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// Post-Show Confrontation 
// Story: Double Trouble 
// by StormLuna 
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After Trixie and Sunburst finished their show, most everypony had headed home with the exception of six, four of which Trixie would not be thrilled to see and two that she would be somewhat annoyed by.  When she saw Celestia's students approaching her a frown developed on her face.  She sneered, "Oh so are Celestia's little pets here to insult The Great and Powerful Trixie?"  

She then took a closer look at them and noticed that Moondancer was gone.  She continued, "Oh and what happened to the unicorn with the glasses?"

Her demeanor was not sitting well with any of them but Lemon Hearts tended to have the most patience so she replied, "She was tired so she headed home early."

She then noticed that Starlight was not there and sneered, "Oh, and where is Starlight?  Where is Celestia's favorite pet?"

They looked at one another nervously wondering if Starlight would even want them telling Trixie where she was.  Trixie took advantage of this and laughed, "Oooh, did Starlight mess up or something?  Did Celestia make her go home so she could be punished for not doing her job." 

Trixie's comments were not sitting well with them one bit.  Minuette replied, "Look, Celestia summoned her and Spike to go up there for a few days.  Why she did it we're not sure but it was not for anything bad." 

At this point Sunburst had joined Trixie at the front of the stage and wanted to calm things down.  He asked, "So, what brings the four of you here?"

Unlike Trixie, Sunburst seemed respectful towards them so they felt more comfortable talking to him.  Minuette pointed towards Snips and Snails, who had stayed to meet Trixie, and replied, "Those two told us about you two being in town and we just wanted to take a look."

Sunburst asked, "Alright but still, I don't get why Starlight's closest friends would come given her history with us, especially Trixie."

Lemon Hearts replied, "Sunburst, we just wanted to check out the show.  We're not........."

Trixie jumped off the stage and got up in her face, "Trixie knows why you came, you came to tell Starlight we were here weren't you?  You came so you could talk to her about Trixie's show and laugh, didn't you?"

Lemon Hearts sighed, "No we didn't, we just came to see the show ok?"  She really wanted to deescalate the situation so she changed the subject, "So, what led to you two doing a traveling magic show anyway?"

This was something that Trixie was not wanting to answer but Sunburst had no problems doing so, "Well I don't know if Starlight told you or not but Trixie and I met at Celestia's school." 

Lemon Hearts said, "Yes, she told me about how she tried to tutor you two but despite that, you still failed your remedial magic exam."

Trixie decided that she would put her two cents in, "Well, after The Great and Powerful Trixie got sent home, she met Sunburst on the train ride home and since we both felt Starlight didn't tutor us well enough, we decided to write to one another." 

Sunburst added, "And once we got older, we decided to meet up and she taught me all about how to do her brand of magic and we decided to become traveling showponies to make a living." 

Trixie asked, "Oh and speaking of making a living, did you pay your entrance fee to see The Great and Powerful Trixie's show?"

The four gave her nervous looks because they just showed up without paying an entrance fee.  Lemon Hearts, who was the most honest out of them said, "There was nopony there to collect the entrance fee."

Trixie began to become angry but Sunburst quickly realized what the problem was.  He replied, "Well we just had a bucket there hoping that ponies would pay like they do everywhere else."

Trixie snapped, "Well maybe we need to have ponies at the entrance to collect the entrance fee."  She then pointed her hoof towards Snips and Snails and asked, "You two, what would you think about earning a few bits?"

Simply seeing Trixie's show had caused the two to completely adore her.  Snips excitedly replied, "No, no!  We'll do it for free for you oh Great and Powerful Trixie!"

Trixie got a huge smile on her face realizing that she wouldn't have to pay the two anything to collect entrance fees.  She replied, "Good, The Great and Powerful Trixie really appreciates this!"

Sunburst added, "Just meet us here tomorrow afternoon after you two get out of school."

Trixie could tell that they would continue to pester them if they didn't send them packing so she continued, "Now be gone with you two until tomorrow."

Snails replied, "Of course."

Snips added, "Anything you say!  We are at your beck and call!" 

Sunburst gave the two a friendly wave goodbye while Trixie simply rolled her eyes before turning her attention back to Starlight's friends and ordered, "Be gone with you four as well, all you want to do is continue to harass The Great and Powerful Trixie." 

The four complied and began to talk about what Moondancer had saw when Trixie claimed to have done a transfiguration spell.  They both heard this and had their concerns that one of them, Moondancer in particular, would wind up exposing them as frauds to the whole community.  Sunburst asked, "Trixie, they know about the secret with the transfiguration spell!  What are we going to do?  If they expose us nopony will come to our shows." 

Trixie replied, "Well we're going to have to come up with something."  Trixie suddenly got a devious smile on her face and continued, "Sunburst, we could always break into the library!  Trixie is certain that there are books on transfiguration spells and if we steal them and then we both learn them, then Celestia's little pets won't be able to expose us!" 

Sunburst was not sure about this as he was pretty sure that it was government property.  He gasped, "Trixie, are you nuts?  Do you know what could happen to us if we were caught?"

Trixie boasted, "Oh don't worry about that, The Great and Powerful Trixie is certain that she won't get caught."  

Sunburst sighed, "Very well, you can go and try to steal it but don't blame me if you get caught." 

Trixie rolled her eyes and suggested, "Now Trixie must wait until everypony is asleep and then she can go steal the necessary books!" 

Both of them headed back to their trailer to wait for all the lights in town to go off.  Trixie was certain that breaking into the local library would be easy while Sunburst was not so certain.  He knew that if she got caught, that he would likely face charges for being an accessory to the crime.  All he could do was hope that she could grab what they needed and get out without being spotted.