Prologue: Light
"Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them." - Aristotle
Trixie appears on a black place. No walls. no floor. She wasn't falling, and she could do nothing but just walk on that invisible place. There was no sensation, nor she knows how she went here, or when, or why. She could only hear the sound of wind, which remembered to those heard on high hills, or deep in canyons. A little scary, but it was more misterious.
"W-what is this?"
She raised her hooves, and looked at them. They were transparent, but she could see the white lines that separated them with the rest of the darkness. So was her body. with clear borders, but with black content. Just like an illusion, but she could feel it was real. It caused her to enter a nervious state, trembling and shaking, with her heart beating faster and faster.
Suddenly, a voice from obscurity resounded on the entire scenary. It wasn't a creepy voice, but instead, a relaxing male one. This voice that calmed her nerviousity. Beautiful, omnipresent, overwhelming and comforting, with unknown origin, was directly talking to Trixie, and as it did, echoes emphazised it words.
"Trixie..."
The mare looked at her back, with her face drawing a surprise expression.
"Who are you? What is... this? Where am i?" wondered Trixie. Her eyes changed as her pupils reduced their size.
"Calm down, magic one. Thou should be aware of them..."
"I don't know what are you talking about! The great and powerful Trixie commands you to reveal your indentity..."
The unknown origin of this voice ignored her order, and instead, gave a vague answer,
"Very demanding from someone in Thy position... that's what i like from Thou. Lulamoon"
The place changed when Trixie blinked. And this time, it was a place that her mind held in the very deep of itself.
"T-this is..." exclaimed the shocked unicorn.
"Oh, it is, dear. I hope Thou can figure when this happened."
"I don't want to!"
"Thou must. Oh, you really must. For this moment marks the beginning." were the words of the invisible presence.
"May i know what are you talking about?" Trixie's voice started to sound irritating, and she had her reasons, since "it" wasn't helping her, and instead, just filled her mind with doubt and uncertainty.
Ignoring her request, the voice replied with a relaxing tone, like unworried.
"Witness this."
This was a medium-size room, living-like, with blue walls and two chairs near a little table. which had a pot with a little bud. In each chair, there were two mares. an adult one, with blue skin and black hair, and a little filly wearing a cape and a magician cap. yet, these were large for her, and were very loose.
Trixie could see it. it was herself, reflected as a little filly, with her magician outfit which she keeps wearing till this day.
"And for my next trick... The great and powahful Trixie will turn this bud on a magnificent flower!" said the filly version of herself. a smile drawed on her adorable face, and the shine on her eyes reflected the excitement that she was feeling on that moment. Or maybe it was her inocence. Trixie couldn't figure what really was it.
The adult mare looked at little Trixie, with a big smile running from every corner of her mouth. "Oh dear, show me." were her words, which were said with relaxation and calm, but also, reflected the knowledge and wisdom of this unicorn.
"Alright! This Great and powahful magician is decided to prove that she can, and she will do it in this moment!" And as her word left her mouth to sound on the warm air of the place.
Following her words, she concentrated her magic in a try to turn that little bud on a beautiful and radiant flower. Her horn started to glow, and slowly, it shine was increasing, along the petal of the bud that started appear. Soon, it was obvious that it wasn't something easy, but she didn't stop, and finally, the little sprout turned into a beautiful, blue-petal, little bloom.
But little Trixie was sweating. She had to kept her eyes closed so she could concentrate, and finally, she completed the age-spell.
She gasped with excitement, but also with joy, because she performed that hard spell at her young age, and she did it with her own effort.
"Oh dear! You've done it great, But you didn't need to overreach yourself to prove that you are the best unicorn." Said her mother. "You are awesome, Trixie." She walked to hug her daughter, who didn't say anything, but her expression was all the she needed to know that she was happy,
"I love you, mommy." Said little Trixie.
"I love you too, my little Trixie. You'll be in greatness, someday. I am sure"
As those words resounded, that image banished in a white mist. Which dissipated in favor of the black space, windy and empty.
Trixie showed nostalgia on her face. "She was always kind with me..."
Again, the unknown voice talked to her.
"Yes, right? Thou can't forget her, specially with her words after Thou got thy cutie mark."
"It was a long time ago, but... How you know? And who are you?"
"You're curious and persistent, uh? It explains your wish."
"Answer me!"
"Everything will be done when it's necessary, dear Trixie."
"I am the Great and Powerful Trixie for you, whoever you are."
"Impetuous, that remarks how thou are, doesn't it?"
