One Last Performance
"Behold, citizens of Canterlot, the Great and Powerful Trixie!" the blue showmare sounded, letting the 'r' in her name roll in her tongue before letting it go as fireworks and small jets of flame went up around her.
Trixie was met with the thunderous sound of hundreds of hooves stamping on the ground in excitement as she finished her entrance.
She had presented herself on stage numerous times before, and rarely did she get to perform in places such as Canterlot.
But that was not what had the showmare shivering under her cape and wizard hat, oh no. It was the presence of two very special ponies sitting on the balcony to her right.
While Trixie, among others, could care less for the uppity "nobles" that attended tonight, nopony could not be impressed by the turnout of both of Equestria's rulers: Princess Celestia and Princess Luna.
As the effects of her entrance died down, Trixie tried to regain her composure and trotted out towards the edge of the stage.
"Stuck in beautiful Canterlot all day, are you all not? That is undoubtedly the reason Trixie has the honor of performing for the two most important ponies in all of Equestria! Er, and the nobles....Of course." Trixie declared, raising a hoof towards the balcony.
Those who had not noticed the princesses before did so now, and Celestia nodded curtly while Luna attempted to hide behind her mane.
Can't mess this up, Trixie; this is your chance to show the world! she thought as she began her performance.
Over the months since the Ponyville incident Trixie had determined that she needed to add, if not change, a bit of her performance.
She had sneaked into Ponyville on Nightmare Night and had witnessed Zecora's fine performance during the play; and Trixie had been inspired to add magical storytelling to her own acts.
"Hydras, Minotaurs, Diamond Dogs and Dragons; Trixie has bested them all throughout her life. But once such fight left me craving for more; a fight with an Ursa Major!" Trixie continued, the lights dimming and her voice raising at the last string of words.
The crowd gasped in shock; a simple unicorn such as herself besting legendary creatures? Upon realizing that another unicorn who had accomplished such feats, one Twilight Sparkle, once stood in their midst the crowd's disbelief soon turned to admiration and wonder.
"Yes, an Ursa Major fought its way out of the Everfree Forest during Trixie's time in a small little country town by the name of Ponyville."
Trixie's horn lit up and the stage went from a simple spotlight on a single pony to an elaborate scheme of colored lines that took the shape of buildings and trees and stars to depict Ponyville.
"It was after a performance of simple magic, as I did not wish to scare the villagers there with my full power, that I lay to rest from a weary night. The night, however, would not have such a thing."
A low growl sounded from off stage to announce the cue for the Ursa Major's appearance.
Trixie lit up her horn again and conjured the image of a lumbering starbear roaming around the edges of the town.
"Trixie had sensed the beast as soon as it broke the dark cover of its home, and Trixie quickly rushed to announce the arrival of the threat. However, Trixie was too late for that as the beast let out a tremendous roar and sent most of the citizens fleeing!"
The image of the Ursa Major leapt over the magical houses and landed on the edge of the stage; opening its mouth and letting out a roar before the image retreated for the next scene.
"The Great and Powerful Trixie quickly rushed to banish the beast; Trixie's horn flaring and sparking with raw magic. Soon, the beast caught sight of Trixie and rushed forward to do battle!"
The apparition walked through the images of some of the buildings, sending them flickering out of existance as it approached the showmare.
"Trixie let out her magic as the beast swung it's paw down," she announced, letting loose a harmless bolt of magic that tore through the fake Ursa Major's paw and flew out of sight until it safely embedded itself into a safety precautioned gemstone.
"and then Ursa let out a roar of pain as it lunged at Trixie; but Trixie's magic had recovered fast and sent another bolt of magic its way!"
As the two fought their way through the mock battle, the crowd let out cheers every once in a while but mostly stayed silent in awe.
"In the end, Trixie had bested the beast and sent it scurrying home. And Ponyville still stands today due to Trixie's actions." Trixie said proudly, and the crowd cheered.
