Four Names of Professional Creativity

“Starlight Glimmer?” Both Sunset and I said in shocked unison.

Lit only by Sunset’s mobile phone, the girl on the bed in front of us looked exactly like the Starlight we had met months ago when she visited this world and our school. Sunset had gone back to Equestria and Starlight had tagged along with her for a while before eventually returning home. I had only met her briefly. She didn’t display any of the magic that the Mane Six (Seven), or had even ‘Ponied Up.’ Or none of what I had seen of her perform during my short trek through Equestria. As far as I knew, she was just another ordinary girl at school. She hung out with them, so she must be something special. I was still a bit sore and uppity back then… let’s face it I still am, but because of Sunset I’ve gotten better. I think I have. I hope.

With dark purple hair, and a light blue highlight, Starlight wore a denim vest over a green and orange shirt, and holey tights. Even in bed she had kept her shoes on, probably ready for any opportunity to escape. She sat up on the side of the bed and grabbed her backpack and for some reason the potted plant that had been on the end table.

“I’ll protect you Phyllis,” she said to no one.

Now fully awake, after having been disturbed by two new prisoners of her jail cell, Starlight narrowed her eyes at us.

“Do I know you?” She asked.

“Well, I hope so—” I began.

“Not now, Trixie,” Sunset interrupted me before I said something stupid, it was bound to happen.

“Who are you people?” Starlight asked with suspicion. Did she think we were one of Chrysalis’ drones? Had she sent others in here before to try and persuade Starlight, or had others been in here and just couldn’t handle it any longer and had given into the insect queen.

“This is Sunset, and I’m Trixie. I’ve been looking for—” Sunset interrupted me again.

“Your father sent us to find you,” It wasn’t a lie, and probably sounded better than what I would have said. Though, come on Sunset, give me a moment in the spot light.

“My dad sent you? He came out of his musky old library long enough to talk to people? He spends so much time in the past that he forgets there are people in the present. I told him I needed to get away and… Study.”

That wasn’t entirely true, at least from what her father had said. She wasn’t currently in school, and it was brake time for us, so what could she be up hear studying?

Starlight put the potted plant back on the end table, but pulled her pack in closer to her body for safety. Kind of like how Sunset protected her journal. Once she had begun using it to regularly communicate with Equestria and Princess Twilight, the journal had become very precious and was always with Sunset. Now this Starlight was holding onto her pack as if held something equally previous.

“I don’t know about that,” Sunset began, “but he did seem concerned about you. He said something happened a while back—”

“Hey, you look an awfully lot like someone I once knew,” Starlight narrowed her eyes as if she angrily studied Sunset’s face in the low light, “but she left us behind when she got a scholarship to university. She was, oh so smart, but didn’t think the rest of us might be as well. Be her EQUAL.”

Sunset looked shocked, and yet apologetic. She still felt guilty for what she had done, leaving the people who cared for her and to seek out greater knowledge and power on her own which led her to be here at our school and world. Had this Sunset done the same thing?

“Well, whoever you are;” Starlight seemed to ignore her own inquiry, as if who we were wasn’t all that important, “the two of you are now trapped in here with me. Now I don’t even have my privacy to do my work.”

“What work is that?” I asked out of curiosity. Maybe I could start up a friendly conversation.

“Oh no, I’m not letting anyone near it,” she held the pack even tighter and turned away from us, “Who knows what Chrysalis might do with it.”

“Do with what?” Sunset sounded very concerned.

Starlight leaned to the side and turned on the small lamp next to the bed, which allowed Sunset to turn off her phone’s light.

“So, do you two have some grand plan to get me out of here? I didn’t think so?” She obviously didn’t truest us. Starlight focused on looking for something inside her backpack.

What could we say to her. We hadn’t known she was trapped, or that there was a crazed woman outside that had the entire village terrified that they were forced to smile at everything. How were we to plan for that? Sunset maybe a hero with the rest of her friends, but I’m just a stage magician I’m no hero.

Starlight remained silent as she reached into her pack and pulled out a small note book and pencil. Putting them on the end table, she reached in once more and carefully took out a rolled-up piece of paper. It looked old, like parchment, the edges crinkled maybe even burned. It looked like something I might use in my stage act, claiming I had learned a great and power secret from ancient Egypt, or something like that.

