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Harmony and Lancelot were both in Harmony's room reading when Celestia suddenly entered the room. "Hello, you two. How are you both doing?"
"Doing fine, I suppose," Harmony responded.
"Can't complain," Lancelot said.
"Good. I was just thinking that maybe it would be good for you both if you headed to Ponyville again," Celestia said.
"What?! No way! Not after what happened last time!" Harmony shot down the offer.
"I wouldn't mind going back, but Harmony is having a lot of trouble with wanting to go back, so I'm afraid I must decline," Lancelot refused.
"Please. I really think that it would be good for the both of you to make friends with Twilight and her friends. So, please. Give it another chance," Celestia pleaded with the duo.
After a minute of debating, Harmony finally said, "Okay. I'll go. But only to get some time out of the castle."
Celestia wasn't exactly happy with the motive, but she was still happy to know that Harmony was going to give Ponville another chance. And who knows, maybe she could become friends with Twilight and her friends.
Rainbow Dash was soaring through the sky, zooming to and from a variety of clouds and kicking them as she went. Seeing as how she had just finished her work for the day, she started to search for something to do. Suddenly, she saw a cart in the middle of town that she had never seen before. Wanting to know who this was and what they were doing in Ponyville, Rainbow Dash flew down to the cart and knocked on the door. "Hello," Rainbow Dash said. "My name is Rainbow Dash and I saw your cart in the middle of town. I just wanted to know what you were doing here."
Before Rainbow Dash could say anything more, the cart suddenly opened at hit Rainbow Dash in the face. "Who are you and why are you disturbing Trixie?" a mare's voice rudely rang out from inside the cart. The mare walked out of the cart and had a blue coat and blue and silver mane, wearing a cape and hat that were covered in stars that were yellow and blue.
"Sorry. I just wanted to know who you were and what you were doing here. I haven't seen you in town before," Rainbow Dash replied, trying to be hospitable.
"Oh, well just sit tight then. In a few minutes my show will begin and you will see the majesty that is the Great and Powerful Trixie. The greatest magic user that has ever lived," Trixie bragged.
"Really? You are the greatest magic user? I got the impression that it was the princess." Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes at this claim, not quite believing the blue mare.
"Well believe it Rainbow Crash. I am the best, and I'm not just saying that as part of my show either. You will find that there is no one better than me. Even Princess Celestia is no equal of mine," Trixie boasted.
At this, Rainbow's eyed widened, then her gaze looked as if it could cut Trixie in half. "What did you call me?" Rainbow Dash snarled at the mare.
"Um, Rainbow Crash. That's your name, right you peasant?"
"The name is Rainbow Dash! And I am the soon to be best flier in all of Equestria!"
"Oh, and here I thought you were a talentless hack," Trixie mocked the enraged pegasus.
Rainbow Dash was on the verge of snapping and attacking Trixie. Fortunately, a fight was averted as Applejack and Rarity arrived, dragging Rainbow Dash away before she could attack the magician.
"Settle down there, Rainbow Dash. Whatever she said, it's not worth it," Applejack tried to calm the enraged pegasus.
"Yes, I find that your look and image should not be tarnished trying to get into needless fights," Rarity also tried to calm her down. "Speaking of which, what did she do to get you so enraged?"
"She insulted me and claimed that she was the best magic user in all of Equestria, and no it is not a part of her show either!" Rainbow Dash angrilly explained.
"Um, Rainbow Dash, are you sure you are not mistaken or exaggerating at all?" Applejack tried to make sure before getting needlessly mad at the stage magician.
"No joke. She said she was better than Princess Celestia. Also, her bragging isn't an act. She said so herself," Rainbow Dash proceeded to explain the bragging that Trixie had done.
"Well, we'll see what she says at her show first. If she really is as bad as you say, we won't judge you," Rarity reassured the young pegasus.
"Just you wait. You'll see just how infuriating that she can be soon enough," Rainbow Dash replied.
When Harmony and Lancelot arrived in Ponyville, they noticed a group of ponies gathered together in the middle of town in front of a cart.
The duo eventually ran into Twilight and her friends, who were gathered at the front of the cart. "Oh, great. It's them," Harmony muttered to herself.
"Hello there, Lancelot and… somepony I don't know," Pinkie Pie enthusiastically greeted the duo. "I welcome you to Ponyville and I hope that you enjoy yourselves."
