The Misadventures of Ponified Friends
Chapter 9: The Phony Pony (Boast Busters)
(Blast's P.O.V.)
I never realized how versatile magic could be in this world.
To think that all it really was were teleportation, telekinesis, shields, and energy blasts was naïve on my part.
Right here in Twilight's room, she was testing not one, not two, but twenty-five magic spells! Most of those were even high-caliber and something that I hadn't seen or heard of before.
"Come on, Twilight. You can do it!" Spike cheered.
"Okay, here goes." Twilight closed her eyes, and she began concentrating her magic towards Spike. Seconds later, a mustache grew on Spike, and thus the success of the facial hair spell.
"Haha! You did it!" Spike drew a checkmark on the list of spells. "That's number twenty-five. Twenty-five types of tricks and counting."
"Very impressive, Twilight." I congratulated.
"I think this is the best trick so far!" Spike began flexing in front of the mirror. "Helloooo, Rarity! What's that? Oh, it's nothin'. Just my AWESOME mustache."
I chuckled. "It takes more than just awesome facial hair to win a woman's heart, kid."
"And as attractive and enticing as you look, it's just for practice, and it's got to go," said Twilight. Her horn glowed, and so was Spike's temporary facial hair before ot poofed from existence.
"Aw, drats."
"So Star Blast, you think you can pull those off?"
"Oh, I can. Just give me a week, and I'll be as good as you." I replied sarcastically.
"You're a fast learner, Blast. I can tell that you have the potential to be great at magic."
I raised a brow. "Oh? How?"
She giggled lightly. "Well, Speedy Glee told me that you're the top of your class back in your world. So let's say that if you were to fill in my horseshoe, you'd be a fantastic student to the Princess."
I sighed. "That's nice to know. Still, it amazes me that I can actually use magic. Sure it's pretty weak right now, but it's beyond my dreams."
"Oh, right, your world doesn't have magic." She remembered.
"Uh… are you guys done talking?" Spike caught our attention. "Twilight? Can we go out and eat something? I'm starving."
"Sure. I'm getting hungry as well." She agreed.
I joined the duo, and we head out.
The morning was pretty typical. The sky was blue, the crowd was lively, flowers were in bloom.
Yeah, I'm not convinced. Something's definitely going to happen later.
"Twenty-five, Twilight. Twenty-five different kinds of tricks and counting!" Spike said in amazement. "I thought Unicorn ponies were only supposed to have a little magic that matches their special talents?"
I turned to Twilight with a questioning look. "It does?"
She nodded. "It's true. For ponies whose talents are things like cooking, or singing, or solving math problems."
"But what if a Unicorn's talent is, I don't know, magic?" I wondered. Magical talent, not those magic tricks in parties, must be pretty powerful.
"Like Twilight! She knows a TON of magic."
"Oh, Spike, stop. I'm sure there are lots of ponies right here in Ponyville that know just as much magic as me." Twilight reminded.
"Are you kidding? I don't think there's another Unicorn in all of Equestria with your kind of ability, Twilight."
I found myself agreeing, "Also, you're the one and only protégé of the Princess herself. I doubt that there's another pony as gifted as you."
Twilight's face turned red. I'm guessing she rarely gets praised for her talent by someone else other than Spike.
"Gangway!"
"Coming through!"
Two fairly young stallions (or should I say colts?) came charging as they ran past us, bringing Spike along the way. Good thing I pushed Twilight aside when I avoided them.
"Spike's friends?" I wondered aloud as I watched them barreling.
"Snips and Snails…" Twilight introduced. "Come on, let's catch up to them."
"Kind of reminds me of Speedy and Silver…" I muttered.
Twilight and I walked towards the three youngsters and asked what the commotion was about.
"Didn't you hear? There's a new Unicorn in town!" the kid with the goofy voice said. I presumed that he was Snails. He was a bit lanky and has an orange coat and a green mane.
"Yeah! They say that she's got more magical powers than any other Unicorn EVER!" said Snips, the shortest and the stout one of the two. He has an orange mane and a gray coat.
Twilight and I looked at each other after their statement.
"Really?" Twilight looked down for a moment.
"No way," Spike said. "That goes to Twilight here!"
"Where is this powerful Unicorn?" I asked.
"She's here in Town Square!" Snails answered. "Come on!" Snips followed him in anticipation.
"She must be pretty good if they're that amazed." I brought up.
"Let's check her out!" Spike declared.
Town Square was already crowded with ponies when we arrived. It was quite obvious that we weren't the only ones who came to see what this powerful Pony can do. We scooted our way to the front of the crowd, where we met the other members of the Elements.
"Come one, come all!" A female voice rang out from a customized and designed wagon in front of the Town Hall. "Come, and witness the amazing magic of the great and powerful TRRRRRRIXIE~!"
Suddenly, the wagon transformed into a stage. There was a poof when a smoke full of twinkling glitter covered the entire area. A blue unicorn wearing a purple magician's hat and cape full of stars as designs appeared. Her mane was nearly light blue and violet eyes the same as Twilight.
"Watch in awe, as the Great and Powerful Trixie performs the most spectacular feats of magic ever witnessed by pony eyes!" She said dramatically before a round of pyrotechnics lit up the stage.
"My, my, my. What boasting!" I heard Rarity commenting.
"Come on! No pony's as magical as Twili-!" Spike began stuttering and blushing when he realized he was right next to his crush. Oh geez. "Hey, Rarity. I-uh…MUSTACHE!" Spike ran away.
"There's nothing wrong with being talented, is there?" asked Twilight.
"Of course, there isn't," I replied. "Well… unless you're showing it off and rubbing it in front of everyone's faces."
"I agree with you there, Blast." Applejack joined the convo. "Look at her! She's showin' off like a school filly with fancy new ribbons."
I looked back at the stage to see what Applejack was talking about. Trixie did some theatrics when she magically materialized a bouquet of flowers into thin air.
"Just because one has the ability to perform lots of magic does NOT make one better than the rest of us." Rarity stated, which made Twilight look guilty for some reason.
