Chapters The Mystics
The sun blazes over Ponyville. Ponies of all shapes and sizes talking and doing their daily chores as vendors sell their wares to passers by. While at the Sugar Cube Corner, fillies of all ages enjoy their sweets before heading to school. Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara come out, giggling with a snobbish tone. The door closes with a jingle of its bell as they begin to trot over, rather slowly, to Ponyville High School.
Diamond Tiara huffs with annoyance as she turns to Silver Spoon, "I don't know why I of all ponies still have to go to this disgusting high school. I mean, I'm obviously the most intelligent of all the ponies here.”
She flips her mane as they begin to trot up the stairs to the entrance. Silver Spoon chuckles, pushing open the door, "I know, right? Wish your daddy would figure that out."
Silver Spoon steps forward and holds the door open for Diamond Tiara. Silver Spoon feels as though she needs to bow to Diamond Tiara as she trots in. When she takes a step forward, however, an orange blur flashes by her, making her spin on her hooves before falling onto her stomach.
After collecting herself, she turns yelling furiously, "Who just did that!"
"Oh, calm down, Diamond Tiara.Its not like you chipped your hoof or anything." Laughed the pegasus Scootaloo, who stood in front of her with her scooter, wearing her pads and helmet with a shiny blue and silver scooter under her hooves. She turns away from Diamond Tiara and climbs onto the scooter, showing off her cutie mark of a scooter with a lightning bolt striking through it. Her purple mane spikes out at the top of her head while her wings curl up against her side ready to push off in a moment’s notice.
Scootaloo calls over her shoulder, "Now, if you’ll excuse me, I am late for history class so..."
She zips off in the blink of an eye, shooting a gust of wind at the ponies around her. "See ya!"
Feeling the air in her mane, Scootaloo flies through the hallways, her scooter’s wheels passing over the smooth tile floor as if she were on ice. Her wings beat faster than any humming bird, she whistles by pony after pony before screeching to a halt at Room 211 labeled history. Folding up her scooter so it fits into her saddlebag and taking off her pads and helmet, she pushes open the door casually trotting over to her desk next to the earth pony Apple Bloom and the unicorn Sweetie Belle. She looks Apple Bloom as she sits down, flashing a smile before giving her a hoof bump.
"Hey, Apple Bloom! Hopefully I didn't miss anything."
"Nah, y'all ain’t missed nothin’. Mr. Hoofstein is late anyway," Apple Bloom says as she tips up her red cowgirl hat. Her mane braided down her back with one large loop at the bottom, close to the middle of her back. Her body is slender with sweat bands around her legs. She swishes her tail brushing it against her cutie mark of an apple with a black belt wrapped around it.
Scootaloo tilts her head confused, "Huh, that isn't like him at all. I mean I’m always late, but he is always, like, 30 minutes early."
"Maybe you finally got to him, Scootaloo," Scootaloo turns her head after hearing Sweetie Belle’s voice. Scootaloo laughs, noticing Sweetie Belle holding a mirror up to her face adjusting her light purple mane around her ears into small buns but laid out the further down her back. Sweetie Belle hums a lullaby she wrote that gave her the cutie mark of a microphone with a sparkling star on the handle.
" Now that would be something awesome!" The three friends laugh together only to be interrupted by a stern cough coming from the door of the classroom. The chattering ponies quickly fall silent as Mr. Hoofstein slowly trots into the room. He wears a pair of glasses and is in a suit with a v-neck. He uses his magic to adjust his tie before stopping in front of the board. He coughs to clear his throat, then looks out towards the class.
"Now class. today we have a special lesson, but before we begin, who knows what the three basic battle magic types are?" he looks around, expecting a quick response, but sighs and points to a purple unicorn named Candy.
She takes a deep breath before standing, "The three basic battle magic types are known as Sorcery, Conjuring and Scripted magic."
He nods to her, "That is correct. Well done, Candy. Now who can describe to me what Sorcery magic consists of?"
He blinks as a colt raises his hoof standing to answer. "Sorcery is the most basic out of the three battle magics. It consists of different spells that require specific factors.For example, if we used sorcery magic in this room, it may come out as turning the walls into a type of rock or boulder. Maybe even water since we are below sea level."
Mr. Hoofstein nods slowly, allowing the colt to sit down. "Very good. This magic is used today by the Royal Guard to pursue criminals and protect ponies throughout the world." He stops, adjusting his glasses and coughs before beginning again. "Next is conjuring magic. What pony would like to describe this kind of magic?"
Another colt stands almost instantly, "Conjuring magic is one of the coolest magics out there! It allows what ever pony that uses it to summon objects or creatures to aid them. This is also why it’s called the Magic of Imagination. For example, Princess Luna can summon swords and other types of weaponry to aid her in battle. Like when she and Princess Celestia fought against King Sombra at the Crystal Empire. Luna summoned a wheels of blades that were bathed in moonlight to deflect Sombra's attacks!"
He almost jumps with enthusiasm but is hushed by Mr. Hoofstein.
"That is correct and a very... uh, well... studied example. Next is the magic of Script," Mr. Hoofstein says as he hovers over a cup of coffee. "There is very little knowledge about this kind of magic, but it is rumoured to be the building blocks to all magic. It is said that this magic can only be used if the right phrase and amount of magic power is produced for the spell the user wishes to cast. Also it is known as god magic or even elemental magic." He takes a quick sip of his coffee before clearing his throat once again. "Now that the review is over, I would like to welcome both Princess Celestia and Princess Luna!"
The class gasps out in surprise, giggling and whispering to each other as the princess trot into the room. Princess Celestia smiles as she waves at the children, letting her rainbow mane blow and wave, while Luna trots in, following her sister. They stand in front of the class, letting everyone calm down before they speak. When the class finally hushes down, Celestia pulls down a projector screen.
"Wow, you all sure know a lot about battle magic, but let me ask you something. What type of pony is able to use magic?" She looks around the room as several hooves fly up almost begging to be picked, however, only two ponies in the class didn’t have their hooves raised. Both Scootaloo and Apple Bloom kept their hooves down as they whisper to one another. Celestia smirks and calls out to them, "How about you, Scootaloo?"
Scootaloo practically falls out of her desk as she stands up, rubbing the back of her head in embarrassment, "Umm... sorry. What was the question?"
She holds back her red cheeks as both Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle giggle. " My question was what type of pony can use magic?" Celestia says again with a faint hint of humor in her voice.
"Oh! That’s easy. It’s obviously unicorns!" Scootaloo says with such confidence.
Celestia's ears twitch with amusement but nods, "Yes, that is correct, but what if I said there was an exception to this? That earth ponies and even pegasi can use magic?"
She then turns on a projector crystal, revealing an earth pony with a symbol of a star next to his photograph. Scootaloo blinks in confusion and even chuckles at the idea, "That’s impossible! No other pony besides a unicorn can use magic."
Celestia nods to Luna to speak. They share a glance before she turns. "We have decided to show you something that has been kept away for years. Only the Royal Guard and the princesses have known this, but we believe it is time to allow it to be known as well as known taught . The earth pony you see on the screen is known as Rocketo. He was part of a group that we named “The Mystics”. When the group first rose to power they were able to defeat anypony in their path and never showed misery. They were a group of ponies that had the ability to use magic, even though, none of them were unicorns, or even related to one. The one thing that made a Mystic a Mystic was the way they used their magic. The color of their irises would change and a black fog, almost like flames, would surround their eyes. This is what symbolizes the use of their magic, just like how a unicorn’s horn glows when they use magic."
The class lies in silence, listening intently. Even Scootaloo gives her full attention, amazed by the information that she just can’t believe. As she looks at the earth pony on screen, she notices his dark red coat and black mane. She also noticed his left ear is missing a small piece, almost as if it was cut off. A long scar crosses over his left eye. His flanks seem unharmed but slender with rippling muscles down his legs. His cutie mark is like nothing she has ever seen before, a snowflake with two blades crossing over it.
