(Drakalian POV)

It has been about a couple of weeks since I was last in Canterlot, and it was a rather...restless couple of weeks as well.

First of all, there was the memories of my time with the Order Legion. They were slowly coming back to me ever since my time with Magnus helped to crack that mind barrier I had. Every so often, about once every couple of days, a new memory would appear as if out of thin air, either a long memory that went on for several of my in mind days, or something that was literally just seconds long. In either case, they were still something to think about, to make me realize just what I was in the past. While most of the time I had been able to deal with myself when a new memory showed up, other times, such as when it was a longer memory, I would sometimes freeze up what I was doing, even in the middle of the most simple or complex things, like whenever I was in the shower, or at one time it happened when I was doing my workout with Dash.

That one scared me the most since all I could remember was that I was doing some light jogging, and then the next thing I knew I was on the ground with Rainbow looking down at me in confusion. It was at this point that I decided to just stick with some light staff training, not wanting to chance myself with anymore workouts...even if there is a chance of whacking myself in the head.

Besides the memories, everything else has been rather simple. I would spend it either reading on some of the history books and other random story books and then practice my staff before just walking around town to try and get used to the other ponies there. So far it seemed that the ponies there had gotten more used to me before I did of them, at least of the larger crowds. They were very friendly, thankfully, all of them giving a polite nod and a few even waving back in greeting.

It was during these times that I would run into one of the other girls. We would talk about casual things such as how the day is going along with them always asking about my wellbeing, something that started to slowly get a little bit annoying after a while, but I managed to put up with it. I also started to listen around a bit more as I walked around town to get more of a feel of the place and that's when I started hearing more about this Winter Wrap Up. I was curious as to hearing about this holiday of theirs, and seeing just how close it was to it, I decided to learn a bit more about what one does during that day. After asking a few questions I ended up talking to Applejack on how it all works. Out of all the girls she was one of the few who opened up to me rather quickly after she apologized to me, seeming to be making up for past grievances, even if I didn't really notice it at first, though they all were rather open in their own way.

In fact the only one that wasn't as open as the others was Fluttershy, but that was more cause of how shy she is than just from anything outright mean. I'm pretty sure she didn't have a single mean bone in her body, that mare is basically kindness incarnate. Even with that said, she still was willing to talk as I started to join them every other week during their spa sessions, enjoying the massages way too much to stop myself even if I wanted to. I could see why Rarity loved them so much, they really are refreshing.

During this time, the one who I really spent the most time with was Trixie. I always found myself walking by her apartment and then coming to her room to either chat or have lunch with her, sometimes even dinner. In turn she would tell me all sorts of stories during her times wandering Equestria, telling me about all the magical shows she put on as well as a few of the things she has done during those times. Whenever I tried to ask her how she first came here to Ponyville, though, she would always clamp up or change the subject, obviously trying to avoid it. Yet as much as I wished to know why she kept avoiding it, the pain that shown in her eyes whenever it was brought up...it just made me not want to push her any further.

Right now I was talking with the unicorn mare, both of us walking through the snow as we just had some idle chatter...ok, it was more like she was talking about herself while I just listened, and while it would be annoying that I didn't know what to say, since my first time at the spa with Fluttershy and Rarity, I didn't let it effect me as much.

"So then, I threw the red apple in the air, hoof only, no magic, and as it was in the middle of the air, I switched it to a green apple!" She said. "Of course when it landed every pony was amazed by Trixie's magnificence." She finished, giving a grin as she brushed her mane to the side with a hoof.

I just nodded my head, hands in my hoodie pockets to keep them warm as we walked. "So you just magically teleported the apples to each other?" I asked. Some of her magic seemed to go over my head for some reason. While the tricks that she did explain are cool and I overall really do enjoy listening to her talk about her many tricks, I couldn't really tell if it was real magic or not...or how it would be amazing considering some of the things that Twilight or even other unicorns could do. The first time I brought this up Trixie quickly got into a defensive mode as she went on about how her craft is so much more different and more difficult than any other magical craft out there, something that went on for almost an hour.

It didn't help that she would always refuse to explain how the trick was done. She gives a coy smile up at me as she shakes her head. "Nice try Drak, but a magician never reveals her secrets." She said, causing me to roll my eyes.

