Under Our Spell
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Suggest actually checking this video out first if you haven't seen Rainbow Rocks. 
After all, the title is from the Rainbow Rocks song "Under Our Spell" and is by the Dazzlings. Since they are "performing" this chapter, I'd just suggest it to get in the mood.
Anyways, without further adieu, the chapter! Your thoughts mean everything to me and I would love to hear from you in the comments below! Comments are 
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Some might focus on the soft, soothing voices. Some may be drawn to focus on the lyrics of the song. Others may be interested with the magic that acted as the instruments to the band’s vocal ensemble. The faint green smoke coming off of the stage might also make some bat an eyelash, but none seemed to notice it.
For Trixie, what her eyes were following were the back and forth motion of the singers as they moved on stage. Her stomach was feeling uneasy as her mind computed just what they were doing.
“That makes me uncomfortable.”
Also in the crowd to the daily performance of the Dazzlings was Kael, who sat beside Trixie in a much more enraptured manner. He turned to face Trixie with a small frown after first tearing his eyes away from exactly what was making Trixie feel awkward.
“What makes you uncomfortable?”
Trixie brought a hoof up to point at them, having to point over a few fellow crowd members to do so, “The sway they…” Trixie realized her slip of the tongue and paused before waving her hoof around a little before looking away entirely, “The hips.”
Looking back, Kael could see what Trixie was referring to. With seemingly every word and beat there was a shift of Adagio, Aria, and Sonata’s hips in a semi-seductive manner. This was helped by how their hips were actually quite large for their lithe bodies, making the movement appear all the more exaggerated. The swinging of the hips was only one part of their alluring display, but it was undoubtedly something the trio picked up from their time away from Equestria.
Kael nudged Trixie jokingly, his voice cheerful, “Oh, I see. You don’t find it alluring, you find it repulsing.”
“Precisely. But you do,” Trixie pouted as she continued to avert her eyes from him and the three now popular singers. They seemed to be drawing in a larger and larger crowd each day, and it had been months since they arrived. They had not seemingly spread in popularity to the upper class of Canterlot, with the more street going ponies all having been drawn into the crowds that now formed around the so called “Dazzlings”.
As if he did not understand the reason for her discomfort, Kael brought a hand down to Trixie’s mane and ruffled it a little, “What can I say, I appreciate beauty wherever I find it?”
Trixie formed a snarl and glanced over at her companion, whose reassurance was less than reassuring, “Kael, could you do me one favor?”
“What is it?”
Shut up.
Once the performance finished and the crowds began to mill out from the outdoor stage. Adagio brought a hand to her chest and withdrew from it a necklace from her shirt, a red gem on the jewelry’s golden center. The gem glowed briefly before the woman sighed and placed it back in it’s hidden compartment.
“Pfft, I thought this city had strong magic,” Aria complained from behind Adagio. As she moved to stand next to her leader, Adagio smacked Aria’s hand away before grabbing the hand and pointing it towards the third member of their group, who was spinning in circles behind them and laughing giddily about nothing.
Adagio scanned the now empty crowd for the one pony she had hoped would stay, and she was glad to find them there, “Aria, take care of Sonata. I want to speak with our dear Princess.”
Trixie was still in the crowd, her face scrunched up as she idly sat beside her Elven friend who was sitting still. Neither appeared to be going anywhere or talking, so Adagio saw a perfect opportunity to talk to their admirers.
Aria, true to form, did not appear to be a fan of Adagio’s plan, “Ugh, why do I have to take care of her. Can’t I talk to her and you take Sonata? You two can have fun or whatever without me.”
Adagio grew a wicked grin while observing the still present Trixie, who did not seem to be paying them much mind, “No, no, no. You see, word is that Princess Trixie might be willing to play for our team, but as things are…” she glanced over to Aria before squeezing her fellow singer’s hand, “You are too rough.”
“You certainly don’t care,” Aria snorted with a smirk of her own.
Adagio let go of Aria’s hand, instead using the same hand to touch Aria’s cheek gently, “I don’t, but she might,” in a swift move she smacked her insubordinate across the same cheek and started to move towards the stage’s exit, “so be quiet and do as I say.”
Seemingly just tuning in, Sonata rose her hand as if she was in a class, “Do I get a say in this?”
“No!” both her band mates yelled, Aria doing so with a growl and gritted teeth caused by the sharp pain in her face, while Adagio’s was more of a hiss. Their response deflated Sonata’s mood, and her head and shoulders sunk.
While Adagio left the stage and began to strut towards Trixie, Kael stood up to leave without another word said. This left just the two of them in the crowd’s area, with Aria and Sonata still on stage.
The singer waved over to Trixie, a soft smile on the yellow skinned, orange haired woman, “Hello there. Did you enjoy the show?”
Trixie returned the smile from her seat on the ground, not getting up but still nodding in greeting to the musician, “I must admit you are quite talented. I am most interested in studying your acts more.”
This seemed to please Adagio, who sat down directly beside Trixie and brought an arm around to Trixie’s far shoulder, “I can go over more…intimate details with you if you so please. Would you do that with me?”
That clammed Trixie right up, the princess laughing nervously before teleporting to the edge of the seats, “Maybe another time. I have some other things I have to handle.”
A little disgruntled by the rejection of sorts, Adagio just nodded to Trixie, “Of course. Shall I stop by later to discuss matters?”
“Sure, I just have to go now. Goodbye!” Trixie called back before vanishing in another flash.
Now alone except for her cohorts, Adagio brought a hand up to her chin as she realized something about Trixie, “Hmmm…interesting…”
“Sonata, get the hell back here!”
Adagio stood up and whipped her head from side to side in a quick attempt to find her fellow singers, only to find herself beyond exasperated to find Sonata chasing after some foals in what appeared to be a game of tag, Aria sitting on the edge of the stage with one palm plastered against her forehead.
Not willing to go to the effort to reign Sonata in, Adagio instead stomped over to Aria’s spot. Staring up at Aria from the ground, Adagio made it known with just a look that she was not pleased whatsoever.
Aria lowered her hand from her head and snarled defensively, “What? I thought letting her talk to foals would distract her.”
“You had one job, Aria. Never let her out of your sight!”
Aria rolled her eyes, not really caring about being reprimanded. Instead of caring, she leaned over and down to look Adagio in the eye while bringing up another subject, “Whatever. How’d talking to the princess go? She with us?”
Adagio placed a hand on her hip and looked over to where Trixie had disappeared from, “I don’t know yet. She isn’t playing for our team, at least not yet.”
