Loyal Defender

(Ah. No, it's fine, was my bad for thinking merging a comment would make one.) The rushing wind of the rainbow-haired Pegasus speeding by was enough to almost blow me out of the tree. Luckily I grabbed onto the branch at the last minute. “Whoaaa! Eesh, that was close...heh, try to be careful, Dash, I almost became one with the wind.” _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Alright! I just didn't know if you were one of those people who wouldn't mind a break right after a story. Then again this is a forum where you can just come back to anything anytime. Alright, one moment!) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Chapter Nine – Back to Normal….Almost It had been three weels since Layol was defeated. Everything had settled down. I was still busy getting closer to each of my friends, but the one by far that was my favorite was Trixie. She was rather humorous and fun to be around. Though… I made sure to give Star and Trix (now jokingly nicknamed Bread and Butter, respectively), their space to hang out. But occasionally, I would also spend time with my other friends. At the moment I was napping underneath a tree, enjoying the warm afternoon (not hard to guess who I got the napping bit from….and they decided to stop being as much of a jerk as before….or perhaps never were at all), dreaming sweet dreams. This dream was of creating special constellations with Luna. (Now, again, which characters were you best at being. I figure, if we wind up getting to add new ones, you could just do your ‘think inside your head’ trick to really get their personalities going. If there's no new characters in mind or at all, that's oki, we can stick with our current roster.)

(Anyways, this story is just about at an end. Do you want to....like, wait until the weekend or next week to continue, or are you fine with continuing the sequel now? I don't mind either way.) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Ayyyyyy! Nice pun!) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“Y-You heard nothing! G-Genuine slip up!” I dashed down the hall and tried to hide my blushing expression. Okay, so I platonically really liked Trixie. A slip-up like that is why I don’t go well with subtlety. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (I ship Loy and Trix, regardless of anything)

“Anyways, I’m gonna head to bed. Sweet dreams, Tri—I mean, Starlight.” (Hinting that he platonically really likes Trix :3) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“And if it turns out that way, I can always use the scarf to prevent you from driving apart.” _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“Just know I’d never drive you two apart. You two are like bread and butter from what I know.” _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“Suuuuuure you don’t.” (But the main difference Trixie would, by chance, be spending more time with Loy than with Star without realizing it. In said episode, Fluttershy just bonded at the Gala instead of with Discord. This is all theoretical anyway.) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“I’m sure we’ll be spending plenty of time together...I just hope you don’t wind up getting jealous.” (Now THERE’S a friendship lesson to learn! Starlight gets jealous over Trixie finding a new friend!) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“She’s rather sweet when you really get to know her.” _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“I learned a few things from Trixie. And she gave me something special.” I held up the scarf she gave me. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I went over and hugged Trixie, momentarily. I had to admit, this moment would become a special one between us. Even still...it was getting late and I had to return to the castle at some point. I stepped back, gently smiling, holding up a hoof to reveal the scarf tied to Trixie. “I’m a fast learner.” I poofed it onto my back and turned. “I’d best be heading out. It’s getting late. See you around, Respectful and Delightful Trixie.” Told you I’d call her that. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“I’ll cherish it always. " ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________

“Uhm….alright. Well, thanks for taking time to spend with me, Trixie. You really are a special friend.” ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“I’ll be sure to keep that in mind. Any other things to know?” ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Better than learning nothing.) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

"Things seem to be going well. I knew I made a wise choice asking." ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“Yeah...but when I can, if you like….perhaps you could teach me some magic as well? I’m willing to learn to improve.” ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (Yeah.)

“That’s sweet, Trixie. I can say the same about you.” (Try not to be TOO pathetic. Although he won’t care, he appreciates all he’s given.) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“I figured you’d like them. It’s not often I would show gratitude to performers, so I wouldn’t pass up the opportunity.” (this moment's so sweet ^-^) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“Well...that makes the moment even better.” _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“So...before I do head off, I might as well….oh, wait, there’s something under your hat.” Please let this trick pay off. I used magic to pull a bouquet of roses from underneath Trixie’s hat. “I hadn’t perfected that one, but...this was also for you. I actually forgot about it before. I know, you might say I’m too kind, but….no point in trying to be anything but if it’s how you were raised.” _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“I know you normally might or might not receive much...well, applause or appreciation for your magic acts. So I figured, ‘Why not appreciate what’s given to you?’ So, I took in the magic and specialty of your show...and I have to admit, it’s wonderful being friends with someone full of potential, full of new ways to bedazzle her audience.” _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“I wanted to tell you how pleased I am with your performance. It really does beat any other magic show I’d seen in the past….including my act of accidentally making a student vanish...” _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________