Author's Note

I'm not sure if this might be what you were hoping for, but if you do like it, I'm glad, and if not, at least I can say that NineTailBeastBall and I tried and anyways, if there are any errors in the story, I welcome the constructive critisism and as always, thank you for all of your patience and support and remember to always stay tuned for more chapters to come, and remember to keep on bronying on, my friends, you've been a great audience.

Also, I give credit to NineTailBeastBall for the idea on the OC's backstory

A Tricky Beginning

A Tricky Love Interest

Written by Israel Yabuki

Co-written and edited by NineTailBeastBall

Out of the billions of people in the entire world, you were one of the very few who was born with a special gift. Specifically, that gift is that you possessed incredible psychokinetic powers.

While some would probably feel proud to have such abilities, you felt quite the opposite since you unfortunately haven’t lived an easy life. Your parents still loved you, even though you were different than them. However they couldn’t take the risk of someone finding out about your powers. Because of this, you were homeschooled and therefore never had any friends.

However, somehow word got out that you possessed psychic abilities, as one day when you were still just a 9-year-old child, government agents took you away from your family and brought you to a lab. You never saw your family again.

Since that day, you’ve learned to control your powers as the scientists subjected you to a series of painful and inhumane experiments. Such experiments included putting shock collars on you and drowning you in water.

It’s been 13 years since you were brought to this lab. Basically your entire childhood has been taken away from you and they didn't even care.

Right now you were sitting in a chair with a device strapped to your head as some scientist took notes on progress for today. You had nothing but hatred for these men, they saw you as nothing but a laboratory specimen. But later on, they would soon discover that when your anger was pushed too far, your psychokinetic powers would grow stronger by the second. The device on your head kept beeping rapidly from the anger that boiled deep inside you.

‘Is this really my purpose? Am I just an experiment? A labortory specimen? THIS CANNOT BE... MY DESTINY!!!’ you thought to yourself, feeling the device on your head start to break.

Sirens went off and the scientists tried to stop you, but they soon learned that it was pointless. The device on your head shattered into pieces and your eyes began to glow, as they were no longer able to suppress your abilities.

You levitated a few of the scientists and threw them across the room. The security team came in and shot at you with tranquilizer darts. After all, you were a valuable asset to their research, they couldn’t just kill you. You quickly put up a barrier, blocking their assault.

The fact that they would rather put you to sleep instead of kill you and put you out of your misery made you even angrier. Your eyes glowed even brighter, and soon, you made your way over to an explosive chemical container. The security team and the head scientist who was responsible for taking you away from your happy life all had you cornered, but you didn’t care.

“Stop! Don’t do this!” he shouted out.

“Why should I listen to you? All you’ve ever done is use me as your own personal lab rat! You’ve used and abused me like I wasn’t even human at all! How can you even do this to your own kind with no remorse whatsoever?! You took away from my loving family, my childhood... YOU TOOK MY WHOLE LIFE AWAY!!!” you shouted

“You should feel proud that you might actually help America! With your gift, you can even help stop these meaningless wars and save humanity! You should be thanking me that I’m helping you improve your powers!”

“Is that the best excuse you can come up with? I’m starting to think you’re not even human at all if all you do is use and abuse me! I’m not your lab rat, I am a human being who was born with feelings and a heart!”

“Those were only the standard precautions we took so you wouldn’t turn your back against your own country. We need your special powers to use as an advantage in order to protect the land of the free!”

“Humans have lives, too. You can’t just take their lives away from them just because of their special gifts and stuff like that!”

“I’ll do whatever the hell I want and if you don’t comply, you’ll never see your family again!”

You clench your fists and the veins on your forehead began to pop out. “Then maybe I should just kill you all right where you stand!” Your hands start to slowly clench into a fist and the chemical container was getting dented. “You’re not even a human anymore. You turned your back on your own kind, so now I will make sure that you will never EVER exist in this world, again!”

“SEIZE HIM!” he shouted. But only one security guard went after you, only for him to get levitated and slammed against the wall and the man who took everything from you. He fell back and hit his head on the wall. “N-No... don’t... do this! Please!” he reached out in vain.

“Go to hell, you miserable pieces of shit!” As you said this, you aimed your hand at the chemical container and clenched your hand into a fist. Upon doing so, the container burst open and explodes and the sounds of the men screaming in agony filled your ears for only a split second before only catching the sight of darkness.

