Chapter 39: Falling Stars
“Now, I cast the spell. Oh, and Twilight, before you go... I'm sorry,” apologized the solar diarch.
With a flash of light from her horn, the magic held in the arcane circle and from her horn joined. Like water rising, the magic surrounded her student and began to swirl. In a burst of energy, the lavender unicorn was gone, and Celestia collapsed in exhaustion.
“Sister, are you alright?” asked Luna.
“I'm fine,” Celestia answered, “Just tired. That spell takes a massive amount of power and not all of us are blessed with the ridiculous amount of power that you have.”
“Oh come now, Tia, you know power isn't everything,” Luna replied.
Celestia sighed, “A lesson that Twilight will be teaching me very soon.”
“What do you mean?” Luna looked at her quizzically.
“Never mind. I must prepare for the Alliance ambassadors. Clyde said they would arrive later today.”
“Clyde? Oh, right, James... or is it Mayhem... what do we even call him?” Luna pondered.
“I've known him as Clyde, the eccentric rock farmer, for nearly a decade, and James for only a few days. As far as I'm concerned, he's Clyde. Besides, he surrendered his power and position for his life here, so that is the life I shall recognize.”
“Perhaps we should ask him which he prefers,” Luna offered, “Until then, what should I do while you prepare?”
Celestia raised an eyebrow, “Oh, did you think you weren't going to be meeting them with me?”
“You're so much more... eloquent than I.” Luna tried to weasel her way out, “I wouldn't want to insult someone and cause an interstellar war.”
“Oh please, you'll do fine. Now let's go meet with Anal Retentive.”
“That's not his name, Tia,” Luna deadpanned.
“No, but it might as well be. It's a good trait for a Royal Planner.”
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Spike awoke after the greatest sleep of his life. He absently wondered if the smile left his face at all the entire night. He looked down at the big magenta eyes looking up at him.
“Mornin' stud,” she said seductively, “Sleep well?”
“Best sleep ever,” replied the dragon, “So, what do you have planned for today?”
“I'm gonna pick up my wing blades, and ask one of the Princesses who to talk to for lessons,” answered Rainbow, “I learned a little a long time ago, but I'm going to need a refresher. What about you?”
“I'm going to read one of the books I got from my time in Wyr. I have a whole book on battle magic, but I haven't read it yet.”
The pegasus giggled, “You have a book you haven't read? You came back like, four years ago.”
“It's about fighting, Dashie, and I'm a pacifist.”
“But you said you're going to be fighting those Dratali guys,” Rainbow said in confusion.
“I'm also not stupid,” Spike sighed, “We can't talk or run from these guys. We fight, or we die. Plus, having dragon magic will be a huge help. The other dragons will be defending Wyr, and won't be able to help much if at all.”
“We're going to have to get up aren't we?” asked the rainbow maned one.
“I don't know about you, but I kinda worked up an appetite last night,” Spike gave his lover a light kiss, “Let's get some lunch. I’ll cook something real quick.”
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“Coming!” Parry shouted to the knock at the door of his small one room apartment. He moved through the field of boxes to open the door. The moment it was open, an orange hoof slammed into his snout, knocking him to the floor. He squeezed his eyes shut and clutched his poor schnoz in pain.
“Applejack! You said you wouldn't hurt him!” said a voice he recognized as his fiance.
“Ah said Ah wouldn't kill'em, and Ah didn't,” said another voice that he knew belonged to her older sister. “We need to talk.”
Parry got back to his hooves, and let the two mares in. Applejack looked around for a place to sit, but, seeing no chairs, opted for the floor.
“Sit!” she commanded and they obeyed, “Ah hit you 'cause you knocked up my little sister. Ah know y'all are adults, and Ah can't tell you what y'all can and can't do, but you shoulda used protection. Rarity knows the spell and woulda done it for free, and not told a soul. It was stupid, and now y'all are gonna be payin' the price.”
Applejack glared at the young fencer, “How are you gonna be supportin' your wife-to-be?”
“Um, I have a job bussing tables at the Happy Dragon,” replied Parry.
“Is that all?” Applejack asked, “That doesn't pay very well.”
“I know, but I try to do a few odd jobs on the side. I'm saving it all for Applebloom's engagement bracelet,” Parry smiled at the love of his life.
“Applebloom, could you wait outside for a few minutes, and hand me mah bag?” Applejack requested, “Ah promise Ah won't hurt'em.”
Applebloom got up and headed to the door. She returned briefly to give AJ her saddlebags and then stepped outside. The blonde farm filly rummaged through her possessions for a moment before pulling out a small wooden box. She slid it over to him with a stern look. Parry picked it up slowly and cracked open the lid. He half expected a poisonous snake to jump out at him, but realized that if this mare wanted him dead she could do it with her own hooves without much trouble. Instead, he was greeted with the shine of polished gold and a large diamond.
“It was momma's,” explained Applejack.
“It's amazing,” Parry near whispered in awe, “I... I don't know what to say, but... thank you.”
