Violet Reflections

by Derpator

Boast Busters feat. Trixie

“And for my next trick, I shall pull out a bunny from this hat.”

Pinkie Pie clearly showed to the audience in front of her the hat in question, a big black top hat, completely empty. She let the audience get a good look at it, making sure it wasn’t faulty. When she felt they got all the satisfaction they needed, she brought it back.

She waved it through the air a few times, before planting it on a table. Taking out a cloth from her jacket pocket, she fully covered it up, the outline of the hat visible through the cloth. She eerily waved her hoof through the air, mumbling a mysterious sound.

“And... sugardugar, schluperdaboom!”

Pinkie waited a few seconds for the dramatic build up, before lifting off the cloth. Dipping her hoof into the hat, she scooped up a small white creature, presenting it to the crowd in front of her. “Ta-da!” she finished off with, bearing a big grin.

“Angel!” a soft voice yelled out from the crowd, “How’d you get there?” Fluttershy flew up onto the stage in no time, picking up the small rabbit into her embrace. “Pinkie, how’d you do that?” she asked the pink mare, worried about the little bunny.

“I can’t tell you that silly," she replied, on the verge of giggling, "It’s a secret.” She turned to the crowd. “But thank you very much everypony!” She took a bow afterwards, the applauds of the audience revealing themselves.

Clapping of hooves could be heard, Rainbow Dash using hers to whistle and shout, “Yeah Pinkie!” afterwards, clapping with the others again.

Fluttershy re-joined the group too, Angel still in her hooves, both of them unsure how Pinkie Pie summoned him from nowhere. He was in the cottage one moment, and the next, it all went dark for him, suddenly trapped in what felt like a cage, before the night light revealed itself, the pink hoof waving from the air above.

“That was marvellous,” Rarity said, finishing off her clapping, “And that ensemble you’re wearing really suits you!”

Pinkie felt a slight blush come over her from the compliment. It was only a small jacket, a little old thing to add to her act. “Thanks Rarity,” she replied, packing up her small tricks of illusions, “So who’s next?”

“Do you really have to ask?” Rainbow Dash smugly said, before looking directly at another mare. All of the others turned too, towards the mare that was starting to wish they’d stop with the sudden eyes.

The grins. And the eyes. It was a little scary.

“Who, me?” the mare asked, pointing at herself and chuckling, “No, I possibly couldn’t...”

“Ah nonsense!” Applejack dismissed, “Go on Trixie, show us!”

“Yeah, we set all this up for you,” Rainbow Dash added in, leaning back in a slouched position.

The azure mare’s teeth showed themselves in an awkward smile, the spotlight being put deeply on her. It wasn’t a large spotlight, rather only six mares. She requested only a small audience, and they all agreed. She was still trying to re-amend her ways after all, and if everypony knew whenever she’d be around, there’d be a riot.

Small magic tricks with friends at night? She could do that.

“I uh... I don’t know,” the mare numbly said, “Can’t we just- eep!”

Applejack cut Trixie off, already pushing her up towards the stage. She didn’t resist, but her hooves dragged across the ground, the forced smile still present. Her eyes checked out her surroundings again, only the six mares around her. It might not have been much, but it was a bit of a relief.

Applejack gave Trixie a final push as they reached the stage, Trixie finishing the short journey by herself. Still with hesitation, she sluggishly dragged her way across the stage, where Pinkie Pie was finishing packing her things away. She was the third one to go on stage, showing off tricks they could do. She deliberately picked some magic tricks, so Trixie would be the next one up.

“You’ll do fine,” Pinkie Pie assured her, finalising her own pack up. As Trixie seemed to prepare for the stage show, she took her place, leaping off the stage and landing next to Twilight, taking no time in burying herself next to her marefriend.

Twilight took Pinkie Pie’s advancement with no trouble, coiling her hoof around the pink mare, feeling the puffy fuchsia mane against herself. She planted a quick kiss on Pinkie Pie, a sigh emerging from the pony herself.

They heard a small gagging noise, coming from one Angel Bunny. “Hush,” Fluttershy spat out, though still quiet, gripping him in her hooves a bit tighter.

Back on stage, Trixie was finishing her brief warm-up routine of stage performance, a quick calm breathing exercise Twilight had shared with her. She cleared her throat, taking the center of the stage, ready to perform some feats of illusions or tricks.

“Woo! Go Trixie!” Rainbow Dash called out, her hooves either side of her mouth to amplify the voice.

Trixie’s short case of nervousness came back to bit her a little, while Applejack gave Rainbow Dash a little hit.

“Ow! What’s that for!?” She rubbed the portion of her skin that Applejack hit, easing the small pain.

“Be quiet!” Applejack scowled quietly, before turning back to Trixie on stage, “Go right ahead Sugarcube.”

Trixie swallowed the rest of her nerves, telling herself to just go for it. It was just another show, with friends now too. Any failures wouldn’t be looked down upon. Clearing her throat again, she prepared her on-stage persona. “Right then!” she started, furrowing her brow for emphasis, “Prepare yourselves, as the Great and Powerful Trixie performs feats of illusions like none other!”

