Twilight's jaw dropped, her eyes widening and throwing Thoen a look of pure disbelief as she walked towards the door with him. "Y...you're leaving!?" she whimpered, looking back behind her slightly to see if Trixie was anywhere to be found.
Thoen nodded and opened the door with his magic "Well yes, I can't stay the entire time you know!"
Twilight turned back around and spoke frantically, in more of a pleading manner then anything "But...you can't just leave me with her! You have no idea what Trixie's going to do to me once you leave, DO YOU!?"
Thoen raised an eyebrow, looking towards her and muttering "Do YOU?"
Twilight blinked, thinking slightly for a moment before whispering "Well...no. But it can't be anything good! Thoen she tried to hit me with a flamethrower for crying out loud!"
Thoen sighed, turning around fully to face her. He had a comforting smile on his face that seemed to only slightly calm Twilight's nerves as he said "Twilight Sparkle, I have the upmost respect for Princess Celestia, and I have never doubted her in the past. That also includes not doubting who she's chosen as her star pupil. You don't get to be in that spot by being just any ol' pony, you know? I have faith in you Twilight...you should to." With a smile and a quick nod, Thoen turned and made his way out the door, closing it quietly behind him and leaving a distraught Twilight behind.
She looked around nervously, muttering quietly to herself "Easy Twilight...just...take it easy. No need to freak out...everything's going to be-"
"OK!!! Who, the, FUCK, took my goddamn Cheerileeos!? That's MY cereal!! SPARKLE!!!!!!"
Twilight sighed, putting a gentle hoof against her own face and turning to head into the kitchen. As she walked in, Trixie rounded on her and immediately set off with "There you are cereal-thief! Where are my Cheerileeos!? I know you hid them somew-" She stopped as she watched the cabinet to her right glow with purple magic and open, the box of cereal floating out and resting itself comfortably on the counter top. She looked towards Twilight slowly, watching her eyes as they narrowed and her mouth opening to speak.
She muttered quietly "Trixie, let's get one thing straight here, ok? I'm...not...out...TO GET YOU!" Trixie blinked, slightly taken aback by the force of her statement, staring as she went on "The Princesses wanted me to come here to HELP you, not hurt you! I'm sorry that I nearly cut your head off with a carriage door, blew up a part of the road with gasoline, De-atomized your mailbox, assaulted you with a swarm of bees, and nearly cut through your brain with a high-powered laser, ok? The sooner we can move past this rival-hate crap, the sooner we can get all this over with and move on to being happy, alright!?"
Trixie thought about it for a moment, putting a hoof to her chin. Finally, she pointed her hoof at Twilight and muttered "Look, I've got enough on my plate as it is, and I don't need your buddy-buddy friendship shit using up all my precious brain power. I'll go out on a hoof though...three days Sparkle, three days to 'friendship' me or whatever the hell it is you do to brainwash ponies into acting like well-reformed goody-goods. After that, you'll do yourself and me a huge favor by removing your fat, purple ass from my house and out of my ruined life, got it?" With that, Trixie walked away, not even bothering to hear Twilight's reaction. The lavender mare frowned, looking over her shoulder slightly and staring down at her own flank. It didn't look THAT fat...
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For the remainder of the day, Twilight quietly shadowed Trixie, following her about the house and watching how she handled herself. She even went as far as levitating a small notepad around with her, quietly jotting down notes as Trixie went about her day. Unfortunately...the only thing Twilight had been able to write so far was 'bitch', 'drink', 'bitch some more', 'drink', 'drink', 'medication', 'drink'.
Twilight sighed as she wrote down 'drink' on the notepad again and muttered "Don't you think that maybe you ought to go out and enjoy the fresh air?"
At this, Trixie simply scoffed and spoke with a slight slur, the alcohol kicking into high gear "What!? I don't need fressshhh air! I gosh...too much of it in the housshhh! My air ishh so fresh that I...I uh...well I could do sshhomething with it! Pissh off!!!" She stumbled around the living room, lightly bumping against her coffee table and pushing a few magazines off its surface. Twilight simply sighed, walking behind her and picking up the mess with a gentle burst of magic.
She narrowed her eyes as Trixie started to sing terribly off key, the lavender mare throwing her hooves up to her ears as she shouted "Trixie for Celestia's sake! How much of that shit did you DRINK!?"
Trixie hiccuped as she went on "My little pooooony!!!! My little poo...uh...shit! Dammit Sshhparkle, you made me forget the worsh to the shong!!!" She wearily hoisted herself up on her couch, staring towards the T.V. and acting as if she was trying to stay awake. Her eyes blinked rapidly and she swayed back and forth, as if she were about to fall over. Luckily for her, Twilight managed to catch her as she started to fall forward, the mare gently lowering her onto the cushions of the couch. She turned Trixie on her side and sighed as she heard a sob escape her lips.
