A Twixie Love Story

by Yukito


A Twixie Day In Ponyville

Twilight woke up with a groan. She had lost track of how many times that same nightmare played itself in her mind, only to be escalated each time. ‘This time, there was never any real Trixie to begin with.

She rolled over and stared at the sleeping face of the blue pony next to her. ‘Well, they’re just nightmares. I’ve got the real one right here,’ she thought to herself as she gently wrapped her forelegs around Trixie, attempting to hold her close without waking her up.

She failed, however, and Trixie started to stir and wake up. “… Good morning, Twilight,” Trixie said, smiling at the sight of Twilight’s face first thing in the morning. The best part was, she could look forward to this every day, from now on.

“Sorry,” Twilight apologized, “I didn’t mean to wake you.”

Trixie responded by leaning forward and planting a kiss on Twilight’s forehead. “It’s fine,” she said, though truthfully she was a little annoyed at being awoken slightly earlier than she would have liked. “Trixie’s just surprised you’re able to wake up so early… We did go all out, last night. Where do you find all this energy?”

Twilight blushed at Trixie’s reminder of last night’s events, and tried to bury her head under the covers, only for Trixie to put her hoof to Twilight’s chin and lift it back out.

“I sure hope Spike is feeling better,” Twilight said, trying to shift the topic.

“He seemed okay last night,” she said, grinning seductively into Twilight’s eyes. “More importantly-”

“Only because I finally gave him permission to have his own room,” Twilight said.

“Twilight-”

“But when I told him you’d be living here, he seemed a little… well, it’s hard to explain, but I’m sure he was just trying to not make me worry.”

“Twilight-”

“Oh, maybe I should have spoken to him right after coming back from Fillydelphia. I just hope he isn’t bottling his true feelings up.”

“Twilight!” Twilight flinched, and turned her attention back to Trixie. “You’re overreacting. Trixie can tell that Spike is a lot stronger than you give him credit for.”

Twilight looked at her with pleading eyes. “You sure?”

Trixie nodded, and Twilight breathed a sigh of relief. “Anyway,” Trixie said, leaning closer to Twilight. “Trixie believes this is the point where you give her your morning kiss?”

Twilight smiled, and moved forward to kiss Trixie on the lips. She was expecting it, but was still surprised when Trixie suddenly held her tightly, and rolled her onto her back. The blue showmare was now on top of the purple librarian, and was looking down at her with a menacing grin on her face.

“Really? So early?” Twilight asked, pretending to be too tired.

“That’s right, and you can get used to it, too,” Trixie said, leaning down and planting a few kisses on Twilight’s neck.

“Oh no, I think I made a mistake,” Twilight joked as she sent her hooves down to Trixie’s flank. She stopped her exploring though, when she saw a pair of wide, green eyes staring right at her.

She let out a loud squeal and pushed Trixie off of her, sending the showmare crashing down to the floor. “S-Spike! W-What’s up?!” she asked, trying to act calm and casual… and failing.

Spike still continued staring straight ahead of him for a few seconds, before shaking his head and trying to purge the image he had just seen from his thoughts. “Um… A letter from the Princess,” he said, holding up a scroll.

Twilight smiled and levitated the scroll over to herself. She stared at it for a bit, and then back at Spike, who seemed to be unsure of how to proceed next. “Thanks, Spike. You can go back downstairs now, if you want,” she said, adding the last part so as to not make it sound like she wanted him gone.

Spike nodded, and began to walk downstairs, before stopping and fiddling with his tail as a certain thought crossed his mind. He turned back to Twilight, his face completely red. “Um… Twilight?”

“Yes, Spike?” Twilight asked, still smiling at her assistant.

“Um… About the basement… You asked if there was anything else I wanted for it?”

Twilight nodded. “Is there something you have in mind?”

“… It’s… not soundproof,” he said, and then ran downstairs, leaving that thought in the air for Twilight to work out for herself.

“… Oh Celestia,” Twilight said, her own face blushing now.

“‘Oh Celestia’ is right!” Trixie shouted, getting up from the floor and rubbing her back. “Oh, and Trixie is fine, by the way! Thanks for asking!”

Twilight giggled sheepishly at Trixie as she climbed back onto the bed, and lay down next to Twilight. The mood was gone now, but she still didn’t feel like getting up just yet. Unfortunately for Trixie, Twilight had other plans in mind.

“C’mon, we have to start early today,” Twilight said, nuzzling Trixie’s cheek.

Trixie shifted a little bit, and then rolled over to face Twilight. “Why?”

“We’ve got a lot to do today. We’ve got to move some things around in the basement, decorate it a bit so it doesn’t look so gloomy, patch things up with Derpy…” Trixie’s face cringed a little at that, but Twilight sent her a reassuring smile. “Don’t worry, you’re not the first. Derpy’s sensitive about her eyes, but also has a bad habit of bringing up things that may be touchy subjects. She means well, she just… doesn’t really realize what she’s doing.

“Anyway, she’ll forgive you if you apologize. Take it from somepony who’s experienced it personally.”

Trixie smiled at the fortunate news. It was sort of her thing to badmouth somepony to assert her dominance, but there were certain lines that even she never dared to cross, even in the most grim situations. Bringing up a disorder is one of them, and she couldn’t believe she did just that yesterday, even when under the impression that this ‘Derpy Hooves’ was okay with it.

“We’ve also got to get you settled into Ponyville,” Twilight said.

Trixie shot her a confused look. “We moved all of Trixie’s things in last night, remember? Or did Trixie just dream all of that up?”

