Foalish Ambitions

"Come on!"
"Move for bucks sake!"

Her hooves dug into the soft earth trying to find purchase. The ropes on her back whined with strain, like a poorly tuned violin. Her dark mane hung limply around her face, dripping with sweat. Yet, try as she might her coach would not budge.

"Fine, you can just sit there." She exhaled in exasperation.

She had been pulling her cart for two days non-stop and she deserved a break. She took off her harness and pulled her sopping mane from her face. Her sky blue eyes scanned the road for any sign of a passing pony. She knew if she didn't move soon, they would find her.

"Damn that pony and all here bucking friends for upstaging me. I, The Great and Powerful Trixie, had everything under control. That foal of a librarian ruined everything. I had those Ponyville yokels eating out of my hoof." Trixie raged at the trees.

She had no where to go and on an empty stomach it was getting hard to pull the cart holding what was left of her belongings. It wasn't much, but the show pony wasn't used to such physical effort.

"If I every see that purple mare again, it'll be too soon." She sighed in frustration.

The blue pony lay down in the soft grass beside the road and rested her aching flanks. She had began to relax and drift into a state of semi sleep. She was on the precipice of sleep, when she heard a soft humming behind her. Trixie bolted up in a panic expecting to see Twilight or one of her annoying friends. She was instead greeted by the image of a midnight blue mare, slowly making her way up the road.

Trixie sighed in relief, but still kept her route of escape open. The exhausted mare was all to familiar with the ponies’ behavior in this region. She watched the pony come closer and, as her image sharpened, Trixie noticed some peculiar feature of the pony.

She had a long flowing mane and tail that resembled a shadow in motion, which seemed from beyond this world. She seemed to be a unicorn, but something was odd about her saddle bags. They were lumpy and seemed to have no real storage space.

"Oh, sweet Celestia!" Trixie gasped in alarm. Or rather Luna,she thought awestruck.

Luna was not in her normal regal attire and here mane didn't have the same aura that it carried usually, but that was definitely the princess. She looked like any other pony you would meet, but far more stunning.

"What should I do?" Trixie thought in a panic, "What if she knows about the Ursa? Oh Celestia! I'm doomed! She obviously knows already. It's her creation, after all."

Trixie began to cry as fear and regret began to grip her heart. She knew of the princesses reputation for being....less than understanding. She knew that her little stunt hadn't escaped the princesses’ notice, especially since that infernal purple mare was Celestia’s pride and joy.

Trixie sank to her knees as the princess grew closer, her body convulsing from her sobs. She could hear the princess draw up beside her cart and come to a halt, the humming gone from the summers air.

"This is it....I'm done." She resigned to her fate and softly cried, not caring how pitiful she might have appeared. She couldn't take the running and hiding anymore. She then looked up with her big blue eyes to face her accuser and saw something that stopped her heart cold.

The princess was kneeled down in front of her, with a look of tender compassion. Trixie hadn't expected this, she had expected a one way trip to the moon. Hoof class.

"What troubles you, my little pony?" Luna asked with all the tenderness of a soothing mother. Trixie opened her mouth several times, trying to form words.

"I....I'm sorry princess...I'm so sorry. I'll never do it again." Luna began to sob again. She meant it truly, Trixie idolized Luna more than anypony else. Now, faced with disappointing her hero, she reacted like the foal she had once been.

"What are you sorry for? You have done me no wrong." Luna said, puzzled.

"I released.. T-the Ursa Minor..." Trixie admitted, between sniffles.

"Oh, is that all?" Luna giggled.

Trixie gaped at Luna.

"What?!" She asked in shock.

"He is so easily bothered these days. I should speak with Major, again." She pondered to herself, hoof on her chin.

"Again?" Trixie parroted her, having trouble following the lunar goddess.

"Well, yes. Celestia is always bugging the poor thing. It's no wonder he hates ponies so much."

Trixie couldn't keep it all together. Her mind reeled with the goddess revelations. Her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she collapsed in a heap on the dirt. Luna let out a gasp and rushed over to the blue pony.

"Oh you poor thing, you must be exhausted." Luna sighed, in empathy. "This just won't do."

