Bumper's Secret Talent

by Poppy8

Rating: teen
Tags: Slice of Life, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Alternate Universe, Drama, Original Character, Comedy
Length: 9286

Bumper has a talent that he dosent wish to show.

To everypony in Bumper's school he's the strongest, coolest, most hard core colt to ever live. But to his friend's he's (somewhat) obnoxious, loud mouthed, but sensitive, and determined to keep him and his friend's together, along with a extreme passion to become a royal guard or a warrior. But he's also the creator of the amazing chattie. So what is to happen when his secret tech knowledge is in danger of being exposed?

Published 2017-06-12 20:40:06 UTC
Last updated 2017-06-17 20:31:01 UTC

Bad News

Bumper walked down the halls with a hop in his step as a few colts cheered him on. And some fillies swooned, it was his favorite class of the day: little warriors. Despite the ridiculous name. The class was mixture of sword fighting, archery, defense, and strategy. In Bumper's eye's the only thing that was missing was blood and screams of anguish from his victim.

Bumper smiled the whole reason why him and Blood Bones we're friends in the first place was those two loves. And mutual respect for Timidthy. By then he had gotten to his destination. Bumper's smile grew as he opened the door, he could practically hear the colts begging for mercy. As he walked into the room he saw the colts and fillies we're wearing suits of armor sharpening their swords.

But they all stopped as soon as they saw Bumper walked in. The teacher had her silver hair wrapped in a bun, and she had velvet fur, she wore the body armor and nothing else. But as she saw her star student she froze and the kid's all surrounded her and held out shields. Bumper gave them a confused looked as he trotted over to his teacher,

"What's up?" He said and his teacher gave a nervous smile as his fellow students started to shake.

"Well......darling......I'm so sorry b-but.....I switched you to a different class!" The teacher said and for a moment the room was quiet,

"WHAT!?" Bumper said as his eye's simmered slightly with rage. The kid's screamed,

"Sorry teach your on your own!" One of the fillies said before all of them ran out the room. The teacher looked nervously towards Bumper who's horn was sparking like crazy.

"WHY!? And what class did you switch me too!?" He screamed causing the teacher to flinch,

"Your too good. Listen Bumper your amazing you have potential. But you've reached it and this class has given you more abilities to the point that I can't even teach you! When you first sighed up and I saw you I knew you we're good. Much better then the other's, but I allowed it because I saw thing's you we're weak in. Yesterday you flipped off the ground, landed on the wall. Jumped off it and landed on Crasanthumum's back! She's had to go to the nurse's office! I'm sorry Bumper but you're gonna need a better teacher." She said and Bumper blinked slightly flattered but she had skipped over something,

"What. Class. Did. You. Switch. Me. To." Bumper said taking a step closer every word. The teacher gulped,

"T-Tech Knowledge." She whimpered. Bumper felt his face burn red his heart began to race,

"NO! NO! NO! NO! I CAN'T GO TO THAT CLASS!" He said his voice filling with desperation.

"But it will be something new, something you haven't done before." The teacher quickly said,

"I don't care! It's boring! And stupid! Plus that place is full of nerds and losers!" Bumper argued back. His horn subconscious made a lime green magical blade. With a ribbon wrapped around the handle.

"Self-control! Self-control!" The teacher said ducking down covering her head. Bumper took a deep breath and the sword disappeared. He then used his magic to force the teacher to look into his eye's and said,

"Don't think this is over." Bumper then stormed out of the room and flung the door open. Some colts and fillies, who had been on the other side we're now crushed. While the others we're making a hole for Bumper. They watched in silence as the enraged colt cracked the ground his hooves stomped upon.

"And then I ended up going to that glass and I swear it's as if that teacher is physic!" Bumper said as he was on a video chat with his friends just finishing his tale.

"Okay.....first where is your roommate and your dorm adviser?" Timidthy asked, and Bumper rolled his eye's.

"My dorm adviser tried to calm men down but he left after thirty minutes. Saying he needed to clear his head of nightmares. And my roommate, he left as soon as I showed up." He said,

"I still don't see what's the big deal if you go into that tech class and ace it." Blood Bones said.

"That's exactly the problem! I'm good at it! I made all the chatties your holding in your hooves! I had to make microscopic one's for Spice and Serenity for Celestia's sake!" Bumper argued back,

"So?" Meadow asked.

"SO!? SO!? Alright. Raise your hoof if you've ever gotten bullied, teased, or harassed for something you love doing!" He said and slowly Timidthy, Binkey, and French Press raised their hooves.

"Exactly! I'm not gonna lie playing with technology is relaxing for me. But I know that in this school I'm gonna get a lot of hell just for liking it!" Bumper said, "Just like on how Binkey was and is still getting teased for liking baby stuff. It's something that not everypony will like and understand." Sweet Dreams signed,

"Okay point taken. But how do you know this?" She said. Bumper felt his face redden,

"The other day a filly in the class ended up getting itching powder put in her mane. And the entire filly dorm is laughing at her because of that and how tech smart she is." Everypony's eye's widened,

"Dang." Citrus said.

"So what are you going to do?" Serenity and Spice asked. Bumper then grew a cocky smile and said,

"Easy I'm gonna play it dumb. If I don't learn then my old teacher will have to put me back in her class. Problem solved."

"Seems like it could work." Binkey said while Crepe nodded,

"Good luck, Thumpy." French Press said before her and everypony but Timidthy signed off.

"Alright what is it?" Bumper said knowing that by Timidthy's skeptical look that he wasn't quite convinced,

"No that I want you to fail but I have a feeling that by the way that your plan is going it's gonna blow up in your face." Timidthy said.

"Nonsense how hard can it be?" Bumper said, and his friends sighed.

"Only you can be the pony to answer that." And he sighed off wishing the best for his fighting fanatic friend.

