The walk to the castle was a sober one with none of the small remaining group saying a word. Not to say that all their minds were quiet as well. Twilight especially was going slightly crazy at the new info she'd just learned moments ago. "He's killed before and I'm about to have him staying over in my HOME!" One side of her head exclaimed. "But he's been so nice and friendly. He even jumped in the way to save Dinky without a second thought or worry for himself. We should give him a chance at least." The other side said back hoping to calm her mind down. Shaking her head she decided she'd learn more about Jack before judging him especially after his reaction when he answered that question.

Spike was busy wondering what kind of skills Jack could show him to how to fight. Spike always was the one left behind when danger came around but he's a dragon for Celestia's sake. He should be with the girls helping beat down bad guys and saving people in distress... and maybe help him get an actual date. "He has to know how to talk better then me." Spike thought thinking back to when he made the decision to stop chasing Rarity when it became clear she saw him more as just a friend or even little brother.

Jack was busy trying to talking with the Omegas stuck in his head. "Yo Lucky, you in here!" He shouted into his head.

"Hey man what can your old pal do for you." Came the response as a ghostly version of the tall rabbit appeared next to Jack with his hands on the back of his head, kicking his legs out in a mocking march.

"Ok that shows you now where is Brave? I have some questions for you guys." Jack said inside his mind looking around till Brave appeared on his other side the same grumpy look on his face.

"What do you need to know cub." Brave growled out keeping a ridged soldiers march.

Jack started to notice the pairs outfit choice. Where Lucky was sleek and somewhat padded leather with a hood,Braves was a full suit of armor with pauldrons the shape of lion heads. After giving both a look over Jack shrugged. "I remember you saying something about training. How exactly is that going to work?" He asked lifting a brow.

"When you sleep we will take you into a dreamscape where we will mold you in fire and pain to become the ultimate Hero!" Brave shouted clenching his fists in front of him as small flames erupted from his armor putting on the appearance of a massive flaming lion.

"What the little puddy cat means is when you go to sleep we can interact with you better and train you to better control the powers we provide either through simple lifting of items for strength or running courses for speed. And don't worry we wont throw you into hell like areas till you have hold of your powers... at least not yet." Lucky explained scratching at his cheek with a mischievous smile on his face.

Jack looked between the two before shaking his head. "Well guess I'm not getting any decent rest then, but wait where do I get gear like you guys?" He asked pointing at the two's load outs.

"Oh this. When you get enough experience and magic built up you can form these type of things onto yourself though it's different for each person. Lucky answered with a spin to show off his outfit as it shifted to more solid armor or flowing robes

He looked at Lucky wide eye'd as his outfit shifted but before he could ask more questions Twilight coughed into her fist to catch his attention. "Sorry, did you need something Twilight." Jack said looking to the Purple mare in question.

"No, just figured you'd like to know we are home now." She stated levitating the door to the castle open. She moved inside quickly followed by Spike as. He took a moment to marvel at the massive crystal building in front of him. The light catching just right to send small rainbows around the entire area. "Jack, hurry up we have to catch you up on the rules and laws here!" Twilight shouted from inside the castle.

Jack rushed inside finding Spike down a hall waving for him to follow. On entering the room he couldn't help but let out a gasp at the size of the library. Books lined every wall, ten rows of massive shelves down the hall on either side of the door and that was just what Jack could see. Who knew what else was in here. "Twilight you never told me you had an archive in your home." Jack said squealing with glee as he bounced in one spot before rushing over to a shelf and looking at some of the titles. 'Daring Do in: The crypt of the Ice King', 'Doctor Dockter's medical breakthrough in cutiepox', 'Dancing For Dummies'. "Hm hey Twilight this one seems really worn down what gives?" Jack asked pulling out that last book.

Twilight quickly pulled it from his grip with her magic and gave a quick shot of laughter turning to hide her blush. "Oh you know the little foals get nervous before some dances and want to learn how to dance so they don't embarrass themselves." Twilight quickly said putting the book down on a table near her. "Anyways!" She said in a sing song voice changing the subject. "We need to get you up to speed on the laws and regulations in Equestia." Pulling books from around the room with her magic and with some help from Spike eventually a decent stack was on the table next to Jack. "There, this should help you at least get a basis on the History, Economy, and Laws of the land. Any questions before we get into it?" Twilight said putting her hands on her hips and letting a smile get on her face.

"Just one." Jack said raising a finger. "Where can I find more of these types of books when I'm done?" Pointing to the pile.

"You'll find a detailed list of whats in each shelf on the side of the shelves." Twilight replied before picking up a book and getting into the lecture. "So the best place to start would be history. Back before-"

The lectures went on for the rest of the day broken up only when Spike came back with sandwiches for them to eat and even then Twilight kept going, detailing every little thing that happened or giving more context to passages in the books. Jack did his best to understand everything while asking questions when appropriate. Honestly, he had to admit Twilight was fantastic at this always having an answer, if not being able to then find the right book that did. Time flew by till they both reached the end of it all.

"And now finally relationships or families. How are they in your world Jack?" Twilight asked looking to the human.

"Well majority of countries had relationships as monogamy but a few scattered areas allowed polygamy though it wasn't widely used as the ratio between male and female is close to fifty-fifty." He replied looking up from the most recent book Twilight had handed him.

