A brown caped blue pony, wandered into the Everfree Forest. The pony’s horn glowed giving off a blue light, the forest too dark to see with the naked eye. Once the pony found nopony behind her she took off for the hut a certain zebra lived in. She was hurried a lot by fear after hearing about Bloodlust. She knew that she would have to fight and possibly die but death wasn’t what worried her. No, it was the worry for her friend. If Bloodlust got to Zecora before she could, she feared the worst would happen. The unicorn quickened her pace and in short time, reached the hut. Through the window, Zecora could be seen working. The unicorn gave a sigh of relief and walked over to the front door and knocked. “Come in.” The door opened and the blue pony walked in and took off her brown cape. “Trixie, good to see you.”
“Likewise my friend, I feared you may have died before I could arrive.” Trixie hung up her cape and sat down on a stool. “It’s also nice to hear you speak normally.”
“It’s nice for me as well to see you not be angry with Twilight.” Zecora gave Trixie a cup of tea which she gratefully took. “You have done well to hide yourself from everypony.”
“I wish I could say that I was proud of it. I can’t say that I enjoy torturing Twilight and her friends. I suppose its best for them all though.” Trixie took a sip of the tea and smiled. “As good as always my friend.”
“Thank you and you’re right but I don’t think that keeping this secret will do them much good anymore.” Zecora frowned and Trixie joined in with a frown of her own. “Now that evil has found him, our friends will only be safe if we reveal ourselves.”
Trixie looked out the window and then back at Zecora. “I admit it; you’re right as always Zecora. For so long we’ve kept this a secret with me having to hurt others.” Trixie let a small tear slip. “Technically I didn’t have to hurt others but that is what happened and I can’t change what I did. I can only make up for it.”
“Yes, why did you decide that path Trixie?” Zecora took a sip of her tea and waited for her friend to answer.
“I didn’t necessarily choose that path Zecora, it was an unintended path. You know that I couldn’t use my real magic; it would have revealed some things about me. I had to pretend to be a showmare and as such I had to work and possibly make up some stories. I made a decent living out of it too until Princess Twilight showed me up and turned me into a laughing stock. Snips and Snails didn’t help with that by bringing an ursa minor to town. I should have studied up more on creatures. After that, I had to work on a rock farm just to get by. I can’t believe everypony took me seriously though, I entertained and stories were a part of that. Once my job was blown, I did lose myself ever so slightly. I grew angry with Twilight and the two dolts who admire me for some reason.” Trixie frowned and turned away.
“So you used the Alicorn amulet to get revenge?”
“Yes and no Zecora. I knew that it would give me the power to humiliate the three, mostly Twilight, and keep our secret a secret. I didn’t realize however that it would corrupt me; I hadn’t intended any of that. I had to apologize after that. I wish that my life had turned out differently but now there is no harm in showing our true selves.” Trixie sipped some more tea and then set the cup down.
“I can’t say that my rhyming all the time has been easy at least not at first. Still yours has been harder. It’s too bad about you and Twilight being enemies, I’m sure that you two would have been great friends. You’re both talented with magic and I’m sure that Princess Celestia would have gladly taken both of you in.” Zecora set down her now empty cup and the two just sat there, remembering how this all started.
Filly Trixie ran around her yard playing with a blue ball of hers when the ball went flying through the air. “My ball!” Trixie screamed as it began rolling down the streets of Manehattan. Trixie ran after it and just as she was about to get her ball back, she bumped into a striped pony. “Excuse me.” Trixie tried to push past nicely but the pony stopped her.
“I believe this is yours?” The striped pony said. “I’m Zecora, who are you?” Zecora asked with a smile.
“I’m Trixie, Trixie Lulamoon. You want to come play with me?” Zecora nodded and went with Trixie to go play with her ball. The two had been playing for hours when Trixie’s mother called her in for lunch. “You want to come eat; I’m sure mommy wont mind.” Zecora nodded and followed Trixie inside. Once they were around the table, Trixie found that she had a question to ask. “Mommy and daddy, can my new friend Zecora come on our trip with us?” Trixie asked with big pleading eyes.
“I’m sure she can if it’s ok with her parents.” Trixie’s mother said with a smile.
“I’ll go ask right now.” Zecora jumped up off the chair she had been sitting on and ran out excitedly.
