//------------------------------// // Chapter 11: Battle Against Magic(edited) // Story: Equestrian 'Hero' // by InsaneMan //------------------------------// "Come on, Twilight. You can do it!" Spike encouraged Twilight. Twilight was struggling to cast a spell, after 24 you would be impressed she can still go. For awhile now, Twilight (and me) were casting spell after spells. She was on number 25 and I was wondering what spell this would be. Twilight finally charged up the spell and fired at Spike. After the light settled, Spike was now standing there with a mustache. I chuckled at that, "Good job, Twilight. Now Spike looks like he's 35," I said, still chuckling. Spike, on the other hand seemed to enjoy this, "Ha ha! Ya did it! Growing magic, that's number twenty-five. Twenty-five different types of tricks and counting." Spike then started gloating over his new stache. "And I think this is the best trick so far. Hello, Rarity. What's that? Aw, it's nothin', just my awesome mustache." He then started laughing. Twilight chuckled and quickly got rid of Spike's mustache, making him groan. I chuckled as I grabbed my coat. Me, Twilight, and Spike headed out of the house and started walking. During our walk, we noticed Snips, a short, chubby light blue unicorn with a pair of scissors as a cutie mark and Snail, a tall, orange unicorn with a snails as a cutie mark. "Gangway! Comin' through!" Snails said, running past us. "Augh! Snips, Snails! What's goin' on?," Spike said. "Wha, haven't you heard?" Snails asked. "Have we heard what?" I asked him. "There's a new unicorn in town!" He exclaimed. "Yeah!" Snips chimed in, "they say that she's got more magical powers than any other unicorn ever!" "Really?" Me and Twilight asked. Spike waved his hand dismissively, "Aw, no way, that honor goes to Twilight here," I nodded in agreement. "Where can I find this pony?" Twilight asked. "Ho, she's in the town square. Come on!" Snails said, running towards the town square, Snips following him. I just shrugged, "Might as well," and went to the town square, Twilight and Spike following me. We made it to the town square where there were lots of ponies waiting in front of a stage. We made it to the front where the rest of the gang and Sarah were standing. Smoke started filling up a stage as a blue unicorn mare appeared on stage. She was wearing a magicians hat and cape, a white with blue streaks mane and tail, and crescent moon with a small star as her cutie mark. "Come one, come all! Come and witness the amazing magic of the Great and Powerful Trixie!" She said loudly. The audience seemed impressed with what she did, I did too. "Watch in awe as the Great and Powerful Trixie performs the most spectacular feats of magic ever witnessed by pony eyes!" She said, having fireworks shooting up from behind her. 'Now this is impressive,' I thought. "So, what do you think?" Sarah asked me. I shrugged, "The fireworks are pretty cool," I answered. "But where's this so call, 'spectacular feats,' she's talking about?" I asked. "So, "Great and Powerful Trixie". What makes you think you're so awesome, anyway?" Rainbow asked. 'Oh boy,' I thought. Trixie chuckled, "Why, only the Great and Powerful Trixie has magic strong enough to vanquish the dreaded ursa major!" This made the audience gasp, some saying it was impossible. Trixie smiled and summoned a miniature image of a blue bear, "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!" I face palmed, 'These pony puns are really going to be the death of me, after the ponies' cuteness does' I thought. "Saw, sweet!" Snips and snails exclaimed. "That settles it," Snips said. "Trixie truly is the most talented, the most magical, the most awesome unicorn in Ponyville," Snails added. "No, in all of Equestria!" Snips yelled. 'Ass kissers,' I thought. Spike pointed his claw at them, "How do you know? You didn't see it! And besides, Twi— Mmph! M-mmph!" Twilight quickly zipped up Spike's mouth...with a zipper. 'R.I.P buddy,' I thought. Trixie laughed, "It's true, my enthusiastic little admirers. Trixie is most certainly the best in Ponyville." No one said anything, I could've sworn I was hearing crickets chirp. "This is getting boring," I said under my breath. 'You wanna talk while this happens,' Nightmare asked. 'Sure. So, how's living inside my head like?' I asked, starting the conversation. 'It is quite cozy. Unless you start using your powers, then it becomes a tangle mess.' 'Good to know,' I said. "That's it! I can't stand for no more of this!" AJ's voice snapped me out of my mind. 'Well, this got interesting,' I thought as AJ walked up to the stage, pulled out a banjo from wherever she kept it, and started playing. The crowd started cheering, even I was encouraging AJ to keep going. After AJ was finish, she smiled smugly at Trixie. Trixie simply rolled her eyes and summoned a rope, that strangely acted like a snake. The rope then started tying AJ up. The audience started laughing at AJ's predicament. 'This can't end well,' I thought. It was Rainbow Dash's turn to teach her a lesson...but she was quickly dealt with by a tornado. She flew above all of us and the tornado stopped. Next was Rarity...who ran away because Trixie decided to turn her mane green. Me and Spike looked at each other then at Twilight. "You need to get up there and show her whose boss," Spike said. "How about you, mysterious creature. Can you take on The Great and Powerful Trixie?" Everyone gasped and looked at me. Well Shit. I looked back at the others and sighed, 'Time to face the music,' I thought and headed towards the stage. I looked directly at Trixie, a smile appeared on my face. She stared back, a cocky grin plastered on her face. I slowly lifted my hand and shot a fireball directly at her. Her eyes went wide and she quickly dodged it. The audience gasped at what happened. Trixie glared at me, "How dare you attack Trixie like that." "You've faced an Ursa Major, but can you deal with me," I said grinning. She tried to tangle me up in a rope but I quickly burned it to ashes. She tried to make a tornado, but I used my shadow to get out of the way. She then