My Little Witch

by PoisonJoker09

The Bored and Exasperated Fortune

A few seconds I waited, and several messages then popped up in my vision.

A magician eh? Its gotta be Trixie. If you do go a healthy warning for you...she has an ego that rivals rainbow dash at the least so be prepared for things to get interesting.

... Well, that was a reason not to go at least. But as long as I don't interact with her it should be fine, hopefully.

O my dear Miss Fortune

"Hello Prophet." I muttered in return, he had a distinctive style of addressing me formally so i could tell right away.

I do apologize for not getting back to you sooner. But I was, as you put it, giving out information to others despite it likely being false, or if genuine, knowing what I say will not change anything in the slightest.

... I should watch my words around Entities from now on, even thoughts aren't safe, I suppose I am too used to my mind being my only sanctuary. Even Pinkie is invading them, I seem to be seeing others faces in this writing, the the only thing other than text, I must ponder exactly how they send these, is it passing letters through fire like I am doing? Telepathic to written word? I simply read on and forgot the wanderings of my mind.

Now then as you have already stated you answered my riddle correctly so I now owe you one favor which you may call in whenever you want.
I’m not surprised you guessed this one correctly it was an easy one. Anyway I will not be giving you any more riddles until you request for one.

Very well, I request one, a single favor is very well, but it is not as if I lose anything from the experience and it does give me something to do when the day is slow.

Now then you asked if you should go see this magician, I believe someone called her Trixie. I would recommend going to the show but not to watch it but rather watch how the crowd reacts and in particular three mares each of which will come onto the magician's stage.

Hmm... sounds like he is setting prophecies in motion, you can never tell with seers. Now Trixie, that has to be the showmare's name, very well then, if I don't have to confront anypony there I will be happy going.

One last thing before I go my dear I have been doing little searching though the world you live and I’m interested in some ingredient and items that are close to where you are if you are willing to get them for me I’m willing to trade for them with some exotic ingredient you could add to your “soups”.
If you’re interested please send me a message in the same manner you answer my riddles.
Yours sincerely Prophet

... Well... I can't say that isn't tempting...

I made a mental note to give a reply to his message as soon as I went home, I after all had a range of ingredients collected on travels already, it is likely any that he has on his list is within my inventory. Ingredients from another world as well... it's too much to pass up.

And a final message finally appeared before me.

This is completely unrelated to your current problem, but in the future there will be a zebra named Zecora and everyone will be afraid of her and hide in there homes. When that happens I won't you to go talk to her
And if you miss her she lives in the Everfree Forrest. I want you to do because she shares the same interests as you and may be a good friend to you.

... A zebra? Out here of all places?

Very well, that is an interesting kind of suggestion, and I won't lie that exchanging ideas with a Zebra would help immensely in my craft... you should know a few facts that make Witch's and likely Shamans, since you say we have similar interests.

Shamans of course have a very deep spiritual connection with the Earth and nature around them, but that is more the religious side of the craft, some Shamans can take that path or not if they wish it. The more practical side has to have a more balanced range of skills, from forging, to knowledge of different plants, and of course a deep understanding of the body, whenever it be pony, zebra, griffin and otherwise. And how the natural magical ingredients and herbal remedies can cure them of aliments or inflict them.

Witchcraft however is a lot different.

If a pony that has the 'Witch Heritage' were to mix three quarts of Ginet, a dose of Jackian powder and make it simmer for an hour while mixing it in half circles all the while, a stamina energizing potion would be made. If however a normal pony were to do so, it would be a molten, soggy mess.

If has everything to do with a underlying connection to the natural forces of the universe that each Witch holds, we are able to unlock the inner effects and reactions that some ingredients can have, my Cutie Mark is actually just showing I have a talent in the area... unfortunately. In truth anypony who has the blood of a Witch can tap into this inner connection and make the potions, they just have to have a grimoire of how to make them, or make new ones themselves.

So, as tempting as it is to drop in... there might be a problem.

Witchcraft has a baseline connection to nearly all forms of magic in the world, and even then, lesser connections are likely present through training to the rest. Because of that, we are at some risk of possession from outside forces you turn that connection back on us. Of course I take constant protection charms and cautiously interact with the world around me, so I'm safe, but Shaman might be wary since they have a spiritual connection, I might make this Zecora nervous.

But, nothing ventured nothing gained I suppose, I'll take your request under consideration.

