Ponyville’s Tiny Librarian
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Chapter 6
Boast Busters
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Part 3
“Ursa Major, Ursa Major…” Twilight murmured to herself as she searched for information about the monster that, to her astonishment, ponies in town believed Trixie had really vanquished. She stood on the table in front of an open book, which was supported against the horse-head statue. The two towers of books on either side of her casted shadows over her little posture.
“I can understand Snips and Snails believing that a performer could vanquish that monster, but the fact that the majority of ponies in Ponyville also believe it is so irritating.”
Gilda, who sat at the table behind Twilight, noticed a picture of a bear coated in stars on the page and remarked, “That’s an Ursa Major? Kind of reminds me of the giant star scorpion I heard about once. It was supposedly twice the size of a house and nearly razed a griffon village.” Curious glances were directed her way, and she shrugged. “Don’t look at me like that. It’s just one of gramp’s stories. I assumed he was making it up to scare me, but now I’m not so sure.”
She pointed at the picture and added, “From what gramps said, he and a bunch of other griffons were hired to hunt it down. It took over an hour and cost the lives of a few of our best mercenaries.”
“Waaiit, I remember something about that,” Steel Blade said. “It came up in a conversation with dad once. That was your grandpa? I’m sorry to hear that.”
“Sorry? What for? He got paid lots of bits once the job was done. It was practically a dream come true for a mercenary.” She looked back at the picture and frowned. “Is this stupid pony really saying that she beat up a bear the same size with ease? How arrogant can she get?”
Twilight glanced at Gilda with concern and shook her head. “It isn’t an Ursa Major, it says that it is an Ursa Minor, a baby. The scorpion-like creature must be a magical beast as well, and most likely a young one.”
“That’s just a baby?” Gilda remarked in disbelief. “And that Twexee said she banished a grown up one!?”
Twilight chuckled. “As a performer you need to come up with many unbelievable ideas to keep the audience entertained, the key is not to naively believe in everything a showpony tells you, or else somepony might get hurt,” Twilight lectured as she started to read restlessly, searching for potential weak points in case the beast were to attack Ponyville by remote chance.
“If those ponies are so stupid to believe in such a poor lie and hurt themselves as a result, let them. Not our problem,” Gilda stated as Twilight gave her an angry glare. “Fine, fine, sorry. We should tell those ponies not to do anything stupid,” she added as Twilight smiled at her. The griffon smiled back. “By the way, thanks for letting me stay here for the night.”
“You’re welcome,” Twilight said before glancing upon Steel Blade who was searching for any books with information about magical beasts made of stars, following her request. “Steel Blade, where’s Spike?”
The guard turned towards her, a few books balanced on his wings. “He said he was hanging out with Snips and Snails. He went out around an hour ago.”
Twilight nodded. “I hope he’ll come back soon, the moon was raised half an hour ago and he needs his sle…” she failed to finish before hearing a slam of the door and noticing a panicked Spike running towards her. “Hello Spike, we were talking abou..”
“There’s no time, Twilight, an Ursa Major is attacking Ponyville!” he shouted as everyone ran towards him. “Snips and Snails lured it into the town so Trixie could vanquish it, and now it’s rampaging through town! You have to do something!”
“Don’t you dare drop me,” Overwatch warned as Gilda held her in her talons, flying towards the danger zone. Meanwhile, Steel Blade gave Spike and Twilight a ride on his back and scouted for Trixie and the two colts.
“Be happy that I’m even giving you a lift. You better be useful once we get there,” Gilda remarked.
Overwatch rolled her eyes. “We’ll see. By the way, why are you helping us? Plenty of others would run away, and you could always say this is Ponyville’s problem.” Down below, a crowd of panicking ponies ran amok as a giant star bear was chasing two colts and a blue performer. Its giant paw slamming against nearby homes in its rage.
“I couldn’t care less about this stupid town, but it is a place where my friend Dash, and now my new friend Twilight lives. If they don’t run away, I won’t run from a fight either,” Gilda said proudly before a piece of debris flew straight at them. She dodged to the side, dropping one of Overwatch’s hooves before she managed to correct herself.
Overwatch tried to curl up, looking warily at the ground. “C-careful there. I’d rather stay up, if you don’t mind.”
Gilda smirked. “Have you ever jumped from such a high height with a parachute before?”
Overwatch raised an eyebrow and returned the smirk. “A parachute? I don’t need a parachute. I have wings!” she said, before looking back down and adding with a hesitant giggle, “though usually, they’re attached to Steelie.”
