The Magic of Friendship
“That was a fantastic show, Twilight Sparkle,” Princess Celestia said as she approached her student, the delegates of Saddle Arabia following beside her. “Especially the fireworks display. As to be expected of my top student.”
Twilight bowed respectfully to her mentor, but shifted her eyes to her left. “Thank you, Princess. But I can’t take credit for those fireworks; they were done by another Unicorn.”
“Oh? Well, I would appreciate if you told this other Unicorn that we were rather impressed with her performance,” Celestia said, the delegates behind her nodding in agreement.
“Sure thing, Princess,” Twilight said rather hurriedly, shifting her eyes to her left once again.
“Is something the matter, Twilight?” Celestia asked. “You look like there is somewhere else you would rather be right now… Did you have plans?”
“Well, actually…” Twilight raised her head and shot a determined look towards her mentor. “If I may be excused, Princess… There’s something I fell I really have to do.”
Celestia nodded, and smiled down at her student. “Of course… I pray things go well.”
“Thank you, Princess.” Twilight Sparkle sped off down the streets of Ponyville, desperate not to make the same mistake she felt she had made last time.
Twilight ran for five minutes, before she finally found what she was looking for. Or rather, who she was looking for.
Trixie was lying under a tree, not too far from the entrance to Ponyville. And she was crying her eyes out, seemingly unaware of Twilight’s approaching presence.
“Trixie?” Twilight called out, placing a hoof on the former showmare’s shoulder.
“Ah!” Trixie yelped as she jumped up to her hooves, startled by the sudden appearance of another pony. When she that it was Twilight, she calmed down a bit, and tried to hide her tears by turning her face away. “Oh, it’s you…”
“What’s wrong? I said that I forgive you, and nopony blames you for what happened while you were under that amulet’s influence.”
“… But, I went to that amulet of my own volition. I was the one who put it on, knowing full well that it was probably too much for me to control.”
““Probably”?”
Trixie flinched and kicked the ground. “Fine, definitely. Anyway, it was all my fault.”
Twilight put a hoof around Trixie and comforted her with a warm hug. Trixie didn’t move into it, but she didn’t pull away, either. “But I’m the one who let you run away, on your own, without checking if you were okay. I’m the one who abandoned you, when what I should have done was make sure you had a friend by your side in your time of need.
“The blame rest on me just as much as it does you, Trixie. Maybe… Maybe more so.”
“You think things would have been different if you had come after me?”
“I do,” Twilight said confidently. “You seem to underestimate the power of friendship. I used to, as well, but it really is the most powerful force in the whole world. It did stop beings like Discord and Nightmare Moon, after all.”
“… No, I went down the path of revenge of my own accord. I should have let it slide, but I didn’t. I should have just come back and asked for help, but I didn’t know how to… Nor did I want to. I’m the only pony who should be blamed for this.”
Twilight let out a small giggle, confusing Trixie. “First you boast about defeating an Ursa Major, now you boast about being solely responsible for turning Ponyville upside-down. That’s some ego you have there… But it’s what makes you you. There’s nothing wrong with it, you just need a friend to help you make sure it doesn’t get too out of hoof.”
Twilight’s ear flattened, and she let out a depressed sigh. “Every week, I have to write the Princess a letter about something I’ve learned regarding friendship.” Trixie wondered where Twilight was going with this, but didn’t interrupt her. “After you fled Ponyville, I did the same thing… Only this time, I got an F. The first F in my entire life. And it was at my request.”
“But… Why?”
“Because, I didn’t feel like I deserved it. I let you go off on your own, not even considering how you might be feeling after such a disaster, or that you may have nopony to turn to. I just assumed… But I shouldn’t have. I should have made sure, and now, I see where my mistake led me. I’m just glad everything turned out as well as it did.”
“No friends… No family… No job… And no hope,” Trixie said, sniffling as she felt her tears starting to well up again. Twilight extended a hoof forward, and Trixie looked up into her smiling face. “Twilight?”
“You have no home, right? You can stay with me, at least until you manage to get you career back up again. And I mean your real career, not just part-time jobs to pay the bills.” Twilight smiled and used her magic to straighten out Trixie’s hat, which was slightly lopsided on the showmare’s head. “Surely the Great and Powerful Trixie isn’t ready to call it quits just yet?”
Trixie frowned, and batted the hoof away weakly. “Are you pitying me?”
