Chapter 94 - Reprove *
Checking herself in the mirror, Trixie smiled slyly as she confirmed her large hat covered up the aura of her horn perfectly. "Bye, Mom!" Trixie called over her shoulder while she dashed out the door, excited for another day of school after her grueling weekend. She had not been this eager since her first day, and this time nothing was going to ruin it.
On the corner of the street, her best friend and number one fan, Flitter Bouquet, was already waiting for her. She looked uncomfortably skittish of the ponies passing her by, as though she wanted nothing more than to be invisible, but she was there as promised. A look of relief washed over her face when she caught sight of Trixie, and waved at her. “Hey, Trixie.” She smiled, gaining the look of excitement she reserved just for her. Flitter’s fiery eyes roamed for a moment before she raised a brow. “Uhm, did you forget your books?”
Trixie had been prepared to patiently wait for Flitter to notice the distinct lack, but she’d clearly underestimated her attention to detail. Grinning, she struck a magnificent pose with her hoof pointed up. “Trixie is traveling light today.”
“Oh, that’s great. I-I mean I like it, but, uh, I dunno if the teacher will...” Trailing off, Flitter’s eyes widened once she caught sight of the books floating above them in the air. “W-what, but how? You could barely move my notebook last time!”
It was true, when Trixie first stole the spell off Starlight and Sunny Days, she had been worse than a mere amateur at it. Of course, that was entirely to blame on those foals using such a terrible version of the spell. It had taken Trixie the better part of a day to figure out that half the things they did to make it work were useless.
Reveling in the sheer awe on Flitter’s face, Trixie lifted her hat to show her glowing horn. “Isn’t it obvious? It is because Trixie is Great and Powerful, right?” To accentuate her point, she enveloped her aura around Flitter’s book belt, pulling it up into the air as well. It was a bit tougher to hold all of it in the air, but Trixie managed. She’d practiced her flank off the past weekend, and it paid off spectacularly as Flitter actually cheered in broad daylight, drawing the eyes of everypony on the street to her.
“That’s amazing, Trixie! I can’t believe you actually learned their spell just like that! I—o-oh!” Suddenly aware of all the ponies watching her, Flitter quickly wilted to a mumbling mess. “S-sorry, I, uh, too loud. Sorry.”
Trixie suppressed a sigh while she watched, but she had to admit Flitter had done much better than she expected. Fortunately, she knew exactly how to come to Flitter’s rescue. Trixie quickly rearied up on her back legs and spread her forelegs out in a grand gesture. “Hah, mere foal’s play for The Great and Powerful Trixie! Behold!” She closed her eyes and focused on setting of the sparks spell to get all eyes where they belonged, on her.
It was oddly quiet. Trixie heard none of the expected oh’s and ah’s. Opening her eyes, Trixie saw some ponies looking at her with confusion while others walked away. It quickly became clear that the sparks that should have been in the air were not there. What the hay!?
Pouring more magic into her sparks spell, Trixie was absolutely sure she was setting off a fireworks show in the middle of the day. She could feel it. Why aren’t they showing up!? The growled and tried even harder. All around her, her audience was quickly losing interest in the two silly fillies and went about their usual business. Only Flitter was still staring at Trixie uncertainly, trying to make sense of what she was seeing. “U-uhm… N-nice… pose? It’s very commanding.”
Sweat ran down her face as Trixie tried even harder, still with no result. It was maddening. What’s wrong? Why can’t Trixie do this!?
Flitter narrowed her eyes as she peered just slightly above Trixie. “Trixie? Is your hat supposed to be sparking a little? I can’t see it too well.”
“Trixie’s hat!” In one fluid motion, Trixie struck her forehead with her hoof for her idiocy, then swept it up along to pull her hat back revealing her horn just as it emitted a last spark. At least this one made it to the air uninhibited, but it was nowhere near the show she had actually intended to do. “Right! Problem solved! Ahem, round two!” She concentrated on the spell again, but all she heard were a number of dull thuds all around her. The books were laying in the street, defying her obvious talent. “Oh come on!”