"Nice to see you again, girls. How is it?" Lancelot greeted the girls.
"It's doing well, I suppose," Twilight said, waiting for something in anticipation.
"Hey there. How's it hanging?" Rainbow Dash flew in front of Harmony and offered out her hoof for a hoofshake. However, instead of accepting it, Harmony just stared at her in annoyance. "Um, excuse me, but what is your problem?" Rainbow Dash asked in annoyance.
"Nothing in particular," Harmony lied, trying to not start a fight at all.
"Speaking of which, who are you? You remind me of a pony I met about a week ago. Are you his sister or something?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Yes, yes I am," Harmony once again lied, not wanting to have to explain how she worked at all. "So, what are you guys waiting for, anyway?"
"We're waiting for this Trixie's magic show to start. Rainbow Dash claims she is a massive braggart that can make Rainbow herself look humble," Rarity explained.
"We don't want to jump to any conclusions, so we're going to give her the benefit of the doubt and see if she really is as bad as Rainbow claims first," Applejack said, trying to be the voice of reason.
Suddenly, a voice rang out from inside of the cart, "Come one, come all! Come and witness the amazing magic of the Great and Powerful Trixie!" As Trixie said this, the cart opened up and, from a puff of smoke, Trixie appeared, much to the fascination of the gathered crowd. "Watch in awe as the Great and Powerful Trixie performs the most spectacular feats of magic ever witnessed by pony eyes!" Trixie cried out as an impressive fireworks display shot off behind her.
So, the entire group watched the show, and as time went on, it was clear that Trixie was all ego without much talent to go with it. While she was able to pull off simple magic tricks, she continued to boast about herself time and time again as the show went on. Eventually, the group had had enough.
"My, my, my! What boasting!" Rarity finally acknowledged what a majority of the group was thinking.
"Come on, nopony's as magical as Twi— Twi— Twi— Oh!" Spike started to nervously sputter out. "Hey, Rarity, I, uh— Mustache!" Spike proceeded to rush off.
"There's nothing wrong with being talented, is there?" Twilight nervously asked.
"Nothin' at all, 'cep'n when someone goes around showin' it off like a school filly with fancy new ribbons," Applejack explained.
"Just because one has the ability to perform lots of magic does not make one better than the rest of us," Rarity said, as Twilight started to look nervous and full of shame over her immense magical powers.
"Especially when ya got me around being better than the rest of us," Rainbow Dash boasted only to change her tune upon seeing that Applejack was unimpressed. She laughed before saying, "Eh, I mean, yeah, uh, magic shmagic. Boo!"
Unfortunately for everyone, Trixie had heard what Rainbow Dash had just said. "Well, well, well, it seems we have some neighsayers in the audience. Who is so ignorant as to challenge the magical ability of the Great and Powerful Trixie? Do they not know that they're in the presence of the most magical unicorn in all of Equestria?"
Rarity proceeded to blow a raspberry in response to Trixie's boasting. "Just who does she think she is?"
Spike felt the same way, saying, "Yeah! Since we all know that Twilight here is—"
Suddenly, Twilight pushed Spike away from the group. "Spike! Shhh!" Twilight whispered.
"What? What's wrong?" Spike asked, confused.
"You see the way they reacted to Trixie? I don't want anyone thinking I'm a show-off," Twilight explained her mindset to her number one assistant.
"Isn't Trixie just putting on a show? We should just respect her and treat her fairly rather than attack her for nothing," Harmony retorted.
"Come on! She is a jerk, trust me!" Rainbow Dash growled.
"Yeah. It's not like she's hurting anyone," Lance defended.
"Well, we'll just see about that!" Rainbow Dash muttered. As Trixie was basking in the praise of the crowd, Rainbow Dash flew up to Trixie and demanded an explanation as to why she was so great. "So, "Great and Powerful Trixie". What makes you think you're so awesome, anyway?"
"Heh, why, only the Great and Powerful Trixie has magic strong enough to vanquish the dreaded ursa major!" Trixie boasted. Suddenly, fanfare played as Trixie launched several fireworks into the sky to explain her story. "When all hope was lost, the ponies of Hoofington had no one to turn to, but the Great and Powerful Trixie stepped in, and with her awesome magic, vanquished the ursa major and sent it back to its cave deep within the Everfree Forest!"
"Saw, sweet!" Both Snips and Snails said at once, impressed with Trixie's claimed feats of magic.
