Fluttershy & Discord - Hades & Persephone

[ynomrah]

One would think that being immortal meant immortal patience as well. But this was not the case, nor would it even be again, now that she'd made an unknowing yet last impact upon his dark soul. He had to have her, and had to have her now, before any other unworthy wretch finally realized her grace and beauty. Her opinion never factored into his desires.

Now he was watching her in the sunlight, his claws digging into the trees as he hid in the shadows. If he merely appeared, he'd scare her off, so he needed to lure her into his grasp. But by all of his stalking, he knew her well enough to guess what would serve as a distraction.

With one snap of his figured, two darling, adorable little butterflies began to float about, making their way towards the damsel soon to be in distress.

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[ynomrah]

Silence stretched onward, but eventually his voice echoed throughout the forest - but unlike the first time she heard it, when his tone had been dark and nearly alluring, this was with a childlike wonder.

"You came back."

Yellow eyes glowed from one tree, but he stayed in the shadows, claws digging into the trunk. Sure, he had threatened her, but a large part of him believed she would never return, or she'd bring those friends of hers to try and defeat him, or... a million other scenarios. Keeping her word hadn't been one of them.

[shiningkindness]

She jumped a bit, glancing around. When she didn't see him she turned, a curious expression on her face as she looked for him.

"I...said I would, didn't I?"

[ynomrah]

"... Indeed you do." He slithered down the tree, quietly touching the ground.

"But I did not think you would keep your word. Perhaps... I have been wrong about other things too."

[shiningkindness]

Turning again, she watched him as he descended, though was a bit confused by what he meant.

Then, as she glanced down, she remembered the handkerchief she was holding. And slowly walking up to him, she held it out for him to take.

It was a sky blue handkerchief, folded in a small, neat rectangle. On one side, the name "Cinnamon "was stitched in brown, with a stitched carrot at the end of the name.

[ynomrah]

Discord took his time to reach out and take the unusual offering. He held it up, examining it from every angle. By all means, it was just a common handkerchief, there was nothing magical about it, nor could it have been sold for thousands of bits. It was just cloth - and yet somehow it meant the world to her.

He 'hmph'ed, more annoyed at himself than at her. He began to wrap it around his long neck. "A deal is a deal. I may be chaotic, but I do not break promises. I will, never again, force you into my company."

[shiningkindness]

Watching him for a moment, she frowned.

"...Don't you remember the rest of our deal?"

[ynomrah]

Discord waved his hand, suddenly having marionettes of himself and Fluttershy playing underneath his fingers.

"Something about giving this big bright world of yours a chance, if I recall...?"

[shiningkindness]

She nodded. "Yes that...and also that I would visit you in your world. Remember?"

[ynomrah]

'Which you can't do, not on your own."

A flourish of his hand, and suddenly the puppets were gone, replaced with a single golden key.

"With this, you will be able to enter my world, no matter where you are. All you have to do is see the door with your mind..."

[shiningkindness]

Holding her hand out, she carefully took the key, looking at it in surprise.

Then, looking back up at him, she smiled brightly, the first real smile since they had met.

"Thank you."