In one of Manehattan’s many skyscrapers sat an office. In that office was a white unicorn with a light black mane and tail. His mane was slicked back and a grey streak ran through it showing his age. He wore a sparkling cyan blazer with a silver tie around his neck. On his flank was a red stylized crane with its wings opened up, circling its body. The other occupant of the office was an azure unicorn with a silver mane and tail. On her flank was a stylized moon and wand. The older unicorn was busy constructing a cake while the other was staring indignantly at him.
“Who are you?” she asked. “And why have you brought Trixie to this office?”
“Pardon me for not introducing myself earlier,” he said still working on the cake. “My name is Kougami. I am the president of a foundation that shares my name, and I have brought you to my office because I see something in you.” A crimson aura surrounded his horn and a ladle began stirring a mixture into a bowl.
“And what, pray tell, have you seen in the great and powerful Trixie?” she asked. “Do you see how dazzling she is? How much more powerful she is than you? How much presence she has?”
“I see a weak filly looking for power,” Kougami replied. “I see a filly who desires to be something great.” Trixie deflated slightly at his words.
“How dare you accuse Trixie of being…” Kougami pointed the ladle at her and a small amount of frosting flicked onto her face.
“AND IT IS WONDERFUL!” he screamed. “I haven’t seen a desire like that in a long time.” Trixie wiped the frosting off her face.
“What are you babbling on about?”
“Desire, my little pony,” he began. “It is the source of life itself. When a foal is born, it cries to show what it wants. To live is to want.” With the ladle, Kougami began spreading frosting along the cake.
“You have an unquenchable desire correct?” Trixie nodded. “Then you already have more power than anypony could possibly imagine.”
“Trixie demands that you start making sense!” Trixie fumed. Kougami was still calmly frosting his cake. He set the ladle aside and looked straight at the unicorn. His horn glowed and he turned a phonograph, music filled the room.
“Desire is power,” he explained. “Few realize this. And desire is infinite. If you could tap into desire, the very thing that drives us, then you could obtain infinity, NO!” He took a decorating bag and began pouring cream onto a nearby table. Trixie looked to the table and found that he had written an infinity symbol with the cream.
“If done properly,” he continued. “you could obtain a power greater than infinity!” The decorating bag added another circle to the infinity symbol. What looked like three rings attached to each other remained when he was done. Trixie looked at the unicorn, on his face was a child like smile. But his eyes held madness. He turned his attention to a cookie and began carving it.
“That is what you want isn’t it?” Kougami asked. “To be the greatest and most powerful? To stand out amongst everypony? To command respect?” Trixie looked at the symbol again. This pony was right in his assumptions. She did want power, and she had a bottomless desire. This pony could allow her to have her desire be satisfied.
“Trixie,” she said. “wants power.” The older unicorn smiled at her.
“WONDERFUL!” he screamed. “Then allow me to help you tap into your desire.” His horn lit up and a crimson aura surrounded Trixie. The aura latched onto her and flew into her mouth. She let out a pain filled scream as it entered her body.
“ENDURE! This is DESIRE! Bottomless, all encompassing and big!” he laughed. “This is POWER! This is your desire. And it is WONDERFUL!” The last of the aura entered Trixie’s mouth and her eyes closed.
“Desire will bring the world to rebirth. And you will help it.” Trixie opened her eyes. Her eyes let off a gentle violet glow. Kougami smiled as he finished his cake. He put the cookie on the cake and presented it to her. It was a chiffon cake with white frosting on it. It held three candles on it, and the words “Happy Birthday” were written on it in red jelly. A cookie with her cutie mark on it sat in the cake’s center.
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY!” Kougami said as he lit the candles. “Great and POWERFUL Trixie.”