//------------------------------// // The Trixie and Twilight Show // Story: A World Without a Rainboom // by Mocha Star //------------------------------// Fireworks filled the sky as Trixie and Twilight struck the final pose and waited for the crowd to look at them again, letting Trixie know to drop the sound barrier and Twilight to raise the physical shield to protect them from bits being thrown at them. On cue Twilight raised her shield and at the end of the light display Trixie lowered hers, focusing what she could to funnel the bits to the back of their stage wagon. "And that's the show!" they shouted in unison. "The Great and Powerful Trixie- And the Amazing Twiley- Thank you for watching our show!" They finished as Trixie fired off one last firework. Twilight growled through her smile loud enough so Trixie could hear. A chuckle was all she replied with. Collecting their bits from the ground they walked into the crowd of a hundred or so ponies to sign autographs and regale the crowd with stories of their heroics against Nightmare Moon. Twilight was a known celebrity across the realm and seeing her was always cause for excitement. A signed picture of her only cost three bits and could sell for up to ten. At least, that's the rumor she and Trixie started. "Trixie, I swear if you keep one upping me like that at the end of the show I'll turn you into a rock, like that hard head of yours." "Twilight, this was my show before you slithered your way into it. If I didn't do it, then they'd lose the best reason they had to show up." Twilight sat inside their wagon and crossed her forelegs at Trixie and frowned. "I'm the most famous mare in this duo. You wouldn't be half as popular without me!" Trixie scoffed as she took off her robe and hung it on a mannequin. "If I didn't have you, I'd still have my own stories of fighting Nightmare Moon and I'd be just as famous. Now excuse me, I have to powder my horn." Twilight scooted aside to let her pass. "You know, I could let it slip to a few newspapers that you were frozen in a clown costume for a few weeks," Twilight grinned, "I have a picture to prove it." Trixie gasped in horror. "You swore you destroyed it! Where is it?!" Trixie dropped her powder puff and lunged at the giggling Twilight missing her by mere inches as Twilight teleported behind Trixie. "You'll never find it, and you know I'll never tell!" Twilight mocked as Trixie cast a telekinesis spell and wrapped Twilight in a rope. "Is this the best you can do?" With a thought Twilight turned the rope into licorice and stretched out of it. "Twilight, you're getting fat!" Trixie shouted. Twilight stopped, pain shot across her face as she dropped to her hooves and looked at her flanks. Trixie pounced on Twilight, knocking her onto her back and held her down chuckling. "You're always so worried about your weight." "Yeah, well I've gotten a lot thinner since we started the show," Twilight snapped back, "you know I'm sensitive about that." Twilight felt her emotions acting up as she turned her head and closed her eyes. "You said you wouldn't use that against me. I was just teasing about the picture. You went too far." Trixie sat up and sighed. "I'm sorry, Light. I got carried away. The show's nothing without you and you're not fat, not even a little." Trixie got off and sulked to her bed and laid down. Twilight rolled over and sat up and with a sniffle. "Bea, you hurt my feelings really bad. I don't know what to say right now that won't make us fight." "Ha. That Fluttershy really taught you to talk, huh? All that kindness power rub off on ya?" "Bea," Twilight walked to the bed and laid next to Trixie, "I talk that way to you because you're my partner. I can't fight with you and go on stage and pretend like we're friends if I'm mad at you. Fluttershy taught me to talk about my problems and it's worked a lot better than keeping them bottled up and hiding. I have one job now, and that's with you, we're richer than I ever would have thought possible. And I don't see doing anything else with my life at this point." "Light, you sure talk too much. Let's just put all that behind us and admit you started it and I'm the better unicorn here." Twilight smiled and closed her eyes. A dozen argument starting phrases raced through her mind until she picked the perfect one. "I love you, Bea." Trixie gasped and scowled at Twilight. "You were supposed to keep it going! Darn it, the great and powerful Trixie wanted a good fight! Now we have no reason to, make up." "Oh the spell we don't," Twilight said as she turned off the lights and leaned into Trixie.