Author's Note

Yay this story is at 11: 1. Slow progress but nevertheless good! Thank you for all you followed the story and liked it.

Don't worry if you think that the chapters will keep repeating in style. Next chapter will feature another character hopefully, introducing new scenarios.

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Impact - Rival

"Midnight...?" Fluttershy asked, blinking many times. Midnight looked up, his mouth full of food. He slowly swallowed savoring the food.

"Yeah Ms. Fluttershy?" Midnight said, grinning before stuffing himself another plate of food.

"Ya sure that this is how much you Lunars eat!?" Fluttershy finally exclaimed, pointing at the small mountain of plates on the table. Midnight smiled.

"Well yeah. Since I train many times a day, and since my metabolism is high, I have to eat a lot of calories to balance out the amount I use. I think the average Lunar eats the same amount of food as a Equestrian." Midnight finished, before yet again stuffing himself with another forkful of food. "You guys make the best food ever! Even by Lunar standards! Well by Lunar Military Food Standards. This tastes great!" Midnight exclaimed. Applejack nodded.

"Yeah... Family Special... HOW COME YOU'RE *NOT* FAT!? What's your *very* special training program." Applejack yelled. Midnight took another forkful of food.

"100 Push-ups. 100 Sit-ups. 100 Squats..." Midnight said, as in a trance, his voice becoming monotone and his eyes blank. "Then a 10 Kilometer run! DO IT EVERY SINGLE DAY!" Midnight said. Applejack blinked.

"Is that all-?"

"I'M NOT FINISHED!" Midnight cut, still in his blank trance. "And of course, make sure you eat three meals day. Just a banana in the morning is fine, but never ever use the air conditioner in the summer, or heat in the winter so that you can strengthen your mind."

"What's an air conditioner...?" Fluttershy asked only to be ignored as Midnight continued his rant.

"In the beginning you'll wish you were dead. You might start thinking what's the harm of taking a day off? But for me in order to be a strong hero even if I was spitting blood I'd never stopped. I talked it out and endured the pain! I did squats even if I felt my legs couldn't move... even when my arms started to make weird clicking noises I kept doing push-ups..."

At that moment Applejack slapped him across the cheek.

"Midnight get out of your trance this instant!" Applejack yelled. Midnight shook his head, recovering from the slap.

"W-what? What just happened" Midnight asked. Applejack blinked.

"You don't know?" Applejack said, trying to ignore the death-glare Fluttershy was making. Even though she knew it was impossible, she did not want to test out if Fluttershy's stare could kill someone if she placed all her force into the glare. Midnight shook his head again.

"Nope. I don't. What was I doing?" Midnight asked.

"You were saying how you were able to keep up train hard enough to-" Applejack said before Midnight went into the trance. "And there he goes again." Applejack grumbled as Midnight began to repeat the exact thing over again. Of course Applejack hit him in the face again, causing Fluttershy to groan even more.

"Stop hurting the child...." Fluttershy protested. Applejack rolled her eyes.

"He's what? 18? He can more than well handle himself." Applejack said as Midnight began to recover. He stared blankly at them.

"I did it again, didn't I right?" Midnight asked. Applejack nodded. Midnight rubbed the side of his face in protest. "But man you can surely hit!" Midnight said, groaning in pain. Applejack smiled.

"Yes I do." Applejack said. "Anyways is it some type of memo ingrained into your head so that you can say it to yourself?" Applejack asked. Midnight nodded.

"Yeah it really is something like that. Guess it kind of rubbed on me. That was when I first began... and honestly I'm surprised how the years have passed. But those are now meaningless things at the level I'm at. Of course I could've shown much more if it weren't for me still healing." Midnight stated. Fluttershy nodded, passing another plate of food which he happily chowed down. "And don't worry I'll do the dishes." Midnight said. Fluttershy blinked.

"But you're healing..." Fluttershy protested. Midnight smiled.

