A wagon surrounded by a light purple aura drove itself on the path out of Las Pegasus. The wagon was currently under a spell, it was to stay on the path until it got to Ghastly Gorge.
The pony inside was asleep, she was exhausted from her recent performance.
Las Pegasus was not favorable to her. She had to compete with other acts, and since most of the other acts were more skilled with magic than she was. She didn’t make much money, it was just enough to fill her belly for a meal or so. However, she didn’t have enough to get train tickets to her next location Baltimare, so she planned to use the river to ride there.
It was completely insane, but she was very desperate for money.
Although the easier option would have been to go to Ponyville, but the pony wanted to avoid that place as much as possible.
The wagon was going forward like it was supposed to. It passed by a tiny section of a forest. When a very hungry chimera was observing it from inside the forest.
The chimera was a combination of a buck, a komodo dragon, and a puma. It had a puma’s torso and legs, a deer’s hindquarters, and the Komodo dragon’s feet and tail. Out of the torso of the chimera, were necks and heads of each respective animal.
“Well, well” whispered the Puma, “It looks like our next meal is rolling away.”
“What do you suppose a wagon is doing out here, alone at night?” asked the Deer
“Does it really matter?” asked the Komodo Dragon sarcastically
“I guess not” answered the deer “But that wagon is being pulled by magic, so it’s possible the unicorn inside is asleep. So if we sneak up…”
Suddenly the chimera bolted out of the forest. “What did I just say you guys?!” The Deer angrily said.
The spell that was on the wagon was to make it stay on the path. However, it also made it do evasive maneuvers, in case of emergencies.
And a hungry chimera chasing after it, was definitely an emergency. So the wagon drove as fast as it could.
“If you guys listened to me, we could have caught it by now, this is why that rabbit got away.” lectured the Deer. The other two heads completely ignored the deer and chased the wagon anyway on the path by Ghastly Gorge. The Deer rolled it’s eyes and said: “Why do I even bother?”
The chase lasted for a while until the wagon reached the end of the path. The wagon tried to stop itself, but it was going too fast to do so. Then the wagon flew into a bog, where it was slowly beginning to sink.
However, this was no ordinary bog, this bog was right by the Everfree Forest.
“Arg! No! I didn’t want a muddy meal” said the Puma
“We could wash the pony in a river or something.” said the Komodo Dragon
“Good point” replied the Puma.
By some fortune, the pony inside was not deeply asleep. Otherwise, this would have been a tragedy.
Trixie suddenly felt soaked and muddy. She quickly woke and found her home, slowly being flooded by black murky water. Trixie let out a curse word and grabbed whatever she could and teleported out. Trixie found herself in a bog, millions of questions raced through her mind.
However, there was no time for that now, because suddenly a chimera let out a roar right next to her. It quickly tried to swipe at her, which Trixie responded with a magic blast. The chimera let out an enraged growl and Trixie stood staring at it.
‘I never fought a chimera before…’ Trixie thought to herself ‘I...I could be outmatched here….I could d..die.’
Trixie felt a few tears run down her cheek, the fear of dying overwhelmed her. It was making her want to run away and not even try to fight this thing.
‘NO!....I’m...I’m not making the same mistake as I did with the Ursa Major. This time, I am not backing down! I’m going to fight this thing with everything I got!’
Trixie was filled with determination, her horn glowed as she stared down her opponent.
Sometime later….
Spike was up late, he was giggling to himself “I got this whole castle all to myself and the best part? Nopony to tell me what to do”
Twilight and Rainbow Dash was going be away from Ponyville, for about two months. Apparently, A.K. Yearly needed their help to find some artifact of some kind. Yearly, explained that it was an ancient magical artifact that she needed Twilight's skills for, and of course Rainbow Dash was needed because of her resourcefulness.
Spike would have come, but it was far too dangerous. Also, he was fine with Twilight going with Daring Doo. It was a dream come true for her.
"Now, what should I do?" Spike asked himself while at the same time rubbing his claws together.
"Oh, I know! I always wanted to eat ice cream out on the balcony" Spike said with glee.
"Hey, Twilight! You don't mind if I stay up late and eat ice cream right?"
Spike cupped a claw on his ear to listen for a reply. As he expected, he did not get one back.
So with that, he quickly went to the kitchen, made a huge sundae and brought it outside with him.
Spike let out a sigh and sat on one of the lawn chairs and enjoyed his ice cream.
The best thing about the castle was that it was the tallest building in town. Which meant it had a bird's view of the whole town.
He admired the scenery of Ponyville at night, it was quiet and nopony was out.
'Is this how it is for Princess Luna every night?' Spike thought to himself while constantly shoving the ice cream into his mouth.
Spike took a look around Ponyville when he noticed something odd in the Everfree forest. Although, all he could see from the balcony was trees. He could see a light flashing one color in one section of the Everfree forest, then flash a different color, in another section entirely.
Every time the light flashed, the light was getting weaker and weaker.
Spike knew little to nothing about the Everfree forest, but as far as he was aware. He never saw that happen before.
"I...Is it a monster?" Spike thought out loud. Whatever it was, it was coming closer to Fluttershy's cottage. "Oh no!" Spike ran out of the castle.
Spike ran as fast as he could. When he saw something fell out of the forest near the cottage. Unfortunately, it was too dark to see what it was. He huffed and puffed, he was out of breath and exhausted. But He kept on running anyway, Fluttershy was in danger. Although the smart thing to do was to call for help, he was not thinking about that at the time.
The closer he got to it, the more he realized it was a pony that fell out of the Everfree forest. Spike was about to call for help, but the condition that the pony was in shocked him so much. that it prevented him from doing so.
Trixie was barely breathing, she was bruised, beaten and had fresh claw and bite marks all over her. Trixie's vision was all blurry. So when Trixie looked in front of her, all she saw was some purple colored blur standing there.
'Is...it...another... monster?'
'...is this... how...it ends?'
'If...I'm going ...down...I'm...I'm taking this thing..' Trixie's thought was interrupted when she coughed out blood.
'...With...me..'
Trixie grunted with all the effort she could muster, her horn flickered, it was ready for one last blast.
Spike turned pale when he saw Trixie, it seemed like she was on the verge of death.
The bite and claw marks that were all over her was oozing actual blood. Spike fought off the urge to throw up when he saw that. He was not ready to see something like this.
Sure, he had seen blood before, but it had only been in fiction. Seeing it in real life was an entirely different experience.
Trixie looked at him with squinted eyes, she let out a bloody cough, then her horn flickered with magic.
"I'm...n..not... going to... let you get ...me that...easily" Trixie managed to say, she sounded as if it toke a lot of effort, just to get one word out of her muzzle.
Spike realized what she meant by that, either she recognized him and thought he was out for revenge, or she thought he was another creature coming after her.
Whatever grievance Spike had, it was not crucial at the moment. She will die if he did not immediately help her.
"Trixie it's okay, I won't hurt you, I am going to get help!" Spike shouted
Although the purple blob sounded like it was underwater, Trixie heard her name and stopped her spell. Trixie then fainted.
