The Unexpected Alliance

The two stood there staring at each other, not saying a word. Twilight Sparkle was standing in front of her, out of everypony that could have come out of that door, why must it have been her? Twilight looked the same as usual, her fur coat a lavender color, her mane a darker shade of purple with a couple streaks of pink and a brighter purple as well. Her cutie mark of a Giant purple star surrounded by smaller white stars had always perplexed Trixie, she knew Twilight was great at magic, but what did it resemble? Twilight finally spoke, drowning out the silence.

“Hello Trixie…What are you doing here?” Twilight asked; her tone sounding more annoyed than anything else.

“Trixie would like to speak with you” Trixie replied.

“Why should Twilight allow Trixie inside?” Twilight said with a small smirk, mocking the way Trixie spoke.

“This is a matter of utmost importance” Trixie said, trying her best to ignore Twilights mocking.

Twilight stared at Trixie, trying to read her face. She saw complete honesty, so either Trixie was telling the truth or she had the best poker face she had ever seen.

“Fine, come in” Twilight finally replied.

Trixie stepped into the large tree looking around; she was quite amazed by the huge selection of books. Trixie wasn’t much of a reader, but if she had been she could imagine this would be a heaven to her.

“So, what is this important matter you were speaking of?” Twilight asked.

“Well, Trixie was sent here by Princess Celestia to-“Trixie began.

“Wait, Princess Celestia sent you here?” Twilight interrupted.

“Yes, Trixie went to speak to Celestia about Luna, Trixie believes she knows why Luna is gone” Trixie explained.

“How in all of Equestria would you know where Luna went?” Twilight asked in disbelief.

“It’s a long story, it would be best if we could collect your friends first so that Trixie only has to explain herself once” Trixie said as she began looking down the huge selection of books.

“Well, I suppose we could do that, but after what you did to them I’m not sure they will be as quick to accept you as quick as I was," Twilight began to explain.

“Trixie understands that, but she must try,” She replied as she glanced over the sections.

“Are you looking for a certain book or something Trixie?” Twilight asked, confused as to why Trixie was searching through her books.

“Actually, would you happen to have any books on nightmares?” Trixie asked as her eyes started searching through a separate section.

“I have a couple, would you like to borrow one?” Twilight asked.

Trixie nodded “Trixie has been having a lot of nightmares recently and wishes to find reasons behind them, or ways to stop them,” Trixie said lowering her head slightly as she remembered her nightmares.

Twilight began to float books around the room looking for the one she wanted. After about a minute of this she found the book allowing all the other ones to drop down onto the floor.

“Here you go,” she said as she passed the book over to Trixie.

“Thank you” Trixie said as she took the book with her magic, placing it in her saddle bag. “Now then, we must hurry, the faster we find the others the faster we can find Princess Luna,” Trixie said as she began to trot for the door.

“Spike, clean up this mess while I’m out!” Twilight shouted as she followed behind Trixie.

“But Twilight-” Spike began to protest but he realized he was too late as he heard the door clamp shut. Spike sighed as he walked over to the books and began picking them up.

“So, where shall we go first?” Trixie asked.

“Well, it’s going to be harder to Get Rainbow, AJ and Rarity after what you did to them, so I think we should start with Fluttershy,” Twilight explained.

“Alright then, lead the way Sparkle,” Trixie said.

Twilight started to trot down the road, heading away from the main district of Ponyville. Trixie followed behind her looking around at the scenery. She hadn’t really looked around much the last time she was there due to everything that had happened. She couldn’t help but think of that day, the day she started to hear all of the laughter and the rude comments. She remembered who caused all of it; it was all because of the mare walking in front of her. She wanted to say something about the day but she decided to just keep it held in, much like everything else she endured. She hadn’t told anypony of her and Hoofdini, she hadn’t told anypony of her hatred to Twilight, and she hadn’t told anypony anything she didn’t want them to know.

She snapped out of her thoughts as she noticed they were on the outskirts of Ponyville and heading towards a small cottage near the Everfree Forest. As they got closer she began to see how beautiful it looked, under a small bridge there was a stream of flowing water. The house itself had a roof of grass and leaved that had a pleasant color of green to it. She followed Twilight up to the door and watched as Twilight knocked. They waited there but nopony had answered. Twilight knocked again, but this time after a few second a Pegasus opened up the door. The Pegasus had a rather pale looking yellow fur coat and a pale pink colored mane. Her cutiemark was three pink and cyan butterflies. She smiled as she saw Twilight.

