Another day has arrived in Equestria. Things are looking great. Ever since my conflict with Gilda the griffin, and our eventual acceptance, Rainbow continued to teach me about flying as a Pegasus. It's been a great week of spending time with my friends. On that note, Crimson and I have been meeting for quite some time now. She practically calls me "My little Darkness" as her nickname for me. Somehow, that makes me blush whenever I see her. I have no idea why, but for some reason, I feel like we're getting closer and closer in our relationship with each other.
Speaking of which, Twilight has been practicing new magical abilities lately. She was in her library with me and Spike. I just decided to join them to see some cool magic spells. I always liked to see magic being used this way. I know I had read Harry Potter in my youth, but that kind of magic is nothing compared to real magic that I see right now.
But to be honest, I didn't hesitate to teach her a spell or two I saw in the books and the movies, including the spells from ONWARD. And right now, I showed her the... "Growth Spell. Simply used for growing stuff. However, in order for the spell to work, you must follow what the characters from the movie ONWARD call a magic decree."
"Okay," Twilight nodded and she began to concentrate her horn.
"Wait!" I said, Twilight stopping her concentration, "I haven't told you yet, Twilight."
"Right," she said, "proceed."
"Okay," I started to explain, "first and foremost, the so-called magic decree. It's basically a special rule you must follow in order for the spell to work. Since I'm teaching you the growth spell, the magic decree is the following. In order to magnify a sudden object, you must magnify your attention upon it."
"Basically," Twilight realized what I meant, "you're saying that while I perform the spell, I can't let anything or anyone distract me."
“Exactly,” I nodded. “Also, you need to focus on the object you wish to magnify.”
“Alright,” she said. “I’ll give it a try.”
She began to concentrate her horn again and focused her magic aura.
“Come on, Twi—”
“Shh,” I shushed Spike, preventing him from distracting her.
“Magnora Gantuan!”
The magic aura was growing before a ‘pop’ came.
However, something was off. I wondered why.
“Dawn?” asked a confused Twilight. “Where are you?”
“Uh, did he leave?” added a just so confused Spike.
“No, down here!” A squeaky voice from me reached their ears. “What happened to my voice?!”
Twilight blinked and looked down… and she gasped. “Dawn! What happened?”
“You look so tiny,” added Spike.
I looked at myself, and realized… “Looks like you shrunk me, Twilight.”
“I don’t understand,” said Twilight, “how could that happen?”
“Well,” I started explaining, Spike trying his best not to laugh, “in the movie ONWARD, there’s a catch to those spells, apart from there being a magic decree for some spells. You see… in that movie, when you mess up a spell, it has consequences… which you can see for yourself.”
No sooner did I finish explaining, Spike immediately burst into laughter.
"It's not funny, Spike!" My squeaking voice did not help, as he continued laughing his ass off.
"Oh my, Dawn! You..." Spike rolled on his back as his continuous laughter made me irritated.
“Dawn is right, Spike,” agreed Twilight, “It’s not funny.”
“No worries,” I said, “As I recall, the spell eventually wears off. Yet it’s determined how long it will take.”
As soon Spike calmed down after his laughter, I sighed irritably. Honestly, this day could've been a lot worse if it weren't for the fact that I am now shrunk to a mini Pegasus. What else would the day show for me?
A knock on the door came just then. "Hello? Twilight, are you in there?"
"Oh, that would be Crimson," Twilight realized.
I sweat dropped in anxiety. I was afraid this would happen…
Twilight trotted over to the door and opened it with her magic aura. "Crimson, come in. We were just about to go out."
Crimson thanked her and trotted inside. "Where is Dawn?" she asked, looking around.
Oh gracious... I just hope she doesn't step on me... as soon as I thought that, I squeaked in fear before Crimson crushed me under her hoof. "Watch it!"
Crimson looked down and saw me. “Dawn?!” she was shocked, “Is that you?!“ She lowered her hoof for me to climb on.
I climbed on her hoof. "Who else would it be? I was just teaching Twilight some Growth Spell and this happened. I'm now a mini Pegasus for God's sake!"
"God?" asked Crimson.
I was stiff. I forgot that she doesn't know that I'm technically an alien.
"Never mind that," I said with a shake of my head.
She gazed at Twilight who gave her a bit of a nervous grin.
I looked at Twilight. This was getting awkward. "How about we go out for a bit? I could use some fresh air."
To be honest, all I needed was some air after this unfortunate event which caused me to be shrunk into a mini Pegasus. What’s left for me is to know how long the spell would last, and that could take a day or two. It’s determined how long exactly, as I stated to Twilight.
