HEART OF STONE
Chapter Sixty Seven: Heat of the Moment
Written by TheCrimsonDM
The morning came early for Trixie for as soon as the sun rose over the horizon a series of loud knocks woke up the tired unicorn. Still drowsy she got out of bed to go answer the door, poor Pinkie ended up waking from the early interruption as well. When Trixie opened the door the weight of what happened last night hit her like a ton of bricks and the only two words that escaped her mouth were, “Oh crap.”
Twilight Sparkle stood at the door with her four other friends and all of them looked upset. In the distance Trixie saw the once shining castle of crystal now completely turned into cold hard stone. There was no way that Trixie’s actions last night could have become more obvious.
“Pinkie Pie, we need to talk. Trixie, do you mind if we come inside for a bit?” Twilight asked.
It was freezing this early in the morning so Trixie couldn’t simply refuse her friend’s request, even if all she wanted to do was hide underneath her bed right now. After letting the five ponies inside Trixie began heating up a pot of coffee. It would be rude for a host to not offer a nice warm drink on such a cold morning after all, besides that it allowed Trixie to hide her face and guilt ridden eyes from the others.
“What happened to your castle, Twilight? It looks like somewhere Maud would live in if she became an alicorn princess,” Pinkie Pie said casually.
Trixie noticed that Fluttershy’s eyes seemed to be glued onto the blue unicorn’s bare flanks. With her face warming up a little Trixie gave up on trying to hide her face and turned around facing the group of ponies. The last thing she needed right now was to have Fluttershy eyeing her up. Twilight was visibly upset, but it was difficult to tell whether it was fear or anger.
“Pinkie,” Twilight said carefully, “I just learned that there is a secret chamber in the basement level of my Castle, just above the lab. And inside of that chamber there used to be a crystal heart according to… books, my books said that. Anyway, it’s gone now, and that I think that somepony stole it.”
“Oh that’s horrible,” Pinkie Pie said. “We need to find those thieves and show them that nopony steals from our friend.”
Trixie couldn’t be more thankful for Pinkie being unable to read her mind right now. Although the air in the room was shifting and suddenly she didn’t like the way that everypony felt right now. A tense emotion filled everypony, like a wire being drawn so tight that it might snap at any second. The only ponies who weren’t on edge were Pinkie and Fluttershy.
“Pinkie, I need to ask you to do me a favor,” Twilight asked.
“Sure what do you need?”
Twilight looked very nervous as she said, “I need you to use your… ability to find the criminal.”
“No.”
“But why?”
“Because,” Pinkie Pie said in disgust, “I refuse to abuse it. I already told you all that I don’t use it on purpose, and I’ve been trying harder and harder to make it stop.”
“There are no clues left,” Twilight said. “We already looked, we even used magic but there was nothing. It was almost like all the evidence vanished. The worst part is I don’t even know how they got inside, only my closest friends are allowed past the magical barrier that leads into my basement.”
“Wait who was helping you look, Twilight?” Rarity asked.
“… my book was,” Twilight obviously lied.
“Right, and neither of you could find any evidence? None at all?” Rarity asked.
Twilight looked back at Rarity and said lamely, “Like I said there wasn’t any evidence inside the stairs or the basement. I did find a blue hair in the chamber itself but… that doesn’t really help.”
With a now pounding heart Trixie quickly turned away from the others for fear of her face revealing the truth. She quickly began focusing her attention onto pouring out seven cups of coffee. After that Trixie managed to find a spot to sit at her tiny table with the six other ponies squished around it. Her new seat was next to Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash. It was awkward to say the least.
“So what you are saying is that you want me to go mind reading everypony who has blue fur?” Pinkie asked.
“I have a list of possible candidate’s right here,” Twilight said as she levitated out a list from her saddlebag.
Pinkie Pie took one look at the list and said, “Trixie, catch.” With that warning she tossed the list at Trixie who barely caught it with her magic.
