel your mouth close shut on the first word. As Discord's voice flows in your brain.
>"Another word of advice, don't ever make any kind of remark that even suggests inadequacy. You'll doom us both to an endless rant if Rarity happens to be in a less than stellar mood. And i'm not responsible for what happens when I just up and leave you when that rant becomes terribly boring to me."
>You take a breath. Either if it was for his own benefit or your own. Atleast he was doing something that didn't make you want to cry or strangle him.
>Rarity apologises to you for the delay, that's she's been caught up on other projects.
>That seemed like a good enough reason to you. She probably had a multitude of clients.
>You ask Rarity....Miss Rarity if you could have a look around. She seemed eager to get back to work and you didn't want to ask anymore questions. And since Discord was being more agreeable. You figured this would be the perfect time to bond before he had some sort of crazy relapse.
>Rarity tells you she doesn't mind aslong as you keep your hands to yourself. That was fair enough to you, didn't want to get anything dirty.
>You cautiously grab Discord's arm and gently tug "Come on Discord, let's have a look around"
>Discord looked down at you and chuckled. "Ah ah, remember what Rarity said. now say it with me.....Mr.Discord."
>great, that niceness he had going didn't last long.
>Rarity chimed in as she went back to work "Anon, you can indeed just call him Discord. You already seem to know enough about him by now and I'd wager my entire supply of silk that his behaviour is that of an age lower than yours." She giggles to herself, how witty.
>You smile abit yourself, but quickly stop. You didn't want to incite his rage.
>But Discord himself is smiling, and begins to shrink down to your size as a little propellor hat appears on his head. "Well then if that's the case ,I might aswell act the part. Shall we have our little walk around, Anon? hmmm?"
>He was much less intimidating now, you wonder why he took that insult in stride. You hazard a guess that he probably only shrunk down to make Rarity's statement true for this form only. You smiled, it was a cute way to dodge an insult.
>You tell Discord to lead the way, the only negative thoughts you had in your head now is why Rarity isn't freaking out at all the possible damage that might occur. It was abit of a scary risk since you could also be blamed for it, should it actually take place.
>You and Discord begin talking to one another. For the most part, he was finally being civil. He even passes you a cherry lollipop as he sucked on his own, which his was a scary mesh of dark colors.
>The one thing that intrigued you the most was HOW he became friends with Fluttershy. Fluttershy had always told you her side of who Discord was. But she never told you how they became friends, and the info she did give you was obviously sugar coated.
>"Well Anon, if you must know..."
>Suddenly a projector and a screen appeared. You found yourself in a seat holding a bag of popcorn as a movie began to play. The Title read "The amazing tale of Discord and Fluttershy....starring Discord and Fluttershy....Featuring some other ponies and things"
>Discord started to voice over his "lamentable" tale of apparantly double defeats. Showcasing scenes that made the ponies seem rather jerkish.
>It continued when a princess named Celestia freed him for the intent of using him later. He made abit of big deal about this, how he was just a poor innocent tool. And continued on how a great pony named Fluttershy showed him the light while all the other ponies wanted to change him to stone. Ohhhhh what cruelty. Fluttershy was the only one to understand him, she even wanted to go iceskating with him, but apparantly the other ponies held her back. And through a big speech, he managed to remind them all that friendship is magic.
>Suddenly the projector shut off, Discord threw his popcorn at the screen yelling "Fix it! We were getting to the best part"
>Rarity stood behind the both of you, her hoof on the projector. "Really Discord, don't be filling the boy's head with such nonsense. You know for a fact that you were mostly the uncouth one here"
>Discord commented on how movies based on true events always tend to skew the details "a tiny bit"
>Rarity was not amused, and demanded he tell you the truth about how it occured, or he'd never be allowed in the boutique again.
>To you, that seemed like a useless threat. He didn't seem to have any real reasons to show up here anyway. And even if he did, he had more than enough power to do what he wanted.
>But to your surprise, he actually complies. And tells you the full story. Rarity never stops him. So it must have been the truth this time.
>During tne story, you couldn't believe anything like Tirek could exist. He sounded much worse than the story of the changeling queen Fluttershy had told you about. But the detail that struck you most was how Discord betrayed and was then betrayed. Is that why he pulled a 180 the moment you suggested he was going to betray Fluttershy?
>Rarity asked Discord if telling the truth was so bad, he simply mumbled.
