THE SYMBOL OF PEACE

Fred’s POV

I had a smile on my face as me and the Mane 6 plus Sweetie Belle walked towards the school which, after months of work, was finally completed. “Isn’t this exciting Fred?! A whole school for those with incredible powers!” Twilight said to me, causing me to chuckle.

“Yeah, it is exciting, and I’m glad I’m no longer under house arrest. so I can see it.” I said, chuckling a bit.

“Are you sure you can handle teaching a whole school by yourself darling? I know just handling Sweetie Belle can be a challenge at times.” Rarity asked, causing Sweetie Belle to cross her arms in huff.

“I’m sure I can handle it.” I said, though I feel like those words might come back to haunt me later, then I saw it, the school for future heroes, it was exactly like UA High, except much bigger. “Wow, it’s incredible.” I said in awe.

Twilight looks around seeming worried. “Um Fred, doesn’t the school open today?”

I blink then looked at her, “Uh yeah? Why?” I asked her.

“Well um..” She looks at me then over at the school. “I don’t think anyone showed up.” She said, sounding disappointed.

“Nah I bet they are all inside waiting for their kick butt teacher.” Rainbow said, throwing a few punches.

“I don’t know Rainbow, we would have noticed any traces of a large crowd entering the school.” Applejack said, while I was a bit worried.

Fluttershy smiles softly. “I am sure there are more students inside, who doesn’t like to learn?” She said quietly, so much I almost didn’t hear her.

“Um, a lot of po-er, creatures?” Sweetie Belle said, only to get a glare from Rarity, “What?”

“Let’s just check inside, just to be sure.” I said before walking to the school. When we open the front doors we find empty hallways, no sounds of people at all.

“Oh dear.” I hear Fluttershy say behind me.

“What the hay!?” I hear Rainbow Dash complain.

“Oh Fred, I am sure there will be students...someday.” Twilight said while touching my back.

I nodded though I was a bit disheartened that no one had come. “Yeah, I guess you're right."

We explore the school seeing what all it has, thankfully has a fully stocked kitchen, and training equipment, everything I have listed is here and more. “Boy howdy, this place sure is packed with supplies and lots of rooms.” Applejack said,

“Yep, there's gonna be a lot of creatures with Quirks that are gonna be coming to this school….someday.” I said, still disheartened and a bit worried that no one will come.

“Hey maybe this is a good thing!” Sweetie Belle said, then continued. “Since there's only one teacher right now, if you had a bunch of students you'd be overworked, but if you teach me how to become a hero then when more students start showing up I can help you teach!”

I chuckled a bit, “I guess you’re right. If I did just teach a whole building of students, My hair would go from blonde to gray from the stress.” I said jokingly.

All the girls giggled at my joke and had smiles on their faces. I then heard something, making me confused cause it sounded like.....angry shouting? I walked over to a window and went wide eyed at what I saw. “Oh for fucks sake,” I said, facepalming. Cause outside was an angry mob. “Please tell me that isn’t what I think it is.”

Twilight came up to the window and frowned. “What are all these ponies doing here?”

“I have a good guess but I think we should ask them.” I said with a frown before walking towards the front doors. Once there I could hear most of what the crowd was shouting.

I heard just about everything from, “Go away freaks!” “Celestia doesn’t love you!” to even, “You should all be in Tartarus!” And it only got louder when I came out into the open.

“Just what is going on here?!” I shouted, disgusted and angry with what these ponies were saying.

A fancy dressed pink earth pony comes out of the crowd and frowns at me. “We want this school taken down, and any freaks inside thrown into Tartarus before they can destroy our beautiful country.”

“I’m afraid I won’t do that. This school is very important to teach those who are gifted.” I said, crossing my arms, already not liking this pony.

“‘Gifted’ he says.” She said mockingly to her followers. “The only gifted pony that exists is Princess Celestia. What you and anypony else inside that school is, is cursed and every curse leads to trouble.”

I was starting to clench my fists in anger before I took a deep breath to calm myself, “No, there can be others who can be gifted with incredible powers, now, I must ask you to leave the premises.”

“You have no authority to tell us to do anything monster. If I hadn't told all those other monsters that the school was closed permanently, there would be even more freaks in our town!” The pink pony said to me.

“You what?” I asked in surprise and anger. ’No wonder why there weren’t any new students here, this mare chased them off!’ I thought angrily.

“That's right, I got rid of all those other freaks before they could ruin this town.” She said, proud of her actions and worse the crowd behind her was cheering.

‘Now I know how the X-men feel.’ I thought to myself while trying to stay calm.

“Excuse me but what gives you the right to chase away students?” Twilight asked the mare,

“Ah miss Twilight, as a noble yourself, surely you realize the danger these freaks represent to our country. If we don't throw them into Tartarus now then they'll soon overthrow Celestia and who knows what else to us!” The mare said, causing the crowd to get louder again.