Zecora had been allowed to go with the family. She had actually asked her aunt and uncle as her parents were in Appleloosa. The two fillies’s played and laughed inside the train. After a few hours, the group finally arrived in Appleloosa. The two fillies ran off ahead of Trixie’s parents as Trixie showed off her magical talents. The four went to a motel and checked in. “Ok girls, go to our room, we’re going to go meet up with some archeologists.” The two girls went to the room excited.
“You know what Trixie, my parents are probably the archeogolists that your mommy and daddy are going to go see.” Zecora said with a smile.
“That is so cool.” Trixie said tackling her friend and hitting her with pillows. The two had been playing like this for hours when there was a knock on the door. Trixie cautiously answered and in walked two royal guards. “Hello, did we do something?” Trixie asked frightened of the two large stallions in front of her.
“You are Trixie and Zecora correct?” The two fillies nodded and the two guards teared up a little. “It’s hard to say but I’m afraid that we must tell you that your parents died in a horrible accident. Do you have anypony you can stay with?” The two fillies looked to each other. Trixie shook her head and Zecora nodded.
After a day of preparing, Trixie had gotten her and Zecora ready to go back to Manehatten when a big purple flash blinded them and a rather dark pony appeared. “Who are you?” Trixie backed away from the dark pony.
“I am the outsider and both of you have suffered a great deal.” The pony then raised his hoof into the air and both fillies collapsed onto the ground and blacked out but could still hear the outsider speak. “I have given you both a great gift; let’s see how you use it.” The outsider disappeared as the two guards ran in.
“That was a horrible time for us both but not as bad as the after affect.” Trixie sighed.
“Yes, it wasn’t pleasant, the reason for hiding.” Zecora sipped her tea.
Trixie and Zecora were running around in a secluded area. They had been given powers a few days ago and the single mark on their flanks was the symbols of that power. The two had been practicing with their powers since they acquired them. They were good, really good, naturally good. It was fun and exciting but also saddening. They only had this power because they had lost their parents. They enjoyed it though and they were happy for the most part until it happened. “Zecora, look at me!” Trixie used her blink ability and jumped into a tree facing away from her friend. When she turned back, a pony had grabbed Zecora from behind. “Let her go you big bully.” Trixie blinked back to her friend and kicked the pony away.
“We want the power, where is it?” The pony was dressed in black and held a knife in his hoof. Ponies came from behind him ready to attack the two fillies.
“Leave us alone.” Zecora squeaked. The group of ponies didn’t leave, they did just the opposite. The group of ponies attacked the two and they had no choice but to defend themselves. Using their powers, they killed every single pony. Blood covered the ground and it scared them. The two friends ran off into the Everfree Forest terrified.
They came to a hut and ran inside. The door wasn’t locked and the hut was abandoned. They had to rest and so they did so in the hut after using so much energy. “We killed them, we are bad ponies.” Trixie began to cry but Zecora hugged her to try and give some comfort.
“No we are not Trixie, they attacked us remember? We had to defend ourselves.” The sound of hoof steps running by could be heard just outside the hut. The two fillies cuddled close afraid of what would happen. “Trixie, we have to disguise ourselves. We can’t let anypony know about the power that we have. Ponies know us and there was one pony who escaped. He is sure to tell others about us. I suppose that I can change the way I speak, such as rhyming I suppose would not be too uh…bleak. I will work on it and I will cover up my mark. What will you do my friend that is blue? That works right?”
“I suppose that once I find my cutie mark, it will hide my mark but I’m sure that I will be recognized. Perhaps I can be a performer and do magic tricks. Yeah, and I’ll wear a cape and wizards hat. I can make bits that way. Lets make a deal, we stay together until we are old enough to go on our own. What do you say?”
“Yeah, lets do that. Friends forever and if we need anything, we can always go to each other.” The two shook hooves and hugged.
“The second part of that promise was forgotten until now. I’m just glad that my stripes covered up my mark and hid it well.” Zecora put a hoof on Trixie’s shoulder and smiled. “We killed a few ponies that saw us using our powers and wanted it for themselves. We couldn’t let them go find the outsider; we had to keep the legend a legend. We had to change ourselves and give no hint of the legend.” Trixie smiled and then noticed that time stopped. “He is here.” Just then the door broke down.
“Hello girls!” The two ponies rushed Bloodlust determined to kill him and vica-versa.