//------------------------------// // Destination 1: Welcome to Hoofington // Story: Repercussions of the past // by TheArcher20 //------------------------------// Destination 1: Welcome to Hoofington part 1 Trixie entered into the limits of the small town. It was a late night and most of the town’s ponies were asleep already. She had long since gave up in trying to get rid of the small bubbly annoyance that claimed to be her foal. The gelatinous creature just kept pace with her as it continued to jiggle and bounce around. Trixie stopped in front of a building, as she looked at the sign out front she started to unlatch herself. She turned to the tiny jelly creature and in a venomous tone she said, "If they want extra to house you, you’re sleeping outside with the dogs!" The creature just kept on smiling at her and decided to hug her once more. She kicked the creature off and ignored it as it thumped to the ground. She walked inside to see the tavern she entered was void of ponies, except for the mare at the front, 'probably the owner' she thought. The mare at the front smiled warmly to Trixie as she entered. “Hello there! How may I help you?” “The Great and Powerful Trixie requires a room, how much is it for three nights?” “It’s 5 bits for one night and we serve breakfast and lunch for an extra two bits a day.” The mare said, smiling warmly the entire time. Checking her bag of bits, Trixie nodded to herself before turning back to the mare behind the counter. “Trixie will take the room and the breakfast and lunch addon’s for three days.” “That’ll be 21 bits then. And what of your friend?” The mare pointed a hoof to the gelatin creature that hopped around next to her. “Trixie does not know this thing. She has been trying to get rid of it the entire day.” Trixie stuck her nose in the air to add emphasis to her words. Trixie hoofed over a smaller bag, which she put the bits in, to the mare and she gave Trixie a key with a card on it saying ‘12’. “Last room on your left upstairs. Thank you for your payment, have a nice night.” She smiled and waved to Trixie as she went up the stairs. ********** The Next Morning ********** Trixie woke up to the sight of the ‘hideous thing’ laying atop her, sleeping. She ungraciously knocked it off of her where it fell to the ground with an unceremonious ‘thunk’. Shaking its head, the gelatine child got up and walked to the door where it fell to its rear next to it. Trixie got out of her bed and with a sour face, she went to the door to the left of the exit. She opened it to a regular sized bathroom and turned the water on, placing a hoof under the showers burst, waiting for it to warm up. The creature just sat there, staring off into space as it smiled in a ghostly way; it appeared to be oblivious to everything around it as it just payed apparent attention to the details of the floor. After a while of this, the creature stood up as the shower stopped and started to hop around the door to the bathroom. After about half a minute, Trixie opened the door wearing a towel around her waist and atop her head. She looked relaxed but quickly looked annoyed when she caught sight of the gelatinous goo that followed her everywhere. The creature stopped bouncing and looked up directly at Trixie. Noticing this, Trixie spoke up to the creature. “What? Is it you are jealous of Trixie’s greatness to an extent you have to follow her around everywhere?” Trixie seemed to smile triumphantly, until she remembered the goo creature couldn’t speak. Scolding herself under her breath, she went about getting ready to leave. “Ugly goo thing, go be ugly somewhere else today. Trixie needs to go and talk with the mayor to allow Trixie a spot to do her show. Since Trixie needs a new backup stage trailer and the great and powerful Trixie does not need you causing problems.” The creature just tilted its head in confusion, but walked up and gave Trixie a hug shortly after. After about half an hour of this, Trixie sighed in defeat and just left, the walking goo following Trixie’s lead. As Trixie came trotting down the stairs, she saw that the tavern was far more packed and busy. Ponies filled the tables and stools, eating away at their food or chatting the day away with friends and family. Groaning, Trixie took a seat at one of the stools at the front. The mare from the day before trotted over to Trixie from behind the counter. “Hey there.” The mare left a menu in front of Trixie. “Hope you had a nice sleep, darling. Just let me know when you’re ready to order.” And like that, the mare left to go tend to the other customers. Looking back to the gelatinous creature at her foot, she sighed and picked up the menu. “If you are hungry, say