Trixie approached her destination, hoofsteps growing more and more hesitant as it loomed in her view. She took a deep breath and squared her upper body, making sure her hat was on straight and her cape hung over her body as a makeshift armor against the task before her. I am Trixie, she declared to herself. I am the personal student of Princess Luna, bearer of the Element of Magic! She stomped a hoof into the dirt.This is nothing for me. I faced down Corona, saving Equestria! I can do this. I must do this!
She trotted forward, not even stopping as she entered Sugarcube Corner, the bell above the door jangling. Behind the glass-paned display counter stood Carrot Cake, co-owner and current salvation for Trixie. She trotted up to him and smiled. “Hello, Mister Cake.” She looked down at the counter and the wares contained within. “I'd like a dozen muffins, please.”
Carrot Cake nodded and leaned down, sliding the back door of the display counter open with a hoof. “Why certainly, Miss Lula–“ A soft chiming from behind the service door caught his attention and his head shot up and back. “Oh, dear. Cup Cake, how's the product?”
Cup Cake poked her head out the saloon doors that led to the back areas of Sugarcube Corner. “I might need some help,” she said to her husband. A sudden banging sent her a few inches into the air. “I'll send Pinkie Pie out to mind the counter.”
Carrot nodded and looked back to Trixie. “Sorry, Miss Trixie. Just be a second.” And with that, he walked back to the kitchen.
Trixie's eyes widened even as a pink bundle of hyper-condensed energy bounded out, landing right in front of the counter. “No, no...” She took a step back and lowered her head, letting the brim of her hat shade her eyes. Why, Princess Luna, why?!
Pinkie Pie waved a foreleg as Trixie, grinning madly. “Yes, yes!” She hopped up on her hind legs and leaned on the counter. “So, Miss Lulamoon, what'll it be? Do you want cake, pastries, gumballs?” Her eyes widened. “Ooh, maybe some cupcakes!” She leaned down and grabbed a tray of expertly-decorated cupcakes, the frosting covering the tops with little smiles and hearts. “I bet it's cupcakes you want!”
Trixie's mane bristled at her hated last name, but she simply shook her head, sliding another hoof back. “I simply want a dozen muffins to go. No cakes, no pastries and certainly no cupcakes.” She jabbed a hoof at a tray laden with blueberry muffins. “Those are fine, Pinkie Pie. Just box them up an-”
Pinkie Pie groaned and twisted her head around almost one hundred-eighty degrees, rolling her eyes to the floor. “Oh, come on! Muffins are so boring!” She twisted her head back, causing Trixie's eyes to spin and a mild wave of vertigo to hit. She slid the tray of cupcakes forward, almost to the edge of the counter. “They're so pretty and colorful and fun!” She batted her eyelashes at Trixie. “So, whaddya say?”
Anger built up in Trixie's torso, but she squelched it and stepped right back to the counter. She leaned over the top, cocking an eye at Pinkie Pie. “I am going to Ditzy's house this afternoon for lunch,” she said through gritted teeth. “She and Dinky like muffins, Pinkie. Not cupcakes, muffins. And I know their favorite is blueberry. So box up one dozen blueberry muffins!” she said, her voice rising with every word.
Carrot Cake's head popped out over the saloon doors, his lantern jaw covered with a fine layer of flour. “Everything all right?” he asked, eyes slightly wide.
Trixie glanced over and the corners of her mouth turned up in a forced grin. “Just fine, Mister Cake.” She looked back to Pinkie Pie and fixed a glare of death upon the pink pony. “Miss Pie was just about to box up one dozen muffins for me, right?”
Pinkie's head and neck drooped and she sighed. “Oh, all right!” She gripped the tray of muffins out with her teeth and slid a box over with a hoof, letting a dozen tumbled into it. She closed and tied it shut before plopping it onto the counter. “Fifteen bits for the bo-ring muffins.”
