*slap*
“Oww!” Twilight said, cradling her stinging cheek. “What was that for?”
“Sorry,” Trixie said. “You were pretty deep in la-la-land. I couldn’t think of any other way get you out.”
“Why didn’t you just shake me?”
“I tried. What were you looking at anyway?”
“Him,” Twilight pointed at the dark blue pegasus who was standing at the intersection near them, waiting for the light to change.
Trixie turned around in her chair to look. “Yeah, what about him?”
“He’s a friend of Card. He’s the one who helped him solve our problem at my sleepover.”
“What problem?”
“Oh yeah, you were cleaning up the library,” Twilight filled Trixie in on what she had missed at the sleepover.
“So that’s what happened to the picnic table. I wondered. Either way, why are you looking at him like that?”
“Why? Well just look at him! He’s so handsome and tall and smart and,”
Well, I’ve had crushes for dumber reasons, Trixie thought while Twilight rambled on.
“And he knew what to do just like that, and his- Where are you going?”
Trixie stood up from the table and picked Twilight up with her. “Come on, we’re going to go say hello.”
What is wrong with this stoplight? It’s been like five minutes, Tron thought. Suddenly he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned around and saw Trixie standing there with Twilight trying to hide herself behind her.
“Hello?” Tron asked.
“Hi,” Trixie said. “I saw you walking around, you seemed a little lost. Can I help you?” Trixie tried to move out of the way so he could see the blushing Twilight.
“Oh, that would be awesome, thanks. I’m looking for Agate Drive and 52nd street. Do you know where that is?”
“That’s not to far from where I live. Just go left here for ten blocks and then make a right and you’ll be at the intersection.”
“Thank you,” Tron finally noticed Twilight standing there. “Oh hi there. Wait, have we met before?”
“Oh, uhh, well,” Twilight stammered out, simultaneously trying to think and look into Tron’s dark amethyst eyes.
“Yeah, you were with Card when that bast- when he called me up to fix an overcharged rod.” Tron barked out a short laugh. “Man, I still can’t believe somepony was dumb enough to set up one of those things without grounding it first.”
“Yeah, yeah that was pretty stupid.” Twilight laughed nervously.
“What was your name again? I want to say it was Twinkle Star, but that can’t be right. Well, that or Lollipop Chainsaw, but I doubt that’s your name either.”
“Why would you think her name’s Lollipop Chainsaw?” Trixie asked.
“Because if I wish for it hard enough, one day I will meet somepony with name as cool as Lollipop Chainsaw!” Tron said this with such conviction that Twilight couldn’t help but laugh a little.
“M-my name’s Twilight Sparkle,” she said, her blush now faded to a light pink. She extended a hoof.
“And I’m Trixie. Also a friend of Card,” Trixie extended a hoof of her own.
Tron shook each of their hooves in turn, saying, “Name’s Polar Neutron, you can call me Tron. Thanks for your help. I’ve gotta go, but I hope I’ll see you two again. Bye.” He turned to his right and started heading down his merry way but was stopped by Trixie calling him.
“Uh, no. It’s left.”
“Oh, my bad. I have a terrible sense of direction,” Tron rubbed the back of his head in shame. He turned around and headed off to his left.
“Wrong way again,” Trixie said, a small bit of mirth creeping into her voice. “Actually,” she said as she turned to face Twilight, “You remember my directions right?”
“Ten blocks then right,” Twilight said.
“Bingo! So then,” Trixie whirled back around to look at Tron, “Since I have to rush off to work, Twilight will take you the rest of the way!”
“What?” Twilight whispered into her friend’s ear.
“Thank me later,” Trixie whispered back with a wink.
“Could you?” Tron asked Twilight, “Because that would definitely be appreciated.”
“Oh, uh, um, uh, ah,” Must. Stop. Blathering. “Sure,” Twilight finally managed to say.
“Thank you,” Tron said as he smiled.
Twilight suddenly found it very difficult to keep all four legs underneath her. “Uh… Let’s go,” she said as she quickly turned in the proper direction in order to keep her, now bright scarlet, blush from showing. “Bye Trixie, see you later.”
“Bye,” Trixie said with a wave, before heading off to get the office ready for work.
The walk from the cafe to the house Tron was trying to find was quite silent. Twilight found that her tongue felt quite dry, like her mouth was stuffed with cotton.
Eventually, they got to a blue square house with a yellow roof.
“Here it is!” Tron said. “Thank you so much for helping me out.”
He went up to the house and rang the doorbell. Almost immediately the door opened and a gray pegasus mare with blonde hair poked her head out.
“Hello Mrs. Whooves,” Tron said.
“Tron!” she said as she gave him a hug. “You’re early.”
“What? No I’m not, I said I would be here at 7. It’s 7:30.”
“Yes, but I always add on a couple hours. I know how hard it is for you to find your way around new places.”
Tron made a face like he really wanted to protest, but knew she was right.
“Okay, fair enough. Still this time I had some help,” Tron pointed at Twilight, who was awkwardly standing there. The gray mare turned her head in her direction, and Twilight was able to see that she had one lazy eye.
“This is Twilight. She’s a friend of Card’s and helped me find my way.”
“Oh!” Mrs. Whooves said, before rushing into her house. “Don’t move!” she called behind her. A few seconds later, she returned. She walked out of her house and held a muffin out in front of Twilight’s face.
“Here! Take it as thanks for helping Tron find his way here.”
“Umm… Thank you?” Twilight said as she gingerly took the muffin.
“Come on in!” Mrs. Whooves turned to go back into her home, motioning with a wing for Tron to follow her. “Dinky’s missed you.”
“Bye,” Tron said to Twilight as he went inside.
“Oh, uh,” The door closed as Twilight stammered, “Bye.”
Twilight turned around and quickly walked back to the library, munching on the muffin, where she spent the next half-hour replaying the events of the last twenty minutes in her head.
-----Next Time-----
Rainbow Dash was exhausted. She had spent the last four hours, first giving Ponyville its first snowfall of the season, then making sure that all the climate conditions were right to keep the snow from melting.
She was looking forward to a nice relaxing session of rigorous training, as she worked on some new moves at her favorite practice range.
The only problem was that when she got there, some asshole had made a huge cloud in the middle of it!
A/N: I justify Twilight’s crush on Tron because of the fact that's she's sheltered. Tron left a very powerful first impression on her, and immediately established himself as someone with a very high intellect, so he got her respect. Then her brain was left to fantasize about him for a couple of months, and she's never had a crush before so she doesn't know how to control it very well. At least, that's how I justify it to myself.
Besides, how long did it take her to get a crush in the movie?
Song of next time: Mack the Knife, by Bobby Darin.