//------------------------------// // Episode 15: The Buds and the Trees // Story: My Brave Pony Starfleet Magic: Season VI // by DakariKingMykan //------------------------------// EPISODE FOURTEEN Poor DD… it had been several days since she was poisoned by the mystery lunch bag, and she had spent nearly all that time in bed, except to get up and go to the bathroom, or when she wanted just a small sniff of fresh air from bedroom window. She missed being outside, going to school, playing with her friends. She even missed doing her chores in the garden and the farm. Worst of all, she had rested so much, that it became hard sometimes to stay asleep and she was getting really bored. There was a knock at her door, “Come in…” Buddy Rose came in with a tray of food for her lunch. “DD, what are you doing up?” She just gave him a straight look, “How much longer do I have to be like this? I feel fine.” “You may think you feel fine, but you remember what Dr. Penny said; you still need another couple of days rest. You don’t seem to realize what bad shape you’re in.” DD sighed irritably, but sat back on her bed to take her lunch. “I’ve read all my books. I’ve done all my homework assignments. I’ve even drawn and colored so much that all my crayons are numbed down to the tips.” Buddy Rose patted her softly, “But at least you’re getting well, and that’s important.” DD smiled at him, liking how he was showing how much he cared for her. He smiled down at her, “Hey, I have to go. I have training today. Try to get some rest, I’ll check on you when I get back.” “I’ll try.” He pecked her softly on her head before leaving her on her own. As he shut her door, he still felt that lingering worry about her. He hadn’t quite felt the same ever since the day she was poisoned or had her operation. …This was heavily hinted during training that day. Normally, while running through a simple obstacle course was a piece of cake, he tripped over a hurdle, didn’t jump far enough over a chasm, and badly missed his old record by a longshot. When it came to target practice, he missed ten shots out of a-hundred, when he normal didn’t miss a single target. Then it came to sparring. Rhymey was paired with Fluttershy, Lightning brawled with Starla, and Buddy was paired with Applejack. Lightning usually held back on his speed and strength to give Starla a chance, but his wife insisted he come at her full-force! She was determined to land at least one good hit on him, without being given any handicaps, as way of improving her own strength and speed, and while it did help there, she still wasn’t able to land a single hit as Lightning was able to dodge and block her every attack. Finally, he caught her hands and stepped on her feet so she couldn’t move. She tried to blast him with her horn, but he ducked his head down and thrust straight at her gut, stopping at the last few centimetres!  “Got’cha!” he said “You’d have been sent clear across the land right here.” Starla panted heavily and fell into his arms feeling a little bushed; Lightning actually thought she looked kind of hot, and he leaned down and kissed her deeply… though usually it was no time or place to be affectionate. Fluttershy and Rhymey were brushing up on their swordsmanship; her Valkyrie sword against his Ward Sword, or rather just props of them as it would be too dangerous to use the real ones.  Their blades clashed and parried, Fluttershy was doing wonderfully. “I am impressed, Fluttershy. You’re becoming quite slick and sly.” Rhymey said to her. “That’s nothing, watch this…” Fluttershy said, and she skillfully switched from her left hand to her right, as she was right-handed and fenced better; a skill she had learned from Rhymey. Her husband was impressed and they kept on dueling, in the end, Fluttershy knocked Rhymey sword out of his hand… almost too easily as she noticed. “You let me with that one, didn’t you?” she asked, and gave him a soft stare. Feeling akward, Rhymey rubbed the back of his head and sighed… “I must confess… The answer is yes.” I thought if I held back for you, Maybe let you win a round or two…” She only glared at him and sneered “I don’t really like it when people do this to me…” but then she softened and rubbed her cheek against his cooing “But I love it when you’re honest with me.” Rhymey smiled softly, but the moment was interrupted by the sound of a loud crash. The others all looked and saw something the almost refused to believe! “Did Applejack just flip Buddy Rose?” Starla asked in shock! Buddy Rose was flat on his back, and Applejack didn’t seem enthusiastic, “Yeah, I flipped him, for the third time… Cuz his head ain’t in the game, again!” The others all knew this was not a good thing. They were well aware what was worrying him. “Buddy, we know you’re worried about DD.” said Lightning. “Does it really show?” Buddy asked. “Um, Eeyup…” said Applejack “Why just the other day… y’all should’ve seen him.” She told everyone how Buddy tried to do his simple chores round the farm the other day. While plowing the fields with his bare hands--going through the ground faster than the plows did-- he went a little too far and made a trail straight through the barn and the henhouse. Then he overwatered his own garden, tried to milk the hens, and fed pigswill to the cows.  