Boast Busters
“Come on, Twilight, you can do it!” Sparx urged.
“Okay, here goes,” Twilight nodded.
She closed her eyes as her horn lit up. She fired a shot and struck Drobot, Sparx, and Spyro with it. A ‘poof’ went off before all three sported large bushy mustaches.
“Ha ha! Ya did it!” Sparx cheered.
=Growing magic has been acquired= Drobot noted as he held up a checklist and checked it off.
“That's number twenty-five,” Spyro chuckled, “Twenty-five different types of tricks and counting that you’ve learned since we’ve been staying here.”
“And I think this is the best trick so far,” Sparx smirked as he looked at himself in a mirror, “Hello, Rarity. What's that? Aw, it's nothin', just my awesome mustache.”
“Sorry, Romeo. As attractive and enticing as you look, it's just for practice, and it's gotta go,” Twilight inform as Spyro rolled his eyes.
“Wait!” Sparx yelped before Twilight used her magic once more to make the mustaches vanish, “Aw, rats.”
Twilight Sparkle just giggled at him while Spyro laughed. Drobot gave a soft chuckle as Sparx just frowned at the three of them.
---
“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,” Sparx noted as the four walked along a street (though Sparx just flew).
“True, for ponies whose talents are for things like cooking or singing or math. But what if a unicorn's special talent is magic?” Twilight asked.
=You provide a good counter argument on that subject= Drobot noted =Should a Unicorn’s special talent be that, then that means that they will have the ability to truly show the potential for what Magic can do=
“Like you, Twilight, and you know a ton of magic,” Spyro complimented.
“Oh, Spyro, stop,” Twilight blushed, “I'm sure there are lots of ponies right here in Ponyville that know just as much magic as me.”
“Are you kiddin'? I don't think there's another unicorn in all of Equestria with your kind of ability, Twilight,” Sparx argued.
“I wouldn’t say that,” Twilight replied, “Can we stop talking about this? I just want to go check up on Fluttershy and see how she’s doing since Gilda’s attempts at killing her. Rainbow Dash said that she’d be staying with her until she was sure that she was a hundred percent okay.”
“Gangway! Comin' through!” a blue-coated, orange hair and tailed colt called as he and a lanky, yellow-orange-coated and green hair and tailed colt raced by.
“Augh! Snips, Snails! What's goin' on?” Sparx asked, knowing the two from when Spyro had gone to the elementary school to help the teacher with a lesson.
“Wha, haven't you heard?” the blue Colt asked.
“There's a new unicorn in town!” the taller of the two Colts replied.
“Yeah! They say that she's got more magical powers than any other unicorn ever!” the blue Colt, Snips, beamed.
“Really?” Spyro asked with a raised brow.
“Aw, no way, that honor goes to Twilight here,” Sparx argued as he pointed his thumb at Twilight.
“So, where is this unicorn?” Spyro asked.
“Ho, she's in the town square. Come on!” Snails replied.
“Yeah! Come on! Whooo!” Snips cheered before he ran off with Snails.
“Oh, this I have got to see,” Sparx smirked as he flew after them.
=I am not surprised. The Cakes have bakery-themed Cutie Marks, so it should not be surprising that there are others with a Cutie Mark for magic use= Drobot noted.
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“Come one, come all! Come and witness the amazing magic of the Great and Powerful Trixie!”
Standing upon a stage was a young Unicorn Mare, around the age of Twilight. Her coat was a brilliant azure while her mane was a pare cornflower blue with a streak of very pale cornflower blue in it. She wore a violet formal suit with the front stretched a bit by her modest bust. Over that was a violet cape with stars on it, arranged to resemble the night sky. She gazed at the crowd with her dark grayish violet eyes. She waved her hands and her horn lit up, filling the skies with fireworks, thankful for the Pegasi making the day one partly cloudy to let them see it in the daytime.
“Ooh~!” the crowd forming before her awed.
“Watch in awe as the Great and Powerful Trixie performs the most spectacular feats of magic ever witnessed by pony eyes!” she continued to boast.
“My, my, my! What boasting!” Rarity tsked as Sparx flew over.
“Come on, no pony's as magical as Twi-- Twi-- Twi-- Oh!” it was then he noticed Rarity and cleared his throat, “Hey, Rarity, I, uh-- Mustache!”
Sparx zipped off, leaving a confused Rarity. Nearby, Twilight began to lower her head a bit.
“There's nothing wrong with being talented, is there?” Twilight asked.
“Nothin' at all, 'cept in when someone goes around showin' it off like a school filly with fancy new ribbons,” Applejack snorted.
“Just because one has the ability to perform lots of magic does not make one better than the rest of us,” Rarity added as it only made Twilight slump further.
“Yeah. I can throw a good party, but I’m not the best at them,” Pinkie Pie informed, “I’m not good with quiet parties, for one. Then again, I’m also bad at tea parties…and slumber parties since you have to go to sleep at those…”
“I believe we get it, dear,” Rarity informed.