something. Trixie is feeling rather generous for the time being.” She looked back to the little jelly thing as it climbed and stumbled until it reached the top of the table. Giggling, the gelatinous creature looked at the menu, slowly, it stumbled closer until it reached and pointed to a food. Sighing, Trixie called over the mare again. Once the mare came back to them, she smiled warmly and said, “Well darling what would you like?” “A salad with a side of croutons, and a bowl of vegetable soup, Miss.” “Oh shoot. I never did give you my name did I? It’s Maribel.” Before Trixie could make a comment about how much she didn’t care, Maribel was gone. Muttering angrily to herself, she waited patiently for her food. The creature of jelly looked up to her again and tilted its head. It made a cute-ish sound that was indescribable and inched closer to her before falling down on its butt. Trixie nudged the ball of goo away until it was at a tolerable distance. “Trixie demands you stay a good distance away, you are hideous and deserve hideous treatment.” The gelatinous child just made another cute squee noise and got into a more comfortable position. Maribel came back holding Trixie’s desired foods and placed them down in front of the two. Trixie took her food slightly closer to her and began eating silently. She watched the gelatinous creature from the corner of her eye and noticed it didn’t even attempt to eat the food. Before she could make a snarky remark and either take it’s food away or demand a refund, the thing just jumped onto the food. It shifted and he bounced up and down resembling gelatin even more, the food had literally soaked itself inside of the creature. Once there it was visibly being digested at a fast rate. The gelatin creature had changed color as it digested the food, it became a bright shade of red, then to a forest green color. This kept going until the food had finally dissipated and it was back to it’s original blue color. ********** Mayor’s office sometime later Trixie was in an argument with the mayor’s assistant after she tried to waltz into the office. Her side of the argument seemed to consist of foul language towards the assistant stallion and proclaiming her greatness and how any other creature was below her. The assistant groaned as he tried to explain the mayor was out with a very important client from another town but the hotheaded mare would have none of it. This went on for a good fifteen minutes and eventually started to repeat itself from both sides. That is, until a white mare with a high class and important effect coming off of her walked in. The mare had a pearly white coat and a black mane with a stripe of a different shade of white coming down the middle. This was the same style as her tail, it swayed in annoyance to the sight of the two arguing. The mare wore a hat that seemed to denounce others and convince them she was important. A monocle held itself loosely to her coat as she sighed in agitation. The situation seemed to come to a halt when the mare walked in and the stallion got quiet. Trixie was still insulting him and going on her rampage despite the stallion’s sudden silence. That is, until a cough came from behind her. She turned around and was about to barrage the newest addition to the battle with a sentence that should probably never be used until she recognized who it was. “Oh. Uhm yes, you must be mayor Mingle. It is a pleasure for Trixie to meet you and she wishes to have a chat about important matters.” A faint blush was evident on Trixie, showing her embarrassment in front of the mayor of the town. “I’m sorry but we’ll have to schedule something tomorrow, I’m very busy today and need to get back to what I was doing.” The mayor huffed a bit but continued on her trajectory towards her office. A headache was growing and she needed a drink. Badly. Trixie was very irate about this, but held her tongue nonetheless. Trixie knew there was no way to succeed if she couldn’t hold her tongue at least around ponies of interest. She cooperated despite how downcast she was about this new development and had the assistant schedule an appointment for tomorrow at noon. After all was said and done, the blue unicorn left for the little inn where the ‘blob of goo’ waited for her. The day was drawing to a close as the shops she passed started closing. A few bars did too, but for some strange reason, Trixie didn’t even care to discern. The lights from window candles helped guide her to the inn. She barely noticed that the sign seemed to be off its hinges and the doorway was scratched a bit. Shrugging mentally, she set out to enter the place, expecting to see the innkeeper Maribel...... ......Nope.