I woke up the next day, still wondering about who was travelling into town with a small caravan yesterday. Walking out of my home, I looked to find a small crowd gathering around the Town Hall. This caught my interest straight away, but then I saw two small looking ponies rushing towards me.

"Make way! Coming Through!" one of them yelled.

"Woah! Watch where you going you two." I exclaimed.

I realized that it was Snips and Snails, or as I like to call them, the slapstick comedy of Ponyville.

"Now what's going on?" I asked.

"Oh, haven't you heard, there's a new unicorn in town." Snails answered.

"Yeah, they say that she's got more magical powers than any other unicorn, ever!" Snips added.

"Oh really?" I smirked "You obviously forgotten that I'm an alicorn and I'll always have twice as good magic as anypony."

Spike and Twilight then showed up, almost from nowhere.

"Well, that's kinda different." Spike intervened, "The honour of the most magical unicorn belongs to twilight."

Oh that's right, Spike hasn't seen my normal magic at all yet.

Twilight blushed which was cute. "Where is this unicorn?" she asked.

"Oh, she's at the town hall, come on." Snails answered before galloping off.

"Yeah, come on!" Snips added, running off the same way.

We shrugged and walked over to the town hall, we found a reasonable space between us and we stood among the crowd.

"Come all, come all. Come and witness the amazing magic of the great and powerful Trixie!" a voice boomed.

"Oh great, looks like we may have a show-off, here." I said to nopony in particular.

Suddenly, the caravan I saw before turned into a big performance stage. It may have been along the lines of something transformers-related, but that's another story. A small grey smoke appeared before disappearing to reveal Trixie herself with her outfit that could be passed as a magician's costume.

Everypony went "Oooh", most of them did except for a few and I was one of them.

As she moved around on stage, I suddenly looked at her in a gaze...it was as if she was the most beautiful mare I've ever seen.

"Watch in awe, as the great and powerful Trixie, performs the most spectacular feat of magic ever witnessed by pony's eyes." she boasted as fireworks went off and confetti blew around.

Okay, she may be a little too much of a bragger, but I still found her very attractive.

"My, my, my, what boasting." Rarity sneered.

"Come on, no pony is as magical as Twilight-" Spike interrupted himself as he remembered Rarity was beside him. "-Oh uh hey Rarity umm, must dash."

He then zoomed off in a direction, I giggled at this since I now learnt that Spike has a crush on Rarity, yes I was able to tell very easily.

"There's nothing wrong with being talented, isn't there?" Twilight asked.

"Nothin' at all," Applejack answered, "Except when they're goin' around showin' off like a school filly with fancy new ribbons."

I looked back at Trixie who created a bouquet of flowers with her magic, I sighed and wished I was giving her those flowers.

"Just because one pony has the ability to do lots of magic, does not make one better than the rest of us." Rarity stated.

"Especially when you've got me around being better than the rest of us." Dash boasted which was met with Applejack not looking pleased. "I mean, yeah uhh, magic schmagic, booo!" She said to Trixie.

"Well, well, well. It seems we have some neeeeigh sayers in the audience." Trixie said.

I laughed at that punchline on the inside, since it was straight from the horse's mouth...or pony's mouth, whatever, I'm random and I'm proud of it. Not only was she beautiful, she seemed to be funny as well, in her own way.

"Who is so ignorant as to challenge the magical ability of the great and powerful Trixie?" she asked. "Do they not know that they're in the presence of the most magical unicorn in all of Equestria?"

Rarity pshhed at Trixie's claim, "Just who does she think she is?"

"Yeah, since we know that Twilight here is-" Spike got interrupted.

"Spike! Shhh!" Twilight whispered before taking him away from the crowd.

Dash flew up towards Trixie which got me back to my senses.

"So, great and powerful Trixie. What makes you so awesome anyway?" she asked.

"Why, only the great and powerful Trixie has magic strong enough to vanquish the dreaded Ursa major!" she stated.

"What?" Snips shouted.

"No Way" Snails added.

Trixie continued, "When all hope was lost, the ponies of Hoofington had no pony to turn to. But the great and powerful Trixie stept in and with her awesome magic, vanquished the Ursa major and sent it back to it's cave in the Everfree Forest!"

"Sweet!" Snails said.

"That settles it." Snips stated.

"How do you know it, you didn't see it!" Spike yelled. "And besides, Twilight-" his mouth was then zipped by Twilight's magic.

Trixie chuckled, "It's true, my enthusiastic admires. Trixie most certainly is the best in Ponyville."

She was met with complete silence from the audience, minus a tumbleweed blowing across the town.

