Gibbous ponies play, Part 2, Interlude
Twilight Gets a Puppy
Season 3
By TDR
Gibbous ponies play,
Part 2,
Interlude
[Canterlot, mid afternoon]
Trixie let out a small sigh as she sat back in the surprisingly comfortable chair in the meeting room she was currently in. She wasn't fond of being stuck in one place, least of all Canterlot, but she had little choice. It had been a month since the whole mess with Ponyville and when Princess Luna demanded she come back with her to Canterlot, Trixie expected a whole lot more trouble than she had really gotten into. She gave up the name and the price she had paid for the alicorn amulet and was not surprised to be forced to give it up. She was however surprised that she was reimbursed for the purchase.
She had been put in a guest room in the palace and a number of psychologists, doctors, and high level mana experts had come in to talk with her and run a few diagnostics.
It was a lot more invasive than Trixie liked, but it did mean she wouldn't need a physical for a while. She had been hoping to spend the winter months when she couldn't travel in Ponyville, snuggling with Fuzzy by a warm fire.... but it seemed Princess Luna and Princess Cadence were rather intent on letting Fuzzy figure things out on his own without any of them trying to guide him one way or another. Saturnia was up in the Crystal Empire, and Jynx was told to stay out of Ponyville for a bit.
To tell the truth, she expected the bug to sneak out of the Crystal Empire before she thought Jynx would try anything when she was told not to. Of the two she was more comfortable with the massive diamond dog, she didn't trust the bug at all. Jynx at least tried to play fair.
Still she couldn't complain, she was allowed to wander about, though a Guard or maid was always with her with an itinerary. Seems Celestia's school wanted to ask her a lot of questions for some reason. Meals were covered and were some of the best she ever had, the room was rather plush and comfortable and far more ritzy than she was used to, it was more like a vacation than a prison setting.
She wasn't the only 'guest' either but the black furred unicorn that she had seen once or twice was surrounded by Guards and had a number of suppressor rings on his horn. These weren't the standard guards either. Unlike the palace guard their armor and weapons looked well used rather than polished. She had asked about it and was told the unicorn was a private matter, but the guards were from the Six Sixty Sixth. They were the only ones not intimidated by the black unicorn.
Trixie had taken some time to see her aunt, watched a few shows and opted to sign up for a Hearths Warming play this year just to keep busy. She was hoping to sign up for one that Fuzzy would also be in, but usually he had no luck getting into Hearths Warming pageants as they tended to only want ponies.
Rather speciest to be honest, but understandable given Hearths Warming was a pony tradition after all.
Still this meant she would be close enough to Rahs to actually visit him for Hearths Warming, and given it was a Pony Holiday she wouldn't have to worry about Jynx or the bug. She had missed his birthday this year, but this....
Plans were forming in her mind when Princess Luna came into the small meeting room Trixie was sitting in.
Trixie stood up rather quickly to bow only to have it waved off.” None of that, this is not an official thing. We have simply come to explain a few things and garner thine opinion of it.” Princess Luna placated drawing out a larger chair and taking a seat.” Do you know why we have kept you in Canterlot?”
“Umm because Trixie found an item she wasn't supposed to?” Trixie added slipping into her stage persona again before the Princess, it was a habit that was rather hard to break when she was put on the spot for anything.
“The amulets were never considered illegal, before now any way. Though we are surprised one was even found to be used. What we are concerned with is the now. Th... you once were successfully enrolled in my sisters school?”
“Um yes... though Trixie dropped out after … some incidents.....” Trixie sighed unfortunately recalling her time in the school. Her parents had put together the bits to get her into a nicer school than she normally would have. Trixie was a some what shy introvert at the time and she had been bullied relentlessly until she snapped and fought back. She was left alone for a few weeks after each outburst before the bullies started again, so Trixie stopped trying to hold back. It resulted in her getting beaten up more often than not and labeled a problem foal by the faculty. Eventually it had been too much and she refused to go any more. Her parents had pulled her out of school and returned to the road where they met bringing her along with them.
