Daughter of Do: Parallel Paths

by PastelBacon


Part 5: Walking Alone

Trixie took Scootaloo on a walk throughout Canterlot, showing the young filly parts of the town she'd never even seen before, Scootaloo was amazed at some of the sights, including the Statue of Luna and the Statue of Both Princess Sisters together she'd neither previously seen ever before, out of the corner of her eye, Trixie caught the awe-inspired filly.

"You're really into the scenery aren't you?" Trixie said, with a small stifled giggle.
"Y-Yeah... it's really pretty... I-I mean I've never seen this part of Canterlot before, I'm seeing things I didn't know exist.." Scootaloo replied.

"Well, you see... a lot of things go unnoticed every time a pony visits a place. A pony could visit the same place 100 times, in 100 days, and they'd still have not noticed something. None of us will ever notice everything there is to be noticed in our entire lifetimes, not even Princess Celestia and Princess Luna themselves." Trixie stated.
"U-Um... wow. That's... pretty unbelievable actually." Scootaloo said in a bit of surprise.
"Trust me, a lot of things will surprise you as you grow older. You know... speaking of which.. something I want to teach you is to not over exert yourself and such." Trixie said.

"Um...what do you mean?" Scootaloo asked, a bit hesitant.
"I believe the reason you cannot fly, which I believe you can, is because you try too hard. There's times where you try your best, but for some things you just need to give a gentle push. A pegasus and their wings are much like a unicorn and their horn." Trixie told.
"Really?" Scootaloo asked.

"Indeed. As a unicorn, if you try to do spells that are beyond what your capable of it can have many different effects. You can either by some minor miracle actually pull it off, don't do it again afterwards though, Injure yourself or somepony else, or multiple ponies, crack your horn, or in worst case scenario... death." Trixie said.
"Eep!" Scootaloo squeaked.

Trixie gently pet the fillies head to calm her down

"U-Um..." Could that be similar with a pegasus?" Scootaloo asked.
"Well.. as a great adventurer once said 'Keep Calm, not Crazy.' my dear filly." Trixie quoted.
"D-Daring Do?" Scootaloo asked.
"Yes, all types of ponies are fans of her. Her books that seem like fictions are actually biographies." Trixie stated.
"T-That's amazing!" Scootaloo said excitedly.

"Daring Do is an amazing pony. She literally does the stuff you hear in myths and legends in reality. That helps ponies with egos like myself realize you don't always need magic to be a powerful pony, hence one of the reason I dropped The Great and Powerful title." Trixie said.
"W-wow...how many of her books do you have?" Scootaloo asked, curious.
"All of them." Trixie stated.

"R-really? Not even Twilight has all of them! She's missing the last one that was made I think." Scootaloo stated.
"Well, not to brag but finally something that I beat Sparkle at." Trixie said with a chuckle.
"Heh... at being a book worm?" Scootaloo said, joking.
"Oh you... trying to be a jokester." Trixie said, rolling her eyes and ruffling Scootaloo's mane again playfully, which made Scootaloo smile.
"Here we are." Trixie said, stopping at a candy vendor.

"OOH! CANDY!!" Scootaloo yelled, squeeing.
"Heh, calm down now. You'll scare the candy away." Trixie said jokingly.
"I-I-I will?" Scootaloo's tone quickly changed.
"No silly, I just need the vendor to be able to hear me." Trixie replied.
"O-Oh..." Scootaloo said a bit down.
"Don't be sad." Trixie said, nuzzling Scootaloo.

Trixie ordered a few different candies about 16 in total

"That'll be 50 bits." the vendor said.
"50 BITS?! That's ridiculous, it's candy, not cuisine!" Trixie said, shocked.
"50 bits for you." the vendor said, pointing at a sign that showed a silhouette of Trixie in her old hat that read 'This Pony Pays Extra'
"....ugh..." Trixie said, putting the candy back and taking Scootaloo back to the trailer.
"I really wanted candy...." Scootaloo said, really let down.
"I know I know.. but some places hold grudges...." Trixie said, sighing and going inside the trailer, laying on the bed with Scootaloo."

"U-Um.. think you could read me one of those Daring Do books as a bedtime story tonight?" Scootaloo asked shyly.
"Of course." Trixie said smiling.