One month later
Trixie was heading to Golden Oak. Her best friend insisted on accompanying her to the hospital to get her bandages removed. The blue Unicorn knocked on the door and waited until it was opened by Spike.
“Oh, Trixie, hi!”
“Hello, Spike. I came for Twilight.”
“She told me that you would come. She’s not here but she will arrive soon. Come, sit!”
“Thank you.” Trixie entered the library and sat by one of the bookshelves. She magically took a random book and read its back as Spike closed the door and approached to the guest.
“Don’t think wrong, but, I think that the eyepatch suits you.”
“Huh, really?”
Spike nodded. “You look cool with it, and you remind me to Twilight’s future self.”
“Twilight’s future self?” Trixie put the book she was holding back on its place and looked fully to Spike. “She received a visit from the future?”
“She didn’t tell you?” Trixie shook her head. “I can imagine why. Too bad for her that I know what happened. I’ll tell you everything!” Trixie smiled and heard Spike’s story with interest. When Twilight arrived, she found her number one assistant laughing out loud with Trixie.
“Trixie, you’re here! I’m glad that you didn’t get bored while I wasn’t here.”
“Twilight!” Trixie and Spike were fighting hard to hold their laughs. “A-Are you ready?”
“Yes. Spike, I’ll be back soon.”
“Don’t worry about me, Twi. I’ll be fine.” Spike said as Trixie trotted to Twilight. The bookworm pony closed the front door behind her and began to walk to the hospital with Trixie.
“Sorry for not being at home, Trixie. I had to do some errands.”
“Don’t worry, Twilight. I had fun with Spike while I waited for you.”
“I’m glad to see that Spike is finally friends with you. What were you two talking about?”
“Oh, nothing. Actually, he reminded me something.”
“Really?” Twilight curiously asked. “What is it?”
“I have to warn you about a despicable event which will happen next Tuesday.”
“Next Tuesday? What do you…? oh, wait… Did he tell you about...?” Trixie nodded and bursted off laughing as Twilight facehoofed. “Ugh! I can’t believe that he told you. I asked him and Pinkie not to talk about the subject anymore!”
“Relax, Twilight.” Trixie managed to say once her laughs died. “It’s not like I’m going to tell anypony and make fun of you. Just harmless jokes.”
“You won't?”
Trixie shook her head. “Of course not! I’m not evil, I’m your best friend! Obviously this embarasses you and reminding to everypony what happened that week would crush you. What kind of pony would I be if I do that? I don't want to humiliate you.”
Twilight calmed down and smiled. “Thanks, Trixie.”
“You have done more for me than I did for you.”
“Don’t worry about that. Friendship isn’t a competition. If you can do something for me, then do it. You don’t have to lurk and wait for something to happen nor start creating your own problems to solve them. I learnt that the hard way.”
“Really? Don’t tell me that Twilight Sparkle isn’t as perfect as I thought.” Both mares laughed.
“I’m far from being perfect, Trixie. I’m just a pony like you. I make mistakes and I learn from them.”
“Thank you, Twilight.”
“For what?”
“For everything.”
Twilight smiled. “You’re welcome, Trixie.” She said before looking in front of her. “Oh, look! We’re almost at the hospital.”
“That was fast! Come on, let’s hurry!” Trixie said as she started to gallop.
“Trixie, they haven’t removed your bandages yet, don’t gallop!”
Trixie didn’t stop until she was at the reception. “Hi! I’m here for my appointment. My name is Trixie Lulamoon.” Twilight arrived within moments, panting. “She’s with me.”
“Oh, yes, Miss Lulamoon. The doctor is waiting for you. Please, follow me.”
“You left me behind!” Twilight complained while she and Trixie followed the nurse.
“I’m sorry. I just want to get these bandages removed.”
“I know, but, still...”
“Here we are.” The nurse said as they arrived to a waiting room where they could see other patients. “I’ll let him know that you’ve arrived and he will call you shortly.”
“Thank you.” Twilight said as the nurse entered the doctor’s office. She looked at her side where Trixie was, only to see that she was no longer there. She was already sitting and reading a magazine. The lavender Unicorn sighed and walked to her. “Stop moving in silence!”
“Oh, look! Rarity’s favorite perfume is off!”
“Don’t ignore me, Trixie. What’s with you?”
“I’m sorry, Twilight. I want to do this fast so I can go back to Rarity’s. We’re going to plan our wedding and finally set a date.” The nurse walked out the office and got back to her station.
“That’s great! But, didn’t you girls have time to plan it during the past month.”
“Yes, I suggested Rarity to plan it after I woke up from my coma. She agreed at first but she told me that she didn’t want to make me think too hard while I was recovering the following morning. She’s exaggerating if you ask me.”
