The Gift of Time

by Shadow Dragon

A Grate and Powerful Friendship

Author's Note:

Sorry about to last Chapter, I know it was pretty bad, but I was just so excited to get to this one because Trixie if my favorite character, even more so than the main cast
I also apologize because I’m skipping Zecora’s chapter, I have nothing against her, she’s a great character, but I am absolutely terrible at coming up with rhymes, that’s why the story will unfortunately not have any songs in it, because I don’t just want to copy and paste from the original, and for that I apologize. I hope you enjoy the chapter as much as I enjoyed making it

After bidding fair well to her new friend Gilda Twilight was also able to help give Zecora a proper introduction to the town by greeting her as if she were an old friend which technically she was, and then having her meet with the ponies in town to dispatch all the rumors about her, Twilight even was able to prevent herself and her friends from getting caught up in the poison joke, Twilight just know that the flowers idea of a joke would be to reveal her wings so she did everything in her power to avoid them, today would have another change to what originally happened in the timeline, her future frenemy, Trixie Lulamoon of as she liked to be called, the great and powerful Trixie would soon be arriving in ponyvill, this gave Twilight the opportunity to actually befriend her, she’d always wanted to but never could mostly because she didn’t think Trixie could understand the basics of Friendship, now Twilight knew Trixie was a great and loyal friend, future Rainbow Dash even once said that Trixie might’ve been able to weald the element of Loyalty, but she made sure to put emphasis on the might part

The day was fairly normal, she pretended to just learn her 25th spell to temporarily give spike a mustache and then Spike gave a pep talk about the fact that she was probably the most magical unicorn ever to which Twilight bluntly stated “Nope, I’m not the most powerful Unicorn.” She couldn’t be the most powerful Unicorn if she were and Alicorn pretending to be a Unicorn

Spike tried to convince twilight otherwise until finally Snips and Snails old them about the new unicorn in town and Twilight smiled at the chance to see Trixie again.

Finally they came to the stage show to see a blue unicorn, with has silvery-blue hair and wand and fairy dust cutie mark and purple eyes, and unlike most ponies she was actually wearing clothes it the form of a Purple sorcerer’s hat with blue and yellow stars, she also wore a simmer looking cape, this was Twilight Sparkle’s long time Frenemy, Trixie Lullamoon

Suddenly without warning Twilight teleported on stage and stated “Trixie, I missed you.” She then proceeded to give the confused unicorn a hug

Trixie asked “Um dose the great and powerful Trixie know you?”

Twilight backed away, she’d been peppered to answer this question and stated “Trixie, it’s me, Twilight Sparkle, we used to have classes together and Clelestia’s school for gifted Unicorns, but when you realized your special talent was illusion magic you left to become a show pony.”

That story was actually the truth but Twilight just never noticed, it was thanks to one of her future friends, Starlight Glimmer creating a spell that could allow one to relive past memories that she learned this, Twilight occasionally used the spell to relive her memories with her old friends but it just wasn’t the same as actually being with them.

Trixie stared wide eyed and asked “Twilight Sparkle, as in Princess Celesta’s personal prodigy?” Twilight nearly throw up in her mouth at that and simply stated yes

Trixie stated “Oh Trixie remember now, you were the one that never asked for help on anything because you were the greatest and most powerful student that school or really any school had ever seen, and arguably smarter than almost all the teachers.”

Twilight slightly blushed at Trixie praising her, it may not have sounded like it but this was one of the ways Trixie would praise ones accomplishments

Twilight then asked “Hay, do you want to do the show together?” She then smiled and lied “I don’t know any illusion Magic yet so this would be a good opportunity to learn.”

Trixie agreed and the two together put on the greatest show of magic anypony had ever seen, Twilight made absolute sure to stick to the spells that Spike knew that Twilight knew, adding in a few illusion spells after “learning them”.

