Scroll(ing)

by Impurity

Rating: everyone
Tags: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Spike, Other, Twilight Sparkle, Slice of Life
Length: 4308

Twilight is interrupted during breakfast to a knocking at the door. A mystery pony gives her a letter from someone she once knew.

Twilight is interrupted during breakfast and finds someone she once knew sent her a letter. An old antagonist seeking something only she can give while she still can.

This is a very short while before the season 3 finale.

Published 2014-01-10 03:40:05 UTC
Last updated 2014-01-10 03:40:05 UTC

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"Everyone deserves a second chance and a second chance may be all what someone needs."

"Oh Pinkie. It tastes soo good." The purple mare let loose. "I can't stop e-AH!" Twilight yelled out from the sudden movement. Once the shift stopped the lower half of her body was clinging to the bed and the upper half failing to correct itself leaning off the edge. Her muzzle connecting with the hard wooden floor.

In short she fell miserably.

"Twilight? What are you doing playing around at this time?" Spike scolded her playfully.

"Ugh what happened?" She fell completely on the floor before righting herself into a seating position.

"Well you were moaning, very loudly, about Pinkie and something tasting good. Then you fell off the bed and woke yourself up from your fantasy." He snickered as Twilight's muzzle exploded into a deep scarlet.

"It was cupcakes I SWEAR!" She spoke hastily. Thinking of what he might have thought she was fantasizing about.

"I know. I thought it was some sort of sugary deliciousness that is her baking." Spike was simply too young to know what those words could imply. "Since we're both up why don't I get started on breakfast."

"I guess so." She peered out the window, it was barely at the crack of dawn. "Even if it's early I guess there's no harm. Yes and thank you Spike." The dragon was walking until abruptly stopping.

"For what?" He was confused, nothing he said wasn't worthy of a thank you and making breakfast was sort of his job.

"For everything really. I don't say it enough." She came up behind him and gave him a nuzzle. "My number one assistant." Spike's grin instantly grew maliciously as he turned to face her.

"What was that? I couldn't hear you." He emphasized this by coming closer and placing his claw beside his ear.

"Oh you." She giggled lightly whilst nudging him away. The young dragon walked away, content of their conversation to go make breakfast.

Twilight took the chance to brush out her hair to its original form. The fall matted it quite harshly and single hairs flew off in each directions. It took her a good few minutes but she placed her brush onto the table and made her way to the kitchen. She took a seat in the chair closest to the appliances.

"Morning Spike." For the pair the day doesn't start until they make it to the table.

"Morning." He called back, still focusing on his placement of her breakfast. He placed the last daffodil and placed it in front of the mare. "There you go, one daffodil sandwich just the way you like." He tried a prance accent and almost had it spot on.

"Send my compliments to the chef." She returned a smirk to her friend/son/assistant. Hmm he's more of a friend than anything really.

"And the chef thanks you." Spike went back to the kitchen top and brought his breakfast of hay fries. Twilight was about to say something about that but decided against it. I wonder how much he likes them. Maybe not as much as gemstones but possibly a close second? She thought to herself.

Breakfast went by slowly. Neither party really speaking. Spike completely devoured his plate. The purple mare was about to start a conversation but they were interrupted. Twilight's ears picked on the sound of three knocks emanating from the front door. It was a light and peaceful not unlike tapping.

"Want me to go get it?" Spike, not wanting Twilight to be interrupted from her half finished meal suggested. He had already finished his breakfast and was already going in the direction of the door.

"I'm fine. Whatever it is must be important if they decided to come this early. I should at least give the pony courtesy. You can go back to bed if you want, I woke you earlier than usual." Twilight smiled whilst placing her half eaten sandwich into the fridge.

"Not going to complain." He let out a rather large yawn for someone his size. "But I sort of want to know who's at the door. I have a gut feeling it's something important and i'm not going to be there to witness it." His face indulged in curiosity to comply with his words as he walked out of the kitchen.

"Well we better not delay any longer. I fear that the pony may have left." Twilight ran around her table and beat the young dragon to the door. Slowly she unlocked the door and opened it. To her pleasure somepony was at the door and had not left. But at the same time a hint of fear grew in her.

What lay before her was a light cyan pegasus stallion. He had a rather odd mane for males that seemed to arc down stopping just after the top of his right eyelid. Just like his coat his mane was blue but had two tones that were rather lighter and palish comparatively. From where she was standing she could not see either his tail or cutie mark. That however wasn't what made her fear him. For a moment she hadn't realized her mouth was open.

"Hello there. Miss Sparkle I presume?" He spoke calmly, not inciting any hostility between the three of them. He turned his gaze to the other individual. "And Spike?"

"Yeah I'm Spike- He gave Twilight a small nudge to knock her out of her current daze- and this is Twilight." The dragon replied, he felt a warm feeling of trust coming off of the one before him. The purple mare shook her head still wondering whether or not she had been dreaming.

