//------------------------------// // Chapter Fifty Five: Of Mirrors and Coffee // Story: Trixie is Pregnant and It's Twilight's Problem // by TheCrimsonDM //------------------------------// Chapter Fifty Five: Of Mirrors and Coffee Written by TheCrimsonDM Trixie knew something was wrong with Twilight Sparkle. That fight was too dangerous, and too unlike her. Sure Twilight was full of herself, and a total jerk sometimes, actually most of the time. Still it was completely unlike her to be threatening, dangerous, and to kill frogs tormenting them just to spite Trixie. Even Twilight wasn't that evil. No, something was very, very wrong and she had to get to the bottom of it. After all, she was one of the ponies who was there to protect Equestria from the shadows. Who would she be if she failed to notice and act on something like this? Trixie had in that sense followed Twilight for the past few days. Trixie's invisibility spell was truly excellent and so Twilight had no idea that she was being watched. Not while she walked through the halls, not while she fiddled herself in her room with a calculator, and not while she entered a secret chamber hidden behind a painting of Celestia wearing a golden cloak and crown. The secret room behind the painting had a strange ancient mirror that seemed to stand apart from anything else in the center of the room. Twilight had walked up to it, the round vanity mirror looking reflective, beautiful, but giving off a cold energy, the kind that sent shivers down Trixie's spine. Twilight spoke as she approached the mirror. "Today has been awful. Celestia went on a ten minute, and forty three second long rant about Trixie's most recent test. The stupid mare barely got a B plus and Celestia acts like that's such a good thing. I got an A plus and what do I get? Ignored!" Twilight stood there, staring at the mirror for a moment. Trixie watched her, concerned for her own safety as well as for Twilight's. The air in here was cold, freezing in fact, and it took extra effort from the invisibility spell to keep her own breath hidden as it would have come out in a visible fog otherwise. Twilight cackled. "Now that, that is something I hadn't thought about before." She rolled her shoulders playfully. "I look so good with a pair of wings on don't you think?" For a half moment Trixie's entire body tensed up, afraid Twilight had seen her somehow. Yet it was pretty clear that Twilight wasn't talking to her. Yet the only other thing to talk to in here would be Twilight's own reflection in the mirror. That thought unsettled Trixie beyond words. After all, this was a pretty clear indication of corruption, if she'd ever seen any. Twilight's back straightened up and her ears twitched. "You don't say?" Trixie had to get a message out to Shadow Heart about this. He was the only one capable of really dealing with dark magic. She might have been brave enough to stalk Twilight, and finding out about Twilight's dark secret was important, but she also knew she was a fool now. She hadn't really expected Twilight to turn out to be evil, she just expected Twilight to be stuck up and rude. Twilight put a hoof on the mirror's surface and pushed the mirror sideways a little. Her eyes widened and then a cruel smile grew over her lips. "I see, you were right. The mirror does reveal all truth, now doesn't it?" Twilight's horn lit up and Trixie felt something wrap around her neck. She looked down to see a red aura, much like collar wrap around her neck and yank her forward. The illusion spell dropped and Trixie was dragged forward. The red aura around her neck tightened just enough to make it hard to breathe, and it pulled with such force that no matter how hard Trixie tried to pull away from it, it continued to yank her forward, toward Twilight and the mirror. Trixie had to act fast, she wasn't going to get a second miracle this time. She activated her magic, and used a last resort spell she was told to activate if her life was ever in danger, or her soul. A lavender beam shot from her horn and into the ceiling where it passed through harmlessly. Twilight laughed. "You can't even summon enough energy to use an energy beam. Pathetic. I don't know why this mirror even wants to bother with you." Once Trixie was within a few feet of Twilight she could only stare in abject horror as Twilight turned slowly to face her. "Trixie, you've been a little spy now haven’t you?" Trixie swallowed. "Please don't hurt me." "I might, be willing to go easy on you. If you tell me why you've been spying. Be honest now." Trixie had to think of a clever lie. "You're so strong and powerful. I-I want to be like you." Twilight laughed. "That can't be true." She glanced into the mirror. A frown spread over her lips. "It is... huh. Who’d have thought it was possible. Well I suppose I can grant her wish then, she wants to be like me, I'll show her what made me as powerful as I am." Trixie was pulled in front of the mirror and forced to face it. The image in the mirror was of herself, and for a moment she wondered if this mirror could really be so bad. Then the image in the mirror moved on its own and spoke. "Oh ho, see, I told you there was an intruder in here with us." Twilight nodded as if she heard the mirror all too clearly. The mirror version of Trixie's eyes turned green. A baleful pale green energy glowed around its neck slowly forming into something altogether different. Soon it formed into a strange amulet with a bright red gem in the shape of an alicorn. "The Alicorn Amulet, the source of power stolen from the dark goddess Nightmare Moon herself and channeled into usable form. This is my gift unto