Celestia points to a chart next to Rocketo's figure where a few of his characteristics is listed, but the one thing that catches Scootaloo's eye was the magic category and the criminal record. Celestia interrupts her train of thought as she begins talking about Rocketo. "Rocketo was known to be the leader of the Mystics. His intellect as well as his experiences with Sorcery magic was like nothing we had ever seen. Being able to use Sorcery magic, he was able to freeze anything or anypony in a block of ice, but his magic ignored all the basic laws of Sorcery magic. No matter where he was or the conditions of battle, he was in, Rocketo was able to use ice magic. When he uses his magic, his eyes turn to red, showing everypony how bloodthirsty he was."
She pauses for a moment to see if anypony had questions but then speaks again, "In addition to being able to use ice magic at all times, Rocketo was also able to use the daggers attached to his flanks. These daggers, along with his ice magic, gave him the nickname, Scarlet Dancer."
She waits once more for any questions, and when none came, she clicks the projector. However, this time it displays another pony, a pegasus mare. Scootaloo has stars in her eyes as the pegasus was shown with the symbol of The Mystics next to her photo. She notices her blue eyes and large wings. Unlike Rocketo, this mare is very sleek and had a long dark purple mane that covered her shoulder blades, draping down on the right portion of her face. Scootaloo looks careful at the statistics on this mare’s chart, noting her magic being called “Necromancy”.
What kind of magic is that? she thinks as she lounges back into her desk chair.
Luna steps up, pointing with her wing toward the board. "This Mystic is known as Raven, nicknamed The Reaper. She used the magic art of Conjuring. Her eyes would glow a dark purple. She would use her magic to call upon deadly weapons of darkness. Her favorite weapon was known as the Death Scythe which she swung and held in her wings with very little effort. She also labeled her magic as ‘Necromancy’."
She stops and looks at the clock above the class room door before speaking again,“Raven would use her scythe to cut down her victims with incredible speed, slicing off limbs and even cutting ponies in half that dared defy her. When she and I fought years ago, she matched even my strength when it came to her magic weaponry.”
Before Luna can continue, the school’s bell rings for the end of class. Everypony begins to stand and leave the room while Mr. Hoofstein calls to them. “We will be continuing this in the next class and don’t forget to study for the test next week!”
Scootaloo, amazed after hearing about a pegasus that could use magic finds herself, for the first time during her life, not wanting to leave the classroom. Her heart thumps with excitement as if doing one of her intense stunts, but this was something more. Something that couldn't be beaten by doing a measly stunt. Sighing, she stands up, getting her saddlebag as the princesses say their goodbyes to the class. Scootaloo trots out of the room with the other two crusaders behind her. She shakes her head coming, back from her day-dreams.
"Hey girls, want to go see what Twilight's doing? I heard she was renting rooms out in her castle, like a hotel or something," Sweetie Belle says as she puts her mirror away into her saddlebag.
"Sure, don't see why not. Could be fun to see what ponies be passin through," says Apple Bloom.
Scootaloo just nods as they head out toward the middle of town. Passing by pony after pony, Scootaloo begins looking around. She sees butterflies flutter in for the flowers that bloom in the sun letting, their wings glow like small moons. She then spots Pinkie Pie jumping in her kitchen window bringing her famous cupcakes over to the young fillies, who are playing jump rope outside on the cobblestone pathway.
Before she knows it, they reach Twilight's castle. Walking inside, they look up with astonishment at how high the ceilings were compared to her old tree house library. The marble flooring and sparkling crystal walls so polished that their reflections can be seen. They walk through the front door onto a red carpet that seems to go on forever, only to turn left to where Twilight sits at her reception desk with room keys and sign-in sheet. A young stallion is talking to her as they walk up. Twilight points at her sign-in sheet, handing him a key as he begins signing his name.
Scootaloo looks at the colt with questionable eyes, noticing his short blue and white mane going down his back, outlining his shoulders. His tail is thick, brushing past his cutie mark, a hoof engulfed in blue flames. She can’t quite see his eyes or face.On his back is a old, brown saddlebag that looks as if it’s been through a typhoon, covered in cuts and tears as well as stains of mud.
I wonder where this colt came from? Scootaloo thinks to herself.
As they get up to the counter, they overhear Twilight speak to him, "Okay, now that you signed in, you just need to go up the stairs and take a left on the second floor, and your room will be three doors to your left."
"Excellent, thank you," he says as he turns and bumps into Scootaloo, causing her to slip on the marble floor. Just before she falls, he catches her. He quickly helps her up onto her hooves. " Oh, I am terribly sorry. I wasn't paying attention."
Scootaloo shakes herself before looking up to speak, "It’s okay, no big de..."
She looks up, his brown eyes meeting her's. Her heart begins to race as she finds herself unable to break her gaze from his soft chocolate brown eyes. She can feel a blush crawl across her face, but snaps out of it turning her gaze away from him, clearing her throat.
"M-my name’s Scootaloo. What’s your's?" she tries asking without sounding so nervous.
He smiles, standing up straight. "My name is Fang. It’s nice to meet you, Scootaloo."
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Fang blinked at the young mare in front of him and with a soft smile helped her up onto her hooves. He looks into her big purple eyes that seemed to pierce through his very being. Wow her eyes are beautiful . Fang thought as her voice soon snapped him back to reality.
" My names Scootaloo, w-whats yours?" Scootaloo says looking at him but turns her gaze away towards Applebloom.
" My name is Fang. Its nice to meet you Scootaloo" Fang looks at her then at the mares next to her and smiles softly as Scootaloo quickly realizes she didn't introduce her friends.
" Oh yea, these are my friends SweetieBell.." She points one of her wings toward SweetieBell who smiles " and AppleBloom" Pointing her other wing at AppleBloom as she tilts her hat in greeting. Nodding in greeting to them both Fang looks at the clock that hangs over head underneath the banner at the entrance. Noticing it saying seven thirty Fang turns back to the mares in front of him and politely says, " I am happy to meet the three of you but I need to get to my room. I am pretty beat from the train ride here. Maybe I will see you guys later?" He smiles once more before picking his saddle bag up and begins to walk up the stairs. He turns around to see the three mares speaking to Twilight with hushed tones. Scootaloo glances over her shoulder toward him but quickly turns away and trots out rather quickly. AppleBloom and SweetieBell follow quickly behind her waving good-byes to Twilight as they go.
Fang watches them go before making his way up the stairs saying the path that Twilight mentioned to him before, "Okay go up the stairs then turn left then follow the hallway.." Turning to the left he follows the hallway. Looking around he notices several rooms with large marble doors with number imprinted above the doors. Numbers from 100-120 ranged to his left but only odd while his right had evens. The hallway sparkled with colors of red and blue from the windows at the end of the hallway. Astonished by the beauty of the scene Fang's mind spun with happiness and warm. He shook his head as he remembers what he was trying to do in the first place, " after i turn left it should be the third door on my left." He counts the doors until he comes to door number 103. Looking down at the key the number 103 can be seen edged in the hilt. Unlocking the massive marble door with a mire click and pushing the door open with his hoof reveals a medium size room. As he trots in a bathroom is toward his right with the necessities needed. From uni-soap bars, toilet and shower with a glass slide door and shower handle. He looks around the room seeing a two pony size bed with a wooden but sturdy headboard. The linings were a bright white with deep purple bed sheet and pillows neatly tucked in next to the frame. Fang sets his saddlebag in the closet across the bed and turns around to see a small kitchen with a stove and micro wave with four cupboards. A medium sized fridge sits next to the stove.