"Don't believe the great and powerful Trixie? Well I hear-by challenge you ponyville citizens, anything you can do, I can do better. Anytakers? Anyone? Or is Trixie destined to be the greatest Unicorn that's ever lived?"

Fireworks and music went off again...now I was beginning to get bored of seeing the same stuff everytime she makes a bold statement or question. As pretty as she was, I had to snap out of it and to be on standby in-case any of my friends needed help.

Spike then unzipped his mouth and began begging at Twilight.

"Please, she is unbearable!" he said to her "You just gotta show her, you just gotta."

"There's no way I'm gonna use my magic now, Spike. Especially since..."

"Hmm, how about you?" Trixie asked as she pointed her hoof at Twilight. "Well how about it, hmm? Is there anything you can do that the great and powerful Trixie can't?"

"Well, how about you little hayseed?"

"That's it, ah can't take anymore of this!" Applejack said as she walked up towards Trixie.

"You show her, AJ!" Spike yelled.

"Can your magic do this?" Applejack asked before showing how she lassos her ropes and doing small tricks and finishing with catching an apple, which got cheers from the audience, "Top that, missy."

"Oh ye of little talent." Trixie said as she lifted her hat off to reveal her light cyan mane which got me attracted to her a bit more. "Watch and be amazed at the magic of Trixie."

She used her magic to levitate the rope and have it as a snake charmer which caught Applejack's eyes, before trying her up by her hooves and on her back, with an apple in her mouth. Applejack struggled to get up as she jumped off the stage.

"Once again, the great and powerful Trixie prevails." Trixie bragged.

"There's no need to go strutting around and showing off like that." Dash snapped.

Really Dash, look who's talking, I thought to myself.

"That's my job!" she stated before she showed how fast she went through the clouds and up to the sky before zooming back down with a hint of rain, stopping by the stage with the rain water and creating a small rainbow above her.

"They don't call me Rainbow and Dash for nothing." she boasted.

"When Trixie is through, the only thing they'll call you, is loser." Trixie then used the rainbow above Dash to spin her around till she fell down on the ground.

This was starting to not look good and Twilight didn't seem to feel comfortable until Rarity stood forward.

"Enough. Enough, all of you." Rarity exclaimed. "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."

"Oooh, what's the matter? Afraid you'll get a hair out of place in that rat's nest you call a mane?" Trixie insulted Rarity.

"Oh, it. Is. On! 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. A unicorn needs to have style." Rarity used her magic to grab the curtain Trixie was using and create an instant dress for herself. "A unicorn is not a unicorn without grace and beauty." Rarity said as the audience gave "Ooh"s.

However, Trixie began using her magic as Spike backed up Rarity. "Rarity won't let Trixie get the best of her! She's strong, she's beautiful, she's—

Trixie had changed Rarity, causing the audience to gasp.

"QUICK! I NEED A MIRROR! GET ME A MIRROR! What did she do to my hair? I know she did something terrible to my hair!" Rarity squealed.

Twilight, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack tried to prevent Rarity from freaking out.

"Nothing."

"It's fine."

"It's gorgeous."

"It's green…" Twilight, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack looked over to Spike. "What?" He asked.

"No. Green hair! Not green hair!" She cried. Her hair was indeed changed to a green colour, that which looked as if it actually had been turned to grass. "Such an awful, awful colour!" She continued crying, running away.

A pony she passed, who had green hair, exclaimed, "Well, I never!"

"Well, Twilight, guess it's up to you." Spike insisted. "Come on, show her what you're made of."

"What do you mean? I'm nothing special" Twilight hesitated.

"Yes you are, you're better than her."

"I'm not better than anypony."

"Hah! 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." Trixie provoked.

"Who, me? I'm just your run of the mill citizen of Ponyville. No powerful magic here. I, uh... I think I hear my laundry calling. Sorry, gotta go." Twilight declined and ran off.

"Twilight?" Spike called.

"Ha! Once again, the Great and Powerful Trixie has proven herself to be the most amazing unicorn in all of Equestria. Was there ever any doubt?"

Then the whole show was over and everypony went back their normal routines, except for me, I wanted to know more about her and why she looks so gorgeous. Being single for so long was getting me down a little, so I had to try my luck and speak with her, but I then remembered that it was a Wednesday, so I guess it would have to be later on after I had done my animal support work with Fluttershy.

I walked on over to her cottage to see Fluttershy there, I was a little late than usual, but because of what happened earlier, I knew I'd be forgiven.

"Hi Fluttershy, sorry I'm late this week. I got caught up with that attraction." I said as we shared a quick friendly hug.

"Hi Bond, it's alright, I was there too, but I was at the back which was why you all didn't see me." she said.