A few quick attempts to pick the books back up only resulted in an orchid flicker around them before it died off again. No matter how many times she tried, she couldn’t do it. Trixie’s heart pounded in her chest with fright, she could barely see the defiant books anymore as the world became blurry with tears. “F-Flitter,” she choked out, falling to her knees. “T-Trixie’s magic is broken!”
It wasn’t fair. She’d finally figured out how to use real magic and now she’d lost it. She’d be a laughing stock. The school would expel her. Her mom would have to move to some earth pony town to fit in. She’d never see Flitter again.
Eyes wide as though she was witnessing something unreal, Flitter just stared at the trembling Trixie. “B-broken?” She looked at Trixie, then down at the flickering books. “Oh!” Wrapping her hooves around Trixie, she hugged her tightly. “It’s normal, Trixie. I swear!”
Trixie was already halfway through imagining how she might have to pretend her horn was just a really nasty bump on the head. Flitters warmth brought her back to the present though, calming her down a little. “N-normal? But it’s broken.”
“I’m sorry. I forgot you don’t know much about magic...” Flitter shook her head with a pained look on her face. “You’re just tired, okay? It happens if you use magic too much.”
“…Trixie’s just tired? But Trixie’s been doing it all weekend.” Despite her minor protest, Trixie felt a little better already. If this wasn’t freaking Flitter out, that had to mean she really was already familiar with it. “Trixie knew that,” she muttered.
“All weekend? My mom can’t even use magic that much.” She smiled while helping Trixie back on her hooves. “Geez, you can’t even exhaust yourself without doing something amazing. It’s not fair for the rest of us you know.”
Shooting Flitter a rapidly improving smile, Trixie quickly wiped her tears off on her fetlocks. “Gah! My ego. Trixie’s only weakness, how did you know?” She recoiled theatrically. Puffing her chest in pride, Trixie gave her spell another try. She just barely managed to stack the books before it ran out. “Trixie supposes that will have to be it for the morning show.”
Watching Trixie stack the books, Flitter grabbed her book belt. “I’m a little jealous now. It took me an hour before I could make a spark after I ran out the first time, you know.” Flitter chimed in. “My mom made me do it so I would know what it felt like. I guess she was right to tell me first, or I guess I’d have been scared too.”
“T-Trixie was not scared! She was just surprised, that was all…” She trailed off and looked away. “Still, uh, thanks, Flitter.”
The clear, unmistakable chiming of the school bell broke up the conversation. Both fillies looked towards the source of the sound, then to locked eyes before shouting in unison, “we’re late!”
Detention.
Trixie couldn’t believe it. She’d never gotten detention before! Okay well there was that one time, but smoke bombs can be volatile; It could have happened to anypony! Either way, she was stuck after school, at school, which considering how excited she had been to get to school was surprisingly awful.
With a grumble, she swept a small pile of dirt and trash through the hallway. The broom they’d given her to use had to be old enough to have swept up what was left of Nightmare Moon after the battle a thousand years ago. A real piece of history. Maybe it had magic powers of its own after being around that long?
Holding it out in front of her, Trixie stared at the old rickety broom for a moment. “Yeah, Trixie doesn’t think so.”
“Talking to yourself already, Trickery? You look ridiculous.”
She’d recognize that grating voice anywhere. “Starlight, if Trixie wanted to hear your opinion she’d have dragged her hoof down a chalkboard.”
“Awh, don’t be like that. Starlight even brought you a present. Look,” Starlight said in a mocking tone as she mimicked Trixie’s speech. With an impish Grin, She levitated a dustbin into view. “You looked so bored that Starlight figured you must not have enough to do, so here you go!” Before Trixie could stop her, Starlight scattered the contents all over the freshly swept floor.