“Well, well, well, it seems we have some neighsayers in the audience. Who is so ignorant as to challenge the magical ability of the Great and Powerful Trixie?” Trixie smirked at the Mane Six, minus Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, “Do they not know that they're in the presence of the most magical unicorn in all of Equestria?”
“Just who does she think she is?” Rarity frowned as Sparx returned.
“Yeah! Since we all know that Twilight here is…” Sparx began before Twilight made his mouth turn into a closed zipper.
“Sparx! Shhh!” Twilight hushed.
“What? What's wrong?” Spyro asked.
“You see the way they reacted to Trixie? I don't want anyone thinking I'm a show-off,” Twilight replied.
“Not this again…” Spyro muttered as he rolled his eyes.
“Hey! Mind telling me just what makes you so awesome and all that junk?” Boomer asked with a yawn, “Because so far, I’m not impressed.”
“Heh, why, only the Great and Powerful Trixie has magic strong enough to vanquish the dreaded Ursa Major!” Trixie declared as her fireworks magic created the image of a large bear.
=An Ursa Major?= Drobot ‘blinked’ =I require further explanation=
“What?” Snails blinked.
“He wants to hear how she did it,” Spyro translated.
“But of course. 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!” Trixie declared as she used her magic to manipulate the fireworks into mimicking what she said she did.
“Saw, sweet!” Snails cheered.
“That settles it. Trixie truly is the most talented, the most magical, the most awesome unicorn in Ponyville!” Snips declared.
“No, in all of Equestria!” Snails argued.
“And how do you two know? You didn't see it!” Sparx argued, “And besides, Twi--” his zipper appeared once more and closed his lips, “Mmph! M-mmph!”
“It's true, my enthusiastic little admirers. Trixie is most certainly the best in Ponyville!” Trixie declared, earning no applause, “Don't believe the Great and Powerful Trixie? 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 has ever lived!?”
“Alrighty then,” Boomer smirked as he jumped onto the stage, “Time to Bring the BOOM!”
With that, he pulled out various different-shaped bombs. He began to juggle them all while lighting them. He tossed them all over the air and they went off in various fireworks, taking on the shapes of various images. He performed a bow as he flicked more fireworks into the air, setting them off and creating the images of the Mane Six’s Cutie Marks in their coat, hair, and tail colors.
“Ta-dah!” Boomer declared as the Ponies began to applaud.
“Great job, Boomer!” Spyro whooped.
“I must admit that you’re quite skilled despite being a Troll.”
“Hey. I’ll have you know we’re all not just warmongers and living under bridges. Me? I live in a temple and love showing off explosions,” Boomer smirked, “Now let’s see you do better.”
“With pleasure,” Trixie smirked.
Her horn glowed as the remains of Boomer’s fireworks glowed with the same coloring. They swirled around as she created more fireworks. The spinning stopped to reveal a dragon made of fireworks. To the ones that personally knew the Dragons, the fireworks dragon reminded them of Ignitus. The ‘dragon’ began to fly about above them before opening its ‘mouth’ to release a series of fireworks, creating star designs in the sky. Trixie made a few movements and the dragon erupted into more fireworks. All around them, the fireworks turned into various animals. She brought them into the air and let them go off one last times before bowing.
“Wow~!” AppleBloom awed as she managed to poke out from behind her sister, “And Ah thought Boomer was cool with his fireworks.”
“…Okay, she got me,” Boomer stated as he applauded while Sparx unzipped his lips.
“Please! She's unbearable! Ya gotta show her! Ya just gotta!” Sparx pleaded to the violet unicorn.
“There's no way I'm going to use my magic now, Sparx. Especially since--” Twilight began to say.
“That's it! Ah can't stand for no more of this!” Applejack interrupted as he got onto the stage.
“You show her, AJ!” Pinkie Pie cheered.
“Can yer magical powers do this?” Applejack asked before whistling once.
AppleBloom tossed her a rope. The Cowpony caught the rope and quickly put it into a lasso. She began to perform various jumps at multiple angles through the lasso’s hoop. She proceeded to finish it by swinging the lasso, grabbing an apple that AppleBloom tossed into the air, and brought it back to her, catching the apple in her teeth. She took a bite of it before bowing to the applause.
“Top that, missy,” Applejack smirked.
“Oh ye of little faith. Watch and be amazed at the magic of Trixie!” Trixie smirked.
She took out a flute and channeled her magic through it. Slowly, she began to play a strange tune from her flute. The end of Applejack’s rope slithered to a dropped baby rattle and grasped it by the hole. The rope began to shake it in a tune that blended with the flute theme. The other side began to rise up slightly as it knotted itself into a snake’s head, what remained of the end extended with a ‘hiss.’
“Land sakes!” Applejack gasped.
