A Shadow’s Grave

by Pinkies Imagination


The great and powerful?

Second chapter of the three... nothing much to really say but enjoy!

Chapter 38: The great and powerful?



My eyes widened. "Trixie? You mean... the 'Great and powerful' Trixie?" I said.

She nodded. "Yes... That one..."

I thought for a moment.

'Trixie huh? Hm.... Maybe I shou-' My thoughts were cut off when the mayor began speaking.

"So... on a different subject.... who are you? I have never seen you before." The mayor asked.

"Oh... I am Shadow Blaze. CJ's best bud." I said.

"I guess that explains why you have Scootaloo with you." She said looking at Scoots.

"Yup... well nice meeting you..." I said waving as I walked away.

"Trixie is back? She almost destroyed all of ponyville last time!" Said Scoots.

I decided to change the subject. "So... Scoots... how has training with the flying been going?" I asked.

She looked up and me and smiled. "Great! Look at this!" She said.

She jumped in the air and began hovering. She jained height and became level with my face. She did a few circles and landed again.

"It feels awesome to fly. I just need a bit more practice! I cant wait to be able to fly wherever whenever I want." She said excitedly.

"Well... I'm proud of ya." I said smiling.

We continued walking until something caught my eye. I looked to my left and saw just outside ponyville was a colorful explosion. I turned to Scoots.

"Why don't you go and play with your friends... I'll be right back." I said.

She nodded. "Ok, I'll be at the concert then!" She said.

I nodded and she ran off. I turned towards the exit of ponyville and began galloping. After a minute I could see the explosions being set off by a blue unicorn. I walked up behind her.

"Your Trixie.... correct?" I said.

She shot off 5 fireworks with her magic and jumped in the air. "EEP!"

I took a step back. "Sorry sorry... didn't mean to frighten you. I just wanted to say hi." I said sticking out my hoof.

She looked at it for a moment before cautiously reaching hers out and shaking it. (Shaking hooves is WEEEEIIIIRRRD)

"Trixie wishes to know what you would like?" She said.

"Nothing, just wanted to say hi." I said.

She looked at me curiously. "Trixie doesn't get many pony that are nice to her. Most are mean."

I shrugged. "Well... what brings you to ponyville." I asked.

"Trixie is in charge of tonight's fireworks show." She said.

"Really? I heard you were a magician." I said.

"Trixie was... until she was made fun of and run out of town..." She said sadly.

I walked forward and placed a hoof on her shoulder. "It's not that bad. But if you were embarrassed so bad, why did you want to come back?" I asked.

She looked up with a few tears in her eyes. "Trixie heard something about a human. And how he became a DJ. Trixie wanted to see this for herself..." She said smiling.

"Well... unfortunately he is not a human at the moment." I said taking a step back.

She gave me a confused look.

"I'm a pony right now..." I said.

Her eyes widened. "Oh my! Trixie is not ready! Her hair is a mess, please give Trixie time to-" I cut her off.

"It's fine. You look fine. Just call me CJ by the way." I said kindly.

She smiled with a slight blush. "So, you are the human? But how?" She asked.

"Well.... there is a unicorn named Twilight...." I began... causing her to shrink down a bit.

"Oh right... she is the one who showed you up. But hey, she isn't perfect at magic...." I said trying to cheer her up.

She looked at me curiously. "She misfired her spell and it hit me.. I'm stuck like this until after tomorrow..." I said.

A few moments of silence ensued until I saw her fall to the ground and start rolling around, laughing her flank off.

"Yea yea.... funny funny...." I said.

She got up and wiped a tear from her eyes... "My... Trixie has not laughed like that in ages...." She said looking back at me.

"Hehe.... anyway..." I said looking at the sun. "It's about lunch time. Have you eaten?" I said.

She looked at the ground. "Trixie has eaten very little. Trixie had no money for food. She has not had any customers." She said.

I shook my head. "Ok... that's not right... come with me." I said grabbing one of her hooves and pulling her with me.

"B-But T-Trixie is not hungry!" She said.

Before she could protest I stopped at the sound of her stomach. I gave her a deadpan look. "Okay... maybe a little." She said smiling sheepishly.

