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Episode 62	Keep Calm and Flutter On	Aired: January 19 2013
Outside, the ponies discuss Princess Celestia's pending arrival. Twilight is bugged at how long it's taking Celestia to arrive and the lack of Applejack and Fluttershy but is told of the mishap at Sweet Apple Acres. All Twilight knows is that Celestia is bringing an important guest and figures it could be partly to blame but Rainbow Dash notes that the guest must be sluggish to cause such a delay. Spike discovers the guest is an all-to-familiar statue but the others don't buy it until they see it with their own eyes. Sure enough, Celestia arrives and with her comes Discord's statue, prompting not only an uneasy feeling amongst Twilight's group but forcing Twilight to demand an explanation for why the master of chaos' statue is here. Celestia isn't surprised by their terrifyed reaction and explains that she has use for Discord's magic if it can be made to work for good, reminding them that they were the ones that turned Discord to stone the second time and they're put a bit at ease. They could just use the Elements of Harmony against him if it gets out of hand and Celestia has put a spell to make sure Discord cannot hide them. Celestia asks about Fluttershy, believing she knows best how to handle Discord. We find Fluttershy and Applejack solving a problem in which beavers have blocked the river with a dam, causing flooding on Sweet Apple Acres. Fluttershy explains that Beaverton Beaverteeth agrees to move the dam provided Applejack apologizes. At first, Applejack refuses but Fluttershy convinces her to the apology and the dam is opened up to allow excess water to drain back into the river. RD orders the duo back to Ponyville and they learn of the situation at hand. Celestia heads off to the Royal Summit (if I heard that right), letting the group release Discord when ready. The Elements of Harmony jewelry is placed on its respective owner and they work their magic to free Discord, whom gets all stretched out and throws in some of his usual magic and doesn't give in to protest, ridiculing them for thinking they could reform him (and for once I agree but only Celestia thought it could be done). Fluttershy stands up for her friends, warning to give him the stare if he refuses but he's not frightened at all. Fluttershy keeps her word and attemps it but Discord is just playing along and is never in her trance at all. Twilight finally utters the words that convince Discord to restore the two animals he messed with to normal before making a few beavers go berserk. He knows he's staying with Fluttershy during his reformation and Fluttershy realizes what she's getting into. At her house, Fluttershy knows she must be nice to Discord, even if he isn't nice in response and Discord shows his gratitude and wishes her friends were this nice. RD replies to Discord's sarcasm but Discord simply acts innocently, knocking over a nearby lamp and fixing it to match his physique (and that'd be impossible here because not all those colors were on the lamp in the first place). The rest of the Mane 6 head out, and Fluttershy assures that she knows what to do. Outside, RD suggests a backup plan in case Fluttershy's plan is a flop and Twilight knows just the trick. Back inside, Fluttershy finds Discord having a diet of book pages and decides to head out, letting Discord make himself at home. At Twilight's house, Twilight is having no luck finding a reforming spell in any of her books but discovers a page torn out. Back at Fluttershy's house, Fluttershy returns to find the house spinning counterclockwise. Twilight and friends discover the mess and call Fluttershy out of her home and learn of what's going on inside.Fluttershy invites them to dinner and they agree but are not too thrilled. When they arrive, Discord does appear to be better behaved, even providing a red carpet for them to walk on as they enter. Once inside, things aren't any better as everything from dancing candles to a bowl of gravy act out of character. Rainbow Dash protests that Discord is using innocence to keep Fluttershy from using the Elements of Harmony but Fluttershy protests they aren't giving him a chance and considers Discord her friend. Angel enters from a nearby window and the Mane 6 play a bit of charades to figure out what's going on and Discord becomes the prime suspect. Upon arrival, the flooding is worse than before and the beavers refuse to listen to Fluttershy. Worse still, Discord agrees to restore the water level back to normal if Fluttershy doesn't use her element against him and to everyone else's shock, she agrees. However, Discord instead turns the water to ice and performs for his audience. Discord refuses to change things to normal until he realizes what Fluttershy has done and said and restores the area to how it was.  The group meet with Celestia, whom congratulates them on their success (though I don't fully trust him yet) but keeps the elements with Twilight just in case. Fluttershy convinces Discord to agree that Friendship is Magic, then states that he can be really sweet once you get to know him (well this isn't their first encounter with him).