SZ: *looks at reviews, faves, and view for story*...whew. 191 reviews, 93 faves, and over 52,000 views...hot...damn.
Z0: Whew! Numbers!
SZ: It shows how long we've come since we first started this story. And since then, we've had a lot more new episodes for MLP, and a lot of new seasons for Kamen Rider, like the recently ended Ex-Aid, and our latest Kamen Rider, Build.
Z0: He's a nerd...no literally...his finisher is a Rider Kick...powered by Math! Well to be literal he traps in some kind of energy chard...he rides it like a slide and kicks you. So… Math kills. 12 year old me was right...Math is deadly.
SZ: Oh yeah...very very true.
Momotaros:...*slowly inches away from Twilight*
Z0: You know Build being so smart is neat, math and science becomes a big thing to him...even in the opening. We also get his partner who as of episode 2...yeah he's going to be the second rider Kamen Rider Claws, and even without transforming the guy is a goofy hot headed jock type, albeit he's a Martial artist/boxer. Who can rip robots apart with his bare hands.
Momotaros:...I like him already! The part about him ripping robot's heads off with his bare hands I mean.
SZ: You sure it's not the 'goofy hot headed jock' part?
Z0: He is also an idiot.
Momotaros and KR Claws: WHO YOU CALLING AN IDIOT!
Z0: I rest my case.
SZ: But we've delayed this long enough. For those who've read Mauroz' MLP manga, you know what's coming next. For those who haven't...well...be prepared, because things are about to become really serious.
Z0: You've been warned. Get to it! *kicks Momotaros into a trap door*
Momotaros:*offscreen*OI!
SZ: And further more, no need for disclaimers since you all know who we own and don't own at this point. So without further ado, let the show begin! Z0, care to do the honors?
Z0: Action!
It has been a week since the events that forced our young heroes to take a little vacation at the beach. Things have been quiet since then. But rather than worry and let themselves become stressed, they decided to take this time to relax focus on school, family, hobbies and work for some. Wanting to take as much advantage as they could, they all decided to go to the Amusement park together. It was just something fun to be done. And luckily for a quartet of younger sibling/friends, this time they were allowed to come.
"Yay~!" the three younger girls all cheered rushing in first to the amusement park.
"Girls wait, don't go too far away!" Ryotaro called after the three, the boy wearing a brown vest with large pockets over a white long sleeve sports shirt with a large 07 printed in red, blue jeans with a black belt that had a nifty belt buckle resembling his henshin belt, and black and red sneakers to finish off his attire, "Ah mou…"
"Seriously, why did you invite her?" Spike frowned, referring to Sweetie Belle as he walked along side the group.
"Because we didn't want to leave your friend out," Twilight replied, the violetette wearing a light-purple shirt underneath an opened black jacket, and dark blue jeans.
"She's a manipulator!" Spike argued before slumping, "Ugh...I can already tell I'm gonna lose so many prizes to her…"
"Ryotaro, beat this game!" Sweetie Belle pointed at a strength game, "Go all Kintaros and make the weight fly into space!"
"Yeah!" Applebloom and Scootaloo cheered happily, "Please~?"
"Come on, girls. That's not very nice." Ryotaro told them as politely as he could.
"Come on string bean. The kiddies are begging...that is if your not man enough." the booth worker laughed at him.
"Oh no…" Ryotaro sighed as his hair flashed yellow.
"My strength...shall make you cry." K-Ryotaro said, taking the hammer and lifting it up as his muscles flexed straining his shirt. He then roared as he slammed it down, sending the weight flying into the sky knocking the bell off.
The man working the game gawked before the bell fell and smacked him on the face.
"Dynamic chop." K-Ryotaro spoke as several other workers all gawked at that. After a few moments, the weight came back down bonking the head of the same worker, knocking him out again.
"WHOO! GO KIN!" Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo cheered, "Prize please." they all smiled sweetly as K-Ryotaro tapped the hammer on his shoulder.
"Take...whatever...but...one each...ugh…" the man groaned, passing out.
"Thank you!" the three beamed as they scattered to grab whatever prize they wanted.
"Ehem!" Applejack, wearing a orange and white plaid shirt and dark-blue jeans cleared her throat, getting their attention.
"...Yes, sis?" Applebloom asked.
"Ya know, y'all can't just use Ryotaro like that...right?" Applejack pointed at K-Ryotaro, who got bored and began balancing the hammer on his forehead.
"...Ah know…" Applebloom sighed.
"Besides…" Applejack paused as she looked at the center of the carnival, seeing a statue of two tall, lanky men with straw hats, one of them having a moustache, "Ah don't trust this place one bit."
"Come on, AJ. it's a carnival for pete's sake," Rainbow rolled her eyes, the tomboy wearing a cyan shirt, blue jeans, and her hair pulled into mini-pigtails as she had a visor on her head.
"One owned by the Flim Flam brothers, who might Ah add are nothin' but con artist," Applejack argued, "In fact, Ah bet they swindled someone out of this here park just t' make some money."
"...Bad history I take it?" Rarity, who was wearing a white dress underneath a pale gold short-sweater, guessed before tensing up as Applejack shot a glare at her, her eyes red with anger, "...Question rescinded then."
"Good…" Applejack said as she took some deep breaths.
"...Come on, AJ. Try and relax," Rainbow smirked, "In fact...betcha I can beat you at the bumper cars!"
"The fact that you want to drive something scares me…" Spike deadpanned, causing a tick mark to appear on the tomboy's head.
"And what's that supposed to mean?" Rainbow asked with an annoyed frown.
"Nothing!" Spike cried defensively.
"I thought so…" Rainbow scoffed, "Besides, bet I can beat both AJ and Momo at the Bumper cars anyway."
"...Is that a challenge?" Applejack asked with a slight smirk.
"Maybe…" Rainbow smirked back.
"...Three...two...one…" Fluttershy, wearing a pure white-sundress, counted down with a sigh.
"Challenge accepted!" Momotaros declared in K-Ryotaro's head, "Outta the way, kuma!"
M-Ryotaro took over as he ran off...then he came back patted the girl's head and picked out three giant stuffed animals from the top row for each of them.
"I'm so proud of them." he smirked as he chased after Rainbow Dash, "Get back here Rainbow! I'm going to defeat you!"
"In your dreams!" Rainbow laughed.
"...Heh. Alright...Ah'm game," Applejack chuckled as she ran after them.
"...I'd ask if we should follow, but...nevermind," Twilight sighed a bit, "...By the way, anyone seen PinkIE~!?" she yelped as the excitable pinkette gave her a raspberry on her neck, the pinkette wearing a pure black shirt, a red frilled skirt, and black fingerless gloves that reached to the upper half of her arms.
"Heh. Gotcha Tw-"
*BAM!*
"STOP DOING STUPID THINGS!" Twilight snapped, her eyes blank and teeth shark-like as Pinkie laid on the ground, her eyes replaced with swirls as she had a pair of bandaged between her eyes.
"I'm happy to see you too Twilight, all...4 of you...wait...when did you have three identical sisters…?" Pinkie asked in a dizzy manner before shaking her head, returning to normal, "Oh...nevermind!"
"Ugh….okay. What took you so long this time?" Twilight asked with a sigh.
"Oh. Well I was trying to invite Yuyu and Sunset, but...well…"
"Yuuto said no?" Twilight guessed.
"Well...actually he said: Begone you pink terror from the world of magic and ponies! I have important things to do that do not involve you, so go be the bane of life to the smart nerdy one!" she quoted doing her best to do a boys voice.
"Of course he would say that…" Twilight sweatdropped.
"...A-ano, what about Sunset?" Fluttershy asked.
