HEART OF STONE
Chapter Thirty Nine: Slumber Party
Written by TheCrimsonDM
Trixie had spent a good deal of time talking with Granny Smith and learning more about the Apple family. By the time Trixie and Maud left it was getting late, and the afternoon sun was setting. A chilling wind was breezing past causing Trixie to shiver. Trixie almost envied Maud for her clothing.
Applejack caught up with them as they left and said, “alright ya’ll, were going to Rarity’s house first.” Applejack was quiet for a second before adding, “darn it, it’s this cold already…that ain’t good for the harvest.”
Trixie opened her mouth to speak but was cut off by Applejack saying, “don’t you worry about it, me an Big Mac will take care of it. Just focus on the party.”
Trixie just nodded in agreement, she really did feel like she needed a break from darker things. A party sounded like just the perfect solution for this problem. Trixie asked “so what are we doing at Rarity’s?”
“Nope, Ah’m not sayin a word until we’re there,” Applejack explained.
Trixie hated secrets, but at least this one didn’t seem to be a bad one. If what Pinkie had hinted at the other day, this could be a wonderful secret.
***
It was getting far too cold outside, far too quickly. Whoever was in charge of making the weather so chilly was going to hear a mouthful if Trixie ever caught them. Winter was coming and Trixie really hated the cold.
The trio arrived at Rarity’s house just in time, and enjoyed the warmth of being inside. Rarity’s home was converted into a seamstress workshop. The walls were all a soft pink color, with deep purple drapes covering the walls. Mannequins lined the walls, most of them wearing one of Rarity’s fashions. One particularly lacey dress caught Trixie’s attention. It looked a lot less like a dress, and a lot more like some kind of saucy outfit; the image of Maud wearing it was now stuck inside Trixie’s mind.
“You would look good in that,” Maud stated from Trixie’s side. Trixie could feel her face warming up at the thought. Maud then added, “I could borrow Pinkie’s hoof cuffs and wear them for you. It would be fun.”
Trixie covered her eyes and almost screamed, her face was going to catch fire if Maud kept this up. Trixie forced herself to calm just enough to say, “we don’t need to talk about this in front of the other ponies.”
Maud nuzzled Trixie’s neck and said, “I’ll ask if we can borrow it later then.”
Trixie opened her mouth and squeaked at Maud in an attempt to shush her. Maud smiled and and said, “I agree, Rarity should join us when we try it. Maybe she has a whip.”
Maud then turned around and walked towards Rarity saying, “me and Lulu have something we would like to ask you.”
Trixie could not believe that Maud was just about to ask Rarity that question. Trixie stood up and walked towards Rarity saying, “no we don’t. Maud is just being silly.”
Maud turned and looked into Trixie’s eyes. They stared into each other’s eyes for a few moments, Maud looked determined to ask Rarity those embarrassing questions, and Trixie was determined to stop her. After a few seconds of intense staring Maud smiled and said, “wow, your much more confident now. You win Lulu.” Maud then turned to Rarity and asked, “why did you want to see us?”
Rarity looked thoroughly confused but answered, “I wanted to see you two because I have a present for you.”
Rarity had a box levitating it with her magic. Rarity took the lid off to reveal two identical scarves. One was a gray scarf with a dark gray diamond pattern. The other one was a light blue scarf with a light blue star pattern. These scarves resembled Maud and Trixie’s fur color; it even had their cutie marks for a pattern.
Trixie grabbed the blue one and wrapped it around Maud’s neck. It brought a smile to her face to see Maud wearing the blue scarf. Maud also looked pleased. Maud grabbed the gray scarf and wrapped it around Trixie’s neck. Trixie nuzzled Maud’s cheek before saying, “now you will always have a reminder of me with you at all times.”
“But…um…you two were supposed to be wearing them the other way…oh never mind, it looks cuter this way,” Rarity said.
Maud and Trixie choose to ignore Rarity’s implication and simply held each other for a while. Trixie caught a glimpse outside the window and really disliked the idea of walking out there in that cold weather again. Rarity caught onto what Trixie was thinking and said, “it is getting frightfully cold outside at night now. I will lend you and Applejack each a self hugging sweater, I could never have my friends walking around outside without something to keep them warm.”
