Trixie's Redemption

Trixie looked back slowly, nodding to Dash before galloping off. She was thinking with her heart, and that just made it worse as she sprinted head first towards Nightmare. The demon wasn't expecting any opposition, and as she looked up from Shining Armor's body, she was hit hard. The armored Trixie hit Nightmare square in the chest, her horn making a deep gash in the monster's chest. Nightmare, howled as she looked down, her chest plate punctured.

The demon reeled back, slamming her front hooves down powerfully as she created a crack deep into the ground, traveling at lightning speed towards Trixie. The mare rolled left, her horn glowing as her hooves sped up, crashing into Nightmare Moon like a freight train. As the unicorn looked up, she screamed out, zapped with lightning from a storm cloud that Nightmare had set as a fail safe.

The mare shuttered heavily, her ears smoking lightly as she whimpered. She was becoming the exact opposite of Celestia. She had full magical strength, but was physically weak as she rose to her hooves. Dash tried to get her to stop, calling to her as Twilight and Applejack held her back. She screamed and shook, trying to break free from her friends' grasp as she watched her love being mauled by the demon.

Trixie slowly trotted towards Nightmare, her legs shaking as she fired out a few shots from her horn. The magic was deflected with ease as Nightmare galloped forward, spinning on her front hooves and using both hind legs to kick Trixie in the face. She yelled out, hearing her nose break before being launched through the air, her metallic wings on her suit opened just in time to be shattered on impact with the town hall's balcony.

Trixie rose yet again, her cheeks torn and her face bloodily as she trotted towards Nightmare again.

"TRIXIE...NOOO....STOP!!" Dash yelled out, her face wet with tears as she kicked and hollered. Trixie looked weakly at Dash, smiling lightly as Nightmare approached, hitting Trixie in the stomach before slamming her over the head. A loud bend of metal indicated that her helmet had bent, making Trixie sigh as she heard the metal poof into magical dust.

"It seems your..." Nightmare panted softly,"your little plan didn't work." She panted again, her eyes burning a fiery, violet glow. She lifted Trixie and tosses her towards her friends, landing her inches from Dash as everypony stepped back.

"Trixie...speak to me." Dash whimpered as she took Trixie's hoof. The unicorn laughed quietly, looking at Dash's beautiful, tear-covered face.

"Dash, you've always been able to make me smile...that's what I'll really miss."

"Miss?" Dash whined under her breath,"you aren't going anywhere...you're staying right bucking here, you hear me?" Dash sniffled as Trixie put her hoof to Dash's lips.

"I love you Dash, and I'll never forget you...ever. Now give me a kiss..." Trixie whimpered, her smile fading as she brought Dash into the deepest kiss she could, tears dripping lightly as she broke away, galloping at full speed. Time slowed, her breath clear and controlled.

She breathed in steadily, her hooves making a dull thud as they contacted with dry dirt. Loud pangs of pain shot up her crippled body as she pushed herself past her limit. She groaned softly, tears dripping onto the dirt faster than her own hooves as she neared, screaming out as her horn grew a bright white. Nightmare's eyes grew wide, looking like a deer in headlights as she reeled backwards, almost falling back as Trixie made contact a bright light erupting out as her horn crashed into Nightmare Moons chest. Behind her, Dash was catching up, her hoof extended as she wept, trying to stop her love from acting.

"TRIXIEEEEE!" Dashes voice echoed as the unciorn's spell worked instantly. Time almost froze as Trixie looked down, seeing the spell in effect. Both equines' hind hooves began turning to solid stone, quickly working its way up to their chest and head. Trixie's face was expressionless, all except for a small smile breaking in the corner of her mouth. Nightmare was in pure shock, mouth gaping as they both hardened, permanently turned to rock."I love you Dashie."

Dash galloped forward, her breathing sporadic as she hugged the stone image of her love, crying hard into it. Both Trixie and Nightmare were turned to stone, and everything from their expressions to their posture was intact. Twilight took Dash into her grasp, crying as Applejack shed a few tears with them.

