Back in the Friendship Rainbow Kingdom Castle, during dinner, Melody was still gloomy, and couldn’t even take a bite from her meal.
“What’s wrong, Melody?” asked Twilight. “Did something just bother you?”
“I just don’t know what to do!” complained Melody. “That Pixie Dust is bothering me…” And she told them everything, at the same time breaking down into tears.
“So she’s a show-off, huh?” asked Princess Cadance.
“For me I wouldn’t have bothered her,” said Paladin Knight. “But it’s truly a hard decision if I was forced to.”
“I know that, right?” sobbed Melody.
“Don’t worry, Melody,” comforted Twilight. “Listen. When I was your age, I, too had to accept a challenge by Trixie, but she did a spell that only the highest level unicorns could perform, so I was sent out of Ponyville by her. Later, I came to learn that Trixie gained her powers because she wore some artifact called the Alicorn Amulet.”
“What’s that?” asked Mistral Violet.
“It’s an artifact that makes the wearer more powerful,” explained Twilight. “But this corrupts the user as well.”
“Where can I find one?” asked Melody.
“It’s now being kept by Zecora,” continued Twilight. “Anyway, even so, with some intelligence, and the spirit of friendship, I managed to teach Trixie a valuable lesson.”
“Melly, if you have such wisdom and the great friendship you had with your friends like your mother,” said Shining Armor. “I believe you can beat her.”
“Friendship is always the element that nothing beats it,” finished Twilight.
“Why, you all…” Melody suddenly felt a surge of new spirit flowing into her. “I… I can’t thank you all enough. You guys have given me new confidence!”
“Just come into my room later and I’ll brief you how to do it!” said Twilight.
The next day, Melody’s friends were at Sweet Apple Acres, waiting for her.
“Where is she?” asked Greenie Hats. “What’s taking her so long?”
“Not sure about her,” said Raisin Brandy. “Probably having some time with her cousins?”
“Speak of the devil, there she comes!” exclaimed Platinum Royale.
“Hi guys! Sorry to keep you waiting,” greeted Melody.
“You seem to look better today,” said Chaos Control. “Did something good happen?”
“I have developed a great plan to beat Pixie Dust,” revealed Melody. “That’ll make her surprised!”
“Really!? What is it?” asked Malinae excitedly.
“Alright, I need all of you to help me out in this plan so listen here…”
Soon, Saturday arrived.
Again, Pixie Dust arrived in her caravan, at the same time drawing the crowd again. She was waiting impatiently.
“Where’s that scaredy-cat princess?” demanded Pixie. “The Great and Uber-rific Pixie Dust ain’t got time to wait!”
“Here I am!” shouted Melody as she stepped out from the crowd. Among the crowd are Twilight’s friends, Spike, Shining Armor and his family.
“So, Scaredy-cat Princess,” began Pixie, as she gathered dark clouds to make everything look scary. “Do you have the power to defeat the Great and Uber-rific Pixie Dust?”
“I am ready.”
“Well then, shall we begin?”
“Let’s!”
“Oh, please, just hope that everything goes well!” prayed Spike.
“She’ll be fine, don’t worry,” said Twilight. “Just that I hope she makes use of my wisdom.”
“Then I’m not gonna foresee another Trixie like her,” said Applejack.
“I forever support Melody,” smiled Princess Cadance. “I would love to see her win.”
“Alright, then,” announced Pixie. “You two! Come here!” She pointed to Snips and Snails.
“Us, again?” inquired Snips.
“What’s she gonna do to us?” shivered Snails.
The next thing they knew, with a puff of magic, Snips and Snails found their bodies fused together, now being a two-headed pony.
“Wh-what!?” cried Snips with shock, turning his head towards Snails.
“I didn’t think she’d do that!” exclaimed Snails, as they struggled to keep their paces.
“Now, you two!” Pixie called to Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon.
“Y-yes?? Wh-what can we do for you?” stammered Diamond Tiara.
“As long as we don’t offend you…” added Silver Spoon.
But Pixie said nothing. Instead, she casted a spell upon them. When the dust cleared, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon found their front part of their bodies fused to each other!
“What does this mean to me?” asked Diamond Tiara with shock.
“I don’t care!” cried Silver Spoon. “I wanna go that way!”
“No! You’re coming with me!” And both the two rich ponies struggled to get to opposite directions.
“Ha-ha-ha! Serves them right!” laughed Scootaloo.
“Scootaloo! Don’t laugh!” admonished Sweetie Belle.
