My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Of Ponies and Humans

Chapter 2

Trying to make nice

If there’s one thing you don’t want to do, it’s to go to bed angry. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what Twilight did. She fell asleep while still angry for Trixie being back in town and it carried over in the next day, as well as giving her one bad backache and headache combo. (I know from experience. Trust me, this is what I, the writer, got when I went to bed angry.)

Twilight got up and groaned. “this is not going to be a pleasant week. I just know it.” she jumped out of bed and over to her mirror. She used her magic to pick up the brush and brush her hair. “why’d she have to come back? Yesterday was bad but her coming back was without a doubt the worst thing that happened.”

Twilight groaned as she set the brush down. “Trixie…” she groaned. She looked back up at the mirror and saw said pony in the mirror. Twilight looked back and confirmed that it wasn’t a trick of the eyes.

“Twilight, please. I just want to talk.” Trixie pleaded. Twilight got angry as her horn glowed.

Ash and Applejack sat outside, talking about this predicament.

“hope this all goes well. I just wish Twilight would listen.” Applejack said as she took a bite of a apple.

Ash nodded as he sat with his arms crossed. “you know… I’ve been looking back on last night, to figure out what Twilight snapped the way she did.”

“and?”

“well, I think If she’d listen to Trixie’s story, she might calm down enough to forgive her like you and the others did, maybe enough to forgive why she snapped.”

“and that would be….”

“I think… Twilight is angry because--”

A window shattered as Trixie was sent flying out. She crashed into Ash and Applejack. They groaned as they got up, Ash’s leg twitching.

“And I’ll do worse if you break in again!” Twilight yelled. She used her magic to repair the window and brought up a protective barrier.

“I’m guessing that could’ve gone better.” Applejack groaned.

Trixie scoffed as she got up. “what was I thinking?” she said, giving up. “She’s never gonna forgive me.” she started to cry again. “This was a stupid idea.”

A.J. got up and ran on over. “hey. Come on Sugarcube. She’s bound to forgive ya. She just needs time, that’s all.”

Trixie looked up at her with tears in her eyes. “you’re sure?”

“as positive that I’m the Element of Honesty.” Applejack winked. Trixie wiped her eyes and smiled.

She quickly got a depressed look and looked back at the library. “but… why does she hate me so much?”

“well, Ash said he found out so let’s ask him.” she and Trixie turned to ask Ash but he was out cold by the crash. “maybe later.”

Night quickly fell on the town and everyone had headed in for the night.

Trixie depressingly sighed as she looked out the window of her brother’s apartment. Halo and Zilver looked at each other, each trying to figure out what to do. “listen Trixie.” Halo walked over and rubber her back. “So what if Twilight hates your guts? You still got us.”

“Yeah.” Zil interjected. “What does the approval of one mare even matter anyway, huh?” Zilver asked.

“it… it matters to me.”

“huh?”

Trixie deeply sighed as she got up and walked to the other side of the room. “I love you 2 so I’m gonna tell you why. But you have to promise not to mention this to anyone.”

“mention what?” Zilver asked.

Trixie sighed. “do you know…” Trixie choked up. This was harder then she thought. Halo and Zil looked at each other for a moment then looked back at Trix. “do… you guys know what a Filly-Fooler is?”

“a Filly-Fooler? Ain’t that a female pony who marries other female ponies.” Halo asked Zilver.

“yeah. And I think the humans refer to that term as Lesbian. Least, I think that’s what they call it, I heard it passing.” both retuned their attention to Trixie. “why do you ask?”

Trixie sighed. “well…. I’m… I’m a Filly-Fooler.”

Halo and Zilver were stunned by it. “YOU ARE!?” they exclaimed in surprise.

“yeah. I’m… the thing mother and father despised.” Trixie cringed. “I’m a freak.” she cried.

“Whoa whoa whoa!” Halo quickly ran over. “you are not a freak. So what if mom and dad hate Filly-Foolers? You’re our sister! That’s all that matters to us.”

Trixie sniffed. “you… you don’t mind?”

“no. we don’t. if you’re into girls, you’re into girls. Simple as that. Who cares what other ponies say?”

“yeah.” Zilver said. Halo and Trixie looked at him with ‘wtf’ on their faces. “What? I couldn’t come up with anything.” Halo and Trixie chuckled. She had missed this aspect of her life; her nonsense brothers. “so… I’m gonna take a wild guess and say that Twilight’s the one who’s gotten into your heart?”

