Trixie's Appleloosan Adventureby CTCBChaptersChapter I: BreakdownChapter II: FallingChapter III: FixingChapter I: Breakdown======================================= Trixie's Appleloosan Adventure Chapter I: Breakdown Written By: Christopher Youde Written as part of TrixBurn Description: Months after Trixie fell away from the Spotlight because of her highly fabricated "Story", her carriage breaks down close to Appleloosa and she has to stay in the town for a weekend whilst Braeburn fixes it. With all of Equestria knowing she is a fake, will anypony give her a chance to correct herself, and which pony goes one step further than everypony else? TrixBurn Fic! Author Note: This Fanfic was wrote to kickstart a newly created shipping of The Great and Powerful Trixie and Braeburn. I'm hoping it will give inspiration to other writers and possibly expand the horizons of the TrixBurn, and convince others to give Trixburn a chance and more Importantly to write TrixBurn fanfiction. Honestly, this is the first TrixBurn Fanfic that I've seen... Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope you like my fanfic! This day was alike to all the previous days Trixie had suffered since her highly fabricated story that she had saved Hoofington from an attack by an Ursa Major backfired and her whole career as a Travelling showpony was completely wrecked and ruined. Just like a car accident, her life had been smashed in to tiny pieces, but somehow she was coping, day by day. She was a tough pony, she could take the abuse hurled towards her, the rotten vegetables thrown at her, the snickering and laughing at her, she was coping, for now... But she was close to cracking! Just thinking back to all of the abuse hurled towards her was enough to make her feel queasy and light-headed, all those names she was called, she didn't want to be called them, It made her feel worse. At times she wanted to escape, to be given another chance to correct herself, but nopony was gave her that chance, they were just making her feel worse. Those names, she'd compile in her head sometimes, she'd list them, and think of them, at times until she was almost at the point of breaking down in tears! The Great and Powerful Trixie was being subjected to abuse, she was great and powerful, she didn't need abuse, it made her feel quite the opposite of her title, It made her feel weak and powerless. She'd just been through manehattan to do a little bit of shopping, get what she needed and just look around. That day had probably been the worst day she'd had for a couple weeks though, even more abuse was hurled at her, along with the laughing and snickering either behind her or right in-front of her, she was frazzled on her carriage as she drove it somewhere, needing a little break from what had became of her life. She was so frazzled that the events that were about to happen were hidden from her normally fast reacting self. Somewhere near to Appleloosa, out of nowhere, a tree branch came in to vision, growing out of the ground, bent and thick, laying over the road. Trixie didn't notice the branch until it was too late, she span the carriage around to try and save herself, but it was all too late, the carriage hit the branch at a side angle and was catapulted over it, hitting the ground many times, as it rolled and rolled, down the road, until it hit a tree. Every time the carriage rolled over and hit the ground, more of the wood of the carriage was breaking apart, cracking under the impact that it was taking. At some point, a lit candle fell from her desk on to the bare naked wood. By the end, the carriage was Burnt, next to the tree, completely broken, smashed in to pieces, just like trixie's life. Trixie lay there on the grass after she was catapulted from the carriage earlier, she was very bruised, cut and bleeding, eyes closed. By morning, she was found by Braeburn, who was leaving town to do some shopping for the town, her carriage was a pile of wood and other random materials, partly burned but still repairable. It had survived mostly because the tree which it landed by took most of the Impact and enveloped the fire, it was burned to the ground. Braeburn runs over to her and checks her, she was breathing, but cold and unresponsive. "Um, Miss? Can you hear me?" asked Braeburn, in a worried but calm voice, the question lays unanswered for several moments as Braeburn looked around at where they were. He looked at the burned tree and the remains of the carriage, he sighed and carried her to his carriage. he turned it around in the road and headed back to Appleloosa. he decided to get the Carriage, and alas, the shopping later. Braeburn rode in to the town on his carriage, with her in the back. he took her to his house, and called a doctor, once the doctor had arrived, and had gave her the all clear and left, Braeburn took her into his spare bedroom and tucked her in to the double-bed. Trixie awoke, much later, in a soft and comfortable double-bed, the pillows were worn and frayed, but still comfortable, it was covered in red and green apple markings, the bedsheets were also worn and frayed, it was covered in Red Apples with a white background in the blank spaces, the mattress was the only part of the bed that isn't worn and frayed, it seemed pretty new. Trixie looked around and began to focus on the curtains, they were closed and covered in Green apples, with white in the blank spaces. The weak afternoon sunlight was barely able to get in through the curtains, but it was still enough to illuminate the room. Trixie was in a sort of spare room, some boxes at the other end of the room, stacked up and labeled, she could not be bothered enough to take the time to look at the labels, she continued to look around until she noticed the apple covered wallpaper, "Apples again. Boy, they must really like apples...", she thought as she stroked her chin, bemused at the events that had happened, completely confused, Without wanting to, the subject of apples made her start to think back to the start of her downfall, Ponyville. Trixie thought back to Twilight Sparkle, and how she was upstaged by her with magic, and how Snips and Snails brought a Ursa Minor into Ponyville (believing it to be an Ursa Major) for Trixie to use her magic tricks to defeat it, completely ruined her her highly fabricated Story. It ruined her life, she was so angry at those three Ponies, THEY RUINED HER LIFE, HOW DARE THEY!!! Trixie was now completely inside her mind, she could not pay attention to the Stallion standing at the door, whilst he smiled, When he made a quiet cough, she jumped in a mixture of fear and shock. "I'm, Sorry. I Didn't mean to scare you miss..." said Braeburn, as he smiled softly with a tiny bit of worry on his face. "The Great and Powerful Trixie accepts your apology and wants to know why she is in this place, what happened? The Great and Powerful Trixie also wonders where the place is..." replied Trixie, as she sat up in bed, she needed answers to the questions in her head. "I found you on the side of the road, your Carriage broke in to many pieces, I'm going to try and fix it, but your going to have to stay with me, for a bit... Er, This town is called Appleloosa, a couple miles away from Manehattan... your in my House..." replied Braeburn, as he smiled. Trixie goes to speak again, but Braeburn cuts in, "I'm sorry, Miss. But you said your name is "The Great and Powerful Trixie", your not... you are... your that traveller pony from ponyville, you caused my friends some mighty troubles, Miss...", Trixie gulps and pleads, "The Great and Powerful Trixie wishes that you won't throw her out with nowhere else she can go..." Braeburn sat at the end of the bed and he smiled, then spoke, "I'm not going to be doing that Miss, But I'm hoping that you will stay Inside as much as you can, Okay?", Trixie nodded and looked around. "The Great and Powerful Trixie wonders if you have any food she can eat..." asked Trixie. Braeburn nodded and stood once more, "I'm going to go and get you something Miss'" said Braeburn, before he trotted out of the room! After he has walked out of the room, Trixie looked around and starts to think again. "Hmm... Friends! He has friends from Ponyville?", thought trixie as she started to think about Ponyville again. "He also likes Apples, Maybe he's a farmer, he has the stuff needed to prove it..." thought trixie as she looked around the pretty, but bare room. "Maybe his friends are farmers as well... What if they are friends with Twilight? What if they find out