Welcome back to Groom of Eris, I need to apologize how chapter nine ended, but let's move on from that. I almost forgot to say that we were at the half-way point in this story. It feels strange that I will end it in 8 more chapters. Makes it more fun seeing all the mistakes I have made over this story. I am sure DF is a forgiving person, who will overlook my simply mistakes.

I love writing this story so much. I hope you are all enjoying it. I am really looking forward to seeing Rainbow Rocks, when it comes out on DVD. I have heard mixed views about it.

Dreamdragoness: I should fix that for the story one day when I do a re-edit.

Disney Fanatic 2364: Well everybody makes mistakes. I tried to remember what exactly what it was. Ok, maybe I forgot to check every single line. Well, as I told you last chapter. I am not good at rhyming. Ok, because I saw that in Bride of Discord and thought that something was off about that when I did research on it.

Ah I see why you moved it now. Really, that was your brother voicing the devil and shoulder angel. Wow I couldn't imagine that; a very versatile voice similar to a voice actor. Well, this was like 5000+ words so there wasn't much I could add onto it. I didn't feel like giving the devil and shoulder angel too much. I mean there is so much I could borrow from the Audio drama. One part especially will come up in this chapter. Thanks for the compliment concerning the piano. I will mention it in this chapter.

Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to the gender-swap ponies. I also don't own the rights to My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.

Chapter 10: The Mirror

"No…..no….Butterscotch pleases don't do this to me. I don't want to spend another thousand years in stone" Eris struggles in her sleep. The dream that was in her dreamscape was Butterscotch with his friends using the Elements of Harmony against her. It was a frightening image on the Pegasus's face. He had been imprisoned for a few weeks and was now getting his revenge for her tormenting him.

"This Ends Now, Eris. I thought you were sweet and kind at first, but I see now you are nothing but a cruel monster" Butterscotch glared as the elements started to light up. A rainbow rose from the six and descended towards the draconequus.

"Pleases Butterscotch I can change. Give me a chance" Eris begged

"I already have and you have broke that promise, I bet you didn't see this coming" Butterscotch glared

"I didn't, I really didn't" Eris tried to run away from the rainbow, but it was too late.

Eris felt like it was quicksand and she had no way of counteracting the Elements. It was like if somepony locked her in a dark cellar for a thousand years. She was feeling horrors of new kinds. She had been turned to stone before. It was full of horror and fright. Her muscles ached; nopony could hear her scream and she could only watch what was in front of the statue.

Eris didn't want that feeling to happen again. Yet, it was happening in front of her eyes. She felt her whole body freezing in place seeing her petrifaction process was almost complete.

"No….no….no no no no no…NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Eris shouted as she rose up from her nightmare.

Sweat beat down her head as she held her forehead with both hands together. She stares down seeing that Butterscotch was rolling around in the middle of the rug, while she was on the outside ring of the rug. Eris had moved Butterscotch from the bench that they were laying on to the rug in the middle of the room.

She stretches her body. She lifted herself up making sure she didn't wake Butterscotch and sat down on the edge of the room. She couldn't believe that nightmare. She mostly relived that same nightmare for a few nights ever since Butterscotch entered her castle.

She analyzed another dream that she had as she closed her eyes feeling the wind in her hair. Her second dream took place in Butterscotch's room. Butterscotch was back to a counter with Eris protecting him. There were eight shadows in total. There were five large shadows along with three small shadows heading towards the couple. Eris glared as she intended to protect Butterscotch. The dream ended with her jumping towards the shadows and shouting.

"I WILL NOT LET YOU TAKE BUTTERSCOTCH AWAY FROM ME"

Eris rubbed her eyes to wake herself up from the daydream. She suddenly felt a hoof on her paw. She turned seeing Butterscotch awake.

"Oh, Butterscotch how did you sleep" She told him feeling awkward that he woke up when she was thinking about him.

"Actually, I haven't slept that good in years. It was very pleasant" Butterscotch smiled but showed a hint of concern "Are you ok though?"

"Oh, I am fine; I just wanted to watch the sunrise" Eris chuckled "Though, Solaris does a terrible job at it."

"Eris, if anything is bothering you at all you can talk to me. I am your friend" Butterscotch seeing through Eris's lies.