"Oh. She says she'd go over to Milk Dipper and help out while we are out here." Pinkie explained happily, "PS. Don't tell anyone but she's using magic to make the job go by faster." she whispered to Fluttershy, "You know who would have words to say about that." she motioned over to Twilight with her hair.
"...f-fair enough…" Fluttershy nodded slowly.
"Sweet! Now if you'll excuse me…" was all pinkie said as she dashed off in a pink blur.
"...why do I feel like I know where she's going?" Rarity couldn't help but ask.
"You're not the only one…" Twilight sighed.
"Whoo! Get wrecked, bitch!" Rainbow shouted as she rammed her bumper car into an opposing one, "Hahahah! I am the queen of the bump! No one can top me!"
"Take this! Ore no hissatsu waza...crash version!" M-Ryotaro roared, spinning his car around before crashing into Rainbow's sending hers flying away and bouncing off the safety railings, "Hahahahaha! Dethroned, tomboy!"
"Yeah...and so are y'all here in a few seconds," Applejack's voice spoke.
"Eh?" M-Ryotaro blinked before he was suddenly crashed into from behind, his bumper car being bumped over all over the place before crashing into Rainbow''s bumper car. Momotaros was ejected from Ryotaro's body sending a mass of sand that smacked into the same worker who operated the strength game knocking him over once again. "Anyone get the number of that bus…?"
"I hate this job…" the man complained.
"Ahaaaaauuu…" Ryotaro groaned, totally out of it as he leaned over the front of his car, "Look stars...uchu...kita...blah…"
"Ugh...you..win...this round...AJ….bleagh," Rainbow groaned as she lost consciousness, her eyes replaced with swirls.
"Heh. Never challenge an Apple t' somethin' involvin' drivin'," Applejack smirked.
"Lesson...learned…" Pinkie spoke, her car lodged into the far corner of the arena, "I think I spun too much...ugh…" she groaned.
"Your sister is really strong." Sweetie Belle noted as they watched the carnage.
"Dang right she is," Applebloom smiled, a hint of pride in her voice.
"You think...they're all okay?" Scootaloo asked in slight worry.
"Ryotaro for sure is okay...he has taken far worse." Spike muttered, glad Twilight talked him out of joining in the game.
"Oh definitely." all the older girls agreed.
"Such barbaric actions! A prince does not belong in this type of setting!" W-Ryotaro complained.
"Everyone hit him all at once!" Twilight ordered.
"I beg your pardon?" W-Ryotaro blinked before practically every single bumper car rammed into his, ejecting him right out of his seat as he was sent flying, crashing straight into a cotton candy vendor's booth.
"That...was reasonable…" Rarity muttered.
"Ryotaro...are you okay?" Scootaloo asked as R-Ryotaro poked his head out of a mass of cotton candy before sucking it all up, as if it was one giant noodle, his clothes looked perfectly clean even. He smiled while swallowing and gave them all a thumbs up, "...Yeah. He's okay."
"...D-did Ryuta just eat pure sugar?" Fluttershy asked, worry evident in her tone.
"Lucky~" Sweetie Belle complained.
"Uhm...girls...step back a bit." Rarity said gently as she put her hands around her sister, Twilight and Fluttershy doing the same for the others.
"WAI~!" at that, a purple blur ran past them, whipping up a huge gust of wind, causing the girls wearing skirts to hold them down. The girls blinked as they swore they saw the blur...racing a roller coaster...and winning!?
"...What have we unleashed?" Twilight whispered with wide fearful eyes.
"SUGAR!" R-Ryotaro roared from atop the ferris wheel.
"Aww~ Who let Ryuta eat all the sugar...without me!?" Pinkie complained.
"H-how long do his sugar rushes last for?" Fluttershy asked.
"Uhm...last time was the time he ate some of Applejack's special super sweet apple pie." Rainbow blinked as the Purple blur ran down...yes RAN down the ferris wheel, "It took him a good 20 minutes to burn it all off by running on her treadmill so much, the thing exploded."
"Haunted house banzai!" R-Ryotaro shouted, crashing into the haunted house, the people in the monster outfits running outside due to fear a good ten seconds later.
"Aw~ he's a little ball of pure destruction incarnate." Pinkie cooed, before Twilight smacked the back of her head, "Ouchy! Okay...okay I'll make him stop."
"You better, or else we're gonna get banned from the amusement park all together," Twilight frowned.
"Yeah...cause that'd be a real shame." Applejack rolled her eyes as she watched R-Ryotaro run out, wearing a stolen gorilla costume head.
"Whew~!" R-Ryotaro cheered, taking the mask off before suddenly stopping and falling flat on his face. "Ah...sleepy."
"...well...that was fast," Spike noted.
"Oh hey look...he burned through all the sugar already." Pinkie smiled, "I guess it was so much sugar, his very hyper state burned up most of it." she figured.
"Looks...like," Rarity noted slowly as R-Ryotaro snoozed, a small snot bubble going in and out of his nose.
"Ryo...wake up." Sweetie Belle, spoke poking his side, "Come on. It's so quiet without you."
"Sleepy…"
"Well..looks like he's down and o-" Spike began before he noticed a booth, seeing a small stuffed purple and green dragon and a stuffed pure white unicorn, "...Must...win…"
"Win what?" Rainbow asked as she noticed the booth he was looking at, "...Pfft! Seriously? Hit the targets? That's gotta be the easiest one!"
"Yeah. For me," Spike smirked.
"Oh my, Rarity! That unicorn looks just like you!" Pinkie noted as she looked at one of the prizes, "The hair is just like yours! And the front is equally bulging to yours!"
"What?!" Rarity snapped, her arms instinctively going over her chest out of slight embarrassment, as she shot a glare at Pinkie, "You fool! Those are its front legs!"
"Oops! Eh heh...you're right, "Pinkie chuckled a bit, "...But it still looks like you!"
"Do shut up before I bury you!" Rarity threatened, her eyes glowing bright red.
"Ah my head…" Ryotaro groaned getting back up rubbing his head, "I have a headache...and a toothache." he muttered before he saw the same prizes as them, "Hey...that Unicorn has the same hair color as Rarity…" he tilted his head.
"Which is why I'm gonna win it!" Spike beamed.
"For me~!" Sweetie Belle beamed as she hugged his arm.
"Excuse you?" Spike blinked as he looked at her.
"Do it and i'll give you one of Rarity's photos~" Sweetie Belle offered.
"...Nope. Not falling for it again…" Spike shook his head as he began to walk off.
"Did I mention that it's her at the beach?" Sweetie Belle smirked, causing him to skid to a halt.
"Eh...this one looks like a Pokemon," Ryotaro smiled as the girls all followed his eyes and had their own reactions of agreement.
"So...how about it?" Sweetie smiled.
"Sweetie, aren't you being too hard on Spike?" Scootaloo asked, "I mean it's a stuffed animal."
"No...I can do this." Spike spoke up, the girls blinking before they all sweatdropped at seeing him puff steam from his nostrils. "I won't fail!"
"Ya already failed us…" Applebloom sighed shaking her head.
"...He's totally gonna screw up," Rainbow grinned as Spike picked up a slingshot and one of three balls, "Watch, he's gonna e-"
"Bullseye!"
"Hehe, see? I can hit a target, especially one as tricky as this. Not that it was hard. Your mouth is so big I wouldn't even need to aim." Spike smirked, twirling his slingshot around.
"I….wh…." Rainbow stammered before frowning, "My turn!"
"R-rainbow, you don't have to d-" Fluttershy began as Raibow snatched the slingshot fom Spike.
"Watch me! I'm gonna win ten times over!"
"And we lost her…" Fluttershy sighed as Spike walked up to Sweetie Belle, handing the young girl the stuffed unicorn.
