The name's Tony Sparkle Stark

You know, if I didn't know any better, I would say I was already in Equestria.

There's just so many pony's here! It looks like there the only species living in this city.

I wonder if Cadence lied to me.

She wouldn't right? Princess's don't usually lie, at least from what I know.

'i'll just continue south for now' I think to myself as we walked through Baltimare.

The city itself, was definitely a lot more modern and familiar looking than Trotgier.

'And a lot busier too' I think as we crossed a street alongside many other pony's.

We were getting some glances, wich, I couldn't really blame.

We were certainly a peculiar looking duo.

"He said it was... That way right?" I ask Amira as we reached the other sidewalk.

"I believe so master Stark"

Currently, we were looking for the train station, so I could ask how much it would cost to buy two tickets to Dodge City.

We had asked some random ... stallion, where it was, and he just pointed north and told us to fuck off.

He didn't actually say that, but it certainly felt like it.

"Well then, let's find this station" I say as we continue walking.

*/---*/

To say Trixie Lulamoon was having a bad time would certainly be an understatement.

In fact, ever since the ursa minor debacle in ponyville, it seems that Trixie's life has been nothing but one bad thing after another.

Not only was her home and only source of transportation destroyed, but apparently, news about the incident had seemingly spread throughout the entirety of Equestria in what felt like a week.

Trixie had tried to go back to doing magic shows, but everywhere she went, every pony seemed to already know about her.

And not in a good way.

And now here Trixie was, stuck in Baltimare after yet another failed show.

And not only that, but she had just ran out of the little money she had left.

Great.

So, yes, Trixie was not having the best of days.

Or, weeks for that matter.

And it was all because of Her.

' Twilight Sparkle '. Trixie thought to herself as she walked down a sidewalk.

Just thinking of that mare infuriated Trixie, and how could it not? Twilight Sparkle had humiliated her!

Trixie wanted so badly to just go back to ponyville, and beat Twilight in a magical duel, to prove she was the superior magic caster!

...

But she couldn't.

On top of all the reasons why she did not want to go back to that town, and why she couldn't, it seemed that deep down, Trixie knew that Twilight Sparkle was magically superior compared to her.

And she just couldn't accept that.

But, she couldn't really do anything about it at the moment.

And at this rate, she would need to work in a rock farm to earn a living.

That would definitely not be humiliating...

She had heard rumors though, of a supposed amulet, one that would increase your magical prowess ten fold.

Sure, they could only be rumors, but, what did Trixie have to lose at this point?

...

'Trixie has decided then!' she began to think to herself as she continued walking.

'Trixie will work only the time she needs to at the rock farm! and once she has enough bits, she shall scour and find this amulet! And with it finally teach that Twilight Spar-' She continued, but stopped when she suddenly walked into some pony, and fell back to the ground.

"OOF!"

"AH, shit!"

...

"Trixie believes that this stallion certainly has a mouth on him" she thought to herself as she began to stand back up.

Trixie was about to chew out this stallion for rudely bumping into her, but didn't as she got a good look at him, and his companion.

There were two, the stallion, and a mare.

Both of them looked like they weren't from here.

The stallion, was wearing what looked to be a business suit, as was the mare.

The stallion was definitely more peculiar than the mare, as he had no muzzle, no hooves, and also appeared to have no fur.

Except for some on the top of his head, and his face.

"Master Stark, are you alright?" Asked the mare as he helped the stallion, who was apparently named Stark stand back up.

'Master?' Trixie certainly believes that that is a bit strange...' she thought to herself.

"Ugh, yeah, I'm fine Amira, what the hell did I walk into?" Stark says as he grabs his briefcase, Wich was red, silver, and appeared to be metal.

Odd.

"You walked into a pony, Stark" Amira said as she looked towards Trixie.

"Oh, uh, sorry about that, miss.." Stark began to say as he also looked at Trixie.

"You are currently speaking to the great and powerful Trixie!!" She exclaimed as she puffed her chest out.

