One for the Money

It was through her family's history that "The Great and Powerful" Trixie Lulamoon chose to become a show magician and illisuonist. Her family on her father's side had a nearly exclusive background of magicians, illusionists, escape artists, and even a family legend of their ancestry being linked to the most famous escape artist of all time: "Harry Lulini".

Trixie was a natural show boater, entertainer, and lover of magic. Her father boasted that Trixie would be the one to break the "Family Curse" (which was another legend that had someone putting a curse on the family, having Harry Lulini killed, a name change to Lulamoon to attempt to ward off the curse, and every magician in the family failing to be successful and ended up running the family magic shop, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM). He believed so due to her talents and her narcissistic personality that was essential for someone in that line of work.

She followed the family tradition of leaving to Las Pegasus the day after her high school graduation, with only a suitcase of clothes and a one way bus ticket. Her family wished her luck and her mother told her there was no shame to return to work on the family shop.

"The Great and Powerful Trixie will break the so called 'curse' and become the most famous Lulamoon who ever lived!"

At that point her father started to cry. "That's my girl."

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It took her almost a week to arrive to the city, and she felt like she was at home the second the second the distant glow from the city could of been seen, which was over 100 miles away. It didn't take long to get herself situated with a job and a roommate. She was washing dishes and a cocktail waitress by day, and a semi-popular street magician at night. Although she was living comfortably without any struggling over money between her two jobs and magic act; she was growing impatient about her big break.

That was until she met him.

Trixie was given the assignment to serve the men in the luxury suite a few months into her job as a cocktail waitress. He was one of the patrons. He was also old enough to be her grandfather, but he had a charm that she had never seen before. He also took a interest to her the second she walked through that door the first time... or how do you say... love at first sight?.

Trixie abandoned her street act to be with him every night. He showered her with gifts, spending money, and extremely mind blowing sex. She didn't tell her parents, who would of objected to their 18 year old daughter dating a 70 year old man.

Although he gave her almost everything she wanted, there was one thing she wanted in life: and he gave it to her.

She was billed as "the most anticipated magician in recent memory". Her name and face were on billboards, flyers, and commercials all over the city. Their relationship was a secret, so the fact that she was dating the owner of the casino it was being hosted at was not part of the conversation about her. The conversation about her was "the next big thing."

On the night of the premiere, all went according to plan: the warm up performers were amazing, the audience was packed and loving it, her parents were even in the audience and with her boyfriend's suite still unaware to their relationship. All that was left for Trixie to do was to the bring the house down and break the curse.

Unfortunately, curses always refuse to die.

Minutes before the show, it was announced that hotel owner had suffered a heart attack and was rushed to the hospital. Trixie bolted out of the stage within full view of the audience, through the casino, and to a taxi towards the hospital; all while screaming his name, the only person she had ever cared for.

Trixie's parents ran into the emergency room to see their daughter on the floor crying. She was given the news moments before about her boyfriend, he died on the way to the hospital. She never got to say goodbye, she never got to thank him for everything, she never got to tell him that she loved him.

The hotel was transferred over to the owner's son, which fortunately for Trixie, actually knew about the relationship and how much he cared for her. Although he didn't give Trixie the billions and the hotel, he did give her and her family a flight back home in his private jet and a monthly stipend to ensure she would love comfortably for the rest of her days.

Trixie agreed with the offer. She was depressed at that point and just wanted to go home, even though the city found out about the relationship and felt sympathetic to the young magician. She was even offered to do magic at hotels where the owners were friends of her former lover, but she turned them down and announced she was done with magic for good.

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"So, how was it like fucking a old man," Sunset Shimmer asked. Trixie was doing her usual routine of enjoying a sundae from Sugar Cube Corner, a few months after her ordeal. Trixie and the old man shared together a sundae almost every day.

"What?"

"I know the story, you fall in love and luck strikes and then you are left with nothing," Sunset Shimmer answered as she sat with Trixie, who was staring down at the sundae and still thought about him, like she had every moment since.

"Why are you here?"

"The same reason why you are here: tried to make it outside this town and luck decided to say no. I'm here to make you a offer: you can still find yourself doing nothing and living off a old man's money and self-pity, or you can join me and we can make this world know who we are..."