It was another day in Equestria and Bandit was Rubbing Twilight shoulders to get her ready.
"Come on, Twilight. You can do it." He told her. "It's literally so easy that Chad just did it."
He was referring to a Transfiguration spell. A few seconds ago, Chad had turned a teacup into an apple, he was currently eating it as well.
Twilight took a few deep breaths. "Okay. I can do this." She said as Bandit gave her a shoulder rub.
"All you have to do is point and shoot. You have nothing to worry about." Bandit told her before letting go and looking at the orange. Twilight illuminated her horn before casting the spell on the orange. A magical aura began to swirl around the Orange before turning it into a lemon. Twilight would turn to look at Bandit after seeing the lemon, feeling confident and accomplished, only amplified by Bandit's excited in place trotting.
"Ha ha! Ya did it! Growing magic, that's number twenty-four. Twenty-four different types of tricks and counting." Bandit said before hearing someone eating the lemon. He turned around and, to his horror, Chad had eaten the lemon. Twilight looked between the two, confused.
"Everybody get down!!" Bandit exclaimed as he dove to cover. Chad had a grin on his face and was twitching as if he had ingested coffee mixed with energy drinks. Twilight quickly grabbed Spike, who was standing nearby, and dove beside Bandit.
It didn't take long for Chad to start bouncing off of walls, running in circles, and making a hyperactive mess of everything.
"Does this always happen?!" Spike asked.
"Yes! This is why he's not allowed to eat lemons. He'll tire himself out eventually." Bandit said. Chad ran in circles that were so fast that they were creating small tornadoes before he finally crashed, falling asleep in the middle of the still spinning tornadoes.
Spike and Twilight peeked out, looking towards him. Chad was curled up adorably on the floor, snoring. Bandit used his magic to clean up the mess surrounding everyone.
"That was fast." Spike commented.
"That's because we are in an enclosed space." Bandit responded.
Spike nodded, turning to look at Chad.
He was still asleep. Bandit put him in a blanket and placed him on his back.
"That was a lively start to the day." Twilight said, practically impossible to not hear the eye rolling tone in her voice.
"Your sarcasm is appreciated." Bandit said with an eye roll. Twilight giggled at the response.
"Want to try number Twenty-five?" Bandit asked her. Bandit asked. Twilight began to grin.
"Just don't do it on me. I don't-" He tried to say. A beam hits his snout and lower chin before he finished talking.
"Too late." She said as she finished. Seconds later, facial hair grew out of his face, making him sport a mustache, beard combo.
"You did it!" Spike exclaimed. Twilight giggled and touched his beard.
"You know, you look good in a beard." Twilight said. Bandit gave her an unamused look and moved her hoof off of him.
"Don't worry Bandit, it'll 'grow' on you." Spike said before laughing. Bandit looked towards the audience unamused.
My Little Pony,
My Big Changeling too
Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahhh…
[Bandit]
(My Little Pony)
We used to wonder what friendship could be
(My Little Pony)
[Twilight Sparkle]
Until you all shared its magic with me
[Rainbow Dash]
Big adventure
[Pinkie Pie]
Tons of fun
[Rarity]
A beautiful heart
[Applejack]
Faithful and strong
[Fluttershy]
Sharing kindness!
[Lightning Sprint]
Motivate the team
[Bandit]
Heroics makes it all complete
You have my little ponies
Do you know you're all my very best friends?
Back with the group, the 4 were walking throughout Ponyville. Bandit was scratching his facial hair.
"Twenty-five, Twilight. Twenty-five different kinds of tricks and counting. I thought unicorns were only supposed to have a little magic that matches their special talents!" Chad said, now fully awake, but still in the blanket.
"True, for ponies whose talents are for things like cooking or singing or math, but what if a pony's special talent was magic?" Twilight asked.
"Like you and Bandit, Twilight, and you two know a ton of magic." Chad said.
"Well, i don't have a cutie mark for it so-" Bandit had to say.
"Yet. You don't have a cutie mark for it yet." Spike interrupted.
"I'm sure there are others here who know a lot about magic." Twilight said.
"Are you kidding? I don't think there's another unicorn in all of Equestria with your kind of ability, Twilight." Chad said with a tail wag. Spike snickered.
"Aww Chad you're too kind" Twilight said, blushing. Chad blepped at her with a wink.