Fang smiles walking over to a window that has a purple window shade pushing it aside the moonlight shines in coating the room in a soft white glow. Yawning fang crawls into the bed keeping the window shade back so the stars stay in sight and slowly closes his eyes letting sleep take over him.
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The class chatter was ringing in Scootaloo's ears in Magic History. She sat the edge of the class next to AppleBloom, and on the other side of AppleBloom was SwettieBell. The two talking about the club sign-ups for next years semester.
"I'm definitely going to be captain of the karate team this time! Flare better watch out cause I'm not holding back!" AppleBloom exclaimed with determination.
SwettieBell softly laughs at her friends enthusiasm, " Oh yea he better watch his back! I hope more pony's sign- up for the chorus. We could really use another solo singer. Heck maybe even a colt will sign-up."
Scootaloo chuckles joining in the conversation, " That would be a first. No colt that I know would join the chorus even if their colt-hood was on the line." The three friends laugh giving off smiles to each other.
A cough interrupts the class's chatter and small talk as Mr.Hoofstein walks in with his nose and head up with a cup of coffee floating in after him only to land on his desk. He looks to the class and clears his throat before putting his glasses on. " Good afternoon class, before we start today's lesson I would like to introduce a new student." He turns and ushers in the student with his hoof.
Scootaloo puts her hoof on her cheek board but soon snaps her head up as Fang walks into the room wearing a blue saddlebag that seems to be recently bought. He stops next to Mr.Hoofstein and picks up a marker writing his name onto the board. Then turns and bows to the class saying.
" Hello, my name is Fang. Its nice to meet all of you." He straightens back up and smiles.
What is he doing here? Scootaloo thinks to herself as she looks at him feeling the need to straighten herself up. Her heartbeat speeds up and her ears lay down onto her head. She hears giggling and snaps out of the spell she seemed to be under. She turns seeing AppleBloom leaning toward her
" Some- pony has a crush" She smirks at Scootaloo
" I do not!" Scootaloo looks at AppleBloom getting red in the face turning away with a grumble.
" I was only playing with ya" AppleBloom softly nudges her giving off a smile then turns back toward the front.
Mr. Hoofstein looks at Fang ushering, " Fang if you don't mind telling us a little about yourself?"
Fang nods with a smile. " Sure, hmm lets see. Well I am 18 years of age. I tend to enjoy traveling to meet new ponys and see different things. I like hot weather but I guess what my favorite thing to do is meet new ponys."
The class gives their greetings before Fang starts walking over to a free seat up in the third row out of five and sits down. He looks around then opens his note book listening to the lesson. Scootaloo stares at him puzzled. Why is he here? I colt that we just met yesterday enrolls to our high school the next day? She shrugs and closes her eyes to take her scheduled nap of the day. Maybe I am just over thinking this. Whatever, he is just another colt in the school.
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The bell rings as Mr.Hoofstein finishes his lesson over magic used in the cave pony era. Fang writes the last of his notes before trotting out of the class behind the rest of his classmates. He looks around the hallways seeing colts and mares alike walk back and forth to classes and events. He takes a deep breath in the new atmosphere of being in high school. I never thought it would feel so.. different being a student. Turning around Fang starts walking down the hallway soaking in everything from voices, smells and different color ponys. He passes a large billboard but suddenly stops and walks back looking up seeing letters and flyers for different club sign-ups. There were what seemed like hundreds to pick from.Looking over them he sees chess club, chorus, band and several sports teams that just made his head spin. Maybe I should sign-up for some of these. It would make getting used to this school thing easier for sure, but which ones should I choose ? He thinks as he looks them over. As he looks he jumps from one to another then stops and smiles taking down a flyer for the schools karate club. It reads, "looking to show how you skills in martial arts? Well this club is for you! Tryouts for belts today and tomorrow so don't miss them!"
"This is perfect! I am a bit rusty after all" He says with a smile. He hears some hoofs come up behind him and turns around. A colt with a light red coat with orange hair with a yellow almost racing strip going down the middle of his mane trots up and chuckles looking at Fang then the flyer.
" Oh I wouldn't waste your time newbie. That club is for the strongest pony's not little weaklings." He gives off a smirk as two more colts get on either side of Fang snickering. Fang glances around to look at the one to his left seeing a light purple shade of coat while his mane is more blue. His cutie mark is a spiral with a horseshoe in the middle. The one to Fangs right has practically the same color coat but with a dark purple mane. His cutie mark showing a four leaf clover with a horse shoe. Fang sets down the flyer and tenses up his shoulders from being surrounded by the three colts. If they want to cause trouble I'm not going down without giving them some bruises to remember me by. Fang thinks as they snicker at him.
" Hey, back off Flare! " The red coated colt turns his head and chuckles as both SwettieBell and AppleBloom step between him and Fang. " I knew you were a coward but come on! Three on one over Fang picking up a flyer? Well if you mess with him you mess with us!" She exclaims as Scootaloo joins in on the left side of Fang. With a moment of silence Flare looks at the mares in front of him and laughs flicking around.
" Oh come off it AppleBloom! We were just having fun with the new kid" As he starts to walk away both his buddies nudge Fang in the shoulder as they walk by.
Fang relaxes his muscles and takes a breath from the tension lifting off his shoulders. He nods to AppleBloom with a smile. " Thank you AppleBloom, SweetieBell and Scootaloo. So whats that colts problem anyway? All I did was look at the flyer"
" He is just a bully who thinks he owns the school because he is captain of the karate club. But this time i'm gonna beat him!" AppleBloom says as she puffs out her chest with determination. Scootaloo picks up the flyer behind Fang and hands it back to him. Nodding his thanks Fangs puts it in his saddlebag as Scootaloo asks, " so are you gonna try- out? I bet you could shut him up."
" Yea i am, especially after he thought you could push me around like that. Well, if i knew where i was going to tryout that is." Fang rubs the back of his head with his hoof. AppleBloom then takes his other and pulls him forward toward where the three colts left and says, " I can show you, i mean i am going to the same tryouts after all" She looks at SweetieBell and Scootaloo. " You two want to come along and watch? I mean school hours are over anyway."
"I can't, i need to get to the chorus auditions. Whoa speaking of that i need to go!" She starts running down the halls and turns left waving a good-bye to her friends.
Scootaloo walks up to them and shrugs saying, " sure I can go, i have nothing else better to do anyway." Scootaloo on the other side of Fang as they begin walking toward the gymnasium. Within minutes voices of cheers and whistles were heard. Fang pushes open the gym door seeing two pony's fighting one on one on a fighting mat with a white circle around them. They walk over to a grey older stallion with a black mane and a cut going across his lower front hoof. He blows his whistle as a colt his the mat. The stallion raises his hoof looking down at a clip board and calls out, " Your out! Alright the next two fighters are Lucky and Marco." He waits till both colts are ready then blows the whistle again starting the fight. Each of them throw blows of both kicks and punches. Fang watches them then turns to AppleBloom asking
" Are there any rules I need to know about before I have my fight? Like no below the belt or something?" He yells over the loud cheers and whistles.
AppleBloom turns yelling in reply over the cheers and boos, " The rules aren't that hard to remember but most of the time they don't really matter. The rules of fighting in this school are no hits bellow the belt, if a pony gets knocked out of the ring they lose and if one pony gets knocked off his or her hooves before a finishing blow can occur then you lose as well." Fang nods looking back to the ring as the fighters continue but is interrupted by the whistle ringing in his ear.
" Okay thats enough! Everyone take 5 and the try-outs will continue." The stallion turns around and sees the young ponys and trots over. " You here to try-out son? I need some one to go up against Flare in the final match.
" Hey, what about me coach? I wanted to fight Flare!" AppleBloom says disappointingly
" AppleBloom you are the toughest mare in this entire school. You are already in my list of ponys to be in the club.
AppleBloom sighs giving rather easily, " your right i guess." she nudges Fang softly in the shoulder " Kick his little ass for me wont ya?"
" Good, now do you know all the rules of the way we fight at the school?" Coach says. Fang nods looking at Scootaloo and AppleBloom.
" You two gonna watch my match?"
" Oh yea, this is something i can't miss" Says AppleBloom
" Eh, I guess." Says Scootaloo
Fang smiles at them both as they walk up into the stands and sit down. Fangs stomach starts filling up with butterflies from being so nervous. Is this excitement? Or am I just really nervous? He thinks as he looks up at the mares. His eyes wounder over to Scootaloo trying to see if any excitement or smile would sprout onto her face. Before he could find out the sound of voices began to fill the room as the ponys begin to fill up the gym stands once again. Talking in loud voices as if at a concert as but when the fighters from earlier trot in the crowd hushes rather quickly. Then it falls silent as Flare walks in with a red sweat jacket on. He grins as he walks onto the mat. The crowd goes wild in cheers as he raises his hoofs in the air. He blows kisses up to the stands from screaming mares yelling his name so loud that Fang almost blows out his ear drum. The spectators then begin chanting his name. The coach nudges Fang out to the mats with his hoof blowing his whistle to die out the noise. " Alright, for the final fight for today's try-outs is between our captain Flare.." When he says his name the spectators scream in cheer making the coach blow hard on his whistle once again before continuing, " and a brand new student Fang!" The crowd howls at a loud "boo" as Fang walks into the circle facing Flare.
" You can do it Fang! Kick his ass!" Fang looks up to see that Scootaloo and AppleBloom cheer down to him. He smiles at them and nods focusing his gaze on his opponent standing up on his hind legs getting into a stance. He stands sideways with one hoof bent back towards his back while the other points toward Flare.
Flare smirks standing up on his hind legs slamming his front hooves together, " So you showed up after all Fang, well i guess i have to beat you down in front of all these spectators."
Fang looks back at him without saying another word as the whistle is blown for them to begin. They begin to walk slowly in a circle never taking their eyes one another before Flare jumps in throwing a right hook only to be blocked as Fang moves his shoulder leaning into Flare hitting him in the chest with four left jabs before uppercutting him with his right hoof. Coughing Flare jumps back whipping his hoof across his chest but before he could strike back Fang lunges at him swinging a round house kick towards Flare's head. Luckily Flare ducks in time but doesn't notice the quick low kick knocking him off his hooves making him land on his face. Flare furiously looks up only to see Fang, who recovered his balance after the low kick then throws a punch down at Flare, only to stop it before it hits his eye sending a gust of air blowing back on Flares mane with great force. Stunned Flare's head falls back down onto the mat as his nose bleeds from hitting the mat from the quick low kick that was delivered.
The coach blows the whistle and shouts, " Thats it! Fang you win the try-out match!" Fang looks up at the bleachers only to hear stunned silence except from AppleBloom and Scootaloo who run up to him exclaiming, " Wow! Where did you learn to fight so well? I mean no pony has ever caught Flare off guard like that before! " AppleBloom says with excited eyes practically dancing.
" Seriously, looking at you Fang I wouldn't have seen that you had that in ya" Said Scootaloo who softly nudges him with her wing.
" Thanks, and my father taught me how to fight. He knew a lot of fighting styles from both hoof bases and weapon based." Fang said panting as they walked back to the sidelines. The coach walks over to him and holds out a hoof. " I haven't seen a fight like that in a while, you are welcome to join Fang. We hold practices every weekend. Don't be late." He then walks away toward Flare who still lays on the mat.
" Awesome! I'm in." Fang smiles as the three pony's high hoof in excitement. Scootaloo hands him a towel with her wing.
" You know for such a quick fight you are covered in sweat." She says with a teasing tone.
Fang takes the towel and starts whipping off the sweat on his forehead and shoulders. " hah yea, I was a little nervous with every pony looking at me." He looks up at both of them and softly smiles. " Your cheers helped a lot though, thank you guys."
AppleBloom slugs him in the shoulder, " What are friends for? Don't mention it. Hey we should go tell SweetieBell how Fang stomped Flare."
Scootaloo laughs, " She would so get a kick out of that." She grabs Fangs leg pulling him into a run as they race out of the gym towards the chorus room " Lets go!" Scootaloo says.
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Scootaloo, who is practically glued to Fang, and AppleBloom turn down the corner they begin to hear singing and music. Scootaloo raises her ears a little bit as they get closer. " I wonder who's singing. I hope we haven't missed SweetieBell's turn. She always has the most up beat music that you can dance to."
Fang's ears twitched at the idea of SweetieBell singing up beat songs, " Looking at her I thought she would sing more slow dance songs."
" Well you sir have bad guessing skills" Scootaloo teases as they push the door open to see a light green mare bowing from finishing her song and goes off stage allowing the next mare to come on. As Fang walks in he is astonished on how big the theater is. From thousands of rows of seats going up two floors with red leather coating on each seat. Looking toward the sparkling wooden stage with a candy red curtain with every color light hanging down from the raptors while three pony's sit at a table with several mares sitting behind them. More then 25 rows were filled with, as many as Fang could count, over 15 seats a row with mares whispering to each other over the last singers song. As they walked down to sit in the front row away from the mares the three pony's sitting at the table with judges sheets called the next mare to the stage, " SweetieBell its your turn."
Fang looks over toward the stage while clapping ensues as SweetieBell comes on stage. AppleBloom whistles loud and sharp making SweetieBell turn and wave at them giving off a large smile seeing her friends. She then takes a deep breath and stands in front of the microphone saying, " I wanted to sing a song that my sister Rarity used to sing to me whenever I was down on myself. I hope you enjoy it"
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She begins to sing with a soft tone as lights come on focusing on her as she closes her eyes absorbed in the rhythm of her song. Fang closes his eyes as he listens tapping his hoof to the beat of her music. He looks back up to her standing on her hind hooves clapping her free ones together. When she does this everyone raises theirs and does the same tapping them together with smiles on their faces. During this the lights begin to change color and circle around her as the;
Na Na Na Na Na Na
I'm no beauty queen
I'm just beautiful me
As the song pics up she raises her voice letting out a long note and picking up the tempo. Her body sways to the beat as if on a unseen river boat going down a small stream. The lights glow around her until finally they rest on her once again as she softly comes to a close in her song. She steps back then bows with a large smile going across her face. The crowd cheers and claps like a rolling thunder. She steps down from the stage and walks over toward SweetieBell, Scootaloo and Fang. Panting she says, " Hey guys what cha think?"
" Your were incredible like always!" Says Scootaloo as she hoof bumps her breathless friend.
" Getting better every year. Oh guess what Fang did to Flare during the try-outs!" AppleBloom says pulling Fang over to her with a hoof wrapped around his head.
" What he do?" SweetieBell says curiously.
" He kicked Flare's sorry ass like it was nothing! you should have seen it. He was so fast and his punches were like blurs.." Scootaloo says trying to mimic what Fang did to the chair she was sitting in before she walked over, "He was all like Bam! Blam! Sit down!" Scootaloo says with her version of jabs.
Fang rubs the back of his head embarrassed by the praise. He turns his head seeing one of the judges walk out of the auditorium before turning around to see his three mare friends laughing about the fight, " He seriously dropped Flare so fast that he didn't even get up off the mat! Man I wish i could have recorded that. It was amazing!" AppleBloom said.
Fang turns a little red from all the praise. " I wasn't that amazing, it was just a fluke that I was able to get in that close when I did."
Scootaloo looks at him " Pssh, please you totally flattened him with skill" She bumps him with her side giving off a soft smile.
Fang smiles back at her then turns as SweetieBell sighs, " I was really hopping we had a colt try-out this year. No colt showed at all. They were thinking of adding some duets into the acts but it wouldn't really work without a lower tone of voice."