Spike wanted to go to the hospital but that would mean he would have to carry her. She was a full grown mare, there was no way he could do that. Even if he somehow managed it, by the time he took her to the hospital, it will be too late.
The only option was to knock on Fluttershy's cottage since they were both very close to it.
Spike pounded on Fluttershy's door "Fluttershy open up, it's me Spike! It's an emergency!"
A very groggy Fluttershy opened the door "Spike, what?..."
"Fluttershy help! It's Trixie she needs help!"
So Spike led Fluttershy to Trixie. when she saw the state Trixie was in, it caused her to almost collapse.
"Please Fluttershy, you just got to help" Spike begged.
"But Spike, I'm not a doctor, I only know how to take care of animals, not ponies"
"I know, but look at her." Spike said pointing at Trixie "she's counting on you, you at lease have some medical know-how, you are the only one close enough to help."
"I...do not know how to help her"
"She is going to... going... to" Spike sniffed he was trying his hardest to keep from crying, but still the tears came. Fluttershy could tell this was way too much for him. He was trying to hold himself together.
Fluttershy put a hoof around him as a way of comforting him, " Shh, it's okay Spike" Fluttershy said in a motherly tone. "I'll see what I can do, why don't you go to Rarity's house and get help, she lives closest to me."
"But, shouldn't I assisit, I could get supplies for you"
"That's fine Spike I'll get the animals to help me"
"Ok"
So with that, Spike went to Rarity's house, when Spike told Rarity the situation, they ran to the Ponyville Hospital. The hospital used an emergency horse drawn carriage to receive Trixie from Fluttershy's house.
A few minutes later.
Rarity and Fluttershy came to hear what the doctor would say.
The doctor came out of the emergency room. He was the same doctor that toke care of Rainbow Dash when she broke her wing. Spike didn't really know what his name was, so Spike called him Doc.
"So Doc, how is she?" Spike asked.
The doctor considered his words a bit before speaking.
"Young dragon, do you want to leave? This might be too extreme for you." the doctor concernedly stated.
Spike gripped his claws into a fist, he was visibly shaking "N...No...I'm okay jj..just tell me what's wrong with her"
The doctor looked at the mares as a way of nonverbally getting permission from them.
"Spike, I know you are trying to be brave, but you been through a lot tonight. Perhaps it's better if you don't hear this." Fluttershy said
"I quite agree, Spike maybe it would be better if you had a good night's rest" Rarity suggested
"You both think I can get some sleep after this happened? If I go home now, all I'll think about is if she survived or not, all I will see is images of her dying."
Fluttershy gave him a comforting hug
"Then you should write to Twilight to get her here, she could help." Fluttershy said
Spike let out a sigh "I have read enough Daring Do books to know that her adventures are usually off the grid. Even if we could get a letter to her. By the time it gets there, Rainbow Dash and Twilight will get here way too late to help me"
Both Fluttershy and Rarity looked at other for a moment then both said "Ok doctor go ahead" Both of them held onto Spike like they were both trying to protect him.
The Doctor paused for a moment, then nodded his head "She might not make it"
The doctor's tone of voice was in-between caring and getting too attached to his case.
"This is the worse case I have ever seen. You got to understand, this sort of thing hasn't happened since Ponyville was founded"
"Wait, this has happened before?" ask Rarity
"Yes, but it's very rare. Some pony gets lost in the Everfree forest, they meet up with a creature and the creature attacks them."
"It's becoming less and less frequent nowadays" the doctor continued
"Also, most of the time the ponies try to run if they get attacked. Trixie seemed like she tried the best she could to fight them off."
At that moment, Spike's mind briefly flashed back to when Trixie faced the Ursa Major.
Then his mind repeated the last line he heard from her tonight "I'm not going to let you get me that easily"
How many times has he seen that kind scenario in comic books?
The hero trying their best against an overpowered villain. And even if the hero is outmatched in every way, they never give up.
In that moment that Spike felt a bit of admiration for Trixie "I understand, Trixie" Spike muttered to himself.
"So um what happens now?" Fluttershy modestly said
The Doctor gave a long sigh "The wounds are really bad, we're going to have to get doctors from Canterlot."
"I already called some ahead of time, they should be here soon"
"Anyway, I'm going to have to go and help out the nurses. I'll do what I can, but as I said the chances are slim"
With that the doctor returned to the surgery room.
Rarity, Fluttershy and Spike hugged each and other cried, this was devastating for all of them. Some pony they knew was dying and all they could do was hope.
"Fluttershy, I'm going go and get AppleJack and Pinkie" said Rarity
"Um are you sure it's a good idea?" Fluttershy asked
"Of course dear, they are our friends" Rarity then whispered in Fluttershy's ear "besides look at poor Spikey-Wikey, he needs all the support he can get. You know since Twilight isn't here."
"Oh, of course" Fluttershy whispered back "But what about Pinkie? You know how she is in situations like this"
"It would be bad if we don't invite her dear"
"Good point"
Spike started to pace back and forth
Sometime later
"...so let me get this straight, Trixie came out of ta forest close ta death?" AppleJack asked.
"Yeah, she possibly got lost in the forest and met up with a creature, and instead of running from it. she faced it with everything she got" Spike said in a monotone voice
Pinkie's hair turned straight and her coat turned slightly dull "I'm...I'm sure... she will be fine" she then started crying she was never any good when it came to anything involving death.
"What the hay kind of creature did that ?!"
"It was.." Fluttershy hesitated little, unsure if she should tell her friends.
"It was a chimera"
All of them immediately turned and face Fluttershy. Which made her try and hide from the sudden attention.
AppleJack's eyes narrowed in fury "A Chimera? Is that the same one that attacked Applebloom?" Applejack angrily asked through her teeth.
"No, this one was different"
"From the ..." Fluttershy repressed the urge to gag as she had to recall a nearly dying Trixie. "From the bite and claw marks on Trixie's body, it was a combination of a puma, a deer and some other animal"
"Some other animal? What other animal?" asked Pinkie in a worried tone
"I really can't tell what is, I can see the claws marks but no bite marks of the the other creature so, it could be anything."
"Wow, Fluttershy have you been reading a lot of Sherland Hooves?" Rarity asked impressively
Fluttershy blushed "Well I have taken care of those kind of animals before"
So then the doctors from Canterlot came into the ER. One of the nurses informed Spike and the others that the doctors were going to have to work on her all night. They all stayed as much as they could but soon enough visiting hours were over.
Spike wanted to stay the whole time, but he could not because the hospital staff told him to come back tomorrow.
Spike clung to the floor in defiance, AppleJack had to drag him out, it almost put scratches on the floor.
They all went to their homes, thinking the comfort of a familiar place would let them sleep.
Unfortunately, it did not work, none of them could sleep that night.
The next day they all waited outside the hospital for it to be open.
As soon as the hospital opened they all rushed inside to see Trixie.
They were not allowed to see her, so they waited in the ER waiting room.
Since Ponyville had only one Emergency Room, it was not hard to figure out where Trixie was.
They all tried to ask the nurses to find out what was going on, but they were getting nowhere.
Spike then got an idea, he knew that sometimes he gets ignored. It wasn't on purpose it just happens.