“Sounds like you’re good then,” Gilda said with a relaxed voice.
“Wait, don’t you dare—” Overwatch spoke, only to be released, falling to the ground near the panicking mob.
No longer weighted down, Gilda flew directly towards the Ursa Minor. “Scoring some points in front of Rainbow Dash and her friends by luring that monster back into the forest is totally my style.”
“Gilda!” Rainbow Dash shouted as she noticed her griffon friend flying towards the rampaging beast as her claws struck its surface, catching the bear’s attention who started to follow her. Dash flew into action as well until she was flying next to Gilda who kept provoking the bear into following her. “What are you doing? Are you trying to get yourself killed?”
The griffon frowned. “I am saving your town, Dash. Now help me lure this beast back into the forest or watch how I do it and don’t get in the way.” She evaded another strike from the bear’s paw and even slashed it with her claws again, only to fly above the ground out of its range. “Come on, you overgrown baby! Is that all you got?”
Noticing that the Ursa Minor started to ignore her, Gilda flew towards it and attacked its back, but the beast was once again focused on chasing the performer and colts who accompanied her. “You’re not going to ignore me, star-butt,” Gilda challenged as she tried to claw the Ursa Minor’s face, but to her surprise, the beast predicted it and had its giant paw ready to strike, pushing Gilda onto the ground and opening wounds on her wings.
“Gilda!” Rainbow Dash shouted as she flew towards the wounded griffon and grabbed her before Ursa Major could give a deciding blow, and once out of the beast’s range, she placed her friend on the ground. “What do you think you’re doing?!? That was too reckless, even for you.”
Gilda didn’t manage to reply as Steel Blade landed next to her and a worried Twilight jumped from his back, quickly examining wounds on her big friend.
“You're injured!” Twilight asked.
The griffon looked down at Twilight and smiled. “No biggy, it takes more than claws of an overgrown bear to take me down.”
Twilight sighed in relief and glanced at Rainbow Dash. “Where are the rest of our friends, are they safe?”
Dash nodded. “Yeah, they are helping Mayor Mare calm everypony and gather them together so we won't get attacked separately. Though I would worry more about Trixie, Snips and Snails. That Ursa Major is chasing them relentlessly, crushing everything in his path,” she reported while pointing at the ruined scenery.
Twilight once again looked at her friend's wounds, feeling as if it was a battle for Fillydelphia all over again. She raised her head and looked over the giant town she now lived in. Her mouth opened agape as she examined the full magnitude of the destruction. Claw marks were visible on many homes while a few even had a hole shaped like a bear paw decorating them. A few roofs were ripped of and one two-story house was torn in half. It was obvious that hiding from the beast was out of question.
Such damage… so many homeless ponies… Everything they had smashed or torn apart, she thought as she drew her gaze across a tree that was stuck in a broken window. A loud noise reached Twilight’s ears as she levitated herself upwards for a better view, and she turned to see another roof ripped off. The bear climbed inside the house, only to emerge from it through the wall. The ponies it chased barely escaping by the backdoor as she noticed them running from behind the house.
Ursa Minor was anything but gentle as it charged between two buildings, tearing off the side walls while ignoring broken glass bouncing off its transparent skin. How to stop such force? Even the giant worms from Fillydelphia don’t compare to this. She trembled and gulped. After steeling her nerves, she galloped, following the monster as fast as her tiny hooves could carry her. She ignored calls of her name, still deep in thought. My mentor is no doubt asleep at this hour and the guards are always staying on the other side of the door. Even if I send the letter, there’s no way she will read it in time.
Trixie tried to tie the bear with a rope, but two of his fingers broke it effortlessly. A lightning bolt hitting his lightly wounded flank only angered him further. To Twilight’s relief, a powerful beam from Overwatch, who was planted firmly on the roof of a house, impacted near the beast’s eyes, blinding him temporarily and giving Snips and Snails a chance to escape, Trixie right behind them.
Maybe if I increase my mass five times… she closed her eyes upon hearing another loud thump as the beast stomped with both of his paws, causing quake that the tiny mare felt under her hooves. ... ten times, I can… The Ursa Minor ran once again, barely slowed down by Overwatch’s beams of magic that struck against its face. After the beast roared, one of Overwatch’s shots struck against a tree, leaving a large burned mark on it. Twenty times?
