Trixie was not enjoying her time in this forest. It was bad enough that Twilight Sparkle had embarrassed her in front of the entire town of Ponyville, but now she had to live in her trailer in the middle of the Everfree Forest. Not that she had any other choice: it was the only place where she could study about magic in peace. The showmare was determined to show that Twilight just what she could do!
At least, that was her plan. In practice, it added up to her having to scavenge out for food half the time, and hiding in her trailer while various creatures skulked outside (But she wasn't scared. Only... conservative about her interactions with the animal populations). There was hardly any time to learn new spells, but she stayed anyway, determined to be successful. After all, there was little else to do out here; she knew she was completely isolated.
So imagine her surprise when, after a rather lengthy trip for some food, she happened to see a badly injured stallion limping nearby. He spotted Trixie, and hobbled over.
Despite his injuries, he spoke rather calmly. "Hey, y- you're that Trixie pony, right? I'm a big fan."
Trixie was caught off guard by this stallion's sudden appearance, and his apparent ignorance for his injuries, yet the mention of him being a fan of hers filled her with pride. "Yes, that is me. What are you doing out here?"
"Th- That's not important." The unknown stallion winced and took a few deep breaths. "What I mean to say, is, would you kindly help me out with this?"
This was... unusual. A random stallion just happened to wander up to her home in the forest, and was asking for medical attention. True, it seemed like he needed it, but she couldn't help but feel that something was... off about him. Ignoring her suspicions, she answered. "Yes, anything for a fan of the Great and Powerful Trixie!" She led him inside her trailer, where she immediately began searching through her assorted spell books for something that would help. She didn't have any first-aid supplies, due to her short-sighted mindset that she wouldn't need any, so she hoped to find a spell that would prove useful.
Eventually, she flipped to what she hoped would work in the situation. "Alright, now stand still, and let Trixie try this," she instructed the stallion. He obliged as her horn lit up with magic. After taking time to concentrate her energy into the spell, a blue beam shot out of her horn, going into the injured stallion. At first, he was confused, but confusion gave way to relief as his multiple bruises and cuts began to disappear, as if they never existed in the first place. Once he was fully healed, the beam separated from the stallion and retracted back into Trixie's horn. Once it had completely dissipated, she collapsed slightly from exhaustion.
"Thank you so much, Trixie!" the stallion proclaims while shaking his fore legs around, as if to make sure they still worked. Before the showmare could respond, he bounded out the door.
"H- Hey! Wait!" She started to give chase, but stopped to put her spell book back in its rightful place. Once that was done, she ran outside. She expected to find the stallion galloping away, but instead she found him balanced on his hind legs, leaning back on her trailer. A cigarette was in his mouth, somehow lit despite the lack of ways to ignite it.
"...What are you still doing here?" a flabbergasted Trixie asked.
The stallion took the cigarette into his hoof before answering. "There was just one more thing I wanted to say to you, Trixie." Placing the cigarette back to his mouth, he inhaled a long drag before he let the smoke out in one smooth breath. At the same time, a cloud of reddish smoke enveloped him, shocking Trixie into silence. When the smoke clears, a bipedal, suited, masked figure wearing a white fedora stood in the stallion's place, still holding the cigarette. In a new, heavily-accented voice, he speaks:
"Thank you for being such a dear friend."
With that, the mysterious figure flicks his cigarette away and walked away. As Trixie watches, paralyzed from shock, he walks a few feet away before disappearing from sight completely. She stands there in silence for another minute, before she went back into her trailer, muttering, "That's the last time I eat those mushrooms..."
"Alright, hard-hat, whaddya got that's so damn important, and why did Pyro need to come in?"
"Simple. A machine that can translate what Pyro says."
"Mmph?"
"Yeah, Pyro. Now we can finally understand what the hell you're sayin'."
"Okay, I gotta admit, that's pretty cool, if it works."
"Oh, I'm pretty sure it will. Now just stand here, Pyro, let me plug this in... put this here... insert these wires into the port... There we go! Now, Pyro: say something."
"Mphmph."
"Hello."
"It works! Holy crap, we can understand that mumbling freak now! Err, no offense."
"Mmph mmphmph."
"None taken."
"How'd ya do that anyway, hard-hat?"
"Oh, I just took the voice boxes out of some of them robots, and worked some of my magic on them all, and threw this together. It's not entirely finished, though; I still have to make a version that is portable, and all."
"Still, I guess it's as good a place t' start as any. Now, Pyro?"