The rope-snake ‘hissed’ at her as it slithered around her, seemingly dancing to the music Trixie played. The melody ended and Applejack yelped as the rope-snake had ended up tying her up and tripping her. Trixie lowered her flute as she cut off the magic she was channeling through it.
“Hm…I was going for just the arms,” Trixie noted before levitating a sheet of music, “Oh. My apologies, I played a low E over high C when it was supposed to be a high C over low E.” She used her magic to quickly undo the ropes and straighten her up, “Trixie apologies for any injuries you sustained.”
“How’d y’all done do that t’ mah rope?” Applejack blinked under the cheers of the crowd.
“A magician never reveals their secrets, but I will say that some Unicorns have learned to channel their magic through instruments to give them special abilities,” Trixie smirked before turning to the applauding crowd, “Once again, the Great and Powerful Trixie prevails!
=So far, she’s been doing things that have been harmless. I noticed that she was quick on untying Applejack as well= Drobot noted.
“What we need is another unicorn to challenge her. Someone with some magic of her own!” Sparx declared.
“Yeah! A unicorn to show this unicorn who's boss,” Pinkie Pie added as Applejack walked over to them.
“A real unicorn t’ unicorn tussle,” Applebloom added as Twilight began to sweat.
“Uh…” Twilight gulped.
“Enough. Enough, all of you. I take your hint, but Rarity is above such nonsense. Boomer and Applejack may behave like ruffians, but Rarity conducts herself with beauty and grace,” the white Unicorn of the group informed.
“Ooo, what's the matter? Afraid you'll get a hair out of place in that rat's nest you call a mane?” Trixie asked before wondering why most of the audience cringed at that.
“Oh, it. Is. On! You may think you're tough with all of your so-called powers, but there's more to magic than your brutish ways,” Rarity informed as she walked onto the stage, “A unicorn needs to be more than just muscle. A unicorn needs to have style. A unicorn is not a unicorn without grace and beauty.”
“True. Though to admit, the rope was an accident,” Trixie informed before motioning for Rarity to go on.
“Very well,” Rarity curtsied.
Rarity took a small breath. She called upon the curtain of Trixie’s stage and swirled it around her. In a flash of light, the curtain had reshaped into an elegant, enticing dress. Many of the Stallions and a few Mares had to shove tissues up their bleeding noses at how the dress seemed to bring forth Rarity’s hourglass figure. Drobot noted that the dress seemed to have a Winter design to it in both colors and design. His response to the unasked question was made after that. The area grew slightly cold as Rarity began to call upon her Ice Manipulation Magic. She gently placed a hand on the ground and it rippled, snow surrounding the area. With a snap of her left hand, she created a proper Stallion made of snow wearing a matching snow-made outfit for her own dress. The snow-Stallion bowed as she curtsied. The two enjoyed a small dance that ended after a minute with Rarity giving another curtsy as the snow-Stallion dissipated into a light snow around her.
“Rarity won't let Trixie get the best of her! She's strong, she's beautiful, she's…” Sparx began.
“Quite the impressive Unicorn,” Trixie noted, interrupting Sparx’s statements, “You used your magic to fashion not only a winter wonderland, but also create formal attire most fitting for the season you were imitating.”
“Why thank you. I see you may be uncouth at times, but you understand fashion well.”
“True. You will be quite the challenge to be better than,” Trixie noted as her horn began to glow.
Her outfit began to shift before settling on a more rustic appearance. She wore a sweater-jacket with a pouch and a hood in the back. Her pants were a soft gray without any shoes or socks, letting her be barefooted. She had a sheppard’s cane made of a soft oak in her left hand while her mane had turned snow-white. Rarity raised a brow at her attire as Trixie focused magic through the cane. A soft blue design began to glow along the grooves of the cane. Trixie tapped the cane against a window she had levitated over. Frost appeared on it, surprising the Mane Six that were there along with Boomer and the dragons.
“Whoa! She knows Ice Magic?” Sparx gawked.
“I stumbled upon this strange structure a few years back outside of Equestria when I was traveling to improve my magic abilities, seemingly abandoned. I found a book on manipulating ice while I was there,” Trixie explained as she traced a rabbit in the window.
She gently tapped the rabbit she had drawn. On the other side, a rabbit made of snow hopped out of the window. It bounced around the audience above their heads, sometimes going down to nuzzle one of the Colts, Fillies, or Foals that were there. Trixie swung her cane and the snow on her stage moved before it began to move around the area, taking on the appearance of birds, manta rays, and even goldfish. Trixie motioned for the snow animals to come together before she dispersed them into a gentle snowfall over the audience while using the remaining curtains to make the younger members of the audience jackets to handle the cold. Trixie bowed as her attire changed back as the crowd began to applaud once more.
“I must admit defeat for now,” Rarity noted, “You obviously have much more experience with your ice manipulation than I do.”
“Thank you,” Trixie bowed.
“You know, I was kinda expecting her to turn Rarity’s hair green,” Sparx noted.