Twilight lowered her head and thought, Who am I kidding, there’s only one way to stop this madness. She glanced at her griffon friend right behind her who walked with open wounds as Dash supported her. My friends are risking their lives in a lost battle. I can end it… but what if I will cause more damage than good?
“Overwatch’s offensive magic is too weak, Twilight. If you have a plan, we kinda need it now,” Steel Blade stated as Spike unrolled a scroll and was ready to write in it.
Twilight, noticing Spike’s gesture, shook her head. “Princess Celestia and Luna are sleeping. Even if we send the message, it will just land on the floor, unnoticed by the guards outside,” she stated with disappointment. Note to myself: ask Princess Celestia to upgrade the spell she cast on Spike. Maybe have him send letters with alarm noises... she thought before gritting her teeth. She looked at the beast in anger. I once swore to use my full might when my powers will be needed, but I have been delaying it with excuses or grew only a bit. She stomped firmly. But no longer. The running ends now.
“Come on Twilight, there’s still chance that she’s awake, let’s at least try,” Spike offered as Twilight sat motionless, looking at the destruction the Ursa Minor left in its place. “Twilight?“
“Even if Celestia or Luna were alerted, even with a medium range teleportation spell it would still take them too long to get here and locate the monster. Besides, their assistance won’t be necessary,” Twilight said with confidence in her voice, not even bothering to look back at her giant assistant.
“What do you mean?” Spike asked as he ran closer to his little caretaker. “Do you have a plan?”
Twilight smirked and said arrogantly, “Oh, I have a plan, a big plan for a big beast.”
Steel Blade nodded. “B-big plan? Are you going to…?”
Twilight said firmly as her tiny horn lit with a powerful magic. “Ooh yes, the time has finally come to get BIG!
Spike and Steel Blade were completely shocked as they took a few steps back and, to their astonishment, Twilight became surrounded in a powerful storm of magic as her tiny body grew slowly before their very eyes.
“Poor Ursa,” Spike said with pity in his voice.
“Hmn, this will be interesting,” Gilda remarked with pain in her voice as she felt her wounds still apparent on her body, though finding it odd why everyone freaked out so much about Twilight regaining her normal size.
“Twilight will finally show her true power? Awesome!” Rainbow Dash shouted, throwing Gilda to the side with an excited jump. “S-sorry,” she said, quickly correcting her mistake as her griffon friend groaned in reply.
The moment the flash of magic disappeared, a normally sized purple pony with a big star surrounded by several smaller stars as a cutie mark emerged, her mane waving proudly under the wind and her horn no longer shorter than a needle.
Slowly, Twilight opened her eyes and looked around herself. It shocked her how tiny everything had become; homes being just a few times bigger than her, doors no longer huge, trees no longer like towers ready to be climbed on, and her friends no longer giants but her equals. Spike wasn’t even reaching her head.
Twilight sighed before turning her head towards the only creature big enough for her taste. With one flex of her legs, she galloped, leaving a cloud of dust behind her as she passed the buildings at alarming speed, her tiny hooves no longer limiting her movements as the refreshing light of the moon made her even stronger and faster.
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Overwatch stood protectively over Trixie and the two colts, who trembled right behind her, hiding from the Ursa Minor’s wrath while the giant bear advanced towards them. Despite her tactic to blind the beast again, the Ursa Minor proved to be a fast learner. Not only did it manage to hit Gilda with a surprise attack, but it now walked on three paws, the fourth held high like a shield, protecting his own face from further magic bolts.
The Ursa Minor raised his mighty paw and was ready to strike when a purple barrier surrounded his target, and to his surprise, the claws of his paw didn’t even scratch the surface. In a surge of anger, the beast started to hit the barrier continuously, only to fail every time.
“Leave them alone!” a very loud voice attracted the beast’s attention. It turned around, seeing a purple unicorn approaching him with determined steps.
Twilight drew in another breath, her eyes narrowed. ”Leave Ponyville alone or I will force you to leave!”
Kick its tail, Twi.
I have a feeling once this is done Twilight will still want to be tiny.
Yes! show your full power.
Why. Did. You. Have. To. Make. A. Cliffhanger.
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This stories interpretation of is a twilight lot stronger than canon, both physical and magical,even mentally. twilight is so strong that being regular sized would be quite a boring experience to her. Being small is one of the main parts of this story, if that left without due reason I would be quite sad.