“She wants the best for you, Trixie.”
“I know, that’s why I didn’t argue with her. She can be controlling sometimes, though.” Trixie said with a smile.
“She really loves you. Just make sure that she doesn’t controls you too much. I know, I’ve been there.”
“You mean when you forced Fluttershy to have me in and when you talked on her behalf?”
Twilight blushed as she sheepishly smiled. “Well, yes. Just remember to use the advice you gave to Fluttershy if Rarity goes too far. Talk to her, don’t conceal your feelings just to keep her happy.”
“I will.” Twilight smiled just as the doctor’s office opened and the doctor showed up, holding a clipboard.
“Lulamoon?”
“Here!” The doctor eyed Trixie with a serious look.
“No need to yell, I’m right here, miss.”
“Sorry.” Trixie’s smile faded as she and Twilight got inside the office.
“Sit on the table, please. Let me take a look at your eye first.” Trixie sat as the doctor approached with a flashlight. “Your eye will hurt. Please, try to keep it opened as long as you can.” Trixie nodded and let the doctor remove her eyepatch. “Open it and look at the light.” The blue Unicorn could only maintain her left eye opened for two seconds before her eye forced closed. “Hmm...”
“Is that bad, doctor?” Twilight asked.
“Not entirely. Her eye is still red and not ready to be used again, but it’s recovering. I think that she will be able to use it again in a month afterall.”
“That’s wonderful!” Trixie cheerly said.
“Now, let’s get your bandages removed. Please, stand up.” Trixie carefully stood on the floor and let the doctor to remove the bandages. Her rear leg and chest were still red, but the pain was gone. “You’ll have a scar in your chest, but it can easily be hidden with your fur.”
“Thank you, doctor.”
“Just doing my job, miss. Come to see me if you have any complications. If that’s not the case, I’ll see you in a month.”
“Goodbye, doctor.” Twilight calmly said.
“Until next month, then!” Trixie cheerfully said as she left the office, followed by Twilight and walked out the hospital.
“So, how does it feels to be able to walk properly again?”
“I have to get used to it again, but it feels nice. Are you going back to your library?”
“Yes. I have to think on a way to get back at Spike for telling you about that incident which shall never be mentioned again.”
“Oh, of course!” Trixie said as she giggled.
“You told me that you’re going to Rarity’s, right?” Trixie nodded. “Please, tell us about your plans when you’re done.”
“We will, don’t worry.”
“Oh, I just remembered that Fluttershy needs my copy of herbology again! I should probably look for it once I get back.”
“You didn’t have it borrowed, right?”
“I’m sure that I didn’t. That book is rarely borrowed. I don’t want to forget. Do you mind if I go ahead?”
“Don’t worry about me, Twilight. I’ll see you later.” Twilight hugged her best friend before galloping away. Trixie sighed of happiness and trotted faster to get to Carousel Boutique.
***
“Are you sure that it doesn’t hurt, Trixie-boo?”
“I’m sure. It’s my leg, remember?” Trixie and Rarity were snuggling in Rarity’s bed. Opalescence was trying to sleep on the same bed. “But, just in case, I’ll rest for another week or two. You win again...”
“Thank you. That makes me feel better.” Rarity said as she cuddled her head against Trixie’s chest. “If my parents hadn’t approved you before, they would have now. They are so grateful for everything you did.”
“I should see them as soon as I’m able to. I don’t want to make any plans until after Princess Celestia summons me. If she does...”
“Princess Luna said that she would so she will. You know that it wasn’t just a dream, Trixie-boo.”
“Yeah… but I don’t know when will I get her letter.”
“You’ll get it at its time, my love. Stop thinking about that. Will planning our wedding distract you?”
“That is an important matter, Rarity, it isn’t a distraction.” Trixie said with a smile. Their noses were close to touch the entire conversation.
“I know. Do you want to marry me or not?”
“Of course I do!” Trixie said, sitting up straight. Rarity sat as well, intertwining tails with her.
“Then… let’s get started.”
“Yes. So… what type of wedding do you want?”
“Don’t ask me what I want, it’s your wedding too. I was thinking of having a scoltish one, what do you think?”
“But, surely you have been thinking about your big day since you were a filly.”
“I have already made changes from my original plan. I’m not marrying a stallion, am I?” Rarity said with a smile. “I don’t mind, Trixie-boo, we can have any kind of wedding. As long as I marry you, I’ll be the happiest pony in Equestria.”
“Hey!” Trixie said, pretending to be offended. “It’s my wedding day too!”
“You’ll be the second happiest pony in Equestria. Just think about it, you’re about to marry the gorgeous and magnificent, Rarity!”
