“When I stamp my hoof, you will awaken, and find yourself feeling… very obedient.“

A simple sentence Starlight Glimmer couldn’t stop thinking about as she hesitated, her hoof raised in front of the trailer’s door.

“Go ahead, tell the crowd who your master is.”

The words from the show rattled through her brain as she built up the courage to knock on the door.

For Luna’s sake, she thought to herself, She’s your best friend, you shouldn’t be worried about this.

And yet… She hesitated. She was sweating, and she didn’t quite know why. Why was she freaking out so much about hanging out with her best friend, who just happened to be a capable hypnotist?

Oh. She knew exactly why.

“Starlight Glimmer?”

Her internal monologue was somewhat rudely interrupted by a blue face peering out of the window.

“Oh! Uh, hey Trixie,” Starlight said, as she at least somewhat convincingly faked a smile. “Didn’t expect to run into you here.”

“In front of The Great and Powerful Trixie’s home?” Her eyebrow raised slightly.

”The great and powerful Trixie is my master, and I will obey.” The stallion's voice was flat and muted.

Starlight watched Trixie disappear from the window, and open the door. “Would you like to come in? Trixie is always happy to have one of her friends as a guest.”

”The Great And Powerful Trixie is always happy to take on another mindless subject.”

“Well, are you just going to stand there, or…?” Trixie called out from inside.

Startled, Starlight roused herself and walked through the door, into the dusty little caravan. “Sorry, just a little… lost in thought.”

Starlight shook those thoughts from her head. She was just here to visit a friend. Just here to visit a friend…

Trixie grinned. “Tends to happen around me. People are simply enamored by my power.”

“Hehe… heh. Yeah.” Her giggles seemed more nervous in her ears than they needed to, and she shifted her weight on her hooves sheepishly.

If Trixie noticed, she didn’t show it. Instead, she joined in the giggling. Her horn lit up and turned on the small stove in the corner. “Well do come in. Sit down! Can Trixie offer you some tea?” she spoke in a much gentler tone.

“Yes, I think I’d like that,” Starlight said, taking a seat at the tiny table up against the far wall. The caravan was small and slightly dusty, but it had a homely feel to it, from the single bed scrunched in the corner to the miniature kitchen to the shelves packed to overflowing with various knickknacks from Trixie’s career as a stage magician. She gazed over to see a beautiful jade stone on a gold circlet, and wondered where Trixie had found a piece of jewelry like that.

Starlight sighed gently as she watched Trixie fill the kettle, unsure what to say. “So how’s your week been?” she asked softly.

Trixie chuckled to herself. “It’s been a great week. Ponies are really taking to the latest version of my show,” she sighed contentedly, setting the kettle onto the stove. “Last night Rarity was kind enough to bring a few of her friends from Canterlot… After The Great and Powerful Trixie... suggested it to her.” She laughed again, softening her tone somewhat. “And I’m glad to see you in the audience as well. Not that this is as dangerous as jumping into a Manticore’s gullet, mind you, but it’s nice to have a friend in the crowd.”

Starlight giggled softly. “It’s a good show.”

“Just good?” Trixie pressed, raising an eyebrow in a smirk.

“Oh, great and powerful Trixie,” Starlight moaned in faux awe, “Your show was the most magnificent feat of magic I’ve ever seen!” She giggled, and then reassured her friend, “Jokes aside, it was very impressive.”

Trixie turned up her nose and harrumphed, “I should think so. Study magic hard, young Glimmer, and maybe someday you will be as Great and Powerful as Trixie!”

Both mares shared a laugh.

Trixie pulled the whistling kettle from the stove, and poured a cup of peppermint tea for each of them.

Starlight took a spoonful of honey from a jar on the counter, and mixed it into her tea. She took a sip, and sighed, “That’s really nice."

“Thank you,” Trixie replied. “So… How have things been?”

“Embarrassing, to say the least,” Starlight grumbled. “I was supposed to do a bunch of friendship lessons, and when they didn’t go the way I wanted them to, I decided that mind control was the right answer…”

She couldn’t help but notice that Trixie was badly trying to hide a laugh. Since when was that so cute?

She continued, “Twilight was not pleased. She read me the riot act, and then I had to spend the whole week making it up to my other friends. Friendship lessons are hard sometimes. I should be glad this stayed between us, and didn’t say, get passed on to the cops. Non-consensual mind control is sort of super illegal.”

Trixie stopped trying to hide her laugh, and leaned back in her chair, chortling.

“It’s not funny,” pouted Starlight.

“It totally is, though,” retorted Trixie, her mane flipping back and forth as she continued to chuckle.

“Okay,” grumbled Starlight, “It is a little funny.”

“Between that incident and you brainwashing that whole town, I’m starting to get the feeling you have something of a fixation on mind control.”

Trixie giggled and sipped her tea, as Starlight choked and spluttered on hers.

Once Starlight stopped coughing, Trixie levitated over a handkerchief. “The Perceptive and Wise Trixie does occasionally pay attention,” she said, smirking at Starlight Glimmer as she wiped her muzzle. “I saw you swaying back and forth at my last show during the induction.”

She leaned in close enough for Starlight to feel her breath on her ear.

“Is that why you came here, Starlight? To let me into your mind? To let the great and powerful Trixie control your essence, own your being, and have So. Much. Fun with you?”