I'm here?" thought trixie as she looked around, worried and visibly sweating. "I don't want to sink lower in my life, I just can't take it any more" thought trixie, as she started to sweat even more. What she thought was seconds of thinking rapidly turned in to minutes, 15 minutes. By this time, Braeburn had returned with a few pieces of toast, a glass of apple juice and some apple soup, he looked at her and saw she was sweating. "Um, Miss, are you ok?" asked Braeburn, Trixie jumped again, with a mixture of fear, shock, worry. Her tough exterior was rapidly breaking by now, but she was still holding on! Trixie looked at him, "The Great and Powerful Trixie wishes you would stop scaring her like that..." said trixie, slightly annoyed. "I'm sorry, Miss. Didn't mean to scare you" replied Braeburn, as he placed the food on the Double-bed. Braeburn continued to speak, "I went and made this for you, I'm hoping you like it", Trixie looked at it, filled with hunger, she could not hold back the smile she had, even that little bit of kindess Trixie was grateful of, she began to eat slowly, until all the food and drink was gone. "The Great and Powerful Trixie likes your offering of food and a roof over my head whilst The Great and Powerful Trixie's carriage is being fixed, The Great and Powerful Trixie is a pony that doesn't expect good things like this, especially after what happened back in Ponyville, so The Great and Powerful Trixie is grateful. Thank you!" said trixie as she sat on the bed, tray empty, full. Braeburn smiled and replied, "I am a very caring pony, I'm not going to let a pony such as yourself stay out In the cold because your carriage is broke...", he smiled more. "I'm just hoping that you don't not go out in to our town and cause yourself a bees nest of trouble Miss! Most ponies detest 'The Great and Powerful Trixie', I'm doing this for your own good, Miss..." said Braeburn, Trixie was bemused and confused, but she smiled. "The Great and Powerful Trixie wishes that you could leave her room please, she'd like some more sleep, she feels... Tired" lies trixie, knowing she was close to cracking. Braeburn smiled and stood, he trotted out of the spare bedroom and down the stairs, Trixie laid down and looked at the curtains, and that's when It happened, she'd finally cracked, maybe it was the care and compassion Braeburn had shown to her or maybe it was some tiny thing, but that day was not alike to any other day she'd had for a long time, She cracked, she tried to hold in the tears, but it was all too much, she started to cry, quietly, and deeply. she looked at the curtains, curled up in the sheets, crying. ======================================= Chapter End - Author Notes: This is a quick Note, I haven't wrote any fanfiction for around 6 months, there will be minor things pop up here and there, discrepancies, as I try and redo my style, I've edited this chapter to move from a paragraph style mode, to Line-by-Line, I hope it helps everypony reading it... Paragraphs are kept for text that doesn't have any speaking in, and line-by-line is used for speaking lines... Chapter II: Falling======================================= Trixie's Appleloosan Adventure Chapter II: Falling Written By: Christopher Youde Written as part of TrixBurn Description: Months after Trixie fell away from the Spotlight because of her highly fabricated "Story", her carriage breaks down close to Appleloosa and she has to stay in the town for a weekend whilst Braeburn fixes it. With all of Equestria knowing she is a fake, will anypony give her a chance to correct herself, and which pony goes one step further than everypony else? TrixBurn Fic! Author Note: This Fanfic was wrote to kickstart a newly created shipping of The Great and Powerful Trixie and Braeburn. I'm hoping it will give inspiration to other writers and possibly expand the horizons of the TrixBurn, and convince others to give Trixburn a chance and more Importantly to write TrixBurn fanfiction. Honestly, this is the first TrixBurn Fanfic that I've seen... Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope you like my fanfic! Breaking down, cracked, broken goods. What is Trixie at this moment, how does she get past the crack, jump over the crevice that's holding her back, simple, she can't. She needs somepony, there for her, part of her wanted to call out to Braeburn, even though she didn't know him, just for the chance he might comfort her, and help her. But her ego was stopping her, as tears jerked down her face, quietly as she looked at the curtains. Tears jerked down her face, they dropped like raindrops from the storm-cloud strewn sky in to an Abyss of nothing. Abyss, that's a wonderful word to describe where Trixie was then, an Abyss. She was nowhere, she had cracked, she wasn't there right now, and she wasn't gone, thus she was nowhere, an Abyss... She was still there though, she just thought she was gone, her Ego was starting to fall away from the pony which it clung to like Icicles sticking to a cave wall in the Antarctic, It stripped slowly, piece by piece like an old building, crumbling, and falling, all the while something new is forming to take its place. She sat up, and tried to say his name, she tried to say Braeburn's name, but she just couldn't as much as she tried, she needed him right now, but she couldn't bring herself to call him, she fights with herself mentally, to take control, to say his name, slowly she was winning this fight... "B-b-b-br...", she breathed, as she cried, she tried again, "B-b-b-brae... burn", It came out as a little whisper. She tried again and again, until she could do it, loudly, "Braeburn" Trixie exclaimed loudly. Braeburn walked in minutes later and saw she was crying, he walked over to her Instantly without any doubt. "Miss, are you ok?", asked Braeburn, as he wiped some of the tears away from her. Trixie shaked her head, and Braeburn nuzzled her, on the bed, as she cried. Trixie was too weak to even say another word, nuzzled in to him, she felt happy. She felt loved, even for a second, he was there for her when she needed it and she was more than grateful. For hours, they lay there, and then, Trixie finally had the power to speak again, everything finally returned to her, "The gre-", she stopped and started speaking again, "Trixie... Trixie has been the subject of abuse for months, name calling, throwing rotten vegetables, snickering and laughing at me. I think I finally cracked, Braeburn. I think I need somepony here for me... I want you, to be here for me, whilst I am here..." "Oh, miss. You shouldn't have to suffer that... I-It's horrible, how long has it been happening for?", asked Braeburn, as he nuzzled in to her, as the sun started to set over Appleloosa, the light in the room slowly reduced, but it was still light enough to see without lighting. "About 3 months, I'm not totally sure though, I've lost track of time, It feels like forever since I've had a normal day like I used to...", said Trixie as she nuzzled in to Braeburn, she still cried a little. "Don't cry, I'm here for you. I'm not going to let you down. Tell you what, I'll go down and get some Apple pie with cream for you from the freezer, that always used to cheer me up...", said Braeburn he laughed and then clambered out of bed, and walked through the bedroom door, downstairs. Trixie was now in that same room again, but everything was different, the room felt alive, It didn't feel empty as it did before, It felt like it was full. She didn't feel sad at all, she felt full of life, she felt like she could take on the world, she felt like she did all those months ago, she didn't want to lose that feeling again. So, trixie made a promise to herself, "I promise I'm not going to leave this town, this is my new home, Braeburn will love and care for me. I can get my life back, as a magic showpony, with him, as my guide, my love...", thought Trixie, as she looked around the room, she made the promise to herself. By this time, Braeburn had entered the room once more, and had two plates of apple pie and cream, he slightly nuzzled Trixie, and she turned around, and she smiled. "Some apple pie and fresh whipped cream", Braeburn gave her the plate which was for her, with a spoon. Trixie took it and started to eat as she smiled, she ate slowly, until every bit of pie and cream was all gone, Trixie then placed the plate on the table next to the bed, and looked at Braeburn. "Braeburn, can I ask you something?", asked Trixie, as she stretched and looked in to Braeburn's