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Aug
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High-Flying Adventure · 10:49pm Aug 26th, 2017

My name is Trixie Lulamoon, and I want to ask you a question: is this the best of all possible worlds?

New, from Lulamoon Logistics: Vigors! Stop poisoning yourself with Poison Joke and try some modern alchemy. Mantles, tonics, and plasmids are now obsolete!

From the ponies who brought you mantles, try new vigors! A life with vigor is a life that’s bigger!

Yes, says Celestia, you’re perfect just the way you are! Yes, says Luna, your mistakes have made the pony you are today! Yes, says Cadence, l will always love you! Yes, yes, yes! Never strive. Never change. Stay our little ponies forever.

Using our new dimensional resonance technology, vigors locate an alternate quantum reality where your goals are already achieved, and then harmonize your personal magical field to harness that probability space.

One sip, and you’ll be the pony you could have been.

I rejected those answers.

Pegasai! Always wanted flying lessons but couldn't afford it? Somewhere in the vast multiverse, you’re already an ace! Let that pony do all the work -- and pay for all the lessons. One sip of Dash, and you’re ready to take to the skies! Available wherever vigors are sold.

Regret is a disease and vigors are the cure!

I chose something different.

Earth Ponies! Love reading, but still wish you had that ‘farmer build’ the mares love? Try new Buck, and get a little dirt in your hooves!

Perfection is yours to define. They say we make our choices, but now, this choice will make you!

I chose freedom.

Unicorns! Ever wish you were the master of the mystic? The sorceress supreme? Twilight’s power can be yours with just one sip of Star!

You can be whoever you want to be.

I chose Harmony.

Possible side effects include: nose bleeds, amnesia, dizziness, disorientation, blurred vision, an inability to remember names, hallucinations, false memories, out-of-body experiences, quantum destabilization, and death. Customer assumes all risk. Lulamoon Logistics not responsible for any secondary effects that may occur from use of this product.

You can save the mare, and wipe away the debt!

I made a mistake.

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When I was a filly, Princess Celestia always told me to “try my best.” I hated it. Now that I’m older and I’ve had more time to think, I know how she meant it. She meant “I’ll love you even if you fail,” but when I was that age, that wasn’t what I heard.

It just didn’t sit right with me. Try my best? Because you’re worried I’ll slack off? Because given an instruction to win, you think I’ll drag my hooves? Or just because you think me winning is an unrealistic prospect? I didn’t see any good way to take it. It made me angry. Or, sad.

I was always trying to prove to her she didn’t have to see me that way. I had to get the best grades, had to win the most friends, had to be worthy of being her student. When I turned sixteen, I asked if I could attend the Grand Galloping Gala with her. She said, “Siren, if that’s really what you want, you can. But it’s very important you make a good impression on all the noble ponies in attendance. I need you to try your best, okay?”

I didn’t try my best. I nailed it, and then I nailed Prince Blueblood’s daughter after. Not the ugly one, the pegasus. I was the belle of the ball, and everypony was talking about how Celestia’s new student was certainly quite the charmer.

And all she could say after was, “I’m glad you enjoyed your evening.” And then it was right back to trying my best.

So I decided I was going to do something that she couldn't brush off. I was going to make her acknowledge that I deserved to be her student, and that I wasn’t just Twilight’s understudy.

I was angry. Angry enough to do something really stupid. Like running away from Canterlot to go look for Twilight. Like thinking I could persuade her that Celestia missed her and it was time to come home.

So I left. And I went to a strange city, floating in the sky. And while I was there I made friends, like Berry, and Trixie, and another pony named Green Apple, who was my best friend of all. And maybe I even wanted her to be more than a friend. But before any of that could happen, I met another pony named Rarity.

Rarity was my teacher. And she didn’t tell me to try my best. She told me to win. She told me to crush anypony who stood between me and what I wanted. We got along great. She understood me like nopony ever had.

And she did more than that. She pushed me to greater heights. She asked me, “What is the most perfect version of you?” And she helped me achieve it. With training, and vigors, and alchemy, and magic, she made me everything I ever wanted to be.

Until one day, Green got in Rarity’s way. And Rarity told me to fix it.

I almost did it. My best friend in the world and I was ready to shoot her between the eyes. She stopped me though. Not physically. We talked and she made me realize what Rarity was turning me into. Celestia had her flaws, but she always wanted what was best for me. Rarity was turning me into a monster.

Rarity didn’t like me coming to that realization. She didn’t like me telling her no. So now Green is in prison, and I’ve got a stylish bullet wound through my torso.

After that, Rarity will probably be expecting me to crawl away. Run back to Equestria, or hide in some hole and lick my wounds. But I don’t think so. I don’t know how long Green will survive in prison. She needs me. And that means I need to do something Rarity won’t expect. Something bold.

Something with some gunfire and explosions. And a little Daring Do.

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Comments ( 16 )

Seems like at least three Trixies were writing that opening blurb at the same time. Anything that involves exploiting the greater Equestrian probability space gets my attention, if I'm being honest, but this does so on many more levels than that.

Well this is an interesting excerpt. Got an ETA?

im intrigued.

"And little Daring Do."
"And a little"?

