Author's Note

Hi everypony! I hope you hade a grand new years!

Revelations

Maroon was wandering around the town with Trixie only for them to notice that everyone was hiding from something which was confusing. She was suddenly dragged into Sugarcube corner with Trixie “wha-” Maroon was going to ask what was going on but was shushed by the rest except for Trixie who looked outside despite the protests. Maroon joined her before blanching at the reason as it was a zebra.

“Why are all of you in hiding?” Trixie asked

All of the ponies except Maroon tell them the rumors of the town about the zebra being evil. “Are you serious?” Maroon asked

“YES!” all say to Trixie and Maroon

“Have any of you thought that it might not be the case?” Trixie asked with disappointment showing through her voice.

“Ah, have but when I try to help her feel welcome everypony else drags me away.” applebloom said as applejack was going to reason with her.

“She is so strange,” Rarity said before the zebra looked in their direction and they closed the curtains.

Trixie stated “and that right there is why Equestria had a lot of wars against the other races in the surrounding lands around us”

“What ya’ mean by tha’?” Applejack asked

“Because of pony kind’s Xenophobia which is the irrational fear of other creatures, and they didn't have to be equine either as before Celestia and Luna came along the pony races were Xenophobic to each other.” she said as a brief history lesson.

“Really? Why? That’s just stupid” Rainbow said doubtful of what was said.

“It was a different time back then. But from what i know is that all the races met here and were weary of the other which lead to disputes down the line. There was trade between the races though it’s unknown where each race comes from… at least at first.”

“What do ya mean?” Maroon asked interested

“Due to the fact that Earth ponies and zebras can learn how to work with the other shows that they might come from the same place.”

“And what about Thestrals?” Fluttershy asked

“They are intertwined with the Pegassi but haven't been seen in the past thousand years due to what is taught as the solar inquisition.”

“Wait, are you talking about the events after the fight with Nightmare Moon?” Maroon asked, confused.

Trixie nods before saying “the house of star has the most accurate depiction of that fight cause before it happened there was a warning that it would happen. I don’t know why it just happened that way. I’ll explain more at another time.” Trixie said. Maroon walks out the door while Trixie distracted the rest with them wondering why it was different but one asked,

“Where’s Maroon?” With that all but Applebloom and Trixie panicked as everything became well and the town returned to normal once the zebra left but they asked Maroon why she did that.

“I have seen evil and I know how deceiving it can be but she is not as all she wanted to do was a little shopping and she is a nice pony when you get to know her though she speaks in rhymes. Though she never could because of all the rumors about her being evil. I actually had a nice chat with her and learned a lot about alchemy which was really interesting in how it is different from our definition of normal.” Maroon said with Trixie walking over asking,

“Really I’ve never tried alchemy but I wouldn’t mind learning about it. You think she could teach me a bit about it?”

“Yeah I definitely think so and I found something to experiment on in the meantime.” she said as she pulled out a strange blue flower and Trixie asked

“A poison joke flower?” She thought about it while putting her hoof to her chin and they decided to learn about the properties of its magic.

“What do you know about it?” Maroon asked

“It has random effects and is made from chaos magic mixing with nature magic and that it only grows in the Everfree Forest nearby from what i remember” trixie said.

“Oh really?” she said interested as she teleported it to the library.

“Yep,” she said as they walked with Applebloom to the stalls that had what Zecora needed.

As they help Applebloom get the things the zebra needs and make their way into the area. However their friends were convinced that something was up with them. So they follow and wind up in a poison joke patch where the zebra warns them about the flowers they are standing on and disappears into the fog. The three who listen recognise the flower that their friends were standing over. The three tell them that they need a specific kind of bath to get the pollen of the flowers off of them.

They brush the three off and head to bed. “They are going to regret it tomorrow”

As the night passed to the next day. The friends were shocked and in disarray as they looked upon themselves they had changed to something or someone else. They made their way to the mages to get help. “We told you yesterday that you need a mineral bath with the help of Zecora.” They were confused but after the mineral bath everything went well.

Trixie managed to warn Fluttershy about the parasprites before they even made it back to town as Celestia was coming to make a visit but Fluttershy didn’t listen and the swarm came to Ponyville from one bug which resulted in Maroon almost changing their diet had it not been for Trixie letting them know that it wasn't the way to get rid of them. In the end Pinkie Pie just had them parade back to the everfree forest. (Since none of the girls are going to the Grand Galloping Gala Rarity doesn't need to design any dresses so the episodes: suited for success, green isn’t your color, and the best night ever don't happen because it won't be a good time if they are not all there. The reason why is because they want to help Maroon with her problems by being there for her and being that shoulder to cry on.)