“Which team we talking about here?”
Adagio reached up and grabbed her partner by the front of the collar, Aria only letting out a breath of surprise before she found herself being yanked by a strong grip straight off the stage. She crashed onto the ground face first while Adagio began to walk away, something new having caught her eye, “Oh shut up and catch Sonata. I’m going to go see about our living situation. I think I have found us a place to live.”
As Adagio began to wander towards a stallion who was passing by, Aria rose to her hands and knees and let out a heavy grunt.
“I fucking hate you.”
Aria cast her gaze over to the still playing Sonata, who had just tagged a foal so hard that they had faceplanted into the ground and were now crying. Sonata stopped to laugh at the foal’s misery, drawing so much glee from the display of weakness and pain that it gave Aria the perfect chance to tackle her off her feet and bring her to the ground, securing her.
Adagio might do as she pleased to her, but Aria was still going to work out her stress somehow.
Luna had left Loki in Equestria with the hope that he might patch up some old wounds there, while she could try and see how Lady Frigga was doing in his stead as well as handle some administrative duties in the meantime. Trixie was tasked with cleaning up some threats Equestria was facing, as well as the hefty task of bringing the Frost Giants in line. Given Trixie’s power though, Luna had no fear about the situation going well.
However, Luna found it odd that in one doorway on her way to the library, where Frigga had been spending these past months when she was not in the gardens, a soldier stood in her way. They did not move, nor did they react to her at all as she approached. To try and signal that she desired them to do so, Luna cleared her throat while bringing a hand to the small curve of her stomach.
When even this caused no movement, Luna began to take this quite personally.
“Stand aside, soldier.”
“No,” came the terse reply.
His voice jogged Luna’s memory of who this was: the guard with the moustache that did not seem to like her very much. At least there were not multiple of him, Luna was thankful for.
Luna shrugged and teleported to the other side of him, annoyed but overall not disgruntled by the fact that this was a guard she already knew hated her. Stress was bad for a woman when she was to have a foal Luna had been told, so she really did not want to get worked up the more she thought about how petty this idiot of a man was, “Or don’t I really don’t care since you being rude doesn’t do me any harm. I would suggest cleaning your act up before my husband returns though. I don’t know if you’ve noticed this yet, but he’s the king now, which means—”
The guard cut her off mid-sentence, his voice growing angry as he turned around to face Luna again, “He is no king of mine,” he jabbed a finger into Luna’s back, “And you no queen.”
“Oooooh. Is that insubordination I hear? I think I hear insubordination,” Luna laughed as she turned to face him, not really caring what this fool had to think about her and Loki.
The sound of multiple other guardsmen stepping into the hallway she found herself in made Luna begin to order that this guard be brought to the brig, at least until she realized that all of them had their weapons drawn already.
Realizing the situation she was now in, Luna tried to think of a way to get across to these men that she could wipe the floor with them even while pregnant without even lifting a finger.
“And it seems you have some supporters. Do not tell me this is some poor attempt at a coup? You do remember that I can use magic more powerful than your entire species is capable of, right?”
There were only five in total, and the fact that she was completely surrounded was countered by her teleportation abilities and other various magic. In fact, Luna had already taken a trick out of Trixie’s book and replaced herself with an illusion while teleporting to a nearby area and making herself invisible also through illusions. Luna had to admit that Trixie was quite the genius at meshing together abilities. Even as powerful as she was, Luna was not about to get herself beaten by overconfidence, especially not while pregnant.
Luna had her fake-self duck underneath a punch from the mustached guard, an attempt on his part to shut her up. Luna continued to throw her voice while mocking this pitiful rebellion.
“Here’s a tip, try poison next time. Given that I am pregnant and consuming more food than normal, it would be much easier than otherwise, and you could even get away with it.”
“We won’t need the tip—” were the last words of the Mustached Man, a trio of blades burrowing completely through his body: two swords and a thick axe. His body was yanked back through the doorway quickly as the Warriors Three rushed forward to put themselves in-between Luna and the other guards.
“Stand back, Milady, and I would suggest teleporting to where you are going for now,” Sif stated gruffly, her eyes narrowed menacingly at the other guards still standing with their weapons drawn.
Luna had her illusion nod before just dispelling that one and doing as told, not needing to see this unnecessary bloodshed. As Luna teleported to the library, the Warriors Three found that these malcontent guards were not backing down.
“You have sworn to serve the royalty of Asgard. What is the cause for this treason?” Sif questioned. While herself no fan of Luna, she was a loyal servant of Asgard. She could place her personal opinions aside if need be, unlike these guards they were now standing off with.
One of the guards snarled, “It is not treason if she is not our leader! Lady Frigga still holds the title of Queen, not this foreign harlot. She married a man who not only betrayed our kingdom, but a man who also shares no blood with the royalty to begin with.”
Sif leveled her blade at the warrior directly across from her, “Thor ceded his birthright to Loki. Loki is our king, and you will stay in line or you will be washed away like a stain.”
The other guards rose their weapons, making their intentions clear.
“So be it,” Hogun the grim ended before his axe found its mark in the neck of one rebel, quickly maneuvering to cut down another as Fandral and Sif began their swordplay with the other two.
Once again, Asgard was forced to spill the blood of its own.
Upon reaching the library, Luna was not surprised to find Frigga lounging lazily within. The former Queen was just looking over a tome that Luna could swear was Equestrian in origin, but that detail took second seat to what just happened.
“So, the guards just tried killing me. It was a little pathetic if I am to be honest. I guess that is why they are guards and not assassins though,” Luna said half jokingly to her mother-in-law, “I could have easily handled them, but Lady Sif and her companions decided to intervene anyways.”
This news brought a frown to the already sulking Frigga, but her voice remained even, “We should try to have one of the Warrior Three guarding you at all times until this patch of unrest passes. With how much strife Asgard has faced it is not easy to tell where one’s loyalties rest.”
Luna took a seat beside Frigga and leaned her upper body on the table, glad to have the chance to rest. While by no means weak, even she was a little tired from standing all day while being pregnant, “I agree.”
Her voice was weighed down by the fact that the nation she had hoped would like her just tried, and failed, at killing her. Not only did they fail to meet her expectations, they also failed to at least be competent about it.
Sensing Luna’s emotions on the matter, Frigga brought an arm around her and began to stroke the fur on Luna’s arm, “Do not be so disheartened because of the actions of a disgraceful few. You are hailed as a hero and savior among our people.”
That perked Luna back up, “I am?”
