//------------------------------// // Chapter Fifty Two: Morning as Usual // Story: Trixie and Maud: Heart of Stone // by TheCrimsonDM //------------------------------// HEART OF STONE Chapter Fifty two: Morning as Usual Written by TheCrimsonDM Something warm wrapped itself around Trixie’s belly and held onto her tightly. Something else wrapped itself around Trixie’s back. Two walls of warm fur pulled themselves closer to Trixie and surrounded her with heat. She didn’t want to move, not now after finally becoming so warm. She would just lie here forever if she could, and she tried to lay there with her eyes closed and on the very edge of waking up. But with building pressure in her bladder, she knew she couldn’t stay here forever, but she was determined to try. She moved her head and her cheek touched something cold and wet. She quickly opened her eyes and saw Maud’s peaceful sleeping face. Maud’s usual stoic expression was missing, replaced by a small smile and a slight blush. Whatever Maud was dreaming, Trixie was sure she would die from embarrassment should she ever find out. Trixie sat up carefully, trying not to wake anypony and wiped her cheek clean of the drool it had landed in, followed by the drool from her lips. She felt a little tired and her mouth had a strange flavor to it. Trixie tried to place what the flavor was, and failed to figure it out. The room was still dark but with the light of dawn coming through the window there was just enough light to see by. Now decided to wake up she took a good look around, and realized only now that she was surrounded by sleeping ponies. Maud on one side, and Pinkie followed by Rarity on the other. Why everypony was sleeping in the same room was just a little bit beyond her. With one leg she pushed herself up and then using the other two she carefully stepped over Maud. She placed her two right hooves on the other side of Maud very carefully. She pushed herself up and stared down at the sleeping pony underneath her and admired Maud’s smile. Trixie wanted nothing more than to kiss her gray earth pony, but decided it was best to let her sleep for now. Trixie put all the rest of her weight on her right hooves and began swinging her left legs over. Suddenly Trixie’s right legs slipped off the bed and she fell on top of Maud before bouncing onto the floor, and she screamed. Maud quickly sat up, and as Trixie stared into Maud’s shocked and worried expression, all she could think about was how she just ruined Maud’s perfect smile. Maud stared silently down at Trixie for a few moments and Trixie found herself shaking. She didn’t know if the shaking was from the fall or from waking up Maud but Trixie did know one thing, she was about to cry. “Are you okay?” Maud asked with a kind voice. Trixie looked away from Maud, the hot tears running down Trixie’s face made things a little harder to handle. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to wake you up, I know you were having a good dream.” “Lulu, you fell on me,” Maud stated. Sudden fear hit Trixie as she heard that, she closed her eyes and tried not whimper. “I’m sorry, did I hurt you?” “Of course not. And I’m not mad. I don’t usually get to wake up to see a sexy pony on top of me,” Maud said her voice becoming increasingly flat. Trixie wiped the tears from her eyes, but all that did was make her foreleg wet. Maud reached out with a hoof and stroked Trixie’s cheek gently. As Maud’s soft hoof brushed against Trixie’s face her shaking lessened. “What in Tartarus was that?” Rarity asked with an aggravated voice. “Trixie fell out of the bed,” Pinkie answered. “Well, tell her to be quiet next time,” Rarity said. After a few seconds of silence Rarity added, “She was in the middle of the bed, how in Equestria did she fall out?” Both Rarity and Pinkie sat up and stared at Trixie. Rarity was the first to ask, “Darling, are you okay?” Trixie whimpered and rubbed at her wet eyes. “No, I hurt Maud.” “You did not hurt me, Lulu. I’m really strong,” Maud said. “Yeah, like a rock,” Pinkie added. Trixie felt a little better after hearing this, somehow relating Maud to a rock was calming. Trixie looked over at the nightstand and grabbed her medication and her water bottle. Since Maud was awake and watching her, she figured now would be as good a time as any to take her meds. After she was done she felt an uneasy feeling as she realized that Rarity was still staring at her. “What?” Trixie asked defensively. “Nothing, I just haven’t seen you take your medication before. I actually forgot that you suffer from mental illness. I’m sorry,” Rarity explained. Trixie let out a sigh, and was reminded by the taste in her mouth. “It’s fine, I’m crazy and I deal with it. Let’s not talk about this anymore right now, I haven’t had a good morning today. I fell on Maud, I had a nightmare last night, and my mouth tastes weird.” “Did you brush your teeth last night?” Pinkie asked. “No, I kinda forgot to…busy day,” Trixie explained feeling a tad embarrassed. “Well that explains the funny taste in your mouth. You still have our flavors in there silly,” Pinkie Pie said before giggling. It took a moment for Trixie to actually understand what Pinkie was talking about. Her face was heating up the more she thought about it, but she had to admit it made some amount of sense that she might still be tasting them. Trixie thought about their unique flavors and how strange it was that ponies came in such a variety of taste sensations. As Trixie’s face continued heating up, certain parts of her body