" Yea I see what you mean, but oh well there is always next time." Says AppleBloom trying to encourage your disappointed friend.
Fang looks at them for a moment then toward the group of mares that were in the stands. He put his hoof to his chin in thought but is knocked back to reality as the door from outside the auditorium shuts from the judge coming back and sitting down. Fang sighs before speaking, " I can try-out if you like. My mother and I would always sing short songs to pass the time."
SweetieBell's head pops up looking at him in surprise, " Wait you sing? Thats awesome! You should so try-out it would be so much fun!" She runs over to the judges grabbing Fang by the hoof. " Here is another pony to try-out if its not to late." SweetieBell says in excitement as one of the judges nods to her with a smile ushering him onto the stage.
Fang looks out to the crowd is freezes for a moment then takes a deep breath looking over at SweetieBell, AppleBloom, and Scootaloo. He looks at Scootaloo's eyes then blinks as he takes another deep breath before beginning to sing softly.
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The lights turn into a dark shade of blue as he sings with still air as everyone listens with attentive ears not wanting to miss a lyric. Scootaloo listens closing her eyes as she listens to his soothing voice. Softly tapping her hoof to the beat of his song. Her body begins to sway to his lyrics absorbing the moment while the soft piano plays. As he finishes she opens her eyes and meets his as he turns to face her. His eyes are clouded with some grief but he smiles and bows. As he raises his head his warm gaze returns along with cheers and claps from his song. SweetieBell walks up the stage jumping with excitement, " That was incredible! We finally have a colt that has a amazing voice. You totally should join the chorus. Pleeeeeease!" She looks at him with large puppy eyes as he chuckles with a smile.
" Well alright, but I am not wearing any type of tights." He teasingly says as they walk down off the stage. Scootaloo walks up with AppleBloom nudging him with her shoulder Scootaloo says, " Your full of surprises aren't you?"
Fang chuckles then smiles. My first day has been something to remember and with my new friends I hope it's everyday. Fang thinks to himself as he and his new friends walk to the exit.
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Meanwhile, in Canterlot Celestia and Luna sit on their thrones waiting in silence watching their entrance door. Soon Twilight walks through walking up to the throne doing a bow before standing to speak. " You wanted to see me Princess Celestia? Is something wrong?"
Celestia looks at Twilight and gets up walking down to her with Luna at her side. She sighs then begins to speak, " Have you heard of the Mystics?"
Twilight nods, " Yes I have, I read about them when I was here. Although the record that I read says that were killed by Luna and Shining Armor when I was only a filly."
Celestia looks at Twilight for a moment then says, " That may be true, but we have had some reports in far kingdoms through out the world with some strange occurrences. When the royal guard went to investigate the team that was sent never returned." She looks down with her eyes closed. " When we finally found them, all that was left was armor and ash. Witnesses said that strange blue fires were seen and have burnt down several buildings. The fires were something they have never seen before. They couldn't be put out or even controlled. We began to track these fires and unfortunately it lead us to something tragic.." She looks off toward the window towards ponyville that can be seen in the distance. She takes a moment then continues, " We believe that whoever or what ever is causing these fires is in ponyville." Twilight gasps only to be hushed by a flick of Celestia's wing, " That isn't all the information we have gathered. The latest report the eye witnesses have seen a white earth pony leave the seen, his mane was coated in blood, his right front leg was covered in dark blue flames and.." She pauses again then straightens again," his eyes glowed blue just like a mystic."
Celestia looks down at Twilight after revealing that another mystic has become known and is believed to be some where in ponyville. Twilight's face turns to panic her mind spins trying to find something that she could do but then snaps out of it and takes a deep breath to calm her self before looking back up to Celestia.
" What do you think we should do? If another mystic has shown themselves then a spree can't be far behind."
Celestia nods as Twilight finishes then sighs saying, " I know Twilight but what I need you to do is go and get the Element Round and meet Luna and I in your throne room. We need to discuss this with everyone before anything else can be done." Celestia says softly to Twilight trying to down her worries. Twilight nods and flys out the window going quickly to Ponyville. Luna trots up to her sister watching Twilight as she flys, watching her slop down into the village below. Luna mentions softly to her sister. " Should i gather the captains and Princess Cadence as well? Shining Armor and Flash Sentry should know whats going on in case an attack like last time occurs." Luna lays her ears flat then flicks them as if brushing off an burden.
Celestia only nods at Luna's suggestion sending her off to gather them. Her thoughts circle in her head as if she is under water being pelted with current after current but only one thought seemed to prick at her mind and heart. I hope we aren't to late
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As Twilight flys over the skys of ponyville her mind races with what has occurred. A new mystic after some many years! And what is it doing here? She shakes her head to focus on the task at hand. I need to find everyone, maybe i should start with Pinkie Pie. She flew over the village looking down at the hay roofed buildings as the warm sun bathed her wings with a warming glow. The cool wind breeze blowing through her mane and into her face as if trying to calm her worries of the immediate danger. She takes a deep breath trying to bury it but it just wont stop prickling her mind, however, before she knew it she was hovering over Sugar Cube corner. The most popular location for young fillies and even adults come to get all their sweets and goodies in Ponyville.
Hovering slowly down to the ground she looks into Pinkie Pie's window seeing if she is inside the pink room. Her pet alligator Gummy sits on her bed blinking blankly as she drops by the window but Pinkie was not inside. Twilight giggles after seeing Gummy open his mouth with his glistening gums where his teeth should be before shutting it with a snap. Twilight lands at the entrance watching as filly after filly trot out with cup cakes and candy of all different types. She smiles waving at them as they call her name in greeting before trotting into the store. As she trots in she looks around the store where several round tables are placed throughout with 6 round chairs at each table. With one breath Twilight smells the countless sweets, from cupcakes to candy and her favorite the shakes. I could use something to calm me down. Maybe just a small one. Twilight trots up to the counter where Mrs.Cake stands giving a little orange coated filly a cupcake with some oats sprinkled on it. She smiles at Mrs. Cake and nods her thanks as she trots over to the closet table to join her friends. Twilight trotted up as Mrs. Cake smiles saying in excitement " Princess Twilight! How you doing today?"
" I'm doing okay, I would be even better with one of your shakes." Twilight says with a smile
" Oh of course, wait one minute while i make it for you." Mrs. Cake says as she trots over grabbing a glass, oats and some ice cream. " I know your busy these days now that you have your castle and all. So you willing to give out some gossip?" She says as she places Twilight's glass into a mixer letting it blend all her ingredients into a soothing and frothy
" No kidding, Celestia has me doing a lot these days. Oh speaking of have you seen Pinkie Pie? I need to talk to her." Twilight says with a hungry eye on her shake as it blends. Mrs. Cake takes it out and slowly brings it over so not to spill it taking the bits from Twilight before opening the register. Mrs. Cake looks up and says, " Oh Pinkie Pie? She said she was going to be at Maud's for a couple days. She left yesterday so I guess she wont be back till at least a week or two."
Twilight sighs saying, " She really has bad timing to go on a family visit but i guess it cant be helped." She levitates her glass and takes a sip relaxing her shoulders and closing her eyes enjoying the soft and delicious taste of the shake. She smacks her lips together and sighs with relief, " Ahh that hit the spot. Thanks Mrs.Cake, say hi to Mr.Cake for me!" Twilight turns toward the front door walking out squinting her eyes to the sun shine. When her eyes adjust she spots FlutterShy, a light yellow coated pegasus with a pink mane while her cutie mark that rests on her flank are pink and green butterflys. Twilight smiles and trots over to her calling, " Hey FlutterShy!"
FlutterShy smiles and turns to face her saying in a soft voice almost as if she was whispering, " Hey Twilight, how are you today?"
