//------------------------------// // Chapter 4. Canterlot's Scenic Escape. // Story: Life on Reset // by Clearnote //------------------------------// After such a set back to her plans, Sunset was Ready to give up and go back home. and yet here she was, walking alongside a girl that had been in a pain for the last couple of years of her life here. She was a self-centered, uncaring, pain in the ass. At least that was what the pony-girl thought, but for the last two days, she has done nothing but help me. Trixie Lulamoon has been nothing but kind, caring and if she was honest, a little bit egotistical. A part of her didn't know what she was doing, why didn't she go home. She had nothing left, but yet she found herself smiling and laughing as they entered the small part of the woods at the edge of the City. "Where are we going? I thought we're heading to your place?" Sunset asked confused as she followed her friend, whilst dragging her suitcases behind. "Don't worry, Trixie isn't leading you astray. Now, hurry up." Trixie replied without even looking back as she walked down the dirt path. Sunset sighed as continued to lug her very heavy Suitcases through the woods, it was a good couple of minutes before she saw an opening at the other end of the small woods. Trixie opened the gate blocking the way as she let Sunset walk out first. her eyes lit up to see a huge field with hills and flowers stretching out. The sun shined across the field as in the distance not far away, a train went across the tracks carrying containers, some of them were even open at the side. Sunset looked on in awe, it felt so peaceful like escaped all of her troubles, she never knew that Canterlot had this kind of beauty. Trixie came up and stood next to her friend, she could see her wide-eyed smile, causing to smile sightly too. "One hell of a view, huh." "It's something, alright," Sunset replied. "I didn't know Canterlot could be so beautiful." "You might wanna pick your bags up and come in," Trixie says before walking away. "Wait, what do you..." Sunset trailed off as she watched Trixie walk up to a slightly Large Caravan, left under the shade of the trees. "Hold on!" Sunset rushed over to pick up her bags and placed them next to the Caravan before stepping in. From the outside, it didn't look like much but the inside was a totally different story. A small sized seating area that led on to the kitchen and past that at the back was the bedroom. Overall Sunset thought the place was nice and cosy, especially the sitting room it had been decorated with warm gold Although it was very Trixie, with lots of cards, capes and other things you would see a magician use litter the place. It was a mess. "Sorry about the mess, Trixie didn't know she was gonna have a roommate when she left this morning." "It's fine, I was a bit of a slouch myself." Sunset smiled. "So where will I be sleeping?" "Well the Generous Trixie, gives you two options, you can either sleep on the sofa or we can share the bed. Personally, Trixie doesn't care, either way. Its what you feel comfortable with." Trixie said as she sat on the kitchen counter. Sunset stood still for a minute as she contemplated Trixie's offer. The pony-girl felt awkward sharing a bed with Trixie, the thought of it almost made her blush. She didn't understand why she's shared a bed with Twilight and the other girls so how is this any different. For a brief moment, Sunset looked over at the couch, it does not look comfy to sleep on. She already had enough thoughts making sleep difficult she didn't need anything else adding to it, which left her with the only option. Trixie could see how nervous Sunset looked, she was down looking at the floor, with her arms crossed as she shuffled from one foot to the other. She looked like a child in trouble, stood in front of her parents. The magician was about to say something when Sunset finally spoke up. "If it's okay with you I, er... I'll take you up on the bed." Sunset looked up Trixie and smiled awkwardly. Trixie wanted to ask her about her awkward nature, but seeing how bad today went for her, she decided against it. "Well, Trixie is glad that's sorted. Now house rules!" Trixie stated with a smile as leaped off the counter-top. "Rule one, you'll help wash dishes and we'll take turn's making dinner. Rule Two, if you want to borrow something of Trixie's, ask, don't just take it. And finally rule three, the most important rule. If you are to stay here then you must assist The Great and Powerful Trixie!!! You see, Trixie needs an assistant, to help perform with, to give her show's that extra touch of class... She also needs help making sure she gets them right." The magician said before pouting, causing Sunset to blush at her friend's cuteness. "So what do you think, Do we have a deal?" Sunset took a moment to calm down before she replied, grinning from ear to ear. "Yeah, we have a deal." Trixie immediately smiled back. "Well then, welcome aboard!" Soon after the two girls set out to make room for Sunset's stuff, she didn't have a lot left, but what she did have meant the world to her. As she set out her things, there was apart of her holding on to her past life and she hated herself for it. She wanted to take the photo of her and the girls, and just throw it away, but she couldn't and she hated how weak she was. Once she was done unpacking her things, The Bacon Haired Girl took a moment to step outside once more. She places her leather coat on the grass and watched as the sun set across the field bringing in the warm summer night. She took this moment to just relax and take in nature and separate herself from today. In this brief moment, it was freedom and she was basking it. After a dinner of instant noodles, the two girls sat down to watch a marathon of comedy films. They laughed long into the night, it wasn't until later on when Sunset found her friend fast asleep. She turned off the TV before carrying Trixie into the bedroom, she lay down next to her friend, she couldn't be bothered to get changed, tired from the day's events. Just as Sunset was about to close her eyes, she could hear the sound of vibrating, she sat up to see the book on the table counter glowing bright purple and shaking. With an exasperated sigh, she sat up, got a pen and made her way to the book and brought it to the table, before opening it. Is everything okay? I've been worried since I hadn't heard a reply back from you. Did everything go okay? Sunset mentally facepalmed herself as she realized she forgot to tell To Princess Twilight everything. No, Twilight! It all went terrible! Nothing has changed! What