She unrolled the scroll and began studying it, every so often marking something down in the note book. Probably doing her best to ignore us.

Sunset seemed intrigued by what we could see over Starlight’s shoulder. The writing on it, if you could call it writing, was something I had never seen before.

No, I was wrong, I had seen it before. There was a sign I had passed while in Ponyville written in similar text. Even the promotional banner for the other Trixie’s performance had used some of these characters. I could read them then, but not now, and yet…

These were similar characters, but on this old parchment some were far more ornate.

“That’s from Equestria,” I said to Sunset, more surprised that I knew than anything else, “It’s certainly not Latin.”

Sunset nodded in agreement.

“Ha, Latin would be easy,” Starlight responded without looked up at us, “I had to learn Latin for my early science courses. I have no idea what this is, and yet I feel like I should know. Some of the character patterns seem familiar to me. Every so often I make out what I think a character set means and yet it can’t be that simple.” Her voice trailed off in thought.

“May I take a look,” Sunset asked, “I won’t damage it. Promise.”

Starlight was suspicious, she repositioned herself so Sunset could get a better view, but wouldn’t let her touch it. Smart, if she thought we were working for Chrysalis. I might not know what this was, but our school had had multiple run ins with artifacts that had made their way over from Equestria. You can’t take the chance of it landing in the wrong hooves… hands. (I still can remember having hooves.)

“Take a look. The characters are recognizable, but I’ve only been able to read parts of it. Mostly the bottom half. It’s taken me weeks to work out what it’s saying, but don’t really have a clue what it means. There are patterns and what I think are equations. That’s why I came to the family cabin, so I won’t be distracted. I had hoped. But with Chrysalis here there has been very little peace and quiet. She really seems to hate me, but I don’t know why.”

Sunset knelt down to get a closer look at the scroll, with the same intensity I’ve seen in her before. Usually when studying and trying not to get annoyed by me. It wasn’t that long ago she would have terrified me, and the rest of the students, but now we get along most of the time. Until I do something stupid or upset one her friends. Especially the science nerd Twilight.

“How long has that Madam Chrysalis been here?” I asked, for conversation’s sake. I hate silences, and I especially hate it when people aren’t paying attention to me. Yeah, I know that’s bad, I’m a performer. I’m trying to improve.

“She apparently showed up just a few days before I arrived. In those short days, people I’ve known all my life seemed frightened and did whatever she wanted them to do. She seemed quite interested in me, but when I wouldn’t cow down to her she became angry and it wasn’t long before she tossed me in here. She seemed to have preconceived ideas about who I was, and apparently hatred for me as well. Once a day she would send someone in here to try and convince me to join the crowd. Then at night she comes in herself, threateningly. Talking as if I knew some great secret that could help her. Something about being set free. Sometimes I think she’s talking to herself, or someone else…”

“Have you heard the sound of insects buzzing when she gets angry,” I asked.

She looked at me as if wanting to agree, but held back.

“Hmm,” Sunset drew our attention back, “It’s written in Ponish. The top half in Ancient Ponish. At least a thousand years old, if I remember my studies correctly.”

“Ponish? What are talking about, there’s no such language.”

“Would you believe it’s the language of a land of magical ponies?” Why did I say that, I want her to be my friend and I’m sounding like a fool. Where is my Great and Powerful confidence?”

“Not now, Trixie,” Sunset said, “the second half is more modern. From what samples I’ve seen in my journal, I’d hazard to guess this is Starlight’s script.”

“My handwriting? I would never write on an artifact like this. I put my thoughts down in a note book.” She waved the note book at us, offended by the thought of not doing so.

“No, I mean Starlight’s script,” Sunset corrected her, “Where I come from, we don’t have hands to write with.”

“What now?”

I held my tongue; Sunset will be better at explaining these things than me. I hope.

“If I had this spell a year ago, I could have rebuilt the entire world with time travel.”

Okay, that’s not what I expected Sunset to say. She sounded like an insane villian. Well, she had turned us all into zombie slaves months ago, so I guess it’s not out of character for her.

“Thank Celestia I never got hold of this.”