Speaking of Twilight, she happily obliged to my request of fresh air as she, Spike and Crimson decided to go out of the library. If our friends saw me like this…I wouldn’t imagine their laughter towards me. They would find it pretty funny, considering I was in mini size. I just hope Grandma and Grandpa don't find me like this for today.
“Twenty-five, Twilight,” said Spike, counting the amount of spells she used while I was on top of Crim’s head. “Twenty-five different kinds of tricks and counting. I thought unicorns were only supposed to have a little magic that matches their talents!”
“True, Spike,” Twilight said, “for ponies whose talents are things like cooking or singing or math. But what if a unicorn’s talent is magic?”
“It’s all in the moment, Spike,” I said to him. “If she wants to learn, she’s gotta learn more than just the magical abilities that match a standard unicorn.”
“Like you, Twilight,” continued Spike, “and you have tons of magic.”
“He’s right, Spike,” Twilight added. “And, please, stop. I’m sure there are lots of ponies here in Ponyville that know just as much magic as me.”
I rolled my eyes at her. “Yeah, like who would even come to town that would prove to be more talented than yourself?”
“Dawn’s got a point,” Crimson agreed. “Your prowess in magic is impressive, Twilight.”
“Thank you,” said a grateful Twilight. “I guess it comes with talent, after all.”
“Yup,” I nodded. “Talent is all that’s needed to be best at what he or she does.”
“Are you kiddin’?” asked Spike. “I don’t think there’s another unicorn in all of Equestria with your kind of ability, Twilight.”
“Could you stop praising her, Spike?” I said, feeling irritated at his constant praise. “We get it already.”
“Are you sure, Dawn?” Spike asked. “And who do you think would be more talented than our Twilight?”
As I was about to open my mouth to answer, two unicorn colts rushed past us.
“Gangway! Comin’ through!” said Snails, whom I recognized by the golden fur he had.
“Hey, watch it, pals!” I called them. “Somepony are walking here!”
They stopped and looked around in confusion.
“Did you hear something, Snips?” asked a confused Snails. “Thought I heard somethin’.”
“Yeah, I thought so, too,” added a just so confused Snips.
“Over here!”
My voice reached their ears and they blinked upon seeing a small Pegasus on top of a bigger Pegasus’ head.
“Huh? Who are you?” Snips asked.
“His name’s Dawn,” Spike replied. “Snips, Snails! What’s going on?”
“You know ‘em, Spike?” I asked.
“Yeah,” he nodded. “They are two colts who don't think before they do something.”
“Ah, like dumbs kids messing around with the adults,” I concluded.
“We’re not dumb!” Snips snapped.
“We’re more like cool guys!” Snails added. “Besides… there’s a new unicorn in town!”
“Oh, really?” I raised a brow. “Who would it be?”
“Yeah!” Snips continued. “They say that she’s got more magical powers than any other unicorn ever!”
“Really?” Twilight asked.
“Are you certain?” Crimson added.
“Aw, no way,” Spike shook his head. “That honor goes to Twilight here.”
“Where is this unicorn?” Twilight asked them.
But Snips and Snails didn’t hear him. “Ho, she’s in town square. Come on!” said Snails
“Yeah,” laughed Snips. “Come on! Wooo!”
They rushed off again.
We stood there, looking at each other. Honestly, I thought those two were pretty funny. They were like twins who thought exactly the same thing. I have to admit, this day’s getting better by the second.
“What do you think?” Twilight asked. “Should we go and see?”
“Maybe we should at least check out what the two boys meant,” Crimson nodded in agreement.
“I’d love to see who this new unicorn is,” I added.
“All right, then it’s settled,” Twilight said with a smile.
We arrived in town square where I noticed our friends there, too, and when Crimson stopped along with Twilight beside them, Rainbow couldn’t help but notice my mini size and it looked like she was going to flip. I mouthed a “Don’t” look to her, and she looked at Twilight, who gave an apologetic expression in return.
“Come one! Come all! Come and witness the amazing magic of the Great and Powerful Trixie!” There was a magic sparkling show on the stage, and a blue unicorn with a wizard cape and hat came forth from a teleportation spell.
Everypony murmured in amazement, while I merely stared at her with an unamused expression. This Trixie looked like she was going to be a troublemaker, from what I could guess. However, I could not judge the fact that she was indeed “amazing” in magic shows.
