THE SYMBOL OF PEACE
Chapter 7
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Me and Ruby were walking down the street to Twilight's, after Deltorix left, the princess wanted to talk with me about something. I noticed many of the creatures we rescued were settling nicely, Ponyville became a temporarily sanctuary, Griffons, Changelings, and even the Timberwolves were getting, somewhat, along, the dragons flew back to their land after they healed. Thanks to their scales and their diet that involved gems, they suffered the least, but the others, well you can guess. Once we arrived at the library, I looked to Ruby, "What do you think she wants to talk about?" I asked her, she just looked at me.
"Not sure, but whatever it is, it must be important for her to-" she was interrupted by screaming, looking in direction of the screams, we saw the Cutie Mark Crusader were falling from great heights. Quickly running to catch them, Ruby flew up and caught Scootaloo and Applebloom, that left only Sweetie Bell, I shifted into my hero form to catch her, but before I could, she let out a loud scream, which caused a sonic blast to escape her mouth and stop her from flying. This shocked me, as she landed safely on the ground as she stopped screaming.
"What happened?" she asked, kneading the bottom of her dress. "How did I do that?!"
"I believe I can answer that." I said, she looked to me as did the other Crusaders, "I believe you have a quirk, like me. Except, you have the quirk that allows one to project a large scream that can be harmful to others."
"You mean I'm gonna hurt someone with this quirk?!" she asked, I kneeled down, and put a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"Do not be sad, in fact, this quirk can be used for good if trained properly. You can be a hero with this quirk, you can make the world, a better place." I said, she looks at me with awe,
"Do you really think so?" sh asked me, a glint of happiness in her eyes. I just nod,
"I know so!" I said, "And I'll happily teach and train you, so someday, you can be a hero." she just stares in awe after I finish speaking, then smiles brightly, star in her eyes.
"Okay! I'll train hard to become a great hero! Just like you!"
I let out a laugh while standing up. "And I'll look forward to it young Sweetie Bell! Now, run along, I must meet with the princess, and be careful not to use that ability on others." she nods as she and the other Crusaders run off, talking excitedly about Sweetie's new quirk, "Looks like Deltorix is right, quirks are starting to appear." I shift into my civilian mode, my costume becoming baggy, then walked back to the library, I knocked on the door, I heard footsteps along with someone talking, the door then opens, revealing Spike. I haven't seen him for a while, now I know why, he was taller than a pony, but only came up to my waist, he walked on all fours, had large wings, and two horns on the back of his head.
"Oh, you're All Might! It's nice to meet you! I'm Spike!" he said, offering his hand, I shook it, smiling,
"Pleasure to meet you, I'm here to see Celestia." he nods and moves aside to let me and Ruby enter, once in, I saw the Main 6, the sirens and Celestia were waiting for me, "Hello everyone, princess." I nod my head to her, she nods her head as well.
"Hello All Might, you are wondering why I asked you here?" she asks as I nod my head, "Well, Deltorix sent me a letter regarding these 'quirks' that will appear, and asked me to have some money ready for you to start a school for these quirk users."
"Hmm, might be a good idea to start building that school. I just watched Sweetie Bell use a quirk just now. Which means more creatures will manifest quirks." I said, Rarity let out a gasp.
"Sweetie Bell has a quirk?! Absolutely not! I will not allow it! Is there a cure?!" she all but demanded,
"No, and it is not her fault she has a quirk, at least she has a goal in mind, and this school will not only teach one how to use their quirks, but also education as well. Look, this could benefit her, she finally has a purpose that she has been so desperately trying to find, are you really going to take that away from her?" I asked Rarity, she just looked down, thinking of what I said. "And if you are worried about her getting hurt, don't be. Because she will have others to help her when I am not around."
"Alright, I'll let her enter your school. But if she gets hurt, it'll be on you!" Rarity said, pointing a finger at me while giving me a stern look, I just nod my head.
"Well, now that that is settled, I will send some guards to bring the bits to you so that way you can build this school, of course, you may need to find a large area for it." Celestia said, levitating a map over onto a table, "I believe I may know some good locations where ponies won't have to worry about an attack if one of your students cause a large explosion by accident." I nodded my head in agreement,
"Alright, I believe we should begin construction right away. So where are these locations for the school?" I asked, Celestia put a map down on the table and pointed at a few spots. I looked them over, thinking about the locations she gave me. Then began to point at each one.