Maroon was struggling to not use her magic for winter wrap up but managed thanks to trixie telling her ahead of time. Maroon went on a date with fluttershy to pass the time just getting to know her. When the rest of the girls noticed the competition between Applejack and Rainbow Dash they expected the outcome of it to go too far so Trixie told the rest that she is going to enter the race to make them see that they are going too far with this competition. So Trixie won the race and proved that they were being short-sighted with them tying for last and revealed that she is a hybrid of unicorn and earth pony. They asked her a few questions like “isn't there a law for this to not happen?” or “how did you survive?” that sort of thing with Maroon saying,

“It's simple she wasn’t born in canterlot as that law is only followed there and other big areas like Mainhattan so it would be a small town like here right?”

“Nope I was born in Canterlot but my strength did not come in till I was around a few months old as my magic spurted, by then I was already home with my parents, so I could live without anything to worry about except causing a few cracks in the walkway.” that shocked but also confused them greatly.

“You mean you also had to reign in your strength as well?” Applejack asked which Trixie nodded.

“But why is that a big deal hun?” Rarity asked actually confused

“It’s a law that isn’t really followed in small areas like here compared to canterlot but it's also just that, a canterlot law that a noble put in to make sure that there were no impurities which I don't see.” Trixie said nonchalantly. “Also that's the reason why it's a miracle though the main house has thiestral abilities it's also how i have such a hard head.'' She knocked on her head and pinkie grabbed her before bucking the top of Trixie’s skull which hurt the pony through the horseshoes.

“Ow!” Pinkie said

“I was going to warn you not to try it as it was the reason though it was my cousin Twilight who managed to take out Celestia’s back” they gasped “also that was a head of a filly. If it was an adult Celestia knows how much it hurts, no really she had to be taken to the hospital that very day and it was after she raised the sun. It’s also happened more than once.” she said.

Maroon was confused by everyone's reaction to Pinkie Pie having a future sense sort of thing and was going to try and disprove it but she decided to ask Trixie about it. When Trixie heard about the pinky sense she actually wanted to see it in action so they go through with it but maroon ends up getting seriously injured Applejack's farm cellar door opened and she fell down the stairs, had a bunch of things drop on her thanks to Derpy with two of those things being a piano and an anvil somehow. Trixie was actually pretty convinced that it was actually there and Pinkie said that she knew that they were following her so it was actually quite funny, Maroon was getting pretty pissed though but Trixie was having a good time, she then asked pinkie “wait why are you suddenly acting like there's an earthquake going on when there isn't?” Everyone noticed that pinkie was vibrating after it was pointed out.

She said “huh well this is a new one.” sure enough it happened to be over at froggy bottom where Fluttershy was they rushed over and managed to save her with Maroon claiming the Hydra that popped up behind them was the doozy but it wasn't, Maroon got so frustrated that she was mentally exhausted afterward though she accepted that Pinkie had a future sense.

Rainbow was practicing the sonic rainboom outside Ponyville for the young flyers competition with Fluttershy quietly cheering for Rainbow while Maroon was there to help her. Rainbow had been launched to the ground by the mach cone she made for the third time. “Urg I don't know what I'm doing wrong!” Rainbow said frustrated,

“Don't worry about it so much as it seems like you're holding yourself back” Maroon said hesitantly after a bit of thought.

“How?” Fluttershy said while blinking.

“I know that it almost happened again but I managed to fight it back a bit to say it to both of you like that” she said, as the rest of their friends show up to see what is going on,

“What's goin’ on here?” Applejack asked

“Rainbow is trying to recreate the sonic rainboom and has gotten very close” Fluttershy said with Maroon nodding and adding on