“Watch in awe as the Great and Powerful Trixie performs the most spectacular feats of magic ever witnessed by pony eyes!”
And… fireworks sparkled on the stage around her. Although it looked impressive, I couldn’t comprehend the fact that she claims herself to be the “Great and Powerful” in any sense. Also… third person speech? This day’s getting a little better from the morning with Twilight’s accidental spell mistake upon me.
“My, my, my,” said Rarity. “What boasting.”
“You said it, girl,” I agreed with her. “Nopony can claim to have that kind of magic.”
“Nopony is as Twi—” Spike gave a nervous chuckle at Rarity's look in a panic of “Mustache!”
“There’s nothing wrong with being talented, is there?” Twilight asked Rarity.
“Nothing at all,” Applejack replied. “Except when somepony goes around showing it off like a school filly with fancy new ribbons.”
“Just because one has the ability to perform lots of magic,” Rarity continued, “does not make one better than the rest of us.”
“Agreed,” I nodded in agreement with her.
“Besides,” Applejack added, looking at me, “how did ya get tiny, Dawn?”
“Uh…” I blinked. “One slight mistake on my part.”
“Especially when you got me around,” Rainbow added to Rarity’s statement, “being better than the rest of us.”
Applejack’s glare prompted Rainbow to correct herself.
“I mean … yeah…” A slight chuckle escaped Rainbow. “Uh, magic schmagic! Boo!”
“Well, well, well,” said Trixie at that moment, having clearly heard Rainbow. “It seems like we have some naysayers in the audience. Who is so ignorant as to challenge the magical ability of the Great and Powerful Trixie?”
“Smooth, Rainbow,” I whispered to her ear, hovering with my wings near her. “Clearly you’ve not forgotten about her?”
“No,” Rainbow replied.
“Do they not know that they’re in the presence of the most magical unicorn in all of Equestria?”
Rarity gave a small raspberry. “Just who does she think she is?”
“Yeah!” Spike piped in. “Since we all know that Twilight here is—”
I hovered over to him with a glare while Crimson shook her head in humor at Spike.
Suddenly a fanfare and fireworks going off came from the stage while Twilight took Spike a bit away from the crowd in private.
I saw how Rainbow flew over to Trixie. I had an amused look on my face as she began challenging the unicorn.
“So, Great and Powerful Trixie, what makes you think you’re so awesome, anyway?”
I shook my head in disbelief. Why does Rainbow always think of the word “awesome” everytime? Can’t she think of something else, like “ugly” or “disgusting”?
Trixie giggled a little at her words. “Why, only the Great and Powerful Trixie, has magic strong enough to vanquish the dreaded Ursa Major!”
Everypony, except me, gasped in awe as a sparkling show appeared on the stage, showcasing an Ursa… what’s it again?
“What’s an Ursa Major?” I asked, confused, hovering near Crimson.
“It’s one of the beasts that live in Everfree Forest,” Crim explained.
“Oh.”
Meanwhile, Trixie explained her little show. “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.”
“That settles it!” said Snips.
“Trixie truly is the most talented, most magical, most awesome unicorn in Ponyville!” added Snails.
“No! In all of Equestria!” interrupted Snips.
I rolled my eyes in exasperation.
“How do you know?! You didn’t see it!” exclaimed Spike.
Before he could continue, Twilight closed his mouth with a zipper. Huh… that could be helpful next time he rambles on.
Trixie laughed. “It's true, my enthusiastic little admirers. Trixie is most certainly the best in Ponyville.”
We all went silent on the proclamation.
“Don’t believe the Great and Powerful Trixie?” she asked. “Well, then, I hereby challenge you, Ponyvillians, anything you can do, I can do better.”
Such pride. I don’t like that personality of others, who think they are greater than their opposites.
“Any takers? Anypony? Hmm? Or is Trixie destined to be the greatest equine who has ever lived?”
Once more, fireworks began sparkling at the prideful proclamation.
Spike unzipped his mouth and practically begged Twilight. “Please, she’s unbearable! You got to show her! You just got to!”
“There’s no way I’m gonna use my magic now, Spike,” she whispered. “Especially since—”
“Hmm… how about… you?” Trixie pointed her hoof at Twilight.
Great. Just perfect.
“Hold it right there!” I piped in after hearing Twilight’s nervous gulp.
Trixie blinked as I hovered in front of her eyes. “What do you want, tiny one?”
“A duel,” I challenged with a smirk. “A duel to determine if you have the right to challenge my friend here.”