"It's fine. A soldier is his own one-man team. Plus this is nothing against the number of plates I sometimes had to wash when I was in charge of doing that simple chore back in the military." Midnight reassured. He placed down his plate on the table and stood up. "Let me show you now." Midnight said, grinning.

"Are you sure this is safe Midnight?" Fluttershy asked.

"DON'T BREAK ANY OF MY PLATES!" Applejack yelled. Midnight chuckled.

"Don't worry. I won't break any plates. And you can swear on my other leg that I will do that." Midnight said, grinning. Suddenly the house was filled with bursts of winds as Midnight began run around at intense speeds, maybe the same speed as a race car. Midnight would throw a few plates up, dash to clean the furniture in the kitchen, and just when the plates were about to make contact with the ground he would throw them back up, the plates cleaned in a blink of an eye before stacked to the side. The amount of speed required to do such feat was so high that Applejack and Fluttershy's mane would be blown to the side over and over again in many directions. Finally all the dishes were all set aside inside each of their cabinets, and soon the blue blur moving around the kitchen slowed down revealing to be Midnight again.

"Told yaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!"

CRASH!

Midnight was standing the first second. The second second he had stepped onto the puddle of water that had dripped off from the dishes while he had been cleaning them. The third second he screamed in fright as he began to slip on the wet soapy surface, by the fourth second he was already falling by the ground, and by the fifth, his leg that had not been injured twisted to a weird angle as he shifted his center of mass horribly, and soon the sound of his bones snapping and cracking in some places were heard.

Midnight screamed in pain, jumping very high into the air, so high he crashed into the ceiling before falling on his back, clutching his leg in pain.

"MY LEG! MY LEG AGAIN! WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!?" Midnight yelled, shaking on the ground as he screamed from the pain coursing through his leg sending signals to the brain. Fluttershy rushed towards Midnight, lifted his leg to inspect it. Quickly she pinpointed the source of the pain. To test if it was indeed the correct location, Fluttershy lightly pressed it, causing Midnight to scream even more louder.

"Argh! Quiet down Midnight! My ears are hurting!" Applejack yelled, covering her ears. Fluttershy shot her a death stare, causing her to freeze.

"Applejack! How very rude of you! Get some towels and my equipment here... NOW!" Fluttershy yelled, and soon Applejack was running out of the room, trying to find all of what Fluttershy asked.

'Gr.... why me why me why me... if she indeed loves that colt then she should be getting everything for that kid... but no! I have to go even though he killed my family! Sure now because of Fluttershy and partially because Midnight is acting nice I probably wouldn't have the heart to do so. Even if I did he's as strong as me if not stronger. But I believe making him stay alive is the minimum amount of respect that he wanted.' Applejack thought. 'Oh there's her kit.' Applejack noted, picking up the bag with the medical insignia on it. By the time she had gone back to the room Midnight had already fainted. 'And they say this is their best man?' Applejack scoffed internally. She set the bag next to Fluttershy.

"Honestly Fluttershy I don't see how you can love an enemy." Applejack asked. Fluttershy smiled.

"I know it might be hard for you, given your history with him recently, but if you just forget what the person is and instead concentrate on who he is, you'd be able to love him no matter the things he did." Fluttershy said. Applejack raised an eyebrow.

"How many types of loves are there?" Applejack asked, grinning a bit. Fluttershy not knowing where this was going fell into her trap.

"Well we have parental love, familiar love, friendship, sexua-" Fluttershy said, stopping herself suddenly as she finally realized the trap she fell in. She turned around to see Applejack stiffing a laugh and frowned. "You really are an evil creature miss!" Fluttershy protested. Applejack went into a full series before finally finishing.

"Oh this is just too fun..~ You keep falling into saying something sexual, and Midnight keeps... doing whatever he does..." Applejack said.

"And you just act mean." Fluttershy added. Applejack's smile shortened a bit but nevertheless present.

