The Emerald Servant

by mysterypen12

Years have passed, The mane six finally split up, leading their own lives. Spike decided to continue living his life in ponyville, a quiet life. that is until he has a chance encounter with Trixie and an interesting arrangement, letting her live at his place. this leads to them battling once untouched personal demons and the once small and quiet town opening up to them.

8. Chapter 8

Chapter 8: the breakdown

3 hours later, library treehouse

It was dreadfully quiet, it matched the moods of the two that were in this house. Their heads were cool and quiet for the first time in their lives. This was Spike's first party in years and if it wasn't for pinkie's upcoming party, this would be the only one he's attending. Spike was waiting for Trixie in the bathroom. Then, like most minds without rest, his started kicking into action again. The restlessness started with expectations of the party. "Usually when vinyl hypes something up, it's not that bad…" spike thought, referencing the multiple events she's been involved with in this town. These events had equally negative consequences and positive benefits, spike isn't feeling cynical today, so positive is what he's betting on. The second thing casually passing through is Trixie being ok with going to a party. Now he isn't gonna say that he knows her completely or any lie like that. The one thing he did know is most of the town's disdain for the mare, based on reports from her. Maybe this won't be a factor with anything that happens in this party but it's still a concern in his mind. He can't really be there for her if things went sour based on her request. "Who knows, this might be the turning point of the town…" spike thought to himself, making him feel slightly less worried about the whole affair. There is also the fact that this party is gonna be filled with friends, ones he hasn't hung out with for at least a couple months. "Maybe….. Just for this once….. I'll think about myself today" spike said to himself, just saying that lifted a weight off his back. Finally, Trixie left the bathroom, leaving it open for the drake to use. Spike looked up at the mare, looking completely unchanged based on all her time in there. "Wait, what were you even…" spike was about to ask but was quickly interrupted by her "just needed a bit of time, that's it". Spike sighed, not really finding that reasonable, especially since she had a room for that. "Alright, at least we won't be late, right?" Trixie asked, all spike had to do was look outside. "Maybe a little, looking pretty dark outside" he replied. Trixie huffed, regretting the extra time she spent in the bathroom. "But not too late! if I just slip in the bathroom really quickly, it'll be fine!" spike said to quickly reassure her. She nodded and made her way downstairs. As she passed by him, he smelled a strong but sweet scent "jasmine….." spike recalled the smell of the elegant flower. Spike was wondering whether to even ask about that. "She might get the wrong idea…." spike thought to himself as he put that in the back of his head. They both walked out the door, awaiting the fun this party might bring.

Tracy had excitement for a party, a rare excitement that came from moving beyond her post. "I have to be the best possible Tracy" she thought to herself in the third person. She going to a party with a celebrity that she adored. She was surprised that death by excitement wasn't going to be her fate. "Oh, this looks nice" Rarity said, looking through her closet of clothes. Tracy and rarity had to make one more stop before heading to the party. Tracy's own little cottage a couple places near the inn. It's a one-floor cottage, a small living area with a closet and bed. Her kitchen is quite basic and small but it served whatever needs she had. Rarity found a low profile red tracksuit with a white stripe in the middle. Tracy double taked at her choice of clothing, she knew rarity's idea was to blend in but with something that subpar. "Are you sure, I mean, it's the only thing in there I never wore?" Tracy said, Rarity thought for a second while looking at the tracksuit. It felt like a different mare was about to make a fashion decision but she realized how little control she has with this decision. "Yes, I'm sure, I really wish I wasn't but I am" Rarity said with a sigh. This made Tracy chuckle but at the same time intrigued. A famous fashion designer stooping to wearing a tracksuit to hide herself. She disregarded that for now to keep in mind what is making out to be the best time in her life. "Ok, I'll put this on and we'll be on our way darling!" she exclaimed while having a pure and genuine smile. "For someone hiding out, she still seems joyful for the simplest things" Tracy thought to herself, not really having that same excitement herself. "Ok, I'll wait in the kitchen…." she didn't even get to finish her sentence before rarity interjected "No need for that, shouldn't take the long to put on a tracksuit". This was a good point in Tracy's eyes, though she wasn't so privy on watching her change. "I'll wait outside, I don't mind it" Tracy said. Rarity nodded in agreement and Tracy walked towards her door and headed outside. As Tracy was waiting outside, she realized how different her situation is becoming in just a day. "But what if this is all some kind of complex dream, I walk alongside her at the party and then everything disappears" Tracy thought to herself. But she pushed those doubts aside that was preventing her from fully enjoying the time she was about to have. "Wait a minute, did I just leave a complete stranger in my home….?" Tracy asked herself but immediately after that thought popped up in her head, rarity emerged from her house. Rarity sighed, embarrassed about wearing the tracksuit in the first place. This lets out a laugh that Tracy could barely even contain. Rarity then looked straight at her with her eyes resembling daggers, Tracy was not really sure what it meant. She stopped laughing, let her smile down and the area was dead quiet. Then Tracy heard a small snicker from the white mare and finally, they both started laughing. "Let's go, we mustn't be late" Rarity said in her light accent, leading the way with Tracy in tow.