“We spend way too much time together, sweetheart.” Trixie jokingly said, causing Rarity to giggle.
“I have an idea. We’ll use scoltish traditional clothes, but the ceremony itself will be Equestrian. We can hire a scoltish band, if you like.”
“Hmm… actually, that’s not a bad idea, Rarity.” That made Rarity to win a kiss on her forehead.
“What do we do about our friends?” Rarity said after Trixie sat properly.
“We'll invite them, of course.”
“I mean, we’ll need bridesmaids and mares of honors. How do we decide?”
“Oh… of course, I know that. Well, I obviously want Twilight to be my mare of honor.”
“And I want Fluttershy to be my bridesmaid. But that leaves us with Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie free. We can ask them to be our helpers.”
“I’ll ask Pinkie Pie.” Trixie said.
“Alright. Who should I choose?”
“How about Applejack? She’s more likely to like the idea.”
“But what about Rainbow Dash?” Rarity asked.
“Even when she’s dearly in love with Applejack, I think that she will refuse. You know, it isn’t ‘cool’.”
“What are we supposed to do then? Leave her with the regular guests?”
“First row. I think that she will appreciate that.”
“We’ll ask her if she’s fine with that.” Rarity said with a smile and gazed romantically at Trixie. They discussed the plans for hours. Either of them noticed that it was already night time until they started to yawn. Rarity asked Trixie to stay overnight.
“But we have one huge problem, my lady...” Trixie said as she covered herself with the sheets.
“What?”
“We have no budget.”
***
“That’s our problem...” Rarity just finished telling her friends about their wedding plans. They were having a picnic at their secret prairie. “We might not be able to afford a big wedding.”
“But, Rarity, isn’t your family wealthy?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“Trixie refuses to ask them for bits.” Rarity said as she glared at Trixie. “My parents have a saving especially for this occasion, Trixie-boo.”
“I want to collaborate. I wouldn’t feel comfortable if they pay the whole ceremony. At least give me some time to raise bits on my own.”
“But...”
“Rarity, this is about principles. It is our wedding so both of us must spend on it.”
“Why don’t we have simple ceremony?” Rarity proposed.
“No. I want our wedding day to be special. You deserve it.” Trixie spoke softer as she finished talking and gazed at Rarity with a look which said please, stop arguing.
Rarity sighed as she looked down. “Fine. I’ll let you save for our wedding...”
“Thanks...”
“So...” Rainbow Dash said after an awkward silence while she scratched the back of her head. “Thank you for just inviting me to the wedding instead of asking me to be your mare of honor or something. I mean it.”
“Oh, darling, you should be thanking my Trixie-boo. She’s the one who said that you might prefer to be sitting instead of helping us.” Rarity said with her usual smile.
“When you say it like thar it sounds bad...” Rainbow Dash said before looking at Trixie. “Thanks, Trixie.”
“After saving my life, the least I could do for you was to save you from Rarity.”
The fashionista glared at Trixie. “Save her from me? What did you mean mean, Trixie? Choose your words carefully, missy. That is, if you don't want to be completely blind.”
“U-Umm, it wasn’t literal, sweetheart. You know how much Rainbow Dash dislikes those kind of stuff. I explained it to you last night.” Rarity stared at Trixie for a few moments before raising her eyebrows.
“Very well. I’ll let that one pass, for now.” The fancy Unicorn said as she took a sip from the tea she was drinking.
“Trixie, about saving your life…” The cyan Pegasus spoke again. “You never owed anything for doing so. I wouldn’t let anypony die if I can prevent it.” Trixie smiled and was about to say something else when Pinkie Pie suddenly spoke.
“You don’t have to worry about your bachelorette party, Trix! Twilight and I will throw you the biggest party of your life! I’m already thinking on who to invite besides you, Twilight, Rarity and all of us!”
“Pinkie… you can’t invite Rarity to Trixie’s bachelorette’s party.” Twilight said.
“Why not?”
“Because… because bachelors parties are to celebrate the end of someone’s bachelorhood. Rarity will have one of her own which will be planned by Applejack and Fluttershy.”
“Aww, does that mean that I can’t invite Fluttershy and Applejack either?” Pinkie Pie sadly said.
“I’m afraid not. They can’t be at two places at once.” Twilight noticed that the party pony opened her mouth to speak again, but she interrupted her before she spoke. “I have already told you that we blocked that pond for a reason, Pinkie Pie. You know the dangers, you experienced them by yourself.” Pinkie Pie closed her mouth and looked down, defeated. Applejack patted Pinkie Pie’s back to comfort her.
“Don’t worry, sugarcube. If you want, you can help Fluttershy and me with Rarity’s bachelorette’s party.”
