Bad Dragon's Short Stories

by Bad Dragon


25 - Pride Dies Last (winning story) [2022.06]

"Trixie, I still can't get over the fact that you came to my library," Twilight scoffed. "Why did you want to borrow the Magic Impotence, anyway?"

"Trixie has her purely hypothetical and theoretical reasons… Nothing for you to concern your little head with. Now, if you would be so kind to leave the book on the table and stop violating Trixie’s library rights.”

“About those… Maybe you should check your privileges.”

“There is no need because Trixie presumes all her entitlements. And now if you would give Trixie some discrete privacy, she shall use her great and powerful magic to levitate the book to her vardo where Trixie shall study it. After that, Trixie shall find it in her heart to return the book to your humble library. With her unyielding magic, of course."

"Just don’t damage it, mkay?" Twilight dropped the book on the table with a sigh and took her leave.

After checking that she’s truly alone in the room, Trixie charged her horn and launched out her channels then spread them toward the book. Committing her inner flow toward her horn, she fueled and lengthened summoned channels with magical energies. As the magical pathways connected with the book's cover, she proceeded to form focal points on its surface. A bright aura illuminated the air around the book, as the kinetic shield enveloped it. She converted magical flow into kinetic energy while forcing it on the bottom side of the magical bubble she had formed. The book was heavy, so she had to use extra reserves of mana to overcharge her channels. Her body tensed as she increased her mental focus on the task at hoof.

She shook her head, cutting off the channels and dimming her horn light. "Buck this!" She lowered her head and picked up the book in her mouth. Trotting outside, she mumbled to herself, “I do hope this book has the cure. I don’t want to taste another book ever again.” 


“Twilight, when will you tell Trixie that all of Equestria is losing its magic?”

“The whole world as we know it is ending, Spike, just give me this.”