F3: *Walks in* Why do I get the feeling that me blasting off is going to be a common thing with me?
Pinkie: Well it's not like it's going to happen all the time. *Smiling widely*
F3: I can only hope.
Pinkie: Fireuser3 doesn't own MLP FIM; it belongs to Hasbro, Lauren Faust, and the Hub. He only owns the OC characters (Look back at last episode of the list of OC.)
F3: I apologize in advance for adding in the genderbent version of the character that is about to appear. I'm Fireuser3…
Pinkie: And I'm Pinkie Pie
F3&Pinkie: Blazing Out.
Episode 8 Boast Busters.
One week after the visit from Shining Armor everything was back to how it was in Ponyville. A friendly afternoon Trixie was practicing some spells that she needed to freshen up on.
"Okay Spike here goes." Trixie said as she prepared her next spell. Spike stood in his place waiting patiently at what Trixie was doing. Trixies horn began to emit it's aura as Trixie closed her eyes to concentrate on her spell.
The aura then emitted around Spikes claws and teeth and they began to grow in length about two inches of their regular size. Spike was shocked/impressed by the sudden change.
"Wow Trix that like over twenty spells you've mastered." Spike said looking at his new claws and feeling his new fangs
"And a good one I may add." Spike said with a small bit of pride.
It made Trixie blush a little moving her front left hoof and crossing it with right hoof
"Well despite how good it looks this only a brush up and they've got to go." Her horn flashed again reversing the spell.
"Wait!" Spike protested but it was too late as she had reversed it and he now sighs in disappointment.
Trixie giggled at the dragon "Hey even without those your still the same Spike to me." She said with an assuring smile. She looked at the clock and that it was going on eleven thirty
"Say how about a snack, my treat." Trixie stated making Spike perk up.
"Sugarcube Corner." Spike suggested.
"Just what I was thinking of." Trixie smiled as they both left the library toward Sugarcube Corner. Once they've arrived Pinkie was working the register and handling the cooking.
"Hey Pinkie." Trixie says to the pink mare with a wave
"Where's Mr. and Mrs. Cake?" Trixie questioned as she looked about for the owners.
"Oh they had to make a quick delivery out of town so they left me in charge for the day! Isn't that great!" Pinkie said giddily as images of Sugarcube Corner on fire came to the minds of the azure mare and dragon.
"So what can I get you both?" Pinkie said.
"Well if you have a sapphire gem cupcake that would be for Spike and I'll take a vanilla covered cupcake." Trixie said
"Okie Dokie Lokie." Pinkie zoomed off toward the kitchen and in about a few seconds she had them ready.
"Here yah go that'll be six bits total." Pinkie said and Trixie placed the bits to her and Pinkie put them in the register.
After getting there snacks they've found a seat next to a window and began eating there snacks. Half way through her snack Trixie began to ponder about her meeting with Shining and meeting other three siblings and just they seemed to get along with one another, even though they're unorthodox.
"Those three remind me of… him." She thought. Her thoughts were cut short by Spike looking at her strangely.
"Um… Trix you feeling alright, because you look rather focused on something." Spike asked looking concerned for the mare. Trixie shook her head to get the thought out of her mind
"Yes Spike I'm okay it's just that…" She sighed before she continued
"You remember a week ago when Shining Armor and Fire Seeker came here?" She asked testing the dragon.
"Yeah, why'd you ask?" Spike said
"Well Fire Seeker had an older brother and an older sister too but didn't know that they were here in the first place." Trixie said before taking another breath
"Thing is those three remind me so much of… my brother." Trixie finally said. Spike was taken aback by this sudden statement
"You have a brother? What's he like?" Spike asked.
"To be honest I haven't seen him ever since I've become Celestia student and that's a really long time to miss somepony, but just those three siblings remind me about him. I just wonder where he could be." Trixie said as she finishes her snack.
After leaving Sugarcube Corner and heading back toward the library
"So you don't know where he is yet you remember about him." Spike said
"Well he was quite a good illusionist, but at times we fight with each other but only for silly reasons, but I've haven't seen him since the day I started staying at the castle." Trixie said.
Now there were arriving in town square where apparently a crowd has gathered "Now what's going on, I hope it's not those Flim Flam brothers again." Trixie said as they walked over to the crowd.
