Fluttersized

by Barrobroadcaster


Big Fight

"Is that Owlowicious?", Spike asked, noticing Twilight's owl flying towards them.

"What is Owlowicious doing here?", Twilight asked. They gathered around the small bird who looked as though he'd been flying in a hurry and was exhausted. He panted several hoots before catching his breath.

"What is it Owlowicious? Why aren't you back home?", Twilight asked. The owl hooted three times in response drawing puzzled looks from the ponies.

"It's all right ladies! I've been practicing learning Owlowicious's language!", Spike said triumphantly.

"Owlowicious, what are you doing here?", Spike asked the owl. The owl hooted a lengthy series of hoos. "Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh...really? uh huh...", Spike said as he listened. Owlowicious gestured with his wings and made motions resembling a giant winged monster causing destruction in a small town. He ended abruptly and blinked with one last hoot.

"Very interesting.", Spike remarked, put his claw to his chin and thinking.

"What did he say Spike?", Twilight asked.

"I have no idea.", Spike replied.

"Spike!", the others shouted at him. "I thought you said you could understand him!", Twilight accused her assistant.

"I can! I know when he's talking to someone and he asks "who"! But that's really all he's ever told me! He just keeps asking "who" over and over!", Spike answered.

Twilight put a hoof to her face. "Spike, he's an owl. All he can say is "who".", she explained.

"Oh...", Spike said, the realization dawning on him.

"I think we should head back to Ponyville and find out.", Twilight said. The small owl nodded.

Meanwhile, at what's left of Sugarcube Corner...

"What is all this? What have you done?!", Trixie asked, exasperated at lay before her. Fluttershy glanced over her shoulder. The road was trampled, buildings on either side in almost ruined states. Broken glass, twisted signs and debris of all kinds littered the street. Fluttershy couldn't believe she'd done all that. Amongst the ruins, Discord rearranged various pieces of wreckage into small statues of himself.

"Twilight's friend has lost control! I told you if you returned you'd have to deal with the GRRRRREAT and POWERFUL Trixie! Now I've got the magic power I need to vanquish such a large foe!", Trixie held up a black amulet with her hoof.

"The Alicorn Amulet? Where did you get that?!", Discord asks from beside Fluttershy's head.

"Trixie, that amulet you must return! I was sure this was a lesson you'd already learned!", Zecora said as she trotted from behind a building.

"How did she find the Alicorn Amulet?!", Fluttershy asked Zecora.

"I know that Trixie is quite clever but I didn't think she'd find it, no not ever. I placed the amulet in a place without light and still at the same time hidden in plain sight.", Zecora explained cryptically.

"She hid it under a rock about two feet from her hut.", Trixie said.

"You must not go snooping around my house anymore... because that is also where I keep the key to my front door.", Zecora admitted, a tad embarassed.

"No matter. Recall that I am a changed and benovelent Trixie! I shall return this gem once I've subdued Twilight's monster friend!", Trixie explained. Zecora shook her head; there was no reasoning with her.

"Excuse me ladies but perhaps we could be of assistance?", a voice called. A wooden machine appeared from behind and pulled right up to where Trixie and Zecora stood. I hissed steam and Trixie and Zecora stepped back. Both Fluttershy and discord cocked their heads at what they saw. The machine had three wheels on either side with a large parrallelogram shape in the center sloping downward to the front and upward in the back where an engine was carried. On top and near the back was mounted what looked like a tree with two large wooden umbrellas sticking out near the top. The end of the 'tree' had six flagpole looking devices sticking out of it with another overturned umbrella in the center and a gaping hole inside of that. Towards the front of the vehicle before the slope was a small box with a narrow slot about the size of a mailbox opening in the front. The box flipped back revealing Flim and Flam sitting on a sofa with a control box in front of them.

"For Ponyville's consideration, the world famous Flim Flam Brothers would like to showcase our latest creation: the Super Easy Catch-a-Beastie Six-thousand and One!", Flam announced.

"What is this contraption?", Trixie asked as she disdainfully rose a hoof at the machine before her.

"Why, the Super Easy Catch-a-Beastie 6001 is the premium solution to all giant monster problems from dragons to timberwolves and even Ursa Majors!", Flim elaborated.

"That's a laugh. I bet this hunk of junk breaks the first time you use it!", Trixie scoffed.

"Bet you say? Care to make a wager?", the brothers asked.

"Please. Trixie shall subdue the giant and restore Ponyville with a single spell!", Trixie announced.

"Oh, I'm sure you could but isn't your relationship with Ponyville a tad... tense right now?", Flim asked knowingly.

"Ponyville is beset upon by problems of epic proportions quite frequently! What these ponies need is a permanent solution to their giant problems! What these ponies need is the Flim Flam Insurance Plan!", Flam declared.

"Flim and Flam in a tank, Trixie with the amulet, how much worse can this situation get?", Zecora asked.

"Flim and Flam's official insurance plan covers all manner of monster attacks for just the fractions of bits a day! But I can see you all want proof, so how about a little demonstration?", Flim said. The salespony brothers grinned and flipped a lever in front of them. The cannon mounted in the back lowered and aimed directly at Fluttershy.

"In the generous nature you've come to expect from the Flim Flam Brothers, we'll now take care of your current monster problem free of charge!", Flam said. "Ready brother?", he asked. "Ready!", the other responded. Their horns glowed green and the two umbrella fixtures on top of the cannon began spinning. Fluttershy grabbed the animals at her feet and ran in the opposite direction. Discord hung in the air where she'd been standing. He sighed.

"You do realize she heard everything you said right? There's no way she's going to-", Discord was about to finish explaining when the cannon fired. A giant blob of orange hurled through the air with incredible speed and hit Discord as he hovered. The blast carried him through the air all the way back to Twilight's uprooted house where he stuck to the ground, covered in cheese. The cheese hardened almost instantly trapping the villain underneath in a calcium-enriched prison.