So he thought he would use it to his advantage and try to overhear any of the nurses conversation.
He spotted a peach colored unicorn nurse, run out of the room that was keeping Trixie.
He then sneakily followed her and at the same time hid from sight.
He noticed the nurse was shaking, she used her magic to lift her hat. A pack of something was under her hat, She used her magic again to took an odd long white cylinder looking thing of the pack.
She took a lighter from the hat and lit the end of the cylinder and smoked it.
Wait, he remembered seeing the higher ups in Canterlot doing that, he was going to look up what it was later.
The poor nurse looked stressed and scared out her mind.
"Hey, are you alright Healing Hoof?" asked another nurse
"I'm..f..fine" said Healing Hoof
"It's just that, that mare has been spouting blood like a fountain most of the night, she almost died three times"
"They had to drag a hemophobic nurse like me to help with surgery, just because they were short staffed"
"This is why I mostly work with foals, there isn't much blood" Healing Hoof complained
"There, there" said the other nurse sympathizing with her.
Spike gasped in horror and ran towards the others.
He ran to the ER when the door slammed into him knocking him down on the floor. He shook it off.
Several exhausted doctors came out of the ER.
The doctor pony that originally saw Trixie stumbled out the ER.
"She...made..it " the doctor said and then fainted
Everypony let out a cheer in the waiting room, and then a sigh of relief.
Pinkie's hair went back to its' puffy self.
Spike collapsed on his knees and a few tears run down his cheek. It was over.
Everypony hugged each other.
A whole lot of nurses appeared in front of the room
"We're not out of the woods yet" said one of the nurses
"Woods? There are trees in hospitals now? " Pinkie questioned
"Now is not the time for that Pinkie" Applejack stated
"She may have made it out of surgery, but she is still barely hanging there." the nurse said bluntly
Spike tried to grab his hair in anger but since he had scales on top of his head and not hair, he gripped nothing.
"Can't we catch a brake?" Spike asked in frustration
Spike ran into the ER room.
"Wait! She's not ready to be seen yet" Healing Hoof warned
There Trixie was. She had a mask over her muzzle and couple other sorts of machines hooked up to her.
Trixie was just laying there unconscious on a bed, the bed sheet that was covering her had stains of fresh blood on it.
"Trixie, this can't be your final act! "Spike shouted
"You can't go out like this!"
"For Celestia's sake, you're a showmare, you can't go out on something nopony saw"
Healing Hoof took a deep breath and let it out "It's not blood, it's ketchup . Some pony was messy when they were eating their lunch" she told herself.
She squinted her eyes and raced into the room. Then she deliberately faced away from Trixie when she looked at Spike.
Since Healing Hoof was pretty short she didn't need to kneel down far to look him in the eye.
"Hey, um... so what's your name"
"Spike"
"Listen Spike, we are trying our hardest, I know you care about her, but let us do our job okay?"
Spike nodded his head.
Then Healing Hoof escorted Spike out of the room.
After several hours, Trixie finally was determined to be in good condition
Unfortunately, she was still unconscious.
It took her fours days to gain conscious.
During that time, Spike and the others visited her often.
Spike found it odd that he didn't see any relatives visit her when she was in the hospital.
Then one day when everyone visited her, she got up and stared in confusion at everyone in the room.
In that moment it was as if time stood still, because no one in the room moved a muscle. Trixie then smiled a goofy grin and fell asleep on the bed, letting a loud snore.
The doctor came in and let out a laugh "Well, she still needs her rest but she is ready to be released."
"AppleJack, you are the element of honesty, correct?" The doctor asked
"Yes sir" she answered
"Well, as a doctor I have to follow P.P.H.L rules..."
"What's P.P.H.L?" Spike asked
"Pony Privacy Health Laws, basically it provides privacy to ponies"
"Anyway" he continued "She needs to be dismissed right now and I need to give her advice, So AppleJack I'm giving you my hoofwritten notes for Trixie as well as prescriptions" "Since you also are trust worthy, I'm asking you as the element of honesty that unless she gives you permission to, do not open those notes. Give it to her when she wakes up,"
"But doc, why don't ya do it? You can wait until she wakes up" AJ questioned
"Usually I would, but we need to take her out of the hospital. We unfortunately are understaffed. All the doctors from Canterlot have returned. Everypony in the hospital is way too tired from around the clock care of the patient. There is nopony left to observe her"
"At this state, I need to ask one of you to take care of Trixie. Since you are friends of a Princess I know she's in good hooves"
"But doctor, what will you do when somepony has to come here for an emergency"
"We'll ask help from Zecora until we are rested up"
"In the meantime, would any you care of her until she fully recovers?"
Without even a moment of hesitation Spike spoke up
"I'll do it"
Everypony quickly turned to Spike
"But Spike are you sure you're up for it?" Fluttershy asked
Spike turned and faced his friends with a look of determination "I feel like since I found her, like I'm responsible for her"
"But that's silly Spiky Wiky you are not responsible just because you found her"
Spike closed his eyes and let out a breath out,
"I want to help Trixie because she tried her best against that chimera, and it earned my respect. Although she is not really a hero, I feel like...like I want to help the hero go back to their journey. Does that make sense?"
Spike's friends stood with their jaws open, for Spike to speak to them in that kind of manner. It felt to them at that moment like Spike had grown a little mature.
"We're very proud of ya Spike, if Twilight was here she would say the same thing" said AJ
"Ah, you make it sound like she died" Pinkie stated sadly
AppleJack angrily looked at her
"Alright she needs plenty of rest. Make sure she doesn't do anything extreme otherwise, she might open up her stitches"
So Healing hoof pushed a wheelchair next the bed, the small enough doctors helped Trixie into it.
Pinkie, Rarity, Fluttershy and AppleJack helped Spike take Trixie to Twilight's castle by the time they got there it was evening.
AppleJack carried her to a guest bed and left her to rest. She then left the medicine that the doctor prescribed, as well the doctor's notes on the bedside table.
"Alright, Spike did ya want us to stay ? Or do ya got this?"
"Thanks AppleJack, but I can take care of things from here. I'll get any of you if I need help"
And with that everyone retired home.
Spike stood there for a little bit watching Trixie's chest rise and fall. The fear of it stopping crossed his mind, but that disappeared quickly.
Spike noticed that she was sweating making the sheets wet, he quickly pulled her blanket.
There were huge stitches all over her body. The predominate one was the one that ran from the front of her chest to the right side of her body and although the bites on her were healing there were still indentations left on her .
Spike shivered and cried.
Still crying he went to the window and opened a bit to let the cool air in.
Spike went and get extra blankets and put it by the bed. He then put a thin sheet on top of her.
Spike went to his room took his pillow and blanket and slept on the floor in front of Trixie's bed.
One day later
Trixie got up and let out a huge yawn and stretched "I haven't slept that well in a long time"
Trixie then looked around confused.
She was in a fancy bedroom, well fancy compared to her wagon at lease. Although Trixie noticed it was decorated pretty simply.
"Where am I?"
She heard the clicking of nails hitting the hard floor coming towards her room.
