One Trick Pony

by Saphin


The Second Journal Entries 11-15

Entry 11

If feels so good to be back on the road! Unchained, no one holding me back, no where is off limits!

Well, almost no where.

Ponyville, Canterlot, and Hoofington are still on my "Do Not Perform" list. One day I'll go back to Ponyville and put those show-boaters in their place! No one upstages The Great and Powerful Trixie!

I'm almost at the next town. I'll be settling there for a week before I move onto Fillydelphia.

Oh Celestia, it feels good to be on the road again!

-The Great and Powerful Trixie



Entry 12

I just got off stage. I should be thrilled - the performance was amazing. All the ponies were hooked on my every word. They watched in awe at the incredible feats of magic I preformed.

But I can't help but feel like I've done this all before. In this town, too. A pony bought me a Smoothie with extra hay after the show. I didn't even ask for it, she just brought it to me. Another Unicorn. She looked sad. I asked her what was wrong but she just smiled and said it was nothing before walking away. She looked really familiar.

Everything about this town feels familiar. And sad.

I don't think I'll be staying the week.

-The Confused and Uneasy Trixie



Entry 13

Finally The Great and Powerful Trixie has made it to Fillydelphia. If Trixie had to describe it in one word, it would be bohemian. Trixie feels a little out of place but accepted at the same time. Trixie performed immediately upon arrival and they all loved it. The pay wasn't what Trixie is normally used to. It was small sum of bits and mostly free stuff like free drinks, free food, and a place to stay-of which Trixie told them she has no use.

Trixie will be leaving here shortly. Trixie doesn't perform for chump change!

-The Disillusioned and Disappointed Trixie



Entry 14

The Great and Powerful Trixie has found a rather unusual locale to perform in.

While in Fillydelphia Trixie was told there was a small pony settlement up north. It was the furthest pony settlement. Population barely numbering in the 100s. Trixie decided to grace these poor unfortunate ponyfolk with her presence.

Imagine my surprise when Trixie found herself in a Griffon settlement instead! Oh it was awkward at first, but a few of the Griffon's took a liking to The Great and Powerful Trixie!

As it turns out the town was originally settled by ponies but they left over the years to towns with climates better suited to them. The Griffons slowly moved in over time. The high mountain climate is easier for them to adjust to.

Trixie wasn't scared. Not even for a little bit!

But since there's no ponies here Trixie will be leaving immediately.

-The Great and Powerful Trixie



Entry 15

I am exhausted. After a long travel east from that creepy Griffon settlement I arrived in Canterlot. I know I didn't mean to come back here this soon, but it couldn't be helped. There was only one road between here and that feather filled frontier.

Everything feels foreign somehow. I walk around Canterlot, up and down streets I know better than the back of my hoof, but it's like I've never been here before. Nothing's changed. I just don't feel right being here.

I made sure to avoid my neighborhood. I didn't want to run into my parents.

I stopped by Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns. I walked around the palace courtyard. All the younger unicorns studying made me wish I was a filly again. Then I could curl up with a spell book and study like I used to.

I saw somepony I knew; I didn't say hi.

I didn't stay in Canterlot. I found a small cottage outside Canterlot on a hill overlooking Ponyville. I'm staying the night here. An older couple own the cottage and shared their food with me and let me eat with them tonight. I showed them a few tricks for their hospitality.

I'll be leaving first thing in the morning. But first, Trixie needs her beauty sleep.

-The Great and Exhausted Trixie