eyes, whilst she nuzzled him. "Sure, miss. What is it that you want to ask?", asked Braeburn, as he also nuzzled in to her, as he wiped the few remaining tears away from under her eyes and gave her a kiss on the head. "Braeburn, would you mind. If I, stayed here? After the carriage is fixed... like... I think you are what I need, somepony to take care of me, your what I need right now." said Trixie, as she smiled and looked at him as he kissed her head. "Miss, I don't see any trouble with that, other than the townsfolk. But in time, I think you can get their trust with time, and convincing them you have changed. This spare bedroom will always be spare, I live alone. you can stay here for as long as you need..." said Braeburn, as he nuzzled Trixie again and smiled. Braeburn snuggled in to Trixie, so her head was above his at an angle. Trixie nuzzled Braeburn's head as he placed it close to hers, she then closed her eyes, as she nuzzled her face in to his fur and yawned. Trixie fell asleep, only to wake up the next morning, to find braeburn not snuggled in to her. She looked around, and got up, she trotted to the bathroom, to use the toilet, brush her mane and have a wash. Once she was done, she walked in to see braeburn sat on the bed with breakfast for them both, she sat back on the bed, and smiled. "Good Morning, Miss. How was your sleep? Mmmmh, I think my fur is a mighty comfy substitute for a pillow", teased Braeburn, as he smiled. Trixie smiled at Braeburn, the smile turned in to a smirk, a teasing and playful smirk. She bent over the food towards him and smiled, whispering, "Mmmmh, If you want me, you'll have to play harder than that...", Trixie kissed his ear as she whispered and counter-teased him, they both blushed. Braeburn was speechless, but he smiled. Trixie began to eat the food on her plate, and Braeburn did the same, they were both finished at around the same time. "I'll do the dishes, you relax a little more..." said Braeburn as he cleared up. Trixie nodded and laid down on the bed, Braeburn walked downstairs, he knew this would give him some time to think about recent events, but most Importantly, how and why Trixie teased him romantically... He started to clean up the dishes, as he looked around, he started to think, about trixie, he tried to reach a decision whilst she was upstairs, asleep. "I don't know what to do, would it be right to do have that kind of... relationship, with somepony like her, somepony who most of Equestria detests, because of a little lie she made?", thought Braeburn, as he washed more dishes whilst he thought more... "Was it really her fault, well yes. but, was her secret harming anypony... No! The journalist ponies, they blew it all out of proportion, what she did was never as bad as what got spread around equestria, with the news... I can tell!", thought Braeburn, as he dried some of the dishes whilst he thought more... "I can tell, she may of been a bragging show-off style of pony, but that was her shell, Inside is a more caring pony, one that's been wanting to get out for a long time. Maybe in some way, I helped her, she cracked and I was there to put the pieces together, to glue her back together! But does she really want more from me? I'd be ready for something like that, I've been waiting for a mare for a long time, but... the question is, is she ready for something like that? Is she rushing in to it, that is my worry...", thought Braeburn, as he finished drying the dishes. Braeburn placed the dishes in the cupboard and turned on the kettle, after it was filled with water. "I think I'll talk to her more, try and pry some more Information, try and figure out if she is ready for something like this, see if she prepared. I'm going to have to make a plan, I'll ask her about her past, see what she can tell me, ask her what she sees in me, and other things like that, I don't want her to rush in to something that she isn't even ready for", thought Braeburn, as he poured two cups of tea and took it upstairs, he walked in to the spare bedroom. After Braeburn placed the cups of tea on to the tabletop next to the bed, Trixie got up and looked at Braeburn, "Mmmh, was your thinking period helpful, Braeburn?" asked Trixie. Braeburn looked shocked and sat on the bed, "H-how did you know about... that?", asked Braeburn as he looked at Trixie, his face covered with a mixture of confusion and fear! "Oh, I can tell when somepony needs time to think, that's why I didn't insist to do the dishes myself, you needed time to think, so, what was it about, Braeburn?", asked Trixie, using the same smirk that she used before! Braeburn looked at trixie, and was speechless for minutes, finally, he spoke, "T-trixie, I need to ask you some questions, I need to know things, to know if your ready for anything between us, I need questions answered, to put myself at ease. I don't want you to rush in to anything, I want us to share our pasts, and everything we can, can you do that?", after Braeburn spoke, Trixie looked at him for minutes, silence, with her face covered with a tiny bit of fear, she stayed motionless whilst Braeburn looked worried, after several minutes, Trixie nodded. ======================================= Chapter End - Author Notes: This is a quick Note, I haven't wrote any fanfiction for around 6 months, there will be minor things pop up here and there, discrepancies, as I try and redo my style, This Chapter and all future chapters will be written: Line-by-Line with Paragraphs for non-speaking parts, Past Tense and roughly 2,000+ Words each. This chapter was really experimental with me, testing Line-by-Line, I think it is working out well, my Old style of putting everything in to paragraphs was neat, but hard to read, hopefully the new style will make these things a lot easier to read. Yay, I'm even referring to it as "Old", This seems good... Chapter III: Fixing======================================= Trixie's Appleloosan Adventure Chapter III: Fixing Written By: Christopher Youde Written as part of TrixBurn Description: Months after Trixie fell away from the Spotlight because of her highly fabricated "Story", her carriage breaks down close to Appleloosa and she has to stay in the town for a weekend whilst Braeburn fixes it. With all of Equestria knowing she is a fake, will anypony give her a chance to correct herself, and which pony goes one step further than everypony else? TrixBurn Fic! Author Note: This Fanfic was wrote to kickstart a newly created shipping of The Great and Powerful Trixie and Braeburn. I'm hoping it will give inspiration to other writers and possibly expand the horizons of the TrixBurn, and convince others to give Trixburn a chance and more Importantly to write TrixBurn fanfiction. Honestly, this is the first TrixBurn Fanfic that I've seen... Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope you like my fanfic! After several moments, Trixie asked, "What things do you want to know about?", a mixture of fear and intrigue on her voice, whilst she looked at Braeburn. He took moments to even speak, Trixie knew he was trying to find the best way to ask, "Don't be worried...", said Trixie in a calm tone, whilst she rubbed her hoof across his arm, as she smiled. Braeburn smiled, whilst he looked at her, "Trixie, tell me about your past. What happened before you came here, and before the 'Ponyville Incident', tell me what happened when you were a little filly. What made you want to be 'The Great and Powerful Trixie'?", asked Braeburn as he looked at her, he saw that she had fear and worry on her fact, and he was worried himself, not knowing what he was going to hear. Trixie teared up a little as she spoke, "When I was a little filly, I was a loving filly, I'd help anypony who needed it, I had a happy life, but... then It happened", Trixie teared up more, she started to cry, as Braeburn comforted her, Trixie continued to speak once more, "My parents had frequent arguments and sometimes Dad would beat her up cause of it. He drank frequently, a couple of bottles a day. Every time it happened, I would cry, as I watched him beat her up, in front of me, and listen to the arguments all night...", Trixie cried hard, as Braeburn comforted her. "But that wasn't the worst of it, when I was young, Dad and Mom split up, and I was left out in the rain, somepony found me, and took me in, but for me, It was too late, I wanted my mom. But in time, I bonded with the pony that took me, but I idolised my mom, still thought as them as my mom... not the pony that took me in. I