We continued to walk into ponyville. As we did we got a lot of stares. 90% of them directed at Trixie. As we walked Trixie hid herself behind her mane and me.

"Oh come on, don't mind them, they stare at me all the time and I just ignore it." I said.

"Y-Yes... but those are stares of curiosity. T-Trixie gets stares of hate and anger...." She said sadly.

I sighed. We got to a restaurant and went inside. We sat down at a table and waited for our orders. Trixie immediately put her head down on the table. A moment later a waiter came along.

"May I take your order sir?" He asked.

"I would like a daisy sandwich..." I said.

He nodded and marked it off on his checklist with his magic. "Alright... and for th-" He stopped when he saw Trixie.

"Oh... it's you." He said angrily.

Trixie put her head down again.

"What would... you want...." He said.

"Trixie would like the sandwich too...." She said.

He nodded and walked away. I rolled my eyes. "Trixie, bring your head up."

She lifted her head and I could see tears in her eyes. "Don't listen to what other ponies say about you. I know what happened. other than the boasting, you did nothing wrong. It was those two other ponies.... snips and snails... who brought the ursa. NOT you." I said.

She wiped away the tears and looked away. "Perhaps you are right...." She said.

I nodded. "Now cheer up... and enjoy your day with DJ D1sAsT3r!" I said to her striking a cheesy pose.

She giggled a bit at my antics then our food arrived. before I could take a bite I felt something touch my shoulder. I turned around and looked around and saw nothing. I looked down and saw a small colt.

"Hello there?" I said.

"Hi! My name is Pip! I heard you know DJ D1sAsT3r?" He said excitedly.

I shook my head and smiled.

'I said that way too loudly...'

I looked over to Trixie who was half done the sandwich. She just smiled and shrugged. I looked back down to Pip.

"Yes I do, why?" I said.

"Because I wanted to know if I could maybe get his autograph!" Said Pip.

"Sure why not. After the song he performs at nightmare night, walk up to him and ask him. Bring your friends if you like." I said.

"Awesome! Thank you so much mister!" He said as he ran away.

I chuckled and looked back to Trixie who was looking at me. I shrugged. "Kids...." I said.

As we both finished eating we made our way back to the place she was practicing. Talking about random adventures. And how most of the time she had to live in the Everfree. As we got to her practicing grounds, we stopped.

"Trixie thanks you. She has not had so much fun in a long time. Most ponies are mean to Trixie now." She said smiling.

I nodded. "No problem, also, how much are they paying you to perform?" I asked.

"They are paying me 25 bits." She said.

I shook my head. "That's it? Jeez..." I said reaching into a pocket I didn't know I had.

I pulled out three gold bits and offered them. "Here, take these." I said.

She looked at the amount I was handing her and she looked back. "Oh my... Trixie is alright.... 25 bits is-"

"No... I saw how hard of a time you have had. Take these. And don't hesitate to ask for help if you ever need it. My house is near Fluttershy's just outside the Everfree. The least a friend could do." I said.

She looked at the bits and then back to me. She took them and put them in her pocket she apparently has. She then shoots forward and... hugs me?

"Trixie thanks you so much... Trixie had never had a friend before in her life. Thank you so much...." She said hugging me.

I was caught off guard at first but recovered quickly. I patted her on the back. "No problem Trixie.... nopony deserves to be treated like that." I said.

She broke the hug and wiped a tear from her eyes. "Trixie must get back to work now. She hopes to see you later."

I nodded. "You will." I said walking away while waving.

Then a thought hit me. I turned towards her. "Wait.... Trixie..." I said causing her to look back at me.

"You said you were living in the Everfree?" I said. She nodded.

"Hm... stop by my house tonight. Alright?" I said.

She nodded again after a bit of hesitation. "Why?" She asked.

"You'll see...." I said as I walked off.

>>>Perspective change: Trixie<<<

I watched as CJ as he walked off.

'Why was he so kind to Trixie... Trixie doesn't deserve such a friend....' I thought.

'Perhaps.... perhaps It is time I said how sorry I was for all of my mistakes...' I thought as I watched CJ.

I added the tag Random to this story (You'll see why....) I had to remove the tragedy tag though. Doesn't mean it isn't in effect, just 6 is the max.