Gaiden: Girl's Day Out
A/N: Special thanks to Referee and InsanityStreak for your comments last time. Hope to hear from more of you this time since it's an actual chapter!
I hope to hear your thoughts in the comments below, because boy is this more than just pure fluff!
Hooves and the legs they were attached to all desperately pulled out of the way of a blue flash making its way across the street, itself carried by a set of four hooves as the blur made its way from one side of the street to the other back and forth in a haphazard fashion. Excited to be out of the castle for once, they were displaying their enthusiasm by how much they ran around in absolute glee, even as their supervisors all struggled to keep up without making a scene.
“Trixie, slow down!”
The loud voice calling out made Trixie instantly halt her young hooves, her mood shifting from glee to petrifying dread. Trixie bowed her head and waited for Luna to make her way through the crowd to catch up with her, at which point she murmured.
“I’m sorry…”
Realizing that she had inadvertently scared Trixie, Luna calmed herself down and lowered herself to scoop the filly up in her arms gently.
“I just don’t want you to get lost, okay?” Luna cooed, nestling her own face in Trixie’s fur as she brought her daughter close to herself, “I’m not mad, I’m just worried about you.”
At this point the others with Luna and Trixie had caught up, the last of which was Hela, who had teleported ahead of Trixie to cut her off in case she got too far ahead.
“I have never seen Canterlot like this before,” Luna’s mother Faust stated, looking around as she stopped beside Luna, “Things have changed so much.”
Luna sighed as she felt Trixie move to hug her, her own mind thinking back to her first time in Canterlot years back after her return, “I know the feeling. You have acclimated to the language change far better than I had.”
Faust smirked down at her daughter, standing taller than her because while Luna was in her mixed form her mother was still standing as an Alicorn, “Of course. I am your mother, to be inferior to my daughters is not in my job description.”
The last member of their group spoke up with a playful tone, “I would think that making our children better than us is very much in our job description.”
Faust rolled her eyes at Frigga’s words, knowing them to be true but also not wanting to fully admit that, “That does not mean we cannot try our best to prolong the period it takes for them to do so.”
Trixie, having listened to the conversation, gestured over to her sister, “Is Hela better than mommy?”
Luna glanced over to Hela, who was averting her eyes at the time. Hela had powers Luna never would, but Luna knew that even her daughter was not perfect, “In some ways.”
This made Trixie hopeful, and she looked back to her mother, “Am I better than you, mommy?”
The thought made Luna balk, wanting to be ever kind to her daughter but also willing to draw a line at telling her that she was better than her, “Trixie, you are five. Ask me that in a few millennia.”
“Awwww…”
The rest of their walk went without incident, though Luna eventually put Trixie down only for Hela to take the young girl in her own arms and hug her close the rest of the way.
Their destination was a particular boutique in Canterlot that Luna had often conducted business with on behalf of Loki, as he was too proud to be seen going to it himself. Luna often rolled her eyes whenever he came up with a new excuse not to be around frilly dresses and the like, but given that Loki did other things she did not mind taking care of their clothing.
“This shop is owned by our friend, Ms. Rarity. I have some things I would like to pick up, so feel free to browse while I do so,” Luna explained to the others when they reached the entrance, at which point Hela placed Trixie down so that she could move around as she wished.
When they all entered they found the owner, Rarity, attending to a Human man who Trixie recognized as one of the ones in charge of teaching Sleep Near and Hela. He was standing in a full military uniform except for his feet, which Rarity was measuring for what appeared to be a pair of slippers she was working on.
Realizing the company now present, Rarity turned her attention away from the man to face the royalty who so casually entered her establishment, “Oh, Darling, pardon me.”
“Empress Luna, Queen Faust, Queen Frigga,” went the greetings as Trixie slipped away from her family, Rarity, and the man wearing the grey uniform and pink slippers. Curious about all the frilly things she was seeing on mannequins in the shop, Trixie continued wandering until she bumped into someone else quite literally, that person being the airheaded friend of Trixie’s older brother.
“Miss Anima!” Trixie cheerfully greeted, forgetting her own dizziness at having collided with the woman in favor of seeing someone familiar.
“Oh, Trixie. What are you doing here?” Anima asked as she looked around, as if expecting someone else to be with Trixie.
Trixie glanced back at the others and giggled as Luna studied the garments she was there for.
“Mommy is picking up clothing from Miss Rarity. It looks really stretchy!”
“Maybe you’re going to have the baby brother you always wanted?” Anima smiled as she lowered herself down to Trixie’s level.
Once her blue face was level with Trixie’s, Anima gave one last look around and whispered, “Speaking of which, where is your brother? Sleep Near isn’t usually too far from Hela, especially not when you’re around too.”
Trixie laughed as she remembered what she had been told that morning about their family’s plan to split into two for the day, “He’s with dad and their boyfriends!”
Anima raised an eyebrow, hoping Trixie was mistaken, “You mean boy friends.”
“What’s the difference?”
That was not something Anima was sure she should tell a five year old, but she didn’t know how to really dodge the question so she tried to say it simply, “Well, one is boys that happen to be your friends…and the other is…”
Realizing that she was not smart enough to simplify it, Anima sighed and realized she’d have to say everything rather than just a minute amount as she had hoped.
“You know how your mom and dad are together, right? Married, right?”
Trixie tilted her head, confused about one of the words said since she had only her vague mentions of it so far, “Married? Is that a type of food?”
“No, it’s when two adults are like your mom and dad and live together and have a family. A boyfriend is someone who is like that, but not as permanent as a husband in a marriage. Usually someone’s boyfriend can become a husband. Like, for example, if Sleep Near and I were to be together we’d be boyfriend and girlfriend…” Anima blushed and shook her head, “Not that we are or anything, just saying…”
Trixie hugged Anima’s leg and rubbed her face against it, a behavior she had grown when dealing with her doting family, “You know a lot about this stuff miss Anima.”
“I wouldn’t say that. I haven’t had a boyfriend yet. Not for lack of trying, mind you. Well…sort of.”
Trixie mimicked her mother’s earlier blanching expression, “You shouldn’t, mommy and daddy get all smoochy and kissy and they don’t save any for me. That stuff’s gross when they do it.”
“Maybe you’ll grow into it. You’re only a kid now.”
“Never!”
It took less than twelve hours for Trixie to go back on her word.
After Luna had stored her clothes away, the group left the boutique and realized they did not have a part two to this trip in Canterlot given that this was an impromptu get together. As a result Faust offered a suggestion to the others that she thought would have appeal to everyone.
“Is there perhaps a bookstore we could visit?”