"Fine fine, but surely there are magic tricks that everyone knows about, they can't all be-" I start to say only to fall silent as I realize she was looking around curiously. "What's up?"

She looks at me with confusion, her nose slightly wrinkled as she takes another few sniffs of the air. "Do you...do you smell something burning?"

It was at this point that we heard screaming, both of us jerking our heads up towards the sounds of the voices. Without any hesitation, I quickly started sprinting over to the source of the sounds, the crunching of snow behind me telling me that Trixie was doing her best to keep up as well.

It was only a minute later when we came across the scene. Before us, a raging storm of fire was crackling and burning inside of a building, ponies already around the place trying to put it out, a few forming a water bridge as some of them melted some of the snow, while others just tossed snow onto the fire itself. A quick look at what remains of the building showed that it was a public building of some sort, and the many letters fluttering above and around the flames helped to figure out the rest of it.

As I stopped and looked around the scene, I notice Trixie quickly nudge me forward. "Come one! We need to help them!" She says, causing me to shake the shock out of my system.. Nodding, I quickly rush over to the burning building as I start picking up snow and tossing it on whatever fire I could reach, the azure unicorn doing the same with both magic and hooves.

As I continued helping, I was able to look around the building and see a few other ponies who were sitting out away from the fire, some of them with black soot on their fur, and a couple with singed and burnt spots on their fur. I could also see what seemed to be some medic ponies milling around the hurt ones, treating them for their injuries as another group of ponies started to show up, these ones carrying more buckets of water as well as dragging hoses across the ground. Soon they were in position as the ponies pointed the hoses at the burning building and started spraying water over the flames.

As I look in confusion at the hoses and how they were spraying water, Trixie nudged me back into focus. "What is it Drak?" She asked, still tossing snow on the fire.

I shook my head as I went back to helping put out the flames. "Sorry just seeing the hoses I was wondering." I replied. Seeing the questioning look and knowing I would need to explain myself better, I continued. "How are they getting the water? And why aren't any of the pegasai getting a cloud to put the fire out?"

She takes a moment to toss the rest of the snow she was holding onto the fire before she responds. "The water they are shooting from is coming from a local lake reserve, which is pipped underground all over the town. Most towns have that system of a large body of water to provide most if not all the water needs of the town. They just hooked up to one of the pipes and they are good to go. As for the pegasus..." She motions above them, to where I look. "Do you see any clouds or pegasai around? It's scheduled to be a clear day, and not only that but the closest rain clouds are miles away. It's gonna take hours for one to be pushed over into position."

I nod in understanding and we once again resume trying to put the fire out. The minutes go by as we keep shoving snow on any flicker of flame that we could when we heard another cry.

I look up from my work and notice a commotion coming from what used to be the entrance of the building. Before the building there were a couple of ponies holding back a grey mare, who was crying as she struggled at what seemed to be trying to get back into the fire. Curious, I started jogging over to the group, leaving Trixie to continue helping with the fire as I tried to listen in on what was going on. As I got closer, I was able to get a better view of the ponies involved. One of them was one of the spa ponies, who was it...Lotus? Yea, Lotus! She along with a rather tall looking earth pony, red coat and blondish mane with what looked like some sort of farming implement around his neck, both of them holding the grey mare back. A quick glance of said mare showed that she had a blonde mane and tail, and the mark on her flank was one of bubbles. Her eyes were watering and the distress must have really been at her, for her eyes seemed very out of focus, not even looking at the same spot.

Soon I was in ear shot of their voices as they seemed to be trying to calm down the grey mare. "Ditzy, you can't go in! It's too dangerous!" Shouted Lotus, worry in her eyes. The red pony nodded in agreement as he kept holding the mare back.

However, she was having none of it, shoving forward and trying to break away from them to get back into the building. "B-But Dinky! She's still in there!" She cried, doubling her efforts to get past them.

"Enope, too dangerous miss." The red pony added. "Them flames are way too strong now. The fire ponies will be here soon and they can help-"

As he was talking, a large crash was heard from inside of the fire, causing them and myself to pause as they looked over at it. From inside I could see the flames getting brighter, the shadows flickering around...

