Wool of Magic

by Zeprto678

Trix Up Their Sleeve

More than a week has passed by since the Gilda incident.

“That’s another gift you’ve gotten from your secret admirer,” commented Gentle Hope.

The psychiatrist pony was currently with Melon as the two were trotting around through the town. It seems that for more than a week, the melon pony has been receiving anonymous love letters and gifts every day.

“Yeah. This time it’s a melon-based plush toy of a ladybug,” Melon informed. “It’s a great gift and all, but it all came with a poem as well.”

She was impressed. “Wow. They sent you a poem too,” said Gentle Hope. “This pony must really like you to do that.”

The melon pony blushed. “Yeah. This time it talked about my beauty,” said Melon. She was okay with the attention, but the melon pony really wanted to know who her secret admirer was since she couldn’t take much more. If she kept blushing even more, she’d be redder than an apple. “How are you feeling, Gentle Hope? Are you feeling alright after getting all that stuff off your chest?”

The melon pony was talking about how yesterday, while the group was hanging out during a picnic, the subject of ‘parents’ had come up, and then everyone started talking about their parents: Solight only talked about their grandfather, Melon talked about her parents, Banana Pie’s was unknown since he only said ‘Banan’ as usual, Cinna was being mysterious and would boop anyone on the nose if they tried to ask, Jasper doesn’t know who his parents are and was adopted, and when it was the psychiatrist pony’s turn, Gentle Hope had told her friends all about her parents’ deaths. It ended up turning into a group hug.

The psychiatrist pony nodded, smiling. “Yeah. I’m glad I told you all about it,” she answered. Just like when Gentle Hope talked it over with her clone from the test, it felt really therapeutic to the psychiatrist pony to talk about it with her friends. “It feels like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders.”

Melon smiled. “That’s great to hear,” said the melon pony.

Suddenly, there was the sound of loud popping that caught the two’s attention, so they looked up in the air to see fireworks going off. Not only that, but there were also some excited ponies galloping past them, heading in the direction of said fireworks.

“There must be a circus in town,” remarked Melon.

The psychiatrist pony looked excited. “You want to go check it out?” asked Gentle Hope.

She shrugged. “Sure. Might as well as have some fun,” said the melon pony.

The two then headed in the direction where all of the ponies were heading off to until they eventually made it to where there was a crowd of ponies. Luckily, the two mares were close enough to see what was going on as up on stage was some blue mare wearing a magician’s hat and cape, and even had a Cutie Mark of a blue crescent moon with a magic wand through it.

“Welcome to the Great and Powerful Trixie’s Magic Show! Today, the Great and Powerful Trixie shall show off her magic that has made her be known as the ‘strongest unicorn in all of Equestria’,” announced the magician mare.

There were ponies who were interested, while others knew that Trixie was only boasting in order to make herself look good in front of the audience. It seems that the two colts, Snips and Snails, believed in the magician mare’s boasting.

Melon wasn’t impressed. “Huh, it looks like I was right. The circus is in town,” she said. “We even have a clown performing on stage.”

The psychiatrist pony was surprised, and then she looked at the melon pony with an unamused look. “Melon! That’s not a nice thing to say about somepony,” she admonished.

While they weren’t paying attention to the show, Applejack had gone up the stage, not impressed by Trixie’s boasting and decided to show the magician mare up.

The melon pony raised an eyebrow. “What? It’s one thing to be boastful, but it’s another to make claims about being ‘stronger than every other unicorn,” she argued. “How would you like it if somepony said that they were the best psychologist in the world while looking down on you and every other psychologist you know?”

Gentle Hope thought about it. “Well, I don’t think I’d like that in the least. However, it’s not very nice to call her a clown,” said the psychiatrist pony.

Melon would’ve said more, but then she was interrupted.

“Banan,” said a familiar voice.

The two mares turned to see that the voice belonged to Banana Pie, along with him was Solight and Spike. After the apple pony had her trick used against her by Trixie, it was Rainbow Dash’s turn.

Solight was confused. “Hey, you two. What seems to be the problem?” they asked.

“It’s this Trixie mare. She seems to be boasting about her magic capabilities,” complained the melon pony. “Not only that, but she embarrassed our friends as well in front of everypony.”

The alicorn looked up at the stage with a neutral expression. “Hmm…I see,” said Solight. The alicorn then started to levitate the young dragon into the air with their magic, surprising him. “Well, me and Spike only came here to see what was going on. We’re really busy today as we have to meet up with Jasper right now and chat with him over some snacks.”

“Well, when you see Jasper, tell him that he needs to take a break from working too much. He almost fell asleep during the picnic,” advised Gentle Hope.

Solight nodded before placing Spike on their back. “Sure thing, Gentle Hope. I’ll see you all later,” said the alicorn. “Bye.”

Before the young dragon could say anything, Solight had teleported the two of them away. The alicorn and Spike had reappeared in front of the library.

Spike was confused. “What was that about, Solight?” asked the young dragon.

He couldn’t see the grin on Solight’s face as they trotted into the library.