She spotted Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Sunset Shimmer within the crowd at the front where Trixie stayed at the back of crowd with Spike.
A stage caravan wheeled up to the crowd and began unfolding itself into a full stage. Mist began to appear on the stage as a voice boomed out
"Come one, come all and feast your eyes. Beyond compare to fill your eyes with wonder for it is I. Presto the Great!" The voice boomed and a flash formed from the mist.
From that flash appeared a unicorn stallion that had a navy blue coat, his mane was almost similar to Trixie's except with the colors reversed. His cutie mark resembled that of a book with a full moon with six five pointed stars surrounding it, along with dark grayish violet eyes.
Trixie stood there for a moment completely frozen. Spike looked at the pony that was up on stage and beginning his performance
"Presto the Great what kind of name is that right Trixie." Spike said turning to look to Trixie, but she was no longer there.
"Uh… Trixie?" Looking around to see where she went.
Somewhere in the crowd Trixie was hunched down making herself look small. This attracted a bit of attention, but most where focused on the stallion in front of them.
"Yes Trixie just one step at a time, don't attract any unwanted attention, you're doing great, almost there." Trixie thought and she would have been home free if it weren't for a certain pink pony catching her sneaking away
"Hey Trixie what you doing back there the fun is up here!" Pinkie yelled out and proceeds to drag Trixie by her tail to the front of the crowd.
"Noooo, and I was so close!" She screamed internally as she was dragged to the front of the crowd next to Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Sunset.
"Glad for you to join us Trixie." Sunset said as they still watched as Presto still performing.
"Well he does seem pretty good in magic." Sunset commented.
"Heh just some fancy pants showpony showing off new tricks like ah bunch of blue ribbons boasting his abilities." Applejack countered with an annoyed tone.
"You can say that again AJ." Rainbow added.
Unfortunately with them being in the front row Presto heard them and stopped his performance.
"Well what have we here." He started looking at the four
"Some ponies that think they can out best Presto the Great." He continued before pointing to one of them.
"How about you hayseed?" Directing his attention toward Applejack
"Think you can do what I Presto the Great can't?" He said boatful
Applejack looked at him with a stern glare
"Okay that's it ah can't take no more of this." Applejack said and got on stage grabbing her lasso from below her hat.
She began performing rope tricks such swinging her lasso in the air on one hoof going through the lasso hoop with ease and then grabbing an apple from a nearby tree and pulled it toward her eating it when it came close to her.
The crowd clapped for her great performance and some whistled.
"Top those apples." Applejack said turning her gaze toward him. He pondered a minute in order how to counter the mares' performance, then came up with one quick simple idea.
"Very well, as you wish." He said as his horn glowed grabbing four ropes and tied them into a lasso knot then grabbed four apples from nearby trees, then levitated a cooking knife and quickly sliced into half apple slices.
Applejack being distracted by his performance failed to notice that the ropes he was using was slowly wrapping around her front and back hoofs. In mere moments she was quickly tied into a half rope mummy with her hoof wrapped close to her body so she couldn't move as eight half apple slices fell right next to her in a circle pattern.
"Apple turkey anypony?" Presto said as he got the crowd laughing at her predicament which embarrassed Applejack that she proceed to roll her way off the stage exit bouncing the way down.
He gave a slight yawn at his defeated opponent "So much for breaking a sweat." Presto said.
It was Rainbows turn to react to him "Hey! You can't go and embarrass everypony like that." Dash stated as she flew up to meet him eye to eye.
"Oh?" He questioned raising an eyebrow
"Yeah! Cause that's my job." Dash said as she took off toward the windmill that was in town.
Trixie only facehoofed at Dash's antics
"Dash you idiot, anything you do to him, he'll only throw it back ten times over. Oh this is so not going to end well." Trixie thought and watched as Dash try to outdo Presto.
As Dash hit the windmill she went around it a few times and shot upward toward gray clouds that she burst a hole through three of them. Then she went up to gaze in the sunlight and then shot back downwards toward the clouds with holes in them and past through them sending rain water her way and went back around the windmill again in the opposite direction shooting toward the stage and landing safely as the rain water sprayed on her creating a miniature rainbow above her.
