Trixie couldn't remember the last time the sun proudly shone in the sky. She gave a sigh as she stared out the window. It was the same every single day- the world was gray. Dull. And rainy. The word in Canterlot was that Celestia was sick, and Luna wasn't strong enough to raise the sun. Trixie figured that instead of letting the moon be in the sky twenty four/seven or making twenty unicorns try to lift the sun into place, Luna was to make the sky cloudy. And dull. And gray.

Sweet Celestia, was Trixie bored.

The blue unicorn gave another loud, exaggerated sigh. Nothing happened- she figured as much. She turned away from the window, forced to acknowledge her messy one room apartment. She didn't feel like cleaning it (as usual), so she flopped onto her extremely uncomfortable and lumpy bed instead. She extended her front hooves and latched onto a pillow, probably the comfiest thing in her apartment. She rested her chin on it. The purple satin was extremely soft to touch. It was a gift from her marefriend.

"I got it on a trip to Saddle Arabia! I wanted to get you something sensible. And you don't have any pillows." Her marefriend was disgustingly nice. And smart. Trixie hated her.

She thought about asking her marefriend out for a rainy day date or somethin', but she was too poor and she hated the fact that the alicorn always insisted on paying thier dates. And as if she'd ever let the princess visit Trixie's apartment. Trixie lifted her head from the pillow, surveying the mess. She'd have to clean it up first.

She could probably clean it up, if she really wanted to. But she didn't want to.

Besides, her small apartment would look... Awful in comparison to her marefriend's castle.

Her marefriend had a castle.

Trixie let her head plop back onto the pillow. It was always weird to think about. The fact that Twilight was a princess. Trixie remembered when the purple alicorn rose to ascension, and there was a huge ceremony in Canterlot. Trixie had always been jealous of Twilight. A small smile graced her lips.

She used to hate Twilight. For real, not the fake hate she proclaimed when she joked around with the mare now. It had started when the unicorn use to do traveling magic shows. She had went to Ponyville, as she had heard they were extremely gullible. Unfortunately (Well, fortunately) for her, it didn't work out that way. She was run out of town by the ponies after Twilight showed everyone the unicorn was a sham.

Okay. It hadn't been as harsh as that, and Twilight had even apologized profusely, but still. Trixie's show was run into the ground. Then to pay the bills, she had to work as a rock farmer! Her smile slowly faded. Trixie had been dumb. For a while, she became obsessed with getting revenge on Twilight.

Trixie had bought some weird mystical amulet called the alicorn amulet. It gave her all the magic power she desired- it finally made her better than Twilight. But then she went power mad and nearly destroyed all of Ponyville. Then it was Trixie who had to apologize profusely to Twilight.

Stupid Twilight forgave her. Trixie wouldn't have forgiven Trixie if she was in Twilight's horseshoes. She remembered, a year later, she asked Twilight why she had forgiven her. Twilight just gave a small gentle smile and kissed her on the cheek.

The rain thumped loudly against the window, rattling it and effectively snapping Trixie out of her trip down memory lane. Trixie gave a scowl, and glared at the rain. As if that would do anything. Trixie rose from the bed to fix herself some breakfast. Or lunch. Trixie didn't know what time it was.

When she stayed at home, Trixie could usually tell by the way the sun was in position, but that didn't seem to be happening anytime soon. Maybe she should ask Twilight to buy her a clock. She chuckled at her own joke as she fixed herself brunch. She never asked Twilight for anything. Trixie earned everything she had with hard work (besides the pillow). Had Trixie still kept her Great and Powerful persona, she's sure she would have asked Twilight for all sorts of treasures. Twilight probably would have bought them, because she was sickeningly generous.

But a year and a half changes a lot in a pony. Her mind wandered as she waited for her instant noodles to be done to the day her life changed.

Trixie had been surprised when she saw Princess Twilight standing outside her motel room doorstep. And Trixie almost closed the door on her. "May I talk to you?" Twilight had asked, ever politeful and regal. Trixie had graciously let her in.

The silence had been awkward- Trixie made tea for them while Twilight gazed around the room. There wasn't much to look at. It was even smaller than Trixie's current apartment. After Trixie set down the teacup in front of Twilight, Twilight began talking about her fears and problems with being a princess. Trixie just sat and listened, which was a first. Maybe because it had been two am in the morning and Trixie was extremely tired.

"Why come to Trixie?" She asked, muffling a yawn when Twilight was finally done. "Your magical rival and clearly, your better in every way shape or form?"

"I.. I just, I don't know," Twilight admitted. "I just needed somepony to talk to. I don't want my friends to worry about me more than they already are."

"Sounds rough," Trixie murmured, "You have quite the troubled life." Twilight looked guilty, and Trixie mentally

slapped herself for her rudeness. "Sorry. It's just.. Well, it's hard to feel bad for you. You're a princess, you're Equestria's hero. And Trixie lives in a bug infested room."

Twilight quickly glanced around in alarm, scanning for any bugs. Once she found none, she shook her head. "I'm sorry. You're right. I just..." She trailed off. Trixie raised an eyebrow. "I'm just scared, I guess. I'm scared I'll break down. And I wanted to talk to one of the most strongest willed mares I know."

Trixie bit back laughter. "Trixie?" She replied, in completely disbelief. She shook her head. "Twilight, you clearly need some sleep. Yes, the Great and Powerful Trixie is indeed Great and Powerful-"

"It takes a lot for a pony to change their ways. I've heard about what you've been doing lately." Trixie put her teacup on the small oak table, listening. "You've been turning your image around. Volunteering at the soup kitchen and apologizing to the ponies you've hurt. That's hard to do. And you continously get up even when ponies knock you down. I admire that. I admire you."

"Uh, thanks." Trixie intelligently replied. Twilight's words admittedly surprised her.

"So I was hoping for your advice. What should I do?"

"Seriously? Just don't worry about it. I heard that you over-worry about pretty much everything. You're a princess for a... Reason. And although the reason is because Celestia didn't know that I existed- she probably would have made me one over you anyday- you deserve it. I guess just remember that. I'm not good at advice." Trixie quickly finished, and saw Twilight smiling at her oddly. She wrinkled her nose. "What?"

"You didn't talk in the third pony."

"Trixie simply forgot to. Stop smiling like that."

"Would you maybe like to go out sometime?"

As Trixie finished her ramen and the memory, she suddenly wondered if maybe Twilight had planned to ask Trixie out that way, or if it was spontaneous. Something to ask the marefriend, she figured.

After she and Twilight began going out, she changed for the better. Twilight helped her to finally finish cleaning up her act. She got out of that dumb motel room, and got a real job instead of doing odd jobs here and there. It was a lame job- a waitress at the local diner. But she had gotten it herself. She was able to afford an apartment in Manehatten, although small. Twilight had offered several times to let Trixie live with her in the castle. Maybe one day, she would. But Trixie was really trying to do things on her own, the right way. No more cheating or scamming ponies. She wanted to earn everything herself.

Twilight told her on several occasions that she was proud of the blue unicorn. Trixie liked hearing her marefriend say it...

Ugh.

She really missed Twilight right now. She really shouldn't have spent so much time thinking about her marefriend.

Maybe she should invite Twilight over.

She looked at the mess in her apartment. Another tiny smile formed. She would have to clean her apartment first. If she really wanted to.

Which she did.