A week had passed since Trixie’s arrival, and her feelings only grew from the moment Rarity found her hat. At first, she wasn’t sure what was happening to her, but she accepted the feelings the next morning she got them. She knew what they were. The fashionista was everything she wanted on a pony; all those years, looking for somepony to be as generous and gentle as her brother. She only wished she realized it earlier. But even a few days after she found these new feelings, she still had some of her attitude towards the mare. She was trying to change.
But it wasn’t easy.
“Now, if you stay put Trixie, I’ll remove these bandages faster.” Rarity sweetly said.
“T-Trixie will only stay put because she wants to get rid of these things, do not think that I’m doing this for you.” Trixie rudely said, but then, she changed her tone to a softer one. “But, be careful, please…”
“Don’t worry, I will.” The other Unicorn said as she carefully removed the bandages from Trixie’s rearleg. Rarity noticed the small changes on her guest after she reunited her with her old hat but decided not to mention it, afraid of making Trixie act like before. Seconds later, she removed the bandages from Trixie’s leg which was still red but it wasn’t as serious as a week ago. “There you go! Walk a bit to see how does it feel.”
Trixie reluctantly stood up from the couch and walked around the room. “It hurts a bit, but it’s more like a bother than pain.” The magician pony said, smiling slightly.
Rarity squealed of happiness. “Those are great news! In no time, you will be good as new! But I think you should do some exercise to speed the recovering. Move that leg.” The fashionista said, smiling.
“That is what Trixie was planning to do, that’s why she asked you to make a black coat to hide herself. Do you have it?” Trixie said, not looking at Rarity. She tried not to look at her because she would often find difficult to look away from her.
“I have finished it after lunch. I'll look for it.” Rarity said before trotting to her workshop, returning with a black coat with a hood. “Here, try it on!” The white pony said, still smiling.
“Trixie was wondering if… y-you could… help her to put it on...” Trixie nervously said.
“S-Sure?” Rarity was confused by the sudden request. She approached to her guest, making her blush a little, and put the coat on her with her magic, hood included. “There. Nopony will recognize you.” The fashionista said. Trixie could feel her cheeks burning for having her crush so close to her, she barely could hold herself from hugging her. Lucky for her, she had the hood on.
“Th-Thank you Fancy, I mean, R-Rarity…” The magician pony said, with a smile on her face. She only was this nice with her and was working on doing the same with Sweetie Belle.
Rarity grinned. “You’re welcome, I’m glad I could help. Now, take care out there and please, be back before dinner.”
“Trixie can take care of herself.” Trixie said trying to sound rude, but she couldn’t; knowing that Rarity was worried for her made her happy, too happy to fake rudeness. Trixie walked to the door and opened it, she looked back one more time before leaving, closing the door behind her.
Rarity waited until her guest was gone before walking to the table, where Trixie’s hat was. “I knew this would help, she has been acting nicer since she recovered her hat, I hope she eventually…” In that moment, Rarity started to smell something, it smelled like burnt food. “Sweetie Belle, are you in the kitchen again?!”
“Yes sis! I wanted to cook something for my meeting with the crusaders today!”
“Why didn’t you ask me?!” The fashionista hysterically yelled as she galloped to the kitchen.
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I really don’t want to do this, but I don't have another option. She’s the only pony besides Rarity and her sister that knows that I’m here so she should help me now. Trixie thought as she walked to the town’s library. Once again, she had to swallow her pride to ask for help. She got to the Golden Oak's library with no problems, the rest of the inhabitants ignored her presence. The showmare took a deep breath and knocked on the door. Moments later, a baby dragon opened the door.
“You know, you can enter a public library without having to knock, that’s why it’s public.” Spike said half joking and half annoyed. Trixie entered the library and waited for Spike to close the door before speaking.
“Do you think that the great and powerful Trixie would put her hoof on that dirty knob?” The Unicorn said as she removed her hood.
“You again?!” The baby dragon surprisedly said, he then got angry. “What do you want now?!”
“I’m looking for Twilight Sparkle, is she here?” Trixie said, indifferently.
“Trixie?” Twilight’s voice could be heard from upstairs. Trixie looked up to find the mare she was seeking confusedly looking at her before walking downstairs. “What are you doing here? I thought you wouldn’t leave Rarity’s place.”
“Wait, wait. You knew she was here? And that she was staying with Rarity?” Spike was now glaring at Twilight.
“You never asked.” The bookworm pony said, smiling at him.
“Oh, as if I would ever wake up and say, 'good morning Twilight, anything new? Is there any unbearable pony around'?”
“I didn’t know how to start to tell you or if you would be interested on knowing.” Twilight defended herself.
“Trixie does not want anypony or anyone else to know that she’s here!” Trixie said, interrupting them. “It’s already enough that you two, the fancy mare and her sister know!”