A small purple dragon opened the door carried a serving cart overfilled with food. From oatmeal to cereal almost every single breakfast item was on it.
'Hey I recognize him, he was with Twilight when I first come to Ponyville, and he was there when that 'incident' happened'
'I think I vaguely remember him being with Twilight in magic school'
When the purple dragon's eyes met her, he seemed like a foal in the candy store.
The dragon wiped tears of joy on his face "You're.." he let out sniff "You're awake" he said joyfully.
'Ok why would Twilight's dragon be happy to see me?'
"What would you like for breakfast?"
Trixie stared at him blankly.
'Hold on'
'Fancy bedroom, breakfast in bed,Twilight's dragon serving me, is this a dream?'
Trixie started to piece things together the last thing she remembered was facing that chimera and then getting out the forest.
Was she in a coma? She had read in fiction all the time, when a character was in a coma they are in a perfect world of their own.
So is what she read true?
'I have dreamt of being a princess before so,it kind of makes sense'
'Wait., wouldn't that mean...'
Trixie turned to look behind her, to see her wings
But alas no wings were found on her back.
'Yeah, not a princess'
The baby dragon cocked his head in confusion
"Are you okay? What do you need?" asked the dragon in a concerned tone
"Alright mmm... dragon tell me what is going on"
'Dragon?!' he thought looking actually offended by her comment 'Ooh that's right she never got introduced to most of us'
"My name's Spike. You got attacked by a chimera and ended in Ponyville, I found you on death's door. Luckily you were near Fluttershy's house, she helped you until you got into the hospital. You were almost a goner in there. You were such extreme case that the hospital had to get help from Canterlot. The hospital couldn't take care of you anymore, so now you're here"
Trixie blinked a few times trying to process what Spike just said.
Spike moved the cart closer grasping a tray with his claws.
"I wasn't exactly sure what you liked, so I brought a little bit of everything"
Trixie was about to lift the tray with her magic when...
"Wait, maybe you should'nt be doing that. Your magic has been inactive for some time now"
Trixie let out a groan and sighed "Alright so did her majesty ..." Saying her majesty in a sarcastic tone "Feel sorry for me and that's why I'm here"
"No, Twilight isn't here, she and Rainbow Dash went on an adventure with a mmm special friend"
"Oh I see"
"Spike, would you mind leaving me alone a little while?"
"Um, sure I guess but let me help you with breakfast"
Trixie looked pretty angry when Spike said that and she grabbed the tray with her teeth, laying it on top of the bed.
"Thanks but I got it" Trixie said rudely
Spike rolled his eyes 'you would think she would be a little grateful' and left.
Trixie then looked out the window and started to think.
Trixie wanted to get out of bed and get back on the road. More importantly, she wanted to leave Ponyville. Especially after the impression she made the last time she was here.
However, she saw the condition of her body and especially the huge stitches.
The doctor's note advised her not to do anything extreme for a lease a few months, otherwise, her stitches will come undone.
That would mean being helpless on the road, or showing the audience a gory show they won't forget.
Trixie was stuck here for a while.
Spike came in the room holding a tray table. He wordlessly put the tray table on her bed then left. Trixie saw what was on the table, it was a bowl full of tomato bisque along with two slices of toasted garlic bread and a glass of water.
Trixie did not know what to think about him.
She tried to wrap her head around what he said, he found her and saved her when she was on the brink of death.
Why though ...
A memory came back to her, a memory of her making Spike into a basketball and shooting him through a hoop.
Trixie sighed as she facehoofed herself "great" she muttered
"And I didn't even thank him either"
Trixie sighed and thoughtlessly stir her bisque.
'I wonder if he made this? '
Her stomach grumbled in hunger.
Trixie leaned her muzzle close to it. It was a habit that she did every time she got food that wasn't prepared by herself. It wasn't that she didn't trust them. It just that ever since she read an article in a Las Pegasus newspaper, about a scorned magician food poisoning another. Trixie made sure she was extra cautious.
Trixie gave the soup a good whiff, she was taken back. Ever since she was a filly the one thing she always wanted do, was to eat in either, four-star or five-star restaurant. The soup smelled like what she always imagined it would smell like in a five-star. Trixie's horn instead of glowing, small sparks of magic came out of it.
Trixie let out a long sigh, she tried to recall if she remembered how to eat like an Earth pony. She hesitantly used the tip of her hoof to move her spoon.
Then she took both of her hooves and grasped the spoon. She used the spoon to shovel soup and tried to feed herself.
The spoon did not finish its' journey to her mouth. Instead, the spoon fumbled out of her hooves, then spilled the small amount of hot liquid all over her chest.
Trixie's reaction to the spill was to scream and then sit up quickly, making all of the soup to spill all over her. Trixie was mostly cover by blankets, so the rest of the soup did not go directly on her body. However, she still felt the hot soup on her, so she rolled into the floor, landing on her side, and laid there.
She tried then failed to get up.
Spike quickly came into the room "Trixie what's..."
It was then Trixie started to cry hysterically, she didn't even know why she was crying, she just was.
"Shhh, shh it's okay" Spike calmly said patting her back.
Trixie never felt so vulnerable and helpless in her life. She was used to being a one-pony band, everything had to be taken care of by her and her alone. There wasn't anyone but herself to rely on.
Spike silently took a warm wet towel and wiped her stained coat. Trixie felt so embarrassed that she didn't even look at him. Her stomach let out a loud growl.
Spike helped her to her hooves but she collapsed on the floor, days of inactivity catching up to her.
He then helped her to bed, all the sheets that were stained was tossed to the floor, so she lay on a naked bed.
Trixie left feeling beyond humiliated wishing she had sheets to hide in.
She felt exposed letting anyone see her like this, she was strong... she had to be strong, they weren't here anymore.
THE SHOW MUST GO ON.
Spike came with another bowl of soup putting it on a normal tray. he climbed on one side of the bed. she sat up straight, staring at him.
"Would you like me to feed you?"
Trixie gave it some thought, she really didn't. This was adding even more shame to her pride. But then again did she want the soup to fall on all over her again.
She sat up and surrendered nodding in approval. So he grabbed the soup bowl with one claw and kneeled by the side of the bed.
He took the spoon with the other claw and filled it with the soup bringing it close to her lips.
Trixie gave him a look of hesitation, her face suddenly feeling hot. Even if she gave him permission for this her stubbornness was preventing her from submitting.
"Don't make me do airplane noises." said Spike smirkingly
That got a chuckle out of her
"There is nothing wrong with getting help Trixie, it doesn't make you weak. I want to help you recover, so you can get back on the road" Spike genuinely said. "I'm sure you want to as well, but if you want to recover fast, you're going to have to let me help you ." "I mean you fought against a chimera for Luna's sake! So it's time for the heroine to rest after an epic fight like that... right?"
Trixie felt her muzzle turn even hotter 'A heroine? Me? But I'm just an entertainer... he thinks I'm a heroine? Noone has ever thought of me like that.'
"Besides it's only temporary, you'll get back on the road again and won't need my help anymore."
He was right, she was being silly. After all, she was helpless after she fought that chimera her life was in his hoov..ah claws.