"That settles it," Snips said.
"Trixie truly is the most talented, the most magical, the most awesome unicorn in Ponyville." Snails claimed as Trixie soaked in the praise.
"No, in all of Equestria!" Snips claimed even bigger.
"How do you know? You didn't see it! And besides, Twi—"Spike countered only for Twilight to magically form a zipper over his mouth and zip it shut.
Trixie then proceeded to boast, "It's true, my enthusiastic little admirers. Trixie is most certainly the best in Ponyville." No one said anything in response to Trixie's claim. "Don't believe the Great and Powerful Trixie?" Trixie chuckled. "Well then, I hereby challenge you, Ponyvillians. Anything you can do, I can do better. Any takers? Anyone? Hmm? Or is Trixie destined to be the greatest equine who has ever lived!?" As she said this last part, fanfare and fireworks played from her wagon, creating an impressive display.
Spike proceeded to unzip the zipper over his mouth, and then proceeded to beg Twilight to challenge Trixie. "Please! She's unbearable! Ya gotta show her! Ya just gotta!"
Twilight, however, proceeded to not do anything but explain to Spike why she couldn't do that. "There's no way I'm going to use my magic now, Spike. Especially since—"
"Hmm, how about you?" Trixie considered the unicorn mare, much to her horror. "Well, how about it? Hm? Is there anything you can do that the Great and Powerful Trixie can't?" Trixie apparently asked Twilight.
"I— I—," Twilight nervously muttered, hoping against all hope that Trixie wouldn't pick her. Thankfully for her, it wasn't Twilight she was asking.
"Well, little hayseed?" Trixie asked Applejack, who was sending her a glare.
"That's it! I can't stand for no more of this!" Applejack said as she stepped onto the stage.
"You show her, AJ!" Spike cheered on the country pony.
"Yeah. Because showing off is definitely the way to beat a show off," Harmony sarcastically muttered under her breath.
"Can your magical powers do this?" Applejack proceeded to put on a show with a simple rope, making it a lasso around her tail and jumping between the circle, much to the excitement of the crowd. She finished off by grabbing an apple with the lasso and eating it in one bite. "Top that, missy."
"Oh ye of little talent. Watch and be amazed at the magic of Trixie!" Trixie said as she levitated her hat off of her head. She then proceeded to levitate a rope in front of Applejack, leaving her mesmerized. But that didn't last for long as soon, the rope tied around Applejack's legs and placed an apple in her mouth, much to the excitement and joy of the crowd as they laughed at what happened to Applejack. "Once again, the Great and Powerful Trixie prevails." Trixie boasted as Applejack jumped off the stage.
"There's no need to go struttin' around and showin' off like that," Rainbow Dash countered the magician's boasting with her own.
"Oh?" Trixie was unimpressed.
"That's my job!" Rainbow Dash proceeded to start a graceful display with her flying in the sky, flying through some of the clouds and leaving rain to fall down from them. Rainbow Dash made a pose, and then proceeded to fly back down through the rain, creating a miniature rainbow above her head. "They don't call me "Rainbow" and "Dash" for nothin'!" Rainbow boasted as she finished her trick. The audience proceeded to cheer immensely in response to Rainbow's aerial performance.
"When Trixie is through, the only thing they'll call you is loser," Trixie muttered to herself. She then proceeded to use her magic to take the rainbow above Rainbow's head and turn it into a miniature tornado. Rainbow was surrounded by the miniature tornado that proceeded to float into the air before coming down and stopping on the ground, with Rainbow on the ground, dazed and sick.
"I think I'm gonna be sick, Rainbow groaned out.
"Seems like anypony with a dash of good sense would think twice before tussling with the Great Trixie," Trixie responded as she created a thunder cloud that formed over Rainbow's head as Applejack was helping the pegasus up onto her feet.
The cloud proceeded to shoot out a lightning bolt that hit Rainbow Dash on the rump, causing her to cry out in pain and fear at the sudden burst. The crowd proceeded to laugh at the pegasus's misfortune, much to her annoyance.
"What we need is another unicorn to challenge her. Someone with some magic of her own," Spike said as he was trying to urge Twilight to defeat Trixie.
"Yeah! A unicorn to show this unicorn who's boss," Rainbow Dash agreed, looking towards Twilight.