Twilight giggled and stroked Trixie’s mane, eliciting a soft purr from the other mare. “No, no. I mean, stuff like getting your citizenship officially signed by the mayor, filling out your ‘change of address’ forms, getting you a library card-”

“Is that necessary when Trixie lives in the library?” Trixie asked, receiving a look from Twilight as if to tell her that was a stupid question. “Erm… Go on?”

“… Spa points card, since I know how much you love spas, finding you a job… Oh, and of course paying a visit to the Ponyville Adoption Centre.”

Trixie nodded at each item listed, and then the last one clicked in her mind. She bolted up quickly and looked at Twilight with a panicked look on her face. “W-What?!”

Twilight giggled and pressed a hoof to Trixie’s nose. “Gotcha,” she said playfully, giggling even more.

Trixie’s panic died down, and she breathed a sigh of relief, before looking at Twilight with an un-amused look on her face. “That wasn’t very funny, Sparkle.”

Twilight pretended to be upset, though it didn’t help that she was still giggling. “Oh, no! What have I done? Now you’re last-naming me!” She leaned forward and rested her head on Trixie’s shoulder.

Trixie sighed and returned the hug. Then, something else clicked in her mind. “Wait,” she said, pushing Twilight away. “What do you mean, ‘finding Trixie a job’?”

“Oh, well, y’know… since you’re living in Ponyville now…”

Trixie shook her head. “Trixie thinks you misunderstand, Twilight,” she said, causing worry to spread throughout Twilight’s body. “Trixie is living here now, that is true. But, she has no intention of giving up her travelling performance.”

“What? But… I… You…”

“Oh, but don’t worry,” Trixie said reassuringly. “Trixie will still spend as much time here as possible. Most likely, Trixie will just stick to weekends for her performances.”

Twilight let out a relieved sigh. For a moment, she was worried that her nightmares of Trixie leaving her were coming true.

“I see… Well, that’s one item we can cross off for today,” Twilight said, before climbing out of bed. “Now, let’s go. We have about forty-five minutes to eat breakfast, and there’s something I want to talk about with you and Spike.”

Trixie raised an eyebrow. “And that is?”


“We clearly need some new house rules,” Twilight declared, confusing the other two sitting at the table. “After all, we can’t have Spike constantly walking in on us like that!” Twilight said, blushing a little as she recalled the incident this morning. Spike was also blushing.

“Trixie wouldn’t mind it so much if it didn’t result in a broken coccyx,” Trixie said, still rubbing her back in pain.

“And it’s not just that,” Twilight said, ignoring Trixie’s complaint. “We can’t just expect Spike to stay down in the basement whenever we want to… get close,” she said, her blush intensifying and her voice growing quiet as she tried to describe the act of lovemaking without actually describing it.

“Yeah!” Spike agreed. “This is my home too, y’know? I should get fair warning, a soundproof door for my new room, and you two should space out your make out sessions so that I’m not confined to the basement all day!”

Twilight nodded and turned to Spike. “All reasonable demands. The door goes without saying, and whilst I can’t speak for both of us…” she shot a quick glance at Trixie, who was whistling innocently to herself, “… I can assure you that I for one have plenty of self-control, and don’t have to spend every second of my life clinging onto my marefriend.”

“Trixie’s not clinging to you right now,” Trixie argued.

“Trixie, your hooves are touching mine under the table,” Twilight said, causing Spike to make a gagging expression. “And stop rubbing them like that!”

“… Fine, so Trixie likes to be close to you! Is that such a crime?”

“There’s a difference between being intimate, and just denying me any personal space!”

“Says the pony who tried to seduce Trixie first thing in the morning.”

“That was you! Seducing me!”

“Too much information!” Spike shouted, breaking up the argument between the two.

Twilight cleared her throat, embarrassed by the side of her that she had hoped Spike would never see, and tried to maintain her composure. “Sorry, Spike. Anyway, the ‘giving you fair warning’ bit shouldn’t be too difficult. I could probably write up a timetable in, oh, five minutes?”

Trixie rolled her eyes and snorted. “Great. We’re gonna have the most organized sex life in all of Equestria,” she said sarcastically. “Whatever happened to good old ‘spur of the moment’ romance?”

Twilight was about to scold Trixie for making fun of the wondrous system that is proper organization, but found that the showmare had actually raised a good point. One of the things she had learned from Trixie was that spontaneous romance was much more enjoyable than dates where everything goes according to plan. Maybe it’s her neat and well planned-out side that finds the idea of doing things randomly, rather than by the book, rather endearing.

Trixie took a bite into her cereal, and scrunched her face up. Twilight frowned and looked over at Spike, who was eating the same cereal just fine. “Something wrong, Trixie?”

Trixie swallowed, and shook her head. “N-No?” she said as she lifted up another spoonful, and put it in her mouth. It was clear to Twilight that Trixie was going through so much trouble to eat her breakfast on the other side of her mouth, and when Twilight leaned over and poked Trixie’s right cheek, the showmare let out a loud yelp, spitting cereal in Twilight’s face.

“… Trixie,” Twilight said, levitating a hoofkerchief and wiping the cereal from her face. “Is there something you’d like to tell me?”

“I-It’s nothing,” Trixie said, putting her spoon down and helping to clean up the mess by levitating her own hoofkerchief over. “It’s just a little pain that comes and goes. Nothing major.”

Twilight didn’t buy it though, and walked around the table over to Trixie. “Open,” she ordered. Trixie obeyed, and Twilight’s horn lit up so that she could see inside Trixie’s mouth more clearly. “… Trixie, when was the last time you went to the dentist?”