Was she worried about what her friends would think about her talent? At least she isn't showing it off in front of everyone. She's doing the exact opposite of what Trixie's doing.
"Especially when you got me around being better than the rest of us," Applejack and I glared at Rainbow Dash. "I mean, yeah! Uh…Magic shmagic! Boo!"
Not from afar, I heard the voice of Speedy and Silver. They finally reached the place where we were standing.
"Sup, guys?" Speedy greeted. "So, what's the deal-io here?"
"Oh, nothing, just some pony that thinks she's better than the rest of us." Rarity answered in spite.
In the corner of my eye, I noticed that Trixie heard what Rarity had just said.
"Well, well, well, it seems we have some neigh sayers in the audience." She said.
I heard Speedy Glee stifling his laughter. "Neigh sayers? Girl, I haven't seen any of your magic tricks, but I like you already."
"Thank you. And so I was saying, neigh sayers who are as ignorant as to challenge the magical ability of the Great and Powerful Trixie! Do they not know that they are in the presence of the most magical Unicorn in all of Equestria?"
"Just who does she think she is?" said Rarity after she blew a raspberry.
"Yeah! Since we all know that Twilight here is-"
"Spike! Shhh!" Twilight quickly silenced Spike and pushed him out of the crowd.
"Most Magical Unicorn?" Silver repeated. "She's basically saying that she's better than everyone."
"Yeah, and I think I know someone when they're all bark and no bite. Her voice alone says it all for me." Speedy agreed as Trixie ignited more flashy pyrotechnics.
Rainbow Dash flew up in front of the blue Unicorn. "So great and powerful Trixie, what makes you think you're so awesome anyway?" she questioned.
"Why, only the Great and Powerful Trixie have magic strong enough to vanquish the dreaded Ursa Major!" Fireworks shot up into the sky, and there formed a gigantic bear with a star in the middle of its forehead.
Everypony gasped. "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!"
"Sweet~!" That settles it!" Snips said.
"Trixie truly is the most talented, most magical, most awesome Unicorn in all of Ponyville!" Snails encouraged.
I don't know if I should be offended since I'm a Unicorn.
"No! In all of Equestria!" Snips added.
"How do you know? You didn't see it! And besides, Twilight-!" Spike exclaimed somewhere, but his voice became muffled.
"If only she knew that we're aliens and we saved Equestria when we defeated Nightmare Moon, and we have magical, Power Ranger like stones," Speedy whispered.
"Keep quiet, Lem," I whispered back.
"It's true, my enthusiastic, little admirers. Trixie is most certainly the best in Ponyville!"
Wow. All the residents were speechless, including us. Did she just self-proclaim as the best in the neighbourhood? That is downright arrogant.
"Don't believe in the Great and Powerful Trixie?" she asked. "Well then, I hereby challenge you, Ponyvillians. Anything that you can do, I can do better. So, any takers? Anyone? Hmm? Or is Trixie destined to be the greatest Equine who has ever lived?" and cue another round of pyro.
"This girl is ridiculous!" Speedy looked at me with a bewildered look. "Dude, if I was you right now, I would use the Stare at her!"
I sighed as I shook my head. "Don't even bother taking her challenge. It's not worth it."
"Well, someone needs to shut her trap. She's all smack!" Silver said.
"Please! She's unbearable!" I heard Spike begging. "You gotta show her! You just gotta!"
"Hmm…How about…YOU!"
Did she just point at me?
"So how about it? Think you can prove the Great and Powerful Trixie wrong?"
I chuckled, "I'm sorry, but I am not doing your challenge."
"What?" Speedy exclaimed.
Trixie seems amused. "Smart move, because you don't stand a chance with me to begin with, little hayseed."
"Can I punch her, dude?" Speedy raised a hoof. "Please tell me I can punch her? Or at least you could vaporize her with your magic!"
I rolled my eyes and ignored him. Hayseed… I'd gladly let karma do all the work.
"That's it! I can't stand for no more of this!" Applejack stepped up and began marching towards the stage.
"Yeah! Show her A.J.!" Spike shouted in encouragement.
"Wooh! We're witnessing history, gentlemen!" Speedy bumped Silver Spur playfully, "Applejack, first Pony to defeat the loud-mouth Unicorn! Headline it tomorrow, people!"
"Okay, don't get riled up, man. You're not the one competing," said Silver, who was pushing Speedy away gently.
"Can your magical powers do this?" Applejack knotted her lasso and began demonstrating some neat tricks with it that the crowd really cheered into. She then tossed it at a nearby Apple tree (which was never there before, by the way) to grab an apple and brought it in her mouth and ate it. Everybody was ecstatic. "Beat that, missy!"
"Oh ye of little talent," Trixie responded, taking off her hat with her magic. "Watch and be amazed at the magic of Trixie." She began by using her ability to manipulate A.J.'s rope. Crazy enough, I already knew what she was planning to do thanks to the random Arabian music. She was waving the rope like a snake in front of Applejack as if she was trying to hypnotize her. Trixie used the other end of the rope to grab another apple from the tree. Finally, she tied the rope to A.J.'s legs and turned her upside down, then place the apple in her mouth.
"Once again, the Great and Powerful Trixie prevails," she said triumphantly as the crowd cheered. A.J. hopped away towards us, and we helped her out of the binds.
"Thanks," she said after she spat out the apple.
"Jeez, was that really necessary?" Silver gave Trixie a mean stare. "She didn't need to embarrass you like that in front of everybody."
Glee clicked his tongue. "It looks like we need someone at her level."
"There's no need to go struttin' around, showin' off like that! That's MY job!" A certain Rainbow-maned flyer announced to Trixie.
"Aaaaand, there's our answer. Whaddya know!" Speedy pointed.
R.D. began to fly through a windmill's propeller, going round and round before she shot up into the sky and puncturing the clouds at an absurd speed. She stopped right in front of the sun before diving back down through the holes she made on the clouds. I almost didn't notice that water droplets were flowing behind her. She returned back to the stage, the water droplets had hit her, and suddenly a mini-rainbow appeared above her.