He could have left her there to die, he had ever right to. But he made sure she got help. She was alive and breathing now because of him.
What was that old saying? 'Pride comes before a fall?'
She let her lips part, Spike let the spoonful of soup into her mouth.
When the taste of the soup hit her tongue, she thought she heard her whole mouth sing in joy.
"Whoa!" Trixie said flabbergasted
"What? Is it that bad?"
Trixie was at loss of words unsure what to even say to what she just tasted.
"Huh, I always thought my cooking was good. I guess I'll get you something from a nearby cafe'. "
She couldn't let such a culinary masterpiece slip away from her.
"No, wait! Please." trying her hardest not to sound desperate
"It's good, really good" as that came out of her mouth, she wished she said it was more than good. To even label what she tasted as good was an insult.
"Thanks" Spike said modestly
So Spike helped Trixie finish the bowl, as well as a second one.
Trixie fell asleep, happily digesting the ambrosia she received.
The next couple of days, was a test of Trixie's patience. Having to fully rely on Spike's assistance, to do mostly everything, was doing a number on her dignity. It was a struggle for her, to let him help her when she couldn't do anything.
However, what was even worst for her pride was that Twilight's friends would visit her every once in a while. Letting one dragon seeing in this helpless state was one thing. Letting other ponies see like this, was blowing whatever dignity she had left. Some Ponyville nurses also came every once while to check if Trixie was getting the proper care. It was deemed since Spike was doing a wonderful job, Trixie will be allowed to stay with him until she healed.
What got to Trixie was that they were so nice, going out of their way to do small things for her. Pinkie would try to cheer her up with jokes and sweets, Rarity would style her hair, and help groom her, AppleJack would bring apples or apple flavored treats and Fluttershy well out of all of them, Fluttershy was always over anxious when she visited. She brought a medical kit with her every single time. If Trixie so much as sneezed, Fluttershy would panic and try to treat her.
Trixie was glad that it wasn't Fluttershy who took care of her all the time. Fluttershy would probably have a heart attack every time Trixie did anything.
Since the last time, Trixie didn't exactly leave in good terms. She thought they would hate her, but not now. However, something about this bothered her, but she can't figure out why.
During those couple of days she tried to get her magic to work, and then one day it just did. It was when Trixie finished every bite of Spike's incredible food. When he came back to collect the plate. Trixie nonchalantly levitated it to him and thanked him. When Spike pointed it out to her, she was thrilled, then summoned a small firework from her horn in celebration.
It was now time to walk again, the farthest distance Trixie gotten was to the bathroom, even then it was Spike helping her.
Spike came to check on her, he was about to leave when "Spike, could you please help me to walk again?"
Spike stopped in his tracks, kinda of shocked that she would voluntarily ask for help, like that. He answered her by nodding his head, he garbed her front hooves helping to the floor.
Trixie wobbled unsteadily on the floor just like a first timer on a skating ring. Trixie took one of her back hooves stepped one step forward. Spike followed suit going slowly backward.
He let go of her, and she started shaking even more roughly. She tried and tried with all her might to stand straight, but after only a short while she collapsed.
Spike ran to her, she held her hoof up to keep a distance from him. Trixie stood and fell again. Kept on repeating this over and over again.
Until after some time she managed to stand still for a lot longer. Spike began to marvel at her tenacity to stand, feeling proud of her.
Trixie tried to move one hoof, resulting in her falling over but this time she used her rump to soften the blow
Trixie fully in sitting position letting few tears of frustration roll down her cheek, stood once more. She tried to take a step was about land hard to the floor, when he caught her wrapping his claws around her front hooves, holding her perfectly still.
Trixie was surprised of his strength, granted he used his strength to help her before, like when he put her back on the bed when she fell off. But this was different, there was a sort of trust in it. A trust that while he was holding her, she wasn't to going to plummet to the ground again.
Spike started with a step back, she followed with a step forward. A step forwards, a step back then in a circle. They repeated this and then the movement turning something else, it was transformed into something somewhat poetic. They both begin to move in sync, a harmonious rhythm passing through them, both of them gliding across the floor.
Fluttershy was outside the castle ready to visit Trixie, The sun was about to set and since Fluttershy don't really like being out at night, she could at lease make it a quick visit. Fluttershy saw two shadows in one of the windows, doing something odd. Usually, something like this would make Fluttershy ran in fear to her house. However, when she looked closely at the shadows, it was a short figure was dancing with a bigger figure. A short figure that looked an awful like Spike. But, who was Spike dancing with? Curiosity got the better of her flapping her wings quickly going near to open window of Trixie's room, making sure she was staying out of sight.
Fluttershy watched in awe as she saw Trixie and Spike dancing together. Something she would never believe happen if she didn't see herself.
Did they fell for each other? Could it even happen?
Then again having just finished a manga about demon diamond dog falling for a female pony, Fluttershy guessed it exactly wasn't that far into the realm of impossibilities.
However, this real life not a manga.
Nevertheless, a mischevious grin came on her face. A small push can't be that bad right?
Trixie and Spike were still dancing, they were oblivious to anything else around them. When suddenly a choir of birds started to sing a lovely tune. Even though they were getting more and more lost in the moment. Thier bodies moved almost involuntarily to the melody of the birds.
All the sudden, the realization of what they were doing, broke whatever enchantment they were in.
They both broke into an intense blush. Unsure how, or why something like that could even happen. Quickly, they tried to make up any excuse to get out of this awkward situation.
One claiming to want to go to bed, the other saying that they were going to prepare dinner. After they went their separate ways, both of silently vowing to never speak about this again.
The next day was full of blushing and bearly even looking at each other. Both questioning if it even happened.
Trixie bit her lip as Spike brought in lunch, there was no eye contact from him again.
"Spike, maybe it just didn't happen. Maybe we both been indoors for so long, that we both acted strangely." Trixie reasoned.
Spike smiled in agreement "Yeah... Yeah! You're right! We have been stuck in here for a long time, I bet whatever happened yesterday was a form of cabin fever"
'Pretty sure, cabin fever doesn't work that way' Trixie thought to herself
Spike ran and got a wheelchair, he brought it just in case. "Come let's go out"
"Oh no I'm not going around Ponyvile like this"
"And why not?"
"Because I don't want ponies... um... Ponyvilvians? To see me like this"
Spike placed his claws on his hips and scowled "Trixie" he said in an annoyed tone
"No I..I don't want ponies to feel sorry for me. If I make my debut again, I want to earn it"
Trixie, then realized why it troubled her that Twilight's friends were so nice to her now. Instead of hating her like she deserved; Fluttershy treated her until the emergency wagon come, and the rest were there in the hospital because Spike needed support. So then the others become sympathetic to her without her trying.
'I didn't earn it'
Frustrated, Spike then let out words he didn't really mean "Why is your pride so important to you?"
Trixie responded by saying something she never wanted to say to ... anyone ever! "Because it's all I got left! THEY AIN'T HERE ANYMORE!"
Spike gasped then dead silence filled the room.
A small stream of tears streamed down Trixie's face as it dawned on her. Something she kept to herself for years, came to light.