"I am fine Butters, why don't we have breakfast" Eris felt a stab to her heart when he mentioned that he was her friend. She knew that she would someday be out of the friendzone and holding him in her arms. She just needed to be patience, just like Zicoro said.

In order to avoid great frustration, you must have great patience

"I am hungry, what are going to eat for breakfast" Butterscotch grinned

"We are going to have ice cream waffles with chocolate syrup" Eris lifted him up and uses her magic to return the room back into the castle.

"Eris, it's too early to be eating….What are ice cream waffles?" Butterscotch felt confused

"It's where you take two warm waffles and mix it with one scoop of ice cream in the middle. It's super tasty. Plus, the chocolate syrup is really good. Besides you are always telling me to try new things, so why shouldn't you try something new as well" Eris grinned as she felt like making her ice cream creation right at the very minute.

"Ok fine, I will try it" Butterscotch looked to her. Even though he felt the breakfast would be very messy, Butterscotch felt he should comply with her words and at least try something new.

"YAAAAAAAA" She cheered by clapping her hands "We have a great day of fun planned"

The goddess of Chaos opens the door with her tail and rushes out to have Butterscotch try her dessert-breakfast invention.

XxxX

"Umm are you sure the ice is safe" Butterscotch said as he tapped the ice. He saw her approaching him with skates and magically places them on his hooves without any effort.

Eris was taking him ice skating in the yard. She froze the lake before he asked her about how safe it was. The curious stallion tapped on the thick ice just to double check.

"Its fine Butterscotch, now you said you would try this" Eris placed her feet on the ice and carried Butterscotch down as well.

At first, Butterscotch seemed calm, until the ice was slippery enough to cause the young stallion to fall flat on his body with his hooves spread apart.

"It might be slippery" Eris giggled staring at Butterscotch. She had given a too late notice and felt his eyes glaring at her in frustration.

"I'll help you up" Eris told him as she made sure some frost was off of him. "Ok, let's take it one foot, I mean hoof at a time"

Butterscotch stood up doing what she said as he took one hoof to another. Butterscotch almost slipped, but he managed to start skating. It was just like walking on the ground, except it was frozen water. "I'm doing it, Eris"

"That's great, keep it up. Just let it go and keep at it" Eris grinned with happiness as she skated along with him before leaving him to skate alone.

"Umm, Eris" Butterscotch said with worry.

"Yes Butters" Eris smiled with her eyes closed.

"How do I stop" He said seeing the approaching snow pile.

"Umm keep your hooves apart….i mean keep them in" Eris said too late as she saw Butterscotch in the snow pile as she skates towards him. She saw his skates flew off him during his soar in the air. She had to giggle, only to see his hooves hug her and pull her into the snow pile.

Both of them were laughing so hard that they didn't realize that the snow was forming snow facial hair on the two.

XxxX

"So, I am suppose to knock down these poor innocent bowling pins" Butterscotch gulped as he stares at the pins at the end of the room.

"Yea, but they are not as innocent as they look" Eris told him while biting down a golden apple.

"I'm scared Eris. I don't want to knock down those pins. They haven't done anything wrong" Butterscotch nervously spoke "Besides this ball is too heavy for me to hit them with. I think I might pass this turn as well"

"Oh, no you don't. You have passed on your first turn five times already. Come on don't be such a sissy filly." Eris groaned in irritation. She tossed the apple, which exploded in the background. She floated towards the stallion and landed near him. "Imagine a time you have felt very angry at some pony"

"Ok" Butterscotch nodded "but, I don't get angry"

"Well, sure you do. You have gotten angry when I was picking on your little Crusader friends" Eris smiled

Her shoulder angel landed on the side of her and shook her head "You're not exactly helping yourself with that one"

"Well, think of a time where something made you angry" Eris ignored her shoulder angel, as it disappeared.

"Well there was this female dragon that was mean to my friends" Butterscotch lowered his head feeling an inner rage building up.

"Good how did that make you feel?" Eris smiled

"Very upset" Butterscotch rose up taking the ball in his hooves

"Tell me more, did you want to make that dragon pay for messing with them"

"Yes, I did" Butterscotch glared raising the bowling ball a little bit

"Didn't you want to teach that dragon a lesson? Make her not mess with your friends?"