Now, onto the current issue... this Trixie sounds like she will be a bother, and I am reluctant to go near her on the basis that Rainbow's ego has the sky to fill, if I have another one on the ground it will be too much to bear.

But... if I don't have to interact it will be fine, must stage acts prefer to take from the front for convenience, I suppose I will be fine.

And so, I made a snap decision, and made my way to the center of town, hopefully I won't-

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-THE GREAT AND POWERFUL TRRRRIXIE!" A loud voice reverberated around the area, and the carriage unfolded to show the showmare herself, with a hat and cloak with stars sewn into each, she struck a pose with a smug grin on her face, and determined look in her eye.

I watched from the back of the crowd, silently assessing her...

She wasn't anything special.

Twilight had a S-Class magic reserve that was likely strengthened from her bloodline and training, at most I could just this one as C-Class, other than that she wasn't particularity that impressive.

"Watch in AWE! As the GREAT and POWERFUL Trixie preforms the most spectacular feats ever witnessed by pony eyes!" She shouts loudly, she certainly has confidence at least, and a flair for the dramatic, but there wasn't anything special in particular. And nothing that really makes her stand out other than her manner and dress.

It was when the fireworks fired from the stage did I manage to gauge that there was one thing that stood out, her skill. She had an amount of control and was at ease with her magic, much like a unicorn would levitate objects without thinking, she was casting glamours and lightshows like it was second nature.

Teleportation a bunch of flowers on stage was also not as easy as one would think, because it was likely offstage once she had summoned it, thus she somehow managed to pinpoint the location of the bouquet and brought it to stage.

She managed to do the best with what she had, and that was impressive.

I then picked up conversation in the front of the crowd, the recognizable sounds of Rainbow were present, apparently booing her. I wasn't surprised, she wasn't a unicorn so she didn't realize how intricate and precise the act was.

"Well-well-well, it seems we have some Nhnhneigh-Sayers in the audience!" I twitched slightly as the familiar sound reach my ears, 'neigh' was very old and crude form of address, it made me cringe inside that this Trixie made a pun out of such an old way of speaking.

"Who is so ignorant enough to challenge the ability of the GREAT and POWERFUL Trixie!" She pointed her hoof to the sky to make her point, "Don't they know they are in the presence of the most magical unicorn in ALL of Equestria!"

Well, that was a most obvious lie, and rather easy to disprove. The act was certainly enough to draw a masses attention however.

It was then that Rainbow flew up to the stage and began confronting her, I found my hooves messaging my temples as I watched the proceedings.

Egotist Speedster vs Braggart Showmare, a fight for all ages.

"Why, only the Great and Powerful Trixie has magic to vanquish the dreaded Ursa Major!"

Now that is a definite fabrication, for even ten of the strongest unicorns in the country is unlikely to even wound such a creature, this was nearly sad in how obvious her tales were.

She then went into a tale of how she had vanquished it, but I stopped paying attention, stories aren't really my favorite thing to hear. And coincidentally enough, I see that the two colts who I had sent away had latched onto their new hero, proclaiming her the most powerful in Equestria. It was all getting rather repetitive, along with the great and powerful title.

It got to the point she was openly mocking the element bearers in the audience, claiming she was the greats pony to ever live, Rainbow seems to be losing in smugness here, and ambition.

"Anything you can do, I can do better!" It was that proclamation that started it all.

Applejack was called up to the show first. Remembering the advice from Prophet, I looked at her expression.

It was to be expected, her expression was angry, the Element of Honesty must have been tripping like wire around her with those tall tales and the combined attitude that made her rather rude and unbearable likely made her want to teach her a lesson. She had taken out a rope and was showing an amount of impressive tricks, I think it was called rodeo or something of that nature. She ended with roping an apple and pulling it down from the tree.

Trixie kept to the theme, manipulating the rope like a snake, it was impressive considering how hard it is to move it so many ways like one large muscle, multitasking just enough to shoot out the other end and grab another apple from the nearby tree, tie her up with the end opposite to that, and stuff the apple into Applejack's mouth.

It was a well done knot as well, tied rather snugly around her hooves.

Rainbow invited herself up to the stage, she was rather filled with that cocky attitude of hers as she sped off in one direction, several maneuvers through the sky later and she was back on the ground again, with a rainbow above her from the sudden moisture she had brought with her.

It was impressive, no pegasus could do that without an amount of training, she did it on the fly.

In exchange, Trixie did something that surprised me, she bent the rainbow energy, and within seconds it had captured the pony Rainbow in a tornado, depositing her on the ground afterwards. That was very impressive, her control had to be needle point accuracy in order to control the rainbow energy, it was small and young of course, but still, impressive.

