//------------------------------// // Chapter 5 // Story: Great and Powerful No more // by Foggy_Skie //------------------------------// Months had passed since the meeting of Trixie and 'S. S.'. Their attempts at making Trixie famous was growing, but few times there was little success. For example, when S. S. tried to give out his word for Trixie in front of a crowd of ponies, they would boo at him; saying all he wants his fame for himself. Ponies would also lose respect when they woud hear this or when he would yell at other ponies when they would remind him of Flim and Flam. It would happen often and he was tired of it. He mentioned he would have never helped them if he knew, but everypony didn't believe him. Trixie would look scared when the stallion grew furious at the crowds, ruining bit of her chances of forgiveness from them. Trixie would preform a little. Some ponies enjoyed her shows, yet there was only a small number of them. They heard she had changed, so they gave her a chance while others, mostly the majority of the ponies, did not. She was happy for a moment; until S. S. cracked. He couldn't stand the rude comments made to him anymore by the unforgiving crowd. He entered Trixie's wagon steaming with anger. He was stomping with every step he took, and his eyes twitched with every movement. He looked like he was starting to go insane. Trixie jumped being startled by his stomping. "Um, are you okay?" Questioned Trixie turning her head. "I'm sorry for my behavior, but I must go. Surely you can continue without me." His expression calming down. "But why?! We doing great so far!" "I'm not used to this kind of treatment. I have been hated by few, but there was never any conflict I had with others. I know you have had it worse then me the past months, but like I said, I am not used to this. Sincere apologies Miss Trixie." He said exiting the wagon. Trixie stood still. Her expression was emotionless. She knew without his help, there was no reason to continue on with the shows. The reason some gave her a chance was because he was with Trixie; which brought attention, for he was very popular. His popularity resembled Fancy Pants'; everypony followed his decisions, hoping to get noticed by him. All of their decisions varied on his, but know it changed. Trixie did not know what he did to gain this much popularity with this much ponies. He never told her anything about him that much, just a few remarks about his life once in a while. Trixie stared at the trees by her wagon. The wind pushing them to a side where it would scare the birds in to flying away. She grew tired of her life like this. When something looked like it was going to turn out good, it ended up going the oppisite way. The sun shined in the center of the sky; some light being blocked away from the clouds being kicked away from the pegasi. The birds chirped a familiar tune throughout the sky as they flew. It was a glorious day and everypony was happy; all but one of course. Trixie thought it was pointless to carry on with her day. She was woken up by the birds with their beautiful sounds and rhythm. She slowly opened her eyes, closing the curtain wanting no light in her home. After a few minutes, she could no longer sleep. Her thoughts that had once disappeared, flooded back in to her mind. She fell back in to her bed when she heard a knock on her door with giggles. "Maybe some filies or colts wanting to pull a prank on me." She said with a toneless voice. As she opened the door, there was two small fillies, still with no cutie mark. One a unicorn and the other was an earth pony. The earth pony hid behind her friend, scared to be acknowledged by Trixie, while her other friend watched in awe as Trixie asked what did they want. She was still staring at Trixie, not answering her recent question. What caught Trixie off guard was that one of the fillies had a picture of her sticking out of her saddle bag. The earth fillie grew out of her state of fear and decided to speak, but she struggled to get the words out of her mouth. "Um, Trixie, m-me and my f-friend are your biggest fans. Can we have your autograph?" "Why, yes of course." Trixie said with a little confusion. The fillies gave her their picture of Trixie and she signed them both. Both fillies, filled with glee, thanked Trixie and ran off giggling. "Was this some trick or am I missing something?" Whispered Trixie to herself. She was confused for a moment. Nopony has ever asked for an autograph for a long period of time according to Trixie. It was strange for her but yet she was filled with joy. Even if it was just two small fillies, it didn't matter to her. As time passed, Trixie gained more publicity. She had finally decided to do her shows once more and some actually turned out good. With new magic tricks and a better attitude, she was finally starting to get a positive response from her audience. Of course there was some hatred towards her, but it lowered every time. After a while she was glad with her performances and it didn't matter anymore to her if ponies didn't like her show. As long as she is doing what she admires the most, she will stay happy. While at one of her own shows, Trixie stopped at the beginning of her performance. The crowd mumbled to themselves and one another in confusion. Then they hushed down as they saw Trixie preparing to speak aloud. "I'm sorry for the delay, but I'd like to say a few words. Well one reason some of you may started to watch my shows is because of the stallion that was with me. He never mentioned his name to me; just his initials, but I really wanted to thank him. Even if he isn't here, he still helped me. And also I thank you all for giving me another chance to redeem myself." The crowd cheered very loudly. Trixie bowed covering her tears with her hat. She remembered when she would hide her tears of sorrow. Now, it's tears of happiness. She was filled with joy that she managed to successfully change her life. And if only her parents would see, she would know they would be prouder. The show ended and it was nighttime. Everypony was asleep including Trixie. The stars and the moon shined bright enough to see were you were going. This is usually the time where Trixie would complain of her thoughts keeping her up. But no, she was fast asleep. She missed the nights she had having perfect sleep, not caring about what was going to happen later in the future. And now, her wish came true. As Celestia's sun rose, Trixie woke up with ease. Every moment would remind her of something. How she dreaded to wake up, and how she wouldn't even be awake at this time. She laughed at her past, wanting no remembrance of it, but something always came up making her to think back. As she exited her wagon, Trixie made her way to the forest near by. She glimpsed through all the trees, giving off an aroma every time the wind brushed them. She stopped as she came upon the center of the forest. It was where she ran off to, where she was at her saddest moment. Trixie sighed. "So much has changed. I'm glad it did. It seems so vivid now, I was drowning in my own tears." She made her way out of the forest, not wanting to remember that moment.