“Green?!” Rarity gasped as she brought a mirror out from the open treasure chest Trixie had beside her.
“Oh, wait! That’s a trick mirror! It’s casted to make you look like your hair and tail are…” Trixie winced as Rarity screamed, “…green.”
“Ugh, no. Green hair! Not green hair!” Rarity began to cry as she sped off, “Such an awful, awful color!”
“Well, I never!” a green-haired Mare snorted.
“Well Twilight, guess it's up to you. Come on, show her what you're made of,” Sparx offered before realizing that Twilight wasn’t responding, “…Twilight? Somewhat sister of mine?”
=She left to not be caught up in trying to go onto the stage= Drobot explained.
“Oh come on!” Sparx shouted.
“It seems no one else would like to perform today to see if they can one up Trixie. Very well then, then allow me to end my performance for today with some of my own magic,” Trixie informed.
---
“Ha! Once again, the Great and Powerful Trixie has proven herself to be the most amazing unicorn in all of Equestria. Huh, was there ever any doubt?” Trixie stretched out on a chair as Snips and Snails ran over, carrying a smoothie on a platter.
“Here's your smoothie you asked for, with extra hay, just how you like it,” Snips informed.
“Mmm, hay…” Snails drooled as Trixie used her magic to drink her smoothie before noticing they were still there.
“Yes?”
“Um, tell us another story Great and Powerful Trixie,” Snails pleaded.
“Trixie is far too exhausted from performing feats beyond imagination from today,” Trixie replied as she waved them off, “Begone with you until morning. And Trixie appreciates you bringing her the smoothie.”
“Oh, of course, Great and Powerful Trixie,” Snails bowed.
“Anything you say. We are at your beck and call,” Snips agreed as they walked away.
Trixie waited until they left before giving a soft giggle, “Ah, Colts and their little crushes.” She got up and walked back into her cart, “Well now, time for Trixie to rest for a bit and do what she always does once her shows are over when there are volunteers.”
---
“Now then y’all jest do this and there ya go!” Applejack grinned as AppleBloom stirred a pot, using a stepping stool to look into the pot, “That’s th’ way t’ cook apple stew!”
“Heh-heh. Thanks, big sis,” AppleBloom beamed before hearing a knock on the door.
“Ah’ll git it,” Applejack noted, “Now don’t be touchin’ anythin’ while ah’m gone, got it?”
“Okay, big sis,” AppleBloom nodded.
Applejack walked over to the front door. She proceeded to open the door before looking around. No one was there. She looked down and to see a rope. She picked it up and blinked in surprise.
“That there sure is strange. This here rope’s heavier than a basket full o’ apples,” Applejack noted before seeing a note, “‘Mah thanks fer bein’ part o’ th’ show with Trixie. Please accept this gift as a way o’ sayin’ ‘Sorry fer th’ trouble with th’ snake-rope trick.’ Lunamoon.’ Heh. Must be her manager or somethin’.” She hefted the rope onto her left shoulder, “But it’s mighty fine o’ her t’ do this.”
---
“For the last time, Rarity; your hair and tail are not seaweed green!” Rainbow rolled her eyes as she and Fluttershy stood outside the door to Carousel Boutique, the cyan Pegasus keeping an arm wrapped around the pale grayish-gold Pegasus's waist.
“Excuse me. But I require a signature,” a voice noted.
Fluttershy nodded as Rainbow continued to knock on the door. The Pegasus never noticed her fellow winged Equine was signing something before being given a stone.
“Please give this to Ms. Rarity once she is willing to come out,” the voice noted before the owner left.
“I cannot come out! Never again!” Rarity sobbed behind the door.
“…You have a Sapphire Heart,” Fluttershy gently informed before Rarity threw the door open and pulled them (and the heart-shaped sapphire Fluttershy now had) inside.
“How did you come across this?!” Rarity gasped as she took the hand-sized gem and began to examine it.
“A Unicorn gave it to me to give to you,” Fluttershy replied gently before giving Rarity a folded note, “It came with this.”
“Hm?” Rarity was too focused on examining the gem, so Rainbow took the note.
“‘Dear Unicorn who was unfortunate to look into one of Trixie’s joke mirrors, I formally apologize for that accident as it was unintentional. As an apology, I give to you this Sapphire Heart Trixie had been given. Do not worry, we have two more in the cart. Lunamoon,’” Rainbow read with a raised brow, “Okay. What the hay did I miss today?”
---
“What are you two doing?” Sparx asked as he saw Snips and Snails carrying another smoothie.
“Just bringin' the Great and Powerful Trixie a smoothie,” Snips replied.
“How can you fall for her lameness? She's just a show-off. Unlike Twilight, who…” Sparx began.
“The Great and Powerful Trixie vanquished an Ursa Major. Can your Twilight claim that?” Snips interrupted the dragonfly.
“Oh really? Were you guys actually there?” Sparx inquired.