“Hey! Trixie just cleaned that!” she yelled, glaring at the aggravating pony. It was then that Trixie took note of a surprising detail: Starlight was not with Moon Rock nor Sunny Days. Catching sight of that, Trixie reigned in her temper so it just barely shimmered through in her voice. “What happened to your friends?”
“None of your business. That’s what.” Starlight inspected the empty bin, ensuring she’d gotten everything out.
Trixie couldn’t be sure where they were, but if they’d been anywhere nearby Starlight wouldn’t have been so defensive about it, which had to mean… She’s alone. Trixie grinned. “Oh, Trixie understands. They finally got tired of hanging out with a blank flank.”
With a clatter, the dustbin rolled across the floor. Starlight glared at Trixie, letting her know she hit a sore spot. “They don’t care, they’re my friends. So what if I haven’t found my talent yet. At least I know I won’t get mine doing something lame like you. Table dancing? Hah.”
“Are they? Sunny Days would hang around with any random pony that asked her, she doesn’t know any better. And, Trixie saw Moon Rock ditched you last time to go to class. To class. Need Trixie say more?” As expected, her taunts made Starlight bare her teeth, but that was not all. It was more subtle, but Trixie could see something flicker in Starlight’s eyes that Trixie could not quite identify. Somehow, it reminded her of how Flitter had looked that morning, standing alone on the street before Trixie arrived.
“They, well, uh. Hey, Moon Rock thinks class is important, okay? And she’s right! I shouldn’t have wasted my time on a nopony like you!”
Trixie stepped in closer to Starlight, causing her to step back. “No, she knows you aren’t important. You know why right? Only loser ponies get their cutiemarks last, because they get the ones that nopony else wanted!”
“Shut up!” she screamed at the top of her lungs. “That is not how it works! I-is it?” Taking panicky glances around, Starlight took another step back, fighting back tears. “S-shut up!”
Immediately, Trixie stepped forward again. “It’s no surprise is it? After all, even your name shows how ordinary you are, Starlight. Did you know there are more stars than ponies?” Trixie watched Starlight slowly crumble with each cutting word, and it felt magnificent. Her mind reeled for something else she could throw at the crying pony. Anything to push her a little further and get another reaction. Glancing down the broom still in her hooves, Trixie put on a look of mock sympathy as she held it out towards Starlight. “Here. Maybe you can get a cutiemark in handling trash, seems fitting.”
“Shut up! Shut up or I’ll—”
“Or you’ll what?!” Trixie boomed as she reared up on her hind legs, startling Starlight as one hoof just barely missed her on the ascent. Glaring down at the shrinking pony before her, Trixie dropped back on all fours. Victorious, she turned away from Starlight, trotting back to her chore as she tried to ignore the rush in her veins. “The Great and Powerful Trixie is not scared of you, Blank Flank.” As a final jab, she simply returned to work, taking care of the other trash.
Shaking, Starlight trotted backwards till she hit a wall. She simply stood there for a little while as Trixie ignored her. Wiping her eyes and cheeks dry, Starlight took the hint and made herself scarce. Just as she was about to turn the corner Starlight muttered, “I guess you’re not,” her tone darkened, “but I know somepony who is.”
“What was that supposed to mean?” Trixie glanced in Starlight’s direction, but she was already gone. With Starlight out of sight, Trixie hoofpumped. Hah! Trixie won! That was amazing! The grin on her face felt almost painfully wide as she swept the trash onto a pile. It didn’t seem like such a bad chore now that it doubled as an insult.
Annoyingly, her limbs had started shaking after she’d calmed down a little, the broom felt heavier than it had been before, which did not help her in getting her work done any quicker. Still, she couldn’t be more pleased with herself. Just wait till Flitter hears about this! She wi— Trixie dropped the broom. “Flitter!”
Dashing through the hall, Trixie tried to recall where the professor had sent Flitter to. If only she had actually paid attention, but all she remembered was that he’d split them up. As she passed the staircase, Trixie skidded to a halt. If her chore was to clean the ground floor, then didn’t that mean he’d put Flitter on the second floor?
