It's Hero Time

Mutation

Some ponies thought this was just a myth or tale of fantasy, but little did they know this would be a reality. One day, a pony had a mutation that gave him/her special powers. Slowly but surely more creatures started showing off their uniqueness around puberty. Many of these creatures, who were referenced as mutants, were hunted down and kept as prisoners to prevent them from going mad with their powers.

Naturally, this caused a lot of controversies. Some were saying that the mutants should be treated as normal creatures while some say they should be locked up before they caused any damage. Those who had shown mutations were scared to show to the world. Some are even rejecting their mutations, to the point of doing harm to themselves. This was simply chaos.

One day, a young mare was just getting out of the shower and dried herself off with a towel to look in the mirror. When she did, she could see she had two bumps on each side of her head. She thought they were just bug bites or maybe she just bumped her head, but they looked like they were growing, albeit very slowly.

The young mare almost panicked as she restyled her mane to cover up whatever these bumps were. Once she did that, she walked into the living room where her parents were sitting.

“Snow Petal, is there something wrong?” her father asked.

“Nope,” the young mare fibbed, “Nothing’s wrong.”

“You sure?” the mother asked. “You look a little nervous.”

“I’m fine. I was just showing how I look after the shower.”

“Well, you do look and smell nice,” the mother said. “Is there anything else you need?”

“Um... Just a meal.”

“Do you...?”

“I can find something myself.”

Snow Petal ran into the kitchen and looked for something to eat while repeating something under her breath. “I’m not a mutant,” she kept repeating to herself.

Feeling a little nervous, she tried to find a reflective surface. While the bumps were still small, they were starting to take shape into what looked like horns. Her mane was still able to cover them up and she put some food into a bag before sneaking to her room without her parents noticing.

“You don’t think that she...”

“Honey,” the stallion said. “She would tell us if she was becoming one.”

“Would she? You’ve heard about those stories. Those mutants are just teenagers.”

“Hmm. Maybe you’re right. We should talk to her.”

The two got up and walked to their daughter’s bedroom, where the door was locked. “What the? Snow, open this door!”

The father kept twisting the doorknob until he resorted to kicking the door down. When he did that, they found the window was wide open. Both parents feared the worst.

Snow Petal ran as fast as she could while pulling her suitcase with her while chanting what she said in the kitchen. “I’m not a mutant,” she kept muttering.

Each time she said this it sounded less and less confident. Eventually, she came across some stallions who were loading a cart of crates.

“Hey, kid, where are you going?” one of the stallions asked.

“I... Uh... I’m just...” Snow kept stumbling over her own words.

“Hold on, what’s on your head?” the second stallion asked. Snow’s horns were starting to become visible. “She’s a mutant!”

He was about to attack the young mare before he was blocked by the first stallion. Snow quickly ran away. “Whoa, man. She’s just a kid.”

“She’s a mutant. Who knows what she’ll be able to do.”

Snow Petal kept running until she couldn’t see the stallions anymore. She ran into a forest where she was starting to get lost. She stopped when she got to a river where she got to look at her reflection. Snow touched her new horns. They were real. She finally broke out into tears.

“I’m a mutant,” she wept.

“Why are you crying?” asked a voice. Snow managed to wipe some of the tears from her eyes before looking around but could see a sparrow standing next to her. “Are you okay?”

The mare was a little speechless. “Did you just talk?” she questioned.

“Did I? How are you understanding me?”

Snow thought for a moment before she remembered her horns. “Of course. It must be my new ability.”

“What are you talking about?” the sparrow asked.

“I’m a mutant. They have powers that normal ponies don’t. Though, I’m a freak.”

The sparrow tilted its head. “You look like a normal pony to me. Aside from the horns.”

“That's just my point. Now I can’t go back home.”

“Why not?”

“Because if I do, ponies will hunt me because I’m different. That’s the simple explanation.”

“Where will you go now?”

“I don't know.” Snow Petal grabbed her suitcase and walked beside the river. She didn’t know where she would go, but she didn’t want to be caught by those stallions. The sparrow followed alongside her as she started her journey.