“She’s holding herself back subconsciously but I don't know why” the rest were confused about why but decided to help as well. They made their way over to the pony on the ground frustrated with herself. She noticed that she was going to lose at this rate. So to help they decided to go to Cloudsdale with Rainbow to cheer her on. So they made their way to the library inorder to find a spell to help them with it. Maroon and Trixie looked through a few spell book to help give Rainbow confidence in herself and found a spell that gave Rarity insect wings but Maroon was drained after using the spell only once but Trixie found a cloud walking spell and used it on the rest including herself except the Pegasi. After getting there and taking a tour where Pinkie tastes the Rainbow, they find Rainbow scared in the waiting area where Rarity gave Rainbow the idea of her being the distraction. It worked for a bit but right when Rainbow was going to go for the Finale with a Rainboom, Rarity's wings turned to ash thanks to the sun. Rarity was falling to the ground fast, though she also knocked the wonderbolts out due to her flailing, Rainbow heard the gasps from below and looked down to see her friend falling to her demise. She had to save her friend as fast as she could, no time to think or waste otherwise her friend would be paste. As Rainbow’s instincts kicked in at high gear she sped up faster and faster as a mach cone started to form around her fore hooves while time slowed to a halt for a single second…

*BOOM!*

In that single second the impossible was done as Rainbow accomplished the sonic Rainboom to save the Wonderbolts and her friend from certain death. The princess and the Wonderbolts walked up to Rainbow and gave her an invite to both teams which caused Maroon to realize the purpose for the competition. The competition was for the Shadowbolts line up on the princesses end and the Wonderbolts from the ones she saved, Rainbow was chosen to join either of them as a rookie and she was about to refuse the Shadowbolts when she started to think about it and asked the princess “are you picking the team captain from this lineup?”

“No, we already have one ready and are looking for members for the starting ranks and wanted to ask you if you wanted to join?” Celestia said with a soft smile.

She said “I’ll think about it” Trixie and Maroon were certainly shocked along with Midnight and Fallen who were watching through Trixie’s eyes, their jaws had dropped to the floor while Fluttershy just cheered with no care that she accomplished it. She met back up with the girls at the balloon since Rarity couldn’t fly without the wings that were given to her earlier.

“What happened with the Wonderbolts and the princesses over their Rainbow?” Applejack asked

“Turns out princess Luna was actually going to recruit me into the Shadowbolts like the test of loyalty showed me. Though I think that the Wonderbolts also want me now so is it alright if I do some research on the Wonderbolts first?” which Maroon says

“If you join the Shadowbolts you will act under the princesses themselves from what I heard with my last chat with the princesses, and something new but if you go with the Wonderbolts you would be under the Wonderbolt counsel and deal with their regulations.” the rest nod and Trixie adds

“You could help shape the Shadowbolts into something new and help with what is thrown at you or reshape one that already exists and give them a new era. The choice is yours but who knows what the training for both ends will bring” which Rainbow Dash nodded at with a smile.

The CMC were having a bit of trouble with finding out what their cutie marks are and Fluttershy decided to help out as they wanted to see if they would be good with animal care, during the night one of the chickens that fluttershy was looking after disappeared, which ended up resulting in them going into the everfree forest to look for it, only to come across a cockatrice and maroon turned to stone. They called out for help and Fluttershy showed up to see what was going on, only for the cockatrice to try and attack her with its stare, but fluttershy didn't back down while using her own stare as she was turning to stone, she beat the cockatrice in that stare battle. Which resulted in the chicken and maroon to be turned back from stone. The CMC had learned why they should never challenge Fluttershy in a stare battle and in turn it helped Fluttershy become more confident in herself.

Trixie disappeared to canterlot because her cousin asked her to help take care of spike while she was visiting her family on this day, while Rarity just happened to be kidnapped by Diamond Dogs while she was scrounging up gems for her dresses though no one noticed that she was gone at first till Trixie got back and asked “where’s rarity?” so they went to Rarity’s boutique only to find that she wasnt back just yet.. The six made their way to the spot she was last at thanks to Sweetie Belle, only to encounter terrified diamond dogs wanting Rarity gone and had given her a lot of gems. There were seven minecarts full but Trixie asked “can I come the next time you go gem hunting?”