I blinked, focusing more on the shadows. Something didn't seem right, they weren't moving like normal shadows. Slowly they started to shift, and for a brief moment, I could have sworn I saw the shape of a small pony in them.

It seems I wasn't the only one as the grey mare doubles her efforts to escape again, screaming at the fire. "Dinky!" She cries as Lotus and the red pony once again try to restrain her.

As soon as the shadow starts to fade, my mind is already going through patterns and shapes in the fire, best looking for an entrance and an exit. However, it seemed that the best entrance was straight ahead, through the front door, and by the looks of it, the doorframe wasn't going to last for much longer.

So focused I was on the fire that I didn't even notice Trixie was next to me again. "Drak, what are you-"

I quickly pull my hoodie off of me and toss it to the side, which happened to be right in front of Trixie. Before she could finish I was running to the fire, arms pumping as I sprint to the entrance of the burning building.

"Drak!" I hear Trixie call me, but it is soon flushed out from the roar of the flames. Before I even realize it, I was beyond the door and in the building.

I wince as I feel the heat all around me, raising my arms up as a rather large flame surges forward to me for a moment before receding back. I start making my way forward, looking around for the little filly that I saw just seconds ago. I start calling for the filly, remembering the name that the grey mare called out, my lungs starting to ache as smoke slowly filled them, causing me to cough as I tried to breath in clear air, a futile effort in this fire.

I blunder through the burning rooms, my mind doing its best to make a map for a return trip. Thankfully it's a one story building, so there wasn't that much to search before I come across the back room. Judging by the large number of burning packages and letters, I was assuming this was the sorting room, or even storage room. Seeing how this is the biggest room and most likely spot for the filly to be, I start calling out again.

"Dinky! Dinky! Anyone here?!" I call out. As nothing but the crackling flames responds, I start to worry that I might be too late, but to my relief, I hear coughing coming from one of the tables.

I stumble my way over and soon I'm standing right behind the table, looking down and seeing a small unicorn filly clutching something close to her chest. She looks up at me from where she is sitting, terrified, her pink fur covered in soot, her sides having a few burn marks as her blonde mane and tail were singe and burnt as well. A quick look in her eyes told me everything that I needed to know: she was terrified.

I don't blame her for being scared, seeing a large creature that they only know from myth suddenly appear from the fires would scare me half to death too. However, the last thing I needed was for her to panic, so I quickly lowered myself down to her level, keeping my eyes calm and relaxed despite the situation around us. "It's ok, I'm here to help!" I say over the flames. I start to reach over to help her up, but she flinches and backs away a bit.

I frown as I try to figure out a way to get her to trust me, knowing that we are on limited time. Finally an idea pops into my head. "Your mom is worried sick Dinky." I tell her. Her eyes remain on me and I could still see the slight uncertainty behind them so I continued. "Grey mare, pegasus. She has a beautiful blonde mane like yours, and has bubbles as a-"

"C-cutie mark bubbles?" I hear her sniffle out, causing me to smile and nod. As soon as I confirm this, I can see the doubt wash from her eyes and quickly be replaced with worry. "I...I-I didn't mean to pull away from mommy! I w-wanted to save her photo! It's the only one she has left of him!" She says, slowly opening up her forelegs to show what she was holding.

A quick glance showed that it was indeed some sort of picture frame holding a photo, but the picture was way too covered up in soot and ash to really make out what it is, besides what seems to be a couple of pony faces. I just smiled as I slowly reach over again, cautious to make sure she doesn't flinch. This time she doesn't and I'm able to gently touch her head and comfort her with a few small pets.

"You are a very brave filly for getting that for your mom, but right now we need to get you out of here." I tell her. She gives a small nod as she starts to get up, coughing some more as she does so. I take a quick look over her and thankfully I don't see any other serious injuries besides the burns, and seeing she has no trouble walking I quickly start to lead us out of the room.

It takes us a while as a few of the hallways and doorways started to close off, but thankfully there was either enough room to squeeze by or another way around the blockage. Soon we were at the entrance of the building once again, able to see outside to all the waiting ponies, including the grey mare.

