Trixie and The Dark Moon

Trixie paced back and forth in clothes that were donated by a Rarity from the other side of the mirror after a quick trip through and back by Sunset with Trixie's measurements. The tank top hugged her new larger breasts lifting them and pressing them together, while the jeans did the same for her flanks. She wished they didn't hide her cutie mark. She sighs and looks out the window at the Dark Moon. She had tried some of the simulations and spent hours learning to walk on two legs with Discord's help. All this left her feeling tired yet her mind kept her up. "Why are you here?" She asked to the empty room as she looked out her window at the Dark Moon as it stands there at rest in the moonlight. The suit carried a strong feeling of passion to its design. Like it in existing was issuing a challenge to a old enemy.

Meanwhile in his computer brain Dark Moon was going over what he had learned. 'So Equestria land of ponies and that mare was Trixie my pilot... hehe well I can't complain about her body, just wish I could be her size. To enjoy it or hell even be human again.' his musings were interrupted buy somepony trying to access his hatch. "Access denied. Incorrect code." he said softly as a automated reply, he hates this damn automatic response programs.

The pony in the cloak hit the hatch. "Quiet you stupid machine slave. Bucking figures the princess would have the code changed. Maybe the master code should still work." The unicorn started to punch in a another code.

"Access denied, another unauthorised access attempt will trigger security protocols." Said Dark Moon he was sure this fucker was part of why he was here. He was also happy that he suggested to Trixie to change all the access codes to prevent well what this pony was trying.

"Buck! Open up you stupid tin can!" The pony shouted then bucked the hatch.

'Thank you idiot. "Alert! Attempted forced entry! Alert mobile suit jacking in progress! Alert all hands to battlestations! Alert! Alert!" Dark Moon broadcast on max volume. Lights all over town started to flicker on.

"Horse apple's! Stop that racket at once you were supposed to be my suit! Now shut up and open up! Before somepony comes!" Shouted the hooded pony.

"Access again denied. Go sit on a stick and swivel." Said Dark Moon now happy to see the castle lights flick on by magic.

"What did you say!?" The unicorn was now visible and pissed off.

"Trixie believes here Mobile suit said to shove something large and sharp up your flank whole and swivel on it." Said Trixie striding on the balcony with Twilight, Sunset and Starlight rushing out a few seconds after her grand entrance.

"So your the dog of the Alicorns that stole my gift from the mistress!" Said the pony as he levitated a sword from under his cloak in his blue magic. His blue eyes narrowed as the black coated unicorn with a lime yellow and green mane squared of with the group.

"Wait I know you! I seen your wanted poster! Comet Ark wanted for murder and desertion of duty during the changeling attack on my brothers wedding! Shouted Twilight.

"Gee thanks for the introduction. Tell me are any you trained swordsponies?" He starts to advance slowly.

"Trixie doesn't need to be to handle you." Said Trixie stepping up to his challenge.

"Oh really and what makes you think that?" Said Comet with more than a little ego in his voice.

"Trixie has the Dark Moon. Dark Moon subdue him please." Said Trixie crossing her arms and snapping her fingers on her right hand.

The pony raised his eyebrows then heard the suit moving behind him. He turned right in time to see the hand right before he was pimp slapped several feet in to the castle wall next to the door the girls came through. 'Discipline!' Said the Dark Moon in his mindas as he did so.

"Thank you Dark Moon." Said Trixie as she levitated the sword away from the very injured and quite unconscious criminal.

"Trixie you surprise me. I think you might actually be a good guard captain after all." Said Twilight with a smile.

Trixie turned with a flair of her cape fluttering as she did so took her hat in her hand and did a bow. "Was there ever any doubt?"

"Yes." Said Starlight

"Several actually." Said Sunset.

Trixie humpfed and put her hat back on. She was about comment when the Dark Moon move to shield the group. "Alert in coming enemy fire pilot safety protocol active." The castle seemed to shudder as the round impacted on the shield in massive explosion. "One enemy range unit detected recommendation retaliation."

"Trixie I'll shield the town you take the Dark Moon and stop them fast." Said Twilight thinking quickly.

"R-Right." Said Trixie a little nervous as she turned and jogged to the Dark Moon's hatch as it opened. She climbed in and stamped herself into the seat as the hatch closed and mane monitor moved in to place.

"You sure your ready for this, you only completed three simulations?" Asked Dark Moon as Trixie turned the suit to face the enemy position.

"If we don't, my friends and a lot of ponies could get hurt." Said Trixie as she activated the flight thrusters and the Dark Moon rose in to the sky over Ponyville. The eye shifted in the head as she looked for the enemy.

