Trixie and Maud: Heart of Stone

by TheCrimsonDM


Chapter Sixty Eight: Somepony to Talk To

HEART OF STONE
Chapter Sixty Eight: Somepony to Talk Too
Written by TheCrimsonDM

Utter and complete silence surrounded Trixie as she stood alone in a dead forest. The lifeless trees all judged her and the black soil was disgusted by her very touch. The sky was overcast with thick clouds because even the sun had turned its head away from the unicorn in revolution. This place felt more like a graveyard, and that meant this must be her grave.

A few drops of rain fell to the ground around Trixie pooling into small puddles of murky water at her hooves. The smell now rising from the earth was pungent and strange noises were heard all around. She didn’t know why she was here but she knew that she had earned this, though she couldn’t clearly remember what her sins had been.

Suddenly lightning struck and the bolt as though on a destined course was sent flying right into Trixie’s back. As her shoulders lit on fire she fell forward screaming in pain and terror. The world around her became dark, so dark that she couldn’t see anything and the burning sensation only worsened. The world quickly tried to smother her and hold her down, warm and wet the worlds tendrils forced Trixie down into the soft earth and a loud noise was trying its best to slither into her mind.

“Please stop!” Fluttershy cried as Trixie tried in a futile attempt to throw the world off of her. “It’s okay,” she pleaded, “You just had a bad dream.”

The world was dark and the warm furry and damp hooves that were holding her down were shaking. Trixie suddenly stopped fighting and in a quiet voice she begged, “Maud?”

Silence filled the darkness that was all around her. All she could do was lay still and wait for her eyes to adjust. After a few moments she was able to make out the walls around her and the vague shapes of furniture. Fluttershy was sitting behind Trixie and holding her down with her hooves.

“What’s going on?” Trixie asked feeling very confused.

“I-I-I don’t know. You just started to thrash around in your sleep. I had to hold you down so that you didn’t hurt yourself… or me,” Fluttershy explained before gasping for breath.

Fluttershy gently let go of Trixie and crashed into the bed next to her. Trixie stared in silence at Fluttershy for a moment and her mind worked desperately to figure out where she was or why she was here. Very slowly the pieces of the puzzle began putting themselves together in her mind and she rolled away from Fluttershy cursing her life.

“Are you okay?” Fluttershy asked quietly.

At first Trixie didn’t respond but as Fluttershy began gently massaging Trixie’s shoulders she knew that silence wouldn’t work. It took every fiber of her being to not start crying then and there as she said, “I just had a nightmare… that’s all.”

“You were screaming in pain,” Fluttershy said. “You can tell me what’s wrong.”

“My spider bite wounds act up and cause a burning pain in my sleep sometimes. I thought that I was healed from the poison.”

“Spider’s actually have toxin… but um… I’m sorry that you’re still hurt. I don’t see anything evidence of any spider bites though,” Fluttershy analyzed.

“There are two dark patches of fur on my back in case you didn’t notice,” Trixie said quietly.

“I was wandering what those were. It’s odd though, spiders don’t leave marks like that. Changing the color of your fur, that sounds a lot like magic to me.”

Spider bite or magic curse, it didn’t matter to Trixie, the only thing that she cared about now was lamenting over what she had done. Trixie had already dug her hole and now she was going to burry herself. At the very least she could tell the truth to Fluttershy, after what she just did it’s not like she could be judged any worse by anypony.

Trixie inhaled deeply and quietly said, “I was the one who stole the crystal thing from Twilight’s castle.” The pair of warm hooves that were caressing Trixie’s back quickly withdrew leaving Trixie’s heart to sink even further. “I can’t tell you why I stole it, I… I just can’t. But that wouldn’t matter anymore anyway because I think that the heart is probably never going to return.”

The bed bounced as Fluttershy moved and for a moment Trixie was sure that Fluttershy was leaving to tell Twilight of her crime. When a warm leg followed by a large wing wrapped themselves around Trixie it stunned her. Fluttershy snuggled herself into Trixie’s back and said quietly, “I don’t care. Sure you stole and you lied, but you told me the truth. You trusted me enough to know about this and that’s all that matters to me. And I promise that I will never tell Twilight, I swear it.”

Those words lifted Trixie’s heart and it was like one of the giant weights that hung from her heart had vanished. She rolled over to meet Fluttershy’s eyes and saw the kind loving look that Fluttershy always held for her. A small smile grew on Trixie’s lips and she couldn’t help but nuzzle the pegasus.

“You really don’t hate me for stealing?” Trixie asked still in disbelief.

“Of course not. You didn’t think that you were the only one to have done a few bad things, did you?” Fluttershy asked.

“But you are so kind, and so… well I guess you aren’t shy around me, but with other ponies you are. So what could you have possibly done that was so bad?” Trixie asked quietly.

