Author's Notes:

Hello and welcome to another chapter of Trixie Secretary Extraordinaire!

So now we get to the part where Maud comes int the picture! What dramas await inside? Let's journey together in this magical thing we call life!

OK. I know that made no sense but here's the next chapter anyways! Sorry for the wait and enjoy people!

Trixie awoke to the sound of knocking at the door. Her body was still sore and she felt like she was drained. Her head was burning hot and she was sweating under the covers.

"Cough cough... Mary?"

No response came.

That's right. Mary is out right now. Trixie thought glaring at the door. Knock knock knock!

"Ugh..."

Knock knock knock!

"Fine! Trixie is- cough, coming!" she slowly crawled out of the bed and slowly inched her way to the door. Knock knock knock! "Trixie said she's coming!" She tried yelling but it still came out soft and wheezily. Trixie tried several times to unlock the door finding it difficult since her headache made it impossible for her to use magic and she was forced to use her hooves. Gotta give it to Mary, she's good with her hooves. Suddenly a dirty image of her in bed popped Trixie's mind. The blue mare blushed. After a few seconds a loud click sounded at Trixie inched the door open.

"Can I help you?" she asked wheezily.

"Trixie?" spoke an unmistakably familiar voice. "Is that you?" it asked in monotone.

The unicorn tilted her head opening the door to see two earth ponies. One was completely pink bouncing up and down. Trixie recognized her as the pony whose mouth she deleted. Pinkie Pie. But it was the grey mare in the front that caught her attention. "Maud?"

"Trixie."

"...cough...Why don't you and Pinkie come in?" she moved to the side letting them in. "Sorry, but Trixie wasn't expecting you, well at all." She lead them to the kitchen table sitting them down. "Can I get you anything?"

"Trixie, are you sick?" Maud asked. Trixie's fur was a mess and covered i sweat she looked like she was about to collapse. Even Pinkie looked worried about her.

"Trixie is cough, fine Maud. Cough!" she wheezed falling over the counter top. She used one hoof to hold herself up as she coughed violently into the other. One would almost think she was dying with the way she hacked and wheezed.

Maud stood walking over to her placing a hoof on her head. "You're burning up, little moon. Come get into bed."

Before Trixie could get a word out she lifted the mare onto her back and carried her like an oversized child to the bedroom. she tried to get away but her body refused to work past a slight flailing. "Put Trixie down!" she tried to yell. Maud eventually found the room and placed her pony the bed as carefully as possible.

"Maud!"

"Yes, Trixie?"

The blue mare blushed. She'd never admit to it, but she liked being carried by Maud, despite complaining about it. "What are you doing here?"

Maud sat beside her in a chair. "I got your letter." Of course she did. "And I brought the money with me. I even brought my Fire Heart Carrot Soup you like so much." she said pulling out a container full of an orange liquid. I was a soup with small fragments of red in it as well. "A good thing too. You look like you could use it."

She opened the container and a wonderful aroma of carrot soup filled the room. Pinkie slid her head into the room. "Maud? I'll leave you two alone. Do you need anything?"

"Actually can you get me a spoon please, Pinkie?"

"Sure thing, sis. Trixie?" The blue mare looked over to her. "I'm sorry for what Applejack did to you. When you get better, I'd like to throw you a party to officially welcome you to Ponyville. If you're, OK with it?"

Trixie smiled at the pink pony. "Sure thing Pinkie. Maud has told me much about you. Trixie just wishes she'd met you while she wasn't under a lot of stress and an evil artifact."

"That's OK." Pinkie left returning shortly with a spoon. Once they had the spoon she left closing the door behind them. Maud saw her sister leaving down the street bouncing like she always did, happy as can be. Nothing kept her down.When she was gone Maud looked down to Trixie. I can't believe it. After all this time I'm back with her again. Maud thought. Trixie looked so pathetic with how she looked up to the grey mare. Her eyes were red and swollen her bed mane was bad too. It made Maud frown.

"Trixie, who is Applejack? And what did she do to you?" Though she spoke in monotone Trixie could tell she was upset. It was this feeling she got in the time she'd known her. Many ponies, including her parents couldn't tell it very well, but Trixie could do so easily.

Trixie cowered under the covers as if it would give some matter of protection. Eventually Maud's intense stare broke her.

"OK! Trixie will talk just stop giving her the stare!"

Maud's lip curled off the side ever so slightly forming, a smile. She then got on the bed and sat beside Trixie. She pulled the mare from under the covers and gave her a hug. "Why don't you tell me what happened while I feed you some yummy soup?" she asked raising a spoon to her mouth. Trixie pouted but accepted the spoonful of soup nonetheless. While she was eating Trixie told her of how she came across the alicorn amulet and how she tried to take over Ponyville for petty revenge. Then she told her of her stay here in Ponyville working for Mary as her assistant, but left their growing relationship out, and eventually what lead up to the fight with Applejack. I better make this fast. If Mary comes home early... Her thoughts trailed off when she noticed Maud staring at her. "What's wrong Maud?"