I see Twilight frown, “Uh no, I don’t think they should be sent to Tartarus! If anything, I think this school is a good idea!” Twilight said.

The mare gasps and turns to the crowd. “See the kinds of evil this monster can do!? It has used some kind of mind control on this poor mare to make her agree with it, that's the only logical reason why a sensible noble would agree with such a beast!”

“What?” Twilight asked, clearly confused while I was pissed. “I am not under some mind control! He can’t even mind control people!”

“That is just what it wants us to believe, we all need to band together and make this thing leave before it gets us too!” She yells and lifts her sign, with a crudely drawn version of me in my hero form with a circle and line through it.

’Man, I really wish Celestia or even Luna were here right about now to deal with this.’ I thought to myself,

As the pink mare and the crowd continued to yell and complain, getting louder and louder I noticed another group coming but this one had children in it, some young, some teenagers, and this group is made up of almost every species that I know of on this planet.

“Um Twilight? You see what I’m seeing?” I asked the lavender unicorn.

“I think so, we should stop this before something bad happens.” She said as we watched the two groups getting closer to each other.

“Like what? No matter what we say, they’re not gonna leave.” I said to her, “The only ones they probably listen to are the princesses.”

Twilight's eyes widen and she lights her horn before teleporting away. I just stared at the spot where Twilight was, “Ok, that’s just great. Where is she going now?” I asked no one.

“Ah don’t know but we need ta do something before these two groups come to blows.” Applejack said, watching the crowds start to yell at each other.

“Fuck.” I said to myself, going into my hero form and dashed in between the two crowds, “Now everyone please calm down.”

“Get out of here freaks!” The angry mob yelled.

“We only came here to learn about these powers, get out of our way or else.” Some of the parents of the students were yelling at the mob.

Suddenly, a golden flash appeared in front of me, which revealed to be princesses Celesita and Luna with Twilight. “Enough!” Celestia yells, making both sides go quiet. “This school was opened by my order to help those with unique abilities called Quirks and by standing in the way of the students from learning you put not only Equestria in danger but them in danger as well. I am deeply ashamed of all of you!”

The mob just stared at Celestia in shock while I let out a sigh of relief as I came out of my hero form. “B-but princess!” the mare tried saying but was cut off by Celestia.

“No buts! This man is a hero that saved not only this town, but my niece at her wedding.” She glares at the crowd before sighing. “Please go home and stop this foolish behavior.”

The crowd knew better than to disobey royalty and left, going back to their homes angrily. Once they were all gone, I let out a sigh of relief once again, “Thank you so much Celestia.” I said to her.

She smiled at me. “It was the least I could do, I just wish I knew about this sooner. Now I believe you have some students and parents to meet.” She said smirking and looked over at the remaining crowd.

I smiled as I looked at the crowd as well. “Yes, I believe I do.” I said.

I sit in a classroom with two dragons, one a bit taller than Spike, orange with horns that go up on the sides of her head. The other was taller, red and didn’t look happy to be here. “Hello, my name is All Might, and you are?” I asked them,

The red one scoffs. “I don’t know why we are even here, these namby-pamby ponies will probably try and make us friends.” He said before the orange dragoness spoke up.

“Sorry about him, he is just upset this place isn’t run by dragons. My name is Smolder and he is my brother Garble.”

“It’s quite alright.” I said, writing both their names down. “Now, can you tell me what your Quirks, or better known as super powers, are?”

Garble grumbles but Smolder said. “Well I don't know how but I sometimes go through things.”

I nodded before writing that info down, ’So she has an intangibility type Quirk. I thought to myself then looked at Garble, “And you?”

He growls and glares at me. “I can kick your ass, that's my power.”

Smolder sighs and looks at me with sympathy. “He can make small explosions.”

“Small explosions?” I asked,

Garble stands up and starts to walk out. “I am out of here!” When he opens his hand to grab the nob there are small fireworks going off coming from his hand. “Gah, damn it!” He starts shaking his hands to make them stop.

“Young drake, if you stay at UA, you can learn how to control your Quirk, that way they don’t become an inconvenience to you, or better yet, so you don’t accidentally hurt someone.” I said to Garble.

“Like I care if I hurt anyone.” He said still trying to stop the fireworks, and they made burn marks on the floor.

“You should, cause if you don’t train on how to control your Quirk, you could end up hurting someone close to you.” I said, that got him to stop and think.

“Like who? The only people I hang out with are dragons.” He said but now that he was calm the fireworks stopped.

I gestured to Smolder, “Like her, even something like those small explosions, can one day cause serious harm to anyone close to you.”

Garble looks at Smolder, then the ground. “And you can teach me how to control this?”

I nodded my head, “I can.” I simply said.

