Unleash The Truth

Sunset was quivering in excitement. She was about to see the most amazing pyromancy tricks ever! Who wouldn't be excited about that?

And that was before the show began! When she saw the actual pyromancy, she was ecstatic! It was all she could do to avoid waking her two sleeping friends beside her.

First, Trickster began juggling literal balls of fire while standing on only one hind leg. Then, Hat Trick created a ring of fire, which Trixie then interlocked with another ring of fire, which was being controlled by Trickster. Trixie began spinning the interlocked rings around again and again, until they spun so fast that they were but an orange blur. After that, Trickster fashioned a whip of flames and hit Hat Trick, and then moved the whip away to reveal that nothing had happened. The exhibition went on, leaving the crowd flaming, and Sunset Shimmer a burning curiosity about how each of the tricks worked. Unfortunalty, all good things must come to an end, and Sunset found herself waiting for the Trick family's final pyromancy trick.

"Now," said Trickster,"for our final trick, we have something very, very special for you! A feat that shall eclipse all the feats!"

"A trick to end all tricks!"Hat Trick joined in.

"We present to you...,"chimed Trixie.

"The Pseudo-Solunar System!"they said together.

Sunset heard Celestia take in a sharp breath at that. She looked at the monarch, to see her wearing a surprised and angry expression.

Sunset frowned thoughtfully, before returning her gaze to the show, but she couldn't help but glance at Celestia once or twice.

Trickster had powered up his horn and was pouring it into a ball of magic, as bright as the sun.

"Not as bright as the sun,"she realized," it is the sun."

At the very least, it was a very accurate model of it.

Then, Hat Trick created another ball of magic, which solidified into a white, round rock. It's surface was covered by shallow holes. A few of the darker ones were arranged in the shape of a unicorn mare's head. It was the moon.

Then, Trickster passed over control of the pseudo-sun to Trixie, before focusing his magic on a third ball, which also solidified into rock. Then, a he added more magic and and created water which he held onto th rock. Then he added a small, translucent layer of gas around the model planetoid, to represent the atmosphere. Then, he concentrated, and added the final touch: life.

This was no longer a model, it was a literal solunar system, nothing "pseudo" about it. The revelation left Sunset in awe.

And that was before the system began moving.

The system moved in perfect harmony. Hat Trick moved the moon in an orbit around mini-Equus. Trickster turned an maintained the planet. The sun was controlled, to Sunset's surprise, by Trixie. The filly couldn't have been more than two years older than her, yet she operated the sun with relative ease.

Sunset couldn't help imagining herself on that stage, showing off her skills, and hearing the applause of millions. She could hear them calling out her name, begging for her to teach them how to be as good as she was. She would simply smile and nod, humbly accepting praise and gifts from her fans.

She had been so invested in her daydream, that she hadn't noticed the scowling and pouting of the princess right next to her until it was too late.

"ENOUGH!"shouted Celestia, angrily.

The crowd fell silent. The moon and the mini-Eqqus fell onto the stage. The water sloshed off Equus. If Sunset focused, she could hear tiny screams coming from the Equus. Only the sun remained in the air, though it was slowly dropping down, millimeter by millimeter.

"Do you dare compare me moving the very sun that gives you light and life to... to... child's play?" The princess raged, her face turning red and her pupils dilating.

"No, Your High-"Hat Trick coughed halfway through her sentence,"-ness, we would never dare compare a mere trick to your majesty!"

"Even if the trick is far better than anything you did since we actually created everything we worked with...,"she mumbled under her breath, though it was loud enough for anypony to hear the statement.

"That, my little pony, just earned you a ticket to prison for treason against the Celestial Crown! And it wouldn't hurt to take your family in for "questioning", would it?" Celestial said snootily.

Hat Trick was in front of Trixie in less than a second.

"Try me," she growled.

Sunset stared between the two mares. She couldn't believe that Hat Trick was saying this to the Princess! Even more than that, she couldn't believe that Celestial would be so cruel as to take in a filly for questioning!

As Sunset tried to collect her thoughts, a pair of pegasus guards moved towards Hat Trick. The mare readied her stance, prepared to defend herself and her daughter.

As the guards reached Hat Trick, a light pink aura covered the miniature moon and flew into the two guards' face. At the same time, Trixie's flanks glowed and they had a new image on them: a crescent moon with a wand across it.

Sunset gasped. She had never seen anyone get a cutie mark. Even though she was old enough to get her cutie mark, she hadn't really been interested in getting it.

Her thoughts were interrupted by something that whizzed past her face and embedded itself in Trixie's neck causing the filly to fall down, unconscious. Her parents were instantly at her side.

"What did you do to her?"Trickster cried.

"You'll see... though I am sure you will comply to my orders now?"Celestia asked.

Gritting her teeth, Hat Trick said,"Of course."

Smiling in a sickly sweet way, Celestia said,"Of course what?"

"Of course... Your Highness...,"said Hat Trick.