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Breakfast ended up being a very modest affair of oatmeal and toast. Trixie was disappointed because she was unable to impress Big Macintosh with Neigh Orleans style cooking. Big Macintosh, in turn, was disappointed due to a depressing lack of apples. Sweetie Belle was disappointed because her own attempts at breakfast came out so dismally. The other foals were disappointed that their trip was going to be cut short and that they’d have to go home soon. Rainbow Dash was disappointed because everypony else was and she didn’t want to be left out.
There was a certain hangdog air about the camp between the sad meals, sad faces and the generally sad state of the camp (Big Macintosh had wrung a terse apology out of Rainbow Dash and Sweetie Belle for lightly charring the place). So it was a quite an uncomfortable breakfast.
So Sweetie took it upon herself to try to break the ice. “Miss Trixie…are you coming back to Ponyville with us?”
The ice was suddenly broken and everypony promptly fell into freezing glacial water.
“NO WAY!” Rainbow Dash and Trixie leapt to their hooves and shouted in unison.
The two mares then whirled on another. “And why not?” Trixie demanded, pushing her forehead against Rainbow’s.
“Because we don’t want you back!” Rainbow Dash shot back.
“As if Trixie would ever grace your pathetic little town with her magnificent presence again!”
“Then don’t!”
“Don’t tell Trixie what to do!”
“Do you WANT to come back?”
“Of course not! But if the Great and Powerful Trixie wishes do to so she can go anywhere she wants!”
“Can not!”
“Can so!”
Big Macintosh cleared his throat. “Ladies…” He then quailed under the furious combined gaze of not one but two incredibly POed mares.
“You stay out of this!” They barked as one, then immediately became angry at their impromptu agreement.
“You don’t you talk to Big Mac that way!” Rainbow Dash snorted angrily.
Trixie harrumphed. “Trixie can talk to anypony she wants, anyway she wants. And furthermore…”
STOMP.
Big Macintosh stomped his hoof. Once. The ground shook with a small tremor as several of the little ponies fell over at the ensuing aftershocks. Trixie and Rainbow Dash stopped their arguing in favor of maintaining their balance.
“As ah was SAYING…” Macintosh said once he was sure he had everypony’s attention. “This squabblin’ ain’t helpful and it’s not the kind of example y’all want to be setting for the foals, is it?”
Rainbow Dash kicked at the ground with her hoof and Trixie hung her head, the two of them having the grace to be abashed. “No…” They said in unison, for the third time. It was really getting on each other’s nerves.
“Good.” Big Mac nodded. “Now, ah’ve been up since…well, the night before last. Ah’m plum tuckered and want to get some shut-eye. So ah want you two to quit yer squabbling and a feudin’ and keep an eye on everypony. Alright?”
“You got it.” Rainbow Dash said quickly, making sure to beat Trixie to the punch. The showmare, who had opened her mouth to answer, quickly shut it. No need to seem like she was agreeing with the rainbow mare, after all.
Macintosh nodded amiably and stood up, stretching as he did so. Then he turned to the foals and said. “Ah’m countin’ on y’all to behave…and to keep an eye on these two.” He nodded to the two grown mares. “Make sure they behave too.”
Pipsqueak saluted. “Can do cap’n!” The others imitated him in saluting, albeit a bit more sloppily.
“Heeeey!” Rainbow objected. “Just wait a—”
“Not now Dashie.” Big Mac forestalled her. “Ah’m really tired and ain’t in the best of moods. We’ll talk later, okay?”
“But…” Dash sighed. “Fine. Whatever.”
Bemused and a little tired, Big Macintosh turned around. “Aww, dun be like that.” He gave his new marefriend a quick peck on the lips. Rainbow Dash perked up immediately as the kids either awwwed or giggled. If looks could kill, Trixie would’ve had Rainbow Dash be six feet under and pushing up the daisies. “See you in a bit Dash.”
“See ya Mac.” Rainbow waved. As soon as the farmpony went inside the tent, her good mood wore off. “Look Trixie,” she turned back around.
“That’s the Great and Powerful Trixie to you.” Sniffed the blue unicorn.
“…Yeaaah, no.” Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes, blowing a lock of her hair out of her face. “I don’t know what you’re up to, but I’m gonna be keeping an eye on you.”
“Use both eyes.” Trixie sneered. “You might learn something.” She flicked her tail dismissively and walked off. Fuming, Rainbow turned and stalked off in the other direction until they sat on opposite ends of the campsite.
“…You ever get the feeling they forgot we were here?” Archer asked as she finished off her oatmeal.
“Hmm hmmm.” Came the chorus of agreement from the rest of her peers.
Sweetie Belle set her bowl down. “Maybe we should help!” Once she was sure she had everypony’s attention, she explained. “This trip was all about learning how to cooperate and get along right?” The other five little ponies looked at each other and nodded. “So…how about if we help Rainbow Dash and Trixie become friends?”
