Wow. Today has been quite the doozy, to quote a friend. Fluttershy was on the verge of tears when Angel brought us to her cottage, and we had a very hard time calming her down. Apparently, Discord met with her, and told her he had to go away from Equestria. Like, permanently: he had to leave us forever! I'm highly skeptical, and so is everypony else, but Fluttershy believes him. Honestly, Discord is so unpredictable he'll probably change his mind in an hour. I'm kind of mad at him for flustering Fluttershy like this, but, I don't know. It's weird.

The main problem is that his explanation makes no sense at all (big surprise there). According to Fluttershy, he told her that he "broke a cannon" of some sort, and had to go fix it, and this meant he couldn't ever return to us. He also told Fluttershy he was certain everything would work out fine in the end for her and her friends, so she shouldn't worry.

I'm kind of shaken up by the news. What sort of game is Discord playing? It's really hard for me when I can't understand what somepony is thinking. I went through most of my life unable to pick up on social cues, and now that I'm finally getting decent at it I have to handle oddballs like Discord and (no offense) Pinkie's elder sister, Maud. Other ponies get confused and deal with it, but for me, it reminds me too much of my past. I feel helpless, and I don't like feeling that way. I've never told anypony this before, but it's one of my biggest fears.