‘Why? Why was life so cruel to me? I didn’t ask for this gift, so why bother? It doesn’t matter to me anymore. They can’t do anything to hurt me anymore,’ you thought to yourself, drifting through the darkness.

Then at the end of the dark void, you saw a small glimmer of light and reached out for it, and felt its warm glow coat your whole body.

‘So this is it...’ you thought as you slowly close your eyes. ‘Goodbye mother and father. I only wish I could have seen you... one last time.’

A few minutes went by and all that you could see were the flashbacks you had back when you were just a kid, learning everything your parents taught you and the times you were having so much fun with them.

‘Why?’ you thought to yourself as you watched the flashbacks. ‘Why couldn’t I have been born normal?’ That’s all you had time to think about before you completely fell unconscious.

Some time later, you began to regain consciousness and your eyes started to open up and you looked around to find yourself in a field. You gingerly clenched the grass beneath you, as you haven’t been outside since the day you were taken away from your parents.

“W-What the? A-Am I... dead?” you asked yourself before feeling a very sharp pain in your head. That definitely answered your question, as your mother used to tell you that there’s no pain in Heaven.

As powerful as your psychic abilities were, they still have consequences. Too much use of your ability could cause serious headaches, sometimes even worse. The experiments may have been immoral, but at least they taught you how to control your psychokinesis. Having released all that power during your rampage, your headache won’t be going away for quite a while.

You let out a grunt while getting up and dusted yourself off before scanning the area around you. This field was so peaceful, a much better improvement than that cruel laboratory. For the first time in 13 years, you felt at peace. You were finally free and could now live more peacefully.

To start off your new life, you took a little walk, taking in the fresh air and listening to the beautiful sounds of birds chirping and the wind blowing against your hair. This might not be Heaven, but the peaceful scenery brought you joy nonetheless.

Looking down, you saw that the uniform you were forced to wear was torn because of the explosion, but that wasn’t important right now. For the first time in years, you were a free man. And surely this new world you’re in must have inhabitants. You didn’t care what they were like, as long as they accepted you for who you are. Soon, you caught the sight of a nice little town out in the distance.

Activating your power, you could sense life. You casually walked straight into town. You were in no rush to arrive, however, when you got close enough to the town, you realized there wasn’t anyone in sight. You stroked your chin and looked around to see where the people might be.

Before you had the chance to activate your power again, you heard a distant cheering. You paid close attention and walked into the direction where the cheering was coming from. Around the corner of the town, you looked and saw a bunch of creatures that looked like anthropomorphic horses and they all seemed to be happy and cheering at whoever was on the stage.

Of course, you had no idea what it was or who it was they were cheering for. Your clothes were still torn up from the explosion, however even if they weren’t you weren’t sure who to trust in this unfamiliar world.

Just then, in a huge cloud of smoke, another anthro horse appeared. She had bright silver hair and sky blue fur with lavender eyes. She wore a purple cape with stars decorating it, as well as a matching hat. Underneath her cape, she wore a dark violet dress that nearly covered her whole entire body. All you could see was her lower legs.

“Good day, fellow ponies!” she began in a loud voice “I, the GREAT and POWERFUL TRIXIE, will dazzle you all with my newest magic tricks! But first, Trixie requires a volunteer from the audience, if you please!”

“Magic tricks?” you quietly asked yourself while watching from the corner. Somehow, she must have noticed your presence and pointed her horn in your direction.

“Et voila!” she exclaimed. The next thing you knew, you weren’t standing in the corner, but now on stage with her. The audience gasped as soon as they looked at you.

You turned to the horse who called herself Trixie with a blank expression, wondering what would she do next. You of course, have never volunteered during a show before because you’ve never been to one in your life. While you had the option of reading her mind with your ability, you chose not to.

“Now, let’s get on with the show, shall we? The Great and Powerful Trixie will amaze you all with the old “chained prison escape” trick! And to make it even better, Trixie’s trusty assistant shall wrap the chains around me!” she said.

‘Is she really that serious?’ you thought to yourself while slightly widening your eyes. Trixie levitates the chains onto your hands and smirks at you with confidence. If this is really what she wants to give the audience, then that’s what you were gonna help her with.

You walked over to Trixie, who then poofed out a chair and sat on it. For a moment you hesitated to sit down, due to the memories of the chair back at the lab, but you eventually conceded. She first started by wrapping the chains around her upper torso and worked your way down to her legs. Once done, she levitates you the key, which you use to lock the chains together, leaving her completely chained up.

