Violet

The next morning, Trixie climbed into her blue minivan and pulled out her phone. She had a voicemail from work. Rather than listen to it, she just read the transcript. It basically said that her boss heard what happened and is giving her time off. Trixie put her phone away and turned the car on before she began driving. With nowhere in particular in mind, she just drove. After a few minutes, she had to stop in a line at a traffic light. While she waited for the line to move, she glanced over at an alleyway next to her. As visions of her attack began to enter her mind, she saw a faint shimmer at the far end of the alley. It was as if whatever it was was calling to her. She tapped the steering wheel in thought before she pulled over next to the sidewalk.

Twilight awoke with a groan, everything still black. As her vision slowly returned, she rubbed her head as she heard a faint voice. “Wha?” She asked groggily. It sounded like Rainbow Dash. “Rainbow? S’that you?”

“Twilight?” Rainbow said more clearly. “Oh, thank fuck. I-I didn’t wanna bring you to the hospital because I didn’t know what the fuck happened. I-I’d probably sound crazy and get locked up.”

“Hospital?” Twilight muttered, her vision slowly returning. She could at least make out that she was in Dash’s hotel room. “What… happened?”

“You shot some kind of energy from your hands and then flew backwards into a tree. You’re lucky nothing’s broken. Nothing’s broken, right?”

Twilight slowly lifted her right hand and flexed her fingers. “I don’t think so. I'm just..." She let out another groan and sat up. "It's wearing off..." she said as she blinked a few times.

Rainbow sat on the edge of the bed. "What was that?"

Twilight shrugged and looked at her hands. "I felt a... a power... coursing through my body. That power then gathered in my hands and... Boom."

Rainbow thought for a moment before she gasped loudly. "Ohhhhhhhhh, duuuuuuuuude!!! Do you have super powers, now?! Like the comics?!"

"I..." Twilight began, before she looked at her hands again. "Maybe?"

"When you're up to it, let's go find somewhere to test it out. Maybe now you can finally help people."

Twilight smiled. "Yeah. Maybe I can."

Trixie opened her eyes and exhaled sharply as the pain went away. She then sat up on the hard ground and hugged her chest. "What... the hell?" She asked herself. "I-I feel... good."

Trixie slowly got to her feet and brushed herself off. She took another look at her hands and saw that her veins were glowing a faint light blue. Not really knowing what to do, she left the alley and returned to her car.

After work, Rainbow picked up Twilight and drove to a forest just outside the city. "Alright, Twilight. Light 'em up. There's no one here," she said as she parked the car and started to get out.

"Light 'em up?" Twilight asked as they left the car. "I still have no idea how to work this stuff."

"Like the comics," Rainbow chuckled. "Focus. And shoot!"

Twilight sighed and walked into the forest, looking at her hands. "Focus and shoot." She stopped and looked over her shoulder to see Rainbow Dash taking cover behind a tree.

Twilight then clenched her fists as she just focused on the new energy flowing through her body. It felt a little tingly but good. She closed her eyes and concentrated on directing the energy. She found it was actually rather easy and she first had it flowing towards her hands and then to her feet and then all around her entire body. With a chuckle, she opened her eyes and made it all flow towards her hands. Her fingers began to tingle with the power and her palms began to glow purple.

"This is actually pretty easy," she said aloud before she thrust her right hand forward. A blast of purple magic burst from her hand and flew forward. It struck the trunk of a tree, a loud crack sound echoing through the forest. "Uh oh," she muttered, noticing it falling towards her.

"Twilight, run!" Dash yelled.

As the tree fell, Twilight let out a yell and threw her hands up to cover herself. Instead, a long blade of purple magic shot upwards and cut the tree in half. Both halves fell next to her, narrowly missing her. When the dust cleared, Rainbow ran over and climbed over the broken tree.

"Twilight!" She yelled. "You alive?"

Twilight was just standing there, looking around at the tree that almost flattened her. "I, uh... I think I can use this."

Rainbow smiled and sighed with relief. "What else can you do?"

Twilight shrugged and looked at her hands. "It seems to create what I need or want." She then eyed both halves of the tree again. "Move waaaaaaaaay back. I wanna try something."

Rainbow nodded and jumped off the tree before she ran a few feet away. As she took cover behind another tree, Twilight took a deep breath and focused on what she wanted to do. She spread her fingers out on both hands before she slashed upwards. Long beams of purple magic shot out from her fingertips like claws and followed her movements, cutting the broken tree into smaller pieces. She then held her hands out and concentrated as purple magic surrounded the tree debris. As sweat ran down her face, she tried to lift them. When she couldn't, she stopped and sighed.

"Maybe..." she muttered as she released her hold on the wood. She then held her right hand out and gripped a single chunk with her magic. She was easily able to lift it up and fling it away. Smiling, she repeated this step with the other pieces until she was no longer surrounded by wood. "There."

"Holy shit," Rainbow chuckled as she walked over. "So, magic blasts and telekinesis. No fucking way. Are you going to fight crime now?"

"Baby steps, Rainbow. If we're going to help people, let's start small. Drive around at night and look for alleyway muggings. Small stuff like that."

"Ah, a night patrol," Rainbow smirked. "I'm down."

Trixie arrived at a large abandoned building she had planned to renovate for her magic shows. She parked her van in the empty parking lot and got out. She approached the building and pushed open the front door. It had been a live theater back in the day but it quickly became outdated. Instead of upgrading it, the city closed it down and built a better theater elsewhere. Standing in one of the auditoriums, she went to sit in one of the seats. She sighed deeply and looked at her hands.

"What can I do with you?" she asked herself aloud.

She turned her attention to the stage and smiled lightly. Ideas of shows she could perform flooded her mind and she stood up. "For my first trick, the Knife Wheel!" She yelled, her voice echoing off the walls. "My assistant will be strapped to a spinning wheel while I throw knives at her!" As she yelled, magical blue knives appeared all around her, making her shriek.

When she stopped picturing the blades, they disappeared. She frantically looked around before she looked at her hands again. An idea came to her. She pictured a bunch of spinning buzz saw blades and they magically appeared all around her. Smirking, she made all but one disappear.

"Interesting," she cooed, bringing the blade closer to her. She then threw it at the wall. To her surprise, it stuck in the wall before it disappeared. Trixie approached the wall and felt the cut with her fingertips. "Very interesting."