saw mom once in a while, but she told me I was going to be a star, and I latched on to it, It became part of me, my shell for coping, It changed me...", cried Trixie, as she nuzzled her face in to Braeburn's fur. "Momma told me I was going to be a Star... I was going to be a star... I lost it all", cried trixie, as she nuzzled in to Braeburn's fur, Braeburn nuzzled her head as she cried, "Momma said I was going to be a Star, I wanted to prove to her, make her proud..." said Trixie as she was comforted by Braeburn. "Miss, you could still be a star, you just need to drop that attitude, that shell you had, you need to convince everypony out there that you are a kind pony, and more Importantly, that you've changed... I'm totally sure everypony will give you another chance, If you take the time to prove yourself to them. You can get the life back that you had before, I'm sure...", said Braeburn, whispering in to Trixie's ear as he comforted her, he nuzzled her head, and laid with her as they talked more. "I'm sure your right, what else do you want to know?" asked Trixie, as she was still crying, but was happy, finally getting closure of what had been there for a long time, untended. She snuggled in to him, the tears stopped slowly. Once the tears had stopped, Braeburn spoke again, "I'm wondering, why me? Why not somepony somewhere else? Why did you pick me over everypony else out there?", Braeburn looked in to her eyes after he asked, she teasingly smiled, that same smile again, she delayed the answer as he looked on at her, confused. "Your kind, you helped piece my life back together, and close a chapter in my life that has spanned a large chunk of my life. You've helped me more than anypony else in my life, right now, I'm feeling better than I have for a long time, and what do I owe it to? You! Right now, there is nobody else I'd want to be with, your so important to me, even if I've only know you for a little while, your Important to me... So Important!", said Trixie, after silence that lasted minutes. She nuzzled Braeburn as she spoke, she savoured his warmth, his touch and most Importantly, him. Braeburn smiled, as he nuzzled her head, "Miss, I'm happy to of been such a help to you. I'm just... are you... s-sure you'd be ready for a relationship? This soon?", asked Braeburn as he nuzzled her more. He looked in to her eyes, as he waited for a response, she also looked back at his eyes, she delayed the answer as he looked on at her once more, Braeburn smiled, as he nuzzled her head more, whilst he waited for her reply. Finally, Trixie replied to Braeburn's question, "N-no, I'm not ready for a relationship, I-I just want us to be close, kisses and cuddles, but not a relationship, I'm not ready for that...", Braeburn nodded, and looked deeply in to her eyes, and kissed her deeply, before he finally pulled away... "If that's what you want Trixie, that is what you will get!", said Braeburn after the kiss, they both smiled, and looked at each other. Braeburn continued, "A relationship is something we can look at in the future", Braeburn nuzzled Trixie more, and laid with her, looking at the curtains. Finally, Trixie broke away from the nuzzle and looked at him, as she kissed his nose, she spoke, "Well, you know most of my life, how about you? You said you'd share your life with me as well... So, tell me, how was life like whilst you were growing up?", Trixie looked in to his eyes more, as she waited for Braeburn to respond, he smiled, as he delayed the response for a moment. Finally, Braeburn spoke, after he readjusted himself, so they were both comfortable as he spoke, he nuzzled her head, "As a little colt, I was always intrigued by apples, and making friends. I would play with my friends as my parents would buck apples of the trees, but It wasn't all plain easy sailing, there were moments where my family couldn't pay the bills, and our "Perfect" life would be in jeopardy once again, but we'd normally get through it together and come out stronger than ever before. Although, I was bullied by some people in school, my life has been good, I'm proud of my life..." said Braeburn, he readjusted himself some more, as he looked in to Trixie's eyes more, they both smiled as they looked at each other. Trixie gave her opinions on his younger years whilst she had a chance to do so, "Hmm... I see, I'm glad you've had a good life, maybe at some point you can make my life perfect and happy! One day, you can make me a happy mare, more happy than I am right now, as I nuzzle in to you and look in to your eyes. For me, this moment is perfect bliss, I wouldn't trade it for anything else in the world, this is our moment, our first moment together. and, I don't think I've ever had a moment that's been as perfect as this...", Trixie smiled as she looked at him more, truly happy. Braeburn passed Trixie her cup of tea as he sipped his, Trixie drank slowly from the cup, as she tried to keep her eyes on Braeburn and keep the bliss that had happened from leaving her again. "I promise to love him, to care for him, cherish him and be there for him, Please don't ruin this, Trixie..." thought Trixie, as she looked at Braeburn, unknown that he was had thought something along the same lines, as she finished her cup of tea, she nuzzled braeburn's neck, smiling. "Would you like to go out today, see if we can get you some clothes, and some other things you might want, even see If we can start pushing your new Image and proving to the townsfolk that you have changed! That's if, you want to yet, or do you want to give it some more time? I don't want to pressure you in to anything that you don't want to do!" asked Braeburn as he nuzzled Trixie, she smiled, she took a little time before she responded. "Umm... I'm totally up for shopping, what mare isn't?", Trixie giggled, and Braeburn joined in a little, nodding, smiling. Trixie continued speaking, "But I'm not totally sure about proving to the townsfolk that I have changed, Will you be there next to me? I don't want to feel like I'm doing this alone...", Trixie looked at Braeburn with a worried look, half scared and half happy, Braeburn was quick to notice it. Braeburn took a little to respond, as he nuzzled trixie, and comforted her, Finally, he spoke. "Mares love shopping, and I want you to be treated like a mare! Before people were treating you like some bad person, which I know your not. Your not bad at all. You know I wouldn't leave you to talk to them without me being by your side, comforting you and keeping you safe. What colt wouldn't protect a defenceless mare?" said Braeburn when he finally spoke, he continued to nuzzle trixie, and comfort her after he was finished. Trixie's feelings were hurt a little, and she took a moment to speak, but when she did, the anger was showing. "Defenceless? I'll let you know, I AM NOT... Defenceless! You make me sound like I'm some weak creature, who needs others.", she teared up a little, "I don't want people to think that of me!" said Trixie when she continued speaking, she cried a little and Braeburn nuzzled her. Braeburn took a moment to respond, but when he did, he was totally calm and understanding of the situation. "Look, Trixie. I didn't mean it to come out like that, honestly. Don't cry, please. You are defenceless though, they will make fun of you, and do all the stuff that the other townsfolk in the other towns did. I'm here to keep you safe...", said Braeburn as he nuzzled Trixie more, she had stopped the tears by now. Trixie looked at Braeburn, and spoke. "I suppose your right...", Trixie sighed, looking at Braeburn, she went and got her cape and hat from the table and put them on. "Ok, are we ready to get on with this?" asked Trixie as she smiled, Braeburn got off the bed and walked down the stairs with Trixie, to the front door, not saying a word. They held hooves together and opened the door, walking out in to the sun, and in to the town. ======================================= Chapter End - Author Notes: This is a quick Note, I haven't wrote any fanfiction for around 6 months, there will be minor things pop up here and there, discrepancies, as I try and redo my style, All chapters will be written: Line-by-Line with Paragraphs for non-speaking parts, Past Tense and roughly 2,000+ Words each. This chapter was really experimental with me, testing Line-by-Line, I think it is working out well, my Old style of putting everything in to paragraphs was neat, but hard to read, hopefully the new style will make these things a lot easier to read. Yay, I'm even referring to it as "Old", This seems good...