She had never actually been on the second floor, as generally students were not supposed to go there. It was rumored that it was haunted, though teachers climbed the stairs frequently enough that Trixie doubted that. Originally Trixie had proposed spending recess there, but Flitter was terrified of the ghosts getting them. Of course the professor would see to it that Flitter would spend detention in the worst possible place.
Trixie nearly tripped over the last step as she immediately caught sight of Starlight at the end of the hall, right next to Flitter. She must have made a lot of noise coming up, as Starlight turned her head away from Flitter, and gave a glare directly at Trixie.
Trixie was too far away to do anything but watch, or so Starlight must have thought. “Get away from her!” Trixie screamed, setting her horn a blaze and lifting an extremely shocked and struggling Starlight clear of the ground, slamming her into the ceiling.
“T-Trixie?” Flitter looked almost as shocked as Starlight. Judging by how calm Flitter looked, Trixie decided whatever Starlight had planned to do, she intended to wait till Trixie could see her do it. Which meant she’d made it in time.
“It’s okay, Flitter. Trixie’s got this!” With that, she pulled Starlight towards her, keeping her struggling in midair. Trixie couldn’t be sure how much magic she had restored after just one afternoon of not using any, but right now she felt as if she could launch Starlight to the moon and not even break a sweat. “Did you think Trixie would let you!?”
Trembling, Starlight ceased her meaningless struggle, staring wide-eyed at Trixie. Blood ran down her muzzle after the impact, but she was much more concerned with Trixie. “H-how? You can’t do this! Put me down, please.”
“Oh, Trixie will put you down, alright!” She glanced towards the window, then back to Starlight, who followed her gaze, paling instantly.
“No!” Starlight shrieked, tears in her eyes. “Please!”
Flitter stood nailed to the ground while she watched the entire thing take place.
Trixie bared her teeth at Starlight, fire coursed through her veins. How dared Starlight act like she was the victim, just seconds after seeking out Flitter to hurt her. “Do yo—”
“Miss Lulamoon,” a dull voice drawled right behind Trixie, but it was loud enough to startle her.
Everypony froze, apparently none of them had heard him coming, but as Trixie turned around she saw Professor Silence. He was looking down at her, then glanced briefly up at the floating Starlight with what could almost pass as only mild disinterest. Quickly, Trixie dispelled her magic, dropping Starlight down on the floor with a thud and yelp.
He stared at the three of them quietly for a time, not one of them dared to move. He’d never spoken to or interfered with the students before. After a moment, his eyes settled on Trixie. “Step into my office.” With that, he turned around and trotted into a nearby room.
All the heat was gone from the hallway. He’d barely spoken, but the very fact that he had said anything at all… it terrified Trixie. What had she just been about to do? Throw Starlight out of a window? How much trouble did that get a pony into?
Sensing that delaying was likely to get her into even more trouble, Trixie dragged her hooves over the threshold. She briefly looked at Flitter and Starlight, it might be her last chance to see either of them. A green glow shut the door, cutting them out of Trixie’s sight.
Turning around, Trixie found herself in a large office with files and various books ordered and neatly arranged perfectly straight. By the wall stood a large desk, a stack of papers on one side that Trixie recognized as last weeks tests. Taking a seat at his desk, Silence motioned to a small stool. “Sit.”
Trixie gulped.
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The funny thing is that the victim tends to get punished more than the bully most of the time, and if the victim fights back they get punished by the teachers and the bully.
I was the target of bullying back when I was in school, and honestly it is a no win situation.
Either you sit down and take it and hope they find another target that is more interesting than you, you tell on them to an authority figure (parent/teacher), or you fight back.
The first option rarely works because now they know you are an easy target, so why switch?
The second option tends to backfire on you because authority figures have very little they can do, and what little they can do will only upset the bully and get them to bully you more in retaliation.
The third option is a double edged sword in that now the bully knows you will fight back so chances are they will look for an easier target, but unfortunately you usually get labeled as the trouble maker by the authority figures instead of the bully.
