"So, you were in a coma?" Blade asked.

"Yes, I actually dreamed up a fake life and just knowing that the ones I cared about weren't real make me upset..." Spirit lied.

"Wow, thats depressing..." Blade frowned and felt sad for Spirit. "Do you know who your real family is?"

"They died around the same time I fell into a coma, according to hospital records."

"Jeez." Blade was taken aback by Spirit's statement. They were silent for the rest of the walk, but they quickly arrived. "Here you are Spirit. Good luck!" Blade hit a button on the wall which caused the door to open. The room was very similar to a wide open field. The room was huge, the floor was real grass and soil, it had real trees. The sky however wasn't the real thing, it did look real though.

"This is incredible..." Spirit slowly walked into the room and continued to take in the scenery, but his attention quickly turned to three ponies standing in the field.

"Hey! Get over here, we got training to do!" Rainbow dash shouted. Spirit quickened his pace and made his way over to them.

"Nice ta see ya again!" Applejack stated with delight. So, ya ready to train?"

"Yeah, I'm ready..." Spirit's mind stuck to the idea that it would be something very difficult.

"Okay! lets get started with simple exercises!" Rainbow Dash interrupted. Spirit was confused.

"Wait, no extremely difficult tasks?"

"Nope." Big Mac started. "Ya don't know how to run. Fer now, that'll be all."

"Yes!" Spirit whispered to himself.

"Just go to the track over there when you are ready to start. We will see you through some binoculars." Rainbow Dash pointed her hoof to an extremely long course. "It is about six miles long, so.... Have fun!" Rainbow Dash flew off while Big Mac and Applejack ran after her.

"FUCK." Spirit said aloud. He walked over to the start of the track, took a deep breathe and started. He started with a fast trot, and progressively went faster. He couldn't keep his eyes off of the scenery, it was just so glorious. It then occurred to him that maybe he was being timed and this would effect him somehow. Spirit sped up and after ten minutes he was holding a full sprint. Spirit could see the end of the track. An adrenaline rush sent him flying. He was able to see rainbow holding a timer. I knew it! He finally got to the finish.

"Nice time kid, I expected you to be at least two minutes longer." Rainbow said as he gave Spirit a large container of water.

"Well, thats what happens when you ignore the surroundings..." Spirit said right before chugging down water.

"Well, do ya think you have runnin down?" Applejack asked.

"Yeah, I think so."

"Well, good." Rainbow Dash said. "The next part will be more fun so take five!" Spirit lifted his head out of the container to speak.

"Oh, already way ahead of you on that one." He slammed his head back into the large container and drank. Spirit continued to furiously chug down water. He would have done this for much longer if he hadn't just finished it. Spirit whipped his eyes clear and just stared at the bottom of the barrel for a while, but then he threw himself down to the ground and stared at what he assumed was an artificial sky. This was a sight that he never got to see in his coma. His life was never generous enough to give him this.

"Time for more training!" Rainbow Dash yelled. She glanced over to Spirit and then into the container. "Hey, when did you finish drinking the water?" This was an actual question.

"Like, five minutes ago. Why?" Rainbow shook her head.

"Nothing. C'mon, we need to get started!" Rainbow dragged Spirit over to a dojo of some sort that wasn't by the track when he was running. When they entered the dojo Big Mac and Applejack waiting for them.

"Time to teach you martial arts!" Rainbow shouted. She threw a karate outfit to Spirit. "Put it on and we'll start." Spirit put on the outfit without question. As he tied his belt around his waist, Rainbow Dash attacked him.

"What are you doing!?" Spirit yelled.

"This is how you will train. Fight me and copy my techniques." Spirit could see a least seven holes in the idea. "If you want, you can add a few moves." That cleared up one of the problems. "Now, are you ready?"

"Yes." Rainbow grinned and threw several hoof strikes, Spirit only avoided her for now. He watched her and dodged each attack, but he could barely do so. Rainbow preformed multiple attacks that only a pegasus could use, but this also helped. Spirit saw it, an opening. He threw one quick strike and got Rainbow Dash in the side. She grinned and she increased her pace. Spirit swiftly planted his head on the floor and spun while throwing several well timed kicks. Rainbow quickened her pace even more so to the point where Spirit could not keep up. Spirit took dozens of quick and weak hits which sent him to the floor.

"Good job for your first time!" Rainbow smiled at him while he stood back up. "One more round." Rainbow waved to Big Mac and Applejack. They only nodded and moved obstacles onto the floor. "This is gonna make things more interesting!" Rainbow was very excited. Spirit on the other hoof wasn't as excited. He remained serious.

"Can we start now?" Spirit asked. Rainbow didn't answer. She just charged, Spirit stood his ground this time and only moved at the last second. In one movement he was able to knock Rainbow off her hooves. She caught herself with her wings and tackled Spirit. She put him in a choke hold that he quickly got out of. Spirit restrained her for a moment but was thrown off. He began to take pads that made the obstacles and swung them wildly. Rainbow fell for it once, but she saw through it later. This time Spirit threw it into the air and drew Rainbow under it. The pad landed on Rainbow, it surprised her. The surprise caused her to fly at him, but Spirit had decided to let things go, and let Rainbow Dash tackle him.

"That was very impressive! We're done for now. The next part of training however, will be very difficult." Spirit gulped in worry. They left the dojo and saw Big Mac setting up some weights and a plow.

"Now, what yer gonna do is wear these weights here and plow the field." Big Mac dragged small weights over to Spirit. "Wear these around yer hooves and put on this harness." Spirit put the weights on, not even wasting time. They were already heavy "This here is about four acres of land, plow this land as fast ya can." Big Mac walked off and watched Spirit.