“Of course you are. Not only did you return and help redeem their prince, you ended the threat of Lorelei and the Dark Elves,” Frigga gave a weak smile as memories of the two of them being defeated by the Dark Elves came to mind, “Or, at least, helped.”
“At least I am not universally hated…” Luna snorted, “Spare some guards, that emotion is harbored then only by my own nation’s ignorant ponies.”
As Luna’s words trailed off, her eyes looked down to the pile of books that Trixie had left there the other day and had insisted be left there as they were. Luna smirked at the sight of her student’s hard work, and Frigga smiled too at that.
“She has been reading quite a lot in her free time it would seem,” Frigga noted, to which Luna nodded happily.
“These books are from my own castle’s library…” she paused at the thought of Trixie is a tiara and princess regalia, “I am proud that she is taking her new duty so seriously.”
Luna looked down at the collection of books, listing a few of their names as she pondered about how dedicated Trixie must be, “Historical Threats of Equestria…Notes on the Bifrost’s recreation…” that made Luna smile, since it meant Trixie was considering Asgard important too, “The Infinity Gems…” whatever those were.
Frigga passed over the book she had in her own hand, one that was actually a notebook of Trixie’s, “I must say, she is quite the intelligent reader it would seem from her notes. As if she has an almost uncanny understanding of these difficult tomes.”
“Oh how I love her. I could not think of a greater daughter.”
As soon as she said it, Luna felt a little guilty, but she felt comfortable in the fact that she would love her unborn daughter just as much.
Frigga chuckled while glancing down at Luna’s stomach, “Sometimes I wish I had one myself,” she paused before winking at Luna, “I suppose Loki was as close to a daughter as I could get.”
“I wish he was here to hear that.”
“I wish not. Even as his mother I do not think he could forgive me for saying such a thing.”
A polite knock on Trixie’s door made Trixie pause from getting ready for bed, a long day being ahead of her with her task of getting the Frost Giants to play nice with everyone despite hating Asgardians and disregarding humans. She cleared her throat before opening the door’s lock with her magic and calling out.
“Come in!”
The door opened to Adagio, who glanced around the room for a moment before entering and closing the door behind her. She smiled at Trixie, who in turn pointed at a chair by the bed for her to sit.
“Thank you for being so welcoming,” Adagio graciously said to her host, who was happy to have a guest. Adagio took the chair politely and sat facing Trixie, who was sitting on the bed’s edge and facing her in turn.
Despite being happy to have Adagio over, Trixie found it odd that her tagalong companions were not there too, “Where are your…” she paused before trying to come up with the right word, “Friends?”
Adagio laughed at the last word, “Oh they’re screwing around in our new apartment I assume.”
“Oh, so you’ve found a place to live?” Trixie questioned as her eyes traveled over to the corner of the room, only to come back to Adagio.
“Why yes, we have. We convinced this arrogant stallion with the most foppish of looks and a stupid bowtie to let us crash at his place,” Adagio snorted, a smile slowly growing on her face.
Trixie fought to keep herself from cringing at the mention of a pony she assumed to be Blueblood, returned from his self-imposed exile, “And where will he be sleeping?”
“The street for all I care,” Adagio got up from the chair and her smile become infinitely more devilish as she closed any and all space in-between her and Trixie, even placing an index finger on Trixie’s chest and making the mare feel very uncomfortable, “Now, enough with the games. My magic may still be recovering, but you were able to resist falling under my spell earlier. The same goes for your little boy-toy of an Elf.”
Trixie let out a nervous laugh, “I don’t know what you’re talking about. Are these spells made to make your singing sound good, or to get crowds to pay you money? I’m a little confused.”
“Oh come now, you could feel it. As we sang we were entrancing the entire crowd, which you were a part of. So long as someone can hear us they should fall under our spell, they have to do as we say, yet you rejected my suggestion,” Adagio moved back so she could look down at where Trixie ought to have wings, “The only time this was not the case was with an Alicorn. Humans, even humans with special properties, fall easily, same goes for ponies. Those Asgardian friends of yours are much more difficult, but still manageable, but in my experience only beings of the same power level or greater than an Alicorn can resist us.”
Adagio reached into her shirt and retrieved her necklace, showing Trixie the gem, “Even then, resisting is different from successfully holding out. I can feel it. You are not under our control,” Adagio replaced the item back in her chest before bringing a hand to touch Trixie’s face, “So I have a proposition for you.”
“A proposition?” Trixie asked, her voice confused.
Adagio began to run her hand and a single finger over Trixie’s body in a slow motion, “Join us. After all, we could use someone as powerful as you, with your intelligence, your connections…”
“You have some nefarious plot to take over Equestria, don’t you?” Trixie laughed joyfully, her voice actually quite excited despite the circumstances.
“Of course we do,” Adagio laughed while taking in all of Trixie’s Unicorn body with her eyes, “But you still haven’t moved a finger to stop me.”
“I don’t have fingers,” Trixie responded innocently. She could have fingers, the ever useful contraptions, but for now she wanted to mess with Adagio how she could.
“A figure of speech,” Adagio began to feel a splitting headache come on, “Please don’t go all Sonata on me.”
“Fine, fine. How do you know I’ll just play along though?”
Adagio leaned in on Trixie again, “You do want to be stronger, right?” she backed off to pull her necklace out again and swing it about briefly before placing it back, “I am offering you limitless power. The power to do whatever you please, whenever you please, because you will both be able to and no-one will be able to tell you otherwise. And I hear you have experience in this line of work, one way or another.”
“So then, tell me what you’re up to. I mean, I’d hate to join a treasonous plot without having any knowledge about it beforehand,” Trixie responded with a smile, her eyes once again darting to the corner of the room.
“Of course…” Adagio purred, all the while not noticing the invisible Elf standing and listening to every word. Trixie had a few reasons to be amused, but the fact that Kael was there as a witness to the whole thing made her all the more amused.
She knew there was something peculiar about those three after all.
With a little effort, Trixie managed to move up her timetable so that Jotunheim was to fall to her that same night. When she arrived she was positively exhausted, but she still had a job to do.
For sheer audacity’s sake, she had the Bifrost land her right in front of the main stronghold of the Frost Giant’s kingdom. What this meant was that Trixie had no problem walking straight up to the entrance except for how every single guard rushed to surround her. Trixie just teleported past them all with a yawn and into the very front of the castle, where she stopped to talk to one of the guards there.
“Hello. My name is Trixie Lulamoon, heir to Princess Luna, and thus royalty to the lands of Equestria, Asgard,” Trixie looked around smugly before looking back to the guard, “And, if I am not mistaken, this one, so if you would not mind I will meet with my dear grandfather Laufey.”