She had been walking for hours. She broke off from the river a while ago. The sparrow saw she was getting tired and flew away. Snow nearly collapsed on the ground as she was out of breath. The young mare noticed a dirt road. She forced herself to stand up as she could see a town not too far away.

Although she was clearly tired, Snow Petal slowly walked towards the town. She grabbed a piece of clothing to cover up her horn as she walked down the street. Snow looked around, hoping no one would see her horns.

She carried on until she made it to a diner which wasn’t too busy. Snow had packed some bits with her as she took out her pouch to pay for another meal. As she waited, she saw a hooded figure walk in.

“You’re a little far from home,” the figure commented to Snow.

“...How did you know?” Snow asked.

“I haven’t seen you around here before.”

“And... Who are you?” The figure was about to answer as some ponies walked in.

“Hey, we told you not to come here,” a stallion said.

“You don’t own this diner. Who says you can make the rules?” the figure spoke.

The stallion and his gangs were holding blunt objects, like a bat and a lead pipe. The figure looked at the diner’s granite tiling. It placed its claw on the tiles and its claw started gaining the same texture as the tiles.

The gang charged at the figure, who threw off its hood to reveal it was a dragon. It blocked the ponies’ weapons, barely flinching as it made its claw into the shape of a mallet. The dragon smacked the ponies back and threw a couple of them outside.

“This is a nice diner. I enjoy their eggs.”

She threw a couple more punches and even grabbed the pipe, absorbing some of the material onto her arm before decking the pony that tried to smack her in the face. Soon, they started fleeing out of the diner. The dragon’s body lost the materials she absorbed and sat back down beside Snow.

The waitress was quite shocked at what the dragon did. “Sorry about the damages,” the dragon spoke. “I’ll pay extra for it. Just give me my usual.” The waitress nodded before walking off.

Snow Petal was shocked. “That was amazing,” she gasped.

“When there are ponies like this in town, you learn to deal with it.” Their orders soon arrived but Snow was still amazed at what the dragon did.

“How long have you had these powers?”

“About ten to fifteen years.”

“I thought dragons were...”

“Bigger?” she interrupted. ”You have to wait hundreds of years if you want to see the big ones grow up.”

“Oh. Well, you must’ve had some help learn how to use them.”

“I did most of it on my own.”

“Well, there has to be a place where I can go.” She removed the clothing on her head to show her horns.

“...You’re a new one, aren’t you?” The young mare nodded. “Okay kid, I think I know a place where you can stay for a while.”

The dragon led Snow Petal to school that was within a gate.

“Here it is, kid,” the dragon said. She opened the gate to let herself and Snow in before closing it behind them.

“Who works here?”

“A couple of friends of mine. You’ll meet a lot of kids like you.”

They walked towards the school and headed inside. Not a lot of creatures were around, with the exception of one mare wearing a black jacket. Her fur was cyan and her mane was white and combed.

“Where do you think you’ve been Sanna?” she asked.

“Listen, I just found this kid wandering into a diner that was just about to have a fight,” the dragon stated. She was about to walk away until the floor she was standing on crawled around her ankles, keeping her in place. “Hey!”

“You know what she said about starting fights.”

“It was self-defense.”

“Um, should I say something?” Snow asked.

“Stay out of this kid,” the dragon known as Sanna spoke.

“Just tell me you didn’t kidnap that kid,” the mare ordered.

“You know I wouldn’t do that. I’m not like...” Sanna paused before looking back at Snow real quick. “You know who.”

“Right. I’ll take the kid from here.” The floor let go of Sanna’s feet and she walked off as the mare led Snow Petal down the other way.

“So, what’s your name?” the young mare asked.

“Atom,” the older mare explained. “I can see that you’re just gaining your abilities.”

“Yeah. So far I can only talk to animals.”

“Interesting. I can manipulate matter to make it any shape I want. Though, I have to touch what I want to change.”

“So you have to get in close?”

“Yeah, it’s a bit of a drawback.”

The two walked into a room, where an old mare was just about to leave. The mare had a pink and tail both tied in buns. Her fur was blue as well as her eyes. Her cutie mark looked like a heart with a spiral on it, but Snow was distracted by the mare’s broken horn.

“Atom, who do we have here?” the mare asked.

