"Oh this is just fantastic!" Trixie sneered, slamming a hoof to her forehead. "First I get harassed by these glorified doorponies, and now I have to deal with you again Sparkle?"

"That's princess Sparkle to you now, Trixie," Twilight rebutted, making no effort to hide the enjoyment in her voice.

"Hah! Princess... you got some new wings and suddenly you are fit for royalty? You don't have the qualities to be a princess, you're too... silly. Now somepony like me would be far more suited to the job!" Trixie explained with the utmost confidence, holding her hoof to her chest as she proclaimed this fact.

"I see that signature confidence hasn't left you since we last met," Twilight replied, amused by Trixie's infallible charisma. She glanced to the guards flanking Trixie, becoming aware of their confused faces. She was so caught up in her delight to see her long lost crush again, she forgot that herself and Trixie were not alone in the throne room.

"What is it Trixie did to have you haul her in here?" she asked, making some effort to restore some profession to the situation.

The guard pony closest to Trixie cleared his throat.

"The subject in question had left a large wheeled structure on private royal property." Twilight caught sight of Trixie rolling her eyes at this announcement.

"Upon requesting her to move the structure, she refused. When we moved to forcefully displace it, the subject assaulted one of us, your highness."

Twilight raised an eyebrow at this revelation.

"Assaulted?" she repeated, surprised. "You attacked one of my guards Trixie?"

"If what I did counts as assault, 'princess' Sparkle..." Trixie responded, the title dripping sarcastically from her mouth, "then I suggest you find yourself new guards. All I did was give him a little zap. As for the placing of my caravan, I was not aware that the entire city of Canterlot was considered royal property."

"Where was it found?" Twilight asked.

"We found the structure outside the main gates of the castle, your highness."  Another eye-roll from Trixie.

"Hmm... so let me see, from what I have heard, Trixie could be charged with trespassing, obstruction of justice, resisting arrest, slander of a royal figure, aggravated assault and assault of royal authority."

Trixie's careless expression suddenly dropped into one of shocked horror as Twilight listed the crimes she had committed, the severity of which now sounded far more intense after being called out.

"Now... hold on a minute..." she stammered, the colour draining from her face.

Twilight had to fight hard to keep back the laughter that had begun to well up at Trixie's sudden loss of confidence. She would probably feel guilty about this later, but right now the expression on the magician's face was priceless.

"I'd like to discuss the matter with the subject in private, could everypony besides Trixie please leave the throne room." Twilight commanded.

The two ponies standing to either side of the now silent Trixie glanced at each other before looking back to Twilight nervously.

"Er... your highness," one of them spluttered. "It's very much against our training to leave you alone with a convicted criminal!"

Twilight looked the guard pony in the eye.

"I have, in the past, faced the wrath of the queen of the changelings, the lord of chaos, a tyrannical king, and numerous other obstacles, not to mention the fact that I have dealt with Trixie myself before. I think I can handle this."

The two guards glanced at each other again.

"GO!" Twilight demanded.

The two guards shrugged, and proceeded to leave the room, followed by the guards who had been lining the walls, many of which were now mumbling among themselves about the odd scene they had just witnessed.

When the two large doors finally shut and silence fell upon the pair, Twilight spoke up.

"Are you aware of the position you are in Trixie?"

Trixie, who had been staring quietly at the floor as the guards left, now looked up from under the brim of her hat at Twilight, fear visible in her eyes.

"I didn't mean to... you wouldn't really punish me for such a little thing would you? I barely hurt your guard..." Trixie stammered, the words pouring out of her mouth.

It was adorable.

"You have a troubling attitude problem Trixie," Twilight responded, struggling again to hide the mirth in her voice as she pretended to speak seriously. "I think you need to be thought a lesson. A few months in prison would be the usual punishment for your transgressions..."

Trixie's pupils constricted, whiteness filling her eyes.

"...but I'm willing to offer you a choice. Work for me for the time instead. You will be given free roam of the castle, but you will have to be at my beck and call whenever I want you, and you will have to follow my orders without complaint."

Trixie was silent for a few moments, most likely trying to decide if she felt relieved or even more terrified at the offer.

"My choice is prison or being your slave?"

"Woah!" Twilight responded in shock to the word. "You will be my personal servant, you will live here in the castle for the time  and have access to all its luxuries. You just have to do as I say when I say it!" Twilight lost her nerve a little, feeling as though Trixie may reject her generous offer.

"Very well... I'll work for you... your highness."

"Excellent!" Twilight responded with a smile, feeling relieved that her little game had not ended prematurely. "Guards!"

The doors at the far end of the room swung open.

"Send in one of the maids please!" she ordered. A few moments later one of the castle's servants trotted into the room. Twilight greeted her by name and and introduced Trixie.

"She is going to be my new personal servant for a little while," the princess explained. "Please give her the grand tour of the castle, put her up in a nice room close to mine, and give her any other info she may need for serving me in the castle." Twilight paused for a moment. "And one more thing," she beckoned the maid pony over closer, and then whispered something into her ear that Trixie could not hear.

"Follow her and listen to everything she says Trixie," Twilight ordered. "I'll see you in a few hours!"

And then the fun begins Twilight thought to herself.