“Now watch as the Great and Powerful Trixie attempts to escape her prison!” she exclaimed confidently. She started moving around in the chains and all you could do was watch, not knowing if she needed help or not. For now, she seemed perfectly incapable of getting out on her own.

Just then, one of Trixie’s arms slid out of the chains, and next, her other arm. Her legs soon squeezed out of the little gaps in the chains and jumped out with a front flip.

“Ta-da!” she exclaimed. The crowd immediately applauded her for the amazing trick she performed. She took her hat off and bowed to the audience as they clapped. “Thank you, thank you! Trixie is pleased at how much you enjoyed it. But this is only the beginning! For I shall now perform, yet another trick that’ll amaze you all!”

You weren’t sure if you wanted to stay on the stage or not.

“Would Trixie’s assistant please have a seat?” she asked you, kindly. You kept the same emotionless look, but you still obeyed her and sat down on the chair.

“Now my assistant, Trixie asks you to look deep into Trixie’s eyes and listen… to this.” Trixie said, pulling out a pendulum from her cape. She tilts it, making it tick back and forth. “Now listen to the sound of the pendulum. On the count of three and with the snap of Trixie’s fingers, you will think you can do psychic powers. One... two... three!” Trixie snaps her fingers, but you knew this was one trick that was going to become real.

You stood up from your chair and looked at it as your eyes began glowing. You placed your hand out and levitated it off the ground, making everyone in the crowd, including Trixie, gasp in surprise.

Several seconds of complete silence passed before the ponies once again began applauding. Trixie was still flabbergasted by the fact that she didn’t even levitate the chair herself, however, she quickly changed her expression and smiled at the crowd.

You lowered the chair down and looked at the crowd cheering for you, but you didn’t smile back. For that matter you found it somewhat distasteful that Trixie was taking credit for something she didn’t do. Obviously, the crowd believes the trick was successful and that she was the one who levitated the chair.

And yet somehow, you were relieved that they thought it was her. The last thing you wanted to do was cause panic around town if they found out it was you... you didn’t even want to think of what might happen.

“And now everypony, for my final trick, the Great and Powerful Trixie, will have her volunteer sawed in half!”

It was at that moment that you’ve had enough. There was just too much around you that reminded you of what those scientists did to you. Turning away, you began to walk off of the stage, much to the audience’s confusion.

“Where are you going, sir? Trixie isn’t done yet,” Trixie called out.

“I’m just not worthy of your time,” you replied in a flat tone before continuing on your way.

Even after the show ended, you kept your distance away from any civilians as you wondered throughout the town. Those horrible memories of that laboratory kept flooding your mind to the point where you could potentially snap. And that was something you didn’t want to happen.

You slide down the wall that you were leaning on, holding your head as the vile memories came back to you.

“Excuse me?” a very familiar voice rang in your ears. Slowly looking up, you saw that it was Trixie, and she looked like she was concerned about you. You couldn’t stop shaking in fear from those horrible memories, though she thought you were just cold. “Now now, it’s okay. Trixie has the remedy for this.”

She unties her cape and wraps it around your body like a blanket. A blanket was one of the many things you were denied of during your time in that research facility. Next thing she does is levitate a plate of food in front of you. The scientists never exactly starved you, but the food was the farthest thing from pleasant.

You lost your ability to care about taste a long time ago. At this point, your taste buds have probably dulled from the flavorless meals you ate, but you didn’t want to be rude, so you grabbed the baked potato on the plate and sank your teeth into it. You chewed it slowly, and to your surprise, it tasted incredible. You went at a steady pace as you ate your baked potato before moving onto what looked like a carrot dog.

Once you were done with the meal, you decided to finally say something. “That show you put on was honestly the first one I’ve ever seen. Still, I must admit I find it somewhat... insulting to take credit for work that’s not yours.”

Trixie’s eyes went wide as you once again displayed your abilities by levitating the plate back to her. “Especially inferior work,” you added, as telekinesis was one of the easiest things you could do with your ability.

“Hello, you took Trixie by surprise when you did that trick. You think I didn’t notice those eyes of yours glowing back there? Trixie didn’t want to take the credit, but if I didn’t, who knows what they would have done!”

The emotionless expression on your face didn’t change, even as you turned away from Trixie. Whether she knew it or not, you were still paying attention in case she had anything else to say.

“I’ll tell you this much sir, numerous humans have come to our world and none of them can do what you did on that stage.” After that sentence you faced the blue unicorn again.