"They don't call me Rainbow and Dash for nothin'!"
Everyone cheered.
"Wow, that's the most amazing thing I've seen in a while." Silver said in amazement. I agreed with him, mouthing a 'Wow' silently.
"Way to go, girlfriend! Whoo!" Speedy cheered femininely. I just pretended I didn't hear that as I shook my head.
"When Trixie is through, the only thing they'll call you is Loser." Trixie's horn shot a beam at Rainbow Dash as the mini-rainbow above began wrapping around her. She made the rainbow spin like a tornado, including R.D., for seconds until she made it stop out of the stage.
"I think…I'm going to be…sick…" was all Rainbow could say, her eyes in a state of daze.
"Seems like any pony with a dash of good sense would think twice before tussling with the Great and Powerful Trixie." She formed a storm cloud behind R.D. when A.J. helped her up. Rainbow yelped in pain when lightning strikes her from her behind, which the crowd laughed at.
Okay… Trixie may talk big, but so far, she was proving everyone wrong. At this rate, she could be the best as she said she is.
"What we need is another Unicorn to challenge her. Someone with some magic of her own." I heard Spike from behind.
"Yeah! A Unicorn to show this Unicorn who's boss!" Rainbow agreed at the little dragon.
"A real Unicorn-to-Unicorn tussle!" Applejack added.
"Uh…" I heard Twilight with a hesitant tone. If anyone can match Trixie with magic, it's her. But will she?
"Enough. Enough all of you." Rarity cut in. "I take your hint, but Rarity's above such nonsense. Rainbow Dash and Applejack may behave like ruffians, but Rarity conducts herself to beauty and grace."
"Oooh, what's the matter? Afraid you'll get a hair out of place with that rat's nest you call a mane?"
Rarity gasped at Trixie's insult. "I.T. I.S. ON! You may think you're tough with your so-called powers, but there's more to magic than just your brutish ways. A Unicorn needs to be more than just muscle," Rarity used her magic to grab the curtain of the stage. She made it spin around her, and after a flash of light, she was in a dress made from the cloth. "A Unicorn needs to have style. A Unicorn's not a Unicorn without grace and beauty."
"Just when I thought that Unicorns are awesome." Speedy instantly looked at me. "You don't believe in Rarity, do you?"
"Obviously, her view's different from mine," I replied.
I saw Trixie's face form mischievously.
"Rarity won't let Trixie get the best of her! She's strong, she's beautiful, she's-" Spike backed her up when suddenly, something…strange happened to her. And she knows it.
Most of the audience gasped in horror. I admit, my eyes widened at the change that Trixie had done to her.
"Quick! I need a mirror! Get me a mirror!" Rarity continued to shriek. "What did she do to my hair?! I know she did something terrible to my hair~!"
"Whaaaat~? Nothing happened to your hair…" Speedy smiled awkwardly.
"Yeah…It 's curly, and it has a beautiful violet to it than ever. Heh, heh…" Silver joined.
"It's fine!"
"Nothing happened!"
"But…it turned green."
Silver and Speedy groaned. "Seriously, Spike?"
."…What? It's true!"
"No! Green hair! Not green hair!" Rarity broke down crying, and she began to run away. "Such an awful, AWFUL colour!"
"Well, I never!" A pony with green hair said angrily.
"Well, Twilight, I guess it's up to you." Spike declared. "Come on. Show her what you're made of!"
"Who, me? I'm nothing special…" Twilight said in denial.
"Yes, you are! You're better than her!"
"I'm not better than anyone!"
Trixie laughed, "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!"
"Who? Me? I'm just your run of the mill citizen of Ponyville. No powerful magic here…" Twilight said awkwardly. Everyone's eyes were on her now. "I...uh...think I hear my laundry calling. Sorry! Gotta go!" she then took off running. I looked at her fleeing form worriedly. I've got to talk to her later.
"Laundry? We don't even have clothes." Speedy said.
I heard Silver Spur sigh, way to point out the obvious, genius. And did she just make an excuse?"
"Ha! Once again, the Great and Powerful Trixie has proven herself to be the most amazing Unicorn in all of Equestria. Was there ever any doubt?"
That was the moment I felt furious.
"Actually, there is," I spoke up.
Trixie halted, "Oh? Finally gathered enough confidence to face me in the last minute, hayseed?"
"Okay, first and foremost, I would like you to stop calling me hayseed. And the way you talk and belittle those around you makes me sick." I began marching forward the stage to confront her. "Also, I'm still not taking your stupid challenge, so calm your ego for a moment, yeah?"
Trixie scoffed. "If you're not here to challenge me, then don't waste my time."
I chuckled. "Oh, okay. Then let's just say I'll borrow some of it. You see, your story about how you defeated this...Ursa Major, was it? Got me wondering in a lot of aspects I'd like to point out, but I'm going straight to the point. Do you have any proof that you defeated this beast?"
The citizens of Ponyville began murmuring.
"I'm sure the town of Hoofington gave you an award like a medal or a trophy, right? Where is it? Not to mention at least a news article or a picture," I gave her a look. "Don't tell me you're just telling lies? Do we have to bring an Ursa Major here to prove yourself and to every Pony in Ponyville?"
She opened her mouth, and she started to find words for a comeback. But I heard none. That proved it to me.
"Trixie, come back when you actually did something worth it to be called great and powerful."
I simply turned around and excused myself on the way out of this crowd. I was going back to the library.
Ugh, the way I spoke earlier turned out to be too dramatic. I'm gonna hear from it non-stop from those two, I'm sure of it.
(Speedy's P.O.V.)
OOOOOOOOHHHH~ SNAP!
That was the most intense thing he has ever done in a while since that morning when we defeated Nightmare Moon! He almost turned into Phoenix Wright for a moment!