I think that Saitama from one punch man would quite enjoy being small. img10.deviantart.net/8da0/i/2015/363/9/6/ponyfication__saitama__onepunch_man__by_fluffydus-d9lwqsr.png
Great chapter. Can't wait to see how powerful big twilight is. Though when Celestia does arrive I can just see twilight begging her to shrink her again, and with her stronger power from being older then last time, she most likely end up even smaller this time. Since she was the size of a mouse last time, maybe this time she will be the size of an insect. Looking forward to the next chapter.
Get rekt on.
why do I have a feeling the ursa will find its way halfway across the planet most likely embedded a few hundred feet under a mountain.
Damn you cliffhanger
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Great chapter by the way
FULL POWER TWINEY! The excrement has hit the rotating osculater!
Kaioken!
Kaiowhat?
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I think it may be side-effect of my top editor writting story of his own.
If you're interested in Overwatch's backstory, give him a read (and encouraging like/fave would be nice)
Link
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Chrysalis, Sombra and Tirek are villains on which I can't make any promisses.
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Thanks for encouragement. I just hope that my futher ideas won't backfire.
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I hope you didn't mean it literaly.
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Your feeling is justified. Twiny would certainly not feel comfortable staying at larger size. On another side, it is her first step. It may take a while before Twilight will feel comfortable staying at normal size, but sooner or later she may finaly decide to get out from her comfort zone. Though when it comes to changings size, in Twiny case it will be baby steps, so better arm your patience.
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I had to choice between ending this chapter after or before the confrontation with Ursa Minor, and it just happened that breaking it ealier seemed more climatic. To pass time while waiting for last part of this chapter, feel free to read my editor's story to get more insight upon Overwatch's past.
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Considering that Saitama could beat enemies of titanic sizes with one punch and ease, being tiny wouldn't make much of a diference for him. The exception would be the final battle where his opponent actualy took many punches and forced him to get serious for once. Being tiny would certainly even the odds in this one battle. As for Twiny, yes, being big would make live way to boring for her. What she can do however is to get more comfortable with bigger sizes so she would become more comfortable with growing in case of emergency. It may take a while before it happens though.
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Well, considering Twiny's improved magical prowess, she would certainly be able to fuel shrinking spell with way more magic, making herself smaller as the result. I doubt she would though do it without permission.
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Twlight isn't THAT strong. But yes, the Ursa have no idea who is he dealing with here.
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If you liked this chapter, don't forget to read my editor's story. He was responsible for lots of improvements in previous two stories and all Overwatch/Steel Blade apperances, so he definitively deserves a chance.
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You sounds excited, even more excited than little Twilight yelling "yes yes yes..." on your cover art.
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Lol. It seems TFS references are making their way here.
Twilight finally getting big and using her full power?
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Welp, we have officially crossed the Godzilla Threshold.
full size twilight.....I agree spike, I feel bad for the ursea, and everyone else....I think all the princess will be able to feel twilight power or voice....
7292869 Eh pretty sure luna or celestia could throw it around the planet and catch it on its return trip.
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I can almost see twilight one-punching the Ursa, however, it would not fit her character nor the story itself. It does not matter if the main character is overpowered when the true story is the lessons behind it. Unless the punch was overpowered by accident, then it would make for a interesting plot point......
Not that I'm calling twilight overpowered in a world of gods and demons, just that her being regular size my cause stagnation sooner or latter as it did to Celestia. Understanding her own powers are important, as she may need to use her magic with precision when shes forced to get rid of the shrinking spell. Even if twilight ends up getting used to being regular sized again, I am quite sure that the idea of being small will be quite hard to ignore. Being shrunk most of the time may be a weakness that enemies may be able to take advantage of, I recommend considering that with chrysalis.
Seeing actual struggle for Saitama may be good for a fanfiction now that I think about it.
R.I.P. Ursa Minor
Great chapter. The only problem is the wait for it took a little to long for me.
Aww...so is this the end of Twilight being tiny? Will she stay at her new size?
Strike the Ursa down with all of your might, Twilight...
... LOVE IT!!! Hope to read more
It doesn't matter what some people say, your story is incredible, you are an amazing author, and no matter what, always remember the hundreds enjoying this story far outnumber the few who write comments, good or bad.
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I understand the image of everything being ready to literaly go down, but I don't really get the "oh come on" part.
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I think it haven't crossed it yet. There's still giant Spike long way ahead of us, and there's something bigger I have in store.
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Hopefully Luna won't get impression that Twiny is trying to surpass her Royal Canterlot Voice, lol.
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Eeeeeenope.