“That’s a great idea!” Snails applauded. “That’d be super awesome!” To have not one but two of his childhood heroes become friends? That’d make it, like, at least….he frowned, math wasn’t his strong suit. Finally he decided that Trixie and Rainbow Dash doubling up would make it three times as cool.
Silver Spoon was a bit more restrained. “I don’t know…those two are really stubborn.” She said hesitantly as she thought back to the night before when she and Snails first came across Trixie. “And Trixie is pretty stuck up and…mean.”
“Aw, c’mon Spoony.” Archer nudged her. “No offense but it’s not like you were much different than her at the start of this trip.”
Silver blushed and gave an awkward nod. “I know, I know…but I-I didn’t like it when ponies thought of me like that. I don’t know if Trixie even minds it. You can’t change a pony if they don’t even WANT to change.”
“Then let’s find out!” Sweetie Belle hopped to her hooves. “I’m gonna go talk to Trixie and Silver Spoon, you can talk to Rainbow Dash!”
Pip raised a hoof. “What about the rest of us?”
“You guys can….hmmm…Snails, you and Dinky can help Silver Spoon talk to Rainbow Dash and Archer and Pip can come with me!” Sweetie was on a roll. “We’ll have them becoming best friends by the time we get home! They’ll think it's an excellent idea.”
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“What a ridiculous idea!” Trixie reared and whinnied in distress at the three little ponies who had approached her. “Are you out of your mind?"
Sweetie Belle’s face fell. “Well…we just thought that maybe you and Rainbow Dash…”
Trixie held up a hoof. “Trixie is going to stop you right there. There is no ‘Trixie and Rainbow Dash.’ ”
“Shouldn’t that be Rainbow Dash and I?” Sweetie Belle interrupted, looking at Trixie sideways. Behind her Archer rolled her eyes and silently mouthed ‘dictionary’ at her.
“Trixie always receives top billing.” The unicorn snorted. “And it is irrelevant. There is no Trixie and Rainbow Dash, no ‘us’ in any way shape or form. Trixie will have nothing further to do with that ruffian.”
Sweetie grumbled. “Yeesh, you sound like my sister.” She facehooved.
Pipsqueak hesitantly stepped his way forward. “Um, Miss Trixie…aren’t you lonely being out in the woods all by yourself?”
Her anger partially quailed by the adorableness of the colt’s high, soft voice and accent, Trixie only responded with an indignant snort. “The Great and Powerful Trixie doesn’t need anypony.”
“But…” Pip objected. “Even Princess Luna was lonely when she came to visit Ponyville—and she’s the Princess! Then she made friends and it made her be happy.” He shuffled his hooves. “M-maybe…it could make you be happy too?”
Trixie bit her lip. “W-who says Trixie isn’t happy now?” She countered shakily. “What makes you think I’m not head over hooves HAPPY?!” Her smile had taken on a forced, almost twisted look that reminded Sweetie Belle of an incident involving Twilight Sparkle and a doll that she tried to block from her mind.
Archer decided to answer Trixie’s question. “Uh, we found in a tent, by yourself, in the middle of nowhere and your cape and hat look like they haven’t been washed in forever and Sweetie almost sent your tent on fire.” Sweetie pouted as Archer finished off her list with a very dry deadpan. “Even Pinkie Pie would be a bit down after all that.”
The filly’s simple answer just caused all of the anger and denial to leak out of Trixie like a stuck balloon, leaving her looking and feeling deflated. She looked away. “If Trixie is…less than satisfied then it is because of how other ponies treat her!” An idea clicked as she turned around. “Yes, it is just like the young colt said!” Pip let out a brief ‘woah!’ as he felt himself being magically lifted up in the air and enveloped in a crushing hug by Trixie.
“Princess Luna and I are two of a kind—under-appreciated, misunderstood! Two lost souls adrift in a world that fails to appreciate their talents. Yes, I must meet her!” She twirled on her back hooves. “Together the two of us with our combined talents can take the world by storm. Why—”
“Uh that’s not really what we meant.” Sweetie Belle said.
Archer nodded. “Also? You’re making Pip turn green.” Where Sweetie’s objection didn’t really register with the showmare, Archer’s remark got her to promptly stop spinning and quickly holding Pip as far away from her as she could.
Trixie smiled nervously at the dizzy young colt. “Are you…okay?”
Pip’s eyes spun in circles as he nodded faintly. He burped, then bit his lip. With exaggerated care Trixie gently set him down and then backed away like he was an armed bomb.
The little colt fell down on his rump as he waited for the world to stop spinning. “I’m okay…”
Sweetie Belle looked up at Trixie. “Uh anyway….”
