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Trixie and Soarin', to keep anyone from getting suspicious, didn't spend much of the day together. Soarin' wen to his Wonderbolts practice whilst Trixie just spent her free time doing whatever. She helped Twilight get ready for her slumber party that was gonna be happenning on Colt-smas Eve.

"Thanks for the help, Trixie" Twilight told her. "If you weren't here to help, Spike and I would be setting things up until the last minute."

"I don't mind lending a helping hoof." Trixie responded. "After all, that's what friends do, help each other when they're in need, right?"

"Of course Trixie." Twilight nodded. "That's one of the very first lessons I learned here in Ponyville that I sent to Celestia."

"I only wish your friend Applejack would see things the way you do." Trixie told her, looking down.

Twilight walked over to Trixie and placed a hoof on her shoulder. "Don't worry, she'll come around." Twilight reassured her friend. "Just give her some time."

Trixie smiled. She knew that for the first time in her life, things were actually looking up. She had a boyfriend who cared about her and a friend who would help her with anything. Trixie was happy enough that she felt she could trust Twilight. "Twilight, can I tell you something?"

"Of course Trixie." Twilight answered. "What's wrong."

"Well...you know how earlier this morning, Soarin' showed up and I had apologized to him?" Trixie asked

"You're in a relationship with him that you want to keep secret, right?." Twilight answered, already knowing what Trixie was going to tell her before she even said it.

Trixie was shocked. "How did you know?"

"I accidentally walked in on you two after your little intimate moment last night." Twilight told Trixie nervously.

Trixie started blushing like crazy. "Just don't tell anyone else." she pleaded. "If not for my sake then for Soarin's. If anyone found that a Wonderbolt was with a pony with an infamous history, the tabloids and paparazzi would be all over him, asking him questions, trying to take his picture, they'd do anything to get rich quick."

Twilight understood what Trixie was talking about. After all, the same thing had happenned to poor Fluttershy when she became a model for Photo Finish and got Rarity jealous. "Don't worry Trixie, you're secret's safe with us." Twilight told her.

"Us?" Trixie was slightly confused.

"Rainbow Dash and Spitfire saw as well. I made them promise not to tell anyone and Rainbow Dash always keeps a promise she makes to a friend." Twilight told the powder blue unicorn. "After all, she is the Element of Loyalty. I'm sure that Spitfire wouldn't want to ruin her friend/co-worker either."

Trixie sighed in relief. "So, you promise you're not gonna tell anyone?"

"Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my...eye" Twilight Pinkie Pie swore, closing her eye before saying that last word.

"What was that?" Asked Trixie in a slight confusion.

"That was a Pinkie Pie swear." Twilight told her. "Before we ever keep promises for our friends, we always do a Pinkie Pie swear to make them know we're going to keep the promise. I had to when Spike told us that-"

'' Twilight could here Pinkie's voice in her head shouting that word at her if she were to spoil a secret that's already well known amongst most ponies in Ponyville.

"Nevermind." Twilight told her.

"Where is Spike anyway?" Trixie asked. "He wasn't around when Soarin' and I were here last night."

"Oh, he said he was going to get my Colt-smas present for me. I'm excited what it's going to be." Twilight told Trixie.

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After a while of setting up the decorations, the two headed to Sugarcube Corner to get cupcakes. After all, Mr. and Mrs. Cake made the greatest deserts in town. While there, they heard a very hyper Pinkie Pie hop downstairs.

"Hey Twilight!" she began "I can't wait for my party tomorrow and then your slumber party the day after the day after the day after tomorrow! This is so exciting! Are you excited because I'm excited, well, except for that first time you came to Ponyville and I was all *gaaaaaaaaaaaaaasp* but I mean really-" she stopped when she noticed Trixie. "Uh, Twilight? Isn't that the girl who was a big, jealous, mean, show-off-y, show-off pants when she was in Ponyville?"

"Pinkie, that was before. She's changed." Twilight reassured her. "Her name's Trixie, and she's changed."

"Oh she's changed, has she?" they heard a familliar pony ask.

All of the ponies in Sugarcube Corner turned around and saw Applejack as she was walking into the bakery. Everything went silent.

'UGH.' Twilight thought. 'Things were going really well. Of all the worst moments, why now?'

"Um, hello Miss Applejack." Trixie greeted the farmer, sounding an awful lot like Fluttershy.

Applejack only gave Trixie a suspicious look before walking over to Twilight. "Ah don't know what she's roped you into, but Ah don't like it."

"Applejack, she really has changed." Twilight told her. "But you're too stubborn to even notice. She's made friends, she's apologized, she even-" Twilight cupped her paws over her mouth.

"Twilight, did you make one of my special swears on a promise?" Pinkie asked. Twilight nodded. "Well you'd better not tell anyone. Remember, breaking a promise is-"

"-the fastest way to lose a friend, I know." Twilight interrupted.

"Ah'm not gonna sit around and talk about this." Applejack told them. "Ah'm leavin'" she then walked out of Sugarcube Corner in a way surprisingly similar to how Rarity would.

Pinkie Pie looked at Twilight. "Twilight, I know that this might sound wierd coming from me, but, can I talk to you and Trixie about this in my room?" she asked "Sugarcube Corner isn't the best place to talk about this."

Twilight and Trixie nodded and headed up to Pinkie's room.

Note: That's all for now. This'll continue in the next chapter. Thanks again for viewing this chapter and please review, fave, or add to your alerts.