Buddy held his head in shame, “I am so embarrassed!” he groaned “I’m a Lieutenant Colonel, and I’m letting one little problem eat me alive.” Fluttershy comforted him, “You may be a Colonel, but you’re also a guardian and caregiver.” “She’s right…” added Lightning “It’s natural and understandable that you’d be worried about DD this way. I know this, Grand Ruler used to worry about me a lot, despite his confidence in me.” “My dad was the same.” said Starla “I mean, he was pushy and overbearing, but I can’t ignore he was concerned.” “I have lots of animals that I take care of and worry about.” said Fluttershy. Rhyme nodded and added, “Being the youngest in a family big as mine, Mother always worried if I would be fine.” Buddy thought it touching that they all understood a little, and even applejack was a little more sympathetic with him, and reflected the time she went over the top when it came to Applebloom’s safety… “…I guess I did go a tad too far.” The others gave her a weird look. “Well, I won’t be doing that… for sure.” said Buddy “I have to get back and check on DD. Penny kept telling me to keep her updated on her condition.” He wasn’t making an excuse, Applejack vouched for him, but she and the others were still concerned about him. “He just ain’t gonna calm down, is he?” said Applejack. The others concurred. “He’s still desperate to find who poisoned DD and make them pay.” said Starla, “But we haven’t gotten any closer. All we know is, it wasn’t Mykan Stevens… the pony of course. She and Lightning explained that they and their teams had analysed the confiscated bag of poisoned foods. Mykan’s fingerprints were on the bag, as well as Applejack’s and DD’s only because they handled the bag too. “Mykan couldn’t be the one who poisoned the food…” said Lightning “His fingerprints weren’t found on anything found in the bag. Which suggests only one thing: That poison food, wherever it came from, was intended for him.” The others cringe in concern. “Someone must be after the guy. But who are they, and why?” said Rhymey. “Unfortunately, we don’t know that.” said Starla “whoever did this covered their tracks well. We can’t find any fingerprints, traceable sources, or anything to give us a lead.” The others sighed, “Well, I guess we’re back to square one with that again, but what can we do about B.R. I don’t want him getting’ any worse.” “I think I have an idea how to get him to relax a bit.” said Fluttershy. The others all wondered curiously what she had in mind. Meanwhile, Buddy had already checked on DD the second he got home, and she was sleeping peacefully… or so he saw, DD was just laying down wide awake with her back turned to him, unable to get much rest from oversleeping, but she didn’t want Buddy to go crazy with worry again. Without much else to do, Buddy Rose went back to his gardening, trying to keep himself together, and he ended up digging a deep hole instead a small one for his new plants.  He sighed softly, “I am falling apart.”  He looked up at DD’s bedroom, and again he was agitated as to why he was so worried about her--the thought of losing his only living relative, and how it reminded him of the death of his family-- and he began to sing about it. What did I ever do to have things come to this? Losing all of people I love and whom I miss Now that it’s just you and me, you’re my only family I couldn’t bear it if I lost you too. When you’re with me by my side, I feel cool and calm inside But it pains me when you’re ill I don’t think I’d have the will, If anything really bad happened to you He remembered the day he found out his aunt and uncle died, and how he took DD into his home, promising to raise her like his own, as well as all the great times they had, and he wanted to make sure they would have many more great times to come. I will not let any bad guys, sickness, or some cruel twist of fate Take you away from me and wreck family state Cuz, I couldn’t bear if I lost you too. …Not if anything real bad happened to you. The song ended, and Fluttershy and Rhymey came alone “Hi, Buddy Rose…” said Fluttershy “Hi guy…” said Rhymey. He looked up, “Hey, you two.” but then he saw Tree Hugger was with them. “Oh, no…!” he peeped. She fluttered her eyes at him, “Like hey, these guys tells me your charisma is all out of sync, and your harmonic vibes are totally going flat.” Buddy raised an eyebrow; he didn’t understand until Fluttershy answered “We told her you were upset and worried over DD, and she’s come to help you.” Tree Hugger nodded and held out her arms soaking in the sunlight and soft breeze, “When I’m through with you, you’ll be as cool and calm as a magic manifestation.” Buddy wasn’t sure what to make of it, and felt his doubts. Maybe she was just trying to swoop in and woo him into marrying her again! Rhymey said… “She really wants to help you unwind. It will help give you some peace at mind.” Buddy knew he couldn’t refuse any offers to calm down, and seeing the earnest intentions of his friends and Tree Hugger, “Okay, I’ll try.” “…Righteous.” said