"Yes yes yes" Butterscotch raised the bowling ball up high in her hooves flapping his wings to have more height "YES I WANTED TO MAKE HER PAY. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

Suddenly, he threw the bowling ball with all of his strength towards the pins, and shattered every single one of them. Butterscotch floated down to the ground as he breathed slowly to return to his current composure. He wasn't sure what had just happened

"Wow, you were so angry….and scary" Eris said hiding cowering in fear of him

"Sorry, I guess I overdid it a little" Butterscotch raised a hoof to his mane.

Eris saw the score seeing X marks throughout Butterscotch's scoreboard.

BUTTERSCOTCH WINS" the screen said as it showed a repay of the bowling ball shattering the pins.

Eris didn't know what to say, but she felt frighten of Butterscotch's rage. This was a new side of him that she was seeing. "You managed to get a strike on the first try. Well, you broke all the pins, but I am sure it counts as a strike somewhere"

"Yea, I got a strike on my first try; I can't wait to tell Rainbow Blitz….oh right" Butterscotch sighed thinking about Rainbow Blitz and his friends.

"Why don't we have lunch" Eris grabbed Butterscotch's hooves and pulls him out of the bowling room in order to distract him.

XxxX

In the Apple Family Farm, there lies a gazebo in which Applejack was placing down food for Barbara and Elusive. This made Applejack sick to his stomach as he couldn't muster the thought of the two in such a harmony together. The stallion had left the spot for a few seconds to wash his face.

When he returned to the area, he saw Barbara sitting down. He fled behind the trees and watches Barbara to see how her 'date' with Elusive would go. However, Applejack noticed there was a lack of Elusive and instead of hearing Barbara's happy lovesick giggles was heartbreaking tears. Applejack escaped from his hiding spot seeing that Barbara needs him now more than ever.

He saw that the dragon had burnt a whole pie with her green fire. She used her claw to grab a piece of pie like a crane. She then without a thought shoved the whole piece in her mouth. She merely sighed as she shook her head. He hasn't had much experience dealing with the sadness of mares. If female dragons were anything like ponies, then he should trend lightly and choose his words carefully. Applejack cautions himself as he wasn't sure how he was going to go about asking how things went.

"Hi Barb, how's it going" Applejack put a hoof to his face feeling like an idiot.

"How is it going? You have the nerve to ask me that?" She crosses her arms glaring away. She took another piece of the burnt pie and ate it. "Sorry Applejack, I didn't mean to…"

"It's ok Barb, I guess things didn't go well" Applejack hesitated for a moment "Did he tell you why?"

"I didn't even ask him" Barbara sighed

"Wait, what?" Applejack looked at her

"You see it was like…." Barbara told Applejack

"O my gosh, today is the day I tell Elusive how I feel. Look out mares, I am about to take the heart of my stallion" Barbara smiled as she knocked on Elusive's door.

Instead of Elusive, she found herself confronting a mare.

"Who are you" Barbara asked harshly.

"Who's at the door, honey" Elusive asked softly

"Some female dragon" the mare told him

Barbara was shocked seeing the mare being called honey by Elusive. When the white unicorn in question appeared at the door, Barbara couldn't believe her eyes.

"Oh hi Barbara, I am afraid you have caught me at a bad time. Regal, this is Barbara, the dragon-friend I told you about" Elusive smiled. Barbara saw Elusive staring at Regal the same way she looks at Elusive. Barbara was getting sick to her stomach.

"Ah, yes. It's wonderful to meet you. Elusive has told me so much about you. It's not every day that you meet a good dragon." Regal offered her hoof to Barbara.

Barbara hid a rose from behind her as she shook Regal's hoof. Barbara was staring at Regal with great distain at the moment.

"Yea, I guess so" Barbara said to hid her tears.

"Barbara, I am sorry, but you have to make it quick. Regal and I are leaving to eat lunch together" Elusive told the dragon "Now, what it is you wish to discuss"

"You two….are having lunch together" Barbara saw what was going on as every minute she was talking to them, her heart was shattering like glass.

"Yes, did you need something Barbara" Elusive said. It was the last straw.

"Oh, all of a sudden Duskshine needs my help, I have to go. What I wanted wasn't important anyways" Barbara lied as she ran off.