Luna smiled to her mother, happy to indulge her mother if it meant she could also get Trixie and Hela to read more, “Of course. It has been some time since I have picked up anything new, after I bought some books on speech and our current language at Loki’s suggestion.”
Faust smiled back, appreciating her in-laws for how well they treated Luna, “I am glad my son-in-law is so thoughtful.”
Trixie, wanting attention, spoke up with what little she could add, “Daddy thinks a lot!”
Luna nodded to Trixie and gave her a gentle pat on the head, “He does think a lot, Trixie, but you need to lower your voice when we are in the bookstore, okay?”
Trixie nodded, realizing she had been loud and that she was impolite. Still, she was curious about the possibility of getting something at the bookstore since she was quite fond of books already given all her studying with Sleep Near and Hela at the castle, as well as the books Luna would help her through and read to her, not to mention those her parents took turns reading to her at bedtime.
“Can I pick a book?”
There were worse habits to indulge in than a reading habit, and so Luna actively sought to encourage Trixie’s, “Of course you can. And when you finish that one we can get you another.”
When the bookstore was in sight Faust gave Trixie a soft pat similar to how Luna had, “I will look after her.”
Frigga wound up in the children’s section reading to the children gathered there, foals, Asgardians, Frost Giants, and Humans alike. Luna and Hela were left to go off elsewhere as Faust followed after Trixie, who was wandering similarly to how she had in the street, only with less speed.
“What kind of book are you looking for, Trixie?”
Glancing from shelf to shelf, Trixie gave a vague response, “Magic book.”
Realizing that perhaps the foal did not know enough about book stores to specify more, Faust decided to just let the girl wander as she stayed in decent proximity of her.
“Don’t you have enough books on magic in the library? How about a history book or a novel?”
“Mommy’s books are hard…” Trixie whined quietly, not wanting to disturb anyone who might be reading and also not wanting to be heard by her mother, wherever she was.
Faust chuckled softly as she realized that Trixie, while precocious in some regards, was still only five. She needed something that someone a few years older than her could read, not something that would take someone a decade older to decipher at the earliest, “I suppose things meant for adults are hard for somepony your age to get through.”
Instead of responding in amusement or returning the laughter, Trixie hung her head. Her grandmother paused, unsure what was going through her head until Trixie suddenly spoke again.
“I wish I could learn with other fillies.”
That caught the elder Alicorn off guard, not having intended to make Trixie sad by dwelling on her learning circumstances, “Oh?”
Trixie continued to scan the shelves until a name caught her eye, at which point she dully removed it from the shelf and began to look down at the floor as she hovered the book in the air, “Mommy says I’m not the same, that it wouldn’t be fair to have me learn with them.”
That certainly was true, but Faust knew it was not the full reason why Luna was homeschooling her children. While there was less animosity and more good will throughout the world, there were still faint traces of the things Luna’s first daughter had strove to wipe out in her final actions. Luna feared that if she let her children, especially her uncannily familiar second daughter, experience such things that they might feel the pain that their elder sister had tried to shield them from.
So they had friends, but they were those already in their family’s inner circle. Unfortunately there were not any around Trixie’s age that she could bond with, and she felt isolated because everyone was older than her and treating her like the foal she was.
“Your brother and sister had trouble in school when your mother had them go. She doesn’t want you to have to go through that,” Faust tried to explain gently, not wanting Trixie to misunderstand things. They weren’t doing this to hurt her.
Still, Trixie hung her head and had to keep herself from crying.
“I want a friend.”
Faust pulled her granddaughter into a close hug, not knowing just what to say. She had created much in her time, but this felt like a particularly tall order, and so for the time she just took to comforting the young girl.
Elsewhere in the bookstore, Luna found herself facing a different kind of dilemma with one of her daughters, given that Hela was awkwardly standing right by her the entire time without saying anything. She was still awkward around Luna ever since learning of their family history, but she was at least on speaking terms with her now.
Or, Hela’s usual equivalent of speaking, nods and stares. Luna didn’t know what to do get Hela to come out of her shell, but she also did not want to be forceful in her approach. She didn’t want to give Hela a reason to resent her, but how could she walk that line without making it seem like she didn’t care about her?
She decided in the end to ask something neutral, something about what they were doing rather than the thick cloud hanging between them that Frigga had left her to handle, “Do you want anything, Hela?”
Hela was staring at a book on the shelf that seemed to be captivating her entire attention. When Luna moved herself to get a better look at what the book was, it made her spine shiver.
“Hela…”
Luna noticed then that Hela’s hands were clenched. Not only that, her arms were shaking as she stared at the book she had found.
Despite this, Hela choked out.
“You’re a good mother.”
Luna blinked, having expected the opposite statement from Hela, especially given the book that had thickened the dark cloud over Hela’s head.
“What?”
Hela lowered her head just like Trixie had moments ago, unable to look her mother in the eye, “You love us, you take care of us, and you would do anything you could for us. You comfort us when we cry, and you do everything in your power to make sure we don’t.”
Luna brought a hand out to touch Hela’s shoulder, but Hela caught it with a movement faster than Luna could see. She gripped Luna’s hand tightly at first before then loosening her grip and then allowing her own hand to guide Luna’s down towards their waists, where Hela then gingerly intertwined her fingers with her mother’s.
“I know you made mistakes, I know that it was not entirely your fault, but I…”
Luna fought the flood of emotions she was experiencing as Hela finally took the step to mend their bond, which had been a casualty of Luna’s own mistakes over a decade prior. Mistakes she entirely owned up to, but which she had come to understand were not the only pieces of the puzzle that went into her first daughter’s downfall and death.
It seemed that now Hela too was willing to forgive her. That was something even Luna had taken years to do.
“Hela…”
Using her free hand, Hela removed the book she had been staring at on the shelf and held it before herself, allowing her eyes to glance over its cover instead of its spine.
“This book…”
‘Nothing Lasts Forever: A Semi-Autobiography by Trixie Lulamoon’ hung before them. A published book of memories Trixie had stored away detailing her life and later descent into madness. At first Luna had fought to keep others from knowing publicly what had happened with Trixie, but with time she realized she had to let others know, and know correctly. Trixie had left behind a will wishing as such, explaining also how to access the library of videos she had left behind for Sleep Near and Hela, as well as videos for Luna and Loki. Both videos to remember their good times, as well as others to highlight those that broke her psyche.
These, in addition to help from Twilight who offered to write the book, was why this semi-autobiography existed. An accounting of what happened, so others could know the truth and so others would not twist it into something it was not. Luna had executed certain individuals directly following Trixie’s death who had sought to do just that, up to and including her maternal grandparents who had helped set everything into motion by throwing their own child out after what happened with Blueblood’s father.
