The Great and Powerful Trixie has returned to Ponyville, apologetic for all of her previous actions, and cleansed of all thoughts of revenge, domination, power and destruction. Now reformed, she only wishes to be accepted and loved in this wonderful little town while making friends of her own.
Yeah, right.
Would you believe Trixie has convinced that foolish unicorn and her dopey dragon pet that she should live rent-free in the library with them while she recovers from whatever it is that she claims to be suffering from this week? Yeah, let’s go with that.
Join Trixie and her friends the rest of the town as she settles into Ponyville, makes some enemies friends, and tries to find true love survive the experience.
Bring a cream pie. You’ll need it.
Image is courtesy of Mapafapa at Deviantart.
First comment reserved for the author. I assure you all, that there will no hanky-panky under the covers between Twilight and Trixie in this story. Honest. Would I lie to you? If I'm lying, may lightning strike... the dog next door. And yes, this starts post-alicornification and pre-crystal castle. It would be a shame if Trixie were still in the library at the end of S4 when it has its little... accident. Right?
Chapters will be posted whenever I get the urge and write them, so don't get too caught up if a few months/years/decades go by between them.
5123863 ... It's got the romance tag on it Georg. I thought you said there was going to be no Twixie in this story!
Spike the Dragon, properly cynical beyond his years.
Regarding the rain clouds and the weather team, I could definitely see Ponyville collectively holding a bit of a grudge after Trixie’s second visit. But hey, that just makes it a better Friendship Problem.
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Hanky-panky on top of the covers, on the other hoof...
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So... Uh, Spixie?
5124071 ... Trilight... *nods sagely*
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So, first, about lying and lightning...
KARAKABOOM! Yelp!
And secondly, regarding the "tragedy" of Trixie being in the Library during Season 4...
It really just amounts to whether or not she really is pregnant. If she's not, though, good riddance.
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Maybe its romance between Spike and his upcoming doom?
Hilarious so far
Pretty interesting so far.
Because he has no bones?
And Spike's unreasonable douchebag levels skyrocket into the red zone in a Twixie fanfic for the millionth bloody time. It probably is in the upper thousandths, too. I seriously would not be surprised. Twixie authors seem to have a mental block when it comes to mixing things up.
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Well I didn't mind since his thought process was explained.
A perfect day in Ponyville of all places sounds too good to be true.
I am betting it won't take long for Trixie to empty the fridge. Damn roommates taking food clearly marked as mine. Glad I moved out.
5124417 I thought his actions were perfectly reasonable, given that Trixie's clearly just here to mooch and Spike is established as being quite genre savvy.
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5124923 His thoughts and actions are indeed reasonable. Problem is, that's the case in literally every single Twixie story ever written. At least, the one in which he has any presence at all. And I think alexmagnet of Mooncalf may have written an exception.
5124974 So Spikes actions are reasonable in every Twixie fic he appears in? I'm failing to understand why that would be a bad thing.
5125071 Because no one (as far as I can remember) ever does anything different. A talented author would be perfectly capable of providing and sustaining logical reasons for Twilight to be defensive and Spike to be open-minded...or perhaps giving Trixie a goal she's never had in previous iterations. I swapped a few words with Mooncalf about this once.
5125107 Well obviously I haven't read every Twixie story - in fact I don't think I've read more than half a dozen. But it occurs to me that there's a couple of reasons why Spike and Twilight might be commonly portrayed that way.
First, Twilight is the Princes of Friendship. It's really kind of a big deal for her. So if somepony shows up on her doorstep and claims to want to be friends she'll probably give them a chance. I mean she gave Discord a chance, and she has far more reason to hate him that just about anyone.
Second, Spike wasn't overly fond of Trixe right from the start. Even all the way back in Boast Busters he was giving her a hard time. It's not hard to see that continuing after Magic Duel.
5125107 ...providing and sustaining logical reasons.... You haven't read much of what I write, have you?
5124417 5125537 More like his dragonic ability to determine the value of items, applied to Trixie.
Spike uses Evaluate. It's highly successful. The value of the targeted item is - Zero bits.
Actually I twigged to Spike's actual role in the cartoon when I was writing "To Sleep, Perchance to Dream." He's an audience, and he provides the voice of the watchers/readers. In TSPD, I was trying to write about a particularly hard time Luna was going through, and I was getting frustrated until I gave her a 'Spike' of her own to talk with. In this case, all of the readers should be shouting 'Scam!' at the top of their lungs even while Twilight is happily getting her bathrobe resized for Trixie and stocking the fridge with peanutbutter crackers. In this production of The Odd Couple, Twilight has the role of Felix Unger, Trixie plays a rather conniving version of Oscar Maddison crossed with every freeloading roommate you ever knew at college. Spike, as planned, provides color commentary and snark.
