A New Boy From Another World

Astral Shadow was walking to school with Indigo Zap. He noticed a worried look on her face and asked, "Something wrong Zap? You seem worried about something."

Indigo said, "Well, me and a few of the others just transferred from Crystal Prep, and we haven't exactly been making many friends. After the last Friendship Games, there's still a lot of hostility between the others and us."

Astral smiled and said, "If anyone bothers you, just come to me."

She blushed and said, "T-Thanks Shadow."

As they met up with the other girls, Astral said, "I've got to admit, I'm a bit nervous. Back home, we didn't really focus on education, we focused on our strength. Even the girls were as well toned as I am."

Indigo whispered to Dash, "He's not kidding, you should see his guns."

Dash let out a small giggle and said, "I hope I get to share P.E. with him."

Rarity looked at him again and said, "I've never actually seen clothes like that, I wanted to ask what they're called, but never got the chance."

Shadow said, "It's called Kenpo Gi, it's clothing made for martial arts training."

As they walked through the halls, Vice-Principal Luna came up to them and said, "Mr. Shadow, may I speak to you in my office?"

He gulped, it was only his first day and the Vice-Principal already called him to her office. "O-Of course ma'am." He waved goodbye to his friends and followed her to her office.

As they sat down in her office, Luna said, "Now, I understand you not only got into a fight with Mr. Biceps yesterday, but put him on the ground with one hit. Care to explain?"

He looked embarrassed, he knew that fight would pop up eventually, but he didn't think it would be so soon. He said, "Well, he came up to me and accused me of hogging girls and he threw the first punch. So it was in self-defense."

Luna thought about what he said and finally told him, "I see... well, in that case, there will be no disciplinary action. I'll have a talk with Mr. Biceps when he returns from the hospital. I must say, I'm quite surprised someone so small could put a person like Mr. Biceps in the hospital. If he does bother you again, might I suggest holding back?"

He rubbed the back of his neck and said nervously, "I... I was holding back. Where I come from, everyone's a born fighter, it's just part of our history..."

Luna's eyes widened when the boy said he was holding back in that fight, that surprised her even more. "Your homeland must be very violent. I suggest you drop those instincts of yours unless you want to end up in my office again. You should be getting to class now, I assume you know your schedule?"

He nodded and said, "Yes ma'am, I'll get right to class." he walked out off the office and went to the gym to see Rainbow Dash and Indigo Zap there as well. He waved to them as he walked to them saying, "You guys have gym first too?"

Before they could answer, a voice said, "New kid, over here!" he looked over to see the gym teacher and walked over to her. She said, "I'm Coach Spitfire. I heard you took down Buff Biceps with one blow yesterday, nice job kid. He was always a blowhard in my class, hope you can put a bit of fear in him."

Astral smiled and said, "Thanks coach. Before I got get changed into my gym uniform, I wanted to ask, is it ok if I keep my training clothes on?"

The woman raised an eyebrow and asked, "Training clothes?"

He took off his cape and let it fall to the ground. "Even though I'm a lot quicker without it, that cape makes my workouts a lot more rewarding. I like being challenged with my exercise."

Spitfire looked at the cape as it fell to the ground, her eyes widening with the thud it gave as it landed. "That's pretty impressive, how much does that thing weigh?"

He looked at the cape and said, "About 200 pounds, give or take. Back home a lot of people wear this kind of stuff for training."

Spitfire looked at the boy and said, "Well, your clothes can pass for a gym uniform. I've been meaning to talk to Principal Celestia about getting new ones, and what you're wearing is kind of what I had in mind. You can keep these clothes on, and you can wear that weighted clothing."

Astral Shadow said, "Thanks coach." before picking up his cape and putting it back on. As he waited for Rainbow Dash and Indigo Zap, he couldn't help but think of how different this place was from home.

As the students started to go to the locker rooms, Spitfire said, "You'll need your Gi for today's class."

Astral Shadow smiled, he knew that if the coach was telling people to get into Gi, they'd be practicing martial arts, something he was good at. He got up from his seat in the bleachers and went down to stand in line with the other students.

Spitfire told the students, "Today we'll be having sparring matches to see who will be getting on the MMA Team this year."

As Spitfire started grouping students with their sparring partners, Astral Shadow tried to keep his excitement contained. When he was paired up with Rainbow Dash he said, "I'm normally against fighting a girl, but since it's you Dash, I'll do it."

Rainbow Dash smirked and said, "Don't go easy on me. I want to see how you fight when you're giving it your all."

Shadow smiled and said, "In that case, I won't be needing this." as he took off his cape and threw it out of the ring.

Spitfire watched them with her clipboard before saying, "Ok, you all know the rules, a KO or out of bounds and the fight's over. Ready? Fight!"

Astral Shadow made the first move, rushing at Rainbow Dash and slamming his elbow into her gut.

Rainbow Dash recoiled from the swift blow and said to herself, "Maybe I shouldn't have told him to give it his all. But I'm still in this!" she got back up and threw a punch towards Astral Shadow, only for it to get caught by his own hand. When she tried punching him with the other hand, she actually caught him off guard.

As Astral Shadow stumbled backwards from the punch that actually hit him and said, "Not bad, that punk from yesterday couldn't hit as hard as you just did. But I'm still holding back. I know you told me not to, but I don't want to hurt you, and trust me, if I wasn't holding back, you might be in the ER."

To be continued...

"What is it with this guy and cliffhangers!?" Rainbow Dash yelled out
"I don't get paid enough for this shit." Astral said sighing
Indigo Zap stared at Astral Shadow and said, "Wait, you're getting paid!?"