"Okay. I got the prize for you. Now gimme the photo!" Spike hissed to her.
"I can't give it to you now with our sisters around, do you know the trouble I'd get in." Sweetie Belle replied, taking the stuffed prize before she gave him a hug, "Thanks for winning for me!"
"I did it for my own prize...now stop hugging me!" Spike snapped.
"Oh! Ryo! You try this game!" Pinkie pointed at a stacked bottle game.
"Pinkie, are you sure that's a good idea?" Rarity asked before to everyone's shock, Ryotaro tossed the ball and knocked them all over...and punched a hole in the back of the tarp, making the worker duck down in shock.
"We...need to set up a rule against Pro-Baseball players…" The worker complained, not even bothering to listen to the young heroes conversation.
"...Hmph. Rather gaudy looking place…" Gaoh muttered as he walked beside Christopher, the two outside of the amusement park as they headed to a small building. "The food here isn't even filling. They serve it in such small proportions."
"It's a place to take money from people." Christopher spoke as he looked around, "It's all just a big game. With the winners being the owners who set up to hard a game...or the attendants who are to skilled."
"Ah!" the stand worker cried as he ducked another baseball tossed by Ryotaro as it knocked over another set of bottles...only this was a fixed set that was glued together, "No more! You win! You win!"
"H-how are you so good at that?" Twilight asked utterly shocked.
"My arms are just this strong now from all my….work." Ryotaro chuckled, tossing another one, this time knocking over a stack of wooden barrels.
"Ah okay! I literally have nothing left for you to aim at!" the worker complained, "Take whatever prizes you want!"
"..Well at least you're doing better than Rainbow right now," Pinkie commented, looking over to see the tomboy slumped over, a depressing aura surrounding her.
"Ten times...I...I missed...ten times…" Rainbow whispered, tracing her finger along the ground.
"Ano, th-there there, Rainbow…" Fluttershy whispered, patting her 'sister' on the shoulder.
"It's okay, Rainbow." Ryotaro spoke as he picked out a giant panda bear nearly the size of Spike, "Aiming is harder than people think."
"Says the guy who got perfects on the other booth…" Rainbow muttered as she stood up, "Ugh...let's just go do something else before I do something I'll regret."
"What else is there t' do?" Applejack asked, "Ryuta spooked most of the ride workers and…"
"Ohh! A magic show is about t' begin soon!" Applebloom gasped, seeing a nearby poster showing a shadowed figure standing before a moon.
"'Come see the Great and Powerful Trixie, daughter of the late and great Lulamoon Magicians,'" Rarity read off the poster, "'Be amazed as she brings the world of magic right before your very eyes.'...Huh. Interesting."
"Pfft! I call bull," Rainbow scoffed, "Besides, we're practically experts at the stuff at this point, especially Twilight."
"Come on now, Rainbow, this and that are two different things." Twilight replied, "What we do is magic, in the sense it is harnessing energy to perform things not really explainable with science. This magic is more...happy, it's for the joy of others watching the performance. It's not fair to compare that to your shooting thunder from your hands, or Fluttershy's summoning of plants to the point she can regrow an entire forest."
"Or the fact I can create ice clones using the water particles in the air!" Pinkie added, only to be bonked by the stuffed panda.
"No bragging." Ryotaro spoke through the panda, making it wag its paw at Pinkie.
"Gah! It's Monokuma!" Pinkie freaked a bit as she backed away, holding her hands up in defense, "You better not go anywhere near my school, you psycho bear!"
"Hahaha! Pinkie's scared of Pandas!" Scootaloo laughed, pointing at her.
"Hehehe…" the others laughed as well.
"Hmph! You try looking at black and white bears the same way after playing Danganronpa," Pinkie huffed.
"Boo~" Ryotaro teased, holding the panda up to her face, making her go pale and fall over while screaming. "Pfftt…"
"Hehehe...oh Ryotaro stop. We won't have time to carry a comatose Pinkie," Rarity laughedm gently patting his arm.
"Heh heh...you're right," Ryotaro chuckled, "Let's hurry and go check this magic show out."
"Yeah. Besides, I'm sure it'll be good," Twilight added as they all walked over before Spike stopped Sweetie Belle.
"Hey! What's the big deal Spike?" Sweetie Belle complained.
"You...owe me a reward." Spike reminded.
"Oh boy…." Scootaloo sighed.
"Ain't it 'Oh boys'?" Applebloom asked.
"No...the only boy...is Spike." Scootaloo deadpanned..
"Hey!" Spike shouted, "I resent that! What about Ryo!?"
"Rawr!" Ryotaro joked with the panda as Pinkie screamed before laughing, having gotten over it already.
"Yeah, 'cause he's obsessing over a picture of a girl. Which is soooo… not creepy at all~" Scootaloo drawled out.
"It...is a bit creepy yah know…" Applebloom muttered.
"Shut up!" Spike shouted, blushing bright red like his shirt.
"Alright alright, look." Sweetie Belle sighed as she dug around in her bag before pulling out a small stack of pictures, "If I pay you...will you drop this?"
"Yes!"
"Guys you coming?" Ryotaro asked.
"I'm coming!" Scootaloo cheered.
"Wait for me!" Applebloom smiled as she ran next, "Come on ya two hurry up!"
"Alright alright! Geez...it's his fault for being so impatient." Sweetie Belle replied.
"I won. You the prize," Spike stated.
"Bet Ryotaro would have won it in a cooler way," Sweetie Belle nonchalantly taunted.
"That's not fair! He's got superhuman strength like Captain America!" Spike complained.
"Are they...fighting...or flirting?" Rarity asked, unable to hear.
"You don't want to know," Scootaloo and Applebloom spoke in unison.
"You know...they do get into little arguments a lot." Ryotaro pointed out.
"True...but I can't say I see them getting together." Rarity admitted, "They both can be sweet, but their quirks make them clash so much."
"Maybe…" Ryotaro replied as he handed the panda over to the girls, making them smile, "But sometimes the people who don't look like they'd be together...turn out to be better matches than you think." he smiled fondly.
Rarity looked at Ryotaro before she smiled, realizing what he meant, "Maybe you're right…" she sighed happily, "I suppose those sort of things are more complicated than we at first think."
"Plus they are kids...fighting with someone you like is normal," Ryotaro laughed.
"Oh so very true," Rarity laughed.
Two men with combed back red and white hair laughed happily, enjoying a relaxing drink together. Sure some weird kid did some damage but compared to the amount of income and profit they've made this whole week, it was nothing. In fact, it would never make a dent in their money.
"I never expected we'd make so much money on this deal." the mustachioed one of the two sighed happily as he checked the numbers of the paper work a second time. "With this much profit, we could buy an entire farm!" he laughed.
"Or a Pawn shop. Now that is the dream." the clean shaven brother smiled.
The two stopped as they heard the sound of knocking. The two turned before shrugging.
"Who could that be? I thought everyone was bust with the schedule shift." the clean shaven brother muttered.
"Do you think it was the freaky kid again?"
"Nah…" they shook their heads. "Come in!"
The door opened as the sharply dressed Christopher and Gaoh stood in the doorway.
"Gentlemen…" Christopher smiled, "Long time no see."
"Oh Chris, It's you. You surprised us for a second, what can we do for you?" the Mustachioed brother asked.
"Whatever it is, name it. We owe you for not just that loan, but that idea to come to this city. We haven't had this much business in ages." the clean shaven one smiled, shaking his hand before he noticed Gaoh, who smiled politely. "A friend?"
"This is Gaoh. Business partner, drinking buddy, the likes." Christopher smiled.
"Please...I'm just tagging along, I won't be a bother." Gaoh bowed.