5124786 Just wait until she takes the first bite of that gem-encrusted cupcake...
5124089 Well, she says she's pregnant. And she wouldn't lie, would she?
5124021 You let one giant star bear romp playfully through the city and you never hear the end of it...
Aw yiss.
I was just thinking that I needed a new Twixie fic. I wait with baited breath for updates!
This is messed up on a number of levels. I look forward to seeing where you go with it.
Also, Twilight really needs to pegasus-proof that door. Or was that supposed to go on with the weather stripping?
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Don't bother too much with the rabid Spike fans who scream bloody murder when Spike isn't the main attraction and isn't treated with deific-levels of respect or seen as some sage wisedrake and master of his own destiny. Then they try to say that's not the case yet you always find them in story comments doing this constantly, anyway.
I got a threat on my physical person from one of those for saying I'm not a big fan of Spike. They're usually pretty crazy and more than a little cult-ish. Best to ignore them and enjoy the story!
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5126655 I think you might be jumping at shadows a little there. Go back and read Swashbucklist's complaint again. It has nothing to do with Spike's not being the center of attention.
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I think you may be taking that too literally. I was being generalistic. It was not a specific complaint against Swash, whom aside from the frequent Spike complaints I've seen, I have no problems with. Rather consider not engaging someone who becomes offended over the way Spike is written in a story. Many of the times I've seen this happen, everything's devolved into a crap-slinging fest, no matter how polite or well-intentioned replies started out.
Swash, thankfully, isn't of that sort. But they're becoming increasingly annoying and prevalent and love starting trouble. Simply advice not to get mixed up with them, for the sake of sanity and not driving a story's comments off into an unnecessarily long and often violent tangent.
5127362 Are you sure the problem lies with the Spike fans? Because you seem awfully determined to find an argument in a thread that didn't have one until you showed up.
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I would have to agree, Spike is usually portrayed as a meanie in some of the twixie fics, and I've read at least 90% of all Twixie fics on this site...
I have a problem...
5124974 The reason why I said in some fics is because of this.
In most of the Twixie shenanigans Spike is usually off somewhere doing dragon things or helping Rarity.
I've had days like that Spike, just waiting for the other shoe to drop.
How is acting like an intelligent person mean by the way? He has all the justification in the world to be cynical and many reasons to not welcome Trixie with open arms.
5128504 In a lot of cases, Spike - and the rest of the protagonists, sans Twilight - are played up as peaceful, to make Twilight's acceptance stand out more, and make Trixie seem more sympathetic. I actually find that to be a cheap trick.
And of course he needs to be conveniently removed from the scene if there's going to kissing or heart-to-heart talk or hot pony lovin', because he is essentially Twilight's little brother and that's what you do with little brothers.
5126438 Since Spike messed that up, Twilight decided to hire a professional and brought in Cloudkicker. Who misunderstood what she was supposed to do. It was very educational, though.
5125107 They can have an interesting chemistry if done right, particularly since both have a lot of snark potential. Here, though, I'd say it works as is, because it's not supposed to be particularly serious; Trixie is being a blatant moocher and not bothering to pretend she's not lying, Twilight buys the whole act like a fool, and Spike is the only sane guy. And Rainbow Dash doesn't care as long as she can pester Trixie.
I just hope that the baby will be okay, since Twilight is the father. What? Alicorns are incredibly fertile.
Oh Georg, this is why I love you.
Edit: Also, possible Twixie. That gets some love for you too.
I like how much Twilight want to be friends with Trixie, i just hope she isn´t that obsessed anymore. I don´t know if i like it that Trixie is probably pregnant, but with the right reason i am sure i can like that too, right now i have no problem with it right now.
I think i like the story.
That last line killed. I involuntarily laughed while keeping my mouth closed, making a sound not unlike a drowning seal.
Also, it is rare that I read the first chapter of something and immediately upvote it, but this was the case.
Trixie is pulling the same sort of stunt Discord did with his "Blue Flu" routine. (Note that the term "Blue Flu" refers to a police union action in which all members call in sick on the same day, and so has it's own historical humor.)
I'd have written this with Twilight agreeing that a pile of musty old newspaper in the corner of the basement would be the perfect place for Trixie, since saying that would be a good way to pry a little bit of truth out of the Trixter... But this isn't my story, and in fact belongs to a better writer who will surely do something entertaining with the thoughtless thespian.
OK something up yes but I wish Spike would lighten up on her
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I wish she wasn't blatantly taking advantage of Twilight. she deserves it.
Ok... I think I... can breath... aga...
You need to ease up on the drama a bit, as the whole thing seems just a bit forced. The idea and premise is great, but you seem to be trying too hard to make this work.
i want to ask for a new chapter.
You have really many storys, and i hope this story doesn´t suffer because of that.
Great beginning. I'd love to see where this story goes.
(Hint, hint)