“Sorry to bother you so late Quill,” Atom apologized, “But Sanna brought a visitor here.” She showed Snow Petal, who was a little shy.

“Hello there. What’s your name?”

“...Snow Petal,” the young mare explained.

“You may call me Gentle Quill. I am the principal of this school.”

“Who goes to this school.”

“Let’s say, they’re gifted creatures.”

“Shall I leave you with her?” Atom asked. The principal nodded and the stallion walked away.

“Petal, can you tell me where you live?” Quill asked.

“Well, I can,” the young mare replied, “But I don’t think I’ll be able to go back.”

“...I know how you’re feeling. Many creatures like you are scared about facing others that aren’t so keen on. We’ll try and contact your parents and sort things out. Until then, you can stay at this school.”

“Okay.” Quill led Snow down the hall to one of the dorm rooms. The young mare sat down on the bed and placed her suitcase to the side.

“Just get some rest and we’ll figure things out.” Snow nodded as Gentle Quill left the room, closing the door behind her.

The young mare made herself comfy as she figured she would be here for a while.

When the sun rose the next day, Snow was awoken by the sound of a bell. There was a knock on her door before Atom walked in.

“Time to get up, Snow,” she said.

The young mare groaned as she followed the older mare down the hall. She was led to the cafeteria just as breakfast was being served. A couple of the students that were there had some notable features that were a little hard to not focus on. Snow didn’t know where to sit as she then noticed Atom walking towards another room.

She decided to follow her and found a couple of adults sitting at a table, one of them was Sanna the dragon. “What are you doing here?” Sanna asked.

“I... Ugh...” Snow stuttered.

“Hold on, I’ll take care of this,” Atom said.

She led Snow back to the cafeteria and sat her down at one of the empty tables. “I know how you feel. Just stay calm and we’ll figure this out.”

She walked back to the teacher’s lounge as a young colt walked over to the table Snow was sitting at and sat with her.

“Nice horns,” he commented. The young mare whimpered at this. “Oh, I didn’t mean to offend you.”

Snow Petal didn’t say anything and instead looked at the colt. He had light red fur with a dark orange mane that was a little shaggy. What caught her attention was the cutie mark containing bugs and the colt having double the amount of legs. He noticed this and quickly sucked his extra appendages back into him.

“Sorry about that. I kind of forget about them sometimes.”

“...What’s your power?”

“I’ve basically got the powers of a spider. I can walk on walls, shoot webs, …… let me show you.” He walked over the wall and crawled up before shooting webbing from his hooves at the corner. Then he walked back to his seat. “Pretty cool, huh?”

“Yeah. Way cooler than just talking to animals.”

“That’s pretty neat. If you have a pet, you can actually hold a conversation with it. Anyways, I’m Mitey.”

“Snow Petal.”

“That’s a nice name.” The two both smiled as they started their breakfast.

Back in the teacher’s lounge, Atom walked back in. “Was that the new kid?” a green stallion asked.

“Yeah,” Atom replied. “Kind of sorry for her.”

“It’s upsetting.”

“I say she needs to learn,” Sanna said.

“Like you need to learn to lighten up?” Atom asked.

“Here we go,” the stallion muttered.

“Look, sometimes you have to learn things the hard way,” Sanna stated.

“The whole point of this school is to help them understand their powers,” Atom pointed out.

“You think we should stop them?” a white stallion asked.

“I’ve tried,” the green stallion remarked. “You could drop a nuke in between them and they still wouldn’t stop.”

“You know Sanna,” Atom stated, “You could just leave if you want.”

“Oh, yeah, just blend in with the rest of the dragons that aren’t in town,” Sanna scoffed.

Suddenly, the two noticed snakes slithering all around their bodies. They both freak out until they both saw Gentle Quill standing by the door.

“Atom is right,” she spoke. “We’re all here to help students get used to their abilities. They are a part of them.”

“Thank you,” the green stallion said.

After breakfast, Mitey could see that Snow Petal didn’t know where to go. “You know, the principal told me you would be sharing classes with me,” he said.

“I am?” she questioned. He nodded. “Well, lead the way.” Mitey did so and showed Snow Petal the ropes of the school.