Twilight shook her head. “I’m helping a friend, who’s down on her luck.” Trixie looked at her with eyes as wide as dinner plates, and then turned her attention back to Twilight’s hoof. “You don’t have to be alone this time. You made a mistake, but so does everypony at times. What went wrong in your case, is that you had nopony to lean on. I’ll be that somepony, if you’ll let me?”
Trixie stretched her hoof forward, and connected it with Twilight’s. Suddenly, she was pulled up off of the ground, and pulled into another warm embrace by Twilight.
“Thank you, Trixie! I promise, you won’t regret it!”
Trixie smiled, and returned the hug. It felt nice. It was a warm, pleasant feeling. She’d never felt anything like it before, and already, she was feeling at peace once more. Is this what she’d been missing out on all these years?
‘I think I’m starting to see what all this ‘friendship is magic’ business is about,’ Trixie thought to herself as the hug was ended.
“Alright, first thing we need to do is get you cleaned up,” Twilight said, giggling as she wiped a few tears away from Trixie’s eyes. “I don’t know how you’ve been living for the past year, but I’d prefer anypony staying at my library to be clean and hygienic.”
Trixie harrumphed and stomped her hoof on the ground. “The Great and Powerful Trixie will have you know that, even when homeless, she always did her upmost to look and smell as presentable as possible.”
Twilight turned around and motioned for Trixie to follow her. “We’d better hurry,” she said, leading the way back to Ponyville. Trixie followed her for a bit, but then Twilight slowed down, so that they were walking side-by-side. “If I know Pinkie Pie, she’s already set up a party for you by now.”
Trixie grinned wryly at Twilight. “You had so much confidence that you could get Trixie to come with you that you told you friends to set up a party? My, who’s the cocky one now, Twilight Sparkle?”
Twilight shook her head, and let out an exasperated sigh. “No, I told nopony. I was afraid I wouldn’t find you in time if I did… But, somehow, I think Pinkie has still set up a party for you.”
“This ‘Pinkie’ is the one who mouth I ‘deleted’, right?” Trixie hesitated when Twilight nodded, and was about to ask her next question, but Twilight answered before she could.
“She forgives you,” Twilight said. “All of the ponies do. They know that you couldn’t control yourself… Just, don’t go using any more evil artefacts, and you should be fine. Okay?” Twilight asked in a playful tone.
Trixie pretended to think about it, and answered in an equally playful tone: “The Great and Powerful Trixie will do her best, but she isn’t making any promises.”
Both mares laughed as they entered Ponyville together, and Twilight found that something in her heart had been lifted. Something heavy that had been weighing her down, ever since she had first laid eyes on the letter F on her paper… No, ever since she realised that she turned her back on a pony in need. The feeling that she had not only failed as a student, but as pony altogether. But now, she was finally free from it.
Twilight looked to her side to see Trixie smiling. An uneasy smile, but a smile nonetheless. ‘I’m lucky,’ she thought to herself. ‘Not everypony has the chance to make up for a mistake they make, but I was able to do so. I’m just… So happy that Trixie has given me this chance.’
‘I’m lucky,’ Trixie thought to herself. ‘I was corrupted by hatred, and the desire for revenge. I made a horrible mistake, turning to destruction, attempting to change reality to suit my needs. I’m grateful that Twilight is giving me this chance to start over agai- No, not start over. She’s letting me use my past as an example, to make sure I don’t repeat the same mistakes again.
‘For once in such a long time, I can feel at peace with myself once again.’
As Princess Celestia’s chariot soared over Ponyville, a delighted smile graced the lips of the Regal Princess. “Twilight Sparkle. I’m so proud of you. Whilst getting an F is never a pleasant experience for a teacher, seeing their student take that F, and use it as an example to do better, is always a heart-warming experience.
“You’ve grown so much. As your mentor, and as a pony in general, I am truly proud to know a pony such as you.”
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That pic made Dunsparce d'aww.
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That was fast.
God damn dat sexy description.
Nice. I was kind of disappointed when the episode just cut off, I was expecting Trixie's apology/redemption to go on a little longer... thought the faceplant kind of made up for the abrupt ending.