“Ah'm mad at you, but you’re a good colt,” the cow pony gave her future brother-in-law a warm smile, “and I'm glad Applebloom has you. Don't worry about a house when y'all tie the knot. You got a place on the farm if you want it.” Applejack put a hoof to her lips and whistled loudly. Applebloom re-entered the apartment, “Go on, Parry, make it official.”
“Applebloom...” Parry beamed as he turned the box toward the yellow filly, “Will you marry me?”
Her eyes widened in shock at the sight of the bracelet. She looked over to her smiling sister, knowing where it came from. She turned back to Parry and leaped onto him in a hug, “Yes, of course Ah will.” Bloom broke the embrace just enough for her, now official, fiance to slip the bracelet on her hoof. As Applebloom leaned in to kiss Parry, Applejack decided to leave them to their moment. She took up her saddlebag and left the apartment.
“How long 'till you gotta be at work?” Applebloom asked.
“About an hour, why?”
“Plenty of time,” Applebloom dove back in for a passionate kiss.
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Curt wandered the halls of Canterlot castle. With Twilight hanging out with Merlin, Seth instructing Celestia on Alliance protocol, Debby and Aden still with the R&D ponies, and Raak training the guard, he had nothing else to do. He found himself in a courtyard, paved with marble. In its center stood a familiar purple dragon, a look of pure focus in his eyes. Curt decided he might as well see what the guy was doing, so he watched on.
Spike clapped his claws together, and in a flash of fire breath, ignited them in emerald flames. With quick, deft motions, her inscribed runes in the air with the fire. The writing lingered, hovering in midair, as he spun around slowly, writing all around him. When the dragon was surrounded on all sides by fiery runes, he looked at the book on a nearby stand. He examined his work and the book, comparing the two. With a smile and nod, he set the book down. He spread his claws to his sides and closed his eyes. The runes suddenly began to spin around him, soon becoming green streaks. When they resembled a solid green ring, Spike flicked his claws out, causing the fire to dissipate.
“Oh yeah, you the dragon,” he congratulated himself.
Curt gave a little applause, “That was pretty cool, Spike.”
“Oh, hey Curt,” the dragon greeted.
“Where'd you learn that? I doubt Twilight taught you dragon magic.”
Spike chuckled, “Yeah, even as awesome as she is with magic, she's still not a dragon. When I hit puberty, I had to go to Wyr, the dragon nation, to learn to control my magic. Not many dragons can use magic, but those of us that can have to learn to control it or we can lose control and incinerate everything around us. I was taught under one of the most powerful dragon mages in history, Laalia the Golden. She's cool. Even Fluttershy likes her, says she reminds her of her grandma, except scaly.”
“I wouldn't mind meeting her,” Curt gave a sly grin, “I'd love to meet a real dragon, someday.”
“Hey!” Spike complained, “Not funny, dude. You never question a dragon's dragonhood.”
“I take it Ms. Dash can vouch for your 'dragonhood',” Curt teased.
Huh, Curt thought to himself as he saw the dragon's face turn scarlet. I guess dragons are warm blooded, more like dinosaurs than reptiles. I wonder if they evolved from dinosaurs?
“So, how’d you two get together anyway?” Curt asked
“Well, it started with a bet...”
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In a meadow, about one hundred miles outside of Canterlot, three objects crashed. The metal cylinders were obviously not natural. This was made even more obvious when the sides shot off with a loud bang, and three beings stepped out. Two had brown scaly skin with a single strip of gray feathers going from the top of their heads down to their backs. The third had green skin visible only on its feline-like face and gold fur everywhere else.
In the guttural language of the Dratali, one of the reptilian beings ordered, “Send out the drone. I want to know where we are, and how close this capital is. Then send the information to the incoming fleet.”
The korg convert nodded and got to work. Before long, a small winged craft took to the sky, scanning the terrain as it flew and transmitting the data to the control box which, in turn, transmitted it to the fleet.
“Good, now we're... what's that sound?” the leader of the group looked around, spotting a single wagon approaching, heading toward the castle on the mountain. “New plan. Capture and interrogate the native.”
The three hid behind their landing pods until the pony was within range. The second it was, they jumped out and raised their weapons.
The korg ordered, “You, pony. Come with us or die.”
The pony looked up at them from under the wide brim of her hat, “Ah, you must be the ones the princess said was coming. I'm guessing some kind of scouting party.”
“Yes, and if you cooperate, you will be shown mercy,” the korg offered.
To the surprise of the trio, the pony laughed, “Oh my, you are funny. Do you think I'm just some kind of weak, helpless pony like the others? I've traveled the world, even outside the princesses’ protection. If you think I will go down easily, you are mistaken.”
“It's not worth the trouble... kill it,” ordered the leader.
The three opened fire on the mare who could only... laugh? The rounds passed right through her, as if she weren't even there. They stared in confusion at the impossible sight.
“It's a shame,” the pony’s voice came from behind them. They turned around just in time to see steel knives imbed themselves into their chests, “That of all the ponies in Equestria... you had to meet the Great and Powerful Trixie.”
