A/n: I really hope you like this twist of the story, it took me FOREVER to think of it, compared to everything else. The first couple chapters had almost been prewritten in my head, and Chapter three was there to open up interesting plots, and explain a little about plot direction. The Chapter title has nothing to do with the content, and is instead just a reference to their cutie marks.

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Trixie woke, nearly insensible, the feeling of laying on something soft, yet firm, the only thing she noticed. She thought nothing of it for the moment, instead wanting nothing more than embracing the sweet warmth beneath her. Wait a moment... Trixie's brain started to actually function, remembering she was supposed to be on the cold, unforgiving wooden floor. She cracked her left eye open, and stared directly into the open, light brown eye of Twilight Sparkle. She would've screamed, not expecting that, but at that moment a lavender hoof found its way to her mouth, silencing her. She brought another hoof to her own lips, shushing her gently. Then, she pointed to the door, behind which the stairs would be. Trixie noticed, at that point, that Spike's bed was not in the room.

She groaned, stretching, as she stood up and walked to the door. She opened it to see Spike, asleep, in his bed, right at the door of the room. She shut the door again, looking to Twi in confusion. "I didn't want anything waking you up, so after I pulled you into bed, I noticed the basket. Knowing I was about to lock the door, anyway, I set the bed out so the owner had no reason to come in." She giggled. "You looked really cute asleep. Almost like you were finally at peace in your dreams. I hope I can help you feel at peace in your waking hours as well."

Trixie blushed, taken aback at this. "But, Twilight, I am already happy that you've given me any chance at all. It's more than I deserve, and everypony knows it. When they see us together, what are they going to say? About you? Us? Everything?" She was becoming clouded with fear and doubt, but Twilight had no such reservations, and trotted over so as to comfort the blue mare. She pulled her into a loving embrace. Trixie froze for a moment, before returning the embrace to Twilight. At that, there was the sound of a claw tapping the door. "Twilight...?" They heard an exhausted voice through the door. "Who...are you talking to...at this time of morning?" Twilight blushed, thinking whoever it was had heard them talking. She brushed past Trixie, after breaking their hug, and pulled the door open, staring blankly at the tiny dragon.

"Can I help you...uh..." Twilight had no idea what to say. "Sir Dragon?" She smiled, hoping it helped to tack on something to call him. It didn't really do anything. "What do you mean, Sir Dragon?! It's me, Spike! Your number one assistant?" By then, Twilight's blank stare became one of confusion, and Trixie pushed her aside. "I'm sorry you haven't heard yet, I figured those friends of hers would tell everypony about this. Twilight's...not at all well, and needs her rest. Did you need something specific?" Trixie smiled at him, watching as the dragon's expression changed from confusion to horror.

"Twilight...sick? Let me see her, come on, Trixie!" Spike instantly began pleading. Trixie cut him off ruthlessly. "It's obvious she doesn't want you around, if she forgot your name. Why don't you go see that Rarity you're always going on about? I'm sure she'd enjoy your company alot more than Twilight." With that, she shut the door, a little forcefully, in the dragon's face and happily trotted back to Twilight's side. "So, Twilight, now that you've had a night to sleep on it, do you want me to stay with you, and help you rebuild your life here? I can understand if you don't..." Trixie had fought with that thought the entire time she was talking to Spike, and it broke through as shades of doubt crept into her usually forthright, boastful tone. Twilight was taken aback by the unusual statement, and stepped towards Trixie, taking her hooves in her own. "There is nothing in the world I would like more than having you stay with me. I...I need time. To cope with everything." Spike, who had been listening through the door, let his head fall, defeated, and left the house, grumbling. "Why not go see that Rarity..."

Twilight, however, was unaware of the dragon at all, much less that he needed her right now. She patted a spot beside her, wanting to be close to her lover. She giggled when Trixie accepted the invitation, and they nestled close as Twilight pulled a book from the shelves above her bed at random. Trixie smiled, the similarities to her dream not lost on her mind. She giggled and snuggled into Twilight's side. Ever the bookworm, Twilight opened the book and began to read. It was a book on basic magic, one of the first she had read in Canterlot, but she avidly read it with interest, having no recollection of the first ten readings. However, after the first paragraph, she was a little...distracted...by the feel of a gentle hoof through her mane, and she giggled softly, snuggling back into Trixie just as much as she had snuggled into her.

They were awoken to a trumpet in their ear. Twilight screamed and tried to hide under Trixie, while Trixie herself stood on her hooves, looking around angrily for whoever would disturb them. She didn't have far to look. A familiar pink earth pony stood before them, carrying all manner of instruments. "Well, took you two sleepyheads long enough!" she practically screamed at them. "I've been sitting here for ten minutes trying to wake you up f-" Her explanation was cut short as a lavender glow sealed her mouth. "You break into MY house, sneak into MY room, and thoughtlessly attempt to wake ME and my lover from our rest?! WHO TAUGHT YOU YOUR BUCKING MANNERS??" She grabbed the mare with her magic, opened the window, and very unceremoniously dropped her out of it. She stared menacingly as the pink pony slunk away sadly. "Well, hopefully, we won't have to deal with that again, my dear Trixie."

She turned to smile at her loving marefriend, and was greeted with a gleeful look on her face. "Erm, Trixie? Are you...happy that I flipped out on somepony?" Trixie just shook her head. "Okay, then. Well, I'd like to get back to what we were doing, but now, thanks to that ingrate of a pony, I'm wide awake. How about we practice some magic? Doing that reminded me that I have almost no control of it..." She looked down, starting to lose herself to the void where her memories should've been. Trixie saw the bleak look in her marefriend's eyes and quickly went to her side, pulling her to her chest as she stroked her mane with the most gentle of hooves. "It'll be okay, my little Sparkle. Have faith in me, and all will be well." she murmured into the lavender unicorn's ear as the first sobs wracked her body.