EDIT: Now that I've actually read the story (Yes, I am one of those people who leave comments before actually reading stories) I can say that the actual episode could have REALLY benefited from a scene like this. The ending we have right now is good, or at least better than Boast Busters' whole "lol goodbye hope you enjoy homelessness" ending, but a short scene like this one between Twilight and Trixie would have totally made it.
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The faceplant was unexpected, the Great and humble Trixie does not approve
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Aw, come on. The faceplant was the most adorable thing ever.
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Well yeah, I accept that it was fun and good, but Trixie might not like it ;)
SPOILERS!11!!1
LALALALALALALALALA I CAN'T HEAAAR YOUUU!!!!!! 
This is very nice i mean i actually think this could be a contining series of fanfics for you like you know another twixie story for you
what do you think
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She can just say she did it on purpose and it was part of her new comedy act (which I would totally watch)
This was most welcome!
As I too felt there were some plot holes in the episode, even if it was a good one, I suppose. And had hoped Trixie would stick around instead of running off again, if things ended well, even if her career was ruined as was made canon by this latest episode. Will have to try and remember to check back for possible series you said, extending past this one-shot, if don't watch you (though haven't read any of your other stories at this time, I believe). Anyway, nicely done! 
Huh, not bad! Pic made me D'aww, by the by.
Nice, sane and fluffy... it does good for my heart.
A note, though.
Whose*
Trixie needs to be prosecuted for slavery, kidnapping, abuse of minors, causing harm, intent to cause harm and a whole other myriad of crimes.
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...Might want to watch the episode again, there.
It was all the amulet, not her.
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Oh you're right. It'd be like prosecuting people under the influence of drugs or alcohol for the crimes they commit. Good thing they can use the fact that they weren't thinking straight and were under the influence of these things as a get-out-clause.
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Of course :) Though the Twixie story won't take S3 into consideration (mostly because it takes place throughout S2, but also because I already had most of it planned out before S3 started to air).
It may be a while before I make Trixie stories with S3 canon (besides this one, of course), 'cause I want to finish my current ones first.
On a personal note, I'm hoping Trixie will be a regular face around Ponyville in the show from now on :)
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There's something of a difference between drugs-addled people running around attacking people and a cursed amulet that exerts mind control over it's user. Mainly that if you take hard drugs you're accepting the risks, while putting on a creepy ominous looking amulet thingy doesn't have any clearly disastrous potential consequences. Besides, at the ending nobody seemed REPENTANTLY PSYCHOLOGICALLY SCARRED from Trixie's actions while she was corrupted by the amulet.
If you're gonna go off at Trixie for this, you might as well also say that Luna, after the events of The Mare In The Moon, should have been immediately detained and taken to jail for trying to kill everyone in Equestria.
I like the s3 trixie just like you said.
Her past is still unknown, which is great for us writers to indulge in. Though she's not the greatest unicorn nor is she any type of 'true' evil.(nor is Gilda
). but she's not a great magic user but loves it. So it shows ever unicorn have their limitations which we were never shown before(not counting the fillies). :D A character that wants to be big... even when their typical or below that.
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I agree with everything except the thing with Nightmare moon and kill everyone, she only wanted enternal night, not so nice but hey, they would live
Exacly what i needed, while i have not been a fan of trixie, i still wanted this exact thing to happen after the episode ended! thank you for giving this a happy ending!
Very nice story. I was always the follower of a ‘nice and redeemed Trixie’ approach, and while the episode lived up to my expectations, it still felt a little bit rushed. This scene would fit well!
Nice to see another person who noticed that Trixie didn't really use illeisms in the new episode (except for the last part). Also something like this fic should of been in there. The ending was really abrupt.
That was a real touching ending.
so are you going to make into a contining story
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Right now, I'm focusing on my current projects, which are non-Season 3 canon (since most of them were planned out before S3 came out).
After I'm done with some of them, I may make some S3 canon Trixie stories, and may use this story as a base. I already have a story idea in mind, but I really wanna finish my current ones before starting anything new >_<;;
1720973 okay then than how many chapters are left in your current twixie story and when can we expect the next update
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Life for how long?
The question for luna is hom much she and nightmare were the same, how much different, and how much that corruption was her fault. If it was some ouside curse or demonic possesion or something, shes not that responsible. If it was just her, or she willingly exposed herself to dark magic/whatever she is to some degree to blame, exact detail to be determined.