“We have read the notes on those and we wondered how Tia had not noticed the pattern before that point. Still the issue is not that you left, but that you were admitted to begin with. We have read the transcript of your entrance exam. T.. you managed to convince all three judges, highly trained mages in fact, for a full ten minuets that you had successfully hatched the dragon egg, before the strain of the illusion became too much for you?”
“Trixie recalls that. She thought it was just a painted rock at first, one of those classic stories of 'How will you handle an impossible task'. When Trixie saw it though she knew it was a real dragon egg. She had seen a few when she was younger when she visited her great grandfather with her grandmother.”
“Beatrix Lulumoon was your Grandmother, you were named after her? A Kirin Nox Cal?” Luna asked.
“She wasn't a Nox Cal, her father, Trixie's great grandfather, was... or maybe still is a dragon. Trixie hasn't had much contact with that side of the family after Trixie's grandmother passed.”
“We see, continue.”
“Well when Trixie saw it was a dragon egg we knew how to hatch it , but Trixie didn't think Trixie had the power to mimic a mother dragons breath weapon, nor a suitable volcano nearby so Trixie decided to focus on what she knew she was good at. Illusions. Trixie recalled seeing some of her distant cousins hatch when she was little so Trixie poured on the power, and mimicked that. The image we used was of Trixie's cousin Feldspar hatching.”Trixie sighed. “Trixie remembers his scales being the same color as her fur and thought he was cute. At least until he tried to eat Trixie.”
“The report stated that you managed not only to fool the observers sight and hearing, but their noses and hooves when they touched the illusionary dragon as well. One of them reported they could taste the brimstone of the egg hatching in the air.”
“Trixie does not recall all that.”
“Trixie, thee managed an illusion that fooled six senses of unicorns trained to know if they were being fooled with magic.”Luna offered. “We have seen some of your shows Trixie, we have not seen anything like what was in these reports.....”
“Oh well perhaps it was a surge. Trixie got a few of those as a foal....”
“.... until you sought Rahs in Ponyville. Several of your illusions of Rahs and his other suitors were fully fleshed out like that with sound, smell, touch, and magic sensitivity. We feel that if your theatrics hadn't drawn them to you in the town hall Saturnia and Jynx might not have been able to find you. You had two colts pulling a slab of stone that didn't exist that Rahs, a magic eater, was sitting atop of eating illusionary grapes.”
“Trixie made the grapes to keep him occupied until she got rid of the other two, Trixie had no idea where he ran off to with the bowl until he was pulled up by the colts.”
“Trixie you fooled reality into making a object that could be used as a solid object. Certainly it was a basic block but that is still incredible.” Luna added.
“Trixie only managed that with the amulet, nothing was real, not even the shield.”
“We disagree. The amulet might have opened up unused pathways of mana, but it does not give you more than you can tap into.” Luna offered.
Trixie considered that a moment before sighing.
“Trixie believes you are mistaken Princess. Trixie is just a show mare with a odd crush..”
“Trixie we have spoke with our sister and examined the records of those who were in that years class. Moon Dancer created a low power shield that repels and hides from gods. It can hide an entire city block from all senses. Minuette made a number of time spells, one of which White showed up to intervene with before taking the scroll she wrote the formula down on, he then told her that if she came up with any more to please keep them to herself as he didn't want to have go back in time to force her father to wear a condom. Lyra regularly plays to a sold out crowd of enraptured listeners and if her mare friend is to be believed she has some sort of precognitive ability. Twinkle Shine is responsible for six new cures for previously incurable sicknesses, the mare has discovered how to give sight back to ponies who have lost their eyes with a topical cream that allows them to 'see' through their skin. Lemon Hearts has managed to create a recipe for a simple flat bread that a piece the smaller than your hoof can feed a stallion for a week, and it tastes divine. Twilight is well... you know Twilight.”Luna considered. “In the end no pony who was in the same class as Twilight and her brothers is in any way 'normal' or 'just' an anything.”
“Trixie was never in Twilight's class. Trixie dropped out...”Trixie protested.