“I have gotten into hoof fights with a lot of ponies over some really silly things. I… I have an anger problem and although I’ve been taking classes sometimes it still comes out. I once sicked my birds onto a few of Pinkie’s balloons because I wanted to see her cry… that was a really mean thing for me to do,” Fluttershy admitted shamefully.

Trixie was taken aback for a moment but she quickly recovered and said, “Wow, who knew that the quiet one was actually the scary one.”

“It usually is.”

Trixie smiled even wider at Fluttershy. It was nice having a pony who openly talked with her about the bad things that they had both done, a pony who might actually understand what it was like to think of yourself as a bad pony, as a monster. The worst thing was that Trixie was quickly realizing that Fluttershy was being more open with her after only such a short amount of time then Maud had been over the course of a long time. This was a nice change of pace for the lonely unicorn.

Trixie leaned in and gently pressed her lips against Fluttershy’s before pulling away and saying, “I know that we are both covered in sweat but now that we’re both awake…”

“We were making love for nearly five hours straight… and you still want to go on?” Fluttershy exclaimed. In a sly little voice Fluttershy added, “You are my kind of animal.”

***

It was nearly ten in the morning before Trixie woke up in Fluttershy’s embrace. The thing that Trixie found the most strange about Fluttershy’s body wasn’t that she was tall, but unlike Maud, Fluttershy was soft not covered in muscles, instead she was mostly soft and a little boney. This made Fluttershy ideal for cuddling although after what they had done even the simple act of cuddling felt wrong.

After taking a bath in Fluttershy’s tiny tub Trixie went back home alone. She quickened her pace once she realized that she needed to take her medication. Once she got through the front door she closed it and locked it behind and threw off her coat. Thankfully it didn’t look like Pinkie was here yet, so maybe she would actually get away with having spent the night out.

Just as Trixie got to her bedroom door a familiar voice asked worriedly, “Where were you last night?”

Trixie looked over and in the living room she saw Pinkie Pie lying on the couch with red eyes staring at her. The pink pony’s nose was running and her cheeks were soaked. It was obvious that she had been crying, hard.

“I… I was out at a friend’s house,” Trixie admitted guiltily.

Pinkie sniffled. “That’s good. I was worried that you had gotten hurt, or that you had run away, or that something else had happened, but then I thought that if I left the house to go and look for you I might miss you when you returned, and then I would never see you again, and then Maud would hate me, and then all the others would think I’m irresponsible and- “Pinkie Pie stopped to inhale deeply before continuing, “then my life would be over. So I stayed here all night waiting for you.”

Trixie hung her head and apologized, “I’m sorry. I would have told you, but it was kinda a sudden thing.”

“I understand. Sometimes you just have to party and you can’t make any plans. You just have to let the crazy out.”

“I…” Trixie tried to say something but no words came to mind that wouldn’t be lies or give her away. In the end she just said, “Trixie is going to go take my medication now.”

With that Trixie walked into her room and took her morning meds. It occurred to her though that Pinkie Pie couldn’t read her mind, so maybe it was actually possible to get away with this new secret of hers. A plan, both dark and wicked began forming in her mind, one that involved her being able to stay with her loving fiancé and having a delicious pegasus on the side. She knew that it would only take a little planning and careful attention to detail, but she could pull this off.

The picture of Maud and Trixie hugging sat on the nightstand judging her. Suddenly she realized that she might be able to keep this one night a secret, but she couldn’t go behind Maud’s back like this ever again. She closed her eyes and vowed to never cheat on Maud again, this had gone too far and if it ever came out it would destroy the earth pony that she loved so very much. Not to mention how hurt Pinkie Pie would be if she ever heard about this.

The bedroom door swung open violently and Pinkie Pie rushed in her eyes were wide with panic and she stared fearfully at Trixie. “Trixie, who bit you?”

Trixie became strongly aware of the bite mark on her shoulder that Fluttershy had left. Instinctively she threw a hoof over her shoulder to hide it and said, “Trixie got into a scuffle, the other pony bit me.”

“You were in a fight!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed. “Did you win?”

“Nopony won, it was stopped just in time. Otherwise Trixie would have easily mopped the floor with said pony,” Trixie replied proudly.

“Awesome! But uh, don’t do that again. I’m supposed to be taking care of you, and if Maud heard about this she might kill me,” Pinkie Pie half joked.

Trixie waited until Pinkie Pie left the room before she quickly threw her robe on. There was no need to walk around the house with her shoulder being seen by the whole world. This was in addition to trying to hide the other bite mark on the inside of her thigh; if Pinkie had seen that one… things would have been made slightly more awkward.

***

Later that day Trixie and Fluttershy were sitting inside a small restaurant while enjoying a simple meal together. Originally Trixie had declined Fluttershy’s offer but after Fluttershy explained that they needed to talk she went along. A plate of hay fries and a half-eaten oat burger rested on Trixie’s plate, Fluttershy had ordered soup.

“So what do we need to discuss?” Trixie asked.