"Suck up" Spike muttered with a smirk.
"What was that Spike?" Bandit asked with a smirk, startling Spike.
"N-Nothing!" Bandit chuckled.
"By the way Twily, How much longer until this facial hair goes away?" Bandit asked.
"Uh... It should go soon" Twilight answered.
Bandit was about to say something, but he was interrupted by Snips and Snails running past them.
"Gangway! Comin' through!" Snails exclaimed. Bandit Quickly picked up Spike so he wasn't run over by the two running colts. Chad leaped off of Bandit's back, leaving the blanket and ran after Snips and Snails.
"Snips, Snails! What's goin' on?" Chad asked. They slid to a stop, Chad was still running but teleported back to them.
"Haven't you heard?!" Snails asked.
"There is a new unicorn in town." Snips answered.
"Where was this kind of excitement when I came to town?" Bandit asked. He was clearly not happy with that. Twilight playfully nudged him. Bandit pouted as a result.
"They say that she's got more magical powers than any other unicorn ever!" Snips said, making Twilight stunned a little.
"Really?" She asked, feeling bad about hearing that.
"What do you mean? Twilight is right there." Chad said.
"Yeah, no unicorn is more powerful than her." Spike added. Twilight blushes as a result before becoming interested in finding out who this was.
"Where is this unicorn?" Twilight asked. Snails piped up.
"She's in town square. Come on!" He said as he began running.
"Yeah! Come on." Snips said as he ran behind him. Bandit and Twilight looked at each other and began running, Chad and Spike right beside them.
In town square, there was a crowd gathered around a wagon parked in front of the building.
"Come one, come all! Come and witness the amazing magic of the Great and Powerful Trixie!" A voice called out. Bandit, Twilight, Spike and Chad made it to the front, Bandit loafed so the ponies behind him could see. A blue unicorn wearing a lavender wizard hat and cape, complete with yellow and varying shades of blue stars and dots, 'teleported' in front of the curtains. She was the self-proclaimed, great and powerful Trixie.
"Oooh." The crowd that gathered said.
"Watch in awe as the Great and Powerful Trixie performs the most spectacular feats of magic ever witnessed by pony eyes!" Trixie exclaimed as fireworks went off.
"Wow, she's a boaster." Bandit commented.
"My goodness Bandit, did you grow a beard?" Rarity was heard saying.
"Well yes but actually no." Bandit responded.
"It looks good on you, you should keep it." Applejack complimented.
"Thank you, I wish I liked it as much as you do." Bandit said as he continued scratching it. Twilight walked over to Bandit, hearing what he said previously.
"There's nothing wrong with being talented, is there?" Twilight asked.
"Nothin' at all, 'cep'n when someone goes around showin' it off like a school filly with fancy new ribbons." Applejack said, glaring at Trixie as she made a bunch of flowers appear out of nowhere. Bandit saw how that made Twilight feel.
"Twilight, I'm sure she meant-" Bandit tried to say.
"Just because one has the ability to perform lots of magic does not make one better than the rest of us." Rarity interrupted. Twilight's ears flopped. Bandit tried again, only to be interrupted by Lightning Sprint and Rainbow dash.
"Especially when ya got us around." Rainbow dash said.
"Being better than the rest of us is kind of our job." Lightning Sprint added.
Both Applejack and Bandit glared at them. Though it was mostly Bandit that got them changing their minds.
"Heh... Uh, I mean, yeah, uh, magic shmagic." Rainbow dash said.
"Boo!" Lightning Sprint added to show she got the point. Unfortunately, Trixie heard them.
"Well, well, well, it seems we have some neighsayers in the audience." Trixie started.
"Is everyone doing bad puns today?" Bandit muttered to Twilight.
"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?" Trixie asked. Bandit rolled his eyes.
"Great, it's Blueblood 2.0." Bandit said. Rarity scoffed and turned to Twilight.
"Just who does she think she is?" She asked her. Then Spike piped up to tell Trixie off.
"Yeah! Since we all know that Twilight here is—" Spike tried to say before Twilight interrupted.
"Spike! Shhh!" She said before pulling him away from the crowd. Bandit quickly flew up to follow her, grabbing Chad as he did so.
"What? What's wrong?" Spike asked as he turned around.