Elusive saw Barbara running away. He could tell Barbara was upset by something. He felt very confused and calls out "Barbara….Barb? "

Applejack gazes over seeing Barbara crying in the gazebo. Applejack puts his hoof on Barb's shoulder. "oh, There there now. It's ok Barbara, I am here now please don't' cry"

"I never got a chance to ask him" She stares at the rose as she crumbles it in her hand as she blew a small fire into the rose, burning it.

"Theses things take time Barb, I am sure those two will never last" Applejack softly spoke. He wanted to inspire hope within the dragon's mind.

"You didn't see the way they were looking at one another. That doesn't begin to enrage me. All Elusive every talk about is Regal is so pretty or Regal can be my special somepony, or even that he imagines them having a future together." Barb rose up glaring at Applejack.

"Maybe it's not what you think. Maybe it's like a school pony crush. What if they get sick of one another" Applejack tried to reassure Barbara of her chances, but even he knew it was hopeless. "You might still have a chance"

"Sure, that day will come the same day that Eris becomes good. Face it Applejack, I didn't even stand a chance" Barbara rose from the ground.

"That's quitter talk. Listen, maybe their relationship isn't that serious yet" Applejack smiled

"It looked serious to me. Elusive is nothing but a blood sucking monster" Barbara crosses her arm.

"Hey, that is no way to talk about a friend" Applejack put his hooves in front of Barbara. "I have known Elusive for most of my life. He might be a bit stuck up at times, but it doesn't mean he is all that bad. He likes you, but maybe he doesn't feel the same way about you yet"

"The part that frustrates me the most is that you put all this effort upon making this food for nothing" Barbara felt bad for the food going to waste.

"I won't exactly say that" Applejack said raising another pie "We are both pretty hungry, why don't we eat this together"

"Sounds like a plan" Barbara was munching on some sweets while Applejack sat down.

"You know Barbara, first love is complicated. You think you understand it when you first walk in, but it teaches you on the mistakes you made. It builds you up, as it makes you stronger. So, when you love another person, you know how to improve on those mistakes" Applejack smiled

"Really, but don't you make mistakes regardless of that" Barbara asked while biting into it.

"Of course, but as they say, love is like a leaf flowing in the water. It changes directions until it finds its true destination. Maybe you haven't found your destination yet, keep looking I am sure that lucky stallion is here somewhere" Applejack smiled

Barbara chuckled before she noticed something on Applejack. The stallion caught Barbara reaching out to him. "Umm, what you doing Barb"

"Oh, you had a piece of frosting stuck to the side of your mouth" Barbara giggled before she noticed something else about him; something that send an enormous grin across her face.

"You ok Barb" Applejack asked feeling confused of the way the dragon looked at him.

"Yea, I am, doing just fine" She said as she ignored what just happened.

XxxX

Eris was humming a tone that she got stuck in her head. She had a great day with Butterscotch. However, she heard wails of cries coming from inside the room. The goddess of Chaos opened the door seeing Butterscotch was upset. She slowly made her way to him.

"Butterscotch, is everything ok?" Eris asked with curious intentions.

"Yea, everything is fine" Butterscotch lied

"Butterscotch, I can tell when you are lying to me. Everything is not alright. You can tell me after all, we are frie…we are friennnnn" Eris felt it was heartbreaking to say the right words.

"Friends" Butterscotch helped Eris

"Yea, we are friends. So, tell me all about your problems" Eris smiled

"You won't get mad at me?" Butterscotch lifted his head, showing Eris his tears.

"I promise I won't get mad" Eris bowed

"I want to see my friends" Butterscotch looked away for a moment knowing fully well he couldn't see them.

"You know I can't do that" Eris complained

"I just want to see them for a little bit" Butterscotch sighed

Eris looked at Butterscotch. She wanted to make him happy, but she wasn't sure how exactly to do so. She kept thinking to herself until she snapped her finger with an idea. She exited the room for a few seconds only to return with a present hidden behind her.

"I will allow you to see your friends…"Eris smiled

"Really, oh that's so great…"Butterscotch jumped from the bed.

"…With this" Eris presented a magic mirror in front of the stallion.

"Oh" Butterscotch said feeling a little disappointed as it wasn't exactly what he had in mind, but he was going take whatever he could get. "Thank you"

Butterscotch stares at the mirror as he wasn't sure what exactly to do or say to it.

