As soon as he woke up the next day, Flint dashes out to find the pony. He finally found her two hours later being harassed by three stallions. The mare was definitely upset at the stallions. Flint dashed by the three stallions grabbing the mare in the process.

"Hi, you remember me. You owe me your name and I owe you an explanation, but not at this moment. I think that I just pissed off those stallions." Flint said quickly.

"Hey we saw her first." One of the stallions said. He definitely looked like the leader.

"Sorry, she didn't look interested. I let you have her if you can get by me." Flint said smirking. The leader swung a left hook, but was blocked and countered by an upper cut. The stallion fell on his back, then stumbled to get up.

"Water wake, Two bits, get him." The leader said. The two stallions ran away as soon as Flint lit all four hooves on fire.

"I'm not afraid of you." The leader said and charged. Flint made a fire ball in his two front hooves.

"Kiohiden!" Flint yelled and shoot the fire ball, hitting the stallion a mile and a half away.

"So I owe you that explain, right?" He turned to the mare who watched the whole thing.

"One, my name is Octavia." Octavia shook Flint. "And yes you bucking do!"

The two of them went to the park so Flint can explain.

"The fire comes from a demon sealed within me. That's why I can do... Well this." Flint said and lit his hoof on fire.

"Whoa whoa whoa. You have a demon inside of you? Like Trick does?" Octavia asked. Flint didn't know this and knowing Trick, the pony who everypony called phsyco, had a demon didn't settle in Flints brain so well.

"I didn't know that. Was he born with the demon?" Flint asked.

"I don't know, he never talks about it. Says all the memories of his fillyhood are lock away in some kind of crazy made up mind Vault. And that's also the demons name apparently, Vault. He's just some phsyco pony, but Vinyl seems to like him, so I put up with it." Octavia sighed.

"I was born with mine. I didn't even know until I was five years old. The demon is apart of me and because of it, I was alone. I had no friends, not until I fought in the tournament." Flint said.

"Well, Trick doesn't have that many close friends. He mostly calls his friends, acquaintances. Says the only pony he needs is Luna. The only other thing I can say about Trick is that the demon is held inside by a necklace that Nightshade he'd forcefully put on him. Like I said, he's just not right, he's worse than Pinkie pie. I'll catch you later sometime." Octavia said and smiled at Flint before walking back towards town.

"Flint Hooves, I haven't said my name yet. So there you go." Flint said smiling.

"See you around, and stay weary of Trick."Octavia said. Flint had gotten warnings about Trick for so long but he wasn't about to accept this. He was going to talk to Nightshade, and if that didn't work, he would try Tricks wife. Flint wanted answers, and he wanted them now.

Nightshade was helping Luna with cooking lessons, mainly because Trick didn't have the time to do so. Winter as well helped. Flint knocked on the open door as soon as he arrived at the castle near ponyville. It was a small castle meant to be an ordinary home. Sadly the builders went overboard and made it a castle. It was made so Luna can be close to Winter and Trick can stay with his buddy Nightshade.

"We will get it." A lovely voice spoke. The door opened revealing a dark blue alicorn with a starry mane that flowed in non existing wind. "Flint? What art thou doing here?" Luna asked confused.

"I came to ask you and Nightshade some questions about Trick. Do you mind?" Flint asked.

"Umm, sure we do not mind." Luna said and led Flint into the living room A strong smell of burnt hay bacon filled the air. "What would thou like to know?" Luna asked. Nightshade and Winter ran out of the kitchen.

"Oh! Hi Flint." Winter said cheerfully.

"Don't go in there. I'm still trying to find out what Luna did wrong." Nightshade said coughing a couple times.

"Yes, our cooking skills are not as well as Tricks, but sometimes he seems so distant when he's cooking, and his busy schedule as well. Umm a Flint wanted to know little more about Trick." Luna said smiling.

"Really?" Nightshade asked and sat down on the couch.

"Yeah and I'm sure that she isn't that bad of a cook." Flint said.

"You see the black smoke?" Nightshade asked.

"Yeah I can smell burned... food." Flint said.

"The hay fries actually didn't turn out that bad. You'd think that it's the cause of it, but that smoke it from burned water. Not steam, but smoke. I didn't even think that is was possible." Nightshade said.

