The following take place after the first duel.
Of Vengeance and
Fear
Trixie watched as Twilight Sparkle, the unicorn who had ruin her life left in shame. Her lips were curled upwards in a wicked smile, her heart was filled with a warmth that she have been craving since the night of her humiliation and her eyes glowed with a sinister red light. However, despite her victory she still found herself wanting more. Turning around to face the small crowd that had gathered to watch the magic duel, she found that it wasn't just Twilight who was to blame for her humiliation but the town as well.
"Show them the price for their insolence." The amulet's voice whispered. It was funny to think that at the start she was afraid of it but now she found it to be a welcoming companion.
Whipping her head skyward, the blue unicorn summoned black clouds within the magical dome she had created. Lightning lashed out at the back of the crowd causing them to jump forward to avoid being electrocuted. The ponies at the front didn't fare any better as they were force backwards by more lighting. In a matter of moments Trixie had manage to force the crowd into a tight circle.
Using her magic again she made the earth around her hooves to rise until she towered over the crowd like a giant. "Citizens of Ponyville, I the great and powerful Trixie, the pony you had laughed and ridiculed at have returned greater and more powerful than ever before. Trixie has become so powerful that not even Celestia's so called apprentice could best her. So Ponyville do you still find Trixie's misfortune funny? Do you still dare to mock her?"
Every pony in the crowd rapidly shook their head.
"Good." Trixie said smiling at the fear and awe she saw in their eyes. "Now bow and maybe the great and powerful Trixie will forgive you."
All of the ponies immediately threw themselves to the ground many of them shaking in fear at the powerful sorcerer. But there was one who showed defiant. It was, unsurprisingly, Twilight's earth pony friend. The orange mare stood tall above the sea of kneeling ponies, glaring at her with a fierce determination that only the bravest of souls could manage.
Trixie was almost impressed by the mare's courage.
Almost.
Focusing her power, the blue unicorn grabbed the brave mare with an invisible grip and lifted her off the ground. The ponies around her gasped in shock as they watch her being lifted up into the sky, stopping only when she was face to face with the powerful unicorn.
She still had a look of defiance on her face though Trixie could see the fear slowly growing behind those emerald coloured eyes.
"Did you not hear Trixie, little Hay Seed?" Trixie asked in a quiet tone. "Or have you gone deaf all of a sudden?"
"Ah heard you just fine." The orange mare said holding her gaze on those crimson glowing eyes. "Ah just don't make it a habit of bowing to bullies."
"Trixie isn't a bully, she's the greatest and most powerful unicorn to have ever live."
"You might be all great and powerful but Twilight is still twice the pony you'll ever be."
That comment caused Trixie's grip on the earth pony to tighten a little, making the orange mare yelped in discomfort. The unicorn's eyes glared at her with such intensity that it might have burn a hole through her hat.
"Crash her." The voice demended.
"I intend to." Trixie whispered back.
The orange mare's eye brows rose when she saw the cloaked unicorn speaking to herself. Before she could make any queries about this however she was suddenly thrown away. The ponies all watch in horror as the orange mare flew over their heads like a rocket. One of Twilight's other friends try to catch, but the rainbow mane pony only got knocked aside.
Soon gravity did it's work and the orange mare cashed into a cart full of hay. A smile grew on Trixie's lips a she watches several concern ponies rush to the cart. With a brilliant flash of light the unicorn teleported to the cart ahead of the other ponies. The smile she was donning turns into a devious grin as she saw the orange mare's head hanging out of the hay.
"Still think Twilight is a better pony then me?" Trixie asks as she powers up her horn for another spell.
The orange mare opened her mouth to speak but then quickly closed it.
"Didn't think so." Trixie said turning around to face the ponies standing behind her. "Let that be a lesson to you all. Defy Trixie and pay the price."
She waited for the message to sink in before leaving the orange mare and the other ponies. The triumphant feeling filled her as she made her way through the darken street of Ponyville. Not only did she just took vengeance on Twilight, but she also humiliated one of her friends as well. Everything was going exactly as the amulet had promise her.
"Why did you spare her?" the amulet suddenly asked.
Trixie came to a stopped as she stared at the amulet with a perplex look. "You mean that earth pony? I didn't spare her, I humiliated her just like I did Twilight."
"We told you to destroy her, not throw her into a wagon full of hay."
The unicorn's eyes widened in shock and disbelief by the amulet's words. While the amulet had been aggressive in the past it had never out right told her to mortally harm somepony.
"I…I couldn't do that." she gasped.
"And why not?"
"Because it's wrong!" Trixie yelled.
There was a moment of silence as Trixie stood there looking down at the amulet around her neck. The feelings of pride and fulfilment were gone replaced uncomfortable uncertainty.
"We did not mean to upset you." the voice said in the clam gentle voice it had spoken to her when she had first put it on. "We are merely saying that allowing that mare to live has now placed your own life at risk."
"What do you mean? How could not killing that pony place my life at risk?" Trixie questioned.
"Because you showed weakness. Because of that you have become a target for those who seek to gain the power that rightly belongs to you." the amulet explains. "They will attempt to steal your power and they would do it by any means."
"These ponies?" Trixie scoffed. "They couldn't hurt a fly even if they wanted to."
"Only the foolish would dismiss others as potential threats. They could already be planning your destruction and I fear you will not be prepared for when they come for you."
The blue unicorn stared at the amulet for a moment as she thought about what it had said. A part of her found the idea that any of the ponies in this town planning on killing her to be absurd and yet there was a part of her that wonders if it was. She had just managed to perform magics that were thought to be impossible for regular unicorn. Who wouldn't what the power to change the weather on a whim or to remain young and healthy for ever?
Was the amulet right, by showing that orange mare mercy had she just dug her own grave. Could they be watching her now, waiting for the moment she put her guard down.
Trixie looks over her shoulder to see if there were any shadowy figures coming towards her. When she satisfied that she was still alone on the street she casted a shield spell just to be safe. The feeling of the crimson energy surrounding her body made her feel safer and more secured but there was still a small part of her mind that still worries.
What if they find a way to breach the spell. She wondered as she continues down the street, casting a nervous glace down every side street and alleyways. Fear was something that Trixie had grown accustom to during the last couple of months while trying to make enough money to eat and shelter herself but this was different. With each step she took she felt her breathing pick up, she saw menacing shadows at the corner of her eyes and she thought she heard someone whispering at one moment.
Panic soon crept in as she felt as if there were thousands of unseen eyes watching her. She reached for the amulet to make sure it was still around her neck, the glowed brighter at her touch and she could feel a comforting warmth coming off its cool metal surface. A sudden spark of anger washed over Trixie's mind as she gripped the amulet tightly. The amulet belongs to her and her alone, she found it and so it rightly belongs to her. If there are ponies who plans to steal it then she will do to them what she did to Twilight Sparkle.
No one steals from Trixie and gets away with it. She thought as a cruel smile slowly spread across her lips.
With her fears quieted for the time being the blue unicorn continues down the road heading towards where she had parked her wagon through now it looked more like a palace on wheels. All the while never noticing that she had not relived her grip on the amulet nor that her violet eyes had started to slowly change to scarlet.