followed suit. Trixie muttered to herself, “Bubblegum, grape, and marshmallow.” “Don’t forget blueberry,” Maud added. “None of you taste like blueberries,” Trixie said. A moment later Trixie’s face was burning at the implications of what Maud had said. Trixie looked away from Maud but she noted that both Rarity and Pinkie were wearing a slight blush on their faces. This was probably not the best morning conversation, especially since Trixie had a craving for something sweet now. *** Trixie sat at the table and stared blankly at the frost covered window. She couldn’t help but remember her dream as she stared at it. That snow monster in her dream was absolutely horrible, and she could remember it all too clearly. Even if it was just a dream, now that she was able to think to herself for a few minutes, the more it bothered her that she had watched her family die in her sleep. She didn’t want to think about this anymore. Trixie shivered partially from the cold, and she took another sip of coffee in retaliation. The sweet flavor of the warm liquid reminded Trixie very much of what she loved about morning, breakfast. Maud wasn’t the one working on making breakfast today, this time it was Pinkie Pie who was cooking for her. Much to Rarity’s dismay Trixie had added Marshmallows into her cup of coffee and it tasted wonderfully. She was a bit embarrassed by Rarity’s reaction at first, but quickly began to enjoy the way the white pony would squirm each time Trixie took a sip from her coffee. Maybe it was mean to enjoy it this much, but it was a great distraction from her thoughts. When Trixie began eating marshmallows, slowly sucking on them and licking them far too much, Rarity nearly fainted, Trixie couldn’t help but laugh at that. It was nice not to be the embarrassed one for once. After breakfast was served and everypony began eating the pancakes that Pinkie had so wonderfully created for them. Rarity asked in an attempt to make Trixie forget about the marshmallows, “What was your dream about.” “I watched everypony get killed by a frozen monster that turned you all to ice statues,” Trixie admitted quietly. After a few seconds of seeing Rarity’s worried expression Trixie allowed herself to think about it more deeply. The dream had been a horrible one, and it was rare that she would dream about ponies dying, she usually woke up before that would happen. An unknown fear sized Trixie’s heart and she quickly wrapped her forelegs around one of Maud’s and held her tightly. Maud looked over at Trixie and nuzzled her cheek. Maud then said, “It’s okay, Lulu. I’d kill any monsters that tried to hurt anyone.” “You tried that, and they froze you on contact…it was scary. I don’t want to lose you, Maud. Please don’t ever leave me,” Trixie begged. “I won’t ever leave you, Lulu. I’d never abandon you,” Maud said quietly. Three loud thuds were heard from the door breaking the romantic moment between Maud and Trixie. Pinkie Pie bounced up into the air and continued bouncing over to the door while singing, “La la-la-la la.” Pinkie Pie opened the door and beamed at Twilight who was standing just outside. Twilight forced her way inside and past Pinkie Pie, along with her walked in Fluttershy. This was the first time that Fluttershy had entered Trixie’s home. Twilight looked very concerned, and Fluttershy looked worried. “We have a huge problem! Rarity, Pinkie, I need you two to get your stuff and follow me quickly,” Twilight said. By ‘get your stuff’ Trixie could easily assume that she meant get some warm clothes on. Twilight was wearing a blue and gold coat with matching socks, and scarf. Twilight was also wearing boots. Fluttershy was also dressed up, only she was wearing green. Trixie noticed an odd look on Fluttershy’s face as her stare continued switching between both Rarity and Pinkie Pie. Fluttershy seemed to be struggling with something inside her head for a moment and Trixie could feel that it was fear trying to take control over the shy ponies heart. Fluttershy finally managed to ask, “D-d-did you two have a s-s-slumber party?” Pinkie Pie’s expression went from happy, like usual, to instant fear, and back to happy, all within an instant. Pinkie Pie quickly said, “Yep, we were visiting when the snow storm hit and we got stuck inside. So I said, ‘who’s up for a slumber party’, and Trixie said, ‘I’m cold’.” Fluttershy looked thoroughly confused at what Pinkie Pie was saying but after a few seconds simply smiled at her in acceptance. Trixie didn’t need psychic powers to tell her that, Fluttershy had just written off Pinkie Pie as being a silly child instead of being a threat. Trixie really didn’t like being able to see that now, and wished desperately that Pinkie didn’t tell her those things last night. Trixie heard something in the back of her mind, it sounded like Pinkie Pie saying, “I’m sorry.” Trixie looked over to Pinkie Pie and saw the pink pony staring back with a sorrowful expression on her face. Trixie tried to think at her the words, “It’s okay. I’m glad that you told me.” Instantly Pinkie Pie grew a small smile, and Trixie knew she had gotten the message through. Twilight stomped her hoof down grabbing everyponies attention. “Everypony get dressed now. We need to hurry, I’ve already called the other two to meet me at the things corpse.” “That’s horribly morbid, Twilight. What are you talking about?” Rarity asked. Twilight screwed up her face as she looked ready to explode. Twilight calmed herself down and said impatiently, “Dead Windigo, middle of town, we go, NOW!”