Everything was taken away from her, little by little, piece by piece, until there was nothing left. Seeing as the future holds nothing but pain for her, she's decided it was finally time to take one last trip to where it all began.

Special thanks to Arcelia for proof reading. XD

This story is a sequel to Longing for a Princess

Ambivalence befalls Trixie soon after her proposal to Twilight Sparkle. Such thoughts and feelings run circles in her head with no answers in sight, and Twilight's plans for the day may only come to worsen her mental struggle.

After "Magical Duel", Trixie returned to Ponyvile and has had countless duels with her rival, Twilight, but after a time, Trixie decides that she and Twilight should stop pretending to fight and let their hidden feelings out, letting their love blossom so that they can live happily in each others embrace.

Twilight was not aware of any of these feelings.

Days after Tirek's near-takeover of Equestria, The Great And Powerful Trixie travels to Ponyville, intent on settling her rivalry with Twilight Sparkle once and for all. No trinkets to fudge her abilities, no megalomania to apologize for -- just pure and simple magician's honor!

Upon her arrival, however, she quickly learns that the information she has on Ponyville -- and Twilight -- is more than a little dated.

Edits (as well as a bit of scene inspiration) courtesy of nanashi_jones.

In a desperate attempt to prove herself greater than Applejack, Trixie attempts to make a lasso.

Somehow, she ties herself up.

A collab with Pump It Up

One Shot: The Great and Powerful Trixie finds herself in the Canterlot Arcane Market when a mysterious merchant offers her a chance to seize the power she's always wanted. In her haste, she accepts and casts a spell to make every pony in Equestria love her.

She should, however, be careful what she wishes for.

Poor little Spike. Time and time again he's heard vicious arguments between Twilight and Trixie, but now he finally sees it, first claw, and can't take it anymore- he pours his heart out to Applejack.

Twilight has no idea why she's woken up in the middle of the night, but her partner has as well. They get sappy.

The Great and Powerful Trixie has returned to Ponyville with a new act, much to everypony's confusion, especially Twilight Sparkle. Why has she come back to the place of her humiliation? Twilight merely wants to understand Trixie's reasoning, but she quickly becomes just as confused with her own thoughts and feelings. The answers must be in a book somewhere, right?

My fantastic cover image was generously made by nowego. Go look at all his stuff! http://nowego.deviantart.com/
Currently on hiatus. I intend to get working on this again soon; I'm just searching for my muse at the moment. I love this story, I really do; but it makes me feel terrible when I realize how much better it can be. Thanks for reading and I hope you can stand to wait a bit longer, I'm not going to leave you hanging for long.
-Fission 5/6/12

(Rainbow Vs. Wild ---> Octavia Vs. Rave ---> Shyness Vs. Kindness ---> Twilight Vs. The Great and Powerful.)

Twilight couldn't be happier for her friends. Rainbow Dash and Applejack have gotten together after their mishap in the Everfree Forest. Big Macintosh and Fluttershy have finally hit it off. And even her new friend Octavia has even found love with Vinyl Scratch! The only exclusions are Pinkie and Rarity, who are too preoccupied with parties or dresses to even care!

But...what about her? What about Twilight...who feels as if she's missing out?

There's little she can do about it for right now though, as Princess Luna herself has requested she help deal with a problem in Manehatten. Somepony has been causing serious trouble in the city that never sleeps, and Twilight isn't going to believe who's behind it all!

Can she let go of the past, look past the facade, and see a pony who's hurt, broken, and afraid?

Can she save a mare who everypony has deemed a 'Phony', a 'Failure', and a 'Dead End of Life'?

Will she hear the cries of help from a mare she thought she knew...and take a Leap of Faith?