Twilight groaned as the sobs grew louder "Trixie come on...what's the matter now, why are you crying!?"
In response, Trixie simply let out a weak gurgle and rolled her eyes, whimpering "Yeah thassh right...yell at Trixie for crying...thassh ok!!! What, am I not suposshed to cry? Is it causshh I'm weak!?"
Twilight shook her head and put a hoof on Trixie's forehead, whispering "No, of course not...you can feel however you want to feel. What I don't understand is why...why are you doing this to yourself? Why the medication...the alcohol...this place and the train job! How did you become so...so..."
"Pathetic?" Trixie muttered, her sobs reducing themselves to mere sniffles. Twilight blinked as Trixie wiped at her eyes with a hoof and whispered "Thinssh...ugh...things have been hard since I ran away from Ponyville...I didn't have any bits, my carriage was destroyed...and what money I had saved all went to this shitty little crap-hole I call a house. Dad found this place for me...said it was the cheapest...said it might do me some good to get away for awhile. Get away...right, moving doesn't make bill collectors go away, or pony thieves to go away. I started suffering from mild panic attacks and anxiety before the end of the first month. I was having nightmares...I couldn't eat, couldn't sleep, couldn't find a job. Dad's been supporting me this whole time and all I've been doing in return is being worthless...and then you showed up." Twilight frowned and stared at Trixie as she nodded "Yeah, you...the very pony who showed me up in front of all of Ponyville. You just had to have the last laugh didn't you?"
Twilight sighed and shook her head, whispering "Trixie...I didn't stop that Ursa Minor to show you up...I did it so that it wouldn't go on a chaotic rampage and slaughter everyone in town! If I hadn't gotten it back to its cave when I did, the MAJOR could have come looking for it! How do you think Celestia would react to finding out all of Ponyville, not to mention the Elements of Harmony, were eaten or slaughtered?! I did what I did for PONYVILLE, not for vengeance!"
Trixie rolled her eyes slightly out of pride...but she still thought about her words. Perhaps Twilight wasn't truly out to get her...but then again, she had been in this same situation before. Ponies she thought she could trust ended up stabbing her in the back, and there was NOWAY she was going to let Twilight Sparkle of all ponies get her too! She muttered quietly "I'm going to sleep...don't steal anything while I do, and DON'T go outside..."
Twilight raised an eyebrow as she whispered back "Trixie there's nothing in this house WORTH stealing, first of all...second of all, why can't I go outside? I thought you said I had to...'pop a squat' or whate-"
She was cut off by Trixie waving her hoof about and sighing "Just...forget what I said. It's not safe to go out at night and I don't need to wake up to a Twilight Pancake splattered all over the side of my house and windows..."
Twilight smiled and said "Are you...worried about me Trixie?"
At this Trixie's cheeks flared red and her eyes widened, the words she spoke frantic and her voice high "What?! No! I...I just don't need Dad kicking my ass for your dumb mistake is all! Stay indoors, got it!?"
Twilight giggled and whispered as Trixie gave her a snide look and rested her head on the pillow, the lavender mare whispering "Whatever you say Trixie..." She looked over towards her suitcase (Graciously recovered by Thoen) and brought it over with her magic, opening it slightly and producing a small, leather-bound book with a tree on its cover. She plopped down on her belly beside the couch and cracked open the book, looking over Trixie for just a moment more and turning back towards her book. She wouldn't be sleeping soon...that was for sure. Granted, she knew Trixie would probably be up later in the night anyway, so that gave her plenty of time to operate and figure out how exactly she was going to help Trixie with Friendship.
After around in hour, however...Trixie started to mumble and shift around in her sleep. Twilight looked over as Trixie's soft groans become whimpers of fear, of terror. As the azure mare started to scream, Twilight quickly got up to her hooves and tried to shake her awake.
It was going to be a long...long night indeed.
I felt bad for laughing at parts of this chapter...poor Trixie. Can't wait for the next chapter.
(rubbing hands like a mantis)
Yes...soon Trixie...soon you will be enveloped in the magical power that is...FRIENDSHIP.
mwahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahaahhaahahhahahaahahhahahaa!
It was going to be a long...long night indeed. Maybe for Twilight, but for us? It's gonna be a long, long wait for the rest of the story, methinks. lol. Also, couple of small grammatical mistakes near the top.. "Thoen she tried to hit me with a flamethrower.. " could use a comma after Theon.. and then "I have faith in you Twilight...you should to." is the wrong 'to'. should be 'too.' Still, I love this, though I wish there was more.
Anywho.. not trying to be a grammar nazi, just trying to be helpful :)
Yes, Trixie, let's see how fast you can die by mixing Barbiturates or Benzodiazepines with alcohol.