"They don't call me Rainbow and Dash for nothing." She boasted proudly as the crowd clapped for her performance.
"Okay Presto the 'Great'. Let's see you beat that huh." Dash said mockingly.
"Don't you mock me mare!" He shouted then he took a breath and quickly calmed down. He cleared his throat
"Tell me… Rainbow Dash is it. Why do they call you that in the first place?" He asked with a smirk on his face
"Well duh because I'm fast idiot. Why?" She asked.
Before she could plink his horn glowed a quick moment then with a flash his spell was cast. When the flash dispersed allowing everypony to see they only see Rainbow Dash but they began laughing
"What? What are they laughing about?" She asked looking at Presto
"Well 'Rainbow' Dash you most certainly have the 'rainbow' covered." He said mockingly.
Dash looked over a small puddle she cost be her stunt and saw her coat literally became every color of the rainbow and her mane was her original coat color cyan. Dash froze and stood there like a statue all wide eyed with crowd still laughing at her… well except for Sunset, Trixie and Applejack who is still trying to untangle herself from the ropes.
Dash quickly got off stage and flew toward the nearest cloud to hide herself for the rest of the day.
He looked back toward the crowd which was clapping for him "I can't believe this pony, who does he think he is coming into our town and embarrassing the living daylights out of everypony?" Sunset said with annoyance as she looked toward the stage.
Trixie then looked at Sunset and she already had a thought of what she's going to do "Um… Sunset I don't think that would be a wise idea." She said softly
"Don't worry it seems like the only way to match this joker is to go unicorn on unicorn. Just watch me work." Sunset said as she proceeds to trot toward the stage.
Presto took notice as yet another mare walked on stage and a unicorn no doubt
"And you are?" He asked
"Sunset Shimmer you no good show pony." She said with a scowl in her voice
"Well somepony is rather huffy today aren't we." He said looking at Sunset
"Well for making fun of my friends yes I would be." She counters.
"Now you bested an earth pony and a pegasus but let's test your luck on a unicorn. Magic on magic." She stated.
She let her horn glow to concentrate on several objects using bits and pieces from each to make a small wooden model of Princess Celestia that greatly impressed the crowd.
"And that was only from memory." She commented tapping her head with her hoof. She turned to face the crowd which while that was happening Prestos horn glowed again.
Trixie took notice as his spell was aimed for the small model.
"I hope this is not going where I think its going." Trixie thought as she looked on as the model began to move.
Unbeknown to Sunset of what the model was about to do, she then felt a slight pinch coming from her tail. She looked behind her and noticed that three fourths of her tail was gone and was being chewed on by the model she created and that was left was a short stubby red and yellow tail.
"And it went where I thought it was going." Trixie thought with a sweat drop.
Her cheeks blushed red as she quickly but gently slide stepped herself of stage as Presto spoke.
"I guess wooden Celestia was just hungry that's all." He said making the entire crowd laugh all but Trixie who was trying to make herself look small again so she didn't get spotted, but it did not work as Presto took this moment to look at the crowd.
Presto looked at the front of the crowd and noticed a certain azure pony trying to sink into the stage, then he recalled at who the pony was.
"Trixie is that you sister?" He asked as Trixie shot straight up into a frozen statue
"Um… hehe hey bro." She said nervously as the crowd gasped in shock from this new development.
"What!?" Sunset yelled.
"Eh." Applejack said.
"He's your… what!" Dash shouted from the cloud.
"I thought you were still in Canterlot little moon." He said.
"Quit calling me Little Moon okay you used to call Trixie that when she was still a filly yah know!" Trixie stated.
"Well Trixie since you're here; how about you and me have a magic duel for old time sake." Presto said trying to motion her to come on stage. She back away from what he asked.
"Is he pulling my hoof, he knows as well as I do I don't stand a chance in Tartarus against him!" she thought panicking trying to think of any way to get out of the situation.
"Well I'd…love to…but" she said looking at her hoof.
"Oh look at the time I'm late for a study session; got to go!" Trixie said as she ran off back toward her library.
She ran past Spike who had been looking for her all around the crowd; she picked him up and plopped him on her back as she continued running back to her library.