Still, they were not the only ones who were punished in a form…for Trixie’s will explicitly admitted to her crimes. Luna sighed as she thought back to the day when her heart broke its second time on Trixie’s behalf.
“It was made after the public trial we had for her. She had asked that we prosecute her like anyone else who would do such crimes.”
Hela nodded the smallest amount before looking from the book up at her mother. Luna could see that even in her daughter’s resolute eyes that tears were beginning to form. Hela idolized her elder sister, and the scars still left on Luna were only newly embedded on the teenager who had come to learn of them.
“The biography has all the information we’ve gathered about her. There are missing pieces because neither her nor her mother could tell us…but…”
Hela nodded as she tucked the book under her arm, showing her intention to read it, as she took on a stoic expression even more serious than the look she had been carrying.
“One day I will have the power to go and see it all myself.”
And, if she could manage to, fix what she could. But she knew little of time travel, alternate dimensions/timelines, and the like, so she let those thoughts die down as she decided to settle for now with this story.
Seeking to make use of the moment, Luna pulled Hela into a hug which her daughter did not resist. The two stood silently in the bookstore, unbothered by patrons because of laws Luna had enacted at the suggestion of her new guard leader concerning the possibility of assassination. No-one could approach the royalty without permission, though they would not be found at fault if royalty approached them.
This of course did not pertain to royalty itself, and so the mother-daughter moment was interrupted by another member of their family.
Luna felt something poking into her side over and over again at a slow pace, causing her to look aside to where Trixie stood levitating her book in the air. The foal was seemingly unaware of the moment going on or its significance, so she continued to prod Luna.
“Book please.”
The innocence she could see in her daughter made Luna cheer up immediately, hopeful for this second chance to do things right with her daughter. A part of her wanted this to be the Trixie she lost, but another wanted a fresh start to do things right.
“Of course, Trixie.”
Once she learned that she would be able to get the book she chose, Trixie instantly began reading it, hovering it right in front of her face and reading at a pace one would not expect of her age. Being a living god came with its perks.
Hela knelt down and brought an arm around Trixie, even giving her a small kiss on the head, “How’s my little sister?”
Focused now intently on reading, Trixie ignored her sister and continued to read, “Book.”
Luna snickered at the single minded focus being displayed before looking down and actually reading the title of the book Trixie had chosen. Faust had ended up steering Trixie in the direction of a non-magic book after all, as this was a biography from the ‘Humans In Equestria’ section, “A novel about Mister woman’s bunny slippers? Trixie, I thought you were going to read something your own level, not a full biography.”
This playful accosting was lost upon Trixie, who didn’t seem to get the problem and just continued to read as Faust joined them with a smirk on her muzzle, “Luna was quite similar at her age. Oh how long its been since then…”
“Mother, you make it sound as if I am old.”
That got Trixie’s attention, and she laughed as she prodded Luna again with her book, “Mommy’s old!”
Luna did not even look down at her daughter as she half closed her eyes in resentment over the fact she was being ganged up on, “Trixie, do you want to join Hela and Sleep Near in their lessons tomorrow?”
“But tomorrow is drill day!”
Luna scoffed at the irony of one of the people running the drills being the one on Trixie’s book, the expression further amplified by Luna’s own self-pride as she spoke, “Then your mother is a beautiful, young mare who is in her prime and at an optimal point in her life to do anything she wants.”
Trixie nodded as she went back to reading, “Mommy is Optimus Prime.”
Hela snorted as Luna hung her head down, at the end of her rope in patience and just deciding to give up for the time being.
“Close enough.”
After the family milled about Canterlot for the day, they met up with the other half in Asgard at the orphanage that Loki had established in the main city. Fortunately it was not filled to the brim, but it was not empty because of the conflicts Asgard still had to enter thanks to its role in protecting so many worlds. It had taken a lot of effort on Luna’s end to convince Loki to stop leading from the frontlines in every battle, with him only agreeing if she reciprocated. If something major arose they would still call on their soldiers, but for the time being there was really no need and great risk at having royalty go out onto the battlefield for every which issue.
“Who’s Lulamoon?”
Luna cursed herself, having planned to divert Trixie’s attention when they arrived, only to have herself forget right when the moment came. Trixie still did not know she was a carbon copy of her older, unrelated sister…only with slightly darker fur and natural wings. She didn’t really know about all that, and Luna intended to keep it that way until she was much older.
To avoid dodging the question entirely and making Trixie ask someone else, Luna gave a small explanation that could be grown with time, “Someone else is our family who has passed away.”
“Oh. Was she nice like you mommy?”
Luna looked down sadly at her daughter, whose face was still buried in her almost finished book, “I think you would like her, if you two could meet.”
Not wanting to go further into the topic, Luna guided Trixie with a hand towards the orphanage where she could see children running about and playing inside. Faust had mentioned Trixie’s sadness earlier and Luna saw this as a good chance to rectify her oversight. She had thought Trixie was happy with just her family, but she realized that it was more healthy to have her experience others her own age.
“Now, Trixie, you go play inside, okay?”
Trixie nodded, running first to Loki and Sleep Near who she hugged tightly before she ran inside. This left Trixie with the crew Loki had been going around with, including both Odin and Laufey as well as Illidan and his son, but they got to talking with Frigga and Faust as Hela watched Trixie go inside.
“Loki, how was your day?”
Loki shrugged as he kissed his wife on the head, then pulling her into a hug where he was able to run his hands over Luna’s firm stomach with its small bump, “Laufey nearly killed Sleep Near in training, Sleep Near had the chance to meet Illidan’s son and make a friend, and the world did not end. Overall for a day of physical gods getting together, I would say it was productive. How was yours?”
Luna tried to think of something she could counter with that was also in good cheer, and so she smirked as she whispered into her husband’s ear, “I found out that a certain member of our staff goes to our seamstress friend to get pink bunny slippers. I bet he left that out of the biography Trixie picked up at the store.”
Loki smirked back, knowing that he loved his wife for a reason. This was the sort of playfulness he required in a partner, “You know, when I bartered with the other Hela to get him I was not expecting that. I think when we get back I’ll have to have some fun with him. What, are his stuffy boots too uncomfortable?”
“What have we become that we are gossiping like common folk?” Luna joked about their conversation, realizing that they no longer were discussing matters of dire importance but rather fun things that amuse them. She liked the change, but it was different than when they met.
“Regular adults who do not have to worry anymore about the world ending at any given moment,” Loki explained in a whisper to her ear before leaning in and kissing her on the neck and cheek, making Luna blush since her mother was extremely close.
“Now, are we going to do this showing of good faith and be with the orphans or not?”