It honestly wasn’t that different from most schools. Subjects like Chemistry, Mathematics, Ponish, and other things most schools have. When it came to P.E. things got interesting.

“Alright kids,” Sanna said, “Get ready to do your best.”

Snow could see Mitey was extending his extra appendages. “What’s going on?” she asked.

“This is where we get to try and use our powers,” Mitey explained. “We’re not supposed to hold back.”

“But... I can only talk to animals. What’s the goal?”

“Try and get to the end of the course,” Sanna explained. She pointed to a course with several obstacles, like hurdles, a small body of water with some small stepping stones.

“Uh...”

Sanna coated her claws in brass, thanks to some spare metal she had lying around. “Go!” she cried before slamming her claws together to make a low clang.

The students all started running, Snow Petal almost fell behind. She and the others made it through the obstacle course but she soon started noticing something. Parts of the course were made with the students’ powers in mind. For example, there was a wall built up that some students, like Mitey, climbed up with ease thanks to their abilities. However, students like Snow had to use the grips on the wall.

“Oh, come on,” Snow groaned. “Can’t I get some help here?” Some animals weren’t too far away and they heard Snow cry, despite how quiet it was. A flock of birds came to her aid and started carrying her across the course. “Whoa! Easy!”

“I thought you wanted help,” a crow said.

“Why are we even helping her?” a robin questioned.

“Look just... Put me down safely, please?” Snow ordered.
The birds did as she said and the young mare was carefully placed on the ground before flying away. “Okay.”

“Kid, you alright?” Sanna asked while walking over to her.

“Think so.”

“...Try that trick again. This time, just think about calling an animal towards you.”

“Um, okay.” Snow brought her hooves to her head and focused. While most creatures couldn’t hear it, there was whooping noise that only a couple of animals could hear. A bunch of squirrels started surrounding the young mare, who opened her eyes before they scattered.

“Uh, coach,” Mitey called, “What’s going on?”

“Just testing something,” the dragon replied.

It wasn’t just the creatures at the school who were taking note of the animals responding to Snow’s commands. A pegasus mare with red fur and a black curly mane looked at the school from a distance. A duplicate of her separated from her body before they walked off in opposite directions.

“I think your powers are more powerful than you think,” Sanna stated.

“You think it could affect ponies?” Snow asked.

“It might be possible. Though, I probably wouldn’t get carried away with it.” She took a moment to fly over the field to take a look at how the other students were doing. Then he noticed the mare make another duplicate of herself.

“Kids, get inside.”

“Wh...Why?” Snow questioned.

“Just go!” Sanna forced the young mare as well as the other students to get back into the school as a large group of identical mares. Sanna absorbed some of the spare brass she found and coated her arms to start smacking the mares.

“What’s going on?” Snow questioned.

“The school’s being invaded,” Mitey commented. “Just hide inside and let the teachers do the work.” They all made it inside as Atom and the rest of the teachers started racing to assist Sanna.

“What’s with Multiple Mare?” Atom questioned.

“Who cares,” Sanna groaned, “Just make sure the students are safe.”

“I’m on it,” the green stallion called. The stallion, known as Thick Fern, started making the grass on the field grow so long that they could wrap around Multiple Mare.

“Oh, come on,” Multiple Mare groaned, “Can’t you just let me meet the new kid?”

“How do you know?” Atom questioned.

“You didn’t think I wouldn’t notice all the animals running towards your school?”

“You’ve got five seconds to explain what you’re planning,” Sanna spoke.

As Multiple Mare monologued, something invisible slipped into the school and walked around looking for the new student. Snow Petal was sitting in her dorm trying to calm down until she saw the door open. “...Who’s there?” Snow asked, a little worried.

Suddenly, she found that she was floating on mid-air, making her scream. Hearing her, Atom and Sanna raced to the rescue. They found that Snow Petal was being carried out the window by some invisible source.

“Thin Air,” Atom guessed.

“Where’s Snow Petal?” Gentle Quill asked running up.

“She just got kidnapped,” Sanna stated. She quickly ran to the window that Snow was taken out of and the dragoness quickly gave chase.

