The Trixieverse I: The Grass is Always Greener

"We're here! Trixie said as she stepped out of the carriage. She and her friends stood in front of a giant castle. It shimered like the light of the moon itself. Everypony squealed with delight as they walked towards the setting of their grand gala.

"I feel so excited, I could just sing!!" Pinkie said as she opened up her mouth as if to sing.

"No! You're not going to do a song while I'm here!" Trixie said as she covered Pinkie's mouth.

"Why not?" Twilight asked.

"High school...I wrote a song that...sweet Celestia...never again. High school was a dark time." Trixie said softly.

"You mean that annoying song that played when we were trapped under th-" Twilight said until she noticed Trixie's glare. "I shouldn't bring it up." Twilight said, blushing. Trixie and her friends soon arrived inside the castle. The room was filled with ponies. The group looked in awe of all the beauty of castle. From the shining glass windows to the grand hall. When they entered, Celestia herself stood in the middle to give a opening speech. As soon as she cleared her throat, everypony became silent.

"Hello everypony and welcome to The Grand Galloping Gala. I'm sure you've all met me but I would like to introduce you to someone new." Celestia said.

"No! Not yet! I'm still not complete!"

"...your.."

"Oh what the hay..."

"...doom..." Celestia said as her beautiful white wings transformed into black ones. Her flowing hair turned into a stary night. Her white skin turned into shadowy armor. There was no Celestia, there was only Nightmare. "Did ya miss me!?" Nightmare Moon cackled.

"What!? But we defeated you!" Trixie blurted out.

"Yes, you did. But that was the past me."

"I don't follow."

"Celestia never really made an offer to you. It was I. Every time you saw Celestia from the moment you arrived, you saw me."

"Its...not...possible..." Trixie stammered.

"Do you not remember? You weren't Celestia's student. You were mine. I tried everything to get you back in Celestia's School, but my sister still feared you were the chosen one. Instead, she chose Miss Sparkle. Join me. My...daughter."

"No! No! You're lying! You're lying!" Trixie shouted.

"I am telling the truth. Celestia gave you to me during my banishment. I was your foster mother. Together we can start a new world where we rule!"

"Really?" Trixie said.

"W-what?"

"You're going for the whole, 'Join me and I will make your face the greatest in the land',thing? Isn't that a little cliche? Even for you?"

"Well, I was hoping for you to join me."

"Do you think I'm an idiot!?"

"No."

"Then why did you not tell me all this in the first place?!"

"Well...uh...see...I didn't really think this plan through and I didn't quite count on this."

"Oh!" Trixie turned to her friends and chuckled. "She didn't think this plan through! A villain who didn't think their plan through! Mares and stallions, I would like you to meet the worst villain ever born!"

"How?"

"Unlike you, I thought this whole thing through. And I still have the elements and we can defeat you like last time!"

"What!?? I don't know...Nightmare, help me!" Suddenly all the lights in the room flickered and died. A chill filled the air as a ghostly voice echoed through the halls.

"I told you, you don't want to make an enemy out of me. You made the right decision of making me your ally. But you seemed to have the perfect timing. For I am finally complete and ready to take full control." a chilling voice said.

"Full control? What do you mean full control?" Suddenly, Nightmare Moon's eyes sparked white. Then they turned a shadowy black.

"Your mind is now mine." Nightmare chuckled.

"Nightmare Moon?" Trixie said approaching the dark allicorn.

"No. Just Nightmare. Also known as the manifestation of revenge." Nightmare said before proceeding to grab Trixie's neck with her magic and began to choke her.

"Trixie!" Twilight said as she rushed to her new ally's aid. As soon as Twilight appeared, Nightmare stopped choking Trixie and let the showmare fall to the ground.

"So, here is the legendary Twilight Sparkle." Nightmare mocked.

"You've...met me before. Haven't you." Twilight said suspiciously.

"Hm! She's smarter than she looks. But you forget, you aren't in your perfect universe anymore. This is my world and you are not welcome in my world." Nightmare said as she shot Twilight with a shadowy magical blast. Twilight's eyes closed and she collapsed. As Trixie started to get up, she saw Twilight collapsing.

"Twilight!? What did you do to her?" Trixie yelled.

"I gave her a little nightmare. One she will never wake up from."

"...Twilight..." Trixie tried to wake up her friend but with no avail. Nightmare looked on with delight.

"Tonight marks the night of a new timeline! A new world!" Nightmare proclaimed. No sooner than she said those words, everything started shaking. The world became distorted and blurry. "What the..." Nightmare muttered. Right next to Nightmare, a purple portal opened up. Nightmare slowly examined it. She felt curiosity and went in. There, she saw every time, everywhere. Multiple portals filled the room to other times like doors in a hallway. Nightmare grinned at this opportunity. "I can take over any time I want. Everything will be mine. Nothing will escape my wrath. My lust for destruction will be shared with everypony. No...everyone!" Nightmare shouted.

Meanwhile, Trixie panicked. There was nothing she could do to save Twilight. She shook her for a while, but then came to a conclusion: If she beat Nightmare, she would have a chance at reviving Twilight.

She turned to her friends for help, but she found everypony was frozen. She then turned her attention to Nightmare's portal. Trixie reached into her satchel and put on the elements one by one to each of her frozen friends. Lastly, she put the element of magic on her head. With great courage, she walked into the portal.

Trixie found a spiraling vortex inside the portal. The first thing she saw was an enthusiastic Nightmare looking at all the possibilities.

"H-hey! You!" Trixie stammered. Nightmare turned back to Trixie.

"Oh there you are. I had almost forgotten about my new host." Nightmare said.