"Don't be mean. She'll get the hang of it." Winter said defending her friend.

"Yes, we are not that bad." Luna said sighing, "The only cooking we've ever done was with Celestia making cake. But even then it was very hard. So, what about our dear husband would you like to know? And why the interest in such a subject?"

"What can you tell me about Vault?" Flint asked and Nightshade almost fell out of his chair. Luna's eyes went wide when Flint asked the question, never again did she want to hear that name. "Why would thou bring up such a vile subject! We never want to here that name again!" Luna shouted in the royal canterlote voice, then teleported out from the room.

"What about you Nightshade?" Flint asked.

"Sorry, but I'm not going to talk about that either." Nightshade said leaving Winter and Flint alone.

"Winter, please tell me?" Flint asked.

"Actaully I never met Vault. If you try a different approach, maybe Luna will talk. She is in her room. She goes there when she is upset." Winter said and showed Flint the way. Winter the left Flint at Luna's bedroom door and Flint knocked. Luckily he heard her answer. Flint could tell she was crying.

"What does thou want? We aren't going to talk about... Him!" Luna said, unable to stop crying.

"Then can I come in and explain?" Flint asked.

"... ... sure". Luna opened the door to let Flint inside. Flint walked in and he sat next to her on the bed.

"I asked before, because I heard about it from someone and I was told to stay weary of him. I had to ask. I was born with a demon in me." Flint said and lit his hoof on fire.

"Yes, Trick told us about that. However you are able to control your abbilitys. Vault is more powerful that nanny pony or any other being in history. And Trick never even told us how Vault got there.". Luna blows her muzzle into a tissue. "We are sorry about how we treated you Flint Hooves, and even though it is such a vile subject to give me. I wish I could tell you more." Luna said and wiped her muzzle.

"I didn't always control it though. I'd lose control and hurt somebody." Flint said with a sigh.

"Well, Trick says since Vault is inside Tricks mind, all the memories of what Vault has done to ponies are now a Tricks memories as well.". Luna again blew into her tissue. "But Vault is trapped inside of Trick. The only harm Vault can do to Trick is to take over his body. But that'll never happen because the necklace he wears keeps Vault inside even better than Trick could without the necklace, and only Nightshade can take it off. Again, I'm sorry for how We treated thee. We just want the best for Trick.".

"Well he's lucky then. I grew up being shunned." flint said chuckling. He knew that his past was no laughing matter, but he wanted to make Trick seem better.

"Like she cares about your petty sob story." A males voice said and a black pegasus stallion wanted out of the shadows. He had a black mane and tail with white tips.

"Who art thou! How did thee get into thy bedchamber!".

"The Names Shadow Fleet. I'm as well a Brawler." The black pegasus said smiling.

"Joshua? Damn you! Luna this guy is trouble." Flint said gritting his teeth.

"Who ever he is, he is no match for the Princess of the Night!" Luna shot a bolt of lightning but Shadow caught it in his hooves.

"Cute and feisty, I like you already." Shadow said and Flint jumped at him bursting his entire body with flames.

"Don't you dare touch her!" Flint yelled in an almost demonic voice. Flint pinned Shadow to the wall, but Shadow's smile didn't leave his face. It was off to Flint, but it was obvious that Luna has now seen his Sizmere form.

"FLINT! I THOUGHT YOU TOLD ME THAT BRAWLERS MEEN US NO HARM!" The deep voice rang out. Luna was surprised and spoke, "Sister, why do you use the royal Canterlote voice?" Flint shook off the identity of Deep Voice and focused on Joshua. He smirked menacingly, which frightened Luna.

"Of Flint, did you actually think that your the only brawler here? There is something else bigger going on, something you can't fathom." Shadow said continuing to smirk menacingly and then he dissolved into the shadows and disappeared. To that, he was gone.

Author's Note

Yes, finally Joshua is in. Joshua is my favorite character cause throughout the story, he's full of mystery and is perfect for a villain like character. Still he is... Damn I can spoil this character for you! More to come next time in Pony Brawler, more brawlers will appear, so stay tuned.