Trixie closed her mouth and thought about it. “Um… Trixie had to go once or twice whilst she was in Celestia’s School, so… back then?”

Twilight’s mouth hung open in shock. “That long?!”

“The Great and Powerful Trixie takes good care of her teeth, she’ll have you know!”

Twilight groaned and held a hoof to her forehead. She remained silent for a time, her mouth moving but no words coming out. Finally, she removed her hoof and looked over at the clock. “Alright, so we’ve now got ‘soundproof basement’ and ‘take Trixie to the dentist’ added to the list,” she said. “It’ll be difficult, but if all goes well, we should be able to fit it all into today’s schedule.”

“Now hold on a second!” Trixie shouted. “The Great and Powerful Trixie has no intention of visiting any dentists!”

Twilight frowned, and used her magic to lift a spoonful of cereal up to Trixie’s mouth. “Eat this,” she said. Trixie hesitantly obeyed, making sure to keep the food in the left side of her mouth at all times. “With your other side.” Trixie stopped, and then slowly moved the food over…

“MMM!” She kept her mouth closed, but tears began to run down her face as she slowly chewed the food. Eventually, it became too much, and she simply swallowed it all in one go. When she was done, she began panting heavily, before looking up at Twilight with a smug grin on her face. “T-There!”

Twilight, however, was not convinced. “You’re going,” she said flatly.

Trixie wasn’t finished complaining. “Trixie hates dentists! They’re merciless, cold-hearted monsters who enjoy watching foals squirm in pain!”

“Well then, good thing you’re not a foal,” Twilight said, smiling as she leaned down to nuzzle Trixie’s cheek… Naturally, her good cheek. “C’mon, it’ll be fine. I promise you.”

Trixie’s tail began wagging from the affectionate nuzzling from Twilight, but she wouldn’t allow herself to be manipulated so easily. “The Great and Powerful Trixie will not-”

“I’ll wear that saddle you like to bed tonight,” Twilight whispered, cutting off Trixie’s outburst.

Trixie swallowed the lump in her throat, and found herself unable to resist any longer. “… Fine,” she said.

Twilight almost let out a small cheer for her victory, but instead simply pulled away and turned to Spike. “Sorry, Spike. It seems we’re going to have to get to work on your new room later than we originally planned.”

Spike sighed and shook his head. “It’s fine. You two have fun… I’ll just… sit here and read, or something. I’ll be fine…”

Twilight looked guilty at the thought of leaving Spike all on his own like that, and was about to say something. To her surprise, it was Trixie who spoke up first.

“Y’know, Trixie will be gone this weekend,” she said, causing Spike to look her way. “Trixie hears the weather will be simply wonderful on Saturday. Perhaps a picnic would be a good idea?”

Spike’s face lit up, and he turned to Twilight with a hopeful smile on his face. Twilight smiled back, and nodded her head. “That sounds like a good idea,” she said.

“Then, maybe you could spend the time alone today organizing said picnic?”

Spike immediately jumped to his feet, and turned to Trixie. “You got it!” he said excitedly. He spun around made his way towards his new room, before stopping for a moment and turning back around to face Trixie. “Um… Thanks,” he said, before rushing down into the basement before she could respond.

Twilight gave Trixie a sly smile. “What?” Trixie asked.

“That was very nice of you,” Twilight said, before planting a gentle kiss on Trixie’s cheek.

“You sound surprised.”

“I just… didn’t think you two would get along so easily.”

“Well, he has his uses,” Trixie said, bringing a confused look to Twilight’s face. “Trixie needs him to make sure you don’t go insane whilst Trixie is away.”

Twilight frowned at Trixie’s comment. Trixie, meanwhile, was grinning and barely suppressing a chuckle. “Alright, let’s go,” Twilight said, pulling Trixie’s ear via her magic. “Derpy’s house is on the way to the dentist’s office. You can apologize on the way.”

“Not so rough!” Trixie shouted, making sure it was loud enough that Spike, and maybe anypony outside, could hear. “No, Twilight! Not there!”

Twilight’s face blushed furiously, and she quickly let go of Trixie’s ear. “S-Stop that!” she shouted, looking towards the window to see if anypony was outside. “Otherwise, I won’t tell the dentist to be gentle with you!”

Trixie and Twilight glared at each other for a few seconds. “Touché,” Trixie said. She walked past Twilight and levitated her hat and cape onto her body. “Well then, let’s get this over with. Any tips?”

It didn’t take Twilight long at all to answer that question. “Muffins,” she said.

“Muffins?”


“MUFFINS!”

Derpy reached out and grabbed the box of muffins in Trixie’s magical aura. She picked one up and gazed at it lovingly, before taking a big bite out of it and chewing it slowly. She gave Trixie an approving nod, before proceeding to eat the rest of the muffin in one bite.

Trixie stared at her in bewilderment, until she received a nudge from Twilight. Trixie waited for Derpy to finish her muffin, but frowned when Derpy simply moved on to the next straight away. “Um…”

Derpy stopped eating and turned her attention to the two mares still at her door. She realised what she was doing, and put the muffins down on the floor beside her, blushing as she shot them a nervous smile. “Eheheh… Sorry about that,” she said. “I just really like muffins, you see…”

No kidding,’ Trixie thought to herself, but restrained herself from saying it out loud. “It’s perfectly fine,” she said. “Anyway, Trixie’s here today to apologize for the event that happened yesterday.” Trixie removed her hat and bowed her head.