Two ponies, however, did not cheer.
"That is quite a tale, showmare, and a wonderful performance regardless if it is slathered in lies." Princess Celestia announced with a snicker.
The crowd gasped in shock and then quickly turned their angry gazes to the shivering mare onstage.
Stupid, stupid pony! Of course Celestia would know what happened, but why did she have to go and reveal Trixie like that? S-Surely the princess would have realized it was all just a performance meant to entertain...
"I happen to have it on very good authority,"' the princess continued as her younger sister smiled. "That it wasn't even an Ursa Major, but a Minor, and that my student, Twilight Sparkle, managed to calm the beast harmlessly."
A few in the crowd called Trixie out on her lie and the blue showmare started to shiver more.
"In fact, according to her letter, you ran off in fear shortly thereafter!" Princess Celestia giggled, which caused a few in the crowd to do so as well.
Nopony doubted Celestia's word.
"Now tell me, 'The Great and Powerful Trixie'," Princess Celestia continued in a mocking tone. "Why would you spread such lies around about my student? It's almost as if you're asking me to personally banish you from Canterlot if not all of Equestria!"
Princess Celestia let out a joyful laugh.
Trixie didn't understand how anypony could take so much pleasure in being this cruel; even Trixie hadn't laughed at Twilight or her friends the way the crowd and Princess Celestia was now.
Her life was ruined.
She had been made a foal of by the Princess herself, and now she would starve on the cold streets of where ever her tired hooves could take her because she had spent the last of her money here; hoping to make a break.
She would never perform again; nopony would allow it or take her seriously after word got out about Princess Celestia's confrontation.
As the laughter grew all around her, Trixie Lulumoon didn't fight back the tears.
She couldn't anymore.
She bowed her head in shame and defeat, causing her signature hat to fall off of her head and onto the cold wooden floor of the stage.
And Trixie dropped her spell.
And the laughter stopped.
Trixie continued to cry as she opened her eyes and took in the scene.
The stage was layered in dust and the spotlights had all been broken a long time ago.
The plush red seats that had once seated hundreds were old, smelly and losing stuffing from years of abuse by moths and other insects.
The theater was cold and dark; having seen light and warmth only years ago.
But Trixie did not care.
She did not retreat back to the old room she had broken into after breaking into the theater herself shortly after the Ponyville incident.
Instead, she just collapsed to the floor and hid under her hooves; crying softly at the failure she had become.
She didn't even hear the soft hoofsteps of somepony climbing the short staircase to the stage.
"Trixie...?" a soft voice called out.
No, not her! Not now! she thought desperately, sniffling in an attempt to stop her tears.
She made no attempt to move, however.
A sad sigh came from the new pony as Trixie felt her hat rest carefully on her head.
It felt so warm; like it always belonged there no matter what.
It was then Trixie felt something warm stir inside her.
"Trixie...I know you're still upset about everything that happened back then and I'm sorry. I'm sorry for what I did to you, even if it wasn't intentional. I just...I just can't bear to see a pony so broken down like this..."
Trixie picked up her head and stared at her hooves, hoping, praying for the new pony to say what she wanted to hear.
"Trixie...Would you like to be my friend?"
A tear ran down the blue showmare's snout.
But it was not a tear of sadness or humiliation; it was a tear of happiness that was soon brushed away as Trixie hugged the pony tightly, crying again.
"T-Thank you, Twilight Sparkle...Trix-...I thank you..."
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You made me DAWWWWW!
What wonderful one shot! I still don't regret that watch.
This deserves to be featured!
Dawww and first
Two people have read the story.
How the hell do I have six votes already?
Very sad dude. And screw the princesses they be a holes for hurting a pony's feelings. They don't make very good rulers loving and caring for their subjects MAKES ME MAD. But surprise ending made it all better.
Good job.
