"Thanks for letting me come with you on your deliveries Big Macintosh." Trixie gave him a small smile.
"T'weren't nothing'. I reckon that perhaps yer magic could help with mah deliveries. Unloadin' and what not."
Big Macintosh had been carry a cart full of apple centered dishes ranging from fritters to pies. The Apple family also did some side bake selling that did reasonably well around town, nothing too professional, just to some close friends.
"So where's our first stop?"
"To Twilight Sparkle, she's taken up residence at the local library. We're just supposed to give her a few apple cupcakes."
Trixie narrowed her eyes, "Oh...we're going to go and see 'her' huh?"
From her tone Big Macintosh gathered that she had met the pony before. "So I reckon the two of you have met before?"
"If by 'met' you mean that she completely upstaged me? Then yes, we've met."
Big Macintosh may not have been the smartest colt in Ponyville but he could sense when a bad situation was coming.
"Well...regardless, all of that is in the past so no need to hold a grudge right? Just keep moving forward, that's what I always say."
Trixie dropped her jaw as she stared at the colt. "You honestly expect me to let all of that go?"
Big Macintosh stared flatly ahead and said "Eeyup."
"Do you know what she did to me?"
"Not really. Be honest Applejack spends more time in Ponyville than Ah do. But Ah do know this, ya keep love and tolerance in yer heart and y'all be surprised at the warm life y'all receive."
Trixie and Big Macintosh continued to walk in silence, the only sound of their hoof hitting the ground was heard.
"When you say 'warm life'…" said Trixie breaking the silence. "Do you mean the kind of life you have with your family?"
"Eeyup."
Trixie furrowed her brow in thought. "Is it worth it?"
Big Macintosh smiled at her. "Every second."
Trixie sighed, she suppose she owed it to the colt to at least try.
"There it is." Big Macintosh pointed to a giant tree centered in the middle of town.
"A tree? The library is a tree? She lives in a tree?"
"Eeyup. Let's see if she's home."
Trixie gave a strained smile as she walked up to the tree and knocked on the door.
The door opened and Trixie was greeted with the face of Twilight Sparkle…who promptly screamed and slammed the door in her face.
"OW!!!" Trixie rubbed her bruised nose tenderly. "How dare you slam the door in the face of the Great and Powerful Trixie!!"
Big Macintosh peered in through the window. "Miss Twilight? It's me Big Macintosh. Miss Trixie is just here to help me make mah deliveries, she aint here to cause trouble. Right Miss Trixie?"
Trixie sighed and spoke up a little more so Twilight could hear her. "Yes, the Great and Powerful Trixie is not here for revenge." to herself though she said "Today."
Big Macintosh seemed to let out a held breath Trixie didn't see him take when Twilight opened the door.
"What're you doing back here anyways, Trixie? I thought you had left town."
"Ahem, well uh yes but certain circumstances have forced Trixie's hooves in to returning taking up residence on Big Macintosh's farm in Ponyville."
Twilight gave Trixie an incredulous look. "You're staying on a farm? His farm? You, are staying on, his, farm?"
"Listen, do you want to stand around all day playing twenty questions with me or do you want your cupcakes?" Snapped Trixie
"Oh um of course. Come on in and I'll get you your bits."
Twilight went back in but made sure to keep the door open for the two of them. Trixie looked back at Big Macintosh who hadn't moved from his cart.
"Well? Aren't you going to go in and collect your pay?"
Trixie answer came in the form of a playful smile by Big Macintosh. "Ah'm still hooked up to the cart. You got to go collect the eight bits."
The unicorn gave a strained sigh. "If I must…"
"Just remember, love and tolerance." Big Macintosh gave her an encouraging wink.
She walked in to find Spike standing in the room with his arms crossed. "Trixie."
"Dragon." she acknowledged.
She looked around the room and saw books sprawled everywhere on the floor.
"What happened? Did a tornado hit or something?"
"Oh no…" giggled Twilight as she went up the stairs. "I was just doing some light reading earlier today."
"This, is 'light' reading?"
Spike gave her a smug look. "That's right. She was researching new spells, she's always trying to improve herself."
There had to be at least twelve books on the floor, minimum.
"These books in particular?"
Spike's smug look grew bigger. "Oh no. This was just from today. She's already read half of what's in the library."
Twilight had finally gotten her eight bits together and started to go back down the stairs, however, what she didn't expect to find was Trixie with a serious look on her face, levitating her books.