>"Now then Discord, I can only assume you brought Anon along to show him the dress you've been working on. You could have done so without being a bother, you know?"
>Dress? What Dress? Even within what you know of Discord, where nothing that makes sense makes sense.....that didn't make any sense at all.
>Discord smiled nervously, huh?
>He told Rarity he had no idea what she was talking about.
>Now hold on a minute, a dress? Why would he....?
>Rarity seemed abit insulted, asking why else would he bring you along if not for that very reason.
>Discord kept denying the dress, and said he brought you per your request. Which was true for the most part.
>You started to get more curious as they started to argue. You started to look around for said dress, you had no idea what it looked like. But if Discord, was for whatever reason, making a dress. It'd be easy to spot......why a dress? Couldn't he just conjure one up anyway? Wasn't he a boy?
>You notice a curtain, and as your curiousness intesifies, you gently grab hold. Ignoring Rarity's rule of no touching, and move it to the side. Revealing a mannequin shaped exactly like Fluttershy. On it was a cute summer hat with a pin that looked like Discord. The dress itself seemed unfinished, it was yellow with a mesh of bows, the end of the long skirt had jagged frills. This had to be it. You even look towards them and yell out "Is this it?"
>Rarity stopped and smiled stating that was exactly it.
>Discord looked like he was about to fall over. He let out a barely audible "oh no....."
>Rarity walked over to you smiling. You just stared at the dress. given the mannequinn. This had to do something with Fluttershy. But why? for what purpose? What was all this?
>Discord teleported next to the dress and threw a tarp over it. He looked abit frantic. "Anon, you did remember that Rarity said not to touch anything didn't you?"
>She did, but your curiousness is much to high. You just smile and ask him what the dress was.
>"Rarity, I demand you punish the child for the complete disrespect he has shown here today. May your wrath be swift!"
>Rarity just smiled at him. "Discord, I'm not his mother. And besides, I'm not going to punish anypony for getting alittle curious.". It seems she figured out he wasn't here for the dress, and was taking full advantage of it.
>Discord mumbled, he couldn't say anything.
>You were getting excited "Come on Discord, we're supposed to be bonding. How can we be friends if you hide things like this?"
>"I agree Discord" Rarity almost said with a chortle "How can you be friends if you hide such things"
>Discord facepalmed "Because it was supposed to remain a secret"
>Rarity patted his back "Discord, Darling, you said it was to be a secret kept from Fluttershy. Anon is not Fluttershy, is he?
>He grumbled again.
>Discord sighed "Alright fine, but if anypony so much as snickers then I'll summon a hungry pack of moths"
>Rarity gave him quite the stink eye "And if you do such a thing, you will lose my help on your little project. Do you understand me?"
>You fought back a smile. It was nice seeing Discord on the receiving end.
>Discord mumbled a third time, and then took a deep breath. "If you really must know, this dress is a special gift I am making for Fluttershy. With the help and training from Rarity of course."
>You speak up, asking why he is making one if he could just summon one up.
>Discord immediatly hushes you "The young are ever so impatient......aaannnyyywaaayyy...It wasn't long after the Tirek incident that I had suddenly had more friends and trust around me. Not too hard to imagine I know. And my friendship with Fluttershy became much more true and honest than ever before. We talked more, we sang more, we ate together more, why she even listened to my completely hypothetical plans to overthrow Canterlot and gave me honest opinions about them. But after awhile, something in me began to cause me great anguish. I started to feel an odd pain whenever I visited Fluttershy. At first I thought it was my kidney and so I tossed it out. But alas, it was the guilt in my heart."
>"I took a visit to Twilight and innocently asked her what could possibly be wrong with me, why my guilt was so heavy. She patiently and without any kind of anger from me having abit of an episode told me I may be feeling regret or sorrow over an action I had done. At first I had no idea what she was talking about and went on my merry way. But it wasn't long that I couldn't face Fluttershy anymore without the pain being overbearing. I realised perhaps my betrayel may have been abit too....hmmm...evil. And for Fluttershy to accept my apology for everything I've done didn't seem enough to me. Her kindness, her very element, was burning through me as I realised I had no way to repay it. Then I realised I was being moronic and could just summon up presents for Fluttershy at will. But everything I sifted through just seemed like an empty gesture to me. I..." Discord started to tear up.