Starlight just looked at her and then over to me. I could only shrug. “Starswhirl the Bearded’s original incantation was a simple time travel spell, though with limitation.” Sunset began to explain, pointing at the top area of the scroll, I don’t think it helped, Starlight began to role the scroll up to protect it. Smart move if you didn’t know anything about the good person Sunset had become over the last year.

“The other Starlight Glimmar apparently added to the spell.” Sunset wanted to indicate something on the parchment, but Starlight kept it away from her. “She is far more knowledgeable at this than I ever gave her credit for. This spell could actually alter the time lines. Now that I think about it, Princess Twilight once mentioned getting stuck in a time travel loop. This must have been what caused it.”

Curiosity got to Starlight and unrolled the scroll once more

“This was written by Starswhirl? He was one of DaVinci’s contemporaries. Part of it does look like complex mathematical equations like ones the great renaissance man had written. Mathematics of the universe, he described them—Hold on, you called this a spell, as in magic?”

“You’re right, the Starswhirl here was a great mathematician, engineer, writer, and artist. But the Starswhirl I know is what you would call a sorceress or wizard. I should ask Twilight to introduce me to him some time, he might be able to explain the portals.”

“Stay focused, Sunset.” I pulled on her arm. Though she was no longer ‘power hungry’, she still thirsted for knowledge. Her current private study she was working on, when not helping the others save the world or sing in the band, or doing school work, was learning more about the portals between our worlds. Also, why were there so many artifacts and creatures from Equestria in this world. Like the Dazzlings, that were actually three magical sirens. Thinking on all that I suddenly realized how blessed I was that she had shared some of her thoughts with me, even if I didn’t understand it all. Most of it.

“Sorry, yes, of course. From this world’s perspective, I suppose it would be very similar mathematics. Studying Calculous can be just as much a struggle as spell-craft for unicorns.”

“Unicorns?”

Starlight just stared at us. Certain now we were insane, or working for Chrysalis. Which mean we were a threat to her.

We were now in danger, and she’ll never become my best friend.

TO BE CONTINUED…

Read the earlier chapters here:

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

To everyone who has been reading my MY LITTLE PONY/EQUESTIA GIRLS fan fiction "Trixie's Okay"...

I want to thank you all for sticking around the last couple of months. My father past away and our family has a lot to deal with.

Now I'm getting my life back on track, my job search continues as well as my Voice Acting pursuits, but most importantly for all of you I'll be posting the next chapter of the story within the next week.

Hope there will be artwork along with it.

Again, thank you for the support. I appreciate it.

Best,

Kevin

Read the earlier chapters here:

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

“Trixie’s Okay”

(Note: Because of family issues there will be no art with this chapter. At least for a while. I apologize.)

Chapter Five

Whoever this Chrysalis woman is, though she speaks with an authority, she looks very sad. As if she had lost something, or someone and was desperately trying to find them. I knew that feeling. Yet there is something ominous about her presence. Not only are her dark jeans ripped and tattered so was her grey shirt, and the long thin green sleeveless sweater that hung down to her feet. Her strange little carvings surrounding her.

I began to wonder why we were here.

Because I wanted to be. Because I wanted to find a friend that I hadn’t met yet. My other self, the Pony Trixie in Equestria, had a best friend named Starlight Glimmer. I never had a best friend, there are few people I would consider calling friend, and fewer that would call me friend, certainly not best friend. So, I wanted to find my Starlight Glimmer.

I may have made a terrible mistake.

Chrysalis watched us silently. She moved about like a slow prowling lion. Was she expecting us to bow before her like the residence of this village were doing. Not likely.

Sunset was also watching how the others are acting, and glancing at the wood carvings around the woman. There is at least one in front of every house or building we have passed. Her thoughts seemed to be elsewhere, so it was up to me to get this started.

“Uh, hi, I’m Trixie and this is my friend Sunset. We’ve come a long distance to get here, and we’re looking for—”

The woman nods seemingly to know our thoughts.

“You’re looking to be a part of something,” Chrysalis interrupted me, “Something that you can’t do on your own, or gain from the school you attend. You are both welcome to join my family here.”

Chrysalis gestures to everyone around us, including the carvings. That’s when I realize that nearly everyone from the small village had come out and were surrounding us. They all have that fake and frozen smile upon their faces, even the children. In their eyes, they were terrified. They were all waiting for something to happen, knew something was going to happen.