"You see the way they reacted to Trixie? I don't want anyone thinking I'm a show-off." Twilight answered, she was pretty nervous.
"Twilight, there's a difference between-" Bandit tried to say before fanfare went off. Lightning Sprint flew over to Trixie.
"So, "Great and Powerful Trixie". What makes you think you're so awesome, anyway?" She asked her. Trixie gave off a confident scoff.
"Heh, why, only the Great and Powerful Trixie has magic strong enough to vanquish the dreaded ursa major!" She proudly said. The fireworks went off and illustrated 'what happened'. Starting with making the ursa.
Most of the audience gasped in awe, especially Snips and Snails.
“When all hope was lost, the ponies of Puffington 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!” She told the crowd. Bandit gave off a glare, he didn't buy this story at all.
Although, before he could voice his own opinion on the matter, Snips and Snails continued to worship her.
“That settles it.” Snips said.
“Trixie truly is the most talented, most magical, most awesome unicorn in Ponyville.” Snails walked up to her stage and boasted her ego.
“No! In all of Equestria!” Snips added, which only increased it.
“How do you know? You didn’t see it.” Chad yelled. Bandit smiled proudly, appreciating that he wasn't as gullible. “And besides, Twi…” Twilight quickly used her magic and zipped Chad's mouth before he could finish, literally. Spike ran over to try and unzip it.
Trixie only laughed. “It’s true, my enthusiastic little admirers. Trixie is most certainly the best in Ponyville.” She arrogantly said.
There was only silence and crickets chirping.
“Don’t believe the Great and Powerful Trixie?” Trixie said before giggling. “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 ever lived!” She said and the fireworks were shot out again. Bandit was about to step forward, but Trixie was quick to shoot down this challenger.
"Up bup bup. Sorry friend, but the only challengers are ponies only." She said with a grin. Bandit gasped and then growled. Chad unzipped his lips and grabbed Twilight's hoof.
"Please! She’s unbearable! You got to show her you just got to!” He begged Twilight.
“There’s no way I’m gonna use my magic now, Spike, Especially since…” Twilight told him, but was interrupted by Trixie.
“Hmm. How about…you?” Trixie said, pointing her hoof at Twilight. Twilight gulped nervously. “Well, how about it, hmm? Is there anything you can do that the Great and Powerful Trixie can’t do?” She asked, confident that Twilight can’t outdo her.
"You got some nerve, you know that?" Bandit started to talk. "Won't accept me as a challenger, but pick on someone who doesn't want to-" Bandit started before being interrupted again.
"Oh please. I don't need to waste my time with, whatever you happened to be. And besides, I remember saying that I am the most powerful pony to ever live. And you don't match that basic qualification." She mocked. Bandit was now heated from that statement.
"Why you-"
“How about you, little hayseed?” Trixie mocked Applejack.
“That’s it. I can’t stand for no more of this.” Applejack broke.
“You show her, A.J.!” Spike encouraged her.
"Make her look worse!" Chad added.
Applejack got on the stage. “Can your magical powers do this?" Applejack asked, before she began whirling her lasso. She did a few tricks with it, jumping through the lasso a few times before tossing it to grab an apple off a tree, bringing the fruit back into her mouth and ate it. Everyone cheered for Applejack's performance. “Top that, Missy!” She told Trixie.
“Oh, ye a little talent, watch and be amazed at the magic of Trixie!” Trixie said, her hat levitated off her head as her horn glowed. She used her magic to grab Applejack’s rope and hypnotized her like a snake. Trixie used the other end of the rope to grab an apple from the same tree. The other end that Applejack was distracted by tied her legs together and placed the apple in her mouth. The audience cheered and laughed at Trixie’s performance.
“Once again, the Great and Powerful Trixie prevails.” Trixie announced as Applejack hopped to the end of the stage. Bandit, still angry, walked over and bit the ropes off.
“There’s no need to go strutting around and showing off like that.” Rainbow Dash challenged her. Lightning flew next to her.
“Oh?” Trixie replied.
"That's our job." The two Pegasi took off. Rainbow Dash flew to the windmill, flew around the rotor a couple times and shot off to the sky like a rocket.
Lightning Sprint flew towards the river and flew circles around it, making tornadic water sprouts before taking to the skies.