“And? You were going to be and that seems to be what mattered. All of the ponies of that year are beyond extraordinary even if what they chose to do with their lives winds up ordinary.”Luna offered.” Moon Dancer is a researcher and teacher, Lyra lives in Ponyville well below her actual means as a musician just to help in her mare friends candy store. Minuette is a dentist, something she always wanted to be. Twinkle Shine is head researcher in her own pharmaceutical business. Twilight is a librarian. Lemon Hearts is the head cook of Canterlot Castle.... granted that was clearly going to happen the moment Tia tasted her angel food cake..... remind us to have her brew the Shoggoths milk if Pinkie ever gives us the recipe.” Luna considered.
“What?” Trixie questioned.
“Never mind. The point is just because you became a show mare does not mean you do not have a great deal of potential. The amulet simply showed you what you could do if you were properly trained.” Luna added smiling to herself that she had managed this long without falling back into anything other than the royal we. Honestly modern language with all the slang was still aggravating.
“Trixie is not sure where you are going with this.” Trixie added finally.
“Simple. We wish to train you as our apprentice as Tia has done with Twilight Sparkle.... only with much less chess mastering and pointless random tests.” Luna smiled.
Trixie stared a moment but shook her head. “We thank you for the offer Princess but.....”
“Need we remind you that the competitors for our grand pups heart are the child of a goddess and a Alpha of a pack of diamond dogs whose numbers seem to be growing considerably lately.” Luna added trying a different angle. “One would think thee would want every advantage thee can get.”
Trixie paused closing her mouth clearly reconsidering the offer.
“As Trixie said Princess, we thank you for the offer and the humble and thankful Trixie accepts.” Trixie added.
Luna smiled. She would win that bet with Cadence and Chrysalis yet.
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"The magic was inside you the whole time, Trixie!" Someone is going to regret this. ... 10 bits on Rahs!
Luna you don't need that drink. It is something that shouldn't exist in the first place
Been awhile since i've seen a Luna and Trixie apprenticeship setup. Nice.
Cadence, Luna, and Chrysalis are all rich, so what are they betting? Also thank you Slang today sucks, "It's goochy" "thats lit fam" what is that crap.
9872236
no instead sneak it into Tia's tea.
9872261
I'm betting it's something along the lines of "Loser has to wear a gaudy fake beard during the next public event". Or something else with no real monetary value, just humor value for the winner.
SILVER LINING! SILVER LINING!
*Whimper*
They just have different priorities than most ever do, good for them! They are themselves!
Holy shit annoying a time traveller enough he threatens you with prophylactics is an achievement.
I, for one, support this interpretation of Trixie.
I don't understand why everypony want to ship my idoitic, drama-obsessed of a brother.
Fu fu fu, those threes still don't uncover my plan for Rahs.
9872330
Now now. Celestia stated early on that she was staying out of it.
hum Trixie studying under princess Luna this is going to be awesome.
What in the world is Lemon Hearts doing channeling LotR elves?
Twinkle Shine is interesting due to creating some kind of magical cream that creates photoreceptors on the fly, or possibly converts a region applied to. Reminds me of the Octopus.
Wonder how Minuette is going to factor in when dealing with the Glimmer Event.
And then there's still the looming events of Bacon Hair and the Sirens.
A bit of concern about the Diamond Dog population sounding like it is getting a boost, if only due to Forthe or whatever his name was gaining more influence.
And now to see how things start to go horribly wrong.
This makes sense for the in show Amulet, but less so for what we've been told about it in this story. The whole way the story is treating the Amulet feels off and disjointed, both treating it like it's the same insanely powerful, mind corrupting evil artifact as the show, but telling us it's just some minor little trinket that is more a plecebo then anything else. Now this....the whole thing just feels confusing about what the story wants to be going on with it. Especially since the added backstory about it is what makes it come off so odd, and that seems to be there for no purpose given all it does is confuse things and make this all feel so out of place. Without that tacked on bit about how this also was tied back into Solomon, things would make sense.
