//------------------------------// // Chapter 11 // Story: The Space that is Knocking on You // by ZachWebbEX //------------------------------// "The Space that is Knocking on You" ''Chapter 011: Trixie vs. the World'' Lyra, BonBon and Trixie were headed home after the party at Cornerstone Park. "Damn her, I did not say that she could have a friend over, why does she not listen to me?" asked BonBon to herself. "Are you sure that your friend will not mind?" asked Trixie with concern. "Nah, it will be all good!" said Lyra, reassuring her friend. "Hey Lyra, how long is your friend staying over for?" asked BonBon. "Just for a while, why tomorrow, I am taking her to work with me, we do need another physical therapist at work after all!" said Lyra cheerfully. "Ugghhh fine, but you two better not be up all night!" said BonBon as the three ponies went inside their home. "I am going to bed Trixie, I am sure that Lyra will show you around." said BonBon as she headed upstairs to her bedroom. "Eh, don't mind her, she is always cranky, especially when I bother her about getting me more Dr. Horseshoes soda." said Lyra. "Oooh, I love Dr. Horseshoes!" said Trixie with a passion. "Good, then we will get along fine, I will grab some for us, you find something on tv for us." said Lyra as she headed into the kitchen to retrieve her favorite soft drink. "Okay, let's see, what to find on tv, oh, PMV, pony music videos!" said Trixie with a cheerful tone. "I am back Trixie!" said Lyra as she came into the living room with a whole pack of Dr. Horseshoes. "Hey Lyra, sorry about what I did to you guys earlier today, I was just mad that I was alone, but now that we are friends, I want to give you a more serious explanation of why I did the things I well, umm, did." said Trixie who was starting to get sentimental. "Umm, okay Trixie, whatever you want to do, I am all ears!" said Lyra happily. "Oh thank you, well it is like this." said Trixie. *Flashback start* It was ten years ago, prior to the current day, a young Trixie had just entered the Academy of gifted Unicorns. "Oh Trixie, good luck at magic Kindergarten!" said Trixie's mom, Trinket with joy. "No problem, mom, I will do my best!" said a young Trixie, around ten years old. Trixie nervously entered the academy and was very shy to be around so many young colts and fillies. "Umm, this must be the right classroom." said Trixie as she entered a room with a lot of fillies and colts. "Greetings everyone, I am Princess Cadance, I will be your teacher, please, everyone, state your wishes and dreams for all of the class to hear." said the alicorn with a cheerful tone. Most of the young ponies stated things like getting a job, or using magic to heal the sick, or to cure world hunger. Only two were left to state their wishes, a young Trixie and another small filly, with a purple coat, and pink-purple mane. "Oh, my name is Twilight Sparkle, and I will use my magic to make my teacher, Princess Celestia, proud of me!" said the young filly. "I think that is a fine reason, and now Trixie, your turn." said Cadance. "Wow, she is a student of Princess Celestia, only the greatest and most powerful learn from her." said one of the classmates. "Oh, my goal and dream for the future, I just want to be acknowledged as a fine unicorn, and become just like my idol, Princess Luna!" said Trixie with pride. "Ohhh, another fine goal, Trixie, I think that is a fine goal, just make sure to never give up, and always follow your dream!" said Cadance. Later that day, all of the young ponies were outside practicing casting basic spells. "Alright class, first we are going to learn how to hone our magic and use it for all kinds of purposes, does anyone know where this magic comes from?" asked Cadance. "Umm, your horn?" asked a small colt. "Yes, but I mean more literally." said Cadance. "Oh, that is simple, magic is the passion that comes from within your heart, the feelings of your mind and body converting to form an outside formation to alter physical shape!" said Twilight Sparkle. "Wow, amazing, Princess Celestia sure does know how to train her subjects." said Cadance. "Aww man, I was going to say that, Twilight, you stole the spotlight from me again." said a young Trixie to herself. "Alright, everyone, let's begin our lesson!" said Cadance as the young unicorns started practicing with their magic. *Flashback end* "You see, me and Twilight graduated from the academy with the top two scores, but she was always on the top, and I was second, so in order to gain her attention, I traveled the world always looking to gain attention from the world, but it never filled the hole in my heart." said Trixie with a saddened tone. "Oh, come on Trixie, you are number one to me, besides, Twilight respects, you, why you are one hell of a fighter, it did take seven of us to get you!" said Lyra happily. "Well, that was the thing, I let my anger for being ignored by the world get to me, and I lashed out by trying to show off every chance I got, and to make Twilight's life miserable." said Trixie. "Hey, it is okay, everyone makes mistakes, why, BonBon gets on to me every morning about silly shit that I do!" said Lyra. "Really, thank you Lyra, you have showed me something I have not felt for a long time." said Trixie. "Oh, and what is that?" asked Lyra. "Happiness!" said Trixie. Lyra smiled as the two unicorns fell asleep, with Trixie making sure to turn off the tv, hoping to impress BonBon. Morning arose, it was 6:30 am, and BonBon came down from stairs to wake both Lyra and Trixie. "Alright you two, good job on turning off the tv, but now it is time to get up!" said BonBon. "Umm, *yawn* damn, morning already, time sure does fly, I am going to need at least two cans of Dr. Horseshoes after this!" said Lyra jokingly. "You idiot, you already drank the whole supply from yesterday!" yelled BonBon to her friend. "Oh yeah, guess I went a little overboard, haha, sorry about that!" said Lyra laughingly. "Oh, at least Trixie is more clean than you, I think we will get along." said BonBon. "Hey, I will wash the dishes before me and Lyra head out, if you don't mind, BonBon." said Trixie modestly. "Umm, okay, thank you, Lyra