Tree, and she and the others walked past him, and her long threads passed by his face in the breeze. They, or rather she, smelled so nice to him like soft dew in a rain forest on a warm dawn before the day; a smell he really liked. He was starting to feel that little spark in him glowing again… actually starting to feel for her! Soon, the three friends were sitting in a quiet area under a big oak tree in the fields. Each of them sitting on Yoga mats, with their legs crossed, and Tree Hugger brought her boom-box to play beautiful music, from one of her own tracks, for the session. As they all relaxed, Tree Hugger coached them along in a soft and soothing voice… “Okay, imagine dipping your feet into a shallow hot-spring. Now, take it in…” she breathed in softly along with the other, “…and just let it go right and slow.” They all breathed out. “Now, imagine tiny little holes in your feet, and the warm soothing water is soaking into your body. “Now imagine your entire body is covered in volcanoes, and they’re all erupting, spewing hot lava onto you.” Normally, some people would question Tree Hugger for being a little weird, but Fluttershy and Rhymey being her good friends, and Buddy Rose knowing her reputation just did as they were told. Suddenly, Buddy felt very light as if someone had rubbed his back out with an eraser, and he felt like he was floating like a balloon on a sea of warm air. He floated past ponies rowing in a stream, griffons nesting on a hilltop, even dragons smoking hookahs and blowing peace signs in the smoke. He found it all so unusually relaxing and peaceful he couldn’t even speak or think to himself… until what came next; the sun rose over the horizon of a field of flowers, and rising with the sun was Tree Hugger… and what a sight she was! Her mane fluttered in the wind as flower petals blew softly past her in streams on the breeze, and she stretched out her arms letting little birdies land on her. Try as he did, Buddy just couldn’t seem to look past her, especially when she gazed right at him, fluttering her eyes… making his heart melt even more than it already had, thought he was shocked at this feeling as well. “Is this really happening to me?” he thought silently “Am I really falling for her?” He closed his eyes, and saw brightness rather than the usual blackness. Suddenly, he could hear someone calling his name in the distance. “Buddy Rose…? Buddy Rose…?” It was Fluttershy, softly patting his face. That’s when Buddy woke up to realize he was lying flat on his back, and that it was almost dark too. “Wha… what happened?” he asked. He tried to get up, but he felt so heavy like he had rocks inside his body. Both girls helped him upright, “I think maybe you like chilled a skosh too much.” said Tree Hugger. “Well, I… do feel a bit lighter.” Buddy said, only to fall flat on his back again. “Um… mind helping me up again?” The friends helped him up again, and Rhymey asked… “Do you feel okay? Not bad in anyway?” “I guess so. I don’t feel as worried as I did before.” Then suddenly remembered DD, “Oh… I have to get her dinner ready.” and he quickly rushed for his house leaving the friends under the tree. “Well, at least he’s not twitching.” said Tree Hugger. She kept watching him run off in the distance, and blushed softly as she sank into one of her heavenly dazes again. Fluttershy and Rhymey felt sorry for Tree Hugger, not that they were going to pressure Buddy Rose into anything, but she did want her friend to be happy. The friends decided to pack up and would escort Tree Hugger home. Meanwhile, DD was tossing and turning in bed apart from having missed her dinner she was just too restless from all the excessive sleeping. “Ugh! It’s no good, I can’t sleep.” she said to herself, and her stomach gave a small growl. “I guess I better get some food. I’m sure it’ll be okay.” She hopped out of bed, and passed by her bedroom window on her way to the door. Suddenly, she stopped and went back to the window when she spotted something happening across the way over at Applejack’s place…! She saw Pony Mykan Stevens sneaking towards the garbage cans again!  She frantically raced downstairs and called out for Buddy Rose. “DD… What are you doing out of bed again?” “It’s Mykan…” DD panted “He’s… at Applejack’s!” “What?!” snapped Buddy Rose, and he looked out the window himself and could see the pony going through the garbage.  