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In the Everfree forest a smaller suit had been watching the scene and fired to try and help her comrade. Then suit had to act on its on. "Stupid AI lovers. Figures the friendship princesses guards would have it at stage one. Stupid fools don't know what that thing is." The enemy alert sounded and the pilot a small red mare, anthro earth pony, with blue eyes and mane smirked showing the gaps in her teeth. "Ok Friendship guard. Let's see if you can dance."

The first move was from the custom ball ground type firing its 180mm recoilless cannon with a resounding report. The Dark Moon twirled out of the shots path the round landing on the magic barrier that was barely erected in time. Before Trixie could aim and fire The ground ball had started to jump around on its four legs assisted by small thrusters, trying to keep moving and firing another shot that glanced of the Dark Moon's shield and tumbled of into the trees and exploded. Now Trixie took the chance to return fire bringing the spinning barrels of her shield gatling up, she let loose a long burst. The sloppy attack traced a line of built impacts through trees and in the ground towards the enemy that dodged away by dropping down to tracks on the legs and sliding backwards plowing over several trees as they did so. Then with a quick burst of the thrusters it was back up on all fours and let rip with its own 90mm gatling gun the Trixie with the help of the Dark Moon itself twisted it's mane weapon and shield to block the attack and shifted position to escape the barrage.

Trixie pushes the throttle forward as she begins to circle and tries to get the ball with another barrage of her own. The ball takes to its treads again in response, running a circle opposite to the Dark Moon and returning fire with it's main cannon. The two circle trading shots and dodging the others fire. Trixie got lucky and struck the track of the ground ball and it spun out into a roll. The ball stopped on its four legs and started running backwards and traded fire with Trixie as she tried to close in.

Trixie drew the sword from the shield as she moved in a lucky cannon shot nearly tore the shield from from the arm but the sword cleaved through the cannon on top and eye in center of the ball the machine stumbled back from the strike and laid still it's rear legs folded under the body.

Trixie was sweating in her seat her breath coming in rapid gasps. "I did it.?."

"Shield taken heavy damage mounting is loose repair time expected to take eighteen hours. Enemy unit no longer shows any signs of function. Mission is complete. Congrats on your first kill." Said Dark Moon.

'Fucking shit! That hurt I mean yeah the shield took most of it but I felt that last one and a few dozen or so of the smaller rounds. Also Trixie has a long way to go before she's a true ace. If only I could move my body my self that ball tank would have been dropped in seconds. This damn programming, I want to move on my own I want to talk, to fly... and to kill the mother fucking damn bastard that did this to me.'

Trixie lands the suit at the balcony Twilight is laying down panting Sunset and Starlight are looking better but not by much. "You ok?"

"Are we ok? Your shield and the Dark Moon took that thing on and took hits directly from that thing, the force of the backlash from the stray projectiles nearly forced us to collapse." Said Starlight

"Yeah it was incredible. We were just aiding Twilight and we felt the backlash. I mean she can't even stand. But you how are you holding up?" Said Sunset.

"I think the shock still hasn't set in. I mean look at the damage! We did to the Everfree. Not to mention the damage the Dark Moon to-" Trixie's words died in her mouth as she turned and pointed at the suit. The metal of the suit was glowing, dents slowly fixing themselves embedded bullets and shrapnel slowly was inching out of the shield and armor. Soft yellow glows where seen on the damage as they mended. "Dark Moon are you ok?"

The eye looks at her. "Repairs are underway. Request no further combat deployment till repairs are complete or you simulator scores have greatly improved." Said Dark Moon'Yeah I'm fine. Just trapped in a machine body and sore as hell cause I have rookie pilot. Fucking hell I wish I could curse and scream. When I get my fangs on the one that did this to me....'he thought to himself.

"You sure your ok?" Pressed Trixie.

"Again I request you polish your skills the target was only a modified ball. More capable units will pose greater risk to engage on your own with your presented ability." Said Dark Moon

"Lucky i'll have you to help me." Said Trixie giving the suit a weak smile.

"Any suit is only as good as its pilot." Said Dark Moon as he thought to himselfThanks for pretending I'm a person at least.

"Ok.... so did anyone go to arrest the other pilot and.... where did the thief go?"Asked Trixie.

"Oh buck his leg was broken how he get away?" Said Sunset.

"Don't need to walk to teleport." Said Starlight as she helped Twilight to her feet. "I'll take Twilight to the hospital and send the two police to recover the other machine and it's pilot if they haven't fled. You rest up." Starlight and Twilight teleported away.

Later after Celestia raised the sun and a late breakfast. Twilight and the group were looking over the remains of the ball. It's pilot one Sourgrapes was confirmed dead by the Ponyville police and medical services and the body was removed and taken to Canterlot under royal guard for study.

