Digital Equestria

Boasting

"Twenty-five different spells that sure is impressive."

Matt, his Digimon, Twilight, and Spike were walking down the dirt path of Ponyville. They had no specific destination in mind.

"Yeah, and that easily shows Twilight has to be one of the best unicorns in Equestria." Said Spike

"Please, Spike, I'm sure there are plenty of unicorns with the same magical talent as me." Said Twilight

"Maybe, but they're probably not like you." Said Spike

Twilight blushed as Matt smiled. The group was enjoying the peaceful town, even if at times it wasn't all that peaceful if the pranks that Rainbow and Pinkie pulled on the town didn't show that. Two pulled all sorts of pranks, but the best was when they dyed James' hair and Gaomon's fur pink when the two were napping. Rainbow probably did it more out of revenge because of a prank James and Gaomon played on her, which consisted of a napping Rainbow Dash and a cup of warm water. Then the true chaos came in the form of a Griffon.

Gilda was her name, and she happened to be an old friend of Rainbow Dash from flight school. She seemed pretty interesting until they heard rumors about her being a bully, especially to Fluttershy. The truth came out about her when Pinkie threw her a party and Rainbow began to pull pranks on her. In the end, Gilda left town, and everything went back to being the same. But that was the nature of Ponyville. And on a side note, James and Gaomon were still trying to get the pink out of their hair and fur. And today was once again going to be one of those crazy days.

"Coming through!"

The group turned to see two colts coming running towards them. The first was a colt looked a little overweight. He had an opal coat with an orange mane. He was wearing a plain grey t-shirt and a pair of cargo shorts. The other colt looked a little skinny. He had an amber coat and a turquoise mane. He was wearing a plain orange t-shirt and a pair of cargo shorts.

The group jumped out of the way, except Gomamon, who got caught up by the overweight colt.

"Stop!" Screamed Gomamon

The two colts stopped as Gomamon went tumbling into the dirt with the others following close behind.

"Snips and Snails, where's the fire?" Asked Spike

Snips was the overweight colt, and Snails was the skinny colt.

"Didn't you hear, a powerful unicorn is in town." Said Snips

"That's your reason for running without looking where you're going." Said Gomamon

"Yeah, we have to get in the front row before other ponies do." Said Snails

"Yeah, I'm sure if we're speaking about magical power that award goes to Twilight." Said Spike

"Please Spike, now where is this unicorn?" Asked Twilight

"In the town square." Said Snips

"You better hurry if you want to get a good spot." Said Snails

The two colts once again ran off.

"They sure think this unicorn is big stuff." Said Gomamon

"I agree," Matt turned to the others. "Should we see how powerful this unicorn is?"

The others nodded and made their way towards the town square.

***

"Man, this unicorn sure did gather a crowd." Said Matt

The group pushed through the ponies to get to the front to see the rest of the mane six awaiting for the show to begin along with James and Gaomon. Both still showed signs of the pink dye in their fur and hair but wasn't as prominent as before.

"I'm surprised you're out here, James especially with the pink still in your hair," said Matt chuckling a bit.

James huffed, "Whatever, I heard there was a powerful unicorn town, and well, I decided to see if it was true."

"You wouldn't be pink if you thought about the consequences of your actions." Said Matt

"Whatever, I'm glad the pink is nearly out of my hair." Said James

"And out of my fur." Said Gaomon

"I do hope that teaches you a lesson about doing stupid pranks." Said Alice

Alice, Renamon, Abby, Terriermon, Lopmon, and Cresent came walking up to them. The girls were all wearing sports bras and sports shorts. Cresent had her mane done up in a bun, while Alice and Abby had their hair still in pigtails. Sweat was still dripping from each of them.