“We’ll be her next victim if we’re too loud!” added Apple Bloom.
“Now then, Princess, what have you got?”
“Alright then,” smirked Melody with determination. “Peanut Butter!” Then He appeared from the crowd.
“Alright then,” began Peanut. “I can blow 50 balloons in one minute and without breathless, but I don’t think I can do that without Princess Melody.” He turned to Melody. “Can you give me a hoof?”
“Here you go!” said Melody as she shot him a magic blast. Next, he took out a pack of balloons and started blowing. In exactly one minute, he inflated exactly 50 balloons.
The crowd cheered.
“I just wanna play some music, but, I’m pretty tired, you know…” admitted Peanut.
“Is that so? Then let me help you!” said Melody as she fired another blast again. In a flash, Peanut was seen playing a flute, a trumpet, a saxophone, a drum, cymbals, a tambourine, a trombone, a tuba, a triangle and a xylophone. And he played all ten instruments in a row.
Pixie Dust was sipping her own coffee, but upon hearing the crowd cheer and watching Peanut’s feats, her jaw dropped.
Then, Pepper Flake appeared with a tall cake and some jugs of cream.
“I’m going to make this cake super-duper delicious that it’s irresistible!” claimed Pepper. “Melody, can you give me extra energy?”
Melody nodded and she fired Pepper her spell. Soon she was in action, slicing the cake into layers before adding creams of different flavors into and around the cake. Once finished, she cut a slice and handed it to the mayor for her to try.
“Mmm,” beamed Mayor Mare. “Scrumptious!” The crowd cheered again.
“Hooray!” cheered Cheese Sandwich.
“Nailed it!” shouted Pinkie Pie, blowing her party horn.
Then, Fiji emerged from the crowd, dressed as a mime. She waved to the crowd, before pretending to hold a mug filled with cider and “drank” it. Next, she trotted, and fell down suddenly as if she hit a tree. As she looked up, she smiled before she “bucked” the “tree”. A few seconds later, she picked up an “apple” and “ate” it to its core before signaling a hooves-up gesture.
The crowd clapped upon Fiji’s mime performance.
“That was fine,” said Melody. “But why don’t I’ll make you more attractive?”
Fiji nodded. As she nodded, Melody fired magic towards her. The crowd applauded as Fiji was now dressed in a country style dress.
“That’s take one of my traits,” whispered Nikula Alder.
“Now then,” Fiji spoke at last. “My brother Raisin Brandy the Greenhoof will do you an amazing trick!”
As she finished, Raisin appeared with a flowerpot and a packet of sunflower seeds.
“Listen up, everypony,” began Raisin. “I brewed a special potion which can make my plant grow quickly. But, I don’t think that the plant can grow if there’s no magic in it…”
“Then I’ll do it!” said Melody quickly as she casted her magic upon the potion. Next, Raisin planted a seed in the flowerpot before pouring his potion all over it. Hey presto! A sunflower plant sprouted and grew up to six feet tall, bearing seven flowers.
“Yee-haw! Now that’s take two for mah family!” cheered Applejack.
Malinae then appeared with a large board and a set of painting tools.
“I can draw you guys a beautiful picture,” said Malinae. “Can you help me, Melody?”
“Sure thing, Linnie.” Malinae hopped with joy as if she was given a new source of energy, and started her work. In five minutes, she painted a wide portrait of Princesses Celestia and Luna.
“Way to go, Malinae!” praised Apple Bloom.
“Eeyup!” added Big McIntosh.
Platinum Royale then arrived with cloth and her sewing kit.
“Now, I can make a majestic banner that even Cloudsdale can see it,” said Platinum. “But I bet that I can’t do it without Princess Melody Aurora to help me…”
“And I’m here!” Melody casted magic on the sewing kit, and Platinum was in action. Ten minutes later, a beautiful banner, resembling Ponyville was done.
Just as the crowd cheered, Pizza Frenzy appeared and splashed Platinum with a bucket of blue paint.
“Pizza! Watch it!” cried Platinum with dismay.
“Oops! I’m sorry, Platty.”
“Ugh…! You ruined my hair!”
“Don’t worry!” called Prudence Aura with a hairdressing kit. “I can fix that.”
As usual, Melody knew what to do. The hairdressing kit was granted magic and Prudence immediately went on styling her sister’s mane. In no time, Platinum’s mane was styled into a long, beautiful hair, with blue streaks.