Seeing her, Dinky gives a cry of joy as she rushes forward. "Mommy!" She calls out, quickly rushing forward to meet her. The grey pony is just as easily happy as her daughter as she rushes forward to meet her as well. As I quickly jog to get out of the building too, I notice a few more creaks and groans before the whole places started to shudder. Looking forward I realized just what was going to happen...and Dinky was in the middle of it.

"Dinky get back!" I call out, reaching over and grabbing her with both hands around her waist. I yank her back just as the wooden supports of the doorframe and the building itself land right where she was going to be, causing the fire to explode out towards us. The unicorn filly cries in pain as a few flames tickle her fur, to which I quickly turn us around and shield her from the worst of it. Once the sudden burst dies down a bit, I turn and feel my heart sink.

Our last exit was blocked, covered by a layer of burning rubble.

I can feel Dinky giving a small whimper as I hold her against me, and she scoots closer to me as I hold her. I gently stroke her back as I do my best to calm her down. "It's ok Dinky, we'll get out of this." I tell her. She just remains silent as I scan the room, looking for any other way out. "Hey, you still got that photo?" I ask, hoping that her knowing she had that would help to keep her calm.

She looks down at her hooves and nods, still holding the picture tight in her grasp. "Y-yea." She says, getting me to smile.

After a few moments I finally see that the only way forward is through the entrance still, everything else either too hot to get close or too solid to go through. While the blockade of burning wood was indeed a problem, I could still see that it was weak enough for enough force to make it through. The only problem, besides the fire, was the weak support. If it was knocked over, more of the building could easily slam down on us, and then we would be really done for.

I take another look around to look for another option, but time wasn't on our side. I can hear the building creak, the wood slowly starting to cave in, and I knew that I had to take the chance.

I look down at Dinky before picking her up, causing her to give a small squeak of surprise. "Ok, listen close Dinky. I need you to put your head against my chest and breath through my shirt, to keep the ash out of your mouth." She nods as she starts to do that, being careful as to where she places her horn so it wasn't poking me in the face, her breath hot against my chest as she starts breathing against the fabric. "Now hold on tight and close your eyes."

I give her a moment to do just that and before she can get a chance to ask what I was going to do, I lunge myself forward, running as fast as I can at the collapsed entrance. It only takes a few seconds to reach my full speed, and another second to reach the blockage.

Just as I'm about to hit the door, I close my eyes, aim with my shoulder and brace for impact.

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(Trixie's POV)

That crazy, stupid, irresponsible...GAW! I can't believe he just ran into the fire like that! Sure a filly is in danger, and no pony in their right mind would leave some pony in a fire like that, including me...but still! To just run blindly into the flames without a care of any pony else? The nerve!

And to make matters worse he nearly dumped his stupid clothes on me. Ok it was in front of me but still! I held his hoodie in my hooves as I just sighed, looking back up at the flames as they continued to soar higher.

During this I noticed that the grey mare had stopped struggling against her friends, the spa pony and that large farm pony who were holding her back, instead she was just watching with abated breath. Suddenly it seems she noticed me holding the human's clothing and she carefully walks over to me.

Once close enough she sits down as she looks out at the fire, barely glancing at me and the hoodie I was holding. It was obvious she was wanting to ask me a question, and with a sigh I shake my head. "Out with it, what do you want with Trixie?"

She blinks as if realizing I was there before giving a sheepish smile, her eyes still looking out at the fire. I mean...one of them was, the other one just lazily looked to the side of it. "S-Sorry, I just...who was that? I've never seen any pony like that anywhere." She asks.

"An idiot, that's what. And some pony who doesn't know self preservation." I said, rolling my eyes. The mare gives me a confused look before looking back at the building.

"Well, he is a very brave idiot." She says worry and hope in her voice. I just sigh as I get ready to correct her, only to be stopped by her sudden shocked expression.

Looking over I see both the human and the filly quickly running to get out of the building, the little unicorn shouting for her mom. However I notice the human quickly reach over and pull her back, just in time to avoid the falling debris as it lands right at the entrance, blocking their way out.

The grey pony gasps and tries to make a break to the fire again, but this time I use my magic to stop her, tugging on her tail as I hold her in place, if with a bit of difficulty. "No! Don't you go rushing in there as well! You want to die?"