“Oh. Nothing,” lied the alicorn. They used their magic to levitate the young dragon onto the floor. Solight looked at Spike with a grin. “Hey, Spike. Why don’t you go over to the couch and wake Jasper up while I go to the kitchen and make us all some tea? There will be some extra gems in it for you if you do.”

Jasper had visited earlier and had fallen asleep on the library’s couch, sleeping for a while. The young dragon’s eyes sparkled as Spike heard that he would be getting extra gems as a snack.

“I’ll go wake him up right now,” said the young dragon, excited.

Spike dashed off towards the living room. With him distracted, the alicorn’s grin then turned into that of mischief.

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Meanwhile

After the rainbow pony had just gotten shown up by the magician mare, and Rarity had just showed off her style in front of everypony, it was now Trixie’s turn, but the magician mare didn’t notice something was heading right for her as Trixie was distracted.

SPLAT!!!

All the ponies gasped as the magician mare’s face was impacted by a whole pie, splattering her face and mane with a mess of food.

Trixie wiped the pie from her eyes. “Augh! Who did that?!” shouted the magician mare, angry. “How dare you do this to the Great and Powerful Trixie!”

Everypony looked around, but nopony stepped forward.

Melon frowned. “What a waste of food,” she said.

As for the psychiatrist pony, she pushed through the crowds until Gentle Hope got up on stage.

She approached Trixie. “Are you okay? Let me help you,” offered the psychiatrist pony.

The magician mare rebuked Gentle Hope’s offer. “The Great and Powerful Trixie doesn’t need anypony’s help. I’m going back to my wagon,” said Trixie.

She left in a huff, while the psychiatrist pony watched the magician mare, concerned, but also angry that anypony would throw a pie at another pony like that. What nopony noticed was that Solight was flying in the air, out of sight, grinning. After all, the one who threw that pie was them, and the pie that the alicorn threw was one of the ones that the sheep brought over to the library.

“Better get back to the library before Spike notices that I’m gone,” thought Solight.

They then teleported away.

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Few Hours Later

SNOOOOOOOOOOORE!!!

Over on Solight’s couch, Jasper was snoring away as he was sleeping, again. The sheep had come over to Ponyville to visit his friends again as part of a break Jasper started yesterday after finally finishing the first part of a big commission that he had received from a time pony mare calling herself ‘Galloping Galaxy’.

THUD! THUD! THUD! THUD!

The sheep woke up, startled. “Baaaaaaa!” shouted Jasper, bleating. He looked around. “Huh? What was that?”

THUD! THUD! THUD! THUD!

Jasper got up from the couch and headed for the library door, groaning, recognizing the noise, and even knew that it was coming from the town.

The sheep walked outside and flew off towards the source. “Someone must’ve been idiotic enough to mess with one. Better go and help everyone,” he said.

Jasper was able to arrive soon enough but was surprised to see that Solight was taking care of it by themself as the alicorn was levitating a sleeping Ursa Minor out of the town and into the forest. Once Solight was done, the sheep landed next to them.

“Wow. You really took care of that Ursa Minor all by yourself, Solight,” commented Japer, impressed.

They smiled. “Thanks, and glad to see that you’re completely awake this time,,” said Solight.

Trixie had to interrupt the two’s conversation. “Hold on. That was an Ursa Minor?!” she questioned, flabbergasted.

He nodded. “Yeah. An Ursa Major is way bigger than that,” answered the sheep. Jasper knows because he had met both creatures back then. In fact, the sheep’s cloak has a bit of both Ursa Minor and Ursa Major fur mixed into it. “If one was woken up, it would’ve destroyed this entire town in the process. Well, probably part of it until the princesses arrive to try and stop it, but anyway, who’s the idiot that woke it up and brought it into town?”

Everypony glared at a certain pair of green and orange colts, both looking sheepish.

“Okay. Make that ‘idiots’,” thought Jasper.

“We just thought that the Great and Powerful Trixie could defeat an Ursa Major,” said the snail colt.

The scissors colt nodded. “Yeah! We didn’t know it was an Ursa Minor,” he agreed.

The sheep nodded. “I see. Well, I guess you two better explain that to your parents after all of this,” he informed. Jasper ignored the colts’ worried looks to look at the alicorn. “So, what about this ‘Trixie’ pony?”

“The Great and Powerful Trixie has nowhere to stay after her wagon was crushed by that Ursa Minor. Where is Trixie supposed to stay?” asked the magician mare.

Some of the ponies were silent, while others were going to say something, but then Solight said something first.

“Well, how about I pay for your stay at a hotel? You can stay there until your wagon is fixed up,” offered the alicorn.

That surprised everyone, including Trixie, except Solight’s friends as this wasn’t surprising to them at all.

Rainbow Dash flew up to the alicorn, surprised. “Wait. You’re willing to help her out?” she questioned. “After the trouble she brought to the town?”

They smiled. “Of course. Everypony should be given help when they need it,” answered Solight. “Besides, it wasn’t Trixie’s fault an Ursa Minor came into Ponyville, remember?”