Spike and Trixie were speeding along on to their next destination, Fluttershy's house to go pick her up. Spike was and wasn't an optimist, his optimism really changed based on the situations he was put in. like for example, admitting to someone you're in a relationship with that you've had another mare living with you for at least two weeks. "We're almost there, you gotta hurry with this, we don't got much time" Trixie said to him, jolting him out of quiet thought. Spike nodded but he noticed something about Trixie's demeanor. "Are you expecting someone?" spike asked, Trixie became dead silent. She looked away from the drake, this showed him he was spot on. This made spike smirk and say "if you have some kind of da….." before spike could finish the sentence, Trixie levitated a small twig and hit him across the head with it. "Owwwww, that actually kind of hurt" spike said while rubbing his head, Trixie chuckled and replied "aren't you supposed to be a dragon, come on now". Spike sighed, knowing when to admit being defeated. They finally reached Fluttershy's house, spike didn't even have time to think before Trixie used her magic to push him towards the door. "When did her magic become so powerful?" spike asked in his head before knocking on the door. he heard her hoofsteps fastly approaching the door and in the one second he had to prepare, he came up with a cheat. Fluttershy opened the door and gave off her signature smile but then she finally noticed Trixie next to him. As soon as she noticed her, spike didn't get the reaction from Fluttershy that he was prepared for. "Trixie, I didn't know you were coming, good to see you" Fluttershy said cheerfully, allowing spike to give a secret sigh of relief. "Well you know, spike and I have been working a job with vinyl, she's really generous" Trixie replied, this didn't even put Fluttershy off at all. If it weren't them knowing each other friendlier after the rarity incident then this would have been… "also spike has been kind enough to let me stay with him in the treehouse" Trixie said to Fluttershy. "what happened to me being the one to do this?!" spike frustratingly thought. Fluttershy still kept her smile in tow but she walked towards spike looked him straight in the eyes. "Aren't we supposed to be…" Fluttershy didn't even finish before spike started waving his hands in front of him in denial. "Definitely not, I wouldn't do that to you, we're friends, it's just me being me, I promise!" spike frantically said. Fluttershy took a deep look into the drake's emerald eyes to find the truth. She came up with her conclusion and nodded. Spike smiled, really liking this big success streak that he's recently been on. "Shall we be going my lady?" spike asked, Trixie gagged at the sentimentality. Fluttershy chuckled and nodded, walking right next to spike as Trixie lead the way. "Next time, be honest with me, you have nothing to fear" Fluttershy said while they were walking. Spike nodded and took a sigh of relief, giving him a much more positive mentality on the oncoming night.

"Woah…." that was the only thing spike could say when seeing the extremely bright neon colored lights protruding from the outside of the building. It's was a jarring sight to see a once calm and quiet building turn into something this energized and loud. Spike took a deep breath but he also heard someone in their group do the same. He looked and surprisingly enough it was Trixie. This didn't concern the drake but more intrigued him, she seemed like the most fearless one of them all. Once again, Spike decided to leave that alone, making sure that his fun would take center preference tonight. "Everyone ready?" spike asked, using this as a quick way to check the state of mind of mares. Fluttershy nodded immediately and moved closer to spike but Trixie had a different reaction. "Huh? oh yeah, definitely!" Trixie said, her head obviously somewhere else when spike asked the question. "Don't do it, worry about yourself for now, she'll figure it out" spike thought to himself, hanging his usual nature out the door for now. Spike was the one who decided to open the door and that made the color that was once slightly contained, burst from the door. The room was lively and filled with dozens and dozens of ponies, it dwarfed any other party he's been at. "Well, vinyl doesn't disappoint" spike thought to himself as he leads the way inside the building.

