Sombra stayed behind in the training hall attacking some of the dummies. His hammer felt right in his hands. He felt odd though, being so comfortable in this new body. It was almost as if these creatures were born to wield weapons. The beauty and power they held when combined.

After landing another solid hit at the base of a target he sent in spinning in place, as it spun he timed another strike to its center sending it comically flying into a far away wall. Taking in his good work he sighed and hefted his hammer. Not quite satisfied with where he was now. Lost in thought he barely heard the faint clapping from the corner of the room. Where his gaze landed upon a small elderly Alv woman.

"Why the long face?" She asked walking towards him at a rather strong pace despite what her age might suggest. "You sure did a number on that dummy."

Setting his hammer down and leaning his weight upon its handle he gave the woman a polite nod in greeting before he replied. "I have witnessed Sunset shatter these with hardly a sweat." He looked off at the last training dummy he had hit. "I need to get stronger and I need to do it much more quickly."

"Oh now don't go getting your panties in such a bunch young man." The old woman had somehow snuck up on him and without so much as a warning swept his leg dropping him unto his rear.

"Hey what is the meaning of this?!" He defiantly roared standing to his full height.

"Oh come now." She said. "Even me a weak old lady could topple a giant like you." She looked him in the eye and the power that radiated from her gaze almost made the king flinch. "Strength may matter but so do a lot of things in a fight, and all of that comes with time. Rushing yourself will do you know good. Its about quality not quantity."

The king could only stand there, her words spoke true. He knew that. "Thank you for your advice miss?..." He paused not knowing her name.

"It's Quaerit" She sated as she walked toward the exit. "Seek wisdom young man." Was the last thing she said as she disappeared into the corridor.

Twilight and Sunset

"That was the Dumbest thing I have ever seen Twilight!"

"I know I'm sorry! I just saw them and I-I couldn't help it..." The purple girl replied burring her face in her hands.

"I get that but what if something happened to you?" Sunset walked over and sat next to her wrapping her arms around her. "I don't think I could handle this situation without you here."

"I'm sorry Sunset I really am, I won't go all one hero wonder on you again. After all we're a team."

"Yeah we are and now we're a very large team." She chuckled before letting go of Twilight.

With her back turned she didn't notice Twilight frown from no longer being held, the nerdy girl shook her head and stood up. For the rest of the evening the two of them planned strategies for what was to come. Coming up with ideas for how they could best use the different weapon classes at their disposal. Eventually turning in for the night.

The CMC

The Cutie Mark Crusaders had been on many random adventures and had gotten themselves into quite the danger over their years over crusading but this had to be one of the most frightening exploits they had faced yet. The three of them had forgone their armor and replaced it for their night clothes, all three chatting among themselves. Sweetie Belle noticed the absence of their former bullies and voiced her curiosity.

"Oh they went to train with Sombra." Applebloom replied while she undid her hair for the night.

"Why would they do that?" Scootaloo asked scrunching her face in confusion.

"Somethin 'bout how they wanted to be able to protec't themselves next time somethin like that dragon happens." The farm girl stated.

"Makes sense I guess after all we need to do that to, I say tomorrow we work hard to catch up." The former pegasus said pumping her fist into the air.

She was met with two enthusiastic cheers before they all decided to call it a night.

Sombra and The Girls

Sombra left the training hall having made his leave for the practice grounds outside of town that he had selected. Thinking back on Quaerits words as he did so, what she said had much merit but putting it into practice would have to wait he had to meet up with Diamond and Silver for their sparring. Training inside was fine but they would be hunting outside in many different terrains. He planned on getting them use to this sooner rather than later. Climbing over a nearby hill he found them already at work in a slowed down sparing match. Letting them know they should get accustomed to their gear before trying to speed things up.

Just as he had guessed Silver Spoon had an easier time adjusting to new things. She had a grace to her attacks that allowed her to be nimble with her bow. Practice arrows at the ready with dulled cushioned tips to prevent accidental injury but hard enough to leave welts.

Meanwhile Diamond showed her superior strength wielding her heavy bowgun, using the shield attachment to reflect arrows and gain distance. She was shooting blanks that were designed to replicate special ammo types, without dealing the same amount of damage but getting across the danger to the opponent.

He watched the sparring match for awhile before starting to intervene and give advice. After another hour of training he had called it a night and they decided to head back to the in.

As they walked Diamond spoke up. "Thank you again for saving us."

"Yeah and helping with our training!" Silver added in.

"If your going to thank me thank Sunset as well, she's the one who told me all about the ranged weapon techniques that her and Twilight learned from one of their teachers." He sighed and added to that. "She would be the one out here training you to if she didn't need to practice so much herself and all the while she has been watching over Twilight keeping her very busy.."

They agreed to thank her as well later and then continued their walk.

"As for me saving you you can thank me by working hard so I don't have to do it again." He stated.

He stopped walking when he noticed the girls were no longer beside him. Turning around he noticed them beaming with confidence.

In unison they replied "You can count on us!"

Author's Note

Hey everyone, another chapter! Woot! Been playing a lot of Monster Hunter on PC. Beat the story again like I did on console but this time I didn't go easy mode with Zaroh armor! I went for Bezel..... Took long enough but I made it and it's helped so much for my hunting! Anyways once again I still am learning on those accents for Pip and Applebloom but I'll keep at it. Hope you enjoyed the story and feel free to comment and like!