Nightmares? Oh shit...
Twilight Pancake.
That is all
123764 if the synergy effects gave her any toxicological trouble, Darvin would propably have told her in person days or weeks ago.
Since she survived her appearantly favorite way to take her meds so far, I'll check this off as 'tried and tested' in her case.
But of course you're right. 't was a BRIGHT idea of her to make that a habbit in the first place!
Ignoring the meds for a bit, it propably played out for Twi that Trixie got drunk.
Some people seem to need that kind of mental 'distraction' in order to get bored/exhaused keeping their act up, 'abandon their defenses' and finally tell you what the HAY is actually going on inside of them! (makes problem-solving with those a rather bothersome matter, I can tell you..)
Swearing twi IS best twi!
The chapters need to be LONGER. I've waited WAY too long for this.
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"Some people seem to need that kind of mental 'distraction' in order to get bored/exhaused keeping their act up, 'abandon their defenses' and finally tell you what the HAY is actually going on inside of them! (makes problem-solving with those a rather bothersome matter, I can tell you..) "
I'm going back to the med topic with this. Alcohol is a weak GABA releaser. GABA is a neurotransmitter that hold the function of inhibiting the neural conductions by hyperpolarizing the neurons (either by negative ions influx {GABAa receptor} or positive ions eflux/outflux {GABAb receptor}).
One specific area of our brain (not sure about ponies, I'm a med student, not a vet) that is very sensitive to GABA is the Inhibiting Center.
When you drink, GABA is released and inhibits the Inhibition Center itself, causing a decrease in inhibition (the happy drunk that befriends EVERYONE and is eager to spill his beans).
If the person keeps on drinking, the Stimulant Center will be inhibited (the sad/annoying drunk that cries over ANYTHING).
If the person STILL keeps on drinking, the Stimulant Center inhibition will be so massive, that the person will pass out.
If someone forces alcohol down your throat, GABA releasing will be massive, inhibiting the Bulbus (Medula Oblongata). The person won't be able to regulate heart/breath rate and die.
"What the fuck is he talking about?! "
Bear with me for a little more.
Since Barbiturates were (and Benzodiazepines are) the most common hypnotic/anxiolytic drugs, I thought that Trixie took those.
Barbiturates are GABA agonists (mimick GABA), causing the same effect as the alcohol. But they are a lot more potent. (with a smaller dose, you can have much greater results)
Benzodiazepines are GABA modulators (they turn inactive GABA receptors into closed GABA receptors, making it easier for these closed receptors to open themselves). And opened GABA receptors are more likely to work when binding to GABA.
Meaning? Trixie would've spilled her beans with the medications alone. I seriously don't know why she is still alive.
TL;DR
Alcohol = Moderate GABA release with moderate effect.
Alcohol + Barbiturate = Massive GABA release with massive effect.
Alcohol + Benzodiazepine = Moderate GABA release with massive effect.
COMA
It's not a mental distraction. The process is pure chemistry.
124163 And knowing is half the battle! G.I JOOOOOOEE [Sorry, couldn't help it xD Very interesting shit tho ]
124163 all i got out of that is that trixie is some how a super pony to be able to live with all of that GABA whatever stuff in her body
Another great chapter bravo.
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Trixie is a superpony in the meaning of she's still alive when drinking and taking anxiolytic/hypnotic drugs.
Trixie isn't a superpony in the meaning of she's got GABA inside of her. GABA is a natural ocurring neurotransmitter.
You have it. I have it. Ponies have it.
123932 Shad Up
This chapter had me laughing at drunk Trixie when she started singing the MLP song xD. I feel bad for Trixie with what's happened to her, but it had a chuckle at that.
It was short, but hey we're getting somewhere :D Can't wait to see more Twi and Trixie interaction, this is going to have me laughing and crying I just know it.
Have a good one.
Hmmm... Not a huge fan of the latest chapter. Its very... how do you say.. empty? I can see things develop but it seems to fall like sand in the end.
Although the end gave me hope :D I enjoyed it none the less.
123710 LOL
Can't wait for more.
i love annoying peaple by commenting on old storys so here it is
WHY WOULD TWILIGHT HAVE A LEATHER BOUND BOOK!!! shes a pony hence herbivores hence don't to kill animals if un needed hence is that you being her or is it just me nickpicking becouse this si so old and so famous
I like some twix bars so why not some twix fiction?
I have faith in you Twilight...you should to."
*too
433403 she could have gotten it in a book store. the book store probable got it by import from a carnavore civilization. besides shes a librarin.
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I love annoying people by commenting on old comments, could just be a case of fake leather, or natural death, we use donors parts all the time.
So apparently Twilight is a little pudgy in this series.