It's been almost three days since what happened with Angelina and the Beastkin woman and after encountering her the next day, the beastkin, whose name is Ferea, wanted to apologize to Angelina for her outburst. Though skeptical at first, I took her to Ange but not before threatening to immolate her if she as so much as lays a finger on Ange. She nodded after I showed her my hand catch on fire and the two of us went to Ange’s place where she apologized. As it seems it was the dumb thing of ‘Wrong place, wrong time’ as Ferea was to wound up from dealing with Rachael’s pinked haired friend, which I knew was Dianne. While Ange accepted Ferea’s apology, I sat nearby keeping an eye on the beastkin in case anything were to happen and luckily enough, everything went smoothly and Ferea left without a fuss after enjoying a nice calming tea. Before long both me and Ferea left, the Beastkin heading off to the train to head off home after the last few days.

The day after was spent with me working on the metal statue, wasting away an entire day finishing it up and working overnight in painting it. Now it's morning and the garage was mess like it usually is, once again I had fallen asleep on the job… well after the job because I had finally finished it completely and simply fell asleep then and there.

It wasn’t until around later when I awoke with the smell coffee next to me. I open one eye to see a cup of coffee and a bagel next to my head. With a quiet groan, I sat up and stretched my arms. Several joint pops later, I looked back down at the coffee and bagel before picking up the bagel and taking a bite out of it, washing it down with a sip of coffee. The taste of the coffee was a little off, making me think Skyler made it for me, but it was still good to have. When I took another sip of the coffee, I looked over to the now fully welded and painted metal statue of a hawk. I looked down at myself, seeing the paint stains on my shirt.

When I finally finished the bagel and coffee, I stood up with a groan and stumbled onto my feet. Once fully stood up, I stretched my legs and back before heading inside and hearing the sounds of Skyler’s game upon opening the door. The place was clean, which was good to see, as Skyler was playing a different game then her rage inducing one. This one was a bit more calming as it looks like a farming sim.

I made myself known when I shut the door behind me, spoiling Skyler as a result from the sudden slam of the door and I swore I saw her jump in the seat.

“Why did you have to do that?!” she yelled at me, not happy with the loud slamming sound. I chuckled at this and spoke up.

“Because I felt like it.” I said between chuckles while she glared daggers at me. She turned back to her game as the player character was cutting down a tree. “I can already tell that it ain't morning so what did I miss?” I asked as I walked over to the sink and began washing the now empty mug.

“Nothing really big… oh other than some Magi coming in thinking she’s the greatest and stuff. Beat Jacqueline, Sophia, and Rachael in a talent compainision.” Skyler said with a frown. I frowned a little but said nothing as I finished up the mug and put it to dry. “I believe Drake said that you, Blake, or Lydia could take her on in a competition but you were passed out in your workshop, Lydia said it was silly and Blake flat out said no.” I chuckled at this before walking over to the living room and sat on my chair, that just so happens to recline. It was basically the only thing in the house Skyler wasn't allowed to touch or sit on, the chair was bought for me to unwind and relax, plus it was expensive as fuck.

“So what? We've got some big shot in town claiming to be an amazing magi.” I said in a guess to which Skyler nodded. I groaned, now knowing that they'll be two egotistical maniacs in town. “Great… just what we needed.” I said just above a whisper. It was then the sounds of fireworks loudly going off nearby greeted my ears and it wasn't just one or two, it was almost two dozen and they were fucking loud. I could see Skyler's annoyance at this as well, trying her best to ignore it but with each boom, pop and crackle she twitched. She soon pulled out a pair of headphones, plug them into her controler which made the sounds from the game dim a little and continue playing. With an annoyed growl, I stood and headed for the front door. Skyler didn't bother to ask where I was going, already knowing the answer to that herself. Upon reaching the door, I looked down at myself and frowned at the dirty shirt before quickly heading upstairs and getting a new one, this one had longer sleeves that reached up to my elbow and while it obscured my tattoos a little, it was a nice looking button shirt.

With a new shirt on, I finally headed out the front door and towards the source of the annoying fireworks. I walked for five minutes just to see a cart in the middle of the street, it was painted with purple and blue was well as silver stars and moons on the side. On the stage was a woman wearing a purple and blue wizards hat and cape and a light blue dress that showed a bit of skin. She raised her hands up as more fireworks went off and explode in the air, purple, blue, and silver sparkles ran down as the crowd cheered. I frowned upon hearing the fireworks go off. This must be the magi Skyler was telling me about earlier. From the looks of it she was like Rachael with being an egomaniac, and cranked it up to eleven. She looks like she loves the attention she was getting.

“Thank you, thank you, the Great and Powerful Selina thanks you for all of your cheering. Selina’s show will continue after Selina get some refreshments.” with that she made a cloud of smoke appear and she was gone. I blinked at this with an arched brow before shaking my head. As the crowd parted a bit I saw the tale end of this Selina’s cape go into an alleyway followed by the town's two idiots… I’m not joking those two are straight up idiots. A huge part of me wanted me to leave, to go back home and celebrate the success of finishing my project… but then another part of me wanted to be sure they wouldn't cause any trouble. So with a sigh, I decided to walk up to the alleyway and take a peek to see what was going on.

