Next morning Trixie wasn't feeling much better, but she didn't tell anyone.
"Are you POSITIVE you're okay? Maybe I should call a doctor."
"Ms. Brush, I'm fine."
Dipper, Mabel, Trixie, and Splutter were walking around town. After yesterday Splutter refused to let them OR Flare out of the house without a grownup.
"You sure? We can go back-"
"For the love of Mother Nature I'M FINE! GOSH!"
Grumbling under her breath, Trixie walked ahead. Splutter was shocked when Trixie snapped at her.
"Well that was huffy."
Dipper walked up to her.
"Trixie's just in a bad mood, it's normal. Just don't push her to much or your going to be very sour."
"Is she always this aggressive?"
"Weeell, I wouldn't say aggressive, just short tempered. She's only like that because she was judged a lot when she was younger."
"Poor filly, I know how she feels."
Dipper looked up at her.
"Really?"
"Ya, for example, what was the first thing that popped into your head when you saw my wings?"
"Um, that you're probably a good flyer."
"THAT, that right there! Everypony thinks I'm a great flyer, but truthfully, I can't even lift myself off the ground."
"Why?"
"When I was a filly, way before I got my cutiemark, I had a flying accident. If it wasn't for my grandmother I would have been seriously hurt, or worse. It scared the feathers right off me, and now when I try to fly I wind up panicking. My friends are trying to help me get over it, but it's not really working."
"Wow, sorry to hear about that."
"Nah, it's not a big deal. The only issues I had was ponys calling me a Purple Penguin."
Dipper snickered but quickly covered it with a fake cough. While Dipper and Splutter were talking, Trixie disided to sit down by the fountain. She dipped her hoof in the cool water and sighed.
"HEY TRIXIE!"
"GAH!"
Trixie jumped and turned around.
"MABEL! Don' .That."
"Sorry, are you sure you feel okay? You look pretty tired."
Trixie growled under her breath in annoyance. She turned her head to see if Dipper or Splutter were near by.
"Well, to be honest, not really."
"Then why did you come with us? You need to relax if you feel bad."
"For starters, I don't enjoy sitting still for long, and also, I'm not going to get better untill we get home."
"Huh?"
"I'll explain it to you and your brother later. Come one, we need to go catch up to Dipper and Splutter."
Trixie got up and started to walk away, Mabel was close behind with a worried look on her face. The kept walking untill they reached a farm called Sweet Apple Acres, there they kept hearing grunting and a loud 'Thump'. Splutter looked around untill she spotted what she was looking for.
"Apple Jack!"
A.J. stopped apple bucking and looked at the group.
"Howdy Brush! What can ah do yah for?"
"I'm here to pick up my order of apple fritters."
"Sure thing S.B., yall are lucky. Granny Smith just finished a fresh batch."
"And, I hope this won't be much trouble..."
Splutter leaned over and whispered in A.J.s ear.
"No problem, ah could use some help here."
"Thanks Apple Jack."
Splutter turned to the three foals.
"Alright kids, for yesterdays fiasco, you three are going to work at the apple farm for your punishment."
"""What?!"""
"You heard me. Now, this is my friend Apple Jack. When I first moved to town, and thanks to Flare, I had to work at the apple farm untill I managed to earn enough bits to get a home and start my own business. Today you will be helping my friend buck trees, pull carts, and sell apples in town."
Trixie intrupted her.
"WHY isn't Flare here doing this with us?"
"She's done this punishment before. Night Fright took her to the cloud factory, she's going to be mopping the whole place untill the floor is spotless. I'm going into town, A.J. will be taking over from here."
With that, Splutter left.
"All right, you two earth ponys will be apple bucking, the unicorn will be pulling the apple cart. If I see anyone of yall slacking off or goofing off the bucking WILL be doubled. Do I make mahself clear?"
Dipper, Mabel, and Trixie mumbled their response.
"Ah said, DO I MAKE MAHSELF CLEAR?"
"""YES MA"AM!"""
"Good! Now get to work."
"How much longer do we have to do this? My back legs are going num."
"Quiet your belly aching boy! Yall are almost done."