Loki grinned at Luna’s blunt admission to their purpose there. While it was a nice place to meet, and offered Trixie a chance to play, it looked really good for royalty to visit places like this and interact with normal people. It kept people from resenting them from afar, instead instilling a sense of close admiration.
Loki summoned some of his more regal clothes, including his golden helmet, and stepped to Luna’s side where he offered her an arm. She took the arm and smiled to him, the two then following in their daughter’s footsteps and going inside.
“Trixie, where are you? It’s time to leave.”
The sun was setting and Luna found herself wanting for a nice bed after all the walking she had been doing the whole day. She had lost track of Trixie with all of the orphans and administrators she interacted with, and was actually genuinely curious where she had gone off to.
From a door leading into the yard outside the back of the orphanage, Trixie galloped inside and joined her mother at the first call of her name.
“Mommy, I found someone who can do magic!”
Luna smiled as Trixie moved to climb up on her, her foal obviously quite happy and wanting to hug her mother as a result. She normally wanted to do that, but she really was trying to climb up on Luna’s lap since Luna had taken to sitting after all her activity that day.
“Oh, did you?”
Trixie nodded with excitement, seemingly glad to have a personal friend for the first time, “Yeah! He’s my sidekick now.”
“You said partner…”
Luna’s ears heard the voice coming in from the back and she nearly felt herself have a heart attack on the spot. Desperate to remain calm, she took a moment before actually looking over to see that a young boy with long ears and blonde hair had followed her daughter inside.
Trixie had spun around on Luna’s lap to face her friend, who she jokingly stuck her tongue out at, “Sidekick!”
Still stunned, Luna shook her head and tried to steady herself as she stared at what must be a phantom, “W—what’s your name?”
The boy looked up from his new friend he, who he was sticking his tongue back out at, to Luna. Not sure what to do with suddenly seeing a Queen, he began to mumble and fight between deciding to salute or bow to her.
Utilizing this indecision, Trixie gestured to her friend and spoke in a know-it-all voice to her mother, “His name is Kale’floss. They say he’s a Dark Elf.”
Luna felt a hand place itself on her shoulder, nearly jerking her out of her reverie caused by seeing a living boy who was the spitting image of Kael’thas and was even named after him, minus Trixie’s mispronunciation of his name. Luna glanced back to see that Loki was standing behind her now and was indeed staring at the same thing, confirming that this was not a hallucination.
The resemblance was not 100% much like Trixie’s, but outside of his hair being paler and eyes not shining it was an awfully close mimicry of the man who had been saved by and who had followed their first daughter.
Loki was the next to speak, though his arrival made the boy even more nervous, “Can I see your magic?”
The young Kael’thas glanced to Trixie and then at the ground, unsure if he could perform in front of two people who scared him so much just by their station in life. He thought a talking horse was funny, but meeting her parents who happened to be his King and Queen made him a nervous wreck.
“Come on Kael, I know you can do it!” Trixie cheered, trying to boost his confidence. Fortunately it had its intended effect, as Kael snapped his fingers and a wisp of fiery magic waved across the air in front of him. As Luna continued to look on with intense shock, Loki instead grinned.
“Did I…did I do alright?”
Loki nodded to the boy as he stepped in front of Luna and Trixie.
“Luna, take Trixie and meet the others outside.”
Unsure what her husband was thinking, Luna simply nodded as Trixie waved goodbye to her new friend. Once they were gone, Loki knelt down and with his magic removed his helmet. Looking the very nerve wracked Kael in the eye, Loki smiled.
“I take it you are well fed and taken care of here?”
Kael nodded before he averted his gaze and began looking at the floor much like Loki was used to Trixie doing.
Loki glanced back to the still waving Trixie and laughed, “My daughter seems to have taken a liking to you.”
“None of the other kids play with me…”
“But she went right over to you,” it was a guess, but Kael nodded and that made Loki laugh again, “Have you ever heard the expression ‘don’t look a gift horse in the mouth’?”
The young boy didn’t seem to get it given his quizzical tilt, but Loki waved a hand given that it didn’t matter.
“I’ll explain it to you sometime. Now, to answer your magic question, you are quite skilled for someone I presume is self-taught. Would you care to learn more?”
“More?” nervousness gave way to curiosity.
Loki nodded, revealing his intentions for staying behind, “If you wish, you could join me as my apprentice. I think I know exactly how to nurture that talent of yours.”
This seemed to shock the boy, so to seal the deal Loki finished explaining what that would mean.
“And you would be staying with my family, so you could be with my daughter whenever you want,” he winked, “So long as it does not interfere with your studies, of course.”
That decided it for Kael, who nodded quickly and began to thank Loki endlessly as the King tried to downplay it all and say it was nothing. Loki spoke to the person in charge before leaving, a young Elf in tow.
Outside the others had all waited for him, and when he left the building with the blonde boy standing by him Loki saw his daughter’s eyes light up, “Trixie, Kael is coming home with us.”
“Loki…” Luna started, but she was cut off by Trixie leaping out of her arms and tackle-hugging her friend.
“Yay!”
As Trixie began to roll about with her friend, Loki approached Luna and whispered.
“Perhaps two surviving Dark Elves had a child, and perhaps someone at some point named the blonde child after the man who gave us the leap in technology we now use in our everyday life.”
Glancing back to their giggling daughter and her complete shift in mood from what Faust had described earlier, neither could bring themselves to stop her. This was uncomfortable on some levels, but the fact that Trixie was happy was enough to make them content.
“Whatever the case, they are happy. They have a new lease on life, if it is the same two, and we should be happy for them.”
Seeing Trixie and Kael run around in circles to the amusement of the others gathered made Luna find herself smiling as well. If things had gone as she had once hoped, this would be her granddaughter and grandson playing, but given the circumstances she couldn’t be angry, “You are right…”
Whether it actually meant something or not, they did not know, but symbolically the family felt whole again to both Luna and Loki.
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Trixie is adorable. So much I could add to that but it will all boil down to that point.
Hela and Luna making up was nice, it wasn't overdone and Hela did say more than expected to get her point across than necessary but I guess that was her teenage rebellion fighting against her emotions.
Kael coming back (maybe) kind of irks me same as all the other revival characters but I've already said my piece on that so won't bring down a good chapter from my preferences
Now that is... Hela cute.
Luna didn't know what to do to get Hela out of her shell. (Talk about a twister)
... *flips table*... *Or tries to had the commentor not have spindly spaghetti arms* The meta is so real. And after reading the end... *repeat start of this paragraph* I should probably read that at some point... Provided I don't get dis- Ooh, shiny!
Heavy and fluff. Wow. Didn't expect those two to go together so well. And before you ask, why Heavy? Well... Chalk it up to coincidences, maybe Fate's irony. Who knows?