“A duel?” Trixie echoed. “And what if Trixie wins, tiny Pegasus?”
I thought of one thing. “Then I will be your servant for today.”
Twilight and Crimson gasped.
“Sounds fair enough,” Trixie smiled in approval. “Then we need something to begin our duel with.”
She began to magnify two wooden swords, one in miniature size for me.
Ooh, she's gonna regret this. I learned so much from my friend Solar Eclipse, that she’s not going to like what I’ll do to that prideful smirk on her expression.
“Ready?” Trixie asked. “Trixie is waiting patiently for you to make a move, tiny one.”
“Okay, me first?” I smiled, readying my wooden sword. “Here goes.”
Before Trixie could act, I immediately tapped her with the tip of my wooden sword.
“One. Two. Three. Dead.”
Trixie shook her head in disbelief.
The gathered ponies chuckled at the display.
“Trixie wasn’t prepared,” she said. “Best out of three.”
“Okay.” I dodged her wooden sword and tapped her with mine. “One. Two. Three. Dead.”
And thus, the ponies gathered laughed at the scene before them.
“Looks like I win,” I said to Trixie.
Trixie huffed. “Trixie is not liking you one bit, tiny Pegasus. You made it unfair with your small size.”
“Size matters not,” I replied, remembering the thing about Yoda from Star Wars.
Trixie glared at me before looking at the crowd. “Anypony else?”
“That’s it!” Applejack said. “If my friend Dawn here could win against you, then I can’t stand any more of this nonsense.”
Woo! That’s it, cowgirl!
“Can your magical powers do this?” Applejack asked, spinning a rope with her tail around herself in a great speed, like I’ve never seen it.
Then everypony around the stage was cheering for Applejack as she began dancing with the spinning rope. And after that, Applejack threw the rope up and caught an apple before she ate it right after it flew into her mouth.
Everypony cheered in amazement for Applejack.
“A great show, A.J!” I cheered her on.
“Top that, missy,” Applejack challenged Trixie.
“Oh, ye of little talent,” Trixie’s hat began to rise in the air with a purple magic aura. “Watch and be amazed at the magic of Trixie.”
The rope began to lift itself with the purple aura from Trixie, and then wrapped itself around her feet while an apple was put into her mouth.
The ponies in the crowd laughed at the display, while I had to prevent myself from doing the same.
“Once, the Great and Powerful Trixie prevails,” Trixie spoke.
“Yeah, yeah,” I rolled my eyes. “Except in our duel…”
“There’s no need to go strutting around,” Rainbow said as she hovered near Trixie, “and showing off like that. That’s my job!”
And thus, she began flying over to the wind turbine and spun around it before flying into the sky, smashing through the clouds until she went back down through the clouds she had smashed holes, taking the water from them, flying around the wind turbine before landing back at the stage with a rainbow over her.
“They don’t call me ‘rainbow’ and ‘dash’ for nothing,” she proudly said.
The crowd cheered for her.
“You go, girl!” I called up to her.
“When Trixie is through, the only thing they’ll call you is ‘loser.”
Her purple magic aura beam hit Rainbow Dash before the rainbow she made spun her around in the air and let her down on the ground again, rattling.
“I think I’m gonna be… sick…” Rainbow murmured.
I had not seen her be like that. I don’t like this Trixie pony one bit for making one of my best friends be like that.
“Seems like anypony with a dash of good sense would think twice before tussling with the great Trixie.”
I helped Rainbow up before noticing the black cloud above her flashing a lightning on her butt, causing her to cry out in pain. I glared at Trixie. “That wasn’t nice.”
However, Trixie didn’t hear me as she laughed.
“What we need is another unicorn to challenge her,” Spike said whilst I looked at him. “Somepony with some magic of her own.”
“Yeah! A unicorn to show this unicorn who’s boss,” Rainbow agreed.
“A real unicorn-to-unicorn tussle,” Applejack added in agreement.
“Enough! Enough all of you,” Rarity piped in. “I take your hint, but Rarity is above such nonsense. Rainbow Dash and Applejack may behave like ruffians, but Rarity conducts herself with beauty and grace.”
“Ohh! What’s the matter?” Trixie gave her a mischievous grin. “Afraid you’ll get a hair out of place in that rat’s nest you call a mane?”
Ouch. That’s something Rarity’s not going to like.
“Oh… it… is… on!” Rarity challenged at last. “You may think you’re tough, with all your so-called powers, but there’s more to magic than your brutish ways. A unicorn needs to be more than just muscle.”