He grumbles but sits down. “Fine, I’ll stay. But don’t expect me to hang out with ponies or do tea parties and other girly stuff.”

I chuckled, “Alright.” I said, “Now, is there anything else I should know?”

“Yeah, do we have to follow the ponies law’s of no meat while we are here?” Garble asked.

I shook my head, “I don’t think you will have to, I’ve been eating meat and the ponies knew. So I can safely say you will be allowed to eat meat.”

“Huh, so the grass munchers learned not everything can live off plants.” Garble said under his breath.

I see Smolder nod her head in agreement, “Thank goodness too, I don’t think I can handle just eating gems.” she said.

I chuckled a bit, “Yeah, thank goodness.” I said, “Now, is that everything?” They shake their heads and get up, Garble leaves but Smolder shakes my hand before following her brother.

The next being to come in was a Hippogriff, she was light pink with her hair and tail being mint blue, and she was very hyperactive. “Hi! My name is Silverstream it is sooo amazing to meet you mister whoever you are!” She said shaking my hand,

An older hippogriff clears his throat and places a claw on Silverstreams shoulder, having her sit down. “Please excuse her hyperactivity. It has been quite some time since we've been to the surface due to the Storm King, but once word of this school reached us, she insisted that she come here to learn about her ability.”

“It is quite alright sir.” I said,

“What is this?” She asked, looking at a pencil.

He clears his throat again. “Having her in your school may attract the attention of the Storm King. Are you prepared to defend her from him?”

I nodded my head, “I will do anything to protect the innocent.” I said.

While me and her parent or guardian were talking, I noticed that she was looking over the pencil very closely before suddenly a pencil started coming out of her cheek. “As you can see, she has the odd ability to make anything she sees well enough.” He said.

“Indeed.” I said, writing down her Quirk, ’Reminds me of Momo Yaoyorozu.’ I thought to myself,

“Oooo what's this?!” She said full of excitement as she looked over my coffee cup.

He, on the other hand, sighed with exasperation and looked at me apologetically. “So is she accepted into this school?”

I nodded my head, “Of course she is, this school was built to train those with powers like her.” I said,

“I see, thank you. I just hope she doesn’t cause too much trouble.” He gets up, preparing to leave.

“Before you go, is there anything else I should know?” I asked him.

“Hmmm oh yes, you wouldn't know this as we've been cut off from the surface world for quite some time but SilverStream here is actually a cousin to Princess Skystar, so please keep her safe.” He said with a very serious face before smiling and walking out the door.

I just blinked before chuckling, ’Well he doesn’t have to worry about that, as a hero, it’s my job to make sure everyone is safe.’

Next three ponies walked in. There was a dark green earth pony wearing a loose fitting suit, a yellow earth pony wearing a nice dress and a light green earth pony wearing shorts and a shirt. “Hello sir, this is the school for special teenagers right?” The father asked.

I nodded my head, “Yes, this is the school for gifted beings.”

“Oh good, our poor Sandbar has been having trouble staying together ever since his ability started acting up.” The mother said.

I raised an eyebrow, “Oh? And what exactly is his ability?” I asked them.

“Well I can’t exactly control it but sometimes I-” The kid starts before his fur starts turning to sand and he falls apart in the chair.

“Oh dear, it happened again, should we get the bucket?” The mother asked.

I just blinked in surprise, “Um, possibly? How long does it take for him to reform?” I asked them.

“It is different each time although it does take longer when his little sister starts playing on him.” The dad said before he pulls a bucket out of his bag and the two start to scoop the sand up.

“I...see.” I said, still a bit surprised by the boy's sudden transformation into sand. ’This I know is the ability of Sandman.’

A face formed in the sand but fell apart before he could speak. “Can you help him?” The mother asked.

“I’ll do my best ma’am.” I said to the mother.

“Thank you so much, I just have two more questions, first is this school free and second will he be living in a dorm or will he still live with us?” The dad asked.

“The school is indeed free, and it’s up to him if he wants to stay at a dorm or stay with you.” I said, they nod before finishing gathering up their son and leave.

The next being to be interviewed was a female yak by the name of Yona. How I know this? Simple, she yelled her name before entered the room. “Yona want to go to this school!” She yelled with a smile.

I slightly wince from the yell, “Um, alright, can you tell me what your ability is?” I asked her.

“Yona make things bouncy when Yona try to smash!” She yelled then lifted her arms and tried to break the desk but when her fists hit the desk it bent downward before it bounced back to normal.

I just stared at the desk before looking at her, “So your ability is to make things...do that?” I asked her,

Yona nods and huffs. “Yona not able to smash like other Yaks, You teach Yona how to smash again?”

“Well I can help you control your Quirk so you don’t give everything a rubber-like effect. So yes, I can help.” I said,

She smiles and yells loudly. “Yay Yona so happy!”