I pulled on Sunset’s arm and she looked at me seeing my concern.

“Thank you,” Sunset says, turning back to Chrysalis, “That’s most kind of you, but we’re just passing through as we look for our friend.”

I hope she’ll be our friend, I thought.

“You’re looking for someone?” Chrysalis said out of curiosity.

“They’re looking for a girl named Starlight Glimmer,” Sugar Belle spoke up from the people to my left.

“Starlight Glimmer?” Chrysalis said in almost a whisper, and for the briefest moment I thought I heard the buzzing of a swarm of insects but it was gone as soon as it had begun.

It gave me a very nervous feeling, almost like when one of my stage fireworks begins to sizzle too soon and could explode in my face. I didn’t want to be here a moment longer.

“You must understand,” Sunset began, “Starlight left home some time ago, and we promised her father we’d find her.”

“So, if it’s not too much trouble,” I said sounding nervous, “we’d like to see if we can find out friend and then we’ll be on our way.”

Chrysalis turned her head towards me.

“What did you say your name was?”

“Trixie,” I gulped out.

She tilted her head as if listening to something a distance off.

“No, that won’t do,” suddenly she looked at us both with a wide smile that might open up and swallow us whole, “I must insist you stay for a while.”

There was only one thing I could think of to do, the one trick that always worked for me. I grabbed Sunset’s arm, and a smoke bomb explodes and fills the space around us with a massive cloud that I hoped no one could see through. I pulled her along and we began running, hoping we could through the crowd of villages and escape this weird place.

Suddenly I heard the sounds of insects buzzing again, and as I took my next step, I felt something crawling on my leg. It caused me to trip and I tumbled forward pulling Sunset down with me.

When the smoke drifted away, I could see that I had tripped over the wooden sculptures… of insects.

I helped Sunset up and turned to find the villagers surrounding us once more. Their smiles were gone, but they looked scared. Two of them were pushed aside as Chrysalis stepped through.

“Here, I welcome you into my home, my world, and you turn your back on me and run off without even a goodbye.”

“Really, we didn’t—”

“Enough! Everyone in this village knows that there must be punishment when wrong is done. Take them to the Cabin!”

Several of the villages grabbed hold of us, and began to pull us along. I looked to Sunset expecting her to do something, she had Equestrian magic after all. She just shook her head. What exactly could she do by reading their mind. If the others were here with her, sure, they had powers; greater than each of them separately, but here and now she is no more powerful than I was.

We let them push us along until they stopped in front of a small cabin. It needed a good paint job, and one of the windows was cracked, I couldn’t see any light from inside.

“Until you are willing to be part of this community,” Chrysalis said with demand, “you will be staying here.”

“Madame Chrysalis,” Party Favor stepped out of the crowd, “Is this really necessary. Couldn’t you just let them go—”

“My dear Party Favor,” Chrysalis stepped in front of him, “perhaps you would like to join them and what is inside?”

Party Favor froze in horror. He looks at us, at the door of the cabin, and then back to us. With an apologetic expression, he slipped back into the crowd.

Chrysalis stepped in front of us, and put her hand to the door knob.

“You will stay in here until I decide that you are ready to behave.”

She opens the door, and as she pushes us inside I hear the buzzing of those insects again.

The room is dark except for light seeping in through the shade covered windows.

“What is going on here?” I whispered.

“I have no idea, but the people in this village are in trouble.”

“Did you hear something like a swarm of bugs?”

“Yes, it seemed to happen whenever Chrysalis got angry or emotional.”

“What do you think it was?”

“I’m not certain, but it’s reminding me of something from Equestria. I just don’t—”

Rrraah…

Suddenly a sound came from the darkness of the cabin. It wasn’t insects, and it sounded large and angry.

Rrraah… Rrraah… Rrraah… Rrraah…

“What is that? A bear?” I was getting a bit scared, and it wasn’t stage fright; when you’re around Sunset and her friends anything could happen. “A monster from Equestria?”

“Maybe a Bugbear?” She answered with a smile in her voice. I have no idea what a bugbear is. I was nearly blinded when Sunset turned on the flashlight app on her phone.

She shined it into the darkness of the room. There was a bed in a back corner. Next to it was an end table with a lamp and a potted plant. Was that a philodendron? On the bed was a figure, a girl about my own age, and she was snoring.

