Battle for the Championship

The sound of the bell ringing signaling for the round to start had made Eternal Flames turn around quickly and charge at his foe, which was his own cousin, Blueblood. He felt like he was in slow motion as he prepared to take him down with brute force. Blueblood was just standing at his corner not even remotely fazed by Eternal's furocity. Eternal was preparing to throw a few left jabs, but Blueblood immediately sprang out of his corner using his footwork. Obviously it was a battle between an in-fighter and out-boxer. Eternal kept charging at him hoping to land at least one shot at his cousin's face. But he gets countered by a right straight as he threw one of his lefts. But it didn't matter to him as he kept on pushing forward and kept jabbing away. This makes Blueblood frustrated and tries going all out to put out his cousin. But in his frustration he is attacked by a killer right uppercut, sending his head upwards and his mouthpiece flying into the air. Eternal Flames presses on the assault and starts shouting as he showers Blueblood with his dynamite punches. Blueblood's pummeled flesh drives Eternal to take it farther and decides to end Blueblood's misery by throwing his signature blow. Unfotunately the sound of the bell and some beeping noise interrupts him during his finishing blow.

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"WHAT THE HELL?!" Eternal shouted, jumping out of his bed, panting. He looks over to his right and turns off his alarm clock. He groans after he slams his head back on his pillow. "Why couldn't it have real? I almost had the title of "High School Boxing Champion" within my grasp, but of course that stupid cousin of mine got damn lucky with that lucky punch."

Eternal then jumps out of bed. He takes off his black tank top and puts on his shirt, which was a darker red then his long hair, which barely reached passed his shoulder blades. He then pull off his black sweats and tossed them on his bed. He puts on his tan pants and heads for the bathroom to get ready for his first day of school. He started brushing his teeth and combing his hair to get rid of his pillow head. He then proceeds to put on his deodorant before heading out to the kitchen to have breakfast. He looks over and sees his older brother, Blue Blaze getting ready to go to work.

Ever since Blue Blaze graduated high school, he started helping his dad, Royal Blaze, by becoming a co-owner to his company, which was a real estate agency. Eternal and his younger brother, Heat Wave, were happy for him. Blue Blaze was even engaged to be married to his fiance, Crimson Ruby.

"I made you a quick bite to eat before you head to school. But are you sure you want this? You hardly even know what kind of school it's like and I still think you should've stayed at Rogue High School." Blue Blaze said to his brother.

"Don't you even say the name of that hell hole, I can't stand them. All they do is decide my future for me instead of letting me build up my own future when I graduate." Eternal says before gulping down his breakfast, which was scrambled eggs, bacon, and hash browns. He then washed it all down with a cup of water.

"Well, if that's how you feel, then I can't stop you. Just know I'm gonna be here for you in case you need me." Blue Blaze says as he walks towards his brother and pats him on the shoulder.

"Yeah, I know." Eternal says. 'Liar, you always end up staying at work until 12:00 A.M. If you're truly there for me, then you should at least show it to me, but I doubt that'll ever happen.' he thinks in his mind.

Eternal finally gets his backpack and heads out the door. He starts his jog towards school, which wasn't far at all. He was use to jogging long distances since he got a good workout during his summer vacation. He started thinking to himself as he was jogging towards Canterlot High on what it'll be like. He didn't care though as long as it wasn't like Rogue High School, which was an all boys private high school that never agreed with Eternal Flames' ambitions to find his own purpose in life. Finally after a 5 minute jog, he reached his destination. He wasn't exactly sure of what was in store on the inside, but he ventured forth. When he opened the doors, he's struck square in his face by a soccerball and loses his balance, falling down the flight of stairs and lands flat on his back.

"GAH!!! Half wolf in the side pocket there!" Eternal says out of random as he was dizzy from the blow to the face. His eyes begin to see straight and the first thing he sees is a girl with light blue skin and rainbow colored hair.

"Hey, sorry there dude. I didn't see you there. Are you alright?" she asks, extending her hand towards Eternal to help him up.

"Yeah, I'm use to taking shots to the face." Eternal says, reaching out to the girl's hand. She helps him stand up and dusts him off.

"Well, again, I'm sorry about that. My name is Rainbow Dash, how about you, buddy?"

"Eternal Flames, I just transferred here to Canterlot High today."

"Ah, then you came at the right time. Come on inside. Sunset's waiting to take you for a tour of the school."

"Sunset? Alright then." Eternal says, walking inside the school, following Rainbow Dash. Eternal then sees a girl with fiery red and yellow hair and a black leather jacket.

"You must be the new student who just transferred here. My name is Sunset Shimmer, it's nice to meet you." she says, extending her hand towards Eternal Flames.

"I'm Eternal Flames. It's a pleasure to meet you two." he says, shaking her hand.

"Anyways, you came just in time. As soon as I'm done showing you around the school, Principal Celestia will be waiting for you in her office, she has your class schedule ready." Sunset explains.

"Alright then, lead the wa-" Eternal pauses hearing what Sunset just said "Wait, did you say Principal Celestia?"