Einstein's Cube

Bumper walked to the class still steamed he had to go to it. And for Bumper being a bit stemmed was still dangerous for everypony else. As colts jumped avoided him like the plague and teacher assistants ducked out-of-the-way. Bumper slammed the door open and all the kid's jumped. They watched as the angry colt sat in the farthest corner on the classroom.

Bumper didn't want to be picked by the teacher, the teacher in question stared at her new student. She had a physic purple colored coat and had vampire white hair, her cutiemark was a t.v. screen on static as some of the static formed three eye's in a perfect triangle.

"Class, today we will be taking apart a laptop." She said as she handed laptops to all of her students. "You all have until the end of class to completely disassemble it. Based on how much you take apart it will reflect your test grade." Bumper gave a soft groan he had a feeling the teacher had purposely made this assignment for him.

Bumper simply decided not to do the project and of course it was very boring for him. Finally the class ended. And the bell rang the students handed their perfectly disassembled laptop's. Well everypony but Bumper. He dropped the laptop and made his way out the classroom,

"Bumper." The teacher's voice rang just as the colt could practically taste freedom. "Get back in here." Bumper rolled his eye's and walked back inside, the teacher looked at him with a stern look.

"What is this?" She said motioning to Bumper's intact laptop,

"A laptop." Bumper responded.

"Yes I'm aware of that but why isn't it a pile of metal and wires?" The teacher asked again,

"Listen Phyco I didn't sign up for this class so I'm not going to do the work." Bumper said.

"It's Mrs. Static to you! And I know you can do better. In fact your old teacher said you like challenges." Mrs. Static said before she walked into a different part of the room and slammed a big metal black in front of Bumper.

"What is that!?" The colt cried his eye's going wide,

"It's the ultimate technological challenge. It's called the Einstein cube. The outside is made of three inches of the strongest gems and metals in all of Eqestria. While the inside is filed with wires, batteries, computer chips. Basically every new piece of technology in pony history. You have to disassemble it. And put the stuff into different marked containers of your choosing. And then you have to put the entire thing back together. If you fail to do so then I'll tell the principal about your disrespectful behavior. And I think we both know that he isn't a very patient man. You have a month good luck Thumper Phatus Bumper." Mrs. Static said as she made her way out,

"B-But I can't do that!" Bumper said as his face was pale and tears builded up in his eye's, "That's impossible!" Mrs. Static stopped and turned to look at Bumper,

"Mr. Phatus you have to learn that "can't" and "impossible" are word's that holds ponies back." She said before she walked out the door and slammed it.

Bumper was now pacing in his room as his friend's listen to his story by video chat.

"YIKES! I'D TRANSFER THAT CLASS!" Citrus said,

"I could've told him that from the beginning." Timidthy muttered.

"Then why didn't you tell me that!" Bumper screamed, Timidthy sighed.

"Because I saw you clearly had a plan down and I knew you wouldn't listen since, to you, that seems the chickens way out." Timidthy said calmly,

"It's true Thumpy you do have that habit." French Press agreed.

"But ya know the teacher didn't say you couldn't get help." Sweet Dreams said, Bumper's eye's widened.

"No." He said,

"You have to get help....." Crepe continued for Sweet Dreams.

"Don't say it!" Bumper retorted back,

"From....." Meadow said with a smirk.

"Stop!" Bumper said,

"The tech nerds in your class." Blood Bones finished and Bumper burned a notebook on the other side of the room.

"No! I will not get help from them!" He said, "I don't even know them!"

"Well then you're gonna need all the luck in the world cause we know diddily-squat about all that stuff." Binkey said,

"So good luck." French Press said before her and everypony else sighed off leaving Bumper to think.

The next day after class had ended. Bumper had started taking disassembling the dreaded cube. At first he was going to pound the shell until it broke but then he thought. 'If I do that I'll mash whatever is inside the cube then I'd definitely fail.' He sighed and formed his magic into a dagger Bumper slowly cut through the tough magic until his magic gave out. He looked and saw he had barely made a dent.

Tears came to his eye's as Bumper started to cry this was going to take him year's. Suddenly Bumper heard hoof steps and saw two fillies and two colts, they we're the tech nerds from his class. One of the fillies had a mellon orange coat she had a golden mane and tail. And her cutiemark was two wires that we're inches away from connecting as they sparked. Her hair was in long braids.

Another one of the fillies had a metallic gray coat with black hair. She had her hair in a short bob. Her cutiemark was a gamecolt. One of the colts had a incky black coat with swampy green hair. His hair was practically glued down to his head, he wore a pair of glasses.

And finally his cutiemark was a brain with electric sparks coming from it. And the last colt had an annoyed look as he had a silver coat and vampire white hair. His hair was a mess as his cutiemark was a flash drive. Finally the colt with the brain cutiemark asked,

"Hello. Need any help?"

Getting To Know Bumper

Bumper blinked the tears out if his eye's he gave an indignant huff and turned away from his classmates.

"I don't need your help." He said sternly,

"Oh well we tried." The filly with the wire cutiemark said. Just before her and the golden maned filly ran towards the door.

"Don't you dare leave." The swampy haired colt said before turning his attention back to Bumper. "Anyway I hate to-" He started to continue but he was interrupted by the silver coated colt.

"Ummm.....Gizmo mind if we talk in private." He said and Gizmo rolled his eye's before following his friends out the classroom,

"What?" He asked.

"I don't know if this is such a good idea. Didn't you hear this colt was in the little warriors class and he aced it! What if he dices us into oblivion?" The silver coated colt exclaimed.

"Don't worry Data he's not going to do that we just need to be kind to him." Gizmo said,

"B-B-But h-h-he's di-distressed h-he co-co-could a-a-attack." The filly with the gamecolt cutiemark said. As the golden maned one nodded.