'Oh no...oh no, oh no, oh no' Trixie screamed in her head
"They?"
Another pause, this one seemed to take forever.
'You have been here for days and you almost died...but there were no friends or family that...'
"Trixie? Where are your parents?"
'No, I'm on my own. No one but me ...I...am great and powerful...I..I'
Trixie hung her head, unable to hold back anymore. 'He saved my life He took care me this whole time...he has helped me, he has already seen everything, is there any point to hiding this? It will be okay to let him know it's least I can do'
"They...They're gone" "Ever since I was a filly..." Trixie with tears still flowing, placed her hoof where her heart was. A proud smile on her face as she looked towards the sky. "They have been performing on the great stage in the sky"
"Oh...oh wow" Spike unsure to what else to say
"Amber Blaze and Torch Razor were their stage names. They worked in the circus as fire hoopers..."
"Fire hoopers?" Spike asked interrupting her
"Yes, they lit hoops, and did all kind of tricks with it. Jumping, twirling and all kinds of other stunts" "I used to watch them, from the sidelines, but I never could join them was too young." "Their showmanship, oh you should have seen them! They were able to charm the audiences so easily. They could get anypony to cheer for them."
"I watched in awe, the way they would perform...it was amazing! It inspired me to get a passion for performance." "Luckily, I wasn't there when it happened. It was because it was during a practice run. But one of the other circus members told me about it later." "You see there's one trick that they were known for. It was called the Flame Vortex. which is a set of lit hoops all in a row, and a cannon at the other end. The trick was that one of them would be shot from a cannon, through the hoops while spinning, landing into a net on the side. After the pony landed on the net, they were being caught by the other partner."
"So, what happened?" Spike asked getting into Trixie's tale
"I was just getting to that... anyway, the trick went off as planned, until one of the rings wasn't screwed on properly. It fell backward into the other rings causing a domino effect. Well, my parents tried to move the cannon out of the way. Trying to prevent it from exploding ...but they were too late."
They were quiet again. Trixie saw the silent tears run down Spike's face.
She continued her story
"After that, I lost the passion for performance, I was transferred to an orphanage. I really wasn't interested in anything really. I was just going through the motions. Until I had a school assignment on great pony legends. I got assigned to the great Hoofdini. When I saw footage of one of his performance that was saved in the library. It was then I find my calling"
Trixie took a long look out the window "Then I worked hard and finally got into the S.F.G.U"
"School For the Gifted Unicorns? The same as Twilight?"
A sour angry look went into Trixie's face as soon as Spike said that name. However, Spike didn't actually see it.
"But I didn't see you there"
"I do vaguely remember seeing you there, but you were baby then... ha you used to make such a ruckus in class."
Spike turned a shade of red
"Besides I didn't stay long. Turns out I couldn't really catch up, I was being left behind. So I got angry, so I toke what I learned and went on the road. The rest is history."
"You know Trixie. I think I know how you feel"
"How so?"
"My parents, I never met them"
"Never met them? But I thought Twilight was..."
"I was hatched by Twilight, but Celestia found me. They never could find my parents" "So Twilight took care of me"
"I see... It must have been nice being raised in a castle like this"
"Oh no, we stayed in a library before. However, it got destroyed by Tirek. However the tree of harmony give us a new home...at least that's what I think happened. I'm still trying to figure that out."
"What did you just say?"
"We stayed in a library and it got destroyed..."
"And a tree give, this place. For free?!"
Trixie let a strange laugh like sounded like she was having a mental breakdown.
"I see, I see I lost everything! My wagon, my reputation, my funds. Not mention I had to eat the biggest slice of humble pie. I had to work myself to the bone just to get my wagon back, only to lose it in a swamp. AND A TREE JUSTS YOU GIVES A PRETTY CASTLE FOR FREE!!!!!"
"I...well, I mean you were a show off then..."
"Oh I see, because I was hurtful. I deserve to have nowhere to go when their home was destroyed. No roof to protect me from the weather. Sometimes starving on street, getting so desperate that I dumpster drive to get enough to survive." "If my show was so offensive, you could have left! Nopony forced you to stay"
Spike was unsure what to even say.
"If only I was born Twilight Sparkle. Then I would have everything served to me on a silver platter."
Spike turned angry looking offended "I wouldn't say that"
"What?"
"I wouldn't say that Twilight had it easy. I mean yes, she was a personal student to Celestia. But do you know how hard she had to work? She had to constantly study, ace everything, pull all-nighters. Then she had to deal with the constent fear of failing Celestia. On top of that she deal with unbelievable peril and tests the judged her character. Then she had to learn about friendship, something that she lacked. So no Trixie, Twilight hasn't had it easy."
Stillness filled the room
Trixie's hatred for Twilight died out a little. But, it wasn't that much, the long-standing jealous she held against Twilight was still there. However, a little sympathy was felt by Trixie.
"I guess I never thought of that"
Before they knew it, the night crepted on them
Spike left the room to let Trixie sleep "I wished you told us about your situation. Maybe we could have helped you"
Trixie said nothing as Spike closed the door
"No, You wouldn't Spike. If the situation was different, nopony would help me."
Spike came to deliver lunch, he sat by her to talk about his day. Because Trixie opened up to him, Spike in turn was more open to her.
"So Lemon Hearts told me, that the FlimFlam brothers tried to sell their wares in Canterlot and they barely got a bit"
"Good they deserve it"
Trixie cocked her head "Oh why is that?"
"Well they lie and cheat ponies out money"
"Well I never seen one their performances, but it is a shame"
"But they lie and cheat..."
"Spike, when you're on the road a lot. You mostly have yourself to relay on. So yes, I do respect them for that much. It does not mean I approve of their methods." " I will tell you if you were on the road you would see a different side to them. I could tell that every once in while if we were to run each other" "We would share our experiences with different cities, or sometimes we will share what food we have"
Spike responded by a thoughtful "Huh"
"Spike why don't eat with me next time, I wouldn't mind the company" Trixie said
Spike looked at her panicking and visually sweating
"Um... I would but..mmm I...um I ate as I was preparing your lunch" Spike said unconvincingly
"I see..what you usually like eat?"
"Emeralds" He blurted out
"Gems?"
"Yeah dragon eat gems"
"I see..."
Trixie eyes looked at Spike's claws and noticed some dirt on them
"Well how you usually get gems?" she inquired
He sighed blissfully and said "Rarity"
As soon as he said Rarity's name, Trixie felt a slight pain in her chest, she dismissed it as nothing.
Trixie pictured Rarity, her pretty face, her nice purple hair. She suddenly felt angry.
'What..why would I feel angry all the sudden?'
He had a dreamy look on his face
He let out a happy sigh "Rarity needs gems for her dresses, she would use her magic to find them. And I would help her and she let me have some in exchange"
He let another sigh out "Rarity is just so wonderful"
Again Trixie's angry was getting worse "Yeah, if you like pretentious snobs" She spouted out. She then gasped surprised that even come out of her mouth.
'Why I say that? I shouldn't be angry at her but ...it just came out'
Spike was way too high in cloud nine to pay attention to that remark.
"Huh? You said something, Trixie?"
