Amber Wood
Me and my metaphorical big mouth.
Of course Trixie had a way to force me to be a nirik at all times. How was I supposed to know that she had a potion that was meant to spike food and drinks to make someone more irritable.
Now I am some kind of road side carnival attraction.
This would not be the worst thing in the world if she only brought me out for the audience to figuratively and sometimes literally poke me with a stick.
But no, she had to use me like a trained circus animal.
Not only was it degrading, but the whip was completely unnecessary.
The whip leashed against my flesh as Trixie called out, "Mush!"
I wanted to scream that she was using mush wrong, just as much as I wanted to rip her throat out.
From my hand stand, or whatever they called it, I jumped through the hoop next to me and did another hand stand on a ball this time.
As I balanced three eggs on the end of my muzzle I thought back to some of the worst performances
What were they.
Birthday parties.
Just the other day I was used as basically a pinata by a snot nosed colt who's rich parents let him get away with anything.
At least it was less degrading than the filly who made me play house as both the baby and maid.
Tonight was apparently the start of something called the Summer Sun Celebration.
Trixie said that she would normally spend it in a town but she was scheduled to show up to another birthday for a very rich client.
Which brings me to why I am stuck prowling outside the wagon in the middle of the night.
Well simple really.
Since I was always on fire I gave off light which annoyed her, so I had to stand guard and sleep outside.
Something about the name of the holiday felt familiar but I was not sure why.
Looking to sky four stars moved around the Moon and the silhouette vanished.
I may not have known what was going on but even a complete fool would realize that something was very wrong.
Since this was a clear emergency I started to bang on the door to get her attention.
When Trixie finally came out, "What is so important that you must interrupt The Great and Powerful Trixie's beauty sleep."
I pointed at the Moon and Trixie said that it probably was not important.
My jaw dropped.
I mean sure what could she do about it, but really!
The day after the next we were at the party.
With a harness and bit gag on my face the rich twins argued over who got to ride me first by one of them pulling my ear and the other my foreleg.
While I was stuck in this situation I over heard a conversation Trixie was having with one of the adults.
Apparently that whole situation with the Moon was resolved by a group lead by the person student of Princess Celestia, Twilight Sparkle.
Given the tone of voice coming from Trixie told me that was not happy.
Since her tour around Equestria was over I had a feeling that we would be heading to this Ponyville.
A couple of days later I was in a pet carrier covered by a tarp as Trixie did her routine.
From the sound of it she embarrassed the ponies who tried to call her out on her claims.
And now it was my cue.
Applejack
After I was untied and Twilight had run off for some reason Trixie began to announce a demonstration of her power.
As her horn glowed a container covered by a tarp came into view.
It shaked a little bit as the sound of growling.
From just over her own height she dropped a flaming mass from it.
It took me a second to realize that it had a vaguely pony shape, and had apparently landed on it's face.
It had an expression that said it was already done with this.
Amber Wood
Trixie gave a quick summary of what Equestria knew about nirik but added a few things.
For one she claimed that nirik were more like highly intelligent animals.
This was how she explained my inability to talk in case anyone wanted to know why I could not speak.
She also claimed that I was fully grown but shrunk as a result of the fire suppression charm.
She then demonstrated her 'power' by having me perform different tricks.
After the show Trixie retired to her wagon she let me rest out of my pet carrier.
Going as far from the wagon as I could and curled up into a laid down.
All the ponies in town kept a bit of distance from me.
Part way through the day a ball rolled up to me.
Looking up I saw a group of fillies and colts whispering among themselves.
The pink one who appeared to be the defacto leader suggested that the fastest one gets it, but they were to scared so the leader suggested going with them.
When they came up to get it I rolled the ball over.
As the fast filly ran off my stomach growled, which the pink leader pony seemed to hear it, and before the group heads off.
Applejack
Walking through the market I explained to Fluttershy what happened with Trixie when Diamond Tiara and some other fillies and colts started to pass by.
I greeted her and ask where they were all heading.
Diamond Tiara said that after the ball accidently rolled next to the nirik.
I asked if it tried to hurt her but when she explained what happened Fluttershy began to wonder if it was being feed right.
Sending off Diamond Tiara and the others Fluttershy and I headed over to check on that nirik.
We saw it curled up on the ground and when we walked up to it we heard the sound of a growling stomach.
Fluttershy took a pair of apples and carrots out of her saddle bag and the nirik chowed down on them immediately.
After it finished it began to nuzzle and made what I had thought was a growl but I think was really supposed to be a purr.
I decided that I would give that Trixie a piece of my mind about this.
Knocking on the door of Trixie's wagon I heard her call out from inside.
When Trixie opened the door I immediately asked her how often she feeds the nirik.
Slightly confused she said when she does.
She then looks at her stopwatch and questioned, "Is it really that time already?"
It did not seem like she was being disingenuous about that.
"Well Fluttershy already gave it two carrots and two apples..."
I was cut off by Trixie running passed me saying, "Oh no you don't! Drink up!"
Looking back Fluttershy had been petting it's belly before Trixie began to try and force the nirik to drink from some kind of vial.
The nirik didn't seem to want to drink it though. It almost reminded me of a foal who refused to take it's medicine, but more aggressive.
I asked what that was all about and Trixie waved me off saying that it was a dietary supplement.
According to Trixie it would shrink more without it but won't take it unless it was in it's food, and that it would get sick without it.
Fluttershy gasped asked the nirik to take it's medicine, when it refused again she ended up using the stare on it.
After it finished the vial we went on our way.
As we were leaving town Fluttershy asked what Trixie meant by shrink.
I explained that apparently the nirik was fully grown but shrank because of a fire suppression charm.
She was lost in thought for a moment.
When asked what was on her mind she said it was nothing and hurried on her way.
Fluttershy
That nirik...
I don't think it was fully grown.