"Mmm." Trixie moaned as she finished off the tea she had just finished making. "Perrrfect. Now if only Trixie could make it this well every time." She lifted the teapot off of the small table that sat in the middle of her cart and placed it on her kitchen counter.
The sound of somepony knocking on her front door resonated through the cart as she was finishing folding up and putting away her table. "Hmm... Maybe they will go away if Trixie does not open the door for them." She mumbled to herself.
"Trixie open up! I know you're in there!" The pony at her door shouted.
Trixie sighed. "Dammit." Knowing that the pony wasn't likely to stop bothering her until she allowed them to be in her presence, Trixie walked over and yanked open the door.
Trixie glared at the pony who had the audacity to annoy her. "Sparkle, what a pleasant surprise."
"I know you dislike me, but is it really asking too much to have you call me Twilight?"
Trixie continued to glare.
"Ugh. Fine, whatever, that's not the reason I came here." Twilight brought a scroll out from underneath her right wing and unfurled it. She then muttered something under her breath before rolling it up and tucking it back under her wing. "Princess Luna has asked me to find a pony she can take on as a student."
"And this has to do with Trixie how exactly?"
Twilight let out a sigh of exasperation. "I would like you to be that pony."
"Let Trixie think about that." Trixie me a face as if she was thinking really hard for about a second. "Hmm... No."
"WHAT?" Twilight was absolutely shocked. She couldn't believe that anypony, let alone Trixie, would ever say no to being one of the Princess' personal students.
"You heard Trixie." Trixie replied with an amused look upon her face.
"Bu-bu-bu..."
"Now if that is all you came here to say, go away and please don't come back." Trixie backed up and began to close the door, but it seemed her doing so had gotten Twilight to actually do something besides stand there and stare.
"Wait!" Twilight took a hold of the door with her magic and prevented it from closing.
Trixe breathed harshly through her nose and gritted her teeth. "What is it that you want now?"
Twilight balked at how angry Trixie was. "Well... Why not?" She spoke hesitantly, afraid to get Trixe any madder than she already was.
Trixie let herself relax, the sudden burst of anger disappating. "Of course that's what you'd want to know. Well, since you certainly won't leave Trixie alone until she tells you, Trixie supposes she'll have to indulge you." Trixie waited until Twilight released the door before pushing it back open. "One, Trixie doesn't want to have to deal with any of the drama being a Princess' student will bring Trixie, and second, Trixie only just got her magic show back to the popularity it had before she arrived in Ponyville, no thanks to you, and Trixie won't give it up just because one of the Princesses wants a student."
Twilight thought about what she had said for a good two to three minutes before replying. "What do you mean by 'no thanks to you'?"
"Trixie forgets how much of a dunce you can be sometimes Sparkle." Trixie paused as Twilight glowered at her. "Since you clearly don't know, your friends spread the word that Trixie was not only a rotten liar, buy also that it was she who brought the Ursa into Ponyville. As Celestia's student, you should be intelligent enough to know how laughably false all of that is, and you should have done your best to correct your idiotic misconceptions you friends spread. That incident caused Trixie to lose the majority of her fanbase, which she has only just now regained, hence why Trixie said 'no thanks to you'."
"They really did that?" Twilight couldn't believe her ears.
"Yes." Trixie firmly replied. "And Trixie is not going to let all of her hard work go to waste to go prancing around learning 'friendship' or whatever it is you do all day."
"Oooh." Twilight smiled as she momentarily forgot about what Trixie said her friends had done. "I understand now."
Trixie looked at her in surprise. "You do?" She asked.
"Yup!" Twilight smile changed into a full out grin. "And I'm happy to tell you that won't be a problem!"
"Explain." Trixie demanded.
"Gladly!" Twilight chirped. "Being Princess Luna's student in no means you'll have to move to Canterlot or give up your magicshow. I'm sure she'll be happy to have you transported to and from Canterlot in her chariot for your lessons."
"While that does make it a doable thing for Trixie to do, her answer is still no."
"WHY?"
Trixie laughed at Twilight's flabbergasted face. "Because even though I wouldn't have to give my show up, the position will still come with a bunch of drama that Trixie does not need. She could deal with it as drama isn't something that's at all new to her, but Trixie is still mad at you and your friends for ruining her show, so she won't just to spite you."
"Isn't there anything I can do to change your mind?" Twilight asked, her desperation showing through.
"Well..." Trixie paused to flip a lock of her mane out of her face. "Trixie supposes that since you are so desperate that she can give you a chance to change her mind. Trixie will go be Princess Luna's student if you make your friends give a formal apology for the slander they spoke about Trixie and get it printed in every newspaper in Equestria. Until then however, Trixie is... not interesed."
Twilight's face fell.
Trixie grinned.