Becoming Great and Powerful

by HitokiriDashie

Rating: everyone
Tags: Princess Luna, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Trixie, Slice of Life
Length: 1819

Trixie decides to seek out a teacher to truly earn the title Great and Powerful

In this story, Trixie finds herself sulking after she leaves Ponyville, and decides to find a teacher to show her the ways of magic. She wants to be able to call herself Great and Powerful without lying. Who does she find? Princess Luna. I haven't decided where to go with the story from there, but I anticipate creating a confrontation between Twilight and Trixie.

Published 2012-04-15 12:44:00 UTC
Last updated 2012-05-09 05:26:09 UTC

Finding a Teacher

Trixie lay down on the bed of a Canterlot inn she was lodging in the for the night. She buried her head under her hooves, and continued her weeping. She'd been crying ever since, she galloped out of that accursed town, Ponyville.

“Twilight Sparkle.” She spat the name out in a tone filled with disgust as she got up and trotted over to the window of her room. She gazed out the window, staring at Ponyville. “One day, I'll show you, and everypony, just how great and powerful I am!” She sunk back onto the bed and sighed “Nopony makes a fool of Trixie...” she sobbed herself to sleep in the pillow that lay on her bed.

The next morning, Trixie arose from the bed and trudged out of the inn, as her rented time there was up. As she trotted out into the street, everypony just went about their business. She sagged her head and muttered under her breath, “Why doesn't anypony respect Trixie anymore? Maybe I should seek out somepony to get back on track... Maybe I lost my touch somewhere.”

So she galloped through Canterlot until she reached the place where she went to Magic Kindergarten. “Hm. Class hasn't started yet. Maybe I can find her.” She slowed to a trot and searched through Magic Kindergarten for her old teacher, Moongleam. She found her old teacher's office, but there was someone else in there. As she peeked in, she saw a form she was barely familiar with. “Princess Luna?” she gasped.

“Moongleam, I would like to teach at your establishment for a day. I want to get the fillies to like me! I promise I won't scare them again....”

“I'm sorry, Princ--.”

“I wish to be called Luna.”

“I'm sorry, Luna, but the fillies still murmur about your last visit. I don't think it would be a good idea to have you visit so soon.”

Luna hung her head and muttered, “This one understands...” as she trotted out of the teacher's office.

Trixie paced back and forth quickly and frantically “She's coming this way... what do I do? What do I do?”

Luna bumps into Trixie and looks up “Oh, I'm apolgize...” and starts to walk around Trixie.

Trixie speaks up “Oh, Prin-- Luna! It's okay.” She looks down at her hooves and scuttles them about. She notices Luna has walked around her and is leaving, so she gallops over to Luna's side. “Uh, Luna?”

The alicorn switched her sad gaze over to Trixie, “What is it you desire, unicorn?”

Trixie looks down at the ground as she walks, "Oh, nothing... What are you doing here?"

Luna droops her head a little, "Everypony is still scared of this one. The little fillies are. I want to impart my knowledge to those ponies. I want to teach them. My sister has a whole academy of little fillies that she has taught magic, and even her own dedicated pupil. I just want to feel like I'm contributing to my own kingdom."

Trixie frowns. "I don't know what it's like to be feared, but I do know what it's like to be hated. Nobody likes Trixie."

Luna wraps a wing around Trixie and looks up at the ceiling. "I know what those feelings are like. What is the reason everypony hates you?"

Trixie stops and trembles. "Because, I'm a terrible pony. I'm cocky and demeaning, I make everypony feel bad. What's right about me? I just... I wanted to be great. Nopony from my family has ever gone past a simple trade business. So I started calling myself The Great and Powerful Trixie, without really deserving it. I started parading my magic around like I was the most powerful unicorn in all of Equestria. In fact, I even said that a few times."

Luna tightens her grip around Trixie. "You can't have been as bad as this one was, I tried to make eternal darkness fall upon Equestria. You seem like a nice pony compared to one such as myself. You accept my past in a larger way than other ponies I have met in my time back."

"Well, Luna. You've been an idol to me ever since you came back to Equestria. You're so powerful, but you try to be so humble. You're such a nice pony. I wish I could be more like you."

"Well... Is it a possibility that you may be interested in being taught the ways of magic? I could teach you, and maybe you could find out more things about myself. If you don't dislike myself, like everypony other than you... It would be... satisfying to be able to call a pupil my own"

Trixie looks up at Luna with her eyes wide. "Would you really take me on as your pupil?"

"Do you truly desire it?"

"I would love it!"

