*CW* Dark Themes/Implications

As in the cannon timeline, Flutters is quickly bullied out of Flight School and flees Cloudsdale. However, before she can make it to Ponyville, she is intercepted by Discord. He "takes her in" presenting it as an act of kindness.

She is raised under his roof in Canterlot and the day she "comes of age" Discord takes her to a court house to marry her. She sneaks in newspapers to keep up to date on the proceedings of the revolution. In these, she discovers Starlight as a leading revolutionist. So, when the paper's report the Pie sisters going on vacation she takes her chance.

However, the life she has been raised among with Discord has only shown her one means of getting what she desires, leading to what plays out in Say No To This.