Quite interesting! Is this its own standalone piece inspired by the image, or is it... a lead in to something? :)
(And if it's the latter, I'm wondering if Siren from the sky will meet Siren from beneath the sea at some point.)

edit:
...Actually, it occurs to me that a city floating in the sky would have a much lower base level of remarkableness to an Equestrian.
"Behold our amazing floating city, powered by the most advanced science in the world!"
"Eh, seems like a ripoff of Las Pegasus. And a less fun one."
"Ripoff? Ripoff? Trixie is outraged by your assertions! No pegasus magic at all is involved in the flight of her masterwork!"
"Yeah, sure, that's probably something an engineer or scientist would appreciate, but the average pony just says 'Oh, another floating city', right? And Las Pegasus has a roller coaster."
"Does Las Pegasus have Quantum death ray cannons?!"
KRK-BOOM!!!
"No, but those look an awful lot like Cloudsdale's old lightning cannons. And, I mean, it's had those since before Equestria existed; not really a modern marvel."
"...Trixie does not like you."

Hm... A new Biochock/MLP fic? Nice. I remember you talking about one a while back.

Minor correction:

es, says Celestia, you’re perfect just the way you are! Yes, says Luna, your mistakes have made the pony you are today! Yes, says Cadence, l will always love you! Yes, yes, yes! Never strive. Never change. Stay our little ponies forever.

Using our new dimensional resonance technology, vigors locate an alternate quantum reality where your goals are already achieved, and then harmonize your personal magical field to harness that probability space.

One sip, and you’ll be the pony you could have been.

I rejected those answers.

See that last line? It should have been after the answers from Celestia, Luna and Cadance, unless Trixie is rejecting vigors.

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"See that last line? It should have been after the answers from Celestia, Luna and Cadance, unless Trixie is rejecting vigors."
I don't think that's a mistake; there seem to be two separate monologues interlaced here.

Is it really that strange for a city to float in the sky in Equestria?
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Yay! I am glad someone got that. Yes, there are three different versions of Trixie here.

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Nope! Just posted for fun.

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"And little Daring Do."
"And a little"?

Corrected!

...also, seriously, we're doing this with blog posts now too?

Quite interesting! Is this its own standalone piece inspired by the image, or is it... a lead in to something? :)
(And if it's the latter, I'm wondering if Siren from the sky will meet Siren from beneath the sea at some point.)

Probably just stand alone, but we'll see!

...Actually, it occurs to me that a city floating in the sky would have a much lower base level of remarkableness to an Equestrian.
"Behold our amazing floating city, powered by the most advanced science in the world!"
"Eh, seems like a ripoff of Las Pegasus. And a less fun one."
"Ripoff? Ripoff? Trixie is outraged by your assertions! No pegasus magic at all is involved in the flight of her masterwork!"
"Yeah, sure, that's probably something an engineer or scientist would appreciate, but the average pony just says 'Oh, another floating city', right? And Las Pegasus has a roller coaster."
"Does Las Pegasus have Quantum death ray cannons?!"
KRK-BOOM!!!
"No, but those look an awful lot like Cloudsdale's old lightning cannons. And, I mean, it's had those since before Equestria existed; not really a modern marvel."
"...Trixie does not like you."

Damn you, high-magic setting!

I cracked up at this.

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Three interlaced monologues, in fact!

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"three different versions of Trixie here"
"Three interlaced monologues, in fact!"
Hm. Interesting. One of them divides out quite cleanly, but the other two I'm having more trouble separating. Also, there are 19 lines, it looks like, so checking that each is a third of the total isn't guaranteed to work. The clean one came out seven, but the others might not be six each...
...Though, actually, that with alternating lines produces two monologues that each make sense. I'm just not as sure it's the correct division as I am about the first.

Oh, and looking back now, I noticed you used the "pegasai" spelling; is that new, or did I just forget you did that?

"...also, seriously, we're doing this with blog posts now too?"
Well, apparently this one, at least. :)
It is kind of a story, though, or at least a story-like thing, even if it's in a blog post, right?

"Probably just stand alone, but we'll see!"
Well, enjoyable even if this was all it was.

"Damn you, high-magic setting!
I cracked up at this."
Yes, I was quite pleased when I turned it out, and I still laughed at it reading it again. :D

Yeah, this is quite the awesome setup here!

I would really, really like to see more of this. Perhaps a little non-linearity to it, with flashbacks to relevant parts of Siren's past, but overall I think this could be an excellent, compelling story. I'm also kinda curious if we get Sweetie as Elizabeth.

Kinda wondering if this Siren person is an original character of yours, or based on someone.

Also, consider my mind blown. Though I figured it out before reaching the comments, I was quite puzzled with how the structure of the first part seemed... off.

Also also, is the part after the italics meant to be told by a single individual? The following:

So I decided I was going to do something that she couldn't brush off. I was going to make her acknowledge that I deserved to be her student, and that I wasn’t just Twilight’s understudy.

I was angry. Angry enough to do something really stupid. Like running away from Canterlot to go look for Twilight. Like thinking I could persuade her that Celestia missed her and it was time to come home.

makes me think this too is at least told by 2 persons, but I'm not quite sure. I'm pretty sure this isn't about (a) Trixie since she is mentioned on her own, and this Siren seems male too, so I don't think you have said anything about that part yet? (If you're not sure why I think the 2 person thing... Well, why would I suppose Siren run of to find Twilight if he is already her understudy?)

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Siren is based on Jax :3

and another pony named Green Apple, who was my best friend of all. And maybe I even wanted her to be more than a friend

oh you motherfucking tease

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Kinda wondering if this Siren person is an original character of yours, or based on someone.

She is one of mine! Main character of the story that shares her name.

This is a teaser for a sequel.


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Alternate universe! Technically still not canon!

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Alternate universe! Technically still not canon!

You wrote it, It's totally canon! That's my headcanon when it comes to what's canon

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