“Sure but why?” Rarity asked for Maroon to respond with

“This little guy is my cousin’s son that she hatched the day an earthquake happened” shocking the rest wich Applejack remarked

“That was my fault,” confusing the rest. “Let's just say I had accidentally eaten something that caused me to get really strong but I used it all in one stomp at least I think I ate something that caused that...” she corrected herself with as the rest blink at that

“Well thanks to that quake she lived past something deadly for us unicorns and became known in Canterlot as the double flare quake.” Trixie said shocking the rest but Rarity asked

“You mean she almost died to familiar loss?” which Trixie nods

“I'll explain more later” she said “and as for the reason why i want to come along is because this guy likes to eat gems.” which Rarity nods

Trixie and Spike had accompanied them to bring one of the Applejack’s apple trees to one of her family members and ended up in a dispute between Buffalo and pony which resulted in a pie battle. In the end a peace treaty was signed that allowed the buffalo to run on their trail through the apple farm and the ponies could help with what the buffalo needed.

During a visit to canterlot fluttershy was tricked by Philomena into taking care of it. Both Maroon and Trixie knew what Philomena was up to and needed to get the Phoenix back to the princess at first but when the princess came looking for it and found it with them Maroon decided to ask “princess why is this phoenix so important to you?”

“Philomina hasn't been with me for as long as you think as she is not my familiar but one of my students that was before Trixie. She was one of my first personal students in a long time.”

“Wasn't my cousin also one?” Trixie asked which Celestia smiled a sad smile with a nod.

“Philomina is Sunset’s familiar and I have been taking care of her while her bonded is away.” Celestia said it has Rarity asked

“Didn't Sunset Shimmer get banished by another student?” Celestia nodded at that

“Crimson Wind wait no that’s not right as he called himself by a different name…”

“Windigo Sonim is his name princess” Trixie said while Celestia smiled,

“Thank you, Windigo Sonim was the reason behind both of their disappearance through using my name he cast them to somewhere I do not know even if I did, I don't know if they're still alive I have hope that they are though” the rest nod while Pinkie asked Trixie

“Was Philomena part of the double flair quake?” which Trixie nods and said

“Yes, remember what I said about my cousin?” she asked as they nod while Celestia got curious “Sunset Shimmer was the other one to have a flare that day” she said, shocking them. They let the Phoenix go back to canterlot with Celestia sometime after that talk.

Though later that night Trixie was conversing with both midnight and Fallen who had barely remembered anything about Equestria at all though midnight remembered almost everything that happened to her thanks to Trixie calling her name, her true name though she still goes by midnight she was happy to know who she was and later when she saw spike all grown up as trixie picked him up from her brothers place which brought her to tears as she had missed so much of her son's life as he grew. Trixie decided to bring a copy of Spike's photo album so that Midnight could learn more about him while she was away.

Inside Trixies mind…

Fallen was spiraling because of these new memories, she doesn't know why but after hearing her true name and seeing Philomena almost everything came rushing back nearly overwhelming her. After a bit almost everything became clear to her as that's when she realized that they were home and she cried for the first time in a long time. Midnight is going to help her in the long run as they figure out who they were as there were bits and pieces missing from their memories that needed to be filled in when they find the last thing necessary for them.

The CMC we're going around to the main 6 and asking them how they got their cutie marks which they actually get the story of how but there was one thing in common till they get to Trixie and maroon who were hanging out so they ask Trixie this “so Trixie how did you get your cutie mark?”

“oh this, hehe it’s came in the first time casting an illusion spell and found that I had a talent for it but that doesn’t mean I didn't study in the other magic types as well cause Illusions can be very dangerous, I found that out the hard way and that day almost made me reject my talent, thankfully my cousins were there to help me get through those hard times and I wonder how she's doing?” Trixie said that with her eyes glazing over and a sad look on her face which got maroon to ask

“Who are you talking about?” Trixie looked over at Maroon and said

“My cousin's name is Twilight Sparkle and she was going to be next in line as the heiress of the house of star. I haven't seen her in a long time not since Windigo first came to Canterlot and became Celestia's student”

“Oh I'm sorry I didn't know that was a sore subject” Sweetie belle said Apologetically.

“No no it’s fine but what about you and your cutie mark?” Trixie said before asking Maroon

“It was during the entrance exam for Celestia’s School I was assigned to do the egg test Like so many before me but mine was different entirely cuz I got a drake instead of a chicken egg though I wish I could have seen him growing up…” her eyes glaze over as if she went back into the past of her memories and a sad look on her face everypony was confused till she clarified absentmindedly with “my birth parents had been and still are, very controlling of me and they made me do things I never wanted to do, I stepped out of line once and I lost him as punishment even now I still remember and worry that it will happen again with somepony I care about” tears start falling from her eyes. “I only hatched him because I had a flare. I wouldn't mind it if my parents died” she sighed before continuing “They only saw me as a trophy, something to brag about and it frustrated me. I wanted a Fresh Start and coming here gave me that chance to finally be free. Anyway I was just about to give up and apologize to the proctors for wasting their time when an explosion happened behind me from outside Canterlot then a rainbow flew over Canterlot which caused me to lose focus and in the end I wouldn’t be here without that random Rainboom.” After she finished her story everyone who heard couldn't help but be sorry for her including Midnight and Fallen as nobody truly understood what this meant for her, now that she told them.