Rainbow dash penetrated through a bunch of clouds and stopped in front of the sun at the same time as Lightning Sprint. They crossed and took the paths the other took. Lightning Sprint went through the clouds, taking rain droplets with her.
Rainbow dash flies though the water sprouts, taking droplets with her. Both of them landed on the stage on opposite sides, letting the droplets hit them and create rainbows above them, the same colors as their manes.
"We aren't called Dash and Sprint for nothing." Lightning Sprint said with a smirk. Everyone began to cheer for them.
“When Trixie is through, the only thing they’ll call you two is ‘losers’.” Trixie said before she started using her magic again. She shot a beam at the rainbow over Rainbow Dash and wrapped it around her, also taking one of the still spinning Watersprouts. Trixie spun the rainbow around, creating a tornado that Rainbow Dash was trapped in, trapping Lightning Sprint in the water sprout. The two tornadoes flew through the sky for a few seconds before they stopped when they reached the ground.
"I'm gonna be sick." The two of them said.
“Seems like anypony with a DASH of a good sense would think twice before Sprinting to a tussle with the Great Trixie.” Trixie said before she summoned a thunder cloud behind them both.
Bandit quickly pushed them out of the way before getting shocked by the cloud.
The crowd began laughing.
"Bandit! Are you okay?" Twilight asked, very concerned. The only damage to Bandit was that he was currently being laughed at.
"I'm fine." Bandit said as he shook his hair and facial hair back to normal. He neither sounded fine, or looked happy.
"What we need is another unicorn to challenge her. Someone with some magic of her own." Spike said.
“Yeah! A unicorn to show this unicorn who’s boss.” Rainbow Dash agreed.
“A real unicorn to unicorn tussle.” Applejack added.
"Yeah! Give her the what for!" Lightning Sprint exclaimed, flying into the air.
Rarity used her magic to bring the pegasus back to the ground.
"Enough. Enough, all of you. I take your hint, but Rarity is above such nonsense. Rainbow Dash, Lightning Sprint and Applejack may behave like ruffians, but Rarity conducts herself with beauty and grace." Rarity said.
“Ooo! What’s the matter? Afraid you’ll get a hair out of place in that rat's nest you call a mane?” Trixie insulted, trying to bait Rarity into a challenge.
“Oh… it… is… on.” Rarity said, taking the bait. She got onstage, trotting around Trixie. “You may think you’re tough, with all your so-called powers, but there is more to magic than your brutish ways. A unicorn needs to be more than just muscle.” She said, before using her magic to grab Trixie’s blue curtains. “A unicorn needs to have style.” The curtains wrapped around her, and she created a dress with it. “A unicorn’s not a unicorn without grace and beauty.” She said, showing off her dress to the audience.
Trixie gave a grin. She had something sinister planned for this.
"A unicorn is not a unicorn without grace and beauty." Rarity said.
“Rarity won’t let Trixie get the best of her." Chad said.
"She's strong, she's beautiful, she's—" Spike began. That stopped when Trixie blasted a spell that changed Rarity. Everyone gasped in shock.
"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 exclaimed in a panic.
“Nothing.” Twilight lied.
“It’s fine.” Rainbow Dash lied.
“It’s gorgeous.” Applejack lied, which was the biggest shock.
Bandit simply gave her a mirror.
"Ugh, no. Green hair! Not green hair! Such an awful, awful color!" Rarity cried out as she ran off.
She ran past a mare with green hair.
“Well! I never.” The mare exclaimed angrily.
"Well Twilight, guess it's up to you. Come on, show her what you're made of." Spike said.
"What do you mean? I'm nothing special." Twilight said.
“Yes, you are. You’re better than her.” Chad continued.
"I'm not better than anyone." She continued trying to get out of the spotlight.
“Ha! 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 challenged Twilight. All eyes began to fall on her.
“Who, me? I’m just a run of the mill citizen of Ponyville. No powerful magic here. I, uh… I think I hear my laundry calling. Sorry. Got to go.” Twilight declined and rushed back to the library. Bandit began to follow.
"Twilight? Bandit?" Chad and Spike called, watching them walk/run away.
“Ha. Once again, the Great and Powerful Trixie has proven herself to be the most amazing, unicorn all of Equestria.” Trixie proclaimed. “Unh. Was there ever any doubt?” She said before walked off stage. As the crowd disbanded, Chad and Spike looked at each other and nodded.
