For My First Trick - Accidental Video

[meltsicecastles]

"Okay, no. No. Non non non. Uh-uh. I'm not embarrassing myself, again, the way I did LAST time I went to another world."

Hey, is that Trixie Lulamoon? She looks... good. She has more muscle and seems to have been eating better than - just say this can't be the native Trix, the one who spent time starving and farming rocks. Her cloak and wizard hat is still gaudy, but seems to be made of higher grade material, real silk and velvet.

The effect is ruined by her ranting with her back to a scroll, of course.

"This time, I'm going to ask who's in charge and who bears the Elements, I'm going to tell them exactly where I'm from and that I need to get back to my Ponyville, and I'm going to go home. No blinding a Princess! No kissing Lyra, Derpy, Carrot Top and Raindrops! No freaking out and attacking Twilight! Just - figuring - out - what's -"

She notices the scroll, and sort of... dumbly... stares at what she now knows is a two-way video transmitter.

"Merde. So much for not embarrassing myself. Okay, okay. Okay! I am Dame Trixie Lulamoon, I am emphatically not the Trixie you know if you know one, and could someone tell me where in Tartarus I am and who is in charge here, merci boucoup?"

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[meltsicecastles]

(Oh, she thinks THIS is an accent? This is just Trix throwing in Prench for punctuation. The accent will cost her the price of a tumbler of bourbon on the rocks.)

Then this is Celestia's - no, no, it CAN'T be exactly if you don't remember me. But much like Celestia's world as I remember it.

Plus ca change...

Who else bears the Elements?

[mostloyalpony]

(Eh, Rainbow's up for actually spending some time with another Trixie. Especially if she's from another world!)

Of course I know who you are, Trixie! But you're a little different than what I remember.

Fluttershy's bears Kindness, Applejack bears Honesty, Rariry with Generosity, Pinkie Pie with Laughter...(pause for dramatic effect!)...and Twilight with the Element of Magic! Who bears the Elements in your world?

[meltsicecastles]

I think we shall get along.

Alright. Clearly this is not the work of Corona, or Nightmare Moon. Discord? Tirek? Katrina?

[caneattheseapples]

Thing calling itself the Pale Pony. She's a death god. And a real bitch.

[And a version of Twilight. But even if a lot know that now, she doesn't want to go screaming it from the moments.]

[meltsicecastles]

The Tree of Harmony. Huh. That's... new. I shall have to ask Luna about that once I return.

Raindrops was my Honesty, and Lyra was my Loyalty. Carrot Top bore Generosity. Derpy was Kindness BEFORE she bore it. Cheerilee was laughter.

...as for magic, well, behold the baffled and awestruck Trixie.

[strengthinkindness]

Oh wow...! You bore the element of Magic? How did that happen?

Wait...what about Twilight? And Applejack, and Rainbow Dash, and Rarity and Pinkie Pie...? And...um...me?

If we weren't the ones who bore the elements...what happened to us?

[marearcana]

I thought so. Still, not actually the first time I've seen or heard of a Princess Celestia turning evil.

[meltsicecastles]

...There is no polite way to put this, is there? Wait, no, I think I've got it.

They were not the same. You and your bearers rose to the challenge of friendship. Luna's versions... did not. I knew you were not my Fluttershy because you were willing to speak with me AT ALL.

[strengthinkindness]

O-Oh...goodness...Were we...that terrible?

[noxequus]

Dame? A title granted by royalty, or by thy own expansive ego?

[There was only one from another world that she had known of that had been properly knighted, and that was Rarity...]

[meltsicecastles]

EXACTLY like the Unconquered Sun's Equestria... no offense, but the only one of you that did not surprise me with thier Element was Pinkie.

All of the ponies I... mentioned kissing... were Bearers in the Moon's Equestria. Cheerilee as well. I bear Magic, and I should probably mention this on a public announcement because everypony and thier daughter will ask, shouldn't I?

[meltsicecastles]

You - ah, Celestia's Bearers - were no CORONA. You weren't even Blueblood. None of you were bad ponies. Just... just in need of life lessons that, in your world, you received.

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[meltsicecastles]

Your Royal Highness! Princess Luna, I...

[strengthinkindness]

Oh, I see...

Did...your elements work the same way? Through friendship?

[mostloyalpony]

Hehe, pretty sure Pinkie won't be offended so none taken!

...Seriously? When did you kiss Cheerilee and Derpy?! That's cool that they all held the Elements! Hehe, yeah...they might ask if it comes up.

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[meltsicecastles]

...Oh.

Right.

You are not my Luna.

Apologies, your Highness. I have tried to keep my ego in my hat, so I can conjure it during a show. I was knighted in my world. By you.

[meltsicecastles]

It was the somatic component of a memory transfer spell, if they ask WHY. I'm not interested in... I'm not INTERESTED.

(She pulls a face, like she's smelled mold.)

[noxequus]

[She would not hand out such honors readily... assuming she even had the power, in her own Equestria. Dame Rarity earned such rights from her in her own world for her exploits in protecting Equestria from Titan and Terra, as well as defeating the scourge her own father presented, meaning either this Trixie's version of Luna was a simpleton...

...or something substantially different happened in that world.]

Equestria through a looking-glass darkly, then?

[meltsicecastles]

Oui, cest vrai. There's a saying in my world; "Magic is that element which is always by your side."

I'm... still amazed the Element picked me. I try to be worthy of it.

[mostloyalpony]

Hey now, I was just curious! Pretty sure they won't ask...well, Derpy might but she might be curious too.

A memory transfer spell? Twilight accidentally switched our Cutie Marks which totally changed our destinies once. She had to get us to see how much our friends meant to us before they could switch back.

[strengthinkindness]

If it picked you, I'm sure you are.

[meltsicecastles]

It did seem that Celestia's world shone brighter when I visited it. But mine was ever more beautiful for all the darkness.

Your Highness, Princess Luna, I would love to discuss the circumstances of my knighthood with you - in private. It was a delicate matter back home and if the situation here is REMOTELY similar I don't want to tip off the... threat to Equestria... I faced.

[meltsicecastles]

We shall have to talk all about it, bearer to bearer, over drinks. Ah - do you drink? I'd offer dinner but I'm told my tastes are eccentric.

[meltsicecastles]

Being the most dazzling showmare in any Equestria helps a lot with that.

(Eyup, that sure is a Trixie.)

[noxequus]

You say a version of myself granted it. That is proof enough for me. For now.

[The alicorn cants her head upward, the scroll turning towards what is yet another lunar eclipse.]

I trust you see that you have arrived at a time while we have our own... threats to deal with. How skilled are you in crisis resolution?