Trixie and Starlight Travel to Chukotka

It was the next morning, the sun wasn't even really shining yet, but suddenly, something incredibly loud woke one of the two ponies up.

"WAKE UP STARLIGHT!" Trixie screamed at her, while her friend was still sleeping.

"Trixie, what the hay?" Starlight got jumpscared and suddenly woke up, "It's 10 o' clock, which is good I guess, definitely earlier than yesterday, but you are free willingly waking up four hours earlier than usual?"

"Yes Starlight why not?" Trixie replied, being smug yet exited at the same time, "Especially today, not only because I went to sleep earlier than usual yesterday, but also because, today will probably be the greatest and most powerful day of our journey!"

Starlight was still in her bed while she replied, "Oh yeah, we wanted to go to that other place, of which I forget the name of."

"The place is called Pevek, Starlight," Trixie replied, being full with excitement and energy, "and we are indeed going there today! It will take a bit of time until we have arrived here, but once we are there, we will see abandoned commieblocks, a floating nuclear power plant and on top of that, they have reported that on today's night, there will be a bunch of polar lights on the sky over there! Can you believe that? This will be the best day ever! Hard to believe that we even can top those amazing first two days, we have already been here in Chukotka, but trust me, we will!"

Starlight got out of her bed and replied, "Well, it does sound pretty great the way you say it, at least the polar lights part, but I am still somewhat disturbed by the fact, that you woke up this early. Like, this really is out of character for you."

"First of Starlight," Trixie smugly replied, "you pretty much forced me to change my regular sleep schedule, by forcing me to go to bed earlier than usual and wake up earlier than usual. Secondly, as a result of you changing my sleep schedule, I went sleeping earlier yesterday. Thirdly, I am exited for today and fourth, I slept really good the last night."

Starlight began to smile and replied, "Well as unusual it is, I actually like it that you have a more normal sleep schedule now, or at least for today."

After they both woke up, they ate something for breakfast, Starlight wanted to eat her raspberry yogurt, but then saw something strange.

"Expired 3 days ago? I bought this 2 days ago! Is this even legal?" Starlight said in a desperate tone.

"Oh come on Starlight, that doesn't mean anything. Plus, the fact that it already is expired, means that we probably saved money when we bought it, which we would have so or so, because of that weird cashier, but still," Trixie comfortably replied to her.

"But it still is expired," Starlight replied in a somewhat mad tone.

"Starlight, it is most certainly not expired. I mean these things are always edible for a much longer time than they advertise and it's only 3 days on top of that," Trixie assertively replied to her.

"You are technically right Trixie, but the last time I ate a yogurt that was past it's best before date, I got sick and I don't want that to happen again, especially here and now," Starlight responded, sounding somewhat embarrassed of herself.

"Well I can still eat it you pussy," Trixie replied, still having her assertive tone, "I almost only ate expired food back when I was homeless, along with raw onions and as you can see, I am still alive."

"Yeah Trixie, I admit, I am very sensitive when it comes to that, even tho I know it isn't a good habit. But yes, you can still eat it if it's still good. I am going to eat one or two apples instead," Starlight replied in a shy tone.

"Ok then!" Trixie smugly replied and began to eat the raspberry yogurt afterwards, "See Starlight! It's still good and delicious!"

After they have finished eating, they packed the last of their things in their suitcases. Since she used many of her smoke bombs and fireworks, that she brought along with her, in her magic show, Trixie still had a good amount of space in her suitcase.

"There still is some space in there. How about we also take the television with us?" Trixie asked her friend.

"No Trixie! The television belongs to the hotel. You can't take it with you." Starlight replied in a not amused tone.

"But this hotel room still belongs to us Starlight, that means we can take the television with us now," Trixie comfortably replied.

"That is not how hotels work Trixie! Everything that already was in the room, when we arrived, belongs to the hotel and must stay here or else the hotel will send the police to us!" Starlight assertively replied.

"Oh come on, why do hotels have to be so weird, I hope this is the last and only time I have to travel without my trailer!" Trixie replied, sounding disappointed.

