A Great and Powerful Wrath

Trixie's Secret Revealed

When Trixie, Flurry Heart and Shining Armor arrived in the throne room and both Twilight and Cadence were shocked to see that Flurry had taken such a liking to Trixie. Twilight was the most shocked given Trixie's personality and the ability of young fillies to sense negative energy coming from other ponies.

At first the only one talking was Trixie giggling as Flurry had began to nibble on her ear, "Stop it Flurry. The Great and Powerful Trixie is ticklish there!"

Cadence couldn't help but smile when she saw this, "Wow Trixie, Flurry has really taken a liking to you, hasn't she?"

Trixie laughed, "She has, I never imagined such an adorable filly would like Trixie."

Twilight rolled her eyes as she had hoped that in this setting Trixie would speak normally. She sighed, "Well she has taken a liking to other ponies in the past."

Shining commented, "Yeah, she took a liking to Pinkie Pie last year and had Cadence not taken her away from her, she wouldn't have been upset and broke the crystal heart."

While that moment brought a fair amount of stress to her, bringing it up and how she may have been responsible for it embarrassed her. She blushed, "How was I supposed to know she'd cry that loud when I took her away?"

Twilight replied, "That is true but I'm thinking when it comes to Flurry, we probably shouldn't take her away from whoever she seems to like."

Shining asked, "So I take it you're saying that if she wants to stay with Trixie until you leave, let her do so?"

Cadence said, "Yeah, probably so." She turned her attention to Trixie and asked, "So Trixie, how is life now that you're in Ponyville all the time?"

Trixie replied, "It is good and I will admit, Trixie has grown really close with Starlight." She began to blush as she continued, "When Trixie and her met we seemed to click but it was after we along with Thorax and Discord saved Equestria that Trixie decided to stay in Ponyville." Her face turned redder as she continued, "And I never imagined that I would finally find somepony that could truly relate with me. I never thought I would find a pony who would want to spend so much time with me."

All of them noticed something about Trixie, especially Twilight. It was the fact that she finally stopped speaking in the third pony along with the blush that prompted Twilight to ask, "Trixie, can I ask you a question?"

Trixie replied, "Yes, you may ask Trixie a question."

Twilight asked, "Trixie, for a moment there you were speaking normally. What was all that about?"

Cadence added, "And I couldn't help but notice how deeply you blushed when you were talking about Starlight." Cadence walked to her, put her hoof up to her face and continued, "Do you have a crush on Starlight?"

This was something that Trixie really hoped that nopony would ask her. She held her head down and blushed again, "Of course not! You should know that Starlight and I are only friends!"

Shining chimed in, "Yeah, uh huh Trixie. You are showing all the classic signs of a pony with a crush."

Twilight added, "And given that you stopped speaking like you normally do only proves it more!"

Cadence finished, "Trixie, you can tell us. We promise we won't tell anypony, alright?"

Trixie finally caved in, "Ok, I'll admit. I have a crush on her! She is the only pony I've ever bee able to relate with and she is so beautiful, so sweet and so sex......"

Cadence interrupted, "Alright Trixie, we get it. We know you think she's hot but you don't need to go telling us that."

Talking about Starlight brought up the thoughts of what she was doing right then, meeting with Sunburst in his house. Suddenly she became very sad and Twilight asked, "Trixie, what is wrong? You were so happy and now you suddenly look like you lost your best friend."

Trixie replied, "Well I suppose I'm just worried about Starlight meeting with Sunburst in his house." She began to become more frantic, "What if he was to woo her? What if he was to win her heart before I have a chance to tell her how I really feel?"

Twilight replied, "Trixie, I don't think that is going to happen. Yes they write back and forth but I don't think they are close enough for him to do that and besides, if I know Starlight as well as I think I do, I don't think she would be interested in a relationship with anypony."

While that did provide a bit of relief to her, the fact that Twilight thought that Starlight may not want a relationship with anypony kept her feeling sad. This brought out concern from the three, especially Cadence. Cadence hugged Trixie and suggested, "Trixie, I really think you need to tell Starlight how you really feel as soon as you can. Whether she feels the same or not I'm not sure but knowing will probably put you more at ease."

While this did not put Trixie any more at ease she figured that she had better at least try and act a bit less sad. She replied, "You are right, that would put Trixie more at ease."