“Wow… you are amazing!” the tall lanky one with dirty green hair said, his name is Ralph as the shorter chubby one simply nodded, his name was Titus.

“Yeah, could do… anything!” Titus said with a dorky smile. I shook my head at this, those two will think anything is amazing, even a rock… no really I saw it happen. The two praising drew a laugh from the Ego Magi.

“Thank you, the great Selina already knew that, but Selina love it when others say it.” Selina said smugly.

“Yeah, you defeating an Ursa Major is like… the coolest thing!” Ralph said with a lazy smile. At this point those two would just continue praising her.

“Now, you two, the Powerful Selina am hungry… where’s a good place to find some food?” the Magi asked the idiots.

“Uhhh, there’s Sugercube Corner.” Titus said to her, only to get a frown.

“Uh, no… Selina seen that place and just looking at it Selina would get cavities.” Selina said before running her tongue over her teeth.

“Hmmm, there’s the coffee shop nearby, that would work?” Ralph asked, earning a clap from the Magi.

“Perfect! The Great and Fabulous Selina will go to this Coffee shop!... errr what’s it called?” Selina asked the two.

“Err… over the Moon Coffee?” Ralph answered before the three of them headed off towards Blakes shop. Feeling my stomach grumble for a bigger breakfast or lunch or whatever time of day of day it is, so with food in mind I headed for to Blake's place as well. Luckily I knew my way around so I got there before hand as I walked in. The place was empty as Blake was on her till playing a game. I didn’t know how she did it but she somehow made it she could play her videogames on her till when things were slow.

“No! My crusader!” she yelled before grumbling. “Damn you spiders!” I rung the bell on the countertop, making myself known to her. She looked up and blinked at me. “Oh… hey Isaac… how long were you there?”

“I just got here.” I said to her, raising my hands up defensively. “Woke up not too long ago and wanted to have some…” I stopped, looking over to the clock and seeing that it was nearly noon. “Brunch.” I finished finally.

“Ah, well I’m guessing you want something to eat then?” Blake asked, clicking some things before the register made a few beeping sounds. “What would you like or do you want your normal stuff?”

“Just the usual.” I told her with a nod. With a nod of confirmation, she proceeded over to the kitchen and began working on my order. I was left to my thoughts, being the first customer of the day has its benefits. My thoughts went to the Hawk and its finished state, it took me almost the entire year but I finally finished it. As I waited my eyes drifted down to a piece of paper beside the till. Tilting my head a bit I saw it was a letter from Canterlots school of Culinary and saw that it said decline on it. I sighed at this but kept quiet about but not before hiding away the letter so no one else would see it.

As I waited the door opened and a familiar, I be it annoying, voice came from behind me. “Behold! The Great and Powerful Selina is here!” I turned my head to see her standing there as she looked around at the empty room. She frowned at this before looking at me as I turned my head. “You there good sir! Selina believes we haven’t met! Though you must’ve heard of me already as my name is on everyone's lips!”

“I'm sure it is.” I said with a roll of my eyes before turning my back to her again. As she walked up she looked around at the place for Blake.

“Now where’s the service here! The hungry and famish Selina demands subsistence!” Selina yelled, making me frown some more. Before long Blake walked out with a large plate with my food on it: scramble eggs, some hashbrowns, and bacon strips as well as a cup of coffee.

“Here you are.” Blake said, putting the plate down in front of me with the coffee. She turned to Selina and arched a brow. “Uhh, can I help you?”

“Yes! The Hungry Selina demands service! Are you the waiter or cashier?!” the pain, and annoying Selina asked rudely, making Blake frown.

“Sure… what do you want?” Blake asked Selina as she pull out some paper and a pen. Selina put her hands on her hips and looked at Blake.

“You mam can’t fathom the tastes of Selina the Great! I don’t need you give you the exact order of what I want since it’s to great for even you to understand!” Selina said snobbily before adding. “But Selina will allow you to make something to sate my hunger!” Blake stared at the show Magi before speaking.

“So surprise you, got it.” Blake said before heading back into her kitchen to get working. Selina didn’t say anything before going over to a table with the other two following her. I didn’t say anything as I ate my food and after a few minutes Blake came out with a plate of… risotto? Blake walked over to their table, put it down in front of Selina and walked away from the table before the show woman could say anything. As she walked back I saw Blake trying to hide her sad look on her face, no doubt having already read the letter about being denied entry. It was hard seeing her like this and it only added more hate for the nobles, it wasn't right for them to deny her just because she isn't of noble heritage. She was busy typing something in as I heard Selina let out a gasp. I turned just as I saw her wolfing down the food as if it was her last one. I also notice this brought a little smile to Blake.

