The Captive of Discord

      Municipal hospital. White corridor. Next to the door to the ward where injured Discord was placed sits Fluttershy, nerviously ribbing her hands. She was really worried about his condition after the fire, especialy after she was told what's the matter with him. The only thing she knew is that magician was unconcious when they found him. So everything was possible about his health condition and none of what she imagined was making her sure that it's not lethal.       In care you're interested if she cared about Smoothieblob, do not worry - she is aware that he and his twisted leg are okay and he's waiting for his tall-croup friend at home. Smooze told her himself Discord was not gonna die and would figure out some sort of way to survive. Flutty wished she was as sure about that as he is. Discord's doctor leaves the ward - it was a grey haired gentleman with a long beard and glasses, he was just a little taller than Fluttershy, - and the girl stood up as soon as she noticed him. "H-How is he, doctor?" she asked nerviously. "Ah, miss Shy. I knew you would come. Discord got burned really bad, but everything else is fine." "Oh, thanks Celestia," she sighed in relief, "Can I talk to him?" "Sure," doctor nodded and opened the door, "Hijo, you have a guest," then he looked back at Flutty, "Come in, miss Shy."       Fluttershy entered the ward. It was clean white room with a few med-beds. All of them were empty except one. On this one lied Discord with bondage on his chest and right shoulder. He might had more bondage elsewhere but we'll never know that for he was under teal-colored cover. His eyes were closed. Fluttershy approached him with her arm extended towards him, though her legs felt like cotton. The closer she got, she more she thought that the magician wasn't breathing at all, and the more her heart raced. Suddenly, to her relief, magician opened his eyes, looked at her and smiled. "Hi, Fluttershy." "Discord," Flutty sighed in relief, "Don't scare me like this." "Haha, sorry. Faust knows, I do love drama." "How do you feel?" "Mosly like an overcooked toast. But in general..."       Discord stopped talking and looked into Fluttershy's eyes. She glanced away, looking sadly at the floor. She was not in the mood for joking. No surprise, her friends almost got hurt, chubby guy almost got hurt, her already "a-bit-more-than-just-a-friend" almost died, for Faust's sake! Discord understood that. Who else could understand her but the one who've also lost someone dear to him. AJ doesn't count, she's not here right now, OK? "Hey."       Fluttershy felt his hand touching her cheek. Gently touching. She looked at Discord - he was smiling tenderly while his eyes looked a bit exhausted. "I'll be fine. I'm a magician, remember?" "...yeah. I do." "Here we go. Come on and smile, my dear, the frown doesn't suit you."       As he said that, the door in the ward opened. Fluttershy and Discord both looked there and saw a woman with a "fire" hairstyle in a police uniforn and sunglasses. Fluttershy was confused by her appearance and didn't understand what was going on. The woman pulled out a badge from her breast pocket, saying: "Captain Spitfire. I was informed the count Discord von Chaos is currently here." "Welp, I had it coming," chuckled Discord, "See you next decade, Fluttershy." "Wha-? No!" Fluttershy exclaimed, "Don't take him away! The fire wasn't his fault! A-And neither everything else! A-And he requires a medical help right now!" "Fluttershy, don't. Don't make excuses for me. Stop, don't- Don't make excuses for me, you hear me! Stop trying to find only good in me!" "And you stop convincing me to stop protecting my loved one!" Fluttershy yelled at him with tears in her eyes, confusing the old magician. "What? The loved one?" He thought, "What the hay, she's been known me just for several days!" "Excuse me?" "I get it, you are having your "couple business" worked on," Spitfire tapped her finger at her badge, irritated, "But time is money, and information I have with me is quite important." "It's not a couple business!" Snorted Discord, "We're not even married!" He paused and then added, "Yet." "Shy, can you please leave the room? Me and the count need to discuss something important." "B-But..!" "Don't worry, he's not going to jail. Come on."       Fluttershy didn't have any choice but to leave. She hessitated for a moment, looked at Discord, kissed his cheeck quickly and left the room before Discord could realize what happened. Meanwhile captain approached hia and smirked. "You're a lucky one, mister count. That fire was colossal! No wonder you almost died, firefighters did more than they could not to let fire spread on other buildings." "If that's the reason why you're here, I'll tell you what - I've tried to stop five. I have no idea how it turned out this way and why..." "You couldn't stop it by a snap of your fingers?" Discord looked at her surprised, "It wasn't you who started this fire either. Your "brother" called us fifteen minutes after he left the hospital." "Smoothie?" Magician sat in the bed, ''Is he okay?" "Yes, he is," captain waved her hand, "He left the hospital and went home. There he found the one who started this lightshow. You know him, the one who is also knows as the lord." "Tirek..," Discord grabbed the cover and squeezed it with hatered. "Indeed. He was in your house for a reason previously unknown." "Previously?" "Thanks to your friends' help we found oit why he was in there." "What friends?" "Stop interrupting me," growled Spitfire and continued, "Five girls, especialy the smart one with straight hair and her brother. They adviced us to check security cameras that were saved from fore and we found out that he was in the same room you were and it was him who thew this spotlight, causing the fire to start," Spitfire showed him the recording on her work phone, on which was clearly seen Tirek trowing the spotlight down after Discord's line "I can do anything!" and then he got down. His face was a scary grimace: opened mouth with fangs sticking out of it and unnaturaly wide smile. You could see huge aux horns growing on his head and how he escapes when flames engulfes everything inside the tent, "The fact that you couldn't put the fire down was because..." "...this motherbucker have stolen my powers..," Discord layed his hand on his forehead and fall back on pillow. "I told you not no interrupt me. Yes. He have stolen your magic. And then he broke into your house and tried to rob you. Fortunately, your friend called, we arrived just in time and caught him. Right now he's waiting to the day of trial. By the way," Spitfire took of her glasses and winked to magician, "He doesn't have horns anymore." "...What do you mean, captain?" Discord asked. "Try using some spell."       Magician looked at her in confusion. Then he looked at his hands in deep thought. He breathed out, waved his hand, snapped his fingers and in his hand appeared a smal bouqet of buttercups. Discord's expression was undescribable, though his look showed how happy he was to get his magic back. So happy that he just gave the bouqet to Spitfire without saying a word, confusing her for a second. "Wow," she accepted that gift, "My first bouqet in my bucking job at the police? Huh, that's a police station record. And about your previous crimes, mister count. Let's just say, you're lucky to have a good lawyer. Get well soon."       Saying so, captain turned around and left the room, satisfied. Fluttershy immediately showed up in the door. "H-How did it go?"       Discord just smiled in response. He lifted his arm and did an inviting gesture making already startled Fluttershy fly to him. Magician gently grabbed her shoulders and looked into her surprised eyes red from her tears. "It's already too good," he said, removing a strand of hair from the girl’s face and kissed her on the lips with such great tenderness and passion that Fluttershy could only shudder as a sign of showing at least some resistance. Of course, it did not last long and a return kiss followed immediately. This couple no longer cared that someone would come in and see them, and they didn’t even notice that they were already being filmed by quietly giggling Rarity, Pinkie and Dash.