"I'm guessing you finished your run for the day." Said Matt

"Yeah, we finished and heard about the stage performance and decided to see what it was all about." Said Alice

"I surprised April isn't here." Said Abby

"I think April went out to that valley to paint from what she told me this morning." Said Matt

"Welcome everypony to the show of your lifetime." Fireworks started to go to owe and awe the crowd before there was a puff of smoke on the stage, and from that appeared the unicorn mare everypony was waiting to see, "Watch now as the Great and Powerful Trixie performs some of the greatest feats of magic ever." More fireworks went off to get the crowd excited.

The unicorn named Trixie had an azure coat with a cornflower mane with cerulean stripes running through it. She was wearing a light blue dress along with a wizard's cape and hat. She would wave her hands around and perform different tricks for the crowd to show off her magical skills.

"My, my, she does love to boast." Said Rarity

"Please, this isn't half what Twi..." Twilight hit Spike in the gut with her elbow to shut him up.

"You know, Trixie reminds me of a guy on my football team that would boast about how great he was." Said James

"What happened to him?" Asked Gaomon

"First game of the season, the guy lost it for us. Let's say he wasn't all to liked by the team." Said James

"Her boasting is as bad as some of the guards at the castle. I swear I hate when ponies boast about how they're the best." Said Cresent

"There's nothing wrong with being talented right?" Asked Twilight

"Nothing at all, Twi unless you're showin' it off like a school filly with new ribbons." Said Applejack

"Yeah, especially when I'm better than the rest of us." Rainbow got everypony to stare at her, "Um, boo."

Trixie stopped her show and out at the crowd, "I see we have some neighsayers in the crowd." James snickered at that. "Who is so ignorant as to challenge the Great and Powerful Trixie? I see that they don't know they are in the presence of the most powerful unicorn in all of Equestria."

Rarity blew a raspberry at that, "Please, who does she think she is?"

"Yeah, when we all know that Twi..." Spike got his gut hit again by Twilight's elbow.

"Shut it, Spike." Said Twilight

"What's wrong, you know you're much more powerful than Trixie." Said Spike

"But haven't you seen how our friends are reacting to Trixie. I don't want them to think I'm a show off like her." Said Twilight

Rainbow flew right into Trixie's face, "So 'Great and Powerful Trixie,' what makes you so awesome?"

Trixie pushed Rainbow out of her face, "I'm glad you ask, for I, the Great and Powerful Trixie, was able to vanquish an Ursa Major."

The crowd owed and awed at Trixie's feat.

"I thought Ursa Major was a constellation. How do you defeat a constellation?" Asked James

"In Equestria, there are beasts called Constellation Beasts that represent many of famous constellations. It's rare to see one in the wild." Said Twilight

"Living constellations, well you don't hear that every day." Said Matt

"The Great and Powerful Trixie was the last remaining hope for the ponies Hoofington as the Ursa Major attacked their homes. Trixie stepped forth and used her awesome magic to defeat the beast and return it to its cave deep within the Everfree Forest!" Exclaimed Trixie

The crowd got memorized by Trixie's light show as she showed how she defeated the Ursa Major. A few fireworks went off after Trixie defeated the Ursa Major.

"That settles it." Said Snips

"Trixie is truly the most powerful, most talented, and most awesome unicorn in Ponyville." Said Snails

"No, in all of Equestria!" Exclaimed Snips

"You two can't seriously believe that. How can we trust that everything Trixie says is true?" Said James

"Yeah, and besides we all know if it came to defeating an Ursa Major, we would all turn to..." Twilight used her magic to close Spike's mouth shut.

"But it is true, my little admirers. Trixie certainly is the best in Ponyville." Said Trixie

The crowd went silent as they looked at each other. Trixie's eyes scanned the quiet crowd before smiling out at the group of ponies.

"I see none of you believe the Great and Power Trixie." She gave a light chuckle, "Then I, at this moment, challenge any Ponyvillian to prove themselves by doing anything, which I'll do better. So do we have any takers? I guess if no one wants to step up, I guess that makes me the greatest equine who lived!" Said Trixie

Fireworks fired off behind Trixie as she smiled. Spike was finally able to get the magic bindings off his face and turned back to Twilight.

