This story is a side prequel to An Apple Scratch toward the World, from Mariacheat-Brony

Pyra blaze is a young competitive and smart girl. She gets accepted into the the Princess Celestia's Royal University of Manehatten. During a hand-to-hand combat tournament, she encounters a girl from Ponyville by the name of Vinyl Apple. Join Pyra Blaze during her years of College as the rival and friend of Vinyl Apple Scratch. Encounter competitions between the two rivals. while the past is trying to catch up

Characters are humanized
(time skips between chapters)
very first story, still have things to learn