"Good thing I asked, See polygamy isn't frowned upon here in fact its in encouraged as the female to male ratio is 6-1 since the birthrate of stallions is much lower." Twilight said pointing to a graph she'd pulled out. "That's where our next point lays, see we don't call it polygamy we instead say herding. Most of the time it's one stallion and two or more mares though it most certainly isn't unheard of for couples to on keep it one stallion and one mare, for example my parents." She stated flipping the graph to show a picture of Twilight with her parents and another stallion with white fur and blue mane.

"Hey Twi, who's the guy there." Jack asked pointing to the mystery stallion in question.

Twilight turned to the photo and gave a small laugh. "Silly, that's my brother Shining. He used to be captain of the royal guard till he married my old foal sitter Cadance. Now they rule the Crystal Empire together." She said before turning back to Jack. "But back on track, now you know how relationships work. Understand both consenting parties can start courting the other but you are not forced to say yes and the other must accept the decline or face serious problems." Twilight said before becoming very serious. "There are only two crimes where the death penalty is still used. "Putting up a finger when she says the two. "Rape and Murder."

"Trust me, you won't have to worry about those with me and honestly I probably won't have to worry about courting anyways as I am a different species all together." Jake said with a dismissive wave of his hand.

"Not true actually. Cross species relationships happen all the time." Twilight countered. "And what makes you think a mare or stallion wouldn't like to court you?" She asked tilting her head looking at the human.

Jack looked at her with a frown before laughing. "Let's just say the ladies always thought I was to weird to date." He said, his signature smile on his face once more.

"Hey that's not true! You aren't to weird to date." Twilight shouted before realizing what she said. Trying to backpedal she added, "But not like I think of you like that o...or anything just that maybe there's a mare out there that would. Lectures over!" She shouted before covering her blushing face, teleporting out of the room.

Jack gave a little chuckle "Still got it." he said to himself before standing up and stretching. Looking around they had already gone through the necessary books and tomes along with all the snacks. "Eh, might as well see if I can't find Spike and see where my room is." Jack thought before heading towards the door and down the hall he came from. Stopping in the first room he smelled something delicious cooking so doing the only smart thing he followed his nose, leading him to a kitchen with one Spike the dragon cooking in a frilly pink apron. "Cute outfit." He said causing Spike to whirl around.

"Oh, its you Jack." Spike said after letting his heart beat calm down. "What brings you to my little cooking corner." Spike asked turning back to the stove where a pot was heating up on.

Jack walked closer before looking over Spikes shoulder at the soup inside the pot. "Well I smelled something fantastic and had to see what it was." He replied his voice sending a shiver down Spikes back. "Where'd you learn to cook Spike?" Asked Jack moving over to a table and sitting down watching the dragon work.

"A mix of being self taught and working with the chefs back in Canterlot when Twilight and I still lived there." Spike said finishing up with the soup and turning off the stove. "I imagine you want to know where your room is." Spike asked turning fully to the man as he undid the apron, hanging it up.

"If you wouldn't mind please, this place is huge and I'd probably get lost for days." Jack said rubbing his arm with a weak smile.

"Trust me I know the feeling. Just follow me." Spike replied with a laugh heading for the stairs near by. Jack quickly behind him so as not to lose track of the dragon. Spike made fast work getting to the guest room Jack would be staying in and with a flourish opened the door. "Your room sir." Spike said with an over the top bow before standing straight and laughing.

Jack couldn't help but laugh with him and after stepping inside turned to Spike. "Thanks for the help. I'll talk to you guys in the morning I'm beat." He said before closing the door on Spike who waved before walking back to kitchen. After Jack laid down on the comfy bed he could practically feel himself being dragged into sleep. Closing his eyes he did not fight it and quickly opened them to the sky above him. Sitting up he noticed he was in a clearing with trees on the edge and a lake in the middle.

"Ah so the new party member joins us." Came the already familiar voice of Lucky. Turning around Jack saw him walking up with that mischievous smile the rabbit seemed to always sport. "Now we can get to some real training!" Lucky said with a clap of his hands causing blue streaks of lightning to dance between his fingers and arms. "Two things you need to know about this place. Number one you can get hurt here but you can not die so don't worry about overkill.

"And the second one?" Asked Jack looking to the growing lightning around the sparking Omega.

"DODGE!" Lucky shouted.

Jack never had time to fully register that last one as a fist connected with his face sending him flying across the ground before stopping in a heap. "Ah my fucking molars. What the fuck Lucky!" Jack shouted but just as he turned to look at the Omega another fist connect with his face again making him fly around.

"Dodge!" The rabbit shouted again after the punch. "You want to become a hero you need to learn to Dodge!" He said sending more punches into the Human.

This continued on for what felt like hours to Jack as he got his ass handed to him. Every time he felt he could move out of the way another fist would send him flying but slowly they stopped connecting. Sure he'd still get hit but now he was dodging the punches and even starting to send some back but they never connected. By the time the dream land began to fade he was successful in dodging all of Lucky's strikes.

Standing across from each other one breathing heavily and bleeding the other still with that stupid grin on his face. Lucky bowed to him and said "Good job, Now you won't get your ass kicked so easily. Just focus on drawing the speed out of you and eventually you'll maybe be a fraction as fast as me." Clapping his hands as he faded away. Jack could only lean forward on his knees giving the fading image the finger as he woke up.

"I fucking hate training." Jack said.

Author's Note

Hope you guys catch the joke in here but anyways heres chapter four hope you enjoy.