Spike's first goal was looking for a place where everyone can sit. He wasn't really someone who danced at these kinds of parties. He then recalled the bar that he and Trixie sat at during the work they did with vinyl and Octavia. However, the place was so crowded, he lost the original location of the bar. "This…. May have been a mistake" spike thought to himself, looking around trying to find someone else familiar. "Spike?" he heard Fluttershy ask, he then turned to address her and realized something. "Where did Trixie go?" spike asked looking around, swearing she was right next to them a second ago. "We can find her later, I'm sure she's fine" Fluttershy replied, Spike nodded in agreement. After that, there was an awkward silence between the two. So far, their dates have been in the most secluded parts of nature. This is the complete opposite, if they even wanted to talk, they would probably have to be constantly yelling at each other. This put the pieces together for the one statement they were both about to make."This isn't our scene, is it?" they both asked at the same time, sharing their mental state with each other. "I mean, I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for a friend, a much louder mare then you" spike said, making Fluttershy chuckle in response. This was something that the drake could barely hear but the smile that he saw gave him all the response he needed. "How about this, first thing we do, find the bar?" spike asked her, Fluttershy gave him an odd look before saying "I don't drink, I didn't think you did either". Spike shook his head before replying "oh no, nothing like that!, there are a bunch of places to sit near the bar" spike replied, correcting Fluttershy assumption. Fluttershy nodded in reply, looking around her to see if she saw any signs of a bar. Spike just stole a quick glance at her, not even believing this was his reality. "You ready to go?" Fluttershy asked, Spike turned to her and nodded. "Good, cause I think I found it" Fluttershy followed up with, marking off one win for the both of them. Just looking at her, gave him this kind of sentimentality, it hasn't even been that long since they started seeing each other either. Maybe it seemed like that much of an impossibility of him ever finding someone again after rarity's rejection. "Hey, Fluttershy" Spike called out to her, Fluttershy turned to him. "Thanks for….. You know…." spike was already flushed with just trying to get the words out. "It wasn't just a courtesy, I felt the same way" Fluttershy interjected with. Spike was contempt, happy even, "I'm glad… really, so let's get a move on then, huh?" spike said, accompanying it with a nervous fake laugh. Fluttershy nodded, leading both of them through the large crowd of dancing ponies.

Trixie had a mission statement when attending this party and it was to try and mingle. In her eyes, sticking around spike was gonna limit her ability to do so. She didn't even have the answer as to why spike would impede her progress but she had enough to know this was the case. She was able to lose them so easily because of the massive swarm that was this party. It wasn't the biggest party she's ever been too but it was massive enough to get lost in. "ok party ponies! you enjoying your time here!" Trixie heard a voice through the speakers of the place. She looked up and she saw a face that put a smile on her's. She saw the giant turntables and colored spotlights surrounding the general area of this familiar mare. She was having the time of her life, it was almost like the music itself was giving her the energy. This familiar mare was vinyl, making a job look like a passion project. Vinyl was continuing to mix around with the music when she looked down at the audience and saw Trixie. Trixie saw that she was looking right at her and waved. Vinyl smiled and waved in return, she then pointed towards the back of the club and quickly mouthed something. This was obviously a way of telling her to meet her in the back. She then found her next objective, find her way to the back of this pretty crowded party. She looked around and found a semi-empty spot to walk through, so she started treading along. As she was walking and looking around, her mind recalled back to vinyl and how that reminded her of days on stage. "It wasn't that real but it was fun…." she wistfully thought. In her mind she abandoned that part of her life, it was weighing down her growth. Or at least that's what she wants to think, keeping one personal mystery at bay. Before she came back here, her head was filled with such torturous bile. If she didn't at least leave one or two of those thoughts at bay, she would go insane. As she was walking, traveling with her thoughts to keep her company, she accidentally bumped into another pony. This brought her out of thought, ready to chew out the pony that bumped into her. However, as soon as this pony turned to look at her, she completely ignored those ideas. "Rarity…." Trixie said passively aggressively. Rarity was staring right at her with Tracy standing right next to her. She didn't hold the same anger that she used to but the mistrust was still there. "Oh, Trixie, hi…." Rarity said with more of a passive tone then aggressive one. Trixie was ready to just thrash her all across the club but instead, she showed some amount of restraint and decided to leave the conversation at that by walking away. Tracy, who was just coming back around from looking for the bar, addressed her. "Great news! they do have….. What happened?" Tracy asked, seeing the amount of discomfort in her demeanor. "Oh, um, nothing, meeting with an old friend, do they have strawberry wine?" Rarity asked, skipping quickly through everything she didn't wanna talk about. Tracy nodded and this improved rarity's mood. "Let's go then darling, I'd never had this much fun in ages!" Rarity exclaimed, returning to her more cheerful demeanor.