"A real unicorn to unicorn tussle," Applejack also agreed, much to Harmony's annoyance and
Twilight's discomfort.
"Uh…" Twilight nervously muttered out.
"Enough. Enough, all of you. I take your hint, but Rarity is above such nonsense. Rainbow Dash and Applejack may behave like ruffians, but Rarity conducts herself with beauty and grace." Rarity Refused
"Ooo, what's the matter? Afraid you'll get a hair out of place in that rat's nest you call a mane?" Trixie Mocked
"Oh, it. Is. On! You may think you're tough with all of your so-called powers, but there's more to magic than your brutish ways. A unicorn needs to be more than just muscle. A unicorn needs to have style." Rarity said as she took a cloth from Trixie's stage and turned it into a stunning outfit and styled her mane.
"Ooh!" The Audience said in amazement.
"A unicorn is not a unicorn without grace and beauty." Rarity said as she posed in the outfit she created.
At this Trixie seemed upset with this, then her expression turned smug as she prepared to do something with her magic.
"Rarity won't let Trixie get the best of her! She's strong, she's beautiful, she's—" Then, all of a sudden, Trixie messed up Rarity's mane with her magic, leaving Spike appalled at the results. Not only that, but the audience and the Mane 3 also were shocked at the results, gasping at what had occurred.
"Quick! I need a mirror! Get me a mirror! What did she do to my hair? I know she did something terrible to my hair!" Rarity whined in fear at what had occurred.
"Nothing." Twilight tried to comfort.
"It's fine." Rainbow Dash lied.
"It's gorgeous." Applejack tried to be supportive.
"It's green. What?" Spike was brutally honest, much to the annoyance of the trio of friends.
Rarity was finally able to see her hair and it was indeed green. Not only that, but it looked like an ugly rats nest as well. "Ugh, no. Green hair! Not green hair! Such an awful, awful color!" Rarity cried out as she ran away from the show and back home.
"Well, I never!" A pony with green hair huffed, offended at this statement.
"Well Twilight, guess it's up to you. Come on, show her what you're made of," Spike tried to convince Twilight.
"What do you mean? I'm nothing special," Twilight tried to downplay her magical talent.
"Yes, you are! You're better than her!" Spike tried to counter.
"I'm not better than anyone." Twilight refused to challenge Trixie.
"Hah! You think you're better than the Great and Powerful Trixie? You think you have more magical talent? Well, come on, show Trixie what you've got. Show us all," Trixie tried to goad Twilight into challenging her.
"Who, me? I'm just your run-of-the-mill citizen of Ponyville. No powerful magic here. I, uh... I think I hear my laundry calling. Sorry, gotta go," Twilight said as she backed up and ultimately ran off, refusing to challenge Trixie.
"Twilight?" Spike muttered out in concern for his older sister figure.
"Ha! Once again, the Great and Powerful Trixie has proven herself to be the most amazing unicorn in all of Equestria. Huh, was there ever any doubt?" Trixie boasted as she walked off stage.
"Hey, is it okay if I go over to her and hit her?" Rainbow Dash asked in response to Trixie's gloating and Twilight leaving. However, she was immediately shut up with a glare from Applejack. "Okay, fine. But we need to do something. Twilight is upset, Trixie has won, and I have no idea how we can solve these problems."
"How about you guys give up being cruel to Trixie?" Harmony suddenly butted in. She and Lancelot had been quiet during the show for the most part. However, now that the show was over and she got to hear more of the talk of Trixie being the devil, she couldn't take it anymore.
"And what is that supposed to mean?" Rainbow Dash growled.
"I mean that you guys have been jerks to someone who was just doing her job. She was just trying to put on a show and you repaid her by booing her and trying to put her down. I say that you deserved what you got," Harmony responded honestly.
"Hold on there, Harmony. It isn't that simple. Trixie was being an egotistical loudmouth that made herself out to be better than everyone else. Show or no show, she made herself out to be superior and tore us down when we tried to fight back," Applejack defended.
"Maybe you think that way, but I still think you guys were wrong," Harmony countered.
"How were we wrong?! Trixie attacked us and made us look bad in front of the entire town!" Rainbow Dash screamed in protest.
"I don't think that she's saying Trixie is an angel," Lancelot tried to defend Harmony. "I think she is saying that Trixie should be treated with a lot more respect than you guys have been giving her." At this, Lancelot and Harmony walked away.
