The Start of Something New (Hearts and Hooves 1)

THE START OF SOMETHING NEW





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One late evening, Trixie's wagon



„I'll tell you something, Starlight. These cupcakes of yours, they don't taste that bad.“

Starlight rolled her eyes and couldn't help but smile.

„Trixie, I think that's the nicest thing you've said to me in a while, that doesn't involve you.“

„Can you blame me?“ Trixie's tone indicated a slight arrogance. 'At least it has gotten better', Starlight thought to herself, as she watched Trixie.

'I mean we are best friends...we spend so much time together...'

„Hmm...have you heard about that thing between Applejack and Rarity? Can you believe it?”, Trixie asked.

Starlight's eyes began to gleam, only for a second.

„Oh, yes. I mean, wow. Something like that has never happened before...at least in the towns I was around. I'm sure they are happy together, though.“

Starlight blushed a bit.

„...well, except for Spike of course. Poor guy's been missing for a while now. I wonder what happened to him...“

„He's a dragon, Starlight. And he's not as small as he used to be. I'm sure he can take care of himself, don't worry.“

„I hope you're right.“, Starlight sighed.

She looked at the ground, at her hooves. Suddenly, the silence in Trixie's wagon felt very heavy.

„Hey, let's go somewhere? Shall we? We can't hang around inside all day, right?“

Trixie looked up from whatever trick she was working, then pointed at the window.

„It's cold outside, Starlight. It's late. Where do you wanna go at this time, anyways?“

Starlight tried to think. Why...why now?

„Is everything alright?“, Trixie came closer. “You look worried...and kinda frightened.”

Starlight bit her lips. She felt so hot all of a sudden.

“Ah, yeah...it's nothing...nothing at all...” 'Why is this so goddamn hard?', Starlight thought, 'I mean...what if she doesn't feel the same way? What if

she doesn't even like mares? What if she doesn't want to be friends anymore? Oh god, this is too much!'

“I-I have to go. I'm sorry, Trixie. You said it yourself, it's late...I don't wanna disturb anyone's sleep in the castle, you know, hehe? See you...-”

Trixie grabbed Starlight's shoulder before she could step out of the wagon.

“I'm your best friend, you can tell me anything, Starlight. I'm not dumb. I can see that something is wrong.”

Starlight had trouble keeping her eyes from tearing up. She pushed Trixie's grip away, a bit too hard, and turned around.

“See you tomorrow.”, she whispered and left, not even turning around once. Trixie's look would've hurt her too much.

The next morning, Twilight's castle

The breakfast, right before Starlight's eyes, didn't look compelling at all, even though she hadn't eaten anything yesterday.



There was a hole inside Starlight's chest, that didn't stop hurting. She closed her eyes...

“Starlight?”

She opened them again.

“Hey...are you okay? You don't look so good.”

Twilight put a hoof on her shoulder. Starlight felt tears in her eyes.

“I have a problem.”, she sighed. “I don't know if you will understand.”

“I will! Starlight, I'm your friend, of course I will!”, Twilight said with a comforting voice and sat down next to her.

“How did...how did you react when you heard about Rarity and Applejack?”, Starlight snuffled.

“Them? Oh...what a story. A bit sad, actually. The one who told me was AJ. But at that point, Rarity was still in a relationship with, uhm, with...Spike.

So she asked for advice. I told her to just follow her heart, be honest to Rarity and especially Spike, later...but oh well, we all know how that ended.”

Twilight paused for a bit. Starlight wiped her tears away.

“The important thing is, I guess, that AJ and Rarity didn't feel ashamed to show everyone how they truly felt. I think it's about time that things change

around here. No place for discrimination, as long as I'm a princess.”

The soft but at the same time strong voice of Twilight made Starlight feel better.

"Is that all you wanted to know...or tell me?”, Twi asked.

“Hm...well, actually...you know...I...uhm...it's so hard to confess...”

Twilight softly hugged Starlight. None of them actually tried to end the hug.

“I think I...I mean I do...I...have feelings for...”

“Sssshh. Starlight. You don't have to tell me, if you don't want to. I just want you to be happy.”

