Trixie and Starlight travel to Las Pegasus

Starlight and Trixie were making themselves ready for the friendship mission. Trixie has originally planned to take her trailer with her, but Starlight was against this.

"I know that you have a very strong emotional connection with your trailer, Trixie," Starlight told to her pleadingly, "But you can't take it with you. Walking to Las Pegasus would take way too long. By taking the train, we will be there in no time. Plus, your trailer is way too small for two ponies. It's technically already too small for just one pony, it's just you don't mind it. It would be much better if we sleep in a hotel room over in Las Pegasus."

"Ugh fine, I guess you are right" Trixie begrudgingly replied and let her trailer stay in Ponyville.

Despite behaving less nervous and more confident now, Trixie was still feeling very anxious about this trip. Sure, the fact she has Starlight on her side did make her feel better, but it wasn't enough, so she just tried to not to think too much about it and tried to hide her nervousness by acting more confident and assertive, like how she usually was.

After the two were done with packing all of the stuff they needed, they walked to the train station of Ponyville, where they waited for the next train to Las Pegasus to arrive. Fortunately, it didn't take long and the train was on time. They hopped in the train and found a nice place to sit down. While they were heading towards Las Pegasus, Trixie's nervous feelings began to increase again and she couldn't hide it anymore. As they got closer and closer to their destination, Trixie started to become sweaty and shaky.

"Are you still feeling nervous?" Starlight asked her in concern.

"I'm fine, it's just... so... strange to be back in Las Pegasus, you know," Trixie replied, sounding very awkward and nervous.

"You sound even more nervous than before. Is it really because of the reason you told me? Or are you hiding something? Don't worry Trixie, you can tell it to me," Starlight tried to make her feel better and open up more.

"No, I'm not hiding anything. Why would I? You are my best friend after all. Of course I would tell it to you if I was nervous about something. As said, it just feels weird to come back to this place, that's all," Trixie replied, sounding less, but still somewhat nervous.

In reality tho, Trixie was hiding something, something she didn't even want to tell to her best and closest friend. After an hour long train ride, the two arrived in Las Pegasus. Starlight was very exited about this and quickly rushed out of the train once it stopped there. Trixie on the other side, was feeling anxious and slowly walked out of train behind her friend. Other than that, she managed to hide her nervous feelings pretty well. That and her excitement, made Starlight completely forget and ignore her friend's nervousness.

"Oh my Celestia! Trixie, do you see all of those big and colorful buildings and lights? This is amazing!" Starlight told to her friend being fascinated by the city, but Trixie didn't respond to her.

Las Pegasus was originally built by and for pegasi, but has eventually became such a big hot spot for entertainment and tourism, that bridges and walks were built for earth ponies and unicorns. Now it was one of the biggest cities in Equestria. The city was also known for it's casinos, that were everywhere throughout the city. Unfortunately, many ponies in Las Pegasus suffered from gambling addiction because of that. Neither Starlight or Trixie cared about the casinos. Another thing Las Pegasus was famous for was prostitution. The city had a huge industry for it and by far the most prostitutes in all of Equestria.

Finally, the thing Las Pegasus was known for the most, was it's big amusement park in the middle of the city. It was the largest amusement park in Equestria, known for some of the most brutal roller coasters, it's huge ferris wheel and many bright and colorful carousels. Starlight was highly eager about the amusement park, but before that, they needed to find a hotel room. The center of Las Pegasus only had luxury hotels, so the two unicorns had to walk quite a bit away from the city center to find a hotel they could afford. Fortunately for them, the main tourist season hasn't begun yet and thus, it wasn't difficult finding a free two bed hotel room for a fair price, that wasn't too far away from the city center.

Starlight did pretty much all of the talking on the check in. She booked the hotel for three nights, although friendship missions usually only take one day to complete. Starlight wanted to stay in Las Pegasus for a few days longer and Trixie begrudgingly agreed on it, barely saying anything otherwise. In fact, she has barely said anything ever since they have been in Las Pegasus. The usually loud and passionate performer, came off as shy and reserved here. It felt very out of character for her. Still, Starlight was super hyped about Las Pegasus, so much so that she was totally ignoring the fact that her best friend was acting out of character this whole time. Starlight couldn't wait to go to the amusement park. She was especially exited about a roller coaster called "The Wild Blue Yonder". It was one of the fastest and most brutal roller coasters in the city and well known all across Equestria. Starlight always wanted to take a ride in it.

But before they went to the amusement park, they took a quick look in their hotel room and put their luggage there. It was a decently sized two bed hotel room with a bathroom, a desk and a shelf. Starlight also needed to go to the toilet before they could go and used the bathroom of the hotel room. Trixie meanwhile looked outside of the window of the hotel room. She still needed to process the thought of being back in Las Pegasus. She tried to think more optimistically about it this time tho, trying to focus on how she now had a close friend, how much her magic skills have improved, as well as how her reputation has gotten better again and how she has made a successful comeback, even after having hit rock bottom. And even then, the chances of that one pony stumbling across Trixie within those 3 days, was pretty low. Does she even still live here? Is she even still alive? Thinking about it, it made Trixie believe that she might indeed have worried too much about returning to Las Pegasus.

"Trixie is greater and more powerful than ever. Ponyville couldn't stop me, so won't Las Pegasus!" She said to herself, quiet yet passionate.

Only a few seconds later, the bathroom door opened. Starlight was done with her toilet session and eager about exploring the wild city of Las Pegasus.

"Alright, now we can finally start to really explore this amazing city. I can't wait to go to the amusement park and it's roller coasters! I think we should go there first," She told to her friend, still being highly excited about this trip.

"Don't we have something like a friendship mission to complete?" Trixie asked to her, still not fully understanding how friendship missions work.

"Trixie, we don't even know what our friendship mission is," Starlight replied to her in a friendly tone, "We only know that it's here in Las Pegasus and that we are the ones to solve it. The ponies the map chooses for a mission are not only made for solving the problem, but to also find it. And not only is the amusement park here something I really want to visit, there also are a lot of ponies there. There is a good chance that the friendship problem might be there."

"Damn, it's like that map knows everything about everypony," Trixie replied in a surprised tone.

After that, the two went out of the hotel room and made their way back to the city center, to the amusement park. Trixie was finally more confident about this friendship mission and began to act like her usual self again. Those few minutes by herself in the hotel room have really helped her with dealing with her concerns. She even started to think about doing a performance here. A risky move, considering the worries she has had just a few minutes ago.