The rainbow pony couldn’t argue with that, but still didn’t like it after the magician mare had embarrassed her in front of everyone.

The alicorn trotted over to Trixie. “Let’s go to the library first so that I can get some money,” said Solight.

The unicorn could only nod in response, still surprised by their generosity.

The alicorn looked at their group of friends. “Let’s hang out tomorrow. How’s that sound?” asked Solight.

Each of them had given their own confirmation since all five were free tomorrow. After saying goodbye to everyone, the alicorn, the young dragon, and Winter Frost, along with the magician mare, left.

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Few Minutes Later

The three were in Solight and Spike’s room while Trixie waited downstairs. After collecting the bag of bits, they heard a song, like someone was giggling.

The alicorn looked at the young dragon. “Was that you, Spike?” asked Solight.

Spike shook his head.

They were now on guard. “Winter Frost, sniff it out,” commanded Solight.

Hearing that, the Orthros started sniffing around the room until she arrived at the bed, waving their paw at it.

The alicorn trotted over to the bed. “Under the bed?” they asked, confused.

Solight looked under their bed, and saw a certain, smiling alicorn colt and filly.

“Surprise!” shouted Dawn and Dusk.

The alicorn was surprised, causing them to accidentally drop the bag of bits. “GAH!!!” shouted Solight.

They backed away from it as the two came up from underneath the bed. Solight and the young dragon were both surprised.

Spike hid behind the alicorn. “W-Who are you two?” he asked, scared.

“I’m Dusk-,” began the colt.

“-And I’m Dawn,” continued the filly. “We were sent here by Grandpa to stay with you in Ponyville for a few months.”

They were confused. “You two were sent by Grandpa? But I haven’t received a letter from him about this,” said Solight. “If I did, I would’ve expected you two by now.”

Suddenly, by some sort of weird coincidence, the young dragon burped up a scroll that contained Draco’s seal stamped on it, which was a dragon’s head.

“Grandpa said that he wanted you two to be surprised,” Dawn informed, smiling.

The alicorn floated the scroll over to them. “Well, I am certainly surprised now,” muttered Solight.

The scroll read as:

“To my dear foal,

These are your adopted siblings, Dawn and Dusk.

I want you and Spike to look after them for four months for me.

From, Draco.”

The alicorn looked up from their grandpa’s letter to see the two looking at Solight, excited.

They smiled. “Well, it’s nice to meet you two. How about Spike helps you two get settled in while I help some mare out with her living situation?” suggested Solight. “Knowing my grandpa, he’s probably laughing at me right now, knowing that I’m surprised from meeting these two face-to-face.”

The alicorn turned to leave but was stopped by Spike.

“Are you sure about this, Solight?” asked the young dragon, worried.

They gave him a reassuring smile. “Don’t worry, Spike. Grandpa must’ve sent them to stay over so we both and all of Ponyville can get to know them for a while,” said Solight. The alicorn levitated the bag of bits back into the air. They looked at Spike and Winter Frost. “Now, I have to leave as we don’t want to keep Trixie waiting for long. I’ll be back in a few minutes, you two. Look after Dawn and Dusk in the meantime.”

“Okay,” confirmed the young dragon, reluctant.

The Orthros only barked in confirmation.

“Bye,” said Dusk and the filly.

Solight left the room and trotted down the stairs, over to where the magician mare was.

“Sorry about that, I just needed to find enough bits for you to stay at the hotel. Follow me, I know the perfect hotel for you to stay at,” said the alicorn.

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Few Minutes Later

After taking Trixie to the hotel and paying for her stay there for three to four weeks, Solight made it back to the library. The alicorn walked into the library to see their siblings playing with Winter Frost while Spike was watching. The four all stopped what they were doing as they heard Solight trot inside.

“So, how did it go?” asked the young dragon.

The alicorn smiled. “It went great. I was able to get Trixie a room there,” they answered. “She was so happy, she kissed me.” Solight looked concerned. “Though, I think she was sick.”

Spike was confused. “What makes you say that?” he asked.

“Her face was red after she kissed me,” answered the alicorn.

The young dragon didn’t know whether to feel bad for Solight’s ignorance or to tell them. So, he opted for the third option, which was laughing at the alicorn.

That confused them. “Spike, what are you laughing at?” asked Solight.

“Y-you apparently,” answered Spike, laughing.

That only made the alicorn more confused, but also self-conscious too.

“Well, stop it. There’s nothing funny about me,” they said.

That didn’t make him stop laughing. As for Solight, the alicorn only grumbled while closing the door behind them.

Author's Note:

I wonder who's been sending the gifts and love letters to Melon? Also, no guessing, please. I'll reveal who it is later.

It's no lie. Jasper was adopted and he never even knew his own biological parents. He grew up as part of an adopted family.

Dawn and Dusk will be in Ponyville for four months, so everyone better watch out. 😀

Poor Solight. Doesn't notice when a mare has a crush on them.

The Psychopath proofread this chapter.

Comments are welcome.

Taking a break from this story so that I can work on my other ones. I should be back to it after I update all of my other stories.