The guard formed a blade of ice and prepared to strike her with it, only pausing to speak, “You think that you, an adopted equine with no biological claim to her own throne, can ask to meet with our King?”
That actually surprised Trixie, just enough for the guard to bring the blade to rest against her throat threateningly and continue speaking.
“Oh yes, we know who you are. We have agents of our own—”
No longer yawning or seemingly bored with this all, Trixie looked at him with determined eyes to the point that it would be glaring if it held any malice, “That is nice, and I would let you finish, but I honestly do not care. Bring me to meet with Laufey this instant, or else I will dispose of you and ask someone else to.”
“You arrogant—”
The guard was pinned against the wall with sharp, tapered spikes originating from the ground impaling him to it on every limb, each shoulder, and the gut. Only his head was left alone, and that was too busy gasping from pain to do much of anything else.
The other nearby guards just stood as they witnessed Trixie cast magic so fast that they could not even see it. In fact, they backed up as Trixie began to mock the man who had placed a blade to her throat, “Did that hurt? Because that appears as if it hurt.”
This done, Trixie had the ice recede and exit his body, allowing the man to fall to the ground limply. Just as quickly as he had been impaled, his wounds also disappeared and he was left with a perfectly healthy appearance minus his state of unconsciousness.
Her example made, Trixie turned to the others and gave the all a fake smile, “He will live, but I ask that we do not repeat this. My mother wrecked you all when you attempted to engage her in combat. I am more powerful than even she is now. Do not try my patience.”
The others looked between themselves before snarling and turning towards the inner gateway, “This way.”
After a slow, quiet tour complete with many death glares, Trixie found herself standing before Laufey in his throne room. The head of his usurper brother that Luna confronted before was mounted on a pole, and Trixie found herself disgusted by the display. One of the first things she would have to change and tidy up.
Laufey snorted at the sight of Trixie, the whole matter appearing more amusing to him than anything else, “Trixie. It has been some time. To what do I owe the occasion?”
“Laufey,” Trixie bowed politely, “I am here on behalf of my parents, who wish to extend an olive branch and make peace with your kind.”
Laufey stood up from his throne and snarled down at Trixie, who took it all in stride, “After everything, all of the death, the utter humiliation those two have wrought upon everyone of Jotunheim, they dare ask for peace?”
Trixie held a hoof up to signal for him to calm down, “Look, I know what they have done is wrong. I agree with you completely. Loki, in trying to kill you all, and Luna, in not respecting you.”
Trixie paused and took in a deep breath before pointing her hoof at her own chest, her eyes closing as she spoke very slowly.
“But I am not them. I want you and your people to be happy, safe, and secure. I feel it is a duty that comes from the ties I now have to it, in addition to despising the conflict that exists between all of our races.”
Her words made Laufey calm enough to sit down, but he still scoffed at them nonetheless, “Then what do you propose as a solution? My son’s head?”
Trixie gave a nervous laugh to that, not wanting anything like that to be the case, “Preferably something less bloody,” she cleared her throat as she summoned a screen to project images onto. The screen appeared and began to play images from the Equestria Games, at which point she continued, “You see, there are these competitions on my world that act as a place for our people to compete and make peace simultaneously. Where we can send the best of our kind to compete and prove their worth.”
“So you want to expand this event to include my people and those of Asgard?” Laufey said with his intuition, being smart despite what one might think at the word “Giant”.
Trixie smiled, since they were on the same page. Bonding through competition, “Precisely. Now, I will lay you the terms of the competition, allow you to propose ideas and amendments that will allow your kind to compete in some ways and prove their worth, and you will then propose the idea to your people and publically support it.”
The king of Jotunheim remained skeptical, “And why would I do that, if I so happen to be opposed to this notion of making peace and competing in good spirit with those we despise so greatly?”
Trixie’s serious gaze returned, not delving into a death glare but also carrying the point that she was completely serious with what she was saying, “Because I would much rather there be no further conflicts, and I will continue to eliminate the problems in my way until that end is achieved. Currently, you all are a problem, and I do not want you all to be a problem. I want us all to play along nicely.”
The obvious threat in her words gave Laufey pause. Her words were true, but they went against his pride and that of his race. To bow down and listen to a horse’s orders was disgraceful, but Laufey also did not want to see his race wiped out now that their enemy had the capability of doing so in a multitude of ways.
With his silence hanging in the room and none of his guardsmen daring to speak, Trixie took it upon herself to prod him, “Now, Laufey, I know you are intelligent. You have heard by now that I killed a monster who was able to defeat every last warrior in Asgard and even my goddess of a mother. I have in me a power that was said to be able to destroy the nine realms. Do not try me.”
It took another minute of silence, but in the end Laufey waved a hand at her.
“Very well. Speak.”
Pride swelled in Trixie as she felt herself win a war without a single person dying, doing something that her predecessors were unable.
It felt great, as sad as it was that she had to force this peace upon the Frost Giants.
“I apologize for the coercion, but if that is what it takes I will use it. Now, this competition I mentioned…”
Celestia was finishing some paperwork in her room when her door was opened by a guard without any announcement prior, the orange coated guard instead entering first and then proclaiming that:
“Princess Celestia, you have guests.”
Celestia rose up in protest, not having sanctioned this matter at all. Even if it was someone as important as Cadance the proper protocol would be to announce it all and inform her about everything prior, and surely not just barge in.
“Guests? I did not approve of any visitors.”
The sound of singing reached Celestia’s ears just as wisps of green smoke entered the room. Celestia leapt to the back corner of her room to avoid it as the soft voices grew louder. Behind the guard entered three women, each of whom was letting out varying “ah’s” with their voice.
Celestia prepared to use her horn and blast away the intruders, but found that she was feeling more relaxed…like she couldn’t.
The one at the head of the pack, Adagio, laughed as she stopped singing, “Celestia, darling, tell me you did not forget our little promise?”
The other two continued their noise while Celestia snarled at this unknown woman, “Who are you? How did my guards let you in?”
Adagio snapped her fingers before bringing a hand to her hip and another to her chest, her face quite suggestive as she wagged her eyebrows at Celestia, “Oh, you must not recognize us in these bodies. My apology, the whole purpose of using these bodies was to not show our true forms,” she snapped her fingers and the guard started to leave, only for Aria to kick the door shut and force him out quicker, “Not that we have enough power to turn back anyways. Still, we have enough for just you thanks to a friendly donor.”