"This Applejack sounds like an interesting pony. I'd like to meet her."

"Maud." Trixie said in a warning tone.

"Don't get me wrong, little moon, I just want to gauge her for myself. You know me."

"Yeah, I do." Trixie sarcastically said. "So, you still call me little moon? I thought you'd be mad that I left without saying goodbye."

"Oh, little moon. I could never stay mad at you." Maud said pulling her into a kiss. When their lips connected Trixie felt a rush of feelings she'd hoped were long gone. But her passions for Maud were still there stronger than ever. She tried to resist the grey mare at first, but slowly she found herself enjoying the embrace, kissing her back.

After a few rounds Maud broke away from the blue mares lips leaving a trail of saliva connecting the two. "I've waited so long to hear from you again. I sat beside the candle all this time waiting for you to reach out to us again." She smiled warming Trixie's heart.

"Mother always said it was silly of me to do so, but I never lost faith in you. Neither did father."

She wiped away the drool on Trixie with her hoof and pressed her down on the bed. "I've waited this long, now I have you again. I will never leave your side again, little moon. I can move into Ponyville and we can finally be together." She then started to slowly pulled off her shirt revealing her cutie mark. Trixie began to panic. I can't do this! Not to Mary! Not after all she's done for me! Quickly Trixie pulled Maud's shirt back down, covering her. She looked down to her inquisitively.

"Trixie, what's the matter?"

"I can't do it Maud."

"Little moon, you don't have to hide your feelings from me. I know you still care about me. The truth is... I never stopped caring about you either." She said leaning forward pressing her muzzle against Trixie's. But she pushed her away. Maud looked at her bewildered. It wasn't common for Maud to show emotional expressions, but when she did it meant serious business.

"Trixie? What's wrong?" she said in a hurt tone.

"I CAN'T!" Trixie wailed. Tears formed under her eyes. "I'm sorry, Maud but we can't be together. Not now."

"Bu-but Trixie, you don't mean that?" Maud's voice was slightly higher then normal. "What do you mean, 'you can't?"

"I mean, I can't be with you. I'm seeing somepony else now." Maud remained silent. She pulled down her shirt adjusting it slightly. Her expression turned to stone and her eyes lost their vibrancy. "I'm with Mary. She's the mayor of Ponyville. " she sniffed hiding under the covers again. "She took me in after the alicorn amulet possessed me and I was freed by your sister and her friends. I feel in love with her."

The two didn't say a word for a good minute. Maud had to process everything she just heard and it felt like an eternity. Trixie's love was something she always took for granted. She thought it would always be there. But like her father once said, 'even the mightiest of mountains erode to dust with time. Nothing lasts forever.'

It tore her inside to thing of Trixie as some cheap thrill only meant to last a short time. But it didn't change the fact she still loved her, nothing would change that. In Maud's mind it was Trixie or nopony else. I will win your heart little moon. She thought. She leaned into the cover poking her head in beside Trixie's head.

"Trixie?"

"What?"

"I'm sorry, I made things hard on you after all you've been through." she scooted closer but Trixie moved away. "I understand you don't want to see me-"

"That's not what Trixie said!" she yelled turning over. "Trixie is just, confused. She doesn't know who she truly loves anymore! I can't ask you both to share my feelings! It wouldn't be fair!"

"No it wouldn't. Just understand that I love you and nothing you do will ever change that. Whether it's me, Mary, or even if you dated my sister, I would still care for you. I'll be in town for a while if you want o to talk more. Just know I forgive you, and you'll always be welcome back at the farm. I left the money you asked for on the table. Try not buying any more cursed artifacts with it. OK?"

"Psh. Yes mom. Trixie won't buy cursed artifacts anymore." she said in mock annoyance. Maud leaned in kissing her one last time on the cheek. This time Trixie returned it in full. "Don't be a stranger my, heart diamond."

"I won't. Sleep well, little moon."

Maud withdrew from the covers tucking Trixie in. After she went to the dining hall to find two angry mares there glaring at her. One was a tan earth pony with a grey mane and a white collar and green neck tie. Her cutie mark was a scroll bound by a green ribbon. The other was a younger silver earth pony mare with a spiky white mane and tail wearing an kind of maid outfit. Her cutie mark was a spoon with a pink swirl in the shape of a heart around the end of it. Both looked extremely angry at Maud.

"Can I help you?" Maud asked.

"What are you doing in my house with MY Trixie?" the tan mare yelled.

Suddenly the silver mare turned to the tan one scoffing. "Your Trixie? I asked her out first! She mine!" the silver mare barked glaring back at Maud. "And who are you? Some succubus coming to steal her away from me?"

The three stared each other down as Trixie waddled her way into the living area. "Maud can you keep it down Trixie is trying to..." she looked around to see two sets of angry eyes on her and one set of stoic. "Oh, buck me."