Trixie stepped back, unable to keep a straight face. Her raucous laughter filled the room, but failed to cover Starlight’s breathless gasp and soft moan, and three words, barely spoken above a whisper...

“Yes, Miss Trixie.”

As Trixie’s laughter quickly petered out, she glanced at Starlight.

Starlight wondered what she was thinking. Blood rushed to her face, and couldn’t stop biting her lip. She tried to laugh it off. “Hehe… Yeah… Funny…”

Trixie tilted her head and blinked. “Oh dear, you’re serious,” she breathed, eyes widening.

All Starlight could do was sink her head in shame.

A hoof beneath her chin raised it again.

Starlight peered into her friend’s eyes, trying to gauge her reactions, the pit in her stomach growing. “I didn’t mean…” she started, but Trixie cut her off.

“Now now, no need for that,” Trixie chided, letting her go and chuckling. “If that’s what you’re into, that’s what you’re into. The tolerant and accepting Trixie is certainly not going to shame you for something she enjoys so much. Although it is a bit…” She paused for a moment, mulling over her choice of words, before she continued. “…Unexpected.”

“Yeah… Sorry to dump that on you, Trixie.” Starlight sheepishly replied.

Trixie waved a hoof. “Think nothing of it. Trixie didn't mean to pry.”

She paused for a moment, apparently thinking, before saying. “Trixie would be willing to entrance you, though. Just for fun,” she added, a little hastily. “A little trance between friends, nothing wrong with that.”

“Really?” Starlight asked, no longer hiding her eagerness.

“Really. Trixie is actually glad her friend is interested in hypnosis,” she said, relaxing significantly. “She wasn’t sure she’d ever find someone outside of her stage shows, and that’s always so… impersonal. ”

“I’m just glad you don’t think I’m a total weirdo,” Starlight said, sighing lightly.

Seemingly out of nowhere, Trixie grabbed her hoof and pulled her forward slightly. "Sink into my eyes," Trixie whispered in her ear, and before Starlight could even process what she had said, their eyes met, and Starlight couldn't help but stare into the deep, dark, azure globes.

“Trixie doesn’t think you’re a weirdo,” Trixie spoke, in a much more measured, slow tone. It felt… Calming. “Just keep staring into my eyes. This is fine, there’s nothing wrong with what you want, and Trixie would never shame you for any of this. Just take a nice deep breath, and as you exhale, let all that worry out. Just let it all out, don’t let it bother you.”

Starlight did as she was told, almost without thinking. She seemed to melt into Trixie’s words, and took a deep, calming breath. There was something wonderful about it; something pleasant about staring deep into her eyes. Starlight felt like she could lose herself in them if she wasn’t careful.

“Relaxing, isn’t it?” Trixie asked, her voice warm and comforting. “Do it again.”

It felt so nice to just stare into Trixie’s eyes and breathe like that. Starlight nodded in assent and again took a calm, deep breath, pushing all the concerns and worries she had from her mind, just as Trixie had told her to.

“Tell Trixie what you’d like to do. Don’t be shy. You can trust Trixie. There is no shame here.”

It seemed so easy for the words to just pour out of her, like there was nothing holding back her thoughts. “I like being thoughtless. And mindless,” Starlight continued. “Completely being under someone else’s control, letting them shape my thoughts and emotions… I love that feeling.” Her breast was heaving. Did she really just admit to that? She felt her face blush.

Trixie giggled. “That can be arranged. It’s nice to hear a subject so… forward about her desires.”

“Well… Yeah,” Starlight giggled. “You did say no shame.” She continued, “I also like to be given binding instructions, the stronger the better…”
She paused and closed her eyes, taking a deep breath, to Trixie’s apparent bemusement, letting all of her worries flow out of her, just like Trixie told her too.

Breathing in again, and returning Trixie’s gaze, she finished, “…Especially on how to touch myself,” she exhaled, giggling softly to herself.

Trixie chuckled along with her. “Feels good to get that off your back, doesn’t it?”

“Oh, you have no idea,” Starlight groaned, laughing softly. Her eyes were still fixated by Trixie's. “I can’t believe I just said that!”

“Trixie can,” Trixie said. “The Great and Powerful Trixie has her ways of being compelling. Still staring into my eyes, are you?”

“Yeah…”

“It’s easy, isn’t it? Just keep doing that. No reason to stop, is there?”

"No, Trixie."

Not that Starlight wanted to. Trixie’s eyes were like deep, dark pools, so easy to stare into, so much detail in the iris. It seemed to go on forever, as though she could just sink right in...

“That’s right. Just stare into Trixie’s eyes. Tell me… What are your limits? What do you not like to do while in trance? What parts of your mind should Trixie avoid touching?”

Starlight paused for a moment, mulling it over, never breaking eye contact. “I don’t want to involve my old home. Or the things I did before Twilight took me on as her pupil. ”

“Very good,” Trixie said. “Trixie won’t. You're safe here with me.”

It felt like her words were molasses in Starlight’s ears, sweet and sticky. “Thank you, Trixie.”

“Well then… Let’s begin in earnest,” Trixie intoned in a soft, unwavering voice. “Close your eyes…”

Author's Note

Warning: the next chapter is a hypnotic induction. If you do not consent to potentially being hypnotized, you should skip to chapter three, or read the next chapter with caution. You won't be missing anything too important if you skip to the next chapter, but it can be very fun to be hypnotized.