The crowd dispersed a minute after Blast left. They were still talking about the fiasco earlier. Oh, and Trixie? Ha! She was still standing at the stage and trying to come up with something! She eventually gave in and transformed the stage into a wagon.
So here we are, me and my buddy Shuriken- I mean Silver Spur, walking towards a diner for brunch. We would've invited Rob with us, but it looked like the situation with what happened to Twilight seems urgent, so we left him.
"Man, I thought everything's going to be peaceful when Gilda left. Then this Trixie chick came along." I started a conversation while we walked.
"And only a few days apart, right?" Silver said.
"Yeah. Another day, another episode, I guess."
I know that he rolled his eyes on that one. "Trying to break the fourth wall again?"
"Hey! You never know! Our adventures might be airing on T.V. back home, or some guy who has nothing to do with his life is treating this as a FanFic or something."
"You know, sometimes I don't understand how your brain works."
I laughed as I hovered above him. "Then you still don't know me, my friend."
We took our seats and ordered food when we arrived. Silver and I continued to chat about Trixie.
"Has it occurred to anyone that she's probably just acting like that because she's a performer?" Silver wondered.
"Never thought of that," I said. The waiter delivered our food on the table, and we said our thanks. "She's not as amazing as Chris Angel and David Blaine though, even with literal magic. You know if this were the WWE, she would be Roman Reigns."
Silver shrugged, his face had confusion in it. "What's wrestling got anything to do with this?"
"You know, Trixie, hyping herself to be the best Unicorn ever while Reigns' getting pushed down our throats as the next face of the WWE by Vinnie Mac. That's some comparison! Not to mention they're both getting major hate."
"But Trixie's getting hate because she's arrogant while Roman's getting all the hate cause he can't wrestle and cut promos to save his life."
I was about to retort when those two kids we saw earlier who were supporting that show-off came by.
I know it's immature to pick a fight with the younger ones, but what the hell. I'd like to give them a piece of my mind.
"Hey, Hassan. Look at those two dorks."
He glanced back to look at the two unicorns who were buying something.
"Okay… Did you just call those kids dorks?"
"Watch this. Hey you! Ren and Stimpy!"
They turned to my direction as expected.
"Hey, you're that Pegasus whose friend's with the Unicorn that kept saying mean things to the G.A.P.T!" said the stout and short Pony.
"…G.A.P.T?" Silver asked.
"The Great and Powerful Trixie!"
Spur and I shared a look.
"And we're not Ren and Stimpy! I'm Snips, and he's Snails!" the kid introduced.
"Yeah…We can see…" Silver said. I noticed that the marks on their butt were the same as their names. Snips got scissors while the tall one has a snail… hence Snails, duh?
"So, what are you kids up to?" I asked.
"Just buying the G.A.P.T a smoothie to quench her thirst." Snips said as if it was an honor to do it.
"Why are you falling for her lameness? She's nothing but a big show-off, bro. You've seen what our friend did to her, right?"
"Oh yeah? But can he claim that he defeated an Ursa Major like the Great and Powerful Trixie?" Snips retorted.
I snickered. Believe me, if I were to tell this kid that we came from another dimension and saved this kingdom from an evil pony, I bet he'd join our bandwagon. Still, it's supposed to be a secret among us Elements and to the two Princesses so they wouldn't know anytime soon.
"Not to ruin your fondness of her, but are you two there when she vanquished it?" way to break the ice, S.S.
"Well, uh…I uh- n-n-no, but-" Snips continued to stutter.
"But nothing, right? There's no proof." I leaned closer to them. "We are not going to believe a word she says. Unless an Ursa Major actually waltzed right here in Ponyville for the G.A.P.T to defeat like Star Blast said earlier." I sat down and sniffed the delicious aroma of the Diner's Club Sandwich. Of course, the ham was replaced by hay. Why does it have to be hay?
"An Ursa walking up the street eh? Snails, you thinking what I'm thinking?"
"Why is it they call it a Flea Market when they don't really sell fleas?" That's a good question, Snails.
"Yeah! Wait, what? Oh, come on!" Snips said before the two left the place.
"Uh…Lemuel?"
I took a bite of my sandwich, "Yeah?"
"I don't like the look on that short one's face…"
I quickly caught his gist. "Please, they're not that stupid to actually bring an Ursa here in town." I nodded my head towards his hot food. "You know, food tastes bad when you're worrying. So eat up and enjoy brunch."
He seems hassled for a moment before he sighed. "I guess you're right."
"Good!" I said with a smile.
I picked up my sandwich once again and opened my mouth, ready to take another bite. But I found myself frozen when the thought of those two bringing an Ursa Major here became stuck in my head. I'm not worried, am I?
I couldn't sit still, so I kept fidgeting. Silver noticed this.
"What's your problem?"
"Oh, uh-nothing."
He raised a brow. "You're thinking about what Snips said, aren't you?"
I made a poker face.
He rolled his eyes and made a sigh of irritation. "You and that mouth of yours…"
I thought so, too. Now, where did those two go?
(Blast's P.O.V.)
I knocked on the library's door before entering inside. I looked around the room, but there were no signs of Twilight anywhere. She must be in her bedroom, so I walked up.
"Twilight? Are you there?" I called in front of her bedroom door.
I waited for a few seconds before the door opened. "Hey, Star Blast."
"Hey. I hope you don't mind, but can I talk to you for a moment?"
"Uh…sure." She invited me in. "So, what do you want to talk about?"
"I think you know."
She sighed. "It's about Trixie, isn't it?"
"Look, no offense, but I was honestly shocked that you looked fragile for a moment back there. That's not like you."
"But, I can't help it, Blast." She said, turning away from me. "Didn't you see how the others hated her bragging? If I go out there and show off my magic, I run the risk of losing them as friends."
I shook my head. "Twilight, just because you're very talented at something doesn't mean that you're a show-off. Trixie is using her abilities to try and be the town's center of attention. While you, on the other hand, are the complete opposite. And if you did use your magic to make her realize there's someone better than her, you're just sticking up for your friends."