"This one is no good, no, but this one, it's perfectly close to Ponyville yet far enough to not cause a panic." I said, pointing at the final spot. The princesses nodded their heads in agreement.
"Alright, is there anything else you may need?" Celestia asked me, I held my chin in thought, then answered,
"Yeah, I'm gonna need teachers to help teach the kids who will get quirks, I can't just teach them how to be a hero. They need the rest of their education in order to be a proper hero, otherwise they might do more harm than good." the two nodded again.
"Very well, we will do our best to send some teachers to your school as soon as it is finished, we will also send word to the other rulers to about the school for quirk users as well. You will receive the bits needed to hire some workers, and we will also send some workers as well. And while you are at it, can you make a Quirk logbook so that way teachers and others may be able to understand their new powers?"
"I can try, but I might not be able to get every Quirk down in time. But I'll try. Oh we also may need to set up a emergency peace treaty with the other kingdoms in case the ones after my power decides to send a n army against the other kingdoms." I said with a sigh.
"Very well, we will head back to Canterlot and send letters to the other rulers to discuss this treaty, but you will need to come as well, a carriage will arrive with your bits for the school. Good Luck Fred." Luna said as they teleported away. I looked to the rest of the ponies as they stared at me or was thinking about something.
"Fred, do you think whoever is after your power will go after others as well?" Twilight asked me.
"Yeah, what if they get the Quirk users to join them?" Adagio asked then, her sisters nodding in agreement.
"I don't think so, cause whoever it is has clearly been spying on me for a while, so they only know what I can do and will think that the other quirk users will have the same, that will be their mistake as those with Quirks are often unpredictable, along with Quirks. And they may know this, so they will try to gather as much information as they can before striking. So we will at least have some time to prepare this generation of heros. But as for them joining them, not likely, but it is still a worrying thought." I said, "And once they are ready, they will be able to defend the peace from all kinds of evil, whether it's alone or together as a team."
"Y'all must have high hopes for the Quirk users huh?" Applejack asked, I simply smiled,
"Hope, yes. Cause I know with proper teaching, they can do anything. Now, I must be off to prepare for the construction, and girls," I heard Spike cough, "And dragon, remember what I said about the spies and orders from them?"
"Yes darling, we are to be extra careful in case we might be kidnapped and taken to the Caribou." Rarity said, disgust in her voice at the name.
"Good, cause if they realize there are those with Quirks, they may capture them as well. We can only pray that we had all the Quirk users at the school before then, Twilight, do you think you can research a few spells to increase security?"
"I can. And I might send a letter to my brother Shining Armor to help with the shield spells." I nodded, glad that we will have someone who has an advanced shield spell. "Oh and before I forget, here's some empty books and other supplies for the Quirk logbook, I'm guessing there are a lot of them."
"Good, thank you Twilight, and yes there are a lot of Quirks. Now me and Ruby are going to find the workers needed for the build. Good luck and good day to all of you." I exited the library along with Ruby. As we were walking, I saw a few of the creatures we saved helping the ponies out a bit in rebuilding some of the buildings, some gave me a wave or a nod, which I returned.
"Fred? I-I got a question. If you don't mind." Ruby said shyly, I looked to her and nodded my head,
"Sure, what you wanted to ask?"
"W-well, i-it's about the one who is after your power actually manages to beat you? And what if I'm not strong enough to help y-you or anyone else?!" at this point Ruby was tearing up, I pulled her into a hug, and began comforting her.
"Listen to me Ruby, it doesn't matter how strong you are, all that matters is your dedication to protect those who need saving. That is the one thing that makes us stronger. The will to protect others." I said, wiping her tears. "Understand?" she nodded her head in agreement,
"Yes, I do understand Fred."
"Good, now let's go talk to someone about the construction of my school." I said as we continued walking, eventually stopping at a construction site that looks to be packing up, I walked to one of the workers, who had a red coat with a yellow mane and tail and his eyes were a deep shade of red. "Excuse me, but may I speak with whoever is in charge here?" I asked, only getting a grunt in response.
"Beat punk, I'm-hey you're All Might!! Oh man I'm so sorry for my attitude, just had a hard week of nonstop construction and repairs." he said adjusting his helmet.
"No harm done here. Kinda used to it." I said.
"Well, what brings the Symbol of Peace to our little site?" he asked,
"I'm here to bring a job offer for your boss."