“Well, eh, uh…no, but…”
“But nothin'. The proof is in the pudding,” Sparx replied before Snails laughed.
“I like pudding,” Snails stated before Sparx rolled his eyes.
“Look, 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!” Sparx warned, “Boasting about something like that is some bad stuff. Not like me, who helped beat a God to become a God of the Llama people! See ya!”
“Hm, an Ursa walkin' up the street, hey?” Snips rubbed his chin in thought before grinning at Snails, “Snails! Are you thinkin' what I'm thinkin'?”
“Why is it they call it a flea market when they don't really sell fleas?”
“Yeah, uh…” Snips stopped at that question before facepalming, “Snails, I am going to hurt you later. Now come on.”
---
“Twilight, would you put down that book and just listen to me?” Spyro sighed as Twilight sat at a desk, reading, while he, Sparx, and Drobot were all sitting nearby.
“Didn't you see how they hated Trixie's bragging, Spyro? If I go out there and show off my magic, I run the risk of losing them as friends.”
=The situation you are describing is implausible= Drobot informed =I see no problem with your magic abilities=
“Tinfoil for Lips is right, about it not being the same thing, Twilight,” Sparx pointed out as Drobot frowned at him, “You'll be using your magic to stand up for your friends!”
“No, you two, it's exactly the same,” Twilight argued as she turned to them.
“Twilight, you shouldn’t worry about it. Remember that she seemed like a bragger, but she never directly insulted Boomer, Applejack, or even Rarity,” Spyro informed, “In fact, she complimented each of what they showed her, upstaged them a bit with magic, and even apologized to Applejack for tying up her legs when it was supposed to be her arms.”
“Yeah, Twilight, plus any one of these tricks, even the teeniest, would be enough to show up Trixie,” Sparx added.
“I don't want to be seen as a bragger like Trixie,” Twilight frowned before sighing, “But I’ll just go talk to her later, okay?”
“But you're the best!” Sparx argued.
“Uh. Please, Sparx, I said no!” Twilight facepalmed before walking over to a shelf to get another book, not really seeing the point in using magic to get a book she could easily reach.
“If that's the way you want to be, then fine,” Sparx frowned as he flew out.
=Is she like this always?= Drobot whispered.
“More times that you’ll understand,” Spyro replied.
---
“Oh, how we gonna find an Ursa Major when I can't even see my own hoof in front of my face?” Snips groaned as he and Snails walked through the Everfree Forest.
“Hold on,” Snails grunted before his horn lit up a bit, illuminating the two.
“Oh, heh. That's better,” Snips grinned as they continued on towards a cave when they heard growling.
---
“I knew I should’ve stayed with the Llama People, but no. I just had to go out and help save the world,” Sparx grumbled before seeing Snips and Snails running in his direction, screaming, “Hey, guys, where ya goin'?
“Can't talk now!” Snips replied.
“Got a major problem!” Snail added as they skidded to a halt before they pointed behind them.
“Yeah, Ursa Major, to be exact,” Snips gulped before a roar went off.
“Oh, you didn’t,” Sparx paled.
A massive figure emerged from the forest, roaring. It was easily two-stories high and was in the shape of a bear. Its entire form seemed to be ethereal, made of a blue energy with multiple stars within it. Sparx noticed the tail had ‘stars’ that were of the little dipper.
“You did,” Sparx gulped.
Snips and Snails hugged each other and screamed, “Trixie!”
“Mommy and Llama People!” Sparx cried out before they fled.
---
“Trixie! Trixie!” the two colts screamed in fear as they banged on her mode of transportation/transformable stage’s door until Trixie poked her head out with a twitching eye.
“Trixie thought she said the Great and Powerful Trixie did not want to be disturbed,” Trixie informed.
“We-- We have a-a tiny problem,” Snips gulped nervously.
“Actually, it's a big one,” Snails corrected.
“What is so important that you cannot wait until morning to disturb Trixie?” Trixie asked in annoyance before hearing a roar and saw the bear looming over one of the nearby buildings, “Oh, you’ve got to be kidding Trixie…An Ursa Minor? Here?!”
---
“Twilight! You've gotta come! Quick!” Sparx screamed as he flew into the library/place of residence.
“I already told you, Sparx, I don't wanna show up Trixie!” Twilight argued.
“No, you don't understand, it's…” Sparx began before a roar caused the library to rumble and send some books off the shelves, “Oh, come on! I just cleaned up the place before leaving off in a huff!”
“Uh, is that what I think it is?” Twilight asked after she, Spyro, and Sparx rushed outside.
“Majorly,” Sparx replied, “Ursa Major!”
---
“Great and Powerful Trixie, you've got to vanquish the Ursa,” Snips gulped.
“Yeah, vanquish so we can watch.”
“It took a lot of trouble to get that thing here.”
“Wait, you brought this here?” Trixie demanded before scowling at them, “Are you out of your little pony minds?!”
“But, you're the Great and Powerful Trixie!” Snips argued.
