//------------------------------// // Destination 1: A helping of Hoofington // Story: Repercussions of the past // by TheArcher20 //------------------------------// Destination 1: A helping of Hoofington part 2 Trixie found the place to be ravaged and destroyed. Splintered wood laid everywhere. Alcohol and broken glass were seen in small pockets of where drinks, empty and filled alike, were most likely trashed at. Bits of blood were also not far from each place and no pony was in sight. Trixie feared some thieves had broken into the establishment and may have taken her wonderful objects from her room. She rushed to the stairs and carefully went up them, hoping that, if the thieves still were here, they would not be able to get the drop on her. She turned the corner and saw her room’s door was smashed inward, a struggle was heard inside her room as she neared it. Once she got to the doorway, she saw a group of three ponies, two earth ponies and one pegasus, stealing a few of her spell books (along with the gelatin creature). It squealed in fright as they stuffed the goo thing in the bag along with the books. Trixie backed out into the hallway and started charging her horn, while she did this, the three hooligans spoke up in a whisper to one another. “Heh. Easiest job the boss ever gave us. Think we’re getting the good end of the deal with this one, Sprinkler?” The white pegasus said to the dark blue earth pony with a cyan mane. Sprinkler spoke up while eyeing a spell book with a scrutinizing gaze. “Yeah. We are definitely getting the good half of the bargain with this job.” He turned and pointed with his muzzle over to the beddings. “Hey check there. We need to find as much as possible before any of the guests get back, I don’t want to have another tussle like the one with that innkeeper mare.” Trixie was fuming. They dared to take from her and now they checked to make sure they had everything that was worth anything to her. She didn’t much care for the blue blob, but they had it in the same bag they held her most precious of objects in. She made sure to charge as much power as she could into this blow, she would have the last laugh even if it killed her. She wasn’t stupid, though. She made sure she only put enough power into her blast to contain all of them and not damage her items. She wanted to watch them as they get sent to the gallows for this civil insubordination, but she stopped when they spoke up again. “She will like everything we got for it. The mayor doesn’t even have a clue, neither do the authorities, it’s great!” The third pony said, he was almost immediately shushed. The three had their back’s turned away from the doorway, so when Trixie jumped into it and fired her bolt of magic, they had no idea of what was coming. It enveloped all three of them and they cried out in shock. Trixie smirked at her sudden victory, noting to make this story sound more awesome than how the events had actually proceeded for her stage act. Unfortunately for her, the pegasus got back up and ran out the window, flying away faster then one would think possible. The other two just groaned as they both were in a short lapse of consciousness. Trixie prepared another spell as the two were slowly waking up from the disorienting surprise attack. Trixie managed to pull the bag away from them and unceremoniously dumped the contents upon her bed, making sure none of her precious items were damaged. A document fell out of the bag with a title that brought interest to Trixie’s eyes. She knew she was to get an edge in her act now. Lulamoon’s spell’s of the ages By: Lulamoon the great The two stallions started waking up and trixie fired another spell, keeping them under longer. (this time it was a sleep spell; and went to go look for some guards to help get rid of the trash. ********** Afterwards Trixie was smiling deviously. The guards managed to find Maribel safe and sound, and the two ponies were arrested for so many charges Trixie couldn’t count them all. But that didn’t make her smile so broadly, it was the fact she had a book of a famous traveling unicorn. She wanted to wait, though. Her door was smashed in and she needed a new room first. She didn’t want any dirty eavesdroppers finding out about the book, no doubt they would try and get their grubby little hooves on this book if any unicorn did catch wind of it. That blue goo creature was having a wonderful time of staring at a bug that was flying around the room, just a regular old house fly. He soared and circled the room at a hyperactive pace, only stopping momentarily to wipe it’s tiny appendages together and throw up some. Eventually, the fly landed in front of the gelatin thing, and with it’s tiny stump of an appendage, it reached out and grabbed the fly. It’s legs were stuck in it’s appendages and it struggled to get away. The goo creature just giggled a youthful giggle as it watch the fly struggle. Eventually, the goo’s hold over the fly released and it flew out the door with as much vigor as it could. Trixie got up and started a slow trot out the shattered door. She suddenly stopped and turn to the blue goo creature. “Trixie is allowing you ugly goo thing to come with her; she has to get a new room and Trixie doesn’t trust you near her things very much if she can help it.” The blue goo just laughed a bit and started stumbling towards Trixie. It hugged her leg pronouncing “mama” with a sigh. It was short lived however, Trixie nudged the blue gelatin creature away and started again towards the stairs. Once they got there, Trixie noticed the guards were still ‘interrogating’ Maribel. They seemed to just be finishing up so Trixie decided to wait it out rather than risk being arrested for something like disturbing the peace. “-That’s all I know. They didn’t give me much, sirs.” Maribel responded, her voice still shaky. She was wrapped in a blanket just enough for it to hug her and when the two guards left, she held it a bit tighter. Trixie saw her chance and stepped down and walked towards Maribel. She was a bit nervous seeing anypony right now and held the blanket just a tad bit tighter as Trixie neared. Trixie spoke up, undeterred by the owners state. “Trixie’s room was smashed in by those hooligans, may I have a new room since this one is without privacy?” Maribel nodded and gave a thin smile to Trixie before speaking up. “Y-yes darlin’ of course, the room across from yours is vacant, here’s the key. I would also like to have the key to that old room back too.” They exchanged the keys and Trixie went back upstairs. She wasn’t in the mood for any idle chit chat, she had a book to read that will give her an advantage in her field of work. Trixie went back to her old room and started to pack all the items up and move them to the room across from the old one she had been staying at. It took about two hours in all to accomplish; It would have been much shorter if she had not made the blue goo do most of the work, but she had her own desires on her mind, a long fabled book that has only been rumored to exist. And it was hers. Trixie laid on her bed, carefully setting the rare piece of reading material on the table next to it. She let herself succumb to the darkness of sleep that was always much needed, awaiting for the next day, a day that would affect her more than what she would expect.