Later on, Trixie was brushing her mane in front of a mirror before being brought a smoothie by snips.
“Here’s the oat smoothie you asked for with extra hay, just how you like it.” Snips said. Offering it to her on a tray.
“Mmm. Hay.” Snails drooled.
Trixie levitated the plastic cup and slurped through the straw. “Yes?” Trixie asked them, who seemed to be waiting for something.
“Oh, tell us another story, Great and Powerful Trixie.” Snips asked.
“Yeah, tell us about how you vanquished the Ursa major.” Snails asked. Trixie scoffed.
"Guh! Trixie is far too exhausted from performing feats beyond imagination. Begone with you until morning." She told them. They bowed and began to back away.
"Oh, of course, Great and Powerful Trixie." Snails said.
"Anything you say. We are at your beck and call." Snips bounced off. They continued to back off before the egg brothers spoke.
"What are you two doin'?" Chad asked.
"Just bringin' the G and PT a—" Snips started before Spike interrupted.
"The what?" Spike asked.
"The Great and Powerful Trixie." Snips translated.
"Mean and Pompous more like." Chad remarked.
"Just bringin' her a smoothie." Snips finished.
"How can you fall for her lameness? She's just a show-off. Unlike Twilight and Bandit, who—" Spike tried to said before Snips spoke up again.
"First off, Bandit is not a pony." Snips said. Chad let off a wolf growl. "And second, The Great and Powerful Trixie vanquished an ursa major. Can your Twilight or Bandit claim that?"
"One, Bandit and Twilight saved Celestia AND the summer sun festival. And B; Were you guys actually there?" Chad asked. They both had to think for a moment.
"Well, eh, uh... no, but—" Snips tried to justify.
"But nothing. The proof is in the pudding." Spike interrupted this time. Snails drooled once again.
"I like pudding." Snails said.
"Me too, but unless an ursa major comes waltzing up the street for Trixie to vanquish, I am not gonna believe a word she says, and neither should you!" Chad said. Spike nodded in agreement. This gave Snips an idea, obviously a bad one.
"Hm, an ursa walkin' up the street, hey? Snails! You thinkin' what I'm thinkin'?" Snips asked Snails.
"Why is it they call it a flea market when they don't really sell fleas?" Snails asked. Spike continued to look unamused.
"Because the term comes from the phrase, marché aux puces. Literally translating to market of the fleas." Chad answered.
"I'm not even gonna ask why you know that. Snails, come on!" Snips said as he began to walk away. Chad and Spike walked back to the library.
"Also Spike, that's not what lameness means." Chad added.
As they came back to the library, Bandit and Twilight were having a bit of an argument.
"Twilight, would you put down that book and just listen to me?" Bandit said. Twilight's book was on a pedestal as she was reading it.
"Didn't you see how they hated Trixie's bragging, Bandit? If I go out there and show off my magic, I run the risk of losing them as friends." Twilight retorted, looking back at him. Chad and Spike peeked in.
"It's not the same thing, Twilight. You'll be using your magic to stand up for your friends. She was hated because she was a loud mouth in addition to being a jerk. You saw what she did to them, showing up is not the same as showing off." Bandit said back.
"No, Bandit, it's exactly the same!" Twilight said, beginning to raise her voice.
“Come on, Twilight. Any one of these tricks, even the teeniest, would be enough to show up Trixie.” Bandit continued to insist.
“I don’t want to be seen as a bragger like Trixie.” Twilight said, before using her magic to summon a blue door in front of Bandit. He tried to say something else but the door was closed in his face. Instead of opening it, Bandit simply looked over the top of it, considering he was much taller than the average door.
"But you're the best. Chad, Spike and I tell you all the time." Bandit told her.
“Ugh! Please, Bandit. I said no.” Twilight exclaimed. Bandit let out a gruff and got off the door, opening it to peek through.
"Fine, if you aren't gonna show Trixie Who's the truly great and powerful unicorn around here, then at least do me a favor and get this stupid mustache off of me." Bandit said, slightly cold tone in his voice. Twilight sent a spell at Bandit's face, which got rid of the mustache, but the beard was still there. Bandit groaned, He knew he wasn't specific and should have seen this coming.
"And the beard please." He requested, slightly less cold in tone. Twilight eliminates the beard too. Bandit stormed off to his room, with a couple of books.