“Yesterday…” Derpy mumbled to herself. She suddenly remembered, and her blush from moments ago returned. “Oh, no! I should be the one to apologize! I didn’t mean to make such a big deal out of it, I just… can’t help it when somepony asks me about my eyes…”

Trixie shook her head. “Trixie shouldn’t have brought it up, without knowing whether it was okay or not.”

“I brought up your eye,” Derpy argued.

“That doesn’t mean it was okay for Trixie to bring up yours.”

“Really, I overreacted. And then Rainbow Dash tried to get you back for it, right? I’m sorry.”

“No, that was Trixie’s fault, too. Trixie antagonized Rainbow Tr-Dash, instead of walking away. Really, you’re not to blame.”

“But I am! I shouldn’t have expected you to know any better!”

“Don’t take Trixie for a fool! She knows there are boundaries not to cross, and she crossed one yesterday! Trixie is sorry!”

I’m sorry!”

“But you don’t need to be!”

“No, you don’t-”

“UGH! Will you two cut it out already?!” Twilight shouted, breaking up the two ponies’ argument. “Look, Derpy, Trixie feels she did something wrong yesterday, and feels terrible about it.” She turned her attention to Trixie. “Don’t you, Trixie?”

Trixie nodded, and Twilight continued. “And it seems you feel bad for causing the misunderstanding between Trixie and Rainbow Dash, is that correct?”

“Yeah…” Derpy said, her expression sinking a little bit.

“Then, I’m sure it would mean a lot to Trixie if you accepted her apology… and Trixie, I think Derpy would probably feel better if you did the same.”

The two looked at each other for a moment, before both speaking at the same time. They stopped, and tried again, only to get the same result. Twilight facehooved.

“Um…” Derpy said, managing to get a word in first the third time round. “I’m sorry about yesterday… and I accept your apology, too.”

Trixie blushed, and turned to Twilight for a moment. After receiving an encouraging nod, she turned back to Derpy. “T-Trixie is sorry, too. She will accept your apology, and hopes that we can be on good terms from now on.”

Derpy’s smile came back to life, and she hovered into the air… and hit her head on the ceiling. “Ow…” she moaned as she rubbed her head. “… Yeah, I’d like that!”

Trixie and Derpy smiled and shook hooves, and beside them, Twilight had a smile of her own, both from seeing the two mares make up, and also from seeing Trixie make another new friend.

The two new friends wanted to stay and chat for a while, but Twilight told Derpy that Trixie had to go make an appointment with the dentist. Derpy bid them farewell, and Twilight had to drag Trixie out of the house, the other mare trying everything she could to delay the inevitable.


“Trixie hates all dentists,” Trixie said bitterly, pouting as she stood outside the Ponyville dentistry.

“You’ll love Minuette, or ‘Colgate’, as the foals call her.”

“That’s what that teacher said about Trixie’s first, and what she had hoped to be her last dentist.”

Twilight rolled her eyes, and connected her hoof with Trixie’s. “C’mon, it’ll be fine. I’ll even stay there with you, okay?”

“You’d better,” Trixie said, giving Twilight the most adorable look the librarian had ever seen. Whether it was intentional, or just an effect of knowing she was about to visit a dentist, Twilight didn’t know.

The Great and Powerful Trixie’s fears – Ursa minors, upsetting me, and, apparently, dentists…

The two entered the giant tooth-shaped building, to be greeted with an empty waiting room. There was a glass table in the middle, with a pile of magazines that visitors could help themselves to, and benches on either side of the room.

Minuette was sitting at the reception counter, looking bored out of her skull, but she suddenly perked up upon hearing the door open.

“Welcome! Here to make an appointment?” she asked cheerfully, with a hint of desperation in her voice. She lost her smile, and immediately frowned at the two visitors. “Or are you just here for directions?”

Twilight shook her head, and approached the counter with a reluctant Trixie, who was glaring at the dentist on the other side. “We’re here for an appointment,” Twilight said, immediately being graced by Minuette’s sparkling white teeth as a response.

“Great! Name?”

Twilight motioned for Trixie to move forward and introduce herself. “… The Great and Powerful Trixie.”

“Uh, that won’t quite fit,” Minuette said, looking down at her form. “Can I just shorten it to ‘Great’?”

Twilight was about to speak up, but Trixie beat her to it. “Fine, if you must. It’s not like one can expect much from a mere dentist.”

Twilight bit her lip, and looked over at Minuette. Thankfully, she didn’t seem so insulted. In fact, she was still smiling, and humming a tune as she filled out the form. Business must have been going slowly lately.

“And what exactly is the problem, Ms. Great?”

Trixie pointed her nose into the air. “Absolutely nothing!” she declared.

The room was silent, save for the sound of the ceiling fan spinning above them. Twilight sighed and slammed a hoof into her face. “The right side of her mouth hurts whenever she tries to eat. I think it might be a cavity.”

“A cavity?!” Minuette exclaimed, her smile turning into a wide, toothy grin. Yep, business must have been very slow lately indeed. “And when would you like to see me? I’m free now, or you can come back later, if you wish.”

Trixie was about to suggest ‘never’. “Now would be great,” Twilight said, receiving a glare and a hiss from Trixie.

“Traitor!” Trixie said.

“Look, we’ll just get this over and done with, okay? Trust me, Minuette is a great dentist.”

“Trixie demands to see reviews from actual patients!”

“A-hem.” The two turned around to see Minuette standing outside of her office, motioning for Trixie to follow her. “If you’re ready, could you come this way please?”

Twilight led Trixie by her hoof towards the office. “She’s a little nervous. You don’t mind me sitting in with her, do you?”

