Broken and Rebuilt

After their trip to the salon, Starlight felt like a new pony. She felt like she had washed away all of the things from her past. She had a new mane and tail style, she had got everything off her chest regarding what happened to her and she had cleared the less than pleasant past out of her room.

While she and her father were walking through town, Starlight heard something, something extremely familiar. She heard fireworks and thought to herself, "It can't be! It can't be her!"

Firelight heard this and asked, "Who can't be her?"

Starlight pointed her hoof off in the direction of the fireworks and exclaimed, "Trixie! My best friend Trixie!"

Firelight wasn't sure exactly how being around somepony close to her in the past would do as far as her recovery went but given how she put so much emphasis on "best friend" he pointed in the same direction and suggested, "Well you should go tell her hi. It is obvious you miss her and I'm betting she misses you too."

Starlight was kind of unsure whether she should approach her or not given that she was just now recovering but with another suggestion from her father, she headed towards Trixie's show and pushed her way up to the front. When Trixie saw her, she stopped right in the middle of her show, jumped off the stage and quickly embraced Starlight."

"Starlight, where have you been? I've been worried sick about you!" Trixie exclaimed.

Starlight returned the tight embrace and replied, "It is a long story Trixie, a very long story."

Trixie was curious as to what happened so she announced, "The Great and Powerful Trixie is sorry everypony but she must stop her show early so she can visit with her best friend!"

The two headed back towards Firelight. Starlight really didn't want to have her Trixie time with her dad but figured that she would at least introduce the two. Once they got within earshot of him, Starlight introduced them, "Dad, this is Trixie. Trixie, this is my dad, Firelight."

The two shook hooves and greeted one another. It felt kind of odd to Trixie for her best friend to be with her father, one that she had described as a pony who had always treated her like a foal until recently. Trixie asked, "So, you're Starlight's dad?"

Firelight replied, "Yes I am." He gave Trixie a smile and continued, "You know, the times Starlight and I have been together ever since we got close again, she has done nothing but give rave reviews about you."

Trixie returned the smile, "Well who wouldn't give The Great and Powerful Trixie rave reviews?"

Starlight really wanted some time alone with Trixie to catch up. She said, "Dad, I'm going to go spend some alone time with Trixie. Her and I have so much to talk about."

"Alright Starlight," Firelight replied "you and Trixie have a good time."

"We will, we will."

Starlight and Trixie took off towards the south, towards a local park where Starlight could talk to Trixie about everything that happened to her that caused her to not only leave for so long but to ultimately wind up with a new mane and tail style. Once they got to the park Trixie asked, "Starlight, what happened to you? Why did you disappear for so long?"

Starlight replied, "Like I said, it is a very long story."

Starlight then began to tell Trixie about everything that happened. She told her about Sunset needing a new journal, her curiosity about the human world, the premiere, the things that her and Sunset did together. She would then be interrupted by Trixie. She gasped, "Starlight, you did all that? But I thought you were going to not even kiss anypony until you met the right mare!" *WINK!*

Starlight blushed before continuing, "Well when you go through that mirror and turn into a human, you get human urges and let's just say, humans have rather nasty urges. The urges they have are things that us ponies would never even think of, much less actually do."

Trixie sighed, "Oh, ok."

Starlight replied, "Trixie, I'm back to being a pony and I don't have those urges anymore, I don't have feelings like that for Sunset and to be honest, I would rather never run into Sunset Shimmer ever again."

Trixie's ears perked up, "Really, you don't?" *WINK!*

Starlight blushed but then got back to where she was. She got into how as the anniversary of her going to the human world slowly began to eat away at her and then she told her about the night that she broke. She told her about the cutting, the violence, her return to Equestria, the violence in the hospital and then her time in the mental hospital."

Trixie was shocked that Starlight had been through all that. She said, "If I would have been there that night when you came back, I could have taken you with me. I could have stopped you from being locked away."

Starlight shook her head, "Trixie, had you been there the night Sunset brought me back, I would have been unrecognizable and I was violent towards everypony. You would have either had you hoof swiped away, you would have been yelled at or I would have attacked you with my magic."

Trixie sat there stunned. She had no idea that such an experience would cause Starlight to become such a different pony. She was not thrilled about who was likely responsible for her breaking that way though. She became angry, "Ugh, when I get my hooves on Sunset, she'll be sorry for doing this to you!"

Trixie was incredibly angry but Starlight would calm her down, "Trixie, I was partially responsible for it too and besides, Sunset isn't worth you going to jail over."

"Oh you're right." Trixie replied, "I just wish I could do something to avenge you."

Starlight suggested, "How about you just be here for me. Having my best friend around to keep me company is more than enough."

Trixie gave her a huge smile and replied, "Your best friend!" *WINK!*

Starlight couldn't help but smile speculate, "You're wanting me as more than a friend aren't you?"

Trixie replied, "What would make you say that?" *WINK!*

While Starlight did consider Trixie her best friend and at that point in time, the only pony outside of her father she could trust, she was really unsure. "Trixie, I'm not sure. I just got out of the mental hospital and for right now I need to focus on myself and fully recovering."

Trixie sighed, "Oh, ok."

Starlight could tell that Trixie was very disappointed in this but deep down she was kind of hoping they could be together once the time was right, "Trixie, I'm not saying no. I'm saying not yet." She got a smile on her face and added, "When the time is right, we can be marefriends."

Trixie hugged her and exclaimed, "Oh thank you, thank you, thank you!"

Starlight returned the hug and suggested, "You're welcome Trixie but how about we go and grab a bite to eat for right now. What is a friendly get together without getting together for lunch?"

Trixie replied, "Well it certainly wouldn't be great and powerful if we didn't!"

Starlight laughed and the two headed back into town. While Starlight did want to hook up with Trixie someday and she knew Trixie was hoping that would be sooner rather than later, she remained cautious. While she had gotten to where hugging didn't bother her any, things like kissing were still on her no list. She knew that Trixie would likely want kisses, probably plenty of them, and that was something that she simply wasn't ready for. Her primary thought while they were heading towards the cafe was, "Eventually Trixie, eventually."