“Uh, where are we now?” asked Diamond Tiara, still struggling to get a better view of the show with Silver Spoon.
“Just my nieces working with each other,” replied Sweetie Belle, smiling.
Pixie Dust glared at them with more shock.
A growling sound then echoed from the crowd. Honey Drops and Beryl came with a bear.
“Ugh… This bear seems uncontrollable!” cried Honey. “But I bet that Melody can tame him down. Am I right, Princess Melody Aurora?”
“You got the point!” After using her magic, the bear suddenly went calm.
“Now then, easy there, big buddy,” tamed Beryl as she taught the bear a few tricks. Another applaud came when the bear obliged all of them well.
After the sisters left, Chaos Control appeared like magic all of a sudden.
“Well then,” began Chaos. “Everypony knows that I’m the son of the Master of Chaos But, I have to admit that. I still have a long way to catch up with my father. Maybe, but my dearest marefriend, who is Princess Melody Aurora can motivate me. Am I right, Melody?”
“Of course, sweetheart!” After casting, Chaos did a number of chaotic tricks, which mind-boggled the audience.
“Now then, one more thing from me!” The next thing they knew, Chaos transformed into his beast from, and he let out a roar. The crowd was scared at first, but then gave no shortage of wows upon his transformation.
“Hah-hah-hah, did I scare you?” laughed Chaos in his gruff voice. “But I mean no harm. I can protect everypony in this mode!”
“My coltfriend’s right,” said Melody. “You don’t have to worry.” She glanced at Pixie who was shivering with fear at a corner.
“*sniff* My son really is growing up,” said a very touched Discord with tearful eyes.
Next, Greenie Hats and Thunder Clash appeared with a cloud.
“Listen here, everypony,” announced Greenie. “My lil’ brother is going to do something that’ll shock the whole of Equestria, with a little help from my royal friend, Princess Melody Aurora!” She then stomped on the cloud until it became an overcast cloud.
“Now then, can you give me a little bit of strength?” asked Thunder to Melody.
“Here you go, speeder!” After that, Thunder did a gesture as if a new strength had been given to him.
“Now,” yelled Thunder. “CLOSE YOUR EARS!!!”
Then he disappeared in a flash. A few seconds later, an extremely loud explosion as loud as an atomic bomb rocked the town, and the dark cloud which was beside Greenie vanished. Thunder had apparently left very far away to have a good start. When he was ready, he charged and knocked through the cloud at full speed, at the same time producing the deafening thunderclap.
“Go for it, son!” cheered Soarin.
“Now that’s what I call awesome!” added Rainbow Dash.
“All hail Princess Melody Aurora!” shouted a filly, and everypony gave the loudest applaud ever to her.
“Now then, Pixie Dust,” Melody turned to her, who was still trembling from what she had seen. “What can you say about me now?”
“Th-that’s impossible!” cried Pixie after recovering from her shock, then she glared at Melody and her friends, looking cross. “How can a great princess like you beat the Great and Uber-rific Pixie Dust!!??”
“She’s a princess, after all,” answered Chaos. “More prestigious than a normal magician like you.”
“Betcha momma never told you about that before,” mocked Greenie.
All of a sudden, Pixie shuddered.
“No, no, NO!!! Don’t you ever talk about my mother!!! I’m scared of her!”
“Aha, so you’re scared now, huh?” taunted Peanut. “Now we’ll know what to do!”
“PIXIE DUST! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING HERE!!?” A voice suddenly called out from the crowd. From the crowd appeared a blue unicorn mare with purple eyes, and had a magic wand and a crescent moon as her cutie mark, looking furious.
“It’s Trixie!” cried Rainbow Dash upon recognizing her.
Trixie was not at all bothering the crowd, which gasped when Rainbow called her name.
“M-mom! How did you…”
“Trixie is her MOTHER???” cried Greenie, eyes wide with shock.
“I can’t believe it!” said Chaos. “This is totally blowing my mind!”
“Do you really think you can escape my eyes by leaving a fake copy of yourself back at home???” Trixie continued scolding Pixie in front of the crowd. “If not for the dark clouds in Ponyville, I wouldn’t be here! You have given me great disgrace!” She slapped her several times as she scolded.
“Please, mom, stop!” wailed Pixie as she was being slapped.
“I hope my daughter wasn’t causing trouble to you and your friends,” said Trixie to Melody after her strident lecture.
“So you’re Trixie?” asked Melody. “My mom told me all about you.”