Chad and Spike looked at each other.
"They seem pretty tense." Spike pointed out.
"No kidding. Let's go get them some ice cream to calm them down." Chad suggested, pulling a bag of bits out of his mane. Spike nodded and the two ran off to Sugar cube corner.
In the everfree forest, Snips and Snails were walking towards a cave, Slightly spooked by the way the scary forest looked in the dark. They walked into a cave and it only got darker from there. So much so that the only thing that could be seen from both of their perspectives were their eyes.
"Oh, how are we gonna find an ursa major when I can't even see my own hoof in front of my face?" Snips asked.
"Hold on." Snails said as she began to spark his horn to light up the cave. Like the classic 3rd time's a charm trope, it didn't light up the cave until the 3rd try.
"Oh, heh. That's better." Snips said. It was at that moment when the 2 of them realized that the breeze they were feeling on their backs wasn't coming from the entrance of the cave, but from the snout of an Ursa behind them. They turned around and saw the ursa wake up and growl at them.
They both screamed as the ursa roared.
Chad and Spike were eating some of the ice cream they just bought, by the edge of town. Not from the containers, they had ice cream on cones. Spike's was strawberry ice cream. Chad's was tiger stripe vanilla cherry.
Then they heard Snips screaming and Snails panting. They both looked up and saw the 2 colts running past them.
"Snips? Snails? What's going on?" Spike asked.
"Can't talk now." Snips exclaimed.
"Got a major problem!" Snails exclaimed. Chad and Spike looked towards them confused.
"Yeah, ursa major, to be exact." Snips said. Spike scratched his head as Chad turned around, seeing the ursa. Hearing it Growl too. Spike gasped as he turned around.
"That's more of a minor incident." Chad said before scooping spike on his back and running. As he ran, the containers of ice cream floated in the air from his speed. He came back and Spike grabbed them and they continued to evade the ursa. It roared and followed them
"Trixie!" Snips and Snails exclaimed.
"Twilight!" "Bandit!" Chad and Spike called.
The two colts got to Trixie's wagon and banged on her door. Calling out for Trixie and talking over one another in a panic. Trixie was not happy when she got to her window.
"Trixie thought she said the Great and Powerful Trixie did not want to be disturbed!" Trixie berated. Snips laughed nervously.
"We— We have a— a tiny problem." Snips said nervously.
"Actually it's a big one." Snails said.
"What is so important that you cannot wait until morning to disturb Trixie?" She asked angrily. Her anger turned to shock when she heard the growl and roar of an Ursa. She looked up and saw the beast knocked over some trees and that made her scream and opened the door, hitting the two colts as she ran out and away. Screaming her head off. Snips and Snails were right behind her. The ursa crushed her wagon and roared after them.
Chad and Spike ran inside the library, where Twilight was still reading the book.
"Twilight! You've gotta come! Quick!" Spike said as he hopped off.
"I already told Bandit you two, I don't wanna show up Trixie!" Twilight told them, Not wanting to go through the same argument with different creatures.
"No! You don't understand, it's-" Chad tried to say.
The roar of an Ursa was the next thing they heard, interrupting what Chad was going to say next.
"That's not what I think it is, is it?" Bandit asked as he came out of his room.
"Only a minor chance it isn't." Chad responded.
Meanwhile, Trixie, Snips and Snails were cornered by the Ursa.
“Great and Powerful Trixie, you’ve got to vanquish the Ursa.” Snips told her.
“Yeah! Vanquish so we can watch.” Snails encouraged.
“It took a lot of trouble to get that thing here.” Snips said.
“Wait. you brought this here?” Trixie gasped "Are you out of your little pony minds?!” Trixie exclaimed.
“But you’re the Great and Powerful Trixie.” Snips excused.
“Yeah. Remember? You defeated an Ursa Major.” Snails said. The Ursa heard him and roared at her.
“Uh, okay.” Trixie gulped. “Stand back.” Trixie’s horn glowed and levitated a rope out of a vase. The rope floated it to the Ursa’s left paw and tied two of it’s fingers together. “Ahh. Piece of cake.” She said.
The ursa lifted its paw and simply opened its fingers, snapping the rope off and smirking at Trixie.
“Aw, come on, Trixie.” Snips said.