"Of course. I am mean." Applejack said sarcastically. Fluttershy frowned.

"At this point this is going to become so repetitive that it'll be boring... We'll be doing the exact same things over and over again until it bores us to death..." Fluttershy sighed. Suddenly her eyes shimmered as she got an idea. "I know! We should invite Pinkie Pie! She could turn your frown upside do-" Fluttershy cut herself off, before sighing. "But... Pinkie Pie is still pretty affected by the war. Sure even during her life in that rock farm before moving to Ponyville she hosted some parties with that so called... Cheese Cake? Sandwhich? Cheese Sandwhich? Well anyways once they met each other by chance they began to bond, and eventually gained their cutie marks when they made their first party together. But ever since the war began, she never really got the chance to meet him again, and who knows if he's still alive. Without her partner she can easily deflate, and who knows if she's still deflated..." Fluttershy said. She sighed. "Oh well... that idea has been thrown out of the window for now..." Fluttershy said solemnly. Applejack glared at Midnight.

"Yet another Celestia Bucking Pony Midnight affected. Come on... when will this terror end?" Applejack muttered. This comment though was enough to stir Midnight back up. Fluttershy placed her hands on Midnight's stomach and pushed him back down gently.

"Wait a minute Midnight I have to heal you first." Fluttershy said. Midnight nodded.

"Ok. Thanks for telling me Fluttershy." Midnight responded. Fluttershy grabbed Midnight's twisted leg softly, gazing through his eyes.

"This... is going to hurt... but I need to do this." Fluttershy said. Midnight was still for a moment before nodding.

"Alright... You do what you need to do... I trust you... More than that... more than that... more than that..." Midnight's voice trailed off as he looked at Applejack. He then tilted his head.

"What are you looking at... bitch!" Applejack yelled. Midnight nodded.

"Oh that... Alright I'm just going to use it... I trust you more than that BitchhhhHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOW!" Midnight yelled as Fluttershy twisted his leg back, before immediately applying pain killers onto him. Fluttershy glared at him softly.

"Please don't repeat anything what Applejack says. She kind of says some mean things and I don't want that to rub off on you." Fluttershy said, wrapping bandages around his leg. Midnight nodded.

"Alright miss... I'll do so." Midnight said. Fluttershy deadpanned.

"I'm not old. I'm like just a few years older than you..." Fluttershy said. Midnight nodded.

"Alright Flutters." Midnight said. Slowly he got up only to be pushed down by Fluttershy again into a sitting position, his legs straight out.

"Please rest Midnight. We don't want you to put more stress on your legs than ever. They, along with your chest, need to heal." Fluttershy said. Midnight sighed.

"But I want don't want to be stuck in bed! Sure it's good, but I feel bored... I just feel I'm in a prison cell." Midnight protested with a child like voice. Applejack raised an eyebrow.

"You want to work in the fields? Cause it's fine for me." Applejack stated. Fluttershy sent another death-glare at her but luckily Applejack turned the opposite way before she could fall victim to her attack. "We have the fields in the orchard to be bucked ya know...?" Applejack said, raising an eyebrow, grinning evilly. Now it was Midnight's turn to deadpan, a drop of sweat forming on his face.

"No way! You're just going to beat me up like last time!" Midnight cried out. Applejack frowned.

"It wasn't my fault that you hit that tree!" Applejack grumbled. Midnight rolled his eyes.

"Of course... of course..." Midnight said sarcastically. "Honestly on a scale of 1 to 10 I would put a 3 for the amount I trust you and 10 for the amount I trust Fluttershy." Midnight stated. Fluttershy smiled.

"That's very sweet of you Midnight..." Fluttershy stated.

"HEY!" Applejack barked in fury. Midnight shrugged, pulling his arms behind his back and scratching his head.

