Element of Empathy: Princess Trixie Sparkle

Eleanor's POV.
Rainbow Dash erupted into laughter, "You're joking, right? Looks like Trixie finally got one up on you this time, Twilight!"

Twilight looked less than amused as our friends tried to soak in the news of our recent run-in with Trixie and the magical mess she's made.

"But how do we know you're really the real Twilight?" Pinkie asked, as she narrowed her eyes. Then she grinned, "Ooo I know! What's my name?"

"Pinkie, even Trixie knows your name..." Twilight explained.

Pinkie thought for a second, then smiled, "That's right! Pinkie Pie!"

"Now wait just a dog-gone minute, are yah sayin' yer stuck like this?" Applejack asked.

"Only until I can find a counter spell, so far I haven't found anything remotely useful. It would help if I knew what she did, it happened so fast!" Twilight answered.

"When is Fluttershy's birthday?!" Pinkie asked through narrow eyes.

"Pinkie, yah would have to ask her something only Twilight would know." Applejack explained.

"Oooooooh." Pinkie answered, then asked, "What was your very first visit to the zoo like?"

"Uh... Good?" Twilight answered with a raised brow.

Pinkie Pie shrugged her shoulders, "Beats me, only you would know that Twilight!"

"So somewhere out there Trixie is... You?" Fluttershy asked in a squeak.

"I think so." Twilight nodded, then sighed, "Ugh! I have no idea where she went or what she's doing to me!"

"And we can't get a letter to the Princess because she's already left Canterlot and none of my scrolls are going through!" Spike chimed worriedly.

I gasped and tapped my left hoof. The girls looked at me. I pointed to Twilight, then covered my eyes, then my ears, then my mouth.

"Ah think Ellie's tryin' to say that she thinks Trixie is blockin' yah, Twi." Applejack believed she translated.

I smiled and clapped my hands once. She always got me on the ball.

"Oh how dreadful! I can't imagine being stuck inside there... And with this awful costume too." Rarity sympathized, "At the very least can we find you a better ensemble?"

Twilight frowned, "Oh Rarity, I'm so sorry I had to ruin your party, I know how hard you had to work to get this fashion line done. I was so excited when you found out Hoity Toity wants you to come to a fashion show in Canterlot."

Rarity waved her hand, "Think nothing of it, darling. It's far more important that we get your situation resolved first."

"I'VE GOT IT!" Pinkie pie interrupts with a shout, the others look at her in confusion, "What if it Trixie is a wanted outlaw and she has to try to run away without being seen, so she borrows your body, so that she can buy a ticket for the train to Fillydelphia, so that she can go see the Barn-and-Barley circus and then she joins that circus and spends the rest of her days as a rodeo clown because she can never go back!?"

"A rodeo clown?" Rainbow dash asked sarcastically, unaware she voiced my thoughts.

"It could happen." Pinkie Pie shrugged.

"I have to be in Canterlot tomorrow!" Twilight spoke, "The Princess is expecting me and Princess Luna to take over for her while she's gone for a few days." She pulled on her white mane, "I can't go like this!"

"What can we do to help, Twilight?" Fluttershy asked.

"No one messes with our friend and gets away with it!" Rainbow Dash added.

Twilight smiled in relief and gratitude, "Oh thank you girls, I think maybe we should start back at the library. There might be something in one of my books that can tell us something. I didn't have a chance to look yet."

"We'll get this all sorted out lickety split, ya'll see." Applejack said.

With that, we all made our way to Golden Oak Library.