***
A few hours later Trixie found herself sipping a cup of punch while listening to some overly happy party music. Maud was sitting next to her being rather quiet, but then again with six loud singing, dancing ponies in the same room it was hard to speak over the noise. Maud was simply not loud enough to be heard over the music and noise. So Trixie sat next to her and watched the marry ponies enjoying themselves.
It was a little surreal to think that she was now at an innocent, happy party, but just yesterday she had survived one of the darkest moments of her life. Things seemed to be bouncing around too rapidly for her to concentrate on. Spike was also here, and he was trying his best to flirt with Rarity. Maybe it was just Trixie’s imagination but she could swear that the dragon looked a little taller than before.
The atmosphere in the room was one of joyous celebration, and it was exactly what she had wanted so badly. She continued sipping her drink until the party began slowing down. The group got together and turned the music off before sitting around in a giant circle. Pinkie Pie was grinning as she said, “okay, I had this absolutely crazy, fun idea, and Twilight said yes.”
“What I said was that I would consider it,” Twilight began to explain, “and I have now decided that yes, it would be a fun thing to try.”
Trixie was sipping on her third cup of punch, and feeling very warm…especially around her sensitive area. She couldn’t help but imagine all the perverted things she could do with Maud; maybe that was part of what Twilight wanted to try. Trixie felt her face becoming warm, but it had already been warm from drinking the punch, now her face was simply toasty.
“Well, sugarcube, what did you have in mind?” Applejack asked.
Trixie took off the scarf in attempt to cool herself a little. Maud began nuzzling into Trixie’s neck, and then Maud began kissing her neck gently before whispering, “Twilight has a lot of empty rooms. We should find one.”
Trixie let out a quiet groan of pleasure before saying, “mmm, yes.”
“Would you two stop that already, this is the third time you began talking about running off to have sex,” Twilight said.
Had Trixie already tried to run off with Maud? She couldn’t remember it very well, but she didn’t have a reason to argue. Trixie nodded and felt very dizzy so she stopped and said, “I’ll stop.” Trixie then took another sip of the punch, the liquid giving her a warm feeling in her belly.
Twilight looked at the group and said, “there is this spell I want to try, it’s inspired by the same kind of magic that Luna uses to enter ponies dreams. I modified it a little so that we can all see a memory, I was thinking we could show Trixie a fun memory…like when we went to the Grand Galloping Gala.”
Applejack was the first one to comment asking, “is this really a safe idea, Ah mean, how long will it last, and how do we know what we will see.”
Twilight answered, “we will all go to sleep for about…five, ten minutes. But in that time we could witness up to a few days worth of memory if I wanted it. I am in complete control of what memories we will see. Don’t worry, I told Luna to check up on our dreams and wake us up if things went wrong.”
Applejack looked a little more relaxed as she said, “well…Luna might be a bit foalish sometimes, but she handles responsibility well. So I say what the hay, why not?”
Rarity said, “this does sound like an entertaining venture, and the gala was a wonderful little adventure.”
Rainbow Dash then said, “maybe we can see some of my awesome acrobatics, so I’m in.”
Fluttershy blushed a little and wrapped herself into Trixie’s old cloak a little tighter before saying, “well…um there were some pretty animals…even if they were a little shy…so um…okay I’ll do it.”
Pinkie Pie grinned like a mad mare at Trixie and Maud until Maud said flatly, “sounds fun. If Trixie is okay with it. So am I.”
Trixie felt the tense atmosphere around her, they were all hanging on her answer. Trixie quickly downed the rest of her punch and said in an accidental southern drawl, “ayep…Ah’m totally down with this…oops…Ah, er I spent too much time in New Slate.” Trixie heard a few giggles from the ponies around her after that.
Twilight’s horn began to glow and everypony one by one began closing their eyes and going into a peaceful sleep. Trixie was able to stay awake just long enough to watch everypony else go to sleep. Maud resting her head down on Trixie’s back, finally just after Twilight closed her eyes, Trixie laid her head down and drifted off into what promised to be a wondrous dream.
***
Trixie stood in front of her mirror positioning her hat and smiling like a filly. She looked into the mirror and felt almost as though somepony was watching her. She quickly dismissed the idea and said, “it’s finally time. The Great and Powerful Trixie finally gets to show Fluttershy just how much we care about her. Today will be the best show ever. Ponyville watch out, for the prodigal daughter has returned.”