In the day time, the Everfree forest didn't seem less scarier than it already was. Yes, it was bright out. Yes, you could see where you were going. Yes, the sun was shining. But that didn't change it, not a single bit. It had always seemed scary to Mothball, even though he had spent a lot of time in it with Screwball in the past. To him, the forest possessed creatures that were more terrifying than Mothball himself. That made him feel good, to know he wasn't the scariest looking thing in Equestria. That made him think about something. Am I scary? He couldn't see how he wasn't, he was a changeling after all. His mane was made of spider webs, his wings were identical to an insect's, and his legs were filled with holes. Of course he was terrifying, how couldn't he be? To some pony he wasn't, and that was Screwball.

She was the most beautiful pony he'd ever seen in Equestria, not that he's seen very many. It seemed impossible at first, to think that he liked her. She was a pony, and at the time, she was his prey. He was supposed to feed off her love, to feed himself, but it never happened. Instead, he gained her love without knowing it, and made her stronger. But he had denied it whenever he thought he felt it. Changelings didn't have hearts, they weren't supposed to, tell that to his mother. Queen Chrysalis, once ruler of the changelings, had had a one-night stand with a pony. From that, he was born with a heart, no other changeling had been. She kept it hidden from him, made sure he never knew about it, and it had worked...for a while. When he had found Screwball unconsious and had brought her to a zebra named Zecora, she helped him discover that he did in deed have a heart. At that time, he also discovered something that seemed impossible. His feelings for Screwball.

Screwball was a pony, but different from any other pony. She was the daughter of Discord, Princess of Chaos. From her title, ponies automatically gave her the names "monster" and "freak". But she wasn't a monster, she was like every other pony apart from her eyes and powers. She had a pink coat, a mane of white and purple, and swirly purple eyes. Those eyes, those purple lollipop eyes. Mothball would always get lost in them, like they were the most interesting things in the world. Like her father, she possessed powers of chaos. She had better magic than a unicorn, besides the spells and stuff. Also like her father, she craved chocolate milk and cotton candy more than any other food. That's how he came to like chocolate milk, when they were young, she was shocked when she found out the prince didn't know what chocolate milk was. So, in consideration for telling the truth, she offered him some, and he immediately came to love it.

At one point though, she had felt betrayed by him. His mother had lied to her about Mothball, telling her that he was using her for food and draining her of his power. The only way to get her back was to sing, or so he'd guessed. About a week ago, he had disguised himself as a pony to dance with Screwball at the Grand Galloping Galla. He remembered it so vividly, like it was yesterday.

Of course he didn't want to get caught, so he had taken the form of a Canterlot pony and asked Screwball for a dance. Hesitantly she agreed after she realized he asking her to dance. Once they were dancing, she had asked,"Have we met?".

He tried helping her guess, listing things about himself, and complimenting her.

"I'm homeschooled," he said.

"Okay so it was the pretty lollipop eyes," he confessed.

"We might have crossed paths once," he stated.

With no luck in her guessing, he finally gave the biggest hint,"If I told you my name, you'd know I was lying,".

"Mothball?" she answered.

"There's no fooling you, is there?" he said smiling.

Music started to play before Screwball could speak. AppleBloom was on the stage,"Well now we're gonna bring it down a notch! Boys, is time to grab yerr sweethearts for a little slow dance. Take it away Sweetie Belle!" she announced.

The music grew louder as Sweetie Belle began the lyrics.

"In a very unusual way," Sweetie Belle sang, "One time I needed you,".

Mothball and Screwball danced to the song, both lost in each other's eyes. Screwball didn't realize it, but she was levitating them with her magic, she was lost in love at the moment. Mothball was surprised, but she kept them in air, and as ponies watched, he twirled her around in the air. After Mothball dipped her, they locked eyes again, this time Screwball rested her head on his chest. He excepted it and ran his hoof through her mane, it felt like cotton candy. He lifted her head to look into her eyes,"I missed you," he said warmly.

Mothball loved that night, he did fulfill his mother's task, but instead without knowing, made him and Screwball equally stronger.

The prince now focused on the latest memory, the defeat of his mother with the power of love. It has been yesterday, and the changelings were at battle with the ponies that bared the elements of harmony and their families. In the fight, Chrysalis gained so much power that she overthrew Discord, and in the process, killed his wife. That's when Screwball had had enough. She attempted to duel Chrysalis, and was doing fairly well before Mothball showed up with her baby brother; Zany in his arms.