...

"Eh, heh heh, but, right now it is just Trixie" she said as she visibly deflated.

"Oh, and why were you called the great and powerful before?" Stark asked.

"Trixie does magic shows, or, at least she did, and the great and powerful was what she called herself on stage" She answered.

"Ah, ok, and, why aren't you calling yourself that anymore?" Stark asked.

"Because, some time ago, Trixie was humiliated! And ever since, has been ridiculed everywhere she goes! Trixie can't do her show's anymore! And now, Trixie is broke!" She yelled, causing some passerbys to glance at the trio.

"Well, that sucks, but hey, were broke too! So how about we work together to make some cash?" Stark asked, wich caught the blue mare by surprise.

'Stark was broke? He certainly doesn't look to be struggling with money' Trixie thought to herself.

"Very well then, Trixie shall help you two aquire some bits, but, she doesn't exactly have a way of getting any at the moment" She said.

...

"I mean, we can beg?" Stark suggested, while shrugging his shoulders.

"Trixie will Not beg!" She screamed.

"I can beg" Amira said while raising her hand.

"Uh, no your not, I was just joking anyway" Stark began.

"Well, didn't you say you did magic shows Trixie?" Stark asked.

"Yes, Trixie did say that" she responded.

"Then why don't we just do that? A magic show? I think we should be able to make at least a bit of money" Stark said.

Trixie facepalmed.

"Did you not hear what Trixie just said? She cant do shows anymore! No pony will take Trixie seriously! She exclaimed.

"Yeah, well, now you've got us, or more specifically, me" Stark began saying as he pointed at himself.

"I'll be your, special, guest feature, and I'll show off my magic!" Stark exclaimed excitedly.

"You have magic?" Trixie asked, skeptically.

"Y-yeah, I do" Stark responded.

Trixie looked over to Amira, silently asking for confirmation.

"It is true, Stark possesses magic" Amira says, seemingly hearing Trixie's silent question.

This surprised Trixie, i mean, Stark doesn't even have a horn.

"If you both claim this to be true, then Trixie will believe you" she says.

"Then it's settled, we'll do a show, and hopefully make some good cash out of it" Stark begins to say.

"So, where should we do it? I mean, I'm down to do it right here right now, but it seems that you may be more familiar with the city Trixie, do you know a spot we could do the show?" Stark asked.

Trixie thought about it for a moment as she placed a hand on her chin.

"Well, we could do it near the train station, it is usually busy around there" Trixie suggested.

"Near the train station? That's perfect actually" Stark began to say.

"You can lead the way Trixie, since we don't actually know where the stations at" Stark finished.

"Oh, ok then, follow Trixie new companions!" Trixie exclaimed as she started walking down the sidewalk.

*/---*/

After some walking, we finally arrive at the place that we'll probably put this show on.

In fact, I can see what looks to be the train station from here! This is definitely the spot.

"So, Stark, what field of magic do you work with the most?" I hear Trixie ask.

Trixie...

She was fun, I've only known her for like thirteen minutes but I could already tell I was gonna enjoy her company.

That is, if she decides to join me on my epic quest to find Twilight.

Honestly? Considering the situation Trixie seems to be in, I think she will.

"Combat magic" I reply.

Oh yeah, did I forget to mention? Apparently, there's magic n' shit here, and I guess my iron man suit helps me channel my magic, at least that's what Amira thinks.

Of course, I'm rolling with that.

"Combat magic? It's not everyday Trixie meets some pony that knows much about combat magic, let alone be the field you know most of"

"Yeah, you know, Arkansas can get pretty violent at times"

"Arkansas?" I hear both mares ask.

"Yep, that's where I'm from" I reply.

"I've never heard of that place" Amira said.

"Neither has Trixie"

"Eh, I'll tell you two about it another time, right now, I'm pretty sure we got a show to get started" I begin saying as I place the briefcase on the ground.

"How much should we charge? I say ten bucks a person" I suggest.

"Bucks? ... Do you mean, bits?" Trixie asked.

