The Truth About Trixie
If anyone had told Twilight that she was going to spend the evening helping Trixie search for some ancient treasure, she would have called them crazy. Yet there they were on their way to long forgotten shrine in the middle of the Everfree forest. So far the only thing that the pair had seen were the dismembered bodies of Trixie’s team. Trixie had told Twilight that they were attacked by a pack of timberwolves and she was able to escape. Twilight knew how dangerous timberwolves could be and wanted nothing to do with them. Twilight never had a chance to refuse because from the moment Trixie entered the library, she bribed Twilight with the most significant find in the history of Equestria.
Luckily for Twilight and Trixie the entrance to the shrine was now unguarded, whatever timberwolves that had been there seemed to be long gone. Before them stood in front of a magically sealed door jutting out the mountain. Despite being ancient, the door looked as though it just been installed. Twilight examined every inch of the door; the designs on the door were breathtaking.
“Do you think you can open it?” Trixie asked impatiently.
Rather than answer her impatient ally, Twilight continued to search the door for clues. After about a minute, Twilight spotted two small holes in the door. The holes reminded her of the lock that princess Celestia used to lock away the elements of harmony. Without thinking Twilight stuck her horn in the hole in the door and lit her horn. There was a loud clicking sound coming from the other side of the door. Trixie, seeing that Twilight had figured how to gain entrance to the shrine, decided to take care of the other lock. The door began to shift and open inwards, causing the two unicorns to jump back. The duo waited in silence for the doors to fully open. Trixie confidently marched into the temple being followed by a reluctant Twilight.
The door led to a dimly lit staircase. The unicorns carefully traveled down the staircase, avoiding spider webs and broken steps. Twilight decided that if she was going to be working with Trixie, she might as well talk to her.
“So how did you hear about this place?” Twilight asked as politely as she could.
“My parents used to tell me story’s about this place when I was just a foal,” Trixie thought back to when she was just a young filly.
“So what’s the story,” Twilight inquired.
Trixie began to recite the story told to her as a foal.
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Long ago before the princess, even before Discord; death and destruction ruled Equestria. As time went on the world grew darker and darker. Seeing that the world was on the brink of destruction, three ponies rose up to end the violence. In their quest to bring peace to Equestria, they stumbled upon an underground hot spring. This was no ordinary hot spring though, it was filled with magic. When the ponies bathed in the hot spring their bodies were altered. The females were granted wings and horns. The male on the other hoof was transformed into a creature of pure chaos.
The two mares eventually brought peace to Equestria and were crown the first princesses of Equestria. And as for the stallion, he was encased in stone for all eternity.
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Trixie finished her story just as they made it to the bottom of the stairs. Before them was a long empty hallway. Trixie continued walking through the hallway.
Twilight had heard the story before but had never found any proof to confirm the story. “I’m a little surprised, not a lot of ponies know that story,” Twilight blurted out.
“My parents were archeologists,” Trixie responded. “They dedicated their lives to discovering the alicorn springs.”
Twilight was surprised to hear that Trixie’s parent's were archeologists, she had always figured that they were entertainers; like Trixie. She replayed Trixie’s words in her head and one word jumped out at her. The word “were” bounced around in her head, she wanted to ask what if anything had happened to them. Trixie saw that Twilight looked as though wanted to ask about her parents, so she decided to save her the trouble of asking.
“They died.”
Twilight was slapped out of her moral dilemma by Trixie’s word. “What” was the only thing that she could say.
“They died,” Trixie repeated, “they went on an expedition and never returned home.”
“I'm so sorry,” Twilight apologized. “Do you know what happened?”
“One of their friends, Cloud Atlas, told me that they made it all the way to the springs and when they reached the wells they began to argue. My father wanted to use the spring and my mother wanted to destroy it. He said that my father leaped into the spring and immediately attacked my mother and their comrades. In the end my father and mother killed each other. Cloud was the only one to survive, the experience was so traumatizing that he killed himself mere days after telling me.” Trixie told her story coldly, as if talking about the weather.
Twilight couldn't believe what she was hearing; Trixie’s parents killed each other and she’s acting like this kind of thing happens all the time. Twilight tried to find the right words to say but kept coming up empty. Twilight glanced up and saw that they were nearing the end of the hall. She could already see the hot spring from where she was.
As they crossed the threshold into the enormous cavern Twilight was hit with a wave of different emotions; amazement, wonder, excitement, also terror and dread. The whole thing made her feel small. A loud splash caught Twilight’s attention, Trixie had leapt into the hot spring.
“Trixie, what are you doing?” Twilight shrieked.
“What does it look like I’m doing, Twilight Sparkle!” Trixie said wearing devilish grin.
Twilight could see the magical essence in the water swirl around Trixie’s hooves. Twilight began trotting back and forth in a panic. “Get out of there,” Twilight yelled, “you don’t know what that spring will do to you.”
“With this spring, I will become the most powerful unicorn that has ever lived,” Trixie laughed maniacally. “All will bow before the terrifying power of ‘THE ALMIGHTY TRIXIE’.”
“What about your mother, what would she say if she was here?” Twilight hoped that she could get through to Trixie.
“I don’t know, next time you’re in Canterlot you can ask them.”
“But you said…
“I lied, Twilight Sparkle,” Trixie interrupted, “my parents aren't dead. They didn’t kill each other, they’ve never even been here.”
Twilight couldn’t believe what she was hearing. The last time they had met, they had settled their differences. Now Trixie was lying about her parents and standing in a hot spring raving about becoming the most powerful unicorn.
“Why are you doing this?” Twilight asked, almost pleadingly.
“Because,” Trixie looked right into Twilight’s eyes, “I’M A BITCH.”
Author's Note
After seeing and reading dozens of Trixie origin stories I decided to write my own.