Lil'Trixie continues to be adorable, but all these parallels continue to scare me. Well, concern me, I suppose would be the better term.
The high point for me in this chapter was Hela and Luna's moment. It was a long time in coming, and it was quite touching, to be honest.
6682882 Trixie is adorable, and it's fun writing her
I try to write kid characters in the same vein as characters like Lilo from Lilo and Stitch come from: they are weird, simple in their thoughts but complex in their emotions, and adorable at the same time 
Feel free to add to your statement though, as I always like hearing what worked so I can do more of that, so whatever you thought was adorable is welcome to be said 
Hela and Luna making up was something that definitely needed to happen, and I am glad you think it was nice
Things are getting better, slowly but surely. Glad you noticed that Hela was more verbose than usual, as I intended for her to come off that way. She was quiet as usual other than that, making the change more noticeable in my opinion.
Kael 'coming back' is ambiguous like Trixie's own seeming rebirth, and I'm allowing you guys to take it as you will
It can be a coincidence like Loki posited, or it could be a freaky omen of sorts as Luna seems to think. Either way, its up to you guys individually to read into it how you want. If you want actually alive Trixie and Kael, that's what Equestria Was Merely a Setback is for 
Glad it doesn't bring it down though for you.
6683075 Hela is kind of cute when she's not psycho. Like Trixie.
The meta is very real.
I love referencing things, especially my own stuff. 
I mean I even had a character from Setback in this chapter not only as reference but as continuity glue of sorts. 
Whether or not one wants to read all my stories, I like showing that in one way or another they all are related, even if the relation is tenuous. That way people can pick and choose as they please for their own preferred experience.
You should give Nothing Lasts Forever a read though, as it is very influential on the other stories without being required. It's basically the things Trixie has brought up one way or another about her own past, through her eyes.
Heavy is something I love dealing with, and I hate writing pure fluff, so that's why this fluffy chapter is also heavy
Whether or not the things in it are coincidences is up to the reader to decide, as even I don't have a specific answer. This all is loose/non canon after all, just fun bits showing that things are getting better for everyone after the story.
6684022 Lil'Trixie is certainly adorable. Anything in particular you think was adorable? Knowing helps me make more adorableness in the future
The parallels can scare you if you want, but this is the post-story fluff. No need to be scared really
Unless you want to imagine up a repetition of history that plays out, but for now be like Loki and just be happy that everyone is happy 
As for the Luna and Hela part, I am glad you found it touching
It wasn't anything big, but Hela being a near mute kind of prevents a bigger moment from even being possible (and also makes her temporary talkativeness more special). Thank you.
6684446 It's the little quirks of her character. Innocently hoping she's better than her mother, poking at the birds and bees before her time, both calling kissing gross but still wanting her share, and don't forget that Book Trumps All moment
The fact that Hela is near mute makes it all the more touching.
6684495 Well I'm glad those little quirks have fulfilled their purpose
I too liked her book trumps all moment, especially the poking Luna with it to start it off 
Of course she was enraptured by the book though, as it was quite the good one. Of course she was reading it a a biography instead of science fiction 
Hela's muteness is a fun trait to play with, especially since she obviously has other methods of communicating. She just chooses mostly to not
6712338 It has been a long journey, hasn’t it? We’ve known eachother like three years now. I’m glad I was able to get your attention for this story after our chats on Meet the Family, as otherwise this story may never come as far as it has. You’re right about it being simple back then, but then again I never originally intended for all of this
I just kept coming up with new ideas about how to expand it, and talking with you so much made me want to. 
And I’m glad you found the character compelling, even if the one you grew the most attached to happened to not make it to the end of the story (in a manner of speaking). 
That was hard for me too, you know.
One big parting comment is fine.
And I’m not overcompensating, I’m simply more enthused by larger comments than I am smaller ones. Moral support that is much needed and all. Even if you say they don’t count, I hope you go on to enjoy the extra bits 
Trixie’s death was very difficult for me to write, though I’m surprised you saw it coming so to speak. Some people actually held out hope 
As for the who did it and the words/actions, I am at least glad they had their intended effect on you in that they gave you the feels. It’s alright to have the feels, though I too feel uncomfortable giving in to them in front of other people, so I can’t really blame you. And yes, I am proud, though not out of sadomasochism but rather because I achieved what I set out to do with my characters.
I did try to be a bit of a teacher with the characters, in that the story is a lesson in and of itself to the characters within, so lessons are to be had in such a set-up. Of course this meant they all went through Hel as you mentioned, made no easier by having to actually deal with Hela herself. Everyone makes mistakes, but even if you don’t mean to you can cause drastic things with what you say and do if the person effected is in a particular circumstance, mood, or other variable. Poor Trixie had to share the brunt of it, as this story was about her downfall in the same way that Loki and Luna each fell from grace themselves. Instead of being the victims this time, they were the cause, and it’s a sign of sorts to each of them that they need to be more than selfish and self-confident, but also mind those around them as well. I’m glad Trixie felt real to you, and in all honesty I think she is the best character/part of the story which is why I played things out the way I did. When I first imagined Trixie in the story I instantly thought everything up until the Ursas, but very quickly came to realize the full potential of the character as a foil/shadow of our main protagonists. You’re a good person though and a good friend for being the way you are in caring about the suffering of others.
I didn’t intend for it originally, but yeah, she kind of became Pony Jesus
Though her fall is more like Lucifer…
“Is big sister Trixie crying?” was an off the cuff line, but I am glad I added it. It really hurts, even and especially for me as the one who had to put those words down. It’s a true tragedy of their family that Trixie and those two will never really meet, as Trixie loved them despite how the future Hela tortured her, because she refused to believe that her little sister would go on to be like that. Ironically in rejecting the future Hela, Trixie loved the other like a real big sister who wanted the best for her. As for the kids, they only have what Trixie left behind for them, and at that age they don’t really understand that Big Sister Trixie isn’t ever coming home. Trixie is still looking out for them though in a way, since she’s left behind videos of herself, but you’re right that she would want to be there for them in person…it gets worse when one realizes that they will grow up with power over life and death, and never be able to save the person they would want to save the most. At least, in canon.
I can’t tell if by pale you are referring to me or Loki
I think its fine giving out blame where blame is do for what Trixie went through though, but Loki’s not too at fault versus the more active part Luna played in it. He cared in his own way, but he’s not as expressive as his wife. Funny that someone has to die? Noooooo. Tragic. 
As for the death itself, it could be said (and is intended to be inferred) that the one who died literally died of a broken heart.
Thank you for everything all of this time, and I really appreciate the support you’ve given me. I never would have been able to come this far without you. Here’s to two more years, and more sets of two years after that!