They left the hotel, after they were done with packing all of their stuff, and began to head to their next stop, Pevek. The snow and ice wasn't as thick as it was yesterday, so the time it took for them to leave the city wasn't even half a hour long. They said goodbye to Anadyr and walked through the cold and snowy landscapes of Chukotka. They walked for a pretty long time, nearly 2 hours in total to be exact. Starlight was feeling tired of walking at this point.

"Trixie, we have been walking for so long by now, are we close to Pevek? My hooves are starting to hurt," Starlight asked her friend while sounding exhausted.

"Actually Starlight, we aren't even close to Pevek at all, we are still much closer to Anadyr and still need walk 600 to 700 kilometers," Trixie comfortably replied.

"Wh... what? You... you are kidding... right? HOPEFULLY?!" Starlight asked while sounding incredible nervous and concerned.

"No Starlight, I am not kidding," Trixie simply replied.

Starlight's face was covered in shock and fear as she loudly screamed, "ARE YOU COMPLETELY FUCKING INSANE!!!!!!! WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, IN A COLD AND ISOLATED PLACE AND YOU WANT US TO WALK HUNDREDS OF KILOMETERS THROUGH IT?!?! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?!??! YOU NEED THERAPY EVEN MORE DESPERATELY THAN I THOUGHT YOU INSANE PONY!!!! LET US GO BACK TO ANADYR, I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE I..."

"CALM DOWN STARLIGHT!" Trixie yelled back to her, while interrupting her mid sentence, "Of course we won't walk all of that distance, do you really think I am that crazy? Instead we will use my new, great and powerful invention, that will help us to travel long distances in less than a minute, when I don't have my trailer with me."

"Wait," Starlight began to calm down afterwards, "you have something that can help us to cross hundreds of kilometers in seconds? Why haven't we already used it? And more importantly, what even is it?"

"It is this!" Trixie said smugly and full of pride, while she pulled out an overly large sized firework rocket out of her suitcase, "This is Trixie's Great and Powerful Fast Travel Firework Rocket 6000!"

Starlight looked at the massive rocket with big eyes and replied in a somewhat disturbed and confused tone, "Ok wow, I was right about you being even crazier than I always thought, but I am glad I don't have to walk that distance, but otherwise, I have so many questions. First, as said, why haven't we already used it earlier? It would have saved us from walking nearly 2 hours! Secondly, how did this enormously sized rocket even fit in your suitcase? Thirdly, why is there a 6000 at the end of the name? Fourth and most important, is this thing even safe?"

Trixie smugly and comfortably answered all of Starlight's questions, "Well Starlight, for you first question, the reason why we didn't used it immediately after leaving Anadyr, is because I want to keep this invention a secret for now, especially from humans, so don't tell anypony and especially anyhuman about it! For you second question, my suitcase just has a lot of space and is bigger on the inside than it seems, in fact I even have a second Trixie's Great and Powerful Fast Travel Firework Rocket 6000 inside of it. For you third question, it just sounds better with a three or four digit long number at the end and I chose the 6000 because 6 is my favorite number. And for you fourth question, of course it is safe. I mean it was made by me after all."

Even after getting all of these questions answered, Starlight was still highly weirded out by Trixie's crazy invention, probably also because she still had one more question about it, "Ok Trixie, that explains some things, at least. But I still have one more question. How are we even suppose to travel with this thing?"

"It's very simple Starlight," Trixie answered this question too, while still having a smug and comfortable attitude, "we sit on top of the rocket and use these belts to attach us and our suitcases on it. When we and our luggage are safely tied up, I will light up the fuse and a couple of seconds after that, the rocket will fly off and make us travel faster than you can imagine! And when we have arrived at our destination, I will simply press this red button, that will launch us and our luggage of the rocket. After that, the parachutes, that are built within the rocket, will safely bring us to the ground whereas the rocket will go up to the sky and explode."

"I thought you said this thing was safe? This sounds incredibly dangerous!" Starlight asked in concern.

"Ok Starlight," Trixie replied in a still smug yet also somewhat annoyed tone, "maybe it isn't 100% safe, but as a magician you kinda have live with danger, which also gives you the ability to handle danger better, so even then, there is little to no reason to be concerned."

"Ok if you say so," Starlight replied still sounding concerned, "but if anything bad happens, I will never trust you and your weird pyrotechnic inventions again!"