“Oh, hello Twilight, sorry I took so long, I was fluffing Angels tail” The yellow mare said in a soft voice.

“Its fine Fluttershy, mind if we come in?” Twilight asked.

“Oh, not at all, come right on in, I’ll go get some tea” She said with a smile.

Trixie and Twilight stepped inside. Trixie couldn’t believe her eyes, there were animals everywhere. The animals started from little birds up to bunnies and she could have sworn she saw a bear walking in the backyard through the window. Trixie went and sat on the couch, looking around. Unlike most animals she had seen outside, these animals seemed much more tamed, they didn’t run at first sight or anything. Twilight sat down next to her as they waited for Fluttershy to return with the tea. A few moments later Fluttershy flew into the room carrying a tray with three cups of tea on it. She set it down on the table and sat down in a chair across from them.

“So, what is it you wanted to talk about?” Fluttershy asked as she took a sip of her tea.

“Well, we need your help, Trixie here says she may know what happened to the princess but she needs our help to find her,” Twilight began to explain. Fluttershy nodded looking over at Trixie.

“So, you’re Trixie?” She asked.

Trixie nodded with a smile, she didn’t know why, but Fluttershy managed to make her smile easily, she guessed it was just how she acted. She then remembered what she heard shortly after leaving Ponyville. Fluttershy was the element of kindness, which must be why she could make Trixie smile so easily.

“Trixie is guessing that your cutiemark resembles around your ability to watch animals,” Trixie said as she looked around at the animals surrounding her.

“Oh, of course, I love animals,” Fluttershy stated with a huge smile.

“Trixie can tell” Trixie said with a light chuckle.

“So, will you help us Fluttershy?” Twilight asked.

“Of course I will Twilight” Fluttershy said smiling.

“Perfect, we must hurry though, Trixie wishes to find the others as quickly as possible” Trixie said as she stood up.

"Oh, surely you can take a small break, we haven't even drank the tea yet," Twilight pointed out as she took a small sip of hers.

Fluttershy looked over to Trixie, "I agree, besides, I haven't even been able to talk to you yet."

Trixie though for a moment before shrugging, "Very well, Trixie supposes she can talk for a few minutes."

So that's what they did, after a couple of minutes of them talking about Fluttershy's animals some more Trixie made her way onto her hooves once again. Fluttershy and Twilight gave each other a nod as they stood up as well. Fluttershy quickly said goodbye to her animals before following Twilight and Trixie out of the door. They began to trot back towards Ponyville when they saw a flash of cyan speed past them. The wind nearly knocked Trixie down. As they looked in the direction it had gone they saw a blue Pegasus with a rainbow colored mane. The Pegasus had a cutiemark of a cloud shooting out lighting that was, just like her mane and tail, rainbow colored. The Pegasus had often been called the best flyer in Equestria by the ponies she knew, this cyan mares name is Rainbow Dash. The Pegasus turned back and looked towards Twilight and Fluttershy.

“Hey guys,” a smile appeared on her face until she looked over at Trixie, “What do you think you’re doing back here?” Rainbow asked in an aggressive tone as her smile turned into a scowl.

“Well, Trixie is here to get assistance” Trixie began to explain.

“You’re getting assistance and Twilights helping you?” Rainbow asked in disbelief. Trixie and Twilight both nodded. “Why?” Rainbow asked still shocked.

“She thinks she knows what happened to Princess Luna, she’s going to tell us once we find everypony,” Twilight answered.

“Well, I can’t wait to hear that, if you want me to come with you I need to hear it right now,” Rainbow said in an angry tone of voice.

Trixie let out a sigh, “Very well…if that's what it takes to earn your trust than Trixie will tell you”.

The four ponies went over and sat down onto the grass. Twilight, Fluttershy and Rainbow all looked over at Trixie. Trixie let out one last sigh before she began to speak.

“It all started two weeks ago when Princess Luna had Trixie over for the night,” Trixie began.

“Wait a second; you’re friends with Princess Luna?” Twilight asked curiously.

Trixie nodded, “Trixie supposed she should have started with that, you see, after Trixie’s caravan got crushed by the Ursa Minor Trixie had nowhere to go, after a couple days of wandering Trixie was found in the Everfree Forest by Princess Luna, Trixie was frightened and cold…it seemed like Luna could sense that since she offered Trixie a place to stay until she got back on her hooves. she allowed Trixie to stay in the guest room of the castle, only for two days since Trixie was back on her hooves quickly enough, but still, she helped Trixie none the less, after that Trixie and Luna had become great friends and we ended up hanging out every now and then,” Trixie explained.

