"Trixie requires help from her faithful assistant!" The voice shouted from the other side of the door.
 
Oh dear Celestia... "Oh hi Trixie! Give me moment and I'll be ready!" I shouted back, scrambling out of my bed. My eyes darted around, oh Celestia, too much to do! I grabbed the pony-sized pillow off my bed and shoved it underneath the mattress. Next came the playcolt magazines... those went under the mattress too.
 
"What is taking Starlight so long?"
 
"I was... taking a nap, and... uh.. the room is a mess! I just need a second to- woAAAHHH" A loud crash echoed throughout Twilight's Castle. I rubbed my head, then spotted the Ember "toy" on the floor behind me.
 
"Starlight, are you ok? I'm coming in, alright!" A light blue aura wrapped around the doorknob as the door started to creep open.
 
I jerked up, my aura slamming the door shut. "It's alright! One minute!"
 
I held the "toy" Ember in my hooves as my eyes darted around, looking for a spot to hide it... under the mattress it goes. One quick cleansing spell on my hooves, and I pulled the door open. Trixie sat there rubbing her snout and shot me a small glare.
 
"Somepony's wound up today," she said, shaking her head a bit before starting to walk away.
 
"I'm not wound up!" I said, nervously rolling my eyes as I trotted up to her. "I, heh, just... wasn't expecting company today! You know, with Twilight and Spike being at that whole summit with the Yaks and all... I, uh, thought I'd have the castle to myself, you know."
 
"You should have told Trixie! We totally could've planned to hang out the whole day!"
 
"Yeah after how that went last time, I'm not so sure letting you run around Twilight's castle is a great idea."
 
"Well, I mean, we /did/ find the map before she got back."
 
"Only after my inner anger started to possess other townsfolk."
 
She shook her head. "Trixie doesn't like to dwell on the past. However, Trixie does require your assistance with a small trick."
 
Thankful for the diversion, I asked her to elaborate.
 
"Well, it's something every true magician attempts at one point or another. Some are pretty good at it and center their entire show around it. Some try it once and never think about it again."
 
"And what's that?"
 
Trixie looked at me dangerously.
 
"Hypnosis..." She smirked.