"Come on Trixie!"
"No, Trixie gave you one job. It is not her fault you failed to complete it."
"She could teach you how to make your illusions better! Princess Luna is the best when it comes to that type of magic."
"Trixie assures you Sparkle that her illusion magic is just fine as it is, or did you really think Trixie owned a pet scorpion?"
Twilight jerked back as the scorpion she'd glanced at once or twice since Trixie had allowed her inside her home stopped moving and dropped to the floor from the wall it had been clinging to.
"I uh..." Trixie burst out laughing when Twilight's cheeks began to redden.
"You really did didn't you? Oh that's priceless." Trixie levitated the now toy scorpion into a nearby shelf, which promptly vanished into thin air, taking the toy with it and revealing an empty wall where it had sat.
"What about teleportation then?" It was obvious that Twilight was desperate to change the subject, and while Trixie was polite enough to let her, she'd definitely mock her for it later.
Trixie brought a hoof to her chin and paused at that. "Trixie would not be adverse to learning that."
"Really?" Trixie snorted.
"Trixie still says no."
Twilight let out a sigh, but before she could respond a knocking sound spread throughout the cart.
"Hmm?" Trixie leaned over to peer around Twilight. "Did you invite somepony?"
"I... no... I didn't."
"Well open the door then, lets get a good look at them." Twilight rolled her eyes at Trixie's bossy tone but did as she requested anyway.
Trixie nearly had a heartattack. Standing there in all of her glory, was Princess Luna.
If you asked Trixie later what she had done in this moment she would tell you that she politely requested Princess Luna give her and her companion a minute to themselves. That's absolutely not what she did. She slammed the door in Luna's face as hard as she could.
"I thought you said you didn't invite anypony!" Trixie hissed, the panic evident in her eyes and in her lack of her usual third-pony speech.
"I didn't!" Twilight whispered back.
"Well then why is she here!"
Twilight paused to think. "I... might have sent a letter to Luna detailing my progress last week. She probably decided to come here to visit you when she had some free time."
Placing her head in her hooves, Trixie took a deep breath. "Faust dammit Sparkle." It was so easy to rebuff Twilight, having known the mare from before she became a princess and already disliking her for what her friends had done, but Trixie knew she would have a significantly harder time doing the same to Princess Luna.
She was doomed.
"I'm sorry." Twilight winced, knowing this would only set her back if Luna couldn't convince the showmare.
It took another moment for Trixie to collect herself, but she eventually motioned for Twilight to open the door.
When Trixie saw Princess Luna patiently waiting with the corner of her mouth upturned just enough to be noticeable, a little spark of hope blossomed inside her. Maybe the Princess wasn't mad she'd slammed a door in her face.
"Trixie Lulamoon!" Luna boomed.
And that hope was gone. Murdered, never to be seen again. Slaughtered and ripped to pieces. Trixie flinched back slightly at the sheer volume of Luna's voice but the Princess didn't seem to notice.
"It is so nice to meet you!" Luna continued, stepping into the cart and shutting the door behind her. "We have been looking forward to this meeting for quite a while."
"You... have?"
"Yes we have indeed! When we heard that a descendant of the most faithful clan of Lulamoon was alive in this day and age we were overjoyed!"
"Faithful... clan?"
Luna's smile, which had been getting larger with every word, was now almost impossibly large. "The Lulamoon clan served us most faithfully a thousand years ago..." Luna trailed off, her smile wiped off her face momentarily, presumably by a memory or several, before returning full force. "When we heard that one of you still lived we knew we had to take you under our wing."
"I'm sorry Princess, but Trixie must decline your generous offer."
Luna's ear to ear grin faded immediately. "Why?" Oh no, Luna looked like she was about to cry. Trixie was so going to Tartarus for this.
The showmare turned her head to the side so she didn't have to continue seeing the devastated look on Luna's face. "Trixie has everything she could want, and she does not need the drama that comes with being a princess' student."
"Oh is that all?" Trixie jerked her head back in Luna's direction and watched the Princess raise her head high and puff her chest out. "You have nothing to fear then! There is no need for anypony to know you are my student, We won't tell anypony if you don't want us to, and we will even come to wherever you are for your lessons so you won't have to worry about any of your plans being disrupted."
Trixie glanced at Twilight, but the purple unicorn's face was surprisingly blank. Twilight would evidently not be helping her out here.
"Please Trixie!" Trixie looked back at Luna, the alicorn had crouched down to Trixie's level and was looking rather pathetic if Trixie was too be totally honest.
What was she supposed to say to that? Luna had come here, reassured her that both of her major reasons for declining were not going to be any problems whatsoever, and now was practically begging Trixie to accept. She also really wanted to learn to teleport.
She was so going to regret this later.
"Okay."
Before she could react Trixie was swept up into a hug, crushed against Luna's chest and was now being spun around in circles. Thank Faust her cart was bigger on the inside than it first appeared to be. "Oh thank you so much! We will have so much fun teaching you all sorts of things!"
She managed to catch Twilight's eyes and desperately tried to convey that she was in need of rescue.
Twilight grinned.