"Like my assistant said I'm Twilight." Her voice shaky and her body trembling slightly. She couldn't hold it in anymore. "How are you doing that!?" She yelled. Once realizing what she did she covered her muzzle with her hooves, a slight shade of red entering her cheeks from embarrassment. She hadn't meant to be so loud and informal when asking. The stallion gave her an awkward glance before glancing at his temporary form, seeing through his hooves and onto the grassy earth.

"How you can partially see through me?" The stallion sighed and facepalmed. He muttered under his breath. "She still needs practice."

"Yes. I'm sorry to impose but i've never seen another pony like you."

"Well i'm not real per say. To put it in laypony terms."

"So you're non-existent?" She questioned, not sure what he meant.

"I am a... familiar if you know the term. My current master is still a novice when it comes to this so she cannot create my completed form. I apologize on her behalf for scaring you."

"Oh I see. And I'm sorry about acting like that. What can I do for you?" She decided to leave any other questions she had until knowing his purpose of coming here, seeing how rude that would have been.

"I have a letter for you from my said master. She wishes you will take her words whole heartedly." He reached upwards slightly and a small dimensional rift appeared in the space that he reached towards. The rift looked lifeless, an empty world of darkness that lay beyond. Twilight could see it all angles. He took his hoof out and appeared a pristine scroll, the rift closing in on itself after it's usage. "Here it is." He held his hoof out for her to take the letter.

She merely stared at him once more. Magic unknown to her were a rarity. The only types of magic she didn't know how to cast usually involved certain problems like destruction or any magic that was banned and supposedly barred from existence to protect the citizens of Equestria. The purple mare still knew about them but to see two new spells completely foreign to her in the span of a few minutes was mind boggling.

"H-how-

"It is a DR or as we call it, a Rexfer." He interrupted putting his hoof up. His master warned him that the purple mare would be full of questions at anything new and that he should be ready to give a brief explanation. "A rift that has only the single dimension of space. It is primarily used for storage but has other purposes I cannot currently inform you about. You have indefinitely not seen this nor will you ever see this again." He stated bluntly.

"Why not?" She gave him a quizzical look. This invention would be amazing if it could be used by others, it seemed to work without magic seeing how he was a Pegasus and not a unicorn. More importantly he said that it exists only the dimension of space but not time so it would be as if nothing ever happened to the objects between transports.

"The spell is known only by my master and her companion other than me. My master has sworn secrecy and thus I am bound as well."

"But why would your master's companion want that? I mean it would revolutionary and help many across the land with everyday life." It seemed like such a waste to the purple mare.

"I cannot say exactly, but to make this brief, he would not be seen in the positive. Ponies don't look at your future when a grim past blocks their line of sight. He does not feel that the world would accept him no matter what he does." He clarified on a level to satisfy her taste but at the same time not give any important details. The see through pony inspected his form slowly fading before she could offer a rebuttal. "I'm sorry to say this but my time seems to be running out. If you would please accept the letter." Twilight shook her head from the small but strong amount of information.

"Oh I apologize once again." Twilight bowed slightly. She lifted herself and grabbed the scroll in her magical grasp and took a closer glance at it. The scroll had no differences from one she would be sent by the princess. The only two differences she could find was that it was slightly simpler than the ones she got from the princess, not having the rose red lace that kept the scroll from expanding but instead a seal was keeping it still. The seal was also another difference she noted. It was fairly odd considering the usual seals she would have seen. A sun for Celestia, a moon for Luna and simply a blank blood red seal for basic purposes. Rarely do ponies put the effort into making their own seals since it is a small inconvenience. Instead of the usual warming sun she was used to, a twin crescent moon polar to one another facing the center of the seal at what the mare assumed to be a star. "Thank you for delivering this to me mr... I didn't even ask your name did I?" She mentally berated herself from her lack of manners.

"Nope you forgot entirely." Spike re-entered into the conversation and gave her a hearty guffaw which instigated a deathly glare from Twilight, instantly quieting him down.

"It is nothing you need to worry about." He assured, his form nearly gone, only visible to a keen eye at this point. "You need only worry about the letter my master has imposed you with. If it creates any reassurance about the letter you once knew her. And it is Rix." With that he dispersed in the cool windy breeze, disappearing entirely from both of their vision. Once Twilight was completely sure he was gone she closed the door and let out a sigh and fell against the wall.

"You okay there Twilight?" Spike snickered, still finding how she acted to be quite the joke.

"Sort of, but that wasn't the best in conversations."

"Which part of it? The part where you forgot to ask his name or when you asked him a question right before he could speak ten words?" He laughed at her faint blush that had appeared.

"Very funny Spike. You can forget about having a relaxing day." She retorted.