"Ahhh, so I guess we're both late today."

"Maybe. Anyways, let's get to work with the animals." Fluttershy smiled.

"Okay." I said back, smiling.

We started off with tendering to the chickens in the back garden and collecting eggs, followed by a trip by the lake to help with the ducks, before finishing with healing up a creature Fluttershy rescued a while ago and releasing it back into the Everfree Forest. It took a while to do it all and it was Sunset already, but the work was done at least.

"Thanks for helping me out, despite the lateness." Fluttershy said.

"It's fine, glad I can be of help, when I'm not being random." I replied.

Fluttershy giggled, "See you for the animal work next time, Bond."

"Same to you, Fluttershy,"

With my work done, I walked back to the town in the hope to find Trixie.

It was the beginning of nightfall when I found her caravan, I knocked on her door to see if she was awake, and her door opened.

"Who's there?" Trixie asked before she saw me "Oh, who are you?"

A bit impolite but I laughed it off, "Why hello great and powerful Trixie, I was among the audience who enjoyed watching you perform."

Trixie then began to smile.

"I liked the way you handled the earth pony, pegasi and unicorn all on the same day."

She began to brag again, "I know, my magic is the greatest magic ever and..."

I then cut her off, "But! Have you ever taken on...an alicorn?" I asked, as I moved my mane back to reveal my horn and opened up my wings before putting my pose.

"Whaaaaaaa, that's impossible?! I mean umm, who are you to question the great and powerful Trixie?"

"What's that? I can't hear your bragging, guess you're not that great and powerful, are you?"

Just as Trixie was about to make a retort, we heard screaming approaching towards us.

"TRIXIE!" Snips and Snails yelled.

"What are you two doing here? Trixie thought the great and powerful Trixie did not want to be disturbed by you." she snapped.

"Is there a problem," I asked out of the blue.

Snips chuckled nervously "We have a tiny problem."

"Actually, it's a big one." Snails added.

"What is so important that you cannot wait until the morning to disturb Trixie?"

Suddenly, we heard a loud roar far from us, we looked over to one exit from the village to near the forest to find a giant blue bear of sorts, approaching the town. This cannot be good...

The giant bear roared loudly and surprise surprise, Trixie screamed like a little filly and ran. Snips and Snails ran away too. It moved closer into town and I got out of the way just in time before it smashed the caravan into pieces with one of it's claws. I caught up with the others as we ran across town...until we ran into a dead end. The bear found us and had us blocked from escaping.

Now I could easily fly away, but I didn't want to leave the three of them helpless, especially when I have a crush on Trixie who appears to be scared of the blue looking bear.

"Great and powerful Trixie, you've got to vanquish the Ursa." Snips said.

So this is the Ursa Major that Trixie was talking about?

"Yeah, vanquish it so we can watch." Snails said.

I just couldn't believe that in the face of danger, they can be just as stupid as anything else.

"It took a lot of trouble to get that thing here." Snips added.

Yep, they were indeed doubly stupid, I know I can be random but those two, let's not even go there.

"Wait! You brought this here, are you out of your little pony minds?" Trixie yelled.

"But, you're the great and powerful Trixie."

"Yeah, remember? You defeated an Ursa major." Snails asked.

We failed to notice that the Ursa was right in front of us, he growled once again and Trixie tried to be brave but I could tell that she was nervous.

"Uhhh, okay. Stand Back." she said.

Trixie then tried to use various kinds of magic to vanquish it, but they all backfired.

"Uh oh" I said to myself.

The bear growled and seeing an opening, they ran away. By now, the whole town began to notice the bear around Ponyville, the ponies screamed in terror. I wanted to use my alicorn magic to defeat it, but for some reason, I just couldn't, something was holding me back. I caught up with the three again, but this time, Twilight and Spike showed up.

"What's going on?" Twilight asked.

"We brought an ursa to town." Snips replied.

"You WHAT?" Twilight exclaimed.

"Don't worry, the Great and Powerful Trixie will vanquish it." Snails said.

"I can't…" Trixie confessed.

"WHAT?" Snips & Snails shouted.

There goes the bombshell. I guess she was smoke and mirrors after all, but still, I didn't want her to get hurt.

"Uh, I can't, I never have. No one can vanquish an Ursa Major. I just made the whole story up to make me look better." she added.

"Made it up?!"

The Ursa roared again and it looked like I would be the only one to save them, but then I'd risk losing what I was trying to gain. I was about to run the risk until Twilight moved forward in front of me.

"Bond, save your magic, I'll swallow what I have to lose if it means saving you all." Twilight said.