She pulled the blades from the corpses, and magic'd them clean. As she went back to her cart, she looked up toward the sky toward Manehattan. Her eyes were drawn toward a trio of fireballs similar to the ones that signaled the arrival of the now dead scout party. Her brow furrowed in determination.
The princesses must be warned about these... scouts, I assume?, she thought to herself before taking off down the road as fast as she could, leaving her wagon behind.
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Allright we've got Trixie! Good Good!
...
WHERE"S SCOOTALOO!!!!
Woooooo she has perfect timing for once,
awesome, also trixie is a boss
WHY DID I READ SO FAST RWAYUAHBFUAGHA*TIHASET
Still good
2445841 I know the feeling
Since your caught up, how good is it?
Trixie is a bad-flank in this story.
Guess next chapter more Twilights...
You could have cut the chapter off at "That of all the ponies in Equestria... you had to meet the Great and Powerful Trixie.” and leave us hanging. Part of me is glad you didn't while part of me is sad you didn't. Dang, I actually an ending like?
Wow........
>>>
<<<
Called it!
well fuck me... Trixie seriously got kick-ass in the year Twilight disappeared eh? either that or her boasting was for reasons she couldn't show to town's folk (though still over embellished her accomplishments)
Stab-happy Trixie is best Trixie
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2445858 Feels good and sad at same time which confuses me
Seems like Trixie Took a Level in Badass!
This is why I love you.
well, that just made me like trixie, bravo
AND SO... SPIKE'S RAINBOW DASH/SPIKE'S RAINBOW DASH: THE FINAL CHAPTERS ARE AN OFICIAL CAMEO!
I guess that after the Alicorn Amulet incident, Trixie did actually trained under Twilight after all, and when Twilight had been declared oficially dead, she had to step up in her place to protect everyone while using her original ocupation as a cover for special missions (...wow, that sounded a lot like a G.I.JOE character file card)
2445997 Not even close
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LOL, at least it was worth the shot
This makes one of two fics I've read in which Trixie is both a badass and good, while not focusing nearly exclusively on her.
2446021 What was the other?
2446024Waking Nightmares. In that one, she's paired (in a combat ally sense, not in a shipping sense) with TF2's Pyro.
2446030>>2446024
If you guys like badass Trixie stories, another good one is Mare-Do-Well: Regeneration
I bet Trixie is part of that bet Spike was talking about!
Trixie, the sorcress
Twilight the Wizzard, sorcress, and soldier combined
Spike the Runepriest(or mage)
Fluttershy the monk
Rainbow dash the Fighter (knight)
Applejack the farmer and by defult the bad-ass fighter (refer to NWN 2)
Curt the ranger
Rok the monk, war priest
Celestia the elder wizard
Luna the spunky Sorcress
Zecora the spirt shaman, priest
My shot at classing these people!
I think Twiligth is along the lines of Elderich Knight though. eh! 
2446415 Luna's more the powerful psionic. She has more raw power than Celestia, but not the control or experience.
2446435 thats more where sorcresses are arnt they, more nateral talent and power than preperation and time takign to cast spells?
This is bad assery right here!
@__@;.....Didn't expect Trixie of all ponies to start kicking ass.
Trixie and Twilight will make the ultimate tag team. If these two work together not even Xander can stop the Great and Powerful Trixie and Rider(twilight)
2446415 Fluttershy, The (hopefully soon to be) Blind Monk.
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2446542 You sir, are cruel! Why would you want Fluttershy to be blind
2446554 Because you need to be blind in order to be Lee Sin, the most badass monk in the world.
His title is "The Blind Monk" for a reason.
2446585 Fluttershy can kick his ass
2446588 I believe that when I see it...
Only a real nooblord would believe there is a counter to Lee Sin...
2446604 Fluttershy in my last story, Chaotic Harmony, would crush him like he were a bug.
2446611 *Safeguards to a nearby Ward*
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I think we're all forgetting that Lee Sin is a ranged melee tanky dps assassin mage tank support jungler. He excels at everything.
2446415 correction celestia is the sage the thousand year old mage of incredible skill.
and the way trixie handled thins, she seems for fitted to the asassin.
2446693 True, so true.
2446742 Trixie, The Deciever.
2446693 And Fluttershy in Chaotic Harmony is a half-dragon.
Oh my sweet mother of crap apples!
2446742 Yeah yout right, so maybe....
Celestia the Elder sage (becuses we all know shes older than a 1000)
And Trixie the Arcane Assassin
Trixie as a magical assassin for celestia?
Awesome.
Bwahaha! Trixie being one step ahead of her opponents. So awesome!
the great and powerful assasin!
Awesome~
So... it turns out Tirxie's a badass... Okay
Assassin bad-flank Trixie is best bad-flank Trixie!
Finally! An author who recognizes Trixie's potential as a warrior mage. No one seems to realized that as a showpony she has to focus on many things at once, this combined with her rather elegant telekinetics makes her a living bladestorm of death and badassery.
Trixcie assumes. She speaks in the third person.