“Yes…” Trixie coughed. “The Great and Powerful Trixie can see now why other ponies are uneasy around her—They’re all jealous of her amazing skills and talent! That’s why everypony dislikes Trixie. That’s why nopony is ever sorry to see her go…or looks forward to seeing her again.” She rubbed her face with her hoof. “They’re just stupid and jealous and…stupid!”
Archer rubbed the back of her neck. “Um, it kinda might have had something to do with you being a big bragging jerk too, you know?” She offered.
“Yeah!” Sweetie nodded. “You turned my sister’s hair green and made a bunch of other ponies feel bad. That wasn’t nice!”
“…Trixie forgets, were you here to make me feel better or worse?” She asked.
“Both! I mean neither! Um….” Sweetie Belle lost her train of thought.
Pip raised his hoof. “Gosh, we don’t want to make you feel bad Miss Trixie.” Everypony turned to look at him. “But other ponies don’t like to feel bad either and that’s what you did.” He got up and trotted over, gently resting his head on Trixie’s hock. “I bet if you say you’re sorry everypony will forgive you…everypony likes Princess Luna even though Nightmare Moon was really mean and scary. And now she has lots of friends and is really happy and fun.”
Trixie grit her teeth. “Fine…but why do I, er, why does TRIXIE have to make nice with that obnoxious pegasus?”
“Cuz Rainbow Dash is really loyal and stuff.” Archer answered. “And if you can make friends with her, you can make friends with anypony!”
Sweetie nodded. “Besides, you *did* zap her with a lightning bolt. You need to apologize.”
“And if she decides not to accept Trixie’s apology?” The blue unicorn queried.
Pipsqueak piped up. “Well, then that’s up to her. Big Macintosh told me that if you’ve upset somepony the only thing to do is to apologize…even if that pony doesn’t want to hear it, you’ve still got to say it because it isn’t just about them. It’s about you and the kind of pony you are.” Pip recited, closing his eyes to help him remember what he’d been told. “You have to decide if you’re the type of pony who walks away from a problem you made—even if you didn’t mean to—or are you gonna stick with it until you fix it? When you see somepony who needs a hoof, are you gonna help them out, or just walk away because they don’t wanna accept it at first? Will you just quit when things look hard?”
“Big Macintosh said that….” She mused softly. Then Trixie’s eyes steeled. “Trixie may be called a great many things…but a quitter is not one of them!” She tossed her mane, letting her cape billow behind her. “Very well! The Great and Powerful Trixie is so great and powerful that she can do anything—even if it means trying to get along with the ponies who shunned her! I will show her! I’ll show them all! Nothing can keep the Great and Powerful Trixie down! NOTHING!”
“Yippee! Hooray!” The three eager foals cheered, hopping up and down.
Smiling, Trixie added a silent postscript to her declaration. “And nothing will stop me from showing Big Macintosh just who the best mare here is!”
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After reading that description, I have determined that this story most definitely requires further investigation.
Yay! New chapter!
Short, but fun.
Interesting, but fun.
Trixie being Trixie, but fun.
Not enough Big Mac, but fun.
Fun fun, fun fun.
In all seriousness, another great chapter! Thanks for this.
High-ho the dairy-oh, I suppose.
Damn it Trixie.
I like the lesbian version of you.
Mostly because the Twixie pairing is an incredibly entertaining mind-bender.
Trimac is just an awkward thought (but I bet it IS someone's OTP).
Keep it up.
This... is going to blow up spectacularly.
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Trixie likes her stallions the way she likes her fireworks.
Big, red, and impressive.
Trixie, I love but give it up. Big Mac is never going to go for you. Man, mares, I feel for you Mac, feels like the foals are most mature ones there.
Trixie, Imma let you finish, But Rainbow Dash is the best mare of all time. OF ALL TIME!
Trixie, you better not be crushing on . I swear to god if you are, your tent isn't the only thing you should be afraid of being incinerated.
You know, I'm not sure I've ever even seen a TriMac fic, let alone read one.
Hah, I can't wait to see how this'll all go.
And I'm really impressed that the things these ponies learn comes back to them, as they're not simply cast away in the mind. Pip made me proud here.
Also, both of your stories are in the featured box.
ohh it's getting heated. me like!
Rainbow Dash was disappointed because everypony else was and she didn’t want to be left out.
That line seriously cracked me up
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All right, I'm doing it.
BOW CHICKA BOW WOW!
Sorry. I missed my quota for this week.
NEIGH ORLEANS??? All this time I've been trying to find a horse pun for New Orleans and it was SO OBVIOUS!
I salute you, now I'll actually read past the first line.
TRIXIE! NO BIG MAC FOR YOU!