"There's no difference, Star Blast. I would still be showing off…"
"No, you're not. You are many things, Twilight Sparkle, but a show-boat is not one of them."
"…You really think that?"
"Of course I do. If you're like Trixie, then why are you Princess Celestia's student in the first place? You're not her protégé for nothing."
Her face turned into a worried frown. "Oh no, what if they already think I'm worse than Trixie just because I'm the Princess' pupil? What if they already beginning to think that I'm just like her?"
"Twilight, don't think such nonsense. Did the others look wary towards you back when Trixie was doing her show?"
"Well, no…but I'm pretty sure they did on the inside!"
I rolled my eyes at her statement. "Look, I'm sure that the reason they didn't go hostile on you is that they know that magic's a part of who you are. And they like you because of it. I mean, you've studied so hard on this for most of your life, so can you imagine the respect they have on you? You are smart, skilled, and a good, humble pony through thick and thin. And I'm pretty sure that they are proud to call you their friend… we're proud to call you our friend."
"Star Blast…" she formed a smile. Her eyes started to tear up suddenly that it caught me off guard.
"Oh no, was it something I said? I don't know what to do in front of someone sad."
That one made her giggle a bit before she sniffled. "I'm not sad… I'm just happy."
That made me relax and sigh in relief. "If you have something to talk about, don't hesitate and come to any of us."
She nodded. "I will. And thank you."
I smiled at her. "That's what friends do."
"All right, I'll put it under consideration." After that, she returned back to the book she was reading. Curious, I peered over her shoulder.
"Are you researching about the Ursa Major?"
"I am. I got intrigued about Trixie's bragging that I couldn't help but do a little reading up on them." She answered.
I hummed in interest. It was nearly twelve noon, and I have nothing to do yet again today. Well, I could always practice my teleportation, but studying about the giant bear seems like the best choice right now.
"Hey, I hope you don't mind if I join you."
She shook her head and moved slightly to the side. "Not at all."
I took a seat next to her and scanned the book.
The first thing I saw was the creature's illustration. It had the same appearance as the one in Trixie's fireworks, but it was clearer and much more detailed. I read its statistics, and I couldn't help my eyes to widen.
"30 feet long? Nearly 15 tons? And wait… Ursa Minor?!" I was frightened as I read the info. "This alone could wipe out an entire town! If this is minor, then what does the major look like?"
I felt Twilight's hoof on my shoulder. "Trust me, you don't want to know."
I gulped. And it lives back in the Everfree Forest? Meters away from Ponyville? For goodness sake, please don't let it come here…
(Silver's P.O.V.)
I swear if those two kids are gonna do what I think they're going to do, I'm going to kill Lemuel first before the monster does. If he didn't provoke them, we wouldn't have this crazy search that's been going on for hours!
I am frustrated! The sun was starting to set, so I am freaking tired of looking!
"I searched everywhere! The sky, the town, I even dove under the lake, yet I still can't find them!" Lemuel announced, flying to my direction.
"Well, that's just great! And why the hell did you search the sky and the lake? They're both freaking PONIES THAT CAN'T FLY NOR SWIM!"
"Stop shouting! You're pressuring me!"
I stepped on a boulder so hard it crushed. I let out a heaving sigh of aggravation. "We looked everywhere for nearly 6 hours! Where the hell did those two go!?"
Speedy raised his hoof to somehow grab my attention through all the red in my vision. "Bro, if I have to guess, my answer will be the Everfree Forest."
… Crap. That's the only place we haven't searched.
"I mean, think about it. We haven't been there for months, and I remember that Trixie, quote-unquote, sent the beast back in the Everfree."
The anger I was feeling turned into anxiety and worry. "Why have we only thought about this now? Two little horses exploring that god-damned forest at night?" I gasped from a realization. "What if… they're already gone and got eaten by the Ursa?!"
He grabbed my head with both of his hooves. "Dude! Don't be so negative. We're in a cartoon for KIDS. They're not going to kill them off!"
I snapped his hooves away from my face and gave him a doubtful look. "Are you sure about that?"
"One hundred percent!" he said confidently. "Look! There they are!"
Speedy pointed towards the direction of the forest. He was right! Snips and Snails are alive! And wait a minute, why are they running?
"Hey! We've been looking all over for ya!" Speedy said to the young Unicorns.
"Can't talk now!" Snips said, dashing right past us.
"Got a MAJOR PROBLEM!" Snails added, also dashing past us.
Speedy and I turned to watch them run away towards Ponyville.
"Well, that was rude," Speedy said. "Why do they look so frightened anyway?"
I felt my eyes shrink at the sudden roar that somehow lifted us from the ground. It could only mean one thing.
"Oh…"
Lem and I looked at the path in the forest where Snips and Snails went to. The trees were going down one by one as the birds flew up into the evening sky, disturbed by something…huge. The tremors were becoming a lot stronger as the thing came closer until finally… it showed itself.
Right before our eyes was a beast. Actually no, beast is an understatement. This thing they call an Ursa Major was a freaking monster.
"…So that's the Ursa Major."
"No freaking shit, Lem! We have to run!" Boy was I serious, the thing was closing in on us in just mere seconds!
"But it's kinda…cute." He said with a smile. Seriously?!
"My god, this isn't the time!"
The Ursa was only a few meters away from us. I watched as it lifted its large paws, unsheathing its massive, sharp claws.
I swear it was going to swipe it at us. And why the hell are we still standing here?!
"DUCK!"
I quickly tackled Speedy into the ground when the Ursa attacked. It almost freaking caught us!
"Well, NOW, do you think it's still cute?!" I questioned loudly.
"I take it back!"
We practically fumbled our way to stand so that we could avoid being squashed by the Ursa's paw that left a crater. We both ran as fast as we could away from the monster.
"I swear, those two Unicorns have another thing coming when I reach them!" said Speedy. "Who in their right minds would bring a monster this size to a town filled with civilians?!"