The three could tell that Cadence's comment did help Trixie some given that she had returned to speaking like she normally does. Once she felt that Trixie was less stressed out, Flurry again began to nibble on Trixie's ear making her giggle, "Flurry, stop! Trixie is ticklish there!"

Catching Up

While Trixie was meeting with Cadence and Shining Armor, Starlight was catching up with Sunburst. At first the two were talking about ordinary, everyday things along with how Sunburst's role as crystaller had changed his life. Soon though, he wanted to know more about how Starlight's life had been.

He asked, "So Starlight, how has life been treating you since we last met?"

Starlight replied, "Well I've had some interesting things happen, some that I'm very proud of and some that I'm kind of embarrassed over."

Sunburst asked, "Oh, and what are you embarrassed over?"

Starlight replied, "Well once Twilight noticed I was ignoring my friendship lessons. I was able to wow her with my magic but when it comes to friendship, I still kind of freak out over the smallest things."

Sunburst asked, "So what happened?"

Starlight replied, "Well like I said I had been ignoring my friendship lessons and when she headed to Canterlot to speak to some of Celestia's students, she wanted me to tackle some of them. Well they all came over to the castle and after freaking out over everything I was supposed to help them with, I kind of thought casting spells on them would make things easier."

Sunburst gasped, "You did what? You cast spells on your friends?"

Starlight replied, "Yeah. I wanted to make things go easier so I cast a Cogeria spell on them. I combined it with Fiducia Compelus and added a bit of Persuadere to make sure that it wouldn't wear off."

Despite having no clue as to how to cast those spells, he knew what they would do. He asked, "So you did this and I take it things didn't go the way they were supposed to?"

Starlight hung her head low and replied, "No. In the end we wound up with a bunch of burnt cakes, tiny dresses, spiders everywhere, a failed attempt at scrapbooking and a castle full of water. Needless to say Twilight was disappointed and my friends were angry, very angry."

Sunburst asked, "Oh, and how did you eventually get back on their good side?"

Starlight replied, "I simply apologized and then did the activities with them that I was supposed to without using magic."

Sunburst said, "Well that's good."

Starlight interrupted, "And of course as far as what I am proud of is saving everypony along with Trixie, Thorax and Discord."

Sunburst replied, "Well that I can understand." Sunburst became a bit more nervous as he asked, "Starlight, can I tell you something? I really need to get this off of my chest."

Starlight replied, "Of course you can. You should know you can tell me anything."

Sunburst began, We-well, I've kind of had this on my mind since we got back in touch and especially after the incident with Thorax."

Starlight asked, "Yes, what is it?"

Sunburst knew that if he didn't just hurry up and tell her that he would likely never tell her. He continued, "Starlight, you know I like you and I can't just hide this anymore. I really like you, as in like, like you." He began to become more frantic as he continued, "Starlight, you are so beautiful and kind."

Starlight interrupted, "Uh, thanks."

Sunburst asked, "Starlight, I'm wondering if you'd be my marefriend?"

This shocked Starlight as she had never expected him to feel like this yet at the same time she didn't feel the same way. She replied, "Well Sunburst, I'm flattered that you want me as your marefriend but...."

Sunburst's face dropped when she said this. He asked, "But what?"

Starlight continued, "But I simply don't like you like that. You're a great friend but I just don't like you like that."

Sunburst pleaded, "Please Starlight, just give me a chance. You'll never know if you like me like that or not if you don't give me a chance."

He hugged her and tried to move in for a kiss when Starlight teleported out of his hold. She warned, "Sunburst, don't do that." Her voice became more stern as she continued, "Look, I said I like you as a friend but nothing more and by trying to kiss me, you're jeopardizing the friendship."

Sunburst's pleading turned into cries, "Please, please Starlight. I promise you that I'll be good to you and that you'll be happy with me."

Starlight finally had it. She yelled, "Look, what part of 'I don't like you like that' don't you get?" She looked up at the clock and continued, "Listen, I like you as a friend but nothing more. Now if you will excuse me I need to get to Flurry's birthday party."

Starlight slammed the door on her way out leaving a heartbroken Sunburst. Starlight could not believe that he would have the audacity to try and kiss her after being told multiple times that she didn't like him like that. As she heard him crying and shouting in his house she rolled her eyes. She sighed, "Ugh, can't he just listen? What part of my message did he not get?" She stomped her hoof on the ground and grunted, "Well hopefully he won't show up at the party after this. I don't think I could handle seeing him again."