"Well he's not getting anywhere near close to finishing that monster of machinery." Gizmo said, "Come on we need to help him after all we can't be like those jerks who bully us." And everypony's face turned red including Gizmo's at the memories. Finally they all walked back into the room. Bumper now had real daggers and was using both hooves to ram into the cube.

"You know it's going to take you ten years, thirty months, fifteen days, three hours, five minutes. And fifteen point thirty-six seconds to get through the shell-like that." Data said and Bumper screamed and threw the daggers at Data who ducked just in time.

"Well now that we have your attention that dear friend of my is Data, the filly with the wire cutiemarks is Spark. The one with the gamecolt cutiemark is Console. And I'm Gizmo. And we know your Bumper the most amazing colt in the world. You've saved Timidthy from his evil alter ego, aced the little warriors class. And got told off by Mrs. Static for something that we could do and did in five minutes." Gizmo said as a smirk developed on his face, Bumper's face grew red.

"Why you little four eye's you certainly have a month for somepony who's gonna get his jaw knocked off." He said,

"Hey we're here to help. So unless you want to fail and get expelled or suspended. And have your parents come and beat your flank I suggest you sit down." Console said getting up into Bumper's face. He took a step back no filly had ever talked to him like that since he first met French Press. Bumper then sat down as he couldn't come up with a good enough insult to get his classmates to leave,

"Yo-Yo-Your g-g-g-good." Spark whispered and Console nodded feeling her ego inflate.

"You didn't have say as much as you did." Gizmo said as he walked over to Bumper who stared at him warily, "Anyway we-" Gizmo started,

"And by "we" he mean "I"." Data interrupted. Gizmo shot him a glance,

"I was thinking maybe you could use some help. We know you already said you don't need it but that could always be stubborn pride talking. And I know after all that's happened already that would diminish your chances of allowing us. But I believe that teaming up will help you beat this mechanical behemoth." He stated finally Bumper sighed as his face started to turn beat red,

"Fine, as long as you don't mention this to anypony." He whispered in defeat.

"Yes! Alright let's go we're gonna have to drag this to your room." Gizmo said.

"No! I can't be seen by you guy's, no offense or anything." Bumper said,

"No offense! Listen you-" Console said before Spark put a hoof on her chest.

"O-O-Okay ho-ho-how a-a-ar-are w-we go-go-going t-to d-do th-th-this?" She said,

"I'll teleport me and the block to my room. You guy's dress up in some cloths or something I don't want anypony to think I'm going to the dork side. I'll be ready in one hour and you guy's better be there on time cause I'll be locking the door." Bumper said and with that he hopped on top of the block and teleported away.

"I hate him." Data said,

"Same." Console agreed.

"G-G-Guy's h-h-he's ne-ne-new t-t-to o-our cl-cl-class. Cu-Cu-Cut him s-s-some s-s-slack." Spark said shyly,

"Yeah we have less than an hour to get ready so let's get going." Gizmo said as him and his friends left the room to get their disguises on.

Bumper was biting his front hooves as he glared as the cube with both fear and hatred. It took up more than half of the room, the colt looked at the clock he walked over to the door and got ready to lock the door. But before he could the door came open and four ponies wearing gray thick hoodies came in. Bumper rolled his eye's and slammed the door as he turned the lock.

"Worst. Disguises. Ever." He commented, and now the Bumper was able to see Gizmo in better light. He could tell that the colt was unusually small for colts their age.

"Well you try to think of something good in thirty minutes!" Data said sourly.

"Co-Co-Come o-o-on gu-guy's le-let's ju-ju-just ge-Get th-th-this o-over wi-wit-with." Spark stuttered, Bumper sighed and pulled out a large sword.

"Alright." He said and was going to swing but Gizmo spoke up,

"Woah you can't use that!"

"And why not!" Bumper said.

"Because you can't just slice randomly through this you could cut some wires! Think of it as of your dissecting a frog you have to be careful and delicate." Console said,

"Yeah but who says that the shell strength of steel, titanium, tungsten, corundum, topaz, and diamond. Can't take the strength of gold but not damage any of the internal wires, chips, X batteries and more. I mean after all gold is just barely stronger than diamond." Bumper said and everypony gasped as he covered his mouth realizing what he had said.

"Wha-What d-d-did yo-you sa-say?" Spark said before Bumper's chattie went off which was propped up on his desk. Timidthy came onto the screen looking busy with something.

"Hey Bum do you think you can update my chattie so I can-" He said before he saw Bumper and the tech nerds,

"Update? What would this nimrod know about updating and what are chatties? And where did you get them? Come to think of it......arnt you Prince Timidthy how would you know him?" Gizmo asked,

"In summary tell us everything." Data said and Timidthy blushed red.

"Wow great questions but who are you guy's?" He said his gaze flicking over to Bumper who's eye's we're pleading,

"Don't leave me!"

"I'm Gizmo! And these are my friends Data, Spark, and Console." Gizmo said,

"We're his tech classmates." Data simplified. Timidthy's eye's widened and a smirk came to his face,

"So Mr. "I refuse to get help" what's your excuse now?" He said. And Bumper's face reddened even more,

"Dude if you say one more thing I'm gonna beat you senseless." He said. Timidthy playfully scoffed,

"Yeah hold on for a minute." He said and the call ended leaving everypony to look at Bumper.

"Well....." Console said,

"Umm....well....I..." Bumper said before his chattie went off again and all his friends came onto the chattie.

"Ya know I couldn't have imaged a better downfall for the glorious Bumper! This is priceless!" Blood Bones said in the midist of a laughing fit,

"I was beginning to wonder why you hadn't called me." French Press said.

"I should've bet money I knew something like this would happen." Timidthy said, "Anyway you know me Timidthy. And here's my brother Blood Bones, the twins, Spice, Serenity, Binkey, and Crepe. Our redeemed friend Meadow, my loudmouth BFF Citrus. My......fillyfriend.....Sweet Dreams, our local hairstylist French Press. We also have a friend in Applewood but she's busy with looking over a script. Also Bumper she says she feels for you and your situation reminds her of a similar one when she was in school. Also she loves her chattie."

