A Great And Powerful Feeling

by bakersong

The Great Talk

As she stood there looking at the wagon she couldn't help but be nervous thinking about it. For some reason she had been instantly attracted to this mare, but usually she wouldn't have so much trouble asking one out. Though she was sweating, and shaking with nerves.

"You know I was just kidding, you don't have to do this." Tropic said noticing how she was acting. "But you look like you've been struck by love's arrow pretty bad."

"S-shut up and let's do this." She said giving him a slight glare.

"Alright, you go on and knock i'll just hang out back here." He said giving her a smile. "Know, how about you go ask her out already?"

"I wasn't planning on asking her out!" She exclaimed her cheeks flushed.

"Oh please, I've known you for a long time. You usually ask anypony out that you have a crush on, but it looks like you want more than a simple date." He said teasingly.

"Alright, I was kind of planning on asking her out. But only if she was interested, and no I don't want to do that!" She said regaining her confidence back. "At least not on the first date, not if she does want to go out with me."

"Of course she would want to go out with you, even if she seems to be a bit self centered. Besides you have one of the nice's flanks in Ponyville." He said.

"Why have been looking at my flank huh?" She asked this time glaring a glare of death at him.

"Yeah, of course. You always run ahead of me so I have no choice but to look at it." He said a smirk coming across his face.

"You know that I know you just let me win those, especially now that I know you only let me win to look back there you perv." She said. "Now if you'll excuse me I have to ask a show mare out."

She then proceeded walking up to the door and she looked back as Tropic was still giving a smirk. It was then she realized he had just said all of that to give her confidence back. Giving a smile and shaking her head at how well he knew how to push her buttons she walked up and knocked.

"Who dares to disturb the Great And Powerful Trixie!" A voice called from behind the door before it swung open, and the blue mare eyes widened in surprise.

"Um, hi Trixie I was at your show I don't know if you remember me." She said a bit nervous.

"Your the mare from the front row." Trixie said a slight blush coming across her cheeks. "What brings you by to see the one and only Trixie?"

"Oh, um well I was hoping we could talk about your show and how amazing it was." She said giving a weak smile.

"Of course you do! Who wouldn't want to talk about my show? Come in." Trixie said opening the other half of the door.

"Wow, this is very nice. A lot more spaces than I thought." She said walking into the living area.

"Oh, so your impressed then? Good as that's what Trixie aims to do." Trixie said giving her a smile. "You want something to drink, or maybe something to eat?"

"Umm, do you have any orange juice?" She asked.

"Yes, I think I do." Trixie said turning around giving her a little time to admire her flank, but she looked away in embarrassment. "Ah, here we are."

Trixie then pulled out a quart of orange juice and held two glasses in her magic and she spun around to see the other mare blushing a little. Though she didn't know why but she felt a little self conscious and blushed. Why was this mare blushing like that, and why won't she make eye contact?

"So um, what do you do. You already know what the great and powerful Trixie does?" Trixie asked pouring the orange juice into the glasses.

"Oh, um I run a pie shop. My specialty is cherry pie though, kind of funny cause my name is Cherry Pie." At this both mares let out a slight giggle.

"Yes, well most ponies seem to have names that match what they do. So do you want anything to eat with that?" Trixie asked.

"Well what do you have?" She asked.

"I have some peanut butter crackers, and some other food of course. Like I know I have some salads around here some where." Trixie started to dig around in her mini fridge.

"Peanut butter crackers sounds good." She said with a smile.

"Okay, as you wish." Trixie said opening a cabinet and pulling out some small packages of peanut butter crackers.

"Do you like them that much that you have so many?" She asked also taking note of the many small packages.

"Well, yes I do. But most of them are from fans who discovered that I loved them." Trixie said a small blush on her cheeks.

"Ah don't worry, I won't tell anypony. If it helps, I love oranges just as much." She said with a wink.

"Oh, so you said you make pie's?" She nodded in response. "So maybe I could come over and look through your selection, maybe we could um, uh..."

"Go have lunch or dinner? Depending when you come over of course." She said trying her best to hide her excitement.

"Yes, I think i'll be by in time for lunch. But uh, where is your shop?" Trixie asked.

"Oh you actually passed it on your way here, but here let me draw you a little map." She said. "Do you have any paper quills I could use?"

"Uh, right over here I think." Trixie answered and then pulling out a flyer and quill from a cornet. "This should do, just write on the back."

"Okay." She said taking the quill with her mouth and while Trixie held the flyer to where the blank side was facing her she started making a small map. "And there you go." Spitting the quill out.

"You can come by any time." She said with a wink, and before she turned around she saw another blush go onto the other mare.

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"So how it go?" Tropic asked as he saw her walking out of the wagon, and his smile turned into a frown. "Oh, Cherry don't tell me she..."

"Me and her are going out for lunch sometime." She said after getting rid of the act she had been putting on.

"That's great! So are you hoping to score with this one?" He asked.

"In due time yes, but for right now I want to try to take things slow. I think that'll help me actually build up a relationship." She answered.

"Well what if she makes a move on you?" He asked.

"Then I guess i'll have to show her some of my skills won't I?" She asked a smirk on her face.

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"Eek!" She squealed. "I have a date with that Cherry Pie!"

She was very excited for this was the first date she had been on in awhile, and the last one ended horribly. That mare only wanted one thing, and even though she put on an act of self centerness she was not a mare who gave herself to just anypony. They had to earn that right by treating her right.

"Now let's see here." She said to herself holding up the map that Cherry drew.

As she looked she recognized her wagon in front of the town hall, and there was a few buildings drawn. She was impressed that the earth pony had gotten so much detail on the map in such a short span of time. When she spotted a building on the map marked with a pie she knew that was the shop, but then her attention went to the bottom of the page.

Right there was an x and o in the corner and she couldn't help but smile a bit at it , but that mare will have to do more than do something cute like this. She remembered as the mare was leaving she couldn't help but look at her flank, though she figured her flank had already been looked at. But for some reason she couldn't help but watch the mare as she walked out, she had a very nice flank though.

Author's Note:

Yay, another chapter to this story. Whoopie! Chances are though I won't be able to release another for a few more days, most likely after christmas. Might try to do something with this for Hearths Warming Eve though.