Chapter 3: Bonding

Trixie lets go of her mistress and apologizes for hugging her without permission.

"It's quite alright, my love. Would you please put the dishes in the sink." Twilight asks the cerulean mare.

"Yes, Mistress." Trixie replies happily.

"You'll need to wash them, too. Spike is still on his trip with Rarity."

"Forgive, Trixie for asking, but she thought that your dragon assistant never left your side."

"Well he IS like my son and little brother rolled into one. However keep this between you and me, even though it's painfully obvious, he has huge crush on Rarity so he always tries his best to help her when he can."

"My lips are sealed Mistress."

"Anyway, Rarity went to go check in on the branch of her store in Canterlot and the pony who usually takes care of everything there was sick so she had to run everything herself. She asked Spike if he would be willing to help. Rarity is usually gone for about a week on her routine trips. She left two days ago so they probably wont be back for awhile." Twilight told the blue unicorn. Trixie nods showing that she understood.

Trixie levitates all the dishes over to the sink and washes them before asking her mistress where they belonged. (They were already out when she came into the kitchen.) After being told where they go she puts the pot, plate, and spoon away.

"Come here, Trixie."

"OK, Mistress."

Twilight places her horn on Trixie's forehead, right under her pet's horn. Lavender light fills Trixie's vision as her mistress casts a spell on her. She closed her eyes when it got to bright. After the light fades, Trixie knows the entire castle's layout like the back of her hoof.

"We can't have you getting lost if you're going to be living here, now can we?" Twilight says with a loving gleam in her eyes.

"Thank you, Mistress." Trixie said gratefully.

"Now it's getting late, so were off to bed." Twilight told the former showpony turned pet.

"Yes, Mistress, which room shall Trixie sleep in?" Trixie asked her mistress.

"Mine." The purple alicorn said bluntly.

"W-What? but there are plenty of guest rooms Trixie could use. She mustn't cause you trouble Mistress!" Trixie exclaimed with shock.

"Its no trouble at all, I don't mind." Twilight assured her pet.

"Ok, Mistress, if you insist." Trixie conceded.

***

The following, day Trixie wakes up in her mistress's bed to find that she is alone in the bed. She sat up and noticed a note on her mistress's side of the bed.

"Dear, Trixie. I will be out today tending to some business in the Crystal Empire. I will be back at around five o'clock this afternoon. I talked with Starlight, and she seemed excited at the chance to get to know you better. Her newest friendship lesson is to make friends with you. And your first assignment (but don't solely think of this as an assignment) from me as your mistress, is to make friends with her. By the end of the day I hope that the two of you will have become good friends.

Love, Mistress."

"Mistress wants Trixie to, make a friend?" Trixie asked herself. "Trixie will not disappoint her" Trixie said to herself, filled with determination. Trixie gets out of the comfortable bed and couldn't help but stare at her collar in the mirror. Her heart still flutters with joy whenever she sees the proof that her mistress owns her. After getting out of her stupor, she remakes the bed she and her mistress slept in and then made her way to the kitchen. Trixie, now knowing where everything is, gets out a couple pans and various ingredients as well as some waffle makers.

"Pancakes and Waffles sound good. Especially with whipped cream." Trixie says to herself with a smile. She sets about her task, humming a tune to herself.

While The blue mare is in the zone, She doesn't notice that Starlight has walked into the kitchen. The OP unicorn sits down at one of the tables and watches Trixie move about with her cooking.

"Mmm, smells good, Trixie. *yawn*. Good morning." Starlight greeted. The mauve pony was still a little tired.

"Oh! You startled Trixie, Starlight. Good morning." Trixie returned, smiling. She turns around to look at the reformed pony. "The Pancakes are almost done the waffles are on a timer in the waffle makers. Give the waffles about five more minutes and the pancakes about seven."

"Oooh I can't wait!" Starlight exclaimed excitedly.

***

After eight minutes, both ponies are sat at a dining table with multiple stacks of pancakes and waffles respectively in front of them. Trixie makes her plate and stacks it with pancakes and waffles alike as high as she can. She wolfed them down fast.
Starlight is... actually impressed with how fast the blue unicorn is eating without choking. She is also impressed with how good the pancakes and waffles taste. 'The vegetable soup Trixie made last night was astounding as well, but these, well these are just spectacular!' Starlight thought to herself. Once the two unicorns finish their breakfast, Trixie put the leftovers in the fridge and cleaned all the used dishes with Starlight's help (To which the blue mare conceded to accept after about 5 minutes of insistence on the OP unicorn's part).

