A New Boy From Another World

Astral Shadow eyed Rainbow Dash as she prepared to make a move. He smiled lightly and said, "This has been a great fight, but I think it's time we get this over with."

Rainbow Dash smiled and said, "I was thinking the same thing." she ran at Astral Shadow and tried to kick him. To her surprise, he blocked her leg with his arm.

"Bad move Dash." Astral Shadow said smirking before tapping her in two spots, making her fall to the ground.

Spitfire looked shocked that he put her on the ground just by tapping her and said, "That's enough, Astral Shadow wins!"

Astral Shadow helped Rainbow Dash up and said, "Surprised? It's a hard technique to use, but a Pressure Point Attack is very useful. It's one of the only attacks that's ever put me on the ground."

Indigo Zap asked, "Pressure points?"

Astral Shadow nodded and said, "The body is filled with nerves that control your movements, and those nerves have spots that are weak and can be disabled by applying enough pressure to them."

Spitfire adjusted her sunglasses and said, "That's a pretty cool technique. You're pretty good with martial arts."

Astral smiled and said, "Yeah, where I come from, we practice martial arts almost daily."

Rainbow Dash sighed and said, "I wish I could have won, but I don't think anyone can beat you."

Astral asked her, "Are you ok? I was fighting pretty intensely, I hope I didn't hurt you..."

Dash shook her head and said, "Nah, I've taken a lot of blows to my gut, it's nothing serious."

Astral smiled and said, "That's good. I'm glad I didn't go too far." he walked out of the ring and picked up his cape before putting it back on. He sat down to watch the other matches, and was excited to see Indigo's match.

As Rainbow Dash sat down with Astral, she leaned against him, trying to hide her blush saying, "I hope you don't mind, I'm just a bit tired from our fight. You know, you've got to be one of the toughest students to come to this school."

Astral blushed lightly, but smiled, "Thanks." inside he was thinking to himself, "Would they really think the same of me if I told them the truth?" before shaking his head to clear his head of those thoughts.

As the Gym class ended, Coach Spitfire had the students line up and said, "Ok, based on the spars, I've seen all I need to see to determine who will be on the school's MMA team. First off, Astral Shadow will be the captain. Next team member will be Rainbow Dash. Indigo Zap, you're on the team too." and continued calling names until she'd called out 10 students. "To all of you who didn't make the team, don't worry, there's still plenty of openings on other sports teams."

As the bell for second period rang, Rainbow Dash smiled, "Looks like we've got a great captain."

Astral Shadow blushed lightly, "Thanks, but back home, I'm considered a novice fighter"

Indigo Zap raised an eyebrow and asked, "Are you saying where you come from, there's fighters stronger than you? That's so cool! I'd love to go-" before noticing Rainbow Dash's glare and remembered that Astral didn't like talking about his home and said, "Sorry about that, I just got so excited about strong fighters."

Astral Shadow smiled a bit, "It's ok, I understand. I should be getting to my next class, science. I guess I'll see you at lunch?"

Rainbow Dash nodded, "Yeah, see you at lunch. Just be careful in that wing of the school, that's where those dumbass bullies that call themselves the Rocky Ruff Gang hang out. Not that they could ever stand up to you, but they'll probably be looking for a fight if they've heard about the incident with Buff Biceps"

Astral Shadow nodded, "Thanks for the warning. I better take Vice Principal Luna's advice. She was shocked when I told her I was holding back against Buff Biceps."

Both girls' eyes widened when he said that, but they knew they have to get to their next classes, so Rainbow Dash said, "We'll talk about this at lunch." before both girls ran off in different directions."

Astral walked to the west wing of the school, and could see a few tough guys standing between him and the door to Miss Cherilee's classroom. He looked at them and said, "Move it, I don't need to be late."

The largest of the three growled, "Hold up Jack, you're the one who one shot BB, ain't you?"

Astral Shadow sighed, "I know where this is going." before taking off his cape and throwing it down.

As other students saw, they gathered around and chanted, "Fight! Fight! Fight!"

The big bulky bully, who people were referring to as Fido, walked up and said, "You just got lucky against BB, but you'll need more than luck against me." before throwing a punch.

Astral Shadow lifted a hand, catching Fido's fist and tossing him aside. "If you're going to try to fight, at least make it worth my effort."

The other two bullies growled and ran at Astral Shadow, only for Fido to jump up and put him in a full Nelson, which caused the crowd to boo, as it was obvious they were ganging up on him.

The leader of the bullies yelled, "Ah shut up ya mugs!"

Astral Shadow stomped down on Fido's foot before lifting him above his head and throwing him into the other two bullies, piling them up.

As students cheered, the door to Cherilee's classroom opened and she saw the three bullies piled up on the ground, with no bruises, just exhaustion and she looked at Astral Shadow as he picked up his cape, "You there, were you the one who did this?"

Astral started to explain, "They were blocking me from getting to my next class, and they attacked me first. I didn't lay a finger on them, I just defended myself to the best of my abilities."

Cherilee looked at the other students and asked, "Did anyone see this young man physically harm these three?"

Suddenly, Twilight Sparkle came up and said, "It's true ma'am. Astral Shadow never made so much as a fist. The worst he did was stomping on Fido's foot to get out of a full Nelson."

Cherilee looked at Twilight and nodded, "You're no liar Twilight, so I believe you. All of you get to your classes." before the other students walked off to get to class. She looked at Astral Shadow and said, "Vice Principal Luna told me about a new student who took down Mr. Biceps with one blow, I assume that's you?"

Astral Shadow nodded, "That's why these three were blocking my path to class, they wanted to get... how you say. a piece of me? The incident with Bulk Biceps seems to be common knowledge, and that's why they wanted to get into a fight with me."

Cherilee smiled lightly, "Well, while I don't really like violence, it's good to see somebody who's willing to stand up to the thugs and bullies in school. But that's beside the point, you're almost late for class, and I don't tolerate tardiness." before walking back into her classroom with Astral Shadow following her and sitting down in his desk.

Meanwhile in the Principal's Office...

Luna sighed as they watched the security video and asked her sister, "I really don't think he should be in our school. He's obviously prone to violence."

Celestia shook her head, "No, I don't believe he's a violent person. You saw just as well as I did, he was simply defending himself from those delinquents. You know, I think he might be the one we've been looking for."

Luna's eyes widened as her sister spoke, "You're thinking of making him the school enforcer? He's a violent thug, he even told me he was holding back in that fight against Mr. Biceps!"

Celestia glared at her sister, "You haven't even known him for one day. And before you say it, yes, I know I haven't either, but twice now he's stood up to bullies that many students are too afraid to stand up to. We must at least put his name down for consideration."

Luna sighed, but nodded, "If you think he's the best choice for the school enforcer, I won't argue unless he abuses the position."

With Celestia and Luna now seeing just how good Astral Shadow is in a fight, even outnumbered, Celestia is considering him for the position of the school enforcer. The school enforcer breaks up fights and prevents bullying. Is Astral Shadow the right person for this role? Only time will tell.