"You have to say 'I wish to see' and you say the name of that particular friend" Eris instructed him. "I will leave you alone now"

Eris slipped away from the room to give the Pegasus some privacy.

"Oh okay" Butterscotch smiled and then she faced the mirror"I wish to see my friend Applejack pleases"

The mirror swirled in a blue swirl revealing the first of Butterscotch's friends.

It was raining hard outside as Applejack was viewing Barbara, who was outside on their porch. The dragon viewed the raindrops as she gave raindrops of her own through her tears. She was still sad about Elusive spending time with Regal. Applejack looked through the window. He sighed as he hated seeing Barbara upset. He wasn't sure what exactly to do.

"Hi Bro" Applebuck smiled

"Oh hi Applebuck, I didn't realize you were still up" Applejack smiled dimmed a little

Applebuck saw that Applejack was still looking at Barbara. "When are you going to ask her out?"

"You can't just ask somepony or somedragon out just like that. It takes time for them to heal from love" Applejack answered his brother, who was still oblivious to love himself.

"Come on, Applejack. This could be your one big chance to sweep Barbara off her feet. Take that dragon in your hooves and tell her how you feel"

"IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE" Applejack roared to Applebuck, who tumbled down. "I am sorry Applebuck"

Applejack looked to the window. He sighed staring at Barbara, who buried her head in her body crying more and more. Applebuck rose from the ground.

"Brother, you know Barbara's heart won't take it if I interfere now" Applejack shook his head.

"But, won't it be easier to tell her how you feel?" Applebuck questioned

"Yea, but her heart is broke. For all, heartbreak leaves one shattered and confused. If I told her how I felt, it would add on to the confusion that she is going through. I don't want her to know how I feel just yet. Maybe someday I will tell her" Applejack "Like Zicoro said 'time is the key to my love for her'," Applejack spoke

"Even if it means you will be alone and sad for the time being" Applebuck worried

"Yea, but its ok, I don't mind a little wait" Applejack smiled

"Applejack…."Applebuck said seeing his brother leave the room as he could tell Applejack was hurting on the inside. He stares out seeing the dragon just as upset. "Time heals all wounds huh"

"If only Butterscotch were here to help me along" Applejack sighed before retiring to his room.

Butterscotch sighed as he felt really bad for Applejack. No matter what Applejack did for Barbara, she would ignore anything he threw at her.

"I wish to see Elusive" Butterscotch mentally prepared himself

XxxX

Butterscotch saw the scenery of a fancy restaurant in Ponyville seeing Elusive with a mare, Butterscotch knew this mare to be Regal.

"So, how do you like Ponyville Regal" Elusive smiled

"I really enjoy the scenery this place offers. A lot of opportunities, a place to settle down in and quite a diverse group of ponies" Regal smiled

"Say Elusive" Regal remembered something from this morning "Your little dragon friend, Barbara will she be ok?"

"Oh, Barbara will be just fine" Elusive smiled to assure the mare of the dragon's well-being. Elusive will have to talk to her some other time to see if Barbara was indeed okay.

"Oh okay" Regal smiled "I have heard this rumor going around about your friend Butterscotch being engaged to the Goddess of Chaos"

"It is true" Elusive sighed

"Such a brave stallion" Regal put her hoof out to comfort Elusive

"It's been incredibly dreadful without him. I haven't been able to focus on new designs. It is too exhausting to come up with a new idea" Elusive huffed a breath

"Well, I am sure that stallion will be alright. After all, he is the element of Kindness, isn't he?"Regal tries to reassure the unicorn.

"I guess you are right" Elusive smiled as he looks upon the menu "Well, let's eat"

Butterscotch smiled as he was glad Elusive was having fun on his date. Just like Applejack, Butterscotch's worries were increasing more.

"Can I see my friend, Rainbow Blitz pleases" Butterscotch closed his eyes.

XxxX

Butterscotch looked at the next image the mirror showed him. He saw Rainbow Blitz and a female Pegasus approaching a coliseum. Butterscotch raised his brow with curiosity.

"So, this is a cool place for a date" Sora smiled with awe and excitement.

(A/N Sorry again for the Author's note in the middle of the chapter. I thought I might clear up this change I made. Someone in the last chapter pointed out that I could have used Sora as the gender-swap name. So, if there is any confusion on the gender-swap name of Soarin, just note that it's Sora.)

