Canterlot. The city stood as a glittering gem to the rest of Equestria, everypony was high-class and sophisticated. If anypony made it to perform in such a place, they were at the top of their career. Thinking this, Trixie smiled to herself as she walked out of the train station. She had been told by her phantom friend that there was a room waiting for her in the castle, arranged by him a few nights in advance. That was a much more difficult feat to attain as the Grand Galloping Gala was fast approaching. A few days time, to be exact. No doubt Twilight and her friends would be here helping to arrange the event. Such a thought gave Trixie a slightly larger smile as she would be able to catch up with the purple unicorn. No, alicorn. When she first heard the news, Trixie had mixed emotions; Happiness for one of her only friends, and yet jealousy, for she personally had always wished to become an alicorn. Though, no matter.
The castle was just up ahead. Hopefully, the guards would know she was staying here for a few days, and not have a fiasco going on about whether or not she should be allowed in. She had read in the papers before that such things were common.
"Name please?" The unicorn guard asked Trixie as she approached.
"Trixie Lulamoon" Trixie replied "She is singing in the gala. There are arrangements for a room?"
"Yes. Celestia told us about half an hour ago. Come on in miss" The guard replied, opening the door.
Trixie walked in through the door, looking down the long corridor before her.
"Trixie supposes she should go and see Celestia to see where she's staying. Throne room... Throne room..." Trixie said to herself quietly as she walked through various corridors, eventually approaching the throne room doors. Listening to see if anypony was taking up the princess' time, she came to the conclusion that she should be able to get in there and knocked on the door.
What seemed like a moment passed, before Celestia replied from the other side of the door. "Come in".
Trixie grasped the door handle in her magical aura and opened it slowly. Stepping inside, Celestia was the one to start the conversation.
"Ah, Trixie. You arrived earlier than expected." The alicorn said, walking towards Trixie.
"Well, princess. Trixie came here as soon as she arrived. She needs to find a place to put her belongings" Trixie replied.
"Of course. I'll have a guard escort you to your room" Celestia said "Do as you wish today, but if you don't mind, tomorrow, there will be a rehearsal for all taking part in the gala and the masquerade the day before"
"Of course, princess" Trixie said before heading out of the room and waiting a moment before a guard came and showed her to a room.
After returning from a small shopping adventure in the streets of canterlot, Trixie returned to her room where she found a rose lying on the desk in the corner of the room, adjacent to the bed and on the other side of the room from the armoire.
Trixie lifted it off of the desk, a white rose. A small note was placed underneath it, simply saying; 'From your angel of music. Good luck.'
She smiled to herself before she heard the now-familiar voice. "Like it?"
"It's beautiful" Trixie said as she placed it back down before going to lie on the bed. "It's been a long day"
"Yes it has" Trixie's angel said. "I shall see you tomorrow."
And with that, the voice left as suddenly as it had appeared.