"B-But my Muffin! I need to save her!" She cries, her eyes watering up once again.

I curse under my breath as I try to do my best to console the obviously anxious mother, something I was never good at in the first place. As I tried to think of something, I hear more groaning from the building, getting both of us, and the rest of the ponies around us, to fall silent.

A few seconds go by and just when I thought the human wasn't gonna make it, the rubble at the entrance suddenly exploded forward! My eyes go wide as I see the human, holding the filly close to his chest, charging through the burning wreckage, tossing burning wood and debris away from him.

However, just as soon as he broke through, the last of the supports gave way, causing the rest of the front end of the building to collapse. I can feel my eyes widen with shock as the wood starts falling around him, and just when I thought he was gonna make it...he tripped.

I would have facehooved if it wasn't for the fact that they were in mortal danger. As he falls into the snow, a large wooden beam falls over, quickly landing across the human's legs, causing him to cry out in pain, followed by some grunts as a few stone blocks from the building tumble down and land on his back and head, pinning him down and knocking him out. I could see the fire from the beam already dancing across his legs, clearly starting to burn through his pants.

This time I don't bother stopping the grey mare from rushing forward, running over myself as I stop just before the trapped human and filly. I start to help with levitating the stones off of Drak while the mother joined in, soon pulling her daughter out from the human's unconscious grasp. Once she was free, the pink filly was quick to hug her mother, both of them sobbing with delight as they nuzzled one another.

"Why did you stray Dinky? I told you to stay by my side when we were evacuating!" The grey mare asked her daughter.

"I-I'm sorry mommy! I'm so sorry!" The filly replied, crying. "I just wanted to save your photo of daddy."

After that I didn't bother to pay much attention, focused as I was to try and free Drak from the rest of the burning beam. Concentrating hard, I focused my magic on the beam, coating it with my magic. Slowly it starts to lift up, the weight from it causing me to sweat. I grit my teeth as I focus, lifting it up inch after inch as I soon get it clear over the human. With a mighty heave, I toss it to the side just a couple of feet away, but thankfully it was enough as I rushed to him, looking over his damages.

It's at this moment that the human started to stir, his eyes blinking back open as he looks around numbly. "W-What...did I...did we make it?" He asks to what seems like himself before his eyes finally focus on me.

I just sigh as I lean down and look right at him. "You are so damn stupid. What were you thinking, rushing blindly in there and risking your life?" I questioned.

He slowly shakes the unconsciousness from his eyes as he focus more on me. "I...I saw someone in danger and I...I went to save them." He takes a few moments to catch his breath before adding, "What would you have done?"

I open my mouth to respond but then slowly close it. As I thought it over, I realized that my answer would have been to do the same as him, if not as crazy as how he did it. Letting out a more relaxed sigh, I just lean in and give his cheek a small nuzzle. "Just rest Drak, let the medics check your legs out. And...well done." I said. This gets him to blush lightly, but the smile still appears on his face. I just smile lightly back as I get up and motion to the medic ponies to come over, making a mental note to tell him that if he said anything about me showing affection to him to any pony else, I would hang him by his ankles for a week.

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(Drakalian POV)

I wince as I feel the medic pony apply some more antiseptic on my leg, the burnt flesh looking rather dark and blackened, but the pain of it slowly starting to fade. I was sitting up in one of the wagons that the medic ponies brought to help carry the wounded, but as it turns out most if not all of the ponies who ended up injured were able to walk on their own, the worst that they got were some burnt fur. I on the other hand was currently waiting for the pain to fade from my legs, something that was taking a good, long while to do.

I look over at Trixie, who had went over to talk to the two ponies who were with the grey mare when we first saw her. Speaking of which, I could see her and Dinky both talking and clinging to each other the entire time. After a while I noticed the medic that was with me finishing up cleaning my legs up, and was starting to apply bandages to them.

"I'm not sure what you were thinking, but that was very brave if not crazy of you to dive in to save that filly." He says, looking up at me with a small smile. I just smiled back at this, a quick glance at the brown pegasus pony before looking at my legs as he worked.

