I was awoken suddenly by a series of loud noises that sounded like explosions. I flew out of my bed and threw open the curtains so ferociously that I almost tore them off of the rail. I stared out of the window, scanning the world outside for source of the noise, expecting to see falling bombs and demolished buildings. With a sigh of relief, I saw that it was only a bunch of fireworks going off, showering the street with colourful lights. A crowd had gathered around the source of the fireworks.

I rushed outside to see what all the fuss was about.

It turned out to be a unicorn called Trixie, or “The Great and Powerful Trixie” as she called herself. She was boasting about her “talents” and everyone was getting irritated. Eventually, Applejack, Rarity and Rainbow Dash had had enough. One at a time, they stepped up onto Trixie’s stage and tried to outmatch her.

Applejack performed amazing tricks with a rope lasso, but Trixie used her magic to tie her up. Rainbow Dash used her speed and agility to try to win against Trixie, but she used her magic again and zapped Rainbow Dash with lightning bolts. All of Trixie’s cheating was starting to get on my nerves, but I managed to hold back my anger.

Then it was Rarity’s turn. She took a simple curtain and turned it into a beautiful dress! But then, Trixie ruined it all by cheating again and turning Rarity’s hair green!

I had reached my limit. I charged out to the front of the crowd and stamped my hooves. “THAT’S IT!” I snarled “You’re using magic to cheat! Well, let’s see you go against my violin!” I bounded onto the stage, whipped my violin out of my saddlebag, and began to play.

I played with all of my skill, churning out beautiful melodies that I was sure would win over the hearts of the audience.

For a while, it seemed like I was winning. It felt great to bask in the glory of the moment. That was until I glanced over to Trixie and saw her flash a smirk at me. She used her magic to grab five different instruments and start to play them all at once!

I still played the best I could, but as the speed and ferocity of the music grew, my violin’s strings were starting to suffer under the pressure. Just before we reached the end of the crescendo, my strings snapped, and my music abruptly choked and died.

I had lost.

My dad had once told me to never get angry for no reason and to avoid conflict as much as possible. But at the rate this was going, I’d have to go against that.

It’s safe to say that everyone was annoyed with Trixie, but they couldn’t do anything about it.

Later that day, a savage Ursa Major stomped angrily out of the Everfree forest and started rampaging around Ponyville! Trixie tried to send it away with her magic, but it was no use. Just before the cosmic bear swallowed up Trixe, Twilight finally decided to use her magic. She made the Ursa go to sleep by giving it a giant bottle of milk before sending it back to its cave. It turned out that the ‘Ursa Major’ was actually an Ursa Minor, and only a baby.

Twilight told us that she was afraid that her friends would abandon her if she showed off her talents. We told her that it’s ok to show what you’re good at, but it annoys everyone if you go too far and rub it in their faces.

I put my foreleg over Twilight’s shoulder. “You used your talent to save somepony’s life, and the whole town! Why wouldn’t they want to be your friends?”