Meteor's eyes lit up as he caught sight of a city built entirely on the side of a mountain, "I think we're here" he yelled to the pony lounging about in the back of the wagon.
"What do you mean you think?" Trixie asked as she walked toward the wagon doors.
"I mean, I don't know if this is where you were trying to get to, but I found some kind of city."
"Please tell me you know where we are." Trixie exclaimed.
"Uh... why, don't you?" He asked, sounding a bit uneasy.
Trixie gave him puzzled look. She was beginning to wonder where he came from, Was he even born in Equestria?.
"Of course Trixie knows where we are, but how could you have never heard of Canterlot?"
"Oh, is that where we are?" Meteor chuckled, still sounding nervous. "I've never been here before, and I never really payed attention in geography or history class, so... I didn't know where it was, or what it looked like. All I know is that it's the capitol."
"Oh don't sound so worried Meteor Venture, I wouldn't dream of judging you. It's not like everyone can be as intelligent as the great and powerful Trixie."
"Thanks... I feel much better now." He said in a obviously sarcastic tone.
After a long silence, filled with nothing but the sound of the wagon wheels turning endlessly toward a location not yet known by it's current driver, Meteor finally spoke, breaking the silence with his question.
"So... Why were you headed to Canterlot anyway Trixie?"
"Me? Why does that matter?" She asked. "What about you, why were you headed here when you didn't even know this was Canterlot?"
"I was just traveling. I wasn't headed to Canterlot specifically, it's just where I ended up." He replied.
"What do you mean you just ended up here? Were you lost or something?"
"Well, yes. I didn't know where I was, but I wasn't really lost because it never matters to me where I am. I just go where the wind takes me." He explained. "Now it's your turn, why were you coming here?"
Trixie only sighed and looked around, trying to ignore his question.
"Oh c'mon Trixie, It's only fare. I told you the reason I'm here, didn't I?" Or the lack of a reason.
"Fine." Trixie said sounding very annoyed, "I was coming here to purchase a new wagon. My old one got crushed by-" Trixie abruptly stopped her sentence as if she had said something she didn't mean to. "I mean―I ummm... crashed it―Yes― I crashed it on my way to another location and... this one was only temporary.
"I had already written to a shop here about my specifications, now I'm here to pay for it and pick it up."
"So where is this wagon maker's shop then?" Meteor said as he gave her an inquisitive look, obviously wondering why she had suddenly changed her explanation of why she no longer had the wagon she had previously owned.
Trixie pointed the way to the shop where she was to purchase her new wagon. When they arrived the wagon was already fully constructed, and looked exactly as she had told them to make it.
It was a yellow wagon with a red platform in front of a door that had a moon painted on it. It had a red roof, small windows on each side; both with two hearts on either shutter, and a purple sign displaying Trixie's cutie mark which hung above the door.
Trixie jumped down off of the seat of the shabby brown wagon. She walked to her new wagon and began to look it over. "Just like my old one, It's as if nothing ever happened to it." She said upon finishing her inspection.
"I'm glad you like it miss Trixie." The wagon maker said as we walked from behind another one of his finely crafted carriages. "You are Trixie right? The one who sent the letter?"
"Yes, It was Trixie who sent the instruction on how to make this magnificent wagon." Trixie said in her usual arrogant voice.
"Good, now I know who to get my money from. That'll be forty-eight bits."
"F-forty bits?" Trixie repeated, "But I only paid thirty bits in Hoofington for the exact same design."
"Well I guess I charge more for labor, and I'm not the only wagon maker in Canterlot, I need every cent I charge."
"Oh Come on, You can't honestly believe anypony would pay that much for a silly old wagon. Plus I don't even have that much money, I only have what I was prepared to pay."
"Then I guess the cart stays here." The wagon maker said as he turned and began walking toward his shop."
Meteor saw the distraught look on Trixie's face as the wagon maker walked away. Meteor sighed, I hope I don't regret this. "Wait, I can help pay for it."
Meteor did as he said he would and paid the difference in money that Trixie didn't have. After the wagon was paid for, Trixie and Meteor seated themselves beside one another on the new wagon and left, all the while the satisfied wagon maker waved them goodbye as they rode away.
Trixie, at first, planned to just accept what Meteor had done for her as a gift and not mention it again, afraid that it might lead to some kind of favor on her part. Her curiosity got the best of her.
"Why did you do that?" She asked suddenly.
"Do what?"
"Why did you help me? Trixie said, "No pony has ever done something so selfless for me."
"I just felt like it, that's all" Meteor replied with a soft smile on his face.
"But I don't even have a way to repay you, That was the last of Trixie's money, and Trixie doesn't have a thing to give you."
"Aww, don't sweat it, I was happy to help. really. It's no big deal." Meteor said reassuringly. "Although, I don't have much money either so, It would be nice if you could let me stay in your wagon with you, so I don't have to worry about paying for a hotel."
"Trixie would never allow somepony she doesn't even know sleep in the same compartment as her." She said. Meteor sighed.
"Under normal circumstances that is. You did do Trixie a huge favor though, so Trixie supposes that she could allow it for just a few nights."