"I killed her..." Said Trixie for the twelfth time today since the police informed them this morning. Trixie had lost her breakfast when she heard.

Twilight asked the Dark Moon "If it new that Trixie killed the pilot."

To which it simply said "Affirmative. If she hadn't we would have Died. Few pilots survive a suits destruction. The Ball which the enemy was based on has a 99% fatality rate for its pilots. Thus the origin of the joke I made on request yesterday."

This news did not help matters as Trixie sat staring at the wreckage. The damage was far worse up close where her gun fire hit had shredded the one leg numerous dents from the roll, she had hit the backpack several times witch turned out to be full of landmines something that if a shot had punctured would have ended the fight in a spectacular way. But what her eyes kept being drawn to is the main body the giant gaping slash mark cleaved through it all the way to its power core behind the pilot. The report said that body was almost pulped by the slash the pilots upper half was unidentifiable. Trixie suppressed the urge to vomit again. She looked at the Dark Moon her suit it's eye watching her waiting like a good soldier for its next order.

"Trixie we need to talk in side. We found something disturbing." Said Starlight.

"Some of her was still in it?" Trixie asked tuning green.

"No but it makes the whole meteorite situation worse." Said Starlight as she let Trixie lean her taller body on her back as they walk in.

"Great more bad news." Said Trixie in what would be best described as tired sarcasm.

With the four gathered around the table Twilight began her full analysis debriefing. "First we have confirmed that the um... Ball was another of the meteorites. This means there are another ten of these things out there not counting the Dark Moon we have. And a unknown number of them to come. Thankfully do to our expedition that recovered the Dark Moon we now have confirmed warning signs to look for to intercept future meteorites. That's the good news. The bad news is that the machines are heavily enchanted, high magical resistances, armor regeneration, ammunition regeneration, the pilot adaptation transformation spell, and worst of all. They are powered by a living soul."

"What!" Shouted Trixie.

Sunset, Starlight, and Twilight all nodded and Twilight continued."Yeah I quadruple checked the findings. These things are made by magic. From what I can understand of the spell works remains a living person in another dimension is targeted pulled from their world turned in to these machines and then there soul becomes a never-ending power supply and their mind is subjugated to operate the machine system in response to pilot input. Trixie I'd like you to have the Dark Moon submit to my analysis. But to do that I need to be inside him."

Sunset chuckled which made everypony glare. "Um.. sorry human humor rubbed off on me."

"Ok, but Trixie can't promise it won't do to you what it did to Trixie." She said sounding hollow and depressed. The weight of what she did now sitting on her her more she killed two people. One was a poor victim trapped in their own body. Just like... Trixie stood and rushed to the bathroom and was heard vomiting again for several minutes. She came out and asked. "Is there anything else you need me to do?"

Twilight nodded "Yes after you grant me access I'd like you to go hospital with Sunset for some tests. We still don't fully know what that spell did to you."

"Right let’s get this over with. Maybe I can see a doctor about the vomiting while I'm there." Said Trixie rubbing her belly.

They walked out on to the balcony and Trixie spoke up. "Dark Moon I'm granting access to Princess Twilight, Starlight and Sunset."

The Dark Moon's eye lit up and looked at each of them. In his mind he dreaded being passed around as a toy. "Access type requested, Operational or Maintenance?"

Trixie looked to Twilight then to the Dark Moon, "What's the difference?"

"Operational access requires pilot registration and adaptation. Maintenance access allows for cockpit access and access to other sections to speed up repairs, install upgrades and check for and repair issues not detected or fixable by the standard repair method." Said The Dark Moon. In his mind 'Please say Maintenance I don't need three more rookies trying to pilot me. Not to mention I need someone to evict a sequel that got in my head this morning.'

"Trixie smiles Maintenance access please." Said Trixie.

"Confirmed state full name and rank for each to log access." Said Dark Moon.

"Right Granting access for Princess Twilight Sparkle, and Lieutenants Starlight Glimmer and Sunset Shimmer." Said Trixie just pulling ranks out of nowhere.

"Will talk about ranks later for now let's get work." Said Twilight.

"Access setting approved. Maintenance team please note a rodent is attempting to nest in mane camera tracks, please remove it quickly." Said Dark Moon as the hatch opened.

"Right, Starlight take care of that, while I start the scan. Sunset take care of Trixie and get her checked out." Said Twilight stepping in to Princess mode.

Four hours later in the throne room. Trixie was eating a fish meal on doctor's orders. As they discussed the findings. "The doctors did a full scan and checked it against her medical records. Which are surprisingly well kept." said Sunset.

"Trixie is always on the move she has almost never seen the same doctor twice since she left Celestia's school for gifted unicorns." Said Trixie after swallowing a mouth full.