you, and may you use it to become the truly powerful pony you were meant to be." Trixie tried to pull away as the mirrors surface rippled. A peach-colored hoof extended from the mirror presenting an amulet, the very same one that was in the reflection. Trixie pulled away. "N-n-no." A red aura surrounded the amulet and it whipped out going around Trixie's neck like it had a will of its own. She could feel it as her soul began to burn with cold energy. The tendrils of frozen knowledge and power shot out and pierced her soul, violating it and writhing deeper into her mind and magic than she knew possible. She fell back from the mirror and grasped at the amulet trying her best to pull it off of herself but it wouldn't move. The hoof pulled back into the mirror and the image of a corrupted Trixie began laughing. A moment later Twilight joined in. Trixie hissed as she felt her world being surrounded by frozen blackness. At the very least she knew that she'd already sent out the signal. Soon Shadow Heart would hear it, come to her aide, and if he couldn’t save her, she was at least sure he could put her down before she did too much damage. Such was the way of corruption, if you couldn't purify it, you must destroy it. Trixie's world was washed away by the darkness as the untold power of the amulet consumed her. *** Trixie woke up in a sweat. The first thing she did was look at her surroundings. Back in the Golden Oaks Library, with Twilight sleeping soundly, peacefully next to her. Trixie rubbed at her face with her hooves trying to get the sweat off of her face. Another nightmare, at least she didn't pee herself this time. Looking over, Spike was sleeping soundly on the floor nearby in his dog bed. The sun was only just a distant reminder on the horizon as this was far too early in the morning to wake up. She climbed out of bed and decided it was better to wake up now than to pretend to sleep anymore. She'd tell Twilight about this dream later, after all she was worried that this could be a very bad indication of what happened in her past. It took a little while but she eventually had a nice cup of coffee and watched as the sun slowly began to rise on the horizon. The air nearby grew cold for a moment and felt tense, then with a pop of energy Luna appeared in a flash of dark blue light. She looked around, met Trixie's eyes and asked, "Could I have some coffee?" Trixie shrugged. "Go for it, all Trixie needs is one cup to start her day." Luna nodded, walked to the coffee pot lifted it up and examined it for a moment. She then opened her mouth and proceeded to pour the pot of coffee down her throat. She didn't stop until almost all of it was gone. She then set it back down and took a seat nearby. "So, my night was weird, how was yours?" "Trixie could say much the same." Luna nodded. "I got peed on." Trixie coughed and sputtered for a moment. She looked up at Luna and met those eyes, she couldn't tell exactly what Luna was thinking, or feeling. "So, Big Mac does have some kinks. Well Trixie will admit being peed on isn't the worst thing, in fact it could be quite fun if done with the right partner." Luna swallowed. "It was Rarity." "What was Rarity?" "Rarity peed on me." Trixie looked down at her cup of coffee. "Okay then... does Big Mac know?" "No." "Should he know?" "I hope not." Trixie let out a sigh. "Trixie isn't the best at these things. Did you at least enjoy Rarity's... shower?" Luna cleared her throat. "I don't want to think about that. It's not like she did it on purpose even." Trixie looked up at her. "How in Celestia's name does a pony accidentally pee on you?" Luna looked away from Trixie focusing on the table. "I was completely still, she couldn't see me." "Not this nonsense again." Trixie drained the rest of her coffee. "You and pee have a bad relationship and have left a sour taste in my mouth." Luna's eyes widened. "I'm sorry, what?" "Stop talking about weird things, Luna." Trixie stated. "If it was an accident then just forget about it. If you liked it, ask Big Mac to pee on you. Whatever you do, don't talk to Trixie about them. She's busy enough as is trying to forget she remembered that Twilight used to be evil." Luna nodded. Then her entire body grew tense. "She was evil?" "Yes, she was evil. Was involved with dark magic, and then gave Trixie the Alicorn Amulet, it was Twilight's fault that the Alicorn Amulet not only came into this world but also that Trixie was originally corrupted by it in school. Furthermore Twilight doesn't remember this because Celestia stole her memories, and now Trixie isn't sure how to fix this mess." There was a sound from the entrance to the kitchen. A gasp. Trixie spun in her chair to look and saw Twilight there. Her eyes wide, her lip quivering. Trixie reached out with a hoof. "Twilight, Trixie was going to tell you as soon as you woke up." Twilight closed her eyes shut tight, tears rolled down her cheeks and her horn lit up. In a flash of red light Twilight was gone leaving Trixie alone with Luna. Trixie looked back at her empty cup of coffee. "Great, and now Trixie just screwed up her relationship." Luna lowered her head. "I think it's my fault." "No, Trixie is just stressed out and this is all Celestia’s fault." "No I mean, if I wasn't invisible Rarity wouldn't have peed on me." Trixie picked up her glass coffee mug, was about to throw it at Luna. She instead turned it upside down and stuck it on top of Luna's horn to hang there like an ugly Hearth's Warming Eve ornament. Luna blinked and looked at her. "W-why did you do that?" "Stop being mopey, you need to help Trixie make Twilight feel better." Luna let out a sigh. "Okay."