>Rarity passed him her hankerchief. He wiped his eye, wiped his nose. Thanked her, and tossed the hankerchief out the window. Causing an explosion. You could hear a scream of terror coming from outside.
>"I wanted to CREATE something. Something I could be proud of, something that took time and effort to make. So I asked Rarity to make a dress for me to present to Fluttershy. But she declined. I appealed to her sense of generosity."
>Rarity interjected "Oh Anon it was quite a sight, I'd never seen him act so humble and adorably before"
>Discord cleared his throat "Ahrm..yes...anyway. She told me she could see the passion in my eyes. But if I wanted to give Fluttershy anything, I had to make it by myself. Rarity was generous enough to lend me a spot in her boutique, and even gave me lessons and advice...and...well...here we are."
>Rarity had a tear in her eye. She seemed to find the story touching. Then again, so did you. Under that entire jerky exterior, Discord seemed to value his friendship with Fluttershy even over himself, deep down, he was a good guy with a slightly obtuse ego problem. You didn't know what to say, you just gave him a hug. It was just so sweet.
>Discord seemed rather surprised by your action. But he reluctantly hugged you back. In his mind, he thought for sure you were going to laugh at him. Not this.
>Suddenly Rarity joined in the embrace. Discord started to blush, he was embarassed. "Alright alright, we can stop now. I can feel my own heart wanting to join in on this and I'd rather not drown Ponyville in my tears."
>Rarity stops and looks at the both of you, telling Discord to stop being so stingy and just accept it.
>He sighed, and started to grow back to normal size as you lifted off the ground. He took off his propellor hat and put it on you.
>He put you down, you caught a glimpse of a warming smile. Well, the business was done. And you all said your goodbyes. Rarity informed you that she would have your clothes sent to you the moment she was done. You thanked her.
>Discord and you disappeared in a flash of light.
>You both reappeared, resting ontop of a barn. Below you laid the beautiful sight of the apple orchard. You would have been scared out of your wits had you not realised this was Discord's doing.
>You ask him where you both were. He replies that you and him were ontop of a barn in sweet apple acres. You ask him why.
>"I simply thought you'd appreciate the view. Consider it a gift, you can't get a better view than this"
>He was right, you'd never seen such a sight. the vibrant colors. The hills. It was like a beautiful painting come to life.
>"You know Anon, I thought making friends with a child would be...well...child's play. But it seems Equestria still has ways to surprise the master of surprises."
>Friends? You never agreed to being friends yet. But....after all that....you'd feel really bad shutting him down now. You stay silent.
>"We are friends? aren't we Anon?" He looked at you with sorrowful eyes.
>You stayed silent for a moment. But then smiled at him and said yes.
>Suddenly, Discord sprung into the air. Happy as can be. But his words...
>"HAHAHA! I knew I could do it! I knew I could win if I truly applied myself. Anon, I really can't thank you enough. Really. I bet I even beat Twilight's record in making a friend" He started waving a little flag in victory.
>You felt an explosion of anger as you stood up. You started yelling at him. It was all a trick? You couldn't beleive it.
>As you protestrd at him in anger, you failed to notice how slippery the barn was and slipped off.
>You started screaming in terror. You yelled for help. You closed your eyes. You were going to become a splotch on the ground.
>Except you didn't, You could feel something wrapped around you.
>You slowly looked up. It was Discord, looking down on you with an arrogant smile.
>You were still angry and started yelling again. "WHY! I....I thought you really were a good guy! But, You faked it all. You lied. Your nothing but a big jerk! I hate you!"
>Discord kept smiling as he carefully put you back ontop of the barn. "Hmmm? insults aside Anon, I don't ever recall saying I faked anything. I was merely having alittle victory hurrah when you just decided to jump the gun for no reason"
>You were fuming, but...he never...did say he was faking it. "Then why the "I win" stuff? You made it seem like it was a game."
>Discord sat back and relaxed. "Part of it was, to me anyway. What Anon? Can it not be a genuine experience and a game at the same time?"
>You started to calm down, but your anger was still stubbornly sticking out. But you couldn't say anything.
>Discord sighed. "If I really didn't want to be your friend. I'd have never told you the reason for the dress. Surely you realised I could have just snapped us out of the Boutique to avoid that wishy-washy business. I'll tell you the truth, I really didn't want anypony to know. But I trust you enough to not tell Fluttershy. She trusts you enough to let you call her "mom" afterall."