Minuette shook her head. “Not at all. I know us dentists aren’t exactly the most liked bunch in the world…” She shot Trixie a grin, that Twilight saw as reassuring, but that Trixie saw as demonic. “… But trust me, I’ll be gentle.”


“Trixie, stop squirming!” Twilight said, five minutes into the appointment, with nothing accomplished.

“Tell her to stop putting her hooves into Trixie’s mouth, then!”

“She’s supposed to put her hooves in your mouth, so that she can get a good look at your teeth!”

“Well Trixie doesn’t like it!”

“Do you want this to end, or not?”

“Of course Trixie does!”

“Then let her do her job!”

“Um, girls?” The arguing couple turned to Minuette, both with furious looks on their faces. “Uh, if I may make a suggestion?”

Twilight sighed and took a seat in the chair behind her. “Go ahead. Right now, I’m willing to try anything.” ‘Even forbidden magic is a pretty tempting option right now.

“Well, how about you let me demonstrate on you how safe it is?” The two looked at her with strange looks. “I mean, it always works on rowdy foals, so I thought-”

“The Great and Powerful Trixie is no foal!” Trixie shouted.

“Certainly acting like it, though,” Twilight said quietly.

“What was that?!”

“Nothing at all.”

“Don’t lie to Trixie! You said something about her, didn’t you?!”

“No, I didn’t!”

“Did so! Trixie can see it in your eyes!”

Twilight groaned, and stood up suddenly. “I have a better idea,” she said, her horn lighting up. The chair became engulfed in a purple light, and suddenly, seemed to come to life. It stretched and contorted, and the armrests and backrest stretched themselves, holding Trixie in place.

“There! She’s all yours, Minuette!”

Minuette cringed at her chair being used to restrain her patient, but had to admit that it did help. “T-Thank you, Ms. Sparkle.”

Trixie struggled against her restraints, but found that they held her down quite nicely. “Darn it! You will pay for this, Twilight Sparkle!”

Minuette smiled innocently at Trixie, and leaned closer to her. “Say ‘aah’, Ms. Trixie!”


Trixie rubbed her mouth as she and Twilight left the dentist’s office. “Thank you, Minuette,” Twilight said, before turning to Trixie. “Say ‘thank you’, Trixie.”

“… My mouth feels weird…” the showmare mumbled, staring down at the floor rather angrily.

“She sends her appreciations,” Twilight said to Minuette. After paying the dentist for her services, the two ponies left the dentistry, and started to walk towards the town hall. “Would you stop moping already?” Twilight said after just ten seconds of walking.

“Why does my mouth feel like this? How long will this last?”

“It’ll be numb for a while. Just bear with it. At least now you can eat without feeling any pain.” Trixie huffed, prompting Twilight to place a reassuring hoof around her marefriend, pulling her closer. “And, for being on such… okay behaviour, I’ll treat you to some ice-cream when your mouth feels better.”

Trixie perked up at the offer of free ice-cream, but she still couldn’t help but focus most of her attention on her numb mouth. “Trixie won’t hold back.”

Twilight rolled her eyes. “You eat too much, and you’ll get another cavity.”

“The Great and Powerful Trixie will be fine. This one was just a fluke.”

“If you say so… Ah, we’re here,” Twilight said, pointing at the town hall that stood before them. “Alright, I’ll leave it up to you.”

Trixie watched Twilight begin to leave. “What? Where are you going?”

“I’ve got other things I need to attend to. Just get all the necessary paperwork filled out and filed, and then meet me at the spa.” Twilight gave Trixie a wink, before heading off down the street.

“… My mouth feels weird,” Trixie said to herself as she brought a hoof up to rub her mouth. She turned towards the town hall, and shrugged. “Well, might as well get this over with.”


“And initials here…” Trixie wrote her initials on the dotted line. “Signature here.” Trixie signed where indicated. “And, congratulations! You’re now officially a citizen of Ponyville, and your ‘change of address’ shall take effect starting tomorrow at noon.”

Trixie thanked the mayor, and left the room. That went easier than she thought, though it did take a lot longer than she thought, too. Thirty whole minutes of boring, tedious paperwork. The change of address hardly even seemed necessary to her; she never really got that much mail in the first place.

“She wanted Trixie to meet her at the spa, right?” Trixie asked herself as she walked through the town hall’s lobby. Whilst she was lost in thought, and as she approached the door, she didn’t notice it opening towards her until it smacked her in the face.

“Ow!” she cried out, rubbing the top of her head. ‘Great! Now the top half hurts, and the bottom half’s numb! And I’m sure I’m gonna feel the pain from this impact on my lower half later…

“Whoa! Sorry about that,” a familiar voice called out. “Wait, never mind. Not sorry at all.”

Trixie raised her head, and indeed saw that the owner of that voice was Rainbow Dash. Of all the ponies for her to run into…

“So, I take it you’re here to get your citizenship?” Rainbow asked, glaring bitterly at Trixie.

“Was. Just got it,” Trixie said, returning the glare. “And now Trixie is on her way to meet with Twilight, so she doesn’t have time to stay and chat.”

“… If you even dare make her cry, I’ll make sure you’re never welcome in Ponyville ever again. You got that?”

Trixie scoffed, and walked past Rainbow Dash without saying a word. ‘Fool. I don’t need to promise anything to you… Of course I’ll never make her cry.


Trixie entered the spa lobby, and found Twilight sitting down, waiting for her. She smiled and approached the purple mare, who was caught up reading one of the complementary magazines that were available for visitors.

“Did you wait long?” she asked once she was closer to Twilight.