"Don't worry Starlight, trust me, everything will be fine!" Trixie comfortably replied back, "I first need to set up the rocket anyway, so it will still take a few minutes until we begin our flight. Good thing I also brought two of these Trixie's Great and Powerful Rocket Holder and Aimer 600 with me," and pulled out a big rocket rack made out of wood. Unlike a regular rocket rack tho, it could only hold one rocket, one very big rocket.

"Wow, and I thought the names for you magic shows and tours were an overly long mouthful of words," Starlight replied, while still being shocked and terrified.

Trixie began to set up the Trixie's Great and Powerful Fast Travel Firework Rocket 6000 on the Trixie's Great and Powerful Rocket Holder and Aimer 600 and used a map of Chukotka and a compass to make sure, that the firework rocket was aiming in the right direction.

"Wait a minute, isn't the rocket aiming in a completely different direction than the one we walked to this whole time?" Starlight asked, still being scared and weirded out.

"Yes, that is because Anadyr is located on a peninsula and it isn't safe yet to walk on the ice of the waters here," Trixie simply replied, while she was aiming the rocket to the right direction.

"Yeah, makes sense," Starlight responded, still sounding scared and confused.

After a couple of minutes of Trixie setting up and aiming the rocket, she said, "It is done! Starlight, come! Let's get on the rocket and travel to Pevek in no time! Oh and one more thing I forgot to mention, I will press the red button a couple of kilometers before we have reached Pevek. As said, I want to keep this invention a secret for now and I don't want the humans there to see it. But as a traveler, you are pretty much used to walking long distances and I am sure you don't mind it neither."

Starlight just stood there with an somewhat disturbed smile and calmly replied, "No, of course I don't mind."

Trixie went up and sat down on the rocket and tied herself and her suitcase up with the belt. Starlight was hesitant and still afraid of Trixie's idea of fast travel. But eventually, she to went up and sat down on the rocket. She tightened herself and her suitcase up with the belt very tightly.

"Are you ready Starlight?" Trixie asked her best friend, with smug and excitement.

"I guess I have to," Starlight replied, still sounding afraid.

Trixie lightened up the fuse, by using her magic. The countdown was on, but she also remembered that she forgot to tell Starlight one more thing.

"Oh another I forgot to mention, I will try to fly as high as possible or else I have to try to dodge, because between Anadyr and Pevek is a big mountain range with mountains that are over 1000 meters tall."

"Well let's hope we survive this," Starlight said in total fear and concern, "but I too forgot to ask you something. Have you even tested this fast travel firework rocket thing before?"

Trixie answered, "Oh come on Starlight, who do you think I am," that made Starlight relieve a bit, as it sounded like Trixie has tested it before, "of course I haven't!" and suddenly, Starlight was absolutely afraid and she couldn't stop the rocket either, because the fuse was already on.

And only a few seconds after that, the rocket was activated and began to fly in an incredible speed. Fortunately, the rocket flew just high enough for them, to not have to dodge the many tall mountains of the Anadyr Highlands. Still, this didn't stop Starlight from feeling absolutely terrified and scared. She was clinging herself on Trixie's suitcase, that was in front of her, while screaming loudly. Trixie was a bit scared too at first, but eventually, was fine with being on a super fast firework rocket, that flying high through the skies. She looked forward to see, when they were close to Pevek.

Eventually, Trixie was able to see Pevek from the distance and as soon as she did, she pressed the red button and the two ponies and their luggage were launched off the rocket and were slowly brought to the ground by the parachutes that were built within the rocket. The rocket itself began to head straight towards the sky, as soon as the two ponies were off of it and exploded. The explosion was very loud and on the sky appeared a sparkling pattern, that looked like Trixie herself. Normally, Starlight would question why Trixie made the explosion of the firework rocket so loud and flashy, even tho she wanted to keep the invention a secret, but in reality, she was just glad that she and her friend were well and alive.

After they and their luggage safely landed on the ground, Trixie smugly and proudly said, "Wow, it worked absolutely perfect! Once again, the Great and Powerful Trixie outdid herself!"

Starlight tho, was still shaking from this crazy flight, but tried to calm herself down and afterwards, they took their luggage and began to walk the last couple of kilometers, to the city of Pevek.