Author's Notes:

Hello fellow readers, friends, and my loyal followers!

How have you all been? As I'm sure many of you know or guessed, even if you didn't don't feel bad, but I got sidetracked for a while. Now I'm ready to bite the bullet and try and make something of this story.

I honestly feel I've been cheap with those of you who love this story and for your following and loyalty to this story I am truly grateful. I promise to give this story more attention than I have in the past.

On That note here it is! The finisher to the fourth day! What will Mary and Maud do? Who will Trixie choose to stay with? Will Mary finally open up to Trixie fully, or will Maud steal her back? Time to findout!

Enjoy!

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Maud and Mary stared each other down. Neither budged. Maud soon realized it was Mary whose house she was in, and visibly relaxed seeing the intruder was somepony Trixie knew. Mary took a cautious step forward eyeing Maud. When the mare made no response Mary took the imitative.

"I'm here to see Trixie." she said trying to step past her.

Maud blocked her path, still wearing her stoic expression.

"No." she said flatly.

"Please?" the mayor said in a strained voice. "I came to apologize."

Maud didn't budge and showed no emotion in her face. Her voice said otherwise. "Not after you hurt Trixie you won't."

The grey earth pony stood her ground lowering her posture to a defensive stance. She was determined not to let Mary pass. A shuffling was heard from the room behind her and a hoarse voice echoed through the hall.

"Maud, let her through please."

Maud stood upright and glanced behind her. Her face remained neutral as she turned back to face Mary.

"You may speak with her." she stepped aside letting her pass. She suddenly grabbed the politicians arm giving her a cold stare. "If you hurt her again I will rain rocks on your house like here's no tomorrow."

She cringed at the mares intense glare. Somethig told her not to get on the mares bad side. Nodding silently as she was release and entered the room. She saw Trixie laying in bed covered in a thick quilt that didn't belong to her. Must have been Maud's. She thought.

The blue mare was sitting up against the headboard looking outside the window. She turned to the sound of hoof steps approaching. She saw Mary and gave her a warm smile. Beside her stood Maud who walked over giving the blue mare a quick hug and kiss. Internally Mary was in a rage but held to her composure for Trixie's sake.

Though Maud made no facial expression, being in a political field for so long, Mary could tell there was great malice behind that blank slate face. I have to do this or I'll never get another chance. I will do this! She swore to herself.

She carefully stepped forward like she was expecting the floor to fall from beneath her. She reached the bed and Trixie kept watching her her smile not faulting in the slightest.

"Mary."

"Trixie." the tan mare replied.

"How are you doing? Better, Trixie hopes?" she said patting the bed to get her to sit beside her.

Mary complied and took a seat beside her and Maud sat on the other side of Trixie.

"I have had a lot to think about. But I'm better now, thanks." She returned the smile with one of her own. "I wanted to say, I'm sorry. I was... harsh and I didn't consider your feelings about, us."

The blue mare shook her head looking over to Maud who gave her a silent nod. "No, Trixie is the one who is sorry. To both of you. Trixie never was good at dealing with emotions. Trixie wasn't fair to the both of you. Trixie-I have been disloyal to you Maud."

The grey mare looked to her and gave her full attention. "I should have told you I was leaving, but Trixie was scared you'd hate her. No, she wanted you to hate her. After I took the alicorn amulet Trixie was determined to go through with her revenge no matter the cost. If others knew of our relationship... it would have dragged you down with her. After what happened with your father, I never forgave myself for coming between your family and tearing it apart."

Trixie leaned into Maud as tears ran down her face. "I'm sorry." she cried. Maud nodded again only stroking the crying mares mane.

Mary watched as the unicorn opened her heart. And for the first time, she was seeing Trixie for what she was deep down. Sad and torn. The pain she felt must have been great. She feared the backlash of her downed reputation would have hurt Maud, so she abandoned her all together.

Trixie released Maud turning to see Mary with a contemplative look on her face.

"Mary, Trixie's sorry for what she did to you as well. I- I wan't fair to you either. Trixie should have ended her last relationship before going to you. For that I am so sorry. Please forgive me." She looked between to two of them. "Can either of you forgive me?"

The two mares looked at one another as if sizing the other up. They both felt bad for Trixie for different reasons. Maud never should have let her go and Mary should have been more open to her from the start about her feelings. In the end neither could blame her for what happened, even though it was mostly her fault. Neither held any animosity towards her though.

"I forgive you, little moon." the grey earth pony said without skipping a beat. "I could never hate you for anything."

"Thank you Maud." Trixie replied.

She then looked over to Mary expectantly. The tan pony stared back at her. Her heart felt heavy and she felt cold. Fear gripped her like a python to its prey. This is what you've been leading up to! Say something! She tried telling herself but her mouth refused to work.

It took her so long that Trixie managed to inch over to her before she realized the blue unicorn was up in her face. The nearly jumped not noticing and blushed from the close proximity to her. Their faces were inches apart and and Mary found herself immersed with many emotions. Her mind went blank as she reached for Trixie stroking her cheek wiping away the tears from her face. Slowly she leaned in kissing her. The gently softness of her lips met Trixie's and both closed their eyes fully embraced.