Twilight didn’t look up from her magazine. Whatever she was reading, it must have been interesting. “Twilight?” Trixie tried again, but still nothing. ‘Alright then, I’ll accept your challenge.

Trixie crept up on Twilight, and leaned down to nibble on the mare’s ear. This caused Twilight to jump up and toss her magazine forward, yelping in the process. “T-Trixie?!” she asked when she turned to face the grinning showmare. “W-What’re you doing?”

“You back to reality, Twilight Sparkle?” Trixie teased, leaning forward to kiss Twilight’s cheek. “Trixie’s citizenship and change of address have been approved.”

Twilight smiled, and planted a kiss of her own on Trixie’s cheek in return. “That’s good. I have something here for you.” Trixie backed off, and let Twilight pull something out of her bag. It was two cards, both of which she offered to Trixie. “These are the cards I was talking about this morning, remember?”

Trixie thought back, and recalled her talking about a library card and a spa points card. These must have been them. Upon closer inspection, Trixie saw that these were indeed the cards in question. But, something seemed strange somehow… She examined both cards again, trying to put her hoof on what was wrong with them…

Was it the colour schemes? Blue and pink for the spa points card, and blue and white for the library card… No, that wasn’t it. Was the information on either incorrect? Her name was typed correctly onto each card. Naturally, there was no date of birth present on the library card.

Was it the picture on the library card? Beautiful blue coat, fine silver hair, graceful smile that showed she was not only great and powerful, but also smart and sophisticated. Seemed fine to her…

Wait.

“How did you get this picture?” Trixie asked, holding the library card up in her magic.

Twilight wagged her hoof in the air, in a manner familiar to the showmare. “Ah-ah-aah, Trixie. A magician never reveals her secrets,” Twilight said, using her magic to levitate Trixie’s hat off of the showmare’s head, and onto her own.

Trixie scowled at the poor impersonation of her Great and Powerful self, and stowed the two cards away into her own bag. “Trixie hopes you haven’t been taking too many secret pictures of her.”

Twilight smiled innocently as she tilted her hat downwards a bit. “Who, me? Why, of course not.”

Trixie took a step forward, still frowning, but Twilight didn’t budge. “My mouth is starting to feel better now,” Trixie said.

“Oh?”

“Trixie believes she vowed revenge for you betraying her in the dentistry?”

Twilight leaned forward, eyes half lidded. “What have ya got in mind?”

Trixie leaned forward, ready to kiss Twilight on the lips. Twilight was ready to receive it. But it never happened. Just as Trixie puckered her lips, a sharp pain passed through her left cheek, and she clutched it quickly in pain. “OWWWW!”

Twilight looked at her incredulously. “Really? Another cavity, so soon?”

Trixie shook her head. “No, this must be from when Rainbow Dash slammed a door into Trixie’s face…”

Twilight’s eyes widened, and she quickly grabbed a hold of Trixie’s shoulders. “Wait, are you serious?! She did that?!” Trixie nodded. “Ugh, just great… I was hoping to have a word with her today, but there was so much that needed to be done, and then the whole dentist thing happened… I’m sorry, Trixie. I didn’t expect she’d-”

Trixie rose a hoof to cut her off, the pain in her cheek subsiding a little bit. “No, don’t misunderstand. This time, it wasn’t on purpose.”

Twilight felt a pang of hope. “It wasn’t?”

“No, though Trixie can’t say that it improves her opinion of her any…”

Twilight sighed, and wrapped her forelegs around Trixie. “Well, as long as you’re okay.”

“Oh! Good morning, Twilight.” Twilight ended the hug, and she and Trixie turned their heads to the source of the new, quiet voice that had presented itself to them. Walking towards them was a yellow Pegasus pony who, upon seeing Trixie, proceeded to hide herself behind her pink mane.

“Oh, good morning, Trixie…”

Trixie smiled and bowed her head a little. “Good afternoon, Fluttershy.”

Fluttershy squeaked, and ducked further behind her mane. “Oh, yes, afternoon. S-Sorry…”

“Why are you hiding behind your mane like that?” Twilight asked. “Oh, wait… let me guess, Rainbow Dash told you about yesterday, didn’t she?” Fluttershy nodded, and Twilight felt a headache starting to form. It was a good thing she was about to book a relaxing soak in one of the spa’s baths. “Look, Fluttershy, I don’t know what Rainbow may have told you, but-”

“I-I’m sure it’s not as bad as she said it was,” Fluttershy said. “That’s not why I’m hiding, I’m just… not sure if Rainbow Dash would react well if she found out I was talking to Trixie…”

Behind Fluttershy, Rarity approached the group and greeted the yellow Pegasus. “Fluttershy, darling, I’m sorry for moving our appointment up a bit! I just-” Rarity stopped when she noticed the two Unicorns before her, and bit her lower lip. “Twilight,” she greeted with a nod of her head.

“Hi, Rarity,” Twilight answered back, trying not to show her nervousness.

“… Trixie,” Rarity mumbled, managing to turn her head to face the blue showmare.

“Good afternoon, Miss Rarity,” Trixie said, without even the slightest hint of tension in her voice. “Well then, Twilight, perhaps we should get going?”

“Get going?” Twilight asked, looking confused. “Trixie, you do know why I asked you to meet me here, right?”

“… So that you didn’t have to walk back to town hall after you were done with your tasks?”

Twilight shook her head, looking mildly offended at the implications that she was very lazy. “I booked us for a spa treatment, to help you unwind after yesterday’s… Well, you know.” She turned her head towards her two friends. “I don’t suppose you two wanna…”

Rarity looked between Twilight, who had a hopeful, almost pleading look on her face, and Fluttershy, who, despite trying to give a look of indifference to Rarity, was quite clearly hoping to spend some time with all three of them.

