Author's Note

Well, became everyone was lame and chose A...

You get blue bunny.

So now that we got that all settled I wanna say sorry for screwing up the update schedule. I had a major plothole that needed to be filled with the next chapter of Firekeeper so... yeah, sorry everyone! So now we rejoin Trixie and the Fire Keeper in their quest to Ponyville! And what will happen when we get there? Let's find out! With RAINBOWS!

R.R.L & T!

The Arrival

Sometime later in ponyville all the ponies were out and about enjoying a peaceful and beautiful day. Roseluck and her fellow flower ponies were tending to their gardens, Applejack and her farm were in full production. Derpy was delivering mail, and cats and dogs got along in relative harmony. Yes, all was well in Ponyville.

Over the hills outside of Ponyville the Fire Keeper looked upon the town with a stunned expression while Trixie prepared her wagon for their arrival to the small town.

“It’s so amazing!” The Fire Keeper exclaimed. “I’ve never seen so many types of ponies!"

Trixie paused and gave a nonchalant nod in response.

“It is nice, I guess,” She said going back to her wagon.

The Fire Keeper looked down over the hills at a group of foals playing in an open field. She squealed with joy at the cute sight of them tumbling over one another as they frolicked about.

“Wow, they’re are so many kinds of ponies.”

Trixie gave a chuckle at the woman's giddiness.

“Yes, indeed there are many kinds of ponies,” Trixie replied moving the wagon just within Ponyville's limits.

The unicorn wanted to keep her wagon on the town's edge just in case she needed to make a quick getaway. She always said, ‘one could never be too careful.’ In reality she simply just didn’t trust anyone except herself, and perhaps her new human compatriot.

Trixie looked up at her firework cannons, impressed by the amount of rockets they’d hold. She really loved this new wagon. Her old one was nice, but this one was more practical, even if she missed the old foldout stage. Trixie thought back to her old wagon when she first came to Ponyville.

It was large yes, but most of it was dedicated to storage of the fold out stage that was built into it. It was a nice stage but the living arrangement of it forced Trixie to sleep outside. At least this one had an interior so she wasn’t forced to sleep outside.

She finished setting up she fireworks and prepared for the grand re entry to Ponyville. Trixie took the firework cannons and attached them on either side of the wagon and set the magical fuses to them.

Trixie, now finished with her work, approached her human friend from behind and tugged the short cloak the Fire Keeper wore.

“Hmm? What’s wrong miss Trixie?” The Fire keeper asked, looking at the mare.

Trixie didn’t respond. Instead Trixie stared into the woman’s eyes as though caught in a trance. Never before had she seen such beauty in another before. The furless, flawless skin. The beautifully curled hair tied in a long braided hair tied back.

Trixie shook her head to clear her mind of such thoughts. Surely she hadn’t become smitten with the human after only meeting her. No, it was clearly the anxiety of her return show that troubled her. Gesturing to the wagon, Trixie lead the Fire Keeper to the inside.

“Come along,” She said. “Trixie has a show to put on and she doesn't want to keep the crowd waiting.”

Trixie took a quick pace back to the wagon. Entering it, the unicorn left the door open leaving the Fire Keeper to enter at her leisure. Sighing, but smiling all the same, the Fire Keeper followed Trixie into the wagon and closed the door behind her.

The Fire Keeper sat down on the bed and relinquished Trixie’s cloak, allowing the mare to take on her persona, The Great and Powerful Trixie.

“It’s showtime.” Trixie said with a grin.

Lighting her horn the wagons wheels slowly began to creak and propelled itself deeper into Ponyville. Ponies who watched it followed it and gathered around the wagon as it came to a halt in the middle of the town near the small creek that flowed around the center of Ponyville.

The ponies watched the wagon with interest much like cats who watch something when it catches their interest. Several pegasi fluttered above the wagon, while a familiar rainbow blur flew overhead and landed on a cloud just above the wagon.

“Wonder what this could be?” The pony asked no one in particular.

The mare was looking down at the wagon, scanning every detail. Something about it seemed familiar to her. So much so it worried her to no end. Scanning over the wagon she recognized a small panel of wood with a familiar star tipped wand with a blue swirl behind it. Growling a bit the mare leaned over the edge of the cloud glaring down at the offensive wagon ready to fly down at a moment's notice.

“Trixie.”

“COME ONE COME ALL! COME AND SEE THE AMAZING MAGICAL TALENTS OF THE GREAT AND POWERFUL TRIXIE!”

“Oh, sweet stars above,” the mare cursed taking flight and landing in the crowd.

