After that long and sleepless night, I went into Canterlot without the armor on. I didn't really know what I was going to do, probably go and make some money. I had barely even gotten far into the city when I saw a familiar face along with another familiar face.

Trixie was standing by a building looking at a wanted poster. This wanted poster featured a smiling pony, which just so happened to be yours truly. I snuck up on her and whispered, "See something you like?" She tensed in surprise and quickly spun around to face me. "I look even better in person, don't you think?"

"I wasn't staring at your picture!" Trixie shouted.

"Speaking in first person now?"

"You will stop messing with the Great and Powerful Trixie!"

"I wouldn't say that I was messing with you, more like making you blush with my presence." After I said this, her cheeks brightened slightly.

"What are you doing on this poster?" Trixie asked.

"If you read the bottom of it then you can find out."

"Trixie has already read the bottom, but you are supposedly a magician."

"I am a magician, but why should I just hope for a chance for the audience to pay me when I can take the money myself."

"Why isn't anypony attempting to bring you in?"

"I have connections."

Trixie seemed to think this over before saying, "How would you like to go to dinner?"

"It's a little sudden, but I guess that I could appease a member of my adoring public."

"How does tonight sound?"

"That sounds good, but I'm going to pick the location."

"What, you don't trust me?"

"Of course not, I wouldn't be such a good thief if I trusted everypony I met."

"Well then, just where would this location be?"

"The same place where the party was just the other day."

"I'll meet you there at eight."

"See you then." I walked away with a wicked grin on my face. I didn't even notice Trixie look back down at the wanted poster with an equally wicked grin on her face before she folded it up and put it into her hat.

I prepared for that night. I didn't know if it was supposed to be formal, so I decided to just wear the guard's armor. At least that would be a real conversation starter. I met Skript at Parchment and Party Hats.

"You can use the place tonight. I have somewhere to go anyway." Skript said.

"Where are you going?"

"Haven't you heard? Pinkie's throwing a party, and I'm not going to miss a Pinkie Pie party."

"Well, thanks for letting me use the place, it shouldn't be too long. I'll lock up when I'm done."

With that conversation ended, I readied the place for a dinner. Since we wouldn't be dining at a restaurant, it would be up to me to some food. However, I'm not a very good cook, so I just made hay sandwiches. Lucky for me, Skript had a freezer filled with deserts, so I was good on that.

I was just putting the finishing touches on the table when the doorbell rang. The doorbell was a strange song, and I nearly kicked myself for forgetting about it. I quickly ran to the door and opened it before Trixie decided to call it off right there.

Trixie was standing out there in the usual clothing, the hat and the cape, but she seemed so beautiful in them. I let her in and she said, "This is the best you can do?"

"I wouldn't say the best, but around here it's pretty good, unless you wanted me to throw you a party." I answered.

"I guess that this will have to do." She said passively. I noticed how she said 'I' again, but decided to leave it alone.

So we ate the sandwiches, and I noticed that she had a disgusted look on her face the whole time, but it looked slightly forced. After we had eaten, we talked for a bit. When I say we, I really mean she. I learned about how she was the world's greatest magician and how she had a very strange relationship with Twilight Sparkle.

Everything seemed to be going well, until there was a knocking at the door. I stood up from the table and went to the door. It appeared that I was too slow for this ponies liking, so they kicked the door open. A patrol of guards then rushed in and held spears at me from every side.

"In the name of Celestia, you are under arrest!" The first guard stated.

"Do I get one last request?" I asked.

The guard looked at his comrades before saying, "Sure, but make it quick." I took this opportunity to do two different things.

I walked over to Trixie and quickly gave her a kiss. I then said, "I'll be back," before I ran to the other side of the room and pulled a lever that just seemed like it was there to be there. The room was then filled with smoke. I took this new opportunity to run to the trapdoor that I had near the lever. I hid down there and waited for the confused cries of the guards to start.

I wasn't disappointed. "Where'd he go?" One shouted.

"He couldn't have gotten far, search the perimeter!" Another shouted.

I sat down in the area under the trapdoor and could only think about two things. The first being why Trixie would sell me out. The second was what I was going to tell Skript about what happened to his emergency smokescreen.