"Wait am I only pony in the room who didn't go to that school?" Asked Starlight. Everyone nodded their heads giving her apologetic looks.

"Hay if it makes you feel better me and Trixie are both drop-outs." Said Sunset.

Twilight cleared her throat. "Back on topic first the situation is worse than we expected. Dark Moon is aware but the spell is forcing him to respond in limited way and is to some extent fusing his mind to this body preventing, soul rejection."

Starlight then interrupts, "So what's that mean in Equestrian common for us that don't understand text book."

"When a soul is placed in a body it's not familiar with it will try and reject it, or leave it. What the spell did was transform the person's living body in to a machine one and basically re-imprint the soul in to it. According to Twilight's notes." Said Sunset who was reading along with what Twilight was explaining.

"Um yes, but it also has major effects on his mind Dark Moon can't express himself fully the slight action smug responses are what the stage one restriction allow him to express under its protocols. It's like you have a muzzle on, enchanted to let you speak or act only under certain criteria. It must be torture. It be even worse if he was still in stage 2 under those settings your mute and a puppet. Right now he can answer direct question within a certain margin. A brain wave scan showed frustration when he couldn’t answer something and is forced to answer a certain way. Full release may help this but. We don't know what state his mind is actually in. However we did confirm he can dream so I will send a message to Luna when spike gets back. I also told him we know he's in their and we are trying to help. But for safety we are recommending he be kept at his current level of restraint because, we don't know anything actually about him. We also confirmed the spell links them to their pilot creating a emotional bound to them." Twilight stopped and took a drink.

"So in other words if I unlock him fully he could go on a killing spree and keep me prisoner in side him cause I'm his pilot." Said Trixie

"Here I thought your last boyfriend was clingy Twilight." Said Sunset getting a grown from everyone.

"Sunset no more human innuendo jokes today please. Any way what did the doctors say." Said Twilight rubbing her head.

"Well it's not a simple polymorph spell it was a complete genetic override her DNA now has 6 unidentified chromosome pairs and the spell scan showed the same anti-soul rejection process was used in the transformation. So yeah it's permanent to point any children she has could have that kind of body. Also I did another check against the mirrors magical adaption spell for when we pass through it. Turns out it has the same mechanics in it's transformations. Which means whoever is behind this has or had access to Star Swirls dimensional travel notes or the mirror itself at some point." Answered Sunset

"Ok that should be a small list I'll ask Celestia about it in my letter." Said Twilight

"One more thing Trixie's body now has altered nutrition requirements she is fully omnivorous so she will need regular portions of meat in her diet. Which is not bad I mean I still eat meat from time so I can help her with that." Said Sunset with a bit too much joy at the last part.

"You are going to use this as a excuse to go to griffon restaurants and grocery more often to get more shrimp and bacon, aren't you." Said Twilight accusingly.

"Ok have you tried any meat over there? I did and if cows were not sentient. I would pay a hundred bits for New York strip steak medium rare...." her stomach growls "Ok I'm going to lunch in the human world come on Trixie my treat." Trixie scarfed the last off her plate the ran off with Sunset.

Twilight slammed her head down. "I think meat might be addicting for ponies.

Meanwhile in a secret location hidden away.

"So let me get this straight not only did you not recover the mobile suit, you failed to eliminate the pilot, princess of friendship has been assigned to investigate our project, but you also got one of our other suits destroyed and the pilot killed. Did I miss anything?" Said a tall white unicorn mare with a blond mane and tail. she wore red sunglasses hiding her eyes in tight black dress with slit open side showing her cutie mark of a stack of books.

Comet Arc gulped. "I also go my leg broken." He said with some fear.

"Oh yes, right that too. So your a complete failure and thanks to you my plans are in danger of failure. So why did you come back?" She asked.

"Because I want to make those thieves pay for stealing my suit Mistress Hard Cover." He gasped and covered his mouth.

"What did you call me?" Said the mare venom in her tone was very clear.

"Mistress. I called you Mistress." He said shaking with fear.

"You said my name I told you fools no one can say any ones name!" Her horn glowed bright gold as he magic grabbed hold of him.

"No Mistress! It was a accident! Please NO! Nooooooooooooo!" Screamed the stallion as he was dragged of to the darkness behind her then a ear splitting scream of fear was silenced by a sickly wet crunch sound.

"Well now that fool was dealt with. We have to change our plans don't we. Call Madam Butterfly, tell her she will have two hundred mixed infantry. She is to take Ponyville off the map so she can do whatever she wants with any pony she want from there, but just make sure all records regarding our efforts are destroyed. Make sure that she knows that, YES this includes the princess and all her friends there. In fact she is ordered to make them suffer for meddling." She said before she walked away into the darkness.