happened! Sunset went on to tell the Princess Twilight about her fail time at Principal Celestia's office and how she is now living with Trixie. Well that was nice of Trixie, but something does make sense! If she forgot to remove the recording for so long, what suddenly reminded her to go back? And how did she know the combination to your locker? I don't know, maybe something jogged her memory or she just remembered. As for my locker, she probably looked over my shoulder back when I didn't know her and used the stone to wipe my memory. I wouldn't be surprised if she knew everyone's locker combination! Maybe, but something doesn't add up. don't worry as soon as we're done here (which shouldn't be too long now) I'll come straight through the portal. Just hold on a little long Sunset! Will do Princess, night. Goodnight Sunset. Sunset closed the with a yawn as she made her way back to the bed before falling face-first into the bed. Just before she could feel herself fall asleep, Sunset looked over at Trixie and smiled before falling finally letting sleep take her. \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Sunlight bled through shutters as the birds outside we're already in full morning routine. The pony-girl felt her eyes flicker open as she could smell the scent of Pancakes being made. She smirked before sitting up to yawn before stretching out feeling her body slowly click and crunch awake. Sunset looked across the bed finding that Trixie wasn't there. Her brain was slowly waking up as she made the connections of her friend's vacancy and the incredible smell wafting in from the kitchen. Trixie was in her own little world as she hummed to herself whilst she cooked over the stove. She was still dressed in PJ's from last night. Sunset stood behind her friend, staying quiet as she watched how happy Trixie was, she couldn't help but smile as well. This feeling felt so good, the shining in with the feeling of the summer breeze gently passing through from the open trailer door. Everything felt so happy and calm, this is what she had been missing, this feeling of pure happiness. "Morning!" Sunset announced, scaring Trixie in the process as she threw the pancake into the air, before sticking to the roof. The magician huffed as stood there staring at the pancake before look down at Sunset as she placed her hands on her hips and stared crossly at her friend. "Do you enjoy scaring Trixie half to death?!" "I didn't know, you were going to have that kind of reaction." Sunset tried to justify herself as she held up her hands in defense while also trying to hold back a laugh. "WELL IF YOU SNEAK AROUND LIKE SOME KIND OF NINJA, YOUR GONNA FRIGHTEN ANYONE!!!" Trixie shouted as she defended her point of view. But it was at this moment the pancake fell from the ceiling in front of both Sunset and Trixie, cutting the tension. Sunset couldn't hold herself back anymore as she let a howl of laughter that soon swept The Magician as they both laughing from how ridiculous the situation was. Once they could get a grip on their laughter, Sunset cleared up the pancake as Trixie went on to make another batch. They soon sat down to eat, Sunset sighed happily as she looked down at her breakfast, a stack of pancakes and a mug of coffee. She took a bite of her pancake and surprised to taste chocolate and peanut butter. "Mmmmm." It was even better then she expected. "Did Trixie do good?" She asked with a smug grin. Sunset looked up at her friend across from her with a wide smile. "It's so good!" She stated before tucking back into the pancakes. "Good, Trixie is glad to hear she continues to be the greatest in pancakes!" She declared before going back to eat her own breakfast. Sunset glanced back up at her friend as she got lost in thought once more. There was something about this girl that she couldn't quite put her finger on. There was just something that pulled her in, she had seen a whole different side to her. Sunset felt her self being drawn into those big blue eye. "Trixie was kind of cute in a way." Suddenly Sunset's shot open wide as she realised what she just thought. "Wait, what did I just think." Sunset muttered to herself. "Hmm, what was that?" Trixie asked her mouth filled with pancakes. "No, nothing, nothing!" Sunset replied all flustered as she shoved more food into her mouth while blushing profusely. "Okay..." Trixie replied feeling very confused. Minutes passed by as the two sat in silence, neither of the two not knowing what to say after Sunset's awkward outburst. All that could be was the train in the distance and a slight breeze flowing through the trees. After a while, the silence became too dull for The magician. "Trixie would... um, like to thank you Sunset for carrying her to bed last night. It was greatly appreciated." The blushed wildly as she pushed around her food. "Oh, it was nothing." Sunset smiled brushing it off. The fact Sunset didn't make a big deal of it made Trixie happy. "So did Princess Twilight have anything to say on the matter?" "How did you know?" Sunset asked surprised. "Trixie saw you last night. It was a brief eye open, but enough to see what was going on. So did she have any idea?" "She said that she had a bad feeling about things and said something doesn't seem right and would get to the bottom of everything when she gets back. But Its Twilight being Twilight, it's an open and shut case from where I stand." Sunset sighed. "I'm sorry Sunset." "It Doesn't matter anymore, how long have we got before school anyway?" The bacon haired girl asked casually, while also dreading the day ahead. "Oh, it started an hour ago," Trixie stated casually before taking a sip of coffee. "Wait what? But we have detention! Its gonna be worse if we're late today!" Sunset as she was confused by Trixie's relaxed state. "Oh, we're bunking today," Trixie smirked. "Tomorrow is Saturday so we don't have to worry about getting in trouble until Monday which is two days away." "But isn't this gonna cast more bad light on me." Sunset tried to argue. "Oh come on Shimmer, live life on the edge like The Great and Powerful Trixie does!" Trixie stood up smiling from ear to ear. Sunset was trying to think of come back, but she couldn't think of one and it was mostly to do with the fact she didn't want to go to school today anyway. "Okay, Trixie what do you have in mind." "We're going to catch a Train." Trixie gave Sunset one of the evilest smiles. At first, Sunset didn't see any problem until it dawned on her and she looked over to the Train on the going past on the tracks. "Oh no, what have I got myself into!" The pony-girl thought to herself.