THE SYMBOL OF PEACE

3rd POV

Raven frowned as they walked through the halls of their lair, a crystal orb floating beside them. "Damn Quirk user barely lasted a second against me. We really need to find creatures with more powerful Quirks." they said as they looked at an image of UA. "Unfortunately, we can't get them due to them being protected by that damn Symbol of Peace."

"Would you quit your whining already? I can barely hear myself think." Raven turned to see Shade walking towards them, a chained dragon next to them.

"I see you have acquired a new punching bag." Raven said, causing Shade to roll their eyes.

"This punching bag, as you call it, has volunteered to join our little army. And they have a useful ability." Shade said before continuing walking past Raven.

"He better be better than that Lycanthropy Quirk user, they didn't last long against All Might." Raven said.

"Oh trust me, they will be much better." Shade said with an evil grin. "And I believe they will be more than a match against All Might."

Meanwhile at UA High Gym

The gym was filled with the sound of students chatter as they waited for Fred to return. Thorax looked around nervously as some ponies gave him suspicious or angry looks. "O-oh man, I-I hope All Might gets b-back soon." he said as he nervously rubs his arm before feeling a tap on his shoulder, making him look and see no one. "H-huh? Is s-someone there?"

"H-hi..." a voice said, "M-my name is Ocelluss. My Q-Quirk let's me become i-invisible."

“O-oh that's cool, wait Ocellus? Isn’t that a changeling name?” Thorax asked.

“Y-yes, it i-is…” Ocellus said,

“It’s nice to meet you, I am Thorax.” He said with a small smile.

“I-its nice to m-meet you too.” Ocellus said, starting to appear more visible, if only a bit.

“It’s pretty scary being here huh?” He asked, rubbing his arms. “At least we can be friends.”

Ocellus became more visible, letting Thorax see the small smile on her face, “I-I would like t-that.”

“And here I thought I was gonna be the only Changeling here.” the two stiffeneed when they heard a familiar voice, they slowly looked in the direction of the voice, seeing Chrysalis with her arms crossed, her two guards standing next to her.

Ocellis turns fully invisible again and Thorax twitches at high speed. “Ooh m-my queen...I ...I didn’t know you were here.” Thorax said.

Chrysalis rolled her eyes at the reactions of the two, “Yes, I am here, unfortunately. And I see that you two are here as well.”

“We...we have p-powers and...All Might said we should come.” Thorax said.

“I can tell.” Chrysalis said, then they heard loud laughter as Fred walked in.

“Hello students! Sorry for disappearing earlier, but I had to do some hero work!” Fred said, receiving voices of understanding.

Thorax and Ocellis take this chance to find some seats as everyone else does as well, however Chrysalis demands to have one of the front desks and Garble isn’t giving it up.

“Why should I give up my seat for a bug like you?” Garble asked, giving a small glare at Chrysalis.

“Because I am a queen you insufferable reptile!” She said glaring at him.

“Oh? And that’s supposed to mean something now?” Garble said, a smirk on his face. Chrysalis’s horn sparked with magic.

“Both of you please stop.” Fred said to the two, giving them a stern look. “Chrysalis, please find another seat.”

She frowns at him. “Fine!” She stomps off to another seat while Garble just laughs at her.

Fred sighs, ’Okay, Quirk training is off to a shaky start, but that’s fine, it happens.’ he thought to himself before clearing his throat. “Anyway, is everyone ready for Quirk training?” he asked the gathered students.

The younger students cheer and the older ones make sounds of agreement but with much less enthusiasm.

“Glad to hear the enthusiasm!” Fred said, his grin a bit bigger. “Now, the first part of your training will be learning how to control your Quirks! Now, most of you have some control over your Quirks, and might think you won’t need it, but some control is not always a good thing. You’ll need 100% control over your Quirks lest you do harm unto others.”

“Ha! Like we care about hurting others.” Garble said, only to be slapped upside his head by his sister.

“Shut up idiot.” Smolder said in annoyance, “Besides, didn’t he already talk to you about that?”

