Me and My Daughters

Intermission: A Thousand Little Love Stories. Part 3

Hidden from the spring sun's glare under the shade of a large oak, two very different creatures lay down over the grass, enjoying the day in their own different ways. One, an ivory-colored alicorn with a bubblegum pink mane focused entirely on the book lying on her hooves as she carefully wrote using her mouth. The other one, a mix-match of several creatures—a draconequus—was dozing off on his back beside the mare, his off-white mane lazily covering his eyes from the scarce sunlight that wasn't obstructed by the leaves and foliage.

It was quite a peaceful scene. A light breeze flowed gently through the valley while birds happily sang their beautiful songs, like an ode for the day's magnificence.

Everything was perfect.

That was a lie.

"Discord?"

"..."

"Discord."

"..."

"Discord! Keep quiet! Your snoring is driving me crazy!" The alicorn startled the draconequus awake, scaring a few birds in the process.

Discord rubbed his ear with his lion paw, sleepily glaring at his companion. "Sheesh, you didn't have to yell, you know. Is this what Platinum taught you two?"

The mare rolled her eyes, closing her book in annoyance. She wasn't about to explain the complexities of what dear Platinum called 'How Royalty should behave.' "Something like that. You should see Luna. She does it all the time back at the castle."

"That sounds like fun."

The alicorn snorted, shaking her head. "Your definition of fun and mine are two very different things."

"That's because you're a stick in the mud, Celestia."

"And you're a good-for-nothing lizard, Discord." Celestia smirked, her wings fluffing at the playful banter.

Discord smiled, rolling onto his side to face Celestia. "You're getting better, Sunbutt. A few more years and you might be able to take me on."

Celestia giggled, "Yeah, right." She laid her head on her hooves, the smell of the fresh grass making her sigh contentedly.

Most of the days she spent with Discord were like this; she could just relax and enjoy life for once. No frustrating lessons, no annoying little sisters. Just her and her annoying draconequus of a friend. Here she wasn't the alicorn ponies idolized, she was just Sunbutt.

"So, was there a reason for waking me up, besides hearing my beautiful voice?" Discord asked, raising a brow.

"You snore like a cow, Discord. Why are you my friend again?"

"First of all, that's speciesist—you know cows don't snore. And second, because I need someone as dull as you to look even better by comparison."

"Dull? You're calling me, the exemplar of Equestrian beauty, dull?" she screamed. Then, in a poor imitation of a noble's speech, she added, "I should have you beheaded!"

"Careful, Tia. Any more of that ego and you might not fit back into the castle," he laughed, before noticing the book at Celestia's hooves. "What are you doing anyways?" Using his magic, he took Celestia's book from her hooves while flipping rapidly through the yellowed pages. "Whatcha reading, Rainbow Marshmallow?"

Celestia gasped in distress, her wings flapping in agitation. "Discord! That's my diary, you little—!"

"I didn't know you had one, Sunbutt," Discord interrupted, his magic gently floating the diary to its rightful owner who accepted it graciously.