You had hoped when you saw these ponies, that you wouldn’t have to see another human. “Wait, there are other humans here in this town?” you asked, clenching your fists out of distress.

“Of course there are. Why do you sound so frightened about it? Trixie’s confused,” she said. You didn’t want to explain it to Trixie, or anyone in this town for that matter. You just kept trembling every time you kept thinking about your scarred past.

“Look, Trixie doesn’t understand why you’re so frightened about humans, but if it helps, Trixie could at least try to ask somepony to help you out, okay?”

It brought a little comfort to you when she offered you help, so in response, you nodded. Trixie lent you her hand to help stand you back up. Hesitating for a moment, you took her hand, feeling her bring you to your feet.

“Follow me, Trixie knows somepony who can help you,” she said. Trixie held your hand and guided you throughout the town while you kept your head low. For a few seconds, you gazed at Trixie and just realized how beautiful she looked.

As she led you by your hand, you looked around at the civilians were all just going about their day. There seemed to be no conflict or misery at all in this peaceful town.

‘What is this comforting feeling? I don’t understand it,’ you thought. You were snapped out of your thoughts as you noticed a light purple pony coming your way. She too had a horn and she was also apparently pregnant. However what really caught your eye was that she wasn’t alone. Standing beside her, holding her hand... was a man.

Despite the stress building up inside you, your usual emotionless expression didn’t change. Rather all you did was look away from this smiling man, causing him to frown out of confusion.

“That was quite a performance, Trixie,” the purple unicorn commended as she took Trixie’s hands in her own. “I’m so glad you managed to find somepony to help you with the show. Pregnancy’s been a full-time job for me, lately.”

Trixie giggled. “Trixie can see that, Starlight. And she would like to offer you her congratulations and best wishes for your little triplets.”

You were about to walk away when you felt Trixie’s grip on your hand slightly increase. Reluctantly, you returned your gaze back onto the human and the pony named Starlight.

“We saw you on the stage sir,” the man said offering his hand out. “They call me Chance. What’s your name?”

You didn’t answer nor did you take his hand. But when Trixie placed her hand on your shoulder, getting your attention, you just watched her tilt her head at the guy who’s called Chance. You were hesitant at first, but then you stuck your hand out and felt him shake your hand.

“What are you doing?” you ask, finally deciding to speak.

Chance just chuckled. “What do you mean? It’s called a handshake. It’s how we say “hello,” he explained.

You don’t respond, but you pulled your hand away. “Don’t touch me again.” It was at this moment that Chance felt insulted.

“Trixie’s sincerest apologies, but for some reason, when I first mentioned that humans were here in Ponyville, he just got all shaky, like he was afraid of them,” she explained.

Starlight looked at you with curiosity. “Your eyes show no emotion. What caused such a thing?” she asked sympathetically.

You looked at Starlight and said in a very quiet tone, “Lab... research... pain... darkness... torture... experiments... so cold... no home...” However she tilts her head.

“What did you say?” she asked hoping, you would be a little louder this time. Unfortunately for her, you didn’t repeat your words. All she heard from you was your quivering and whimpering.

You turned around before unknown to the three, your eyes started to glow again. Trixie was about to ask you to turn back around when a voice echoed in her head. ‘I’m... I’m afraid…’ The voice was quiet and reserved, but Trixie easily recognized it as your own voice.

Thanks to a little help from Starlight, Trixie can also use telepathy, ‘What are you so afraid of?’ Starlight and Chance just looked at each other confused.

‘Even if I told you, you wouldn’t understand. Nobody would...’

‘It still wouldn’t hurt to hear you out. Look, Trixie doesn’t know what happened to you back in your world, but if you don’t talk about your problems, how are you going to be able to move on? You gotta have confidence.’

It was at that moment that you’ve had enough. Using your power, you created a mental barrier, cutting off Trixie’s telepathy. She doesn’t have any idea what you’ve been through, so what right does she have to lecture you over it?

With her cut off from your mind, Trixie facepalmed herself, confusing Starlight and Chance even more.

“Is everything alright, you suddenly got very quiet.” said Starlight. Ignoring her you pushed passed Starlight and Chance.

“Just stay away from me,” you said quietly, but loud enough for them to hear you.

Trixie sighed, “Listen, I know this sounds like an odd request, but do you think tomorrow you can get Twilight or Princess Celestia to come down to my wagon? Trixie feels like right now is unfortunately not a good time to talk to him.”

As Starlight nodded, Trixie ran to catch up to you before you went too far.