"Once again, thank you Chris. Your idea to bring a classic American style carnival here was genius. The towns folk are eating it up, and even some people in the neighboring towns are coming over." the Mustachioed brother smiled, "We promise you with this much business we'll be able to pay you back in no time...heck we could do it now."
"Oh heaven's no, I'd never dream of it. I'm hardly a man of numbers, I'm more...of a favor type of guy." Christopher chuckled.
"A favor...from us?" the Mustachioed brother blinked.
"It's odd for a man running a technology company to want something from humble minor entrepreneurs like us." the clean shaven on, "What could we possibly have to offer?"
"There is a young woman here. She lent her services to you a long time ago." Christopher explained, "You see, me and my associate here thought her talent would come in...rather handy."
"I'm afraid you'll need to be specific. We have several young women working here…" the Mustachioed brother muttered.
"Yes...If we knew who you meant, we would be happy to call her in." the Clean shaven nodded.
"Oh...you see, the young woman I refer to is your little star performer, the daughter of the famous Lulamoon couple." Christopher explained simply with a smirk.
"Trixie? But...she's a magician, she hardly goes to school, and she's barely even 17." the clean shaven brother muttered.
"Why? I'm sure she'd be miserable in some kind of job with computers." the Mustachioed one added.
"Oh no. Her skill is something else." Gaoh explained, gaining their attention, "See, we are working on a school for young talents. We have several candidates lined up, but we'd like to try someone with skills in performance and practical effects."
"Still seems rather odd." the clean shaven spoke, "Well I'm sorry Chris...but we can't. Trixie has been with us for years...she is like family."
"She's been here since she was 6 years old...I'm sorry but no amount of money will change our minds. You can't have Trixie." the mustachioed brother said firmly.
"That's...too bad." Gaoh smirked/growled out happily.
"I'm afraid gentlemen...I wasn't merely asking. No you see...I never ask if I can have something. I tell people to give me what I desire." Christopher explained, "You see...the two of you will help her come to us. You will make her run to us, with...or without consent."
"We didn't come here...just to ask...we came to take what we wanted." Gaoh added.
The two had glows to their eyes as the two men's eyes became weak...tired...and almost dead. Sweat began beading down their heads in fear, seeing the green glow from Christopher, and the golden orange in Gaoh's eyes. The strangest feeling came over them...it was as if their own hearts where...wrenching and fighting...all the while a sense of fear never before felt choked their voices down.
"AAAH!" they were able to cry as the building was blinded by a flash of...light.
=Ladies and Gentlemen!= an announcer called out from next to a fairly large stage as a figure was scene behind the curtains =It is our pleasure to introduce the great, amazing, and powerful magician of the Flim Flam Brothers Amusement Park!= mist began to form on the stage =The daughter of the famous magician couple, internationally known as The Lulamoons, and at only 17 years of age, I present to you the world's youngest professional magician, Trixie Lulamoon!=
With that, a explosion of sparkles and smoke blew away the mist, the smoke dying down to reveal the figure hidden within it. Standing there was a young girl around Twilight and the others' age, possibly a year older with cornflower-blue hair, an air of pride around her. She wore a light blue, black, and white female magician's outfit with a purple cape draped around her shoulders, a pair of cuff links around her arms while she had a pair of stockings over her legs and wore a pair of black stilettos.
"Ooh~~" the youngest of the group awed a bit from the flashy entrance.
"Pfft! I can do better than that," Momotaros scoffed.
"Shut up!" Ryutaros shouted
"Don't...AH! Stop!" Momotaros panicked as Ryotaro heard gunshots.
"Filter...need one…"
"Ahem!" the young magician cleared her throat, catching the attention of everyone in the crowd, "Ladies and gentleman, you have decided to enter the mysterious and wonderful world of magic. Together with your host Trixie, the most powerful, beautiful, and exceptional magician of all time shall astound and amaze you all!"
"Why is she speaking in third person?" Rarity asked the others quietly.
"I'm sure it's just for the show. Entertainers often put on a rather quirky act for shows." Ryotaro smiled.
"That would make sense." Twilight agreed.
"Besides...compared to Momo...it's almost humble," Pinkie added.
"Bleh." the sand body of Momotaros complained, forming under their chairs.
"So now, you all will see things you'll never forget," Trixie continued, "Prepare yourselves f-"
"Just do magic already!" one of two guys in the back shouted.
"If boring us is your magic trick, you're doing a good job, lamoid! Hahahaha!" the guy sitting next to the other laughed.
Ryotaro flashed into R-Ryotaro as he turned around and snapped his fingers, making the two punch each other, knocking them out cold.
"...Well...eh heh...that happened, folks," Trixie chuckled sheepishly before clearing her throat, "Ahem! But if it's magic you all came to see, so be it! Be prepared to travel to the world of magic!" she declared as with the flick of her wrist, she caused a wizard hat in the colors of her cape to appear in her free hand. She then tapped it twice with her wand before reaching into it, a confident smile on her face.
"Seriously? The old 'pull the rabbit out of the hat' trick? L-" Rainbow began before Trixie pulled out a small tiger cub out of her hat, "?!"
"K-kawaii…" Fluttershy whispered, looking at the tiger cub as Trixie gently laid it down on the ground before pulling her cape over it, instantly pulling it off to reveal a large tiger in a color, "Eh?!"
"Worry not, folks! Trixie shall fix this," Trixie assured, placing her cape over the tiger once more before pulling it off, revealing a pair of tiger cubs, "Voila!"
"Sugoi…" Ryotaro awed as Fluttershy was smiling happily looking at the animals.
"Thank you. Thank you.." Trixie bowed as a stagehand gently carried the two cubs off, "Now for Trixie's next trick, she'll need a volunteer from the audience! Who would like to come join Trixie for this trick?"
"Me!" the three youngest girls shouted in unison.
"Hmm….yes. The young girl in the middle there."
"Yes!" Sweetie Belle beamed as she ran up onto the stage.
"Alright. Now…" Trixie began as she pulled out a deck of cards from her hat, "Draw five cards from the deck, and Trixie will list them off without even looking," she added as she closed her eyes.
"Okay…" Sweetie Belle nodded as she took five cards carefully from different locations in the deck before quickly lifting them up for her to see.
"Spade 10, Spade Jack, Spade Queen, Spade King, and Spade Ace," Trixie listed off, not once looking at the cards.
"Wow she's right!" Sweetie Belle smiled as she held the cards up for her friends to see.
"Oh!" Applebloom and Scootaloo awed.
"A Royal Straight flush...best hand in a poker game," Applejack noted, "...Heh. Color me impressed."
"Heh...not bad." Rainbow smirked, beginning to enjoy the show.
"Thank you for the assistance," Trixie smiled as Sweetie Belle walked off the stage, "Now then, to close with a perfect finale, Trixie will show you her best magical art! I shall show you how to disappear before your very eyes! And to help me..." a young boy with messy green hair walked in from backstage, pushing a fairly large box, "My young helper, Snails will assist in said trick. Snails, if you would?"
"Okay, Miss Trixie," the boy nodded as he climbed into the open box.
"My assistant shall stay within the box with locks and afterwards, will appear before your very eyes in my stead," Trixie explained the the crowd as Snails closed the box, letting her put a few locks on the front latch.
'Oh? This looks interesting,' Twilight thought, leaning in a bit.
"On the count of 3….2….1…!" Trixie called off before she aimed her hand at the stage floor, causing a swirl of smoke to appear around her. A few moments of silence passed as the smoke died down, revealing Snails standing in the exact spot Trixie was standing in.
"Woah! That guy that was in the box appeared in her place!" Spike awed.
"But...where is…?" Twilight began before dozens of swords began to impale the box, "?!"
