The Great and Powerful Trixie sat in her home, comfy on her newly styled couch (courtesy of Rarity), leafing through the pages of her newest book The Best Tricks for the Best Magicians vol.38, it had been a long time since she could recall herself being bored, she had always had something to occupy her time. Whether it was performing, practicing or, in the sense of her old ways, thinking of ways to best Twilight Sparkle. Although ever since her newest friend had made her a star in Las Pegasus, she didn't really care too much about besting her former rival anymore. Lately though, she couldn't get her friend out of her head, like their was something about him she just couldn't remember, it seemed on the edge of her thoughts but just out of reach. It occupied much of her time, thinking about him. Somehow someway, he always seemed to creep back into her head, she was worried she might be developing a small crush on her former stage partner, and that severely worried her.

The problem with having a crush who was already taken and happy in his relationship was...well...exactly that. She hated this constant boredom for it allowed her mind to wander to more intimate thoughts about her new friend, thoughts she couldn't help but feel she'd already had before. She so wished that another show would come up soon, anywhere, just so she could occupy her mind. For how much she loved showing off, even her shows did not help relieve this nagging feeling that she was missing something. Even when Ms.Cheerilee had invited her to the schoolhouse to perform magic tricks for the kids and teach them about basic magical skills that would be easy to learn, she had still felt...empty afterwards. It's not that she didn't love it every time, she just had this aching feeling that she was forgetting something important in her life.

As if life wanted to give her the quick answer to her problems, a loud "POP" suddenly echoed around her home. Trixie shot into the air off her couch and landed on her coffee table, horn ignited ready to obliterate anything that moved! As she looked around begging for whomever had scared her to show themselves, she noticed a small puddle in the center of her living room. She found this extremely odd, for she had not spilled anything nor had she been practicing any magic to make water. She slowly approached the puddle with her horn lit and peered into it from a hoof's length away. She eyed it suspiciously, half expecting it to jump at her, she began to circle it as though it was her prey. Finally losing patience, a voice erupted from the puddle

"Oh would you just look inside the portal you crazy mare!"

If Trixie hadn't been afraid before she was at that moment, she yelped out and shot backwards across her floor. After she had finished shooting across the room, a light went off in her head, she knew that voice! Her previous fear instantly gone, she darted back to the puddle and shoved her head down to the surface as though it was a pond.

"Daybreak?"

She whispered quietly

"Is that you?"

The puddle itself almost seemed to shimmer in annoyance

"Of course it's me Trixie, who else would just randomly drop a portal made out of water inside your house?"

Trixie raised her eyebrows and gave Daybreak a moment to consider what he had just said. Realizing his mistake he just sighed

"Oh just jump in the portal already"

Trixie knew al her years of magical study told her that listening to him would probably be a decision she would come to regret, however, she was so bored she almost didn't care. Plus she had missed her friend, he didn't visit nearly as often as she had hoped he would. Trixie quickly ran into her room and threw on her cape and hat, then ran into her bathroom and shut the door

"Just give me a minute"

She heard him sigh through the water and could swear he had caused bubbles to appear on the surface of the pool. She giggled as she quickly brushed her teeth, flossed, gargled and made sure she looked her best, she even redid her mane. As she finally trotted over to the pool of water, she poked at the water with her hoof and saw the magic shimmer on the surface. Knowing that it was indeed a portal and not just Daybreak pranking her, she dove in head first!

.....

Daybreak watched as Trixie plopped out of his small water portal and immediately rushed to her feet to compose herself. As she looked around she seemed confused

'Where are we?"

"The Crystal Empire"

"Then...why is it snowing everywhere?"

Daybreak sighed...Rainbow Dash had done everything right, and made a big storm...but apparently the clouds around here were different, and what she had thought were rainclouds actually turned out to be a crystal-like snow. Daybreak just put his face in his hands as his fur started to shine and sparkle from the little bits of snow covering it.

"It's a long story Trix, can we just skip that part"

Trixie nodded, then dove forward and embraced Daybreak in a hug

"Why don't you ever visit the Great Trixie, you promised her you would"

Daybreak cringed, both from her surprisingly strong hug and the fact that he hadn't ever visited her, he did feel a bit bad about that. She clearly had missed him, the lack of air reaching his lungs told him that much. After scrambling out of Trixie's death grip and shaking the snow off his fur, Daybreak got his mind serious again.

"Anyways Trixie, the snow storm is just to keep ponies inside for now, and so no one would notice my spell to bring you here...summoning spells are kind of illegal in the Crystal Empire, ever since they got rid of..."

His eye twitched as he remembered the Empire's previous ruler

"Ever since they got rid of their last king, no pony wants any risk of something bad getting in here"

Trixie seemed to follow, and, unknown to Daybreak, had seen his twitch at the mention of Sombra.