"What was that all about Trixie, running off like that?" He said very angered.
"No time, explain later!" She said quickly as they approached the wooden home tree.
Entering the safety of her home she was completely out of breath.
Trixie paced around the library back and forth looking very nervous "Why of all the places that he had to come here to Ponyville and he had to do a show here?!" She quickened her pacing
"Uh…you know that Presto guy?" he questioned and Trixie nodded
"So why are getting so worked up about him?" He asked making Trixie stop.
"Why is Trixie getting so worked up? Why is Trixie getting so worked up?!" She shouted in annoyance.
"Because that Presto so happened to be Trixie's older brother!" She shouted only to receive a slap from the dragon
"I needed that." Another slap on her other cheek
"I needed that too." And a third and final slap was delivered to her cheek again.
"And what was that for?" She said rubbing her cheek
"For comic relief." Spike said simply.
Trixie only growled at him and went back to her studies. Spike then recalled what she said earlier
"Wait did you say that Presto is your older brother and you've never told anypony?" Spike said as Trixie nodded her head while levitating some books to her desk.
"You're probably wondering why I ran off like that?" She asked and Spike crossed his arms and nodded at her
"Well me and my brother… well we were… oh how do I put this? Testing each other in a way of saying." Trixie said.
"So how does you running away from him fit into this?" Spike questioned. Trixie bought out a small album from her private shelf from underneath the desk and opened it
"When I was still a filly and tapping into my magic me and him always seem to have a little magic game that we used to play. Of course his magic was stronger than mine at the time and he would always wins." Trixie stated while looking at a picture with her and Presto practicing magic.
"Hey I bet you could beat him now if you tried." Spike encouraged only for Trixie to shake her head
"I would rather doubt that, he's been studying magic and he's probably been on the road for the last seven and a half years ever since I became Celestias student, plus he's smart and he can figure out how to counter most spells, the only thing I would have an advantage at is magic stamina." Trixie continued.
"But even with that slight advantage his magic is strong but not very durable." Trixie stated as she then put the album back in its resting place.
"I'm probably not even strong enough to face him either way." Trixie said as she began to read some of the books she'd place.
After about two hours of reading she heard a knock at her door which was Sunset Shimmer wear a simple gown covering her flank for an obvious reason and a big puff cloud that was floating in mid air
"Um… can I help you Sunset and what's with the cloud?" She pointed to the cloud next to her
"Um… Trixie that's RD." Sunset said as a rainbow coated head popped out.
"Can we pleeease come in?" Dash pleaded as Trixie sighs and lets them in.
"Let me guess Presto happened." Trixie said as they both nodded
"Well it serves you both right for showing off and trying to best him." Trixie said then double checked only seeing two of the three that where embarrassed.
"What a minute… where's Applejack?" She asked curious and a bit worried.
"She already got out of her rope trap a few hours ago." RD said as she popped her head out of the cloud.
"But that's not the problem. Do you have anything that can oh I don't know TURN MY COAT BACK TO NORMAL!" Dash yelled.
"And a growing spell for my tail that was chewed off because going around town with a short tail would be very embarrassing." Sunset said gesturing toward her gown
"Well I may have a reverse spell for Dash's coat to switch it back to her mane but your tail Sunset would have to grow back normally Sunset. Sorry." Trixie stated which didn't surprise them.
She grabbed a book containing the spell she needed to reverse Dash's mane with her coat turning her back to the usual cyan coated rainbow mane pony she was.
"Aw yeah the Rainbow Dash is back baby!" Dash cheered doing a back flip and zoomed out the door
"Sorry if I couldn't help you Sunset. Is your tail that bad?" Trixie said. Sunset frown a bit as she took her gown to reveal her tail… well what was left of her tail anyway.
Only a fourth of it remained, Sunset moved it side to side but it didn't do much.
"It's okay I'm sure it'll grow back in a few weeks I'm sure, but thanks anyway." Sunset put the gown back on and proceed back out the door.
Trixie gave a sigh of relief as her friend left as she went back to her studies "Geez my brother sure knows how to put on a show, but that was a little much." Trixie whispered.