“And Fluttershy…” Twilight said, scratching the back of her head as she smiled sheepishly.
“What?!” Both Trixie and Spike exclaimed at the same time.
“Why did you tell her?!” The uneasy Unicorn demanded.
“Why did you tell her and not me?!” Spike added, angry.
“Trixie, I accidentally told her because the day she came for our date, Rarity visited me and she told me. I know you'll let that one pass, don’t worry, Trixie, she won’t tell anypony. And Spike, as I said, it was an accident, I promised Rarity that I wouldn’t tell anyone.” When Twilight finished explaining herself, Trixie approached a few steps to Twilight, suspiciously looking at her directly into her eyes.
“If you tell anypony else, you will regret it, understood?” Twilight nodded and gulped. Even when she was more powerful than her, her look was scary.
“So, Trixie. Nice to see you again.” The baby dragon sarcastically said. “What do you want?”
“Trixie needs to speak to Twilight Sparkle.” The magician pony said, looking at Spike before turning her head to look at Twilight again. “In private.”
“There is no way I’ll be moving from here!” Spike angrily said, stomping his foot to the floor and crossing his arms.
Twilight spoke, still seriously looking at Trixie. “Spike… please go to take a walk with Owlowiscious while I speak with Trixie.”
The angered dragon was surprised to hear that. “But, Twilight…!”
“Do as I say, please!” Twilight said, raising her voice a little and looking at Spike. The baby dragon stepped back a bit, nodded, took the owl and left. Twilight looked at Trixie again once her number one assistant left. “What do you wish to talk about?” She asked with seriousness.
“First, do not tell anypony, not even your marefriend nor your dragon, especially, the fancy mare.” Trixie seriously said.
“I-I promise… I won’t tell Fluttershy, nor spike. Especially Rarity…”
“Good.” Trixie said as she walked away from Twilight and looked to the many books available, after some seconds with only the sounds of breathing and the clock filling the air, she sighed and spoke. “Trixie needs your advice…”
“About...?” The confused pony asked. Trixie slowly turned her head to look at Twilight.
“About how to confess your feelings to somepony…”
Twilight widely opened her eyes. Trixie looked away blushing when she saw her. “I'm sorry, but… I thought that you were kind of pony who didn't want a relationship…” The bookworm pony said. She waited for a few moments to see if Trixie said something else but only breathing could be heard. “It's Rarity, right?”
The magician pony slowly turned her head to see Twilight. “Was I too obvious?”
“Well, you asked me not to tell anyone, especially Rarity, it wasn’t hard…”
Trixie turned her whole body now to face Twilight. “What do I do…?” Trixie asked with such a sad tone and face that made Twilight feel really bad for her, Trixie was indeed in love with her fancy friend.
“Okay, I’ll help you.” The librarian said after seconds of silence, making Trixie smile a bit. “First of all, you probably know by now, she’s really girly and loves to be treated like a lady, try to talk properly in front of her and make her feel special. Try to ask her out to a fancy restaurant or an elegant café. Confess your feelings to her on your date.”
“D-Date?” Trixie blushed hard.
“Umm, yeah. That’s what ponies do with the ponies they like; they ask them out on a date.” Twilight said, smiling. The lovesick Unicorn looked down, thinking for several moments until she finally looked to Twilight again.
“How did you do it?” It was Twilight's turn to blush.
“Believe me, it wasn’t easy but it wasn’t as hard as I thought either. More than a month ago, I asked Fluttershy to star gaze with me, she gladly accepted. That was the easy part, the actual hard part was confessing her my feelings…”
More than a month ago…
“See? I told you that the stars would look beautiful from here.” Twilight said, looking at the stars.
“Princess Luna knows what to do to make the nights amazing, doesn’t she?” Fluttershy said, also admiring the stars.
“She is the Princess of the Night.” The lavender Unicorn said, before looking to her crush, blushing. “A night like this is perfect for couples, don’t you think?”
Fluttershy blushed too and quickly looked at Twilight. “Umm, Y-Yeah. It is…” The timid pony said on a barely audible voice. Twilight moved closer to Fluttershy, making her blush even more. “Twilight?”
“Hmm?”
The tone of the Unicorn’s voice made Fluttershy’s heart melt. “I-I brought something.” The Pegasus said as she looked to her side and opened a little box she brought, from the inside she took a plate with different types of cookies. “I made them myself, try one please… if you don’t mind…”
Twilight smiled. “Of course I don’t mind.” She said as she magically took two, giving one to Fluttershy.
“Thanks.” The shy Pegasus said as she took it with her hoof. Twilight bit her cookie and started to chew it. She spoke again after swallowing.
“This is delicious Fluttershy!” the Unicorn excitedly said. The timid pony just smiled as bit her cookie; she didn’t think it was that special, but if her crush liked it, then it was more than enough to enjoy them too. “You definitely have to give me the recipe!”