"Yeah? Well who needs your opinion, huh?!" Rainbow Dash protested.
"Actually, Rainbow Dash, I think she has a point. I still don't like Trixie, but it won't do anypony any good to openly antagonize her. We can still dislike her all we want so long as we don't make a scene, got it?!" Applejack accepted.
Rainbow Dash glared for a moment, but eventually she sighed and said, "Fine. We can just hate her in silence. However, if she hurts anyone else for any reason then I'll have to do something to stop Trixie."
"Fair enough," Applejack agreed.
"I still can't believe that Harmony. Claiming that we deserved to get humiliated by Trixie. We didn't go bad enough to deserve what we got!" Rainbow complained about the pony. "I doubt things will work out fine with her or her brother anytime soon. And we're supposed to teach them friendship?"
After the encounter with Rainbow Dash, Twilight, and their friends, Harmony and Lancelot were going to leave for the day and return home. However, upon learning that the chariot had left for the day and wouldn't return until morning, they decided to stay in a hotel for the night. Harmony had a good feeling that Celestia was trying to make sure she spent more time with the six ponies and dragon and that they should become friends, a sentiment that Harmony disliked.
"Can you believe those guys? They treated Trixie like she was some sort of monster for boasting! And yet Celestia keeps on insisting that I learn about friendship from them," Harmony vented to Lancelot when they were in their hotel room.
"To be fair, Trixie didn't really do anything that impressive and was merely putting others down to make herself look better," Lancelot explained, hoping that it would calm Harmony down. Of course, it didn't.
"Why did I even bother to come here?" Harmony bitterly asked.
"Because you wanted to get out of the castle alone?" Lancelot answered.
Harmony didn't want to give a response to Lancelot's answer. However, before the duo could continue their conversation, they heard a roar coming from outside.
"Is that what I think it is?" Lancelot fearfully wondered.
"I hope not. Let's go!" Harmony decided.
When Harmony and Lancelot got outside, they noticed Twilight run by an entire crowd of screaming civilians that were trying to avoid the ursa.
"I can't believe that when we come to town there has to be an ursa minor attack," Harmony groaned out in annoyance.
"I know, right? We need to do something to stop it!" Lancelot responded.
"Yeah. And we better hurry, or there is no telling what may happen," Harmony said.
When the duo got to where Twilight, Spike, Snips, Snails, and Trixie were, they heard the conversation they were having.
"What's going on?" Twilight asked, confused as to why there was an ursa in the middle of town.
"We brought an ursa to town," Snips explained to the panicked group.
"You what!?" Twilight was flabbergasted at the two filly's poor decision.
"Don't worry, the Great and Powerful Trixie will vanquish it," Snails said confidently.
"I can't," Trixie admitted.
"What!?" Snips and Snails were shocked, even though no one else was.
"Oh, I can't, I never have. No one can vanquish an ursa major. I just made the whole story up to make me look better," Trixie truthfully explained to the shocked duo.
"Made it up!?" the two fillies couldn't believe what they were hearing.
Meanwhile, the ursa minor was angrily growling and roaring, much to the fear of the crowd of ponies, which included Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Applejack. Twilight was still nervous about using her magic in front of her friends, not wanting to lose her friends due to appearing to be a showoff. However, realizing that she needed to protect everyone, she decided to give in and use her magic to save everyone.
Before Harmony and Lancelot could do something to help, Twilight's horn glowed as she cast a wind spell to blow a gust of wind that proceeded to play music from cattails, which caused the ursa to start to fall asleep.
"Nice use of number sixteen," Spike responded.
Twilight then proceeded to use her magic to remove the metal water tower from its base, resulting in water flowing out. Then, Twilight proceeded to take the water tower to a barn in order to fill the silo with warm milk for the ursa to drink.
"That's new," Spike was surprised by this feat of magic.
Twilight, who was struggling to do these impressive feats, grabbed the ursa with her magic before it could crush Trixie. She then gave the ursa the milk filled silo to suck on as she levitated the ursa back to its cave before Twilight finally stopped using her magic, breathing heavily as she did so.
To Twilight's surprise, everyone was cheering for her accomplishment.
"Unbelievable!" said Rainbow Dash in amazement.
"That was amazing!" said Spike in astonishment.
"Heavens to Betsy! We knew you had ability, but not that much!" Applejack was surprised.