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I agree with most of what you said, though in terms of one-punch man, I think there were a few stories related to him, either as crossover, or with one of characters becoming OP, Spike for example. To be honest, not many of those stories were actualy good or interesting. Concept such as this shouldn't be abused with too many stories and handle with care to make it work.
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I think the link to youtube video is broken, also, Twiny isn't known for being too violent. I think she will go easy on Ursa Minor ( humongous or not, it's just a bady after all).
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Patience. You can always read my editor's story about Overwatch's orgin to pass the time. Link is in author notes.
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Doubt it. She may get more comfortable with growing overtime, but she's a humble and tiny pony at heart.
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Ahehehehe... Ahem. Yes?
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Me: Reading the story getting excited
Story: Cliffhanger
Me: OH COME ON
Now something's going to happen to make this UTTERLY anticlimactic.
Cliff hanger, hanging from a cliff, and that's why he's called cliff hanger.
7293712 that reference...
7293217 She didn't go full-size for any other threat thus far, though. Her doing that is pretty much a "Welp, shit hit the fan big-time" indicator.
>Overwatch backstory fic with a changeling wearing Overwatch's stuff
>Overwatch isn't a changeling and they're not lying when they say that.
One of these things is false.
One thing that I know is going to annoy me is Twilight's control.
She's been tiny for the majority of her life, she's used to controlling the amount of power she had when she was tiny.
But she is not used to the amount of power she has normal size. By all rights, she should have trouble with control, using too much magic and then using too little for fear of using too much.
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you sure about that?
WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!! TWILIGHT GOT BIG AGAIN!!!!!!! SH@#'S GONNA GET WRECKED!!!!!!!
Tiny Bookhorse has entered Combat. Lifting Combat Restrictions...
Size Limiter Alpha: Released
Mana Limiter Alpha: Released
Power Limiter Alpha: Released
Defense Mitigation Limiter Alpha: Released
Filly Gloves: Removed
Status of Enemy: Beyond Doomed
Ursa, Lad... ye best surrend'r t' 'er. Ye can't win.
7293712 Can't hold on much longer!
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Sounds like you're expecting me to fail on purpouse. have more faith in Twiny.
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You have a good point.
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You sounds like you don't want Twilight to have issues with control over her strength and magic.
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"Indeed." (I think Xemnas is best as saying "indeed")
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In Twiny's case, the only release was with size, but because of that, she may need to get limiters for her magic and strength as the result.
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"Keep it together, Keep it together!" Twilight yelled in panic.
7295631 Fail on purpose? No, I'm expecting something to pop up that completely invalidates the Ursa as a threat for some reason or another, thereby rendering Twiny's growth completely irrelevant.
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No.
X3
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No, I'm predicting that Twilight WON'T have issues. And that will frustrate me.
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The problem with a situation in which Saitama has a physical struggle is that the lack of struggle is an essential part of his character. It in and of itelf is his struggle, as well as any mental struggles. It would also against the show in that someone who didn't even hold a candle to him spend centuries wandering the galaxy trying to find someone who holds up a candle to him.
The guy even said that he could sense "no end" to Saitama's power, implying that it he could potentially have infinite power, and when he concentrated "all his power" into an attack, the universe did not explode, meaning he certainly did not have infinite power.
Saitama's story is not about overcoming impossible obstacles, because he achieves the impossible with ease. It's about someone extraordinary having mundane problems, like finding work, making friends, and earning respect.
In hindsight it's probably odd that I wrote effectively a short essay on a character not even remotely related to the website I wrote it on.
Very awkward to read.
Could also swear I saw an outright typo somewhere, but now I can't find it again.
I will confess... I know it wouldn't quite fit tonally, but I was sort of hoping for a Dragon Ball Z-style yelling sequence as Twilight finally returned to her normal size.
"THIS ISN'T EVEN MY FINAL FORM!"
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:Just Sayjin.
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You win Ponyville, Fimfiction, AND the internet.
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OH look! It's Canterlot, back when it was just getting started as a boom town!
Badass time
I'm thinking of one of those ones from Harry Potter, with a bit of an overcharge...
I really think that this episode was one of the more stupid incidents in canon (though it does make for a good place to really hammer home how OP the leader of a magical girls troupe is). It takes a really dedicated moron to invite a dangerous creature to attack your home just to see it defeated. Even more to not realize that the tale of defeating it was fabricated.
Admittedly, they were told that they'd get sent home to their parents for punishment, but their actions leveled the town and nearly killed a bunch of ponies! That calls for grounding for life or something...