Trixie's cape fluttered as fifteen bits floated out of her saddlebags and over the counter. Pinkie jabbed at the till and the drawer popped open, allowing her to float the bits inside while also levitating the box of muffins up and to her side. “Thank you,” Trixie said before turning on a hoof and marching out.
It was a full two minutes of trotting away from Sugarcube Corner before Trixie slowed down to a slow gait. She breathed in, slowly letting the air out. She felt a few stares from others on the street, but paid them little mind, not wanting attention this time as she resumed her journey to the Ponyville post office.
It was nearly 11:30 when Trixie reached the post office, the two-story building that kept Ponyville in contact with the rest of Equestria. A few pegasi milled about the entrance, each one clad in the blue uniform of the Equestrian postal service. She quickly focused on one particular gray-coated pegasus, as she exited the building. “Ditzy!" she called out, waving a foreleg at her fellow Element of Harmony.
Ditzy's right eye slid over and locked onto Trixie and she turned, trotting over. “Hi!” she shouted. Her muzzle twitched and her nostrils flared as she approached. “Are those... muffins?” she asked, turning her head to focus one eye on the package floating next to Trixie. “Blueberry muffins?”
Trixie bit her lip, but a snort of laughter still escaped. She looked back to the post office, then to Ditzy and her empty saddlebags. “Your shift's over?” At Ditzy's nod Trixie arched an eyebrow and looked her over. “I'm not the most patient pony, but even I can wait for you to change out of your uniform.”
Ditzy shook her head. She hopped into the air and jabbed a foreleg in the general direction of the Everfree Forest. “Dinky's waiting for me,” she stated, landing and beginning to trot off.
Trixie nodded. “Of course, her job with Fluttershy.” She suddenly stopped and looked back at the post office and the apartment on the second floor. “Perhaps I should wait here for you two to come back...”
Ditzy placed a hoof on Trixie's shoulder and shook her head. “Dinky's been looking forward to this all week, and you wouldn't want to disappoint your number one fan, would you?” She leaned in and forced an eyelid close for a close approximation of a wink.
Trixie let out a sigh and placed a foreleg to her forehead before trotting off down a long, meandering side road that led from the post office to Fluttershy's cottage. “For her, of course. I just hope nothing...” Her voice trailed off and the package tilted, showing the top and the Sugarcube Corner logo on top. “I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Just that Pinkie Pie and gyah!” Trixie threw her hooves into the air. “Why is it every time I go in fate conspires to have her waiting on me?!”
Ditzy shrugged as they continued walking. “She means well, Trixie. And her parties can be fun!” At a sidelong glance from the unicorn, she scratched the back of her head. “Well, in small doses they can be fun.”
The pair continued in silence for a few minutes before Trixie spoke up. “I try, Ditzy. I swear I try, but no matter what she just pushes my buttons, and she makes about as much sense as Ivory Scroll's plans for Winter Wrap Up!”
Ditzy's mouth puckered slightly. “But the mayor didn't have any plans for – oh!” She shrugged. “Well, you don't see her every day, right?”
“And thank Luna for that,” Trixie muttered. She glanced up at the sky and shivered slightly as the sun reached its peak, her hat tugging down over her head as much as possible without obscuring her vision. “I shudder to think what my mind would be like if I had to understand her for something important or vital. Might as well just sit back and wait for the sky itself to fall if it ever came to that!” She chuckled, but her head suddenly shot up and she looked out at the bright expanse of blue. She held a hoof out and waved it about.
Ditzy stopped and looked back at her friend. “Sky still in place?” she asked, the slightest hint of sarcasm in her tone.
Trixie nodded and continued on, speeding up until she was once more by Ditzy's side. “Never hurts to be too careful.”
Nice!
It's very good to see the Lunaverse getting more and more stories
Fave. Track. Must read moar.
Seriously, strong opening. This is gonna be so fun when the parasprites show up.
hah, nopony understands pinkie dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/emoticons/sillyfilly_Pinkie_Pie.png
"What are these 'small doses' everypony keeps talking about? I don't understand what that means!"