Garble crosses his arms and looks away grumbling. Sweetie Belle raises her hand and asks. “Mister All Might, how are we going to train our quirks?”

“Well, you will all get various tasks that will help you learn to control your Quirks.” Fred said in reply, “They will be stressful, but trust me when I say this, it will all be worth it at the end when you finally control your Quirk.”

“How long will this take?” Garble asked.

“Will Yona get to smash again?” Yona asked.

“The time it will take is unknown, but with enough hard work and dedication, you might be done in no time at all!” Fred said,

Most of them groan, the adults looking bored. “How do we start?” Sandbar asked.

“We will be going into the training room. There I will give you lessons and advice on controlling your Quirks.” Fred said in reply, thinking to himself, ’As well as keep any ‘accidents’ can be contained and minimized.’

The younger students cheer as they rush out of the room while the older or more shy ones stay waiting for Fred. “And how will you give us advice on our powers?” Asked Garble in a rude way.

This caused some of the adults to ask the same question, “Simple, I am expert on Quirks, so I will be telling how what ways that are useful in controlling your Quirks.” Fred said,

That seemed to satisfy them as they also got up and left the classroom before Thorax looked back at Fred. “Where are we going?”

“Just follow me and I will lead us to the training room. We’ll also be picking up the younger students who have run out without getting to know the place first.” Fred said, chuckling a bit as he led the group through the school, finding the younger students as he did, before they reached a large empty room. “Welcome to the training room!”

They look around before Yona says what they are all thinking. “It just big empty room!”

Fred’s grin turned mischievous as he walked over to a panel on the wall. “Is it?” he asked before pressing a button, causing a few panels in the walls of the training room to open, revealing several glowing crystals. Soon, the entire room changed to that of a small town, with various creatures in said town, there was also a wide open area near the town.

This surprised the students, “Now, despite what you see, the beings and objects in this room are fake, so you don’t have to worry about hurting anyone in case your Quirk goes out of control.” Fred said to the students.

Garble grins and cracks his knuckles. “Sweet, so we can trash this place and not have to worry about any sissy guards.”

Fred sighed, “Yes, but the whole point of this room is to train, so do not just go around destroying anything.” Fred said, mostly to Garble. “The town is indeed fake, yes, but any damage you cause to it is very real. Think of it as a magical copy of sorts.”

Garble scoffs but the rest of them not their heads. “This is impressive, I could use magic like this in my castle.” Chrysalis said.

“You mean the castle where you can no longer go to?” Garble asked mockingly,

She growls at him and lights her horn with magic. “Want to say that again?!”

Garble grins, “You heard me you overgrown bug.” Garble said but before Chrysalis could retort, Fred spoke up.

“That’s enough, both of you.” Fred said, giving the two a stern look. “I will not tolerate fighting amongst each other, including bullying.”

Garble kept grinning while Chrysalis growled but looked away from both of them. “Yona bored! Can Yona smash now?”

Fred sighed again, “Yes, we can begin if there are no further problems.” he said, causing Yona to smile.

“Who goes first?” Asked Smolder after crossing her arms.

“All of you will begin training at the same time, with me going around and giving pointers.” Fred said, they shrug and move into the room and start to practice using their Quirks.

Meanwhile

Spoiled Rich glared at the UA building with hate and disgust from her room. “Those freaks need to be stopped before they corrupt this world any more.”

’You’re absolutely right.’ a voice said in her head.

“But how can I stop them? That beast has the princesses wrapped around it’s little finger.” She starts to pace back and forth.

‘’Why not make the public even more against the school and All Might?’ the voice suggested. ’Give the school a bad image by getting evidence that one of the students has ‘attacked’ you.’

She grins and looks out the window. “Yes, but I am far too valuable...hmmm.” She looked over at a family picture and smirks. “Ah yes, I think it's time for my daughter to make some ‘friends’.”