She nodded at the truthful assumption. “yep. It happened when I first saw her 2 years ago. I wanted to tell her so much but I couldn’t. she was friends with 3 ponies I showed up in front of her. And then with the Ursa Minor, I… I just couldn’t bare to be around her. So… I just ran. But not before putting on a show keeping up with my outward character. After then, I sent her letters hoping to apologize and make nice but… I guess I worded it wrong.”

“Well…” Halo interjected, reading one of the said letters. “writing ‘I WILL BE BACK!’ in all caps ain’t exactly a good deed sign.”

“well…” Trixie scratched her chin. “I may have been overly excited to see her again. I just couldn‘t get her out of my head. Every time I go to sleep, I see her lavender face smiling at me and…” Trixie let out a dreamily sigh. Her eyes quickly welled up with tears. “and… with everything that’s been happening the past couple of days… my heart feels like it’s being…. Being broken into a million pieces.”

Hal and Zilver looked at each other and nodded. “Well then. We’re gonna have to make her forgive ya.”

Trixie looked at them with suspicion. “really?” she asked, not exactly feeling peachy about them helping.

“Really! This ain’t no joke, we’re gonna help.” Zilver said.

“but keep in mind, there’s a 50/50 chance.” Halo added.

“50/50 chance for what?”

“that she may not be a Filly-Fooler herself, Zil. Get your head in the game.”

Trixie dejectedly looked away from the 2. “I… I am aware of it. And if she isn’t one, at the very least I should make peace.”

“right. Now… what to do…?” Halo muttered.

Trixie yawned. “can we deal with this in the morning? I’m getting sleepy.” she got up and headed for the door. “I’m heading back.”

Zilver suddenly bolted and blocked the door. “nu-uh. You’re in no condition to be alone. You’re staying here with us for the night.”

“for once, I agree with Zil. Here, you can have my bed. I’ll take the couch.”

Trixie smiled as her eyes welled up again. Zilver suddenly hugged her. Halo ran over and hugged her as well. “Thanks you 2. You’re the best brothers a girl can ask for.” she hugged them back.

The night went on, the moon reaching the 3 o’clock position. Everyone in Ponyville was out for the night, some snoring up a storm.

Like the night before, Requiem and Spike slept in the lobby of the library so they can avoid the angry Unicorn on the second floor.

Trixie slept soundly as her 2 brothers snored up a storm. She was eager and hopeful that the morning will bring about a good change to her relationship with Twilight. Hopefully go farther then that. She smiled at the hopeful concept.

Elsewhere, Trixie’s Carriage rested beneath a tree near Sweet Apple Acres.

A large shadow blocked the moon’s light as something MASSIVE landed softly enough not to shake everything in sight.

The monster draped in shadow, the same on that stranded Requiem and Co. on Equestria, slowly walked over to the apple farm. It’s foot slammed down on the ground with a big, but surprisingly soft, boom.

“I’m not sure this will work, guys.” Trixie nervously said.

She was standing at the side of the road leading up to Sweet Apple Acres. They recruited Bahamut, Pinkie, and Marble to help. “Trust us. It’ll work.” Halo said.

“Trust you? Last time I trusted you, I ended up in a pile of garbage.”

Halo and Zilver chuckled, remembering that. “oh, classic.” Zil chuckled. Trixie wasn’t exactly feeling confident after that statement.

“Zil…” Trix sighed. “how do you even know she’ll go up this path?”

“because, every Thursday at 8, Twilight goes up to Sweet Apple Acres to get some.” Pinkie explained. “You can set your clock to her schedule.”

Marble chuckled. “This ain’t gonna work. You can’t force love.”

“but you can still try to make nice with enemies, Mr. Emo.” Bahamut growled. Marble rolled his eyes.

Halo groaned at those 2. He spotted Twilight leaving the library with a saddle-bag. “here she comes, Sis. Remember, don’t do anything stupid.”

Trixie scoffed. “Halo. Please. It’s me. When was the last time I did something stupid?”

Zil cleared his throat. “well, there was the time you tired to keep a Timber Wolf as a pet; that didn’t end well. You tried to use your magic to make it rain money; instead, we got frogs. Then…”

Her eye started to twitch as Zilver started going into her history. “I GET IT!” Trixie yelled. Twilight walked by, ignoring the whole scene. Bahamut and Pinkie watched her go. “you don’t need to go into the entire history.”