“What’s happening?” Snow cried.

“Hang on, kid!” Sanna shouted. She managed to gain on whatever was carrying Snow until something forced the dragon to the ground. There was a dark green mare with a dark blue mane that was an earth pony standing next to a pink unicorn that was carrying Snow.

“Thank you for the new kid,” the dark mare said. “We don’t need your assistance anymore.”

Sanna was soon thrown across the field all the way back to the school, smacking into one of the walls. Quill and Atom were shocked by this and were now worried about what was going to happen to Snow Petal.

After taking a minute to recover, the teachers locked Multiple Mare up so they could keep her in one place to ask her questions. “Alright,” Atom said, “What are you doing with Snow Petal?”

“We’re just seeing if you’ve already damaged any new recruit,” Multiple Mare remarked.

“You literally try to injure other creatures.”

“Only the ones that aren’t mutants. You know what they do to us?”

“We’re well aware of the terrible things that happen to mutants,” Gentle Quill spoke. “Things that we aren't comfortable with saying.”

“Exactly. Which is why I’m getting out of here.” Multiple Mare tried to leave by using another duplicate, but Sanna, who was coated with stone, smashed the clone into dust.

“Wanna try that again?” the dragoness asked. Multiple Mare decided that she would stay put.

“Easy, we need her to talk,” Atom said.

“That kid could be corrupted into committing crimes right now.”

“There’s no way they could work that fast.”

“I’m not risking another mutant giving us a bad name.”

“Quiet,” Quill ordered. “Mare, if we don’t get answers, there will be trouble.”

“Oh wait, you’ll just turn me in to the cops?” the cloning mutant asked sarcastically. Suddenly, she saw spiders crawling all over her, screaming in terror. In reality, it was just a mind trick that Quill was pulling off. Then, Mulitple Mare couldn’t see the spiders anymore. “I will tell you everything if you promise never to do that again.”

Meanwhile, Snow Petal found herself in an old building where the two mares carried her. “Where are we?” the young mare questioned.

“Somewhere safe,” the dark mare answered. “You may call me, Psyche.”

“...What are you going to do to me?”

“Nothing. We were just wanting to make sure you were safe.”

“By kidnapping me?”

“It wasn’t the idle plan.”

“There were attacking because somepony rushed in grabbing the school’s attention,” the pink mare, known as Thin Air, stated.

Inside the building, Snow Petal could see there were several other creatures with mutant abilities. It was like the school she was just at, though these mutants looked a little more violent. “Now, even though Air didn’t have the best way of getting you here, we understand your situation,” Psyche said. “Most of these mutants don’t have the best relationship with other creatures.”

“What do you mean by that?”

“I was merely a filly when I discovered my advanced psychic powers. It wouldn’t be so strange if I was a unicorn, but as you can see, I’m an earth pony, like you. The regular creatures treat us like we’re something out of Tartarus. I’ve seen tons of innocent lives being tortured. Do you think we deserve this?”

“Well... No.”

“Exactly. Quill’s school isn’t enough. Creatures are still afraid of us and cause more damage than we cause.”

“So, how do you make them stop?”

“Simple. If they want us to play the villain, we’ll be the villains. We’ll be starting with the very corporation that’s against mutants.” She showed Snow Petal a picture of a building and a stallion. “This stallion has made a prison that holds mutants. Innocents that are held just for having something they can’t control.”

“That... Seems so wrong.”

“You think?” Thin Air questioned.

“But... It seems a little dangerous. Don’t they have some sort of weapons that could stop us.”

“They won’t be able to stop an entire army of mutants they’ve never seen,” Psyche spoke. “They say they’re planning on finding all mutants and wiping them out. So, do you think you want out?” Snow thought for a moment and took a deep breath.

Some birds then felt like something was giving them some commands. They flew away, leaving the mutants unaware of them.

Back with Multiple Mare, she was being held back with some chains as Sanna, Atom, Quill, and Thick Fern listened to her directions and headed where Psyche and the mutants were at. “Just remember,” Sanna spoke, “If you’re lying...”

“You do more damage to me than I can make copies of myself,” Multiple Mare finished. “Yeah, yeah.”