The owner of the voice grinned as they watched Spoiled Rich leave her room in search of her daughter thanks to a glowing crystal orb. ”That was almost too easy.” Shade said, chuckling a bit. They then changed the scene to Fred training his students. ”That school will soon no longer be a safe haven for your students, All Might.”

Back At UA

“Stay focused Sandbar, if you stay focused, you’ll be able to stay together.” Fred told Sandbar, who was trying to keep himself from turning into a pile of sand.

“R-right.” He said and started to pull himself back together and lifting into a standing position but is still looking like a sand pony. One of his legs buckles before he topples forward and lands on his face collapsing into a pile of sand.

“Oh boy, better get a bucket.” Fred said with a sweatdrop.

“I’m ok.” Sandbar said weakly before a hand forms and starts to lift himself up.

“Looks like you’re getting better at reforming yourself.” Fred said,

“Yeah, I guess I am.” He said as his upper body forms.

“And that’s good, you keep training, and you won’t keep turning into a pile of sand at random anymore.” Fred said encouragingly.

“Thanks teach.” He said as he gets his full body to stick together however he still looks like sand.

“You’re welcome! Happy to help!” Fred said before he noticed Yona trying to get his attention, “Keep up the good work Sandbar.” he said to him before walking over to Yona. “Is something wrong Yona?”

“Yona not know how to turn power off, always turn things bouncy when Yona try to smash.” She said before she tries to smash a park bench but it just bends down before bouncing into the air when she pulls her arms away.

Fred held his chin in thought, thinking of a way to help Yona. “Hmm.” hummed Fred. ’How can I help her with her Quirk?’ I thought to myself.

Yona frowns and keeps trying to smash the bench but it turns to rubber when she slams her fists down on it. However Fred notices that when she tries to slam her firsts down the ground below her feet sink down like it is made of rubber too.

Fred then got an idea, “Alright Yona, I think I may have an idea on how to help you.” Fred said, causing Yona to smile.

“Yona listen to teacher! Tell Yona how to smash.” She said with a big grin.

“Well, that's the thing, your Quirk seems to respond to you wanting to smash, so maybe try not smashing something and see what will happen.” Fred said,

Yona frowns and pouts. “But Yona yak! Yak best at smashing!”

“I know, but whenever you do try to smash something, it becomes rubbery. So maybe doing the opposite might not make them rubbery.” Fred said to the still pouting Yona.

Yona was quiet as she thought about it and she picked up the bench waving it around a bit and to her surprise it didn’t turn to rubber. “Yona not turn it to rubber!”

“That’s great Yona!” Fred said, giving the girl a thumbs up,

Yona got so excited she jumped into the air and smashed the bench onto the ground and it actually smashed. “Yona not make rubber!”

Fred smiled, “Good work Yona! You're one more step closer to fully controlling your Quirk!”

Yona continued to celebrate by picking up and smashing other objects. While Fred watched this with a smirk a blur rushed past him. “Nooo! I don’t want to!” the blur said.

“Oh come on! It won't be that bad! All you gotta do is zip in and out, she won’t know!” said Gallus as he chased the blur.

Fred raised an eyebrow in confusion. He easily caught up to the blur, finding out it was Thorax. “Thorax? What is going on?” Fred asked him.

“Gallus is nuts!” He said with a blush on his face.

Fred was even more confused, wondering what Thorax is talking about while said griffon caught up to the two. “Alright, let’s move to the side you two, I don’t want us to interrupt anyone’s training.” Fred said to the two as he led them to the side of the training room. “Now, explain to me what is going on?”

Gullus shakes his head. “Nothing man, Thorax and I are just...uh… training!”

“Training!? You want me to run into Chrysalis' room and steal her panties!” Thorax said before covering his mouth.

Fred’s grin immediately disappeared and was replaced by a frown as he sternly glared at Gallus, who gulped a bit at seeing the glare. “I didn’t tell him to do that!” He said quickly.

“My office. Now.” Fred said sternly.

“Awww man!” Gallus said before walking away to Fred’s office.