The tech nerds blinked stunned at the long introduction,

"Okay now that we're acquainted.....we still have one question where did you get those.....chatties?" Console asked

The room was silent again,

"I'm gonna tell them." Blood Bones said.

"Brother, no." Timidthy said sternly,

"Tiny Tim I don't think they're gonna be satisfied unless we give them an answer." Sweet Dreams said,

"But we promised!" Timidthy retorted.

"But I didn't!" Spice said,

"Spice wait!" All of Bumper's friends said, including him, but Spice did anyway.

"Bumper made the chatties. And
everytime one of us makes a new friend he makes a chatties and gives it to them so we can get to know said friend. If the friend doesnt have or can't biologically get a cutiemark he doesnt paint one on the back of the thing. He colors the chattie the color of the friends coat and mane and makes sure to put the friend's name on it." Spice said,

"What!?" The tech nerds cried at once.

"That's it I'm just gonna bang my head on a wall till I pass out......" Bumper muttered under his breath walking towards the restroom and shut the door.

"Thanks a lot sister now he's humiliated and mad." Serenity said,

"Sorry but I ain't no liar." Spice said simply.

"S-S-Should w-we g-g-go ch-ch-check o-o-on h-h-him?" Spark asked,

"No just let him simmer done. But right now I have a feeling we need to do a lot more explaining." Meadow said. And tech nerds went to grab some tools to melt the metal. As they listened to his friend's give some more needed explanations.

Working Together

Bumper was lying on the bathroom floor as tears streamed down his face. His front hooves covered his eye's he'd never felt so awful. He'd been seen crying in front of those tech nerd, got told off by a filly. Accepted help from them, slipped up and said something extremely intelligent. Got ratted out for inventing the chattie and now he was blubbering like a foal. Bumper then felt a hoof on his back he looked up to see Timidthy.

"It's alright big guy." He said as he wrapped his wing around his friend,

"I-I...." Bumper tried to speak but he ended up trailing off.

"It's okay, we just finished up explaining why you made the chatties and how we all became friends. Now everyone is hung up and going to bed." Timidthy said tenderly as he made sure to hug Bumper tightly with his wing,

"You know when we first met I was terrified and you......and everypony else. Now I'm just shy around ponies I don't know along with having a bit of fear of public talking and performing. But that's normal for most ponies. Anyway you and I changed you taught me to be a bit braver and I taught you how to be a bit kinder. It's funny how well we get along now isn't it?" He said and Bumper smiled slightly,

"Ye-Yeah......how is it that your always so forgiving. After what I did to you in the past.....heck.....you even befriended a murderer." He said as he sniffed.

"Well......it could be I can relate to most ponies. But it's mostly because when I look into somepony's eye's I can see into their soul. I'm not sure how but I can tell how corrupted and damaged somepony is by the color. I can even see into my own and it's not all pure and white. After all I've been hurt so it's a bit damaged. But when I look into yours it's kinda like a red color. It reflects your moral beliefs like on how you love blood by your victims. It also reflects how your always so brave but it shows on how you're a bit mentally unstable. Remember the Bully incident?" Timidthy said and Bumper blushed as he wiped some more tears from his eye's,

"Yeah I started hurting myself because I felt so guilty. I....I guess seeing how much pain she was causing you.....just reminded me how I used to be. Does Meadow ever feel guilt for what she did?" Bumper said.

"Yep. She cried for three hours once and I was right by her side telling her that it's all in the past and I forgive her." Timidthy said, Bumper looked as the alicorn and hugged him. Timidthy blushed he still wasn't used to Bumper hugging him. After all it wasn't something that usually happened.

"Tim....do you ever feel the way I'm feeling?" Bumper asked his blush brightening, Timidthy blushed redder himself.

"Yeah but when I do I remember that I have you guy's. Now......come on you are gonna finish the cube, right?" He said and Bumper giggled and nodded,

"Right. I'll make sure it wishes it never heard my name." He said and him and Timidthy left the embrace and high-hoofed,

"Good. Now seeya later Sushison." Timidthy said with a smirk.

"Bye Tweety bird." Bumper responded with a chuckle as his alicorn bud teleported away. He smiled and washed his face making sure his eye's didn't look too red. He then walked out and shut the door just as he heard Gizmo say,

"Finally we got it open!"

"Took long enough." Bumper said. And the tech nerds jumped,

"Had a good tantrum diaper baby?" Console said. Bumper rolled his eye's,

"Ha, ha. Anyway I'll start taking out the chips and wire's. You guy's just sit and watch to whatever." Bumper said as he levitated the tech nerds onto the top bunk and brought two containers over. He then slowly started to take wires out,

"Yo-Yo-You k-k-kn-know i-i-if w-w-we op-op-open th-th-the ot-ot-other sid-side-sides b-b-but t-t-the bot-bot-bottom w-w-we c-c-ca-can t-t-ta-take t-the wi-wires an-an-and st-st-stuff o-o-ou-out fr-from th-that si-si-side." Spark said and Bumper sighed.

"Fine as long as you please speak in one syllable word's. I'm sorry but that stuttering is giving me a headache." He said and Spark blushed and nodded, and the other's grabbed their melting tools. And Spark to the left side while Console took right, Data took the one across from Bumper and Gizmo took the top as they all started to melt the metal.

Finally morning came and all the children we're still awake, the tech nerds had managed to melt through the metal and they had little dents in the inside of the cube as they had taken some wires out. Bumper, despite having started sooner. Only had a little dent as well there was a lot of wires on the block. Five containers layed on the top bunk, each of them labeled:

Wire's

Batteries

Chips

Metal

and Flash drive shards

All of the containers looked pretty full and that was only what they had gathered from last night.

