It was a cold night, a thin layer of snow had begun to cover the city of Maretropolis. In the northwestern part of the city sat an abandoned Warehouse. inside were numerous colts and mares hard at work, some had weapons and were guarding the ways in and out, some were refilling vehicles, one guy was playing a game on his Ipad in the corner, in the center of the room however was the main attraction, a large machine was in the center of the room, it's bottom half looked like a Tank, the middle was open to the world so all would know who was bringing them their doom, the driver seat was protected by a glass-like dome, the machine had 4 crane-like arms, each ending with a Special Lazer,

"Yes, work my Minions! The time of our victory is nearly at hand!" a cat man shouted from the machine, "For I the great Tectonic movement shall tear this city apart, let's see the mayor deny me my next ransom!"

"We shall see criminal scum." A feminine voice shouted from a window. "The only thing getting paid is justice." Looking up every single stallion and mare in the building all aimed their weapons at the source of the voice

"And who are you?" The cat person asked before thinking for a second. "On second thought It doesn't matter FIRE!!!" All the hench-ponies fired but the mare stood there smirking as the bullets ricocheted off of her and causing minor friendly fire. Once the bullets stopped the mare jumped down and landed hoof first on the leader while everypony was reloading.

"Alright, so you lot wanna give up or do I need to take you all on?" the mare stood up and all of Tectonic's hench-ponies froze, the figure was of a Blue mare, the Unnamed Superpony of Maretropolis, she was wearing a long flowing cape that flapped even tho there was no wind, the stars on her cape seemed to be slowly moving around, she had a Firework on her chest, she wore Red gloves and a full face mask, her mane was white and in a ponytail, her costume was purple and white, she had been around less than a week and had already taken out some big named villains. The reaction was split, some of them dropped their weapons and got on their knee's with their hands behind their backs in surrender, the rest ran for it, the Mare smiled and the police broke down the doors, the running hench-ponies stopping in their tracks, she turned to Tectonic, and found he was missing, Mechanical sounds filled the room and she turned as the Glass dome sealed shut. Tectonic smiled at her, missing several teeth and with a bloody nose,

"Nice punch! My turn bruiser!" He swung one of the metal arms at her, Heavy hitter superheroes were notorious for trusting in their fists and leaving their legs as their weak spots, he laughed as it made contact with her leg, his laugh died as she turned into mist, he blinked for a moment when with a soft tap his dome turned into bubbles, he turned and looked at the smiling mare.

"Give up?" She asked with a cocky smile, she had gotten full of herself, and at that moment she fell victim to Tectonics ultimate attack, he swiped at her face with his clawed hand, just in time she made herself indestructible and they slid across her face harmlessly, she gave him a kick and frowned as he laughed,

"What a lovely face," He cackled, The mare's hand shot to her face and Trixie blinked, she had forgotten to make her clothes indestructible along with the rest of her body, it took her a second, but she vanished, appearing in the back alley breathing heavily.

"Fuck," she said as she held her hand to her face, "Fuck, fuck, fuck!" she took a moment calming herself down, "It's fine, none of those officers had cameras, just gotta lay low for a while and maybe avoid the cops while I'm at it,"

-The next day-

A sharp banging noise on her door woke Trixie up, she was groggy, she didn't want to be groggy so in a snap, she was fully awake, by the time she got to her hooves she had refreshed herself, new clothes, mane styled and washed, body clean, teeth impervious to damage and white as snow, she sighed as she remembered how she had gotten her powers, she had been an average con-mare, scamming a few ponies there, tricking a few there, it wasn't a very positive business, but she had all the right legal documentation and never directly stole from a pony without them agreeing on it, one day she had been calling anypony out, saying she could beat them in a game of cup shuffle, find the ball win it all, don't find the ball and lose it all, a very dapper looking Colt had agreed, and Trixie had won easily, she had reached her hand out for cash and instead the colt had grabbed her hand, crying with laughter and he sang out that it was my problem now, and then suddenly he was gone and she could litteraly anything, after an hour of dicking around she had set up a few rules, no messing with minds and no making herself powerful and wealthy, just having it without earning it would be no fun, and just making everypony agree with her would suck, no fun if everyponies the same, all of this ran threw her mind in a flash when the slaming came back,

"Oi, what do you want?" She called, there was silence and she shrugged "Don't answer, I Don't open," She said simply as she sat down and made her favorite Newspaper appear in her hand, she looked at the headlines and started sweating, a very nice Picture of her was on the front cover, both of her in her Superhero outfit taken from Security camera footage from the night before, and one of her on the street, the headline read.

'Locoal con-mare con's Police in huge Superhero scandal, Chemical warfare?'

"What?" she asked when, with a crack, her door broke in, three swat ponies ran in, not a word was spoken as one of them shot a canister at her, she waved her hand and it was gone, she got up to ask what the hell this was about when they spoke,

"Back up, she's using that mind shit again!"

"Mind shit?" She asked in confusion,

"You are under arrest," One of the Swat ponies said, ignoring her questions "Under suspicion of using concealed chemicals on officers of the law, hand's behind your head or we will use be forced to use force!" Trixie stood up and rubbed her temple,

"Ok listen we can solve this non-viole..." One of the Swat members swung a Billy club and in and in a flash the three lay unconscious on the floor. "...don't interrupt me" She looked around and sighed as she Picked up the Newspaper and a Briefcase, her small Apartment now empty and clean, she blinked and she was in an empty warehouse in the middle of town, she had set it up so only she could go in, she was going to use it as a super lair, now it was going to be her home. she dropped the suitcase and her stuff was set in in the large area, making it feel emptier somehow, She looked through the paper until she found the article on her, she skimmed through it and found her answer,

"Con-mare Trixie is suspected of using Illegal chemicals to make hallucinogenic illusions, Trixie, police have dubbed her the Illusionist, is dangerous and should not be interacted with. If seen contact to Police so they may notify a Real Superhero to take this pompous pretender down a peg." Trixie stared at the page in silence.

"They find out I use to be a con-mare, one with all the legal paperwork, and they just peg me as a fucking SuperVillian!? I've taken down four other Supervillains, why wasn't that...oh motherfucker," She had found the reasoning, the writer of the article had pegged her Superhero work as part of her masterplan to become the Kingpin of the city's crime. Trixie crumpled up the newspaper and tossed it away as she leaned back and groaned, wondering what she was going to do now when she saw two figures staring at her from the skylight.

Author's Note

Special thanks to Dragonknife5 for gifting me this art.