"Thank you for helping Trixie, Starlight." Trixie spoke with gratitude.

"Oh, no problem, Trixie! I'm happy to help." Starlight replied.

"If you don't mind me asking, why do you refer to yourself in Third-pony most of the time?" Twilight's student inquired.

"Why? Does it annoy you? Trixie can try to stop if you like!!" Trixie responded in a worried tone.

"Oh nonono, Trixie! It doesn't annoy me in the slightest. I was just curious that's all" Starlight replied with haste.

Trixie lets out a breath a relief. "Oh, thank Celestia. Trixie wasn't sure if she could stop herself from speaking that way when it's so normal for her. Anyways, Trixie developed the habit of talking in Third-pony when she started her act as 'The Great and Powerful Trixie' as a show persona, and it just stuck. Now, Trixie feels uncomfortable when she is forced to refer to herself in any perspective other than Third-Pony unless it happens normally which only happens when she feels comfortable or safe talking to somepony. Or if it happens normally which still happens occasionally." Trixie informed the mauve unicorn.

"Hold on, act? Show persona? *gasp* Are you a showpony?!" Starlight inquires.

"Trixie was a Former, showpony, yes. Nopony wants her to perform anymore." Trixie said solemnly.

"Oh no! Did I bring up hurtful memories for you? I'm so sorry!" The OP unicorn apologized.

"No no, it's fine Trixie should talk to somepony about it. Though she would prefer if it was mistress." Trixie confessed out loud. Her eyes widen and her body tenses up as she realizes that she called Twilight her mistress in front of said princess's student. She looks at Starlight, expecting to see a confused look on the unicorn's face, but instead she sees her chuckling.

"I already know about your relationship with my teacher, Trixie. Don't be afraid that I'm gonna be weirded out by it." Starlight assured the blue mare. Trixie's body relaxes at that sentiment. "Besides, even she didn't fill me in, I'm not stupid. I can clearly see that collar around your neck and I saw you staring at it lovingly while you were cooking." Starlight said amused. Trixie runs a hoof through her mane and laughs sheepishly.

"I understand that you would rather talk to Twilight about your past. I wont pry, but I want you to know that you can trust me, too. I may not be your mistress but I do want to be your friend. I wont hurt you, OK?" Starlight says sincerely.

Trixie felt happy that the pony beside her genuinely wants to be her friend. She didn't doubt that Starlight wanted to be her friend. After all, it did say so in her mistress's letter. But it was nice to have some confirmation from the pony herself.

"Trixie will tell you about what happened to her at Ponyville, but she would like her mistress to be the first pony she tells about her past before that." Trixie said after some thought.

The duo of unicorns exit the kitchen and Starlight lead Trixie to a balcony that had a table with a tea set along with two comfortable looking chairs. They both take a seat and Trixie poured both of them tea that was magically prepared already. Trixie takes a sip of the tea and her the corners of her mouth turn up into a smile at the taste.

"Wow! This tea is great! How'd you make it?"

"Oh i don't really deserve any credit, I just used magic to make it." Starlight answered with a sheepish smile adorning her muzzle. "So Trixie, what are you willing to tell me about what happened to you here in Ponyville."

"Well, back then Trixie was still a traveling magician. She was fairly known all around Equestria for her spectacular illusionary magic. She has even performed once for Princess Celestia. Trixie loved performing for ponies everywhere."
Trixie said with a far away look on her face.

"Trixie referred to herself as The Great and Powerful Trixie as an act for her performances. She also sometimes made stories for parts of her acts. One day Trixie went to Ponyville to perform one her shows. She started off like she normally does: Boast a bit to gather a crowd, and dazzle them with some cool tricks. It was working as well as it usually did. Everypony in the crowd seemed to be enjoying the act Trixie was putting on. But then, some ponies from the crowd interrupted her show, trying to upstage her because 'They didn't like Trixie's attitude so clearly, that meant she was in the wrong.' she was just doing what she loved. You may know these ponies, Starlight. They were Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Rarity. Trixie incorporated them into her act, by embarrassing them each time they interrupted her. After that they asked Mistress-who obviously wasn't Trixie's mistress then, but Trixie doesn't feel comfortable calling her by her real name without permission- To, 'Show that disrespectful mare her place' when she obviously didn't want to. She ended up running away and inwardly, I felt bad seeing that, but I kept up my show persona and made fun of her."

Trixie looked down in shame at that part.