"I know, but I didn't really think it over. I just...I heard about it and just acted." I say. I give a small shrug at this. "I'm not really sure how else to explain it, but I just went with what felt right."

He nods in understanding. "It's your gut feeling, just means you have a good heart." He says. He then finishes wrapping my legs up before motioning me to stand, to which I do. I take a few testing steps , only wincing slightly as I feel only a little bit of pain with each step, but otherwise it was much better than before. "Now, this should be good enough for the moment, but I recommend going to see a doctor for a full examination." He says.

I give a mental sigh at this but nod to him. Satisfied, he allows me to walk off as I walk down to meet with Trixie again. Looking myself over I give a mental groan at the damage to my new pants, knowing that Rarity would not be happy with what I did to them. Still, I wouldn't have done anything different in that situation, and I didn't regret a single thing. As I was thinking about how to get them repaired, I feel a sudden pressure on my leg, making me wince and nearly flinch, but I stop myself as I look at the source. I can't help but to give a small smile as I see Dinky hugging me around my leg, to which I gently leaned down to get closer to her level.

"Hello there Dinky, the medics give you the full clear?" I asked her.

She smiles as she releases me and twirls around a bit, showing the few bandages she has wrapped around her, including one around her mane close to her horn. "I look like a mummy!" She says with glee. I can't help but to smile at this, finding her to be way too cute and just glad that she was acting a lot more cheery despite the situation she was in only minutes ago.

"Dinky! Don't go bothering the poor stallion!" I look up to see the grey pony quickly flying towards us, landing before her filly as she pulls her into a hug.

I give a small chuckle as I shake my head. "It's fine, I don't mind at all. Besides it makes me feel good to see her in such high spirits." Especially with what happened. I can't help but to admire the filly's bravery and the fact that she is acting like she didn't just survive a large fire.

The larger pony just smiles as she pets her child's back. "She isn't the only one who is happy." She says. Looking up, she then offers a hoof to me. "I'm Ditzy by the way, and...thanks for saving my daughter."

I take the hoof and give it a small shake before letting it go. "Drakalian, but please call me Drak." I introduce myself. Looking over at the now smoldering ruin of a building, I ask, "So...what happened to cause all of this?"

She frowns at this, not bothering to answer for a few minutes as she just holds her daughter close. After a good while she gently motions to the group Trixie is with and says, "Go and play with Auntie Lotus Dinky. I'm sure she will love to see your new mummy look." Smiling, the little unicorn does just that, quickly bounding to the blue mare as we watch her go. Ditzy sighs happily as she watches before looking back at me with a small frown. "I'll be honest...I'm not sure. One moment I was helping to organize the mail, my daughter watching on to learn, and then the next..." She falls silent as she recalls what happened and suddenly she is against my chest in a tight hug.

I blink, nearly stumbling back from the force of the hug, but thankfully I manage to recover as I soon find myself holding the mare close to me. I remain silent, unsure as to what I should do as the mare just kept holding me, but thankfully she realizes what she was doing as she parts, giving small sniffles as her eyes water.

"S-sorry, I just...I just don't know what I would do if I...I lost her." She admits. "I just...I lost her father before she was even born, so she...she's all I have."

I give a nod of understanding. "It's hard to lose someone you love, especially after already losing someone." I say. As I say this, memories of Aryas flash back in my mind, both recent and not so recent, yet all of them feeling so very fresh, like they only happened weeks ago.

Ditzy nods as she reaches back under her wing and pulls out a picture frame. It takes a moment to realize that it is the same picture that Dinky was holding when I found her in the fire. It seems Ditzy cleaned it up a bit so now I could see that it was indeed two ponies, one of them her, the other a black earth pony stallion, white mane and tail, but I couldn't see his cutie mark from the position they were at.

It takes me a moment to realize just what I was looking at. "Wait, Dinky said that it's the only one you have of him..." I fall silent. At the moment I didn't know who she was talking about, but now hearing it from Ditzy it all makes sense, why Dinky would risk her life to save that photo, and how much it meant to Ditzy. I look over at the filly, who was now playing with Lotus as Trixie looked onwards, the red pony seeming to have left a while ago. "She really is a brave girl huh?"