The box seemed to twitch a bit before it exploded in a pillar of flames, causing the crowd to tense up. The crowd stood steady as the flames began to die down, their heart racing in fear and worry for the young magician. Within a matter of seconds, a figure jumped out of the remaining flames as it landed in front of the stage, revealing an unscathed Trixie as she bowed to the crowd.
"Sugoi!" Ryotaro laughed as everyone began clapping, the three youngest jumping up while cheering.
"Yeah! That was awesome!" they all shouted happily.
"That was so cool…" Spike awed.
Trixie smiled as she took in the cheer of the crowd as they chanted her name, a faint blush on her cheeks, 'The applause, the cheers of support, the euphoria after a successful trick...ahh~ I love to be loved by the people.'
"Hey, Trixie. Why don't you do that contest you love to do after the show?" Snails whispered to Trixie.
"That won't be necessary, fool," Trixie hissed to Snails, the smile still on her face, "Besides, the people love me."
"But they could love you even more," he replied, "I mean if anything, it would make you look more humble and likeable. Imagine how much more they would love you then?"
"...Hmm...you have a good point, dwarf...I'll do it," Trixie smirked a bit, "Attention, everyone! As after every show, Trixie would very much like to reward the group that has come to attend her performance with a brief contest!"
"Eh? A contest?" Pinkie repeated.
"It's a contest of making three tricks that you've seen in my show," Trixie explained, holding up three fingers to the crowd, "If you succeed, you'll get back all the money you spent on tickets for my show, AND an all-day pass for the park with free food privileges at certain booths."
"...EH?!" the crowd gawked at that.
"Of course, Trixie has never lost one before, so you are all welcome to try," Trixie challenged.
"Twilight, you have to try." Pinkie smiled.
"What nonsense are you talking about, Pinkie? I'm not going to waste my magic on a contest at a show. That be just wrong." Twilight spoke up wit a frown.
"But...but an all-day pass with free eats~~~" Pinkie whined.
"No means No Pinkie. I'm least of all not going to do it just to gain something. That makes it even worse." Twilight argued coldly, "And neither should any of you." she added pointing a finger at Pinkie, "Understand?"
"...Does that include Momo or Ura?" she asked seeing the masses of sand dash under the seats.
"What are you…" Twilight began before sighing, "One of them is walking up to the stage, aren't they?"
"Well...if by walking on stage, you mean Ryotaro got called up cause the little ones made him raise his hand…" Rarity spoke.
"Hehehe…" the three laughed sheepishly.
"...Ugh…" Twilight sighed, already feeling a migraine forming in her head.
"Greetings, sir. Glad you could participate," Trixie greeted as Ryotaro walked up on stage, "Name and age please."
"Ano, R-" Ryotaro began before he tensed up.
"?" Trixie raised a brow before his hair sparked as a purple streak formed in it.
"Ah...it's you!" R-Ryotaro smiled as he pulled his cap out, "Your show was super amazing!"
"...Ahem! Yes thank you…" Trixie nodded a bit, "Now then, your name and age please?"
"Eh?" R-Ryotaro blinked before Ryotaro shook him out.
"Ryotaro…" Ryotaro quickly spoke up, "Nogami Ryotaro." he bowed, "I'm 18." he awkwardly bowed again, earning a few laughs from the crowd.
"I see...a pleasure to meet you," Trixie smiled a bit, "Now you know the rules. See if you can match Trixie by using three tricks you've seen in her show."
"Eh…" Ryotaro muttered scratching the back of his head, 'She's really good at staying in character.' he spoke to his partners as they brainstormed.
"Okay...so we agree...no Tori." Momotaros said to his fellow Imagin.
"Approved."
"Ossu."
"Gomen, tori-san."
"Hmph!"
"Think...what can we accomplish with physical skill alone?"
"No!" The Taros all shouted at Momotaros.
"I didn't even say anything!"
"You were going to suggest we use Kin's super strength and thick skin to let us survive the box trick." Urataros spoke.
"No...no...I wasn't..."
"Get him!" Ryutaros shouted.
"Well?" Trixie asked.
"Sorry...I was just kind of dragged up here...I'm afraid besides a decent one person comedy act...I'm not talented in magic. Or...at all." Ryotaro chuckled sheepishly.
"That's not true." Sweetie Belle smiled, "Ryotaro can dance and sing.,"
"And he's super strong!" Applebloom added.
"He's also super smart. He's always helping us with homework." Scootaloo added.
"Girls, those things can't exactly work here now can they." Ryotaro sighed.
"But what about…" Sweetie Bell began before Spike covered her mouth.
"What about his...uh...mind control trick?!" Spike quickly spoke.
"Mind control?" Trixie raised a brow, overhearing that as she looked over at Ryotaro, "You can do such a trick?"
"Just what are they up to…?" Applejack whispered.
"I panicked...and it's the one trick of the Imagin we can explain." Spike hissed.
"...you're not suggesting what I think you are, are you?" Twilight frowned.
"...Maybe."
"...Alright. Trixie's interest is piqued. Please. Show her this 'mind control trick'," Trixie challenged.
"Alright...but in advance...I'm sorry for things when they get weird." Ryotaro sighed as his purple streak came back.
R-Ryotaro raised his hand and snapped before background dancers flipped onto the stage...where they came from is honestly beyond anyone.
"Mind If we dance? Kote wa kitinae," he smirked before snapping his fingers.
"Dance? Trixie said she...she…." Trixie blinked as her body began to move on its own, "Wh-what's going on?"
"Oh no…" Twilight shook her head.
"Wai!" R-Ryotaro cheered as his background dancers followed his lead before he backflipped and let them all catch him.
"Yay~!" the girls cheered seeing R-Ryotaro have fun which meant fun for them.
"Wh-what did you do?!" Trixie yelped as she mimicked their movements, 'Why can't I control my body?!'
"Whenever I put my hands into the air and snap!" he explained snapping, "People do what I say!" he explained as the dancers all stopped and posed around him.
"Th-that doesn't make sense!" Trixie shouted before she stopped, panting heavily, "...regardless...it is a cute trick...but not one of the tricks Trixie challenged."
"Huh?!"
"Sorry. Just...trying to be fair…" Trixie panted.
"Oh...that's fair," R-Ryotaro nodded innocently as he walked off, his backup dancers following after him.
"Ahem! Okay….who's next?" Trixie asked the crowd.
"...Twil-"
"No."
"...Mmm….sorry in advance for this!" Pinkie shouted before forcing Twilight's hand up, "My friend would like to try! She's a magician as well!"
"What friend?" Trixie asked as Pinkie blinked, seeing Twilight gone and no one's hand raised but her own.
"...Ohohohoh. You...you clever little sneak…" Pinkie whispered as she noticed Twilight sitting on the other seat next to her.
"Just give it up Pinkie...I'm not going to do it." Twilight spoke.
"...Well...if your friend really is a magician and doesn't want to participate…" Trixie paused as she brushed a bit of her hair out of her face, "It's most likely because she's a novice."
"Twilight..." Pinkie spoke, looking at her.
"What?" Twiligt asked, not at all bothered, "You think I'd be so immature to fall for that? I don't care if she doesn't believe in what I can do."
"...Oh come now. It's just a game," Trixie spoke up, looking right at Twilight now, "Nothing bad is gonna happen."
"...Look. I…" Twilight began.
"Twilight, why don't you do it?" Rarity whispered to her, making Twilight stare at her in slight surprise, "It would help improve your magic a bit."
"Eh?! But Rarity, you know we can't use our jewels for such trivial things," Twilight hissed.