"Afterwards, two foals who apparently were enamored with Trixie's act, decided that they wanted to see somepony vanquish an Ursa Major in person. So they went and found one and brought it to the town. They said that they wanted to see Trixie vanquish it so, feeling pressured, she tried to best the beast with here magic tricks. Needless to say that didn't work out to well. The monster destroyed the caravan that Trixie had called home for years and all of her possessions including the cape and hat she had treasured. Then, Mistress showed up and used her extraordinary magic to lull the cosmic beast to sleep and she levitated it back to it's cave. Afterwards, she explained that the beast was rampaging through the town wasn't an Ursa Major, It was an Ursa Minor, a baby. Trixie was shocked when she found this out because the size of that 'baby' was bigger than the whole town. After Mistress defeated the Ursa Minor, everypony turned on Trixie and drove her out of town. Later that week, It was stated in the news papers that 'The Great and Powerful Trixie' was a fraud and that she lied about everything. Her life has been ruined ever since. Until Yesterday, that is, when Mistress saved her from the horrible life she had come to know." Trixie finishes her story on a happy note.

"Wow, I had no idea that Twilight's friends could be so, for the lack of better word, mean. Or stupid. I mean, have they never heard of acting before." The mauve unicorn states.

Starlight views the six ponies she's come to consider her friends in a different light now. Well maybe not all six, at least the three of them that Trixie mentioned. Clearly the blue mare was implying that nothing that happened was Twilight's fault, and she didn't mention Fluttershy or Pinkie Pie, either. And she is pretty sure that those two couldn't be mean intentionally without feeling terrible with guilt.

"Well, If those three have a problem with you living in this castle, they can take it up with Twilight and I. We both care about you, Trixie. Though I'm sure Twilight does more than just simply care about you, have you uh done 'it' yet?" Twilght's student asked, blushing like a schoolgirl.

Trixie blushes and looks away from the OP unicorn's face. "N-no, we haven't, not yet." Trixie answered, embarrassed.

"Oh. Well it HAS only been one day and I think we can both agree that the two of you's relationship grew extremely fast. so I was just curios if you two had done 'it' yet." Starlight rushes out.

"Trixie has been meaning to ask, What business did Mistress have to tend to in the Crystal Empire?" Trixie asked with interest.

"Oh she just went to visit her niece Flurry Heart and her parents." Starlight answered happily.

"Mistress is an Aunt? That's amazing. Trixie bets she spoils her niece rotten!" Trixie said with a chuckle. Starlight chuckles with her.

The two unicorns enjoy the rest of their tea in silence.

***

"So anything that you like that we both can do, Starlight?" Trixie asked politely.

"I LIKE KITES!!!" Starlight replied with too much enthusiasm.

"Oh, OK. Well I've never flown a kite before but I'd be happy to learn!" Trixie replies in first-pony, which shows that she is getting comfortable around Starlight.

"OK. Well, I'll teach you how to make your own!" Starlight says with excitement. Trixie smiles at her first friend in years.

The rest of the morning consists of Twilight's student teaching Twilight's pet how to make a kite and then how to fly said kite. Starlight is pleasantly surprised with how great the kite her friend made looked. She is also surprised with how well the blue mare was flying the kite for her first time flying one.

"This is fun and relaxing. I think I understand why you like kites so much." Trixie said happily.

"Hehehe *inhale* you have no idea, Trixie." Starlight says with nervous expression on her muzzle.

The two unicorns are minding their own business, out in a field on the outskirts of Ponyville. Talking to each other about themselves, getting to know one another better while flying their kites.

The two ponies continued this until a quarter past noon, when Starlight suggested that the two of them head back into town to get some lunch. Although Starlight was still decently full from the pancakes and waffles from earlier that day, she could see that Trixie was still suffering from her... ramifications of her past and needed to eat a lot more before she could safely be considered no longer malnourished. Starlight used magic to teleport their kites back to the castle before the pair of unicorns head back to Ponyville.

"Where do you think we should eat at, Trixie?" Starlight looks to Trixie for an answer.

"Oh, Trixie can just make some lunch in the castle's kitchen." Trixie replied.

"Nonsense! We're already outside so I insist on treating you to some lunch somewhere. I admit your food would probably taste better, but you don't need to make food every time you need to eat." Starlight insisted.

"Well, alright then. Trixie doesn't really know the restaurants at Ponyville that well, so wherever you would like to go is fine." Trixie conceded.