“and you missed your cue!” Bahamut exclaimed. He and Pinkie pointed to her right. Trixie looked and saw Twilight walking away. Trixie regained her posture, took a deep breath, and ran after her. She slowed down as she neared Twi.

“hey there, Twilight.” Trixie said. Twi just ignored her. “I un… I got you some flowers.” she used her magic to make a bouquet fly up alongside her. “listen, I want to make up for what I did 2 years ago. I ASSUME that’s why you’re mad at me now, right?” Twi just ignored her again.

Trixie walked out in front of her, blocking her path. “Please, Twilight. Can’t we talk?” she offered Twi the flowers again.

Twilight sighed and used her magic to grab it. Trixie got a warm hopeful feeling inside her. Halo and Zilver high-hoofed as Pinkie and Bahamut snickered. Marble, however, was being as cold as ever.

Twilight’s horn glowed and sent the flowers back to sender, hitting her in the face with it. “maybe you didn’t get the message last time: GO AWAY!” Twilight sternly said as she walked off.

Trixie started get all teary-eyed again. “but… but Twi…”

She turned around and walked back to Trix. “Maybe I didn’t make myself clear: I never want to see you again! Ever! And if you can’t get that though your head, I may have to take more drastic measures to show you!”

“okay, that’s it.” Halo growled as he walked out. Everyone else was too dumbstruck by this.

“nobody here in Ponyville cares about you! And if you care, you will leave and never come back! Got IT!?” Twilight yelled again.

Trixie choked up, not sure what to say. She just ran, ran as fast as she could away from Twi. Twilight shook her head and started off for the farm again. Next thing she knew, she was pinned up against a wall by Halo.

“WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM!?” Halo yelled.

“halo…?”

“all Trixie wanted was to make peace with you for what she did and here you are, treating her like dirt!”

“but but…”

“No no no. no buts. All your friends were able to forgive her for what she did, so why can’t you? What did she do that made you so angry that you just had to go and berate her like this?”

“but… but I…”

Halo sighed as he let go. “this is exactly why I don’t date; Mares are so mean!” Halo angrily said as he walked off after Trixie.

Twilight collapsed to the ground, tears falling from her eyes this time. What was she doing? “you brought this on yourself, you know.” Bahamut as he flew over and landed beside her.

“you were scary the last couple of days, Twi.” Pinkie nervously said. “we never saw you like this before. Why do it now?”

“I just… I just couldn’t… I didn’t want to believe it…” a distraught Twi said.

“believe what?” Zilver asked as he walked over.

“I guess she didn’t want to believe that Trixie was Halo’s sister.” Marble said, taking a bite out of a pomegranate.

“beg pardon?” Bahamut asked.

“didn’t you notice all the idiotic things Twilight was doing around Halo? She was trying to impress him because she has a crush on him; and a very big one, by the looks of it.”

“A crush?” Bahamut asked, not really sure where Marble was going with it. “Like ‘love’ crush? Then why go all ape-shit on Trixie?”

“well, this is just a wild hunch on my part but I think Twilight thought Trixie came to take her brothers away.”

“What!? That’s so not true.” Zil said, not believing what he is hearing.

“then tell her.”

“un… guys. I hate to interrupt but the love-struck mare has disappeared.” Bahamut said. He pointed back to where Twilight was. She was long gone. All that was left was a outline and a dinging bell that flashed a few times.

“uh-oh.” all 4 of them said.

Trixie cried her heart out on a bench in the park, holding the flowers close to her.

She painfully opened her eyes, looked at the flowers for a moment, then threw them away. She couldn’t bare to look at them anymore.

A pony patted her on the back. She looked up to see Halo sitting right beside her. She held him close and just cried and cried and cried. Halo held her. Today, he was a big brother, not a explorer.

“TRIXIE!!” Twilight yelled out, this time in desperation. Twi ran over the bridge and found her and Halo. “There you are!” she ran on over. “Trixie, I--”

“Don’t you think you’ve done enough, Twilight?” a angry Halo asked.

“That’s the thing. I--.”

“WHAT IN TARNATION!?!?” someone exclaimed at the top of their lungs.

Twilight heard it and recognized the voice. “was that Applejack?” Trixie used this opportunity to run back to her carriage. “wait! Trixie!” Twilight exclaimed, running after her. Halo ran after her as well.

“wow. That’s a big gash.” Aura said.