"The Great and Powerful Trixie wishes to check out these books!!"
Twilight gave her a confused look. "Excuse me?"
"You heard Trixie! The Great and Powerful Trixie is a current resident of Ponyville, therefore she is entitled to check out as many books as she wishes."
Twilight frowned she had only finished two of those books, she didn't like to put down any books until she had read them cover to cover, let alone give them away in a check out. But then again, she didn't really have a leg to stand on to tell Trixie 'No'.
Spike, being the loyal assistant that he was, sensed this and knew exactly what to do. He fixed Trixie a dry stare and said "Do you even have a library card?"
Trixie's eyes widened and the books fell to the floor. "Um…no." A noticeable blush crossed her cheeks at being caught at overlooking such an obvious necessity for checking out books. "Which is why the Great and Powerful Trixie wishes to GET a library card!"
Twilight gave Trixie a big toothy smile and said through her clenched jaw "Of course. Stay right there and I'll bring you back one."
She walked to the other side of the room and Spike followed her. As Twilight fumbled through some drawers under the window Spike whispered to her "You know, you don't have to give that faker anything. Just say the word and I'll send her packing!"
"No Spike, Trixie actually appears to be making an…" Twilight paused as she tried to find the right word for the situation. "attempt, so long as she's sincere about it I should give her the benefit of the doubt. I'm just a little upset that I can't finish Horns, A History of Magic and the Complete Works of Edgar Allen Pony."
"Very well then!!" the appearance of a new voice made Twilight jump in to the air out of shock.
"The Great and Powerful Trixie will grant this to your friend, she gets impressive distance." said Trixie as she watched Twilight eventually come back down to terra firma.
"Don't scare me like that!!" Twilight scolded.
"The Great and Powerful Trixie has decided on her books from the group she had picked out."
"What? B-But I thought…"
"Yes Trixie has decided that she won't be needing these two books."
Trixie's horn glowed it's usual color and the two books that Twilight mentioned had floated over.
Twilight stared at the books and then at Trixie. "Trixie, did you overhea…"
Trixie cut her off but still held her head up high. "Now then, where's the library card that Trixie must sign?"
Twilight said nothing but gave a small smile and floated a small piece of plastic over to her using her magic.
A few moments later Trixie and Twilight exited the tree with Trixie using her magic to carry her two checked out books and her card.
Trixie floated the cupcakes over to Twilight with her magic but the books remained in the air. Twilight in turn floated eight bits in the air and placed them inside the glass jar on Big Macintosh's cart. Trixie then placed her two books at the back of the cart and went up front to join Big Macintosh.
As Big Macintosh and Trixie continued on their way to their next stop, he couldn't help but ask "Did ya make nice?"
"The Great and Powerful Trixie has made…progress."
That was definitely the word she would use to describe what she had done in the tree. She wasn't going to be her new automatic best friend, but she wasn't on bad terms with her either.
She had gone in and followed Big Macintosh's advice and it actually turned out okay. As they walked together Trixie couldn't help but stare at the colt. From a distance he certainly didn't look too bright, just another hic, but the truth of the matter was he actually turned out to be quite intelligent, at least when it came to important matters like making peace and what not. Not that you would have ever guessed such a thing with his simple out look on life, but maybe that was why he knew so much, he kept things simple.
However, Trixie was so busy looking at Big Macintosh that she wasn't looking where she was going. And this is why she rather rudely bumped in to another unicorn, she'd be lying if she said she didn't hurt her head.
"Oh, I'm terribly sorry I…"
Trixie's paled, she knew this unicorn. She was white with a purple mane that was curled at the end, her cutie mark was that of three diamonds. Out of all the ponies at her show that she humiliated when she first came to Ponyville, this pony had received the worst. Trixie had turned the unicorn's mane in to a giant green rat's nest. She doubted very much that that little experience had been forgotten.
The unicorn finally opened her eyes after rubbing the spot on her head she had bumped with Trixie. She instantly recognized her as well, she gritted her teeth with a look of absolute fury.
She stood on two legs and angrily pointed her hoof at Trixie. "YOU!!!"
Omake
Rarity used her hoofs to clamp Trixie's neck. "Why you little!!!" back and forth Rarity strangled Trixie shaking her in a very Homer Simpson type manner. "I'll teach you…to turn my mane…in to a rat's nest!!!"
Trixie started to turn a brighter shade of blue "Ack…ack…aaack!!"
"Ee-Doh!!" swore Big Macintosh.