" I'm doing okay, but I need you to come to the castle. Celesta has some important things to discuss with the round." Twilight offers FlutterShy a sip of her shake as she continues. " Do you by any chance know where RainbowDash, AppleJack and Rarity are?"
FlutterShy takes a hesitate sip before speaking in her soft tone, " Yea, they went to watch AppleBloom's school karate practice. She invited me too but i don't like all the fighting." She says while rubbing her front right leg with her left one letting her mane to cover her right eye.
Twilight takes another sip of her shake before ushering FlutterShy towards the school, " We need to get them and head to the castle. We don't want to keep Celestia waiting for very long. They nod and runs toward the school. Twilight drinks the rest of her shake before setting in on a outside table at SugarCube Corner.
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The school bell rings for the end of the day at PonyVille High School. Every pony begins flooding out of classes and into the halls talking and chatting with their friends and other classmates. Scootaloo, AppleBloom, Sweetiebell and Fang walk out of magics history. Fang walks next to AppleBloom and Scootaloo. Scootaloo slowly rides on her scooter as they walk down the halls.
AppleBloom nudges Fang, " This practice is going to be the last one before our first school tournament. I hope you're ready to sweat!"
"Oh and don't forget that our performance is in 3 weeks so make sure t mesmerize your song parts." SweetieBell says as the turn a right toward the gymnasium.
Fang chuckles and turns to the two mares, " Don't worry I will be ready for both clubs, so no reason to worry guys. Oh i almost forgot.." He turns to Scootaloo and smiles, " We still on for rollerblading after practice Scoot?"
Scootaloo turns her head and smiles, " You bet! I still can't believe that you have never roller bladed before. Every pony at our age should know that." She says with a teasing glint in her eye.
Fang laughs then rubs the back of his head a little embarrassed, " Yea you would think that right, but hey what can i say, parents just didn't think to teach me." As the quartet of friends walk and talk the gymnasium doors come into view. Fang hears whistles already being blown before they even got to the door. Pushing the door open with his right front hoof Fang sees the karate team practicing through out the gym. Looking over towards the middle of the court two colts were fighting in a mach match where the head coach gave scolds to them if they messed up , while on the right side weights and punching bags were placed and secured on the red mats under neath them. Toward the left side was the side coach running sprint drills up the left side of the bleachers. Wow this is far more then i expected.. Fang thought as they walked on the side lines toward the locker rooms. Scootaloo broke Fang's thoughts as she said, " Well we will be in the stands guys! Oh and your sister is here AppleBloom."
Sister? Fang looks up at the right stands and sees AppleJack. The orange coated mare with a long yellow mane roped into a pony tail with a red hair band sat in the bleachers with two other mares. The one to her left was a sky blue coat with a literal rainbow mane with a rebel style hair style. Scootaloo has her mane like that . Fang thought as he looks toward the mare on AppleJack's right who is white coated with a dark purple mane curled up and sparkling. Fang turns to AppleBloom as they get to the entrance to the colt locker room. " Hey AppleBloom who are the two mares next to your sister? I haven't seen them around."
" Oh the blue coated mare is RainbowDash and the other one is SweetieBell's sister Rarity. I asked them to come and watch the practice. You know to give tips and such." She says before waving at her sister with her hat in the air. Fang nods then looks back at them before heading into the locker room. He looked over his shoulder as the air began to die down to silence. He lets out a sigh before going to his locker spinning the lock to open it. The element round.. Out of all the ponys I could have befriended they had to be related to the round. Fang thought but shook the thought away as the locker door poped open. No, it doesn't matter if they know the round or not. It's all behind me. He slides on a sweat band on his forehead and legs before slipping a sweat absorber shirt and blue shorts on before shutting the locker to head out. " Alright, time to get sweaty!" He exclaims before trotting out of the locker room but with thoughts prickling his mind.
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Scootaloo heads up the stairs to the stands towards RainbowDash. " Hey RainbowDash!" She says as she goes and sits next to the mare.
RainbowDash turns saying, " Hey there kid, how ya been doin?" She says as she gives Scootaloo a hoof bump.
Scootaloo smiles hoof bumping her, "I been doin good, got a couple zz's in Magic history class but still soaring through it like its nothin."
"That a pony, keep that up and you will be almost as cool as i am!" Rainbow says before laughing with Scootaloo as she pulls her in with her hoof giving her a nuggy.
" Your aren't a good influence Rainbow! She needs to pay more attention to her lessens." Says AppleJack as SweetieBell walks over to sit next to her sister giving her a hug
" Oh its no use darling, Rainbow is unscoldable" Says Rarity as she hugs SweetieBell fixing her hair with a brush.
" Got dat right" Rainbow says chuckling.
Scootaloo laughs giving off a smile at the mares bickering before turning back to see Fang come out of the locker room in his blue sweat bands and grey sweat absorbing shirt and shorts. She watches him look over the gum before trotting over to the punching bag. He stands up on his hind legs before starting to punch the bag sending it bouncing back. He throws jabs to the sides of the bag before changing to quick kicks and repeating the process speeding up slowly. She watches him for what seems like hours before Rainbow's voice knocks pierces her ears, " Hey.. Hey Scootaloo.. Scoot heeelloo" She says waving her hoof in front of her face making her jump and shake her head to clear her mind. She turns to Rainbow Dash stammering.
"s-sorry about that, I didn't realize you were trying to talk to me." Scootaloo says
RainbowDash looks at her then turns her head to look to where Scootaloo was facing and chuckles " Ooohh I see whats going on! Some pony has a crush on one of the colts." She says teasingly.
"N-no that's not it! I was just seeing if, um.." Scootaloo says nervously as her face starts getting red.
Rainbow smirks nudging her softly with her wing, " Hey its alright Scootaloo I was only playin, but seriously you should work on that. Colt's that good looking and that young get taken real quick."
Scootaloo, who was thoroughly embarrassed hid her face in her wings but smiled as Rainbow Dash smiles at her. She reveals her face to see SwettieBell standing in front of her with a stunned face. " You like Fang? You got to spill when that started." She says with a gossiped and excited face.
" It's not a big deal SweetieBell.." Scootaloo says as she looks away red in the face again but turns to face her shyly, " and since we first met him at Twilight's" She says before the whistle is blown and the coach turns and calls out, " Alright, Fang you're up for the skirmish!"
" Alright coach!" Fang calls back whipping off sweat that was dripping off his forehead before walking over to the center where another colt with a brown coat and black mane was waiting on his hind legs rocking back and forth in his stance. Scootaloo looked down at them as Fang stood up getting in his own stance with his hooves close together in what Scootaloo could see what looked like a "v" shaped form. The whistle blows and the brown coated colt lunges forward throwing a right jab but is quickly blocked by Fangs right hoof getting pushed aside letting Fang get three fast left jabs into the colts chest before he gets in close crosschecking the colt with his right shoulder across his chest making the colt fall over winded. The coach blows the whistle as Fang helps his sparring partner up with a hoof. The coach walks over and starts talking to the colt before doing some quick jabs towards Fangs arms then ribs. I guess that was a scold? Scootaloo thinks as the whistle is blown again to begin another spar. This time the colt gets a hit in on Fangs shoulder and rib but is quickly shut down by a quickly placed low kick by Fang. "Wow that colt is good!" Says Rainbow Dash," Whats his story Scoot?"
Scootaloo shrugs looking at Rainbow, " Honestly I don't know much about his past. We never really talk about anything like that, but what I do know is that he is amazing! Oh wait he did mention that his father taught him how to fight the way he does." Scootaloo says.
" Ah that's cool." Rainbow says before looking over to see Twilight and FlutterShy, who nervously walks in after hearing the whistle blow again.
" There you girls are! I have been looking for you!" Says Twilight panting
" Whoa, slow down sugercube. Is something that matter?" Says AppleJack
Panting Twilight says," Celestia needs.. to talk to.. all of us.. come to the castle.. please" She says out of breath coughing some before clearing her throat.