“Trixie. I have feelings for Trixie – I know it might be wrong and it probably is but I thought about it for such a long time and it actually feels good and

not wrong and now I don't know what to do because I don't know if she feels the same I mean she doesn't have to of course but I would want that but

I can't make her I know. She probably doesn't and she doesn't want to be my friend anymore when she hears the truth...I'm so scared, Twilight!

I'm so scared...”

Starlight hugged tighter. Twilight could almost feel her pain, she tried to hide her astonishment.

After a while, Starlight let go. Twilight made her look into her eyes.

“Listen closely, I want you to tell Trixie about your feelings. I know you're scared of rejection...but you just have to tell her in order to move on.

And I know she would never leave you for something like that! Your bond is very special, Starlight. I can see that!”

Starlight bit her lips again. “When?”

“Now, of course! Go straight to her!”

“Are you sure...I'm...”

“Please, Starlight. I can't watch you suffer like that. No matter what happens now, I promise you, you won't be alone.”

Starlight nodded and headed out.

Twilight remained in the castle and didn't feel like having breakfast, either.

Trixie's wagon, just minutes later

Trixie opened a window to let some fresh air inside. A cold fall breeze made her shiver. She started to bring some order into her equipment and her

thoughts wandered to last night. Starlight had left her alone so quick and without a warning, plus she seemed to run away from something.

'Hopefully, she's not getting tired of me...', Trixie thought. 'I don't know what I would do without my...’

knock knock

Trixie startled a bit. 'A visitor? This early? What if it's Starlight?'

She proceeded to open the door, and to Trixie's surprise, it was Starlight.

“Hey, Starlight...what's up?”, she asked with a trembling voice. “Come inside...”

The door closed. Trixie sat on a pillow and swallowed hard.

“Trixie, I have to tell you something. And I really hope...I mean I'm also scared that it will affect our friendship...”

Starlight sighed, closed her eyes, and then looked directly into Trixie's eyes.

Trixie felt something warm in her belly. 'Could it be...'?

“I...I have feelings for you, Trixie. I know this must sound overwhelming right now...and I hope I didn't make a mistake by telling you this. But...it just

seemed like the right thing to do. I can't deny that I needed help, though, to figure this out.”

A little pause.

“Trixie...I don't expect you to feel the same...I just hope that we can stay...friends? Loosing you in any way would kill me. Back then, when I was

newly reformed...I didn't really have someone who truly understood me. Twilight and her friends were absolutely nice to me, but when I found you...

a better part of my life began. I finally felt that I could unconditionally trust someone. You were and still are, all that I ever needed.”

Trixie saw a tear on Starlight's face. She blushed. Looked away. Not able to say a single word. Starlight looked sadder every second they remained in

silence, so Trixie stood up, ready to say something.

'“Hahahaha! Starlight! That's ridiculous! Why would anyone, ESPECIALLY ME, ever love you? You're disgusting. Your desires are disgusting! I never

want to see you again – EVER! You think you deserve this? After what you have done? No matter how much time passes...you will always be guilty.

No surprise to me that someone like you is ONE OF THEM. Unnatural MONSTERS.”'

Starlight's heart pounded heavy against her chest. She felt sweat...and tears reaching her eyes. She wanted to slap herself in order to forget these

dreadful thoughts. Then Trixie stood up, finally. 'Oh, god...'

“Starlight, I'm so happy that you told me this! I feel the exact same way! But I never would have been able to confess like you did...”

“What?”

“Yes!” Trixie blushed, but came closer.

Starlight felt something...something heavy let go...

...relief. Such a sweet relief.

Starlight smiled, approaching. She touched Trixie's nose with her nose, making her blush even more. She liked that.

Then they kissed. And it felt good. More than Starlight ever imagined.

Trixie lay down. Starlight suddenly found herself standing above her new found girlfriend. And smiled down...

“So…this is what our friendship has come to? I don’t know why, but all the fear I felt, suddenly disappeared!”

“Fear, what fear? I’m more than great and powerful – I’m also fearless!”

“And fierce!”

Starlight kissed her belly and smiled again.

“Why aren’t you talking anymore?”, she purred, with a mischievous grin.



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Soo this is the first pic and story for this canon storyline. I thought it's easier to keep up like that.

If you have some suggestions for my writing, I'm open for that. Really proud with how the pic came out, though! Had so much fun drawing it and couldn't wait for the upload!

Hope you like it!