"Hey Sunset, did you hear? There's a showpony coming to Ponyville in two days. I've never seen a showpony before." Twilight said.

"Twilight, you are the master of magic. You don't need to worry over some kind of showpony." Sunset said.

"Actually, while I am really good at magic, there is one kind of unicorn based magic I've always had trouble with." Twilight said.

"Really? That's news to me. Dare I ask what that magic is?" Sunset asked.

"Illusion Magic. Of all the schools of magic that aren't outright banned in Equestria like Dark magic is, Illusion magic is the only one I've had trouble with. In fact, I have zero talent in doing Illusion magic. But this showpony might be willing to share a few secrets with me." Twilight said.

"Fine...if that's what you want to do, don't let me stop you." Sunset said.

Twilight got tickets and was first to get them too. She even had enough bits to get a VIP Ticket for herself. That would allow her to go backstage after the show to have a one on one chat with the showpony themselves.

It was soon nighttime and this the show was about to start. To allow the children to see the entire show, the day of the show was on a Friday Night. Thankfully for the children, all their teachers agreed that tonight should be about seeing this showpony’s show and enjoy it without stress of homework or the like. Though there was one piece of homework for Ms. Cherilee’s Class: Each student had to write 5 things they enjoyed about the show.

Everyone’s eyes were on the stage as a mare wearing a magician’s hat soon came out.

“Hello and welcome all to the show of the Wonderous and Mysterious Trixie Lunamoon. I am; as you may have guessed; Trixie Lunamoon.” The Showmare in question said. “And now, I; The Wonderous and Mysterious Trixie; will dazzle you with sights you can only see here.” Trixie said. She began showing off various tricks and illusions with her magic to show off various creatures and pretend scenarios she made sure people knew were just pretend up front.

Eventually though the show came to an end and everyone walked away happy.

As Trixie began to take off her outfit Twilight showed up at her wagon where she was packing things up.

“Um…hey.” Twilight said and showed off her VIP ticket. “I wanted to let you know I got a VIP ticket.” She added.

“Trixie honestly didn’t expect anypony from a place like this to consider purchasing a VIP ticket. But since you are the only one who has bought one, Trixie supposes she owes you that one on one talk.” Trixie said.

“Well the main reason I purchased the ticket is because I heard your an expert in Illusion Magic. And I was wonder if maybe you could teach me a few things to get me started in doing some Illusion Magic for myself.” Twilight said. Trixie Blinked.

“Trixie is admittedly unsure about this she…” Trixie began when all of a sudden…

”ROOOOOAAAAR!”

“That’s the sound of an Ursa Minor!” Twilight noticed. It was coming their way. Thinking quickly Twilight teleported her and Trixie out of Trixie’s wagon before she began to use her magic to soothe the Ursa Minor and get it back into Everfree Forest.

“Whoa. That was impressive.” Trixie Said. “So if you can do that, why do you need Trixie’s help with Illusion magic?” She asked.

“Well…it’s the one school of magic I don’t have any experience in I’m afraid. That’s why I was hoping you’d teach me a few starting points.” Twilight said.

“Well you did just prevent Trixie from becoming a pony pancake so Trixie; no; I will be willing to teach you a few things about Illusion magic while my wagon gets fixed.” Trixie said.

A few days pass. While the townsfolk worked to rebuild Trixie’s Wagon, Trixie taught Twilight the basics of Illusion Magic.

While this was going on, Trixie got to hang out with all of Twilight’s friends; even Sunset Shimmer.

For the first time since she started being a Showpony, Trixie actually felt like she belonged somewhere. All of Twilight’s friends found Trixie quite the entertaining pony. When Trixie and Twilight took breaks from the lessons, Trixie would sometimes entertain Twilight and her friends with the Showmare’s Illusions.

Dear Princess Celestia,

Originally when I heard there was a Showpony coming to Ponyville, I was reminded of the complete jerkwad of a pony named “Jackpot” who tried to get my mother to cheat on her husband.

But after hanging out and getting to know the Showmare known as Trixie Lunamoon, for once I’m glad my presumption was wrong. She’s actually a very nice mare and a good friend. She’s even stated that she’ll be back to visit Ponyville once she’s done touring all of Equestria. It’ll be a few weeks before she heads out but I know I’ll miss her while she’s gone.

I suppose this goes to show that friendship is possible with anyone, and just because one pony with a certain profession acts one way, it doesn’t mean all ponies under that profession are the same way.

Your Faithful Student, Sunset Shimmer.

As Celestia read Sunset’s letter, she was reminded of something.

“Raven, put all meetings today on hold. There is a mirror I must check.” Celestia said.

“Of course your highness.” Raven Inkwell said.

Author's Note

So yeah, in case it's not obvious, I decided to not give Trixie an ego over her magical capabilities. I know that's her thing normally, but I didn't want to do that here for reasons everyone will see later. I also decided to have her tone down her own ego so she would feel more like the Showpony the show was trying to make her be in the first place. I did keep her third person talk going because it was too Trixie to remove. Also making the Ursa Minor attack in the middle of the night was something I wanted to do to at least keep SOMETHING from the original show in here.
This was a bit shorter then normal, but I did my best to get as close to 1,000 words as I could at the least.