Maud watched in horror as Trixie accepted the mares embrace. Her eyes glistening as her heart felt wrenched out of her. She tried hard to hold them back, but seeing Trixie embrace with another angered her to no end. No! She wasn't about to lose her! The only pony who accepted her and loved her for who she was and she wouldn't lose her like this.

Maud crawled over the sheets forcing herself between the two of them. Mary scoffed offended by the action as Maud growled at her hugging Trixie.

"Maud!" Trixie yelped, looking up at her. "What are you doing?"

The glared at the tan mare like she was a animal encroaching on her territory, which wasn't far from the truth. To her, Trixie was hers, and nopony else was allowed to take her. "I won't let you go again Trixie." she sounded strained but tried to stay calm. "I'm not letting her take you away."

He body was shaking and her grip on Trixie was strong.

"I shouldn't have let you go alone Trixie." she said calmly. The blue mare continued to listening. "After you left I thought you'd come back on your own. But then this-I can't lose you little moon. Please don't leave me." She begged looking her in the eye. "I don't want to be alone again. if I have to I'll fight for your affections."

"Maud I-"

No! She can't! I can't let this happen! Mary screamed internally at the sight. She had to act before something came up and Trixie decided to stay with Maud instead of her. She won't wait forever. Those hurtful words echoed in her mind as she gathered the strength to speak.

"I'm sorry, Maud but I can't-"

"NO!" Mary screamed pushing Maud off Trixie. She wrapped her arms around the blue mare protectively. "Trixie look, I'm sorry I wasn't more open with you from the start! I was hung up on being with Derpy and I neglected your feelings. I get it I really do! Please, believe me when I say that I care for you and I will do anything for you." she said desperately.

"Mary please, I was going to say-" Trixie tried to speak but was cut off by Maud shoving the tan mare away making her nearly all off the bed.

"NO! She's mine and you have no right to take her away from me!" Maud yelled at her quarry. Trixie looked offended trying to push away from her.

"Maud, Mary! Will you both-"

"As if! She's her own pony and she chose me over you!" Mary retaliated.

"Mary!"

"She left me because of a bad choice." Maud and her butted heads. "I came here to bring her home!"

"Maud!" Trixie tried separating them.

"She IS home! With ME!" Mary pushed back.

"ENOUGH!" Trixie bellowed.

She suddenly started coughing and it wouldn't stop. She fell over onto her side coughing violently. Mary and Maud stopped their grudge match to see her suddenly convulsing. She was foaming at the mouth and her eyes rolled to the back of her head. Mary immediately knew what was going on.

"She's having a seizure!" She grasped her trying to hold her down. She gently laid the mare on her side and after an intense two minutes the convulsing stopped. Trixie at some point passed out and was now unconscious. She looked to Maud who held onto her stoic expression. She then gently lifted Trixie with Mary's help and placed her under the covers.

Mary looked concerned but Maud smiled patting Trixie's mane. "What was that all about?" Mary bared her teeth at Maud. "Why are you smiling at a time like this?"

Maud shook her head pointing to a container of soup on the table nearby. "Fire heart carrot soup. Powerful earth pony alchemy is put into it and it's very potent. It can cure any sickness within hours of consumption. One side effect is seizures."

Mary was about to voice her opinion on such a dangerous thing but Maud held up a hoof. "She'll be fine. I promise. She's had it before and she'll be better in a few hours. You'll see." Maud looked over the sleeping form. "I'd never hurt her intentionally."

"Fine." The tan mare grunted. "But if she does get hurt from it I'll have you hung. Are we clear?"

"Crystal. But now we must discuss what to do about her."

"What about her?" Mary snapped still angry at Maud.

"About what to do when she wakes up and our relationships with her. Clearly, she's torn between us." Maud said.

"Clearly. But, what do we do about it?" Mary walked over to the bed nuzzling Trixie. She moved slightly smiling making both mares smile as well. "What so we do? You love her, I love her, and she loves both of us. So, now what?"

Maud took Mary by the arm and gently tugged her. "We let her rest and talk in the morning. We'll let her decide for herself who she'll be with. In the mean time let her rest."

Mary so desperately wanted to stay by Trixie's side, but decided that it was best for her to rest now. She herself was tired. Maud herself was tired from the long trip, and in spite of how she looked, the stress of the day had worn her out. In the end they both decided to let her rest and when Trixie was ready, she'd chose who to be with at her own pace. She'd been through so much and both mares wanted her to be happy.

Leaving her to rest, Mary took Maud to her living room and with her help they managed to repair the door, somewhat. The door was still unhinged but looked like it was secure from the outside. Maud had decided to stay in the living room with her sleeping bag in case somepony broke in.

Mary was hasty in trying to tell her nothing of the sort would happen in her town. Truthfully, she just wanted to be alone with Trixie but didn't want to be rude. She eventually allowed her to stay but she slept on the couch near the room. She didn't want Muad sneaking into the room without her there. In the end, neither mare slept that night, both eyed each other wondering what to do for the next few days to come, and how to win Trixie over for themselves.