"That… I can't believe her!" Trixie thought to herself. The first time they've met since rarity almost killed her and she didn't even utter any words of remorse. "Let's hope she doesn't become a problem for another day" Trixie thought to herself. The power of evasive frustration allowed her speed to double throughout walking in the club. She was only a couple steps away and was gladly greeted by a smiling vinyl and Octavia. "The gray one is smiling at me, that's… odd" Trixie thought to herself. Trixie didn't really think she hit it off with her when they were working. Matter of fact, there was an obvious lack of trust from her. Trixie took a deep breath, slightly nervous about meeting a group of new mares and greeted them. "How's it going?" Trixie asked the both of them. "Great!, this is way better then I imagined!" vinyl exclaimed, Octavia gave the equivalent of a shrug with her response. "It's been fine" Octavia said, vinyl chuckling at her lower-key response. "Come on, I got a great place for us to talk" vinyl said, leading the way towards the backstage of this club. During their walk, there was absolutely no talking from any of them unless you count vinyl humming a tune. It was almost like they all agreed that talking would be a waste of breath until they got to this specific place. That was until…..."So, what happened to you, really?" Trixie heard Octavia ask while they were walking. Trixie was shocked by the to the point manner she asked this question but at the same time respected it. "Fine, but it's actually a pretty complicated story, so I'll save it for when we get to wherever vinyl is leading us, ok?" Trixie replied, Octavia nodded in reply. "Awesome, we get to hear a backstory, today is just a treat!" vinyl exclaimed, this made Trixie chuckle and although every part of Octavia was fighting against it. She let out a small smirk at the sentiment, making Trixie feel a small sense of comradery with her.

"You ran out of strawberry wine, really?!" Tracy was dumbfounded for rarity. They both returned to this bartender hoping for the drink Tracy confirmed the existence of minutes ago. "I swear, it's just a surprisingly popular drink tonight!" the bartender exclaimed, nervous and trying to work his way out of this blunder. "How do you run out of a drink like that, in a party like this!?" Tracy was frustrated. The first time she gets to hang out with one of her idols and the world decides to make a blunder like this happen. "It's not uncommon for something like this to happen, really it isn't" the bartender replied. Tracy was about to throw out another lashing when she heard a whisper from rarity. "It's fine, really, there are other drinks". This got her to slightly calm down but the failure still peeved her. "Any other flavors then?" Tracy asked, with clear frustration in her voice. "Almost everything other flavor besides strawberry, so what would you gals like?" the bartender asked. "Grape's fine for me" Tracy replied, winding down slightly. "Is cherry available?" Rarity asked, the bartender nodded and started making the drinks. Tracy found an empty barstool to sit on and rarity found a seat next to her. "So… how long have you been living here?" Rarity asked. The drinks came to their tables and Tracy began to tell her tale. "Well, jeez, I really don't remember, I know my parents traveled a lot" Tracy replied, Rarity nodded in response. "Only reason I'm still here is that of the inn, mother wanted me to take care of it, so I did" Tracy finished. Rarity nodded in response, thinking about her own upbringing. "For me, I guess it was totally normal, matter of fact, I'm a success story but still…" rarity started saying but stopped, as if she was ready to reveal something she shouldn't. "It's fine, fame can cloud your true ambitions sometimes, that's coming from someone who isn't famous at all…. Wait, does that even make sense?" Tracy replied, just trying to give the first piece of advice that came from her head. Rarity chuckled and replied "no, I understand what you mean". Tracy sighed in relief and took a sip of her drink. "What's up with you and that other mare? I'm not dense, I saw the look you gave her" Tracy asked. Rarity sighed, not really wanting to tell the story but Tracy started quickly gaining a comforting trust with her.