They sat like that for what felt like days to the heart-wrenched Trixie, knowing that, despite everything she had tried to do, she couldn't comfort her beloved Twilight. She knew, however, how much she must be hurting, and therefore sat there, attempting as best she could to console her. Suddenly, without any warning, Twilight pushed her on her back and pounced, landing heavily on the mare, before kissing her passionately. Trixie, wide-eyed from surprise, melted into the surprise kiss. Twilight giggled softly as the kiss broke, her magic having made a few books fly off the shelves and crash into the walls. It made no difference to them, because they knew it meant she was happy. "I'm glad you're here, Trixie. I love you." she said as she smiled, snuggling down on the nearly-insensible mare. Trixie just laid there for a while, repeating the words over and over in her mind as she made her honest and heartfelt reply. "I love you, too, my little Sparkle."

At that, Twilight blushed cutely, and the effect wasn't lost on Trixie. She hugged her tighter to her, ending up in a position where their forelegs were entwined and their chests were pressed together. They didn't mind the closeness, in fact, it made them all the more happy to be closer to each other. Neither needed that token of consumation that was common amongst other dating couples, when their love was evident every time their eyes met, or their lips met. Nothing would come out of it, anyway, so there wasn't much point. All it would've been good for would've been a way for Trixie to slip back into the "Great and Powerful" Trixie for awhile, without scaring Twilight too much. They smiled, their eyes locked to the others'. Nothing, they silently agreed, was better than just enjoying each other's company.

Trixie mumbled in Twilight's ear softly. "You still feel like practicing magic? I'd love to teach you some spells." She followed it with an affectionate nuzzle, eliciting a squeak and a giggle from the mare above her. However, she got off the blue mare and stretched. "Sure, Trixie. I have faith in your teaching methods. I'm sure I'll be a great magician in no time." This brought a blush of embarrassment and love to her azure face. "Alright, then. Let's go." They walked out of the house and down the path to a secluded area full of things that would help with practice. "Alright, Twilight, let's start with something simple. Try to channel the magic within you to your horn. If you don't know how to do that, you won't be able to cast anything." The lavender mare had seated herself on the grass in front of Trixie, acting every bit the studious schoolfilly. She had even brought a book with her, a basic book on magic for fillies a quarter her age. She sighed, knowing it was appropriate. She still didn't like the unusual brown eyes, but didn't know what to make of it, so she left it and focused on what she could tell Twilight about magic.

However, it quickly became evident that she couldn't channel the required magic through her horn to do much more than roll a pebble along the ground. She watched in horror as Twilight's face fell, realizing that for all her efforts, she had failed in one of the most basic spells ever cast. Trixie quickly trotted to her side. "What's wrong, Twilight? You're making good progress. Most ponies took days to move magic to their horn at all, then days more before they could even push the rock like you did." Of course, it hadn't been that hard for Trixie to learn such trivial spells, but that wasn't a message Twilight needed to hear, and besides, that was something the "Great and Powerful Trixie" would say, not somepony to their marefriend at all.

Suddenly, there was a sound of hooves on the road as a white unicorn walked into view, levitating a small scroll before her. She walked over to the gtwo of them just in time to hear the last thing Trixie said. Her eyes widened as she continued walking up to them. Coughing gently, she spoke. "A letter for Twilight Sparkle." She knew better than to try to be her normal self, after what Pinkie had been through, so she acted like any other pony to Twilight, and thrust the missive into her hooves. She then walked away, an air of indifference around her, which she could easily pull off from her time in Canterlot. That lasted for just as long as it took to get out of their sight, then she took off full gallop back to town.

Twilight looked at the scroll in her hooves. "Who would possibly write to me...? I'm nopony special..." Trixie, however, shocked as she was, knew who it probably was. Princess Celestia herself. She glared at the back of the letter as Twilight read it aloud.

Dear Twilight Sparkle,

Hello, my dear Twilight. I heard about your predicament with your memory loss. I am Princess Cadence of the Crystal Empire, and I would like to extend to you an invitation to stay. You may, of course, bring any guests you see fit. I'd love to meet your new marefriend....

Twilight froze, the letter falling from her hoof. She had no idea of her status or relationship to Princess Cadence, so the amicable tone of the letter left her confused. Trixie picked it up, soothing Twilight with a kiss before reading the rest of it to her.

your new marefriend...Trixie, was it?

I look forward to your visit, and hope for it with all my heart. I just hope this letter finds you well.

Signed,

Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, Crystal Empire
Shining Armor, Knight-Captain of the Royal Guard, Crystal Empire

P.S., Shining Armor says to tell you how happy he is that you've returned and have settled down with your special somepony.

Trixie turned to Twilight, wondering how she would react to the letter. She was still frozen in the same expression, despite the gentle hoof on her back. Trixie growled tenderly, kissing her on the cheek. That seemed to do the trick as she blinked and turned to look at Trixie, a small blush rising to her cheek. A lavender hoof found it's way around Trixie's neck as they entwined in yet another embrace...

Author's Note

I hope you enjoy this chapter as much as the others. Even I have to admit I was a little sorry for Pinkie Pie when she got thrown out the window. ^-^ As always, anything anypony has to say is welcome. ~Honey Heart, the Filly