"Mphmph?"
"Yes?"
"I've been dyin' to ask you, and sorry if I offend, but... are you a chick? Ohgodpleasedon'tsetmeonfire."
"...Mmph, mmph mph mrmph mph mmmphmmmph mmmph, mph mrph mmphmph mph mmmph mph!"
"No."
"...oh."
"Well, that was... anticlimactic."
Yes, I made the Pyro not a woman. WHAT OF IT
In my headcanon, Pyro is a British man. Because Killing Floor is a fun game.
1394321 Pyro is not an englishan! he's asian. that's the one of the two missing stereotype in the game :P
That or indian >:P
Aww, but PyroXSpy is my OTP. Oh well, the can always be gay....
I'm being sarcastic in case anyone can't tell.
Trixie eating Mushrooms.... Where have I heard of it before? And Great chapter and I also believed Pyro to be a man.
Ooh, Medibeam spell!
Medic...
Keep it going!
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FLESHPUND!
this is fun, i like this
I'm glad I found this. Good story! Well done!
1394340 What about Spanish or Mexican?
1394906 Now that's using your noggin :D
1394910 Yeah >:( all we get nowday's is Chowder, and ben 10
I miss Ed Edd n Eddy
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the civilian was spanish/mexican
1394933 The Pyro has More Mexican hats than any of the other Classes
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im talking about tfc
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Mmm, Yes
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Fun fact: I was originally going to link to just that, but I didn't due to a combination of not finding one that wasn't either garbage quality or the full song (I just wanted the opening riffs), and because my friend is the worst at finding things.
1394321 Good story but this was total....
BLASPHEMY!
BURN THE HERETIC! SALT THE WOUNDS! GIVE IT PAIN!
yours truly... NecromancerX69
ps...
I don't know who you are but I will find you and I will swallow your face and chew your soul... good day.
Oh my, there's nothing wrong with short chapters, but... You may want to head back to the supply cabinet rather than bleeding your dispenser dry.
This is written well, and you have maintained quality (if not length) throughout, which suggests you might need to slow down your publishing rate a bit. We won't mind!
Right, guys?
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Well, if I don't get chapters out every week, I am a sad panda.
And this dispenser ain't runnin' dry. Because... it's a dispenser. They never run dry.
What if pyro is both genders....? Not in the story I mean....
Nice story, but you seem to have severe issues with tense. Stories are traditionally written in past tense. You seem to mix past and present tense freely with a bias towards present. Pick one, preferably past tense.
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I think he's from Central America.
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YUS!
Pyro is the best class. Ever. period. NO COMEBACK REQUIRED.
Great chapter, by the way.
Two things I hated about this chapter:
1) too short
2) you made trixie look like an actual nice pony (which totally doesn't fit her in-show character), and more than a glorified illusionist.
I loved it tho!
also, what theRedBrony said!
This headcanon of pyro is now a part of my headcanon.
HERESY!!! EVERYONE knows Pyro is a chick!
My personal view is that the pyro is a british robot built in mexico.
1394321 I've always imagined him as Hispanic. Hot Tomales!
Oh, cool, a Pyro-translator machine.
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Pyro's a robot powered by blood. 'Nuff said.
1394912 *SMACK* NOW THAT'S USIN' YOUR DIPSTICK!
Oh, thank God!
When I saw you were having Spy interact with Trixie, something I once saw on Youtube that I will not speak of came to mind.
1394351 lol spyro
(More) TF2 lore: The woman who shouts at the mercs while they fight is known as Helen, the administrator. The voice actress for her is Ellen Mclain, the voice of GLaDOS in the Portal series.
"I've been dyin' to ask you, and sorry if I offend, but... are you a chick? Ohgodpleasedon'tsetmeonfire."
"...Mmph, mmph mph mrmph mph mmmphmmmph mmmph, mph mrph mmphmph mph mmmph mph!"
"No."
"...oh."
"Well, that was... anticlimactic."
Trixie as Medic? This goes well with my headcanon.
1394351 science proved his gayness
1394351 You mean like Spyro the purple fire breathing dragon?
1394321 Waking Nightmares I liked how Knight did it, and as much as people will argue one way or another, and others try using shiency words on it, I like the thought of the game not being a complete sausage-fest. That being said, I am a big proponent of multi-verse theory. Therefore, I have no issue with stories saying one way or another. Oh, and I haven't stopped smiling since I started reading.
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Agreed.
(A fellow Waking Nightmares Fan! :D )
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Yeah, why not?