***

Inside Trixie’s wagon the Fire keeper noticed a sudden change to the ponies outside as Trixie made her declaration of arrival. She looked at the crowd seeing several displeased, if not angry faces among them.

Worriedly she turned and placed a hand on Trixie’s shoulder. Trixie took pause noticing the feeling of the woman’s grip on her shoulder.

Noticing the worried look on the Fire keeper’s face Trixie asked, “What’s wrong?”

The Fire Keeper looked out the window. Her look of worry never faltering. “I’m worried bout you going out there alone,” She said after a brief moment.

Trixie scoffed and gave the woman a grin. The unicron spun around, her cloak fluttering around her as she twirled theatrically.

“Fear not my fearless friend!” Trixie proudly declared. “For I the Great and Powerful Trixie will leave the crowds jaws dropped by this night's end! Watch and see!”

With her declaration finalized Trixie spun around to face the side of her wagon and unlatched a secret door that would leave her facing the crowd. Setting off a volley of fireworks Trixie magically levitated a smoke bomb out the window and smashed it to the ground in front of the door.

Quick as lightning Trixie was out the door and magically latched it behind her in one fluid motion. So quick was it that he Fire Keeper’s untrained eyes barely registered the unicorns movements.

“She’s so graceful…” The Fire Keeper said with a hint of envy.

She readjusted herself to see outside. Trixie was saying something to the crowd, but the Fire Keeper was too concerned with looking out for the blue mare she wasn’t paying attention to the rainbow colored pony who was making her way through the crowd.

Several more fireworks flew out from the cannons exploding into bursts of color. The Fire Keeper watched as the explosions of color formed around Trixie’s magic and took on several shapes. The fires turned to butterflies, eagles, and even a dragon. All the while Trixie seemed to be enthralled with her speech. After Trixie finished making her speech the crowd seemed to turn its attention to one individual in the crowd.

The Fire Keeper watched as the crowd split apart revealing a cyan blue pegasus with a rainbow mane and tail. She, along with most of the crowd looked rather displeased with Trixie. The Fire Keeper could sense the anger this pony had for Trixie. A cruel spark in it’s heart told the Fire Keeper these two had a dark history together.

Closing her eyes, the Fire Keeper focused on the pegasus pony in the crowd. She felt the energy from the pony and singled it along with Trixie’s out as she unlatched the secret door and cracked it open to eavesdrop on the conversation.

She then heard a voice not belonging to Trixie, but rather she figured belonged to the rainbow maned one.

“-I can’t believe you have the nerve to come back here and showboat again Trixie!” The mare’s voice said, while murmurs from the crowd agreed with her. “You came here twice and both events left Ponyville in a terrible state for a long time!”

“Yeah! You brought that ursa to our town!”

The Fire Keeper felt a dark spark as the crowd seemed to become more hostile towards Trixie. Had she looked upon the scene, the woman would have noticed Trixie was giving to the crowd. Sweat ran down her blue face as Trixie’s body tensed with each pony drawing nearer.

“PLease citizens of Ponyville! Trixie is here only to perform and tell stories as she-”

“Yeah, I bet stories about how you slayed a large magical beast!” A voice said with sarcasm.

Several ponies laughed. Sneaking a peek, the Fire Keeper noticed Trixie was looking away to cover the look of shame she had on her mug. She flipped up her cloak's collar and lowered her head under the large brimmed hat she wore.

The rainbow pegasus stepped forward with a very aggressive posture and tapped her hoof against Trixie’s chest. This push the unicorn back a step as the rainbow maned mare said, “We let you go once. You came back and caused us so much pain,” She pushed trixie again. “This time we will show you that you don’t come to our town and cause trouble and expect us to take it lying down!”

Trixie screamed out pushing the mare back. “Trixie did nothing wrong the first time!”

The crowd gasped as the cyan pegasus looked back at trixie. Without warning the pegasus flew into Trixie’s gut sending her flying back to into the side of the wagon so hard it nearly knocked it over.

The Fire Keeper gasped grabbing hold of the door frame to hold herself up. She glared out to the crowd at the blue pegasus who looked ready to strike again.

Trixie slowly got up. She gasped for breath after the wind was knocked out of her by the mare, but Trixie never lost her cocky grin.

“Nice hit, Rainbow,” She compliment the mare with unadulterated sarcasm.

The pony named Rainbow smiled flaring her wings. “You think that’s good? Wait until I go hoof to hoof with you! Come on Trixie!” Rainbow challenged the unicron. “Rainbow demands satisfaction!”