Rarity looked around, as if to make sure she wasn’t being watched, and then let out a sigh. “Personally, I would prefer not to,” she said.

Twilight’s face fell, and she turned to walk away. “Oh, right. Sorry…”

“Indeed. Come, Fluttershy. Let us be off to our own appointments.” Fluttershy nodded. “I’ll let you lead, Fluttershy. If we happen to end up sharing our slot with another two ponies by any chance, I suppose I shall just have to bear with it.” To make sure her friend caught the hint, Rarity gave Fluttershy a very noticeable wink.

The Pegasus smiled, and nodded her head in understanding. “Um, Twilight?” Fluttershy called out, stopping the two Unicorns on their way further into the spa. “Um, I was wondering… if I could tag along with you? You know, if that’s okay with you…”

Twilight smiled, as did Trixie, and told the Pegasus that that would be okay. “Oh well then,” Rarity said. “I suppose, since I’ll be following Fluttershy, that I will just happen to be joining you today.”

Twilight giggled, and Trixie rolled her eyes. “You need acting lessons,” Trixie said. “If you were living on the streets, you’d be dead in a week.”

Rarity scoffed and turn her head, flicking her mane at the showmare in the process. “Please, darling. If I were living on the streets, I wouldn’t need to resort to acting to survive. I would use grace, charm…” Rarity stomped a hoof on the floor, causing the tile beneath her to start cracking. “… And a little tough love goes a long way, too.”

Trixie gulped at the crack formed on the tile, whilst Twilight quickly used her magic to start fixing it.

“Anyway,” Rarity said, turning her attention back to the group. “Shall we?”


“Trixie doesn’t remember much else about that night, but when she woke up, she had her head inside a wheel, and a goat was chewing on her tail… To this day, none of us remember where we even got that goat from!”

As Trixie finished her story, she lowered herself into the mud bath before her, the other three doing the same with their own mud baths. “Well, that was… certainly interesting,” Rarity said.

“Yeah,” Twilight agreed. “You know, when I asked you to tell a story you hadn’t told me before, it didn’t have to be one quite so… personal.”

Trixie titled her head at the unexpected reactions to her story. “Personal? That was one of the proudest moments in Trixie’s life!”

Rarity looked at Trixie questioningly. “How so?”

“Trixie’s first time drinking, and she won her first drinking contest? What’s not to be proud of?”

“Well, you were nine,” Rarity said. “I’m sure your parents didn’t think much of it the next morning.”

Twilight quickly turned to Rarity and held up her forelegs in an ‘X’ shape, shaking her head quickly.

“Trixie’s parents were dead,” Trixie said. Rarity immediately sank down a little into her mud bath, muttering words of apology. “It’s fine,” Trixie insisted. “It happened a long time ago, and besides…” Trixie reached over to Twilight, and pulled her as close as she could without either of them leaving their mud baths. “Trixie has Twilight now!”

Twilight blushed, and tried to avoid eye contact with anypony.

“But still,” Fluttershy started, flinching a little when the other three focused their attentions on her. “What responsible adults let a small child drink any amount of alcohol, let alone enough to get them drunk?”

Trixie rolled her eyes and released Twilight Sparkle. “Well, maybe in Ponyville it doesn’t happen, but in big cities, like Canterlot and Manehatten, children get drunk all the time.” The three looked at her with faces that showed they were in absolute shock at the news. “It helps ease the pain,” Trixie explained.

“But, it’s still not right,” Fluttershy insisted, her voice picking up as she and Trixie began a heated debate on the ethics of letting children drink alcohol.

Meanwhile, Twilight leaned over to speak to Rarity more quietly. “Hey, thanks for giving her a chance.”

“I don’t know what you mean,” Rarity said with a sly grin. “I’m just here with Fluttershy, who just happened to want to join you and Trixie.”

Twilight nodded and let out a small laugh. “Well, thanks anyway.” She shifted a little uncomfortably, and looked over at the clock. 13:45… She needed to delay Trixie for another three hours and forty-five minutes, at most. “Hey, what do you think I should say to Rainbow Dash and Applejack? You know, to help them understand?”

Rarity sighed, and leaned closer to Twilight. “Well, as far as Rainbow Dash is concerned, I would talk to Fluttershy rather than me. But even then, Rainbow Dash seems the type to make decisions on her own, rather than from the word of others. Remember Daring Do?”

Twilight giggled. “Yeah, you’re right there.”

“As for Applejack…” Rarity sighed again, and looked at Twilight with a serious look on her face. “I’m sorry, darling, but I honestly think you should just keep Trixie and Applejack as far away from each other as you possibly can.”

Whatever answer Twilight may have been expecting to hear, it certainly wasn’t this. “What do you mean? I know they got off on the wrong hoof, but Applejack is-”

“Kind, forgiving, generous, loyal, a good pony at heart… I know, but trust me, none of that applies when it comes to Trixie.”

Twilight scowled, and Rarity made sure to mention that this was from Applejack’s point of view, not her own. “Why not?”

“… It’s, not really my place to say. All I can tell you, is that Applejack has a… personal problem, that extends not just to Trixie, but to all showponies.”

“She seems fine with Flim and Flam.”

“Those two don’t really count… They’re salesponies who make a show of their products, but not showponies by trade… No, she hates ponies who make a living off of putting on shows for others. Magicians, storytellers, animal tamers, comedians… Why, even actors to a certain degree.”