I winced again but smiled, “Heh, that’s good to hear, now, is there anything I should know about you? Like things that will make being here much more comfortable for you?”

She rubs her chin a bit. “Yona like to smash things and Yaks always best at smashing. Yona also not have place to stay while go to this school.”

I nodded as I wrote that information down, “Well since you have no place to stay, you will be put in a dorm room.” I said,

Yona smiled. “Yona never live in dorm room before. Yona free to go now? Yona want to go smash trees.”

“Yes you can go now.” I said, nodding to her. ’I should probably have Twilight or one of the Mane 6 watch her. Just to be sure her Quirk doesn’t suddenly turn off and she breaks something important.’ She smiles and runs out of the room leaving behind a rubber like door wobbling before it returns to normal. “Hey Twilight?” I called out and Twilight poked her head inside the room. “Can you or one of the others watch Yona? Her Quirk gives things a rubber-like the effect, but I want to be sure that if her Quirik suddenly turns off she doesn’t break something important.”

“Ok.” Twilight said before leaving.

Next to come in was a teenage griffin that had blue and yellow feathers who had a sports jacket on followed by a very old looking griffin that seemed to have one eye blind. “What’s this blasted school gonna cost me?” The old griffin demanded as soon as he sat down.

“Um, nothing sir. The school is free.” I said to him.

“Free he says.” The old bird scoffs. “So you are just gonna take this trouble maker off our claws for free?”

“Yes?” I said, completely confused on why this griffon is doubting that the school is free.

He laughs and gets up. “Good enough for me, just don’t be expecting me to show up for every little event.” Then he leaves, leaving me with the teenager, who looks bored.

“Um okay.” I said, then looked at the teenager, “Alright, welcome to UA High, can you tell me your name please?”

“My name is Gallus.” He said, then he taps his claws on the table.

I nodded before writing his name down, “So Gallus, what ability do you have?”

He smirks and places a claw on the metal part of my desk. “A cool kick ass one, I will probably rule the school in less than a week.” As he says this metal starts to cover his arm, then body till he looks like he is made of the same metal as my desk.

I frowned slightly, ’Definitely gonna have to keep an eye for this kid, a Quirk like his could be trouble.’ I thought to myself as I wrote down his Quirk. “Alright, is there anything else I need to know about you?”

He crosses his arms. “Yeah, I will need a place to live, Griffinstone ain't that close you know.”

“That can be provided, you will be living in a dorm room like others who wish to stay here.” I said, “Anything else?”

“Nope, I am content so long as I have a roof over my head and food in my belly.” He said and started to change back to normal.

I nodded my head, “Alright.” I said and he got up and left.

After a few minutes the door opened and I watched it but no one came inside, then the door closed and the chair in front of my desk pulls back. “Um, hello?” I said, already guessing what Quirk this student has.

“H-hello sir.” A quiet shy voice said.

“Hello, may I ask what your name is?” I asked the voice, a friendly smile on my face.

“O-Ocellus.” She said quietly, I could also hear her fidgeting.

“Hello Ocellus, my name is All Might.” I said to the invisible girl.

There is a flicker. “H-Hello mister A-All Might.” She said.

“So your Quirk lets you become invisible or are you permanently invisible?” I asked her.

“I...um...I can change back...b-but it's harder when I’m nervous.”

I nodded before writing that info down, like always. “Alright, is there anything else I should know? It’ll make coming here much more comfortable for you.”

“Well um...I..uh..I’m a Ch-Changeling, w-will that be a p-problem sir?” She asked me.

I was a bit surprised by that, but shook it off, “No, it’s fine, in fact, another student who will be coming here is a Changeling as well.” I said to her, ’And possibly more if Celestia let’s Chrysalis and her subjects come.’

“R-really?” She asked surprised and started to become visible again.

I nodded my head with a chuckle, “Yep, his name is Thorax, and he’ll be attending UA just like you.” I said.

Her eyes widen and she gasps. “B-but wasn’t he a part of the invasion?”

“Well….kinda, he didn’t really like the idea of invading Canterlot, so I gave him a choice, either be a villain or use his power for good, he chose the latter.” I said, “The princesses were told of course but seeing how he saved some ponies as he left Canterlot, he was merely put on house arrest for a while.”

“W-Wow, I can hardly believe it. Are you sure it wouldn’t be a problem for me to go here?” She asked, now fully visible.

“I’m sure Ocellus. In fact, I think some of the students here might want to be friends with you.” I said to her, still having the friendly smile on my face.

She slowly smiles back then looks at her hands and gasps. “I am visible again!”

I chuckled, “That you are, must mean you’re comfortable being around me.”

“I guess so.” She said, smiling a bit.

“So, is there anything else I need to know to make this place a bit more comfortable for you or is that all? Also, if you have no home to go to or if it’s too far away, you can stay in a dorm room, but that is up to you.”