As the three parted, Dash looked around, noticing many small, diamond-shaped sapphire crystals strewn along the ground. Each one was an inch tall and 3/4 of an inch wide. They were scattered along the path Trixie had run, and as she looked at Trixie's stone face, Dash smiled through her tears. Every tear that Trixie had shed before the spell had crystalized into that gem, and in the corners of her eyes and the shine of her irises, the gem was embedded. She took great care picking up every piece, making well over a hundred gems that she placed in a bag.

Celestia slowly rose to her feet, her face dull and worn as she raised her front legs, bringing out the sun before crashing back down. Dash approached the princess, helping her up."I'm sorry that we couldn't save Luna" Dash said weakly as they trotted towards the stone.

"And I hoped we could have stop her without losing Shining Armor, let alone your love Trixie. She...I saw her write this before confronting Nightmare...I think you should have it." Celestia said softly, showing a scroll that Dash snatched quickly. She opened it and read it intently, her lower lip quivering as she read.

Dear Dash,

I hope you don't hate me for what I did. If I could have thought of any other solution, I would have done it. If the scroll was right, and the crystals DID form..then I have a specific instruction that I hope you can carry out. Give one to everypony in Ponyville, yes...everypony...filly, colt, mare, and stallion alike. You can do what you want with what's left over, I don't mind. Please...don't mourn my loss. Live the life that you were ment to. Find love...I'm sure Applejack would want you...seeing as your single now. Hehe, but in all seriousness, you deserve to live and love just like anypony, and my passing should be met with a look to the future.

I love you so much, and wherever I am, I'm looking down at you, and I'll guide you to happiness. It's the least I can do.

After a few months of recovery, Ponyville resumed normal life. It was rough, but with no Nightmare, things were a lot safer on the civilians of Equestria. After a few weeks of preparations, Princess Celestia issued an edict, affecting everypony in Ponyville. As of three weeks after the demise of Nightmare and the loss of Trixie and Princess Luna, everypony had been given a silver necklace.

Created by Canterlot's best smiths and crafters, it was a silver chained necklace with a round pendent that hung from it. The pendent was only two inches tall and two inches wide, and depicted a picture of a unicorn's silhouette inside of a crescent moon. The pendent also contained a gem, a "tear" from Trixie. Celestia ordered everypony in Ponyville to wear it like it was their most praised possession in respect for the two angels plucked from Equestria before their time.

Dash made regular, daily visits to the statue, smiling up at the image of Trixie, her front hooves curled and her hind legs extended as she slammed head-first into Nightmare. Dash wore her necklace as well, but hers was specially created. It was a string of pure gems, Trixie's tears mended with magic to make a pliable necklace that she took wherever she went. She smiled at Trixie, telling the statue everything that happens in the day.

Every member of Ponyville treats Dash like family, and not a day goes by without a fresh batch of flowers placed by somepony. Needless to say, the florist in Equestria was extremely grateful.

Applejack slowly advanced forward, putting a hoof around Dash and pulling her close, kissing the Pegasus on the cheek tenderly."Ya ready ta go sugar cube? Rarity asked me to pick up some silk...and fluttershy said she needed somepony to get more fish for the animals. You up for it?"

They slowly turned and trotted away, Dash turning to meet AJ's bright smile."Sorry, but my marefriend and I have some catching up to do...after spending so much time with Trixie, she's getting lonely." Dash smiled as somepony came up behind her and hugged her tight."Speaking of which..."

Dash leaned over, kissing her marefriend lightly as she giggled,"Oh Twilight, you have the best timing." She grinned wide, looking back at Trixie. The sapphires in Trixie's eyes gleamed, light refracting off of the sun and shining at Dash."Yea...I love you too Trixie."

I think I'll end the story here. I'm a bit focused on other projects, so...I hope that you enjoyed my story. The reason I chose Twilight is a little of an homage to people who expected me to pair Twi and Trix together...and I wanted to get across the point that they were slowly building the bonds again...their friends slowly growing the bond that they have in the show. Type out a comment if you'd like...I always enjoy hearing about how I did ;3