Fred looked at Thorax, “You can go back to training Thorax.” he said to the Changeling before he left the training room, asking one of the girls to watch over the students. As he was walking towards his office, he changed out of his hero form cause he would be needing it to get to students who needed help. Fred soon reached his office and entered, seeing Gallus sitting in front of hos desk.

Fred walked over to the desk and sat in the chair, a stern look on his face. “Gallus, what you did earlier was wrong and inappropriate, asking a student to acquire a fellow female student's underwear is not acceptable.” Fred told Gallus.

He looks away and crosses his arms. “I didn’t say to steal her underwear...I just said it would be funny to take something embarrassing of hers and show it to the class. Not my fault he thought I was talking about her underwear.”

“Still, stealing is not allowed. This is your first warning, got it?” Fred asked him.

Gallus frowns and huffs. “Yeah yeah, at least once I get some training I could get some bits out of my power.” He said as he got up and was about to leave.

“Hold on, I wasn’t done talking.” Fred said, “As punishment for your actions, you will be doing janitorial work until school is over.”

“What!? Oh come on!” He complained.

“You brought upon yourself Gallus. You’ll also be watched by one of the Mane 6 to make sure you actually do the work instead of slacking off.” Fred said as he started writing the paperwork for Gallus then handed it to him. “You can start right now.”

Gallus grumbled as he left upset. Fred lets out a sigh before getting up. ’Definitely gonna have to keep an eye on him.’ Fred thought as he left his office and returned to the training room, going into his Hero form as he did. He looked around for a certain member of the Mane 6 in the training room before spotting her, he walked over to her while helping out a few students as he did. “Hello Applejack.” Fred said to the mare.

Applejack tips her hat. “Howdy Fred, what was all that about?”

“I need you to watch one of the students, Gallus, he was trying to get another student to steal something from a fellow student.” Fred said, causing Applejack to frown.

“That just ain't right. What did the fella try to get stolen?” Applejack asked as she crossed her arms.

“Well, Thorax said Gallus was trying to get him to steal panties, but Gallus said he was trying to get him to steal something embarrassing so he can show it to the class.” Fred said,

Applejack blushed then glares as she punches her palm. “Why that no good dirty pervert. Ah should go find him and teach him a lesson!”

“Applejack, calm down, I already punished him, he has janitorial duty until school is over and I just need you to make sure he doesn’t slack off.” Fred said to the angry farmer.

She frowns at him. “Partner, you don't know how disrespectful that really is but he tried to pull that if he was back on my farm he’d be doing more than just cleaning up.” Applejack huffs and starts to pace back and forth. “If he tries to do that to ma little sister, I’ll hit him so hard he won’t be in class for weeks.”

“Applejack, please calm down.” Fred said to the angry mare. “I understand your upset, but please calm down.”

She gets into Fred's face. “Calm down?! How do we know he won’t try again, or worse. Maybe he ain’t cut out for hero school.” She accuses.

“Look, I understand you are upset, I am as well, why do you think I chose you to watch him?” Fred said, “You're much more strict than the others.”

Applejack stares at Fred for a bit before she sighs and frowns at the ground. “Fine, I’ll watch em, but if ah think he is up to anything after this, especially with Applebloom, Ah’ll do more than tan his hide.”

“I understand, but uh, please don’t do anything extreme if he is up to something.” Fred said,

She gave him a look that said not to push it. “What ah do to em will be a kindness compared to if Big Mac were to find out.”

“Noted.” was all Fred said before he saw a student struggling. “Well, I need to get back to teaching, he should be waiting by the janitor's closet for you.”

“Right, I’ll go watch the varmint.” She said before leaving.

Fred let’s a sigh before he goes to help the student. “This is gonna be a long day.” was all Fred said as he helped the student.

Time Skip

The bell rings while Fred was giving advice to a student, “Alright everyone! Time for lunch!” Fred said to the entire class.

The younger students cheered and rushed off while the older ones mumbled and left as well. Twilight walked up to Fred. “Hey Fred, how is your first day as a teacher going?”