Aura, Applejack, and the rest of the Apple Clan stared at a big gash in the middle of the farm. A WHOLE bunch of trees are gone, with some being cut in half.

Applebloom counted out how many trees are gone, putting the half ones together. “…25, 26, 27! 27 whole trees are gone.”

“wow. Something like this happen before, A.J?” Aura asked.

“well, there was a big ol’ windstorm that sent every apple flying all around town but we rounded them all up. This is a first for us.”

Aura whistled. “I got a good suspect who might have done this.” He said as he turned around walked away. A.J. and A.B. turned and followed him.

“Who, that monster that stranded you here?” Applebloom asked.

“possible. He’s big enough to make that gash.”

“and we don’t know where giganto is so we can’t go after him.” Applejack said. She looked back at the gash. “Looks like those trees are gone for good.”

“but why would it want apple trees for?” ‘Bloom asked.

Aura shrugged. “even monsters need to eat.”

“just stay away!” Trixie cried. Trixie ran as fast as she could away from Twilight, who ran after her and who had Halo running after her.

“Trixie! Please wait!” Twilight called out.

Halo caught up to Twi, close enough to ask this: “why are you running after her? I thought you hated her but I didn’t know you were angry enough to kill her.”

“I’m not going to kill her. I’m going to apologize.” Twi explained.

“You are? Why should i trust you?”

“Cause Zilver explained everything.”

“Everything? Including what happened to her the past 2 years?”

“nnno. why I was angry. Turns out I was…”

Both Halo and Twilight ran into Trixie from behind, who had stopped in her tracks. Twi and Halo fell backwards and hit the ground.

“ow. That was a ow moment.” Halo groaned.

Twilight got up and helped Halo up. They both looked to see Trixie just standing there. “Trix?” Halo muttered. He walked around to her front to see Trixie just standing there with a look of horror on her face. “Trixie?” Twilight also walked up and saw the same look. They both looked in the same direction and saw what she saw.

Trixie’s trailer was totaled. The entire front section was totaled and flattened, nothing but rubble now.

“oh my stars…” Twilight gasped. “how did…?” she and Halo walked over and started rummaging though it.

“what could’ve caused this?” Halo wondered. He thought for a moment and looked back to Twilight.

She noticed this and immediately knew where she was going with it. “I didn’t have anything to do with this, I swear!”

“you sure? Because you’ve been acting like a bitch these past 2 days.”

Twilight didn’t argue. She knew how she was acting. She wasn’t gonna deny it.

Trixie, now just a hollow husk of her former self, walked by and started rummaging though it.

“sis…”

Trixie moved a beam to the side and found a picture frame. She picked it out and looked at it. Twilight leaned in and looked at the pic inside it.

It was a picture of Trixie, Halo, and Zilver as foals, posing in front of the caravan. Trix had her hat and cape on but they had bows on it.

“This… must’ve been her birthday or the day she left.” Twilight concluded in her mind. Her heart broke a little and walked to the other end of the caravan, leaving Trixie, or what was left of her, to the picture.

Twilight tripped on something. She didn’t fall but instead staggered. She looked down on what she tripped on. What she saw broke her heart even more. Trixie’s hat and cape were ripped and torn.

“oh man.” Halo groaned, noticing the cape and hat. “Trix cherished those. Seeing them ripped like this…”

“this is all my fault. Isn’t it?” Twilight somberly asked. “If I had just forgiven her to begin with and just… just didn’t act like the worst pony in existence… then…”

Twi looked back to Trixie, who just sat there, holding the picture close. Halo also looked back and nodded something to himself. “she better get some rest. These past 2 days… they’ve been torture to her.”

“and I was the one who made it torture.” Twilight said. She used her magic to carry the cape and hat. “take her back to the library and put her in my bed. I’ll take these to Rarity. See if she can fix them. When I get back…”

Halo nodded and walked on back to her sister. “Trixie. Hey, Trixie. Can you hear me?” Trixie didn’t reply verbally but she did a slight nod. “Come on. We’re gonna put you to bed.”

Twilight looked away. She did this. If she had just listened to her before, then this could’ve been avoided, right? If Trixie’s trailer was in town, then it could’ve avoided being crushed, same with Trixie’s heart; which is what she brought on. That’s what she kept telling herself as she went to Rarity’s.

*author's notes*
wow. if there's one thing i can do, it's making sad, hopeless situations... which is odd because i'm usually a cheery guy.