The hell is a bit?

"Is that what they call the currency here?" I ask, to Wich I receive a nod from Trixie.

"Oh, then yes, I meant bits" I say as I press the activation switch on the briefcase, opening it up.

"What are you doing?" I heard Trixie ask as I place my hands into there respective slots and tighten.

"I'm putting my suit on, you know, to do my magic, my suits, uh, help me channel it since I don't have a horn" I say as I bring the suit up to my chest.

"Oh, Trixie finds that very interesting! How were you able to compress a metallic suit to the size of a briefcase?"

"I just, did it I guess" I say as I stretch out my arms to the sides and let the suit connect over me.

Still don't really have a reasonable explanation to how the hell I made this suit, cuz in fact I didn't, it literally just appeared.

As the suit is forming, I notice that Trixie, and some passerbys were staring at me.

Hopefully I look cool...

" Amazing " Trixie mutters to herself.

After the face plate closed over my face, I look over to Trixie.

"So, what magic do you usually do?" I ask with my slight robotic voice.

"Trixie typically does illusion magic"

"Oh, that's pretty cool, can you like, levitate stuff?"

"Yes"

"Nice, alright, here's what I've got planned for this gig, Trixie will levitate stuff into the air, and I'll blast em with my magic"

"What shall I do?" I heard Amira ask from behind me.

"You, Amira, are gonna make sure everyone pays the damm fee, if someone stops to watch, charge em" I respond.

"Very well master Stark"

"Alright then, let's get started shall we?" I ask as I walk over to Trixie, who seems a tad nervous.

"Are you sure this is a good idea Stark? Trixie had just attempted to put on a show before she encountered you, safe to say, it failed" She said.

"Don't worry about it, it'll probably be fine" I start saying.

"So, why don't you get it started? I'll help out." I finish as I point my arm up to the sky, and shoot a repulsor blast, cathing everyone who was near us their attention.

"Alright! Everybody listen up! Trixie about to have a banger magic show! But it ain't gonna be free! Ten bits a pony!" I exclaimed, my voice sounding louder because of the mask.

I hear several pony's groan.

"Another show Trixie? Really?" I heard some random stallion say.

"Hey! Be quiet! It's gonna be cool as shit!" I yell as I turn to look at Trixie.

"Alright Trix, start levitating things, and you said you do illusion magic right?" I begin asking.

Trixie nods.

"Great, then try to add some pizzazz to whatever your gonna have floating, I'll blast em" I continue saying.

"And Amira? You can go and start charging them" I finish.

"Yes master Stark" Amira says as she walks towards the small crowd that was building up.

"Well Trixie, let's see how this goes" I say as I look back at the crowd.

'BAM!!'

The crowd cheered as the watermelon exploded in the air from one of my beams.

So far, so good.

Me and Trixie were doing well it seemed, Trixie levitated a bunch of fruit and started spinning them around as I blasted them from the ground.

She also added fire works n' shit, Wich was petty awesome.

She also got a cape and a fuckin wizards hat.

When the hell did she put those on? I swear she didn't have those five minutes ago.

I noticed out of the corner of my eye Amira seemingly asking someone for payment, then shoving it in the duffel bag.

Good, we getting paid.

"Guess she wants the Gallagher!!" I scream as a unibeam comes out of my chest, destroying the carriage that was in front of me.

I just had to scream that, c'mon, no way I was passing on that!

Anyway, the show is actually going pretty well now, Trixie was really getting into it, adding more special effects with her magic, and I was getting presented with more and more items to blow up with my repulsor beams.

All around, a pretty good time.

But, I feel like we should probably rap this up soon, I don't really want to draw too much attention, just In case they are in fact looking for me. I just want to get south and find Twilight.

But how to finish this show...

Hm.

"Hey Trixie!" I yell, catching the mares attention.

"I got an idea to rap this up, I'm gonna fly us up to the air, and you send some big ass fireworks! It'll be awesome!" I say.