As the sun was beginning to set and her studies now completed Trixie took a moment to look outside the library balcony to get a better view of Ponyville. Most of the citizens were heading back to their house to get ready for the night to come. She even spotted Presto getting his stage folded up into a carriage for him to sleep in alongside a bag of what seemed to be bits from his performance today.
After looking over Ponyville and noticing that the moon was beginning to rise she decided it was time to finally call it a day for now until tomorrow morning unbeknown to her or the rest of Ponyville that a small creature had made its way into the quite little town.
It was now midnight and all the citizens were asleep and Trixie dreaming about spending time in the Canterlot archives without a care in the world finding out new information about who knows what and new sorts of spells she could master.
But her dream didn't last long when a loud roar woke her from her dream.
"Wha!" Trixie jumped out of her bed and went head first into the ceiling above her which in turn left an indent in the ceiling of her.
"What in the hay was that?" Trixie said groggily as she was still waking up.
"TRIXIE!" Spike yelled as he came running toward her with a tub of ice cream in his claws.
"What's going on?" She asked.
"There are manticores in town and there attacking!" Spike shouted dropping the ice cream tub as he waved his arms in the air then pointed out the window.
She looked out it and spotted the two manticores. There were two of them; they have a mane and claws like a lion but red, wings like a bat, a tail of a scorpion, and small horns on their heads. One of them seemed smaller than the other one, and they were angry about something as they continued smashing things left and right.
"What do we do?" Spike said panicking
"But those monsters shouldn't be here, they reside in the Everfree forest; Why are they here?" Trixie pondered then she ran outside to see if she can help fight them off.
As she got out she already saw some of the citizens trying to capture them with nets but to no avail as they slashed the nets away. What got worse was her brother approached the monsters.
"Fear not as I Presto will deal with these savage monsters." He declared as he charged his horn then created a magical rope to tie up the beasts.
But even if is rope did manage to tie them, the monsters quickly and effortlessly escaped his magic. He kept trying but to no avail as it happened again.
Trixie saw the manticores eyes move about as if they were looking for something not even worried about the frightened ponies around them.
"What are they looking for?" Trixie questioned
"Think Trixie think what did you read on about them again?" She thought as she tried to remember a lesson she did before she came to Ponyville then it came back to her like a freight train.
"Manticore; these creatures can be very dangerous if threaten, they posses venom in there tail like a scorpion that could kill a full grown pony in a matter of hours and will use any other means to defend itself including their claws and fangs, but they are extremely protective of their young and will leave there habitat to find it." A past Trixie stated.
Her eyes went wide in realization "That's it!" she declared
"That's why their reacting like this in the first place!" Trixie said
"Uh… what's it?" Spike said trying to make himself look small like Trixie had when she first saw Presto.
"The reason there attacking is because there looking for their young and I bet my bits that those two are its parents." Trixie stated pointing her hoof toward the manticores.
"But there isn't any of their young here…right?" Spike asks
"A reasonable answer is that it left the safety of its home and wondered into our town since it's the closest to the Everfree Forest." She explained.
The monsters were still attacking and looking for now what Trixie thinks is there lost young. She spotted a butter yellow and light pink blur flying toward the manticores. Trixie noticed it immediately and know who it was
"Fluttershy hold on a minute!" She yelled causing the pony to stop.
Fluttershy flew toward Trixie "Um… yes." She whispered
"Fluttershy your good with animals, can you maybe keep them calm while I find some help." Trixie said.
"Um… I'll…try." Fluttershy said as she flew off toward the raging manticores. As of Trixie she went to find the source.
Some the ponies were still panicking on the streets yelling and screaming there longs out.
Well almost everypony as Rainbow Dash quickly zoomed right next to her "Hey where are you going in such a hurry?" Dash asked still flying next to her
"Spread out Dash I need you to find a manticore pup. It might still be in town." Trixie said
"A what now?" Dash asked with a confused look
"That's what making the manticores go all berserk like that because they are looking for their child." Trixie stated.
"I'm on it! Just leave it to me okay!" Dash declared
"I'll go help Fluttershy." Trixie said as she turned around and ran back where the manticores were.
Fluttershy was having a tough time getting them calm and trying to stare them down but to no avail. One try to claw at her but missed that gave her the thought to back away just as Trixie came running up to check on her.
