E: They might meet, but Connor has a few other things to do first.

I woke up that morning with a smile on my face and a thing of guard's armor by my side. I thought of all of the possibilities that could come from just wearing this armor. There were quite a lot.

I donned the armor and walked into Canterlot. Everypony that looked at me gave me a smile. It's been a long time since a random pony gave me a smile. This armor gave me an edge over everypony that I saw. I was walking around, feeling high and mighty, when I heard the shouting.

From what I could tell, some of the ponies had gotten mad at something and were shouting for a guard. Not wanting to get left behind in this, I quickly ran towards the screams to see what was going on.

A stage had been set up on one side of a road and was attracting a lot of attention. From what I could tell, no pony was being scammed. I could tell that everypony in the area was disappointed by something.

I pushed my way to the front of the crowd and was met with the sight of a pony that I instantly fell for. She had blue fur with a mane that was light blue. Her eyes were purple, and I found myself getting lost in them. The best part was, she seemed to be a fellow magician, which I guess was what everypony was complaining about.

Her tricks weren't that good, and they were even worse considering that she was a unicorn. I stepped onto the stage and grabbed her, pulling her away from the crowd.

"Unhand the Great and Powerful Trixie!" She shouted.

"Do you want to get out of this situation with any dignity?" I asked.

"The Great and Powerful Trixie doesn't need your help!"

"I'm going to put you down outside of the city limits. I suggest that you stay out of the city or use a different entrance to get in if you have to. If you do enter the city, stay away from that corner and any ponies that were there."

"And who are you to offer help?"

"I'm a fellow magician."

"There is no pony that can be a fellow magician to the Great and Powerful-"

"I get it, the Great and Powerful Trixie. Doesn't that line ever get boring?"

"How dare you insult the-"

"I know, spare me from having to listen to this over and over. Anyway, I'm Connor."

"Your name was not asked for."

"Neither was yours, but I was told it quite a few times."

"You will stop mocking the Great and Powerful Trixie!"

"I think that I'll just call you Trixie for short."

"You will not shorten my name!"

"I have half a mind to bring you back to those ponies and leave you there."

"Go ahead the audience awaits the return of their entertainer."

"Alright, you called my bluff. I'll just drop you down over there and be on my way." I walked over to the area I was talking about and put her down. Trixie then proceeded to fix her hat, make sure her cape looked good, and then ran off in the direction we had just walked away from.

There was a store nearby that was run by one of my friends, so I decided to head over there. I quickly made it to the place, a bookstore called Parchment and Party Hats. This was one of my normal hangouts on account of it being run by my friend, Skript Funfic. He's a pony with a tan coat and a brown scraggly mane and tail, as though he didn't get any sleep. His cutie mark is a pencil drawing a balloon. Skript could be very excitable and eccentric, so he wasn't good with serious things, unless I was able to make them seem fun.

I walked in and was met with Skript frantically running through to shop, placing books here and there. I walked over to a bookshelf and stood there, waiting. When he looked at me it was like a time bomb went off.

"Connor, how are you?" Skript asked as he ran towards me.

"I'm doing fine." I answered, just able to sidestep out of his path.

"What are you here for?"

"I just came because I was thinking about organizing a little party."

"A party! What do you need?"

"Relax, this is a special party. I'm going to throw a party for magicians."

"We're going to do that again?"

"This is going to be different. This time, we're going to impress a certain somepony."

"That sounds like fun!"

"Why don't we go get some coffee and discuss the plans?"

"Ok." We both walked outside and began to go to the nearest coffee shop when Skript stopped in his tracks, his eyes homing in on a certain pony. "Blueblood, you stay away from my store!" Blueblood began to run away from Skript, and Skript quickly gave chase.

"I guess I'll be planning the party." I said to myself before walking away.