//------------------------------// // Trixie // Story: A world away // by Meilha //------------------------------// Rainbow Dash led the way as the group followed her. It was quite a sight, the two ponies, two pegasi, and a unicorn just walking down the sidewalk. Elijah was nervous as everyone stared at them, but Balrog was singularly at ease. In fact he was more happy then he'd ever been. He decided it felt great to do the right thing, and a little emotion wouldn't hurt. You could almost see a smile on his face, but just almost. Rainbow Dash kept having to wait up for the slow group, and she was getting frusterated at their pace. After what seemed like forever, they finally arrived at the hospital. But as they approached the room where Fluttershy awaited them, there came a familiar voice from behind. "Oh, this is just too good. Not only do I have the pegasi, I have the entire group! Damien will be so proud of me!" Trixie said as everyone turned around. Trixie frowned, "Wait, where's Rarity?" "We don't know, but even if we did we wouldn't tell you!" Rainbow Dash said. "Well that's too bad...I was hoping to get all of you at once," Trixie said as her horn started to glow. "Oh no you don't," Twilight said as she stepped in front of everyone and shot her magic just as Trixie shot hers. The magic clashed and each unicorn tried desperately to over power the other. Trixie strained and strained but Twilight was just the superior magic user. Trixie was furious, but she was forced to retreat. She moved away before the magic shot her, and flung some furniture at the group. As they moved as to not get hit,Trixie slipped out the door and ran. "Not so fast!" Rainbow Dash said as she flew towards her. She ran into Trixie and they fell on the floor in a heap. "Get off me!" Trixie yelled. Before she could use her magic, Twilight trapped her in a magic force field, and levitated her as they all walked back to Fluttershy. Trixie glared down at them. As they entered the room Joe greeted them. Then, after finally being reunited, they all went in for a group hug. "I'm glad you're ok Elijah," Fluttershy said. "So, what now?" Elijah asked. Then they all looked at each other and remembered what Trixie had said. They had all forgotten about Rarity! "We need to find Rarity. We can't just leave her here," Twilight said. "Yeah, and we still have to take care of Damien," Rainbow Dash said. "Even if we can find Rarity and get back to Equestria, he can make another one of his dimensional transporters and power it himself now that he has a horn." "To get rid of his magic, we need to cut off his horn," Twilight said. "Well I think we should find Rarity first. She must be scared being all alone and all," Fluttershy said. "But how are we going to find her?" Pinkie Pie asked. "I think I can help," Joe said. They had all forgotten he was standing there and were surprised to hear him talk. Joe smiled as he finally knew what to do with all his money. He never told anyone his last name, for his father had disowned him many years before. His mother died of cancer even before that and had no say in the subject. Having nothing, Joe got a job driving a taxi around. For twenty years he did this. Then recently he got a letter in the mail, telling him his father had passed away. And in his will he gave all his money to Joe. Joe had no idea why he had given every cent to him, for he thought his father hated him. But, wanting nothing, Joe didn't have a clue as to what to do with the money he had gotten. He could retire, but other than his taxi job he had nothing, no friends, no family. So Joe continued driving people around. But now, now he felt he had a purpose. He would use all his resources to help these ponies. Joe had never done anything important, and this was his chance to do something with his life. He brought everyone and everypony to his house, averagely sized although he had enough money to buy houses five times the size. Once settled in the living room, Joe asked, "So you say last you saw Rarity you were in a forest?" Twilight, Apple Jack, and Pinkie Pie nodded. "Well that doesn't narrow it down much..." He muttered. "Hey, I got an idea," Elijah said. "Why don't we use one of those things that got you all here in the first place? We could just go back to where you ponies were in Equestria and open that portal, we'll be right where you last saw her!" "Were are we gonna get one of those?" Apple Jack asked. "Trixie has one," Rainbow Dash said as she looked at Trixie. "Yeah but it's broken. So you can have it anyways." She threw it over to them. "Can I go now? I don't know anything else." Twilight said, "Fine, you're no help to us anymore." She lifted the force field and Trixie ran out the door. "Twilight, you can't just let her go! She's with Damien!" Rainbow Dash said. "There's no reason to have her along, she already knows our plan now. I think it would be best if we just got rid of her." Twilight said. "Well, let's try to fix this thing now," Joe said. "I can hire some of the greatest minds in the world to take a look at this." __ __ __ Trixie was worried Damien would be mad at her for failing, but relieved Twilight had let her go. 'How stupid she was!' Trixie thought. She was also brightened to find that someone had just left their boat with the keys in them by the docks. Did anyone think anymore? As Trixie approached Damien's house, she started to get nervous. When she entered she called, "Damien?" Damien came into the room looking like a wreck. His face was contorted with pain, and he looked furious. "Where have you been?" Damien yelled. Trixie cowered, "I'm sorry, I failed you. They got away. But I know that they're going to find their last unicorn next, and then they're going to try to stop you." Damien still couldn't think clearly. His head hurt even more now that it had been hit with a rock. But he knew what he had to do. He would send his remaining men of his first group, and his third group. He needed to get the unicorn first. He would go with them, for his men had failed him too many times. Damien looked down at the pathetic unicorn. "You are worthless," He said. He used his magic to pick Trixie up and walked out to the shore. Then he tested his ability to see how far he could throw her. It was a tremendous distance and Damien himself was momentarily surprised.