Luna wrapped Trixie and her cart in her magic and...
Zzzzzzzap!
They were gone.

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Trixie awoke to the sound of birds chirping softly and a soft breeze tickling her nose. It smelled of fresh pancakes and muffins. Her stomach growled and she opened her eyes to seek out the mouth watering source.

"Well, Good Morning..." Spoke a voice beside Trixie.

Trixies heart almost burst from her chest out of surprise. She tried to run, but was being restrained by a fabric covering her body. She realized quickly that the restraints were, in fact, sheets. She vaguely remembered falling asleep on the ground and not at an inn. Then, the previous day's occurrences slammed into her like a speeding pony coach.

Luna...Crying...Forgiveness...Collapsing....Magic...

She rolled over and saw next to her bed a smiling Luna and a tray of muffins. Luna levitated the tray closer to Trixie inviting her to eat. The food deprived mare didn't hesitate. She tore into the first muffin and stared around her room. Luna watched her, an amused grin on her face.

"Whrmf aph i?" Trixie asked, her mouth jammed full of food stuffs. She then nearly choked realizing, a little late, exactly who she was talking too. Her eyes streamed with tears as she hurriedly swallowed her mouthful. Luna chuckled as she gave Trixie a glass of water.

"You sure a peculiar pony, Trixie." Luna sighed with a smile.

"Princess! My apologies, I forgot my manners." Trixie apologized in a panic.

"It is quite alright. To answer your first question, you are in my royal bed chamber. I brought you here after you fell unconscious." Luna, then, gave Trixie a sweet look of understanding.

"Oh.." Trixie face flushed at this. Here she was, not only forgiven by her idol for her transgression, but being cared for like a sick filly.

"How the Great and Powerful Trixie has fallen." She thought to herself bitterly. She realized she was on the verge of tears again and hid her face behind her mane. A single tear slid down her cheek towards her now quivering chin.

Suddenly, a gentle pressure made her lift her eyes, and they met those of her idol, staring gently back at her. Luna gave Trixie a knowing smile and wiped the tear from her soft cheek. She then leaned into the dejected mare and gave her a tender hug, wrapping her forelegs around Trixie’s shoulders pulling her in closer. The blue mare couldn't hold back any longer. She sobbed into her companion’s warm shoulder. She let the past few days wash over her in a wave.

Luna made soft cooing noises and stroked Trixie’s mane slowly. She was doing all she could to comfort the distraught mare. When the mare finally stopped crying. Then, Luna slowly released her. Luna stared at the, now calm, blue eyed mare for a moment.

Luna then said something Trixie had never expected.

"I now all about you Trixie, or rather, The Great and Powerful." She gave Trixie a gentle smile. "Celestia tells me that you are my biggest fan and that the Ursa was your way I trying to get my attention. Am I mistaken?"

Trixie gaped at Luna for a time. She had told nopony about that last part. Her face flushed, but this time it was accompanied by a swarm of butterflies in her stomach. She looked into Luna's eyes, marveling for the first time in the beauty of the princess of the night. She marveled in the majesty and shear elegance of Luna's mane and silken coat, the soft curve of her flanks and the gentle beauty of her blue eyes.

Trixie began to lean in closer watching the rise and fall of Luna's chest begin to increase. Luna's eyes focused on Trixie with a stare of pure passion. Trixie shut her eyes and let her body take over, it was going to be doing all the talking. Trixie could feel Luna's breath on her lips as she crept closer, their muzzles just inches apart.

Luna closed the gap quickly, eliciting a soft moan from Trixie. She wrapped her hooves through Trixie’s mane and pulled her closer, leaning over the bed. Then it was over as quickly as it had began. Trixie sat there in stunned silence staring at Luna. She had just kissed the PRINCESS OF THE MOON!

Luna gave her a sheepish smile and blushed averting her eyes away from Trixie.

Why is the world spinning, Trixie thought wistfully.

Again, Trixie fainted. This time, though, with a smile on her lips. Luna simply leaned over and kissed her gently on the forehead gently tucking her

"We have a lot to discuss when you awake, amoré." Luna whispered as she shut the curtains.

"Sleep well, My little trouble maker." With that she left, shutting the door softly behind her.