I think Trixie needs a lesson in pony behavior. You would have to be blind not to see the bond between RD and Big Mac.dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/emoticons/misc_Vinyl_Scratch.png
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http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7492672/1/Trixies_New_Big_Red_Life
Some TwiMac for you. (Not clop)
To author:
It's been a bloody great read so far, easily one of favorite fics I've read on this site. I can't wait for the next chapter, I wish you the best of luck in your writing endeavors.
Hunter C. Creed
RD should generously and magnanimously accept Trixie's apology.
After which she should proceed to end her with extreme prejudice. Attempting to insert oneself between Rainbow Dash and what she wants is a crime for which only death can properly atone!
GAH! Please, for the love of god make her say 'I'!! The way Trixie talks about herself is UNBEARABLE.
Lol, rant over :S Nice chapter, and I meant it as being irritated at the canon, and not they way you've portrayed her
I love this story so much.
Good chapter, but needs more pre-reader.
Right Path Trixie wrong way
Before reading: FINALLY! New chapter!
After reading: . . . BUCK YES.
“Trixie may be called a great many things…but quitting is never one of them!”
...Do you mean, "but a quitter"?
Why am I getting a bad feeling here must keep an eye on Trixie
Pip, you are a clever pony. Way to play on Trixie's ego.
1027472 It sounds just like something Dash would do, too.
Trixie you tool.
Trixie you whore
forevar!!!
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There's TriMac in The Empty Room and it's pretty damn awesome. Seriously it's literally the only time I've seen Trixie straight shipped and thought it worked perfectly.
Also aww Trixie why you gotta be crushing on Big Mac when there's a perfectly nice purple unicorn waiting for you in Ponyville
Finished reading the whole thing (started at 3 in the noon). I gotta say...
IT'S BLIMMIN AWESOME! I'm impressed at the way you characterized all of them perfectly, made the shipping work, and the humor! SO MUCH LULZ!
-->Rainbow Dash was disappointed because everypony else was and she didn’t want to be left out.
So much win.
1034006 That's on my list to read at some point, though the fact that it has both the Dark and the Tragedy tag makes me a tad skittish about it.
Fuck you Trixie.
Whats with all the fucking love triangles?!
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They're god damn everywhere!
1026781 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifJpwXPTyY0
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Oh ... oh my ...
-blushes-
... wait. Who, exactly, is having ... `that` sort of fun?
1026781 you forgot to mention the fun.
Umm, You said "sent your tent on fire"
Other than that it was great. Keep it up!
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Oh, crap! Thanks for catching that.
How's it look now?
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Thank you!!! To be honest I am a bit proud of that line. =P
moaaaaaaar!!!!!!!!!!
GIVE US MOAR
Gve me an update! This fic is what got me into this couple.
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Which is really weird.
Trixie treated Snips&Snails much like Blueblood treated Rarity. She handled heckling fairly well, indeed she put up her challenge only when she didn't get praise (not the heckling!) for being "the best in Ponyville". She looked around the crowd for somepony to humiliate- she didn't challenge her hecklers directly. When she did, it wasn't the outspoken one, Rainbow, but rather Applejack, whom she likely didn't even hear when she complained (Trixie was conjuring flowers at that time, and AJ wasn't speaking to her anyhow)
She claimed to be better at everything than all of them; a promise she didn't keep, at least in regards to Rarity, even if we're generous, and who at first wanted only to step in and stop the fighting, including by her own friends. It's perfectly legitimite to say that Trixie did nothing but sabotage her contenders, instead of actually backing up her claims, which included being "the greatest equine who has ever lived".
And to all those who say we shouldn't give her a hard time because she's a performer, I ask you to consider this: Say that there is a performer in your town who challenges your best friend to a juggling contest, and your friend is a great juggler- but as soon as it's his turn, the other guy kicks him in the legs, and then claims victory because your friend tripped- does that sound fair and right to you?
Trixie was a horrible character, but too many people forgot how the episode was structured to remember this. And, well- it probably wouldn't have taken more than saying "I'm sorry" for Twilight and her friends to pitch in and build Trixie a new waggon. Because they're nice like that.
I greatly enjoyed the story thus far, and look forward to all future updates.
What I love the most is that, with perhaps a slight exception for the romance, the story holds true to the tone of MLP: FiM.
Thanks for sharing!
Just discovered this story today.
Must read moar.
MOAR!!!
Here we go again.
Waifu, I love you and all, but you're absolutely crazy if you think you're gonna get Big Mac. I mean, look at the title image.
YOU. AIN'T DOIN'. NOTHIN'.
Now, I'm only gonna tell you this once. I seem to be the only person who even likes you right now, and they're talking about burning you. You know how bronies are with their pairings. You better skedaddle.
-SuperChaosKG
1035506 The guy in the pic fails, BIG TIME.
*Le sigh*
Trix, Ah might like you as a fanon character, but there ain't no way in Tartarus you're gettin Big Mac. Just ain't happenin.