"I-I'm s-s-so ti-tired." Spark said and everypony else responded with tired moans.

"Can.....Can you guy's look after the containers and one of you guys watch the cube?" Bumper asked exhausted,

"I'll watch the cube." Gizmo said and everypony else nodded.

"Alright grabbed a container and Gizmo just keep laying on the cube." Bumper said and Spark grabbed the wires container, Data grabbed the flash drive shards, Console grabbed the chips and Bumper levitated the batteries over to Gizmo while he levitated metal under his bed.

"Oh and by the way where's your roommate?" Gizmo said,

"Moved out." Bumper said as his horn lot up and he teleported the tech nerds and their things back to their rooms. He then layed on the bed and went to sleep slightly grateful for the tech nerds assistance. And the tech nerds (for the most part) we're grateful for Bumper's cooperation. They didn't like to watch ponies suffer. And as Bumper's dreams took him into the battle. As blood sprayed ponies screamed and his enemies dropped like flys. Bumper held a smile all he wanted was to use his fighting to make bad ponies pay.

How Data Stores Data

Data was in his room getting ready for another visit to Bumper's. As he sat on his bed drawing on a large piece of graphing paper. You see there was something special about this colt that not many ponies had. So to help Bumper, not that he cared about the colt. He snuck into Mrs. Static's class and snuck a glance of the blueprints for the Einstein cube.

And a glance was all it took, the blueprint told him where all the loose wires. Chips, batteries, flash drive shards, and glass shards (yes glass) we're. And how many pieces we're in the thing all together, what mattered about the loose pieces. Was that if you pulled them the other pieces around it could fall apart and thus make the entire thing go by quicker. Finally he dropped the pencil he had and folded it up as he thought of the day he got his cutiemark.

It had been at his old school and the teacher had just finished writing on the chalk board. Data had been dropped off at school earlier then normal. And had been sitting in his desk watching the teacher. It was raining outside and the teacher was now sitting down.

"Data, you amaze me, you ace all your tests, quizzes, and class works. And finish them with time to spare. How do you do it?" The teacher asked, Data opened his mouth to speak but a stamped of colts and fillies came in. Their muddy hooves dirted up the floor giving the janitor a huge mess to clean. The colts and fillies sat in their seats and took out their books.

"No!" The teacher screamed dragging everypony's attention to the chalkboard. The chalk boards white writing was now smeared and some of it was been wiped off. As mud covered the bottom of it, every kid looked guilty except for Data of course.

"It's alright class I'm just gonna have to go into my textbooks and rewrite the board.....again." The teacher said and every student groaned,

"U-Umm......I can do it." Data said shyly.

"Huh?" Everypony said, teacher included,

"I-I remember what it said." He said and he hopped from his seat and cleared off the board. He then grabbed a piece of chalk and his hoof sped across the board like mad. The student's and the teacher looked in amazement. The teacher took a few steps back as she watch Data completely fill the board just like she had.

"Whoa." The fillies and colts said all at once,

"I-It's perfect.....Data do you know what this means?" The teacher asked. Data shook his head,

"You can memorize things just by looking at them......you have a photographic memory!" The teacher said and Data's eye's widened,

"I do?" He said and everypony nodded. Suddenly something clicked in the little colts head. Maybe he could use his memory to become a scientist or a tech pony. He wouldn't even have to read over any facts a bazillion times. Suddenly his cutiemark appeared and it was a flash drive. All the kid's and the teacher cheered for the colt that couldn't be happier.

Data snapped out of his reminiscing he still remembered the problem on the board. He looked at the clock, grabbed his copied blueprint, his container of flash drive shards. Pulled the hoodie over his head and ran out the door. What was good about having a photographic memory was that he could burn any colt and filly that teased him. And.....of course......it made thing's worse so he learned to hold his tongue.

Data got to Bumper's room door and opened it and ran inside. Bumper hopped over and locked the door. Gizmo, Spark, and Console we're already there working on their part of the cube.

"Come on we already started your lucky Giz convinced me not lock the door." Bumper said,

"Giz?" Data questioned. Bumper blushed red,

"Uh.....yeah It's a nickname I made up for him.....or whatever." He said quickly. Data smiled and he got to work on his part of the cube making sure to use his blueprint and to tell everypony else later.

It was after their visit from Bumper's. And this time they hadn't done an all nighter. Realizing that they could probably do much better after a good night's sleep. Bumper had teleported Gizmo to his room since he still had to look after the cube. The rest of them had decided to walk home. Data, of course, had told the other's and as you'd expect they we're all ecstatic when they heard.

Especially Bumper. And he smiled he didn't want to admit it but helping Bumper felt nice despite the fact that the colt was a bit unstable. Suddenly Data was dragged from his thoughts as a larger colt now stood in front of him with a wicked grin. The colt had a red coat and neon green hair. His cutiemark was two boxing gloves smacking against each other. He also had neon yellow eye's and wore a leather jacket.

"Hello Data ready to gain some more gigabits in beatings?" The colt asked and Data shook his head, he looked at the container of flash drive shards and bucked them over to the side. Hoping they wouldn't get damaged,

"Aww well too bad cause your gonna get it." The colt said as he grabbed Data by the front of his hoodie. The colt punched his victim causing him to tumble to the ground.

"Hey!" A famoler voice rang through the hall, the colt turned to the voice. To see non other than Bumper stepping out of the shadows. Bumper formed his magic into two big mallets.

"You leave him alone, Pummel!" He screamed, as he got up in Pummel's face.

"You and what army?" He replied, and Bumper smirked.

"No army in particular just Marshy the masher and Marinate the mallets of wailing." Bumper said as he flipped the said mallets in the air. Data watched in horror and fear as Pummel got closer to Bumper and said,

"Well this will be a piece of cake; now won't it?"