Worryingly the Fire Keeper watched with a feeling of great anxiety. She felt her heart beating fast. She was worried this pony was out of Trixie’s league. Something about her seemed to set warning lights off in the woman's mind. The way she spoke, the way she moved, the fire in her heart.

This was a pony with a heart of a warrior. The Fire Keeper knew Trixie was no warrior, but she was a clever deceiver and magician. Her magic, albeit simple, was enough to fool the mind and trick the eye. Yet, the Fire Keeper couldn’t help but worry it wouldn’t be enough. Then what if the other ponies joined in? Trixie wouldn’t stand a chance.

Quickly the Fire Keeper stripped the bed of it covers and bed sheet. She took the bed sheet and wrapped it around her body like a makeshift robe. She found a pair of scissors and cut the excess off so she wouldn’t trip. She then took the top and wrapped the sheets excesse around her breasts and tied them over her left shoulder. She found one of Trixie’s many many pins and ran it through the sheet at her shoulders so it wouldn’t come undone.

Once finished she perched herself near the door and readied herself. She lit her pyromancy flame and prepared a combustion spell. She felt the mana flow through her catalyst as the familiar feeling of heat and sweat overcame her. She smiled at the familiar feeling.

“Oh, long have I awaited the time I would call upon thee,” She whispered looking out to the crowd. “I must be cautious, Trixie doesn’t want me to hurt them I’m sure.”

Trixie stood her ground as the pegasus circled around her. The Fire Keeper felt her body tense up with each passing second. The seconds passed by. It felt like hours to the Fire Keeper, as she waited for Rainbow or Trixie to make a move.

If Rainbow attacked she would defend Trixie with all her power. Should the roles reverse and Trixie attacked Rainbow, she would stop Trixie with her combustion spell, using it as a distraction. As the seconds ticked away she gripped her flaming hand tightly.

She didn’t realize she was digging her nails so hard into her palms that she drew blood from them. SHe watched as Trixie’s horn began to glow a loud booming voice echoed over the crowd making most of the ponies yell out in fright.

“ENOUGH! I WILL NOT HAVE PONIES BRAWLING IN MY TOWN!”

The Fire keeper looked up to see a dark violet pegasus land between Trixie and rainbow. A periwinkle unicorn, who was glowing a bright teal, was flying by her side and landed with her. The first one stood out to the Fire Keeper because it had a horn and wings. The mares violet mane had a large pink stripe with her bob cut bangs.

At her side the periwinkle unicorn had her mane up in a ponytail and had a similar teal stripe go through her mane. Both mares had looks of disappointment on them as they stared down Rainbow and Trixie alike. The violet one stepped forward to Trixie, who took a submissive posture and bowed. The other pony approached Rainbow and guided her away.

It was clear to the Fire Keeper that Rainbow had no intention of leaving, but was forced to either way. Trixie seemed to loosen up as the violet pony gently rubbed her cheek with her hoof.

“It’s good to see you again Trixie.” The pony said smiling at her.

Trixie smiled back rubbing the ponies cheek with her hoof and said, “It’s good to see you too, Twilight.”

Sensing the worst had passed the Fire Keeper dispelled her combustion spell and allowed herself to rest a moment. She slumped down on the floor and ran her hands through her blonde hair feeling a sense of relief that no harm came to Trixie.

With the door still slightly ajar she heard the two ponies converse as she sat there waiting.

“Trixie, why did you pick a fight with, Rainbow?” She heard Twilight ask Trixie.

“Trixie did nothing wrong!” She heard Trixie replied in a haughty tone. “That butch mare was giving Trixie a hard time and-”

“Please don’t call her that Trixie.” Twilight said pleadingly. “You know as well as I do she hates being called gay.”

“Why not? Isn’t she?”

“That’s not the point, Trixie.” Twilight replied straining her voice. “Besides wasn’t there something you wanted to talk about?”

A few moments passed and in that time the Fire Keeper sat back down on the bed. She wondered how Trixie new this other pony and the others. It was clear to her that there was more to this. She simply wished to know. For now she would wait as she always had.

She then sensed opportunity when Trixie gave, Twilight her answer, “Yes, Trixie recently came across a new, friend.”

“I’m so happy for you Trixie!” Twilight’s voice yelled happily.

“Yes, well, the Great and Powerful Trixie wishes for you to enter her humble domicile,” Trixie said opening the wooden door at the back of the wagon.

Trixie stood aside and allowed Twilight to enter her home where she came face to face with the Fire Keeper, who was still sitting on the bed. Twilight gawked at the Fire Keeper who waved to her with a kind smile, as Twilight promptly fainted with a sigh and hoof over her forehead.

*THUD!*

Trixie facehooved. “Not again…”