"You know I'm just playing with you." He waved her off.

"Yes but maybe refrain from making fun of me in front of our guest next time?" Her face masking a disapproving glare.

"You can dream." He gave her a mischievous grin. Her anger was starting to increase to a level where he didn't want to deal. Spike decided she had enough and changed the topic. "All things aside though I actually want to know who this pony is and what she has to say to you."

"I do too. Seeing as how she seems to be a powerful Mage with I would assume even greater companion. But he said that we knew her. Who could it be?" Her anger had been washed over by a torrent of curiosity.

"We won't know until we open it. So go on! Uncover this mystery mare." Spike exclaimed. He was always one to be excited about learning about unknown things no matter how small they may be.

"Okay okay. Hold your horses." Twilight examined the letter's seal and slowly started peeling it off. She noticed an increased amount of pressure the adhesive had in comparison to the one she was used to but successfully extracted the component keeping the structure intact. Twilight opened the scroll at a delayed pace. She kept good care of everything that was given to her and this was no exception.

"Anytime would be nice." Spike grumbled patting his foot onto the ground impatiently. "Opening a scroll does not require that much effort."

"Oh quiet." She hushed him. "Here it is." She squinted her eyes while giving it an awkward stare. The purple mare was expecting some sort of magic to pop up in her face.

But nothing happened. The scroll had it's the regular writing and nothing more. "Here goes nothing."

Dear Miss Twilight Sparkle

Hello there Twilight. If you are reading this then my familiar has successfully delivered the contents of this letter. Before I start if he has said anything abnormal or brash please forgive me. I never exactly liked the thought of having a servant so I became too lenient on his mannerisms and allowed him a little too much hoof room. But enough of that. You are probably wondering at this moment why I of all ponies is sending you a letter. Especially this early into the morning. I am sending this to say thank you, for the many things you have done for me. You may not know how much you have changed my life, but i assure you that it has been in a positive direction after only the two short encounters we had.

Without you I would never have gotten to where I am today, at the level I am at now. I wouldn't have learned anything correctly or better phrased the right way of learning both magic and how to treat others with the respect they deserve. I used to take shortcuts to get what I wanted. Whether it was trying to gain popularity and glory by spouting lies and deceiving other ponies into thinking I did and still could do many amazing things like the way I lied to you and your town about felling an Ursa Major thus saving the town of Hoofington or using cheap tricks that I made seem more special than they actually were and sometimes they had destructive results. Because of my deception two colts brought the Ursa Minor into your town where it could have done major damage to the town. Now however I have completely left that life in the dust and am a hard working disciple to my current mentor. But that doesn't eliminate the fact of what I have done before.

Twice had I tried to prove that I was better than you, when I was merely a light breeze in your fierce gale. The first time I merely boasted I was better than you by doing things that you could easily have done better but did not want to seem to be a show off like me in front of your town. I took advantage of this when your friends tried to outperform me. I attacked them. Not physically but I attacked their pride by using what they did best or was most known about them against them. But my crimes did not stop there. After I ran away I came back, enslaved your hometown and banished you from the place you called home. Amulet or not it was my desire to become better than you when I should have done it with hard work. After defeating me it could have been easy for you to send me to life in imprisonment for breaking many laws such as illegally taking ownership of land and ponies and usage of banned magic equipment. The princess was there to witness it. You decided to let me go. Even after all the pain I caused everyone especially you, you hadn't harboured any hatred against me even though the ones around you including your friends did. You forgave me after everything I did and even let me go. At that moment I thought you were crazy to let somepony like me go freely. But I saw your eyes and I saw pity. You knew that would solve nothing and that I was merely seeking attention that I so crazily thought i required.

Had you not let me free, both from the Amulet's curse and from punishment, I would never have met the stallion who taught me how to be a real mare, mage and proper pony in general. Deimos, my master taught me many things about magic and more importantly the attribute I was missing all along. Humbleness. He saw the potential that I had and helped me transform the uselessness of it into something I could use. I had never felt the feeling of accomplishment before compared to when I learned from him. And it's all thanks to you.

Before leaving with him today he told me I should make amends with any I may have wronged or send letters to my loved ones.
I decided to send you a letter in hopes that you would overlook my past sins or possibly forgive them. I do not know if I will return but if I do I hope we can have a fresh start. Friendly rivals instead of bitter enemies. I also wish to extend my apology to your friends and the entire town in general for my misdeeds.

So I Trixie Lulamoon ask you Twilight Sparkle formally for forgiveness and to accept my apology. My last one was pitiful and you deserved this at the very least.

And congratulations. I cannot tell you exactly what for but just know I am happy for you and know that you deserve it more than any other pony, even if you won't believe it to be true.

Sincerely

Trixie Lulamoon

"Wow." Spike was awestruck. Either this was the best prank in history and Discord learned how to write a letter or this was the real deal.