Rarity was goaded to come of next, she did it in a less physical way and within the space of ten seconds, made a beautiful yet simple dress out of the curtain of Trixie's stage, and her hair was done differently as well.

In response, Trixie... messed with her hair. Rather mediocre, but still effective.

"Green hair! Not green hair! such an awful color! She then ran off past the crowd and I watched her go...

And stared at the green strands of hair in my tail.

"Is there anything about me she does like aesthetically?" I muttered in contemplation, I wrote up her reaction as 'over reacting' and looked back at Trixie.

Twilight was called upon to try herself, she was much more reluctant, made an excuse, and left.

"Now, are there any other ponies who challenge the magic of the Great and Powerful Trixie?" She looked upon the crowd with clear enthusiasm in her eyes, the crowd themselves weren't intimated, they simply stomped their hooves in delight, the show was very entertaining after all.

"Oh oh! Miss Trixie! We know this other pony who is pretty awesome in Ponyville! She is pretty cool too!" I looked across the crowd to make put Snips, the colt who did the most talking when him and his friend was talking to me- oh no.

"Hmm? So who is this mare, the GREAT and POWERFUL Trixie can no doubt take her on!"

I slowly attempted a hasty exit from the square.

"There she is! She's the one with a cloak." I froze, and slumped briefly, no doubt the crowd was looking at me right now, I sighed at the unbearable amount of attention that would now be put upon me.

"Really, and what makes you think she might be a challenge Trixie?" I simply turned around and walked through the path offered to me by the crowd, there wasn't any point in walking away now...

"Well, she took on this griffin, and in five seconds she knocked her out with one move! She's pretty-

"It wasn't much, I was rather lucky actually." I cut in, I stepped in front of the stage and faced Trixie, who's full attention was now on me, "And I honestly don't feel the need to make a contest out of this."

"Hmm, to be expected, no matter how impressive you might be, you can't stand up to the might of Trixie!"

"Whatever you wish Trixie, I will say your control over magic is impressive."

That was the wrong thing to say, as her eyes narrowed at me, "Hmm? And you think that is the only thing Trixie is good for? It doesn't sound like you acknowledge Trixie's power!"

"Power means that you like to conquer, brute force, strategical planning of batter and so on, it is better that you stick to magic like you said before."

"Stop arguing with Trixie!" She shouted back, that showmare's tone was rather aggravated, I simply sighed in return.

"Besides, I have no particular talents that can impress the sight, I'm a simple soup maker after all."

"Who took down a griffin with one move?" She was sharp, didn't let go of details.

"Suffice to say, some soups can be very intoxicating under the right preparation." I answered vaguely, she snorted.

"Very well, show Trixie what you did that, and what is your name anyway soup pony?"

I breathed deeply... "Scry, Scry Fortune, and I'm sorry but I'm out of ingredients, it's been a long day and," I looked up at her, my gaze neutral, "I would rather not participate in such a childish show."

She balked, and I simply turned away at her aghast face towards my home.

I wasn't interrupted on my way there thankfully.

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"And so, I think this deal for exchange of ingredients could be beneficial, and I would like to accept your offer Prophet, from Scry Fortune" I said out loud, I then put the paper that had the written words of my message in the fire, sending it off.

It was late at night, and I rested easy after the possible problems that could have arose from Trixie calling me out.

I could have walked away completely, I should have done that, I gave up on giving up to easily.

If that made sense.

I raised a canister of tea up too my lips, taking a sip from it, and putting it back to the table...

And looked out the window, an aura had made itself apparent immediately.

It was big.

It was intimidating.

And it was VERY strong.

Before the door to my home swung shut, I was already sprinting in it's direction, it looks like my day isn't done yet.

Author's Note:

Hey guys! Today is the day of my first DISLIKE!

Lets celebrate everypony! Raise your glasses for this great occasion!

Comments

[TopHatsAndTea]

URSA. RUN.

*ahem* sorry, I panicked a little. The beast in question is an Ursa Minor, specifically. Stay back, distract it only if neccessary to get it away from other ponies, and avoid causing injury or pain - I'd hate for its mum, the Ursa Major, to come after you in retaliation. With that in mind, try and consider it an unruly toddler, anything you can do to soothe or calm it is recommended.
Stay safe. Yours, Scholar (well, you have Prophet, so I figured a suitable pseudonym was in order as well).