Celestia realized too late that a threat she thought she left behind a thousand years prior was back, her voice just whispering “Sirens” as she lost all control of her body.
Adagio sauntered up to Celestia and beckoned the princess to crane her head down, to which Celestia obliged mindlessly, “How insightful of you. You see, your dear guards just could not help but do as we say now that we have a small piece of our magic back. The fact that I’m borrowing some premium Alicorn magic as well means you really had no chance this time, not to mention those buffoons you still pay as if they actually guard you.”
Aria and Sonata stopped singing, the former approaching behind Adagio while the latter noticed that the door wasn’t closed fully yet and that a leg was in the way. She quickly remedied this by slamming it on the guard’s leg, breaking it before pushing the entranced guard out of the room completely and shutting the door.
With seemingly no sense of personal space once again, Adagio began to stroke Celestia’s face and run a hand through her flowing mane, “Now, you’re not going to call for help, are you?”
“No…” Celestia responded like a zombie, her eyes hollow and glowing the same green as the necklaces the trio of singers had.
Adagio patted the princess on the forehead before stepping back and smirking to her cohorts, “That’s a good girl. Don’t worry. We’re not here to do things like last time. We are too weak to handle power like yours yet, at least in the long term. We’ve been starved of magic for close to a thousand years now so we’ll need to sap it from you over a longer period of time. Humans have so little of it after all, and we have had nothing else of note to eat for oh so long.”
Aria groaned and jabbed a thumb back at the door, “Enough with the monologuing, Adagio. She’s already under our spell.”
This elicited a groan from Adagio herself, as if she just had her moment ruined, “There goes my fun for the night.”
“Wait, I thought we were still gonna—”
“Shut up Aria,” Adagio looked to Celestia again and spoke in a demeaning manner, “Now, you are going to help us and listen to our every whim. It’ll be harder to get your sister and the others, but we have time and I have waited so long for this. I can wait a little more.”
“That power that mare gave us really came in handy!” Sonata laughed as she spun around with a swirl of purple, black, red, and green magic around her, “Too bad we’re giving it back. Least we have a new bestie though!”
“Yes,” Adagio snorted as she turned around and began to strut towards the door, “Yes it did. Now girls, what would you say about celebrating this first step in our plan?”
Sonata jumped with joy, “I don’t even know what the plan is, but sure! Can we use tacos tonight?”
Aria rolled up her short, ripped sleeve before growling, “Tacos. To celebrate. Are you out of your damn mind?”
Adagio found herself agreeing with Aria for once, though the thought of mixing food and pleasure was resonating a little with her, “Sonata, dear, mention tacos one more time and I will just give your necklace to New Girl.”
“Awww…” Sonata pouted, though she said no more under threat of having her necklace taken from her.
“I am hungry though,” Adagio added, to which Sonata pumped her fists up in the air.
The three opened the door, Sonata and Aria going first while Adagio stayed behind for a moment to blow a kiss goodbye to Celestia, “Be good for us, Tia. Only you and your little books know anything about us, and as soon as we wipe those out this will be our little secret. So no telling, and remember, you will listen to us when we need to call on you.”
“Yes mistress…” came the droning response from Celestia, who would be a complete zombie so long as she was around them.
“That’s a good servant,” just to cover their bases, Adagio added another stipulation to her orders, “Also, act as if we have not met the next time we see eachother, and continue to act blasé about our presence here in Canterlot until it’s time to unveil our plan.”
Aria grabbed the back of Adagio’s pants and tugged her, “Adagio, come on already! Been waiting too long as it is.”
As Sonata made funny faces at the silently crying guard, Adagio growled in frustration on her way out and slammed the door.
“Ugh, fine! Just ruin it for me, joykill.”
No-one knew what happened in the castle that night, nor did anyone seem to think that anything was out of place. Things would carry on without incident, though Celestia would soon publically sponsor the three, though she could not exactly say why.
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So Trixie let them in knowing what they are...What's your game Trixie?
So that's what you meant. Were we not in agreement about Trixie not being evil? Unless, of course, she's now going to manipulate events to make herself look good. in which case, good for you Trixie! Be MANIPULATIVE!
Trixie is proving to be Luna;s daughter, that's for sure.
ooooh trixie you go girl, If this chapter is anything to go by, I have prediction I believe to be fairly accurate, question is will it be.....
hang on a sec... *goes and backtracks to last chapter*
Holly mother of Luna and Tia, this is going to be one hell of a shitstorm
*Puts sunglasses on* My body is ready
*scratches head*
So why is Trixie sponsoring them exactly? I didn't think she was actually interested in overthrowing Equestria. She seemed to genuinely love Luna for all she'd done. Is this a strange way for Trixie to entertain herself? I'm getting the feeling that Loki was a bad influence.
Erm, I thought they said that alicorns could resist the sirens magic. So why is Celestia under their control? Did I miss a line or something?
Interesting to see more treason attempts in Asgard, but not entirely unexpected. However, I did not see expect to see Trixie "apparently" throwing in her lot with the Sirens. Is she playing a spy roll or one of power addiction. Revenge perhaps? Most curious.
5410973 Everything
Everything is her game. 
But yes, Trixie has been on to them the whole time, which would be one of the reasons besides luck she keeps running into them
5410977 That's what I meant?
I say a lot of stuff, so you're gonna have to be a little more specific.
And Trixie (at least when in a right state of mind) isn't evil, and she's been becoming less petty here in the story. Yet she still is helping out the Sirens, which certainly does allow for some manipulation possibilities
Glad you're at least enthused for her
5411027 Oh, how do you figure?
5411299 Haha, what's the prediction?
I wanna know if it'll be right too. And yeah, go Trixie 
And yes, this is going to be quite the mess when all is said and done
Glad you're ready for it, as it would be sad if you weren't
5411587 I didn't say why she is yet, but Trixie has her reasons
And those reasons are for you all to figure out, because while she finds the whole matter with the Sirens hilarious and amusing, she outranks them in power heavily. For now she's just observing and letting them do their thing, albeit with a power boost granted by her. 
Loki's not the reason for her decision though, so don't go blaming him
Poor guy gets blamed for enough.
5411719 Yeah, you missed quite a few lines about how the Sirens were high on power
Power granted to them by an Alicorn. In fact, the power's colors were similar to that of the Nightmare powers and the Aether, which means only one pony could have given the Sirens that specific power, that being Trixie.