Chapter I: Breakdown======================================= Trixie's Appleloosan Adventure Chapter I: Breakdown Written By: Christopher Youde Written as part of TrixBurn Description: Months after Trixie fell away from the Spotlight because of her highly fabricated "Story", her carriage breaks down close to Appleloosa and she has to stay in the town for a weekend whilst Braeburn fixes it. With all of Equestria knowing she is a fake, will anypony give her a chance to correct herself, and which pony goes one step further than everypony else? TrixBurn Fic! Author Note: This Fanfic was wrote to kickstart a newly created shipping of The Great and Powerful Trixie and Braeburn. I'm hoping it will give inspiration to other writers and possibly expand the horizons of the TrixBurn, and convince others to give Trixburn a chance and more Importantly to write TrixBurn fanfiction. Honestly, this is the first TrixBurn Fanfic that I've seen... Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope you like my fanfic! This day was alike to all the previous days Trixie had suffered since her highly fabricated story that she had saved Hoofington from an attack by an Ursa Major backfired and her whole career as a Travelling showpony was completely wrecked and ruined. Just like a car accident, her life had been smashed in to tiny pieces, but somehow she was coping, day by day. She was a tough pony, she could take the abuse hurled towards her, the rotten vegetables thrown at her, the snickering and laughing at her, she was coping, for now... But she was close to cracking! Just thinking back to all of the abuse hurled towards her was enough to make her feel queasy and light-headed, all those names she was called, she didn't want to be called them, It made her feel worse. At times she wanted to escape, to be given another chance to correct herself, but nopony was gave her that chance, they were just making her feel worse. Those names, she'd compile in her head sometimes, she'd list them, and think of them, at times until she was almost at the point of breaking down in tears! The Great and Powerful Trixie was being subjected to abuse, she was great and powerful, she didn't need abuse, it made her feel quite the opposite of her title, It made her feel weak and powerless. She'd just been through manehattan to do a little bit of shopping, get what she needed and just look around. That day had probably been the worst day she'd had for a couple weeks though, even more abuse was hurled at her, along with the laughing and snickering either behind her or right in-front of her, she was frazzled on her carriage as she drove it somewhere, needing a little break from what had became of her life. She was so frazzled that the events that were about to happen were hidden from her normally fast reacting self. Somewhere near to Appleloosa, out of nowhere, a tree branch came in to vision, growing out of the ground, bent and thick, laying over the road. Trixie didn't notice the branch until it was too late, she span the carriage around to try and save herself, but it was all too late, the carriage hit the branch at a side angle and was catapulted over it, hitting the ground many times, as it rolled and rolled, down the road, until it hit a tree. Every time the carriage rolled over and hit the ground, more of the wood of the carriage was breaking apart, cracking under the impact that it was taking. At some point, a lit candle fell from her desk on to the bare naked wood. By the end, the carriage was Burnt, next to the tree, completely broken, smashed in to pieces, just like trixie's life. Trixie lay there on the grass after she was catapulted from the carriage earlier, she was very bruised, cut and bleeding, eyes closed. By morning, she was found by Braeburn, who was leaving town to do some shopping for the town, her carriage was a pile of wood and other random materials, partly burned but still repairable. It had survived mostly because the tree which it landed by took most of the Impact and enveloped the fire, it was burned to the ground. Braeburn runs over to her and checks her, she was breathing, but cold and unresponsive. "Um, Miss? Can you hear me?" asked Braeburn, in a worried but calm voice, the question lays unanswered for several moments as Braeburn looked around at where they were. He looked at the burned tree and the remains of the carriage, he sighed and carried her to his carriage. he turned it around in the road and headed back to Appleloosa. he decided to get the Carriage, and alas, the shopping later. Braeburn rode in to the town on his carriage, with her in the back. he took her to his house, and called a doctor, once the doctor had arrived, and had gave her the all clear and left, Braeburn took her into his spare bedroom and tucked her in to the double-bed. Trixie awoke, much later, in a soft and comfortable double-bed, the pillows were worn and frayed, but still comfortable, it was covered in red and green apple markings, the bedsheets were also worn and frayed, it was covered in Red Apples with a white background in the blank spaces, the mattress was the only part of the bed that isn't worn and frayed, it seemed pretty new. Trixie looked around and began to focus on the curtains, they were closed and covered in Green apples, with white in the blank spaces. The weak afternoon sunlight was barely able to get in through the curtains, but it was still enough to illuminate the room. Trixie was in a sort of spare room, some boxes at the other end of the room, stacked up and labeled, she could not be bothered enough to take the time to look at the labels, she continued to look around until she noticed the apple covered wallpaper, "Apples again. Boy, they must really like apples...", she thought as she stroked her chin, bemused at the events that had happened, completely confused, Without wanting to, the subject of apples made her start to think back to the start of her downfall, Ponyville. Trixie thought back to Twilight Sparkle, and how she was upstaged by her with magic, and how Snips and Snails brought a Ursa Minor into Ponyville (believing it to be an Ursa Major) for Trixie to use her magic tricks to defeat it, completely ruined her her highly fabricated Story. It ruined her life, she was so angry at those three Ponies, THEY RUINED HER LIFE, HOW DARE THEY!!! Trixie was now completely inside her mind, she could not pay attention to the Stallion standing at the door, whilst he smiled, When he made a quiet cough, she jumped in a mixture of fear and shock. "I'm, Sorry. I Didn't mean to scare you miss..." said Braeburn, as he smiled softly with a tiny bit of worry on his face. "The Great and Powerful Trixie accepts your apology and wants to know why she is in this place, what happened? The Great and Powerful Trixie also wonders where the place is..." replied Trixie, as she sat up in bed, she needed answers to the questions in her head. "I found you on the side of the road, your Carriage broke in to many pieces, I'm going to try and fix it, but your going to have to stay with me, for a bit... Er, This town is called Appleloosa, a couple miles away from Manehattan... your in my House..." replied Braeburn, as he smiled. Trixie goes to speak again, but Braeburn cuts in, "I'm sorry, Miss. But you said your name is "The Great and Powerful Trixie", your not... you are... your that traveller pony from ponyville, you caused my friends some mighty troubles, Miss...", Trixie gulps and pleads, "The Great and Powerful Trixie wishes that you won't throw her out with nowhere else she can go..." Braeburn sat at the end of the bed and he smiled, then spoke, "I'm not going to be doing that Miss, But I'm hoping that you will stay Inside as much as you can, Okay?", Trixie nodded and looked around. "The Great and Powerful Trixie wonders if you have any food she can eat..." asked Trixie. Braeburn nodded and stood once more, "I'm going to go and get you something Miss'" said Braeburn, before he trotted out of the room! After he has walked out of the room, Trixie looked around and starts to think again. "Hmm... Friends! He has friends from Ponyville?", thought trixie as she started to think about Ponyville again. "He also likes Apples, Maybe he's a farmer, he has the stuff needed to prove it..." thought trixie as she looked around the pretty, but bare room. "Maybe his friends are farmers as well... What if they are friends with Twilight? What if they find out I'm here?" thought trixie as she looked around, worried