"Ok I get the weather, but why did you need to bring me here? Considering you went through the trouble of making a snow storm I highly doubt it's just to talk or hang out"

He shook his head

"Sorry Trix, you're right, I do need your help, but I a sorry I haven't visited you much, I promise I will soon, ok?"

She smiled and nodded like a young filly happy to have been promised a toy. It almost made Daybreak smile, but he kept his face straight and continued

"I need to ask you...where did you learn about the Alicorn Amulet, who told you about it. It's only mentioned in one known book and as far as I know, those copies are locked up in Canterlot, except for the one in Twilight's library. So where could you have heard of it?"

Trixie mulled his question over for a moment, his sudden interest in the Amulet was certainly...interesting, but hard to understand, as he already knew where it was he could just study the Amulet personally if that was what he wanted, so that meant he could only want one other thing...

"What would you want to ask this pony, the one who told me about the Alicorn Amulet, what exactly are you trying to do Daybreak?"

Daybreak lowered his gaze slightly to ide his eyes behind his mane

"Trixie, I'd rather not get you involved in this..."

Trixie let out a laugh

"Considering you're talking to me about it, I'd say I'm already involved...Now come on, out with it, tell Trixie what you want, and then she will tell you what you want"

Daybreak sighed

"Fine...I-"

"Oh and one more thing!"

He raised his eyebrows at her sudden excited look

"Yes Trixie?"

She shook giddily

"Remember that time you told me you erased part of my memory for a time, until you could trust me...well I'd like it back, I wanna remember whatever it is that keeps nagging at my brain, so do that for me also and I'll tell you everything you wanna know"

Daybreak flushed a deep red in spite of himself. He remembered exactly what he had made her forget. He was not sure fi he really wanted her to remember that time. But he was not about to deceive her, and saying no probably wouldn't get him anywhere either. He knew Trixie, she could be more stubborn than Twilight at times. Once again, he sighed

"Alright fine, but when you remember, not-one-word-Trixie! Just get right to the info I need ok?

She nodded noticing his deep blush and growing all the more curious

"Fine buster, now start talking"

He leaned up against the icy wall of the alleyway

"Well...I need the pony who told you about the Amulet to tell me something as well...I've heard rumors of a pony somewhere in Canterlot that knows thing most ponies don't, and that he only trades that info for either alot of bits, or the right kind of pony. Now I can only assume this is the same guy who told you about the Amulet. What I need to know though is...If their is any secret passage ways, or tunnels or any unknown way into the Canterlot library, specifically the Star Swirl The Bearded section, AND I need to know where to find a certain book hidden within that section."

Trixie eyed him suspiciously

"Well all things considered, I'm guessing this book must be pretty powerful or important or something like that if you, being a Prince, can't just walk right in and borrow it? And what may I ask, is actually stopping you from doing just that?"

Daybreak was beginning to worry Trixie was too smart and to curious for her own good. With a tinge of annoyance he muttered

"Princess Celestia

Trixie did not see all that surprised by his answer, but was clearly happy to hear it

"You realize that by taking that book against her orders, you'd be committing treason right?"

Daybreak actually chuckled this time

"Trust me Trix, by the time this week is over, that one bit of treason will probably seem like nothing compared to what I gotta do afterwards"

Trixie's eyes showed her surprise, but her curiosity was also still there

"I can only wonder what would make Celestia's own son betray her?"

Daybreak whipped around to face her

"How did you know I'm...?"

"Vinyl Scratch has a big mouth Daybreak"

She chuckled at his reaction. Daybreak almost swore. It was already public knowledge that he was Discords offspring, if ponies started hearing that he was Celestia's too, without knowing the full story, that would definitely cause some problems for the Princess, then she'd have to actually give detail on how Daybreak was created..."

He shuddered at the thought, many ponies in Canterlot already viewed him as odd and weird, but still respected him for his position, if it got out just what he actually was...yeah that was something he didn't want to think about. However he did feel the need to comment on Trixie's last remark

"I'm not betraying Celestia Trix, I'm just doing what I have to do, and I'm not taking no for an answer...and yes ok...I might hurt some ponies if they get in my way. But after I'm through I have no intention of causing Equestria or anypony harm, ok?"

Trixie did believe what he said, but it would still be treason, yet somehow, she didn't care very much.

"Alright then...Trixie will come with you"

"ABSOLUTELY NOT!"

"Why not!?"

"Trixie are you nuts!? This is way too dangerous!"

Trixie sat down on her haunches a and gave him a very well made pouting face

"As opposed to what? It's not like I can't handle myself you know!"

"No Trixie!"

"Let me come, or no info for you"

Daybreak opened his mouth to argue, then shut it just as quick, he muttered under his breath

"If I didn't need that information"

"You'd do what, big fur ball, Trixie knows full well you could destroy her in a magic duel...why not just force me to tell you?"