“So, what you’re saying is Luna allowed you to stay in the castle causing you to become great friends?” Rainbow asked. Trixie nodded as she began to speak once again.

“As I was saying, two weeks ago Trixie had Luna over for the night, everything was going well, we were having fun until we started making small jokes, eventually Trixie made a joke that…may have been a little too harsh, Luna was furious and she left…but she said something before she did” Trixie said.

“What did she say?” Fluttershy asked.

“The true mare of darkness shall return…” Trixie said in a hushed voice.

Twilights eyes widened, “The true mare of darkness…you don’t mean…” Twilight said her voice slightly trembling.

Trixie just nodded to Twilight. The four mares all went silent. There was complete silence as they all sat there, just thinking, nothing else. Rainbow was the one who finally spoke up.

“You’ve earned my trust…I’ll help you,” She said quietly.

Trixie looked up at Rainbow and smiled. The four mares all got up onto their hooves.

“We better find the others,” Twilight said, finally speaking up.

The other mares nodded as Twilight lead the way. The four made their way towards Sugar Cube Corner. They stopped in front of it and Trixie smiled as she looked at the giant pink shop. They went inside and saw a pink pony with an even more pink, poofy mane sitting at a table with a white unicorn, which had a purple mane that looked very sophisticated. The pink pony had a cutiemark of three balloons, two of which were baby blue while the third was a pale yellow. The white unicorn on the other hand, had a cutiemark of three bright blue diamonds. The four ponies went over to the table.

“Hey Pinkie Pie, Hey Rarity,” Rainbow said with a smile.

“Hiya there Dashie,” Pinkie responded as she gave a smile of her own.

“Hello,” Rarity said as she smiled at them.

Trixie came out from behind the three and waved.

“Trixie’s back in town?” Rarity asked, surprisingly calm despite what Trixie had done to her mane during her other visit.

Trixie nodded, “Trixie came to get the assistance of Twilight’s friends so she can get Princess Luna back,” Trixie explained.

“I see, well, I suppose I could work with you considering we would be getting the Princess back,” Rarity said with a smile.

“Does that mean I get to come too?” Pinkie said in an excited tone.

“I suppose it would mean that” Trixie said with a smile.

“Yay!” Pinkie exclaimed.

The two mares stood up and counted the heads that were already there.

“The only pony we’re missing is AJ then?” Rarity asked.

Twilight nodded before heading towards the door. The other six mares followed behind her as they made their way towards the outskirts of Ponyville and towards Sweet Apple Acres. On the way there Trixie had noticed that Pinkie seemed to have never stopped talking. She was rather curious on how a pony could talk so fast and keep up with them at the same time, while jumping no less. They stopped as they looked towards the large field of apple trees. They continued up the path until they came to the small gate attached to the picket fence. Trixie stepped up first and opened the gate with magic, holding the gate open for the others. They continued until they finally made it to the barn. As they made it to the barn an orange pony with a blond ponytail started to make her way towards them. Her cutiemark was of three shiny looking red apples. She smiled as she saw all her friends but once she saw Trixie her smile turned into a look of confusion.

“Howdy girls, and uh…Trixie” She said as she smiled slightly.

“Hello Applejack,” Twilight said with a bright smile.

“Twi, care ta tell me what she’s doin’ here?” Applejack asked in the calmest voice she could.

“Oh, that’s simple, she needs our help in getting Princess Luna back,” Pinkie said cheerfully.

“How can we trust her?” She asked.

“Trust me AJ, we can trust her,” Rainbow said, her voice slightly shaky as she thought of what Trixie told her.

“Alright, if Rainbow believes you, ah guess ah can believe you,” Applejack said with a smile.

Trixie smiled as she turned towards the apple tree’s, the sun looked like it was beginning to set.

“Looks like Trixie is gonna need a place to stay,” Trixie said looking back towards the others.

“Well, ah suppose ya could stay in mah extra room,” AJ said keeping the smile on her face.

Trixie looked at her smiling, “Thanks AJ” She said.

Applejack nodded to her.

“See ya later girls, we’ll meet up at Ponyville square tomorrow at noon,” AJ said with tip of her hat.

As the others walked back towards Ponyville, Applejack began to lead Trixie into the house to show her to her room. Trixie followed behind Applejack, following her up the stairs and into the guest bedroom. Trixie went inside and sat down onto the bed. She turned off the light using her magic as she collapsed backwards and closed her eyes, drifting into a deep sleep.