And Alicorns can resist the Siren's powers, but much like how Chrysalis managed to overcome Celestia with a power boost granted by an Alicorn's energy (in that case, love), the Sirens overcame Celestia by using a similar boost. Adagio even went on and on about it line by line, but the monologuing ended up pissing Aria off.
So, bottom line, with Trixie's help the three Sirens could overpower one poor Celestia.
5411888 She could definitely be spying on them, as she did have a stealthed Kael'Thas watching their entire conversation, or she could be using the opportunity to gain power. And how'd she be getting revenge?
You'll have to find out though, since Trixie most certainly didn't say why yet.
5412226 I missed the power up part then.
So, they are propositioning Luna in Trixie's room in front of Kael?
5412197 By being so clever and strong with her foes, blue, and so adorable when in love.
5412196
That's what you meant about the next part being interesting. And about the three singers being sirens. I came to the conclusion that she has allowed them to consolidate a power base in Canterlot so that when she saves the day, it will allow her to consolidate an even bigger power base in Canterlot and therefore allow her to better take over for Princess Luna (who I'm assuming is going to be staying in Asgard with Loki.)
So Trixie is running some kind of Xanatos gambit by allowing the Sirens to accumulate power so she can in the end basically take over whatever base of power they have build and come out stronger regardless of what they do due to her generally outgunning them in the magic department.
The most baffling thing is this chapter is the sheer stupidity of Adiago in dealing with Trixie who she probably knows is Lunas adopted daughter and student and i think she also knew or at least suspected that Trixie also is an alicorn. So why the actual fuck did she think it would be a great idea to propose her plan to someone who with almost certainty thinks very highly of whom they want to overthrow and eclipses them in power by probable magnitudes? I can understand Trixie accepting out of some plan of hers by by the life of me i cannot comprehend why Adiago took the risk of being immediatly found out and punished, this time not with banishment due to new management? Its like going into the White House and proposing a plot to make the president your mind puppet to the chief of security or something like that.
Also its interesting that while the aeather as an aware force is gone or supressed and its power still exists within Trixie on some level and since she is immortal now she would be capable of harnessing its power which when fully realized would augment her far beyond the level of Luna Celestia and even Discord.
So Trixie knows what they're doing, but hasn't done anything yet. Is she just waiting until the right time to take them down or what?
I knew Trixie couldn't resist those hips, now the Dazzlings have Celestia at her beckon call. Color me intrigued!
5412583 Fixed that error. Now, thoughts on the chapter?
5412629 Hahaha, that is all true
She is being very clever right now, and is the most powerful character currently.
She most definitely is blue, and it's a good color for her
And lastly, she is being quite adorable
Any parts of the adorableness in particular you like?
5413296 Oh yeah, haha, that
And yes, things will most certainly be interesting what with all that is going on now.
And we'll see about Trixie. Things might not be so simple as everyone seems to think
That is very perceptive of you though.
5414010 The bread proposal is high up there.
5413632 Haha, yay, someone brought up the Xanatos gambit! I'll love laying it out for everyone later.
Adagio wholly misunderstands Trixie, which is her issue. She hasn't outright said it yet, but she THINKS that Trixie is what some other ponies think Trixie is: a haughty, anti-villain apprentice of a similarly anti-villain princess who is not even around half the time and now will be spending most of her days away. Adagio has been seeing things mostly from the outside (Canterlot's outside nonetheless), except for the minor interactions she has with Trixie, which have left her with the impression that Trixie is attracted to her (when in fact Trixie appears nervous because of her unease caused by the Siren's...moves). So Adagio thinks she has a perfect tool to manipulate: someone who can be villainous, someone who has BEEN villainous, someone with power both political and magical, and someone who is attracted to her. She's mistaken, not stupid, and she made a bad assumption based on bad information (which she has little to contradict at the moment). And besides, with how powerful Trixie is and the fact that Adagio knows already that Trixie was on to them, she decided to come clean and possibly win her over or just lose everything then and there. A gamble that appears to have paid off, since she managed to take down Celestia because of it.
And yes, Trixie is and has been the strongest character since taking the Aether into her own being. And we don't know that it's suppressed, just as we don't know that the Nightmare powers are not corrupting Trixie either (since they left Luna to go with the Aether). Trixie just does not seem to be influenced by them
5414000 I predict a few bad things happening thanks to Trixie now. Accidental evil seems to be a family trait.
5414070
Since the aether, or more direct the reality gem, has no real will of its own except its self preservation instinct in regard to its host there is nothing trixie has to fear anymore since the only dangers Jane faced when having it in her was that as a regular mortal her body could not hold the aether because its power would destroy her and Malekith who was aiming to get it back, which he even accomplished without killing her (disregarding the following near destruction of the universe).
And since Trixie is by all intents and purposes an immortal Alicorn on the same or higher step as Asgardians or Dark Elves the only dangerous thing left is the nightmare essence, which at this point should be a shadow of a shadows shadow since it has been cleansed at least twice and isn't even in its original host anymore, and possible missfires of the gems power since she has no idea how to use it properly and since its the reality gem we are talking about here i'm really worried about that in particular.
5413674 So Trixie is aware, yes, but we'll have to see what she does with that awareness.
Trust in her.
5414481 The Nightmare powers have not been nerfed or cleansed, since they have only ever been removed, not lessened. The Elements of Harmony damaged them, but they had plenty of time inside Luna to get back up to snuff. So that, fused with the Aether, is what Trixie currently has in her
5414260 Accidental evil does seem to run in the family, but at least Trixie has had a bout with the Alicorn Amulet in her life. Doesn't that count enough?
5414047 That was a scene that I was wanting to write for a good thirty chapters before I actually got to it
I am so glad I finally was able to use that one. Kael was talking magic (show magic, even) and giving bread. For Trixie, that equals instant proposal before her mind can stop her mouth 
5413896 Trixie is pissed at the hips since Kael can't resist them, while Adagio thinks that Trixie can't resist the hips (thus her extreme forwardness concerning Trixie). And I'm glad you're intrigued, because things are going to get pretty interesting from here on out!
5412207 Based of what I have seen in the comments and read in the story, I believe trixie might be using the dazzlings and tirek.
Well they were already there so might as well use the bad guys that are present. The sirens never had a chance did they? Especially when they decided to involve Trixie in to they plan, kind of dug their own grave on that one. So much for being accepted by Asgard, well at least it is only a minority that seem a posed to their new king and queen. A mythological olympic games with different species? Sure why not I would watch it, would be more interesting to watch then the real one. Although the majority would have probably preferred to keep the ice giants where they were, out of sight and out of mind. Cant deny that Trixie is trying, gotta give her points for that.