Fred laughed a little, “Well, I can certainly say it is interesting if a bit tiring.” Fred said before covering his mouth as he coughed a little, “It’s also really stretching my limit in my hero form though.” Fred then changed into his civilian form.

Twilight frowns in worry. “Don’t you think you should save your hero time in case there is an emergency?”

“You’re probably right, but I need to be able to help the students as best as I can.” Fred said as the two began walking out of the training room.

“You can still help them while you are in your civilian form, if you ever need to stop them if they grow out of control then use your powers.” Twilight suggested.

“Yeah, that sounds like a better use of my powers while teaching.” Fred said with a chuckle, the two passing by Applejack and Gallus, the latter was currently mopping the floor.

Twilight looked at Gallus while they passed before asking Fred. “Why is one of your students moping?”

“Because he is being punished for asking a fellow student to steal something from one of the female students.” Fred said in reply.

Twilight frowns as they keep walking. “Why would he do that? What did he ask to be stolen? And from who?”

“The student he asked to aid him said it was panties, but he said something embarrassing so he can show it to the class.” Fred said, making Twilight go wide eyed.

“What!” Twilight shouted in shock and with a furious blush on her face. “How could someone ask for something like that!? And to show the whole class? That is just wrong!”

“Some beings are just like that Twilight. Especially teens.” Fred said just as they entered the teachers lounge, seeing that the others were already eating. “Hope you guys saved some for us.”

“Of course Fredy!” Pinkie said while waving her hand in the air for them to join her and the others.

Fred smiled and sat down at the table along with Twilight, Pinkie placed a hayburger in front of Twilight and a regular burger in front of Fred. “Thanks Pinkie.” Fred said to the mare.

“No probablamo Fredy!” Pinkie said before slamming her face right into her food and starts eating.

“Are we sure Pinkie doesn’t have one of these Quirks?” Rainbow Dash said.

“If she does, then she has a lot of them cause a lot of the stuff she does is impossible without the use of a Quirk, well, most of the stuff she does anyway.” Fred said, chuckling a bit.

Everyone else laughs at that before Rarity speaks up. “Fred darling, how is Sweetie Belle doing?”

“She is doing great, in fact, I saw her help out some of the other students a bit.” Fred said, a small smile on his face.

“That's wonderful darling!” Rarity praised. “I am sure mother and father will be overjoyed to hear she is doing well.”

“I bet Scoots is doing just as well.” Rainbow Dash said,

“She is doing alright, though a bit hyper. She needed to sit down after constant teleporting which caused her to become a bit dizzy.” Fred said, taking a bite out of his burger.

“Oooooh! She should be called Poofer, no Ms Appear! No, Nightcrawler? Hmmm” Pinkie lists off a few hero names for her before going back to eating.

This caused the others to chuckle a bit. “Those do sound like good names, though it’s gonna be a while before we can do actual hero training.” Fred said,

“Awww, I wanted to watch some good hero training stuff, maybe you just need a training montage!” Pinkie said with a grin.

“Uh, I don’t see how that’s gonna help.” Twilight said.

“It's Pinkie, she probably thinks if we did a training montage everything would happen much faster.” Rainbow said with a chuckle.

“But how in the world are we gonna do a training montage? It’s not like we can skip training like that.” Twilight said,

“We’ll just ask the authors to do another time skip!” Pinkie said happily.

Everyone looks at Pinkie oddly before shaking their heads. “Pinkie, you are so weird.” Rainbow said.

“Nah, I’m just random!” Pinkie said, giggling a bit.

“Darling, what do you have planned for the rest of the day?” Rarity asked Fred.

“Well, after school, I was just gonna head home and relax a bit, but other than that, I got nothing planned.” Fred said with a shrug and finished his burger.

“Why not hang out with us? You haven’t had time for that lately.” Twilight said.

Fred hummed as he tried to remember the last time he hanged out with the Mane Six but couldn't. “Hmm, I guess you’re right, it has been a while since we’ve hung out.” Fred said,

“What do you want to do while we hang out?” Twilight asked Fred.