"I'm just saying is all, dear. Besides out of all us of, you're the only one that can't use their element in its natural form," Rarity explained, "Plus if I recall, didn't your sister give you a braid to help you use magic without resorting to your jewel?"
"...Oh yeah. I almost forgot about the braid…" Twilight whispered, pondering for a few moments.
"Come on, Twi. You can handle doing a few simple tricks," Rainbow smirked a bit.
"...I suppose so…Okay. I'll do it," Twilight smiled as she stood up.
"About time you decided," Trixie noted as Twilight walked up on stage, "What's your name and age?"
"I'm Twilight Sparkle, and I'm 16 years old," Twilight answered.
"Oh? You're the same age as Trixie then," Trixie noted with a slight blink, "...Very well. Let's see what you can do in front of this crowd."
"Heh heh...yeah," Twilight chuckled sheepishly, reaching into her jacket and put her braid on.
"Hmm? Is that a braid with a unicorn horn?" Trixie blinked before giggling a bit, "Don't tell Trixie that's your wand...is it?"
"Eh heh...something like that," Twilight replied with a slight chuckle before she did a double take, seeing a faint aura around Trixie, 'Eh? That's strange...she's emitting a spiritual aura, although almost imperceptible...How strange.'
"What's wrong? Are you unsure what to do?" Trixie asked.
"S-sorry…" Twilight shook her head before pondering a bit, "...I think I'll try the multiplication trick you did at the beginning."
"Oh? Going for a difficult one first?" Trixie smirked in an almost egotistical manner, "Very well. Let's see if you can match the formidable Trixie's magic. In fact..." she pulled out a handkerchief and gave it to Twilight, "For beginners...good luck."
"Thanks…" Twilight nodded, balling up the handkerchief in her hand as a bit of it poked out, a faint magenta aura surrounding her hand.
"Well...Trixie is wa-" Trixie began before Twilight pulled the handkerchief out of her hand, followed by a dozen more, "Huh?!"
"Oh! Sh-she did it!" Fluttershy gasped.
"Y...you did it?" Trixie blinked in surprise, the bluette starting to sweat a bit, "Th...this really isn't hard to do, and yet you did it perfectly…"
"Ehehe, thanks." Twilight smiled, "I guess it was just luck."
"N...noted…" Trixie chuckled a bit nervously, "T-trixie can see you are talents, but j-just remember, you have two more tricks to to do."
"I know," Twilight nodded, 'I shouldn't draw too much attention…' "The next one is the card trick, correct?"
"Yes, but...are you sure?" Trixie asked, her confident smirk returning as she pulled out the deck of cards once more, "It's not as easy as the first trick."
"Well...I'm sure it's better to try that then to try the...box trick."
"Noted." 'Heh heh. Little does she know that for this trick, you need special cards. Here though? I've given her a normal deck,' Trixie thought as she shuffled the deck and drew five cards, "Tell Trixie what cards she drew without looking."
"Diamond 10, Jack, Queen, King, and Ace," Twilight listed off, her eyes closed.
"Oh. Trixie is sorry, but that's…" Trixie began as she looked at the five cards, her eyes widening in shock to see that they were indeed a ten of diamonds, jack of diamonds, queen of diamonds, king of diamonds, and ace of diamonds, "C...C…..CORRECT?!"
"WHEW!" Pinkie and the younger girls cheered.
"That's my best friend!" Pinkie shouted.
"Only one more to go!" Rainbow whooped.
'B….b….but how?! I shuffled the deck so perfectly so that those five cards would be at the bottom! How did she do it?!' Trixie mentally exclaimed, "T….tell me Ms. Sparkle, how...did you figure this trick out exactly?"
"Huh? Well…" Twilight pondered for a moment, "I have very good eyesight. That, and I always tied with my sister whenever we played." 'This almost feels like I'm cheating…using magic scan to read the cards and know which to pick...maybe I shouldn't have done it like that.'
"I...I see…" Trixie noted as a few members of the audience began to laugh at her.
"Hey, great Trixie! I see we have a new greatest magician in the world!" one of the audience members laughed mockingly, "Looks like the Lulamoon name is as good as dead!"
"...Grr…" Trixie began to growl, the jeering and mocking laughter starting to get to her, "ENOUGH!"
"Woah!" Applebloom yelped as she and her friends ran behind Applejack.
"She hasn't won anything yet!" Trixie snapped at the crowd, "She has to perform one final trick! But this time…" she looked over at Twilight, "It has to be worthy of a Las Vegas show!"
"What?" Rarity blinked, "But that's not fair."
"THIS IS MY SHOW AND I MAKE THE RULES!" Trixie snapped at her, anger in her eyes.
"Pinkie, I really think this was a bad idea." Ryotaro spoke up, getting her attention.
"Ryo's right," Applejack spoke up, a slight frown on her face, "Ah know a mental breakdown when Ah see one."
"Well maybe you guys should tell Tw-" Pinkie began.
"SILENCE!" Trixie ordered, causing the crowd to go silent, "...sorry. She needs absolute concentration if she's gonna perform this last trick."
"Right...the disappearing trick," Twilight whispered, pondering for a moment, "...can I borrow your cape and hat?"
"What?" Trixie whispered, slowly looking over at Twilight as she shook, "Y...you...you're not gonna use the box?"
"No. I don't think I could pull off the trick to the same extent…" Twilight admitted.
"...Fine. L...let's see how you pull it off then…" Trixie said as she handed Twilight her cape and hat, 'Th...there's no way she can pull this off. She needs a secret exit to pull it off, and the only one is right underneath me. Th...there's no way she can pull this off!'
"Keep your eyes on me," Twilight advised as she put the cap and hat on, "I'm going to disappear before your very eyes."
"What? You...you're not using the smoke?" Trixie asked, a surprised and nervous tone in her voice.
"Substitution!" Twilight declared as she fully closed the cape and lowered the hat, completely hiding her from view.
"...Aw man...her trick didn't work…" Rainbow sighed, "She's still standing there."
"Ha! I see it didn't work, little magician," Trixie smirked in victory, "Looks like Trixie w-"
"Huh?" a different voice came from the cape, "What am I doing up here?" Pinkie asked, lifting the hat up, "Where am I?!"
"Pinkie! What...how?" Rainbow blinked.
"But she's been here the whole time." Rarity spoke, equally confused.
"Well you're not wrong." Twilight's voice spoke, "But however you also aren't right."
"Twilight?" Sweetie Belle gasped in surprise as she looked to the left, seeing Twilight sitting in Pinkie's seat, "How?"
"A magician can't reveal her secret," Twilight winked.
"Wow!" everyone clapped in awe.
"Hey, Trixie! She totally humiliated you!" one of the audience members laughed.
"Now we know who the best magician truly is!" another added.
'S...someone...beat me?' Trixie thought as the crowd-minus Ryotaro and the others-began laugh at her in a cruel mocking manner, the young magician beginning to shake a bit as she started to hyperventilate, 'I….I lost?'
"Trixie? Are...you okay?" Twilight asked, concern in her voice.
"...St...stay away from me…" Trixie whispered as she ran off.
"Trixie!" Twilight called out, only for it to fall on deaf ears as the crowd's mocking laughter drowned her out, 'Oh no...did I go too far?'
"Hey...uh what about the prize?" Pinkie asked able to get over this shocking trick.
"I have it," Snails spoke up, catching inkie's attention as he held out a green ticket to her, "Just show that ticket at the park's entrance, and they'll hand you your refund and pass." he explained.
"Sweet!" Pinkie beamed as she swiped the ticket.
"I'm sorry for what's happened," Twilight sighed as she walked next to Pinkie, "Will Trixie...be okay?"
"Don't worry. She's a professional magician," Snails assured.
"...Glad to hear that," Twilight smiled a bit, "Thank you for the prize."
