Becoming Great and Powerful

by HitokiriDashie

Finding a Teacher

Trixie lay down on the bed of a Canterlot inn she was lodging in the for the night. She buried her head under her hooves, and continued her weeping. She'd been crying ever since, she galloped out of that accursed town, Ponyville.

“Twilight Sparkle.” She spat the name out in a tone filled with disgust as she got up and trotted over to the window of her room. She gazed out the window, staring at Ponyville. “One day, I'll show you, and everypony, just how great and powerful I am!” She sunk back onto the bed and sighed “Nopony makes a fool of Trixie...” she sobbed herself to sleep in the pillow that lay on her bed.

The next morning, Trixie arose from the bed and trudged out of the inn, as her rented time there was up. As she trotted out into the street, everypony just went about their business. She sagged her head and muttered under her breath, “Why doesn't anypony respect Trixie anymore? Maybe I should seek out somepony to get back on track... Maybe I lost my touch somewhere.”

So she galloped through Canterlot until she reached the place where she went to Magic Kindergarten. “Hm. Class hasn't started yet. Maybe I can find her.” She slowed to a trot and searched through Magic Kindergarten for her old teacher, Moongleam. She found her old teacher's office, but there was someone else in there. As she peeked in, she saw a form she was barely familiar with. “Princess Luna?” she gasped.

“Moongleam, I would like to teach at your establishment for a day. I want to get the fillies to like me! I promise I won't scare them again....”

“I'm sorry, Princ--.”

“I wish to be called Luna.”

“I'm sorry, Luna, but the fillies still murmur about your last visit. I don't think it would be a good idea to have you visit so soon.”

Luna hung her head and muttered, “This one understands...” as she trotted out of the teacher's office.

Trixie paced back and forth quickly and frantically “She's coming this way... what do I do? What do I do?”

Luna bumps into Trixie and looks up “Oh, I'm apolgize...” and starts to walk around Trixie.

Trixie speaks up “Oh, Prin-- Luna! It's okay.” She looks down at her hooves and scuttles them about. She notices Luna has walked around her and is leaving, so she gallops over to Luna's side. “Uh, Luna?”

The alicorn switched her sad gaze over to Trixie, “What is it you desire, unicorn?”

Trixie looks down at the ground as she walks, "Oh, nothing... What are you doing here?"

Luna droops her head a little, "Everypony is still scared of this one. The little fillies are. I want to impart my knowledge to those ponies. I want to teach them. My sister has a whole academy of little fillies that she has taught magic, and even her own dedicated pupil. I just want to feel like I'm contributing to my own kingdom."

Trixie frowns. "I don't know what it's like to be feared, but I do know what it's like to be hated. Nobody likes Trixie."

Luna wraps a wing around Trixie and looks up at the ceiling. "I know what those feelings are like. What is the reason everypony hates you?"

Trixie stops and trembles. "Because, I'm a terrible pony. I'm cocky and demeaning, I make everypony feel bad. What's right about me? I just... I wanted to be great. Nopony from my family has ever gone past a simple trade business. So I started calling myself The Great and Powerful Trixie, without really deserving it. I started parading my magic around like I was the most powerful unicorn in all of Equestria. In fact, I even said that a few times."

Luna tightens her grip around Trixie. "You can't have been as bad as this one was, I tried to make eternal darkness fall upon Equestria. You seem like a nice pony compared to one such as myself. You accept my past in a larger way than other ponies I have met in my time back."

"Well, Luna. You've been an idol to me ever since you came back to Equestria. You're so powerful, but you try to be so humble. You're such a nice pony. I wish I could be more like you."

"Well... Is it a possibility that you may be interested in being taught the ways of magic? I could teach you, and maybe you could find out more things about myself. If you don't dislike myself, like everypony other than you... It would be... satisfying to be able to call a pupil my own"

Trixie looks up at Luna with her eyes wide. "Would you really take me on as your pupil?"

"Do you truly desire it?"

"I would love it!"

Comments

[Obsidian Raindrop]

the pacing is really fast as well the the dialogue does not feel natural for what anyone would say have someone roleplay with you it really helps writing better dialogue but still good job oh an add more detail