Spider in Equestria

by DarkSpider


9. Meeting the Magician

This place always reminds me of my grandma’s place.

I was currently in Sweet Apple Acres looking for Applejack to get a few apples for Twilight. She said something about Princess Celestia coming to dinner later, but I don't entirely know the specifics since I zoned out. All I cared about in the moment was that Celestia was coming, which meant I was going to have to stay away from the castle later, and I had to help Twilight get a few things. Among that list was a dozen or two apples, so I was currently walking towards the barn, listening to “Timber”. By the time the song finished, I was at the barn and I saw Applejack with an annoyed look on her face.

“Hey Applejack. Everything okay?”

Applejack turned to me and said, “Yeah. It's just Starlight.”

That surprised me. “What? What happened?”

“Starlight was trying to make a new friend, so I introduced her to Big Mac. But when she found out he ain't much of a talker, she used magic to make him him ramble on without being able to stop. But that's not important. What can I help you with Dark?”

Hmm. Why does that sound familiar?

“Twilight sent me here to collect a few apples for some dinner tonight.”

“Yeah. I heard about that. I'll be back with them in a moment,” she said while going into the barn.

About 2-3 minutes later, she came out with a sack full of apples. I gave her the bits for the apples, waved goodbye and left. As I walked back to town, I tried to wrap my mind on what Applejack told me.

I know I heard of Starlight doing something like that before, but when?

I just shook my head, deciding to worry about it later. I got a few more things for Twilight, including a freaking ice sculpture, and went back to the castle. Once I got there, I put all the stuff I got for Twilight in the room she told me to put them in. After that, I headed towards the dining room, still trying to figure out what might be happening. I was about halfway there, when I heard Starlight’s voice.

“-ure it'll be fine. Oh, hi Dark.”

I looked up to reply, but I saw that she was with another mare, making me happy I didn't take off my cover. She wore a purple stereotypical wizard hat and cape covered in stars, which just made me think about Fantasia, had blue fur, purple eyes, and I saw that she had a silver mane under that hat. Her cutie mark was a stereotypical magic wand. I couldn't see a horn because her hat, but I knew she was a unicorn.

Oooooooh, now I remember why today seemed familiar.

“Oh, sorry,” Starlight said. “Almost forgot. Dark, this is my new friend Trixie. Trixie, this is Dark. He's been staying here for the past few days.”

“It's a pleasure to meet you,” Trixie said, extending her hand.

I shook it and said, “Likewise. So you're the “Great and Powerful” Trixie Lulamoon I heard about?”

“Oh, so you heard of me huh?”

“Yeah. Including the fact that last time you were in Ponyville, you trapped it in a giant fishbowl.” Trixie then widened her eyes in shock and Starlight just stared at us in confusion. I turned to Starlight. “Hey Starlight? Can I speak to you in private?” I asked, walking a few yards before going into a room.

Starlight hesitantly nodded and followed me. When she reached me, I took off my hood and said, “So, Trixie huh? Interesting friend.”

She then glared at me. “Dark, if you're gonna be like Twilight and sa-” I put my hand up to stop her.

“Starlight, unlike Twilight, for whatever reason, I'm perfectly fine with you and Trixie being friends. I'd say it's good for you two, seeing as how you both want to make up for your past.”

Starlight stared me in disbelief. “So you don't mind that I'm friends with Trixie? At all?”

“Nope. Just wanted to let you know, you may want to be prepared.”

“Prepared? Prepared for what?”

“I can't tell you. But I will say this, this may be a long day for you Starlight. Just saying. Now, let's have your friend stop eavesdropping.” I then put back on my hood and opened the door, only for Trixie to fall over. “Knew it. Well, I don't want to keep you two away from what you have to do. So, I'll see you girls after the show,” I said, walking away.

“Wait,” Starlight said. “How do you know about the show tonight.”

I smiled and without looking back, said, “Simple. The same way I know about Trixie in the first place. See ya.”

About 3 minutes later, I got to the dining room and saw Twilight adjusting a few utensils, muttering something to herself.

“Hey Twilight, got the stuff you wanted,” I said, taking off my hood.

Twilight then turned to me, finally done with the utensils. “Oh, thanks Dark. That’ll help for tonight. Only problem now is Starlight’s new “friend”.”

“Oh, you mean Trixie?”

“Yeah. Wait, you know her?”

I nodded. “Met her a few minutes ago after I put the stuff away. Seems nice enough.”

“Seriously? Dark, don't you think it's a bad idea for those two to be friends? Especially considering their pasts?”

“No actually. I think it's best for them actually.”

Twilight’s face was so shocked it was hilarious. “WHAT?!? Are you crazy?”

“Probably. What's your point?”

She just stared at me for a moment before shaking her head and saying, “Never mind.” Then she looked up like she had an idea. “I know. I can give her a new friend for the dinner. It's perfect.”

I raised an eyebrow. “Do you really think that's a good idea?”

“Of course. And I know just the pony.” With that, she ran off.

“I don't think Vinyl Scratch is a good idea,” I said, but she was already gone. I just sighed and before heading towards the library, taking off my cloak and putting it a bag made from my webbing. I could've tried to stop Twilight or talk to her about it, but I didn't want to change things anymore than I had to. Once I was in the library, I picked a random book, web zipped to the ceiling, and started reading it upside down.


I've read that book for nearly two hours and was a good third of the way done. After that, I put the book back and went back to the ceiling. Now I was just humming “A Hero Forms” to myself.

Out of dark, a hero forms.
City's knight that serves no throne~.
Saves a life for every ghost
That still haunts him in his bones

Out of dark, a hero forms.
City's knight that serves no throne~.
Saves a life for every ghost
That still haunts him in his bones.