Trixie took a look at the list. Out of the list of pony names she really only recognized Minuette’s name, although the strong mare probably wouldn’t have been able steal anything stealthily. “What’s on this list that’s so important?”
Pinkie Pie smiled. “It’s not about what’s on the list. It’s about what’s not on it.”
Trixie reexamined the list and although she felt that something was indeed off, she couldn’t quite place what that was. “I don’t get it, Pinkie.”
“You are not on the list,” Pinkie Pie explained.
Twilight quickly jumped in saying, “Of course she isn’t. Why would Trixie ever steal from me, I’d sooner expect Rainbow Dash to steal from me.”
“Hey!” Rainbow Dash cried out. After a moment she added lamely, “You’re totally right.”
Guilt filled Trixie’s heart and she just knew that this new secret was going to explode in her face. She couldn’t very well tell Twilight what was going on and even if she tried to, she wouldn’t be able to talk about Red Velvet. Trixie gave the list back to Pinkie.
“Hey, Trixie,” Fluttershy whispered into Trixie’s ear. “Um… I know that this is really important but maybe later you could come over and teach me a few magic tricks?”
Trixie took a sip of her coffee. “Alright, but no more-“
“Wait why is she on the list!” Pinkie exclaimed.
“Who?”
“Lyra?”
Twilight frowned. “Because her and Minuette both hate me.”
Trixie hadn’t even noticed Lyra’s name on the list so she had to ask, “Where was her name at?”
“It’s on the other side,” Pinkie explained.
There were not words to describe how it felt to miss something so utterly simple as the other side of a piece of paper. Trixie ended up just hanging her head and attempting to pretend that she had never gone to Twilight’s the night before. A kind, warm wing wrapped around Trixie’s back making the unicorn look up into Fluttershy’s eyes. For a moment Trixie’s heart stopped, something about the look in Fluttershy’s eyes told Trixie that everything was going to be okay.
Without a second thought Trixie laid her head down against Fluttershy’s tall shoulder and closed her eyes. Fluttershy smelled faintly of animals and flowers. Something about lying in Fluttershy’s embrace felt so good and put the world along with all its troubles on the back burner. This could have lasted forever if it wasn’t for Applejack.
“What are ya’ll doing,” Applejack asked accusingly.
Suddenly Trixie pulled herself away and sat up straight while saying, “Nothing!”
“Good,” Applejack replied sternly.
***
It took a few of hours before Twilight and her friends left Trixie’s home in a vain attempt to find whoever was behind the theft. What nopony realized was that they had been hanging out with the pony they were looking for all day, and after seeing the drive that Twilight had to find the criminal it only strengthened Trixie’s belief that she was going to get caught sooner or later. Pinkie Pie had ran off with Twilight leaving the sad unicorn alone with her thoughts.
After spending hours alone inside berating herself over her crime she decided it was best to leave and not come back to her house until Pinkie returned, being alone right now was a bad idea. Sadly she had no idea as to where to go. Being anywhere near Twilight was a terrible idea right now, and it seemed that going anywhere near most of her friends would prove upsetting. She remembered how nice it was to have Fluttershy holding her earlier, how it seemed that all of her troubles just left when she was around the gentle pony. A decidedly horrible idea began forming in Trixie’s head, and even though she fought against it, it felt like something was pulling her closer and closer to the making it a reality.
When Trixie found herself standing in front of Fluttershy’s cottage, not entirely sure as to how she had gotten there. She figured that maybe she was here for a reason. It was entirely possible that the only pony who could help her feel better was Fluttershy, and if Trixie only kept her guard up then maybe this wouldn’t be such a bad idea. Unsure about her decision and as to the exact reason she was here she inhaled deeply and knocked on the front door.
Moments later the door cracked open and Fluttershy poked her head out. Upon seeing Trixie, Fluttershy squeaked happily and swung the door open all the way. Trixie sluggishly walked inside. Dark thoughts had been left to soak in her mind for so long now that any physical movement had become difficult, all she wanted was to lie down and sleep.