"On the contrary…." Snails began, turning around as he walked off, "Thank you for helping me."
"Eh? Helping you?" Twilight blinked as Snails walked off backstage.
"Yes, Twilight…" a voice whispered as a hand patted Snails' hand, a venom green glow being seen in the shadows as Christopher and Gaoh walked in, "Thank you for helping me. Heh heh heh..."
"How humiliating…" Trixie whispered, hugging her knees against her chest as she had her back to the door leading out of her room, "I was completely humiliated. They...they all mocked me…" she hung her head, 'Who...who was that girl? It's her fault...it's her fault I was spurned so viciously by my audience!'
*Knock Knock!*
"Go away! I don't want to speak to anyone!" Trixie snapped.
"Trixie, open up...it's us."
"...Flim? Flam?" Trixie blinked as she stood up and opened the door, seeing the two park owners standing there, "Sorry. I...didn't know it was you."
"We need to talk to you," the mustached man stated.
"T...talk to me?" Trixie asked, "What about?...If it's about the show, I-"
"Be quiet and listen, brat."
"?!"
"Well...despite some of the more...strange things that happened, today was a great day," Twilight smiled a bit as the group walked out of the park.
"I'll say!" Pinkie smiled.
"I still don't think that was a good idea." Ryotaro spoke as he took the ticket from Pinkie.
"Hey~" Pinkie whined.
"I think Ryotaro is right...that turned out not like we anticipated." Rarity added.
"Y-yeah," Fluttershy nodded, "I mean...T-Trixie looked so...broken back there, especially when the crowd was making fun of her."
"In short...you. Don't. Deserve. It," Applejack added with a frown.
"Boo…" Pinkie slumped.
"Next time, don't use Twilight just to get something you really want." Ryotaro sighed as he put the ticket away in his vest.
"Right…" Pinkie sighed before perking up, "Ooh! How about we go to a concert in another city next weekend?! A trio of girls called the Dazz or something are performing. They say their music is so good, the audience becomes hypnotized."
"Pfft! Probably one of those that're only made by music companies to make quick cash," Rainbow scoffed.
"Come on give em a chance! As long as the music is good, who cares?" Pinkie argued.
"I suppose that's fair." Ryotaro smiled.
"It does sound like a good idea," Twilight nodded, "But for right now, let's just focus on getting home. Besides, I bet Spike and the girls are tired."
"No we're…" Spike began before yawning a bit, "Not…"
"Yes, you are," Twilight argued, "Besides, mom's probably got dinner waiting for us at home."
"Yeah your right..." Spike nodded a bit.
"Plus I bet Sunset's dead tired from helping Airi out at the Milk Dipper today," Pinkie added.
"Speaking of, I better get back to help them." Ryotaro spoke as he began walking, "I'll see you tomorrow." he waved as he made his way to Den-Bird.
"See ya tomorrow, Ryo!" Pinkie waved.
'Today did turn out great. But…' Twilight paused in her thoughts as she and her friends began to walk off, 'Why do I have this forboding feeling?'
"What?! A….are you serious?!" Trixie gasped, a mix of shock, disbelief, and hurt on her face.
"It's already decided, Trixie," Flim stated in a cold tone.
"Please...you can't ban me from the park," Trixie begged, tears forming in her eyes, "I've been with you for a long time."
"Your show is no longer interesting to the customers. And whoever doesn't make money no longer works for us." Flim stated.
"On top of that, you're betting money on your pride. That's something we cannot tolerate any longer," Flam added.
"Please...forgive me…" Trixie whispered as she buried her face in Flam's chest, "I'll do what you say, but please don't kick me out! I...I have no where else to go, and you're my only family!"
"Your family?" Flam repeated before giving a cruel cold smirk, "Did you forget? You don't have a family."
"?!" Trixie's eyes widened upon hearing those words, feeling as if she was stabbed in the heart.
"Don't you understand it yet? No one here loves you. In fact everyone, here agreed we should kick you out." Flim spoke as the feeling of pain only grew worse.
"E….everyone?" Trixie repeated, her voice starting to crack.
"The biggest mistake of our lives was finding you in that cabin," Flam frowned.
"Go, and never show your face around here again," Flim added, "Do you understand?"
From outside, Christopher and Gaoh smirked as they heard uncontrollable sobbing.
Meanwhile, our heroes had all returned home and proceeded with their evenings. Eating dinner and preparing for the rest of the night. However Twilight...she didn't feel like eating dinner as she sat in her bedroom, a somber look on her face as she looked at her laptop.
'Trixie...I could feel how your heart suffered. How important are the applause and admiration of the audience to you?' she thought as she looked up some info online, 'Although admittedly...it did feel good to use magic freely and see the crowd marvel at my performance. But...was it worth it?'
"Twilight, Mom wants to know if you got your stuff ready for school tomorrow?" Spike spoke up as he barged in.
"Huh?" Twilight blinked as she looked up, "Yeah. I have everything ready."
"...What are you doing?" spike asked as he walked over.
"I was investigating Trixie's family," Twilight answered as she looked back down at her laptop.
"That magician we saw at the amusement park today?" Spike asked for clarification.
"Yeah," Twilight nodded as she pulled up a picture of a couple in magician garbs online, "Her parents were very well known in the world of magic. They were born in Norway, but they've been living in Las Vegas for many years, performing their shows in several casinos."
"Ahh...cool," Spike nodded, "But where are they now?"
"..They…" Twilight paused as her somber look returned, "According to a report on a blog many years ago, they died from a bear attack."
"A bear attack?!" Spike's eyes widened at that.
"The couple along with their daughter, were on a holiday in Canada," Twilight explained as she pulled up an old newspaper article online, "It seems a bear wandered down from the mountains and attacked the hut they were renting."
"That...that's terrible…" Spike whispered in slight horror, "But...how did Trixie survive?"
"Before owning that amusement park, the Flim Flam Brothers, were traveling salesmen, they reported to the police about what they found when they made it to the hut in the morning and found the bodies of the Lulamoon couple." she explained rather bluntly, "But when they were about to leave, they heard a cry under a bed, and thus found the couple's daughter. In the end they decided to adopt her, and kept her to this day."
"Poor girl…" Spike whispered, looking at the screen before looking at his sister, "But Twilight, why are you so interested in learning about her life?"
"I don't know, but…" Twilight paused as she sighed a bit, "Have you ever met a person and immediately got the feeling that you've known them for a long time, and that you can feel when something is happening?"
"...yeah...I know what you mean." Spike replied after a pause.
'Trixie…' Twilight paused in her thoughts as she looked out the window, 'I hope you're doing well.'
Out in the woods outside the city, Trixie sat on a lone log as she looked at the small campfire she made, tears of sadness and heartbreak still in her eyes.
"Why did they treat me that way? I thought they loved me…" Trixie whispered as she pulled out a picture, showing a younger version of herself smiling happily with Flim and Flam, "I've been living with them for so many years, and that's the first time I saw hatred in their eyes...did…" the tears began to form in her eyes once more, "Did I fail them?"
"On the contrary, Ms. Lulamoon, they are the ones that failed you," a voice spoke.
Trixie tensed up a bit from the voice, causing her to drop the picture into the fire, "Who...who said that?"
"We're… here to help." Gaoh spoke as the two walked out of the shadows and stood before her.
"I am Christopher, and this is Gaoh." Christopher spoke, introducing themselves.
"...you...I remember you," Trixie whispered as she looked at Christopher, "I've seen you occasionally entering the office of the Flim Flam Brothers."
"That's true," Christopher nodded, "One could say we've been business partners, but in reality...I only helped them because of you, Trixie. You see, i've been watching you for a long time."
