Trixie's Coltsmas
Chapter 3: Everything was going so well
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Trixie stayed in Centrot Park in Manehattan. She knew that it would only be time until the police came searching for her. she thought up different ideas of what she could do. Should she try running even farther away from home then Manehattan? Well she can't just keep running, it would only delay the inevitable. Should she flee Equestria? That's a while to go and if she didn't know hwo long THAT would take, and she might not like where she ended up. Should she change her identity? Well, she didn't have anything that could help change how she looked, and that's what people would recoginze her as. Maybe a nice walk around the city would help her.
She kept walking around the city for a while taking a beautiful look at the skyline of Manehattan. She couldn't help but look at the beauty of it, even if the streets smelled less then sanitary. Soon, however, it was getting dark. Unfortunately for her, Trixie couldn't find a way back to Centrot Park. She started panicking and started rushing back, trying to avoid everyone else. Soon, she ran into (litterally), a gray unicorn. She fell over and closed her eyes in pain.
"I'm sorry, Sir." she told him, still in pain and still flustered. "I-I-I didn't see you. I'm in such a rush."
"It's alright, missy." He told her. Trixie finally got a good look at him. The pony had a gray coat with a black main and a tail that was mostly black and a small amount of white on the end of his tail, almost like a magic wand. He had a pair of emerald green eyes and a cutie mark of a wand with a shine around the white part of the wand. Trixie knew of this pony, but she never thought she would actually meet him.
"You!" she said in wonder. "You're Henry Hoof-dini. You're the greatest unicorn to perform magic in history."
"I see that my reputation hasn't gone diminnished." He told her. "Tell me, young filly, what is your name?"
"I'm Trixie" she told him. "I've read so much about you, Mr. Hoof-dini"
"Well, Trixie, you certainly seem to be respectful." Hoof-dini told her. "How about I give you a VIP Pass to my show tomorrow night?"
"I'd love to, Mr. Hoof-dini." she accepted. "Thank you"
"Don't mention it." He reached into his saddlebag and grabbed A VIP Pass and hanged it around Trixie's neck like a necklace. "I hope to see you there, Miss Trixie."
"You will, Sir." she told him. He walked past her down the street for Trixie to see that she had arrived right back at Cen-trot Park.
The next night, Trixie had arrived at the show and was excited for what she was about to see. She saw the most brilliant spells and most mind-boggling tricks any Unicorn ever performed. It was a beautiful site to behold. It was from that moment on, that Trixie not only wanted to be a Magician, but wanted to be one of the greatest magicians in history.
She used her VIP Pass to be able to go backstage. She went to see Henry who was talking with other ponies as well. "Ah, Trixie. You made it." He told her. "Did you enjoy the show?"
"Yes I did, Mr. Hoof-Dini." She said to her in awe. "It was a brilliant show. I've never been so stunned by a Unicorn's magic in my life. I can't even begin to explain how fantastic and beautiful those tricks were.
Henry Hoof-Dini could only smile. "Could you all excuse me, for a second? I wish to speak to Trixie alone."
Everypony left the room and closed the door. Mr. Hoof-Dini walked over to his new fan. "Trixie, did you ever want to learn those tricks and spells?" He asked.
"Oh I'd love to, but that would take almost forever." she said half-disappointedly.
"Well, what if I were to teach you personally?" He asked her.
"Do you really mean that?" She asked.
"No wait, I have an even better idea." He told her. "How would you not only like to learn how to perform those, but also be my assistant for my shows?"
"I would love to!" She squealed. "Thank you Mr. Hoof-Dini!"
So, Trixie traveled around Equestria with Hoof-Dini, learning tricks from him and helping him with his magic shows. However, a few months after she started helping Hoof-dini, she felt surious to ask him something. It was after one of their most recent shows that she asked him a question backstage. "Mr. Hoof-dini" she began "Can I ask you something?"
"Of course Trixie" He assured her. "What is it?"
"Well, it's just that...why is it that you offered ME this opportunity?" she asked. "I mean, it's a great opportunity and I'm glad I took it, but it still boggles me about why you offered this to me.
He sighed. "I was expecting you to ask me this." He sat down and pulled a seat over of her. "I never told anyone this, but I'm not able to have children." He told her. "I found out when I was much younger then I am now. I'm almost in my 60's and I found this out when I was 22." He looked like he was about to cry from sharing this. "But when I always wanted a daughter that I could pass my knowledge onto. When I ran into you, you were such a kind soul, and I felt that if you enjoyed my work, that I'd let you be my assisstant. That's why I wanted you to join me."
Trixie started tearing up as well. "You don't know how meaningful it is to be treated like your daughter." she began. "My parents never understood me. I was tortured by my brothers, and I haven't even seen them in months. I'd much rather travel with you then be in constant torture from my family."
"I understand." he told her. "I'll keep your secret if you keep mine."
Trixie nodded and they kept doing routine.
Then, another tradgedy struck Trixie.
It started during one of their December shows. The show was a week before Colts-mas. It was the standard trick of making a small marble statue of Celestia become a bird and fly out from underneath a sheet that it happenned. Just before Hoof-dini was able to turn the statue into the bird, he suddenly fainted. Someone called an Pony-medic using their pony phone when he colappsed. Trixie rode in the ambulance to the hospital the entire way.
It turns out that Hoof-dini had a stroke and wasn't even gonna live past Colt-smas Eve. On the night of Colt-smas Eve, Trixie was at Hoof-dini's bedside, crying as she knew the innevitable was soon to come. However, Hoof-dini had something to say to his assistant before he passed on.
"Tri-xie." He began.
"Hoof-Dini!" she started, her voice breaking "Please don't go. I don't want the only pony who's ever treated me properly to leave me."
"I'm sorry, Trixie." He told her "But even I'm not immortal. I have to go sometime. But, before I die, I want to thank you. You were a daughter to me these past few months. I'm glad you gave me what I wanted most before I died." Trixie couldn't stop crying. "I also have something to give you." he told her. "I had the Doctors bring it in. I'm not going to leave without giving you your Colt-smas present." He used his last ounce of magic to give trixie a box wrapped with Sky Blue wrapping paper and a magenta ribbon. (he never was good with matching colors.) Trixie opened the box to reveal her trademark purple hat and cape with stars and a blue gem to tie the cape together. Trixie was in shock. She recieved Colt-smas gifts all the time, but never like this. "You know all of my tricks and spells now, Trixie. I'm passing my legacy down to you." She held her "Father"'s hoof in hers for the last time before the machine that was connecting to him flat-lined and he closed his eyes. She never left his room that night. She cried the entire time, never even taking the hat and cape out of the box since she looked at it. But, on that day, she also recieved another gift...her Wand and Moon Cutie Mark. She knew now what her destiny was. She was to carry on Hoof-Dini's legacy as the greatest magician in Equestria.
She finally left the room a week later, but before she did, she looked back. 'Thank you, Hoof-Dini' she told him in her thoughts. 'For everything.'
From that moment on, Trixie was a traveling Magician, impressing ponies everywhere, even giving herself the title of "Great and Powerful". It would be years later that she headed towards a town, that would change her life once again...Ponyville.
Note: That's the end of Trixie's backstory. We'll be getting back to the main story in Chapter 4. Please Review.