“I am,” introduced Trixie. “Wait, you’re…”
“Princess Melody Aurora, daughter of the Princess of Friendship, Princess Twilight Sparkle.”
“Why, I can’t believe that you’re her daughter!” cried Trixie upon realization. “I met your mom a long time ago. Back then I was arrogant and show-off. But your mom did teach me a valuable lesson so that help me to be a better somepony.” She cast a dissatisfying look at her daughter, who was still weeping. “Unfortunately I’m afraid that such negative traits are hereditary.”
“I see about that…”
It was not until Twilight and her friends approached Trixie.
“Twilight Sparkle…”
“It’s been a while since we last met, Trixie,” began Twilight, hugging her. “I hope that everything’s going well for you.”
“Didn’t think you’d turn up here, Trixie!” greeted Applejack.
“My, I’m absolutely honored!” beamed Trixie.
While Trixie chatted with Twilight and her friends, Melody and her friends went to look over Pixie Dust.
“I… I’m sorry…” apologized Pixie Dust, still with tears. “I… I didn’t mean to… hurt you all… but… how did you do all those tricks? I couldn’t even do it…”
“Not even I could do it, though. I still have a lot to learn from my mother. What you see are my friends merely demonstrating their special abilities,” explained Melody.
“I hope that this serves you a good lesson,” said Raisin.
“Which reminds me,” said Twilight who was still chatting with her former rival. “Would you and your daughter go to the Grand Galloping Gala with us?”
“The Grand Galloping Gala? Oh, my, I’d love to!” replied the latter. “But for my daughter…”
“Yes, she can go, too,” interrupted Melody. “I happen to have an extra ticket.”
“Princess Melody! What are you talking about?” asked Trixie, still furious over her daughter. “I was about to ground her…”
“She can go, as long as she can help me and my friends find out who ruined our Gala dresses.”
“Actually, it was I who did it,” admitted Pixie.
“Huh?” Everypony gasped.
“I… I can’t believe it!” cried Platinum, baffled. “What exactly happened?”
“When I was in my school years, Princess Melody was always the best one in my class,” Pixie related her story. “I was extremely jealous of her. I tried everything to humiliate her but my plans always backfire. When I heard that everypony but me was invited to the Grand Galloping Gala, I felt that I had enough, so…” She left her speech hanging as she was feeling ashamed.
“So you sabotaged the dresses to have yourself satisfied?” asked Fiji.
“So it was you again!” exclaimed Trixie. “Just let me-”
“It’s okay, Trixie. I’ll deal with her,” interrupted Twilight. She went up to Pixie.
“Look, Pixie. Everypony has his or her special ways that they deserve to get recognized. I know that you want to become as popular as my daughter, but the way you did it was an error. There is a magic, stronger than the magic we use every day that beats against all odds. In fact, my daughter used this magic and that’s how she became successful. This magic, is no other than the Magic of Friendship.”
A while later, Pixie became touched. She hugged Twilight and sobbed.
“Th-thank you, Princess Twilight!” she sniffled with tears. “I’ll promise that I’ll change my ways.”
“I hope that you understand what my mom meant,” resumed Melody. “Let bygones be bygones. It’s about time that we bury the hatchet.” She stretched out her hoof. “Will you accept my friendship?”
“I will,” said a touched and a regretful Pixie. “I’m sorry, Melody.” With that, the two former arch-rivals hugged.
“Now then,” said Melody. “Can you help me, Platinum and her sister to fix our dresses?”
“That’s fine.”
“I can make yours if you want,” said Platinum. “Under the circumstances that you should keep that promise.”
“By the name of Celestia, I swear I will!”
Pixie went up to her mother. “Mom,” she asked softly. “What do you say?”
Trixie scrutinized her for a moment.
“Alright then,” she said at last. “I shall give you another chance.”
“Thanks, Mom!” She hugged Trixie.
“I just hope that you can get along with your new friends,” said Trixie, smiling.
“Welcome to our gang, Pixie,” said Beryl.
“Let’s hope that you can get to know us more better,” said Fiji.
“I will, and I’m willing to learn!”
“Alright, shall we fix the dresses?” asked Melody.
“Yeah,” agreed Pixie.
“Woohoo! It’s time to get this fixing party started!” cheered Pepper.
“I am really amazed,” said Trixie as she watched her daughter go with her friends. “You can handle parenting so well despite a princess…”
“It’s no easy work,” replied Twilight, as the dark clouds that Pixie gathered began to disperse. “But it’s a good sight to see your children learning your good hoofsteps…”