As it words reached the ears of Trixie, and it echoes slowly dissapeared, Trixie blinded once again, just to see that everything changed with no apparent prelude. This time, it was somewhere in a town center. There was a small scenary build in front of the town hall, with many ponies standing near. It wasn't ponyville, of course, as the buildings had more rough desing, like medieval towns, yet, not so dark and depressing as it was clear that ponies there had a good life.
In this scenary, of unknown location, was little Trixie, presuming of her magic abilities with her own personality. Looking at her flank, there was no cutie mark.
"And now, the Great and powahful Trixie will show you her best trick: a display of magic fireworks in honor of Hoofington's foundation!" said the filly.
According to her words, this day was Hoofington's foundation anniversary. It would explain the happiness emanated by everyone present there. And as those words formed smiles on their faces, little Trixie concentrated her magic powers.
It didn't take so long to realize that the spell was having effect, and it was comfirmed when few small colorful spheres of light appeared in front of the public. As little Trixie focused on the effect, those spheres went high on the air, and exploded in a match of colors and lights that impressed everyone present.
Little Trixie was sweating a sea, but also smiling, and it showed how motivated was her filly soul, "Okay everypony, here we go..."
She casted several multicolored spheres that floated in front of the public wih grace and elegance, just before being throw very high and became almost invisible. In that instant, little Trixie smiled with her eyes closed, and her horn shone, emiting a pink aura which was even bigger than her. The distant spheres explode creating a beautiful and unique effect: Their light shaped, forming a glowing phrase, which ended little Trixie's spectacle.
"Happy 50th anniversary, Hoofington!"
As the words dissapeared with the wind, ponies down showed their excitement with a little earthquake, made of hooves cracking on the floor. Little Trixie, happy and gasping, smiled with her own mien, and fell down, victim of tiredness.
"I... i hope you've liked it..."
With those words coming out from her, her flank shined and a moon with a wand appeared.
She gained her cutie mark. Finally she had her cutie mark. She noticed it when something flashed at her back. Even with her exhaustion, she could see that curious figure. She could wonder why it had a moon with it, but she had something to do before.
She didn't rest in that instant, and instead, she got up to say her final words, before leaving the scenary.
"I hope you've liked it, and don't forget that this day remarks a half-century since this magnificent town was founded, doesn't it? See you later, and happy anniversary!"
Land shaked in a great ovation as her words were said, and she left to meet her mother, who was standing back on the scenary. As they embraced between themselves, distant hubbub were heard as people left the place. But that spectacle would never be erased from their minds.
"Oh my little candy! You've done in great! i knew you would," said her mother.
"M-mom, i must show you something..."
"Oh, and what is it?"
"This:" Said little Trixie, as she turned back to let her progenitor see the new drawing on her flank.
"Oh Trixie, you've get it! And it fit you like horseshoe to hoof. I'm so happy, my powerful magician."
"Am i powahful?"
"And fantastic. You've done it great, and you've proved everypony that you are the best unicorn, didn't you? You deserve the Great and Powerful title you asked for."
"I have the best mom of the world!" said little Trixie with ecstacy.
"I am so proud of you, Trixie." replied her mother with a tighty hug.
Meanwhile, the grown Trixie looked that scene in the distance.
"Mother..."
And as she blinked, the image dissapeared, leading to the same black scene at the beggining.
"I miss her... I really miss her. Why do you want me to remember this? Why, to the Great and Powerful Trixie?"
With mocking tone, the misterious and rare voice answered.
"Because thou will need to remember this, silly! This is the reason of thy impetuous and arrogant ambitions, isn't it?"
"The Great and Power - "
"Wake up."
Leaving her in darkness, soon everything on her sight was covered with white mist, and she opened her eyes.
Chapter 1: Twice
"Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself." - Lois McMaster Bujold
Trixie was, again, in the black limbo, with her body shaped in white. She was confused again. She couldn't believe that she was having that experience again. However, she was expecting for something to happen, as the windy sound traveled from side to side of her head.
"Thou are here again, dear." said the male voice of unknown origin.
"What the... What are you doing? What is the great and powerful Trix-"
"Calm down, magic one. I need thou to do something special today."
"There's nothing that i would do for you! And I don't even know what are you! I command you, I push you to tell me who you are, or else -"
"Else what! Do thou have any problem? That's not what I'm here to hear. I want thou to remember the most important step on your history!"
"B-b-but why? What do you want from me? Why are you stalking the great and-"
"Relax, my magic being. I'm not here to do any sort of damage to thou."
"Then, what do you want?"
"See this! This is the glorious moment of your beginning!"
"No... not that, i don't want to see it again!"
"Shh..."
A warm wind covered the tense Trixie, and the relaxing sensation stunned with softness every muscle of her lightblue skinned body. She felt like laying on the invisible surface were she was standing over.