"Now is not the time to be pointing fingers," I looked back. The Ursa was still following us, bringing down 40-foot trees in its charge. "Because we need to figure out a way to stop the Ursa Major before it destroys the whole town."
"Well…" he began panting. "How about we bring that thing to Trixie?"
"Are you crazy? You're entrusting the town's safety to that illusionist?!"
"It's better than nothing! If she did defeat this killer bear before, then we have no other choice!"
Damn it. I hate to agree, but Speedy was right. We needed to find the damn Trixie pony and fast.
She lived in some wagon parked at Town Hall if I remembered correctly. And that was the place we needed to visit.
We spotted Snips and Snails knocking at Trixie's wagon rapidly, crying for her help. It looked like we had the same idea.
"Hey, you!" Speedy called. "Are you two crazy?!"
I halted him with my hoof. "We can talk about that with them later. Where's Trixie?"
As if on cue, I heard her yawn inside the wagon as she looked out of her window. "Trixie thought she said that 'the Great and Powerful Trixie do not want to be disturbed'?"
"We have a-uh, tiny problem…" Snips said meekly.
"Actually, it's a BIG one." Snail said with no hesitation whatsoever.
"What is so important that you cannot wait until morning to disturb Trixie?" she demanded irritably.
I heard the Ursa Major's growl, not from afar.
"How's that for an answer?" Speedy said bluntly, pointing at the bear that emerged in the woods.
The first reaction that Trixie did was screaming bloodily and run away. I mean, I couldn't blame her but, who wouldn't?
I ordered the two young Unicorns to run away from here. Still, they kept on following that blue Unicorn, who was just standing in the middle of the town square, shaking in her forelegs.
Come to think of it, we need a wide-open field for this huge bear so that it wouldn't cause pandemonium throughout Ponyville, and the park would do just right.
It was time to see if Trixie did have what it takes to down an Ursa Major.
But I seriously doubt it.
(Blast's P.O.V.)
"Hey, Twilight?"
"Yeah?" she said, not taking her eyes off her book.
"Did you hear a faint roar just now?" I asked. "Not only that, the ground just shook a little bit."
"I didn't feel anything." She informed. She must be really absorbed in those books. "Must be your imagination?"
I could've sworn I felt it…
Okay, the thought of an Ursa Major rampaging Ponyville brought chills down my spine. I regretted reading the biographies of that creature. The image in those books alone made me all worked up.
A torrent of loud knocks bolted me up in sudden fright. I sighed as I recollected myself and opened the door.
Spike came in, facing us with a panicky expression.
"Spike? Are you okay?" I asked worriedly.
"I'm fine!" he turned to the mare reading. "Twilight! You've got to come, quick-!"
"I already told you before, Spike," Twilight responded. "I am not gonna show-off Trixie."
"No, you don't understand! It's-"
Spike was interrupted with an earth-shaking growl. My body tensed up almost instantly.
"Uh…is that what I think it is?"
"…majorly."
Well, we're screwed. "Let me guess, Ursa Major?"
Spike nodded. "Mhmm."
Twilight and I exchanged looks.
"Is there something in those books that can tell us how to deal with those?" I asked.
"The books never said anything about its weaknesses." Twilight began scanning through pages. "In fact, these books barely hold enough information about the Ursas. Apparently, the researchers were too scared to even observe its habitat that the information they had gathered isn't enough."
"Damn. It'll have to do, and we have to do this our own way." I mused.
I just hoped that Spike's 'Ursa Major' was actually a Minor one since I was pretty sure that he had no idea what it actually looked like.
(Silver's P.O.V.)
It finally managed to corner us. We backed away as it slowly advanced, baring its sharp fangs.
Apparently, using violence wasn't the best idea. While Trixie, Snips, and Snails were cowering on their hooves, Lem and I tried to inflict as much harm as possible to the giant monster to fend it off or scare it away.
But the only damage we did to it was a slight tickle.
We could have run away, tell the town to evacuate, gather those element thingies, and blast it out of existence with the rainbow laser, but we were too exhausted to even walk.
Let me say it again. It finally managed to corner us.
"Great and Powerful Trixie, you've got to vanquish the Ursa!" Snips told.
"Yeah! Vanquish, so we could watch!" Snails agreed.
"It took a LOT of trouble to get that thing here!"
"What?!" Me, Speedy, and also Trixie said in disbelief.
"Are you out of your little pony minds?!" Trixie stressed.
"I freaking knew it! Why the hell would you bring that thing here?!" I demanded. If it's some stupid reason, I'll riot.
"But, she's the Great and Powerful Trixie!"
"Yeah, remember? She defeated an Ursa Major!"
"You two didn't answer my question!"
The Ursa Major roared in front of us as if it was saying, 'I'm right here, you know?'
"I don't care if you defeated it once before or not!" Speedy yelled. "Just take that thing out!"
"Uh, okay…" Trixie swallowed the lump in her throat. "Stand back…"
Her horn glowed a pinkish color, and among the wreckage of her wagon, the rope that she used against Applejack swayed towards the Ursa, and she constricted it.
"Ah, piece of cake!"
Unfortunately, it wasn't. The only part of the bear that Trixie managed to constrain was… two fingers, which is used to snap the rope with ease.
Well, that sucked.
"Come on, Trixie!"
"Yeah, stop goofing around and vanquish it, eh?"
I glared at the two Unicorns. The dangers they had gone through just to watch Trixie outclass a monster. I've never seen such reckless behavior, and if you have a friend like Speedy, that's saying something.
I could feel the nervousness emanating out of Trixie. Her horn lit once more, and a thunder cloud conjured on top of the Ursa Major.
A small one that is.
"Well, that was a dud." said Snails, looking disappointed.
"Yeah! Pffft, come on! Where's all the cool explosions and smoke and stuff like earlier, you know?" Snips added.
I was completely losing my temper. My eyes were twitching non-stop. If Speedy didn't interrupt, who knows what would happen.
"Oh my god! Your expectations are so STUPID!" he said angrily.