"Yeah, Principal Celestia. Why, do you know her?" Sunset asks with an eyebrow raised.

"Yes...but I'd rather tell you later when we got time. Right now, why don't we start with the tour?"

"Okay then." Sunset says.

After showing Eternal around Canterlot High, she leads him to Principal Celestia's office. Eternal gave Sunset his thanks for showing him around the school. Sunset then heads for her class, while Eternal entered the office. He sees a woman with white skin just like his, lavender eyes and rainbow hair, longer than Rainbow Dash's. Principal Celestia looks up at Eternal and smiles at him.

"I know this is only your first day in Canterlot High, but you're as punctual as ever when it comes to time, my son." Celestia says.

"Yeah, I decided to get an early start, this morning."

"Well, I have your schedule with me. Here." Celestia says, handing her son a schedule. He reads it and finds out what kind of classes he has throughout the day:

P.E 7:50 A.M to 8:35 A.M

Drivers Ed 8:40 A.M to 9:35 A.M

Algebra 1 9:40 A.M to 10:34 A.M

English 10:40 A.M to 11:15 A.M

Lunch 11:35 A.M to 12:10 P.M

Art 12:15 P.M to 1:05 P.M

Drama 1:10 P.M to 2:05 P.M

Eternal felt like he could actually adjust to this more flexible schedule. He thanked his mother and headed off to his class. Celestia followed him to his first class so that she could introduce him. Luckily for both of them, the others were in the gym, dressed up in their gym clothes or in their work out clothes. They saw the Principal and the new student.

"Everyone, I'd like to introduce you all to a new student who'll be joining you from here on out." Celestia says to the entire gym class. "Go ahead, Eternal, introduce yourself." Celestia says quietly towards her son. He walks up to them.

"I'm pleased to meet you all. My name is Eternal Flames." he says

"Also, to make things more interesting. I hope you enjoy your last few high school years here, my son." Celestia says, after she walks up to her son, patting him on the shoulder.

"WHAT?!?!?!" the class shouts.

"Wait, you're Principal Celestia's kid?!" Rainbow Dash asks all shocked.

"Well, I'll be darned. Ah, never knew Celestia had a son!" Applejack says

After introductions were over with, Celestia headed back to her office and Eternal Flames went to the boys locker room to change. He comes out wearing his workout clothes which was a black jump suit only to get confronted by a girl with pink poofy hair.

"Hi there, my name is Pinkie Pie, party thrower extraordinair! It's always a pleasure to meet you, Eternal Flames." she says quickly while shaking Eternal's hand rapidly. She finally let's go after a few seconds

"Nice to meet you, too, Pinkie Winkie" Eternal says all dizzy and trying to relax his hand. He hears Pinkie go into a giggle fit along with some of the classmates. "What, what? What did I say, what's so funny?"

"She said her name's Pinkie Pie, darling. You called her "Pinkie Winkie." Rarity says.

"Oh...sorry about that. I'll try to remember that when I'm not so shooken up from a hand shake." Eternal says

"Alright, students. Listen up!" shouts coach Spitfire. "Today, we're going to be trying something a little different today. The good news is, it's not 6 laps around the football field. The bad news is, this'll require throwing some punches. That's right. Today we're going to be practicing the good ol' fashion art of boxing."

Eternal's eyes light up after hearing this. He clenches his fists while at the same time put on a face making him look like he was ready to open a serious can of whoop-ass. Spitfire notices Eternal getting tensed up and walks straight towards him.

"Lookin' to start boxing right now, huh big guy? Well you're in luck, because we got a whole 45 minutes. So be prepared or you'll end up flat on the mats. You got that soldier?" Spitfire asks.

"Yes ma'am." Eternal says with a determined look on his face. Spitfire lead the students outside where there were a total of 5 boxing rings set up on the field. Spitfire then paired up 10 of the students to spar with each other as follows:

Applejack vs Rainbow Dash

Flash Sentry vs Snails

Snips vs Trixie

Sunset Shimmer vs Pinkie Pie

Eternal Flames vs Bulk Biceps

During their sparring sessions, Applejack and Rainbow were giving it their all. It could even be a draw. Flash Sentry was dominating against Snails with body blows and hooks. Trixie was just throwing simple jabs seeing as how Snips wasn't keeping his guard up, trying to land at least one punch. Sunset was trying to catch up with Pinkie who was moving to each corner of the ring at lightning speed and both haven't even landed a single punch. Meanwhile, Eternal Flames was up against the rops with Bulk Biceps trying to land hard shots to the face but Eternal kept his guard up. Eternal saw an opening after a few seconds of being showered with punches. Bulk was about to throw a right uppercut, but his swing became too wide which made Eternal dash out of the corner and landed threw a killer corkscrew right punch into Bulk's chest causing him to become paralized. After this Eternal throws a left hook and sends him to sinking into the mat. The sparring matches went on for a good 3 minutes until the rings signaling the end of the sparring matches.

"You okay? Can you stand up?" Eternal asks trying to help Bulk up.

"YEAH!!! NICE PUNCH LITTLE MAN!!!" Bulk says jumping up and patting Eternal on the shoulder.