I have found the best option to pick is option three, but you have to be sneaky about it otherwise you will simply be exchanging one stressful situation with another.
Bullies are the scum of the human race. Some can be changed for the better, most become more aggravating and violent. Bullying, is truly meaningless.
On a side note, it's good to be back, and it's good to read up on all the chapters I missed. Looking forward to more flashback goodness.
I will be sitting here in the dark, drinking my tea, and waiting.... fourteen hours from now, after work.
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The sad thing is, even if you are sneaky with option 3, all you've done is made the bully switch targets, but the bullying still happens. (As was nearly happening here.)
I look forward to showing which option Trixie's going with.
We should all start a group for Reformed Bullies. The theme could be for characters who are bullies and get either reformed or the daily pickings of them and their victims and how it affects them. That'd be awesome! Filly Trixie needs peanut butter crackers.
This sounds alot like what I want to do in my chapter.
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Welcome back Mike, missed having you around. Am I mistaken or did you change your profile pic to something you didn't draw this time?
What are you waiting for?
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What, you mean like Babs Seed? Diamond Tiara? Gilda? Mhm, I could see something like that. Though if it's also about the daily pickings then I guess 'reformed' doesn't fit.
You want to give Trixie peanut butter crackers in your chapter? Great idea.
5201571 Yup, didn't draw this one.
Waiting for new chapters, from all my favorites to update.
For the next four days, I gotta work. 4p.m. to 1a.m. If I didn't have to walk to & from work, I wouldn't be so fatigued. Which is why I haven't been on for awhile. I'll figure something out, so I can continue reading the things I love.
Man, bullies suck. I never really had a problem with them, but still.
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Ah I thought the style was different from normal. Just had to check if I wasn't crazy. ^^
Dang, that's a pretty rough schedule to walk to and back from.
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I'm glad to hear that.
OH MY LOOK TA ALL THE DRAMA!... Not the kind I'm looking for though...
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Don't look a gift dramapony in the mouth?
Look at it this way, a whole new source for drama.
5202021 Just got back, and I'm pretty tired. Unloaded around five thousand items today.... and found out me & one other person, have to do the same on friday. If I could use magic, friday wouldn't be so bad.
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Is...is that even legal?
5205018 Having two people unload five thousand items, with no help? If it is legal, I want bonus pay.
I found out one other person is helping, but that still isn't enough. Yesterday took so long with six of us, we didn't finish until nine. We were an hour behind schedule, so third shift had to help pull everything from the back.
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That's crazy. Well I hope they throw like ten more people at that job cause, woah.
Try not to overwork yourself now. Didn't turn out great for Applejack either.
5206792 I'll try not to, but my work schedule has other plans for me. They want to squeeze out as much work from unloaders as possible, because of the upcoming holidays. Sadly enough, that's the reasons why they lost half the staff. Oddly enough, we get more employees for every position, but unloading. Walmart... just might kill my kindness.
Thanks to chapter 93, I can't stop laughing at work whenever I see Fluttershy, on one of those giant MLP toy stands. I get these weird looks from people. It's not just because of the laughing, but the tears alongside the laughing. I don't know why, but that chapter is the funniest, in my opinion.
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Dang, you would think they'd realize that overloading the unloaders will just make the work get done slower. It shouldn't even be hard to find people willing to do a temp job with a big spending month coming up, or at all really.
It's great to hear you are at least entertained at work just by recalling the chapter.
Too bad you don't know what it is that makes it so funny, I'd have loved to know.
5209361 After sleeping, I found out what makes me like it so much. It's the random possible outcome of what Shy could be doing to Trix, while she's asleep. Suprisingly (for me) It's not anything dirty. For some unknown reason, all I can imagine is Shy building a pirate ship out of pillows, making Trix her first mate, and using Angel as her parrot. They'd travel the 'sea' by night, and raid unsuspecting noble ships. I don't know where the idea came from, but it's there now.
