This is a short inflation story, of Trixie. And it is one, that ends with a burst.
I am not nearly as good as  Capnsqueaks when it comes to these however. (Honestly, if you like inflation or not, his stories are a blast to read. In every way.)
It was most likely a one shot and I think I prefer my ponies filled and fattened.
Regardless, it was fun to write.
Also, I would appreciate if someone could download it, to see if the issue with the formatting has finally been fixed. I have been trying my best to make it better.

There is now a reading of this story, that can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQw15gucnCg

Many thanks to  zedg for reading it!
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Trixies new trick


New town, new luck. Ever since she had left Ponyville, it had been hard to find a place that didn‘t know her name. And the negativity that it had brought with her.
The hardest part however, was that she could not impress anypony with her story of an Ursa major anymore. She needed a new story. Or trick. Anything, that would help her back to her former glory.

Placing her cart at the outskirts of town, she got herself ready to go out, brushing her silky, light blue mane. The pony she stared at in the mirror gave her a thoughtfull glance back. All she hoped, is that the muse would strike her and tell her what to do in her next show, if she went for a walk across the small village.
But as she layed her brush down, it knocked at the door. Odd. She didn‘t think that she had parked her cart in a forbidden place.
Opening only the upper part of the door, she leaned out, seeing a dark blue Unicorn, wearing a neat suit. This sight was even more odd!
"Yeeeeees?“ she looked at him, hoping he wasn‘t here to cause any trouble.

"I happend to see your cart and your name..“ the stallion with the golden eyes replied. "Do you happen to be a... magician?“

"Why yes. Yes I do.“ she put a hoof to her chest, swooshing her mane once proudly. "I am the great and powerful Trixie!“ she could only hope that her name wasn‘t to well known here.

He smiled at her however. That was a good sign for a start. "That is wonderful! You see, I used to be a magician myself. However, my magic isn‘t what it used to be. But I have created so many tricks.. it would be a shame if I couldn‘t give them on!“ he paused briefly „Would you be interested, in being my student? Nopony in town wishes to...“

Now, as if one had sent him to her! This was truely a delightfull moment, indeed. He would tell her all his tricks and she would be back into buisness, once again! It could not be better. With a flash of her horn, she offered him to come on in, swinging the bottom half of the door open. "I would love to. A young magician like me, can never stop learning. Right?“

This was the begin, of a wonderful session of learning. For a pony who could barely wield magic anymore, he had made quite some spells in the time that he was able to. It reached from little ones, such as making doves appear out of thin air, up to complicated ones, such as surviving a tank full of water for several minutes.
But.. nothing truely thrilled her. She did learn new things, but these were all tricks, that had been performed time and time again by others. They were all nothing new!

It was hard for her, to hide her boredum. She only hoped, that he would eventually have something more.. advanced for her. Something new and exciting!

"And as the last thing.. I have my grand finale.“ he spoke up, pulling out a little book from a pocket of his suit. "It was something that only I seemed to manage to pull off. It‘s completely safe however, once you get the hang of it.“

Now this sounded interesting! Her ears perked as she leaned in closer to him, to see the book better. "What is it?“

"I call it, the living balloon. You bid one of the ponies in the audience to pump you up with a normal pump. Best bet, is to let them all take turns though. With this spell, your capacity is as good as unlimited. No matter how much air they pump into you, you will just grow and grow. At one point, they‘ll get tired and stop, making you not only have a true grand finale, but you will also have them wondering, just how you did it.“ he seemed rather proud of this.

Trixie had heard of the ballooning spell before, but as far as she knew, it could only take a pony to a certain capacity, before needing to be applied again. It was unbelieveably risky, as if the spell wasn‘t casted on one again in time.. well.
But this spell would make that step unnecessary and let the entire trick sound far more entertaining and safe.
She could imagine it, getting bigger and bigger, overtowering the others. Being truely great and powerfull, at the end of her show. Oh, she really did like the sound of this one!

"But how do I get rid of all the air?“ she did have to ask about deflating.

"All you have to do, is breath it out. If you are good, it takes about five minutes to return to normal.. depending on how eager your audience is with pumping.“

That sounded simple enough! "And it‘s really perfectly safe?“ She rememberd one pony nearly exploding at the attempt at such a trick, as he forgot to reapply the spell. She didn‘t want the same happening to her...

"Sure it is.. if you want, we can demonstrate it outside! You can apply it to me and then pump away. How does that sound?“

How ever could she say no? If he did burst, it wasn‘t her problem. If not, she had a new spell to perform. Either way, this was a win-win situation. She nodded, going to look for a pump. She knew she had one for the big balloons she sometimes used.
"Let‘s do this.“ she grinned.

Outside, she was instructed with the spell. It was not even that complicated, having a mechanism built in, to renew itself at certain points. A perfect solution for the problem! Her horn lit up, as she casted it on the older, blue pony, nodding once as she felt that she had performed it on him correctly. He stuck the end of the pump in his mouth, before tieing a ribbon around his snout. Then he offered her to do the honor.