" Okay, okay Twilight. We're comin" Rainbow said as the group of mares stood up and started trotting out. AppleJack stops and walks over to Applebloom who was doing the running drills and calls out to her, " Hey sis, sorry but somthin came up! See ya at home." AppleJack says waving back to Applebloom before following the others out of the gymnasium.
Scootaloo watches them go and tilts her head in confusion before turning to Sweetiebell, " I wonder what that was about. Twilight seemed to be in a really big rush to get them to the castle.
Sweetiebell shrugs and brushes her mane that lies over her ear so it lays straight against her head, " Who knows, you know Twilight she kinda over reacts when it comes to Princess Celestia."
Scootaloo nods and turns back to watching the practicing colts and mares. She sees Fang over by the weighs again lifting dumb bells with ease. He drops the one he was lifting and whips off the sweat on his forehead before looking up at her. Their eyes meet and he smiles waving to her before getting a water bottle, that is sitting next to him on the floor, and taking a long sip. Scootaloo smiles and waves back but as she watches Rainbow's words begin to prick at her mind, you should work on that before he gets taken. I wonder if he thinks the same of me? Maybe i'm just not the type he wants to be with? Scootaloo frowned but then smacks her hooves on her cheeks and smiles. I shouldn't think that way. If he doesn't like me then he doesn't its as simple as that, there is no reason to get all upset about it. Or is it..
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" So what is it that the Princess wants to talk to all of us about?" Asks Applejack towards Twilight as they walk through PonyVille's streets heading towards the castle.
" You could have told us sooner so I could wear something appropriate! I look so dreadful for a meeting with her" Whines Rarity who frantically looks into a mirror that levitates in front of her as she brushes her mane inattentively.
" Its something very important, but I can't tell you all out here in the open. I might cause unnecessary panic and fear." Twilight says as they near the castle.
" Oh my, is it really that scary?" FlutterShy says covering down some while looking over in every direction as if looking for some pony in a crowd.
" Celestia will explain when we get to the castle so lets hurry to the throne room." Says Twilight as she pushes open the doors to the castle. Trotting into the sparkling crystal building the mares head straight past the make shift check out counter where a out to lunch sign rests on the counter. The mares turn a left into a wide open hallway where two large crystal doors stand at the end of the hall. As they walk large windows with their adventures carved into them shine with sunlight making them sparkle with the colors of the rainbow as if walking through a kaleidoscope. Chandlers softly sway on the roof sparkling light blue with soft yellow flames that reflect off the clear garnet floors. As they approach the doors two royal guard pegasi stand guard. With a quick bow in greeting they open the doors where a large round table and six thrones rest in the middle of the room. Celestia and Luna stand at the edge and turn as the doors open nodding in greeting to the mares. Twilight trots up and bows her head before standing straight up saying, " Sorry, it took some time to find all of them."
Celestia nods with a small smile, " Its quite alright Twilight, we are still waiting on two others before we begin."
Twilight blinks in confusion as every pony funnels in and sits in their chairs around the table. Each chair has the mark of the Elements of Harmony; Kindness, Honestly, Laughter, Generosity and Loyalty. FlutterShy sits in the kindness chair next to AppleJack who sits down in her respected Honesty chair. While Rainbow Dash hovers around her Loyalty chair next to both Pinkie Pie, who isn't here at the moment, who would sit in Laughter's and Rarity who keenly sits down in Generosity. Twilight sits in her own chair before asking Celestia, " Who else is coming?"
Before she could reply the doors begin to open again and two guards walk in bowing their heads. " Sorry we're late Princess Celestia. The train got backed up a bit." Says none other then Shining armor, captain of the royal guard surrounding the area of Celestia and Luna's castle. The white coated stallion stands up straight showing off the golden armor with the blue star like crystal that rest on his chest piece. His cutie mark, being a blue shield with purple stars on it, is visible through a hole in the armor on his flank. He turns toward the door and ushers another pony in, " You know the meeting is under way! We are late as it is."
" Yea yea i know." Says another armored stallion none other named Flash Sentry, captain of the royal guard located in the Crystal empire. The yellow coated pegasus walks up next to Shining Armor and bows to Celestia letting his golden armor shine but allows his defined purple crystal shine on his chest plate.
Twilight bounds over to her brother and hugs him, " Hey big brother, I didn't know you were going to also come."
Shining Armor hugs his little sister but before he could respond Celestia says, " I don't mean to be rude Twilight but we need to get this meeting under way as soon as possible."
Twilight nods and goes to sit back in her chair. Shining Armor and Flash sentry sit down next to Celestia on either side and wait patently. Celestia pauses before speaking, " Now this meeting is over something that can cause massive panic and fear. What ever you hear during this meeting should never leave this room." She looks at every pony watching them nod slowly understanding. Celestia nods then nods to Luna who uses her magic to project a image on the round table of the Mystics. " These are images of a group of criminals that the royal guard, Luna and I have deemed as the Mystics. They were a group that had powerful magical capabilities that we have never seen before." Celestia nods to Luna who nods back and projects two pony 3 dimensional images of both the earth pony Rocket and the pegasus Raven. " The earth pony is named Rocket or "The Frozen Death" as our guards used to call him, is the Mystics leader.."
" Whoa wait, i thought you said that they had magic" Says Rainbow Dash who is leaning in her chair, " This is a earth pony like Applejack and Pinkie Pie"
Celestia nods but Luna responds, " Yes he is, but what makes the Mystics, well the Mystics is that even though they weren't unicorns they were still able to use magic freely"
Celestia glances at RainbowDash who is stunned to silence and sits up, "Thats not all the Mystics were able to use magic that not even normal unicorns could use. Rocket was able to use pure Ice sorcery magic without having the normal requirements to preform it, such as damp and cold air. He could use the ice magic in the hottest and driest of weather, but his magic isn't what made Rocket the danger he was. His hoof to hoof combat and use of his twin daggers is what made him the monster he was. Now the pegasus is named Raven or " The Reaper" as she dubbed herself, was able to use darkness magic but yet again she renamed it to Necromancy magic. She was able to conjure up weapons of darkness that she could use during battle. Her favorite weapon however was her battle scythe, which she was able to swing with her wings." Celestia pauses looking around the room. She could see every pony focused. Even Rainbow Dash wasn't taken her eyes and ears off the speech. Celestia continued, " Now I am telling you this because we have been tracking a movement of fires throughout the region. They have struck multiple cites and villages. At first we thought of it as nothing more then normal fires but soon after the third fire.." Celestia paused and closed her eyes before speaking again in a soft tone," The forth fire was set in a building where royal guardsmen were staying. All 7 of them were killed and since then more and more bodies have been piling up." Celestia takes a breath before opening her eyes again. " After we began to investigate we have had reports of a earth pony with blue flames coming out of his hooves fleeing the scenes of the fires, but what got us the most was that his eyes were glowing.. Which was the sign that he was a Mystic." FlutterShy made a peep and hid behind her chair shivering. " We have determined that the Mystic is now in this Village and the ponys could be in danger." Celestia says then steps back and walks over to a window that rests to the left of the table. Looking outside she stays in silence before coming back to the table and sitting down.
Celestia looks up at the mares and stallions and continues, " Before we go any further I need to define how dangerous this pony can be by telling you what the Mystics have done that we actually know of and its all summed up into these cold words." She pauses again then says, " Cold hearted murder.."
"M-m-m-murder!" Says FlutterShy who covers on the other side of her chair, shivering with her hooves over her head. Celestia looks up at the pony's around her and turns to Shining Armor who nods and stands up next to her side and begins to speak.