Out of all the weird scenarios I keep thinking of, this one sticks out the most. A sleeping Trix can't raid ships, it would be funny to see though.
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(That is to say, pluck a bunch of mlp images and photoshop. I probably spend more time on this than I should have. 
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This take on it was so hilarious I had to do something with it. Sadly I am not a great artist but this was the best I could do on short notice.
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Title: Fluttershy's midnight fantasy?
5210115 That's perfect! 100% Mike approved.
5203223 Touche >,,>
Isn't he the one who was perfectly okay with bullying?
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Correct. He is that jerk.
Upon reflection, maybe a quick paragraph to recap what he is like couldnt hurt, it has been ages after all.
whats wrong with throwing someone out of a window?
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I absolutely love that your question makes perfect sense when I look at your avatar. I guess pegasi wouldn't really see the problem.
Well, holy shit I am finally through this behemoth and up to date. Took me a while
I must admit, I have been enjoying this story, Crows, even though I am very rarely a fan of the menage-a-trois scenario (which I am assuming this story is working towards, but I may still be surprised, who knows?)
Normally in romance stories, the reason for the romance is just taken as given, where this story really has had a slow, long build up towards the romance. While it might be a little infuriating at times (come on, just smooch already!) I think this is actually a lot better, as I can actually see this Trixie falling for Rainbow Dash. And visa versa.
Your profile mentions you're not a native english speaker, and while that does come off in the first twenty or so chapters with some clunky wording here and there, I have to say: from the last thirty or so chapters I would not be able to tell that you weren't a native english speaker/writer. Not sure if that is condescending or not, but it certainly isn't meant that way. You have a better command of the english language than I've seen from others on this site that are native speakers.
Very keen to see where this goes, and I can't wait for the backstory to be filled out. What Celestia has to do with things (ala Trixie's concern Celestia knows where she is), what was the final rift between Flitter and Trixie (I am guessing this flashback is getting to the start of it), along with how the story will be resolved re: staying or going.
Great story so far, I have definitely enjoyed it far more than I thought I would.
Kudos
- Moose
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I'm glad the length didn't scare you off, and I admire your persistence and determination to slog through the whole thing.
Well, I say 'the whole thing' but obviously there is much more to come still, so neither one of us will be done for a while. 
Oh, out of interest, when did you start? If you can remember that is.
It's funny actually how I write a long story, but when reading often gravitate towards brief oneshots. Many of which you've written. It took me shamefully long to recognize you were the writer of A Good Girl Never...&sequel despite our conversations at the time.
Regarding the improvements towards the end, I most certainly have to credit Phaoray for a lot of great help; you can probably find one of his massive posts at the bottom of many of those chapters, and behind the scenes on a good few more. It is so much easier to learn when you can have a dialogue, as opposed to only reading grammar guides.
Thank you for the compliment! I don't see how acknowledging improvement could be construed as condescending, I certainly loved hearing it.
It is very gratifying to see you nailed my intention for the slow building development of the romance.
With the direction I wanted to take the story in, my greatest fear was to write the romance about as well founded as in an average clop plot, so it had to be developed on solid foundations, which is also why nearly every moment Trixie and the cast spent together was 'on screen' so to speak. (Possibly to a fault. 
)
I'm very keen to show you where this goes, so our interests happily align.
While I cannot properly reply to the things you pointed out without worrying I'll spoil something, I do want to say I am delighted to see what you picked up on and are wondering about. It was great to read.
(Especially since I think you are the first person to comment on 
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Thank you for absolutely making my day!
- Crowscrowcrow
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I think I first noticed your story when we were chatting in the comment section of one of my fics (A Rose's Thorn, iirc) We were talking about subtlety and how people tend to hate it, how everything needed to be black and white. That's when I checked out your user page and noticed you had one hell of a huge story.
It's been on my read later list for months (the long ones always do get pushed to the back), but as for actually starting to read it, I think I started last week, when I saw the story hit the feature box and thought "Hey, it's about time I give Crow's fic a read."