We heard a loud zap! We looked up at the Ursa Major, examining the huge charred spot on its hindquarters.
Obviously, it did not like it when it roared at us.
So the five of us, two young ponies, two tired stallions, and a phony pony, were under the Ursa Major's complete mercy.
The only thing I could do was put on a brave face.
(Blast's P.O.V.)
I could already see the Ursa from here. I guessed that it was somewhere near Town Square.
And as if we were in luck, it's not an Ursa Major. The height of the big bear terrorizing the town was definitely not over a hundred feet tall. The dark blue, transparent, and starry color of its body and the little lone star on its forehead proved it.
It began climbing up buildings, smashing it with its weight. A bunch of ponies came out of their houses and gasped at the sight of the Ursa. They formed a stampede out of terror as they ran by us to safety. Fortunately, we went out unharmed.
A few blocks later, we finally saw the Ursa Minor in person. To my surprise, Silver Spur and Speedy Glee were fighting it!
"Guys! What's going on?" I yelled, but they were too occupied with responding.
"We brought an Ursa to town!" A voice gloated. I looked at my left and found the young Snips and Snails.
"You what?"
"Don't worry." Snails said with a care-free expression. "The Great and Powerful Trixie will vanquish it!"
"The two of you have a terrible memory!" I heard Speedy yell while he evaded the huge swipes of the Ursa.
I sighed tirelessly. What gave these two Unicorns that idea?
Speaking of Trixie, she looked rather anxious.
Oh yeah, I told her that if she didn't prove herself, she had no right to call herself the 'Great and Powerful.' The Ursa's here, so why wasn't she doing something to tame it? Unless she already did but she couldn't, based on what Speedy said earlier about Snips and Snails having a bad memory.
Trixie's mouth was trembling, until finally, she said, "I can't…"
"WHAT?!" Snips and Snails said in utter surprise. So the truth finally came out in the face of danger.
"I can't. I never have." Trixie admitted. "No one can vanquish the Ursa Major. I made the whole story up to make me look better."
"MADE IT UP?!"
"Well, DUH?!"
"Speedy! Just focus on distracting the bear!" Silver yelled at him, dodging a ginormous swipe.
I said, "There's no need to! Twilight, and I have a plan!"
"About time!" Speedy said in relief.
So Speedy flew down, and Silver ran away from the reaches of the bear, which stood up on its two legs and let out a mighty, frightening roar that echoed throughout Ponyville.
From the corner of my eye, Spike was gesturing us to proceed.
I gulped, "Well, you ready, Twilight?"
"Not really…" she muttered. Everyone was hiding in their homes, so the only ones that the Ursa could see were us.
I opened the saddlebag I was wearing and took out the book where all things were concerned with the Ursas. I opened up the page where the behavior of this 'baby' was stated.
"There's got to be something useful around here…" I mumbled. I scanned through the words. "Here. 'Upon the observations of Dr. Trotson…' Twilight! Try creating a lullaby!"
She nodded, marching forward. Her horn glowed as she started to use her magic to create a gentle breeze. I was beginning to hear a soft lullaby. I had no idea how, but she definitely used Number Sixteen in her list of magic.
When the Ursa Minor heard the lullaby, it began to feel drowsy. Our plan took off with a good start.
"All right," I continued to read the research. "This is a tough one! We need something big to replicate a baby bottle! Like… the water tower!"
"On it!" The aura on Twilight's horn glowed tenfold. She grabbed the water tower and dumped the water in a lake.
"You okay, Twilight?" I asked.
"I'm fine…" She said through gritted teeth.
"Okay… We need to fill it up with milk somehow…"
"I know just the place!"
She unscrewed the lid of the tower and ran it through a barn. I could hear the moo of the cows and some really weird noises. The tower was filled with milk once it got out.
"Woah, that's new," Spike said in awe.
"We're almost done. We just need to carry it back to its home, and it's all over." I said.
"A lullaby? Milk?" Speedy asked. "It's almost like you're treating it like a baby!"
"I'll explain later," I said. "Just give us a minute."
I saw the Ursa Minor beginning to doze off. It was about to fall over, and Trixie was in the way.
I needed to act quickly. Trixie may be an arrogant pony, but she didn't deserve to die this way. Before I could conjure my magic, I saw the Ursa stopped from timbering down, and it was coated in a purple aura.
Twilight was holding this giant on her own. But can she handle it? She was already creating the breeze that kept the lullaby playing, and she's carrying a huge container made of metal and gallons of milk.
Just how strong is her magic? I thought.
I looked at her, worrying. She was determined to end this quick.
She raised the little dipper up in the air as she could. Twilight carried the bottle over to the Ursa, and it began to suck on it.
With every amount of strength and will power, she carried it over town and safely back into its cave. Once it was done, she began panting.
"Now THAT is pretty Great and Powerful!" Speedy commented.
"You and Twilight saved Ponyville." Silver told me.
I shook my head. I could hear the cheers of the ponies around me.
"Star Blast," I heard Twilight's voice beside me. "I did it…"
"You did, and color me impressed," I said with a smile.
"I did it…In front of everyone in Ponyville…"
"Heavens to Betsy!" I heard Applejack exclaim in the crowd. "We knew you had ability, but not THAT much."
"I'm sorry. Please, please, please don't hate me."
I blinked at Twilight's apology.
"Hate you? Why, whatever do you mean, darling?" Rarity asked.
"You just saved Ponyville with your awesome magic! Why are you apologizing?" Speedy pointed out.
"Well, I know how much you all hated Trixie showing off with her magic tricks, and I just thought-"
"Woah, woah, woah! Magic's got nothing to do with it!" Rainbow Dash interrupted her. "Trixie's just a loudmouth!"
"Most unpleasant," Rarity added.
"All hat and no cattle." Applejack declared.
"You can say that again…" Silver said, glaring at Trixie.
"So…you don't mind my magic tricks?"
"Your magic is a part of who you are, Sugarcube," A.J. responded kindly. "And we like who you are. We're proud to have such a powerful and talented Unicorn as our friend."
