I eventually reached the coffee shop and got myself a muffin. I then sat down and began to think over plans for the party. It wasn't long before Skript walked in and sat down at the table.

"I chased Blueblood away. He's not going near my store." Skript said triumphantly.

"Do you really have a restraining order against him?" I asked.

"Of course I do!"

"You really have to show me the paperwork for that someday."

"I will, just as soon as I find it."

I rolled my eyes and began to get back to the party. "Remember how last time we organized a party to steal from other magicians?"

"Yeah, that one was fun."

"Well, we're going to have the same layout as last time, except we're going to change the poster."

"What's wrong with the old poster?"

"Nothing's wrong with it, but I need it to say something different."

"What does it need to say?"

"'A party is being hosted for only the best magicians.'"

"Doesn't that kind of limit the ponies that can come?"

"Exactly, the pony that I'm trying to attract will definitely show up if we word it this way."

"Where are we going to have this party?"

I pretended to not know for his sake. "Who do we know that likes parties and has a place that we could use?"

Skript seemed to grow deep in thought before a smile lit up his face and he said happily, "That would be me!"

"Great, why don't you set everything up and I'll hang the flyers up."

"Awesome!" He shouted before running out of the room. I presumed that he was going to prepare for the party, so I walked back to my hideout to prepare the flyers.

A few days later and everything was set up. The main event for everything would be the magic competition. We would have a tournament where every magician attending would compete. However, the tournament was going to be rigged. I would win against all that I faced, and Trixie all that she faced. In the end, I would win (not like anything needed to be rigged for that to happen) and maybe Trixie might appreciate me.

So ponies began to come into Parchment and Party Hats. I knew most of them, and I didn't hate some of them. All in all, it was a pretty good turnout. It didn't take long, but eventually the 'guest of honor' arrived.

"The Great and Powerful Trixie has arrived!" She announced quite loudly. Everypony just ignored her and kept at what they were doing. The party was pretty fun; however, Pinkie Pie had somehow gotten in. I did what I always did during this instance and sent Skript after her. This would at least distract her and stop her from ruining things.

Then the tournament started. The judges were Skript, Pinkie Pie (so I could shut her up), and one of Skript's friends. They all knew their objectives, which was to make it so that I would win and that Trixie would as well. I knew that if I didn't do this, then Trixie would definitely lose.

Anyway, the tournament went pretty well, and it was well received. Once the final round came around, it was the moment everypony was waiting for; me to crush Trixie.

Before we started, I announced to the crowd, "For this final match, I would like to ask you, my lovely audience, to decide the winner. As another change, Trixie and I will be performing the same tricks, side by side, and you will judge us."

"Trixie doesn't see why you're even still competing! You'll only be humiliated in front of everypony." Trixie announced.

So we both went straight into the act. We started with making a rope act like a snake. It was obvious that she was using her horn to do it, but I was able to do it without actual magic. The other tricks went along like that.

After a few minutes, all of the tricks had been performed. The audience only took a few seconds to announce their winner. Obviously, it was me.

"This is impossible! No one can defeat the Great and Powerful Trixie!" Trixie shouted in anger.

"It appears that there's a new great and powerful in town." I said triumphantly. I couldn't really tell at the time, but I could swear that she looked at me differently just then. Not with a look of annoyance, but with something else.

The rest of the party went along well, but Skript vanished near the end. I decided to clean up since he had set up everything. It didn't take too long considering most of the stuff was party hats.

After a while, I saw a door that was slightly open and had a light shining through. I was overwhelmed with curiosity and decided to go and check it out. I looked into the door and saw Skript talking to some… creature. Whenever I looked at the creature my vision would blur, so I couldn't really make it out. Almost as soon as I saw it, it vanished. Skript sighed and looked troubled before quickly putting his smile back on. He began to walk to the door, and I ran back so that he wouldn't think that I had seen that.

Skript came out and asked, "Need any help?"

"I sure could, if you're feeling up to it." I responded.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean let's turn this into a game, whoever cleans up the most wins."

"Let's do it!"

So we cleaned. Skript won in the end, but I knew that he would. I was still confused by what I had seen; enough that I spent that whole night staring at the stars and wondering what exactly had happened.