This promises to be good! Good opening there. There's a strange type when Trixie enters Sugarcude corner where it mentions 'her Carrot Cake', you might want to look into it.
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I'm not certain Pinkie understands Pinkie...
Fave'd, and I'm doing the legwork of adding this to the group's main page.
Any idea on when this is taking place? The only hard rule I have concerning that is that the middle of summer and forward is off-limits.
A new addition to the Lunaverse I see.
Can't wait to start reading it.
Edit: Hehe Trixie is just courting calamity with that remark.
Seriously-written Lunaverse story? dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/Trixie_lolface_1.png Instant fave. You can never have to much Lunaverse.
If you haven't figured out when to set it, it could be a little bit before Boast Busted (maybe after Fizzy's '"I" for Impossible') or slightly after (a week or three). Just suggestions.
652249 It takes place between 'Family Matters' and 'File Under 'I' for Impossible. And thanks!
Hmm...If this takes place before File Under 'I' for 'Impossible' then Trixie wouldn't dismiss the disaster related forms so off-hoofedly and wouldn't claim nothing ever happens in Ponyville. I intended that remark as a sort of tempting of the fate, like when someone says 'At least it can't get worst'. Personally I would place it after Boast Busted, since we don't have any story set after yet.
653622 Hmm, all right. I'll edit that. Takes place before Boast Busted, then.
EDIT: To prevent more work, since it's slotted before Boast Busted, that's when it takes place. A week before Boast Busted. If any problems, let me know.
Okay, proper response to all.
649659 Well, it's a strong universe that deserves expansion. Thanks!
650035 It's not gonna be like 'Swarm of the Century'... but there will be wacky hijinks. No visit from Luna, mind you.
651021 That's an awesome Pinkie emoticon. And no, nopony does. She makes Discord back up a step or three.
652076 Which is why in RL I don't think I'd like her too much... [/legit]
652243 Thanks, and fixed. Anyone else, I don't mind stuff being pointed out like that.
652249 Thanks, and sorry. Thought I added it to the group... And yes, a week or so before 'Boast Busted'.
652269 Hope you like it, and yes. That's why it's funny!
652938 Yeah, before Boast Busted. And nope, never too much.
653622 And... changed to pre-Boast Busted. Thanks for the heads-up there.
Good strong opening! I like the way you've written Trixie and Ditzy Doo here. Also Pinkie Pie - she's not a bad pony, but infuriating to work with.
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Well even Pinkie says in "Swarm of the Century" than she doesn't understand herself so your comment is cannon also faving since I do love certain AU fics/series like one where Twilight goes back in time and all of her friends are the G1 counterparts
Good opening; Trixie is going to look back at this and remember the way she tempted fate...
MOAR! Love this! We need more of Ditzy's sarcastic, snarky, evil genius side!
I wonder if Trixie's mane will explode into blue flames or ice by the end of this.
if this is the way everyone acts around Pinkie then why isn't she straight haired, depressed and borderline insane?
Nice start to this fic, I love how Pinkie Pie vexes poor Trixie so! And I love the fact it's Ditzy who's telling her Pinkie is just being Pinkie!
Oh, you're a Lunaverse author?! Don't forget the opening theme!
In the comments for "Crisis on 2 Equestrias", I reference this story as an examp-le of the conservation of empathy between the characters of the LunaVerse and CelestiaVerse:
DoubleRainBowDash states that he based his Ditzy and Dinky Doo of those from “Ditzy Doo’s Dismally Derpy Day”. Ditzy Doo from “Ditzy Doo’s Dismally Derpy Day” does not have enough empathy to play the role in the LunaVerse because of Asperger’s Syndrome, so Double RainBowDash gave her empathy from FlutterShy and Pinkamena Diane Pie:
FlutterShy, in addition to shyness, also has an hard time understanding the emotions of other ponies in the LunaVerse. In combination with her shyness, this makes her a complete recluse.