"Okay then, thanks for the fight. You're not so bad a fighter yourself."

"THANK YOU, LITTLE MAN!"

"Okay, you two, That's enough back patting. It's time to give the rest of the newbies a chance to fight in the ring." Spitfire says.

"Yes, coach Spitfire." Eternal and Bulk say in unison.

Eternal then watches as the other students duke it out. Some of them were too nervous to even throw a punch. Others were throwing punches not even in the book. Eternal didn't think it was boxing, but more of an ameteur street fight. While he was watching these sparring sessions, he got confronted by Sunset and her friends.

"Darling, I saw that fight you had with Bulk and I just wanted to ask, how'd you do that?" Rarity asked.

"HEY! What about me? I was dodging Sunset's punches!" Pinkie says

"You didn't even THROW a punch, Pinkie. That was a sparring match, not a dance studio." Sunset says to Pinkie all frustrated.

"And I almost had Applejack sinking to the mat if that damn bell didn't ring." Rainbow Dash says with her arms crossed.

"Gimme a break Rainbow, yer knees were bucklin' when I landed those body shots. You were the one who almost got knocked out and you can't escape that truth." Applejack replied.

"Oh yeah? How about after school, we settle it once and for all?" Rainbow says at Applejack's face.

"Yer on sister! But I ain't holdin' back next time!" Applejack replies.

"Heh, they kind of remind me of my bitter rivalry with my cousin." Eternal says with a smirk.

"Y...You have a cousin? What's his name...oh, um...if...you don't mind me asking, that is?" Fluttershy asks softly.

"Oh, his name is Blueblood. He's a top student at my old high school called "Rogue High School," a private high school for boys." Eternal says to Fluttershy smile. The girls jaws all dropped.

"ROGUE HIGH SCHOOL?!" shouted the girls.

"Oh, you're quite the lucky guy. I'll bet it's like paradise over there, darling." Rarity says with lidded eyes.

"No, it's not." Eternal says with a frown. "I left that place for a reason. I thought I could find myself a career during my years at Rogue High School, but they ended up deciding my future in a career I don't like, scratch that, a career I don't even know about." Eternal says looking down at the ground clenching his fists.

"Wait, was it really that bad?" Sunset asks, getting a nod from Eternal. "I see. I'm sorry to hear that. But hey, at least now you're a student at Canterlot High School."

"Yeah, I know. It's only my first day, though, but so far my first class is feels warm and welcoming." Eternal says.

"OH! Speaking of welcoming, I forgot to throw you a welcoming party!" Pinkie says before dashing off at lightning speed.

"How the hell did she move that fast? Is she on a sugar rush or something?" Eternal asks the girls.

"We try not to question it. Plus, she's always on a sugar rush." Twilight says.

"Well, if you say so." Eternal says.

"By the way, darling, you said you had a bitter rivaly with your cousin, Blueblood. So what exactly does he look like?" Rarity asks.

"He has the same skin color as me, but his eye color is more like Sunsets. He's got blonde hair. As for what his personality is like, he's uptight and he disrespects people who can't defend themselves or get a job makes millions." Eternal says still frowning.

"Typical snooty blonde teenager all absorbed in his so-called "life of luxury," seriously what is it with those people?" Rainbow Dash asks with her arms crossed.

"Even I don't know. But I plan to one day be the crap out of him. I lost to him once during my freshman year. But i'm going to annialate him with my two bare hands." Eternal says throwing a one-two style punch.

Gym had finally ended for the day. Eternal and the girls carried on with their own daily high school schedules. He felt like Canterlot High hasgiven him a second chance, even though he's in his junior year in high school. The school day had finally near his end but what was strange was that most of the students weren't going home. Eternal thought it was strange, so he followed them to where they were all going and then saw them going into the gym. He raised an eyebrow and went inside and soon jumped to the sound of party poppers, party cannons and everyone shouting "surprise."

"WHOA!!!" Eternal shouts. "What's going on here? Is this for some special occasion?"

"Of course, silly. It's your welcoming party. I mean, you just got transferred here today and whenever someone new transfers to Canterlot High School, I want to throw them a party to help them feel more at home, which kinda sounds crazy, seeing as how this is a school and not actually a house bu-" Pinkie then gets cut off by Eternal's hand.

"I think I get the picture, Pinkie. Thanks for throwing this party for me. But even if you didn't throw a party for me, Canterlot still helped made me feel like I had welcomed." Eternal said giving Pinkie a quick hug. "Thank you very much, Pinkie Pie."

"You're welcome, Eternal" Pinkie says hugging him back. "Now come on and enjoy the party."

So far, Eternal's first day at Canterlot High was one had gone out with a bang. New friends, new start and a new life.

Meanwhile

Back in Rogue High School, Blueblood was in the training room doing jump ropes. The door soon opened revealing Principal Sombra.

"Blueblood." Sombra called.

"Yes, Principal Sombra?"

"I have some news from your coach about your professional career in boxing."

"Please, by all means, explain."

TO BE CONTINUED.....