Trixie's hopeful, new life.

Trixie's hopeful new life?

By Firelight Flash

Chapter 1. Hoofing it.

Trixie awoke stiff and groggy from inside the lean-to she rolled out of bed and stepped outside. She looked up at a bright sunrise in Equestria. The sun had just finished cresting the mountains, and light dew had formed on the grass and the morning chill was still fresh. Trixie shivered as she looked to the trail that lead past Rambling Rock Ridge to Canterlot. A wide expanse of grass was to the left, and to the right the Everfree Forest loomed.

The creek that ran near the rocky and dusty trail was bubbling. The red and blue flowers were in bloom with a sweet smell in the air. She had a fairly old and tattered pair of saddlebags with her things. She dressed herself with her hat and cape and packed up camp and moved along trying not to think about the Everfree Forest. Instead she wanted to think about her past “misfortunes” as Trixie would call them.

It had been quite a long time since her second visit to Ponyville. Where in, Twilight Sparkle had once again... beat Trixie. Not that she didn't deserve to be, she simply wanted to put her life in perspective. She pulled her cape around her to fight off the morning chill.

'It was my fault that I got into this mess' She reminded herself. Still miffed at the fact that Twilight was much better at magic than Trixie. She remembered 'The Golden Rule, Treat others as you wish to be treated.' Trixie rehearsed it in her mind. Chiding herself if she wanted to be treated like 'The Great and Powerful Trixie' again shes' going to have to treat others better.

Trixie wasn't going to go through Ponyville. She felt that she would be run out of town, even though she had made a small apology to Twilight before leaving. Not many ponies would like to see her again, at least not now. For the past few months, she had been in Dodge Junction. Where she had been working as a bar tender. To which, most of the patrons were the stallions who lived there. The town was rustic, dusty, and not as civilized, as Trixie wanted it to be. Most were rude, or very ill tempered to her, and she was treated rather badly by her boss. It had been a constant reminder that she had messed things up pretty bad.

The Ursa Minor, and The Alicorn Amulet incidents, were still fresh in her mind. As if she just lived the same moment over again.

Trixie, plagued by nightmares about how she was nothing, a no-pony.

Every night, sleeping in the loft of the bar. The loft itself wasn't clean. No matter how many times Trixie cleaned it. In the back corner, was a simple, and uncomfortable straw bed. Trixie hadn't had a decent nights sleep in a long time. Trixie had a lot of time to think about what she had done. She had given up on revenge, or even getting even with Twilight. She knew now that no matter what, she would never win against her, and it would be a bad idea to try. Only coming to find out after leaving Ponyville the second time. That Twilight was a bearer of an Element of Harmony, and had saved the world that she lived in from Nightmare Moon, and more over, she was now a Princess. Trixie didn't know, that the ponies that she challenged, and humiliated were also bearers of the Elements of Harmony.

“Most of the ponies in Dodge Junction were nice enough.” Trixie said, trying to be nicer for her own sake, and struggling.

“Nice if you like to be ignored!” Trixie said out loud to herself. She also, wanted so badly for passer by ponies not to throw rotten tomatoes at her any more. Most ponies wouldn't even look her in the eyes, much less talk to her. Due to her actions against the citizens of Ponyville. Most ponies knew her, and what she had done. The ponies that would speak to her, seemed more like giving her a piece of their minds. Told her that she was a fraud, and she would be better off in a dungeon.

Trixie, now well on her way to Canterlot.

Where the annual magic competition to gain instant admittances to Canterlot's Academy for gifted unicorns was held. There Trixie planed to make a new name for herself, and to make everypony see that she wasn't a talentless has-been pony. Trixie came upon the valley that skirted Rambling Rock Ridge, and knew to avoid the valley due to the Diamond Dogs. Trixie knew about them from stories of treasure hunting ponies, getting snatched up to do the diamond dogs work for them. Knowing this, she decided going around would be the best plan.

