A Great and Powerful Romance

Critical Rain was taking a trot around Ponyville, relishing in his day off from his job as one of Equestria's best critics. What a great day. Critical thought to himself, enjoying himself. He continued walking until he accidentally bumped into a cart. Critical began scanning the cart as he said to himself "Why does this cart seem familiar?"

"HALT!" a loud voice came from the other side of the cart.

"Whose there?" Critical asked the mysterious voice

"TIS I!" the voice shouted, revealing itself as Trixie "THE GREAT AND POWERFUL TRIXIE!"

"Trixie!?" Critical shouted on disbelief "What're you doing here!?"

"The Great and Powerful Trixie is here to put on a show for the ponies of Ponyville!" Trixie shouted triumphantly

"After you became a tyrant?" Critical asked sarcastically "I doubt that they'd accept you Trixie."

Trixie blushed slightly as she shouted "SILENCE, YOU PEASENT!"

Critical felt his cheeks burn as he said back sarcastically "The Great and Intelligent Critical has had it with your ignorance! You have done nothing but cause trouble for Ponyville since your first showed your face! So get out, before I have to chase you out!"

Trixie felt offended and wanted to say something, but couldn't figure out what to say. She could only open and close her mouth in desperation to say something.

"What's wrong Great and Pathetic Trixie, cat got your tongue?" Critical rudely asked with a sarcastic tone.

"SHUT UP!" Trixie was finally able to say, slightly tearing up "You don't know what it's like to be a second rate unicorn! Always getting second place, having to resort to cursed artifacts to make it to the top! Anything I did with the Alicorn Amulet, it was because I was being turned to madness by it!" Trixie began to cry even more, accidentally breaking out of her habits of speaking in the third person,and continued, saying "Nothing can express the guilt I feel about all I've done! You want to hear it again!? I'M SORRY!"

Critical held his hoof to his chest as he simply sat in front of Trixie, watching her break down into tears. He walked next to Trixie, wrapped his wing around her and whispered to her "No.........I'm sorry."