And So It Begins

< Just thought I'd give you guys a note. I'm currently in my last week of class, finals week. Thus, I'll have a lot more time to write starting next week. I'm gonna try and finish this over the summer, and turn it into a legitimate thing.

Also, I'm going to be publishing mostly short chapters like this one, as it's just better for my writer's block to do so. However, I'm trying to get away from this. So, I'll be extending this chapter as my next project. I'll happily take any critique on the story. I'm still working on getting the character of Trixie down, and I'm currently trying to decide how to go with the character of Luna, as she seemed to be able to talk fairly normally in the most recent episode. >

Trixie woke up bright and early, eager to learn. "Today's the day!" she squealed as she leapt from her bed. She trotted over to her clothes rack and donned her robe and wizard hat, ready to face the day as it came. She stopped for a moment to ponder as she realized how incredibly happy this turn of events made her, even immediately after the Ponyville incident. Maybe things were going to get better for her, she thought.

She brushed the thoughts aside and happily began galloping to Canterlot Castle to meet Luna. Out of nowhere, somepony trotted in her path. A head-on collision happened as Trixie slammed into the poor mare. As they both stumbled back to their hooves, the mare looked at Trixie through her dark mane that had fallen down over her face. "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry. I wasn't looking where I was going."

Trixie brushed herself off and affixed her hat back to her had, as it had fallen off in the collision. She steeled herself and glared back at the pony. "Damned right you weren't!" The mare shrank away from her. "Don't you know who I am? You two-bit hack! I'm Trixie! The Great and Powerful Trixie!" The mare had fallen to the ground in tears as Trixie screamed such harsh words at her. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have a meeting to attend at the castle. Good day to you." Trixie trotted toward the castle, breaking into a gallop as soon as she was out of sight.

She hung her head as she galloped and starting sobbing as she went into an abandoned alley and slumped down against the wall. "Who am I kidding? I'm not great and powerful. I'm nothing compared to my parents." she stopped crying and picked herself up, "But that's what I'm going to Luna to fix. Surely an alicorn princess can teach me enough to make them proud." She galloped out of the alley, arriving at the castle shortly thereafter.

She was met by the castle guards, who stopped her. "Halt, what is the purpose of your visit?"

"I wish to meet with Princess Luna for training, now move aside."

"Ah, she told us about you. Go on in, but mind that mouth of yours when speaking to Her Highness." They let her pass.

She trotted proudly into the castle, head held high. That didn't last long, as she skidded to a halt when she realized she had no idea where she was going. She looked up to see Luna swooping down from a balcony. "There you are!" she exclaimed with a smile on her face.

"Hello, princess." Luna hung her head. "I mean, hello Luna." She perked up again.

"Hello to you too, my pupil. Are you ready to learn some magic?"

"Of course! I came for exactly that, after all."

"Let us go to the archives. Held there are many spell scrolls that could further along your training." Luna lead Trixie down a winding spiral staircase. "What is it you wish to learn first, apprentice?"

"Something amazing. I want to be able to truly wow everypony." She drops her head, "Including my parents." She mutters under her breath.

Luna wraps a wing around her. "Little one, you should know that it isn't that easy. I can teach you what you want, but you must train. It won't happen today."

Trixie wilts. "I know, I guess I can hang in."

The Night Before Training.

Trixie pranced around her new apartment gleefully. She spoke to herself softly, "Maybe Luna can teach me enough to make Mom proud." She hung her robe and wizard hat on the hook by her bed. "I suppose I should start settling in." She pulled her sheets out of the bag she picked up from her parents' house and struggled for a few minutes to make her bed, eventually succeeding.

She stood back and admired her new room. It was small, but quaint. The violet walls really fit in with her sheets, the same pattern as her clothes. She laid down in her bed, and snuggled up to her pillow to sleep.

Sleep came quickly, but dreams did not. She slumbered hours before dreams came, but they were worth it when they did. Dreams came filled with magic and sorcery. Trixie was engulfed in a show, one for hundreds upon hundreds of ponies. Energy oozed from her horn with each "Oooh" and "Aaah" the audience put forth. The energy of the crowd excited her.

Back in the real world, her real horn glowed with magic throughout the dream. She smiled in her sleep, and snuggled deeper into her pillow. Sparks of magic flew off of her horn, and she began to toss and turn.

In the realm of her once-pleasant dreams, the show had taken a turn for the worse. A spell had backfired and the stage was on fire. As she frantically tried to conjure water to put it out, the audience booed and yelled.

They yelled things like "Some great and powerful unicorn you are!" and "Get off the stage!".

Trixie awoke panting and sweating. She curled up and sighed. "It was such a good dream..."