“A dorm? Is that like a hive?” She asked tilting her head.

“Eh, kinda, more like you share a room with a few students and that room is in a building that is on school grounds.” I explained,

“Oh, sounds fun I guess.” She said getting shy again.

“Don’t worry, I’m sure you’ll be fine.” I said to her reassuringly, she nodded softly before getting up to leave.

I let out a weary sigh as I waited for the next student to come in. Surprisingly two students came in, Applebloom and Scootaloo. “Hi mista Fred.” Applebloom said.

I smiled, “Hey Applebloom, hey Scootaloo.” I said to them, “So, I’m guessing you’re here for a visit, or you two got Quirks.”

They both smile. “We totally got our Quirk thingies!” Scootsloo said. She then closes her eyes and grunts as she focuses hard.

I raised an eyebrow in confusion before suddenly Scootaloo disappears in a puff of a smoke and reappears a few feet away, “Whoa, didn’t see that coming.” I said, though I had a smile on my face, “So your Quirk lets you teleport?”

She nods but falls back onto her butt. “Yeah, isn’t it cool?”

“It is indeed cool. What about you, Applebloom?” I asked the filly,

Applebloom blushes a bit, then puts a potted flower on the desk. “Can you dance for me please?” She speaks to the flower, and after a few seconds it starts to wiggle back and forth.

“So your Quirk lets you speak to plants?” I asked her,

Applebloom nods. “Yeah, It started when I could hear the apple trees on ma family’s farm, then ah tried talken to em.”

“Huh, that’s interesting.” I said, “Well looks like the CMC all have Quirks and will be attending the same school as well.”

The two girls high five. “We are in!”

I chuckled, “Not that there was any doubt.” I said, “So, are you two gonna stay in the dorms or stay at your homes?”

“We should probably stay in our homes.” Applebloom said, but Scootaloo seemed nervous.

I noticed this and frowned, “Is something wrong Scootaloo?”

“Oh uh nothing sir.” She said, darting her eyes around.

I knew she was lying but decided not to pry, “Well if that’s all, you two can go now.”

The girls nod and Applebloom runs out first, but Scootaloo is slower. ’I'll have to talk to her one day.’ I thought to myself,

The next student to come in was Thorax, who looked a bit nervous. “Thorax, glad you could make it.” I said to the Changeling.

“Hello mister All Might.” He said while fidgeting.

“Nervous about something?” I asked him as he sat down in the chair across from me.

“Well, you are the hero of Canterlot. I may have speed but if you caught me I would be done for.” He said.

“Relax Thorax, you have nothing to fear.” I said, “Besides, you are a bit of a hero as well, remember you saved some ponies before leaving Canterlot?”

“Yeah but it’s the least I could have done.” He said looking down. “It was my brother that set the fires.”

I sighed, “I bet that made you feel bad? Knowing it was somebody you know that was causing pain to others?” I asked him.

He nods but sighs. “Yes, but he was always like that.”

I sigh and push a candy bowl towards him. “Look I understand that you feel responsible for your brother's actions but you're not responsible for his or the rest of the changelings actions, you are your own being. You're free to take these classes and become a hero or just take them to understand your powers better, then you can get a normal job. You're free to do what you want to do, the question is what do you want?”

“I...I want to be a hero.” Thorax said, a determined smile on his face.

I smiled as well, “That’s good to hear.” I said,

He starts to fidget. “Um, there may be one problem with housing me.”

I raised an eyebrow in confusion, “And that would be?”

“Well um… when I use my speed I get very very hungry, I have even passed out from hunger one time.” He told me.

“I see.” I said, ’When it comes to powers, there’s always a catch.’ I thought to myself.

“Is there anything else I need to tell you, mister All Might?” He asked.

“I don’t know, is there anything else you want to tell me or is that all?” I asked him.

“Um… do you think you could help my brother out? H-he isn't the nicest changeling but he does care about me.” He said while his ear fins fold down.

“Well…” I paused, Thorax’s brother was part of the invasion so he’ll be in the dungeons, I let out a sigh, “I’ll see what I can do Thorax.”

“Thank you so much.” He smiles and shakes my hand before leaving.

’He’s a good kid with a big heart. He's already got the making of a hero.’ I thought to myself, smiling a bit.

I sighed as the last of the students left, the interview had taken nearly all day but it was worth it if the school was gonna get students. As I got up and put the file on the last student in a file cabinet when suddenly there was a knock on the door. I raised an eyebrow in confusion, it couldn’t be one of the Mane 6 as they are busy handling the students in the assembly room, maybe it was a last minute student? “Come in.” I said to whoever was knocking, and I was shocked to see who just walked in.

In walked two guards and queen Chrysalis. She sat down in the chair as the guards stayed by the door. “Hello again.” She said to me.