And I did, and I enjoyed it.
As for the spoilers, I certainly don't want any answers before they come out in the fics, was just saying what I was looking forward to.
And really, I am the first person to notice the Celestia thing? Wow. I've been trying to come up with my own theories and predictions. Already scratched secret daughter off the list pretty early, what with the earth pony mother, etc. Actually, I've happily been able to scratch most of the cliches off, so I guess that is why I am looking forward to more of the reveals
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Crazy person. 
(I never did find that AJ switch story again, im doubting my own memory at this point.)
Since our conversation on Rose's Thorn? That's some two to three months ago. Yeah that sounds like the time it would take to--You powered through it in a week!?
Ah, sorry I wasn't clear. I didn't mean to imply you were fishing for spoilers. I only meant that I didn't trust myself to acknowledge the comments without letting something slip, but I didn't want to seem like I was ignoring them since I did like seeing them.
You are certainly the first to comment on it. Whether that means noone else noticed, or if noone thought it was interesting enough to make a note on, I can't know.
Honestly, I was starting to get worried the next reveal would seem to come out of the blue if noone noticed any of the previous hints, so you've put my mind at ease. 
Are you sure you can write off Trixie as a secret daughter of Celestia? I am of the mindset that there is a certain type of magic that would help two mares in that department.
Gosh, maybe I should have read more than just mostly Trixie shipfics so I'd be aware of what other clichés there are. I know the one about Trixie being Twi's secret sister due to her aura color, but that's the extent of my data base.
What else is on the list? 
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Bahaha, nah the Secret Daughter trope with Celestia is not just Trixie. If it has a heart beat, it's probably Celestia's. The current trend tends to be Sunset Shimmer.
Not that I mind the idea, as I've read a few stories along that line. Some a good, and some are garbage.
I eagerly await the next twist. Even if it turns out she's Celestia's dau…
Trixie is actually Celestia's time travelling mother, isn't she? With Rainbow Dash or Fluttershy. Probably Fluttershy, given the whole pink mane thing Celestia had going on when she was younger.
I've been drinking, can you tell
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I agree. There's nothing inherently wrong with tropes or clichés, rather it is all in the execution. I'm sure there are stories that can make a black/red tri-horned alicorn a compelling story. It's just that it's often done poorly that colors our expectation of stories containing certain ideas.
Gah! How did you know!? Rainbow Dash did the superman thing, and flew around the world fast enough to turn back time!
I knew a drug of some sort was involved, I wasn't sure which.
5224627 yeahhhhhhhhh "pegasi"
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Well of course you are a pegasus! Just look at you. I think I know a pegasus when I see one.
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5227299 nope no changeling here...
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I like these little bachground chapters. I gtg for a bit. But I can't wait to catch up to the latest chapter.
Don't be surprised when a bully victim starts killing everyone they find in the school, Silence.
I liked these lines;
'It had taken Trixie the better part of a day to figure out that half the things they did to make it work were useless.'
'Trixie was already halfway through imagining how she might have to pretend her horn was just a really nasty bump on the head.'
'The broom they’d given her to use had to be old enough to have swept up what was left of Nightmare Moon after the battle a thousand years ago.'
and
'Trixie watched Starlight slowly crumble with each cutting word, and it felt magnificent.'
Correction;
'more stars than ponies? ”Trixie ' should be 'more stars than ponies?” Trixie'
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"If they had the power to do so, then they wouldn't have gotten bullied" - Prof. Silence.
I rather like that one too. It signals the start of the Trixie we know and love (to hate).
It actually takes an embarrassingly long time before I got around to writing the followup to this. I really ought to get better at that.
Love this chapter. (had to go back for some notes.) pardon the language, but I still say that trix should have thrown that bitch out the window.
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Maybe, she should, but I'm afraid I can't condone that much violence against small children.
(For now...
Apparently having so much magical power makes you forget you can improve spell efficency by clearing up obvious mistakes.