“We have to be getting close,” Atom commented. Suddenly, a small flock of birds flew up to the mutants. “Seriously, go away.” One of the birds grabbed onto Atom’s tail and tried to pull her in a certain direction. “Hey, what are you doing?”

“I’m pretty sure it’s trying to tell you something,” Sanna commented. “You know where Snow is?” The bird landed on Sanna’s arm and nodded. The dragoness glared at Multiple Mare, who wasn’t feeling very confident. “You know what I said.”

“Later,” Thick Fern said. “We need to find Snow before she gets into trouble.”

“Lead the way birds.” The small flock took off and the mutants followed them.

Snow Petal was following Psyche with the rest of the mutants that were apart of her rebellion. “How much further?” the young mare with horns asked.

“Oh, would you shut up?” one of the mutants questioned. Snow stayed quiet.

“There it is,” Psyche said. Her group stopped just outside of a business titled ”Dente Industries.” Some security guards were standing outside and were about to attack until Psyche used her powers to make them float and smack into each other. This ended up knocking them out.

“Now?” Thin Air asked.

“Go nuts.” Psyche smiled as her army charged towards the building. More guards were called to help defend, but mutants had been shown to be more than they could handle. Snow was pushed into the building where a fight was breaking out. She was starting to feel like she should’ve said no to Psyche’s offer.

“Hey, you!” cried one of the guards that was still standing. Snow Petal flinched as she saw the guard. “Get over here!” He grabbed the young mare’s arm but Snow pulled back. She ended up launching the guard into the air. Fearing what he just did, Snow ran off.

She was surprised at how fast she was moving. However, she soon found she had herself walled into a corner. She could see two guards walking towards her until they were lifted into the air and they were literally tossed to the side. “Are you hurt?” the mutant mare asked.

“I don’t want to do this anymore,” Snow wept. Psyche frowned at this.

“You heard the kid!” cried the voice. The two mutants looked to see Sanna and her team standing at the building’s entrance.

“Oh, for crying out loud.”

“Psyche, let’s not get too hasty,” Gentle Grace spoke. “You know what happened last time.”

“Of course I do,” Psyche said. She got the attention of her army, who started attacking. Atom and Thich Fern held back a little due to most of the mutants they were fighting being minors. Sanna meanwhile tried going after Psyche, who just tossed her to the side. Figuring that was going to be a waste of time, Sanna absorbed some of the stone onto her body and helped Fern and Atom with the mutants.

Snow Petal was freaking out as Quill and Psyche talked with each other. “Is this really how you expect things to change?” the school principal questioned.

“Your school is only taking care of things in one place. There are mutants all over the world being tortured. What makes you think that the rest of the world will listen to you.”

“I just wanna go home,” Snow muttered. Her horns soon started making her call out for some help. There was a loud smash as a rhino burst through the wall along with a bear and even a manticore.

“Where did those come from?” Psyche questioned.

“I see you’ve found this kid’s ability,” Sanna chuckled before punching a colt into the air. Snow quickly got onto the rhino’s back and told it to get her out of here. The bear and manticore fought off some of the mutants, but Psyche wasn’t done with Snow. As the young mare was just about home free, she was pulled right back towards the leader.

“Don’t you harm her,” Quill growled.

“Silent,” Psyche ordered.

“What makes you think you’re different from all of the creatures who want mutants extinct?” Psyche was about to respond until Snow displayed something new.

“Let me go!” she cried. As she screamed, Psyche felt a wave of pain hit her head. She collapsed the ground as it was unbearable. Quill saw that the fight was getting ugly, so she helped Snow up and their team made a run for it. Special forced then showed up and their weaponry started capturing some of the mutants, leaving Psyche’s team no choice but to retreat.

A couple of mutants were captured, but they didn’t put up much of a fight due to the school’s mutants stepping in. Needless to say, Psyche was furious at what happened.

Snow Petal’s parents were still worried sick about their daughter. “We haven’t seen her in two days,” the father remarked.

“She has to be okay,” the mother said worriedly. “Where is she?” Both heard the doorbell ring and they went to answer it. Standing outside was Gentle Quill alongside Snow Petal. Both parents cried tears of joy when they saw their daughter. They were going to ask her questions until they saw her horns.