Rrraah…

Sunset moved closer and shined the light across the girl’s face.

“Dad,” the girl grumbled, “turn off the light, I’m trying to sleep here.”

I gasped.

“Okay, I’m awake, I’m awake.” She opened her eyes and sat up.

We looked at her in surprise.

“Starlight Glimmer?!”

To Be Continued...

Read the earlier chapters here:

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

“Welcome to our town,” said the pale young man with blue hair, who had introduced himself as Party Favor. “Uh, we’re looking for—” I went to ask, but was interrupted by a young woman. “Welcome, I’m Sugar Belle. Would you like a sample cupcake,” the brown-haired baker held out a tray of mini cupcakes. Her smile was just as bright and just as fake as Party Favor’s. I couldn’t help but reach for one of the delicious looking cupcakes, but Sunset slapped my hand away. “Maybe later, Trixie,” She turned to the greeters, she gives a directed nod to look around. That’s when I realized we were being watched by a dozen or more people, even children, all staring at us, smiles plastered on their faces. There seemed to be a pleading expression in their eyes. “Could you tell us if a girl about our age has passed through your town.” “A girl?” Sugar Belle began hesitantly, “I’m not certain.” Sugar Belle seemed scared. She knew something, but wouldn’t… or couldn’t tell us. What could be scaring them so much? It couldn’t possibly be Starlight Glimmer? I looked over at Sunset, one hand was fiddling with her necklace while the other clutched and unclutched. She desperately wanted to reach out and read these people’s minds, but also couldn’t ‘Pony Up’ in front of them. She didn’t want to terrify them. “Well,” Party Favor answered, “I don’t know who you mean, but I think I know who might be able to help you. Please follow us, and we’ll introduce you to her.” “You’re all, so… friendly,” I say as we’re lead through the small town. “Oh, we must be friendly to everyone. That’s the only way to make friends,” replied Party Favor, but he sounded so strained, and wasn’t really happy. “Now come along so that we can introduce you to our Leader.” Leader? As we passed the different cabins, I noticed small wooden carvings in front of each of them. Like mini-totem poles. We came around a corner to find a woman sitting on a fallen log and using a knife to carve images into broken tree branches. These small totems had strange insect like faces. “Madam,” Party Favor announced, “two new visitors have arrived in our town.” The woman finished carving the branch in her hand and placed it on the ground alongside a dozen other totems. The images were all facing inward as if looking up at her; her own audience, or subjects. I like performing for an audience, but I’ve never been this desperate. She stood, brushing the wood shavings from her tattered jeans, and looked towards us. Her tired green eyes narrowed, coldly measuring us up. She was a tall, thin looking woman, with long unkempt grey blue hair. The woman was an adult, and had an aura of authority about her; like Principal Celestia. Perhaps more like her sister Vice Principal Luna whom all us students were secretly afraid of. More than once had her visage appeared in one of my anxiety nightmares. Then as if the woman had come to a conclusion about the two of us, her expression changed and a smile formed on her face. It wasn’t plastic like the others, there was real emotion behind did. Though I don’t think it was joy. She stepped towards us, and the others bowed their heads as if she was some type of royalty. “Welcome to our little town,” she said, “I’ve taken it upon myself to be their leader. They were in such need. As I’m sure you are. My name is Chrysalis.”

To Be Continued... Read the earlier chapters here:

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

EQUESTRIA GIRLS

“Trixie’s Okay”

Chapter Three

We had been on the bus about half an hour when Sunset opened her backpack and pulled out her journal and began to write.

Other teenage girls have diaries to express their feels and write down their darkest secrets and crushes, but not Sunset. She writes in her journal to send messages with the expectation of receiving answers. Right now, I am certain Sunset is writing to the Princess of Friendship, the new ruler of a world called Equestria. If I had known she was royalty I wouldn’t have picked on Twilight when she first arrived. Okay, I probably still would have.

I wonder if Equestria has the Pony Express.

Dear Princess Twilight,

Trusting all is well with you and the girls. You must be very busy now that you’ve been handed the reins of all Equestria.

I wanted to let you know I am on a Friendship Quest of my own. At least I think I am, but I’m not entirely certain what it is yet.