"..."
She didn't say anything. Her eyes closed and her feeling of nervousness dissapeared.
"This is... like when she was here..."
While Trixie was relaxing, she could hear a voice coming from the void of the darkness. Beautiful and sweet. A female voice which made her react in a way that she'd never expect to. Singing. this voice was singing. Singing in a way that only someone with pure heart would sing. singing with excesive love. Love, that she, Trixie, remembers.
"You are my sweet candy.
a beauty candy, a magic candy.
Don't cry, my filly,
Mommy's here, don't be silly"
Yet calmed, she opened her eyes with gratefulness, she expelled a soft sob.
"M-mom... are you here?" She said with evident nostalgia.
The voice continued its chant.
"What is making you affraid?
Tell me, please, I wont reclaim.
Come here, let me hug you tighty.
trust in me, my only child"
"Mom... come to me.."
No answer. instead, the voice singed its last verse.
"Let me take your sadness off
So you play, with smiles and joy
When the sun rises through the dawn,
there will be no more frown."
"..."
Nothing more came, from that calm voice. The sounds of the other voice went to disrupt the peace.
"So cute, wasn't it? Are thou quiet now?"
"Where is she?"
"Thou will know it later. Do thou remember when thou and she separated so unexpectly?"
"Yes, but that's something that Trixie doesn't want to remember."
"It's futile to avoid the reality... thou can remember it as if it was yesterday."
"Well... Right..."
"Then, let me see it"
She rejected at first, but finally, she gave up to the voice's intentions.
Trixie Blinked and all her space changed. A burning village, similar to the one seen in her last vision.. At the distance, a translucid being, giant and abominable, performing a sadistic spectacle of raze and ramapge.
Trixie shocked at the signal of destruction stamped against that place. With her contracted pupils, she didn't do anything but just witness the incident. Away, covered and protected from the giant, bear-like monster within a house , where 2 mares. Filly Trixie and her mother. The Adult covering her offspring with her body. Both trembling, and Filly Trixie crying for fear and desperation.
"Shhh.. Let's calm down. Nothing will happen to us, I promise.*
"Are you sure? The monster is scary... Is... Scary!"
"You'll be fine, dear. Now calm down."
The bear monstruosity destroyed the house with a single hit, and the debbris rained with ferocity. The Adult mare put her children on her back and began to run out there.
"Mom! I am scared! I Think... I am going to pee!"
"Calm down, my baby. You'll be safe! I Swaer it, for i am your mother and i will nev-"
The landshaking produced by the rampage of this Bear made the grown equine fall. As it happened, Little Trixie flew few meters away. Her skin was hurt as she fell. She tried to get up, but it was hard as every shake made for the transparent behemoth disturbed the attempt. Finally, Little Trixie got over it and ran to her mother, who was lying on the ground, paralyzed.
"Trixie! You better be leaving now!"
"B-But mom, I-I can't leave you!"
"Do it!"
The Mare used her energies to create a forcefield that grabbed Little Trixie and threw her away.
"Mother, No! Please, You must-"
A injuried Stallion, with white skin and silver armor arrived, and fastly, put her on his back.*
"You can't stay here. I'm taking you to a safe zone.*
"But my mother is still there!"
"I can't hold you two. I am sorry..."
The Adult Mare smiled from the distanc. She raised her left hoof and screamed to Little Trixie, as the monstruisity came closer.
"Trixie! Live on! Promise me you'll be the Great And Powerful Unicorn you want to be!"
"Mom! No!"
And the vision dissipated, bringing Trixie back to her Limbo.
"..."
"I am sorry. I really am"
"I wish i could see her again. I didn't dare to look when the monster reached her... But i am sure that something terrible happened..."
She broke down.
"I want to see her..."
"Oh Trixie, my silly Trixie. You should be thankful thou are alive. For you will make something very important."
"What could it be, you scum? Now i've revived those suffering-memories! I Want to see my mother again!"
"Should this be unnecessary, I Shall not show you it. Thy memories are your motivation, Aren't them?"
"What are you... You Monster, talking about?"
"Don't you want to fulfill your promise? Make her proud, wherever she is, Being truly Great and Powerful."
"But... how? How could i be that, if i am just a failure?"
"I suggest thou to travel to the residence of thy purple friend, and ask for help"
"Never! I will not low myself to her level!"
"Go there, and thou will find your answer."
"Wait, Stay here now, you pityf-"
"Wake up."
And everything dissipated as her slumber evaporated, to bring her back to herself, knowing it was not a simple dream, because it felt real.
It felt real...