"It wasn't important!" She shouted
"Ookay"
She got up and used her magic to hover the tray with the empty plates.
Trixie had never felt like walking was huge accomplishment until her run-in with the chimera But her was standing on her own and actually moving was really something.
She carried the plates to the kitchen
" Hold on you're supposed to rest," Spike said on the way.
"Come on Spike, this isn't a restaurant the lease I can do is wash the plates. You did slave over this meal."
So after they both cleaned the dishes Trixie suggested that he take some time off from taking care of her for today.
"I need some time to myself if you don't mind Spike, besides there are leftovers in the fridge I'll be fine"
"Ok Trixie if that's what you want"
So off Spike went to have a what he called a 'game night' with Big Mac
As soon he was gone Trixie searched for clues. It is obvious Spike was hiding something, she had to find out what.
So Trixie searched through most the castle. Trixie didn't have to search that much find anything. Which she was glad about because it was easy to get lost here.
In an office room, she found in bills in the trash. Not just any bills, medical bills. Right on the desk there two boxes, in one of the box said valuable gems, the other said worthless.
In the valuable box, there were two big rubies. In other had some labeled some cubic zirconias with teeth marks.
There were invoices listed gem prices and market prices, as well as a list of gems that were sold.
Trixie realized putting two and two together "He giving away his own food to pay for my medical bills"
She sat down and was moved to tears, knowing all too well the importance of food
'No one has ever been so kind'
She then determined to get some money in return.
But then she stopped herself from going out the door
'I don't want anyone to recognize me'
So she ignited her horn, and reversed her color scheme with her magic, meaning her coat was now pale cornflower blue and her mane now a shade of brilliant azure.
Guilt coming to her again as she recalled how she used this trick to humiliate hecklers.
Trixie then spotted a wire coat hanger in the open closet.
She garbed the hanger then remembered that Spike left a toolbox in a nearby bathroom to fix a leaky pipe.
She took a pair of pliers and shaped the hanger into a pair of glasses putting them on her face.
She slipped on a very plain navy blue dress to cover her scars.
Trixie then stepped out of the castle. Not many ponies knew that Trixie was staying castle so there were stares. But as far she was aware not of them recognizes her.
She saw Pinkie Pie leaping all over the place. She tried to avoid her.
Walking briskly Trixie knew from the conversations with Twilight's other friends. That Applejack would be the most logical to ask for extra work. And having worked on a rock farm, she knew an extra pair of hooves was always welcome.
So Trixie after asking the locals she found Sweet Apple Acres
A nearby Applejack saw her. Put out her hoof and said "Welcome to Sweet Apple Acres, name's Apple..."
"Applejack It's me Trixie," she said with a laugh "My great and powerful disguise worked"
Trixie saw a slight eye twitch when she said, there was a flash of anger than sympathy.
"Oh Trixie, good see ya out and about"
"Likewise, Applejack could you use an extra set of hooves? I'm hoping to earn some extra bits"
"But ... um, shouldn't ya rest?"
"Oh I'm going use my awe-inspiring magic to..." Trixie noticed again that eye twitch and then followed by sympathy
'As I thought she letting me get away with it' Trixie thought to herself.
"Do most the work" she finished
"Well okay sugarcube just try not to strain yourself"
So several days passes as Trixie would help out other Twilight's friends for extra bits.
She went under alias Cornflower Brilliance
However, when she worked at Rarity 's shop she does it grudgingly
Remembering her time in the rock farm, Trixie understanding of farm life was that all the family was together.
So it confused her to why AppleJack's parents were nowhere to be seen. But she never asked.
She didn't want to notice it. Especially since they have been so nice to her. However, it was bothering her again, 'Cornflower' thought they would better than this. But, this kept happening over and over.
'Cornflower' caught the door as it almost slammed into him.
She looked around and again no pony seemed to notice. This caused her to raise her eyebrow.
She wanted to say something but she didn't, she ended up feeling guilty about it.
The next day, Trixie woke up from a nightmare, feeling around her neck feeling instant relived when something wasn't there.
Spike went unnoticed as he brought her breakfast, so he caught her feeling her neck.
"What's the matter?"
She jumped in surprise, which he apologized for
Trixie looked at him with guilty the image of her putting him in a basket flashed again.
"Have I ever apologized for that?" She weakly said
"Huh? For what?"
She sighed "For turning you into baseball and shooting through a hoop"
He blinked once then twice "Oh that, I mean it wasn't your fault"
"It kind of was, I bought it after all"
Spike ears lowered "So you remember,everything?"
"Every single thing I did, the rush felt while wearing it ...knowing there could be a monster inside me. That's the worst part."
Trixie hugged her pillow hard, sniffing as she cried.
Spike sighed "A monster huh? I know that feeling all too well"
One of her ears twitched in response
"On my birthday my natural greed turn me into a monster."
"What do you mean?"
"Well dragons have greed, the instinct to gather a horde, that's why dragons can be loners"
"Well on my birthday I usually get one present, but then every pony gave me a gift."
"My greed grew me into a huge monster and I destroyed the town."
"The difference is that I was forgiven"
"However there's still part of me who wonders if I could become a monster"
Spike used his claw to lift Trixie's chin "Look at me Trixie, I do understand so I forgive you"
Trixie stared wide-eyed at him blushing and feeling her heart beat a mile in a minute, her lips trembled wanting to...wanting to...
Then Rarity's face popped into her mind she bit her lip and few tears escaping from her eyes
"I..I see..."
That Evening
She had to save up her money to build herself another wagon. Although she wanted to pay him back, she knew the best thing was to earn that money and sent money back to him.
Cornflower had prepared heartfelt letters of thankfulness to all of Twilight's friends, even begrudgingly to Rarity. So under the cover of night, she visited all their houses and posted her notes on their door.
Her last stop was Twilight's castle she looked at it tearfully, she had to fight the urge to say goodbye or hug him or... the thought she had earlier come up again ' I have to move on '.
She let out a heavy sigh, it was time to go. Not only was she aching to go back on the road, but they were too nice to her.
She floated with her magic, the gems she had in her left saddle bag. She had convinced Rarity to let her have any gems she didn't need. Lying that she would use them as costume jewelry in her show.
She used her magic to make a pony-sized 'thank you' out of gems and taped her note to it.
She hitched her wagon that she hid in the bushes. And waited until the crack of dawn to leave. Usually, she would be happy about leaving a town to get back on the road.
But strangely every step she took away from Ponyville. She felt like an arrow was being shot into her chest. Slowly her heart felt like it was breaking. With tears, she ran away.
She can't stay, they were too lenient on her. She didn't earn it...
'WHY IS YOUR PRIDE SO IMPORTANT TO YOU!'
She completely stopped as that thought screamed in her head.
With tears in her eyes, she looked towards the heavens.
' Mom'... ' Dad'
She used her magic to split her costume in half.
"You win Spike...You win"
Trixie sat miserably in her wagon, rolling open the Equestrian Map she had to look at it to get her next destination. She figured she had to go to the Crystal Empire because she hasn't been there yet.
Trixie slumped when she walked towards, The Crystal Empire.