Its interesting to note that lunas first reaction upon waking up is total fear of celestia, i guess she was at least aware what she had done, and expected some consequences, instead of an instant pardon. Legally, as an close to absolute monarch, i guess celestia has the power to pardon who she wants, but that may be called nepotism (Though celestias and lunas massive power and possible influence on the world as a whole make the whole thing another layer of critical and complicated)
Trixie. Is not necessarily to blame for most of the actions directly, that was the amulet, not her. Someone whos under the mindcontrol of another force is certainly not to be punished... if it wasnt their fault. However, trixie willingly exposed herself to something she was warned was dangerous, but it might depend on the details of how much she knew. If she only thought the amulet endangerd her own health or something... if she knew it would drive her to evil, shes probably to blame for a lot.
And anothe thing... that shopkeeper... should it really be legal to trade things like that?
This would have made a great addenum to the ending of the episode. If Trixie does return, I actually want this scene to be worked into her episode.
1720589 Well I think it depends. I think they could make Trixie into something of a rival for Twilight so Twilight actually has someone to keep in her shape. And there's always the "Trixie becomes the 7th element" option.
But I thought the original ending was good enough, it's what called book ends people.
I'm looking forward to a continuation of this story
This was adorable. Great job!
This was such an amazing episode, but I do wish it could have been longer so they could fit more.... maybe if it was the opener? At least the bad guy (girl) would have been pretty epic, then they could have gone so much farther into everything, especially the ending.
Two small errors I caught:
"something I fell I really..." You mean "feel".
"“The blame rests on me...
Other than that, it was great! Got some good feels in there.
You're missing a word here, logically I assume it would be something along the lines of 'saw' or 'noticed'.
Technically she doesn't need to. After the incident in Lesson Zero, Celestia told her to write them when she learned something as opposed to weekly.
Right in the Trixie feels plus one thumb!
And THIS is how the episode should've ended. I get that there were time issues and the main story had to come first, but while the ending was somewhat satisfying for me I wanted more. I wanted Twilight to do EXACTLY what she did here and Trixie react the SAME way, because that would've turned an already enjoyable episode into a great one!!
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I don't think Uncle Curio gives a fuck.
And this, my friends, is how "Magic Duel" should have ended! Amazing work, good sir!
As others have said, this is how the episode should've ended. Bravo for giving an otherwise-awesome episode the ending it needed.
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so since your twixie story is finished,are you going to do anything more with this fanfic
Sappy, but nice and sweet. I like.
Although canonically, I think it made sense for her to leave like she did, and not just because she may have worried the rest of town were less forgiving than Twilight. She needs some time alone to reflect on how things turned out, how she feels now that her long-running plan to show up Twilight went awry, and having a better insight in how Twilight sees things. Trixie makes a good foil for Twilight, and I can see her still regarding Twilight as her rival, but less "I'll destroy her for humiliating me" and more "I'll show the world that I can be as great as her, or more". Whether or not she'd keep at it when she hears about Twilight reaching godtier is unknown.
But yes, a story about them making up and having a happy resolution is also satisfying. Moving together, falling in love and having dozens of magical lesbian spawn is optional.
Sweet
I like the episode's ending as it is - I got the feeling that Trixie was perfectly capable of taking care of herself from then on. That said, I would've liked this story as an ending too... though obviously much more because it would mean that Trixie would potentially end up in Ponyville for future episodes.
I also like the moral of this fic much better than that of the episode itself. Nice story!
Uh... it was going alright... I know that Twilight would blame herself, but the way she did it... the F thing just killed it for me. Yes, she'd feel guilty for seeing Trixie set into the path of revenge, but what was she supposed to do? Bring her in to a town that was getting ready to mob her? Convincing the townsfolk to let her go was pretty much the best she could have done! In fact, in other fics, getting the people to let the Ursa incident go is one of the major plot points! And unlike MD, there is no mind-bending artifact to take the fall - she'd have to convince them that the fault lies on Snips and Snails for being unable to tell apart reality from a story (and getting stupid ideas out of off-hand comments), but that just takes us back to Trixie's boast, and certain pig-headed ponies with a bruised ego might be hard to get to come around.
And hunting down Trixie is not very practical in any case - she could, after all, be anywhere... I think that illusionists and people that rely on sleight-of-hand are the sort of tricky people that can get away from others.
Ah, how I love it when the community achieves what the series fails to do. I like it!
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This holds true 9 years later