Old Friend New

by Tealctheguineapig

Rating: teen
Tags: Slice of Life, Romance
Length: 3501

Trixie travels to Ponyville, and Twilight uses this as a chance to make amends with her long time nemesis.

Twilight hears about Trixie's upcoming visit to Ponyville. Knowing that the pair didn't share the best bond in the past, Twilight uses this chance to improve what could be a very good friendship, despite disapproval from her friends.

This takes place around the middle of season four.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2014-03-25 02:31:51 UTC

Intro: I see you've grown in the wing department

"Spike? Spike? SPIK-"

"What do you want!?" The baby dragon yelled down the stairs.

"Could you get the mail for me? I'm in the middle of an experiment."

A confused look formed on the dragon's face. "But... It's nine in the morning. When did you have time to start anything?"

"Really? I thought it was the middle of the afternoon." A moment of silence past. "How long has it been since I started? What day is it?"

"Tuesday."

"Huh... You know what, I think I'm going to get it myself." Spike sighed, and proceeded to the kitchen, where he started to make a batch of coffee. Shortly afterwards, a purple figure appeared from the basement entrance. Atop her head was a disheveled mane, and her eyes look liked she bought and sold highly illegal substances for a living. The fur on her body was riddled with dark spots of some Celestia-forsaken substance, and the feathers in her wings were sticking up all over the place.

“Whoa, how long has it been since you came out of there?” Spike asked Twilight in a very concerned manner.

“You should know, you’ve been in the house the entire time.”

“Uh, no I haven’t. Remember, I was at the Manehatten Comic Convention for the past five days? I just got home last night.” Twilight stared. She shook her head, and then started walking towards the door.

“I must be tired, it’s been at least two days since I’ve slept, and… that’s a lot of mail.” On the other side of the door was a large pile of mail. The lavender alicorn used her magic to pick up the papers and walked back in, closing the door behind her. She began shuffling through each one, skimming what was on them.

“Bill, junk, junk… Another bill… Hm, interesting...”

“What is it?” Spike asked across the room, an empty mug in his hand

“Look at this letter.” The letter in question levitated in Spike’s direction. It was a dark blue, and was riddled in all sorts of interesting and unique figures and symbols. “Who do you think it is from?

“Beats me,” Spike replied. He stared at the figures on the paper. “Want me to read it?

"Be my guest.”

The sound of tearing ran through the air, and shortly afterwards, a voice.

“Dear Twilight Sparkle. I write to inform you of my upcoming visit. I will arrive on Tuesday, the 16th, and will stay in the local hotel for the duration of a week. In that week, I hope to meet up with you at some point so we may confront something I feel is of great importance to both of us. If you are busy, or feel like this meeting should not take place, send a letter by dragon, for it would be much faster than by post. If I do not receive anything by early morning of the 16th, I shall take a train to Ponyville, and arrive the same evening. I hope you are welcome to the idea of this meeting taking place. Sincerely…” Spike pause for a few seconds, then looked up at Twilight.

“Sincerely, Trixie.”

The train station was noisy, hot, filled with ponies; just plain unpleasant. It seemed as if the entirety of Ponyville was packed onto the small platform. It was that time of year when people started going on vacations, though, so it was somewhat understandable. But just because you understood why something was like it was, doesn't mean you like it any better.

"Ugh, I hate the station," Spike said in a less-than-happy mood. "Out of all days, this day seems to be the busiest I've seen it!"

"Stop complaining! I wanted to meet Trixie as soon as she gets here," Twilight said, adjusting the saddle bag on her back. "I want her to feel welcome."

"I still can't believe that you decided to allow her to come." Spike hoped up onto a nearby bench and sat with his chin in his hand.

"Well, in the past, Trixie didn't seem like the kind of person who would go out of her way to meet with someone... unless she held a grudge with them." Memories of the Alicorn Amulet crossed Twilight's mind. "The fact that she is trying to have at least some friendly contact is a very good thing for her. The first step in making a friend is to talk to them, find similar interests, and that's what I think she is here to do." a smile ran across her face.

Spike sighed. "If you say so, but if she makes one wrong move, I'm getting Applejack to lasso her up!" He then stood up on the bench, and swan his claws above his head in a circle. "Did you even tell Applejack and all the others about her?"

"No," Twilight replied, "I figured it would be a nice little surprise if they didn't know. Besides, they might have objected because of past incidents. This time around, though," Twilight inhaled deeply, "I can tell things are going to be different." Right as she began to finish her sentence, a train was heard in the distance. The pair looked to the left to see the train heading for the station.

