Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26186871-20180825133330/@comment-26186871-20181023145241

Part 7-The Duel

Trixie:So, what is it? Do you accept, or are you just too scared of losing?

Spike:..Don't you see, Twilight? THAT is boasting, but taking her down in the duel isn't!

Spike:Come on, Twilight! You're the only one left!

Rainbow Dash:We DO have Fluttershy, but there's no way she'd go up there anytime soon!

Applejack:You're the only unicorn that stands a chance against her!

Trixie:So, are you Twilight Sparkle, Element of Magic, or Twilight LOSER, Element of WEAKNESS?

Spike:Come on, Twilight..

Twilight:...I accept your little duel. What's the rules, anyway?

Trixie:Oh, they are rather simple! Each of us takes turns casting spells. One of us chooses a spell, casts it, then the other has to cast that same spell, then casts another for the first to copy! And when one of us casts a spell the other can't, they win!

Trixie:Trixie will let YOU cast the first spell.

Twilight:Game on. *casts the mustache spell on Spike*

Spike:That's what I'm talking about!

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Snips:How are we supposed to prove that Trixie can banish an ursa major?

Snails:Oh, I have a perfect idea! We just bring one over!

Snips:..Great idea!

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Trixie:Perhaps you should have chosen a harder spell than that.. *gives Twilight a mustache, causing laughter amongst the audience*

Trixie:Now, Trixie will use her magic to do what only a Pegasus could do before.. Create her OWN weather clouds! *ends up forming some clouds, and one of them even bolts lightning, hitting Twilight's mustache*

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Snips:..Pretty dark here..

Snails:Let me lighten it up for us. *barely manages an illumination spell.. And there's an ursa.*

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Twilight:That? Oh, that one's easy! *ALSO creates weather clouds.. Then, she even makes the clouds go away!*

Trixie:Seems you really DO have a talent for magic.. But can you do something that the Great and Powerful Trixie can't?

.*roaring is heard, as buildings are destroyed.. The town was in panic, obviously*

Trixie:..An Ursa Major?

Twilight:..I didn't cast that one.

Trixie:Everypony, STAND BACK!! Trixie will vanquish this beast, back into the Everfree!! *three times, she casts various spells.. They all do no damage*

Snails:Stop goofing around! Can't you vanquish it? Use your powerful magic!

Trixie:..It seems.. Trixie can't.

Twilight:..Stand back.. *casts a spell, putting the ursa to sleep, giving it a HUGE quantitu of mlik, and levitates it back to its cave.. Using just about all of her power. The audience then watches in awe, and cheers*

Trixie:..You.. HOW DID YOU DO THAT? Vanquishing an Ursa Major is impossible!

Twilight:..That WASN'T an Ursa Major. It's a baby-An Ursa MINOR. Somepony woke it up, and it got cranky. That's why what I did worked.

Trixie:..THAT was just a BABY?

Twilight:Yeah. You DON'T want to know what an Ursa Major looks like..

Trixie:..Now, shall we continue the duel?

Twilight:Didn't I already cast my spell? I vanquished the Ursa Minor! While that isn't what I had planned, I cast it, so that counts as my spell! ..And you failed.

Trixie:...

Twilight:...What was the rule again? Whoever casts a spell that the other can't is the winner?

Trixie:..I.. LOST? How could Trixie have LOST?

Spike:Trixie, you tried to duel the Element of Magic. What'd you expect?

Twilight:There's more to magic than just showing off. Magic is something you study, and sometimes, you have to get a little creative. Magic isn't something you ever stop learning-There's always room for further improvement. I read about the Ursa, and that's how I knew what to do.

Trixie:...Trixie may have lost this time, but one day, she'll be back, better than ever! Trixie will oneday surpass you!! She'll come back, more powerful than she ever was before!! Just you wait! *leaves*

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''Dear Princess Celestia:

Today, I learned an important lesson about friendship. I was too afraid to be seen as a show-off that I was both hiding a part of who I am, and ended up letting an actual show-off keep being a show-off. But today, I've learned there are times to be proud of our talent, and times when it's appropriate to show them off, like when somepomh else is already being a show-off.

Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle''