After Gilda stalked out of the room, the blue unicorn immediately took her place.
“Everypony!” she called. “Prepare yourselves to be awed by this story of bravery and valor! For Trixie too has faced the Elements of Harmony, and I escaped unharmed! I will tell you all the story of Trixie’s encounter!”
A changeling shrugged. “All right, go ahead.”
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The Great and Powerful Trixie is indeed the greatest pony who ever lived, and this should be obvious to all who see her show. But the foals in Ponyville couldn’t see that.
I went to Ponyville as I went to any other little town. I would give them an extraordinary show with every trick possible, and they would give me bits for the entertainment. The Great and Powerful Trixie always puts on a fantastic show, and Ponyville was supposed to be no different.
I set up my stage in the center of town, because Trixie will always know how to capture an audience. After all, aren’t even you astounded and amazed by Trixie’s story?
…well, you will be. Anyway, I told some little colts who Trixie is and about my amazing show, and of course they ran off to tell everypony. I waited for a good crowd to arrive, and then I started my act. I can repeat it for you know, if you’d like. Of course you would.
“Come one, come all! Come and witness the amazing magic of the Great and Powerful Trixie! Watch in awe as the Great and Powerful Trixie performs the most spectacular feats of magic ever witnessed by pony eyes!”
There’s more, of course, but the crowd was losing interest fast. This is where Trixie’s show met its end. Somepony called me a showoff! And, of course, I may be that, but Trixie has much to be proud of. Why can’t I show it off?
So Trixie showed she was better than those foals who laughed. She told the story of her valiant fight against the Ursa Major! I would tell this story now, but sadly I have learned that some foals do not understand creative license. But if you want to know of Trixie’s battle, do not hesitate to ask.
I said, do not hesitate.
Well, then. Trixie would not stand for ponies laughing at her. I called one of the loudest onto the stage—some little hayseed who did rope tricks. Trixie’s powerful magic, on the other hoof, tied her up and humiliated her!
Some pegasus tried to do a trick. It was a nice trick, I will admit that, but it had nothing on the amazing powers of Trixie! I showed her a little trick of my own and it got her right off of my stage.
And then came a unicorn. By now, I was tired of wasting my time with these ponies. I simply turned the unicorn’s mane green, and she ran off crying like a filly. Trixie had indeed proven that she was the greatest pony! Of course, I told everypony there this, and they cheered wildly! Well, some of them did.
After my show, I retired to my cart to rest. I planned on another show the next day, this time charging bits to my adoring audience. But my audience was hungry for more already, and those little colts I’d met when I came to town were pestering me for more of my fantastic stories. Trixie put them to good use by getting them to run errands for me. And of course, I promised them amazing stories of the Great and Powerful Trixie. They would hear these stories if they paid for the next show.
Trixie does not appreciate that you are falling asleep at her story. Yes, you, the dog in the back.
I was sound aslee-I mean, Trixie was working on a fantastic new act for her show late at night when there was suddenly a horrible noise outside the cart. I headed outside to see before me the dreaded Ursa Major!
Of course, Trixie was not scared, even though it crushed her cart. I performed some great feats of magic to intimidate the fearsome creature! I was preparing to do some even more amazing magic, but it slipped out that my story of defeating the Ursa Major before may have been exaggerated.
Another unicorn—not the same one as before, but I think they are both Elements of Harmony—chose this as the moment to upstage me. She showed off a few of her little parlor tricks, and this, combined with my magic, of course, was enough to scare off the Ursa.
The unicorn then claimed that the beast was only an Ursa Minor, and that she could defeat the larger Ursa Major. What a showoff! I decided to leave. Nopony wants to be around a braggart like that.
Since then, Trixie has been traveling around Equestria, performing her shows in other towns. It is a bit more difficult now, as my effects were crushed with my cart, and those Ponyvillians have spread awful lies about my act. But it is no matter, Trixie’s show speaks for herself! And soon, I will have enough bits to buy back my home.
And then I’ll show that showoff.
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“Kind of sounds like you were the one bragging a lot,” a dragon commented.
The Great and Powerful Trixie glared at the creature. “It isn’t bragging if it’s true. And everything Trixie claims is true. Does anyone challenge that?”
No one answered her. The changeling sighed in boredom, and the draconequus picked at his claws.
“You’ll see,” Trixie muttered. “Trixie is the greatest!”