Stronger Then You

Author's Note

This is gonna be a musical fight that will never be forgotten. So Pummel's singing voice will be brown. Data's will be a gray. And of course Bumper's will be this green.

Stronger Then You

Rapid music began to play as the sound of a heartbeat accompanied it. Data had his back pressed against the wall as the two was holding out their weapons and charged.

Please don't fight I beg you two.

I don't want anypony to get hurt and bruised.

But what can do I no where near as strong as you.

Bumper hit Pummel on the side and hit him on the top of his head like a wack-o-mole.

I see you lack skill and poise.

Bumper then banged the mallets on the ground throwing Pummel even more off balance.

Your like a chihuahua all bark but there's nothin behind that noise.

He then hit Pummel in the flank four times causing him to hit the wall.

So prepare to get beat, I'm stronger them you your worthless farm pony.

Pummel pulled himself off the wall and takled Bumper punching his horn until it actually turned red.

Ha! You think that your top dog?

Please your like the floor and I'm wet mop.

When I'm done your gonna have no pride left and that's nothing compared to what I'd do to your self-respect.

Bumper screamed as his mallets disappeared and he tried to buck Pummel off. But Pummel drove his front hooves into the back of Bumper's head causing his upper body to hit the ground. By then the fighting had gotten noticed by many colts as they peeked out of their dorms.

You may be good at strategy but I study on my foes weaknesses and mobility.

I admit I am impressed.

You haven't even wet yourself yet.

Bumper got up and ran towards him while Pummel was distracted. He puffed his chest out and ended up getting Pummel to slam into the wall.

I'm not gonna go down like this.

You think I'm just gonna let you win.

But I'm loyal to people I respect, basically you have no right to treat innocent colts like this.

Bumper said before he ramed his horn into Pummel's chest and he screamed out in pain. Pummel bucked Bumper in the stomach and he fell to the ground clutching it in pain.

I didn't want this.

All I've ever wanted was to just fit in.

But because of my memory I've often misunderstood.

I just really wish I could defend myself like I should.

Bumper got up using his left hoof to still hold his stomach witch had a bruise on it now. He sparked his horn and it successfully blasted Pummel on his back.

Please stop this fighting has gotten out of control!

Everypony is watching and you'll both get in trouble if you keep fighting.

Pummel tried to get up as the fur on his back was now loose and the skin underneath it was dry and cracking as blood was seeping through.

I won't let you win.

Bumper coughed up blood and gave one final charge. He looked into Pummel's eye's and blasted him one more time and he hit the wall and passed out.

Who said you we're?

I'm just stronger then you, you fucking coward.

All the colts cheered Bumper as he limped over to Data.

"Hey everypony! This is my friend and if you lay one hoof on him you'll have to go through me! Got it?" Bumper said, the colts all looked at each other and they finally said.

"Yeah!" And they started cheering again, Data blushed at the attention. Suddenly everypony went quiet as the ground began to shake and rumble. Everypony paled,

"The principal." They all whispered in fear. Data grabbed the flash drive shards and Bumper sparked his horn again. And gave enough charge to teleport everypony back into their dorm rooms into bed. Including himself, a large stallion came in and his body ripped with muscles. He had a stern look as if he had never learned to smile. He had a dark grey coat and stormy black hair as he wore a full suit. His eye's we're narrowed and we're a dark orange. He then heard groaning and turned around to see Pummel, the colt was trying to clear his swimming vision. And when he finally did his pupils turned to prick,

"M-M-Mr. Somber!!" He said.

"What are you doing out here after curfew?" Mr. Somber said,

"I.....I....I-" Pummel stammered as he was starting to shake.

"Your coming with me to the hole." Mr. Somber said, Pummel paled and his hair literally turned white in fear. Mr. Somber grabbed the poor colt by the collar of his jacket as he started sobbing and screaming for help.

"W-W-Wow! H-He re-re-really ca-cared ab-abo-about u-u-us!" Spark said as they we're all stopping by Gizmo's dorm waiting for him to find his lunch.

"I can't believe it!" Console said,

"I can!" Gizmo said as he finally found his lunch and joined the other's, "I could hear it through my door!" Data blushed,

"I-I still can't believe it myself he risked everything......for me. And.....and now nopony will mess with us again!" He said as tears of relief and joy came to his eye's.

"Y-Y-Ya-Yay! I-I wo-wo-won't b- be te-tea-teased fo-fo-for m-m-my st-stutter!" Spark said,

"And my extreme knowledge for facts and doing long calculations in my head." Gizmo added.

"And my extreme knowledge for video games and how their made!" Console joined in,

"And for my memory!" Data cheered and him and his friends left for the cafeteria. As they went along many fillies and colts said,

"How does it feel to have a personal body-guard?"

"How'd did you guy's ever become friends with Bumper of all ponies?" They even got bombarded by the local school news crew, the leader photographer and writer we're asking the most questions.

"How long have you Bumper been friend's?"

"What did you do to persuade him?" They asked,

"W-We would love to answer all of those. So.....how about we do an interview after school?" Gizmo offered and the news crew nodded and galloped to the cafeteria. The tech nerds followed and we're surprised when they saw Bumper sitting at their table. He was eating an oat burger with hay fries. The tech nerds sat in their seats,

"Bu-Bu-Bumper?" Spark questioned. And he nodded,

"Yeah since I guess the whole school knows that we are friend's......why not.....also I made you guy's these." Bumper said muttering the last part as he pulled out four chatties, decorated just like Spice had said.

"Thanks!" The tech nerds said,

"Yeah, yeah just don't tell ponies I make them." Bumper said shyly as blush came to his face.

"Of course we promise! That's what friends are for, right?" Console said and Bumper smiled,

"Yeah.....I guess your right about that." Bumper said his blush brightening.

The Fall Of Mr. Somber

Mr. Somber grabbed Pummel by the collar of his jacket, and lifted him forcing the colt to look into his eye's.