“Chrysalis? What brings you here?” I asked her, the Canterlot Invasion still fresh in my mind.

“Well the thing is..” She starts and looks at the guards. “One of the conditions of my imprisonment is that I attend your school so that they can study my powers and they hope I will become a better leader for my people.”

“Wait, the princesses said that you have to attend UA?” I asked her, completely surprised before saying quietly to myself, “Why didn’t they tell me about this?”

Chrysalis blushes lightly but just enough I notice before saying. “Well ...she didn't say I had to attend your school just that I had to let someone study my powers.”

I get what she is saying but am still confused, “So you chose to come here. Why?”

“Um well I thought you would be more understanding than a bunch of scientists. They would probably poke and prod me day in and day out with no rest at all, you would at least treat me like a living being.” She said.

“Well you’re not wrong about that, I would treat you as a living being instead of an experiment.” I said,

“So will you accept me into your school?” She asked, then one of the guards cleared his throat. She sighs before adding. “And my babysitters.”

“Of course you’re accepted, anyone with Quirks are allowed.” I said with a nod.

She sighs with what seems like relief as she slumped in the chair relaxed. “Good, thank you.”

I had a small smile on my face, “You’re welcome. Now, can you please tell me what your Quirk can do? As well as anything else that might make your stay here much more comfortable?”

“Well, I will need a room fit for a queen, a full bathroom to myself, and the finest beauty and health care products.” She lists off, before she sees the look on my face and she flinches before fidgeting. “Um… my powers help me heal faster and my senses are stronger.”

I nodded before writing that down, along with her requested items, “Alright, well you’ll be getting the same room as everyone else who decides to stay, so sorry about the room, but I’ll see what I can do about the beauty and healthcare products.” I said, it wasn't the first time someone requested a room fit for a king or queen or whatever.

“R-right, sorry.” She said blushing. “I think that is everything.”

“Alright, now just head to the assembly.” I said then handed her a map, “Use this to get there.” She nods, taking the map and leaves, followed by the two guards.

I let out a sigh, “So Chrysalis is gonna attend UA. Didn’t see that coming.” I said to myself before putting Chrysalis’s file in the cabinet as well, I then opened my desk drawer and pulled out a capsule and pressed the button, revealing the now fixed Golden Age costume. “Well, time to make an appearance at the assembly.”

3rd POV

Twilight and her friends looked at all the different creatures in the assembly room, each one ranging from pony, to griffon, to dragon, even never before seen hippogriffs. “Wow, so many creatures coming together in one place this is amazing, almost fantasy-like.” Twilight said, then looked around before asking. “Where is Fred? The assembly is about to start.”

“I’m sure he’s coming Twilight.” Applejack said, “He’s probably finishing putting the files on the students away, there are a lot of them remember?”

“I know but how will it look if he is late on the first day?” She said getting worried, then the lights dim automatically as a spotlight turned on, on an empty stage. “Oh no, the assembly is starting!”

Then they heard laughing before Fred suddenly appeared on the stage in his hero form, “I am here!” he said, “Welcome students to UA High! The school for gifted individuals such as yourselves!”

The students clap and a few cheer. “See ah told ya he would show.” Applejack said with a smile, then she shakes her head. “He sure loves to make en entrance don’t he?”

“Yes he does, but hey, heroes do love to make an entrance.” Rainbow Dash said before she and Applejack were shushed by Pinkie just as Fred continued speaking.

“Now many of you are no doubt eager to learn more about your powers, or as I call them, Quirks!” Fred said, receiving voices of agreements, “I thought so! But first, we will need to discuss the rules while you will be attending UA.”

Most of the younger audience members moan in displeasure. “How can they not enjoy rules?” Twilight asked her friends.

Her friends just gave her blank looks as if saying, ‘are you serious?’ but before they could say anything, Fred spoke up. “Yes, I know, that’s the last thing you want to hear. But trust me when I say this, these rules will help you, even if you don’t like them.” Fred said, “Rule one, there will be no use of Quirks outside of school grounds, we don’t want to cause any accidents now do we?”

There are some murmurs of agreement but a few groans of disappointment. “Rule two, do not use your Quirks to harm other students and especially on others outside the school, that includes those who wish for this school to be taken down.” Fred said, though he was still angry at how the mob treated Quirk users.

Some were confused but most agreed with the rule. “Rule three, if two or more students are having an argument and want to settle things with the use of their Quirks, they have to schedule an official match that has to be watched by a teacher.”

Some of the students nodded their heads and sounded enthusiastic while others were a bit worried. “Rule four, all students who are living in the dorms must keep their rooms clean and tidy as there is an inspection once a week and all students must work together to keep the campus clean.” Some of the students agreed with the rule while others groaned at having to do work.