At first, she was unsure about this. The first pumps were slow and carefull, as she watched his stomach gently grow with each hiss of air. But she got the hang of it rather soon, getting quicker and quicker as she went on. His stomach began to shape out like a sphere, slowly pressing his legs out in all four directions, until it touched the ground, lifiting him off the floor. Trixie knew, that the most would be near bursting at this point, so she gave him a light poke... he had to giggle at the touch, but it appeared he was still all squishy, like a halfway filled balloon.
On she went with pumping, noticing that his cheeks startet to puff up more and more, his legs stomach lifting him higher and higher as it was forming a perfect orb beneath him.
Normally, the spells at this point would cause the limbs and head to sink in, or the skin to grow stretch marks... but not here! All he did, was rest upon his ever growing stomach. And still, no signs of strain or overfullness.
Again, she pumped more into him. Each new load of air now let his skin creak. She felt worried, but he seemed perfectly calm, looking at her with a smile on his puffy face. The only thing that she noticed now, was that his limbs appeared to be rounding out too. At this point, he was nearly bigger as her cart too. Nopony would reach this size with just a normal ballooning spell. That made this.. the most remarkable thing he had to offer. It was perfect!

But for all that was good, she was exhausted too. It did feel harder to pump than it looked like. Fumbeling around with his plush, air filled legs, he managed to get the pump off, before going into a state of breathing out. Without a stop. Indeed, within about five minutes, he had fully returned back to his old size, not one sign left of him being a floaty toy just a few minutes ago.
„And, how do you like it?“ he smiled at her, before bowing.

"It was great! Trixie will perform it as her great finale, this sunday!“ she struck a pose.

He nodded with a happy chuckle. „I can not wait to see it, Trixie. I will be there.“


Days of practice passed. She had used the spell each day in secluded places, pumping herself up until she could no more and then releasing it all again. And each time, she was very suprised about the sensation it caused, to grow and grow. The show would have several ponies doing the job, only meaning she would become even bigger then. Alone the thought of this was thrilling. Her, being the one to show them who was the boss, by growing bigger then all of them. Entirely unbreakable.
Sunday was only a night away now. Everything was ready. But then there was a knock at the door, just as she was getting ready to sleep. With a grumble, she walked to the door, moaning a "What do you want...“ before she saw him again. The dark blue stallion had a pump with him, colored in Trixies coat tones, sporting her cutiemark even!
"For you. I thought, if this is your biggest act, you might as well have the proper tool for it!“

She was rather baffeld and even felt a slight blush rise upon her cheeks. „I will use it with pride tomorrow. But I need my sleep. Tomorrow is a big day.“ she smiled at him.

"Oh, I know that. I will be there, to watch how you all blow them from their seats!“ he chuckled, before leaving the mare for her slumber. „Good Night, Trixie!“


The great day had arrived. Today, she would bring her name back to its former glory! The seats were perpared and the ponies were slowly flocking on in to see her. Her fliers had promised a big show, after all! She was so excited, waiting behind the curtains of her little stage. She wanted to wait, until he arrived. After all, he was the one that had given her the best trick yet.

There he was. He smiled and waved to her as she peeked out, before he sat down in the very first row. This was it.
She burst out onto stage, with fireworks and confetti cannons showing off her brilliance!
"Welcome Fillys and Gentlecolts! I am the great and powerful Trixie, and I am here to show you things, that you have never witnessed before!“ she twirled once, before working her magic.
It went from the normal ‚pull a rabbit out of a hat‘ to ‚Saw a pony in half‘ but as her show continued, she could not help to see that the ponies were longing for something new! Even though she wanted to make the entire act longer, she went right ahead to the final trick.

"Behold, those of you ponies that are friends to all that is magical! As for I will present to you, a trick that is truely GRAND!“ a firework shot into the air, exploding into thousand little lights. While the ponies gasped at the pyrotechniks, her magic set the spell over her and she pulled the pump out on stage.
"I, the great and powerfull Trixie, will now bound my snout with this ribbon, so that you can pump air into me, with this contraption! Do not fear, as the trick is, nopony of you will be able to make me burst!“ she gave each pony a challenging look, before setting the end of the pump in her snout, tieing the muzzle securely with a ribbon. A hoof wave noted to all ponies around, to give it a shot.

And thus, the first ones stepped up, grabbing the pump, starting fill her with air. They were cautious about it. It was new and they seemed to not know what to expect! She watched their suprised faces, as her stomach buldged out perfectly spherical underneath her, slowly growing to touch the floor. The young stallion that had been pumping found this pretty amazing, wanting to compete against his friend in making Trixie grow, so she suddenly felt how she lifted up, far faster as in the practice. But it didn‘t matter much. The spell could take it!
As her cheeks began to puff, she knew she had entered the second phase, having half the size of her cart, the air filling in to her at an alarming speed.
The first pony gave up on the fill, giving the pump to his friend. And my my, was he eager!
She ballooned out, feeling her limbs get that rubbery, soft feel, meaning that air was filling into them as well. This ment she was in phase three! And so quickly. Now she was just wondering, what phase four would do.. she hadn‘t ever gotten that far yet.