"Twilight you have to do something, she unbearable! You have to show her who's better!" Exclaimed Spike

"Spike I can't use my magic after everything that's been happening." Said Twilight

"How about you," Twilight froze as Trixie pointed her finger at her. "Do you think you better the Great and Powerful Trixie?"

"Well, um, I," Twilight kept stumbling over her words as she tried to find a way out.

"Well, little hayseed," said Trixie gesturing over to Applejack.

"That's it! I can't stand for any more of this!" Exclaimed Applejack

Applejack made her way up to the stage.

"You go get her, Applejack." Said Spike

"Let's see if your magic can do this." Said Applejack

She pulled the rope attached to her pants and began to do tricks with it, getting the crowd once again back into the show. Applejack did one more trick by using her lasso to grab an apple on a nearby tree and bring it over to her. She took a bit out of it before bringing her rope back together and tipping her hat to Trixie.

"Top that." Said Applejack

Trixie smiled as she removed her hat, "Watch and be amazed by the magic of Trixie."

Trixie's horn to came to life and began to surround the rope with her aura. Applejack and the crowd watched as Trixie moved the rope like a snake, while another end went to the nearby apple tree. Suddenly, the rope began to wrap Applejack up and placing the apple in her mouth. Trixie released her magic and gave a bow to the laughing and cheering crowd.

"That hardly seemed fair." Said Terriermon

"I would agree." Said Abby

Applejack began to hop off the stage. Once she reached the ground, Guilmon snapped the ropes with his claws to free her back up. She spat the apple out of mouth before looking back at Guilmon.

"Thanks, Guilmon." Said Applejack

He smiled before the two returned to their group of friends as Trixie looked ready to speak once more.

"Once again, the Great and Powerful Trixie prevails. Now, who else wishes to challenge Trixie?" Said Trixie

Rainbow Dash flew up and got right back into Trixie's face, "There's no need to go strutting around and showing off your stuff."

"Is that so." Said Trixie

"Yeah, because that's my job." Said Rainbow

Her friends sighed as they began to watch her perform one of my many stunts. She landed on Trixie's stage as a rainbow appeared above her. She smiled and held her head high as the crowd cheered for her performance.

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

Trixie gave a sly smile as her horn came to life, "After Trixie is through with you, all they will be calling you is a loser."

Trixie's magic began to grab the rainbow above Rainbow's head and wrapped it around her before making Rainbow spin like a top until she came to a stop outside the crowd. Rainbow looking she was about to barf all over the place.

"I think I'm going to be sick," said Rainbow as she swallowed a little vomit that came up.

"Seems like anypony with a dash of good sense would think twice before tussling with the Great and Powerful Trixie." Said Trixie

James and Gaomon walked over and helped her to her feet. She still seemed to look like she was going to puke at any minute. Then Trixie summoned a storm cloud and struck Rainbow in her plot, causing her to scream out in pain and double over against Gaomon, but he saw she was still quite sick.

"You take her, James." Said Gaomon

James looped Rainbow's right arm over his shoulder and helped her back to her others as she still seemed to be in a daze and looking like she was going to vomit any minute.

"I know what we need. We need a unicorn to challenge Trixie. A unicorn with some magical powers." Said Spike

"Yeah, a unicorn to show this unicorn who's boss," said rainbow before swallowing done a little more vomit.

"A real unicorn to unicorn tussle." Said Applejack

Spike, Matt, James, Abby, Alice, Cresent, and the Digimon all move their eyes toward Twilight. She froze as she swallowed the lump in her throat. But luckily for her, another unicorn miss interrupted the message.

"Enough, enough all of you. I take your hint, but I am above such nonsense. Rainbow Dash and Applejack may behave like ruffians, but I conduct myself with beauty and grace." Said Rarity

"How did she think we were talking about her?" Asked Alice

"Who knows." Said Abby

Trixie gave a little chuckle, "What's the matter? Afraid you'll get a hair of place in that rat's nest you call a mane."

