R and R in Ponyville

Flashbacks

Trixie stood at the door waiting for a response. She wasn't expecting much, especially how she had treated them all the last time she was in town, but she held out hope. She had to. She had nowhere else to go.

The night before, she had just finished being chased out of Appleoosa by the local ponies. They had remembered her and the fact that she was a laughing stock, but more importantly, a relative of Apple Jack, who had heard what she did in Ponyville, had rallied everyone together. They had chased her out and threatened on attacking her if she came back.

Her life had been like this for a few days now. Every town she went into was cold toward her. She couldn't find help anywhere she went. Everypony would hurt her and threaten to attack her if she stayed for what she did in the past. Many times, she had tried to make right what she did wrong all those times. Everything seemed hopeless.

But she knew that there was one good thing that had came along. Less than a week earlier, she met a young stallion. He had a brown mane and blue coat. What more, he almost looked sad like he was contemplating something he had done wrong. When she approached him, he turned to her and with a voice that sounded like it had cracked said, “Have you ever done something that you wish you hadn't and know there is no way of atoning for what you had done?” At first she disagreed with him saying that there is always forgiveness, but after the last few days, she began to understand what he was talking about.

The night before she arrived in Ponyville, she had wandered into an apple orchard and ran across the stallion again. This time, she wanted to ask him something. “The other night,” she said, “You said that there was no way to atone for things you have done in the past. Well, I have been thinking about that and I almost agree with you, but what if you know someone has forgiven you?” She thought back to the night she was stripped of the Alicorn amulet. She had confessed to Twilight and said she was sorry, and she heard Twilight forgive her.

The blue male looked up to the stars with his dark eyes and sighed. “No one ever truly forgives. They always hold onto the past waiting for that moment to strike. That moment to get even. That moment for revenge. What more, revenge is blind and it doesn't care who gets hurt, as long as it is taken upon those that did the wrong.” He looked at her. “The only thing we have is to have remorse for what we have done.”

Trixie began looking at the ground as the colt walked up. “I see that you have much to regret. You were defeated and shamed. You tried to change, but no pony allows you to shine through. You need to travel with others like yourself.” He looked her in the eyes. “Others like me. I make a great traveling companion, and what more, I never leave.”

She looked at him. Someone who really cares. Someone who looks past anything because they understand what you feel. This seemed like a dream come true. With a quiet voice, she said, “I think I need time to think this over. There is one more place I need to check. If you are right about what you say, then I shall join you.” Just then her stomach growled. She had been running from town to town so much that she hadn't had time to eat. “But before I go, I need to get something to eat.”

The colt walked up to a tree and back kicked it dropping a few apples to the ground. “There. Take some.”

Trixie walked up to the fruit and looked at it. “I don't think this is a good idea. I mean, these trees aren't ours.”

“Yeah, but I don't think the owners will notice some fruit coming up missing, or even put to much thought into it.”

Trixie took a moment to think it over and took a bite of the fruit. I mean, the owners would understand that she was hungry and needed the food. Right?

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Trixie was standing back in the doorway of the Library. This was the moment. Was that colt right? Was she truly an outcast because she was bad in the past? What if they decided to hurt her? She was getting more and more lost in thought every moment.

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She was eating the apples with the male pony standing there. As she swallowed a bit bite of Red Delicious, she asked, “What problems do you have that caused you to see the world the way you do?”

He just stood there looking into the sky. “I couldn't help them,” he said in his usual voice.

“Who?”

“My siblings. Both of them. One died, and one changed. I tried, but I couldn't do anything.”

Seeing that he had drifted back into thought, she began eating her apples again. Soon, she felt tired and walk out of the farmers land to a nearby field and laid down to get some sleep.

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She was so lost in thought that she had completely tuned out the others that were in the room with her. Rainbow Dash was speaking out loud, “Remember last time she came to Ponyville and everything she did to us? Do we really want to risk her doing it again?”

Twilight looked at her. “Yes, we know what she did, but remember, we took the amulet away and she said she was truly sorry. We should at least give her a chance.”

The others took a moment to think and soon agreed. If she really had changed, then she could be trusted, though it may take some time. Twilight walked up to her. “Trixie?” She waved a hoof in front of her face causing her to snap out of it.

“I'm so sorry,” she said crying, “Please don't hurt me. I promise I am changed, I am different. Please don't run me out of town!”

“Woah there sugarcube,” Apple Jack said, “We won't do that. You're safe. Relax.”

Twilight continued. “That's right. You can stay at the library as long as you like. We have to go out of town for a bit on a mission of Equestria.”

“Thank You, thank you... Princess.” Trixie said as she hugged the group. “I'm so glad my troubles are over! Thank you, my friends.”

Outside, the pony, Remorse looked through the window as something that was hiding in Trixie's head hopped out and into one of the mares hugging her. He started backing away from the window and said, “Oh, it is just beginning, my regretting little mare.” He walked away from the window changing into a whole different body to blend into the crowd and walk down the street.