"There she is!" Twilight jumped up and glided to the front of the crowd, causing some disturbance

"Hey! Wait!" Spike ran towards her, going underneath ponies as he went. The train quickly came to a halt, screeching as it slowed. The doors opened, and ponies started boarding. Twilight looked all around, eyes wide. The crowd was very hard to see through.

Through the mass, a familiar blue unicorn appeared, hat on her head, and cape warped around her back. She adjusted her headpiece, and began to walk away from the train, levitating a bag as she went.

"Trixie," Twilight called out, "I'm over here!" She waited for a few seconds, but after the magician didn't respond, Twilight used her wings to fly up and over to her. She slowly glided down and landed in front of her.

"ACK! WHO DO YOU TH-" Trixie began to yell, but stopped, and her eyes slowly grew wide. "T-Twilight?"

"Trixie," exclaimed the alicorn, "it's so good to see you!" She then reached for Trixie and gave her a hug. The unicorn awkwardly hung her hooves out into the air while Twilight embraced her.

"Uh... Trixie is also glad to see her friend..." Twilight let go and looked at her. "And she has to admit she wasn't expecting you to..." Trixie looked over Twilight's shoulder.

"What are those?"

Twilight's face looked confused. "You mean the saddlebags?" She turned to her side, and reached a hoof back to the packs, patting them. "Inside I have-"

"No! No! The wings, why do you have wings?" Trixie reached out and started feeling them. "And you're an inch or so taller then I remember! What's going on?"

"Uh, haven't you read any of the papers recently? Even heard about 'the new princess'?"

"Well, I ca- I mean I don-" Trixie stopped for a moment, and took in a breath. Her expression was now very calm. "What Trixie is trying to say, is that she doesn't waste her time reading the newspaper. Since this is the case, she hasn't been aware of the recent... addition.. to the royal family." Her eyes glanced at the wings every so often.

"Oh, well..." Twilight paused. "I suppose that makes sense." Right then, a purple baby dragon showed up beside them.

"Don't run away like that, Twilight!" Spike exclaimed with an angry face. At this point, the train was now starting it's departure. Cars whizzed past their ears, creating a nice breeze.

"Oh, I'm sorry Spike. Here, hop on." Twilight crouched down, and Spike climbed up onto her back.

"Come with me, I have so many things planned that we can do during your visit!"

1: This is the part where ponies meet

"So, what did you want?"

"Huh?" Trixie looked over at Twilight, and Twilight did the same with her. They'd been walking for about five minutes now in dead silence, and the question caught Trixie off guard.

"In the letter, you said you came here for a specific reason. I was hoping you could tell me what it was before we continued." The two of them stopped. Twilight's eyes were filled with curiosity.

"Oh right, that..." Trixie now stared at the path ahead of them, an almost worried look on her face.

"You okay?" Suddenly, her face straightened up.

"Trixie feels like it isn't of importance right now..." A moment of silence passed. "Trixie just arrived, she would like to settle down a bit before she dives into the deep end. I didn't think we would even meet for a few days yet."

"Oh, okay then." Twilight had a look of disappointment run across her face.

"How about you show Trixie around? She's only been here twice, and each time she stayed near the center of town. Trixie would like to know the place if she's going to stay here for a fairly good chunk of time."

That appeared to bring the alicorn's mood up. "Spike, could you look in my saddle bag for the map and give it to Trixie? Oh, and get my pointer."

"Ay ay, captain!" A moment later, the map was in Spike's hand, the pointer in the other. Trixie used her magic to unravel the map and bring it in front of the pair.

"Let's see... Here's where we just came from," She used the now floating pointer to mark the location on the map, " the train station, and my house is actually just around the corner. We can go there first, or if there's anything that looks int-"

"Hiya Twilight!" Suddenly, a pink fluffy mane and head appeared from below the map. Twilight jumped back a good meter, and Trixie let out a short, yet ear invading scream. Spike was thrown from Twilight's back and hit the ground hard. The three lay there, eyes wide.

"Oops... sorry." Pinkie held a hoof out to Twilight.

"Pinkie? Why did you do that?!" Twilight asked with an angry tone.

"I just came to see if you wanted to-" Pinkie let out a huge gasp while pointing a hoof at Trixie, who was now dusting herself off. "What are you doing here?!" Pinkie scurried behind Twilight.

"You're here to do more super duper mean things to my friend! Did you find another Alicorn Amulet? Or maybe some sort of potion you plan to stick in Twilight's meal that'll make her follow your every order?"

"No! No! I'm not going to do any of those things!"

