//------------------------------// // The Temple of a thousand Stairs. // Story: Trixike the Time-bomb // by Silver Butcher //------------------------------// Twilight and Starlight where standing next to a very large river. Starlight turned instantly to Twilight. "So Twilight...care to explain yourself? or should I just slap you and leave it at that?" "I..well...Trixike is a danger to Equestria...how long before she stop's listening to even you?" "by that same logic, how long before Discord stop's listening to Fluttershy? How long Before Luna get's jealous and turn's into Nightmare Moon again? should we just turn Discord back into a statue and Blast Luna back to the moon?" "But Trixike is...." "Trixike is Over-excitable...a Show-pony, just Like Trixie, but she's also loyal to a fault, happy to help when asked, just like Spike. She's has a fondness for you because your Spike's oldest friend. and a Slight envy towards you case she's also part Trixie. And she has a extreme fondness for me cause both Trixie and Spike are very close friends of mine. And you better hope that they find it in their heart's to forgive you..cause if they leave your friendship and become your enemy...I'm joining them" "What...why wou..." Twilight started but stopped when Starlight turned her back and started her on her way. "Let's go Twilight. We need to find that Temple fast." Luna was sitting next to Trixike trying to find dreams, but only finding blankness, when She suddenly bolted strait up out of bed. Trixike looked at Luna, then the room, then touched her own face. "How odd. Why is Trixike sleeping in the castle...why is Trixike sleeping at all? I've never slept before. how odd." She jumped out of bed and stretched, she then turned to Luna who was now standing. "Why hello Luna, what bring's you here? did the Mayor call you to help them throw Trixike out of town?" "The what? Mayor? Throw you out?" Luna asked befuddled "How are you still....completely OK? you're unstable, you almost exploded!" "Did I? Trixike doesn't remember doing that, but I must say it sound's rather exciting." "I....I'm sorry why are you slipping in and out of the third person?" "oh it is an unfortunate speaking habit of mine. duo to Trixie's and Spike's different speaking habit's, Trixike tend's to randomly slip to different speaking patterns." She said as she stood still for a second. a look of shock came across her face. "What's wrong?" "Trixike Teleported...but Trixike is still her....something must be wrong with my magic." Trixike looked down at Luna a look of fear on her face. "If Trixike can't use magic...I'll be torn to shred's by the town." She said, Shaking Luna. "Whoa!! why would they do that?" "They really don't like me." She said. could you....I don't know...teleport us somewhere else...some where safe maybe." Luna sighed "We can't we have to wait for the other's to come back so we can fix your rings." "....my.....my rings? what's wrong with my rings?" "*Sigh* sit down, this is gonna be a little much." Twilight and Starlight where still walking next the River. It's size was slowly shrinking. they could see the Temple in the distance. The two were walking in an awkward silence, or at least Starlight was, Twilight had been trying to get her to talk to her, but all she got was more silence. "I've never seen this part of the forest before. We must be really far out." Twilight said as she looked around. Starlight gave her no response. "look I'm sorry...I probably could have handled this better....but I didn't think this would happen." Starlight kept going forward "Starlight....I now I messed up....but can't we talk this out." "I'm not the one you need to talk to." Starlight suddenly said "I can understand why you would freak out. but Trixike is the only person who has the right to truly be pissed at you. it's her you need to talk to." She looked back at Twilight "I know you though you where right. Now come on, we can talk about this after we stop Trixike from exploding." Starlight said as they approached the Temple. The Duo stopped at the sigh in-front of them, about a thousand stairs stood between them the Temple entrance. Twilight lit her horn and the duo where at the top of them. "That was easy" Twilight said as they walked to the door, she placed her hand on the door. only to find herself and Starlight back at the bottom of the stairs. "What the?" Twilight looked at Starlight "what just happened?" "my guess....the Temple want's us to walk up these stairs." "I hate magic temples." Twilight moaned as they started their long assent Trixike and Luna where sitting down in the Main hall of the Castle. Luna was sipping Tea, Trixike had started eating the walls." "I think you might be destroying the structural integrity of the castle" "I really hope I am" Trixike replied "Sparkle destroyed the structural integrity of my body" she tore a large chunk out of the wall and chomped on it. "Now Trixike is trapped in this stupid castle, powerless, with an angry town of ponies that all what me gone." "Why not leave?" Luna asked as she sipped her tea "Seems nopony in Ponyville appreciates your.....enthusiasm? your Limitless energy? What would you call it?" "Trixike call's it her Pizzazz" "Yeah....well last I checked the Crystal Empire Love's you so why no...." "No, The Crystal Empire loves Spike. Not Trixike, Spike. Trixike is not Spike, Trixike is Trixike." "But if they knew you where part of Spike...you'd probably get the same hero treatment Spike gets." Luna said just as there was a Banging on the Castle door, Luna looked at Trixike once more "Think about it" she said before getting up and going to check the door, she opened it and meet with Rarity and Pinkie Pie. They both seemed taken aback by who answered the door. "Princess!?" They both asked in unison. "Come in, Come in." Luna motioned "I got to boring job so I'm stuck here for a while" "Boring job?" Rarity asked "We where just coming to check on Spike and....her." "Her?" "Rarity's mad at Trixie cause she stole Spike." "Do you hate Trixike as well?" "Well no....as much as I dislike...her....Trixike is still half Spike...so She's alright." "Thanks for the Insulting Complement" Trixike called as she continued to eat threw the wall" "Oh...I didn't realize she was actually...here." "oh...LETS THROW A FUSION PARTY!!" Pinkie chimed in "No....I am not dealing with another one of those parties." Rarity said immediately "Last time you did....well everypony in town still hate's Trixike so.....not the best idea" "I Like those parties" Trixike said "I got to beat Sparkle in a arm-wrestling contest." "yes, yes." Luna interrupted "all fun and what not..but I don't what a talk about a "Fusion Party" to be one of the last thing's I talk about." "What ever do you mean?" Rarity asked. Luna sighed "Sit down, this might take a minute" After a very long and boring walk up all the stairs, the duo finally made it to the top, and proceeded to collapse gasping for air "That took for-fucking-ever!!" Starlight gasped "I'm not mad at the dark magic thing anymore, I'm mad that I had to make that walk because of you now" "Fair.....fair enough" Twilight gasped "I hate myself a little for that two" She slowly made her way up, OK let's wish for those pairs of Celestial ear clips and Cosmic energy grips." "you actually remembered what they where called?" "Your'e actually surprised that I remembered?" "Touche" Starlight said as they opened the temple door.....and where meet with even more stairs going down. The two looked down the stairs. "Noooooooooooooo!!!!!" They both yelled in dismay.