>You just stood there, that seemed reasonable...but.
>Suddenly an ice cream cone appears in both yours and Discord's hands. He invites you to sit down next to him and watch the sunset.
>You sigh, maybe you did jump the gun. Maybe it was best not to question his chaotic nature and aknowledge the fact that he was probably telling the truth.
>You sit next to him, and look over the horizon with him. But then you realise.....the sun isn't setting. It's still day.
>You remind Discord that it was still the daytime, and that waiting so long for the sunset might make Fluttershy worry.
>Discord snickers. And tells you to keep watching. What? What were you watching for?
>He lifts his hand and pulls down, causing the sun to drift downward into a sunset.
>You were amazed. You had no idea he could do something so incredible. He laughed as he leaned back, asking if you enjoyed sunsets. You never considered that before, but given the spectacular view. You reply, stating how cool it all looks.
>Suddenly, you hear a southern girl. Not Applebloom. Yelling from below.
>"Discord! Ah Know yer up there! You better put the sun right back where it was before I go up there and buck you ah new one."
>Discord curled around and looked down "Applejack please, I'm trying to have a tender moment up here"
>"Ah don't care if your havin' a romantic dinner with yer tail, if you don't fix it right now. Yer gonna be in a heapin' load of trouble!"
>You look at Discord and whisper. "Is it really so bad you moved the sun? What's her problem?"
>Discord snickered as he materialised a bucket of water. "Oh Applejack is just one of those old fashioned kind of ponies, you know, a killjoy"
>Suddenly, you can hear the sound of a ladder hit the barn.
>"I warned ya Discord, now I'm gonna go up there and show you and whoever ya got up there mah back hooves!"
>Both you and Discord were giggling. That was actually kind of funny.

>You gulped, then looked at the bucket. "You're gonna drop that on her right? before she gets to us?"
>"Why of course, I can't just let her threaten my new friend like that now can I?"
>And so the bucket was dropped, water spilling everywhere as it gets stuck on Applejack's head. She was pretty angry.
>You carefully looked down. And looked at Discord. "Maybe that was too mean....maybe we should apologise"
>"WAIT TILL I GET THIS HERE BUCKET OFF MAH HEAD, THEN I'LL MAKE YA WISH YOU WERE NEVER BORN!"
>You turn pale. "Maybe we should just go"
>Discord snickered as he snapped his fingers, making the sun return to it's proper place. As you both reappear infront of the cottage.
>Both you and Discord were giggling. That was actually kind of funny.
>You then realised where you were, you sighed abit in releif and in sadness. Seemed the crazy ride is over.
>You looked at the door, then at Discord. "so umm...You want to clench that win you wanted?"
>Discord just looked at you and smiled. "No, I think i'm going to have just a tad more fun with my friend Applejack." he said that with an evilish glee.
>You thought it strange he didn't want to come inside and tell Fluttershy the news. You asked him the real reason.
>"That is the real reason, why must there always be an ulterior motive to everything. But I suppose if you want an answer that will satisfy you. Then I simply leave my fate, and my win, up to you. You can tell Fluttershy whatever you wish. Now, goodbye Anon, there is fun to be had."
>You stop him, asking him doesn't he atleast want to see Fluttershy's smile. He stops for a moment and looks at you. "I do more than anything, And I will hopefully see it when I visit on my own time. For now, a rare oppurtunity has presented itself to me and I wish to really have a candlelight dinner with my tail ontop of that barn" He turns around, and whispers "take care"
>And in a flash he was gone. A card flew towards you from the flash. It had a picture of Discord on it, and on the back a message.
>"Oh yes, I almost forgot. If you do happen to tell Fluttershy about the dress, then I hope you prepare yourself for a fun game of upsie-daisy in Cloudsdale"
>You heard of that place, it....was up really high. You gulped.
>You knocked at the cottage door.
>Fluttershy opened it and immediatly gave you a big big hug. She was shaking abit. Seemed she was really worried about you. You nuzzle into her.
>She asks you about everything that happened, she especially asked about the sun. I suppose knowing he did that would raise some questions.
>You smile and tell her everything, sans the cruel parts,the dress, and Applejack.
>She seemed very happy. You wished abit that Discord could see it. She commented on how she knew Discord could do it, that she never doubted him for a second.
>It was today you learned yourself to never judge a book by it's cover. Even if the cover is a big jerk.