“Sorry, Twilight, but it’s my grandma recipe, I can’t give it to anypony, besides, I didn’t take you as a cooker.”
“I don’t usually cook, but these cookies are beyond amazing, I just need to make them myself!”
“If you like them so much, I can make more, for you…” Fluttershy said, blushing hard, thanking Luna for being nighttime so Twilight didn’t notice. Twilight’s heart was racing, she couldn’t hold herself anymore, she had to confess her feelings, now.
“F-Fluttershy, I need to tell you something… It’s extremely important…” The nervous Unicorn said.
“Y-Yes, Twilight?” The Pegasus got worried, it wasn’t normal for Twilight to sound like that.
Twilight looked down before speaking again. “For quite some time, I… I’m feeling weird… at first, I thought thar I was ill, so I started reading medical books, looking for the symptoms I had and found nothing. I also noticed that I only felt strange around a certain pony.” Twilight looked at Fluttershy. “I only felt weird around you, Fluttershy…” The Pegasus’ heart also started to race. “Investigating on other books I found out that it was in love. It all made sense since then; For so long I been admiring you in secret but I can’t anymore. Fluttershy, I like you, a lot. I will do what it takes to be with you…”
A single tear escaped from Fluttershy as she smiled. Twilight was about to ask her if she was okay but when she opened her mouth, the Pegasus wrapped her forelegs around the Unicorn’s waist, hugging her. “Oh, Twilight, for so long I waited for you to say that, I just couldn’t do it… I didn’t know how to start. I like you too, I also wish to be with you!” Fluttershy excitedly said while she hugged her crush tighter.
Twilight smiled and hugged her back. They both moved their heads to stare at each other’s eyes. “Fluttershy… would you be my marefriend?” the Timid Pegasus nodded excitedly.
“Yes, of course yes!” Twilight put her forelegs on Fluttershy's cheeks and slowly leaned to her lips, closing her eyes. Fluttershy returned the kiss as she hugged her marefriend a bit tighter. Twilight carefully put her hooves around Fluttershy’s neck and they both sealed their relationship by sharing their very first kiss. Minutes later, they broke the kiss and nuzzled their cheeks before gazing at the moon. Twilight put her head on Fluttershy’s wither while the Pegasus wrapped with one of her wings, pulling her closer.
Present day…
“And that was our first date, it began with us being friends, and became a couple by the end.” The bookworm pony said, looking through the window, her elbows on it, supporting her head and dreamily eyes. Trixie listened to the whole story, despite being corny, she not only liked it, she also wanted it, she wanted Rarity’s lips to join hers like on her dreams.
“Sparkle, you lucky mare… What you have with Flutterfl… Fluttershy is amazing… Trixie wants that…” The magician pony said, slightly smiling and blushing.
Twilight turned. “Then, what are you waiting for? Go, find Rarity and ask her out! Remember, fancy restaurants and make her feel like a lady!” The bookworm pony encouraged her former rival.
“You know what? You’re right! Trixie will go to her right now and ask her on a date!” When Trixie finished speaking, somepony knocked the door. Twilight approached to it and opened it to find the local mailmare on the other side.
“Package for Twilight Sparkle!” The light gray pony said after carefully put the package on the floor.
“Thanks!” Twilight said and signed. The mail mare saluted and left flying after she got the signature. Twilight took the package in and opened it. It had a white box with a note on it that said For the most wonderful Unicorn in Equestria from the most luckiest Pegasus.
“These are Fluttershy’s cookies!” The librarian excitedly said as she took the note and put it in a drawer where she had all Fluttershy’s notes carefully archived, she then opened the box and took a cookie, putting it in her mouth and chewing it before swallowing. “These are really delicious! She sends me a box of these once in a while, do you want one?”
“Maybe some other day Sparkle. Trixie doesn’t want to wait any longer to confess her feelings.” Trixie said as she put her hood on and walked outside.
“Good luck Trixie!” Twilight said as she waved to her potential new friend. Trixie looked at her and nodded before galloping towards the Carousel Boutique.
I won’t blow this up, this have to be perfect! Hopefully she will agree to have dinner for me! Trixie’s injured leg hurt by each hoofstep she did but she didn’t care. She just wanted to arrive her destination as fast as she could. However, when she got there, she found Rarity happily talking to a white earth pony with a blonde mane and brown eyes. The showmare stopped galloping and trotted instead, feeling a strange sensation as she approached. When Rarity said goodbye to the stallion, she looked to her side to find Trixie approaching to her.
“Trixie! Have you walked enough?” The fancy Unicorn said, smiling.
“Wh-Who was he?” The nervous mare asked.
“Him? His name is Berry, Mr. Berry! He asked me out, tonight!”
Trixie could feel how her heart shattered.