"Well, I thought it would be cool for a mare like yourself" Blitz smiled

"Really, I love ice hockey. I would have preferred a picnic in the clouds, but I didn't think a stallion like you were the romantic type" Sora nods

"Wait, what Type of stallion did you strike me as?" Blitz worried for a moment

"Well, we just have to see, won't we" Sora winked as the two entered seeing the air hockey arena.

As Blitz and Sora watched the other ponies play air hockey, Rainbow Blitz was thinking about how to impress Sora. If he ruined the date, Sora would hate him and want to break up. Blitz needed to think and choose his words carefully.

"So, do you read any books" Blitz asked

"Well, I do love a good book from time to time, but if I had to pick my favorite series, it would be the Daring Dude series" Sora smiled

"Wait, you love Daring Dude, too?" Blitz was curious

"Of course I do, it's a fantastic book. It often helps me along when I am lost, or when I suffer from a wing injury. I've read the whole series" Sora smiled upon the thought of reading a book from her hospital bed.

"Oh really, what's your favorite" Blitz smirked

"The first one: Daring Dude and the Quest for the Sapphire Stone." Sora answered

"Who was the villain" Blitz asked the question like a fan would ask.

"Is that a challenge? It's oblivious Ahuizota" Sora answered

"Really, wow I am suddenly more impressed with you" Blitz grinned

"Thanks" Sora blushed as she put her hoof behind her head feeling embarrassed

"Looks like it's our turn" Blitz smiled "Prepare to lose because I am not afraid to defeat a mare"

"Good, I am not afraid to best a mare as well" Sora smiled

Blitz felt his masculinity being questioned by her comment "I am going to defeat you quickly"

"Bring it on; you are a colt, Right?" Sora teased him as she grabbed her stick

"Oh, you are so dead" Blitz grabbed his stick racing towards the center.

Butterscotch looked over the match as it lasted five minutes. Butterscotch covered his eyes through most of it. Butterscotch looked up at the score board seeing Sora scored the final shot.

Rainbow Blitz: 2

Sora: 20

Blitz's jaw was on the ground as he saw the result of their match. Sora giggled as she lifted it up. She felt bad that she royally beated him she decided to tease him just a little. "Thanks for taking it easy on me"

Blitz blushes shaking his hoof to her hoof. "Sure, I took it easy on you"

Rainbow Blitz sighed as he left the Coliseum. Sora followed the Pegasus outside "Hey, I am sorry. I thought we were having fun"

"Oh sorry, we were having fun. It's just…."Rainbow Blitz softly sighed

"Just what" Sora closely approached Blitz with caution.

"….I just wanted my friend Butterscotch to be here to cheer me on" Rainbow Blitz sighed

XxxX

Butterscotch saw the mirror showing him Bubble Berry presenting and was almost the life of the party. However, he quickly can see Bubble Berry wasn't his cheerful self. Out of all of his friends, he saw that Bubble Berry took his departure the hardest. Butterscotch saw Bubble Berry's hair was deflated as that was a sign of Bubble Berry in deep depression.

"Happy Birthday…To…..You" Bubble Berry sniffled "Happy Birthday tooooooooo Dopey…..Happy Birthday to you"

"Are you ok, Bubble" Dopey Hoof asked with concerns seeing that Bubble Berry presented him with a muffin like cake

"I miss Butterscotch" He cries on the table as he couldn't keep his composure anymore.

XxxX

The last of his friends he saw was Duskshine. When Butterscotch saw the Library, he saw his best friend was a wreck. His hair was tangled and it looked like he hasn't washed it in days, if Butterscotch was right next to him his nose would retracted in his face. Duskshine also had bags in his eyes.

"Oh come on, there has to be a spell in here somewhere" Duskshine said

Butterscotch was shocked of the lengths Duskshine was going through just to rescue him. He saw the alicorn almost falling asleep. He levitated a bucket of ice cold water with ice inside of it. He flipped the bucket upside down and the force of the water was enough to awake the prince.

"AHH I AM UP" Duskshine said suddenly waking up "There has to be something here that will rescue him"

Butterscotch sighed as he stares at his five friends who said the same thing in union

"We Miss Butterscotch"

The imagines inside the mirror disappeared. Tears dropped down as he sniffed.