Daybreak looked down at the ground of the snowy alley way, they were in at least three inches of snow by now. Trixie chuckled at him

"You said you'd do anything you had to, even harm other ponies for this, yet you can't force a small mare like me to give you what you want?"

After Daybreak failed to answer for a few moments Trixie smiled

"See, you need my help"

Daybreak gave a low growl, but Trixie just chuckled at him. Knowing he wouldn't frighten her without real force, Daybreak conceded

"Fine...you can come, but just to be clear, Rainbow Dash is also part of this, and I won't have you two bickering the whole time"

"Trixie promises not to tease Rainbow Dash...By the way I'm curious, will Twilight Sparkle be joining you on your adventure of treason, or has she decided to remain loyal to the Princesses law?"

Daybreak felt a slight sting in his heart and merely stated back to her

"No...she won't be joining us Trixie"

Trixie could see that her question clearly bothered him, and although she was now shining with curiosity about their current status due to this, she decided to let it be for now. Instead she stepped close to Daybreak

"Alright then buster, it's time for you to revive my memories, get to it!"

Daybreak was definitely not looking forward to this part, but he had little choice in the matter, technically he had promised to give her that memory back once she had proved she cold be trusted, and he wouldn't be here right now if he didn't trust her. He sighed for what seemed like the hundredth time and ignited his palms in his aura. He placed his hands on Trixie's head allowing his magic to flow all around her head and into her horn.

His magic seemed into the pores of her mane ad horn, slithering its way through her magical center and to the tip of her horn. Trixie let out a low moan, nearly making Daybreak stop from surprise

"Yikes! Trixie, what the hay! Don't do that!"

'I'm sorry I'm sorry...it just feels so...nice...to have somepony else's aura playing with my horn."

Daybreak rolled his eyes and sped up the procedure. After a few more moments of magical horn massage, and two more yips from Trixie, there was a large flash of white light (thankfully hidden amongst all the snow) and Trixie was left standing there, with a silly look on her face as her memories came flooding back to her. She swayed back and forth in her own little world. She seemed like she was going to fall over once, but she stayed on her feet with her same silly look. It was obvious when she finished replaying the memory, she shook her head to clear her vision and stared at Daybreak wit a deep blush on her face. Seeing this Daybreak knew she remembered and blushed as well then coughed a little to loudly

"Well...umm...now that...that...is taken care of...you should really-"

"Daybreak.."

Her voice came out like a whisper as the most proud mare Daybreak had ever met, stared at him like a school filly on her first crush. She walked up to him slowly, and reached out her hoof to his face. For a moment Daybreak thought she was going to try and kiss him, and prepared to stop her, but then, there was a loud smack and he felt a searing pain in the side of is face. He looked up and saw she had wailed him in the cheek with a snowball, and had three more floating behind her. Without thinking he snapped his fingers and they all poofed into mud and plashed down in the snow, Trixie then jumped at him and tried her very best to smack him in the face.

She caught him off guard, but he managed to hold her hooves back as she flung them out at him

"You big jerk! How could you do that to Trixie!"

Daybreak dodged a smack at his jaw

"What are you talking about!? YOU MADE ME!!! It's not like I wanted to...Ouch!"

She swung and actually managed to slug him in the mouth, he staggered back a step and she instantly stopped swinging and checked to see if he as ok. He pushed her hooves away, for fear she might try ad hit him again. She showed she meant no harm and forced him to let her see he was alright. He rolled his eyes and let her look. Surprisingly enough to her, there wasn't even a scratch. Once she looked him over to her satisfaction, she took a couple steps back from him, and began blushing wildly. Daybreak wasn't sure how to react, at least she wasn't hitting him anymore. Trixie gave an awkward cough, Daybreak hoping to clear the air, decided to finish what he was here for in the first place

"Alright, Trixie, all awkwardness aside, I need the info I came here for, who is the pony that told you about the Amulet and where can I find him"

Trixie shook her head, unable to look Daybreak in the face as her blush got worse and worse. Daybreak knew he didn't have time for this, so he walked up and grabbed her around the shoulders, gently, but enough to get her attention

"Trixie! Please, I need this information now!"

She shook her head again to clear her thoughts and pushed him away

"Alright, Trixie did promise she would tell...The pony you are looking for is called Aecious, he's a pegasus. He has a midnight black mane and foggy grey fur, emerald colored eyes...although his most defining quality and most mysterious, is that he's a blank flank..."

Daybreak raised his eyebrows in a somewhat disbelieving manner

"A full grown pegasus stallion...with no Cutie Mark?"

Trixie nodded

Daybreaks narrowed his eyes to slits and ignited his magic. It was time to get serious, from here on out, he would be committing treason, and that left no room for error, he had to focus on one thing, and one thing only. He remembered Twilight's face, the look that showed across it as Sombra's blade had pierced her chest. He took a deep breath and let his power flow through him, fueling his anger and thirst for vengeance. His aura prickled around him in a green ripple

"Where can we find him?"