Rarity stood shocked before she glared at Trixie, "Oh, it is on, sister." Rarity began to make her way onto the stage, "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 muscle. A unicorn needs to have style."

Rarity's horn came to life and grabbed a curtain on Trixie's cart and began to wrap around her. She used her magic to make it into a beautiful dress. The crowd went ooh as they looked at Rarity as she bounced her newly transformed mane.

"That sure was impressive." Said Matt

"Yeah, isn't she beautiful." Said Spike

"A unicorn is not a unicorn without grace and beauty." Said Rarity

Trixie gave a sly smile as her horn came to life. She wrapped her aura around Rarity's mane and in a flash changed it. The crowd let a large gasp. Rarity began to freak out as she needed to figure out what Trixie did to her hair.

"Quick! Somepony get me a mirror! I need a mirror! I must know what she did to my hair!" Exclaimed Rarity

"She did nothing." Said Twilight

"It's fine." Said Rainbow

"It's gorgeous." Said Applejack

"It's green." Said Gomamon

Matt struck him over the head as Rarity had a panic attack and ran off the stage, screaming and crying about green hair. Everypony watched her leave before turning back to the smug faced Trixie. Spike then turned to Twilight.

"Well, Twilight, it's up to you. You have to show Trixie, who's boss." Said Spike

"What, but I'm nothing special." Said Twilight

"Twilight, you are, and you're far better than Trixie." Said Matt

"I'm not better than anyone else." Said Twilight

Trixie looked down at Twilight, "You think you're better than the Great and Powerful Trixie. You think you have more magical talent than Trixie. Well, then show Trixie and the crowd that you're better than Trixie." Said Trixie

"Who me? I'm only a run-of-the-mill citizen of Ponyville. Nothing special here...um...I think I hear my laundry calling. Sorry, I gotta get going." Said Twilight

Twilight turned around and ran through the crowd as Trixie had yet another smug look on her face.

"I didn't know laundry can talk." Said Guilmon

"Laundry can't call, Guilmon. Now let's go after her." Said Matt

Matt and his Digimon ran after the unicorn as Trixie began to chuckle.

"That proves that the Great and Powerful Trixie is the most amazing unicorn in all Equestria. But was there any doubt." Said Trixie

***

"Twilight will you please listen to me." Said Matt

Twilight was right now had her head down in a book. Matt sighed as he walked forward and slammed the book shut in her face.

"Twilight tell me what happened back there at Trixie's show." Said Matt

Twilight sighed, "Didn't you see how they hated Trixie's bragging, Matt. If I went up there and showed off my magic, then I could risk losing my friends."

"Twilight, what we're asking you to do is not what Trixie was doing. You would be using your magic to stand up for your friends." Said Matt

"Matt it wouldn't matter, it would still be the same." Said Twilight

Matt sighed, "Twilight, you could have used any one of the tricks you've learned, even the teeniest, would have worked to show up Trixie."

"Matt it doesn't work like that. If I went up there and did any trick, no matter what it was, I would still look like a bragger, which would make me look just like Trixie." Said Twilight

Matt was going to continue to speak when Twilight used her magic to create a door in front of Matt and slam it in his face. The two Digimon looked up at Matt as he growled under his breath. Matt calmed himself long enough to reopen the door and walk back out.

"Talk about slamming the door in someone's face." Said Gomamon

"Twilight you know, for a fact, you're better than Trixie." Said Matt

"Matt, I said NO!" Exclaimed Twilight

"She sure is stubborn." Said Guilmon

"No, kidding." Said Gomamon

Matt sighed, seeing that it was a losing battle to argue with Twilight. He gestured for Guilmon and Gomamon to follow and walked out of the library while Twilight let out a heavy sigh. Matt looked at the door of the library and let out a heavy sigh as well.