"Any luck Flutters?" She asked while catching her breath.
She shook her head "No there to rattled up that I can't calm them." She whispered as she landed
"Then I guess I'll have to hold them off then, you go help Rainbow Dash search for the manticore pup, I think that's what they're looking for." Trixie stated and it didn't more than a second and Fluttershy was off.
Trixie stood face to face with both manticores. Her horn glowed as she created four walls of magic around the beasts to trap them momentarily, and created a rope from her magic to wrap around there wings so they wouldn't escape. Her horn glowed brighter as she cast another spell to create other restraints on both of monsters, making them incapable of moving.
While that was going on Presto was looking on in awe of what her little sister was doing. Sweat began dripping from her sisters head as she strained to keep the magic in place.
"C'mon Dash, Fluttershy hurry up." She said
"I don't know how much longer I can hold on to these two." She thought as the monsters struggled to get free of the magical grasp.
About ten minutes in her magic was beginning to weaken. The magic restraints on their paws and tails were dissipating and the walls were beginning to crack.
"TRIX!" a voice called out and she recognized it instantly as Rainbow Dash came full speed at her along with Fluttershy close behind her
"We've found it!" She yelled.
Dash and Fluttershy land next to Trixie with a smaller version of the manticores in tow. Trixie released her magical grip and plopped straight to the ground from exhaustion which made Presto run toward her to check on her to see if she was alright.
The small manticore saw its parent and ran toward them jumping off Fluttershys back. The beasts were reunited with their young and after licking the small manticore pup they flew away back toward the Everfree Forest.
Everypony cheered after they've left and glad that this was over. Presto slowly pick Trixie up and back on her hoofs as gently as he could.
"Easy there dear sister, are you feeling well?" Presto asked.
Trixie trying to shake off the exhaustion from the spells she performed "Just a little drained that's all." Trixie said making Presto give a relieving sigh.
"You know sis you are not quite the pony I thought you were years ago." Presto stated
"Well I've grown and became Celestias student." Trixie said.
"Well glad to hear it, but it seems if we were to have a magic duel now it would be all for naught." Presto said
"Perhaps some other time then." Presto said and Trixie nodded
"Agreed a nice friendly magic duel." Trixie smile
"Sorry about your stage." She said looking over it which was damaged during the rampage.
"It's alright. I was planning on getting a new one soon." Presto simply said as he began walking off
"She yah around bro." Trixie said.
"I bid you adieu… my Little Moon." He smiled.
One of Trixies eyes twitched and blushed at the nickname.
"Its Trixie… TRIXIE! T-R-I-X-I-E TRIXE! NOT LITTLE MOON!" She yelled as he laughed and teleported away.
"Ugh! Trixie swears the next pony to call her that will get thrown to the side of the Canterlot castle." Trixie said with an annoyed tone.
Dash gave a small laugh and lands near Trixie.
"C'mon lighten up a bit. See yah tomorrow… Little Moon." Dash mocked. Trixie then turned her attention to Dash.
"Oh Dash." Trixie started.
"Yeah." Dash said looking at her.
"Trixie will give you a three second head start." She said as her horn glowed.
Rainbow looked at her wide eyed "Oh ponyfeathers." Dash said as she flew away with Trixie slowly right behind her.
This is going to be a long night for the both of them.
F3: Well that was interesting to say the least.
Pinkie: Hopefully she doesn't do anything bad to her.
F3: You know the drill people Read&Review. My next episode is Bridle Gossip.
F3: I'm Fireuser3 Blazing Out… and Pinkie what is that. *Looks at a mystery gift*
Pinkie: Hm don't know must have got here recently. *Picks it up and opens it revealing a Mega Time Bomb* Uh Fire we have a problem *Counting down from 3*
F3: GAH! Pinkie throw it out! *Loud explosion* *Insert goofy yell*
Pinkie: WEEEEE! *Two stars twinkle*
IN DECODE9'S SECTOR
D9: *Sees the stars again and hears the yell*…I wonder what that was about this time? I heard that Pinkie got rid of that button.
Comet: Hmm…Maybe it has something to do with that? *Pointing at a package*
D9: *Goes over to package and opens a portal.* Well whatever it was it's been handled.