By the end of the show Twilight and Trixie were actually friends, Trixie saw Twilight as a good friend and Twilight already knew Trixie was a great one, during the show Twilight’s friends did challenge Trixie because she said that the two of them were the most powerful Unicorn’s in all of equestria, they thought she was boasting but it was all part of the show, for fun, but first Applejack showed off her lasso skills which instead of Trixie humiliating her Twilight instead copied every move and used Applejacks lasso as well and she herself did, without even using magic which left Applejack stunned but also impressed by her friend’s skill, then rainbow dash tried using her speed to show off, this time Trixie dealt with it by using the Rainbow she created against her, finally was Rarity who created a gorgeous dress but then Twilight was able to create an illusion of one of her future Princess dresses to show off, and making sure the wing holes in the dress were covered, it may have been technically cheating to use Rarity’s own style against her, but they were rudely interrupting Trixie’s show first so she figured it was justified in that since, Twilight even invited Trixie to come to the library, where Pinkie Pie was waiting for them

Pinkie Pie said “Oh hay Twilight, little Moony-woony is playing with her toys, also who’s that with you?”

Twilight stated “Thanks for babysitting Pinkie, I know Moonlight can be a bit of a hovefull.”

Pinkie smiled and stated “It was my pleasure, See you later Twilight, see ya Trixie.”

Trixie asked “How do you know my name? You were just asking who I was a few seconds ago.”

Twilight mentality stated ‘It’s Pinkie Pie, don’t question it.’ And out loud asking “Pinkie are you Psychic?” It was a legitimate question that Twilight had always wondered about but never asked

Pinkie stated “Of course not silly!”

Pinkie left leaving Trixie baffled, she looked back at Twilight who could only shrug in confusion, she’d only tried once to understand Pinkie Pie, never again.

When the two were alone Trixie glared at Twilight and asked “Okay what’s going on? You may have all of them folded, but I know an illusion spell when I see one so start talking!”

Twilight not at all expecting this tried the only thing she could, play dumb so she proceeded to ask “What illusion spell? I’m just Twilight Sparkle.”

Trixie simply glared at her with a knowing look

Twilight syed not wanting to do this, she knew their was no way out of it, she charged up her horn, their was a bright flash of light and Trixie looked at Twilight confused

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After a minute Trixie finally asked “Sorry what were we talking about?”

The spell was the memory block spell and Twilight also made a few improvements to her illusion, she mixed a curtain spell into it, the spell in question made it so that no pony would notice something unless they were actively looking for it, another one of her future friends, Sunset Shimmer had taught her this spell, it was how the unicorn was able to sneak around so well without getting caught, so by mixing this spell into her illusion she effectively made it impossible for anypony to notice there was an illusion unless they already knew that they were there, and even if they didn’t that was what the memory block spell was for, no pony would ever notice her wings until she was ready, she made sure of it, off all future changing events, her having wings was gonna be one she wouldn’t let slip through the cracks, making more friends even though she’s supposed to be an introvert? Fine. Taking care of Moonlight even though she shouldn’t even exists? Also fine. Ignore Pinkie Pie’s randomness even though the old Twilight would’ve definitely questioned how she can do all that stuff? Oh most definitely. But one thing, even if it’s the only thing, in the mind she could not and would not risk was her secret Alicorn status to be known too early.

Twilight answered “You were asking me about Pinkie Pie and I told you It’s Pinkie Pie, don’t question it.” Techocely that was mostly the truth

Trixie accepted this answer not realizing anything was wrong, suddenly their was a banging on her door, Twilight opened it to find Spike

Twilight mentality groaned once she heard the massive growl, not even listening to Spike’s explication, she honestly thought that she’d prevented this particular disaster when she befriended Trixie, putting on a serious expression Twilight yelled “Trixie!” Trixie ran to Twilight’s side and Twilight explained “Somepony brought an Ursa to town because they wanted to see you defeat one in pony, so I think I have an idea, how about the two of us work together to easily take it out? You already took one out before and with the two of us working together we can take on anything, dare I say, we could even take on Princess Celesta if we really wanted to.” Twilight knew her words were based only on a lie that Trixie had told, but Twilight was also confident in the ability’s that Trixie did have, it also helped that it was only an Ursa Minor and not an Ursa Major.