“Stop goofing around and vanquish it, eh?” Snails added.
Trixie gulped and her horn glowed again. This time, she summoned a thunder cloud right over the Ursa Minor’s back.
“Well, that was a dud.” Snails said, unimpressed.
“Yeah, Pbht! Come on! Where’s all the cool explosions and smoke and stuff like earlier, you know.” Snips asked frustrated.
Lightning came out of the thunder cloud and struck the Ursa Minor in the hind. It didn’t do anything besides aggravate it even more.
“Uh oh.” Trixie said, knowing that they were in trouble. The Ursa Minor roared in absolute anger. Trixie and the colts screamed and ran underneath it.
The roaring ended up getting the attention of everyone in ponyville. This resulted in a panic and most of the residents running away. Bandit and Twilight, with Chad and Spike on their backs, ran towards the ursa, past the crowd to do so.
They then ran to Snips and Snails.
"What happened?" Bandit asked.
"What's going on?" Twilight asked.
"We brought an ursa to town." Snips said proudly.
"You what!?" Bandit and Twilight exclaimed.
"Don't worry, the great and powerful Trixie will vanquish it." Snails tried to excuse. Trixie flopped her ears and lowered her head.
"I can't." Trixie said. Surprising them both.
"What!?" Snips and Snails exclaimed.
"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 confessed.
"Made it up!?" Snips and Snails exclaimed again.
"Anyone else not colored surprised?" Bandit asked, getting punched in his front hoof by Twilight.
"Not the time." She gritted. The ursa was heard growling behind them. Letting out a roar, scaring nearly all that saw it.
Bandit looked at Twilight and nudged her. The two of them walked forward. The Ursa walked to them.
Bandit whispered something into her ear, and the two nod.
Bandit sparked his horn first and stuck his right hoof out. Flowing gusts of wind began to flow gently through the holes of his hoof, making a sweet lullaby tune The lullaby made the Ursa begin to sway, calming it back into its original sleepy state.
"Nice use of number 16." Spike said, then he heard Chad snoring, nudging him to wake him up.
"Huh? Oh right, ursa." He said as he stood back up.
Twilight used her magic and levitated a water tower and unscrewed the top of it. She dumped the water inside and floated it inside a barn filled with cows. When it came out, the tower was filled with the cow’s milk. She screwed the top back on and floated it to the Ursa.
"That's new." Chad and Spike said.
The song made the ursa fall asleep, nearly landing on Trixie. Bandit and Twilight combined their magic to pick up the ursa and rock it gently. Twilight gave the ursa the milk filled water tower, which in turn, it began to suck like a baby. Bandit stopped the music and the two levitated the Ursa Minor back into the Everfree Forest. Both were exhausted, one a little more than the other.
"You okay?" Bandit asked Twilight. She nodded.
"Yes. I'm fine." She answered with a smile. It faded when she heard everypony started cheering for her and Bandit.
“Heavens to Betsy! We knew you two had ability, but not that much.” Applejack exclaimed. Rainbow Dash stood next to her, nodding in agreement.
“I’m sorry.” Twilight apologized. “Please, please don’t hate us.” She asked them.
“Hate you?!” Their friends asked.
“Why, whatever do you mean, darling?” Rarity asked.
“Well, I know how much you all hated Trixie’s showing off with her magic tricks, and I just thought-” Bandit stopped her.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Magic’s got nothing to do with it. Trixie’s just a loudmouth.” Lightning Sprint told her.
"In addition to being a bit specist." Rainbow dash added.
“Most unpleasant.” Rarity added.
“All hat and no cattle.” Applejack said.
“So… you don’t mind our magic tricks?” Twilight asked.
"Duh." Bandit said before snickering.
“Your magic is a part of who you are, sugar cube, and we like who you are. We’re proud to have such a powerful, talented unicorn as our friend.” Applejack told her.
“And after whupping that Ursa’s hindquarters, we’re even prouder.” Rainbow Dash said.
“You are?” Twilight asked in excitement.
“Told you it wasn't the same thing." Bandit nudged. Twilight rolled her eyes with a smirk.
"Wow, guys! How’d you know what to do with that Ursa Major?” Spike asked.
Chad was about to correct him, but Bandit zipped his lips this time.
"That's what I-" Twilight started.
"We." Bandit added.