"She is indeed. She got that from her papa." Ditzy said, wiping her eyes a bit before putting the photo away and looking back up at me. "So...thank you again." She pauses for a few moments to collect herself before smiling up at me. "If you ever need help with anything, or mail to be delivered, I promise to be there for you!"

I smile as I shake my head. "That's nice but you don't need to-"

"Oh yes I do!" She said, causing me to stop. "You saved my Muffin, something that I can't ever repay you for, the least I can do is be a good mail pony and an even better friend."

I raised an eyebrow at this, surprised that she would already consider me her friend, even though we just met. I guess what Twilight said is true, that ponies are much more ready to be friends with someone else. However, one thing did pop into my mind. "Wait, mail pony? So you deliver the mail?"

She nods, puffing her chest out proudly. "That's right! I'm the local mail pony and always ready to deliver the mail to anypony anywhere!" She says with pride...till she looks back at the burnt building. "At least I was. I don't know what I'll be doing while they get it built back up."

I nod as I look at the building, standing back up as I did so. During my talk with Ditzy I couldn't help but to notice that it was starting to get a bit late, a glance at the clock tower showed that it was almost five pm. "Well, if you need any help with anything, I'm more than happy to offer my services with whatever help you will need."

She smiles as she gets up herself, giving a nod of thanks to this. "Thank you Drak, I'm sure to keep that in mind." She says with a grin.

I smile in return as we give one last wave before we part, with me heading over to Trixie as Ditzy went to collect her daughter from the blue mare. As I reached the magician, I can't help but notice the small frown on her face, along with my hoodie floating in her magic. "What's wrong?" I asked her, confused and concerned.

She seems to start from my sudden approach, almost like she finally saw me, giving a small shake of her head. "Hm? Oh nothing. Don't worry about it, just thinking of...things." She says. We stay silent for a few awkward moments before She floats the hoodie over to me. "I believe you dropped this."

I smile as I take the hoodie back, putting it on as I feel myself relax more, especially once the hood is over my head. For some reason whenever I was out in public I just always felt more relaxed when the hood was up, perhaps something to do with that fear of crowds that we discovered on my botched welcome party. "Thanks Trixie. So, what do you-" I start to ask before she waves a hoof to silence me.

"I think we should both turn in. I have a few things that I need to prepare in order to find a way to remake my wagon and find the bits to do it, and you are certainly going to need to rest your legs after what just happened." She tells me.

I frown at this. "I think I'm fine, thank-" I start to say again, only this time to be silenced as she taps my leg, making me stammer and nearly fall over.

As I recover, I see her looking at me with a small smirk. "No, Trixie thinks you need to lay down and rest and to not run into anymore fires."

I try to think of some way to counter this, but the logical side of me knows that she is right. I sigh and give a nod. "Yea, I should head back I guess. I am getting hungry anyways." I say. As I look around, a thought pops up to me as I look back at the azure mare. "Wait, you still want to go to that magic museum?" I asked.

I remember during my walks in Ponyville that I found this place that had a history on not just magic, but apparently stage magic as well and when I told Trixie about it she was super ecstatic to go. At least as ecstatic as she would let herself be. It was quick to decide that we would both go later in the weekend, when she had more things set up for her rebuilding her wagon. She has been so focused on it ever since she got her new temporary job, very excited about finally able to get bits once again and pay for her own food.

She nods eagerly as she hears this. "Of course! Trixie won't miss this for the world! Though...perhaps we can delay it by a day? The pink one asked me to come to her on that day and said I absolutely, positively, yada yada had to come over to the library that day." She says.

I raise an eyebrow at this. "Pinkie said that? Well...ok, that's fine, though I'm curious why she said to come to the library and not Sugarcube Corner."

She shrugs. "Trixie has given up on trying to understand that one, especially after hearing what happened to Twilight."

I wince, remembering the anvil that the purple mare said fell on her during her observation of Pinkie. "Yea, probably for the best." I agree. "Well, then see you in a few days Trixie!"

She nods and gives a wave back as we split up and head back to our respected living quarters. As I walked through the snow, I thought over what Trixie said about Pinkie, for some reason the thought of that mare having plans at the library making me very nervous.

And perhaps a little bit afraid.

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