Activating her horn, Trixie sparked into existence two objects of hers, promptly putting on her hat and robe to finalise her icon. Smirking and raising a portion of her lips, she set off her horn again, fireworks coming into existence, flying off into the night sky, flaring off their beautiful lights and display.

All of the audience awed at the start of the show, gazing their eyes up at the fireworks which easily caught their attention. The sparks of the bangs drew them in, mesmerising.

Trixie knew she had the full attention of her audience, ready to perform her next trick. “Does anypony have a request for the Great and Powerful Trixie?” she asked the audience, ready to conjure up a specific trick if asked.

The group looked amongst themselves, small chatter going on between them, Trixie using the opportunity to wipe her forehead with her hoof, getting rid of the nerves that crept up on her.

“Vanquish an Ursa Major!” Rainbow Dash yelled from the group, the suggestion even catching the others off-guard.

Trixie froze up on stage, the memory coming back to her. It wasn’t something she was honestly proud of, her boasting making situations worse. Rainbow Dash bringing that up, was she insulting her?

“First off,” Twilight chimed in, a deep frown, “That was an Ursa Minor. And second of all, we’re not bringing one of those to Ponyville.”

Trixie felt a little relieved at how her previous rival, Twilight Sparkle, just defended her. Making amends was something that just got better day after day. The Ursa Minor only brought up bad memories. She had to rebuild her own home travel wagon after the giant beast crushed it. Not to mention the creature almost mad mincemeat out of Ponyville.

However, she had her light shows. She showed it off back then too, pretending to vanquish the giant bear with her magic. She could do that.

Trixie cleared her throat, grabbing the attention of the audience again, before starting off her light show. The tip of her horn sparked as two images blinked into the night sky, illuminating it above them.

One of them was a huge blue creature with a few stars sprinkled on it, the Ursa Minor, while the other was a cartoonish cut-out of Trixie herself, wearing her getup.

“The dreaded Ursa Minor once came to Trottingham when Trixie was performing,” Trixie started in a mysterious tone, acting out her dialogue with the two images, “So I had to vanquish it. And fast!”

Trixie acted out more of her act by having the bear image swipe at the Trixie one with a claw, a few gasps coming from the audience. “But!” Trixie interjected, “Using her incredibly amazing magical talents, Trixie vanquished the dreaded beast, and sent it back from where it came!” Trixie played along with her act by having the miniature Trixie cast a spell, the Ursa Minor getting hit by what looked like a painful experience. The small figure retreated from the scene, before it eventually popped, more fireworks exploding to end her small show.

“Woo!” Rainbow Dash called out as Trixie sent off a larger show of fireworks, the group beginning to applaud the performance. Trixie stood in the center of stage again, before using her magic to poof out the hat and robe. The mare was left on stage, before taking a bow. “Trixie thanks all of you!” she said, bowing again, the six mares still clapping for her.

“While short,” Twilight said after the faded claps ended, Trixie walking off the stage, “That was an incredible display there.”

“Yeah!” Pinkie added, still in the embrace of Twilight, “It’s not about how long the performance is, but rather how nice it looked.”

“And I’ll say that was a superb show,” Rarity agreed, before looking around the group with bumbling excitement, “So who’s next?”

Pinkie Pie nudged her marefriend, gaining her attention. Twilight immediately scuttled a bit further away from the rest of the group, trying not to draw attention to herself. “Where are you going silly?” she heard Pinkie deliberately call out loudly, gripping her to prevent escape. She gave out a nervous chuckle when the eyes focused on her. “Come on Twilight, show us your magic,” Pinkie added, wearing that grin that she sometimes found hard to turn down.

Some other remarks of acknowledgement were given from the others, calling for her to get up on stage. Trixie herself walked over towards the alicorn. “Just don’t one-up me,” she stated jokingly, taking a seat next to Pinkie.

Blushing from the pressure, Twilight rose up, the spotlight now on her rather than Trixie. Looking down at the azure mare, she smiled, receiving the same from the subject herself. She took a breath, before making her way towards the stage.

Trixie inched closer towards Pinkie Pie, shifting her gaze a bit before leaning in. “What is she going to do?” she asked, whispering it.

“I have no idea,” Pinkie happily replied, ready to watch her marefriend perform something she was bound to love.

Trixie prepared herself to watch whatever spectacular performance Twilight was likely to come out with. Back then, she would have scoffed at the very idea. Another unicorn who was better than her at magic? Preposterous.

But now, after making a lot of amends, Twilight now an alicorn, even friends, she was ready to witness a spectacle. It was going to magnificent, she could tell.

And even better, she’d cheer for her.

Author's Note:

Trixie. That is all.

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[Derpator]

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Simply put, I am a tease. This likely won't be the end of this particular thing, but future instalments may contain the dialogue rather than hiding it.