“Yeah, remember? You defeated an Ursa Major,” Snails added before the Ursa roared as slammed a paw down on the ground.
“Trixie does not use magic on babies!” Trixie snapped.
“A baby?!” Snips and Snails exclaimed.
“That is an Ursa Minor, a baby of the Ursa Major! What did you two do to anger a baby of all things?!”
“…Um…Hornet’s nest?” Snips chuckled nervously.
“…If Trixie did not care for children, Trixie would slap you both for this idiotic idea,” Trixie frowned as she pulled her flute out and a few piles of rope, “Trixie is going to be kicking herself for this later, but Trixie has no idea how to calm down a rudely awakened Ursa Minor. Perhaps I’ll try today’s acts for inspiration…”
Trixie began to channel her magic through it once more. She began to let out a gentle melody from her flute, akin to the one she used on Applejack earlier that morning. The ropes came ‘alive’ and ‘hissed’ in unison. They slithered about before entangling one of the Ursa’s legs. The Ursa saw it and tore the rope off with a swipe of one of its claws.
“Aw, come on, Trixie,” Snips whined.
“Stop goofin' around and vanquish it, eh?” Snails asked before Trixie glared at them to be quiet.
She began to approach the Ursa as her nightgown slowly faded away, revealing her earlier ‘winter’ attire. She began to summon as much ice as she could to form a way to cage the Ursa. The Ursa roared before managing to break the ice trying to bind it before charging at the three. Trixie’s outfit changed back before she teleported herself and the two Colts away, letting her cart suffer being crushed.
“Oh, this is bad. So very, very bad…” Trixie gulped, “There is no way Trixie will use fireworks on an Ursa Minor…”
“What's going on?” Twilight asked as she ran over with Spyro and Sparx.
“We brought an Ursa to town,” Snips replied.
“You what!?!” Twilight and Spyro screamed.
“Don't worry, the Great and Powerful Trixie will vanquish it,” Snails assured before Trixie frowned at him.
“I can't.”
Snips and Snails gasped at that, “What!?”
“The Ursa you brought is an Ursa Minor. Do you realize that if you woke the baby up, you’ve probably woken up the mother?!” Trixie scolded, “Ugh! And I’ve told you both already, I may have taken down an Ursa Major, but that was because it was attacking that town and it had no children! It was a lone male. If the Ursa Major that is mother to that Ursa Minor over there comes, I’m not going near it at all!”
“B-But why?” Snails gawked.
“No child should lose their mother,” Trixie replied, “You only get one real mother in life and I do not want to cause that to happen to even an Ursa Minor.”
“Wait, so that story about you killing a Major was real?!” Sparx gawked.
“If I still had my cart, I would gladly show you the photo I kept along with the newspaper article,” Trixie replied, “But now…I have no idea how to prevent this from continuing on.”
“…Let me, then,” Twilight informed.
She walked by them. She gulped nervously before taking a deep breath and slowly exhaled it. She began to summon her magic. The wind began to pick up a bit, hitting some nearby flora. A soft, gentle melody began to go off from the flora, carried around by the wind to the Ursa Minor.
“Nice use of number sixteen,” Sparx noted.
A metallic groan began to go off in the air, just barely heard in the melody playing. Spyro turned to the nearby water-tower to see the top of it was being pulled off, the item covered in Twilight’s magic aura. It flipped upside-down and the water inside it was dropped into the dam that it was floating over. It made its way to Sweet Apple Acres. There, Big Mac yawned as he was keeping watch over the apple fields. He gazed up to see the town’s water tower go into the barn his family with help from Drobot and Spyro had built for the cows in trade of them sharing their milk as rent. He raised a brow when he heard various moos go off.
“Golly, dont'cha know?” he heard one of them gasp as the water tower flew off, filling with milk.
Big Macintosh slowly blinked once. He got up and backed away into the house. The next morning would have his family seeing him in the bomb shelter, a Baked Bad he saved from the incident on hand as ammunition. The only other who had seen what happened the night before knew what he had seen and knew just who did it.
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“That's new,” Sparx blinked as the milk-filled water container flew over them.
“Trixie, are you good enough with Ice Magic to form a nipple for this?” Twilight grunted.
“Um, y-yes! Of course Trixie can do that!” Trixie replied as her outfit changed back into her other one once more before she swung her staff and sent ice magic at the container, giving it a baby bottle’s nipple on the top.
The ‘bottle’ flew over to the Ursa Minor. In its starting-to-relax state, it began to drink the milk, grabbing it while Twilight’s magic aura faded from it. Twilight groaned a little as the magic aura around her horn flared up and let her float the entire creature into the air. Nearby, Applejack was running over just as the others of the Mane Six ran up, Drobot and Boomer following.
“What? You again?” Applejack frowned.
“It’s not Trixie’s fault the beast was here. Blame the two who awoke it with a hornet’s nest,” Trixie pointed at Snips and Snails.