Realizing this was another chance for him to try and talk to the troubled pony and maybe get more clues for the case, he quickly shut off the stove and dropped all his utensils before leaping straight out of the window, and dashing across the fields, passing Fluttershy, Rhymey and Tree Hugger! “Like, what was that?” asked Tree Hugger. Fluttershy had that sick feeling in her stomach something dreadful was about to happen. Mykan was scrounging through the garbage for more food, when suddenly he could hear Buddy Rose calling to him, “Mykan!” Mykan saw him coming and began to flee, but of course with his superior speed, Buddy Rose cornered him. “Hold it!” he shouted at him. Mykan, already more than fed up enough with the authorities trying to get at him this much, came more than prepared this time, and smiled at Buddy Rose and suddenly keeled over. “What?” Buddy looked at the fallen body and found the enchanted block of wood inside, “A puppet double!” While he was distracted from the trick, the real Mykan had emerged from hiding and already loaded a bag full of discarded food from the garbage, and jumped and fled through his secret warp portal on the doors to the cellar... which the others saw! Rhymey and Fluttershy looked at one another and nodded, planning to head in. Then they urged Tree Hugger to lay low… “You stay here, Things’ll get strange I fear.” said Rhymey. Fluttershy stood bravely proclaiming “This is official Starfleet business.” Buddy rose came back just in time to see his friends disappear into the portal. “Hey…! Guys wait up!” and he dashed right in through the portal with them. While Tree Hugger watched… and while it was tempting to follow them in, she knew she wasn’t supposed to interfere with Starfleet business. …that and she realized another thing she could do to help. Meanwhile, the others found themselves inside the mansion atop the Haunted Mountain in New White Tail Village. This was their first time ever being there, and the first sight of the place made Fluttershy start to quiver-- it was dark, creepy, the mountain winds howled outside making the shutters bang against the windows-- “Maybe… this wasn’t such a good idea.” she whimpered. Rhymey held his wife’s hand to comfort her, and he and Buddy Rose made their horns glow to cast a little light into the place. Now they had to find Mykan. “Would you look at this place?” Buddy Rose said contemplating the messes all over “I knew Applejack told me it was like this, but I had no idea it was this serious.” Rhymey stepped on a half-eaten sandwich and gagged… “Garbage, webs and dust, a half full soda cup… It would take a long time to clean all this up.” Fluttershy was less disgusted by the messes and more concerned about the entire state of the house altogether. “This is so awful, and he’s lived like this all these years…?” As the friends trekked about, they suddenly came into the den where there was a fire in the fire place, and near the fireplace were chemical items and special props and things used as special effects for theatre shows… or rather the only design there was that of the flaming monster seen and described by witnesses who were frightened away from the mountain. “So this is how it’s done…” Buddy said as he examined the evidence “All this stuff mixed together and goes in the fireplace, then up and out through chimney where the flare monster is shown, but the barrier around the mansion keeps it from getting out any further and causing damage or harm.” The others were amazed. “All these tricks and traps, there can be no doubt He’s gone to incredible lengths to keep others out.” said Rhymey. “Yes…!” Mykan sneered as he stomped in behind them. The others turned to face him, Fluttershy trembled in fear at the sight of the dishevelled pony as he growled “…people like you for one! I warn you, I frighten you, and still you can’t take a hint and just leave me be!” Buddy Rose stepped forth and said very firmly, “We do it because we want to help you!” “Ha!” sneered Mykan “And I told you before… I DON’T WANT YOUR HELP!!” His angry shout seemed to shake the whole house “No one helped me before when I needed it… not even Celestia!” “What do you mean?” asked Fluttershy “Celestia would’ve helped you. She always helped everyone as best she could.” “LIES!!” shouted Mykan “She could have helped me, but she didn’t… and now it’s way too late. Nothing she, her husband, or anyone or any of you can do!” He was sinking in his deep state of depression once again, almost as if he were about to breaking out crying hysterically, or storm off on a vile wrecking rampage.  He did neither, fortunately. Instead, his features hardened again, “Then again, I learned the only person you can truly look out for is yourself.” “That’s a horrible thing to say, How can you live thinking that way?!” snapped Rhymey. Mykan looked as if he was going to blow like a volcano. He had reached such a critical point in his psychosis that he hardly could hold back and began to tell his story. “My father was a scientist, he did all these wonderful experiments, but he died when I was only three in a terrible lab explosion. My mother and I were just heart broken, but my father left us in his will and gave us the deed to his fabulous estate… the very mansion in which we stand now.” The others ponies were amazed to hear and realize this. “My mother never loved another man, but as saddened as she was she did her best to be brave and raise me. To keep us both going, and in memory of my father, she focussed all her attention in her fashion profession, eventually rising to the fame she had. I was her little assistant, and I enjoyed helping her make new clothes, managing our many boutiques. My mother even took time to show me how to make magical spells and incantations, so even though I was an Earth Pony, I would always have a little magic by my side. Then, that awful duchess came to us, and demanded my mother design the gown