"Well I don't know... you're going to have to recover that trust... honestly I'm starting to wonder if I was seeing a demon. The devil does keep his glowing clothes, it's just his interior that's dirty." Midnight stated, causing the mares to look confused at him. "Oh forget it basically like I say 'Appearances are Deceiving'." Midnight added. He then looked outside, looking at the trees and then thought for a moment. He then sighed, placing a hand on his forehead. "Fine... I'll go... but don't make my life a living hell more than it already is!" Midnight said before running out.

"Alright... But I make no promises!" Applejack yelled as she got out, causing Midnight to groan. Fluttershy looked out of the window sighing.

"I hope that Applejack doesn't make Midnight's life a living hell more than it is already..." Fluttershy stated, before blinking upon saying those words and processing it through her head. "What...? Did I just heard and restated what I think he just said...?" Fluttershy gasped.

Meanwhile the duo had arrived at the fields of apples again. Applejack grinned devilishly at Midnight.

"Remember that tree that you broke your leg with?" Applejack asked. Midnight gritted his teeth.

"Yeah... I broke my leg yesterday ya know!" Midnight yelled. Applejack chuckled.

"I know that due to your speed you'll probably be able to pick all of these apples in a jiffy. But I want this to be competitive. I want to see if you can beat me in this game. If you are apple to knock all of the apples in that tree, and reach a total of say... 100 trees before I do, you win a small percentage of kindness from me." Applejack said. Midnight deadpanned.

"You're saying that because you think that'll be impossible right?" Applejack nodded at this statement made by Midnight. The Lunar sighed. "Oh well, can't help but take that chance." The blue pegasi said as he tried to stretch his legs, only for them to nearly collapse. Applejack snickered.

"Well I hope that it does work out for you." Applejack said before gaining a head start on Midnight by dashing to the nearest tree and bucking all of it's apples off. Midnight gritted his teeth as he dashed to the tree that he broke his leg with.

"HEY THAT'S CHEATING!" Midnight yelled. Out in the distance more trees being bucked were heard as Applejack laughed.

"You win some you lose some."Applejack yelled. "Tough luck." The mare yelled before bucking another tree. Midnight gritted his teeth before kicking the tree. At first the pain was massive since Midnight struggled to use both of his legs efficiently to kick the tree. Eventually though the pain began to subside and soon apples began to fall in much more greater quantity. The pain in his chest grew a bit with his respiration quickening up but the stallion continued, working even more furiously as Applejack's number began to increase to the dozens. By the time she reached 50 trees he was just barely done with half of the apples.

"Hey Midnight how's it going?" Applejack's voice yelled from the distance.

"Great. Great right now!" Midnight yelled with sarcasm. "My leg is now numb and by entire body is hurting." Midnight yelled.

"Oh too bad! Hey I'm already half way done with these trees and you're still stuck with that one?" Applejack taunted. Midnight roared as he kicked the tree again.

"Yeah I am! I was able to buck half of these apples off!" Midnight yelled. He heard Applejack curse in the distance, causing him to chuckle in response before kicking the tree again. With the added rings on his leg it had actually gotten much easier to cause the same amount of force with less energy because it now made his leg more heavier and thus the mass in the equation had increased. Sure it now weighed more but he was accustomed to this weight and even with that it was much easier than without the rings. Slowly the amount of apples that began to fall increased to 2 to 3 to 4 and so on the harder he kicked. But time was running out as Applejack was in the 90s and close to 100 while Midnight had only a few more apples left.

"98...." Applejack chanted, taunting Midnight who was now only 7 apples away from going to the main course of trees. He kicked the tree, kicking out 6 but spraining his leg. He cried in pain but remained standing, determined to win this competition. "99..." Applejack yelled, running towards he next objective. In a desperate attempt he attacked the tree again, and the last apple fell. Now free from this tree that attempted to not let him pass, the blue colt sped through the fields, finishing dozens of trees in the remaining millisecond that remained. Time slowed as Applejack's leg began to travel through the air, ready to make contact, when suddenly Midnight appeared, having completed 99 trees and was determined to steal Applejack's tree. The apples that were kicked off were still falling from the trees that he had kicked, and slowly Applejack realized his presence, her eyes picking his body up. And before she could, Midnight kick the tree so hard that all the apples simply flew away into the air away.