“May I take your coat?” Fluttershy asked kindly.
Trixie undid the zipper and gave the coat to Fluttershy all with her magic. Something was strange about the way her magic was feeling right now, it felt stronger than before, but she was still too afraid to try anything more straining then telekinesis. Without a word Fluttershy grabbed the coat and hung it on the wall next to the door. Trixie crawled onto Fluttershy’s couch and laid her head down.
Her heart was filled with pain, the pain of knowing just how wrong it was of her to steal from Twilight. Trixie’s eyes burned as she fought with the need to cry and she fought even harder to not whimper. She wanted nothing more than to go and get that once crystal heart back but even if she did it wouldn’t change the fact that she had done something so horrible that her friends would all abandon her, and worst of all even Maud would judge her for this one. She would accept any form of punishment from them so long as they didn’t leave her.
A gentle wing found its way over Trixie’s back. This caused Trixie to look up sadly into Fluttershy’s eyes. No hate was held in the gentle pony’s eyes, only kindness and love. Trixie couldn’t handle it any longer and the tears began to run down her face, she had pretended to be strong long enough, now it was time to go back to being weak again.
“Shh, it’ll be okay, Trixie,” Fluttershy cooed.
“No, it won’t. I did something horrible, so horrible that now I’m going to lose all of my friends. I don’t want to be alone again. Oh please Celestia don’t let me be alone,” Trixie sobbed.
Fluttershy crawled up onto the couch next to Trixie and snuggled her side. Softly Fluttershy began nuzzling Trixie’s neck and whispering, “I will never leave you alone. I know how horrible it is to not have anyone to love you, and I refuse to let you go through that ever again. It doesn’t matter what you did, Trixie, I’ll be here for you.”
Trixie looked up and met Fluttershy’s eyes and something inside her broke. Fluttershy was telling the absolute truth, and Trixie knew it, she felt it. The love that Fluttershy held for Trixie was so deep that it could never be destroyed, not even when Trixie had hurt Fluttershy had the kind pony’s love failed. Inside Trixie’s heart she knew that if she just let Fluttershy in that all her pain could be taken away in an instant.
Slowly Fluttershy moved her muzzle close to Trixie’s until their noses touched, and yet Fluttershy refused to allow their lips to make contact. Something was burning inside of Trixie, something hot and wild. She knew that she wanted, no she needed this moment, but if she gave in to her own selfish desires, if she let Fluttershy take all her pain and guilt away even for a moment, then it would all be over. The life that she had fought so hard for, it would all end.
With great regret Trixie tried to pull away but found a gentle hoof was now caressing the back of her head. Fluttershy stared deeply into Trixie’s eyes and licked her lips with a wild look in her eyes one that Trixie had never seen before. Trixie had never seen Maud look at her this way, yes Maud had an eye almost constantly placed on Trixie’s rump but the gray earth pony had never looked so filled with lust, so wild, and so animalistic as Fluttershy did at that very moment.
“Fluttershy-“ Trixie tired to say but suddenly a pair of lips shot forward and pressed hard against her own shutting her up. A hot and wicked tongue slipped into Trixie’s mouth and fought against her own for dominance. To Trixie’s surprise she began kissing back and even managed to get her own tongue into Fluttershy’s mouth and thus tasting the sweet honey flavor that was Fluttershy.
They kissed and rolled over with Fluttershy climbing on top of her. Trixie’s hooves stroked Fluttershy’s back and slid closer and closer to the yellow pony’s rear. A sudden sharp pain hit Trixie’s tongue snapping her back into reality and forcing her to pull away. Fluttershy’s face suddenly became stricken with fear.
“What the hay? Did you bite me?” Trixie asked, more concerned with the idea of being bitten then by the fact that she was just making out with a pony who was not her fiancé.
“N-n-no it’s not… I’m sorry, I should have told you,” Fluttershy said quietly.