"...You've...been watching me?" Trixie asked as she cautiously began to take a step back.
"Don't worry now, little one. Neither of us are those kind of men." Gaoh spoke, somehow sitting behind her, making her jump in surprise. "But...we have an eye for potential."
"Po...tential?" Trixie repeated.
"Yes," Christopher nodded, "You see, I've always had a panache for magic, and the way you use your magic tricks in your shows...it's fascinated us both."
"...Magic…I...don't deserve it," Trixie whispered as she looked down, "A girl showed me today that I'm pathetic…"
"Don't think like that. Why I would have had problems as well when confronted with someone with real magical power." Christopher replied.
"What do you mean?"
"Why this." he said forming a sphere of green light between his hands before it reformed into a magic circle, "Magic is as real as our very lives." he explained as a snake crawled out of the circle and towards Gaoh.
"Oh...more than just magic...many wondrous things exist in this world." Gaoh added as he grabbed the serpent before it crumbled into dust.
"B...but...this is impossible…" Trixie whispered, her eyes wide in disbelief, "Was that some sort of trick?"
"Of course not," Christopher shook his head, "White Magic, Black Magic, spell and invocations, everything you've read from fables and tales is extracted from real legends."
"...Wait. So that girl that beat me in my show…" Trixie began in realization.
"Bingo." Gaoh smirked.
"Then what about the guy that was with her?" she asked again.
"Oh...in do time." Gao smiled.
"Patience, we will teach you everything, especially your connection to that girl. You see...fate has made it so you'd meet again...in a past life you were quite something."
"Past life?" Trixie repeated.
"It's alright little one." Gaoh assured, "You have all the time in the world to learn." he explained standing up and patting her shoulder gently, "And with that time...your natural talent will shine."
"But for that to happen…" Christopher paused as he held his hand out to her, "You have to trust us."
Trixie said nothing as she looked at the two, the cornflower-bluette pondering it over in her head. If magic truly was real...she could use it to regain everything...she could use it to become the world's most powerful sorceress. She...she could use it to destroy that girl who upstaged her. She...she could destroy her life.
"...If I join you, I have one simple request," Trixie finally spoke, her hair shadowing over her eyes.
"And that is?" Christopher and Gaoh asked.
"I want you to show me everything there is to know about magic. I want to use it for one simple wish…" Trixie said as she looked up, a dark look in her eyes, "To completely and utterly destroy Twilight Sparkle's life."
Ryotaro sighed as he helped clean up the Milk Dipper after having closed up for the night. Sunset was currently helping Airi put everything away, and Ryotaro was busy reorganizing the books some people left out on the tables. He hummed a tune to himself before his K-Taros began ringing.
"Hmm?" he blinked flipping it open, "Moshi-moshi?"
=Nogami? Good. I was wondering if I could call you from the sands of time with that thing= Yuuto spoke up.
"Sakurai-san?"
=Hey. Is Sunset still at your place?=
"Yeah, she's helping us clean up. Why?" Ryotaro asked carefully.
=Tell her she's not gonna be able to get back on ZeroLiner for a while.= Yuuto explained in a very even tone.
"Hai?"
=Listen. I don't have the time to explain everything just...let her stay over at your place, she has some magic thing that lets her summon her wardrobe to her wherever= he explained.
"Uh...sure it's not a problem, but what's wrong?"
=Trust me Nogami…=
Yuuto sighed sitting in the control room for ZeroLiner as he looked out at the track ahead of him...only all the tracks of time where twisted and mangled, as if they are in a giant mess of vines overlapping with each other. A dark storm beyond that.
"Trust me...you don't want to know." he finally finished.
"Alright...any idea when you'll be able to let Sunset back on?" Ryotaro asked.
=Not for a while, just...keep an eye on her. Where I'm going, I can't exactly take company=
"Got it. Just...be safe, okay?"
=Please...I got this handled...hopefully=
"That's...reassuring."
=Try not to slack off because of the shenanigans of those girls. You don't need to get involved every time you know= He finished as he hung up abruptly.
"...Noted…" Ryotaro muttered.
"Who was that?" Airi asked.
"Sakurai-san...uhm...Nee-san...is it alright is Sunset stays over...for a...while?" Ryotaro asked carefully.
"...What did my roommate do this time?" Sunset sighed.
"I'm not all to sure...but it seems ZeroLiner won't be in this timeline for a while." Ryotaro explained with a whisper to her.
"Oh...I see," Sunset noted, 'There must be something going on in the Sands of Time then...that could mean two things. Someone's messing with time...or something big and/or bad is about to happen in the near future.'
"Oh. Well I wouldn't mind. It's an excuse to make use of the guest room." Airi smiled, "It's not very big but I hope you'll enjoy it." she bowed to Sunset.
"It's fine, Airi. I can handle it," Sunset assured her, "I'll even set my alarm so I can get things set up here in the morning before I head off for school."
"Oh you don't have to do that. You're a guest." Airi replied.
"No no. I insist," Sunset replied back, "I don't mind at all. Plus it'll give you both time to prepare for the day."
"I say let her help Nee-san." Ryotaro spoke up, "You're always taking care of the shop while I'm at school. A little help before then doesn't sound like a bad idea."
"...Well..I suppose it wouldn't hurt…" Airi whispered to herself, pondering it over for a moment before smiling a bit, "Okay. I accept."
"Cool," Sunset smiled, "Then I guess I'll see you both in the morning then."
"I'll show you to the guest room." Ryotaro replied as he and Sunset walked up the stairs.
"Oh Sunset don't you need to go pick up some stuff?" Airi asked.
"She's got it/I got it!" they both replied from upstairs, making her smile and nod.
Outside the city, standing on top of a small hill was a cloaked figure, the cold night air brushing past them as they looked out at the city.
"Enjoy your calm and peaceful days while you can…" the figure whispered as they-in their eyes-saw a foreboding dark aura surrounding the city, "Because shadows of revenge and pride loom over time's sand."
SZ: Well….this chapter was...hoo boy.
Z0: Well...its short.
SZ: No not that...well yeah. It is a short chapter compared to the other chapters, but what I mean is what HAPPENED in today's chapter.
Z0: Well yeah but people are smart enough to read for themselves.
SZ: True...I...know what? Let's just skip to the preview. Z0?
Z0: You're like really rushing through this one, but alright.
Jikai, Friendship is Timeless!
Twilight: What the?! What's she doing here?!
Ryotaro: Something seems...wrong.
Yuuto: The time stream is a big mess...something was trying to come back to this junction...but what?
Trixie: Thank you so very much for accepting my friendship...Twilight.
Twilight: What is happening?
Ryotaro: Who...are you?
Stop 30: Bitter Rival Pt 2
?: Ore wa...Den-O...New Den-O!
SZ: Oh ho~! A new figure has entered the scene next chapter!
Z0: He is integral to Den-O's plot...well...kind of. He's important. He's a big deal, and as for why he's New Den-O...well you either know...or we'll tell you next time. Which should be soonish…
SZ: Hai. Still, should be pretty exciting, especially since in the next chapter...well, again, to those who've read the Mauroz manga...you KNOW what battle is coming.
Z0: That's true, we got something big coming. Really really big. But that will have to wait for another time so we can work on it. Word of warning, this chapter is short...but because of the amount of stuff...next one...might be pretty long. If not broken into two. Word of warning.
SZ: Mmm hmm. So depending on how things go, this might-keyword being MIGHT-be a three parter
Z0: We can not determine how long we make stuff...we just write and go with it.
SZ: Mm hmm. Still, we hope you enjoyed this chapter, and until next time...I am Seanzilla115.
Z0: I'm Kamen Rider ZER0 and this brings this chapter to a close, good night everybody.