It was then Twilight began to rock the Ursa Minor in tune with the melody. Slowly, the Ursa Minor slowly closed its eyes and began to fall asleep. Once Twilight was sure it was asleep, she began to have it float away.
“…Was that just an Ursa M-Minor?” Fluttershy gulped before she began to look around in fear, “Ohhh…Please tell me I did not just see an Ursa Minor.”
=You did not just see an Ursa Minor=
“Oh, that’s good…”
“You saw a sleeping Ursa Minor,” Boomer interrupted as he watched it being floated away, “Whoo-wee! Sparkles here sure does have some strong magic.”
“Eep!” Twilight froze up, nearly dropping the Ursa Minor.
“Don’t stop now,” Trixie advised, summoning her own magic aura to stop the Ursa Minor from falling, “Ignore those around you. Focus on just the act for the moment. We have to make sure that the Ursa Major doesn’t wake up to find her baby missing.” She grit her teeth as she began to shake lightly, “Now please hurry and get this right.”
“Heavens to Betsy. We knew she had ability, but not that much!” Applejack noted as Twilight began to take over once more.
“Trixie must admit defeat today,” Trixie noted as Twilight managed to levitate the Ursa Minor back to its home, having to use more magic to retrace the steps of the Ursa Minor in order to find its home, “Trixie could not subdue the child yet she has.”
“I'm sorry. Please, please don't hate me!” Twilight begged to her friends.
“Hate you?” everyone but Trixie, Snips, Spyro, Sparx, and Snails repeated.
“Why, whatever do you mean, darling?” Rarity asked.
“Ugh! This again!” Sparx groaned, “Twilight here thought you were all gonna be ticked off with her and not want to be her friend if she one-upped Trixie here on magic.”
“Is that there true, Twi?” Applejack asked as she knelt down to the collapsed Unicorn.
“Well, I know how much you all hated Trixie's showing off with her magic tricks, and I just thought…” Twilight began.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa. Magic's got nothing to do with it. Trixie's just a loudmouth,” Boomer informed.
“Most unpleasant.”
“All hat and no cattle.”
“Ahem. Trixie is right here and that was just Trixie’s stage personality,” Trixie pointed out.
“Not gonna change th’ opinion ah jest said aside from this; y’all are modest when th’ time needs y’all t’ be and yer a fair sport, never mocked us at all fer bein’ one-upped,” Applejack pointed.
“Trixie is a performer, not a bully,” the Unicorn snorted.
“So, you don't mind my magic tricks?” Twilight asked.
“Are you kidding me? I haven’t seen Trixie’s act yet, but I can tell you that I’d never get ticked off by you showing your magic when you need to,” Rainbow snorted.
“You help others with it,” Fluttershy added.
“It’s real great to have when you help me decorate, too!” Pinkie Pie added with a bounce.
“Your magic is a part of who you are, sugarcube, and we like who you are. We're proud to have such a powerful, talented unicorn as our friend,” Applejack assured, putting an assuring hand on Twilight’s shoulder and squeezed it gently.
“And after whuppin' that ursa's hind quarters, we're even prouder,” Rainbow smirked.
“It was more of her having it fall asleep,” Fluttershy corrected softly.
“You are?” Twilight asked, earning nods from everyone.
“So, Twilight, how'd you know what to do with that Ursa Minor?” Sparx asked.
“That's what I was doing when you came looking for me. I was so intrigued by Trixie's stage bragging on the subject that I was compelled to do a little reading up on them,” Twilight informed.
“So it is possible to vanquish an Ursa Major all by yourself?” Rainbow asked.
“That wasn't an Ursa Major, it was a baby, an Ursa Minor,” Twilight explained to the purple dragon, “And it wasn't rampaging, Rainbow. It was just cranky because someponywoke it up.”
“Well, if that was an Ursa Minor, then what's an Ursa Major like?” Sparx asked.
“You don't wanna know,” Trixie shuddered, “It was…most unpleasant. Breath reeked of decaying flesh, blood, and bones. Claws that cut through the sturdiest of metals like an extremely-heated knife through butter. And it had two massive fangs that went down five meters from its jaw. If it were Pony-sized, then it would only be five inches below its jaws.” She hugged herself, “I had to spend a month in the hospital due to Magical Exhaustion after killing it with the strongest Ice Spell I had. Trixie never knew she even had it. It…It felt dark, as if I were engulfed in nothing but rage. A…A…”
“A Fury,” Spyro narrowed his eyes before writing something down and sending it off to Canterlot, “You’re spending the night with us. For a pony to use a Fury…Something’s up with you.”
“Spyro…What did you send?” Twilight asked.
“A note for Cyril,” Spyro replied before glaring at the starting-to-retreat Snips and Snails, “Hold it, you two.”
“Wh-What?” Snails gulped before he began to give nervous laughter at the group glaring down at him, “Uh, we're sorry that we woke up the Ursa Minor.”