for the Grand Galloping Gala. I watched my mother work hard non-stop, day and night. I helped with little assistance I could give, and my mother was grateful. But then… she came back! The duchess, demanding her dress and only paid half of her promised price and just ran off, and that was a night my life was about to change for the worst!” Mykan stopped and clenched his fists angrily. His whole body was shaking with complete outrage and fury. “That duchess! My mother constantly tried to warn her, the dress wasn’t finished yet and still needed more stitching done, but she just didn’t listen! She just snorted and left, wore that gown to the gala and it fell apart! The duchess was so outraged that she had my mother arrested on those false charges! My mother tried to plead, but she couldn’t prove her innocence. So she was sentenced to jail. I was the only one who could prove my mother’s innocence, but the impossible authorities wouldn’t listen to me. I was just a little pony. They thought I was crazy! It was then I know only Princess Celestia would be willing to help, known for her reputation to understand and help those who came to her. So I wrote her a letter to help appeal to my mother’s case…! …But I never got a response!” The other ponies were shocked to hear that as they exclaimed “…SHE DIDN’T ANSWER YOU?!” “That can’t be true…” rhymed Rhymey. “Celestia always checked every single letter she ever got.” added Fluttershy “I’m sure she would have responded.” “Well she didn’t!” snapped Mykan “I sent several letters to her, again, and again, and not once did I hear from her royal highness!” His sadness began to show again, “Then I heard… my mother was beaten to death in a prison riot!  …She could have been saved… IF ONLY SOMEONE HAD BOTHERED TO LISTEN AND HELP ME…!!!” The house rattled again, and small bits of dust fell from the ceiling. Fluttershy was speechless, and did not believe this for a second, neither did the boys. Though they hadn’t known Celestia as long as Fluttershy had, but they had grown to love and respect her just as much as their queen and as a friend, and they knew she would never ignore something of such extreme importance! Mykan then continued saying, “After my mother was pronounced dead, they tried to put me up in a foster home, but I fled, and it was a good thing I had… brokers and estate agents were working hard to buy and sell the mansion where I lived with my mother… the very one my father had left us… the one memory and keepsake I had left of them both! I would allow no one else to take it from me, so using the magic my mother had taught me, I relocated the mansion all around and used this tricks to scare people away, and slinking around at night savaging for whatever I could find! I especially enjoy returning to the farm as it throws out more scraps of food than most places I go! Even when Equestria was destroyed in The Great War, and United Equestria was formed, the mansion was safely returned, so I relocated to this mountain where I could be alone, and no one could disturb me so long as I continued to frighten them away! I no longer trusted anyone, and I don’t wish to ever again!” His last sentence was aimed heavily at the others, and they were totally speechless, having never heard a tale so tragic and yet so confusing as well-- the part where Celestia did not acknowledge his pleas! “You poor thing…” Fluttershy said trying to approach him to comfort him, but Mykan inched away as if she were some monster! “Mykan, please…” said Buddy “Don’t do this to yourself.” Mykan continued to back away from them all, still not willing to open up to them and their offers to help, and while they couldn’t see, he reached behind him, and grabbed a small flask of powder off the table behind him, and in a quick swift, he threw the flask at them… POOF!! A huge cloud of smoke! The friends couldn’t see, and they were coughing and wheezing as the smoke cleared, and that’s when they realized… “Hey, we’re back on the farm.” said Buddy Rose. “That powder he threw must’ve transported us here.” added Fluttershy. Rhymey inspected the cellar doors, but all he could feel was the hard wood. “Sorry to say, The portal’s gone away.” The friends didn’t feel quite so bad about it. After all, from what they had just heard from Mykan they now understood things stronger than ever, but unfortunately they were still unable to help the poor pony, and now they could perfectly see why he would rebuke them! Fluttershy, despite being subjected to Mykan’s attitude felt really sorry and badly for him. “I wish there was some way we could try and make him see we just want to help him.” Still, she knew this wasn’t over with, because now they all had new things to consider; like why Celestia had ignored a desperate plea for help, even if it was years back. The friends agreed to look into this more much later. Suddenly, Buddy Rose remembered “DD! I still haven’t made dinner for her yet!” Before the others could say a thing, he had dashed straight for his house across the way. Fluttershy and Rhymey then noticed Tree Hugger was gone, along with all her things as well, and thinking she he had probably gone