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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic -- Off The Record - The King of Hearts



A new pony is introduced to Equestria just before the fight with Nightmare Moon in Episode 1. Changing the entire story.

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The New Mare in Town

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The New Mare in Town
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Twilight and her friends decided to leave Sugarcube Corner so they could all face Trixie together. The last time they had met, their experience had been less than stellar, as they were all forced to fight an Ursa Major, that was narrowly stopped from destroying the town, when Spike managed to pull a miracle out of his butt, and save the day.

The sizable group approached Trixie, where she stood in front of the town hall, wearing no cape or hat, holding a bundle under her arms, with a rather odd look on her face that looked half way between angry, and scared.

“Trixie,” Alex said, as they reached a comfortable distance to carry a conversation between them, “It’s been a long time.”

“You look… beat up.” Trixie noted, looking over the several scars across his body, “I don’t suppose the Ursa Major did all that to you?”

I?” Dash asked, tilting her head, “What happened to talking about yourself in third person?”

Trixie’s face saddened at the question, as she looked away from the group, “I’ve given up all that. I just came by to give you something, Twilight.”

Everypony looked between one another, before Twilight spoke up.

“What is it?” She asked, watching Trixie levitate the bundle out from under her arm, and in to the air in between them.

Opening the package, Trixie lifted a black amulet, with a large ruby held in the middle. The piece of metal that held the stone was shaped as an alicorn, having a head with a horn above, and wings that came out on either side of the gem.

“This is called the Alicorn Amulet,” Trixie explained, rotating the piece of jewelry in front of the group, “It’s a piece of immense magical power, capable of destroying not only the pony who wears it, but all the ponies around it. I came here to give it to you.”

Twilight was stunned. She figured that Trixie was here to challenge her to a rematch. But, this mission of hers seemed to be out of genuine concern for others.

“Why?” Applejack asked suddenly, “The last time ya’ showed up, Rarity’s hair turned green!”

Rarity grumbled to herself silently.

“And you zapped Dashie!” Pinkie giggled.

Dash grumbled exactly the same thing.

“And I was promptly defeated by your friend,” Trixie said softly, “And then… those two boys ran out and found an Ursa Major.”

“That almost destroyed the town,” Spike said angrily, looking to Rarity, and then back to Trixie, “It’s lucky I got that letter to Princess Luna!”

“Don’t mock Trix—Me,” She corrected, still having trouble at certain points when it came to regular speaking, “A dragon was the savior that day. Not you.”

“That’s me!” Spike said instantly, “I just… used some Heart’s Desire, and turned in to a pony.”

Trixie tilted her head as she inspected him. Magic that powerful would have taken a pretty strong desire. But, it seemed that was the case. He shared his colors with that dragon.

“My apologies,” She said, retracting the amulet from in front of her, and returning it to the cloths in front of her, wrapping it carefully, “Please.”

Nodding, Twilight levitated the wrapped trinket away from Trixie and placed it in the saddlebag on the disguised Alpha’s back, drawing the blue unicorn’s attention to him.

“You.” She said, approaching him carefully, drawing her gaze from his head to his legs, “You feel strange.”

Gulping, Alpha leaned back slightly as she approached him, her gaze narrowed as she looked in to his eyes.

Everypony knew what was wrong with him, but they were all shocked at her ability to sense it. So, nopony said anything, and simply let Trixie diagnose exactly what was off about him.

“Let Trix—Me tell you a story,” She shook her head quickly, focusing back on the stallion in front of her, “About four months ago, I was in Canterlot following up on a small project I had taken part in.”

“Four months ago?” Dash asked, looking to Alex, and then Twilight, “I was still working as a captain in the castle then, wasn’t I?”

“Just coming off of it, actually,” Trixie answered.

“What project were you involved in?” Twilight asked, wondering if she had done some work for the Princess’.

“Well, that goes a little further back,” She explained, blinking a few times as she got the details in her head right, “To about… two or so years ago. Around the defeat of Discord.”

They all listened intently, as a few nodded to her.

“News reached me about the alicorn who was turned to stone,” Trixie continued, looking to Alex with an oddly soft smile, “And, after he saved me from the Ursa Major, I thought I might be able to help him.”

They all exchanged looks of confusion, before they all looked back to her.

“So, over the next two years, I used some of my connections in the magic community to look for a spell that would help in breaking you out, Alex.” She said, as his own demeanor softened toward her, “Don’t get me wrong. This was a hobby. Certainly not the obsession your rainbow friend had.”

“Got it.” Alex smiled.

“So, after reading about the failed attempts, and the kind of spell you were seeking out, I reached out a little further… and found out about the spell used by the ancestors of today’s buffalo tribes in the area around Dodge Junction,” She explained, shifting her look to Rainbow Dash, “Once I decided the information was accurate, I sent you a letter. Telling you where to look.”

“That was you?!” Dash asked, remembering the letter she had received, and how she never found out who sent it, “You really did all that for him?”

“Well, let’s just say that his selflessness showed Trixie… Me, that there’s a better way to treat others.” She said meekly, once again looking away from the group, “All of that aside, once I heard that you had been freed, I headed for Canterlot to see for myself.”

“When did you see him?” Dash asked, one hundred percent sure that she hadn’t seen Trixie around that time.

“When he was in the hospital.” She said, looking between them, “You were asleep.”

“Right.” Dash nodded.

“However, back to my original point,” Trixie said, finally looking back to Alpha, “When I inspected Alex, he felt wrong. Just like this pony does.”

“I- I don’t know what you mean!” Alpha laughed nervously, scratching the back of his head.

“What, did it turn out was wrong with Alex?” Trixie asked the group, not waiting for a response, “He was a changeling!”

Zapping Alpha with her True Form spell, Alpha’s fake skin melted away, and was replaced with a very shocked changeling, who felt pretty violated.

“No, Trixie!” Twilight said quickly, zapping Alpha back to the Library with a teleportation spell, “We know he’s a changeling! But nopony else in town knows!”

“Oh!” She said backing off and wearing an embarrassed expression, “Tr-Tri-I’m sorry!”

Alex could only laugh out loud at the worried look on Trixie’s face. He felt like a humble Trixie was something you would only see once in a lifetime.

“What’s with all of this?” Twilight asked, looking back to Trixie with an odd smile, “The last time we met, it didn’t exactly seem like you’d be the type to help us out.”

“Like I said,” Trixie gestured back to Alex, “I owed him a favor.”

“It’s not just that,” Spike said, almost feeling the hidden layers in her speech, “What changed in you?”

“It must have been pretty profound.” Alex nodded.

“Well… That’s a whole other, and very long story.” Trixie said, shrugging her shoulders, “Would you mind if I rested in your library for a little bit while I tell you? I spent every bit I had on that amulet, and haven’t been able to afford accommodations for the past few days.”

“Of course!” Twilight said, gesturing the mare toward the library, “You can stay as long as you like!”

“That’s a relief to hear.” She nodded, exhaling, with an appreciative smile on her face, “Thank you, Twilight.”

Twilight was almost at a loss for words at her humble attitude. But, if she had indeed turned over a new leaf, then she deserved some kind treatment.

“It all began the day after the Ursa Major attacked…”

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