Well, for a time, how long till they get tired of waiting for his dense mind to deal with it and take steps?
That, plus Jynx still has a rather fresh object lesson in her mind about what happens to Dogs who piss off Luna.
Wait, they are letting him out of his cell? In public? Or at least public/castle guest accessible locations? Even in this story, Equestria does not have a well planned out prison system it seems.
Yeah, we've been over this, that's a bit of common fanon I've never really liked. Not everything needs to all be connected neatly into small packages, it makes the world feel smaller. Plus Trixie's never been hinted at having any real talent beyond some illusions.
Given, you know, several centuries to have done so.
I'm guessing this is her cutting off a 'thee'? That, feels odd. Hell, I've used that as well at times, but doing so relies on the context. Here, everything is so informal and the only hint of otherwise is that cut off, it feels rather jarring as to why she'd be slipping into thees in the first place to have to catch herself.
Ehhh, again, she's never been hinted at to being at all this skilled or powerful. But,nothing said she wasn't either, so this is more a YMMV thing, that I'm just not a fan of.
How did you not guess he want to the most over-dramatic place he could? Drama Dog gotta Drama.
She was VERY motivated to find a way to do that.
Well.....okay then. So how would he react to Starlight's plan later on?
Or she's just the only pony bizarre enough to fully embrace the way nothing makes sense about reality when near Ponyville. Pinkie Pie doesn't count, as she's one of the sources of that issue.
Does it come wrapped in leaves as well?
So pants shittingly terrifying, that such a phrase works even for a species who never actually wear pants?
Tia has her priorities well in order.
How many top secret branches of the Guards exist just to ensure this never happens?
Soooooo....not really a fan of this. The whole Trixie being on par with Twilight thing has been so damn common and made so little sense before this in fanon, as has her ending up Luna's apprentice. It's pushing Trixie way higher then she was ever meant to be, or shown to be. And then, having this all just tie into pushing more romantic plot tangles, as well as adding another subplot to deal with.... yeah, not really feeling this bit much.
Also, the vast amount of illogical Luna uses "Everypony in that class did something awesome, you were meant to be in that class, therefore you must be able to do something awesome" makes no sense given she established no underlying reason why this was so. Correlation does not equal causation.
wait..and was the whole reason for nerfing the Amulet just to pull the "Trixie really is just the powerful" bit?
So simply put, Trixie has mastered the shadow subschool of Illusion, ones that are partly real.
Interesting that Sombra gets some fresh air time.
Twinkle Shine made some sort of synthesesia cream?
9872429
How to put this. TGaP amulet is a booster. It opens up mana pathways that are unused in most unicorns allowing them access to more power with which to cast. This can be seen as a boost in power to all but the highely trained.
Simply put if sweetiebelle put it on she'd be able to cast at the power level of show Twilight [ Though withthe same control as before so bad idea, don't give it to sweetiebelle. ]
But if it was given to TGaP Twilight she wouldn't notice any change as due to the Element and her own training her mana flow is already wide open.
Trixie has potential and skill, but she never trained like Twilight did. She's not super powerful at best she could hit show Twilight or Starlight levels.
The amulets are items that remove the limiters allowing the full potential of what some one can do to show.
Yes that was Sombra and there is a reason for that, to be brought up later.
Actualy it was something i brought up in one of the first five or six chapters. Trixie leaving the program was a major reason why Celestia rethought her school plan.
As to the question about the top secret branches. None. That i can speak of.
As for the Great and Powerful Trixie. She is not on Par with Twilight nor will she ever be. At best she will hit the level of Moon Dancer, and that's only a little above show Twilight[ Pre alicorn of course]
The main reason for this is something that comes up with Trixie later This whole bit is a Chekov's gun. I love throwing those around like a cheap FPS.
The training is also a reason to keep Trixie around a little longer in the area, but not under hoof.
As for the whole class being uber potent. There's a reason for that too.