“Trixie mustn't be late for the show.” Trixie said with a gleam in her eye. Knowing full well that most her magic would blow the crowd away. That, and she had been practicing a lot since she left Ponyville. New spells abound in her mind. She had found a book in the loft of the bar. Dusty, and old. It looked like it hadn't been touched in a thousand years, or even longer. It contained show spells, like the ones that Trixie used, but were far more advanced, and elaborate.

“Who ever wrote this is a genius.” Trixie said when she found the book.

Some of the spells she knew already, but in the latter pages of the book. In a chapter that read. 'Advanced show magic for unicorns.' Trixie had read, learned, and practiced the magic. She was confident that she would do the best of ever pony in the entire competition. She thought to herself about how she would win, and set all her humiliations behind. She walked around Rambling Rock Ridge. In front of her lay a tree. Knocked over by the wind no doubt. Trixie walked around it, and headed along the path. Trixie now following the railway tracks to Canterlot. She had passed the valley where the diamond dogs lived about half a mile back, without incident. It was now midday. The walk up the path that ran alongside the railway took longer than she had anticipated. She stopped to rest for a moment beneath a tree. Taking a canteen out of her saddlebag, and took a long deserved drink of fresh water. Her coat now matted with a hardly noticeable sheen of sweat. She panted lightly looking up towards the tower of Canterlot.

“What a climb!” Trixie protested in every sense of the word climb. She had not wanted to make her way by hoof, but not having enough bits for the train, and the entrance fee. Would have been very embarrassing to Trixie, so she decided to hoof it. The climb to Canterlot was relatively long, but Trixie was determined to go. She didn't want to remain as she was. She had lived lowly, dirty, and hungry for too long. She remembered back to when she was a traveling show pony. Town, to town preforming, making enough money to get her own wagon , and enough live quite well, with everything she needed. Until the Ursa minor crushed what she had in her little carriage. 'To have that life back.' She thought to herself. She climbed the trail along the railway tracks to Canterlot.

Twilight was in the Library when Spike, burped a burst of green flame.

“A letter from The Princess!” Twilight beamed, grabbing the letter telekineticly.

“What's it say?” Spike asked, rushing to Twilight's side.

'Dear Princess Twilight Sparkle.

You, and your friends, are here by cordially invited to this years magic competition.

As a last minuet request, Twilight will you also take the place of one of the judges who, seems to have gotten quite ill?

Princess Celestia.'

“Hu?” Twilight asked, levitating the tickets.

“What does she mean, judge?” Asked Spike.

“You know, to determine the winner of the competition Spike.”

“Oh,” he said, taking the tickets.

“Checklist?” Spike asked, Twilight, knowing the answer.

“Yes, and also take a letter Spike” Twilight said, starting in.

“ Dear Princess Celestia.

It would be a pleasure. I will be there as soon as I can.

Princess Twilight Sparkle.”

“Send it Spike” Twilight said.

“Sent.” said Spike, getting ready for the checklist that, Twilight would be making any second.

“Good. Now we will need my saddlebags, and oh, my book 'How to judge a competition'.

We need to inform the girls. That reminds me, we need to go to Sugar cube corner, and help Pinky make muffins before we leave.”

Twilight, commencing her tasks at once. Getting her saddlebags packed, reading the book she mentioned.

Spike helping, and checking the things off the checklist. Twilight rushed around, gathering things she might need at the competition. A half an hour passed, they were out the door of the library, and on their way to Sugar Cube Corner, to help Pinky make muffins. Twilight informed her of the upcoming event in Canterlot. Pinky being her usual self bounced up, and down.

“Oh how exciting, are you excited? because I have never been to a magic competition. Have you?” Pinky asked Twilight.

“No, and this is exciting. Maybe I can finally have a moment with The Princess” said Twilight.

After informing her friends of the upcoming event, taking place later that night. She, and her friends boarded the train to Canterlot. Rarity was excited, more so than Twilight would have thought. The whistle blew, and the train was on its way.