Chapter 3
Great and Powerful Casting Choices
To say that finding the trailer owned by “The Great and Powerful Trixie” was hard is an understatement. Being a traveling magician, Trixie moved with her trailer, and after an extensive search, Twilight and I finally found her on the outskirts of the Everfree Forest, on the path to Appaloosa. We approached the door, when Twilight put a hoof on my shoulder.
“Are you sure you want to do this, Aurora? I mean, Trixie hates me! Why do you think she'd agree to doing the movie?” I shook my head.
“I agree it's not the most sound casting choice, but we need somepony to be Saruman and it has to be a rival unicorn to you. You told me about Trixie and I thought she would be good. We'll just ask her, if she doesn't want to do it, we'll find somepony else.” With the matter solved, I proceeded to knock on the door. A thump was heard and a muffled voice called,
“The Great and Powerful Trixie will be with you in a moment!” A ruffling was heard and Twilight glanced at me. I gave her a small smirk. The door burst open and there stood Trixie, exactly like Twilight had described her. A purple hat and cape with stars on them were the only clothing, covering her ocean blue body and silver mane. Her violet eyes shone, but Twilight was right, she praised herself more than she should.
“Gaze upon the magic of the Great and Poweful TRIXIE!” she yelled, then noticed that Twilight and I were the only one's there. She looked around, searching for the crowds.
“Where's the audience that's come to see Trixie?” she asked. I smiled.
“No audience, Trixie. Just me and her,” I said, motioning to Twilight. When Trixie's gaze fell upon my unicorn friend, she glared.
“Twilight Sparkle,” she growled out, “Come to rub your victory in Trixie's face?” she asked. Twilight glared, but motioned to me.
“Trixie, I'm making a movie that requires a unicorn that can play being powerful, and I think you'd be perfect,” I said, smiling to the blue unicorn. Her gaze softened and she tilted her head in confusion.
“You want Trixie to be in your movie?” I nodded. With a whoop, Trixie reared up on her hind legs and shook my hoof vigorously. Great.
“Oh thank you. You have no idea what this means to Trixie!” I smiled.
“You're very welcome. There's just a few things that we need to go over initially. First, you're going to have to lose the whole 'talking in the third person' thing you do,” I said. The unicorn smiled.
“Oh that's easy. I only do that for dramatic effect, and to annoy Twilight,” she said, smirking at my friend. Once all was settled and I'd told Trixie when rehearsals started, Twilight and I left, heading back to Ponyville. We had preparations to make.
~o0o~
With Saruman cast, now I had to get his lackey Grima Wormtongue cast, which would be tricky, as I hadn't seen any pony in Ponyville that fit the character description of Grima. As I headed to Vinyl Scratch's house to give Octavia the revised script, I noticed something. Applebloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo were being harassed by two fillies. One was pink with a purple and white mane and tail, blue eyes, and a tiara on top of her head. Her cutie mark was a tiara and a sneer was afixed on her face. The other filly was dark grey with light grey and silver mane and tail, a pearl necklace and blue glasses in front of violet eyes. Her mane was in a braid and a silver spoon with a heart was her cutie mark. A sneer was also on her face. I listened in to the argument.
“You three think that you're so special cause you were cast in that new movie?! You were only cast cause they felt sorry for you,” the pink filly snapped. The grey filly nodded in agreement.
“Yeah, if we were cast, we'd show you just how great actresses we can be!” she said. I approached, intrigued now. That's when the two bully's said something that surprised me.
“We don't know if Saruman's been cast, but if she is, we know exactly who we'd try out for,” the pink one said. Then she and the grey one smiled.
“Late is the hour in which this conjuror chooses to appear!” the pink one said. The grey one then added,
“Lathspell I name him. Ill news is an ill guest.” That was all I needed to hear. Finally making my presence known, I smiled at the fillies.
“I didn't think that two fillies like you would know one of Grima's lines,” I said. The fillies smiled.
“In fact, why cast one pony for Grima when I can cast two? Two fillies filling the role of Grima would be perfect. What are your names, girls?” I asked. The pink one giggled.
“I'm Diamond Tiara,” she said, then her friend added,
“I'm Silver Spoon.” I smiled and told them when rehearsals started and where to meet. After assuring the CMC that they wouldn't get into any shenanigans, I continued to Vinyl's.
~o0o~
After giving the script to Octavia and making a promise to Vinyl that I'd find a part for her, Applejack approached with her brother, Big Mac. I smiled.
“Hey AJ!” I said. She smiled and tipped her hat.
“Howdy, Aurora. Big Mac here has something ta ask ya. Go ahead, big brother,” she said. Big Mac passed me a piece of paper. I looked at the writing on it which said,
“Would it be too much trouble to ask to be Eomer?” I smiled.
“You want to be Eomer, Big Mac?”
“Eeyup,” he said. I grinned.
“Then you've got it.” He smiled and left with Applejack. The character list was shortly whittling itself down. I just needed Galadriel and Elrond, but where was I going to find two powerful ponies who could fill the roles of the Lady of Lorien and the Lord of Rivendell?
~o0o~
As I was preparing to complete the finished rehearsal and shooting schedules, a blinding white light illuminated the first floor of the library. When it subsided, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were in it's place. I gasped, getting to my hooves and bowing. Princess Celestia smiled.
“Aurora. It's been a long time since I have seen you,” she said. I giggled.
“Thank you, Princess. It's a great pleasure to see you again as well. What can I do for you two?”
Princess Celestia chuckled.
“Luna and I have heard about your movie and we were wondering if we could take part?” she said. I gasped. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna wanted to be in my movie? I didn't know what to say, so I just said,
“Yes, of course.” The two Alicorns smiled. Then I had to instantly think of who they could play, and instantly thought back to Galadriel and Elrond. I smiled.
“Princess Celestia, I would like you to play Elrond, the ruler of Rivendell and forger of the Fellowship. He's a very prominent part and is a driving force for the entire trilogy,” I said. The Princess of the Sun smiled, nodding.
“Princess Luna, I would like you to play Lady Galadriel, the ruler of Lothlorien. She's another prominent part, and is a perfect fit for your royal stature. She is regal, noble, and kind. There are times when she will become stern, but nothing much else. Also, she can see into the future,” I said. The Moon Princess nodded, a small smile on her face. After giving scripts to the two Princess's, I smiled. All the major and partly major roles were cast. Now, I just needed the minor secondary characters, which I would find after we started the first few days of rehearsals.