"How did you get past my guards?!" she exclaimed in shock.

Though it wasn't Mothball that had gotten Zany and himself out of the changeling hive, but Zany. With his uncontrollable power, Zany teleported them to many places, but finally, they ended up next to Screwball.

Chrysalis tried to convince Mothball to join her to defeat Screwball, but Mothball refused. He denied that love was weakness, claimed he had a heart, and that's when his mother told him his true story. The one night stand. He wasn't going to go into detail about it but he skipped to the good part. To finish Screwball and Mothball, she fired a powerful beam at them. Nothing happened. They weren't blasted into ash, or evaporated into thin air, but were surrounded by a golden force field. Zecora, was what came to Mothball's mind. He remembered what Screwball had mentioned the other night, about Cadence and Shining Armor using their love to produce a spell powerful to defeat the changelings. He and Screwball were rein-acting it, for real. They didn't know what to do then, the dome around them only protected them from Chrysalis's powers.

"How are we going to do this?" Asked Mothball.

Screwball spun to face him,"Kiss me,".

"WHAT?!".

"Kiss me," she repeated, pulling him closer.

"I-I can't," he flinched.

"You have to,".

"I don't want to hurt you!".

Screwball held him firmly in her grasp, he wasn't going anywhere.

"You won't," was all she said before she kissed him.

He expected her to feel pain, for her power to drain immediately, but it never happened. Instead, he felt the warmth he'd always felt from her explode. Her lips tasted of chocolate, her hoof caressed his face. He gave up, and embraced her.

The force field grew bigger as they rose into the air, they opened their white eyes as the bubble around them expanded towards Chrysalis.

"No," she yelled. "NO!".

The bubble blew the changelings and Mothball's mother away, far into the changeling forest, banished.

What a day it had been, and it only seemed like yesterday he had kissed the love of his life. Wait, that was yesterday. Mothball hadn't realized he'd made it to the center Everfree Forest, where Discord's castle stood. It was huge! The castle cast a shadow over the surrounding forest around it, meaning it was the boss around here. The prince gulped when some pink clouds formed over his head, then came the  lightning. It scared him so badly, that he took form of a pony guise of his on accident. He ran to the front gate, banging on the door wildly with his hoofs. "Screwball! Open the door, now!" he shouted, but the lightning brought thunder so loud that Mothball couldn't hear himself banging on the door anymore. "Help! Screwball! Open the door!" he yelled.

The storm clouds dispersed, and the lightning was no longer growling at him. The front gate doors flung open, standing on the other side stood Screwball, panting heavily. "Hey...Mothy," she gasped between breaths.

Mothball embraced her in a hug, he felt love channeling through them, it brought warmth that calmed Mothball down. He turned to his original self, and looked Screwball in the eyes,"What was that all about?!" he exclaimed.

Screwball's lips curled into an angry expression. She stomped her hoof on the ground, a flash of light blinded Mothball for a second. On the ground lay Discord, laughing while clenching his sides. "Ooh! That was too good! My-my sides hurt! I'm gonna die of laughter!".

"It'd teach you a lesson," Screwball grumbled.

Discord heard her and stopped laughing. He stood, anger growing on his face. "You watch your mouth young lady!" he scolded.

"Excuse me," she sarcastically apologized. "I'm not the one trying to fry my coltfriend!".

"Oh it was just a joke, all in good times," Discord extended his paw out to Mothball, who took a few steps back. The last time he shook Discord's hand, he got joy buzzed.

"It's not funny Daddy," she spoke angrily at her father.

"Ever heard of humor my dear?" He asked.

"Never thought humor meant trying to scorch somebody's-"

"Enough!" Shouted FlutterShy, who was now standing between the two.

She looked at Discord,"She's right Discord, that wasn't funny," she said.

"Since when are you on her side?!" He stammered.

"Since when you thought frying your daughter's coltfriend was humorous!" She pronounced.

Discord threw up his hands,"It was just a joke!".

"But look at him!" FlutterShy pointed at Mothball. "He's scared to death!".

That made Mothball feel better, to have more than one pony standing up for him.

Discord blew a rasberry and teleported away. His booming voice echoed throughout the castle,"There's more where that came from!" He warned. A cry erupted from somewhere inside the castle, it was Zany.

"Whoopsies, uh-duty calls!" His voice vanished as he tended to Zany.

The two ponies and the changeling prince stood in their places, silent. Screwball broke it after several moments,"Welcome to the Discord House," she announced with a nervous smile.