"..." Twilight sat there silently. Spike noticing her silence he turned his focus away from the letter and towards Twilight. Her eyes were closed as if she seemed to be in deep concentration.

"Do you think she's serious..." Spike noticed her silence and turned his focus away from the letter and towards Twilight. Her eyes were closed, as if she seemed to be in deep concentration. "Hey Twilight you there?" Spike waved his claw in front of her and shook her a few times to try and get her attention. It took him a good few seconds before she shook her head. Blinking a few times she tried regaining her focus on her assistant, still one eye unfocused similar to a grey mare known in the town.

"Sorry about that Spike." For good measure the purple unicorn shook her head once more to get herself corrected.

"So like I was saying do you think Trixie's telling the truth? About everything?"

"Call me crazy but I actually do believe her. The familiar she sent alone is enough proof of her magical ability. The seal on the scroll as well looks not much different from her cutie mark, only it seems like an upgrade. Also there is no way the Trixie we once knew would spend time learning new spells especially something so rare that even I didn't know about until a few moments ago. Even the familiar said we knew her. Everything adds up except a few certain things. Who is this Deimos pony she refers too? She said she was her master who taught her all these things. But that's what bothers me Spike. This stallion must be quite powerful and knowledgable to have taught her such spells in such a short while, why have I never heard of him or any of the spells we saw just a few moments ago. Dimension rifts and familiars. Never in all the books that I read even mentioned the theory of them or of Deimos."

"And what do you think she meant by congratulations? Didn't you saw looking into the future is impossible?" Spike questioned listening intently to her every word.

"No I thought it was but that's because I never learned about Starswirl's second apprentice until recently. Foresight the foreboding was one who could tell disasters before they even happened. He sadly could not take a certain future and disappeared all of a sudden. His last record was a letter apologizing that he could not stay any longer. But his legacy did not end there. His descendants could learn it as well but they did not know how to use it. It is highly improbable that she could be one of his descendants but the chance is still there. And I have no clue other than something special is going to happen soon."

"So are you going to forgive her? After everything she's done to us?" Spike's words held no intentional ill will. Merely innocently asking.

"Well it's obvious she's a completely different pony now. It would have been rude of me to not accept her apology. Everypony deserves a second chance and until I meet her again I can't justify not doing so."

"Is that why you were in a daze after reading it?- He spun his finger in a circular motion- You sent her a telepathic message?"

"Yes that's exactly what I did. I hope she comes back sooner or later. I have so many questions for her."

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Of course I forgive you. Make sure you come back safe! Trixie heard the purple mare's voice in her mind. A small smile grew on her muzzle.

"Thank you for waiting Deimos." Trixie spoke, alerting her companion that she was finished.

"We have plenty of time before the rift closes on itself. Don't you want to send anyone else anything? Maybe your family?" He sat silently after speaking, reading his book. It was a collection of silent scripts. An assortment of stories with little dialogue. He used them as a way to train his mind to foresee the next actions without the need of self conscious thought. He learned that he could cast spells much faster if he did them without having any hesitation and cast them ten steps ahead.

"I'm content. You already know about my brother and our relationship and he was all I had left... Have you, done this before? I mean sent a letter to anyone?" Trixie asked not knowing of the results that would come. Deimos merely sighed at her question before starting.

"Once. To my former mentor." He closed his book and placed it in his Rexfer.

"I see. I won't pester anymore." She knew that anything about her was a touchy subject for him. "Shall we go?"

"Yes we shall." Rix formed beside her. She seemed unfazed by his sudden appearance.

"Did you say anything?" Trixie asked her familiar.

"Well nothing really." He stuck his tongue out like the trickster he was.

"I'll take it nothing too much and yes shall we go now Deimos?" She returned him to his normal form. A locked book with engravings similar to her seal on both sides.

"Are you sure you're up to the task? Like I said before this is highly dangerous and I do not know if there will be a way back. It could be months maybe years or just seconds." He knew her decision but still told her the risk once more.

"This is my last and real test. I need to prove to you I can be of use and can take over if need be as your successor in the future." She replied with determination.

"And before you see her and your brother, correct?"

"Yes."

"Let us vanquish the beasts then." Deimos increased the size of the rift to accommodate both of them. He turned around and smiled before lending out his hoof.

Trixie paused before taking his hoof. She sent a message back to the purple mare. Thank you and goodbye Twilight. She grabbed his hoof and accompanied him into the unknown, knowing what could lay beyond without fear.

Author's Note

Well A Trixie story. Never thought I would make one about her because she wasn't one of my favorite characters but I wanted to try something with weak redemption. I'm thinking about writing her entire adventure but nothing concrete. I needed this story as a filler because I'm sort of at a small wall with Amicitia but next week I should be finished.

So apologies and good day/evening/night.

~SS