And I do intend to write more SoarinDash when I get the chance. I just am really backlogged on stuff
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Three years. That's, looking at it, quite some time but in all honestly it doesn't even feel like that. Feels like a few months
I'm kinda happy, too! As wild a ride as it was, it was an enjoyable one for most of the time. I'm honestly surprised it ended when it did, since I'm pretty sure you could've pulled at least twenty chapters more to go for an even hundred. Though, it ending where it did, seeing as how I actually feel like I wanted more, that's the better ending that it dragging on to the point where I just don't want to read it anymore because it failed as a story. I don't care, I'm being selfish. I suffered because of you and your damn well thought out characters. 
I'm just gonna see this comment as one big statue with the words "In memory of We Remember Everything, for it's bravery and strength." on a plaque below said statue in memory of a great story, as if it were a person. Don't worry, though, I will go on to read the extras because if I'm being honest, that is what I came here for. Fluffiness in particular
I had to impale my heart to proceed, but it's worth it, I'm sure. If it's not, I'll hunt you down and end you. Trixie's death was inevitable, because she'd gone off the deep end and I did believe she'd walk away from this more or less alive, but after Celestia attacked her and pushed her when she was vulnerable, I lost hope. That and Setback! kinda gave away that something was gonna happen to make them end up in that state, so as I kept reading it was just more apparent that it would be "death". I'm pretty sure there's a tiny bit of sadomasochism in there. There's gotta be.
I think people are far too careless, these days. Either that or just plain uncaring for who gets hurt as long as they get what they want and will continue to hurt others if it means they remain in their desired position and that's honestly quite sickening. I'd love to say hello to all these people with a baseball bat to the teeth. As Loki said, "Pain begets pain." and this entire story is pretty much the longest example in the world of that
They've certainly learned their lesson, though, but they'll have to live with the cost. Which is ironic considering the cost was a life. I still can hardly believe that when I started this story, I wasn't a big fan of Trixie and now, I'm just a few bits short of building a Trixie shrine. Ah, the power of character development 
Can I opt out of this "good person" thing, please? It hurts too much.
Describes her perfectly, a bit of good and a bit of evil
It's depressing how Trixie was the one who managed to not take her frustrations and bad experiences out on younger ones who had literally nothing to do with any of it. Every time I think of this particular scene along with the times she was around them being a caring big sister, it really is one of the things that breaks my heart the most. Them not realizing she's never coming back when that's what they want. They've seen the videos, they play in her clothes all the while hoping to one day see her walk through the door and if that's not gonna be the earliest emotional trauma then I don't know what is
I was gonna suggest that either Loki or Luna should've died, but that's worse for two reasons:
A. That would end up with the surviving parent being depressed and/or extremely volatile, and
B. That would leave the kids growing up without a parent and we've had enough fuck ups already due to the lack of a parent.
I can’t tell if by pale you are referring to me or Loki
I think its fine giving out blame where blame is do for what Trixie went through though, but Loki’s not too at fault versus the more active part Luna played in it. He cared in his own way, but he’s not as expressive as his wife. Funny that someone has to die? Noooooo. Tragic. 
As for the death itself, it could be said (and is intended to be inferred) that the one who died literally died of a broken heart.
I was initially referring to Loki, but I think now, I'll just extend it to you since you brought it up
I know Loki's not too much at fault, but had he reached out to her earlier, perhaps he'd have been far more successful in convincing Trixie to stand down along with Luna. Well, it's tragic and sort of morbidly funny. 
And that breaks my heart. 
Thank you for everything all of this time, and I really appreciate the support you’ve given me. I never would have been able to come this far without you. Here’s to two more years, and more sets of two years after that!
But for what it's worth, I'm glad this story and you, by extension became a part of my life. Wouldn't change it for anything! Here's to as many sets of two years we can manage until we die (Hopefully not of literal heartbreak) 
Don't be ridiculous, you probably would've come this far anyway. Heck, maybe you would've met someone better
Suuuure, you think I'm gonna buy that after you telling me you simply don't care for it all that much?
6715180 Three years and we’ve come so far, from random pony conversations to discussions on ethics and real life events
And time surely does fly! At least it was mostly enjoyable, as you said 
I could have done more chapters, but I had planned for 75 chapters and went over as it was. I am kind of doing that 100 chapters now that I have the gaiden stuff going on, but the main story was finished. And given that there are these new chapters, you can sate your thirst for more content 
Forget the suffering and enjoy happiness.
Hahaha, I like this statue and plaque idea. Too bad we can’t pin comments on this site
I do hope you enjoy the extras and their fluffiness. You got the Sleep Near fluffiness, the Hela fluffiness, the Trixie fluffiness…you know, all that fun stuff. Don’t let your impaled heart go to waste! And yes, Trixie’s death was kind of inevitable because even if she was talked down, she was on the edge of complete insanity and nothing could truly walk her back from that. She literally chose her fate, so it made it all the more inevitable. Add in Setback, and something had to happen 
Part of the reason Trixie has amnesia is that I did not want to reveal the ending of WRE, but the in-lore reason is that she wouldn’t want to remember it.
People have always sucked, we just get to see and learn more about them these days so it seems worse than it is. And yes, pain begets pain, and damaged people generate more damaged people. I tried to get that across as best as I could in the story by having the damage incurred by one person carrying forth onto yet another. I am so glad I managed to make you like Trixie though, and if my memory serves correct you were not alone in going from disliking Trixie to wishing harm upon me for bringing her any harm
You should build a Trixie shrine though. People are making Milo shrines, so you should make a Trixie shrine! It’ll help you with your being a good person. 
Even in the end Trixie wasn’t “evil”, she was basically Chaotic Neutral at the end. She was selfish and insane rather than cruel. She makes a good Lucifer archetype of sorts though!
Trixie broke the cycle in a way in that while Loki and Luna perpetuated the same cycle of pain they had been through, Trixie did her best to treat Hela and Sleep Near the best she could even though she had a grudge against the other Hela. She knew that it was wrong to hold them at fault, and she couldn’t bring herself to since they hadn’t done anything wrong to her. They were just her lovely little siblings who weren’t to blame for their parent’s faults. It’ll be tough on her siblings that she is gone, but they fortunately aren’t actually losing her…they never had direct contact with her during their consciousness, so they only are losing someone on the other side of a video. Someone who, while not present, leaves a void of sorts. A present absence, where not being there still leaves a mark. As for your reasons why Luna and Loki couldn’t have died, that is specifically the reason they did not.