Great chapter.
5415245 Would be an interesting story to tell the kids one day.
5416087 I wonder how Trixie and Kael will ever even have kids with her...aversion to the method
I mean, she may make an exception, but we'll have to see 
"Shut up."
Good gracious, Trixie, don't be so rude!
Don't you know, Dazzlings? Trixie isn't fazed by your oh-so-alluring hips. You ain't drawing her in with your everyday, run-of-the-mill seduction techniques
That's pretty unfortunate for Luna, though, honestly some people can be so dense. Sure, she used to be a black bitch - and I'm not being racist, here
- but she's better now and she's saved your asses a whole lot of times and she never really asked you for anything in return. Put your goddamn prejudices aside and quite being asshats! Also, stahp teleporting, Luna. No magicking when you're pregnant. Stahp. Well, once she has one of the Three guarding her while she moves about, she won't have to use magic, thought I suppose mild usage from time to time when she really needs it won't be too much of a hassle.
Nice to see Trixie reading up on things! Though reading up on the Infinity stones... Trixie, what're you up to? I don't trust you one bit with reading up on ancient artifacts of infinite [Hah!] power, you put that book away right now, young missy.
Oh, damn. Now I wish Loki was here to hear that, too
This scene looked perfect in my head
Trixie just sitting there with a cute, innocent smile of hers and answering all matter-of-factly just made this chapter for me.
And good job on handling diplomacy, Trixie. That's honestly the best way, work towards common interests but make sure they know not to so much as try screwing you over because that would basically be the worst decision they'd ever have made in all their lifetimes. If she didn't beat any future lifetimes out of them, that is. She'll be a great ruler, I can tell
The right amount of kind with enough put-them-in-their-places to run a kingdom right. That's the kind of diplomatic I'd be. All goody-two-shoes, pleading and compromise is for wimps. 
....
Having Kael there ready for what she knew was coming, that was smart. She's smart. There's only so much of a favorite you can be, dammit. Stahp, Trixie. 
I see what you meant by Trixie having a bit of a manipulative role, now. She's gooood. On a scale of 1-10, how good do you have to be to manipulate manipulators? Trixie/10. I, for one, welcome our new manipulative, adorable overlord. What she plans to do with them, on the other hand, that I'm curious about. She wouldn't kill them, or anything, she's not evil. She wouldn't baby them into "becoming better", hell no. So what would she do?
Also,
I leave on this final note.
Flash Sentry, you don't belong here.
5415253 Alrighty! I wonder what inspired you to write this story.
5417204 What inspired me? Realizing how similar Luna and Loki were.
5417444 Ah. I was about to suggest writing a Guardians of the Galaxy story next, but that's just me.
5417466 I don't like the Guardians of the Galaxy as much as everyone else. I already know what I'm writing next, and it most certainly won't be that. Not that I hate them, but I have as much fondness for that movie as I do say the first Captain America or the Hulk films. Don't hate, don't like.
5417498 Totally understand, I'll keep enjoying Luna and Loki.
5417506 Haha, okay
Glad you understand. Some people might not.
5417632 True, to each his/her own.
5416695 Trixie has been through a lot, and now her love interest is looking at other girls and their seductive hips
She has a reason to be rude. Not that she should be rude, she just has adequate reason to be.
No, the Dazzlings don't. They think Trixie "plays for their team", and that they have an admirer in her that they can wrap around their finger
And if run-of-the-mill seduction wouldn't work on Trixie, what are you saying would? 
Luna does deserve some more love, but at least she's got the respect of MOST Asgardians. Sure she was a bit of a bitch before, but she's better now that she is not corrupted by the Nightmare powers. Maybe some bitchiness is left, but it's the kind of bitchiness you can expect out of any regular, semi-selfish person
They just don't like her I bet because she's a foreigner and married to Loki. Least the traitor guards are dead at this point! On another note, teleporting > being stabbed from all sides probably in the stomach. Sorry Hela, sorry Sleep Near, magicking is the lesser of evils in this situation.
Trixie has been doing a lot of reading off screen it seems! And since she has the Aether in her, one of the Infinity items in question, I think it is fair that she at least research it a bit
After all, who knows what kinds of things it could be doing to her?
Loki being there would have been too perfect, but sadly he needs to have a little time mending fences with ponies
That scene was so fun to write
When I was thinking it out and I realized Trixie was still a pony, I knew I had to poke a little fun at the phrase and Adagio in the process 
Coy Trixie is funniest Trixie after all, and her being a smartass while seeming innocent is just too great an opportunity to pass up.
Trixie is a great diplomat
She goes by negotiation method in The Godfather where it is always better to ask a favor with a gun than it is to ask a favor without a gun. 
In this case, it's overwhelming magic, but the threat still holds. Trixie does just want everybody to get along, and she's not going to let the Frost Giants screw that up for everyone. Too bad they still have the option of doing so, despite her threat...
Hahaha, yeah, that's what Trixie is capable of
Play up her innocence and lack of knowledge to mislead somebody, all the while outwitting them 
And I too welcome our new manipulative, adorable overlord 
I'd serve that kingdom in a heartbeat. And it will be quite interesting to see what Trixie has planned for the Sirens, because she's only just started whatever Xanatos gambit she's got in the works. 
As for keeping Kael around to watch, that was most definitely smart, and it shows just how ahead of the game Trixie is. 
Haha, what's wrong with her being so awesome that her favorite levels are off the scale? 
Why should she stahp? 
No, he doesn't belong, which is why I think he only has like one more appearance before he's done here
5417953
Well it's not like it's his fault entirely, their hips are rather... magical, one could say and while neither of them were properly effected, it mildly caught them
And that, dear Dazzlings is your downfall
Never assume such things beforehand. Ever. Why, choking the very magic right out of her, of course! 
I guess that's something, there's always gonna be those assholes everywhere, for that matter I'm curious as to how Loki's own adventures go
"A bit." A a wee bit of an understatement 
I mean she wasn't so far gone that anyone disliked her, she was just a bitch enough to those who warranted it to the point where we loved her even then. Hey, she's just like a regular human being, now 
Nice, caring and all that yet still quite bitchy if given reason. They probably wouldn't mind the foreigner bit as much if she weren't married to Loki 
You know, because even thought they're not Humans, they damnwell act like them. I guess that's true. I doubt that a little teleportation would affect them much, though.
A lot
She's like the superior version of Mary Sue. I didn't think of that, I wasn't sure whether she properly knew just what was inside her After all, who knows what kinds of things it could be doing to her?