Fred holds his chin in thought, “Well, like I said, I would like to relax a bit, considering the amount of stress I went through while writing the Quirk catalogue, then there’s the teaching, which took a bit out of me as well.”

“Hmm” Twilight thought about it before she smiles and is about to suggest something before Rarity beats her to it.

“Ideeea! What if we all go swimming in Ponyville lake!” Rarity said with stars in her eyes. “I could make us new swimsuits just for the occasion.

“A trip to the lake sounds like a great idea Rarity.” Fluttershy said, the others agreeing with her.

“Yeah, I can bring Ruby along as well, it’s been a while since she’s been out of the house.” Fred said.

“Oh Fred really, you must let the darling out every now and then.” Rarity said with a shake of her head.

“Hey, it’s not my fault, she is still a bit shy around others.” Fred said, “As if I would be like that.”

“Sure you are Fred, I bet you just want to keep her safe. You big softy.” Rainbow said with a snicker.

“Hey, sometimes even big guys like me can be softies.” Fred said while rubbing the back of his with a chuckle. “But still, I think bringing Ruby to the lake might help her get used to being around others.”

“Sounds like a plan then.” Twilight said with a smile.

“Great! So after school we’ll meet up and head to the lake!” Rarity said, just as the bell rang.

“Looks like it’s back to teaching.” Fred said,

Twilight pat Fred’s back. “Don’t worry Fred, I am sure it will get easier as the students learn.”

Fred nods, “Yeah, but no rush though, after all, it’s basically my first time teaching a large class.” Fred said as he got up.

“Oh and Fred, maybe you could introduce Spike to that orange dragoness later?” Twilight suggested as everyone got up to go back to class.

Fred looks at her, “You mean Smolder? How come?” he asked her.

“Well, you know how I have been raising Spike with just my family and the princess for help? Well ponies don’t know that much about dragons, so I thought he would like the chance to speak with one, especially one close to his age.” Twilight said a bit sheepishly.

“Hmmm, I see. Well I’ll see what I can do.” Fred said.

Twilight smiles and everyone heads back to class. When Fred gets back to the training room he sees everyone else staying away from Gallus and Chrysalis, who were standing in the middle of the training room. Chrysalis looked about ready to kill, and Gallus was armored up with metal.

“What’s going on here?!” Fred asked as he went into his hero form, just in case he needed to break up a fight.

“I just found out what this filthy little pervert tried to get Thorax to steal from ME!” Chrysalis said fuming.

’Shit, this is bad.’ Fred thought before he quickly got in between the two. “Chrysalis please calm down, Gallus is already being punished for his actions.”

“Yeah! I am already being punished, besides I just said I wanted something embarrassing. It's not my fault that Thorax thought I meant panties.” Gallus said, making the whole class gasp.

“And just how could he have thought that?! He’s never thought about those things before unless someone put that idea into his head!” Chrysalis shouted angrily. “Explain that!”

Gallus flares his wings. “I keep telling everyone, it is not my fault! Now back off before I use my armored fist to crack that shinny chitin of yours.”

“As if you are able to harm me you little-” Chrysalis began before Fred shouted.

“Enough! Both of you!” Fred shouted, giving the two a stern look, ’I need to do something, I doubt sending them my office and giving them a stern talking to will do much. That leaves….a mock battle.’

“I demand he is expe-” Chrysalis starts to demand but Fred cuts her off.

“Alright listen, you two will be doing a mock battle to work out your aggression.” Fred said to the two.

They look at Fred in shock before then glare at each other. “Bring it on!” They say together.

“However, there are some rules you have to follow. Rule one, no spells other than simple ones such as light and levitation spells, that doesn’t include shape shifting.” Fred said, this caused Chrysalis to growl in annoyance but Fred continued. “Rule two, if I say the battle is over, it’s over. Failure to follow this will result in a week's detention.”

Gallus scoffs and waves it off. “Detention? So what.”