and visibly sweating. "I don't want to sink lower in my life, I just can't take it any more" thought trixie, as she started to sweat even more. What she thought was seconds of thinking rapidly turned in to minutes, 15 minutes. By this time, Braeburn had returned with a few pieces of toast, a glass of apple juice and some apple soup, he looked at her and saw she was sweating. "Um, Miss, are you ok?" asked Braeburn, Trixie jumped again, with a mixture of fear, shock, worry. Her tough exterior was rapidly breaking by now, but she was still holding on! Trixie looked at him, "The Great and Powerful Trixie wishes you would stop scaring her like that..." said trixie, slightly annoyed. "I'm sorry, Miss. Didn't mean to scare you" replied Braeburn, as he placed the food on the Double-bed. Braeburn continued to speak, "I went and made this for you, I'm hoping you like it", Trixie looked at it, filled with hunger, she could not hold back the smile she had, even that little bit of kindess Trixie was grateful of, she began to eat slowly, until all the food and drink was gone. "The Great and Powerful Trixie likes your offering of food and a roof over my head whilst The Great and Powerful Trixie's carriage is being fixed, The Great and Powerful Trixie is a pony that doesn't expect good things like this, especially after what happened back in Ponyville, so The Great and Powerful Trixie is grateful. Thank you!" said trixie as she sat on the bed, tray empty, full. Braeburn smiled and replied, "I am a very caring pony, I'm not going to let a pony such as yourself stay out In the cold because your carriage is broke...", he smiled more. "I'm just hoping that you don't not go out in to our town and cause yourself a bees nest of trouble Miss! Most ponies detest 'The Great and Powerful Trixie', I'm doing this for your own good, Miss..." said Braeburn, Trixie was bemused and confused, but she smiled. "The Great and Powerful Trixie wishes that you could leave her room please, she'd like some more sleep, she feels... Tired" lies trixie, knowing she was close to cracking. Braeburn smiled and stood, he trotted out of the spare bedroom and down the stairs, Trixie laid down and looked at the curtains, and that's when It happened, she'd finally cracked, maybe it was the care and compassion Braeburn had shown to her or maybe it was some tiny thing, but that day was not alike to any other day she'd had for a long time, She cracked, she tried to hold in the tears, but it was all too much, she started to cry, quietly, and deeply. she looked at the curtains, curled up in the sheets, crying. ======================================= Chapter End - Author Notes: This is a quick Note, I haven't wrote any fanfiction for around 6 months, there will be minor things pop up here and there, discrepancies, as I try and redo my style, I've edited this chapter to move from a paragraph style mode, to Line-by-Line, I hope it helps everypony reading it... Paragraphs are kept for text that doesn't have any speaking in, and line-by-line is used for speaking lines...
Chapter II: Falling======================================= Trixie's Appleloosan Adventure Chapter II: Falling Written By: Christopher Youde Written as part of TrixBurn Description: Months after Trixie fell away from the Spotlight because of her highly fabricated "Story", her carriage breaks down close to Appleloosa and she has to stay in the town for a weekend whilst Braeburn fixes it. With all of Equestria knowing she is a fake, will anypony give her a chance to correct herself, and which pony goes one step further than everypony else? TrixBurn Fic! Author Note: This Fanfic was wrote to kickstart a newly created shipping of The Great and Powerful Trixie and Braeburn. I'm hoping it will give inspiration to other writers and possibly expand the horizons of the TrixBurn, and convince others to give Trixburn a chance and more Importantly to write TrixBurn fanfiction. Honestly, this is the first TrixBurn Fanfic that I've seen... Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope you like my fanfic! Breaking down, cracked, broken goods. What is Trixie at this moment, how does she get past the crack, jump over the crevice that's holding her back, simple, she can't. She needs somepony, there for her, part of her wanted to call out to Braeburn, even though she didn't know him, just for the chance he might comfort her, and help her. But her ego was stopping her, as tears jerked down her face, quietly as she looked at the curtains. Tears jerked down her face, they dropped like raindrops from the storm-cloud strewn sky in to an Abyss of nothing. Abyss, that's a wonderful word to describe where Trixie was then, an Abyss. She was nowhere, she had cracked, she wasn't there right now, and she wasn't gone, thus she was nowhere, an Abyss... She was still there though, she just thought she was gone, her Ego was starting to fall away from the pony which it clung to like Icicles sticking to a cave wall in the Antarctic, It stripped slowly, piece by piece like an old building, crumbling, and falling, all the while something new is forming to take its place. She sat up, and tried to say his name, she tried to say Braeburn's name, but she just couldn't as much as she tried, she needed him right now, but she couldn't bring herself to call him, she fights with herself mentally, to take control, to say his name, slowly she was winning this fight... "B-b-b-br...", she breathed, as she cried, she tried again, "B-b-b-brae... burn", It came out as a little whisper. She tried again and again, until she could do it, loudly, "Braeburn" Trixie exclaimed loudly. Braeburn walked in minutes later and saw she was crying, he walked over to her Instantly without any doubt. "Miss, are you ok?", asked Braeburn, as he wiped some of the tears away from her. Trixie shaked her head, and Braeburn nuzzled her, on the bed, as she cried. Trixie was too weak to even say another word, nuzzled in to him, she felt happy. She felt loved, even for a second, he was there for her when she needed it and she was more than grateful. For hours, they lay there, and then, Trixie finally had the power to speak again, everything finally returned to her, "The gre-", she stopped and started speaking again, "Trixie... Trixie has been the subject of abuse for months, name calling, throwing rotten vegetables, snickering and laughing at me. I think I finally cracked, Braeburn. I think I need somepony here for me... I want you, to be here for me, whilst I am here..." "Oh, miss. You shouldn't have to suffer that... I-It's horrible, how long has it been happening for?", asked Braeburn, as he nuzzled in to her, as the sun started to set over Appleloosa, the light in the room slowly reduced, but it was still light enough to see without lighting. "About 3 months, I'm not totally sure though, I've lost track of time, It feels like forever since I've had a normal day like I used to...", said Trixie as she nuzzled in to Braeburn, she still cried a little. "Don't cry, I'm here for you. I'm not going to let you down. Tell you what, I'll go down and get some Apple pie with cream for you from the freezer, that always used to cheer me up...", said Braeburn he laughed and then clambered out of bed, and walked through the bedroom door, downstairs. Trixie was now in that same room again, but everything was different, the room felt alive, It didn't feel empty as it did before, It felt like it was full. She didn't feel sad at all, she felt full of life, she felt like she could take on the world, she felt like she did all those months ago, she didn't want to lose that feeling again. So, trixie made a promise to herself, "I promise I'm not going to leave this town, this is my new home, Braeburn will love and care for me. I can get my life back, as a magic showpony, with him, as my guide, my love...", thought Trixie, as she looked around the room, she made the promise to herself. By this time, Braeburn had entered the room once more, and had two plates of apple pie and cream, he slightly nuzzled Trixie, and she turned around, and she smiled. "Some apple pie and fresh whipped cream", Braeburn gave her the plate which was for her, with a spoon. Trixie took it and started to eat as she smiled, she ate slowly, until every bit of pie and cream was all gone, Trixie then placed the plate on the table next to the bed, and looked at Braeburn. "Braeburn, can I ask you something?", asked Trixie, as she stretched and looked in to Braeburn's eyes, whilst she nuzzled him. "Sure, miss. What is it