Oooooooh, the savior cloaked in the shadows.
He's gone, he's gone
The road~, deserted, twisted and narrow.
Drive on. Drive on. Drive on.

“-eat to have you here Princess Celestia.”

When I heard Twilight’s voice, I immediately stopped humming and kept quiet, listening. Then I heard another voice that I never heard before. Well, since I got here at least.

“And it's a pleasure to see you again Twilight, but I do wonder, where is your pupil?”

“Oh, she'll be here soon I'm sure.” I heard Twilight laugh nervously. When I couldn't hear them anymore, and used my spider-sense to see they were pretty far away, I dropped from the ceiling and landed on the ground.

Well, that's my cue to leave

I took my cloak out and put it on, covering my face. Then I went to the nearest window and jumped out. After thinking about it for a moment, I headed towards the show. Once I got close enough to see everything fine, I jumped onto a tree branch and just waited. After Starlight teleported Trixie, I chuckled to myself at how she looked, but I was happy she was okay. After the fireworks started, I decided I should check on them and headed behind the stage. When I got there, I saw Trixie, Twilight, and Starlight talking to each other.

“Well, that was definitely an interesting show,” I said with my arms crossed, getting their attention. “Another second Starlight, and I'm sure it would've been messy.”

“Wait,” Trixie said. “You knew Starlight helped me with that?”

“Yup. Glad you're still alive. Would've hated seeing you get eaten by that manticore.”

They were all silent for a minute before Twilight’s eyes widened and she looked to me. “Um, Dark? Can me and Starlight talk to you? Alone?”

I just shrugged and Starlight and I followed Twilight until we were out of earshot from Trixie. Then she turned to me with a bit of a suspicious look on her face. “Dark, did you know all this was gonna happen?”

“You mean everything that happened today?” After she nodded, I continued. “When I met Trixie, yes. I didn't really know why everything prior to that happened until then.”

“So you knew that Trixie was going to do that dangerous stunt and that my attempts to give Starlight a different friend would fail?”

“Pretty much. Though, I would've known that whole “different friend” thing wouldn't have worked even if I didn't see it coming.”

“But how? I thought you said the latest thing you knew about from that show was Flurry Heart’s Crystalling.”

“Actually, I didn't say that was the latest event I knew about. I technically know a few things that are yet to happen or happened while I was here. Like today or when you, Rarity and Spike went to the Dragon Lands and met that Ember person.”

“So what? You know the future?” Starlight asked.

I shrugged and replied, “Kinda. Though nothing too important outside of maybe 2 events right now.”

“And you didn't tell us this why?” Twilight asked.

“That's easy. I want things to play out like they should. If I told you about these events, then some things may change. And the two of you should know more than anyone about the consequences of messing with time.”

That surprised them for a second. “Fair enough. But when I do introduce you to the princesses, I think it's best not to mention that.”

“Wasn't planning to. And speaking of the princesses, don't you have a dinner to get to, Twilight?” I asked with a smirk. Her face went from confusion to surprise in half second, then she immediately ran like crazy to her castle. When I couldn't see her anymore, I looked to the unicorn. “Well let's get back to Trixie before we call it a night." She just nodded and we went to the magician. We just talked for a few minutes before Starlight and I left. When Starlight went through the front door, I climbed the walls and got in through the window to my room. After I took off my cover, I went to my bed and decided to watch some MLP on my laptop. Specifically, No Second Prances. The episode that showed what happened today. When it finished, I closed my laptop and fell asleep.


(Manehatten, Cece's POV)

Coco and I were walking to her apartment, talking to each other. Normally, it may have been strange to see a 3 foot hedgehog in a red dress and a long red cloak walking around talking to an earth pony, but luckily, my hood was able to cover my face enough to blend in. Since I was new to this place and decided to put the search for my brother on hold, Coco thought it was a good idea to take me with her around the city. With my height, and my concealed face, we just told everyone I was just her younger sister. And they bought it. We were talking about what we should do next about finding Tito, when suddenly it started raining.

“Oh,” Coco said. “I knew I forgot something. It was supposed to rain today.”

“I noticed. Come on,” I said, before grabbing her hand and rushing to the apartment building.

We got there in a few minutes, soaking wet. When we got into the apartment, I put my cloak to dry and Coco went in her room to change. Luckily for me, my cloak took most, if not all, of the rain, leaving my dress perfectly dry. Unfortunately the same couldn't be said about Coco, whose entire body was soaking so much. I heard the shower running, figuring she was cleaning herself, and looked through the mail. I didn't see anything too important, that is, until I found a letter from somebo-er somePONY named Rarity. When Coco got out of the shower, I gave her the letter and asked her who it was.

“Oh, she's a good friend of mine from out of town. She's helped me out a couple a couple of times and is the most generous mare I know.”

Hmm, I swear I heard that name before

“What's the letter say?”

“It says that she plans on opening up a new shop here in Manehatten and that she wants me to help her with the grand opening in a couple of days.”

“So you gonna do it?”

“Of course. It's the least I can do a-a-AAACHOOO” she sneezed.

“Bless you,” I said, before handing her a box of tissues.

She grabbed a tissue and wiped her nose. “Thank you. As I was saying, it's the least I can do after all she's done for me.”

“Okay.” I checked the clock, noticing how late it was. “Well, I'm going to bed. See you tomorrow Coco.”

“Good night Cece.” I then walked to my room, but before I closed my door, I heard Coco sneeze again. I looked out my room and saw her wiping her nose again. When I asked if she was okay, she just said, “I'm fine, Cece. I'm sure it's nothing.”

Shrugging, I closed my door, got on my bed, and fell right to sleep.