“There will also be a dress code, girls can’t have skirts shorter than where their hands stop, and boys have to wear at least a shirt and shorts when out of their dorms.” that earned various complaints before the students went quiet again. “Rule six, and this is very important, no matter what race or what Quirk one has, all students must respect each other and school faculty. Understand?”

The students all responded in a few different variations of “Yes sir.”

“Good.” Fred said with a nod, “The last rule is that there will be no mixing of boys and girls after curfew, basically, no girls in the boys dorms and no boys in the girls dorms at 8pm at night.” There were a few mumbles but most seem to understand the reasoning behind it.

“And that’s the last of the rules, after the assembly, there will be a tour of the school which will be led by the Bearers of Harmony and I. After that, those who will be staying in the dorms please meet with Miss Twilight and Miss Applejack while the rest of you please meet at the gym for Quirk training. Do you all understand what you must do?” Fred asked them.

Again Fred is met with a chorus of different versions of, “Yes sir.”

Fred smiled, “Good, you are now dismissed, and remember students, go beyond, plus ultra!” The students then talked among themselves as they followed Fred and the main six on the tour. The tour lasted about three hours, during those hours, the students were shown the classrooms, gym and training courses, the cafeteria, nurses and counselors offices and lastly the dorms.

“Is everyone now familiar with UA?” Fred asked the students.

“Yes mister All Might.” The students all said.

“Good, those staying in the dorms, please follow Miss Applejack and Miss Twilight, the-” Fred suddenly stopped talking when he saw smoke coming from Ponyville, “The rest of you head towards the gym and I will meet you there later!” he said quickly before dashing off, leaving a dust trail behind him.

“Where is he going?” One of the students asked.

“He’s heading towards the direction of that smoke, which means there is a fire.” Twilight said, pointing at the cloud of smoke.

“And when he gets there, he’s gonna do what every hero does, save the day.” Rainbow Dash said,

The students chatter as they head to the gym. Meanwhile Fred makes it to where the fire is ready to help. The fire was coming from a house, firefighters were already at the scene along with some guards to keep the civilians back, one of the guards saw Fred and walked over to him.

“What are you doing here? Did you start this fire?” He demanded of Fred. Another guard walks over and slaps her partner’s head.

“Shut up Quick, he is here to help.” She said.

“Indeed I am! What’s the situation besides the obvious?” Fred asked the guard while looking at the burning building.

“Like you don’t kn-” the fist guard starts but his partner shuts his mouth.

“Quiet, and there are a few families in the building but the flames are too hot for anypony to get through, as well as the building becoming unstable.” She told Fred.

Fred frowned, the situation was not good at all, he couldn’t use a smash to blast wind at the fire as it would only cause more harm than good, so that left him with using his speed to get the families out, but that also might have setbacks as well, with the building starting to become unstable, it could collapse with his weight. ’I’ve got no choice, I’ve got to get those families out.’ Fred thought to himself, “Alright, have the firefighters keep dousing the flames, I’m going in to get those families out.”

“Right!” She rushes off to tell the firefighters. While Fred grabbed some fireproof blankets.

“Okay, this is gonna be a bit risky, but I have no choice.” Fred said to himself, and once he was sure he had enough fireproof blankets, he ran inside the building and was immediately assaulted by the intense heat and near lack of oxygen, “Hello?! If you can hear me shout your location!” Fred shouted as he started to look for the families.

He soon could hear some yelling from a floor up. He saw some stairs and quickly went up them as he listened for where the yelling was coming from, once upstairs he found out where the yelling was coming from and saw a group of ponies on the other side of a pile of burning rubble. “Hang on! I’m on my way!” he said to the ponies as he quickly moved the burning rubble, being careful not to touch the burning parts, once the rubble was cleared, he ran over to them, “Is everyone alright?” he asked them.

“Yeah we’re-” the stallion started to cough before continuing to speak, “Fine, but we’re close to passing out.”

Fred nodded before he gave them the blankets, “Alright, put these on and follow me.” Fred told them before he and the ponies left the room. Or at least tried to but the ceiling collapsed, blocking their path. He cursed before looking behind them, seeing a window, “Alright, I want you all to hang onto me.” he told them as he picked them and they did what he said before ran towards the window and jumped out.

Ponies gasped as Fred landed on the ground before putting the ponies down, “T-thank you, any second longer and we might not have made it.” the stallion said, a grateful smile on his face, “But there’s still some more ponies in there.”

“I’m on it.” Fred said, before running back into the building, he started to search the rooms looking for anyone, “Hello?! Please call out if you can hear me!” Fred shouted as she searched the next floor, he heard coughing and followed it into a room, two ponies huddled together and close to passing out, acting quickly, Fred covered them up in the blankets, glad that he still had some and carried them out of the building.