Twilight shook her head in disbelief. “That can’t be true… Applejack, prejudiced against any kind of group?”

“I can’t say any more. But, if you really want answers, I think her brother may be willing to talk.”

Twilight, seeing that Rarity was intent on keeping whatever deep secret Applejack had a secret, decided to end the conversation there. “I’ll do just that… Thanks, Rarity.”

“You’re quite welcome, darling,” Rarity said.

“NO!” Fluttershy shouted, startling Rarity and Twilight, who turned around to see an angry Fluttershy, hovering above her mud bath. “It doesn’t matter what a child has been through! We, as responsible adults, have to set a good example for them to follow!”

She noticed the three ponies staring at her with wide eyes, and realised her little outburst. With a deep blush, she lowered herself back down into her mud bath. “Um… At least, that’s what I believe…”

Trixie shuddered, and Twilight leaned over to whisper into her ear: “By the way, that wasn’t even her mad state.”

For the rest of the spa treatment, Trixie shared a few tales of her days on the streets, making sure to cut out anything that would put her gang at risk. She had to stop many times to receive a hug from a sympathetic Fluttershy. She would have told her to stop, but after the previous performance, she preferred a huggy Fluttershy to a cross Fluttershy any day.


As Twilight and Trixie approached the library, Twilight felt her nerves starting to get the better of her. Her body tensed up, and she began fretting over whether the evening would go as she had planned.

“Twilight,” Trixie said, causing said pony to jump. “Be honest with Trixie. You’re planning something, aren’t you?”

Twilight silently cursed the other pony for apparently being so observant. “W-What do you mean?”

“Don’t play dumb with Trixie,” Trixie said. “After the spa treatment and lunch, you insisted on dragging Trixie all around the town, showing off every single building to her. Even the houses.”

“Well, I just wanted to make sure you knew where everything was.”

“Twice.” Twilight had no answer this time. “Trixie knows what’s going on.”

Twilight gulped. “Y-You do?” Trixie nodded. ‘Darn it! How does she know?!

“You’re trying to make Trixie forget about the dentist appointment this morning, aren’t you?”

Twilight blinked, and remained silent for a few seconds. “Uh…” When she realised that a chance to recover had presented itself, she quickly took it. “Uh, yeah! That’s it! That’s totally what I was trying to do!”

Trixie smiled, and nuzzled Twilight’s cheek lovingly. “It seems you’re not so bad after all,” she said, causing Twilight to breath out a sigh of relief. “But Trixie still expects the ice-cream you promised her.”

Twilight laughed, and turned around to open the library door. “Yeah, yeah… But first…”

The door opened, and Twilight walked inside without turning the lights on. Trixie followed, wondering why Twilight had left it so dark. The curtains were drawn, too, making it even darker than it should have been. ‘Wait. Did we draw the curtains when we left? Ah, it must have been Spike…

Trixie reached for the light switch, remembering vaguely where it was, and flipped on the lights, just as the door behind her closed.

“Surprise!” Twilight exclaimed, indeed taking Trixie by surprise. Trixie looked around and found the room dimly lit (she noticed that Twilight was magically altering the lights), and in the centre of the room, a very nice looking meal was being placed on a clothed table, with a single candle in the middle, along with a bottle of wine and some wine glasses.

“Happy birthday, Trixie,” Twilight said as she walked up to Trixie. “What do you think?”

Trixie looked at her with a mix of boredom, and confusion. “Didn’t Trixie tell you that she doesn’t have a birthday?”

“Well, yeah,” Twilight said. “But, I felt bad for you. Everypony deserves to celebrate their birthday after all. So I decided to throw you a party myself!” She levitated a small box that was sitting on her back, and gave it to Trixie. “Here. Sorry it’s not much, but you kinda forced me to step up my plans a bit, so I didn’t have much time to get you anything.”

Trixie grinned sheepishly at Twilight, and took the present into her magic. “Trixie’s sure she will like whatever you give her.” She opened it up to find a small chocolate cake inside, with frosting spelling out: ‘To Trixie, Love Twilight’ inside of a love heart.

Trixie felt her eyes watering up, and quickly leaned in to kiss Twilight before the other pony noticed her tears. She kept the kiss going long enough for her tears to stop, and then pulled away to thank Twilight. “Thank you… This is just…”

“There’s no need to thank me, silly,” Twilight said, using her magic to place the box to one side, and to turn on a nearby CD player. Romantic music started to play, and Twilight stood up on her hind legs, spreading her forelegs wide. “Dance with me?”

Trixie looked around the room, and then grinned at Twilight. “Dunno… Are you sure there’s enough space?”

Twilight rolled her eyes. “Come on, Trixie. You’re not that bad a dancer.”

Trixie narrowed her eyes, trying to determine whether that was a joke or not. “No, Trixie isn’t. You are, though.”

“Am not! And I’ll prove it, too!”

Trixie laughed, and stood up on her hind legs. “Something tells Trixie that she is going to regret this…” She and Twilight embraced, and started slow dancing to the music in the background. “Love you, Twilight…”

Twilight rested her head on Trixie’s shoulder. “I love you too, Trixie.” The music changed suddenly from romantic, to rather fast-paced party music. “Alright, Trixie! This is how we party in Ponyville! Try to keep up.”

Trixie watched as Twilight suddenly started thrashing around like a lunatic, almost kicking various objects here and there, if it weren’t for Trixie’s magic moving them out of the way in time. Twilight beckoned Trixie to join in, and the showmare let out a reluctant sigh. ‘Aaaand, the mood’s gone… Also, I hope she’s drunk right now, otherwise she really needs dance lessons…