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// Prolouge: Lost in the Everfree forest 
// Story: The Big and Cuddly Ursa Minor 
// by Foal Star 
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Trixie, a once proud magician, was glaring at the ground, quietly grumbling as she stomped down the road. Her purple cape, with it’s yellow and light blue star design, dragged along the dirt as her back slouched. The mare’s head drooped with her hat with a similar design similar to her cape tilted over her face shielding her from the setting sun; not noticing the shadows growing around her along with the underbrush and trees.

As the defeated magician continued dragging her blue coated hooves on the ground, her face was twisted in anger as her mind focused on the source of her rage….a mare named Twilight Sparkle.

“How could The Great and Powerful Trixie be bested by some random no pony from a backwoods town!? She must have cheated using some magical artifact of some sort. No ordinary pony could handle an Ursa, even a Minor, so easily. The Great and Powerful Trixie will get her revenge on Twilight Sparkle, Trixie swears it!”

Her thoughts were interrupted by a long and ominous howl, her head jerking in surprise at the sound. It was then a horrible realization entered the mare’s mind.  “How...how did The Great and Powerful Trixie enter the Everfree Forest?,” she managed to stammer out, terror dripping from each word.

Trixie looked around, horrified as the leaves rustled overhead, and the howling of the wind rushing through the forest. The frightened mare backed up,staring into the darkness, with sweat starting to form on her forehead. A sudden loud snap prompted the mare to scream and run in terror through the trees.

“The Great and Powerful Trixie has to get out of here!”

Trixie stumbled on a river with the rushing water flowing through the forest. She turned her head out of fear scanning the trees, trying to calm her now hammering heartbeat.

“Alright Trixie, just have to calm down and think. Trixie got in this forest, Trixie can find a way out.”

Her confidence however, quickly began to deplete as she realized there was no way to cross the river. Thus to her regrowing dread, she slowly trotted back into the forest. As she continued to trek through the wood she quickly noted the sun’s descent, causing the darkness and her fear to grow. However, the fear quickly began to shift to frustration, with her hooves now stomping through the bushes.

With each step her anger quickly began to boil further and further, until she couldn’t contain it any further.

“THIS IS ALL TWILIGHT’S FAULT!? Trixie could’ve defeated that Ursa Minor by herself, all I needed was a little time to formulate a plan.The Great and Powerful Trixie would have triumphed! But that meddling, bucking mare got in the way and ruined everything!”

Her shouts echoed throughout the forest, causing many birds to fly off. Trixie only glared at the fleeing avians, spitting at them in disgust... “Oh wonderful, they’re probably  flying off to tell Twilight and little her friends that The Great and Powerful Trixie is lost!? Fine go and tell them, Trixie doesn’t care! Just make sure that they know Trixie shall return and when Trixie does, The Great and Powerful Trixie will have her revenge!”

Once her outburst was over, Trixie let out a couple of deep breaths trying to cam herself down. However, she quickly felt a chill go down her spine, and saw the shadows falling over her. The magician slowly turned her head to see the moon now rising over the forest. The frustrated mare felt sweat pour down her face as she groaned out of spite, “Oh thanks a lot Luna, you couldn’t wait until Trixie was out of this forest!”

Then the howls started to grow in number,becoming louder with each moment.The worried mare screamed in shock and turned her head to the dark woods with a fearful look as she whimpered in a frightened tone, “Trixie needs to find a place to hide or be she’ll be Timberwolf chow!”

Seeing nothing and the howls growing  closing, she trotted as fast as she could through the woods, whimpering as she did.

“Need to find a place to hide, come on Trixie you can do it.”

Trixie eventually came upon a strange cave, with an abnormally massive as well a dark entrance. The blue mare was tempted to try her luck in the forest as an eerie noise seemed to emanate within the darkness. However, the howls could be heard, even closer than before. She turned to the cave with a unsure look gulped and mumbled with a trembling tone, “Tr..Tri...Trixie has to be brave, The Great and Powerful Trixie will get through this.”

The mare closed her eyes and ran through the dark mouth of the cave. She continued to run until her breath became haggard, forcing her to stop, only to find darkness in every direction.. Trixie closed her eyes and steadied herself, allowing a small light to build at the tip of her horn.

With the cave now lite, her eyes scanned for any signs of life, but all she could  see was cold stone floors and walls, covered with stalagmites and stalactites. The exhausted unicorn paused, listening to the whistling wind, waiting still she couldn’t hear the howls anymore.  Once all was silent, she started to calm down. After her heart stopped racing, she started laughing hysterically as she turned towards the mouth of the cave with a smug grin on her face.

“Take that disgusting Timberwolves! Make that a lesson to any who try to destroy, The Great and Powerful Trixie!”


She then skipped off down the cave, her confidence returned, e making loud clopping noises that echoed around the cave. Trixie took the time to look about and gasped seeing a rough patch of leaves and moss on the ground. The magician eyed it suspiciously and whispered to herself, “Why is this here? Did another pony get lost?”

The suspicious Trixie looked around the cave and it seemed clear that she was alone. There nothing but the rocky cavern and somewhat uncomfortable looking pile of leaves. However, the growing weariness in her body made the pile as appealing as a bed at a five star hotel, “Well it’s better than sleeping on rocks.”

The exhausted and frightened mare stumbled on the makeshift bed of foliage, curling up tightly to try and warm herself. However, her growling stomach made that and sleeping, much more difficult,“Trixie just wants to go to sleep but I haven’t eaten anything all day.”

The hungry magician looked around and saw some berries lying near her face. The mare slowly crawled toward the fruit and sniffed them for a few moments before her eyes lite up with excitement. “They’re ripe.”

Trixie blinked in confusion at her declaration as she prodded her nose with a hoof. “How did Trixie know that these berries were ripe?”

Trixie shrugged and nibbled at the berries she continued devouring them for quite some time.
As she finished licking her lips, now colored purple and red by the berries, the magician found, to her dismay, she’d eaten all the berries. Her stomach growled again as her hunger was still unsated. The unicorn turned to the mouth of the cave again with the wind whistling through and gave a exasperated sigh. “I guess the Great and Powerful Trixie will find some more food tomorrow.”

She buried her head into her forelegs and curled up, shivering as she slowly dimmed the light from her horn.

“Things will be better for Trixie tomorrow, Trixie knows they will. Trixie will find another town and perform a show there and get a big a breakfast.”

As tired worn out mare’s eyes drooped and she started to drift off to sleep. A giant shadow fell over the mare…