“Thank you Jacqueline for the apple juice.” Blake said to herself as a receipt printed out. She took it and handed it to me, seeing it was my bill and had a discount for being a friend. When I looked up from the bill, I caught glimpse of her sad expression before she hid beneath an emotional mask. I've known her long enough to see through the mask, perks of having known her since my school years.

“Those nobles don't know culinary skill even if it bit them in the ass.” I said to her, almost in a muttering tone. This surprised her, having not expected me to say this.

“Why do you say that? I mean sure they wouldn't but… why say that?” Blake asked, giving me a frown as she stared at me.

“You left the letter open on the countertop…” I admitted without hesitation. “What they're doing is unfair by many means, they don't even give you a chance to impress them and they just deny you.” I added, a frown of my own forming before I shook my head and sighed. Blake was silence by this, frowning at me for reading her mail, which wasn't my fault since it was open for the world to see, before she sighed.

“Unfair isn't the half of it… the nobles simply don't like me, especially one that I beat to a pulp back in school…” Blake said. She looked and saw the odd look on my face before continuing. “Back in school there was an annoying ass that picked on younger classmate and just an overall jackass. I soon saw him picking on a girl to the point of tears and I did what I normally do.”

“You beat the living hell out of him?” I asked.

“Bingo. What I didn't know is that the bullies dad was a higher up in the culinary school I want to go and I bet he holds a mean grudge against me for what I did.” Blake sighed as she looked at the pastries in glass casings.

“Bet I could change his mind.” I said jokingly, a little flame igniting my finger tip as I spoke. Blake rolled her eyes at this as the show woman came back with a clean plate.

“Selina simple wants to thank you for the… very very good meal you have given to her.” Selina said, licking her lips a bit.

“Glad you like it.” Blake said as she took the plate. “If you're done with me you can leave.”

“But the Great and generous Selina haven't paid yet.” Selina said, confused on this.

“First time customers meals are free.” Blake said before taking the dishes into the back. I held back a laugh from looking at the show woman’s face while I took out my wallet and paid for my food, leaving a rather large tip. I sat back down after putting my wallet back into my pocket before I began to play with a little orb of fire. As I did this Selina seemed to stare at me as I did this.

“Selina has to admit, that’s something… though she could do better.” she said while crossing her arms and smiling at herself.

“You keep telling yourself that.” I said to her, annoyed at her cockiness and ego. It was then I began spinning the orb on the tip of my finger, spinning it around faster and faster before it flattened out into a disk. Selina watched as I did this, no doubt taking notes on how she could replicate it some way. I could feel her staring as I did this and only made it awkward, it was so bad that I had lost focus and the fire disk shrunk away and dissipated.

“Hm, I guess you need more practice.” the woman said before she turned away and walked out of the place. I frowned at this, shaking my head as I saw Blake come back with a water bottle.

“She’s sure is… colourful.” Blake said as she watched the woman leave.

“I have half a mind to burn down her stage right now.” I said with a frown still, she really got on my nerves and all she did was talk in an obnoxious third person way. “I nearly got a headache just hearing her repeat her own name over and over.” I said, rubbing my temples a bit.

“Well I don’t know how long she’s sticking around but she’ll leave soon.” Blake said as she wiped down her counter. “You need anything else?”

“Nah, I think I might just head back home and take the rest of the day off… oh and I finally finished the statue, which by the way looks amazing.” I said to her with a smirk, remembering my accomplishment from last night. Blake arched a brow at me, not sure if I was telling the truth or not.

“Really, you finally finished it?” Blake asked me. With a laugh I nodded, the excitement of finally finishing the several month long project finally kicking in.

“Yup, painted too.” I said with a little pride in my tone.

“Ooo, fancy.” Blake said with a laugh of her own. She moved over to make something before adding. “So what are you going to do with the Hawk?” she asked. I blinked at this, knowing full well what I intend to do with it but… I don't think telling Blake is a good idea. “Umm… I-I don't know, didn't really think that far.” I said, rubbing the back of my head in fake confusion. This made Blake arch a brow at me.

“Right… okay then.” she said before handing me a large drink. “Here you are, the Late night Moon for you for completing the hawk.” I smiled and took the large cup, giving her one last nod before leaving the shop. Once outside I took a sip of the drink and found myself resisting the urge to gulp it down in one go, choosing to savor the drink. On the walk home, I saw more fireworks go off in the sky and I only shook my head at the sight of them going off. With a sip of the drink and a sigh I headed home for the day.

End of Chapter VI

Author's Note

I apologize if it seemed a little lacking, this one wasn't a thrill to write during the condition I was in at the time. But thanks to ExodemonG, we made it out of it and continued on.

-List of Names-

Twilight Sparkle: Lydia Aurora
Spike: Drake
Pinkie Pie: Dianne Pye
Rarity: Sophia Belmont
Fluttershy: Angelina Calliope
Rainbow Dash: Rachael Dawn Wind (Wind is a real surname, it's Finnish)
Applejack: Jacqueline Smith
Scootaloo: Skyler Hawk
Gilda: Ferea Griffin
Trixie: Selina Crescent
Snip: Titus
Snails: Ralph