"Great,” Twilight yelled at Snips and Snails. "You little buckers managed to chase her away!"

Trixie's figure, who had just failed to chase away the Ursa Major, was disappearing in the night, her cloak wafting after her.
"I'll go comfort her", Twilight called out over her shoulder and galloped after the Mare of Magic.

She found her on a cliff overlooking Ponyville, staring out into the night that lay over the Everfree Forest.
There was no doubt she was crying.

Trixie’s chest was heaving and falling in heavy contractions. Then, those subsided, and Trixie sat there totally motionless, her eyes still closed, her head bent towards. Twilight simply looked at her. After a few minutes, she realised that Trixie was crying. It was not a loud kind of crying; it was very subtle, and the small trickle of tears was not discernible among the rain that was swirling in the air, but still, Twilight realised that this was Trixie’s way of crying. She had never seen Trixie cry before.

Twilight didn’t know what to do. She wanted to comfort Trixie, but she didn’t know how; so she just sat and watched and waited if Trixie would stop.

But Trixie didn’t stop. In her quiet, subdued way, that was so different from her usual loud and obnoxious self, she continued crying.

Twilight got up and slowly approached her. Something had flicked a switch in her mind; she felt the compulsion to share her love with this sad, sad pony. She went up to Trixie and slowly, gently, laid her head on Trixie’s shoulder.

Trixie’s eyes opened in surprise, but she didn’t say anything; neither did she do anything to push Twilight away. She just shivered slightly at the unexpected touch, before staring on into the night. Yet Twilight could tell that Trixie wasn’t unaffected. Trixie’s breath had become too calm, too deep, too regular; she was trying to overcompensate something.

Twilight felt how their bodies exchanged warmth where they touched. She, too, breathed deeply, consciously; something about this felt just right. A while, they stayed like this, motionless, fur against fur, with Twilight standing behind Trixie, and as they did so, their breathing seemed to sync up. Twilight pressed herself closer against Trixie’s back. Immediately, she felt her own heartbeat amplified tenfold.

Trixie’s ear flicked; but she let it happen. Her breathing accelerated slightly, and so did Twilight’s. It was as though they were becoming one. Twilight was soon unable to tell whether it was her or Trixie that was responsible for the deeply felt lifting and lowering of their chests.

Twilight, who felt so courageous, put a hoof in front of Trixie, effectively embracing her. She pulled herself even closer; now, they were incredibly tightly linked. Then, slightly lowering her eyelids, a faint outline of red appearing on her cheeks, Twilight lightly licked Trixie’s eyes from behind. Trixie’s breathing grew faster. After a few moments, Twilight started to bite Trixie’s ears, very, very lightly. She wasn’t sure what had made her do this, but for some reason, she wanted to take her affection a bit further. Trixie gave a very low sigh that was as much irritated as it was, Twilight was sure of it, welcoming. Then she exhaled, slowly and very deliberately.

Trixie’s ears were soft and floppy and as warm as the rest of her body. Twilight made sure not to hurt her, but exert just the right amount of pressure. She felt herself getting excited herself, now; there was no denying it. For some reason, she savoured the taste of Trixie’s ear, even though objectively speaking, it actually tasted like nothing in particular.

Twilight pressed herself harder against Trixie. Effectively, she suddenly realised, she was straddling her now; involuntarily, she let off, then pressed again, and fell into a grinding motion that felt just right. Trixie shivered and bit her underlip to keep quiet, but again, she let it happen, skewing her head to drain some of the tension. The tension was indeed quite electric; Twilight felt excited right now, and she knew that Trixie did, too. She bit her ear harder, and this time, Trixie’s low moan turned into an angry hiss.

At this point, that only spurred on Twilight. “You know what I like about you right now, Trixie? That you’re keeping your mouth shut for a change...”

Trixie gave an angry howl. Twilight slowly let go of Trixie’s ear and moved her head further down Trixie’s. Her hooves now enveloped Trixie’s body completely from behind, and their embrace was airtight. Twilight gave the mare a soft kiss on the cheeks. Her cheeks tasted strangely sweet. Trixie drooped her eyelids, her breathing slowly becoming more erratic.
A moment they rested like this, looking out over the nocturnal Everfree Forest. Twixie puffed.

Twilight moved to the front and pinned her hooves on Trixie’s chest, gently pushing her down towards the ground. Trixie looked at her.

To be continued...