"Calm down, Pinkie!" Twilight trotted over to Trixie and stood by her side. "She's here on friendly terms! A- where did you get Gummy from?" The pink mare was holding the Alligator in her hoof, waving it around like a wepon with eyes squinting at Trixie. The magician stepped forward.

"Look, I don't want to cause any trouble, okay? Right now, I'm just here to look around." Trixie shot a friendly smile at Pinkie.

"You sure?"

"I'm sure." A few seconds of silence passed.

"Well, in that case, I'm happy to be friends with someone who's happy to be friends with me!" The two shook hooves.

"Well, Trixie thinks she handled that situation rather well! Aren't you jealous of Trixie’s diplomatic skills?" At this point, Pinkie was rambling to herself about plans for a party. Twilight rolled her eyes at the pair.

“Why don’t we-” Trixie began, but was cut off by her stomach growling. Her cheeks grew red.

“Sorry, Trixie hasn’t eaten very much yet today…”

This brought Pinkie out of her haze. “Oh! You have to come to Sugarcube Corner! We have carrot cake and chocolate cake and taffy and-”

“Okay, Pinkie!” Twilight interrupted. “We’ll go!” The mare’s expression became so happy it seemed physically impossible.

“Great! Come on, follow me!” The party pony began to bounce through the street, while the other two trailed behind.

“Mmm, smells good Pinkie!” Twilight exclaimed, sniffing the air as she did so.

“Yeah, I have a new type of cupcake in the oven, I was just about to ask you if you wanted to try some!” Pinkie bounced as she spoke, making her voice sound warbled. “Actually, I should probably go check on them.”

“We’ll be here!” The two sat down at a nearby table. A few awkward moments of silence passed.

“So… What do you think so far?” Twilight asked in an attempt to break the silence.”Of Ponyville… that is.”

“Trixie thinks it is a nice town…”

“Well, that’s good…” Twilight tapped her hoof on the table.

“What do you think?” Trixie asked. “You’ve lived here for a while, haven’t you?”

“Well, It-”

“CUPCAKES!” Pinkie Pie bursted through the door going into the back with a plate of cupcakes on her back, and a chef’s hat on her head. There was a blue apron wrapped around her torso with a large heart stitched in.

“Make sure you make em last, because the next batch isn’t going to be done for another half hour!” Pinkie placed the plate in front of the two mares. The cupcakes were a nice shade of brown. Both white and dark chocolate cupcakes were mixed into the base. The frosting was a rainbow of colors, and chunks of chocolate had been broken up and stuck into the top.

“Oh, those look really good!” Trixie said as she licked her lips. She reached down with her muzzle and began to devour one of the chocolate rainbows.

“You must be really hungry, you’re eating so fast half of it is on your face.” Twilight said, containing a little giggle. Trixie blushed a little, then used her magic to lift the residue off her face and into her mouth.

The three hung out at Sugarcube Corner for quite a while after that. Pinkie entertained them by showing them interesting and neat tricks that she’d been practicing for future parties. One of them included her trying to balance on a beach ball while juggling pastries. While that was going on, Trixie and Twilight just sat back and made small talk, and ate the occasional cupcake. Pinkie managed to eat the most cupcakes while shooting them from her party cannon and catching them in her mouth. All in all, it was a really fun time.

“Um, Pinkie?” Spike stuck his head through the front door, an uneasy look on his face. “What are you doing?”

“Oh, hi Spike!” Twilight said. Then her face became puzzled. “I didn’t even notice you were gone…”

“Hi Spike! Did you do what I asked you to do?” Pinkie asked. The two beside her looked at her with confused faces.

“Yes, an-” Spike was cut off by a blur of rainbow shooting over his head.

“Alright,” Rainbow Dash exclaimed, “where’s the problem?!” She was shortly followed by Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy. Rainbow Dash caught Pinkie out of the corner of her eye, and rushed over to her.

“Pinkie! Are you okay, what happened?! Spike told us there was an emergency!” Her question was shortly followed by a giggle from the pink mare.

“Yes, silly! But no need to get worked up over it! It’s an emergency party!” Rainbow Dash gave her a blank stare.

“What.”

“Well, Trixie came to visit Twilight, and I just had to throw a ‘Welcome to Ponyville’ party for her, but I didn’t know how long she was going to be staying! I decided I had to throw a party for her today, but it was already, like, 5:30, and that’s not enough time to invite all of Ponyville. So, I told Spike that we were having a severe emergency that could only be solved by my greatest and bestest friends in the world right after I served you guys with my new cupcake recipe. I figured if we partied hard enough, people would hear about it and I wouldn’t need to invite them because they would be attracted by the awesomeness that is my friends and their partying skills!” Pinkie took in a huge breath of air. “That reminds me! Why didn’t you tell me she was visiting earlier, Twilight?”