"New host? Is that your plan?" Trixie questioned.

"Why yes." Nightmare said calmly as she walked threateningly towards Trixie.

"Well, you're going to have to catch me first!" Trixie said as she jumped into a portal. Nightmare followed bin pursuit.

The two ended up in a small patch of grass in the middle of nowhere. They both looked at their surroundings to identify their location. Suddenly a cannonball hit Nightmares head. It came from a earth pony manning a cannon in a nearby fort.

"As chancellor, I have the right to shoot at unidentified ponies!" The pony yelled. Nightmare shot a huge magical blast back in response. "Point made." The earth pony squeaked back.

"Now, where were we?" Nightmare said. Trixie immediately ran for her life. Nightmare didn't even move. She just energized her horn and made a flame. She set the flame on the grass inflaming it. Trixie stopped and looked back on the horrifying scene. Trixie then ran even harder. Unfortunately the flames were faster and they chased Trixie to the edge of a cliff. Trixie came to a halt. The flames were catching up quicker. Trixie only had one choice. Jump. Trixie took a leap of faith and fell down the cliff. Right bellow Trixie a portal appeared and she fell through it.

Trixie found herself near a calm lake. She looked at her reflection in the water but instead, three seaponies popped out.

"Shoo be doo! Sh-" The seaponies sang in unison before being shot by a magical blast. Shocked, Trixie looked to see where the blast came from. Who should appear in that direction but Nightmare.

She shot more blasts, this time at Trixie. Trixie ran in every direction and soon ran into another portal.

Trixie fell from the sky and ended up in a strange rainbow-colored land. Nightmare made short work of it. She set flames to the fields and in place of it's beautiful sunset, an eternal night was put in its place.

Trixie saw Nightmare coming towards her. She screeched and fell through another portal.

This time she ended up in the throne room of the Canterlot Castle. Trixie looked to the throne to see Nightmare sitting down in it. She tried running towards the doors but Nightmare closed them before she got to them.

"There's no escaping this time." Nightmare threatened. "Time to accept your fate."

Nightmare energized her horn and made a fireball. Just then, Trixie got an idea. A crazy idea. As Nightmare fired the ball at Trixie, the former showmare dodged it and ran towards Nightmare. She slowed down and bowed to her.

"I am ready to accept my fate, master." Trixie said.

"I thought you might give in sometime." Nightmare said as her essence left Luna. She flowed through the air towards Trixie. Right at the last second, Trixie took off the element of magic and used it as a shield against Nightmare. A pink aura blocked Nightmare from getting to Trixie.

"What is in this thing!?" Trixie shouted.

"A part of its original user of course!" A voice said. A ghostly version of Twilight appeared to Trixie.

"Twilight? Is that you?" Trixie asked.

"Yes and no. Whatever power or feelings Twilight put into the elements stays in it."

"You...mean..."

"This element is from a different time as yours."

"Oohhh! That makes much more sense."

"Now Trixie, let's finish her off!" Twilight's spirit said as both Trixie and Twilight combined their energy to make a giant magic blast. It consumed Nightmare and held it in captivity. Suddenly it vanished.

"That was too easy." Trixie said.

"Now...one last nightmare....for YOU! You thought...you've won? That...is a lie. You may not have been my vessel...but there are more of you to go around! I will...return....another....day. Have...a nice...Nightmare..." A voice said. Trixie collapsed and fell to the ground.

"Trixie! Please! Wake up!" said a very familiar voice. Trixie opened her eyes to see Twilight.

"T-twilight?" Trixie murmured.

"Oh thank goodness! You're ok!" Twilight exclaimed.

"I'm glad to see you're ok too!" Trixie said.

"You know, lately I've been having this feeling whenever I'm around you. I think, maybe it's time I let myself express that feeling." Twilight said as she puckered up her lips and leaned over to Trixie.

"What!? What!? Twilight what are you doing!? Stop!" Trixie yelled.

"Trixie? Trixie wake up!"

Trixie opened her eyes to see Twilight.

"Ahhh! Please don't kiss me!" Trixie pleaded.

"Kiss you? Why would I kiss you?" Twilight asked confided.

"Nothing...just...a...never mind. Wait! Twilight! You're alive!" Trixie said.

"Thanks to you. Apparently once you defeated Nightmare, everything went back to normal. We eventually found where Celestia was located and returned her to her duties."

"Thank goodness." Trixie sighed with relief. "I think this life can get a little tough. You can have your life back if you want." Twilight shook her head.

"You can stay if you want." Luna said as she walked into the room.

"Luna?" Trixie said in horror.

"My apologies about my lust for revenge. Nightmare returned and...I know not what came over me. Can you forgive me?" Luna apologized.

"Apology accepted." Trixie replied.

"I can transport you both to your proper place, however you have made an impact on this world and others in it. You have every right to stay." Luna said

"So I can stay?" Trixie asked.

"Why not! Now I need to be heading to my universe." Twilight said as she walked off.

"Wait! Can I...visit you?" Trixie begged.

"Any time." Twilight answered. Suddenly, Celestia entered the room.

"I'm so sorry for any trouble I caused." Trixie said ashamed.

"It's quite alright." Celestia comforted "However Trixie....there is....something you should see." Celestia said. Celestia led Trixie to a mirror. It looked very distorted and strange. Trixie pressed her hoof against the mirror. Suddenly her reflection came out in real life.

"Trixie." The reflection said.

"You're...me!" Trixie exclaimed.

"I know, I had the same reaction. But you have to listen! Something terrible is happening. It's in the human world!"

"What is this problem?"

The reflection paused for a minute.

"It's you....or to be more precise...the human you." The reflection responded gravely.