It felt like the world was grayer, usually, she would look forward to going to other places. To explore somewhere she's never been.
At the moment it seemed like it didn't matter, and she can't explain why.
Although she didn't want to, she went by another alias the Moonlight bard, using her story skills to earn bits. It was because what she feared the most came true. When she went to town or cities to perform and they saw her scars, they felt bad for her resulting in unearned praise.
So here she was again, hiding.
The 'Moonlight Bard' felt dreary as she bowed her head down. Her hooves feeling like she was slogging through mud. She swore she heard it sloshing under her as she walked. That was until she bumped into a certain crystal statue.
She looked up and stared at awestruck, "It's ...It's..." her heart beat fast and she felt was not walking through mud anymore. She inquired about it from random crystal pony, hanging to every word of tale she heard.
Spike the brave and glorious
She had performed a story about it, she had to she was inspired.
Later that night
"Come one, come all! Hear the tales of the Moonlight Bard"
She reared as delivered the tale, the tale of Spike the brave and glorious. Using her magic to conjure images of Spike as a Dragon Knight.
It was just a simple story of Spike in a knight suit, rescuing a princess. The 'bard' throwing a few magician tricks to spice it up. The Moonlight Bard made that the princess's face was hidden from the audience in her illusion.
So the audience didn't see the princess's identity until the end of the story. That was the plot reveal that the bard was building up to. The princess was his true love the whole time.
So the story was going on as usual, when finally the 'Moonlight Bard' was nearing the end of it. It was all leading up to this.
"...Spike the Dragon Knight armed with his lance stormed the castle. He was determined to awaken the sleeping Princess from the evil enchantress spell" Moonlight Bard declared using her body to dramatize the whole thing. "He slammed the door open, seeing her lying on the bed, The Knight held aloft his magic sword,"
"His sword glowed blue and a wicked blackness drew from the Princess" "The Princess awoke gasping for air, when she quickly sat up, her hood falling down"
The crowd gasped, The 'Moonlight Bard' grinning beneath her cloak, as that was the reaction she wanted.
"That's right it was his true love all along...the one that he...."
The Bard completely stop as she stared in awe at the 'Princess' face.
It was... her face, she had her face!
She stared in silence at the image displayed by her magic showed the Princess hugged the knight in gratitude and rode into the sunset with him.
She froze on stage without thinking drew the curtain and then thought back the story, it was about a girl who fought against a foe that was overpowered. She was taken care of by a kind dragon Knight, but the girl was stubborn to let him help her.
But slowly she let help him, falling in love with him, but then she disappears and later the king ordered to save his daughter. After a few trials...turns out the princess was the girl who he toke care of.
It was the girl...
'Moonlight' took a long look at the princess there was no way to deny it. It was her face, It was her.
Later that night
Taking off her disguise, Trixie laid in her hammock and stared blankly at the ceiling. Hours passed as she couldn't sleep, constantly thinking of him.
I hear the ticking of the clock, I'm laying here the room pinch dark
All Trixie could do was to lay and stare at her ceiling, not care that the night was passing. Sitting there and just staring. Sleep was just not happening. always thinking of him, it was torture.
I wonder where you are tonight, not brave enough to write to you.
She lifted a quill and paper as she sat up on her bed. She could write to tell him, she was doing okay. But should she muster it?
And the night goes by so very slow
She laid awake, just stare at the ceiling
The next night
She left her wagon, it was a force of habit that she ended going to a nearby cafe.
Not even bothering with the disguise. She managed to say "table for one please"
She sat there and waited on a table by herself, Which sometimes she don't mind because she would sometimes plan her show while waiting.
Trixie pointed at a random item on the menu just get the waiter away
So she waited
Was it always slow to get service? Why does everything feel so slow? Was that waiter coming soon? Did he just leave?
Oh, I hope that it won't end though...Alone
Trixie could help to notice the couples in the other tables, happy couples talking, smiling, enjoying each other company. Detracted for a second by the waiter delivering a huge bowl of soup.
She blankly at it lifting her head and noticing that the chair across from her was empty. She then conjured up an image of him holding up a spoonful of soup, saying with a smirk "don't make me do airplane noises ."
She slammed her hoof on the table tears flooding down her face. Seeing her own reflection in the rippled soup. Lifting a few bits with her magic, and left the table leaving the soup untouched.
Later
Unable to sleep or eat, here Trixie was again on the road going towards him.
Till now I always got by on my own, I never really care until I met you
Why did this feeling torturing her so, why she is ending up going back?
She was fine on her own, nothing else matters. So why did that change now?
What was so different?
Why was she able to throw the last thing she even had anymore. Her pride
Trixie figured out the answer and It chilled her to the bone, how can she get him alone?
(A/n This lyric is changed slightly from the original)
A few days later
Here Trixie was back in Ponyville, she did not even care that ponies saw at this state. There was one thing on her mind.
You don't know how long I have wanted, To touch your lips and hold you tight
She had to tell him there was no other option, she wanted him.
She went to Twilight's castle.
Her horn lighting up ready to open the door.
When she stopped when heard two voices talking, laughing
It was Spike and Rarity talking, having a good time
She waited so long and the bravery within Trixie had died.
But the secret is still my own and my love for you is still unknown
Trixie disappeared into the brushes, she buried that feeling. What was she even thinking?
Of course, it wouldn't work. He's in love with her, it's been like this for a long time. How could she even hope to...
Trixie swallowed her bitterness it was over.
Trixie saw Rarity walk out of Twilight's Castle, she waved at Spike and was, Trixie assumed heading home. Trixie went to follow her but had no idea why. Was it because she wanted to tell Rarity to take care of Spike? Was it to scope out her competition? She didn't even know anymore.
Trixie even had to ask herself, what would she gain by doing this?
This was pathetic!
Then Trixie saw a stallion shape shadow talking to Rarity it was too dark to see him "Greetings Rarity" a fancy sounding voice sounded in front of him.
Rarity let out a giggle, then Trixie gasped after she heard the unmistakable sound of someone kissing. Rarity was kissing him?
Rage was starting to boil.
"So did you let him down yet?" asked the stallion
"Oh not yet I don't think he's ready," Rarity said
Unbridled rage take over her
She was playing him! Rarity even couldn't let him down. After all, he had done for her.
Was he just a plaything to her?!
HOW DARE SHE!
Trixie charged up her horn and fired a sleep spell towards the stallion.
It hit true and he was knocked out snoring on the ground.
She was an angry bull charging a matador, huffing, and puffing locking her eyes on to her red cape.
Or in this case a white cape with purple hair.
Rarity looked at her in to utter shock
Trixie charged up her horn and ready to fire a spell.
"Trixie!"
There he was right in front of her
But his expression wasn't what she wanted to see
"Please Spike listen to me"
Spike closed his claws into a fist and closed his eyes.
"Come with me, be with me I love..."
"Trixie..." "I wish I never rescued you"
Trixie's heart shattered right then her magic completely defused from her horn.
The words echoing though her, over and over again.
That is it she was utterly broken she had nothing left .
Trixie lowered her head towards the ground and walked away from them never to return.
A single thought run through her mind as she left Ponyville