"You told you little rat." He said,

"N-No! I-I didn't!" Pummel said his voice filled with desperation.

"Mr. Somber please I'm sure we can work this out without traumatizing him." Mrs. Static said her voice shaky with fear,

"You stay out of this!" Mr. Somber shouted. Mrs. Static jumped and took a few steps back. He then turned his attention back to Pummel, "I'm gonna make you regret living." Mr. Somber then slammed the colt on the ground and kicked him in his neathers. Pummel screamed and everypony winced, Bumper couldn't take it. He jumped in between the two,

"Hey! Leave him alone!" He said while his mind was saying. 'What the heck are you doing!?' Bumper wasn't sure why but he couldn't just stand idly by and let somepony get hurt like this. He liked it when the battlefield was fair and even this wasn't. A colt v.s. a grown buff stallion that was beyond ridiculous for his standards.

"Bu-Bum-Bumper! Wh-Wh-" Spark tried to stammer but the principal spoke up,

"Oh and what are you gonna do?" Mr. Somber said. And Bumper gulped realizing he didn't have a plan.

"I-I'm gonna......do this!" Bumper said just before he made his magic form a mallet and hit the principal, he then ran away while saying.

"Come and get me!" The tech nerds and Mrs. Static gasped, the principal got up and started chasing after Bumper. Many colts and fillies ran back into their classrooms to avoid getting mowed down. The tech nerds looked in disbelief,

"Spark! Call Timidthy and the other's! We'll try to distract Mr. Somber." Gizmo said and he chased after the principal with Data, Console following in pursuit.

"Are they crazy!? They'll get themselves killed!" Pummel said, he looked back at Spark who was pulling out her chattie.

"Ye-Ye-Yeah bu-but w-we ca-can't ju-just le-leave hi-him." She said, and Pummel blinked he couldn't believe they we're doing this just to help somepony.

"Well......I guess I'm crazy too. Pray for me!" He said before he ran after them as well. And Spark smiled as she had just called Timidthy and the chattie started ringing. Bumper had just made his way to the principal's office and he was terrified. He heard Mr. Somber's steps come closer and Bumper ran under his desk. The principal walked in as Bumper thought, 'Oh this couldn't possibly get any worse.' Mr. Somber then went into his closet and pulled out a samurai sword. Bumper eye's widened as his hair went white and his bladder released itself. He blushed a deep red,

'Oh come on! Why couldn't I have a principal that was awesomely cool but wasn't incredibly evil!?' He thought just before Mr. Somber flipped his desk over and aimed the sword at him. Bumper shirked and forced his magic to form a sword as well, his principal swung the sword and he blocked it with his. He tried to push his opponents sword back but, like he thought, going against a grown stallion was not a fair fight. Mr. Somber pushed the sword out of Bumper's hooves and swung the sword down at the colt. Suddenly the principal cried out in pain, and he turned around to see Pummel with a bat.

"Pummel!?" Bumper cried you,

"You got our back we got yours!" He said just before the lights went out.

"Data looked at the school blueprint he cut the lights let's get out of here!" Gizmo's voice was heard somewhere in the room, and they all ran into what they thought was the hallway. For a moment everything was quiet until they heard Data and Console scream and the lights turn on. The kid's we're horrified when they saw they we're in the closet in front of the hole.

"Nice try but I'm an adult you can't out smart me." Mr. Somber said as she carried Data and Console by their tails as their manes were white. (But with Data you couldn't really tell.) Mr. Somber threw the two into the group of hero's causing them to hit the wall.

"I am the boss here and because of your disobedience I'm gonna-" He said before Spark fell down from an air vent on top of him. She had two sparking wires and she placed them to Mr. Somber's forehead causing him to pass out.

"Ta-Ta-Take th-that y-y-ya ph-ph-phyco! Al-Al-Alri-Alright r-r-ro-roy-royals co-com-come o-o-on ou-out!" Sparks said and Timidthy and Blood Bones teleported into the room,

"This stallion gets a nice padded room in Canterlot Mentel Help Care." Timidthy said.

"And if that doesnt work electrocuted to death." Blood Bones said just as Princess Celestia and Luna came in,

"Move it! Move it! Where's my Bumper?" French Press said as she came under the legs of the princesses. She hugged Bumper and kissed him on his mussle,

"Don't you scare me like that!" French Press said.

"You okay?" Timidthy said and Bumper nodded,

"Yeah a bit frazzled but I'm good." He said. Blood Bones flew over and playfully ran his hoof through Bumper's mane,

"Good. The other's are in Mrs. Static's room talking to the royal guard's and the police.

"And I think they're going to need to see the principal." Celestia said as she levitated Mr. Somber. And the kids followed glad that the principal wouldn't be a problem anymore.

But on their way French Press put her left hoof around Bumper's neck. And she whispered,

"Oh and I didn't want to mention this in front of the other's. But you wet yourself didn't you?" French Press asked with a smug grin. Bumper blushed beet red,

"H-How did you know?" He asked keeping his voice as low as possible.

"Wet spot on the carpet and the smell of urine. Don't worry it happens to the best of us." French Press whispered back and Bumper smiled,

"Thanks but I'm never going to do that again." He said and his fillyfriend giggled.

"I can see you keeping that vow." She said as they walked into Mrs. Static's classroom.

Extra! Extra! Read All About It!

Meanwhile during all of this Pummel was trapped between a rock and a very dangerous place. The principal, instead of expelling Pummel like he hopped, had put him in the dreaded hole. It was a rumor that the hole was a long locker the president had in his office closet. It was built into the wall and the sides we're had nails sticking out that we're hot and highly electrocuted. The door was able to give enough shock to turn ham into ashes if it even barely made contact.