"Well, this was years ago but that mare once enslaved this entire town" Rarity started, Tracy gasped at this reveal. "It all started because her pride was damaged, the first time she put everyone in danger by getting an Ursa major into town….." Rarity continued, Tracy was shocked she didn't remember something that big happening. "I already told you the second time, it's just…. I'm not sure whether I fully trust her or not, especially since she's getting close to one of my friends…." Rarity finished. Tracy was trying to come up with the right combo of words to respond but… "rarity… I don't even know what to say….." Tracy replied. "It's fine, I needed a vent, advice isn't really that necessary" Rarity replied, Tracy nodded in acknowledgment. "Hey…. who knows, maybe she truly changed and I'm just being a paranoid jerk or maybe it's something a little more petty" rarity was now just running through multiple thoughts in her mind with Tracy. For Tracy, this wasn't something she minded, matter of fact, she valued this time. This was her getting to know her idol and bringing her down to level more relatable to her. "Sometimes, you gotta leave things to chance, hope things end up better" Tracy replied, Rarity nodded in response. She might not have completely dropped her misgivings about Trixie but it did give her something to think about. "You know what Tracy, you're a nice mare to be around, genuinely, I mean it" Rarity said. Tracy wasn't sure if rarity was a very lightweight drinker or she actually just became friends with her. It didn't seem like the former, so she took the latter and ran with it. Usually this would be something that drove her to unabashed excitement but instead, she felt warmth. "Honestly, I'm just glad you let me get to know you….." Tracy replied, immediately regretting how corny those words sounded coming out of her mouth. "Awee, thank you" Rarity replied with a smile. "Yeah, remember when we were acting kind of cool before, now I just realized I'm friends with rarity friggin belle, screw calm!" Tracy thought and thanks to the presence of alcohol, she had an excuse for a pass out right now. "Oh dear, should have asked if she fell on the lighter side of drinking" Rarity said, paying for both their drinks and struggling to carry her newly passed out friend out of the bar with a hefty bit of magic.

If spike and Fluttershy actual made it to the bar in question, they both would have seen rarity taking a drink with a friend. "I saw the chairs and I thought, hey, this looks like where a bar might be…." Fluttershy was trying to explain. They ended up in a lounge area towards the back of the club. Spike wasn't really sure why Fluttershy felt as if she needed to explain herself, maybe it's because he didn't even say a word yet. "It's ok, really, we still have a pretty nice place to sit" Spike replied. It truly was however, it was a dimly lit area in the back of the club filled with rows of tables and chairs. "These weren't here last time though, maybe they were moved in after we left…" spike thought to himself. It was kind of weird to him that there was no real food and yet this feels like a place you're supposed to eat things at. "So… how have things been with you?" spike asked Fluttershy. "Well, it's really been quiet but that's been everyday…." Fluttershy replied, spike then had time to think about how his days have been. If you look at the bigger picture, things haven't been that active besides one big thing…. "So Trixie living with you, that must be interesting, huh?" Fluttershy asked. It has been 3 weeks since Trixie and he made the deal and interesting things have occurred. "Some days are better than others but…" spike stopped himself, really thinking about what he was about to say. She didn't really do that much at all besides sometimes holding a conversation. Still, he felt something changing inside him ever since she came to this town. "Spike, what else were you going to say?" Fluttershy asked with concern in her voice. Spike then just realized what other possibilities his silence lead to, he quickly corrected this error. "All I was gonna say is that…. She's been having some kind of effect on me, nothing more or less" spike replied, Fluttershy immediately recalled the 2nd time she talked to Trixie when she was cleaning that shop. "You know, it seems the same way with her, I just don't know what she could do for you….." Fluttershy replied. This wasn't necessarily an insult because she kinda had the right idea here. What effect could Trixie possibly have on spike? He had a little time to think about it but there were only two different things he could truly think of to tell her. "Well I wouldn't be at this party, that's a start…" spike said, Fluttershy nodded in acknowledgment. He really couldn't add anything else of mention that she personally did. "I'm still trying to put together the pieces a little but I don't feel used, that's good, right?" spike asked, really questioning himself. "No, I haven't seen anything wrong in my opinion, I'll make sure to call it out when I see it through" Fluttershy replied. If anything, Fluttershy is the one pony that's changed the least throughout the years' personality wise. "Really embodying your element, huh?" spike jokingly asked. This made Fluttershy smile and that was always a pleasant thing to see for spike.