1410908 They're not real xD It was all Trixie's imagination as she beat herself up.
1410914 Really you had me going and be mad at them when it was all in her head.
Oh well I still don't really like them anyway good job.
1410942 I kinda thought it would be obvious when Trixie opened her eyes and the theater was in such a state of disrepair.
1410952 I figured it was time flying by quickly and she just remained there.
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Trixie! You need to believe in yourself!
This is the first fimfic that I've read in which Trixie is portrayed not as a boastful pony, but merely as a creature trying to make something of herself. And when Celstia said those awful things...
Well done!
Predictable, but still awesome.
Wow for a second there I was goin to call celestia super bitch
1410901 They're mutants. XD Each of them has three arms.
1412259 Wait what
1412263 XD OK, look down at your arm. At the end is your hand. It has a THUMB. Normal people have two thumbs total. You said 2 people had viewed the story at that time, but you had six thumbs. :P Both visitors are freaks-of-nature and have three arms. Thus three thumbs. They all lopped their thumbs off to show the appreciation for your fic. Hence your six thumbs.
1412271 I said votes, but I see now. x3
1412304 Oh hell. So you did. My bad. I just don't know what went wrong. In that case, disregard mutant comment. :P VOTER REGISTRATION FRAUD
I still say that Celestia is cruel indeed..
If I ignore that..
is a ponification that makes it slightly confusing and that..
is the worst combination of words that somepony ever could use (however, it's believable due to this show..), this was another neat one-shot.
Just one thing.. if Twilight was up to fix this afthermath, how comes that she just finds Trixie in the theathres of Canterlot, where Trixie just sneaked in and barely was noticed by anypony since this is an illegal move most likely, and not before/after?
If she would have gained help, then I could understand it. But Trixie is all alone.
If you tune at this spot, combining short actions with delicious and believable plots, the next one surely could raise to an great one-shot. (Not that neat is bad, but as a good author improving is always the big target, isn't it?)
1412335 Either my head is still groggy from just waking up or whatever you just typed truly made no sense :D (No offense). However, I think you asked or implied that this could lead to another one shot, but that is not the case. It's a little exercise to get me started for a series with Trixie and Twilight (even though I STILL haven't finished my 'Elements of Harmony' series).
1412360
Maybe both. I thought that the theatre is still in use, but after reading those lines again, it seems that it's not.
..Wait. Are you saying that Trixie is living in an old theatre of Canterlot since she failed in Ponyville? In that case I misunderstood something somewhere really hard.
1412439 Yes she is. All that play and humiliation, she just imagined it all.
1412442
Yeah, I got that. It's just that, well. Spotlights are rather expensive, so my brain was like "if a theatre is closed, someone would take them for re-sell. They never just would be randomly destroyed. That's silly!". I thought that Twilight followed her to that point what would have been rather unbelievable so.. I wrote it before breakfast.
1410973>>1412442 *POUNDS THE WALL REPEATEDLY*
*POUND* SO*POUND* MUCH*POUND* FFFFFFFFFFFFEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLSSSSSS
Poor Trixie. *Sigh* Honestly... I heap most of the blame on three flankholes who couldn't simply walk away...
1416522 Three Flankholes? I understand the terminology but have no idea who you're talking about (it's late at night, cut me some slack x3)
1416533 Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Rarity for simply not turning and walking away during Trixie's show in Ponyille. And it's late where I am too, so it's cool.
1416545 Ah, I see.
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And then Celestia spoke.
Real or not, FUCK. YOU.
a very good story. I liked it. the feels were nice.
This is why I prefer Luna over Celestia.
I mean Celestia was all like
Ha, what a lie. I'm in the mood to make a somepony cry. *makes poor Trixie cry*
It was a nice story though, I like the ending too. I always love stories where Twi and Trixie become friends or marefriends.
Geez, poor Tixie. But, cute story!
(Oh shoot! I didn’t realise how old this story was, I hope I didn’t bother you)