turned my hair green, which I just chuckled and turned it back to my brown hair. Everything she did I either dodged, destroyed, or countered it. The audience were enjoying every second of it. I saw Trixie readying another spell but instead of dodging it, I let it hit me. When it hit me, hit hurt a little but it was enough to knock me off the stage. I slowly got up and acted badly hurt. "*Cough* you really are powerful. But, not strong enough to take me down," I said smiling. I could see that she realized what I was doing and she smiled. "Yes, well that'll teach you a lesson in messing with The Great And Powerful Trixie!" As the ponies in the audience stomped their hoofs I was confronted by my friends. They did not look happy. "So, why did you do that?" Spike asked, irritated. I smiled and said, "Because, she's an entertainer, she's supposed to do that. While not embarrassing everyone, but she's supposed to entertain them." I hear something in an alley next to me. Curiosity got the better of me and I rushed over towards it. It was your typical alleyway; Trash, graffiti, and other stuff you may find. I walked further in and met a wall. There were words on the wall reading: "Turn Around." I turned around to see, some kind of shadow version of me standing at the entrance to the alley. It smiled creepily, slowly walking towards me. I aimed my hand at the strange double. The figure stopped and laughed. I felt really uncomfortable because I was in a dark alley with a shadowed version of myself, who's laughing his ass off. He stopped laughing at me and opened his mouth. "You will be dragged down into the darkness," it said. His voice was deep and soft, almost like a whisper. He then had something in his hand. I tried to see what it was, but couldn't make it out. He then tossed it towards me and disappeared. I caught the mysterious object and saw that it was a spray can. I didn't know what to say or think. I was either on some kind of drug or too tired that I'm starting to see things. 'What was that?' Nightmare asked. I shrugged and stuffed the can in my jacket pocket, walking out of the alley. While I was walking, the ground started shaking. I looked around, wondering if it's an earthquake or something worse. I saw a large light blue bear, with stars on it running towards me, anger plastered on its face. “You’ve gotta be fucking kidding me!” I yelled, starting to run. The bear was chasing me, getting closer and closer towards me. I jumped on the side of the building and started climbing. When I got to the top, I looked down to see the bear growling at me. I started panting, tired from the run. ‘What the hell is this?’ I asked Nightmare, keeping my eye on the bear. ‘That, my friend, is an Ursa Minor.’ I looked down and saw the Ursa Minor looking up at me. We were in a staring contest, none of us moving and waiting for the other to do something. “Trystyn!!” a voice snapped me out of my staring contest. I looked across Ponyville and saw Twilight, Spike, and the others running towards us. The Ursa Minor seemed to have heard her and turned around to face them. 2 things were going on in my mind. The 1st thought was running away while the others distract it or I could help them get rid of this beast. I saw the bear slowly walk up to them, mouth foaming. I quickly reacted by jumping of the roof, landing in front of them, and charging up a blast. “Get Back,” I stated deeply. The bear hesitated and looked scared of me. That didn't last for long as it started getting closer to us. I growled and shot a fire missile at it. "GET BACK I SAID!!" I yelled. The missile hit making it stagger a bit. A firework was then blasted into the side of its face. The Ursa Minor growled and looked at where the shot came from, as did we. It was Trixie!? The Minor growled and started charging as Trixie was getting another one ready. 'She's not going to get it ready in time,' I hear Nightmare's voice say. My eyes go wide as I rush to protect her. Thinking out of nowhere, I quickly turned into my astral form and stood between Trixie and the bear. It stopped and looked at me, cocking it's head to the side. "Twilight! Do something!" I shouted. She nodded and walked up to the bear and started charging her magic. I stood there and watched as she made some soothing music, making the Minor fall asleep. She seemed to be struggling, but she seemed okay. She then took and water tower and took the top off. She moved the bottom of it through a barn. I heard some mooing in there but when she took it out there was milk in it. She put the top back on and gave it to the bear. The bear started to drink from it like it was a baby bottle. She gently lift the bear in the air and put it in a nearby cave. I then used my magic to seal the cave up with a giant boulder, just to be safe. What? I wasn't gonna risk that fucker waking up again and taking a stroll through town. I look at Trixie and could tell that she was surprised. "Hey, you okay? I asked, getting out of my astral form. She looked up at me, smiled and nodded her head. "Good, thanks by the way for the firework," I said. "No problem, Trixie was only trying to help. That Ursa Major was really dangerous," she said. I chuckled and leaned in close to her ear, "You know that was a Minor not a Major right?" Her eyes went wide and mouthed the word 'what?' I smiled "That," I pointed at the cave where the bear was currently sleeping, "Was an Ursa Minor, a baby". She looked from me to the sealed cave, eyes still wide. I smiled, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about this. Just get out of here before things get awkward" She nodded and quickly dashed away, into the moonlight. I chuckled as I seen her run, 'I'll probably see her again,' I thought. I look up to see my friends approaching me, some with concern. "You okay?" Twilight asked. I waved my hand dismissively, "I'm fine." "So, where's Trixie?" Rainbow asked. I shrugged and started walking towards the place I call home My thoughts went back to that shadow I saw in the alleyway and the paint can he gave me. I shook my head, ‘I’ll deal with it some other time. For now, I need sleep.’