Spike looked up to see that vinyl wasn't even on the turntables, it was some grey colt with a waistcoat and black sunglasses. "Why is he wearing sunglasses indoors?" spike asked, Fluttershy actually came up with her own response to that. "Well, why does vinyl constantly wear goggles?" Fluttershy asked jokingly. "Good point" spike replied as they both chuckled, the question of where exactly vinyl is was still on the table. Well, that was the case until spike heard the opening of a door a couple feet next to them revealing vinyl poking out of that doorway. "How convenient, hey guys!" vinyl exclaimed, both he and Fluttershy waved at her. "Come on in, we got Trixie in here telling one heck of a story!" vinyl had a very visible excitement in her. "I guess that's that, come on, let's go" spike said, Fluttershy nodded as they both got up and made their way to the open door. "Oh and one more thing, style, that's why" vinyl said, implying that she heard spike and Fluttershy's comment about her goggles. "Well, that settles that" spike said, making Fluttershy laugh. "Come on now, I'm not that funny…." spike thought, inwardly blushing.

"I like this place, lack of noise is the best feature" Fluttershy commented. The backstage area they were taken to was very basic. It was an all-white room with a long wood table in the middle of the room. There was an office in the back of the room and on the side was a smaller table with items to make assorted teas with. Something that bothered spike about this tea making table was the big sign taped to it with the label "unicorns only!". "I can make tea, if I have thumbs and can breathe fire, I can make some stupid tea…" spike was thinking, completely on a different tangent. "Spike, would you like to make yourself some tea?" Octavia asked him, ending his tangent. "Oh, of course, I've been thirsty all day!" spike exclaimed, heading towards the tea table. He ripped the sign off the table, giving himself a small satisfaction. "Could you also make me tea as well?" Fluttershy asked, spike nodded in response. As spike was making the tea, he finally started asking the question he had for Trixie. "So, you kinda disappeared on us, I guess you did fine here?' spike asked while making the tea. "Well why wouldn't I, do you know who you're looking at?!" Trixie exclaimed. Spike nodded, just glad to at least hear she didn't run into any issues. "Well, you weren't exactly oozing confidence…." Octavia quickly replied, this made Trixie huff in annoyance. "Anyways, we were talking and I almost forgot about something…." vinyl started saying. Trixie glanced at her, hoping that she completely forgot about… "you owe us a backstory!" vinyl exclaimed. "Really now?" Spike asked, not even trying to hide his intrigue. Trixie deeply sighed, genuinely hoping enough conversation would help them forget that she said that. Spike finished making the tea and returned to the table, passing Fluttershy's tea to her as well. Spike took a sip out of his tea and was ready for Trixie to at least tell tidbits of her life for the past couple years. "Well, where do I even begin, how much do I truly want to say…" Trixie thought to herself. Everyone was looking at her, ready for whatever story she had to tell and at that moment she came up with the perfect story. "Ok, how about…. My first time coming back?" Trixie asked, everyone in the room nodded and Trixie prepared herself to tell such a story.

"Even before I came back, my name was known and not for a good reason..." Trixie started saying, Spike had a pretty good idea of why this was the case. "well when you enslave an entire town, it's not like it doesn't become newsworthy of spreading..." Octavia interjected, Trixie sighed but still tried to continue her story. "right, anyways..., so heading into town seemed like the complete opposite of a good idea at this point, but I did it anyways, I don't know, something told me to come back that I'm not sure of to this day" Trixie said, preparing for the undetailed brevity of her story to cause disappointment in everyone. "what was that?!" vinyl exclaimed in disappointment, Trixie was surprised in her interest with her story. "I'm on team vinyl, that was barely anything, you cheated!" spike joined right alongside vinyl with her reaction. "please, give us a little something more..." Octavia said, her reaction being one on the softer side. Maybe it was Octavia's reaction or the unexpected full interest in her interest but she decided to continue. "ok, um, well, it's a little personal, so please be nice" Trixie said, spike attention was immediately peaked, everyone immediately nodded in response. trixie took a deep breath, cause although it's ok now, it's probably one of the more sorer subjects she deals with. "it starts... with a mare named rose".

to be continued

Author's note: hey! it's been too long, so now comes the updates. there is really no grand reason as to why this chapter took 3 months and it's shorter than the last few. I've been getting involved in more and more things and I really write this story for fun. this is the first story I've written in a while I didn't just wanna immediately throw out. so there's that, so what does that mean for further chapters. as hinted with the last line in the chapter, chapter 9 will dive into a backstory but will also move the current story forward. as an apology for having anyone who likes this story wait so long, you'll get this brand new chapter this month and my plan is to at least have one chapter a month. so please follow to be alerted when this story updates and leave a review if you want, helps me know people are reading. thank you so much for reading and see you next time. :)