Her horn lit up and she began to take the curtain.
“A unicorn needs to have style,” Rarity continued. The curtain she had in her magic aura began spinning around her and… made her stylish afterward. “A unicorn’s not a unicorn without grace and beauty.”
Trixie’s horn lit up.
“Rarity won’t let Trixie get the best of her,” Spike said.
I rolled my eyes at him in exasperation.
Thus… something made him gasp, along with the other ponies.
“What did she do to my hair?!” Rarity demanded.
“Nothing…” Twilight replied, unsure.
“Uh…it’s great,” I added.
“Looks fine,” Crimson said.
“It’s fine,” Rainbow said.
“It’s gorgeous,” Applejack added.
“It’s green,” Spike said all of a sudden.
I blinked as the girls glared at him.
“No!” Rarity gasped. “Green hair?! Such an awful color!” She runs off, whimpering and crying.
I shook my head in disbelief at Spike. “Next time, think before you say something to her.”
“Right…” Spike sweat dropped before he looked at Twilight. “Well, Twilight, guess it’s up to you. Come on. Show her what you’re made of.”
“What do you mean? I’m nothing special,” Twilight replied, though I sensed she was nervous while everypony stared at her.
“Yes, you are,” Spike continued. “You’re better than her.”
“I’m not better than anypony,” Twilight insisted.
Trixie gave a laugh. “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?” Twilight played innocent. “I’m just your run-of-the-mill citizen of Ponyville - no powerful magic here. I think I hear my laundry calling. Come along, Dawn!”
I blinked as I was engulfed in a magenta aura by Twilight before she rushed off.
Once we were inside the library, I was no longer in the magenta aura and was free to move. I groaned.
“I’m sorry, Dawn,” Twilight said. “But I don’t think I should let her or anypony think I’m—”
“—a show off?” I finished for her.
“Exactly,” she nodded. “You understand what it’s like when somepony boasts about being greater than yourself, right?”
“Yeah,” I said. “But you shouldn’t let anypony think of what you know they’ll think of while you use your magic. Heck, if I was like you would be in this situation, I'd be uncertain what my friends would be saying about me.”
“That’s just it,” Twilight sighed. “What if they think I’m like Trixie?”
Before I could open my mouth, Spike entered the library. He had a frown on his expression, from what I could tell.
“What’s up, Spike?” I asked.
“It’s Snips and Snails,” he merely replied and walked over to us.
“What? Did they do something to you?” I asked.
“No,” he shook his head. He noticed Twilight not listening as she was reading a book. “Twilight, would you put down that book and listen to me?”
“Didn’t you see how they hated Trixie bragging, Spike?” she asked. “If I go out there and show off my magic, I run the risk of losing them as friends.”
“It’s not the same thing, Twilight,” Spike insisted. “You’ll be using your magic to stand up to your friends!”
“No, Spike,” Twilight argued. “It’s exactly the same.”
“Come on, Twilight,” Spike argued back, “any of these tricks, even the teeniest, would be enough to show Trixie.”
I decided that I shouldn’t be part of this argument, so I chose to leave them be and go out for some fresh air. Ahh! The delicious scent of freedom! Nothing beats that in the world while others argue indoors about what happens today.
Once I feel better from the situation with Trixie, I might be able to spend more time with Crimson, ‘cause I want to be with her and all. Even if Trixie is a boaster, I feel like screwing her up in the face and doing the whole work, but that would strain my friendship with my friends if I did something dirty. So, I choose not to.
After my duel with her, I am better off without telling anypony where exactly I got swordsmanship from. Even if it was only a practice duel against a magic user.
Besides, who needs to explain that? Not me. Nuh-uh.
Just then, I saw two familiar shapes of ponies who were running for their lives. “Snips? Snails? What’s wrong?”
They were out of breath once they neared me. “Can’t talk now,” said Snips.
“Got a major problem!” Snails added.
“Yeah! Ursa Major, to be exact,” Snips finished.
“Oh, please. There’s no way that—”
A roar erupted from some trees and all three of us began screaming loudly in panic.
“See?! That’s the problem!” screamed Snips.
“What did you think of bringing an Ursa Major here?!” I screamed, flying for my life with the two ponies running beside me.
“Well…” started Snips.
“TRIXIE!” screamed Snails at the top of his lungs.
I groaned in exasperation. I noticed a rock and held it up in my hooves. “Hey, big Ursa teddy bear! Catch!” I threw the rock at the Ursa Major, which did not seem to like being attacked like it was.
