//------------------------------// // Act Three. Chapter Forty Four: Stories of the Farm // Story: Trixie and Maud: Heart of Stone // by TheCrimsonDM //------------------------------// HEART OF STONE Act Three: Freezing Point Chapter Forty Four: Stories of the Farm Written by TheCrimsonDM A few days had passed since Trixie’s engagement, since then both Maud and Trixie had moved their furniture and personal items into the new house in Ponyville. Trixie had almost no time to spend on things other than moving the past couple of days but they were finally finished. Trixie stood on her new porch admiring the little river running nearby. “So do you like it here?” Maud asked flatly from Trixie’s side. Trixie looked away from the river to face Maud. Trixie gave a small smile to Maud and said, “Do I? Of course I do, I love it here. And with this,” Trixie said while motioning to the gray ribbon tied around her left foreleg. Maud looked down at the blue ribbon that was tired around her own left foreleg. These ribbons were a sign of their commitment to one another, and to Trixie it meant the entire world. Maud smiled at the ribbon and said, “I guess we will have a lot of things to do now.” Trixie’s face adopted a sly grin as she said, “A lot of things indeed.” Trixie then walked inside the house and looked back at Maud and said, “Let’s make this place feel a little more like home.” Trixie began sweeping her tail back and forth rapidly in excitement. Maud sniffed at the air a few times before looking Trixie in the eyes and saying, “Oh, okay.” Maud followed Trixie back into the house and straight to the bedroom. This was their new home and Trixie was determined to do everything that she wanted to do in it, and Maud was not against the idea. *** The two ponies lay on the bed exhausted, hot, and drenched in sweat. Maud was resting her head on Trixie’s chest again and Trixie stroked her lover’s mane gently. Maud was holding on loosely to Trixie. “Wow, you’ve gotten really good at this,” Maud said. “I think it’s because of my confidence level,” Trixie said. The two of them stayed in bed, cuddling in silence for a few minutes before Maud began moving her hoof down across Trixie’s belly and back underneath the sheets. Trixie let out a squeak as Maud’s hoof crossed a very tender region on her body. “Maud, stop it. We just did this and I want to cuddle,” Trixie stated. “Sorry, I was just looking for something,” Maud said. Trixie looked down at Maud’s left foreleg and knew exactly what Maud was looking for. Trixie stretched her foreleg over and grabbed the blue ribbon that she had placed carefully on the night stand. Trixie gave it back to Maud and gently said, “I put it away safely so that you wouldn’t lose it, honey.” Maud smiled up at Trixie and said, “Thank you.” After a few minutes of cuddling Trixie let out a sigh and said, “You know I worked on your father’s farm…but do you know how I got there?” Maud wrapped her hooves a little tighter around Trixie and said, “No.” “Well after the whole event at Ponyville, I was in debt and the news of the ‘mane six’ disliking my show spread like wildfire. Apparently most ponies call our friends the ‘mane six’ and I don’t know if they realize it yet, but they are famous for saving the world on multiple occasions,” Trixie explained. “Well as it turns out, anything they say carries a lot of weight. So when they attacked my show and my performance, they completely destroyed my reputation. “I didn’t do myself any real favors though, you see after that incident I was stressed out. My shows quickly became more erratic, and when I was heckled I would react more violently. One time I set some stallion’s mane on fire for calling me a ‘burn out’. I thought it was ironic. After that though I simply couldn’t get any gigs…so I began wandering, lost and alone. “Eventually, and this was nearly two years ago now I came across the provenance of New Slate. It was winter, and the snow was building up. It almost never snows in the badlands, but it did that year and it was terrible. I got caught in a storm and eventually I passed out. “I woke up somewhere nice and warm, my body was in pain but I was warm. There were two ponies there, one of them was Igneous Rock, and the other was Cloudy Quartz, your father and mother. It turns out that their daughters were staying with somepony for a little bit, while they kept an eye on the farm. They had saved me from dying, and Igneous spoke his first, and last words to me when I woke up. He said, ‘you will be safe here’. “I don’t know why but I believed him, the stallion that never spoke a word was one of the few to be nice to me after Ponyville. Although your father never spoke, your mother did quite a lot. After I recovered they let me stay with them at the farm, I worked out in the fields alongside Igneous. It was quiet, peaceful, and safe. But I needed my show back, I needed my life back. I worked there until I got the money together to buy something that I thought would help me. “The Alicorn Amulet. I originally wore it because I thought it would help me become a better magician, but the second I put it on…it was like my mind was scattered. I remember only bits and pieces of what it was like when I wore it, but I remember clearly the hatred that filled my heart. My heart became dark, in an instant I went from wanting to run a magic show to wanting to destroy Twilight’s reputation…like she and her friends had done to me.” When Trixie finally finished Maud tightened her grip around Trixie. Maud said, “You’re never going to get over what they did to you are you? Even my sister…” “Pinkie Pie is my sister too, and she never did anything to hurt me…in fact her words about the rock farm really helped me. So I will never hold anything against her…never again anyway. The others though…Maud can you keep a secret for me?” Trixie asked her heart full of worry. “Of course, Lulu…I always will,” Maud promised. Trixie was silent for a few moments before saying, “I won’t ever forget what those three did to me. And it’s a battle, every time I am reminded of what happened, for me not to hate them. Fluttershy didn’t deserve that, Pinkie Pie was nice to me, Twilight was trying to stay out of it, and those three attacked me. This is really hard for me, but if I can befriend them, if I can continue to forgive them…then I prove to everypony…even myself…that I really am a good pony.” Maud was silent for a few moments as Trixie’s heart began beating ever faster. She loved those six ponies, but it was so hard for her to not to hate them at the same time…it was all so confusing for her. They had hurt her terribly, they had been nice to her, they had befriended her even…but in the end she only saw a giant ball of confused hate, love, respect, and worst of all fear, whenever she thought about them. “Maud, honey…I’m scared of them,” Trixie said at length. “Don’t be, they won’t dare hurt you again like that,” Maud explained. “But what if they do?” Trixie asked. “Then I will beat an apology out of them. Trixie I was angry with them at first, and at some level I still am…but I know how badly they feel about this,” Maud said flatly. “They will do anything they can to make up with you. I’m more worried about how far they are willing to go in order to apologize to you, I’m afraid they might go to some extremes to gain your forgiveness, they might even hurt themselves.” Trixie was quiet for a few long moments as she took this information in. She couldn’t deny that these ponies were legitimately insane enough to hurt themselves in the name of friendship. In fact according to Twilight’s journal they had already gone and done some horrible things like that before. Especially to Fluttershy who seemed to be their punching bag, next to Pinkie Pie however who received even worse treatment. Trixie didn’t like reading the book sometimes, but at least the group usually learned their lessons. Trixie let out another deep sigh as she said, “You’re right. I will try my best to not hold this against them, I don’t want them to hurt themselves ov-“ Trixie stopped talking midsentence to squeak as she felt a very soft hoof touching something very sensitive. Maud leaned her head up and kissed Trixie deeply, then Maud kissed Trixie’s cheek. Maud lowered her head and kissed Trixie’s neck, followed by her chest. “Are you re-“ Maud stopped talking for a second and using her free hoof pulled a blue hair out of her mouth. “That’s disgusting,” Trixie said. “That’s what happens when we kiss,” Maud said before ducking her head under the covers. Trixie let out a loud moan as her thoughts were completely destroyed by what Maud was doing. It was so nice to not be stuck at Pinkie’s house and having to wait until they were alone, or ask for permission for this kind of behavior. Now Trixie could have Maud anytime she wanted to, and her need for Maud’s touch was increasing lately.