How mean of you
And to be fair, Loki is a pretty reserved guy and wasn’t on board really with the whole adopting Trixie thing to begin with, but he gradually warmed over time. So while he can be criticized for not being closer to Trixie, he had his reasons. At least your heart was broken, as intended 
If it wasn’t that wouldn’t be good 
I actually was close to giving up at certain points, but you helped me out, so I’m just giving credit where credit is due. Stop being modest ya jerk
And I’m glad to have met you as well, and I am glad that the story has had such an effect on people. And yes, lets aim to not die of literal heartbreak like a certain character 
I don’t care for writing fluff since its hard for me, but I have actually been inspired recently and am looking for the time I can write it
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That's how you know you're amongst the right people
A good conversation no matter the topic, which is something that always happens between us. We good. I'd have loved it all to be enjoyable but then I suppose it's more special, this way. The enjoyable is more so because of pain. Stupid logic. I was initially afraid of getting bored of it, but I'm happy to know that 80 chapters in and I never was. I will sate my thirst, but when I'm damn well good and ready 
Maybe I want to stew in suffering a little while longer!
It really is too bad, but I suppose we'll just have to settle for remembering it ourselves.
I'm probably going to enjoy the extras, I love Sleep Near, Trixie and even though I love Hela a little less, it's still something I'm looking forward to 
So yeah, Trixie dying was pretty much in the books for quite a while, at this point so if it didn't happen, I don't know what I would've felt. Maybe unfulfillment or something because her walking away from that would be insane. It would be awesome, but insane. Or, you could've pulled a Doctor Who on her. Strip her of her power and give her amnesia relating to everything involving Luna and the others so she'd live her life out safely while Luna watched over her from the shadows, providing opportunities she wouldn't otherwise get and letting her bloom on her own.That actually would've been heartbreaking, too. She'd come so far in life but can never know about it lest she relapse into insanity.
People have always sucked, yeah, but they weren't as blatant about it and not as many people had to suffer because they didn't have the means we do now, to express their douchebaggery. I do remember you saying I'm not the only one you converted, so good on ya, m8. We'll start a cult together
It'll be just like every other religion, in time! A following of a fictional character spawned by a story 
I'd build a Trixie shrine if I had the place or money. Only the best of the best materials are needed for such a shrine so it'll have to wait 
She does make a good Lucifer archetype. I might use her as basis for any crazy character I make
I'm sure I'll have to, sometime in the future. 
And in their place, I get to feel the pain of what they lost! FUN :D *twitch*
They'll just have to spend their lives with mysterious figure of video until later explained that she was their adopted sister who was an amazing pony. Leaving out the bad parts of it all might be good at first, though them being told she did screw up big time will be important and much better than them hearing it from some snobs out in public.
They are fortunate to have not really known her before she kicked it. They won't have an early childhood ruined by a gaping void that ruins their emotions and turns them hostile at some point in their lives as they blame the world for taking their dear sister away from them. Because for siblings who have power over life and death, you don't want those kind of people in charge on the side of revenge
How mean of you
And to be fair, Loki is a pretty reserved guy and wasn’t on board really with the whole adopting Trixie thing to begin with, but he gradually warmed over time. So while he can be criticized for not being closer to Trixie, he had his reasons. At least your heart was broken, as intended 
If it wasn’t that wouldn’t be good 
Compared to everything you just put us through, I'm justified and that's hardly mean
I know he had his reasons, I'm not blaming him. I just wish it wasn't so, because such a little thing like that could've helped Trixie a lot further down the line. I'd prefer if my heart wasn't broken. I'd prefer not having feelings of despair as I read the end of the 80th and the Epilogue.
I actually was close to giving up at certain points, but you helped me out, so I’m just giving credit where credit is due. Stop being modest ya jerk
And I’m glad to have met you as well, and I am glad that the story has had such an effect on people. And yes, lets aim to not die of literal heartbreak like a certain character 
It's not just modesty, I just find it incredibly hard to believe that I was so helpful
I have issues to work through, I know. Shush.
I know you don't care for writing fluff, but I implore you to try before I track you down and kick your pale ass, okay? Okay.
6724325 Very true, and I'm glad to have found the "right" person
Who would have thought ponies of all things could have led us to this point? 
And right there you have why I did things the way I did: I tried writing a good story, not one that was always happy. So I'm glad the inflicted pain did its job, as weird as it sounds, as if it didn't then it would be pointless and would mean I failed. But at least you have the fluffy to sate yourself with to make up for the pain, though I can kiiiiind of understand why one might want to stew in it a little while. Let it sink in before moving on.
I'm pretty good at remembering certain things, so that shouldn't be a problem
I think you'll enjoy them as well, especially since I think it'll hit a lot of notes that will give you good feels. And I think you may just like Hela a little more after you've read them 
I will admit that it'd be a cop out if Trixie didn't die, but at the same time I knew I couldn't have others really die with her since that'd make the ending far more depressing, so to show that even in the end Trixie wasn't an axe crazy monster she revived the others (while Kael revived those he had killed similarly). Even at the end I wanted to put in the hope that she might survive through it, thus the dream sequence, but I knew I couldn't have it end like that. In my very first script for how it all played out she would have, but I scrapped that quickly. And I could have pulled a Doctor Who on her? You mean I could have had given her a new chance at life away from her old problems and had her go on without memories of her past? That sounds awfully familiar...I could swear that I'm writing something like that right now...hmmm....And it would be sad, especially since Luna and the others would want her to come back but wouldn't be able to do that. A new level of heartbreaking that I wish I had thought of! 
I think I wrote a very successful Trixie, and for that I am very glad
Probably the best character I've ever put to paper so to speak, if people's reactions say anything. Too bad it isn't an animated show or else we may have had quite the hit on our hands! As for the cult, I could do a cult of Trixie. I mean she's got better qualities than a lot of religious figures, and at her worst she's petty which is a lot better than being genocidal at her worst like some other religious figures are known to be 
Save up for that Trixie shrine in addition to your plane ticket to the US!
I think I captured the essence of what makes Luna and Loki such compelling and interesting characters in their own stories, by having Trixie play the part of the fallen one here with her own entire arc dedicated to that. As such the Lucifer archetype is quite fitting for her, since they all fall into that kind of tragic villain role who have fallen from grace. If you make your own crazy characters, do what I did and create the cracks, the fissures in them that get opened up and lead to the insanity rather than just jump onto it. I hate it when someone just is "crazy" with no further explanation, which does happen in real life due to certain mental illnesses, but we're talking about the sort of people who snap. I think building them up with their faults and then dragging them down with those same faults is how you do such a character well!
Yes, in their place you get to feel the pain of what they lost because you are capable of seeing the bigger picture unlike them
Don't worry though, they will catch on eventually so you're in the same boat!
