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// The Morning After 
// Story: My Very Little Ponyfics 
// by Lurks-no-More 
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Trixie woke up to someone poking her in the flank. She opened her eyes, squinting against the morning sunlight pouring in through the door of the garden shed where she'd spent her night.

It was a white rabbit, glaring at her rather nastily. "Stop bothering the Great and Powerful Trixie!" she grumbled, shooing the rabbit away with her hoof. It scowled and poked her again, harder.

With an annoyed huff, Trixie gathered her magic and pushed the rabbit out before closing the door again. Five more minutes, and then she'd head back to reclaim her possessions...

Just as she was about to doze off, the door opened again. "Insolent vermin!" Trixie snarled, preparing to throw the rabbit all the way to Ponyville. Then she saw he wasn't alone, but had brought a yellow pegasus with him.

"What the-?!"

"eeeeeep!"





"Whaddayamean, you slept through the entire Ursa rampage?" Trixie asked through a mouthful of oatmeal. After somehow forcing her to apologize to the rabbit, the pegasus, Fluttershy, had been kind enough to offer her a breakfast.

"I'm a deep sleeper," the pegasus said shyly. "It must have been very frightening, although I wish I'd seen Twilight pacifying it. More tea?"

Trixie almost spat out her oatmeal. "Y-you know Twilight Sparkle?"

"Oh yes. She's one of my closest friends. Not that I have very many of them."

An idea began to form in Trixie's head. "Say, Fluttershy..."





"You realize Trixie's taking advantage of you, Fluttershy?" Twilight asked as she helped the saddlebags, bulging with salvage, onto her friend's back. "She'll go right back to her tricks once she's out of your door."

"Um. Maybe? But everypony deserves a little kindness. And when she leaves, she'll remember this, and maybe be nicer in the next town." Fluttershy smiled. "It's worth trying, at least."