“Will you allow me to come in?” Quill asked. Snow’s parents said yes and they sat down in the living room. “We’re sorry it took so long to get into contact with you. We had a few distractions when we found your daughter.”

“We understand that,” the mother replied, “But... Snow why didn’t you tell us?”

“Because I was afraid of what was going to happen,” Snow sighed. “You’ve seen what they do to mutants.”

“We know that,” the father said, “But we’d never do that to you.” Snow Petal didn’t know what to say here.

“I understand the fear you’re all having right now,” Quill said. “Snow powers are a little dangerous but we can help her. I have a school that was built to help creatures like her.”

“Like a school?” the father asked.

“Exactly. We can help her, but she’ll have to live on school grounds.” The daughter and parents looked at each other as they thought.

“Snow, you do want to be safe, right?” the mother asked.

“I do,” the young mare replied. “...I think it might be best if I do go to school. If I go there, I could learn to control my powers and won’t risk hurting anypony.”

“That does sound like a good idea,” the father commented. “She will be safe will she?”

“We might have a few problems,” Quill said, “But I can assure you, Snow will be safe at our school. The teachers will be sure of that.”

With that bit of information given, Snow's parents helped her pack up for her new school. “You’ll be sure to write to us,” the mother said.

“I will,” Snow confirmed.

“Not to mention pay attention in classes,” the father added.

“I will.” After a few more minutes, Snow Petal was all packed up for her new school.

“We’ll let you know about the school’s special events,” Quill replied.

“Thank you,” the mother replied. She, the father, and Snow shared a hug.

“Stay safe,” the father said.

“I’ll try,” Snow replied. She wiped a tear from her eye as she soon left with Gentle Quill.

“Don’t feel so upset,” Quill said. “You’ll see each other again.” Snow felt better now. She was in good hooves.

“So, what friends think?” Yona asked.

“It’s pretty interesting,” Sandbar commented.

“It was a little distracting with so many different creatures with powers,” Sulcus commented.

“Yeah, I have to agree,” Silverstream admitted. “But still, it was a nice story.”

“It was pretty fun writing it,” Ocellus remarked.

“Were Quill and Psyche old friends?” Pate asked.

“In a way.”

“I’m sensing something awkward,” Pearl commented. She pulled on Discord’s horn which made the chairs light up again. This time, it landed on Gale.

“Oh, finally,” the griffon sighed.

He quickly showed a picture of a griffon wearing a jumpsuit that was dark blue and had lightning bolts around the shoulders. “This is Thunder. He has the power to control the weather. Hail, lightning, tornadoes, any kind of weather.”

“The only problem is that he’s physically weaker than the average griffon,” Moss commented.

“Hey!”

“Discord said that you couldn’t make your character overpowered. You’ve gotta have some weaknesses.”

“Thank you Moss,” Discord said. “You’ve got anything to add?”

“Well, yes.” Moss showed a green colt with some yellow metal covering ninety percent of his body. “This is Gadget. He was in a terrible accident but was able to get himself hooked up some with parts to help make him stronger than before. However, the crystal that’s powering him can only go last forty-eight hours before needing a recharge.”

“Well, what can he do?” Sulcus asked.

“He can fly, shoot lasers, has an eye that sees creatures’ heat, and he can also launch several different bombs. He is basically a walking arsenal.”

“That’s very neat,” Discord said. “Any other weaknesses?”

“Well, on land he’s a little bit slow. Leaving him wide open when he’s being attacked.”

“Very nice. Next.” Discord pulled his horn again and this time the light landed on Gallus. “Let’s see what our first griffon has to say.”

“Alright then,” Gallus spoke out, “this was actually a little hard for me to choose, but I think I got the idea of what I wanted my hero to be.” Gallus then showed a drawing of a griffon that had gray feathers and brown fur and a black beak and talons. He also wore a silver jumpsuit along with some gauntlets and some goggles while he gave thumbs up. “This is Silver Watch, the best hero that you’ve never heard of.”

“This feels very close to Gary Stu,” Discord commented.

“Just trust me on this.” And so Gallus explained his hero’s story.