Them not really knowing her is actually extremely fortunate for them, for the reasons you listed. And since Luna and Loki have learned quite a lot, they are doing their best to make sure their children end up nothing like them with all their angsting, and while of course Hela's a difficult child to begin with, they have a great role model in the deceased Trixie to raise the other two with. Both as what to be like and what not to be like. I'm glad Trixie was able to show videos in the show, as it gave me a great way of having her interact with the others post-death without using her ghost or something of the sort. While I planned it before ever watching the series, her death reminds me of Kircheis from Legend of the Galactic Heroes in that them dying leaves such an absence on everyone else that one has to question, "What would things be like if (they) were here?". As for them learning, I've covered that in the Gaiden chapters a bit, so you'll have to see how that worked out.
Oh I know, but just because I did something doesn't make it right to be mean back
And yes, it is something that could have helped in the end, but that is the tragedy of it. Just as Loki came around to caring about Trixie, she passed away. If things had gone differently we wouldn't have had the bittersweet ending I always had promised!
No, I will not shush. You will take my thanks and you will like it!
Okay, Apu. I'll get right on it when I'm not working on 90 pages of essays
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I never thought ponies would even be a part of my life! so it leading me to such things isn't even a surprise anymore, everything's just, "Yeah, well, weirder things have happened!" And there we go, I've caught up on the fluffy. After so long, I finally have no unread chapters on this story... for now
I'm good with remembering some things, this being one of them so it's not gonna go away anytime soon! As always though, you were right, I did enjoy them. So many good feels and slightly sad ones, too. I also do like Hela, more, though I still can't stop picturing her as Raven
Trying to put in hope that'd she'd make it doesn't quite have the intended effect when the person you're trying to give false hope to already knows what's coming and therefore, just doesn't care as much so you have failed this city! Stow that smugness, sir, I know you've got Setback but... Oh, nevermind! But yes, it would have been especially sad for that to happen. Imagine if during their girl's day out, they bumped into Actual Trixie with Trixie 2.0 with them. Maybe Trixie would be struggling with something and Luna'd go over to help and then Trixie would flip out, bowing to her and everything and Luna would just die inside that the one she considered a daughter treats her like untouchable royalty and nothing more. See, that would have been brilliantly heartbreaking.
No, no, not "think". You did write a very successful Trixie and you should be very glad about it! It could be an animated show, you don't know! Make a deal with Hasbro or something
Or some other company, just change the characters and boom. She's got far better qualities than most religious figures, honestly. I'll save up alright, I'll save all I've got.
Yeah, I don't think I could ever do such a thing. I mean, I'm capable but I just haven't the right motivation or the patience to sit down and write these things out
If I did, I daresay, I'd have a few successful stories under my belt. Maybe someday, but it is not this day!
And caught up we have, it's still worse because they weren't there when it happened and all they've got a videos and what they've been told. Far less of an impact as opposed to should they have been present for it all! Maybe that's a good thing...
They seem to be shaping up just fine. They know what's happened and they know what to do and what not to, how to take care of themselves and their family so that they don't have to suffer because of their actions and their parents are doing a stellar job and making this happen, though maybe Luna's overprotectiveness may have its drawbacks much later, it won't be as severe as trying to kill everything
It not being right isn't really enough to stop me at all, you ought to know this
Hey, Loki's got a second chance with Reincarnated Trixie. And he seems to be doing well!
I'll take it but that doesn't mean I have to like it! You can't make me!
That's racist, you know. Totally racist
I still don't care, get to it!
Firgive me, still on chapter 49, but going to the bottom of that description brought a question up. It says, "diving into Hel itself" I remember that bit of the story, and I remember that Hel, loki's daughter, and godess of the afterlife (1 of 3) isn't acknowledged beyond being a bi-polar fuck (which is pretty true). Now, you acknowledge the Marvel story, and his Norse background (being familiar with a horse body [i love that story
] and Hel with her... Disorder?) so, where does Norse end and Marvel take over?
6761208 This story is a MLP/Marvel crossover, with Norse filling in bits that the Marvel movies didn't cover. As for Hela, she's really not based off of normal Hela but rather what could become of Hela if raised wrong and driven insane on top of having been damaged in her mother's womb. So while she carries the name, she's really only Hela in some vague ways such as what you mentioned as well as some of her powers.
Hope that was helpful!
6744198 You mean the Trixie fluff I had to nearly strangle you to read
I told you I wrote it to ease the ache off of the story's ending, but nooooo, you had to keep suffering 
Glad that things didn't end in the termination of our companionship
And mini-Trixie is best Trixie, especially since this time around she doesn't have personality flaws born of tragedy and so she's literally just an adorable child 
Don't let your heart fail though. I got more planned with mini-Trixie, so a heart would be helpful!
Awkward Sleep Near is also best Sleep Near
And yeah, kids. Kids do as kids do, but I ain't writing that sort of thing for you!
Probably throw up if I did. After all, I'm more like Trixie (faints at sight of sexual things) than I am you (gutter mind).
As for planning their future, if they plan things out it most likely will include abstinence for a good part of their future since Frost probably has learned from her mother's mistake
Maybe when she's done flying in shows.
So better alternative, but still not on the money given how things are
6764551 ... I meant Hel, not Hela... Thanks for the spoilers. But that does clean a bit up, though still wondering bout Hel specifically. Cause Marvel never adresses any of Loki's children. And based on what ive reas so far,, only 1 of the 4 are confirmed, so, what bout the other 3? (Mostly Hel[i doubt you put Fenrir or Jourmagonder here])
6764850 Sleep Near (Sleipnir) and Hela are the only 2 to feature in the main story, but Fenrir is set to appear in the epilogue chapters. Things aren't 100% Norse since we also have to juggle the pony side of things and the Marvel side of things.
You're said you're on chapter 49, which is after the Hela arc, so I didn't spoil anything really
6764863 ... I now know Hel also has the name Hela. Well, thanks for clearing that up. Ill get back to reading this soon.
6916951 I wasn't lying. She ends up anything but okay.
Glad you thought it was beautiful though, and I'm grateful you've taken the time to read it. 
The tone surely is going to be different in Setback, but don't worry about forgetting: Setback will remind you now and again that the stories are related. After all, Trixie got to Equestria somehow!
The character development was a big focus of mine, so I appreciate that you liked it, and yes, Luna's children have changed a lot...it becomes even more apparent in the Gaiden chapters. Hope you'll enjoy them when you get to them! There's a lot there to see/enjoy that shows the aftermath of everything.
Is the something you're going to do crying?
... This hurts, so fucking much. That was cruel. Why I'm okay with it I don't know. But god damn! This is good.