"You can still try and convince her." Said Gomamon

"And she'll find a way to weasel around it." Said Matt

"So, now what?" Asked Guilmon

"We head home, not like we can do anything else." Said Matt

He gave another sigh as he turned and began to head home, only to stop when he saw Spike running towards them. He stopped and started to catch his breath.

"Spike, what's wrong?" Asked Matt

"Need to talk to Twilight, now! Urgent problem!" Exclaimed Spike

The group of four ran back to the library. Matt opened the door and him, Spike and his Digimon rushed inside.

"Twilight! You have to come! Quick!" Screamed Spike

"Spike, I already told Matt, I'm not showing up Trixie." Said Twilight

"No, Twilight this is about something," Spike stopped midway in his sentence as a roar echoed throughout the building.

"Is that what I think it is?" Asked Twilight

Another roar went across the airwaves of Ponyville as Spike spoke back up, "Majorly."

Twilight, Spike, Matt, and the Digimon ran out of the library as more roars began to fill the air. Ponies started to run for their lives as Matt, Spike, Twilight, and the Digimon ran past them. The group stopped when they saw Snips, Snails, and Trixie.

"Matt!"

The group turned to see the other humans and their Digimon coming towards them.

"What is happening?" Asked Abby

"I agree, what is happening?" Asked Twilight

"We brought an Ursa to town." Said Snips

"You what!" Screamed Twilight

"Don't worry. The Great and Powerful Trixie will defeat it." Said Snail

Everyone looked over at Trixie.

"I can't." Said Trixie

"What?!" Screamed Snips and Snails

"I can't because I never have. No one can defeat an Ursa Major. I made up the whole story of me defeating an Ursa Major." Said Trixie

"Made it up!" Exclaimed Snips and Snails

"Who could have seen that coming." Said James

A mighty roar pulled the group all to turn and see the Ursa Major behind them. The Ursa Major was a large blue bear with stars covering its body. It growled as it looked at all of them.

"So any ideas." Said James

Spike poked Twilight in the stomach. She looked at him as he pointed at the Ursa. She swallowed the lump in her throat as she stepped forward. Matt held is Digivice ready the second Twilight needed help. He wasn't sure if he could get Guilmon to digivolve back into Growlmon once more.

Twilight began to ignite her horn as she started to push magic through it. Her hooves began to dig into the dirt as she pushed her magic to her limit. A purple aura began to cover the Ursa as Twilight lifted it into the air and began to rock it back and forth. As she used her magic to cast a wind over cattails to cause pleasant music to fill the air, further calming the Ursa Major. She then wrapped her magic around the Ponyville water tower and poured out all the water. Twilight then pushed the empty water tower through the barn where the cows reside. The water tower came out full of milk.

"That's new." Said Spike

"I'm sure that Ponyville might have needed that water." Stated James

Twilight continued to push her magic to her limits as her hooves dug deeper into the ground. Sweat rolled down her face as she continued to perform her feats of magic. She placed the top back on the base of the water tower and brought up to the mouth of the Ursa Major, and it began to suck it. The humans weren't sure how that was even possible but went with it. Twilight now began to levitate the Ursa Major back into the Everfree Forest.

Once the Ursa Major was back in the Everfree Forest, Twilight released her magic. She began to take deep breaths as she felt incredibly exhausted. She began to fall over, but Matt grabbed her before she fell to the ground. He gave her a warm smile, and she returned it until they heard cheering. The two looked over to see the ponies of Ponyville cheering for Twilight.

"Unbelievable." Said Rainbow

"That was amazing." Said Spike

"That sure was something else." Said James

"Heavens to Betsy! We knew ya had magical skills, but not that much!" Said Applejack

Twilight lowered her eyes and placed her ears against her head, "I'm sorry. Please don't hate me."

"Hate you!" Said Twilight's friends

"Whatever do you mean, darling?" Asked Rarity

"Well, I know how much you all hated Trixie's showing off with her magic tricks, and I thought..." Twilight stopped as Rainbow spoke up.