"I'm sorry. Please, please don't hate me," Twilight begged.
"Hate you?" asked Rainbow, Applejack, and Rarity loudly, shocked at such an idea.
"Why, whatever do you mean, darling?" Asked Rarity confused.
"Well, I know how much you all hated Trixie's showing off with her magic tricks, and I just thought-" answered Twilight.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Magic's got nothing to do with it. Trixie's just a loudmouth," replied Rainbow.
"Most unpleasant." said Rarity.
"All hat and no cattle," Applejack shook her head.
"So, you don't mind my magic tricks?" asked Twilight, starting to feel a lot better.
"Your magic is a part of who you are, sugarcube, and we like who you are. We're proud to have such a powerful, talented unicorn as our friend." reassured Applejack.
"And after whuppin' that ursa's hindquarters, we're even prouder," said Rainbow.
"You are?" asked Twilight.
"Uh-huh," said Rainbow.
"Mm-hmm." said AJ.
"Mm-hmm." said Rarity.
"Yeah. After all your criticism of an innocent pony, you really should just accept Twilight without issue," Harmony snarked.
The four ponies turned their attention to Harmony, all unhappy with her words, especially Rainbow Dash. "Hey! Stop throwing shade at me and my friends! We were just trying to comfort her, that's all!" Rainbow Dash countered.
"Well, next time don't hurt anyone who didn't do anything wrong but defend herself," Harmony shot back. Fortunately, before the argument could escalate, Spike decided to interrupt and throw his two cents in.
"Wow, Twilight, how'd you know what to do with that ursa major?" asked Spike, amazed at what Twilight was able to do.
"That's what I was doing when you came looking for me. I was so intrigued by Trixie's bragging that I was compelled to do a little reading up on them." replied Twilight.
"So it is possible to vanquish an ursa major all by yourself?" asked Spike.
"That wasn't an ursa major. It was a baby, an ursa minor," Twilight revealed.
"That was just a baby?" questioned Trixie in shock.
"And it wasn't rampaging. It was just cranky because someone woke it up." Twilight angrilly explained, referring to Snips and Snails.
"Awww…" said Snips and Snails in disappointment.
"Well, if that was an ursa minor, then what's an ursa major like?" Spike was curious.
"You don't wanna know," answered Twilight while thinking of the giant purple star bear.
"Huh. You may have vanquished an ursa minor, but you will never have the amazing, show-stopping ability of the Great and Powerful Trixie!" said Trixie as she ran out of town.
"Why, that little…" Rainbow angrily grumbled as she flew to chase after her.
"Just let her go. Maybe someday she'll learn her lesson," At Twilight's words, Rainbow stopped herself before she could continue her chase. "Now, about you two," said Twilight.
"Ah. Uh, we're sorry that we woke up the ursa minor," apologized Snips.
"We just wanted to see some awesome magic," said Snails.
"Yeah! And the way you vanquished that ursa minor was awesome!" said Snips, hoping that Twilight would go easier on them if complimented, only for her to give them a glare.
"We deserve whatever punishment you give us," Snails accepted.
"For starters, you can clean up this mess. And... What do you think, Spike? Should I give them number twenty five?" asked Twilight.
"Oh, twenty five! Yes! And I think I deserve it, too," replied Spike.
"Heah?" asked Snips and Snails, confused as to what they meant.
"I think you're right," replied Twilight as she did her spell.
"Sweet!" said Snips, Snails, and Spike, all of them enjoying their mustaches.
"Um, you sure you should be giving them mustaches? It might send the wrong idea," Lancelot questioned the idea.
"Hey, we can't be too hard on them. They're just children after all," Twilight responded.
After Harmony and Lancelot returned to Canterlot, they ran into Celestia, who proceeded to show them the letter that Twilight had written with her own magic. It read: Dear Princess Celestia, I have learned a very valuable lesson about friendship: I was so afraid of being thought of as a show-off that I was hiding a part of who I am. My friends helped me realize that it's okay to be proud of your talents, and there are times when it's appropriate to show them off... Especially when you're standing up for your friends.
"So, what do you think?" Celestia asked the pair.
"I'd like it a lot more if it weren't for the fact that Twilight's friends were not completely and totally awful to Trixie for no reason. But, I guess it is okay in spite of that," Harmony responded indifferently before walking back to her room to read, leaving Lancelot and Celestia to be confused at what the mare had just said.