Pinkamena Diane Pie wants to make everypony smile, but lacks the empathy to do so. Without empathy, her attempts to entertain other ponies just annoys them. The interaction with the Great and Powerful Representative Beatrix LulaMoon is a case in point:
The Great and Powerful Representative Beatrix LulaMoon wants muffins for Ditzy and Dinky Doo. At the moment, cupcakes, even with a Dash of RainBow ;-) , just do not interest her. Pinkamena Diane Pie lacks the empathy to pick up on this. The result is that Pinkamena Diane Pie pushes cupcakes anyway, thus annoying the Great and Powerful Representative Beatrix LulaMoon.
I have no clue what's going on. So she opened the box, and it turned out Pinkie had given her cupcakes? Or is she really just so exasperated with Pinks that she had to spontaneously throw her hooves in the air?
Now... in a clean magic duel (no super powered amulets, no help from friends) who wins hoofs down if the duel is between main universe (pre Alicornication) Twilight Sparkle and Lunaverse universe Trixie Lulamoon?
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Yay! LISTS:
Trixie:
- Pre-Crisis on Two Equestrias [if you count that towards M!Canon], was the only one able to "See" magic between them.
- Learns any spell by seeing it cast.
- Has flawless technique with Illusionary sub-schools of magic.
- Knows how to anger, manipulate, and control anypony when she puts her mind to it [via Mentalism, Prestidigitation, and political training]. Yes it back fires occasionally, but she's good at ticking off anypony. Even Luna.
- Is a master at Sleight of Hoof, which allows her to store and hide multiple items. Plus with her power to summon things now [thanks to Lyra] she's got a near infinite potential to summon what ever she needs.
- As seen in Title Match she knows Voodoo. And knows how to use it. As well as thanks to earlier fics, knows some Zebra Spells, and if she really wanted to could learn some quick down and dirty ones.
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Twilight [ManeVerse]:
- Obsessive Compulsive Book Worm. With tons of knowledge from books. Can't always pull them off in one go, but has a rather strong repository of spells under her belt [little to no combat spells though.]
- Raw Magic reserves that make her as powerful or more so than Starswirl the Bearded. In terms of how much she can do before over channeling [thus can last longer in terms of channeling raw magic].
- Scientific minded, meaning she has access to creating more potent potions, magi-tech, and SAM [Sufficiently Analyzed Magic].
- Can learn and eventually do magic in any school or sub-school. If she has time to read and study it sufficiently.
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So we have. Trixie is able to cast spells by sight, where Twilight needs to study. Trixie while she can fall back on Voodoo and Zebra Magic if she's running low on her magical reserves, needs physical components pre-set up. Where as Twilight has enough raw force and reserves to outlast any non-Alicorn, so wouldn't or would rarely think of setting up spell components / potion components ahead of time.
Trixie knows how to anger and annoy anypony. Something that would make Twilight angry enough to make a mistake. But an Angry Twilight bursts into flames, and is capable of destroying a small city. Trixie is able to read opponents and ponies and gets to know what makes them tic. Twilight has near 0 social skills, and doesn't get ponies outside of what she's read in books / learned through her very small friend group.
Trixie most of all, is used to seeing magic, thus know what's going to be cast before it's cast, and has experience doing so. Twilight just throws magic at a problem till it gets 9000 X worse, or goes away. Trixie can use the Tardy / disappointing Tia thing to get Twilight to go near comotose / uber freak out. Twilight can turn Trixie into an Flora-Pony Hybrid / or even a potted plant.
So ... all in all. It's actually very close. In terms of raw power Twilight's better, but Trixie is a master at planning ahead / using what she has to the best it can be. That and Trixie unlike Twilight, learned Zebra magic + Voodoo so that she doesn't have to waste her own energy if she doesn't want to. So it's one of those rivalries that could go to any of them at any time.
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So...Trixie from the Lunaverse has the Batman Prep Time ability?
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Just saw this, and yep! Crazy amounts of Batman Prep Time Ability.