Trixie gulped and put of a smile that Twilight could already tell was forced as the illusionist strutted “L-let’s do this.”

The two rushed into town and when Twilight saw the Ursa Minor she nearly cooed because she almost found the giant cute, but composed herself and started “We’re in luck, that’s not an Ursa Major, it’s only an Ursa Minor, aka a baby, all we need to do is to get the little one back to sleep and back to its mother.”

Trixie gasped “That’s a baby?!”

Twilight replied “But of course you would know this, seeing as you vanquished an Ursa Major, this must seem like nothing in comparison, would you mind if I took care of things? The original plan was for me to distract it to give you the chance to do what you needed to do, but now that we know it’s only a baby would you be okay with switching those rolls?”

Trixie nodded her head in agreement almost too quickly

So the Two went to work, Trixie distracted the Ursa Minor with a few of the stage tricks as that was really all she could do which gave Twilight time to prepare, she played a melody from her horn, the melody was the toon of one of the lullabies Fluttershy sang to her animals, it was far more effective than the original one she did with the flowers, the Ursa immediately calmed down and nearly fell over onto a civilian if Twilight hadn’t caught the giant bear in her magic as it fell asleep, floating the Ursa to the cave was definitely the easiest part this time around
Ponyvill cheered for Twilight for easily handing that situation

Twilight then proceeded to lie “Well I couldn’t have done it without Trixie here, she played a kea roll.” Twilight looked over and could see a guilty look in Trixie’s eyes as she was then praised

They did have much time to think as Pinkie Pulled them into a ‘Welcoming to Ponyville/Congratulations on saving Ponyville’ party, the party was pretty great, they had Peanut Butter Crackers, Trixie’s favorite, and Vanilla Ice Cream, Twilight’s favorite, or used to be her favorite, but she didn’t have the heart to correct the Pink Party Pony, and their was plenty of fun to be had all around.

Later at Twilight’s library as Twilight and Trixie entered to find Spike comforting Moonlight who was frightened by the Ursa attack

Trixie asked “Um, Twilight, can I talk to you about something in private?”

Twilight lead Trixie up to her room and shut to door to give them some privacy, Twilight wasn’t completely sure what Trixie would say, but she had a good guess

Trixie stared at Twilight for a minute before starting “Trixie has never seen an Ursa Major before.”

Twilight faked a gasp of surprise and Trixie continued “Trixie was lying when she said she defeated one, Trixie was so scared when she thought she would have to face one for real, when you offered to take over Trixie was very relieved, but when the town praised us, and when we got a party, Trixie is still wondering how that Pink one knew my favorite food was Peanut Butter Crackers-”

“It’s Pinkie Pie don’t question it” Twilight suddenly interrupted.

Trixie contented “Trixie would normally want nothing more than to bask in that kind of glory, but when you gave her credit for helping despite her not doing much, she couldn’t help but feel bad, I knew you could’ve dealt with that situation without her, I was felt useless, you are a great and powerful Pony. Me? I’m just Trixie.”

Twilight couldn’t help but noice that near the end Trixie wasn’t talking in third pony like she always did, she then replied “Its okay.”

Trixie slammed her hove on the floor and with tears in her eyes she yelled “It’s not okay! You could’ve gotten hurt if it really was a real Ursa Major, I-I, don’t want to loose the first real friend I have.”

Twilight said nothing, she only gave Trixie a reassuring hug as Trixie sobbed quietly, Twilight would reassure her friend later, for now, this is what Trixie needed

Comments

[Theresa]

I'm wondering how long she can keep this up until discord shows up or until Celestia sends that spell to her.

[Xalok]

Don't worry about the Zecora rhymes and Songs i Don't think many will hold it again you for jumping over that, That stuff is hard

[Starlight Nova]

Why is chapter four just called "Chapter 4"?

[Shadow Dragon]

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Because I couldn’t think of a good name for it, I asked if anyone could help me out but no one replied

[Frazikar]

Welp, the (alicorn) amulet is now out there for somepony else to find ...

[Pete100]

The lies just keep stacking up.