"I miss you guys too. I miss all of you so much" Butterscotch hugged the mirror, crying up a storm.

XxxX

"O my goodness, what do I have to do to get through to him?" Eris complained as she was watching Butterscotch, she felt a little bad upon invading his privacy, but she wanted to see how much the mirror would improve his mood.

"O this is too precious; here I thought you had gone soft. Watching him crying 'boo hoo, I miss my friends' is too humorous for word. He is such a wimpy Pegasus" The mirror imagine of Eris smiled

"Do not talk about him that way" Eris threw the pillow towards her mirror self, in which the mirror avoided.

"I can't believe you are still defending him. Such a crybaby, all that Pegasus ever does it cry and whine and moan and complain" The mirror imagine listed off Butterscotch's cries.

"One more word about him, and it's the junkyard for you" Eris threatened

"Oh, you think you can get rid of me that easily" The mirror joked "It doesn't matter how many friends you have, or If you try to abandon this lifestyle, if you think that stallion will bring you happiness. It doesn't matter at all. You will always be known as and forever will be The QUEEN OF CHAOS"

"No….No….NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" Eris screamed as she didn't care how loud she screamed. The force of her scream shattered the mirror and the rest of the mirrors and glasses that was in her room.

The goddess of Chaos felt like she was reliving her dream as tears came pouring out her eyes. Her make up was washing down through her tears. "I'm not a monster. I am not evil"

The goddess of Chaos wasn't sure what she was feeling. Her body just felt like she was punched in the stomach and was being held down by the force of gravity. Her fingers were shaking as she looked at herself through the broke shards of the mirror. She remembered Butterscotch's words well in her dream.

"You're a monster"

Those words forever haunted her regardless of who said it. She looked at herself in the broken shards hearing her mirror imagine laughing in the distance. She covers her face in her hands feeling an overwhelming feeling of sadness and depression.

Unknown to the draconequus, hoof steps headed to the source of the never-ending tears and sorrow; the door slowly opened as the Pegasus made his way to Eris. He saw her in great sadness and he slowly made his way. "Eris?"

"AHHHHH Butterscotch" Eris quickly snapped out of it, but it was too late. He knew she was crying.

"Are you crying" Butterscotch looked at her eyes seeing her make up streaming down her face was a big sign that she was crying.

"Oh, the mirror called me names and I needed to teach it a lesson. Tell me what can I do for you?" She stood up collecting her hands ready to

"The better question is, what can I do for you?" Butterscotch knew she was lying to him. She needed him as he could plainly see.

"Your happiness is more important than mine" Eris bowed before Butterscotch. Butterscotch shook his head. Eris looks at him and tried to smile.

"I think I may know why you wanted a groom" Butterscotch declared

"Because I was bored" Eris tried to lie to him.

"Because you were lonely" Butterscotch smiled at Eris.

The goddess of Chao only shifted away when he tried to touch her chin. "Don't do that to me. I am not one of your fluffy cuddy animals"

"It must be rough for you to be alone. Having no pony to talk to, no pony to tell stories or do anything with. I would imagine anypony would feel a great need to have somepony by their side" Butterscotch smiled

"I must rather admit, it is fun seeing you Butterscotch. I am also glad it was you to accept my deal" Eris grinned "Though, I would have accepted Bubble Berry"

"Wait…What" Butterscotch was shocked

"Well, Bubble Berry does love my chocolate rain. I would have taken Solaris or Artemis. Maybe even Duskshine as my groom" Eris smiles upon the possibilities

"Huh" Butterscotch was even more confused; he also suddenly felt a hint of jealousy.

"I am only joking with you. You should have seen your face, full of jealousy" Eris lifted him off the ground.

"I wasn't jealous" Butterscotch was confused, yet didn't realize the inner jealousy that came from the inside.

"Don't worry Butterscotch. You're the only colt for me" Eris giggled before letting him down.

Butterscotch was speechless; he wasn't sure what was going on. Yet, in the hug that Eris just gave him. He felt like he was in a safe house with Eris. It was as if nothing else mattered as he felt safe around Eris.

"I am so hungry right now. Why don't we have lunch outside again" Eris grinned looking over Butterscotch.

"Yea, I will catch up with you in a minute" Butterscotch nodded.

"Understood, but don't keep me waiting" She smirked as she slithered out her bedroom door feeling a lot better.