"Let's stop you there, Twilight. Magic has nothing to do with it. Trixie is nothing more than a loud mouth." Said Rainbow

"Preach it." Said Alice

"Most unpleasant." Said Rarity

"All hat and no cattle." Said Applejack

"So, you don't mind my magic tricks?" Asked Twilight

"You're magic is a part of ya, sugarcube, and we like who ya are. We're proud to have such a powerful, talented unicorn as our friend." Said Applejack

"Yeah especially after whupping that Ursa's hindquarters, we're even prouder." Said Rainbow

"You are?" Asked Twilight

The humans, the Digimon and ponies, nodded their heads. Twilight smiled as a slight blush came to her face.

"See, I told you, you weren't like Trixie." Said Matt

"I guess you were right," said Twilight with a slight blush covering her face.

"But Twilight, how did you know how to defeat that Ursa Major?" Asked Spike

"After Trixie's bragging story, I decided to look into the Ursa Major." Said Twilight

"So it is possible to vanquish an Ursa Major all by yourself." Said Spike

Twilight gave a slight chuckle, "That wasn't an Ursa Major, that was a baby, an Ursa Minor."

Trixie pushed through the crowd with an astonished look on her face, "That was a baby!"

"And it wasn't rampaging. It was cranky because somepony woke it up." Her eyes landed on Snips and Snails as did the rest of the crowd.

"Well, that was an Ursa Minor, then what does an Ursa Major look like." Said Spike

"If had to guess, way bigger." Said James

"I hope we don't see an Ursa Major any time soon. So now with that done, how should we deal with miss loudmouth." Said Alice

Everypony turned their attention to Trixie.

"Whatever, you may have defeated an Ursa Minor, but you will never have the amazing, show-stopping ability of the Great and Powerful Trixie!" Exclaimed Trixie

Trixie waved her hands in the air before tossing down a smoke bomb on the ground. When the cloud disappeared, everypony could see Trixie running away from them.

"Why that little..." Twilight stopped Rainbow before she went after Trixie.

"Let her go. Maybe someday she'll learn her lesson. Now what to do about you two?" Said Twilight as she moved her eyes over to Snips and Snails.

Snips gave off a nervous laugh, "We're sorry for waking up the Ursa Minor."

"We just wanted to see some awesome magic." Said Snails

"Yeah, the way that you beat that Ursa Minor was awesome." Said Snips

"Either way, you risked the safety of everypony here." Said Matt

"Yes, we know, so we deserve any punishment you give us." Said Snails

"For starters, you can clean up that mess," Snips and Snails looked over to Trixie's destroyed stage. " And," She looked over to Spike and smiled at him, "What do you think, Spike? Should I give them, hm, number twenty-five."

"Oh, yes, and I deserve it too." Said Spike

Snips and Snails looked at each other confused as Twilight's horn began to glow. The faces of Spike, Snips, and Snails began to glow. Snips and Snails had their eyes closed until they opened their eyes to see they all had mustaches. They all seemed pleased by it.

***

"Dear Princess Celestia, I have learned a very valuable lesson about friendship: I was so afraid of being thought of as a show-off 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." Said Twilight

"I do hope you learned the difference between boasting and true talent." Said Matt

Twilight rolled her eyes as she walked over and sat next to Matt, "Yes, I learned my lesson." She stuck out her tongue out at him.

The two laughed as the door opened as Spike walked into the room looking a little down.

"So how did it go with Rarity?" Asked Twilight

"She didn't go for the mustache." Said Spike

"Sorry to hear that Spike." Said Matt

"You know Spike, that mustache has nothing to do with who you are. Maybe you should try being yourself." Said Twilight

"Or, maybe the mustache isn't enough. Maybe if I had a mustache and a beard?" Said Spike

"Oh, brother." Said Twilight

Twilight and Matt laughed as Spike began to tell them about the perfect beards that would go with his mustache.