“We just wanted to see some awesome magic,” Snail added.
“Ugh! What is with Colts and doing crazy things?!” Trixie facepalmed.
“Yeah! And the way you vanquished that Ursa Minor was awesome!” Snips exclaimed as he looked at Twilight.
“The Ursa Minor was put to sleep. He wasn’t vanquished,” Twilight corrected.
“We deserve whatever punishment you give us,” Snails informed.
“At least one of you is willing to be given punishment,” Applejack noted.
“For starters, you can clean up this mess,” Spyro motioned to the wreckage caused by the Ursa Minor, “And…What do you think, Twilight? Wanna give give them number twenty five?”
“Oh, twenty five! Yes! And I think I deserve it, too,” Sparx grinned.
“None for you,” Spyro ordered.
“Oh, come on. That Ursa Minor really scared me,” Sparx argued as Twilight rolled her eyes.
Snips and Snails raised a brow, “Heah?”
“I think you're right, Spyro,” Twilight smirked before her horn glowed and the two Colts gained mustaches.
“Sweet!” the two exclaimed before they went off to start cleaning.
“You’re not really going to let them clean everything up are you? All by themselves?” Trixie asked.
“Not really,” Twilight replied, “Rainbow Dash, Applejack, go get some carts. Fluttershy, stay with Rainbow Dash. Pinkie Pie, you round up some Ponies that aren’t afraid of coming back to help clean up. Rarity, take Trixie back to the library and have Drobot watch her. Boomer, get some dynamite to blow up the larger debris.”
“Whoooo!” Boomer whooped before running off.
“Sparx, take a letter to Princess Celestia. Two actually,” Twilight informed before Sparx took out the paper and pen, “Ahem. ‘Dear Princess Celestia, I have learned a very valuable lesson about friendship: I was so afraid of being thought of as a showoff 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.’”
“Okay. And the other?”
“On it. ‘Dear Princess Celestia, We have a situation involving an Ursa Major and its cub being near our location. I had to use the water tower in order to lure the cub back to their cave. However, damages have already formed from its angered rampage through part of Ponyville. Current observations suggest thousands of Bits worth of damage, possibly 8500 worth of Bits.’”
“Got it,” Sparx nodded.
“Spyro?”
“Already sending them,” Spyro replied as he sent the scrolls to his adopted mother in Canterlot.
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“So, you finally admit that you're the most talented unicorn in all of Ponyville?” Sparx asked as they-consisting of himself, Spyro, and Twilight-traversed through Ponyville, buildings already being rebuilt.
“Well, yeah, but it's nothing to brag about,” Twilight shrugged as they entered the library, where Cyril was at a nearby table with various vials about on it, “Uh…Cyril?”
“Fascinating, simply fascinating,” Cyril muttered before looking over at the sitting Trixie, “Do you realize that you’re one-fifteenth dragon? No wonder you were able to unleash a Fury.”
“What?” Trixie and Twilight blinked in confusion.
“Yes, yes. Then again, it is not surprising. One of your ancestors was a Kirin, the child born from the mating of dragon and Equine, primarily a Unicorn,” Cyril explained, “However, the Fury you released recently is wakening your ancestral blood. There will be changes in you, minute at the best hope, but as the Dragon Elder of Ice, it seems that I will be the one who will need to give you assistance in this time of need.”
“Trixie needs more information, please.”
“…Do you always do this?”
“Only when Trixie is nervous or performing,” Trixie replied, earning a nod from Cyril.
“I see. Well then, I am Cyril. I am the Dragon Elder of Ice, meaning that I know all about the element of Ice. You have Ice Dragons as ancestors and because you used a Fury, it shows signs of you starting to ‘evolve’ in a sense,” Cyril explained, “Therefore, I am asking that you become my apprentice so that I may assist you in your time of need and so that I may pass on my knowledge of Ice to another.”
“…What?”
“He wants to take you in as his personal student,” Spyro translated for Trixie.
“…Then Trixie agrees to your offer,” Trixie informed.
“Marvelous!” Cyril beamed.
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This chapter I like it...ANOTHER!
in the chapter instead of spark or spyro you put spike and it was rd who asked the question not spyro
I like how you're taking them and causing them to evolve and meld, Skylanders, Legend of Spyro, and MLP.
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Thank you. I was trying to make sure this all fit together.
what happen in next chapter story?
whens the next chapter coming
the stores grate
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You'll find out sooner or later.
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Yeah. I thought it'd be cool to do that.
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Seriously! What was with that 'forever' thing?! It's creepy!
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My bad. Been using transcripts of the episodes for the main thing about it, then modifying it all to suit my needs.
I love this story! You should continue. I had been here before for many months but I just knew how to sign up. This story I very love one! You should continue about the Eternal Night part and Dawn of the Dragons part!
Wonder what will happen before? Discord's break out, whole season 2 or the Apes invasion?
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Are Ember and Flame two of the three?