You had avoided any conversation with Trixie as she led you out of town. Just as you were displeased with her giving you a lecture, she was displeased with you for how you acted towards her friends.

After about ten minutes of walking you finally stopped at what appeared to be a wagon. You only recognized what it was due to the picture books you used to read as a child. Trixie walks up to the door and opens it, still giving you a sour look as she did so. However, you didn’t return the glare. All you did was walk inside as soon as she gestured you to go in.

Once both of you were inside, she closed the door a little hard and kept on glaring at you. “What in Celestia’s name is your problem?” she asked, scolding you, “I don’t know what it was that freaked you out back where you lived, but that’s no excuse for you to act like a jerk towards my friends like that! They were trying to be friendly with you and you just shunned them out!”

“What is a friend?” you asked flatly, catching her off guard.

Trixie unfortunately took that as an insult and became angrier. “Excuse me? Just what is that suppose to mean?”

“I don’t know how to be any clearer. What is a friend?” you repeated.

Trixie wasn’t sure if you was being honest or just pushing her buttons, but she tried to calm down so she didn’t freak you out. “A friend is someone, or in my case, somepony, who sticks by your side and helps you no matter what.”

You looked up at the ceiling for several minutes as you took in what she just said. “Like I said before, you wouldn’t understand my suffering. You see I-” You were cut off as you heard a knock at the door.

“Huh, who could that be?” Trixie asked herself. She went to the door and opened it, checking to see who it was. You look with remote interest and raised an eyebrow as you saw someone new step inside the wagon with Trixie. She was a pony with lavender fur and had a horn like Trixie and Starlight. However, you saw that she also had a pair of wings.

“Seems like Equestria has yet another new human,” she said with a friendly smile. “It’s nice to meet you my name is Twilight Sparkle, princess of friendship,” she explained.

You nodded. “And what is it you want with me?” you asked in your typical flat tone. Trixie gritted her teeth at your apparent disrespect.

“Well, I received word from Starlight and Chance that you were acting rather strangely, no offense,” that last part she said quickly.

Trixie decided to speak up. “He’s also quite… different from all the other humans we know.”

Twilight’s curiosity peaked when Trixie mentioned this. “Why do you say that?”

“You want to tell her or should I?” Trixie asked you folding her arms. Whether you or her would spill the beans, the truth was gonna come out eventually. In a sigh of defeat, you stood up, made your eyes glow again and you pointed your hand at Trixie’s bed, lifting it off the floor.

Twilight’s mouth dropped as you did this. ‘Amazing! But... how is that possible?’ she thought, unaware that you were able to hear her thoughts.

‘You want to know about me, don’t you?’ your voice echoed in her head through the use of telepathy.

Twilight turns her attention back to you before her vision began to change. The same thing happened to Trixie. It no longer appeared like they were inside the wagon, but rather in a dark room with a single chair. They saw that in that chair you were tied down as scientists came into the room with some strange tools.

‘What you’re looking at here are my memories. Like Trixie here said, I’m quite different from most humans.’ your voice echoed. You continued to show them different memories, letting the two mares observe the vile experiments that were performed on you.

You decided that was enough and stopped projecting the memories. “You saw it. Over at that facility I was never treated as a human. You see I was born with powerful psychic powers and therefore I was treated only as a science experiment. I was nothing more than a lab rat to those disgusting fools. They took me away from my family. They took me away from my life and I couldn’t stand being there any longer.”

It amazed Twilight that as you spoke of your horror, you could keep a calm expression. “What did you do?” she asked.

“Ordinarily I don’t show emotion, however one day, I let my anger take control and I escaped into this chemical lab and focused all of my power into pressurizing these chemicals. When the man who took my life away tried to stop me... I killed him. All I could remember after that was the screams of agony and the fires engulfing my body. I was no longer of that cruel, heartless world anymore.”

Trixie was no longer angry with you, quite the opposite. Putting a hand over her mouth, tears soon fell down her cheeks.

“I-I just hope the nightmare’s over and d-done with,” she stuttered as she tries to control her crying. Twilight couldn’t help wrapping her arms around the show pony.

You sat down and sighed, looking down at the floor. “I hope so, too,” you replied. Without warning, Trixie leapt forward and gave you a surprise hug. Widening your eyes slightly, you slowly turned to her and heard her sobbing quietly. No one has ever hugged you besides your parents. Right then and there, your heart began beating faster than usual and your face grew wet. For the first time in years, you cried tears of sadness and joy as you returned a hug to Trixie.