And the stone was the only safe place, sure it burned the skin and could give you a second degree burn. But it was much better than getting stabbed, burned, or electrocuted. The place was so long it, that rumor had it, it could hold Princess Celestia herself. And now Pummel could safely say the rumors we're true, he was sweating from the stress, heat, and humidity. He was crying as he was forced to stand on his front hooves to avoid being stabbed or electrocuted.

Mr. Somber had placed them in there the entire night and had yet to come back. Pummel started crying what if he never came back and ended up dying here. Suddenly the sound of a lock undoing itself filled Pummel's ears. The principal swung the door open and dragged the colt out. He shut the door and locked it again,

"Next time don't try to skip curfew." Mr. Somber said coldly and Pummel nodded as his entire body was shaking. And his leather jacket was sticking to every part of him and his coat and mane we're soaked in sweat. "And if you tell anypony I will shove a bat up your flank." Pummel's pupils turned to pricks again and he nodded frantically before he ran away.

He kept running trying to make it to his room without being seen. But before he could turn the corner to get to his door he ran into one of the news colts.

"Pummel!!! What happened to you!?" He said,

"Th-Th-The principal!" He screamed before bursting into tears and running into his dorm. He left the door open wide enough for the news colt to see that he was rocking back and forth. The news colt took and picture and shut the door,

"Whoa news story of the century." He muttered before running to his news/journalism class. The colt ran into his class and flew up into the air.

"Guy's! Guy's! I got the biggest news story in history!" The colt said and everypony in the room gasped,

"I can see the title now!" The teacher said, "Writers go out their and get some news!" The writer fillies and colts did as she said, "Photographers go get some more picture's of Pummel and try to get some of the principal and anything suspicious in his office. But be careful." The photographers did as they said including the colt who flew off with them.

It was the tenth day that the tech nerds and Bumper had been working on the cube. And they we're almost done! Between their friendship, teamwork, and the little cheat sheet Data had made. All they needed to do was to find one more loose chip to bring the whole thing down. They we're now in tech knowledge class as they had convicted Mrs. Static that working on the project together would be like a bonding experience. And right now their teacher was impressed, as the kid's we're like machines throwing the items into the right bins.

"Wait!" Data screamed and everypony stopped, he walked over to a small computer chip and pulled it. And all the wires, remaining chips and flash drive shards came down. Bumper then levitated and sorted the items in the correct bins.

"We did it!" Bumper screamed and the tech nerds cheered and playfully doggie piled onto Bumper, he laughed and the teacher giggled as well.

"N-Now w-w-we ha-ha-have t-to re-re-build i-i-it! I-I-It sh-sh-shou-should b-b-be a-a sn-snap th-th-than-thanks t-to Da-Data a-a-and hi-his gr-gr-grade A me-me-memory!" Spark said,

"Yeah! Let's go!" Gizmo and Console said.

"Hold on kid's." Mrs. Static said, "I'm very impressed on your work. But I must say something. Bumper it occurred to me a couple of days after giving you the assignment. That I may had been a little harsh. When I heard that you had defended Data it had convinced me to let you off the hook. But you we're all just starting to become friends and it seemed to have improved your attitude. So.....Bumper since you've done so well I will give you an A plus for this along with the others and you don't have to rebuild this. I will even allow you to keep the items if you wish" The kid's gasped and Bumper's eye's widened,

"Re-Really?" He said, and Mrs. Static nodded. Bumper felt tears come to his eye's and he hugged his teacher with so much force she actually fell over. "Thank you." Bumper whispered and the other's joined in, Mrs. Static laughed.

"Alright, alright I see your all happy please get off." She said and the kid's did as they we're told, Bumper blushed and muttered.

"Sorry." Mrs. Static shook her head,

"It's fine as long as you're not stomping through the halls." She joked.

"I can't wait to tell your other friends they're gonna try to throw you a party!" Data said,

"Hey I'm tell them! You guy's can celebrate with them." Bumper said, and the tech nerds laughed.

"Oh alright you softy." Console said as she playfully punched Bumper on his shoulder, suddenly the door slammed open and Pummel came in looking distressed.

"Pummel!?" Everypony shouted,

"What are you doing here!?" Bumper said getting in front of the tech nerds. Pummel pulled out a newspaper that read:

MAD PRINCIPAL AND BROKEN PUMMEL PROVE THE HOLE'S EXISTENCE!

Everypony gasped,

"He's coming for me! He thinks I told! Please you've got to help me!" Pummel said begging in front of Bumper, everypony then heard banging hooves and they all looked to see Mr. Somber. In all his terrifying glory. Pummel started shaking and sweating as tears filled his eye's. And the tech nerds and Bumper we're shocked by it. Finally Mr. Somber walked into the room and glared down at the cowering colt

Epilogue: New Friendship

It had been a few day's since the Mr. Somber's check in into the loony house and the school had just found a new replacement. All the kid's we're in the auditorium and they all went quiet as they saw a tall pegasus mare come onto the stage. Her cutiemark was a diploma with a heart surrounding it, her eye's we're a bright purple. And her coat was a relaxing shade of turquoise, her hair was a deep indigo as she had a relaxed smile.

"Hello children I'm Carin' Degree. And I'm very glad to be your principal. I'll be sure to let you be creative and make you all as happy as possible. You can come to me anytime, now all of you to your classes." Carin' said gently and the kid's cheered before they left to head to their classes. Pummel was on his way to little warriors class himself before he was pulled to the side. He saw Bumper who had red flush on his face, the colt handed him a rectangular electrical device. That had his name on the back along with his cutiemark and was decorated the colors of his coat and hair. His very own chattie.

"I......I......I wanted to thank you....for....umm....saving me...." Bumper said in a hushed tone, "I....made that for you.....cause I consider you a friend......and.....it's called a chattie. I-I didn't by it......" Pummel looked at Bumper with growing curiosity,

"I made it." He blurted out before he ran off in the crowd leaving a stunned colt with a symbol of friendship in his hooves.