I don’t know what your Trixie Lunamoon is like, but ours is very lonely and is in need of friends. Remember she helped rescue me from the memory stone a while back. Well, after her short expedition in Equestia, she has been wanting to find the Starlight Glimmer of this world.

Starlight has told us what she did before you saved her. I’m not really expecting something like that here, but I’m more worried that Trixie will be disappointed when they actually meet. I fear she will be more disappointed in herself than anything else. So, I’m sticking by her side, if this Starlight doesn’t want to be her friend, she’ll know she already has one in me.

Right now, we’re off to Starlight’s Village to find her.

Two other things happened that have me concerned:

I’ve discovered that the Sunset of this world, (Don’t ask, I didn’t kill her), has a family. A mother named Stellar and a brother named Sunburst. I believe you’ve met a Sunburst before, but I know he’s not my brother. I have this strange connection to him, and when this is over, I need to go and check in on the other Sunset. I never gave much thought that we might ever interact, I was such a terrible person back then.

Secondly, Sunburst has asked us to deliver a book to Starlight when we find her. It it’s a strange little book. I haven’t looked inside yet, but the cover is most intriguing with an image of something I know too well.

Back when I was hungry for power, I sought out any magical artifact that would give it too me. Thank Celestia (I don’t think I’ll ever be able to say Thank Twilight), most of the artifacts I learned about were safely stored in her vaults. Only a few that I knew of were out in the ‘wild’. One of which I pursued through half of Equestria but never found was The Alicorn Amulate. Luckily, I only stole your crown. JK.

The image on this book, is the Alicorn Amulate, or a very good rendition of it. How could someone here have seen it? I can feel Equestrian magic in the book, but it’s very faint. I’m keeping hold of it for now, though Trixie is very curios and keeps asking to look at it.

Don’t want to take up too much of your royale time, but wanted to ask if you had any thoughts.

That’s okay if you’re too busy, I’m sure Trixie and I will figure out this Friendship Problem. If there is one.

Your Friend, 

Sunset Shimmer.

Sunset slipped the journal back into her bag, alongside the grey book. I know I shouldn’t but this book is something important to Starlight so I really want to take a look at it. What harm could it do.

I suddenly had the strangest feeling, like hooves walking over me.

“So do you think the Princess will be helpful?” I asked to distract myself.

“Couldn’t hurt to ask,” Sunset replied. She hadn’t heard the snark in my tone, so I pushed a little further.

“Exactly what do you think a magical princess can do to help me make a friend?”

“Trixie, it has nothing to do with her being a magical princess. She’s the Princess of Friendship, she’s had years of experience dealing with such matters. She and her friends have gone on dozens of a Friendship Quests to help people with Friendship Problems.”

“Do I have a problem? Am I a problem, Sunset!” I don’t know why the anger was welling up in me.

“Of course not, Trixie, but we’re going into unknown waters. I certainly am. All the friends I have are centered around Equestria and Equestria High, I’ve never gone out into the rest of the world to seek out friendship. You’ve given me quite a quest to go on, and you know what I’m glad I’m on this quest with you.”

I suddenly blushed and felt bad at snapping at her, and was about to apologize when her backpack began to vibrate.

“Uh, I think you have a text.”

“Funny.” Sunset said and reached for the journal, but something seemed to be holding the book down in the pack, “Hey, let go.”

As she pulled up on her journal, I grabbed the sides of the back. The grey little book came up with the journal. As they separated, there was a strange glowing energy between them as if the smaller book was absorbing something from the larger.

Sunset gave it a hard yank, and she got the journal away.

“That was weird,” I said.

“Weird is only half of it,” Sunset sounded very concerned as she opened the journal to the page she had been writing on, “Twilight has already written back.”

Dear Sunset,

I’m glad to hear you are on this friendship quest, but I must warn you---

“What in Equestria,” Sunset shouted. I looked over her shoulder as the writing from Twilight vanished from the page.

We just stared at the blank paper unable able to put into words what had just happened. Panicked, Sunset flipped through the earlier pages of her journal. Only the latest message had vanished.

Sunset held her journal tightly when the bus suddenly hit a bump. It shook us out of our dazed confusion. We looked out the window as the bus came around the bend. There were pine trees everywhere on both sides of the road. A small gathering of cabins appears in the bowl of the valley below the hill our bus was traveling on.