" It began around 25 years ago, I was just promoted to deputy of my royal guard division at the castle. As you know the royal guard has several division among the guards for the princesses and others that act as guards over cities and villages to lower crime and injustices, so when we get reports of robberies and other crimes we act post haste, however, once pony's came to us saying that a earth pony had magic and was said to kill other pony's we just past it on as that of a rumor. It was always one description of a colt with a blood red mane and coat with dark menacing eyes that were said to pierce their very souls." He sighs and sits down continuing, " I was soon informed of the reports, but I just saw these as rumor and only that so we never went after the claims. Until one day, when the most devastating crime happened right in front of my guards eyes.." He lowers his gaze with a sadden face and softly said," They saw the same colt with a Pegasus killing three young fillies that weren't even 8 years of age.." Every pony gasps and FlutterShy ducks around her chair with her legs over her head as if to shield herself. Twilight says in a soft saddened voice.
" Why would any pony do such a thing? They had such a long future a head of them. A whole life to explore and dreams to fulfill." She clenches her chair in anger and lowers her ears letting the silence take over. Shining Armor looks up whipping away a tear from his eye before continuing ,
" When this crime came to me I began a full investigation to find them and the further I investigated the more crimes that I discovered. They ranged from kidnapping, rape, vandalism and then murder..." He lowers his ears and sighs. " To think that I let all that happen because I couldn't take those reports seriously, if I did those ponies wouldn't have had to go through what they did.." Princess Celestia looks over at him and softly says.
" It isn't your fault Shining Armor. Even if you did go after these claims it wouldn't have changed what they have done." She turns to everyone and continues in Shining Armors place. " Once the investigation began we learned the basic things that we have mentioned to you all. That they were ponies that could use magic even though they weren't unicorns and even the name that was given to them because of their star cloaks that they wore when others saw their crimes, however, we discovered that before the crimes were committed the Mystics would go door to door asking the ponies if they have been harmed by a crime and who the pony was that did the crime and once they have found some one that fits their wants or needs they wait a week before they do exactly what happened to the pony they talked to the victim of their choice. This made everything difficult for us to find them because all their victims were random and we couldn't even determine what town or city that was going to be hit next." RainbowDash tilts her head at the story and asks
" Wait if you couldn't tell when or even where they were going to strike then how did you end up stopping them in the first place? I mean they didn't just come to you and wave their hooves in the air saying " come arrest me" Celestia chuckles and smiles but Shining Armor replies.
" Believe it or not but that is almost exactly what they did." Rainbow blinks as the rest of the ponies giggle but Shining Armor continues. " We had no leads or eye witnesses for months but for some reason they decided to come to the royal palace draped in their cloaks. We acted imminently. All of the guards we had surrounded them with spears in hoof. They didn't flinch at the guards around them even when we had told them to surrender, all they said was this, " We only came here to fight those named Shining Armor and Princess Luna. If you comply to these terms then none of the soldiers here will be killed" Shining Armor looked over at Luna who looked and nodded as he continued. " We accepted the challenge and started to fight. It was one on one for both of us. Luna was fighting Raven while I was with Rocketo. The battles went on for what felt like days and we were both tired, however, so was our opponents. This is the part that made no sense to me but in the end it sparred my life. " He stops and removes his chest piece making Twilight turn away her gaze. It shows a large scar shaped in a 'x'. The ponies looked at it with widened eyes and shocked faces before he puts it back on and continues. " That was given to me by Rocketo as he had me pinned on my back ready to kill me. I was light headed and winded, completely helpless, but as he brings up his dagger I noticed he looks over in the distance and yells something like, " What are you doing! Get out of here!" At that time I didn't try thinking about it I just mustered up what strength I had left and powered up a magic gun blast and shot him through his chest." He stops and closes his eyes as if reliving the event and takes a deep breath and continues. " He dropped like a rock still looking over towards what ever he was looking still saying "get away" over and over. When Raven saw this she screamed out his name and charged at me. Luna took that opportunity and ran her magic blades through her spine. Their eyes met still glowing and turned their heads as they died, but even as they laid their taking their last breath they still managed to crack a smile. " Shining Armor opened his eyes and shakes his head. " They were very confusing but powerful foes."
The silence took over once again until Luna spoke, " Once the battle was over we began an operation and experiments on their bodies and cells to see if we could determine or even isolate what gave them their abilities, but in the end in was null and void." She says as she steps forward to continue, " However, our scientists and doctors discovered one crucial detail that backs up the idea of another mystic."
" And what would that be?" Said RainbowDash who slumped in her chair
" That Raven or "The Reaper", was well.." Luna blinks looking into the faces of the ponys around her before continuing, " well she had given birth at one point in her life." Gasps came out from the mares before Luna continued, " With the recent reports, on top of the results of the birth, we can estimate that the mystic's age to be at least between 21 to 25."
Celestia speaks up saying," With this age we didn't want to waste time while we waited for all of you to arrive so we went to the high school, where with the predicted age of the mystic, would blend in the easiest. We informed the students about them but only as a history lesson so not to ensue panic.
" Now that I think about it, AppleBloom told me about that." Said AppleJack as she remained straight in her chair while fidgeting with her hat. " So what do you want us to do about it? Go door to door asking if some pony has seen a murderous pony with a star cloak on?"
Celestia turns to AppleJack saying " No, we just need you all to keep your eyes open for anything out of the ordinary. Also if any new ponys come into town try to watch their actions or mood. If you see or suspect some pony inform Luna, Shining Armor, FlashSentry or myself at once." Everyone nods and murmurs in agreement and stands up to go. Shinging Armor pushes open the door with his hoof but gets blinded by the light of the afternoon sunlight streaming into the hallway from the castle windows. When his eyes adjust he turns around to see the princesses talking amongst themselves while the mane six begin mingling as they walk out of the throne room, except FlutterShy who slowly walks out with her head down looking around in every direction as if being watched. Shining Armor chuckled a little watching the timid mare. He walks behind her a few feet away looking around the hallway at the designs of the diamond windows sparkling from the sunlight with all different colors. Each other window has one of the element round's cutie marks lining it giving sculpted light shining onto the walls. At the end of the hallway he stops seeing his sister's element and cutie mark. He can't help but smile from his immense pride for his sister. " Twilight has grown up so fast. Where did all the time go?" He says to himself as he turns away continuing into the lobby where ponys of all different colors and races trotting around talking to one another. Twilight trots over to her desk where she passes a key to a cupule laughing as they sign a form and begin to head toward the stairs to their room. Shining Armor watches them go looking at them to estimate if they have other intentions but shakes his head as they kiss one another as they open the first door on the right hallway. With his paranoia clouding his judgment he decides to head up to the room that the princess had pervaded for him. He yawns putting a hoof to his mouth before walking up the stairs and turning left. He looks down the hall at the door numbers. He comes to his room numbered 125 but before he opens the door he hears some excited shouting. Turning around he sees Scootaloo with a colt he didn't recognize. The colt had a white coat like his own and a light blue mane and tail. He could slightly over hear their conversation and decided to listen.
" So this is the room you are living in? Looks kind of small from out here" Scootaloo says as she watches the colt put on some blue roller skates.
The colt laughs as he tightens the strings of his last skate he has on his front right leg before saying, " Trust me, its bigger on the inside then what it seems out here." He tries to stand up but struggles sliding around on the floor. Shining Armor cant help but chuckle as watching the colt struggle. He shakes his head and pushes his door walking into his room listening to their voices fade out. Trotting into the room he shuts the door and stretches his legs and shoulders before removing his armor setting it into the closet before starting a shower. Getting into the shower he runs through everything that was discussed. He sighs leaning against the wall of the shower enjoying the relaxing warm water as it baths over his body. He stands in silence talking to himself in a quiet voice, " This is going to be interesting, I just hope that it doesn't turn out to be as deadly as last time." He says before closing his eyes as the room begins to steam up.
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