“Oh? So y’all don’t think it’s a big deal?” Applejack asked, giving Gallus and angry look before getting an idea, causing her to smirk and whisper it into Fred’s ear.

Fred gave her a ‘are you serious’ look after he heard, she just nodded her head, he sighs before speaking again. “Gallus, including a week’s detention, you’ll be, and I can’t believe I’m gonna say this, wearing the girls school uniform should you continue fighting despite what I say.”

“What!?” He said with a large blush. “No way!”

“Those are the conditions for if you disobey my instructions.” Fred said,

Gallus grumbles while the class chuckles. “Fine, not that I will need to break the rules.”

Fred nods, “Alright, everyone. Please clear the area.” Fred instructed the other students, who listened to him and moved away from the center of the training room while Fred nodded to Twilight, who nodded back and pressed a few buttons on the control panel, the training room changed to a square shaped arena. “Gallus, Chrysalis, please step onto the arena.”

The two did so, still glaring at each other. “The mock battle will begin on my mark.” Fred said, standing next to the arena while Chrysalis and Gallus took fighting stances. “Begin!”

Gallus touches the wall and covers himself in stone before he runs at Chrysalis, however she started running at him earlier and got to him first, punching him in the jaw. Her chitin on her hand cracked but started to heal. “Like that would have worked against me!” Gallus said before he tried to punch her but Chrysalis dodged the punch and delivered a strong kick to his gut, sending him back a bit.

“Do not think I am weak whelp.” Chrysalis said to Gallus.

Gallus holds his cracked gut. “Like a pampered princess like you wouldn't know anything about a real fight!” He said before charging at her using his claws to cut her, only nicking her arms.

“Fool! I am the queen of Changelings! I am a far better fighter than some child!” Chrysalis said as she easily dodged more of Gallus’s attacks before grabbing his arm and gave him a vicious right hook to his face.

His face armor cracks up but he gets her back by grabbing her face and headbutting her hard enough her chitin cracks even more then his face. He then starts hitting her with his fists and wings. “And I am a street rat!”

Chrysalis blocks most of the attacks but her chitin was cracking and breaking at a rapid pace, she was lucky she had a fast healing factor otherwise she would have been done for. Growling Chrysalis grabs both of Gallus’s arms and slams her foot into his gut sending him back a bit but she doesn't let up as she tackles him and proceeds to punch his face repeatedly until his face armor broke and her knuckles covered in her own blood.

Gallus grabs her and covers himself in her own chitin, then to even his own surprise he sharpens his claws even sharper before he stabs into her shoulder. “We survive by fighting dirty!” he yelled.

Chrysalis winces slightly from the stab before grabbing his arm and pulled it out of her shoulder, then she grabbed him by his head and got up, throwing him as she did. “You little pest!” Chrysalis shouts in anger as her shoulder heals.

Gallus flaps his wings, stopping himself in mid air. “I won’t give up you spoiled brat.”

“Look who’s talking!” Chrysalis shouts as she and Gallus glared at each other.

Gallus sharpened his claws into long blades. “I fought for every day of my life, you had everything handed to you!”

Chrysalis’s eyes glowed with anger. “Handed to me?! My people and I were starving and dying!” Chrysalis shouted as she ran at Gallus, much faster than before, surprising him by how fast she suddenly was, too surprised to avoid the tackle. “We were forced to live in the Badlands for years! Forced to hide ourselves just so we can get even the tiniest amount of love needed to survive!” Chrysalis shouts as she begins to punch him over and over again, not letting him get a chance to retaliate. “That includes ME!!! And you dare say I have everything handed to me?!” she had raised her fist to punch him again, only for a hand to grab it, stopping her.

“Chrysalis, that’s enough.” Fred said but Chrysalis tried to free her hand, hitting Fred's hand with her other hand.

“Let go of me!” She yelled and struggled against Fred’s grip.

Fred merely pulls her into her hug, causing her to weakly beat at his chest, tears streaming down her face as she cries. “H-he doesn’t know o-our pain!” she said while he rubbed her back soothingly, she had stopped hitting him and instead just let herself be held while she cried.