“That must be Starlight’s Village.”

The bus came to a stop at one end of the village.

We gathered our things to disembark.

“For now, can you keep this in your backpack,” Sunset asked, handing me the small grey book with the ornate design on the front of a unicorn’s head with wings on either side, and a red crystal in the middle.

“Absolutely, I’ve been wanting to take a look at it,” I said and began to open the book, but Sunset slammed it shut in my hands.

“Please, don’t open it or try to read the content. I’m not certain, but I think it drained some of the Equestrian magic from my journal. Just be careful, I don’t want anything to happen to you.

“Well…” I was upset that she kept stopping me, but I also felt like she was really trying to protect me, but from what? So, I stuffed the book down into my bag, the worse that could happen is one of my stage smoke bombs going off in there.

“Everyone off,” the driver shouted from the front. We were the only ones getting off here and he seemed to be in a real hurry to be on the way.

“You don’t need to take a break, or grab lunch while we’re here?” I asked.

“No, no I do not. I got to the get to the next town.”

“What a strange man,” Sunset said as we watched the bus pull away.

Suddenly there was a loud horn, causing us both to jump, and then something exploded and colorful confetti began to rain down upon us.

“Confetti? Is Pinkie Pie here,” I asked.

“Welcome,” came a male voice from behind us. We turned to find a tall pale looking young man with white hair, holding a bunch of balloons and had the most plastic looking of smiles, “Welcome.”

To Be Continued

Read the earlier chapters here:

Chapter One

SUNSET Meets SUNBURST

From a scene in Chapter Two of my My Little Pony: Equestria Girls Fan Fic "Trixie's Okay!" You can read it here. Hope to have the next chapter up soon.

I know it’s been a while since the first chapter of my My Little Pony Equestria Girls’ Fan Fic was posted. Comes with now having a full time job. I think I’m caught up now, so should be able to more regularly.

Now follow Trixie and Sunset as they begin their friendship quest to find Starlight Glimmer.

Also, as you will see here, I will be drawing the characters and scenes in my own style.

Still working on my My Little Pony Fan Fic and Art, but am busy with a day job.

In the meantime, I wanted to share with you a little of my other job as a Voice Actor.

With Halloween only a couple of weeks away, we are being inundated with monster movies and ghost stories. This year I get to add my own Voice to the stories of things that go bump in the night.

“Forever Yours” is a ghost story written by James Patrick Focarile, and was first published in Mystery Tribune Magazine and then in Kings River Life Magazine.

“Forever Yours” is also my first Voice Over production that I get to announce to you all.

It was a really fun experience, and I learned a lot in the process.

I narrate this first-person story, but also give voice to three other characters, three women.

I’m really pleased with how it turned out.

So, have a hauntingly good time as you listen to my performance at King Rivers Life's Mysteryrat’s Maze at mysterratsmaze.podbean.com

Enjoy.

I became a fan of MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC after watching the second EQUESTRIA GIRLS movie RAINBOW ROCKS. I really liked Trixie’s song. After watching the EG movie SPRING BREAKDOWN I had an idea. Not a story, but a concept like “this had to happen.” It sat in my head ever since. Then about a month ago, it popped back out, and I wrote this story.

The following is the first chapter of the story, and am sharing it here for your enjoyment. If there is real interest, I may write further chapters. I want to know what fans honestly think. Let me know in the comments.

If you really like it, consider dropping a tip into my Ko-Fi cup.

Thank you.

The artwork included is also mine.

Here is my very first MY LITTLE PONY: EQUESTRIA GIRLS fan fiction story entitled:

"Trixie's Okay"

the original Golden Age Green Lantern, Alan Scott, has always been my favorite.

I've always hope to draw him in a comic someday.

I recently had an idea of a costume change. Read my blog about why and what I did.

Street Fashion.

My latest blog is up, as I ramble about my thoughts on My Little Pony: Equestria Girls.

#MyLittlePony #EquestriaGirls #MLP #EG #SunsetGlimmer

RIP Dennis The Menace - Jay North

My latest blog, and the last in the #Toastmasters series on #ComicBooks has just been posted.

This is about a dream I had while writing this blog. This artwork is based on that dream, come and read my blog.