Butterscotch wasn't sure what just happened, but it was during the hug that he felt something change. His heart was beating fast. His heart could probably challenge Rainbow Blitz in a race. His face felt very hot. The lack of the mirror made it impossible for the stallion to look at himself in the mirror. He guessed by the hot face he had, he was probably turning red as a tomato. He turned his head towards the door knowing it was because of Eris.

"Oh my" Butterscotch said

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AWWWWWWWWW, I see Butterscotch is feeling new kinds of emotions. So, this is where I leave you for the chapter. What did you think?

Sorry about the long Author's Note down here.

Anyways, let's go over this.

Well I am sure some people can see the foreshadowing that is happening in the first part of the chapter. Yea, I based the words that Butterscotch used on the season four finale. Also, if people want to know, the ice cream waffle thing is something that my family cooks upon sometimes. It's really tasty treat. Though, my family would think of it more as a dessert than a breakfast-dessert hybrid. Also, I wanted Eris to have a little something to fear. I mean a thousand years is a long time. I assume that Eris would be in fear of turning into stone. That's just me though.

I have never really skated before, so if I got something wrong don't blame me. Also, I didn't want to add too many lines from Bride of Discord. The only problem I have with skating, biking rollerblading is I don't have a good balance on it. So, I mostly fell.

The Bowling scene from the Audio Drama made me laugh. I am sure if that bowling ball could talk, it would be saying help me pleases, and DF said that my AppleBarb moment in the last chapter was harsh. Same reaction I had when I watched this moment in the audio drama, that poor bowling ball. So, that is why we don't anger the Fluttershy voice actress. I am not a big sports fan, so don't yell at me for it's not possible to break bowling pins. This is a land of ponies, and magic and stuff, I think I might have gone a bit extreme on that part, but I think it could be done in their world. Also, wanted to add FATALITY from Mortal Kombat with the announcement, but I thought it was too much.

I really felt sorry for Barbara for getting her heart broken. I have always thought of Rarity and Spike's relationship was like a kindergarten's crush on a school teacher, you know it will never happen, though you find it adorable. I really do hope that some pony comes along and has feelings for Spike. I either imagined Applejack, or one of the Crusaders liking him. I know that's not what My Little Pony is about. Thought a Brony can dream.

I think viewing how the other five stallions are doing is the hardest part of this chapter. Now, I don't want to see people complaining on "why didn't you have the song" or "The song was so great in that episode" Remember what I said about music. It is better in AUDIO than written. Sure there are lyrics, but that's just to help the person along. Wanted to change up how they were doing without Butterscotch.

The last point in this chapter was Butterscotch comforting Eris and realizing something is happening to him. AWWWWWWW. Well, it's actually one of my favorite parts in Bride of Discord. It's the turning point in their relationship...Well, one of the turning points, but you get my point.

So, I have a bit of a confession to make with this chapter. I had been done with making this chapter on the first of this month. You are probably wondering why I was a jerk in holding on to this chapter for so long. Umm, the main reason I am posting it today of all days is it's….

MY BIRTHDAY

Yep, it's my birthday and I am here to share with you all this wonderful day of when I was born. Not telling you all my age due to my own privacy. So, I shall answer a question for you guys.

What is your favorite Halloween film?

I have many Halloween films that I enjoy, From Child's Play to the Saw films the list can go on as I grew up on horror films.

If I had to pick my favorite horror film, it would be a film that even my own twin brothers love so much. It was a film that started my love for horror films of all kinds.

My Favorite Halloween film (Not the series Halloween but any Halloween film in general), is MONSTER SQUAD.

Despite how silly the film is, it is really an enjoyable, quotable and a treat for Halloween. I really enjoy seeing this film for Halloween. I won't give too much away, but I really recommend this film to every single person that is a horror movie fan that has yet to see this film. If you have seen it, then some of you will agree with me that it is really good. It has a great dedication for the monsters that started horror films, it has such an atmosphere that it gets me in the mood for trick or treating.

I hope you like this current chapter of Groom of Eris. I am sure you guys will find fault within this chapter. If you have any ideas for the next chapter pleases tell me.

So thank you and I hope to work hard on the other chapters for you guys as thanks. So, tell me what your favorite horror film is and why? So, until then I will see you later.