Just as he was about to walk out the building, a wooden board fell from the ceiling and almost fell on one of the ponies but Fred quickly dodged it but barely. After that he quickly ran out and gave the two ponies to some medics and grabbed some more fireproof blankets and ran back into the building.

Fred ran up to the fourth floor before gasping coughing up some blood, “D-damn it! Not now!” Fred said before he heard crying, “Hold on I’m coming!” he shouted out to whoever was crying before he suddenly reverted back to his civilian form but he didn’t care, he just followed the source of the crying to a locked door, “Hang on! I’m almost to you!” he shouted again before he tried to shoulder bash the door open, hissing in pain when that failed, he took a deep breath before kicking the door open.

He quickly walked into the room but a piece of wood fell in front of him, causing him to look up and go wide eyed before rolling out of the way of a falling piece of the ceiling. He heard the crying again and looked towards a closet and ran over to it.

Opening it and pushing aside some hanging clothes, he found a small filly covered up in a blanket, “It’s okay, I am here to get you out.” he said to her as he picked her up, covering her up with the fire proof blanket and ran out of the room, wincing as the flames burned him a little. He ran over to the stairs only to hear cracking wood, “Shit!” he shouted just as the floor gave way, causing him to grab the edge of the floor while his other hand held onto the filly.

He grunted as he quickly put the screaming filly onto the floor before trying to pull himself up. He felt someone grab his hand and saw that it was the filly who grabbed it and was trying to help him up. “Thanks kid.” he said to the filly as he got away from the edge before picking up the filly and covering her up again and ran downstairs.

Meanwhile, outside the burning building, ponies were starting to grow worried as they waited for Fred to come out, “Y-you think he’s alright? He should have been out by now.” the same guard said to her partner, only to receive a scoff in reply, the guard mare would have shouted at her partner if somebody hadn’t shouted.

“Look!” Everyone looked to the building, just as Fred ran out, his costume slightly burning but he and the filly were okay. Firefighters rush over to them and they take the filly from him as a few start to treat his burns.

“T-thanks.” Fred told them, coughing a bit due to the smoke. The guard from before walks up to Fred and rubs the back of his head.

“I guess I was wrong, I am sorry.” He said before lowering his head. While the two are talking the fire was slowly being put out and firefighters were able to go into the building.

“It’s fine, everyone can be wrong sometimes.” Fred told the guard,

Soon the fire is completely out, the firefighters come out and talk to each other, but Fred can hear them as they pass by. “Yeah, some poor colt got trapped in the basement and didn't make it. It's sad but it happens.” One firefighter said to the others.

Fred went wide eyed after hearing that, he missed someone? No, it can’t be, but the firefighters had said so. Fred looked down sadly, ’I’m supposed to be the guy who saves everyone, yet I failed to save one colt.’ he thought sadly.

The guard next to him frowned when he heard that, then he placed a hand on Fred’s back. “The hardest thing about this job is …you can’t save everyone.”

Fred looked at the guard, then looked down sighing, “You’re right, even with this power, I can’t help everyone.” Fred said,

“You just gotta do the best you can, and when you fail, work to improve yourself so you don’t fail again.” He said then turned to walk away. “If I were you I would get out of here before the parents try to yell at you.”

Fred raised an eyebrow in confusion, “Why would they yell at me?” he asked the guard.

“Because you are the easy target, you are the one that was running into the building to save everypony. They're going to be highly emotional so you can either wait here until they find you and yell at you for not saving their son, or you can get out of here and the guard will try and calm things down.” He said.

Fred sighed sadly, “I’ll leave.” he said before walking away. Fred made his way back to the school and ran into Twilight.

“Fred your back, is everything ok?” She asked.

Fred just sighed, “Not really.” he said as he continued walking. Twilight frowned and followed him. “I managed to get to the building that was on fire and rescued some ponies.”

“That's good! I’m so glad everyone is safe.” Twilight said with a hand over her chest.

Twilight’s relief was replaced by confusion when she saw the saddened look on Fred's face, “Not everyone, there was a colt that was in the basement. I didn’t get him because I didn’t know he was there.”

She gasps and covers her mouth. “Oh no, Fred I’m sure you would have gotten to him if you knew he was there.”

“But I didn’t get him because I didn’t know.” Fred said, looking down. “I failed to save him and now he’s dead.”

Twilight hugs Fred. “You didn’t know Fred.”

“I know, but it still pains me that I could have saved him, if only my damn injury didn’t force me to change back.” Fred said the last part quietly to himself.

“M-maybe you can use this as a lesson for the students. So they can know even heroes can fail, and that's ok.” Twilight suggested trying to cheer him up.

Fred only sighed sadly, “I guess you’re right.” he said.

“Come on, let's start some training.” Twilight said tugging on Fred.

Fred nodded before walking with Twilight towards the gym, when the two got there they can hear students talking from within. Fred sighed before going into his hero form, “Alright, let’s get started.”