The sun was slowly lowering, being dragged down over the horizon, as the moon was being forced up into the sky. The eternal show of the ancient pony sisters was being performed once again, and the sun was casting the last faint rays of light over Equestria.
A small, shabby brown wagon, with the cutie mark of it's occupant displayed in a wooden sign hanging above the door, rolled down a long road as it grew ever darker, as the sun's light was being hidden further and further behind the trees surrounding it.
The owner of the wagon, being a unicorn, needed only herself to move it, and did so, as she only liked company if it was there simply to admire her.
The driver of the wagon brought it to a screeching halt as it's path was suddenly blocked by somepony, somepony that for some reason, jumped into the middle of the road.
"What were you thinking, jumping into the road like that?" Yelled the driver of the wagon, "You could have harmed somepony, that pony being me of course."
"I was trying to get you to stop, wasn't that obvious?" Said the unicorn blocking the wagon's path.
"Well what do you want?" The driver said, trying to hurry things along.
"I was wondering if you had any food you could spare." The unicorn replied, "Also, I'm headed in the same direction so, if it wouldn't be too much trouble, would you be so kind as to give me a ride to the next town?"
"Now why would I, the great and powerful Trixie, let some strange, reckless unicorn onto my cart?"
"Well I don't really know how to convince you, but perhaps I could drive it for a while, if you where to get tired." The unicorn said, trying to make himself sound useful. "I mean, even somepony who is so obviously great has to get tired sometime."
Trixie thought for a moment, trying to think of an excuse as to why he couldn't come along, but nothing came to mind. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad to have him come along. She thought to herself as she looked him over. He didn't look very suspicious or dangerous. Short, semi well-kept mane―blue with purple tips, fair stature, no distinguishable scars. A bit dirty. he doesn't seem to be somepony who would harm me.
I do suppose it would be beneficial, not only do I now have somepony to chauffeur me, but also somepony to admire my greatness.
Trixie cleared her throat. "The great and powerful Trixie has come to a decision. Trixie will let you tag along, and luckily for you, Trixie is feeling a tad bit tired so you can have the pleasure of being my temporary chauffeur."
The blue maned unicorn jumped into the wagon, stationing himself beside Trixie. "The name's Meteor by the way, Meteor Venture, Nice to meet you" He said, holding out his hoof for her to shake.
Yes, nice to umm... meet you too, Meteor Venture." She replied, forcing a fake looking smile to creeping across her face.
Meteor put down his hoof, seeing as it wasn't going to be taken as he had intended. "So where ya` from Trixie?"
"Oh look at the time, I do wish we could exchange pleasantries, but it's getting late and Trixie is tired." Trixie stood up and walked into her wagon.
Meteor shook his head and let out a quiet sigh, he then surrounded the wagon wheels in his magic, the kind of spell usually used for levitation that comes naturally to all unicorns, and started along the road that was now covered in the darkness of night, yet still scarcely illuminated by the light of the moon.