Her body creaked like a squeaky balloon, causing the two ponies that had been providing her with air to back up. She had grown slightly bigger than her cart, her huge ball of a stomach pressed against the stage. If she would keep it up, she might just consume the first row soon.
However, a brave Pegasus mare snagged the pump, floating next to Trixies face with a grin.
"I like how big you are! I want you bigger! You‚re gonna splode!“ she taunted! Trixie grinned back, as if saying that it was on. This had just made things more interesting!

The Pegasus did her best, to cram air into Trixies body, as fast as possible, backing up then and when as the sphere of a pony swelled towards her. At this point, the magical mare felt a tingle in her stomach. Her limbs blimped out and she heard a few voices, claiming that her skin was getting thin enough to see through. A few hooves appeared to be prodding her, but she was still stretchy, as if she weren‘t even halfway full. She only wished she could still see the ponies below, but for that she had grown to much, her head held upwards by the poofy cheeks and bloated tummy. This must be phase four..!

‚CRACK!‘ her cart was knocked over by her enormous middle, as she had doubled her size, still swelling.. but the Pegasus gave up soon after that. She had gotten way to tired and floated down towards the ground. Trixie heard their chatter, about who was going to be next, or if they should even keep trying, as it really seemed like she was unburstable!
Proudly, the big and airfilled Trixie waited for a new challenger or a defeat on their side, all the while her now small looking, air filled legs patted against her bouncy body. Either way, from what she heard, they were mighty impressed of what she had accomplished, causing her to grin, just for herself.

Suddenly, a sting made her shudder. Her body suddenly felt like it was getting more and more cramped, the pressure in her middle rising. But as she looked at the pump, nopony was there! What was this?
A voice below started to speak up. Clear and as if teaching the rest... it was the stallion that had taught her the spell.

"Trixie here, has shown you something very fascinating about our universe today....“

Her body ached. She felt her limbs turn back to normal, and by now they started to sink in her body. She felt like her stomach was getting smaller, but the pressure higher and higher. The spell wasn‘t wearing off, was it..?!

"...as we have discovered, the universe expands, seemingly everlasting... bigger and bigger...“

She tried to breath out, but it was no use. The air inside her was trapped, getting squeezed together. By now, she was sure that the spell was wearing off. Why didn‘t he help her? He could just get another pony to cast the spell back on her and release her from the pain!

"...however, nothing can go on forever. The Universe, once done expanding, will snap back... getting smaller and smaller again...“

Her head sunk into her nearly perfectly spherical body, as well as her by now nearly vanished legs. The skin of hers made terrible sounds, wishing to give away. Stretchmarks started to show, making clear just how full she was... and just how little it would take...
She started to sob quietly, at the pain, unable to scream with the pump still stuck in her muzzle. Did she deserve this?
She was going to...

"...eventually, it reaches its minimum.. with a boom. At least, that is what we think it does...“

He looked at Trixie, who could barely even see him, due to her head and legs being fully swallowed by her body by now. The big balloon she had been, was now a straining, creaking ball of a pony, in a painfully distended size of what a pony should have. Her skin was drumtight and tinged in a painful shade of red, only needing a last push to finally burst.
He could still save her, yet he really seemed to not even want to try.

".. so be prepared, for Trixies greatest trick yet. She will demonstrate it. The boom!“ he grinned at the audience, that gasped in fear.
"And don‘t worry, we are all trained professionals. It‘s all just a part of the show...“

She felt him grab the pump that was still attached to her. Heared the hiss as he pulled on it, to finally give her the last blast of air.
‚Hiiiiiissss...‘
Her body trembled, the pressure became unbareable. The last thought that crossed her mind, was just the question of ‚why?‘
The stomach pushed out, only a single more inch, the stretchmarks grew in length, before the rupture was accompanied by a breathtaking bang, that blasted over the audience, showering them in a rain of blue confetti!
That was all, that remained of the once great and powerfull one.

But they cheered at the performance! This had really blown their minds. And seeing no real signs of the light blue Unicorn anymore, made them believe that it really was only a part of the show.


Later at night, the stallion had returned home, carrying a pump with him, in a dazzeling light blue. He set it into a closet, looking at the other items he had there... A brown firehose, rolled up perfectly, with a white feather perking up from it and two red and white striped barrels.
He still had a bit of work in front of him, but for his next target he had just the plan.

"Nightlight, dinner‘s ready!“ a voice chimed from the kitchen.

"I‘m coming, Velvet.“ he smiled, closing the closet to his trophies. He had taught them their lessons.

Nopony, was to meddle with his daughter and her friends. And if they did, he would find them.....
And make sure, they went with a bang.