When Discord woke, Fluttershy was still asleep. Smiling, he caressed her face. This is better than I imagined, he thought. Not only do I get a beautiful bride, but one who likes me! Oh, what a queen she will make! He then had a fantasy of himself sitting on a throne, overlooking Equestria in its natural chaotic state, a smaller throne beside him, occupied by Fluttershy, dressed in a red and black gown, a jeweled crown on her head. She would look so radiant.
Fluttershy stirred as she started waking up. Discord retracted his paw and shut his eyes.
When she gained consciousness, the first thing she saw was the draconequus' face, supposedly asleep. She saw that his body had curled around her. She slowly tried to get off the cloud without waking him, but the draconequus decided to have some fun and used his tail to pull her closer.
Fluttershy was trapped. She considered waking Discord, but she did not want to be rude. Besides, his body was soft against her back. So she had no other choice but to make herself comfortable. As she did this, she heard a low chuckle. She turned to the draconequus, who opened his eyes suddenly.
"Good morning!"
She let out a shriek and jumped out of his hold. He only laughed harder.
"Did you sleep well, my dear?"
Fluttershy relaxed and replied, "Yes."
"No nightmares?"
"No...actually, I haven't slept that well in years."
She did have a dream involving the draconequus however, but kept this to herself.
"Splendid!"
He then summoned a plate of blueberry muffins for them to eat. As she took one, she thought of her pegasus friend, Derpy.
"I was thinking," Discord said while chewing, "maybe we could do something together, like ice skating."
Fluttershy choked on her muffin. "Ice skating?"
"Sure. It's fun! Or would you prefer something else?"
"N-no...ice skating would be...nice. It's just that I have to feed the animals..."
He snapped his fingers. "All taken care of."
"What's the hurry?"
"I just really want to go skating."
She did not know how to tell him. He just looked so excited at the idea that she did not want to disappoint him, as if she had not disappointed him enough already. She did not love him, but the least she could do was offer her friendship, and being his friend meant making compromises.
When they were done eating, he teleported them to the pond and froze it over. He then made a mismatched skating outfit complete with skates appear on his body and a sparkling red dress on Fluttershy's. She also had skates on each of her hooves and her hair tied up.
"Why red?" she asked.
"I thought it would look good on you," Discord smirked. "And I was right. Now come on! This ice isn't going to skate itself!"
As he began twirling on the frozen pond, Fluttershy looked down at it unsurely. She took a step onto the ice and tried to balance herself, but fell over after putting all four hooves down.
"Help?" she squeaked.
Seeing her plight, Discord glided over to her. He gently lifted her back onto her hooves. She hung her head in shame.
"I'm sorry," she uttered.
"For what?" Discord asked, scratching his head. "Every pony trips every now and then."