For a brief moment there was silence and the two stayed utterly still and then Fluttershy opened her mouth wide and Trixie saw the problem. One of Fluttershy’s teeth was sharp and curved. That one tooth obviously did not belong on a pony and raised so many questions; questions that were quickly cooling the fire in Trixie’s heart.
“What is that?”
Fluttershy looked away shamefully and explained, “Twilight turned me into a werebat, she tried to fix it but all she managed to do was slow down my… condition. I bet that you’re disgusted by me now.”
“A werebat, an actual werebat?” Trixie replied excitedly. She had only heard of such creatures. Yes werebats when transformed resembled bat ponies on the surface but there was so much more to them. They could control flocks of bats, suck fruits dry, and live for several hundred years maybe even longer. Fluttershy being such a rare creature was an absolutely beautiful thing, even if Twilight had created her by some manner of screw up.
Sadly Fluttershy clearly didn’t feel the same way. More than just the expression on the mare’s face, Trixie could feel the self loathing and terror that was ebbing off of the frightened pony. Surely when Trixie considered it, nopony chose to become a werepony. Fluttershy must’ve felt like an unloved monster, one that was to be feared rather than embraced.
One thing was for certain; if Trixie pulled away now, if she quit what she was doing with Fluttershy. The damage done to the fragile pegasus could be catastrophic. The one thing that Trixie understood and related to more than anything else was self loathing. It had caused Trixie to try and commit suicide in the past, and Trixie could already see the self destructive traits inside of Fluttershy, pulling away from her now would only lead the pegasus onto a dark road that she might never recover from. Trixie couldn’t allow herself to be responsible for such a tragedy.
On the other hoof if she continued along this track, she would lose Maud. Maybe Maud could forgive Trixie for having sex if that was all it was. But somewhere deep inside Trixie still held feelings for the pegasus. To both ponies this would be a wonderful experience while it lasted, but afterwards it would destroy everything for Trixie. Maud would also never forgive her for finding emotional comfort in another pony. This entire situation was the absolute worst.
It was hard but after quickly weighing the consequence of her choices, she bit the bullet. Even if it ended her own happiness she couldn’t allow Fluttershy to fall down the same dark road that Trixie was once on. Trixie lunged forward and kissed the scared looking Fluttershy. After pulling back Trixie stared into Fluttershy’s soft blue eyes and said the magic words that would save Fluttershy’s glass heart, “I love you, Fluttershy.”
Fluttershy was momentarily dumbstruck by the action but it didn’t take long before Fluttershy got the message and continued the behavior that was going to get them both into serious trouble.
Their mouths refused to part even and Celestia’s sun couldn’t make these two separate now. With a burning passion they kissed, and Trixie’s hoof quickly found its way to a sensitive little spot that made Fluttershy blush. When the two of them rolled off the couch it didn’t stop them, they simply continued despite any discomfort they felt from lying on the hard wood floor.
One last time the image of Maud appeared in Trixie’s mind and she slowed down. What she was doing right now was wrong and she knew it. This wasn’t simply for pleasure, nor was this simply Trixie taking emotional comfort from such a senseless act of depravity, now it was two broken ponies desperately trying to find a moment’s peace and comfort in each other.
With one quick and powerful motion Trixie was rolled onto her back and Fluttershy leaped on top. Fluttershy’s body rubbed up against Trixie’s causing the worried unicorn to let out a moan of pure excited pleasure, and then Fluttershy bit into Trixie’s neck. The bite wasn’t hard, but it was just enough to send shockwaves of pleasure throughout the blue pony’s entire body. The battle was now lost, and Trixie could no longer think as her mind was flooded with the sensations that Fluttershy was giving her.
Having never experienced the wild animalistic pleasure that Fluttershy gave her, there was no hope to fight back. Maud had always been so gentle with Trixie, treating the unicorn more like a porcelain doll then a pony. Fluttershy however had become like an untamed beast of nature the likes of which Trixie had never seen before.
Without any hope of stopping now, Trixie ceased fighting her own baser instincts and poured every ounce of her entire being into this one moment with her favorite pegasus.