Trixie's Lesson on Friendship

Trixie’s Lesson on Friendship - Of All Roommates... (Twilight)

“Ohhh, Spike, what should we do? The Princess is counting on me to take in her new pupil, and the library is a total MESS!” Twilight shouted in panic as she ran around the house, using her magic to levitate books into the correct places on the shelves. “She could be here at any moment! Oh, what am I going to tell Princess Celestia if the new pony decides to leave because of my unorganized chaos?”

Spike calmly opened the front door of the library and took a peek outside. “I don’t think she’s here yet. We’ve got time, Twilight. Even though you panic so much, you always manage to finish things on time!” Spike exclaimed in an attempt to cheer Twilight up, but it was no use. After running around so much, Twilight had already made a large spiral hole in the middle of a library. Spike walked over to the chasm, looked down, and found Twilight, sitting on her bottom with her hooves crossed across her chest.

“Spike! Stop fooling around and help me up!” she ordered. Spike rolled his eyes, went over and grabbed Twilight’s handy dandy ladder (which, in fact, was bought just for this type of situation), adjusted it and finally, Twilight managed to climb out. Within seconds, she went back to cleaning the house.

Hours later, the library was perfectly clean, Spike was out at Rarity’s boutique, and Twilight was quadruple checking everything on her list. “Organized books... check! Bought groceries for our meals... check! Double checking my list... check! Triple checking my list... check! Quadruple checking my list... check! Great! Looks like everything is under control.” Right as she finished her sentence, there was a knock on the door. “That must be her!” Twilight thought to herself as she clapped her hooves together in excitement. Getting a new roommate was like having a sleepover with somepony every single day. The idea of getting to braid each other’s hair, gossip and most of all, study together, seemed really appealing to Twilight. It didn’t even matter who was staying with her, she was fine with anybody... or that’s what she thought.

Twilight reached for the door and opened it. “Hi, welcome to--” she stopped in her tracks. Right in front of the door stood a pony she did not expect to see. She gazed at the azure colored mare whose mane looked really dirty and was in need of a bath. “Ponyville?” Twilight finished her sentence. Much to her surprise, Twilight found Trixie gaping at her as well. To her, it meant that Trixie wasn’t expecting to live with Twilight.

“The Great and Powerful Trixie absolutely REFUSES to live with the weak and puny Twilight Sparkle!” Trixie exclaimed.

“Excuse me?” Twilight scoffed. “First of all, this is my house, and second, ‘weak and puny’? What’s that supposed to mean?”

“It means that the Great and Powerful Trixie’s magical power surpasses Twilight Sparkle’s.”

“Whether that is true or not, I still saved your life!” Trixie’s face turned bright red in rage.

“T-Trixie did not need your help! You just went ahead and decided by yourself that Trixie was far too weak to defend herself against an Ursa Minor!”

“Trixie, think of it this way. I didn’t decide to save your life! I saved every citizen in Ponyville’s lives because they were being threatened by an Ursa Minor!” Twilight argued. As much as she didn’t like Trixie’s attitude, she also knew having to take Trixie in was inevitable, so she at least wanted to get on Trixie’s neutral side.

However, Trixie didn’t seem to catch onto Twilight’s attempt to end the fight. “So suddenly, the Great and Powerful Trixie’s life doesn’t matter to you?!” Trixie fought back.

“No, that’s not what I mea--” Twilight was cut off by the appearance of Princess Celestia, who trotted up to Trixie’s side.

“So I see this is off to a rocky start,” said the Princess as she let out a sigh. Twilight blushed in embarrassment. She didn’t want the Princess to think that she was unable to handle taking in Trixie. Twilight desperately wanted to impress the Princess, and she knew fighting with her new roommate wasn’t the best way to show her capabilities.

“Twilight Sparkle, my faithful student, although you may be surprised about who my new pupil is, I still wish for you to get along with Trixie, but I’m not expecting the friendship to start right now. Every pony must work in order to get what they want. Although you two may have some quarrels and disagreements, I can guarantee the both of you at least have one thing in common.” said the Princess. Twilight nodded, but Trixie still wasn’t pleased.

“How could the Great and Powerful Trixie POSSIBLY have something in common with a pony like Twilight Sparkle?” Trixie said with a scoff.

“Well you know, for starters, we’re both unicorns with magical powers.” Twilight replied. Trixie was taken aback by this remark. In Twilight’s eyes, it seemed like Trixie was unable to fight back and kept her mouth shut.

“Yes, that’s a good start. Well, I must be going now. There’s some sort of flood going on in Manehatten that I must help resolve. In the meantime, Twilight Sparkle, I hope I can rely on you to explain to Trixie about her studies.” said the Princess.

“You can count on me.” Twilight gave a warm smile to the Princess as the latter flew away. After Celestia left, Twilight turned her attention back to Trixie, who was trying to avoid meeting Twilight’s eyes. She sighed. She was left with no choice but to play nice with Trixie. “How about you come on in and take a shower?” Twilight offered the azure pony with a smile.

Trixie scoffed. “Why? Do you think the Great and Powerful Trixie is going to dirty your poor books? Or are you simply pitying her? If that’s the case, then--”

“No, that’s not it at all. I just thought that a warm shower might be a good place to wash yourself off and maybe start fresh. I don’t think you’re pitiful or dirty.” Trixie stared at Twilight with a skeptical look.

“Trixie thinks Twilight Sparkle is trying to kiss up to the Princess by making yourself look good. Well, it’s not going to work. Keep in mind that Trixie is here solely to study and learn, not play around with you.” said Trixie as she stepped into the library. “However, since Twilight Sparkle absolutely insists on letting the Great and Powerful Trixie take a shower, then Trixie shall do so.”

Twilight sighed and guided Trixie to the bathroom. She wasn’t sure how long she’d be able to put up with Trixie, but at that moment in time, for a split second (and ONLY a split second!), Twilight felt that having Trixie over wasn’t that bad after all.