Starlight and Trixie approached a simple restaurant that had some tables set outside. The two ponies took a free table and waited and looked through the menus on the table. In a few moments a waiter prances over to the table the two mares are sat at. "Hello, madams I will be your waiter today do you need ti-" The waiter cuts himself off and his eyes narrow when he notices that Trixie is seated there. "Actually I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to leave ma'am. The waiter spat with disdain evident in his voice "We don't serve the likes of you here." He sneered. Trixie's ears droop down and she moves to leave until a hoof stops her from leaving.

The waiter suddenly feels a horrible feeling of dread move throughout his spine. He turns around to look at the other mare at the table, and is greeted by the most terrifying death glare he has seen in his life. Twilight's personal student and best friend is currently absolutely livid. She levitates the shit-stain of a pony towards her, and darkly says, "You will NOT talk to my friend like that ever again. Do you understand me?" The waiter was too shocked to respond.

"I SAID DO YOU FUCKING UNDERSTAND ME, YOU FUCKING DISGRACE?!?!?!" Starlight angrily explodes.

"Y-Yes Ma'am! It won't happen again!" The waiter replied with fear dripping from his voice.

"I will have a milkshake and my friend will have five hayburgers. "Don't even think of messing with her food, Clear?!"
"Crystal, Ma'am!" The terrified waiter says. She lets him go and he runs into the restaurant to place the order.

"What an asshole." Starlight said still a little pissed. She then glances over to Trixie to see her with her head down and shaking a little.

"Oh I'm sorry, Trixie I didn't mean to snap like-" Starlight tried to get out before she was cut off with a sob.

"*Sob* *sniff* T-Thank you, Starlight. You actually stood up form me. I *sniff* didn't think anypony other than mistress would stand up for me over anything." Trixie said while throwing her forehooves around Starlight.

"Oh, Trixie. You don't have to thank me for standing up for you. The way that pony acted was just terrible." Starlight said whilst returning the hug from the blue mare. Trixie continues to cry in a mixture of sadness and happiness. Sad that ponies treat her in such ways, but happy that Starlight defended her. The mauve unicorn soothingly runs her hoof through her friends mane. She notices that some ponies are staring at them. She gives them the same glare she gave the waiter.

"What." She growled.

They quickly look away and mind their own business. Not wanting to further piss off the already pissed of the OP unicorn. After about five minutes of hugging, Trixie seems to have calmed down some as she is no longer sobbing, however, she is purring from the soothing motions of Starlight's hoof. Starlight chuckles from herself at this.

"I wont let anypony hurt you like this, again Trixie. If anypony tries, I'll do more than just intimidate them next time." Starlight said, filled with determination.

It was at this moment when the waiter reemerged from the building levitating their order. The two ponies reluctantly separate from their hug. The waiter places their orders on the table and Trixie's stomach growls at the sight of the burgers. She goes to take a bite out of one but Starlight stops her. She, while confused, complies with the strange request.

Starlight's horn then lights up with the telltale sign of magic being used. Her face darkens as the glow fades away. Her shoulders start to shake with rage. "You." The waiter gulps. "Y-Yes, Madam? *gulp*" "I told you to not mess with her burgers. I was suspicious when you came out with five hayburgers in the same amount of minutes, so I scanned them. These aren't hayburgers at all. You disguised Moldy bread laced with rat poison and tried to feed it to my friend, who is a paying customer. You have fucked up, MAJORLY" Starlight said darkly. Her horn lights up again as she shoots the Shitstain with pure magic, causing him to fly into the restaurant while breaking several of his bones. Trixie's hooves flew over her muzzle in shock. Starlight at this point, is seething with rage and de-casts the illusion spell on the disguised hayburgers. Trixie's reaction is what makes her consider finding the pony she just sent flying and actually killing him. The blue mare is brought to tear. Not even an hour after she said she wouldn't let anyone hurt her friend again.

"That, Fucking Mother FUCKER!!!!" Starlight screamed as she jumped up and was about to go make her thoughts a reality when she realized she would be leaving the shocked pony alone.

Starlight calms herself and takes Trixie into a hug, which the shivering unicorn returned. Starlight then teleports the two of them into her room back at the castle.

"I wish I could've killed him, but that wouldn't gone over very well." Starlight said stone cold. She then looks at Trixie in surprise, because the mare started to laugh.

"What's so funny, Trixie" Starlight asked, concerned that her friend might have lost it on her mind.