that you want to ask?", asked Braeburn, as he also nuzzled in to her, as he wiped the few remaining tears away from under her eyes and gave her a kiss on the head. "Braeburn, would you mind. If I, stayed here? After the carriage is fixed... like... I think you are what I need, somepony to take care of me, your what I need right now." said Trixie, as she smiled and looked at him as he kissed her head. "Miss, I don't see any trouble with that, other than the townsfolk. But in time, I think you can get their trust with time, and convincing them you have changed. This spare bedroom will always be spare, I live alone. you can stay here for as long as you need..." said Braeburn, as he nuzzled Trixie again and smiled. Braeburn snuggled in to Trixie, so her head was above his at an angle. Trixie nuzzled Braeburn's head as he placed it close to hers, she then closed her eyes, as she nuzzled her face in to his fur and yawned. Trixie fell asleep, only to wake up the next morning, to find braeburn not snuggled in to her. She looked around, and got up, she trotted to the bathroom, to use the toilet, brush her mane and have a wash. Once she was done, she walked in to see braeburn sat on the bed with breakfast for them both, she sat back on the bed, and smiled. "Good Morning, Miss. How was your sleep? Mmmmh, I think my fur is a mighty comfy substitute for a pillow", teased Braeburn, as he smiled. Trixie smiled at Braeburn, the smile turned in to a smirk, a teasing and playful smirk. She bent over the food towards him and smiled, whispering, "Mmmmh, If you want me, you'll have to play harder than that...", Trixie kissed his ear as she whispered and counter-teased him, they both blushed. Braeburn was speechless, but he smiled. Trixie began to eat the food on her plate, and Braeburn did the same, they were both finished at around the same time. "I'll do the dishes, you relax a little more..." said Braeburn as he cleared up. Trixie nodded and laid down on the bed, Braeburn walked downstairs, he knew this would give him some time to think about recent events, but most Importantly, how and why Trixie teased him romantically... He started to clean up the dishes, as he looked around, he started to think, about trixie, he tried to reach a decision whilst she was upstairs, asleep. "I don't know what to do, would it be right to do have that kind of... relationship, with somepony like her, somepony who most of Equestria detests, because of a little lie she made?", thought Braeburn, as he washed more dishes whilst he thought more... "Was it really her fault, well yes. but, was her secret harming anypony... No! The journalist ponies, they blew it all out of proportion, what she did was never as bad as what got spread around equestria, with the news... I can tell!", thought Braeburn, as he dried some of the dishes whilst he thought more... "I can tell, she may of been a bragging show-off style of pony, but that was her shell, Inside is a more caring pony, one that's been wanting to get out for a long time. Maybe in some way, I helped her, she cracked and I was there to put the pieces together, to glue her back together! But does she really want more from me? I'd be ready for something like that, I've been waiting for a mare for a long time, but... the question is, is she ready for something like that? Is she rushing in to it, that is my worry...", thought Braeburn, as he finished drying the dishes. Braeburn placed the dishes in the cupboard and turned on the kettle, after it was filled with water. "I think I'll talk to her more, try and pry some more Information, try and figure out if she is ready for something like this, see if she prepared. I'm going to have to make a plan, I'll ask her about her past, see what she can tell me, ask her what she sees in me, and other things like that, I don't want her to rush in to something that she isn't even ready for", thought Braeburn, as he poured two cups of tea and took it upstairs, he walked in to the spare bedroom. After Braeburn placed the cups of tea on to the tabletop next to the bed, Trixie got up and looked at Braeburn, "Mmmh, was your thinking period helpful, Braeburn?" asked Trixie. Braeburn looked shocked and sat on the bed, "H-how did you know about... that?", asked Braeburn as he looked at Trixie, his face covered with a mixture of confusion and fear! "Oh, I can tell when somepony needs time to think, that's why I didn't insist to do the dishes myself, you needed time to think, so, what was it about, Braeburn?", asked Trixie, using the same smirk that she used before! Braeburn looked at trixie, and was speechless for minutes, finally, he spoke, "T-trixie, I need to ask you some questions, I need to know things, to know if your ready for anything between us, I need questions answered, to put myself at ease. I don't want you to rush in to anything, I want us to share our pasts, and everything we can, can you do that?", after Braeburn spoke, Trixie looked at him for minutes, silence, with her face covered with a tiny bit of fear, she stayed motionless whilst Braeburn looked worried, after several minutes, Trixie nodded. ======================================= Chapter End - Author Notes: This is a quick Note, I haven't wrote any fanfiction for around 6 months, there will be minor things pop up here and there, discrepancies, as I try and redo my style, This Chapter and all future chapters will be written: Line-by-Line with Paragraphs for non-speaking parts, Past Tense and roughly 2,000+ Words each. This chapter was really experimental with me, testing Line-by-Line, I think it is working out well, my Old style of putting everything in to paragraphs was neat, but hard to read, hopefully the new style will make these things a lot easier to read. Yay, I'm even referring to it as "Old", This seems good...
Chapter III: Fixing======================================= Trixie's Appleloosan Adventure Chapter III: Fixing Written By: Christopher Youde Written as part of TrixBurn Description: Months after Trixie fell away from the Spotlight because of her highly fabricated "Story", her carriage breaks down close to Appleloosa and she has to stay in the town for a weekend whilst Braeburn fixes it. With all of Equestria knowing she is a fake, will anypony give her a chance to correct herself, and which pony goes one step further than everypony else? TrixBurn Fic! Author Note: This Fanfic was wrote to kickstart a newly created shipping of The Great and Powerful Trixie and Braeburn. I'm hoping it will give inspiration to other writers and possibly expand the horizons of the TrixBurn, and convince others to give Trixburn a chance and more Importantly to write TrixBurn fanfiction. Honestly, this is the first TrixBurn Fanfic that I've seen... Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope you like my fanfic! After several moments, Trixie asked, "What things do you want to know about?", a mixture of fear and intrigue on her voice, whilst she looked at Braeburn. He took moments to even speak, Trixie knew he was trying to find the best way to ask, "Don't be worried...", said Trixie in a calm tone, whilst she rubbed her hoof across his arm, as she smiled. Braeburn smiled, whilst he looked at her, "Trixie, tell me about your past. What happened before you came here, and before the 'Ponyville Incident', tell me what happened when you were a little filly. What made you want to be 'The Great and Powerful Trixie'?", asked Braeburn as he looked at her, he saw that she had fear and worry on her fact, and he was worried himself, not knowing what he was going to hear. Trixie teared up a little as she spoke, "When I was a little filly, I was a loving filly, I'd help anypony who needed it, I had a happy life, but... then It happened", Trixie teared up more, she started to cry, as Braeburn comforted her, Trixie continued to speak once more, "My parents had frequent arguments and sometimes Dad would beat her up cause of it. He drank frequently, a couple of bottles a day. Every time it happened, I would cry, as I watched him beat her up, in front of me, and listen to the arguments all night...", Trixie cried hard, as Braeburn comforted her. "But that wasn't the worst of it, when I was young, Dad and Mom split up, and I was left out in the rain, somepony found me, and took me in, but for me, It was too late, I wanted my mom. But in time, I bonded with the pony that took me, but I idolised my mom, still thought as them as my mom... not the pony that took me in. I saw mom once in a while, but she told me I was going