Twilight's POV

"Stupid stupid stupid! You made him feel uncomfortable and now thing are going to be weird." I berated myself for I don't know how long. I don't know why, but the thought of him avoiding me made my heart hurt. I think I may well have a crush on him, but I don't think he'd feel the same about me.

I saw Nyx coming down from the bathroom and stopped me. "Mom? Where's Mr. Onyx?" I sighed.

"He left. He'll be back in while, he just went out to get some air." She looked downtrodden, but quickly smiled.

"Then I'll just find him and show him around town!!" She went out the door before I could stop her. If it wasn't a weekend, I'd have grabbed her and sent her to school the hard way for trying to ditch. I shook my head and went to grab a parchment and quill. I knew what I was feeling, but I needed help in getting him to notice my feelings. I began the letter.

"Dear Cadence...."

Onyx's POV

I walked through Ponyville seeing the ponies hard at work to repair the damage the mutts did last night. Thankfully it wasn't too bad, so it looked like it would done in time to have Nightmare Night later tonight. I walked down to the park, hopefully to find a quiet place to think. I found a tree and sat under it on my back, my head resting against it.

'Okay, so I have a crush on Twilight Sparkle, the Element of Magic, Princess Celestia's student, sister to Shining Armor, and the most powerful unicorn in Equestria. No pressure.' I started thinking how many ways this could go wrong, but kept wanting it to be real for me and her. I thought I could block out my feelings, but when I caught her I couldn't stay there without saying something stupid or worse, saying something that would make her hate me. I'm shocked I haven't already done that with my killings last night.

I closed my eyes and began to drift to sleep.

POV change

I left the high school in a bored feeling. I mean, if I wanted to learn what clouds were made of, I would ask Rainbow Dash, seeing as how she keeps crashing through them. I then noticed a black stallion walking through town in deep thought. I also saw that the mares were staring at him lustfully. I could see why, he was ripped!! He had more muscles than Big Mac! He only wore pants, but that didn't seem to bother him. I followed him to the park where he found a tree to lay under. I saw that whatever he was thinking about was really bothering him.

I thought that he looked familiar and it clicked in my head. He was the one who killed those Diamond Dogs last night! That was soooo badflank how he took them on and wasn't even bothered by the wounds he got. I wondered where he disappeared to and here he was, laying under a tree, thinking about stuff. I thought this would be a good chance to make a friend. But before I could one of my other friends came up to me.

"Hey! Lightning Ace!" I see my buddy, Skyedge Hurricane, or Sky for short, coming up to me. He's a pegasus with a dark blue coat, an orange mane and tail, and red eyes. He was wearing a kimono like the Neighpanese wear with his katana at his side.

I waved at him. "What's up, bro?" We greeted each other with a high five.

"Nothing, just wondering what you're doing out here. It's not like you to come to the park." I nodded.

"Yeah, but I was following that guy there. I wanted to see if he'd be interested in being friends." He looked to where I pointed and saw the big guy under the tree, napping away. He froze as I knew he recognized him from last night.

He looked back to me like I was crazy, which all thing considered, I probably was. "Are you insane?! That's the guy who-"

"I know, but he only did it to save the town." I stop his rant with a raised hand. "Besides, what if doesn't have any friends and feels lonely? You don't want that do you?" I asked him while making puppy eyes at him.

He groans. "Fine, but I'm coming with you. If he tries something, I'll take him down." I smile and turn back to the stallion and head toward him.

Twilight's POV

"...and so you see, I'm at a loss on what to do. I thought you might be able to help me." I sighed as Cadence listened to my problem. As soon as she got my letter, she teleported right over with a smile that could rival Pinkie Pie's. She immediately began pestering me until I ~~whacked her on the head~~ calmed her down. I told her of the first time I saw him and she got pretty green when she heard about the manticores and the dogs, but grinned when I told her how he caught me from falling in the kitchen.

I was blushing hard as she squee'ed and was bouncing around like Pinkie. "Oh, I can't believe my little step-sister has a crush!! I really have to meet him! Where is he?" I told her he went out after catching me, saying that he needed some air. That just made her squee more. "Don't you see Twi?! He conflicted about you!!" She said with a large smile, but I was confused. How could being conflicted be a good thing. I asked her and she just smiled. "From what you told me, he sounds like the type who thinks of others first and himself never. He must be thinking he can never have a normal life or a marefriend. So when you two got so close like that, it must have really messed with his head and now he can't decide if he should keep with his loner life, or if maybe you could give him the life he always wanted!! This is where you need to strike while he's unsure what to do." She gave me a firm stare as she said this.

She then said the one thing I dreaded. "But if you're going to snag him, you better do it quick. If what you told me is true, then he sound like quite the catch and I bet a lot of mares are drooling around him right about now. He might be snatched by another mare if you want too long." I froze, the thought of losing him to another mare made my blood freeze and boil at the same time.

I stood up and fixed Cadence with a hard stare. "What do I need to do to make him mine?" I surprised myself with what I said. I didn't think I would be this possessive over anypony.

Cadence smirked. "Well, first things first. Tell me everything you like about him."

Onyx's POV

"Hey. Room for two more?" I opened my eyes to see two pegasus stallions standing in front of me. the smaller one looked to be about 17 and was a dark blue, while the other had an ocean blue coat, silver eyes, a sea green mane and tail, was a little taller than the average pegasus, and had green in the base of his wings, almost like a natural tattoo. Must be a birth mark. He looked about 19 or 20, but maybe he was the same age as the other one. The smaller one was eyeing me cautiously, the taller one beaming.

I gave my deepest groan and waved them off. "Go away. Trying to think here." I went back to my thoughts, but it seemed fate hated me today.

"Come on, dude. I'm just wondering what's got you so down. No need to-" I cut him off by launching myself off the ground and drop kicking where the voice came from, only for him to vanish and reappear behind me. "Whoa, easy there! Don't got to try to kill me!" I was stunned before I felt a killing instinct and ducked to see a katana pass over where I was. I thrust my legs out in a buck and made contact with the smaller pegasus. He blocked it with the sheath of his blade and I righted myself.

"I'm only going to say this once more. Go away." I give the grinning Pegasus a glare, bu that only seems to encourage him more.

"Hey I'm only trying to help you dude. Besides, you couldn't make me go away if you trie-" I cut him off again as I went for the kill this time. I extended my claws and was about half an inch away from raking his face when he did it again.

Now that I was prepared, I swung my leg around and connected with his blocking arms. I steadied myself and gazed at the smirking pony. "I see. Momentum, is it? A very difficult ability to master. It has very few weaknesses, but can tired you out if you don't know how to use it right. Judging from your calm stance, I'm guessing you found the correct way to utilize it to it's full potential." Their jaws hit the ground and the taller pegasus nodded after picking it up.

"Yeah, um, how'd you know?" I relaxed my body.

"I will admit, I was caught off guard the first time, but after seeing it the second time it made sense. There was no way you could move that fast naturally, so it had to be a technique. The rest was process of elimination." I crossed my arms and smirked. "Am I right?"

He nodded and stood up straight. "My name's Lightning Ace, but you can call me Ace." he pointed to the smaller pony. "This here is Skyedge Hurricane, or Sky for short. We saw you looking troubled and wanted to see if you wanted to get something off your chest." I could see that he was truly concerned and sighed.

"I guess I could spare a few." I sat back at my spot, with Ace and Sky sitting in front of me. "Well, it's about this mare...."

Author's Note

New characters!!! One has made his return and the other has made his first appearance. They are not mine Ace is Lightingace's and Sky is Tabos'. I'm trying to keep them as their owners made them out to be, but if they aren't then may their creators tell me so.