I breathed a sigh of relief, looks like it was now or never for Twilight.

She began using her magic, which caused a gentle breeze to flow by. Due to the wind, a soft lullaby played. The Ursa noticed this and changed its expression to a soothed one.

"Nice use of number sixteen." Spike announced.

Twilight then grabbed a water tower. She dumped the water inside and ran the empty tower through a barn filled with cows. When the tower came out, it was filled with milk.

"That's new." Spike also announced.

She screwed the top back on. The Ursa was beginning to doze off. It almost fell on Trixie, but I swooped in and grabbed her at the last second. I then took her out of harm's way and placed her down beside me, I'd never seen her so frightened by it all. After I rescued her, I looked back to see Twilight had stopped it and instead carried it over to the bottle, which he began sucking on as a baby.

Every pony came out to observe. I could see that Twilight was using a lot of strength to carry that Ursa back where it came from. Twilight finished and was panting, when every pony was cheering for her.

"Heavens to Betsy!" Applejack exclaimed. "We knew you had ability, but not that much!"

"I'm sorry." Twilight immediately replied. "Please, please don't hate me."

"Hate you?" Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Applejack exclaimed.

"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 Dash cut off Twilight. "Magic's got nothing to do with it. Trixie's just a loudmouth."

"MOST unpleasant." Rarity added.

"All hat and no cattle." Applejack finished.

"So - you don't mind my magic tricks?" Twilight asked.

"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 explained. I nodded towards what she said.

"And after whipping that Ursa's hind quarters, we're even prouder." Rainbow Dash encouraged.

"You are?"

We all agreed and nodded.

"Wow, Twilight, how'd you know what to do with that Ursa Major?" Spike wondered.

"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."

"So it IS possible to vanquish an Ursa Major all by yourself?"

"That wasn't an Ursa Major, that was a baby, an Ursa MINOR."

"THAT was just a BABY?" Trixie immediately questioned.

"And it wasn't rampaging; it was just cranky because SOMEONE woke it up." Twilight explained, directing the blame on the kids.

Every pony stared angrily at them.

"Well, if that was an Ursa Minor, then what's an Ursa Major like?" Spike asked.

"You don't wanna know." Twilight responded after thinking for a moment.

"Huh." Trixie walked over to Twilight. "You may have vanquished an Ursa Minor, but you will never have the amazing, show-stopping ability of the Great and Powerful Trixie!" She popped out a screen of smoke, but once the smoke disappeared, every pony could see her retreating.

"Why that little..." Rainbow Dash began to fly towards Trixie, but Twilight stopped her.

"Just let her go. Maybe someday she'll learn her lesson." Twilight said to Dash.

I wanted to follow Trixie though, so I looked for a chance to sneak off when nopony was looking.

"Now, about you two." Twilight noticed Snips and Snails trying to sneak out.

"Uh we're sorry that we woke up the Ursa Minor." Snips said.

"We just wanted to see some AWESOME MAGIC." Snails said.

"Yeah! And the way you vanquished that Ursa Minor was AWESOME!"

Twilight looked at them, seriously.

They bowed down before her and spoke sulkily. "We deserve whatever punishment you give us."

By then, I had the chance to sneak away from Ponyville, I then flew up when nopony was looking and I began to look where Trixie went. It wasn't long before I saw a glimpse of her light blue body by a pond, outside the Everfree Forest. I landed on the ground and walked on up to her to see if she was feeling the same as before.

"Who's there?" Trixie sniffed.

"It's only me, are you alright?" I asked with concern.

"Oh it's you. *sniff* Does it look like I'm okay?"

"Well, you're in a forest, laying down and crying, so I guess not."

"Please, leave Trixie alone, *sniff* I don't want anypony to see me right now. *sniff".

She carried on cryin, I did feel sorry for her since she lost perhaps everything, but then again, it didn't excuse her for all her false bragging.

"Trixie, I'm not going to leave until you tell me why you have to be what you were earlier today and what could've made you be that way." I exclaimed.

"But I have nowhere to go, *sniff* my home is gone and all my personal things with it, too."

"Then, you haven't seen what I can really do. If you want a home, why not cheer up and watch me work my magic." I suggested.

Trixie then stopped crying and looked at me, I smiled back at her as she showed off the most beautiful eyes, despite the tears flowing down her face.

"Let me help you." I said to her, smiling.

"But, how come you didn't use your magic earlier?"

"I was saving it until the time was right, I could've used my magic earlier, but Twilight stepped in and risked what she thought she would lose for me. That makes her a pony who cares about her friends, me included."

I then held out my hoof as if offering to help her get back up on her hooves. "I'm Bond Racer by the way and now, I wanna be your first friend and maybe someday, I can also be that somepony who cares for you."