"Trixie just had a thought." Trixie said in between chuckles. Then, with a dark grin adorning her muzzle she said. "When we tell Mistress that somepony tried to hurt her beloved pet, he will be as good as dead." Trixie says with a small hint of pride evident in her voice when calling herself her mistress's beloved pet. Starlight soon shares in Trixie's dark elation at this fact.

"Trixie that's a wonderful thought you just had. *snicker* Although, I feel bad that I wasn't able to get you any food." Starlight said with a disappointed look.

"Don't worry about it, Starlight. I'm used to it. I-I just thought that I would be able to finally have some food from someplace that was decent. The two pizzas and apple pies I had on the Train to Ponyville when Mistress saved me was the first good thing I've had in over a year. I didn't want to come off as greedy today because of how many Pancakes and Waffles I had eaten during breakfast, but I've been starving since 2 hours after that." Trixie said solemnly.

"Oh Trixie, you didn't have to keep that to yourself, I gladly would've gotten you some food earlier. Although, I don't think this would've flown over well given what just happened." Starlight said with a caring smile. Trixie hugs her friend after she said that.

"Come on, lets go." Starlight said. Confusing the cerulean unicorn.

"W-What? Where are we going?" Asked Trixie. Wondering what was happening.

"We are going to get you some food, even if we have to leave Ponyville to do it." Starlight said, determined to feed her friend.

"But Trixie can seriously just make her own food It's no problem at all." Trixie tried to reason.

"Oh I know, I'll make You some food." Starlight realized with elation. Trixie looked like she was going to object that idea, but Starlight would have none of it.

***

30 minutes later, Trixie found herself waiting in the dining room, which was just next to the kitchen. She was perplexed as to why there were tables in the kitchen if there was a dining room within the castle. Starlight trotted through the door levitating several dishes behind her. She then places the dishes in front of the starving mare. She lifts the cloches off of the plates to reveal an assortment of dishes from hayburgers and fries to vegetable pot pie. Trixie licks her lips at the sight of the food.

"Dig in, Trixie." Starlight said happily.

Trixie does just that. The hayfries went first, followed by the burgers, the pot pie, soon everything that Starlight made was gone.

"*burp* Excuse me." Trixie said. She felt genuinely full for the first time in a long time.

"Thanks for this Starlight, but you really didn't have to do this for Trixie." Trixie said.

"None of that, Trixie. I was happy to make food for you. I know my food is not as good as yours, though." Starlight admitted.

"Oh, no don't say that Starlight!" Trixie exclaimed.

"Oh come on, It's True!" Starlight insisted.

"Well, Trixie did use to pride herself on making excellent food. She even took lessons! *sigh*. When she was able to, at least. She supposes it's to be expected that your food isn't as good as hers." Trixie says with some pride.

" *chuckles*. That's the spirit!" Starlight said happily. The two had enjoyed each other's company throughout the day even if they had an incident when they tried to go out for lunch. Then they hear a pounding at the front door, well really more like the front gate. The ponies go to the room to answer the door. Before they open it they hear a large commotion right outside the gate. Starlight looks through the peek-hole and sees a mob of ponies. Trixie moves to open the door but Starlight puts a hoof in front her before she can. She silently shakes her head and points to the peek-hole with her hoof then makes a shushing motion. Trixie looks through to see the mob of ponies and starts to get scared. Starlight grasps her hoof, Trixie turns to look at her "Were leaving, Trixie." Starlight said seriously.

"B-but there isn't a backdoor, are going to jump out through a window or something?" Trixie asked frightened.

Starlight shakes her head then she activates her magic while holding on to Trixie. Then, they teleported out of the castle.

To the Crystal Empire.

Author's Notes:

I made a reference to something (Twice). Quote what you think the reference is in the comments.
I've taken my time with this one and I have Proof-read it as well. The reason I hadn't with the other 2 chapters is cause I had testing at school to do. Now however, I have gotten 100% on said test, and now that I don't have the stress of testing on my mind, I can focus more on the story since most of my classes are relatively easy. Also, I Had both Pancakes and Waffles in the chapter because I like both and think the war between the two is just silly.

Also, a huge thanks to Boof Man for Proof-reading some of this for me.

I hope no-one is stirred away from this story because I'm featuring Starlight Glimmer as a main character, I have her tagged for a reason. She will be playing as big a part in this story as Trixie and Twilight. I hope you liked this chapter, I tried my best to make their relationship develop. Trixie really needs a best friend just as much as she needs twilight as her mistress, now. I hope you enjoyed. let me know what you thought!