home, the couple raced to Buddy’s house to see if things were okay, but when they got to the house… they found Buddy Rose standing gawking at something, and they saw… …DD was sitting at the dining room table eating a bowl of noodle soup with herbs, a small tuna-fish sandwich with cheese and garlic powder sided with carrot sticks, and for desert she had a little cup of homemade banana-pudding with chocolate sauce. “DD, how did you do all this?” Buddy asked. “I didn’t make this…” replied DD and she pointed through the kitchen door. The friends looked inside and saw Tree Hugger, wearing an apron and cooking over the hot stove. She turned and said, “Whoa… time to chow down.” She had prepared a wonderful supper for everyone, soup, salad, sandwiches and vegetable entrées… it really was a beautiful sight. Rhymey and Fluttershy encouraged Buddy Rose to try the food, “Tree Hugger really is a great cook.” Fluttershy said. “The food she makes is so delightful, You’ll want to take in every single bite-full.” added Rhymey. Buddy Rose gazed down at his food, and took just one spoonful of his soup, and it was as if sensational warmth had sped all through his body, “This is… incredible!” he cried, and he began to take in much of the wonderful feast.  “Glad you like it.” Tree Hugger said, giving him a flirtatious glare, which made him feel a little nervous. “Um… so, I want to thank you for helping with DD.” “No probs… I totally can dig kids. They’re like as easy as a soft cool aura that irons out the depths of the persona. I feel them and they feel me.” DD smiled at her thankfully, even though she almost had no idea of what she said at all but assumed it was a compliment towards her. “By the way…” she said “Ms. Tree Hugger also cleaned up the house a little.” “She did?” asked Buddy, and when he turned to look behind him, he saw the house was practically shimmering. The floor boards were so polished he could see his reflection in them, and the soothing fresh smell like warm steam, “I’ve never seen the place so spotless.” he exclaimed “DD and I can barely keep the whole place clean ourselves.” “It’s true… we can’t.” said DD “Kind of what happens when you live and work on a farm. It’s very hard to keep the place shining.” Even Fluttershy and Rhymey were amazed. Neither one of them had seen this side of Tree Hugger before. “You really didn’t have to do all this.” Buddy said. “Hey, it was the least I could do.” But Buddy Rose sensed an ulterior motive, and it was a plain one for all the others to guess, except for DD. “What’s going on?” she thought to herself “Ms. Tree Hugger keeps gazing back at Buddy and he acts… hey! Wait a minute. I think I see what this is now.” After dinner, Buddy Rose sent DD back up to bed, despite her protests, but she couldn’t argue and left the adults to clear the table. Tree Hugger insisted on doing the work herself and even offered to do the dishes as well, but Buddy Rose insisted that’s he had already done more than enough that day-- making him feel better, looking after DD and even cleaning his house, “I can handle the rest now. I need to start getting back on track.”  “We should get going anyway. We need to check on the animals.” said Fluttershy. Rhymey agreed, and again the couple offered to escort Tree Hugger home. Tree Hugger complied and decided to go as well, as she did have other things to do. She took one last moment to turn back and lovingly wink at Buddy, “See ya.” Buddy blushed and felt nervous, but he didn’t stop looking at her until she had left and the door closed. Then he took a bit to gaze around at his spotless home, the leftovers on the table from the delicious dinner, and remembered how she looked after DD after his constant forgetfulness, and he said to himself, “…She really is amazing.”  And on the way home, Rhymey and Fluttershy couldn’t help but question Tree Hugger about her attitude and her good housekeeping they had just witnessed. Tree Hugger admitted; “Ever since I knew I wanted to get married, ever since I made the commitment, I trained myself for it; cooking, cleaning, all the wifely virtues. I like totally want to be ready for my day, when I tie the knot. I’m going to make sure I can handle what comes with it.” The couple realized she was trying to prove her worth to Buddy Rose with her skills, showing her determination and desire to marry him. Fluttershy and Rhymey thought that was ever so brave and sweet, and they didn’t know much of what to say, but they did hope that things would work out fine… for everyone, while all Tree Hugger could do was look up at the starry night sky and see Buddy’s face, and smile in a loving daze. (Promo) In our next episode: Pinkie Pie gives Trixie a strange flower given to her by a stranger claiming to be a friend, but it turns out to be a poisonous trap that puts Trixie in real danger, and Pinkie feels so incredibly guilty that she vows to make things right, only for that stranger and a monster to interfere and make things more harder for her than ever. Will Pinkie be able to right her mistake, and will Trixie recover okay? Don’t Miss the next exciting episode of “Starfleet Magic!” (Next Episode: “Magical Mishap!”)