"This, is going to be hell." Spirit looked forward and began plowing. If he ever messed up, Big Mac would shout to him and tell him to fix it. Spirit had finished the first acre after much hard work. He stopped for a moment only to be nailed in the side of the head with an apple.

"No stoppin. Get goin!" Big Mac yelled. Spirit was exhausted but kept on plowing. The fake sun beat down hard on Spirit. He glance to the side only to see Big Mac sleeping in the shade. Spirit held the apple that Big Mac had thrown at him. Instead of throwing it however, he ate it. He got a small burst of energy from it and had completed the second acre. Big Mac woke about an hour later to see Spirit just finish the the fourth acre. He collapsed and had trouble breathing. Big Mac carried a barrel of water to him. Spirit practically dove into it, he was drinking as fast as he could. "Not bad, seven hours." Big Mac stated. "No more trainin' here fer today. Go find Doctor Pill and start yer anticipation and armor puncturing trainin." Big Mac turned and walked away. Spirit quickly finished the water and ran to keep up with Big Mac.

"Thanks for the training." Spirit was still incredibly tired. So he was practically limping through the door.

"No problem. Doctor Pill, Sweetie Belle, and Rarity should be right through this door here." Big Mac tapped his hoof on the door across from the one they just exited. Spirit slowly went over to the door which opened automatically. He was quickly rushed by Sweetie Belle. He couldn't hit her out of the way or dodge her since the door way was to small. So he took the tackle head on. Sweetie Belle slammed into him, sending them both to the floor. Oddly though, it seemed like she tripped.

"Any reason for tackling me?" Spirit questioned calmly while holding back a loud groan of pain that was all thanks to the previous training. Sweetie Belle blushed a little for some reason.

"No! I didn't mean to tackle you, I just wanted to say hello." Spirit didn't believe her, but he excepted the answer. He stepped forward into the room and met with Doctor Pill.

"Hello Spirit! I wish we could talk but we are behind schedule here, you will be learning about about armor puncturing. We will also teach you what necessary items you should take into battle." By we, Spirit assumed he was talking about him and Sweetie Belle. Spirit couldn't help but think about how cute Sweetie Belle was. "Follow us!" The Doctor shouted. They entered a room that had a large variety of armor suits hanging from the walls and ceiling. "Today we will look at the obvious weak spots on pony armor. Ponies can make thick, but rather revealing armor. Meaning that there are a lot of points that aren't protected. Usually the legs are exposed and the sides of the armor are rather weak. The flank, chest plate, brass hooves, and helmet are very difficult to get through. Even if you use magic blasts or 'bullets', it is still hard to get through those parts."

"Your objective is to defeat the newly made training bot, it will have different armor each time. So that should help you learn where to strike depending on the armor your opponent is wearing," Sweetie Belle turned and flicked on a pony shaped machine that was already wearing armor. "Catch!" Sweetie shouted. Spirit caught what she threw to him and took it out of the sheath. It was a 9 inch long knife. "Hold it in your mouth and look for an opening!" Sweetie Belle seemed to get excited. Spirit held it in his mouth and slowly approached the robot. The robot took a different approach, it went for powerful single strikes. Spirit dodged the first strike and slashed the robots leg with the knife. He then turned and bucked it half way across the room. It got back up and attacked in quick defensive strikes. Spirit blocked most of the strikes and flipped the robot in a wrestler fashion. He then drove the knife into the gut and dragged it up to the neck area. The robot shut down and was now useless. Upon getting up he saw Sweetie Belle with a large smile on her face.

"Very good Spirit! I'm surprised you were so vicious..." Doctor Pill glanced at the robot and saw cords sticking out of the gut.

"Well, it is just a robot. So I didn't need to worry about harming anypony." Doctor Pill and Sweetie Belle both nodded in agreement.

"Ready for round two?" Sweetie asked. Spirit nodded and plucked the knife from the robot pony's chest. Doctor Pill moved the first one and Sweetie Belle brought in a second one. The structure of it was different. It had a piece covering it's legs, it looked like some weird skirt. It was rather thick, so there was no cutting through that. Most of the other parts were bulging out to show that it wasn't gonna break. The skin of the robot was still visible under the helmet. It looked as thin as the last robot's skin. The robot trotted up to him and threw several fast hoof strikes. Spirit ducked under the first two blocked the third and sidestepped the fourth. He bit on the thick iron that covered it's legs and heaved, He tried to stab the belly, but there was armor there as well. He jumped back, just barely avoiding a strong kick. Spirit ran up to the robot and rammed the knife into it's eye. He twisted it and yanked it out. He also managed to tear out a large piece of the robot's "brain" somehow.

"Good! I think you've got the idea!" Sweetie Belle glanced at the clock as Doctor Pill spoke to Spirit.

"If I may say, it is getting pretty late. I also need to go help Scootaloo and Applebloom with some research."

"Right. Spirit, you are done training for today. You can go rest for the night." Spirit showed a smile of relief and trotted out of the door.

"I never would have thought that I would work this hard for anything..." He rushed to his room and jumped into his bed. He quickly fell asleep and dreamed about the next day. Would it be harder? Would it be different? Spirit got off of the topic faster then he jumped into his bed. There was one thing on his mind however, one thing that he didn't expect to be stuck thinking about. Sweetie Belle.

Author's Note

I'm totally expecting dislikes, I just hope it doesn't end in COMPLETE failure. Feedback would be appreciated.