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From the image Alicorn Trixie, by KriahFox.

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"What a beautiful day it was today!" Twilight said. She was staring up at the sky. "Don't you think so, Spike? Spike?" The dragon sitting on her back gave no reply. Twilight chuckled. The poor little guy was probably tuckered out. It had been a long day, after all.

"Aren't you glad we got all those books back?" she said, still trotting along back towards the library. It was starting to get dark, so Twilight picked up her speed. "I really have to improve the library's history section. It's just criminal that we don't have anything about Ponyville's founding."

"Twilight?" Her dragon was tapping her on the back.

"What is it?"

"Maybe you should turn around."

Twilight cocked an eyebrow, but did as Spike suggested. And then she saw what he was referring to. A dark figure was approaching in the sky. It was hard to make out its exact nature, as the shape was silhouetted against the setting sun, but Twilight thought it might be a pony. Rainbow Dash? No, the shape was too large and thin to be Rainbow Dash.

The pony approached, making straight for Twilight. Twilight, eager to meet this new pony, sat down and waited. Spike, not paying enough attention, lost his hand-hold and fell with a smack on the ground.

"Who do you think it is?" Twilight hissed to her assistant. She wasn't quite sure why she was whispering, but then the pony landed, and all her questions were answered.

There was a loud bang, and then a dozen firecrackers exploded at once, showering the street with light and sparks. Pinwheels whizzed overhead, and neon dragons danced through flaming hoops. Geometric shapes formed and morphed and combined to form new figures. They were all entirely illusory. That's some serious magical ability, Twilight thought. She wasn't even sure if she herself was capable of such control.

"That was quite an entrance," Twilight said, feeling great admiration for the mysterious pony. "Who are you?"

The pony stepped forward, and Twilight could see her for the first time. The oddest thing wasn't the regalia she wore, the crown, chest-plate and hoof-shoes that normally signified royalty. It wasn't even the fact that the pony had wings and a horn. Twilight had seen that before, knew the wings-and-horn combination better than anypony else in Equestria. No, the strangest, weirdest, most confusing thing about the situation was the pony all these things belonged to.

"Hello, Twilight," Trixie said. "Still think you're better than the Great and Powerful Trixie?"