"Alright, I'll take ya to him, oh, names Sledgehammer, but my friends call me Sledge." SLedge said,offering a handshake which I returned, "Follow me." we then walked through the site while avoiding bumping into any of the workers busy packing everything up, we made it to a simple little trailer, Sledge knocked on the door and a gruff voice replied,
"Enter!" we all entered and was met with a stallion who looked to be in his early 40s with a dull grey coat and brown mane and tail with a few grey hairs here and there, he looked up from the papers he was reading and gave a nod, "Sledge, I see ya brought guests."
"Yes sir, I believe you know the Symbol of Peace?" Sledge said, pointing to me.
"Yep, I would have to be a complete dumbass in order not to, what can I do for the hero of Ponyville? Oh where are my manners, names Driller." Driller said, offering a handshake, I kindly returned it.
"I'll get back to packing things up." Sledge said, exiting the trailer.
"Nice to meet you, now as for why I'm here, I came here to bring a job offer for you and your crew." this seemed to peak both Drillers and Sledge's curiosity. Driller made a go on gesture with his hand, "As you know I am the hero of Ponyville and have this amazing power, but others are starting to develop their own as well, namely the children. So I'm starting a school that will help them learn their new abilities, even teach them how to be a hero."
Driller let out a whistle of amazement, "Wow All Might, that idea sounds like a good one, but what kind of creatures are we going to be building this for? It can't be just ponies now."
"Well, ponies Dragons, griffons, Changelings, Diamond Dogs good ones at least, and many more." I said, naming a few, "There would probably be more, I honestly have no clue which species will be affected, so it's best to be prepare."
Driller nodded his head in understanding, "Alright All Might, we can get to work on it as soon as you want. But a build like this is gonna cost a lot of bits, and I mean more than a two dragons hoard combined."
"The princesses thought as much and have supplied us with needed bits for this job, along with workers from Canterlot to help with the build." Ruby said, causing Driller to nod.
"Well, then if it's to help others so they can become heros or something, then you can count on us to help." he said, giving a smile.
"Thank you Driller, we are happy you have decided to help us." I said, offering a handshake, which Driller kindly returned. "Well, I should get going, the princesses needed me to make something for the school."
"Heh, alright All Might. Take care of yourself." Driller said as me and Ruby left. We decided to head back to the library when something appeared in front of us, it first started as pixels then turned into a box as it landed on the ground. Me and Ruby looked at it confused, then I opened it.
Inside there was two small capsules, a books, some tools and a letter.
Dear All Might
this is Deltorix, I am hoping this reaches you, I know living with ponies can be a bit annoying so I thought I'd help you out with these, hope you are still keeping strong and keep smiling, so here are some things to help keep you healthy I suggest talking with Fluttershy asking where it's best to hunt and when.
Your friend Deltorix.
"I'll have to thank Deltorix the next time I see him." I said, then looked at the book and saw they were about hunting, I put the stuff back into the box and decided to see what's in the capsules.
"What's in the box Fred?" Ruby asked me, staring at the box.
"It's something to help us out, I don't know what's in the capsules, but later I might see." I explained, waving to Applejack. Once we found a large area, I took out a capsule and pressed the button on it, soon a Capsule Corp house was in front of us. "Well, guess this helps with our housing problem, now let's see what's in the other one." I took the second capsule out and pressed the button, then a freezer stood, I looked inside and saw meat. "Thank you Deltorix!" I pressed the button again and went inside, inside was basic furniture, like table, couch and other things that are all in human size. I turned the light switch on and surprisingly there was power, gonna have to look into that. "Alright, guess this is gonna be our new home, I'll talk to Fluttershy about the best places and times to hunt later, for now, I have a book to write."
I sat down at a nearby table and with the supplies Twilight gave me, began to write everything I know about Quirks, but a thought crossed my mind, if the Caribou or someone else were to get this book they could defeat every Quirk user there is, including me. Even worse, they can take One for All. I decided to leave out One For All because it's too dangerous, along with All For One. I'll also have to have the others Pinkie Promise not to tell anyone about One For All and how it can be passed down, we'll tell anyone who asks that it is just a power enhancing Quirk. With that in mind I then began to think about how to start, when an idea hit me.
Quirks are an amazing, yet at the same time, the most mysterious thing to ever appear in Equestria.....
Author's Note
Sorry if this took too long. Lost all my progress and had to redo it from scratch.
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