It roared loudly in rage at me, and all I ever could think of was one thing:
RUN!!!
I flew away from the Ursa Major faster than I thought I could. I flew so fast that I did not see a tree in front of me and stopped just in time before turning away from the tree, as the Ursa Major slashed it to two pieces.
I felt my wings giving in as I was nearing another couple of trees before I knew that I was trapped. I looked back and paled when I saw the Ursa Major stop in front of me with rage in its eyes.
This is it. I’m gonna die today. There’s no way that I could survive a slash of the Ursa Major’s claw strike if it were to hit me.
Oh, but it looks like help arrived in the form of Twilight.
“What’s going on?” Twilight asked Trixie, who was also in the area. She noticed me. “Dawn?!”
“Nice timing, Twi! Get this thing away from me before it kills me!” I shouted back.
The Ursa Major roared and was prepared to strike and kill me, with its claws raised.
Twilight’s horn lit up and her magic aura began engulfing the Ursa Major, stopping it from striking me and then it became drowsy, eventually lowering its claws down and was magically teleported away from my sight.
Phew! That sure was a close call!
“Nice use of number sixteen!” Spike complimented Twilight.
“Unbelievable!” Rainbow exclaimed.
“That was amazing!” Spike concurred.
I sighed in relief and before I knew it, my body began to glow and I grew in size again.
“Whoa!” Applejack gasped. “How did ya do that, Dawn?”
“Well,” I started. “I taught Twilight some kind of Growth Spell. A mistake happened and I was accidentally shrunk. But, boy! Am I glad to be my normal size again!”
“But, Heavens to Betsy!” continued Applejack to Twilight. “We knew you had ability, but not that much!”
“I’m sorry,” Twilight apologized. “Please, please don’t hate me.”
“Hate you?” Rainbow, Applejack and Rarity all said.
“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—”
“Whoa, whoa, whoa!” Rainbow said, waving her hooves. “Magic’s got nothing to do with it. Trixie’s just a loudmouth.”
“Most unpleasant,” Rarity concurred.
“All hat and no cattle,” Applejack added.
“So, you don’t mind my magic tricks?” Twilight asked.
I smiled, liking the interaction between them here.
“Your magic is a part of you, sugarcube,” Applejack continued, “and we like who you are. We’re proud to have such a powerful, talented unicorn as our friend.”
“Indeed,” I nodded in agreement.
“And after whuppin’ that ursa’s hindquarters, we’re even prouder,” Rainbow continued.
“You are?” Twilight asked.
There were a couple of “Uh-huh”, and “Mm-hmm”.
“Wow, Twilight, how'd you know what to do with that ursa major?” Spike asked.
“That's what I was doing when you came looking for me. I was so intrigued by Trixie's bragging that I was compelled to do a little reading up on them,” she explained.
“So is it possible to vanquish an ursa major all by yourself?” Spike asked.
“That wasn’t an Ursa Major,” Twilight giggled. “It was a baby, an Ursa Minor.”
Wait… “A baby?! And I thought it was big enough to squash me,” I said, surprised.
“And it wasn't rampaging. It was just cranky because someone woke it up,” Twilight added.
“Well, if that was an Ursa Minor,” Spike started, “then what’s an Ursa Major like?”
“You don’t wanna know,” Twilight said.
“Huh. You may have vanquished an ursa minor, but you will never have the amazing, show-stopping ability of the Great and Powerful Trixie!” She then trotted away.
“Why, that little…” Rainbow started.
“Let her go,” I sighed. “We’ve had enough trouble for one day.”
“Dawn’s right, Rainbow,” Twilight nodded. “Maybe someday she'll learn her lesson. Now, about you two.”
Snips and Snails looked at her, nervous as heck.
After giving her punishment for them, Twilight gave them, along with Spike mustaches, and they all cheered childishly.
Once we were back in the library, Twilight began writing her friendship report to Princess 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.”
“It was a great day,” I admitted.
“Yeah,” Twilight nodded. “I must concur. However, it started out as unexpected.”
“Yep!” Spike agreed. “With how Dawn shrunk in size and grew back to normal, I’d say it was a fantastic day. So, you finally admit that you’re the most talented unicorn in all of Ponyville?”
“Well, yeah,” Twilight nodded.
And then, it all continued with Spike saying about how it didn’t go well with Rarity while he had the mustache. I shook my head in good humor while he continued:
“Okay, imagine me with a nice, long, Fu Manchu type beard. Or maybe a goatee. Oh, no, a soul patch right on my chin!”