//------------------------------// // The Return // Story: Trixie's Return // by LightningBass94 //------------------------------// THUMP! Twilight's face contorted into a grimace as she lay in her bed, eyes shut tightly against the light of Celestia's sun. THUMP THUMP! Twilight groaned, tossing herself around to face from her bedroom door. In the same, swift motion, she brought the head of the blanket up to cover her head completely. "Twilight Sparkle!" an all too familiar voice screeched, the noise passing around the door and through the thick, hot air of the stuffy bedroom and still being loud and shrill enough to send spears of pain through Twilight's ear drums. "By Celestia's mane, you get out of bed and open this door this very instant or I will have Applejack knock it down! You simply must come out and see what is going on!" Twilight groaned loudly and made a show about getting out of her bed in a fuss; throwing her blankets off of her despite Rarity's obvious inability to see the micro-tantrum. She stomped across the hardwood floor of her bedroom. All the while, the pearl unicorn continued her rant, "...It's an outrage! It's utter calamity! It's a riot!" Rarity closed her eyes dramatically as Twilight swung open her door. She failed to notice as she struck a pose and cried out, "Of all the worst things that could happen, this is the WORST. POSSIBLE. THING!" As she finished, Rarity sheepishly cracked open an eye to see a bemused alicorn glaring down at her. Twilight's eyes were bloodshot, bags forming under them, only further accentuated by the enraged expression. Her mane was disheveled, and she gritted her teeth hard before asking in an eerily hushed tone, "Rarity Belle, what could you possibly want this early in the morning when I specifically told you I was staying up all night the night before?" The purple alicorn got right into Rarity's face, pushing their muzzles together, slightly scrunched. Acid dripped from her words and burnt holes in the wooden floor beneath them. Rarity stammered. She had an answer, but it escaped her brain as she realized how much she had upset her friend with her whining. Why was this important, again? Why had it ever been a good idea to wake the sleep deprived alicorn from her long awaited slumber? She knew there must have been a good reason. That's it! "Twilight, Trixie is back!" ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The mares quickly sped through the empty streets. Slowly, the mob at the city center came into view. A low rumble of anger could be heard, even from their distance, and became a loud beehive of complaints as they aproached the crowd. "I MISSED A WONDERBOLTS SHOW COS' OF YOUR DOME!" "GLASS DOME STOPPED MY SHIPMENT OF SOFAS" "YOUR SPELLS WERE BAD AND YOU SHOULD FEEL BAD" "AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" Twilight gasped as she suddenly heard pained cries from the center, her wings flaring in shock. She teleported into the circular clearing the crowd had formed and stared at two lumps on the ground. She had expected quite the opposite of the scene before her. Trixie was on the ground, crying out in pain as Rainbow Dash bit her shoulder harder than she had been before. Rainbow was on top of the blue mare, and the two were trading blows, but it was obvious who was winning. The crowd cheered the colorful pegasus on as she beat Trixie senseless. Twilight's teeth clenched and she felt heat rise to her head as she shouted, "EVERYONE STOP!!!" The crowd went silent. Rainbow nearly jumped out of her skin, her wings helping to propel her several hooves in the air before landing hard on her flank. Her eyes were wide in surprise as she noticed the alicorn princess for the first time. Trixie stayed where she was. She may have been relieved for the interruption to her untimely demise, but she couldn't show it, even if she had any desire to look that weak. She just lay there on her back, panting heavily, mouth agape. Her face was bloody and her body already looked swollen from the bruises inflicted upon her just moments ago. She stared up at the sky. As if just noticing her after several moments of silence, her eyes dragged themselves to meet Twilight's sad gaze. She silently cursed the alicorn for looking down on her. Twilight broke her gaze with the bloodied unicorn and shot Rainbow an accusatory glare. "I never thought one of my closest friends would be capable of such cruelty," She spoke to the pegasus, "What do you have to say for yourself?" Rainbow kept her startled gaze locked on Twilight, "I- I-..." The alicorn turned away from her friend, not waiting for a full answer. She looked around at the ponies around them, still staring at the scene as it unfolded. Mostly, the stares were of bewilderment, but there were still some angry faces within the crowd. She took a deep breath to prepare herself. "Friends, family, ponyvillians!" She had been studying her own Royal Canterlot Voice for situations like that one. "I know all of you are so much better than this! You should be ashamed of yourselves, every one of you. Though she has not apologized to everyone yet, Trixie Lulamoon has apologized to me personally! I do not know why she has come here today; however, I'm sure she meant no harm! She most assuredly did not deserve this! Everyone, go home!" Everypony looked at her blankly. "GO HOME!" With that, they all swiftly turned tail and ran away. Rainbow Dash just sat there on her haunches, afraid to move. She was staring guiltily at Trixie and trying to remember how that had happened. "Rainbow," She snapped out of her trance and looked up to Twilight, crocodile tears in her ruby eyes. "This is no time for tears, rainbow," Twilight stated, maybe a bit too calm in this situation. "We need to get her medical attention right away. Go grab the closest medical pony you can find and bring them to the library!" Rainbow shook her head vigorously and wiped her tears before zooming off in search of a medical pony. Twilight cantered over to Trixie and knelt down beside her. Their eyes met. Trixie was still panting hard. Twilight thought it was safe to assume she had some broken ribs. She put a hoof on the broken mare's bloodstained coat. "Twi-light?" the mare managed to rasp between choppy breaths. Twilight shushed her and closed her eyes to concentrate. There was a brief flash and the ponies were gone.