“Hey! I just found out this morning… and my coat was filthy, it took me and Spike four hours to wash all the chemicals out.” Twilight sunk in her chair like a little filly. “And she only got here about forty-five minutes ago…”

“Did I hear somethin’ about Trixie?” Applejack questioned. Right then all eyes in the room focused on the magician. Trixie gulped.

“Look,” Trixie said, “Trixie doesn’t mean you any harm. Right now she just want to sit back and relax, okay?” Trixie the proceeded to put her back hooves on the table.

“She’s telling the truth, guys,” Twilight said in an attempt to back up Trixie. “She’s here on peaceful terms, just relax and enjoy whatever Pinkie has planned.” The four newcomers looked at eachother, contemplating what to do. “Please guys, just trust me.”

After a second, Applejack stepped forward. She quickly cleared her throat. “Normally, ah don’ think that ah would by it…  but… Ah, think I can trust you, Twi.” Then, Rarity stepped up.

“I think I agree with Applejack, I’ll trust you if you can trust her.”

“I agree with both of them, I suppose…” Fluttershy said in a weak voice.

Rainbow Dash flew in front of Trixie, and narrowed her eyes. “Don’t make a wrong move, buster.” Trixie replied with a nervous smile.

“Oh! This is a ‘Welcome to Ponyvile Trixie,’ and a ‘Welcome to Existence New Cupcake Recipe Party!’ We’re going to have the best times of our lives tonight!” Somehow Pinkie Pie pulled out a beatbox from her mane, and began to play loud dubstep. “Spike! Hang these posters outside so that everyone passing knows this party’s public!”

Cider, balloons, cupcakes, everything was set up in a matter of minutes by a pink blur going around the room. It seemed as if Pinkie’s plan worked, because before long the place was packed with partying playful ponies.

“You know,” Trixie shouted over the large crowd to Twilight, “Trixie never really liked parties.”

“Really?”

“Yeah, they’re always too loud for her taste.” Trixie then proceeded to take a sip of the mug of cider she procured from Pinkie. “But she’s gotta admit, this cider is delicious!”

“It’s Sweet Apple Acres cider!” An orange earth pony appeared beside them without notice, and placed her drink on the table. “Made by your’s truly.”

“You know Applejack, right Trixie?” Twilight asked. “You never talked to her very much on you last visits.”

“I think Trixie remembers her well enough… if I’m correct, she tie-” Her voice suddenly cut off. “Maybe I shouldn’t bring back that memory. The point is I remember you.”

“Well that’s good.” Applejack replied. Suddenly, she saw Twilight about to take a sip of her cider.

“Oh no you don’t, darlin’!” She lowered the mug with her hoof. “Remember th’ last time you had cider that wasn’ non-alcoholic?” Memories of a tipsy princess came to mind, and the farmer let out a little snicker.

“I’m sure a little sip couldn’t hurt.”

“Na aw, this is coming back with me, and over to th’ table where Rainbow Dash is sittin’, see y’all later!” Applejack left, and merged with the crowd.

“So, you don’t have that much of a tolerance for alcohol then, huh?” Trixie asked a now very grumpy Twilight.

“I’m fine! I don’t know why they try to keep it away from me, I’m responsible…” Trixie let out a little snicker. “What?”

“Oh, it’s nothing…” She took another sip of cider.

Hours past, and the party just kept going. Ponies were laughing, the music was playing, and everyone had a great time. The only reason why the party had to stop was because the host, Pinkie, collapsed from dancing the entire time. At that point, her friends started clearing out the building, and the proceeded to clean up the mess. Rainbow Dash flew the sleeping party pony up to her room.

“Oh no…” Trixie, who was just now starting to get up from her spot, eyes widened three times their regular size.

“What is it?” Twilight turned around and stared at her.

“I forgot to set up a reservation with the hotel! I don’t want to go over there now, it’s late, and I’m… just slightly drunk.” She said with a slurred voice.

“You can just come and stay at my place” Twilight said

“Really?”

“Yeah, it’s not a big deal.”

“Oh thankyouthankyouthankyou!” Trixie stumbled over to Twilight and gave her a large hug.

“You’re welcome…” The alicorn said, giving a one hoof hug back. They stayed like that for a few moments.

“Now… Remember when I said I was only slightly drunk?”

“Yeah?”

“I think… if I let go of you I’ll fall…”