"Fly? How will you do that? Trixie can believe you can channel your magic through your suit, but flight? Trixie is pretty sure you abligatory need to have wings for that" She says.

"Don't worry, just trust bro" I say as I start walking behind her.

*/---*/

"Don't worry, just trust bro" Stark says as she begins waking behind Trixie.

'What is he-' Trixie began to think to herself before she was cut off by Stark.

"Alright Trixie, gonna need you to spread your arms, I'll hug you from behind, and as you dismiss the audience, I'll fly us up, then you'll finish off with some Kabooms, aight?" Stark said.

"O- ok then" Trixie said.

Trixie felt as Stark's cold armored hands wrapped around her.

She was a bit surprised at this, Trixie expected the suit to be at least warm, those spells looked powerful.

"Ready" Asked Stark.

"Trixie is ready!"

"Alright, let's hope this works!" Stark exclaimed as his fire ignited under his boots.

Trixie was certainly shocked when she felt herself lift off the ground, and from the looks of it, so was the crowd.

'Trixie shall give the crowd a spectacular farewell!' She thought to herself as she lit her horn to produce the effects and stroke the best pose she could while wrapped in Stark's arms.

"That was pretty fun" Stark said as the crowd started to disperse and his mask lifted off of his face.

"It certainly looked impressive" Amira said as she approached Trixie and handed Stark the black bag.

"Well, Trixie believes this was fantastic!" She exclaimed as she walked up to Stark and gave the armored man a hug.

"Trixie must thank you, sir Stark, this was Trixie's best show in Celestia knows how long!" She said as she broke said hug.

"It wasn't a problem, like I said, it was pretty fun!" Stark said as he zipped open the bag and took a look at the contents.

"Whoa! Gold!? Holy shit! We're rich!" Stark exclaimed excitedly.

Trixie quizzically looked at the inside of the bag, then at Stark.

"This looks like several hundred bits, it certainly is a lot, but we aren't rich"

"W- what? What do you mean? It's literally gold" Stark said as he pointed at the money.

"Yes, but that is the currency here, how can Trixie explain, um, you could consider one bit" Trixie started to say as she grabbed one of the coins and showed it to Stark.

"As one Arkansan... Buck" Trixie finished.

Why would the Arkansas government name their currency after a swear?

Stark blinked twice as he stared at the bit.

"So you're saying everyone here pays in gold?"

"Yes"

...

"How has the economy not collapsed?" Trixie heard Stark mutter under his breath.

"Well, how much do you want Trixie? I think me and Amira should be fine with like one hundred, we just need to buy some tickets after all" Stark said.

"Tickets? For what?"" Trixie asked.

"The train" Stark responded.

"Your leaving?" Trixie asked, saddening a bit.

Just as Trixie was getting used to the idea of being around these two.

"Yes, we are going to Dodge Junction" Said Amira.

"Dodge Junction? Can Trixie ask why?"

"Yeah, it's actually like, my epic fuckin quest I'm going on, trying to find my cousin" Stark said.

"Cousin? And this individual is in Dodge Junction?" Trixie asked.

"No, at least I don't think so, we think she may be further south" Stark responded.

Further south? Trixie is sure there should be nothing down south from Dodge Junction, except the badlands.

But maybe, there is something out there, maybe Stark's cousin? Arkansas?

Trixie won't know unless she accompanies Stark.

But will he even let Trixie join him?

"Yo, Trix, you zonin out on me here" Trixie heard Stark say.

"Ah, Trixie apologizes, she was just thinking about your quest"

"Really? What about it?"

"Trixie was thinking if perhaps she could join you on your search for your family member Stark" She said.

"Oh, uh, sure! You seem like a good friend Trixie, it be great to have you tag along!" Stark says.

Friend...

Yes, Stark and Amira are Trixie's friends! And she shall assist Stark on finding his cousin!

And who knew, maybe Trixie's new friends could help her get back at Twilight Sparkle for what she did to her.

She guessed that only time would tell...