Trixie grunted while pulling the almost full cart, her back, and legs were killing her. Dipper and Mabel winced when ever they bucked a tree, making their back legs scream at them.
"All right! That's the last tree for today, when we get back to the barn yall can take a half-hour break. Then we go to town to sell the apples.
All of them sighed in relief. While they walked back Dipper noticed that Trixie was having a really hard time pulling the cart.
"You okay Trixie?"
"I'm fine, just tired."
"Really? because ever since yesterday-"
"Dipper!"
"Shutting up, shutting up."
Halfway back to the farm Trixies legs started to wobble and her vision began to blur. She felt a sharp pain go from her head to her chest. Trixie grunted and collapsed.
"Trixie!"
Apple Jack turned around and saw Dipper staring at Trixie while she held her head. She and Mabel rushed over to them.
"You okay sugar cube? What happened?"
Trixie took a deep breath.
"I'm fine, I'm just a little over heated."
"Want me to take the cart from ya?"
"Yes please."
When Apple Jack took the cart Trixie stood up and started walking again, stumbling a few times. when they got back, Dipper, Mabel, and Trixie sat under a large tree while drinking some apple juice Granny Smith gave them.
"Okay Trixie, this is a bunch of MALARCY!"
Dipper was glaring at Trixie.
"What is up with you? Ever since we came here you've been crabbyer then usual, you're tired all the time, and you almost passed out twice! What is up with that?"
Mabel looked over at Trixie.
"Ya, it's really starting to weird me out."
Trixie sighed and rubbed her head.
"Look guys, I-I'm really sorry. But I don't think I can get us home in time."
Dipper raised an eyebrow.
"In time, for what?"
"Well, when a fairy is to far from it's home land 'without telling the elder' our pure magic gets really weak. Yesterday I made a stupid mistake using all that magic, now my heart is trying to pump more magic through my blood stream."
"So wait, if you don't get home soon, you could probably-"
"Die? Yup..."
Dipper and Mabel were shocked. When Dipper tried to speak up Apple Jack and her two siblings, Big Mac and Apple Bloom, came out. Big Mac was pulling a Hay cart full of different apple foods.
"Alright kids, lets get a move on."
All of them walked in silents, Dipper and Mabel were watching Trixie, in case she passed out again. when they reached town Apple Jack and Big Mac set up the Apple cart, Apple Bloom ran off to play with her friends.
"All right, you three stay here. Big Mac and ah have to get some shopping done. Ready big brother?"
"Eeeyup."
Then they left, leaving the three of them alone. Mabel flipped the 'Closed' sign to 'Open' and started yelling at the top of her lungs.
"APPLES FOR SALE, APPLES FOR SALE! GET YOUR BRIGHT JUCIE APPLE HERE AND NOW!"
Trixie cringed and grabbed her head with her hooves.
"Oooow, Mabel."
"I'm sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo board!"
It's been a whole day and they barely sold anything. Mabel was sitting on the ground, playing with a pebble, Trixie dozed off, getting much needed rest, and Dipper rested his chin in his hoof while waiting for somepony to buy something.
"We're back!"
Dipper turned his head and saw Apple Jack and Big Mac walk over.
"Sell any thing."
"Nope, no one's in the mood for apples apparently."
She looked down at Trixie.
"Why the hay is she sleeping? She knows she's not allowed to slack off."
Before A.J. could wake her, Dipper stopped her.
"Wait, don't wake her up. She hasn't been feeling well, so she needs to rest. It's kinda behind the reason why she almost passed out at the farm." She thought it over for a minute.
"Fine, but if she ain't up in an hour I'm waking her up."
Mabel popped her head up.
"Then use a reeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaally long stick, unless you want to loss your arm."
Apple Jack chuckled. She took Dippers place and surprisingly ponys started to line up. after a half-an-hour Trixie woke up, still feeling like crud, but better then before. the rest of the day went along smoothly, untill everyone heard somepony scream.
"Now what in tarnation was that?"
A mare came running down the road, looking very panicked.
"EVERYPONY RUN FOR YOU LIVES!"
Confused, Dipper stared off into the distance when she came from, only to see a huge pack of timberwolves running into town.