never bothers to do this." said BonBon. Lyra stuck out her tongue mocking BonBon. "Oh those two." thought Trixie to herself as she started to wash all of the dishes, most of which her dirtied up by Lyra. "I am sure glad that I met someone like her, even though she might seem messy, she does really understand my feelings, I feel like the past is behind me now!" said Trixie as she finished the dishes and ran into the living room to leave with Lyra. "Alright, when you two get back from work, make sure to keep the house clean, the flower shop wants me to work another fucking double today!" said BonBon as she angrily marched off to her job. "See, my job is cooler than hers, we get to diagnose people with physical conditions and then treat them accordingly, and we get off today at 2:00 pm, so it will go by quick!" said Lyra. The two ponies ran off to the clinic where Lyra worked. "Alright, I am here." said Lyra. "Oh, did you bring a new friend!" said one of the nurses at the desk. "Yes, her name is Trixie, I would like her to be my new assistant." said Lyra. "Okay, sure, I do not see why not, but we are actually not too busy today, so all you really have to do is sort through all of our old documents and decide which ones need thrown away!" said the nurse. "Alright, come on Trixie. "Okay!" said the blue-coated mare as she went along with Lyra. "This is my office, I got a lot of Dr. Horseshoes in the cooler whenever you get thirsty, now let's begin sorting through these documents, and by sorting, I mean using our magic to get the job done quicker!" said Lyra with a smile. The day went by quickly, and by two o'clock, Lyra and Trixie clocked out and left the clinic. "What did you think of your first day as an assistant physical therapist?" asked Lyra. "It was fun, I really enjoyed it!" said Trixie as the two ran home. While Lyra and Trixie were headed home they were greeted by Rainbow Dash. "Hey Lyra, Trixie, what are you two up too?" asked the pegasus. "We just got off work, I got Trixie a job with me as a therapist, she did really good on her first day!" cheered Lyra. "Why thank you!" said Trixie blushing. "Oh, Trixie, you came far in one day, going from trying to kill Twilight, to being a productive member of Ponyville, you should, like totally when an award for that!" said Rainbow Dash cheerfully. "Ahh, I don't think that." said Trixie with a humble demeanor. "Anyway, I am done with work too, want to hang out?" asked Rainbow Dash. "Sure, come on Trixie, let's go!" said Lyra. "Umm, alright." said Trixie. "Let's show Trixie all around Ponyville, so she can become familiar with the surrounding area." said Rainbow Dash. "Yeah, let's go get something to eat at Applebuck Corner first, I am starved!" said Lyra. "Hey, that sounds fun!" said Trixie who was hungry also. "Hmm, Lyra, you sure do have a way with words, when you first came to Ponyville, no one even noticed you, but with your cheerful personality, you managed to befriend almost everyone here, and now you are doing the same with Trixie, you are so cool!" thought Rainbow Dash to herself as the three ponies raced off the enjoy the rest of their day. Elsewhere, deep in the Everfree Forest, near a foggy ravine, a zebra was anxiously looking through some books for something specific. "Hmm, this will not do, I will need to get a hold of Twilight quick, her and those friends of hers will no what to do about this." said the zebra nervously. "Let's see, oh, the Devil's Marsh, I believe that Twilight will be up to this, I must tell her." said the zebra as she raced off to Ponyville. Elsewhere, Twilight and Spike were reading through the letters that were sent from Princess Celestia. "It looks like you are up to date Twilight!" said Spike. "Yeah, the princess is happier than ever after I told her about our experience with Trixie, all she needed was a friend, and we were able to show her that friendship." said Twilight. "Still, she did not have to barge in here and kidnap me!" said Spike who still had some resentment for Trixie. "Oh Spike, be more forgiving, even Discord was able to change, and so has Trixie, besides, she is staying with Lyra and BonBon, two of the most cheerful ponies in Equestria." said Twilight. Suddenly, someone was knocking on the door of Twilight's library. "Oh, let me go see who it is!" said Twilight as she rushed to answer the door. Twilight ran downstairs and turned the knob, revealing the zebra that was seeking her out. "Hi, Zecora, what brings you here?" asked Twilight with curiosity. "I have something of grave importance to tell you, something that only you and your friends can deal with!" said Zecora with haste. "Okay, go on!" said Twilight urgently. Meanwhile, Trixie, Lyra, and Rainbow Dash finished with their lunch at Applebuck Corner. "Man, that was good, the best hay fries I have had yet!" said Lyra cheerfully. "Yep, and now I have to go see Twilight, today we are going to practice my magic!" said Lyra. "Umm, sorry about ruining your meeting yesterday!" said Trixie with an apologetic tone. "No problem, I told you that I hold no grudges, see you two later!" said Lyra as she ran off to meet Twilight. Twilight and Zecora finished their conversation. "I see, so that is what you were in a hurry for." said Twilight Sparkle. "Yes, the ingredients are found near Appleloosa, a place called the Devil's Marsh." said Zecora. "Got it!" said Twilight. "See you later, be careful!" said Zecora as she left to go back to her brewery. Lyra caught glimpse of Zecora leaving Twilight's library. "I wonder who that was, oh well, gotta go training with my new teacher, Twilight Sparkle!" said Lyra. Lyra knocked on the door hastily. "Now who could it be?" asked Twilight. "Hi Twily, I am ready for my training!" said Lyra. "Oh, Lyra, glad to see you, I have something important to tell you, that Zecora left with me!" said Twilight. "You mean that Zebra that just left?" asked Lyra. "Yes!" said Twilight. "Okay, let me hear it!" said Lyra with enthusiasm. "We need to find a cure for my brother, Shining Armour, he is very sick!" said Twilight with a concern tone. "Oh no, you are right, we will have to act immediately!" said Lyra. -To be continued...-