The two were like that for a few minutes, Fred holding the Changeling Queen while she cried until she fell asleep in his arms, the fight and her crying having exhausted her. Fred picked her up bridal style and looked at Gallus.

Gallus pants softly as part of his armor was cracked and some parts missing. Then the armor melts away. “Ok...maybe I was wrong about her.” he said weakly.

Fred gives a small nod. “Indeed, you shouldn’t be so quick to judge someone before you get to know them. It’s as the saying goes, ‘never judge a book by its cover’.” Fred said, then he looked at the rest of the class. “That goes for the rest of you. If you ever think of judging someone because of some reason, think about what I said first.” he then turned and walked towards the exit, “Class is dismissed for today.”

The students mumble among themselves as they separate into groups. Twilight walks up to Fred. “Is she alright?”

Fred nodded his head, “Yes, just tired. I’ll be taking her to her dorm room so she can rest.” Fred said.

“Ok, do you want us to wait for you?” She asked.

“You guys can go on ahead.” Fred said.

“Alright, I hope to see you at the lake Fred.” She said before stopping and watched Fred walk away.

“Hey Twilight, what did he say?” Rainbow Dash asked her as she and the others walked up to her.

Twilight turned to her friends. “He said she just needs rest, and for us to go ahead without him.”

“Oh, will he be able to meet us at the lake?” Fluttershy asked.

“Maybe.” Twilight looks back where Fred went. “But I just don’t know.”

The girls knew something was bothering Twilight but didn’t want to question her, instead, they all left the school. Back with Fred, he had found where Chrysalis’s dorm room was thanks to her guards, the same ones walking right next to him as he entered the dormitory. He went to the girls side of the dormitory and found Chrysalis’ room, seeing the keep out signs on the front door. “Yeah, it’s hers.” Fred said, chuckling a bit as he opened the door and walked in, the room was pretty bland, mostly, there were a few spots of green glowing slime covering a few parts of the room but that was it.

Fred walked over to the bed and gently placed Chrysalis on it then covered her up with a blanket, just as he put the blanket on her, he felt his time was up in his hero form so he changed back. Just as he was about to leave he felt a hand grab his, making him turn to see Chrysalis, somewhat awake. “P-please don’t go.” she quietly said, fresh tears in the corners of her eyes.

He gave her a friendly smile, “You want me to stay with you?” he asked her, receiving a small nod in reply. He grabbed the chair that was in front of a desk and placed it next to her bed before sitting in it. “Guess I can stay for a while longer, if it’ll help you feel better.”

The two sat in silence for a few minutes before Chrysalis spoke. “How?” she asked, causing Fred to raise an eyebrow. “How can you be so strong, how can you keep on smiling even when the odds are stacked against you?”

Fred was quiet for a bit, thinking of how he should respond. He eventually spoke. “I smile because it’s to let everyone know, that no matter what, that even if some big bad is threatening the entire world, everything will be alright cause hope has arrived.” Fred said, smiling a bit. “And I’m so strong because I have something worth fighting for.”

Chrysalis was quiet for a while, letting Freds words sink in. She then started to chuckle, this caused Fred to raise an eyebrow again. “Guess that’s why I couldn’t defeat you back in Canterlot.” she said, smiling a bit.

“Guess so.” Fred said, chuckling a bit as well. The two sat in silence once more.

“A-All Might?” Chrysalis spoke up, gaining his attention again while she covered the small blush on her cheeks with her blanket. “Can you stay with me? J-just until I fall asleep.”

Fred smiles a bit and nods his head. “Of course Chrysalis.” Fred said as he made himself comfortable in the chair. This caused Chrysalis to smile again, the blush still on her cheeks.

“Thank you.” she said.

“You are welcome.” Fred said in reply, the two not noticing that they were now holding hands. ’I’m sure the other won’t be mad if I’m a little late for our hangout.’ Fred thought to himself.