"Ah... ah.... that's all 100 trees including that one..." Midnight said, before collapsing onto the ground. "I need to rest." Midnight said before fainting again for how many times it was already since his arrival. Applejack was once again left in a state of shock. Not only was Midnight able to beat her, but was able to drop all of the apples from the impossible fruit? It seemed downright impossible! His legs should've broken like last time... how did he do it...?

"I hope that right now you're going to keep that promise Applejack." Fluttershy said as she entered the scene. Applejack groaned.

"Do I have to?" Applejack pouted. Fluttershy nodded.

"You have to. You yet again placed his health at risk. From the looks of it he's fainted once more from pain and exhaustion. Congratulations Applejack. Now you want me to do it again?" Fluttershy said, before taking out of her bag a large needle designed to go through bone marrow itself. Applejack shivered at the sight of the large needle. She quickly nodded furiously once Fluttershy stepped front one step. "Good. Now help me by picking him up." Fluttershy commanded.

"And why should I since apparently you seem the one to care more about him, maybe even secretly loving him?" Applejack said smirking. Fluttershy did not stop her stride instead she countered with a reply.

"Well I'm supposedly a fragile mare, that why I need a strong mare, strong enough to not only carry him but to be strong to one day carry his foals." Fluttershy said not missing a beat. Evidently Applejack was both angered, humiliated, and embarrassed by this statement.

"Alright that's gone far enough Fluttershy! I am not going to love him, much less carry his own children in me!" Applejack yelled. Yet again Fluttershy countered hard.

"I was talking about the potential children that me and him would have if you're so keen into shipping us. We need a... hmm... I don't know... a female servant to help us very often." Fluttershy said again. "And I didn't knew that you wanted to mating with him..." Fluttershy added. "Maybe I should be that faithful servant to help carry YOUR foals from Midnight." Fluttershy finished, smirking as Applejack was lost for words.

"I... er... wha... uhm..."

"Just kick up Midnight up and we'll forget what just happened here." Fluttershy said as Applejack groaned before picking up Midnight again.

"I hate you Fluttershy." She grumbled. Fluttershy snickered.

"Then after this let's have some angry clop later." Fluttershy said, swaying a bit. Applejack nearly dropped Midnight as she blushed furiously. Applejack and Fluttershy stayed in silence as the two proceeded to walk back to the farm. Applejack rested Midnight on the table again and sat on the floor, still blushing on what just happened.

'Note to self never attack Fluttershy unless you want to get humiliated.' Applejack thought internally. Fluttershy after properly taking care of Midnight sat next to her.

"So about tha-"

"If you're going to say that we're going to have some angry clop, then you're insane." Applejack said, halting Fluttershy. The young pegasi blushed softly.

"You want to do that?" Fluttershy asked. Applejack blushed harder.

"NO I don't want to do that that's just so gay!" Applejack protested.

"It's lesbian actually." Fluttershy corrected.

"Whatever!" Applejack said, looking away in even more embarrassment.

"I just want to know if you're going to keep your word." Fluttershy said. Applejack stayed silent for a moment thinking about it.

"Rival." Applejack simply stated.

"What?" Fluttershy asked, confused at the sudden and one word sentence. Applejack sighed.

"I'll be his rival. It's better than being his enemy, or someone who hates him. It let's me still hate him, but in a more competitive way. And considering that he probably has something type of competition back on home and to keep him in peak shape I'm going to be his rival. Nothing more!" Applejack states. A moment of silence appears between the two.

"If you're going to do it please be gentle..."

"FLUTTERSHY!"

"I was meaning about being his rival. Not about angry sex."

"...FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-"