Fluttershy bit her lower lip and looked extremely nervous. “I… about last night. I don’t think we should let anypony know about it.”

Trixie let out a sigh and said, “I believed that was fairly obvious.” Trixie rested one of her hooves on the table and added, “Last night was wonderful, though I-“

Fluttershy quickly grabbed hold of Trixie’s hoof and held it gently while saying, “I’m so glad that you liked it. I was so scared that you were mad at me for being too… rough.”

“What? Of course I’m not mad. I mean you were a complete animal last night, but it was a new experience. Maud tends to treat me like I’m made of glass,” Trixie replied.

Fluttershy looked a little off put by Trixie’s remark. “Like glass? Is she afraid that she will break you or something?”

“Probably, she has a lot of issues when it comes to that kind of thing. Honestly though, it feels like she keeps things from me all the time. Did you know that she didn’t even tell me about her trip. She was going to keep it a secret and pretend that she never received the letter, I only found out because she left the mail out by accident,” Trixie explained.

Fluttershy’s expression sunk into a tiny frown. “I’m sorry. I remember when I was dating Rainbow. She would do things behind my back all the time, in fact I think that she cheated on me.”

“Rainbow Dash, the element of loyalty, cheated on somepony?” Trixie gasped.

“Y-y-yeah, she um, I don’t know if you were told but she has problems staying in relationships. Commitment scares her and so she tends to become self destructive. It’s not healthy.”

“Well I suppose that cheating is a sure fire way to destroy any rela-“ Trixie stopped as soon as she realized exactly what she was saying, and what she was doing. “Look, Fluttershy. Last night, that can’t happen again. I love Maud too much to let it ever happen again.”

“I know you do. That’s why I decided not to interfere with your relationship any longer. I shouldn’t have put you in that position, you just came over to talk to somepony and I abused your trust. I’m sorry,” Fluttershy said.

Trixie smiled at Fluttershy. Knowing that her friend understood so well was a wonderful feeling. It was surprisingly easy to talk to Fluttershy; it felt like she could talk to her about anything. “I like talking to you. It’s like we connect on so many levels.”

Fluttershy grinned with happiness at Trixie’s kind words. “I know, it’s so nice to finally have somepony that I can trust, and that understands me. Often times Rarity simply ignores me and talks about herself or she can’t understand what it’s like to be me.”

Trixie smiled and said, “I guess the only difference between us is that I tried to hide behind a false persona, while you hid from everything in general.”

Fluttershy looked thoughtfully at Trixie. “I can see that, though I would prefer to say that after having been in some bad situations we both understand what it feels like to be alone, to be vilified, and to want to go to sleep and never wake up… life’s not always fair to the fragile ponies like us.”

“No it really isn’t,” Trixie agreed.

Fluttershy smiled gently and asked, “Would you mind coming over tomorrow and actually teaching me some magic tricks? Or is that asking too much after what happened.”

“After talking to you today, I don’t think that I could say no. Pinkie Pie is nice to talk to and all but since she stopped being able to read my mind it’s been hard for her to get a good read on me. Conversations are beginning to feel awkward between us.”

“Yeah, at first I was a little bothered by her ability. But then I realized that no matter how much I had thought badly about her, she never once spoke rudely about me… not on purpose. She’s a one of a kind pony, sometimes I think it’s a shame that she’s just too childish. That makes it hard to hang out with her,” Fluttershy pondered.

Trixie let out a sigh. She had one secret that only Pinkie knew about, one that she was terrified to tell Maud about now, but if Fluttershy was really this open about it, then maybe Trixie could tell her. “Fluttershy, I… Pinkie isn’t the only one who can read minds, you know?”

“Oh who else? Twilight, Celestia, Applejack?” Fluttershy inquired.

“Actually, it’s me. I can read minds, and I have been able to ever since I died over in New Slate,” Trixie admitted.

“NOWAY!” Fluttershy shouted excitedly. At the odd looks of the other customers around them Fluttershy quietly added, “That’s so neat. I wish that I could do that. Oh do you ever read my mind?”

“I try not to,” Trixie said.

“That’s the same answer that I get from Pinkie Pie. Does Maud know?”

“No she doesn’t and after what she said about it to Pinkie, I don’t ever want her to find out. She would find me to be a disgusting invasive bad pony… a monster. I suppose that my ability makes me into a kind of monster doesn’t it?” Trixie asked her heart beginning to sink.

Fluttershy smiled kindly and said, “Well then we can be monsters together. Me a secret shape changing bat thing, and you a super powered master of the pony mind. We can always find comfort in each other Trixie, no matter what the problem is.”

This made Trixie smile widely at Fluttershy. It wasn’t often that Trixie found a pony who honestly understood her, or one that she could so easily communicate with on such an intimate level. Slowly a warm feeling grew over her heart and she knew that if it was at all possible she would want to be able to talk like this with Maud.