Aw, maybe she could've saved that until Loki was in their presence.
And it was a nice scene, too
That image of how I pictured her is still perfect in my head. Coy Trixie certainly is funniest Trixie, but Embarrassed Trixie is so very close 
That's a good method to go by, I mean sure, one may argue that if you're going with good intentions, you don't need any assurances, but one can never be too safe. "I'll bring peace between our worlds. Even if it kills you." Is something I imagine her saying to anyone who threatens that peace she wants so badly
Oh I would, too. Heck, I'd even be quite the patriot considering I'd actually like my leader instead of picking on things she isn't doing right because honestly, she'd be doing a whole lot of things right that one might overlook the occasional wrong. OF course it's be interesting, manipulating people who do that for a living is bound to be interesting one way or another
Trixie's so far ahead of the game, the game's part of the background to her. She can handle it with ease 
She should stahp because I can't handle it 
She might break the scale!
Good. And I hope that one appearance involves him being made fun of
5423009 Doesn't mean Trixie is going to forgive him
Maybe that's what will inspire her to wear that vest I sent you the link to though 
Win him back.
Yeah, poor Dazzlings don't have a clue that they don't have a clue...not yet at least
And you are very correct about that technique and Trixie 
I mean, Kael used it and now he has a devoted admirer 
Loki's going to face somepony who wants to kick his ass for what happened awhile back
Much like Luna finally got a confrontation concerning the idea of her place in Asgard, Loki will have the reverse in Equestria 
Luna was just like a human being, but still people bitched about her. Hypocrites 
How dare she act like a normal living being. And since Norse mythology was made by humans just like every other religion, of course the Norse gods and people act like humans. We don't know how to make things entirely separate from our own being it seems 
Superior version? That's possible?
I mean, a character who overcomes their flaws, gets stronger and smarter, and isn't an asshole does kind of fit the bill. The curse of character development! And Trixie knows because Trixie looked it all up and likely asked people "What the hell just went inside my body?". Researched from there, and now reading entire books on the subject. We don't know how it's effecting her yet in the story, but she does, and we likely will later when she has reason to show them!
Nah, Frigga's not that cruel
My favorite scene probably though is a tie between that and the Sirens physicality bits in the chapter
I mean, Adagio grabs Aria and pulls her off a stage, and Aria later on drags Adagio away by the pants. 
Good ol' slapstick humor with a dark tint to it. And yes, Coy Trixie and Embarassed Trixie are best Trixies. I love them both for what they are.
What you imagine just might be the case in coming chapters
Too bad we can't have that in the real world
A perfect monarchy. Wish those were a thing, like any other perfect government. As for the manipulation games, get ready for the most Magnificent Bastard showing of the entire story 
Xanatos Gambit abound. And it's funny you're telling her to stahp, because Trixie's just hitting her stride!
Ehhh...being made fun of? Maybe a little...
5423047
Of course she's going to forgive him, she has a right to be jealous but she's gonna cave because she'd be worried about being too jealous and pushing him away
Oh yeah, seeing as how she'd never be caught dead with such a thing on.
They should, I mean damn, Adagio, take a hint! Exactly!
It's a good thing that isn't general knowledge, though, else Trixie would be in a very difficult position.
This won't be as threatening, though. A: Loki isn't pregnant and B: He's pretty much more powerful than anyone who might wanna stand up to him
That ought to be fun, though. You just described the Human race, pretty much 
Humans are a bit narcissistic by nature, no matter what they create, it has to be inspired by them have some resemblance or have a little bit of them in it else it just doesn't feel like an accomplishment 
Of course that's possible. As much as I love Twilight, Trixie has that whole not-sucking-up quality to her that quite the pro over Starbutt. The curse that a lot of people tend to lack, these days, it would seem. Oh, woe is them! I thought everyone would be mum about the topic, trying to avoid telling her exactly what was going on inside her. She knows and she's making full use of it and the poower it's granting, it would seem. Clever, manipulative Trixie.
That's not cruel! That's hilarious!
Oh yeah, those were really nice
I still think that's my favorite, though. The physicality bits were entertaining so was the beginning with Kael but coy Trixie was just too good 
They day you say any different is the day I stop trusting you 
Good! Then I can brag about how psychic I am
Oh how I wish we could have that in the real world. But I can have my fantasies
Magnificent Bastard games, you say? I await with apprehensiveness.
Hey, she's eventually gonna stahp.
5427208 Haha, yeah, she probably will. It's all just a big old game anyways.
Trixie will let him be forgiven, and then expect bread as tribute and reparations. 
It does not seem that Kael is picking up on the advances of his pony friend though, but he probably knows somewhere in his mind that she is displaying signs of jealousy. 
And Trixie might actually be caught in such a thing if she were say performing, or trying to impress! After all it's the nitty gritty stuff that annoys her, the icky things. Showing off her own body likely wouldn't fall under that category since she'd just be performing anyways.
It seems Adagio is Under Her Spell
If it was general knowledge I'm sure Trixie would never hear the end of it. Might have to make a callback or make a reference to that in the WoW story 
Both ponies
Oh, they weren't a threat before and they aren't one now. Doesn't mean that they won't try to kick him in the face upon seeing him
It will be quite fine. And yes, you put humanity in a nutshell there 
Well, if you say so! And yeah, Twilight does have issues with the whole suck-up thing. Trixie's got a slight case of that towards Luna since she owes so much to Luna and views her as a mother figure, but she doesn't have a full case. She's actually willing to think for herself and even call Luna out if need be, as shown by how she schooled Luna and Celestia for acting like children. And as much as character development can be a curse, I'd like to see more of it! And nobody seems to be confronting the elephant in the room of Trixie's possession of the Aether; Loki doesn't know that it is a threat to possess, Luna is just happy she is okay and alive and doesn't want to think about anything negative, and Frigga is too distracted to really confront the issue. Trixie herself seems to be doing fine despite everything
So yes, Trixie is being quite clever but how is that manipulative at all? 
It'd be cruel to someone with a low self-esteem like Loki
The Dazzling scene next chapter will be even better
One of my favorites overall, actually. And Kael's gonna have his first solo (or at least, sans Trixie) that will hopefully have a little humor next chapter. But Trixie definitely took the cake this chapter 
You are being psychic quite a lot recently
Yes, magnificent bastard games await
Trixie is the predetermined winner one can imagine. Let's see who else plays 
No, Trixie doesn't need to stahp and she won't be stahping anytime soon
It sounded ominous? Good!