"And after whooping that Ursa's hindquarters, we're even prouder!" Rainbow Dash enlightened.
"You are?" asked Twilight, now with a much more relieved face. The three mares agreed.
I couldn't help but laugh at the coincidence. "See? It's just like what I told you earlier."
She nodded in agreement. "Yeah, I can't believe I got worried over nothing."
"Wow, Twilight! How'd you guys know what to do with that Ursa Major?" Spike wondered.
"Well, that's what I was doing when Star Blast came over to check up on me. I guess I can say that I was a little intrigued that I couldn't help but do a little reading."
"So, it is possible to vanquish an Ursa Major all by yourself?"
"Yeah! You kicked butt and you defeated it like it was just a baby." Speedy said. "That reminds me, you owe us an explanation with that whole lullaby and milk thing, Blast."
"Yeah, well… That's because it is a baby."
He blinked. "So…what you're saying is…?"
"I'm saying that it wasn't a Major. It was an Ursa Minor."
"That was just a BABY?" Trixie questioned. I saw the surprise on her face.
"Woah, hold up!" Speedy held his hooves up. "So you mean that the huge, KILLER bear that had been trying to eat us the whole night… is a BABY?"
"It wasn't trying to kill you. At least not out of pure bloodlust or something along that line, but the behavior of an Ursa Minor is no different from a baby pony." I think. I haven't seen a baby pony yet, but I'm sure it's like a human baby.
"It was just cranky because SOMEONE woke it up." Twilight explained, then gave a scolding look at Snips and Snails.
I noticed that Silver and Speedy were giving them the most frightening glare. I could tell that two must be pretty angry.
"Well, if that was an Ursa Minor, then what's an Ursa Major look like?" Spike asked nervously.
"You don't wanna know," Twilight said after thinking and hesitating for a moment.
Trixie walked over to Twilight. I wondered what she was going to do now.
"Ha! You may have vanquished an Ursa Minor, but you will never have the amazing, show-stopping ability of the Great and Powerful Trixie!" she used a smokescreen to block our vision for a few seconds, but even a pony with a sight disability could see her running away out of town.
I somehow hoped that she learned a lesson out of this.
"Why that little…!"
"Let her go, Rainbow," I told her. "She's not worth the trouble."
"Going somewhere?" I heard Speedy's voice. I turned around and saw him blocking Snips and Snails.
"Don't you two dare try and sneak out on us after what you'd done." Silver scolded.
Snips laughed nervously, "We're sorry that we woke up the Ursa Minor…"
"But you still haven't told us why!"
"We just wanted to see some AWESOME magic!" Snails replied.
"Yeah! And the way that she vanquished the Ursa Minor was awesome!"
Twilight walked over to them and gave the two a stern look. I wouldn't be amused either.
They bowed down, "We deserve whatever punishment you give us…"
"For starters, you can clean up this mess." She gestured at Town Square. "And… what do you think, Blast? Should I give them number twenty-five?"
Number twenty-five? The 'facial hair' spell?
The way that she asked me that question sounded like she wanted to terrify the two kids. I kinda joined in.
"Hmm… You know what? They do deserve number twenty-five after all this." I said.
"Hey! I deserve number twenty-five, too!" Spike exclaimed.
Snips and Snails looked at each other and wondered. They had no idea what was coming.
"I think you're right." Twilight began to cast her magic. Snips and Snails were trembling as they closed their eyes, anticipating the unknown. Spike only held out his face and waited. An aura covered their muzzles, or in Spike's case, his snout, and with a quick poof! , they have mustaches.
"Sweeeet~!"
Twilight giggled. "Now, the two of you promise me that you will never do such a thing ever again."
"We promise!" Snips and Snails both announced.
"Good. It's getting pretty late, so the two of you go home and get some sleep." Twilight said. "I'll have someone to keep an eye on you to make sure you're doing your work starting tomorrow."
"Yes, ma'am!" they saluted before trotting away home.
She yawned. "Looks like another lesson learned. C'mon, let's go back as well."
I nodded. "I guess we should."
Twilight started to walk her way home, with Spike, who climbed up her back.
Before I took a step, Speedy began to stomp his way in front of me with a sour face.
I raised a brow in question. I looked at my left and observed Silver, who was in a slouching position which kind of reminded me of Eeyore, walking miserably.
I won't even bother asking why.
(Speedy's P.O.V.)
I can't believe I got my butt whooped by a baby…
(Silver's P.O.V.)
I can't believe I almost died because of some cranky monster toddler…
(Blast's P.O.V.)
The next day…
"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 if you're standing up for your friends."
I sipped my cup of coffee, "So you finally admit that you're the most talented Unicorn in all of Ponyville, huh?"
"Well, yeah. But it's nothing to brag about." She responded.
"What's there to brag when all of Ponyville knows it?" Spike mused, eating his pancakes. The mustache was still attached to him, too.
"True, but what about you? How did it go with Rarity? Did she like your mustache?" I asked playfully.
He looked disappointed. "Nah, she didn't go for the mustache."
"You know Spike, that mustache has nothing to do with who you really are. Maybe, you should try to just be yourself?" Twilight suggested.
"Or maybe, the mustache wasn't enough! Maybe if I have a mustache AND a beard!"
Twilight groaned, "Spike, not this again…"
"Okay, imagine me with a nice, long Fu-Manchu type of beard. Or maybe a goatee! Oh, no maybe a-"
"Spike, just eat your pancakes," Twilight said, annoyed.
It didn't stop him, though. Twilight continued to bicker with Spike, who kept on suggesting styles to make him look good to impress Rarity. I chuckled as I watched them and drank my coffee.
Author's Note!
Finally got this thing uploaded! Man, doing multiple P.O.V.'s is hard, but at least that makes this story different from the rest, right?
Next up: Dragonshy! So I guess I'll be expected to write more FlutterBlast (lol) It's been a while since those two got together.
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Until the next chapter!- Super Bright Brat
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