To Turn Over A New Leaf

Trixie and Blueblood settled into their seats in a private booth at the movie theater. Trixie was amazed at the theater they were in. It was enormous and very ornately decorative, with chandeliers hanging from the ceiling and golden statues on the walls, and the screen was HUGE. It was more like an opera house than a movie theater, but that was Canterlot for you.

Trixie and Blueblood were up above the rest of the audience in their private balcony. They had two glasses of sasaparilla and a tray of orderves. Even though Blueblood had said he would pay for everything, Trixie had insisted on also paying part of the tab, saying that he had already helped her out so much, and she was making money again that she could spend now. Blueblood wasn’t sure what to do by this, but he decided to let her help pay.

The theater lights suddenly dimmed at the screen glowed with the previews of upcoming movies. Iron Mane 3, Harry Trotter 8, Star Trot 2. All of them looked pretty good.

Trixie tried to focus her attention on the screen. She kept stealing glances at Blueblood, but looked back at the screen whenever he looked at her.

Unbeknownst to her, Blueblood was doing the same thing. He kept glancing over at her, but looked back at the screen whenever she looked over at him.

The movie began. It was about a group of nine earth ponies named Starlight, Melody, Teddy, Bon Bon, Patch, Ace, Sweetheart, Bright Eyes, and Lancer, who apparently all lived in a world ruled only by earth ponies, but no pegasi, unicorns, or alicorns for some reason.

The nine ponies somehow discover a magical portal and stumble through it to an old castle in the middle of a desolate wasteland which Blueblood and Trixie guess was supposed to be a post apocalyptic version of Equestria. But then three teenage dragons showed up out of nowhere, and then a Changeling Queen, that was in hibernation inside the castle, suddenly wakes up and begins laying eggs that quickly hatch and grow into an army of Changeling drones. The nine ponies get caught in the crossfire as the three teenage dragons start hunting and killing the Changelings for sport as some sort of dragon right of passage.

At one point during the movie, a Changeling attacked one of the unsuspecting ponies and Trixie heard a small squeak beside her. She glanced over at Blueblood, to see his eyes were wide and he was sitting on the edge of his seat.

“Are you okay?” she asked him.

Blueblood looked at her. “Wha? Yes! Of course.”

She smirked. “You’re not scared, are you?”

Blueblood looked at her, acting appalled at what she had said. “What? Of course not!”

Just then, a dragon’s tail blade came right through a pony’s chest in the movie, splattering blood all over another pony. Blueblood gasped and put his hoof on Trixie’s. After realizing what he had done, he quickly put on a fake confident smile and said, “I’m just… here for you, encase you’re scared.”

“Right,” she said sarcastically.

By the time the movie was almost over, only one dragon, the Changeling Queen, and Bright Eyes were left alive for one final showdown. The dragon and Bright Eyes managed to work together to kill the Changeling Queen, but the dragon was mortally wounded in the battle and died shortly afterwards. The movie ended on a cliff hanger with Bright Eyes still looking for a way back to her own world, leaving it wide open for a sequel.

It was around eight at night when the movie let out.

“That movie was so stupid,” laughed Trixie as they stepped out into the cold night. “The main characters were so bland and boring, and it was full of plot holes. Plus, a wild dragon would NEVER make friends with a pony. Although, I will admit, the fight scenes between the dragons and the changelings were pretty good.” She looked at Blueblood. “Don’t you agree?”

“Oh, absolutely,” said Blueblood with a grin, although secretly he would be sleeping with the lights on for a week. “You know, you would make an excellent critic.”

“Hmm. I suppose I would,” said Trixie thoughtfully. “It’s ironic because, as a show pony, I hate critics. But now I’m becoming the very thing I hate.”

They both laughed at that.

They walked back to Trixie’s hotel room, talking to each other all the way. Secretly, neither of them wanted the night to ever end. But eventually, they were walking up to Trixie’s hotel room door.

“I had fun tonight. Thank you,” said Trixie.

“You’re welcome. I enjoyed it too,” said Blueblood.

“Can I interest you in a nightcap?”

“No thank you, I don’t where them,” said Blueblood, completely missing what Trixie had meant.

Trixie raised an eyebrow, but let it go.

“So… see you again sometime?” asked Trixie.

“Yes. Absolutely,” said Blueblood. “I’ll see when I have time.”

“Great,” said Trixie.

Their was an awkward pause between them. For the next few seconds neither of them spoke. Trixie didn’t open the door to her hotel room, and Blueblood didn’t walk away. They just stared at each other, both of them trying to come up with something to say.

Up above them the clouds moved and allowed the moon to appear in the night sky. The light from the full moon was glimmering on Trixie’s coat. Blueblood thought she looked absolutely beautiful.

He leaned in a bit towards her, staring into her eyes. He felt he should say something, but was surprised to find out that he was nervous. Him? Nervous with a girl?

‘What’s wrong with me?’ he thought to himself. Nervous, he said the first thing that came to his mind. “You know, Trixie… you look even more beautiful in the moon light.”

Trixie was a bit surprised. ‘Oh my gosh! Does he like me?’ She blushed. Her heart pounded in her chest. “Blueblood… that has got to be the cheesiest line I’ve ever heard,” she said with a small giggle, but kept staring back into his eyes, leaning a little towards him as well.

Blueblood could see that she must have liked him too. “Yeah, I guess it is,” he said feeling a bit embarised, bringing his face even closer to hers.

“But I’ll take it,” she said, moving towards him a little bit more, their lips mere inches apart.

Finally, the two of them closed the gap between each other, their lips meeting in a kiss.

At that moment their spirits soared sky high. They both closed their eyes and melted into the kiss. It started out soft, but it quickly grew more heated, both of them pushing more and more into the kiss. Neither of them thought about anything except that they were kissing the pony of their dreams, and they couldn’t be happier...