“Wait the library was once under the care of a mare named Winter Star” Applebloom said confusing the rest,

“What do you mean by that Applebloom?” Sweetie Belle asked,

“Oh i know who you mean” Scootaloo said “I wonder how she is doing?” the two older mares looked at them curiously.

“What was Winter star like?” Maroon asked

“She was nice and even read books to the foals in the orphanage nearby and even tutors us with our homework.” Scootaloo said which gave the two mares smiles before shock appeared on their faces at the fact that Scootaloo was an orphan. Though it didn't take long for the news of what Maroon said to get all the way to Celestia.

Trixie hangs out with Pinkie, keeping her distracted while the rest get a surprise party ready for her because it was Pinkie’s birthday while there was a bit of a misconception between her and the girls except for Trixie. After a bit, Trixie was given the go ahead from Rainbow and took Pinkie to the barn where the party was held. Pinkie was angry at her friends and almost attacked them when trixie said “Pinkamena Diane Pie, calm down there was a reason this was hidden from you” shocking Pinkie Pie as she looked around at the decorations in the barn certainly surprised that her friends did all this, Maroon spoke first

“We wanted this to be a surprise for you to show you how much we care.” which caused Pinkie’s jaw to drop out of shock and her eyes widened as she realized what she almost did and felt ashamed of herself.

“Sorry about avoiding you and making excuses” Applejack said as Pinkie looked at their sad faces that were full of regret.

“I'm sorry as well girls as I had jumped to conclusions.” which Trixie smiled and said

“There was a reason why i stuck with you during all of that Pinkie” confusing them

“What do you mean?” Fluttershy asked while tilting her head out of confusion.

“My cousin Twilight almost had the same if not worse reaction as Pinkie here did, and that was her first and only surprise party… she didn't talk to them about the reason why she was angry at them.”

“Really? I find that hard to believe with how much I heard about her while I was staying with her brother” Maroon said confusing the rest with Pinkie asking

“Did they avoid her as well?”

“Not quite” Trixie answered “it was more they left her with her foalsitter and didn’t tell her anything which would have spoiled the surprise though the reason it was her only surprise party was because of what happened a month after her birthday” the tilted their heads in confusion. “The month before her eighth birthday she had found a weasel scurrying around.” Rarity realized where it went and asked

“Is this what you meant by what you told us after picking Spike up and that quake?” which Trixie nods

“The weasel was named Mr.Whiskers by Twilight and had accidentally made it her familiar” with the others eyes widening “around the age of eight or nine a unicorn filly gets a mental shield to help with a familiars death but at the time it wasn’t fully developed.” shock was all that was in the air “the familiar was killed by an unknown pony and in turn put her in the hospital for a month.”

“What happened after that?” Fluttershy asked worried

“Normaly this would have killed the foal on the spot” saddening the rest but Maroon caught on and asked

“How did she survive?” confusing the rest but Trixie smiled and said

“She survived because of Spike helping ground her as throughout her time in the hospital Spike was with her helping her heal through resonance. Though it hit her family hard, including me but ever since that day she was different but a brush with death will do that in more ways than one right Rarity?” She said looking at her and she nodded “she was known as the miracle foal after that” with the rest in shock at the identity behind the miracle foal being Trixie’s cousin. “But today isn’t about her, it's about Pinkie,” she said, turning their attention back to the cause of the conversation before her lesson and the rest had a newfound respect for Twilight.

Though in Trixies’ head, Fallen looked at Midnight and asked “Is that true?” to her while Midnight had gotten a whole new wave of memories. All were the missing pieces of previous ones.

“It is and I had a conversation with death as well and even she told me it's not my time. It's also how I was able to see souls. I can't believe that I missed that!” Midnight said, shocking Fallen who cuddled with her as Trixie fell asleep.