to be a star, and I latched on to it, It became part of me, my shell for coping, It changed me...", cried Trixie, as she nuzzled her face in to Braeburn's fur. "Momma told me I was going to be a Star... I was going to be a star... I lost it all", cried trixie, as she nuzzled in to Braeburn's fur, Braeburn nuzzled her head as she cried, "Momma said I was going to be a Star, I wanted to prove to her, make her proud..." said Trixie as she was comforted by Braeburn. "Miss, you could still be a star, you just need to drop that attitude, that shell you had, you need to convince everypony out there that you are a kind pony, and more Importantly, that you've changed... I'm totally sure everypony will give you another chance, If you take the time to prove yourself to them. You can get the life back that you had before, I'm sure...", said Braeburn, whispering in to Trixie's ear as he comforted her, he nuzzled her head, and laid with her as they talked more. "I'm sure your right, what else do you want to know?" asked Trixie, as she was still crying, but was happy, finally getting closure of what had been there for a long time, untended. She snuggled in to him, the tears stopped slowly. Once the tears had stopped, Braeburn spoke again, "I'm wondering, why me? Why not somepony somewhere else? Why did you pick me over everypony else out there?", Braeburn looked in to her eyes after he asked, she teasingly smiled, that same smile again, she delayed the answer as he looked on at her, confused. "Your kind, you helped piece my life back together, and close a chapter in my life that has spanned a large chunk of my life. You've helped me more than anypony else in my life, right now, I'm feeling better than I have for a long time, and what do I owe it to? You! Right now, there is nobody else I'd want to be with, your so important to me, even if I've only know you for a little while, your Important to me... So Important!", said Trixie, after silence that lasted minutes. She nuzzled Braeburn as she spoke, she savoured his warmth, his touch and most Importantly, him. Braeburn smiled, as he nuzzled her head, "Miss, I'm happy to of been such a help to you. I'm just... are you... s-sure you'd be ready for a relationship? This soon?", asked Braeburn as he nuzzled her more. He looked in to her eyes, as he waited for a response, she also looked back at his eyes, she delayed the answer as he looked on at her once more, Braeburn smiled, as he nuzzled her head more, whilst he waited for her reply. Finally, Trixie replied to Braeburn's question, "N-no, I'm not ready for a relationship, I-I just want us to be close, kisses and cuddles, but not a relationship, I'm not ready for that...", Braeburn nodded, and looked deeply in to her eyes, and kissed her deeply, before he finally pulled away... "If that's what you want Trixie, that is what you will get!", said Braeburn after the kiss, they both smiled, and looked at each other. Braeburn continued, "A relationship is something we can look at in the future", Braeburn nuzzled Trixie more, and laid with her, looking at the curtains. Finally, Trixie broke away from the nuzzle and looked at him, as she kissed his nose, she spoke, "Well, you know most of my life, how about you? You said you'd share your life with me as well... So, tell me, how was life like whilst you were growing up?", Trixie looked in to his eyes more, as she waited for Braeburn to respond, he smiled, as he delayed the response for a moment. Finally, Braeburn spoke, after he readjusted himself, so they were both comfortable as he spoke, he nuzzled her head, "As a little colt, I was always intrigued by apples, and making friends. I would play with my friends as my parents would buck apples of the trees, but It wasn't all plain easy sailing, there were moments where my family couldn't pay the bills, and our "Perfect" life would be in jeopardy once again, but we'd normally get through it together and come out stronger than ever before. Although, I was bullied by some people in school, my life has been good, I'm proud of my life..." said Braeburn, he readjusted himself some more, as he looked in to Trixie's eyes more, they both smiled as they looked at each other. Trixie gave her opinions on his younger years whilst she had a chance to do so, "Hmm... I see, I'm glad you've had a good life, maybe at some point you can make my life perfect and happy! One day, you can make me a happy mare, more happy than I am right now, as I nuzzle in to you and look in to your eyes. For me, this moment is perfect bliss, I wouldn't trade it for anything else in the world, this is our moment, our first moment together. and, I don't think I've ever had a moment that's been as perfect as this...", Trixie smiled as she looked at him more, truly happy. Braeburn passed Trixie her cup of tea as he sipped his, Trixie drank slowly from the cup, as she tried to keep her eyes on Braeburn and keep the bliss that had happened from leaving her again. "I promise to love him, to care for him, cherish him and be there for him, Please don't ruin this, Trixie..." thought Trixie, as she looked at Braeburn, unknown that he was had thought something along the same lines, as she finished her cup of tea, she nuzzled braeburn's neck, smiling. "Would you like to go out today, see if we can get you some clothes, and some other things you might want, even see If we can start pushing your new Image and proving to the townsfolk that you have changed! That's if, you want to yet, or do you want to give it some more time? I don't want to pressure you in to anything that you don't want to do!" asked Braeburn as he nuzzled Trixie, she smiled, she took a little time before she responded. "Umm... I'm totally up for shopping, what mare isn't?", Trixie giggled, and Braeburn joined in a little, nodding, smiling. Trixie continued speaking, "But I'm not totally sure about proving to the townsfolk that I have changed, Will you be there next to me? I don't want to feel like I'm doing this alone...", Trixie looked at Braeburn with a worried look, half scared and half happy, Braeburn was quick to notice it. Braeburn took a little to respond, as he nuzzled trixie, and comforted her, Finally, he spoke. "Mares love shopping, and I want you to be treated like a mare! Before people were treating you like some bad person, which I know your not. Your not bad at all. You know I wouldn't leave you to talk to them without me being by your side, comforting you and keeping you safe. What colt wouldn't protect a defenceless mare?" said Braeburn when he finally spoke, he continued to nuzzle trixie, and comfort her after he was finished. Trixie's feelings were hurt a little, and she took a moment to speak, but when she did, the anger was showing. "Defenceless? I'll let you know, I AM NOT... Defenceless! You make me sound like I'm some weak creature, who needs others.", she teared up a little, "I don't want people to think that of me!" said Trixie when she continued speaking, she cried a little and Braeburn nuzzled her. Braeburn took a moment to respond, but when he did, he was totally calm and understanding of the situation. "Look, Trixie. I didn't mean it to come out like that, honestly. Don't cry, please. You are defenceless though, they will make fun of you, and do all the stuff that the other townsfolk in the other towns did. I'm here to keep you safe...", said Braeburn as he nuzzled Trixie more, she had stopped the tears by now. Trixie looked at Braeburn, and spoke. "I suppose your right...", Trixie sighed, looking at Braeburn, she went and got her cape and hat from the table and put them on. "Ok, are we ready to get on with this?" asked Trixie as she smiled, Braeburn got off the bed and walked down the stairs with Trixie, to the front door, not saying a word. They held hooves together and opened the door, walking out in to the sun, and in to the town. ======================================= Chapter End - Author Notes: This is a quick Note, I haven't wrote any fanfiction for around 6 months, there will be minor things pop up here and there, discrepancies, as I try and redo my style, All chapters will be written: Line-by-Line with Paragraphs for non-speaking parts, Past Tense and roughly 2,000+ Words each. This chapter was really experimental with me, testing Line-by-Line, I think it is working out well, my Old style of putting everything in to paragraphs was neat, but hard to read, hopefully the new style will make these things a lot easier to read. Yay, I'm even referring to it as "Old", This seems good...