9872461
yes
9872292
Not just 'a time traveler', but the local god of time. And it's been noted by Celestia that White likes to play mysterious. So...local god of time who prefers to not be direct shows up to give her a direct warning. Makes you wonder what she had managed.
When I was reading that section about Trixie making illusions spells so real they fool reality into thinking they are real I couldn’t help but be reminded of this story.
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/443465/trixies-feathering-in-the-moonlight
9872560
This is about right but i was more looking at this https://www.fimfiction.net/story/287761/theres-no-place-like-home
And it's sequel.
Still Trixie is not going to convince reality she should be an alicorn
9872587
You can’t tell me it wouldn’t be absolutely hilarious if she somehow did
9872587
Oh wait what if there was a episode Trixie made everyone think she was for the LOLs. Probably with discord’s help... what episode is the one where he is “redeemed” again?
9872590
Maybe , but no. I'm still on the fence if i plan to let Twilight hit the next level.
9872616
Oh is it because you’ve already made her OP as hell at the current moment and the next stage would be overkill... actually it would be funny if it turns out the Alicorn form accidentally nerfed her.
9872621
Well it sort of would. Gods have rules....
9872622
If I think I know this twilight she will find the loopholes... hey wait a second will this massive power boost go through the link the twilight siblings have? Also enhancing Rahs, Spike, and Possibly shining armor?
9872516
... She created a Time Compression spell didn't she? I can't blame White for making sure no one has to try and unravel something as convoluted and confusing as Final Fantasy VIII's final disc's plot.
9872504
Yes, and even then it felt massively implausible for things to be as universally crappy for her students as the story made it seem, and yet it took her centuries to notice. Trixie couldn't have been the first filly to ever drop out if things were that bad.
Also, go for Alicorn, way more fun and story threads that can be pulled from that then her staying a unicorn.
That Shoggoth's milk reminds me a bit of the coffee Garfield drinks every morning in his comics lol that stuff is so strong when he spills it it eats a hole to the center of the earth XD
9872622
Unless she becomes goddess of magic
9872266
You want Daybreaker? That's how we get Daybreaker...
9872782
Daybreaker but she’s on a perpetual caffeine high. Now that’s a story I would read.
9872782
Naw, I was thinking of the sun popping and discord asking mr.popo to fix it again.
9872754
she will most likely become the goddess of books/knowledge. that or she be sane and say to everyone when she offer godhood "yea no thank you" and past buck to somepony else.
Not related with the chapter, I just remember the end season of 'Princess Twilight' and imagine 'Princess Rahs' with a couple of pink wings like Discord costume
9872656
around 10 near the same age as Twilight was.
It is most certainly gonna be a tie.
9873373
You mean glorious mess
9873552
Well, that depends entirely on the perspective. I'd say I have to agree though.
9873259
Huh?
9873846
trixie dropped out at about 9 or 10 not long before Twilight had her 10th birthday party. I'm still debating if she's younger than Twilight or about the same age.
9872622
It would make sense that the Universe makes her into god to have at least some control over her. Or as a punishment.
She would completely ignore her wings and go back reading books, and she would not tolerate any kind of coronation or extra responsibility.
That, and the hilarity of the package upgrade that the rest of the Sparkle Siblings would get as well, considering their link.
Chryssi: "Well, studly there is now immortal. So much for my plan of waiting him out. Then again," *chuckles*
9875707
Spike is already immortal due to his real mom.
If Twi hits alicornness it will only hit Rahs throught he link..maybe.
9875780
Was meaning more on Shiny, considering how much of a boost he got from Cady when she boosted Rahs, as well as the Poison Joke incidents.
9875914
In that mind set rahs would have to be the one to accend. And even that likly wouldnt be more than a powerboost for the others. Twi accending would only hit rahs.
Still need to rewatch the episode
I'm not the only one that sees the issue here, right?
10120732
Well, she did say much less...not nonexistent. XD
Fooling reality, Discord must be trilled! Trixie the future goddess of Illusion and misdirection?
Wonder if Trixie could fool reality long enough to give Jinx and the Ling a litter so she can enjoy the original