"We were doing when you came looking for us." Twilight said.
"Trixie's story didn't add up for me, so I had to check my sources." Bandit said.
"And I was so intrigued by Trixie’s bragging that I was compelled to do a little reading up on them.” Twilight explained.
“So, it is possible to Vanquish an Ursa Major.” Spike asked. Bandit unzipped Chad's lips to let him correct Spike.
"That wasn't an Ursa major. It was a baby, an ursa minor." Chad corrected.
"That was just a baby?" Trixie asked in shock, who was standing in the crowd. Pinkie Pie was also next to her.
"Suddenly all the times you said the word minor makes sense." Spike said to Chad.
"And it wasn't rampaging, it was cranky because someone was Sow inconsiderate to wake it up." Bandit said. Chad zipped over and hoofbumped him for the pun made, but Bandit kept his glare on the two colts responsible. The rest of the crowd shared his look.
“Ohh.” Snips and Snails said in shame.
“Well, if that was an Ursa Minor, then what’s an Ursa Major like.” Spike asked in fear.
"Imagine a purple version of what we just saw with much larger teeth and big enough to fit that baby in one arm." Bandit said. Chad drew an accurate picture and showed it to Spike. Who gulped as a result.
Trixie walked up to Twilight. “Ha! You may have Vanquished and Ursa Minor, but you will never have the amazing, show stopping ability of the Great and Powerful Trixie!” She said, popping a smokescreen. Once it disappeared however, everyone saw Trixie running out of Ponyville.
“Why, that little…” Lightning Sprint said, taking off into the air, but Twilight stopped her.
“Just let her go. Maybe someday she’ll learn her lesson.” Twilight told her.
"Yeah, and plus I can't bear to hear that irritating voice anymore." Bandit said. Hoofbumping Spike this time for the pun. Then he saw the two trouble makers attempting to sneak away. However, Chad walked the opposite direction as them, grabbed them by the tails and dragged them back to Bandit and Twilight.
"Now about you two." Twilight said. They both looked at her nervously.
“Uh… we’re sorry that we woke up the Ursa Minor.” Snips apologized.
“We just wanted to see some awesome magic.” Snails explained.
"And the two of you thought bringing a creature to destroy the town was a smart way to do that?" Bandit asked, still glaring.
“Yeah! and the way you vanquish that Ursa Minor was awesome!” Snips answered. That was not the answer neither of them wanted to hear. Evident by the looks not changing. The attempt at buttering them up did not work, so they gave up and lowered to the ground.
"We deserve whatever punishment you give us.” Snails said.
“For starters, you can clean up this mess.” Twilight said, looking at the remains of Trixie’s wagon.
“And… what do you think, Bandit? Should I give them number 25?” Twilight asked him. Bandit smirked.
"Oh yeah. And I think Spike and Chad want it too." Bandit answered. Chad and Spike zipped over next to them as the two lit up their horns.
Snips and Snails cowered in fear as Spike and Chad waited in anticipation. All four of them received varying mustaches or in Chad's case, mustache and beard, on their faces.
"SWEET!” 3 out of 4 exclaimed. Chad was scratching his face.
"On second thought--" Chad started. Twilight used her magic to get it off his face. "That's better."
Bandit gave him a noogie.
The next morning, Bandit was making breakfast as Twilight wrote the letter to Celestia.
"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.” Twilight said, finishing the letter. Bandit then leaned next to her.
"Say it." He said with a grin.
"No." She said with a giggle.
"Say. It." He said again, nudging her this time.
"If I say it will you stop?" Twilight asked her. Bandit wrapped his hooves around her torso and stood up. Lifting her off the ground.
"Eep! Okay okay! You were right." She said whilst laughing.
"Not that. Say you're the best unicorn in all of ponyville and I'll put you down." Bandit said. There was a pause before she smirked.
"I'm the best unicorn in all of Ponyville." She said. Bandit smiled and put her down. She booped his nose.
"But that's nothing to brag about." She told him.
"Well, not yet anyways. Enjoy your breakfast, I'm gonna send this to mom." Bandit said as he took the letter, walking out of the room, grabbing half of the pancakes he made as he did.
He walked downstairs just in time to see Spike drawing a mustache on a sleeping Chad. However, Chad woke up when the smell of pancakes hit his nose. He saw Spike and growled.