Trixie couldn't say a word and was surprised at my offer, seeing that she had nothing left to lose, she sighed.

"Alright, Bond, show me." she replied, accepting my offer to help her up. Looking at me, she showed a small smile.

"Come this way, there's a big patch for where I can show you my magic." I said as I held her hoof and walked with her into the Everfree Forest.

We came across the a big empty area in the forest which was the prefect place to make her a home.

"Alright Trixie, now watch as I give you a demonstration on how alicorn magic works.

Trixie nodded as she sat down on an empty log.

I began with creating a light around my horn and I lighted up the area so it was more clearer to see what I was doing. I flew up and with my wings keeping me above the ground, I began to work on building the house by pulling several trees from the ground, shredding the leaves and chopping down the branches. I then took a few and sawed them, turning them into wooden floors and laying them up in the centre of the big area, this would be the flooring of Trixie's new home.

Trixie had stopped feeling upset at this point and was more interested in how I showed my alicorn magic.

With the flooring in place, I began to build the walls with the remaining chopped trees, lining them up like a tower, making sure each wall was secure. With the walls in place and secured with my magic, I began to work on the roof with a chimney in mind. I then used a teleporting spell to teleport a huge bag of roof-tiles I had spare in my home, placing them on a wooden ceiling frame with a few more trees chopped.

Trixie was speechless at what I was doing and she was smiling a lot more.

I wasn't done yet though, she was missing windows, so I created two windows, one for the main room and one for her bedroom. With the exterior of the house done, it was time to get to work on the interior. I flew back down the ground to see Trixie crying happy tears, this made me smile and pleased to know that I wasn't showing off, I was helping her out.

I took her hoof and walked inside her new home. It was empty indeed, but I was going to change that. I started off creating a fireplace so the smoke could go through the chimney. Then I created a corner with utensils and a sink, which would be her kitchen. I finished off by having a table and chairs appear in the centre of the room and a sturdy bed in her bedroom.

The house was finally done and it looked very welcoming, my horn stopped glowing as I didn't need to use my magic anymore now.

"Welcome to your new home, Trixie. I'm sure you'll find it to your needs and give you a chance to get back on your hooves." I said to her.

Trixie galloped up to me and gave me a caring hug, then what happened was so unexpected, neither of us were even thinking of it...she kissed me...for a few seconds, before she pulled away, blushing away.

"Umm, I mean. Thank you, Bond...I can't say anymore. You were great and powerful in the end." she complimented.

"It was my pleasure, but I did all this, because I had faith in doing this for you."

"I wish I had your faith and your magic." Trixie said.

"Well, maybe someday when you learn to change and be for the better, you might."

"Yeah, about how I kissed you, I didn't meant for it to happen. I was just overwhelmed with emotions, because no other pony has ever done that for me, since my parents..."

"Your parents?" I asked.

"...I'm sorry Bond, I can't tell you that right now. Maybe another time when I get back up and perhaps find a job to help myself out."

"Alright. I'm sure you'll find a good job, it may or may not what you want it to be, but anything to make some bits."

"Thank you also for saving me when I was about to be squashed by that Ursa, maybe I'll see you soon...if you want to see the great and powerful Trixie again?"

I smiled back, moved towards Trixie, grabbed her face and I kissed her. Trixie was surprised at my odd but loving response, she soon succumbed to the kiss by closing her eyes.

"I do Trixie, but I'll give you as much time as you need until you wish to see me as well. But we'll have to keep it a secret."

"You're right, because nopony else knows about this." Trixie agreed.

"Alright, I've gotta go to my home now, the others will probably be wondering where I've gone off to." I said as I began to leave.

"Okay Bond, thank you again, I'll see you soon."

"Same to you."

We hugged once more before sharing a quick kiss. I opened the door and left Trixie's new home, I then flew up and began to leave the forest, but not before noticing a large shadow of something big flying into one of the mountains. It could've been a dragon, but I must've been seeing things, since Spike is the only dragon I know that lives around here.

I flew back to Ponyville and into my house, before getting undressed and into bed. As I lay in wait to fall asleep, I reflected on the events of today. I didn't hear one of Twilight's lessons this time, but I didn't feel like I needed to hear it from her when I learnt all that already when I was helping out with Trixie and showing my magic for good use. Speaking of which, it was quite special to see her go from a complete show off and bragger to a sensitive and happy mare. There was no need for words when we kissed, we were in love and we made a promise to have this relationship be a secret and we're going to keep that promise. Next Chapter: Dragonshy Estimated time remaining: 28 Hours, 26 Minutes