“Again Twilight! Hit it!”

“Got it Grandpa,” Twilight charged towards the tree that Okabo had chosen for Twilight to practice on. Since Twilight was old enough to comprehend and speak, Okabo had taught Twilight martial arts. She had a fighting spirit, but Okabo saw a new Twilight born on the day she hit her head. The little filly that growled and kicked at Okabo was gone. In its place, a new little filly that had the same strength, but was kind and gentle. Okabo saw Twilight perform many kind acts when she was able to move around again. He could see that she had the ability to go straight to the top, to be the world's strongest, perhaps more.

“Alright Grandpa! I hit it!” Okabo looked over to Twilight's target. Not only had she hit it, she had demolished it. The tree was in splinters all over the ground. That was one of the strongest trees here... oh well, guess we have to find one stronger.

“That was good Twilight,” Okabo patted the happy little filly on the head, “ready for another set?” The little filly looked disappointed.

“We've been at this set exercise all day Grandpa. I want to do something new!” Twilight happily beamed.

“You need to get your basics down before you advance. And while you've been doing good, you'll need more precision when attacking your target.”

“But Grandpa!” Twilight exclaimed.

“No 'buts'!” Okabo proclaimed. “Remember Twilight, you're not working to defeat an opponent, you're working to defeat yourself.” Twilight slumped onto the ground.

“Alright Grandpa,” Twilight looked over to the next tree and prepared herself.

“Remember Twilight,” Okabo said. “Precision.” Twilight closed her eyes and focused. She remembered everything her Grandpa told her. The way the hoof moves through the air, where the power in the body came from. She focused that energy into her leg and lunged forward, yelling for intimidation's sake. She struck the tree, letting the energy flow from her body to the tree. She saw the energy flow through the tree, and with that energy, causing the tree to break into many pieces. But the pieces weren't random, they were organized, they broke into cuts that could be used for a fire.

“Very good Twilight!” Okabo rushed over to Twilight and hugged her. “You're coming along nicely,” Okabo released her. “Now do that all again, twenty more times.” Twilight sighed, and then gave a big smile.

“You got it Grandpa!” Twilight shouted exuberantly. And so the training continued throughout the day. Eventually, the training caught on. Okabo was amazed by Twilight's potential. She absorbed information like none other, and mastered many techniques some ponies would have the greatest trouble in comprehending.

Eventually, like it happens, the day drew to a close, and Twilight was tired. Okabo smiled at his little pupil and placed her on his back. He walked back, taking a look at another beautiful sunset in the place he called home.

“Celestia did a good job lowering the sun today,” Okabo happily said as he admired her work. Twilight looked at the sunset and blinked.

“Celestia sounds really strong,” Twilight said. Hey eyes suddenly burned with excitement. “I hope I can fight with her someday, I bet it'd be fun!” Okabo laughed.

“Well, give it a few more years, and I'm sure you'll be able to take her on.” Okabo looked back at the road. Although, maybe she's not too far off. She's an Alicorn just like her, so maybe- As Okabo finished he looked up at the moon Celestia had put into the sky. Celestia controlled not only the day, but also the night sky that had been left uncontrolled when the fabled “Night Princess” had left.

“Oh she did a good job with tonight's moon, didn't she Twilight?” As he asked this, Twilight smiled as the night sky twinkled above her.

“Yeah, it looks very pretty up there,” Twilight sighed, and smiled dreamily at the sky. Okabo smiled and laughed a little bit.

“Well, I think my little fighter here could use a nice meal, am I right?” Okabo asked. If a little filly could smile any bigger, he would be very surprised.

“What are we having grandpa?”

“I was thinking... a Monstro-Hawk egg?” Okabo knew he didn't have to ask Twilight if she wanted the egg, it was her favorite. And seeing Twilight's happy face confirmed it.

“Heck YES!” Twilight yelled. “Do we have to get it? Or do we already have one?”

“Final test for today Twilight,” Okabo said as he placed the filly down on the ground. “Go get us an egg, I'll take care of the rest.” Any onlooker would say that Okabo was putting Twilight in harm's way purposely. The onlooker would be right, and this wasn't the first time he had done it either. And this wasn't any filly, this filly was a student in martial arts.

“Got it Grandpa! I'll head for Tori Mountain!” Twilight trotted off, determined to get her dinner.

“I wonder if she'll break my record...” Okabo went inside the get ready to cook. “Five minutes...”

Author's Note

This went through a lot of rewrites. So I figured I'd just write what was certain and give it to y'all.