Pinkie Pie regained her mood and smiled widely. “Plan two parties at once? HOW TO SAY NO TO THAT? You two can come over to my place to plan them. Oh! Or I go to your place! Oh, wait, you two live in separated homes, that would take more time. Come to my place instead! I’ll prepare us something to eat while we plan the parties...” Pinkie Pie kept talking quickly while Applejack put one of her forelegs on her forehead.
Why did ah open mah mouth? Applejack thought while the pink pony before her kept giving her ideas.
“Okay...” The lavender Unicorn said, trying to ignore Pinkie Pie. “I assume that there's no official date yet.”
“No, we're still not sure. It all depends on how much time Trixie takes to save enough. An year, at the most.” Rarity thoughtfully said.
“I don’t know how, but I’ll get all the bits we need.” Trixie’s face showed determination.
“Trixie-boo. You promised not to work for at least two more weeks...”
“I never said that I would start working right now. I think that I’ll ask if anypony else in Ponyville needs help.”
“Umm, maybe you can help me with the forest critters and earn a payment, if you want...” Fluttershy spoke after being silence the entire picnic.
“No, Fluttershy. I appreciate the offer, but I can’t accept your bits. It’s already enough that I work for Applejack. Besides, you're already giving me a place to live.”
“Oh, okay...” Fluttershy squeaked softly when she felt something on one of her forelegs. She relaxed when she realized that it was Twilight’s hoof pulling her closer to her to kiss her on her head, causing the shy Pegasus to smile and blush a little. Trixie smiled at the scene and gazed at Rarity, who gazed back at her. Rarity blew a kiss to the blue Unicorn and Trixie touched her cheek, feeling it warm like if she actually got kissed. They smiled at each other before starting another conversation.
***
After the picnic, Trixie asked Twilight if she had a book about the scoltish culture available. Twilight was almost certain that she had one around so she asked Trixie to follow her back to the library.
“How sure are that you have it?” Trixie asked to her best friend.
“98.99% Sure.”
“So, umm, how is everything between you and Fluttershy.”
“Everything is fine. No, better than fine. I never thought I was able to love anypony this much! She’s… I can’t even begin to describe what she makes me feel...” Twilight said with a dreamy voice.
“Have you thought on proposing to her?” Twilight’s smile faded as she looked down, neither of them stopped walking.
“Yes… but I don’t dare taking the next step, yet. Even when our relationship is solid, she’s still very shy. I fear that if I propose to her she might get too nervous and gallop away.“ Twilight looked at Trixie. ”I don’t want to scare her.”
“Twilight. If she loves you as much as you do, she will accept.”
“Maybe. But, that’s not the only reason I haven’t proposed to her, yet.”
“Hmm?”
“I… don’t know if I’m ready yet...” Twilight admitted with shame. Trixie put a hoof on one of Twilight’s withers to comfort her.
“I understand. Asking somepony to marry you is an important matter. You shouldn’t take that big step without being completely sure.”
“So, I’m not a bad pony?” Twilight inquired.
“Of course not. I thought a lot before deciding to ask Rarity to be my wife.”
“You started to practice when you two barely had half an year dating.”
“At first I practiced to impress her. The idea to propose to her came to me afterwards.”
The librarian sighed, defeated, and looked in front of her. “I’ll propose to Fluttershy when I feel that I’m ready.” They arrived to the library shortly after that. Twilight opened the door and Spike appeared from behind one of the bookshelves, holding a piece of parchment.
“Twilight, you’re here!” Spike excitedly said as he ran towards the Unicorn in question. “Princess Celestia wrote to you.”
“Thanks, Spike.” Twilight said as she magically took the letter and Trixie sat behind her.
“Hi, Trixie.”
“Hello, Spike.” They greeted each other with a smile.
“That’s weird...” Twilight said as she her body to face Trixie. “Princess Celestia wants to meet you personally in Canterlot next week.” She added before looking at Trixie’s face. “I wonder why.”
“I was waiting for this letter.” Trixie said with a smile, causing both Spike and Twilight to get confused.
“You knew that she would summon you? How?”
“Princess Luna told me that she would when I was in a coma. Now I’m completely sure that it wasn’t just a dream.” The showmare spoke calmly, still with her smile. Twilight and Spike looked at each other before gazing back at Trixie.
“Princess Luna contacted you through your dreams?” Trixie nodded with her eye closed to answer Twilight’s question. “Why didn’t you tell me?”
“Because...” Trixie slowly smiled jokingly. “I wanted to see your reaction. It was worth it!” Trixie began to laugh as Twilight and Spike looked at each other again.
“I think that you need a break from Rainbow Dash.” Spike said while Trixie continued to laugh.