The Urchin and The Diva

For the next few days, Jack seemed awfully quiet and didn't seem as talkative towards his friends. He would wake up and eat in silence around Rarity, but be talkative with Sweetie Belle. He would do some volunteer work for Applejack in silence, yet he would communicate with Big Macintosh. It seemed that he was simply back to where he had been with his "friends" before, complete strangers and keeping his distance.For some of the town's ponies who noticed or observed his sudden change in attitude towards the ones who introduced him to the town, they had been surprised by Jack; expecting him to accept their apologies since it had seemed so simple.

But humans were much more complex it seemed, that it would take more than a simple sorry to make everything better again. No, in order to be friends again; they would need to reach out and start over. But it seemed that something was keeping them from making an approach towards Jack, for fear of him snapping at them, or rejecting their offered friendship.

Over the last few nights, Jack found himself approached by Sid, the magic endowed human. Sid would offer to take Jack around town, cause some minor mischief like spray painting some walls, wrecking some stands; heck last night they had replaced the water fountain supply with cola. The first time, Jack wasn't interested in pranking but now he was more inclined to do it willingly. Nothing too serious though, just minor stuff. It had been funny so far. He found himself trusting Sid more and more as they spent more time hanging out, maybe because he was a human, or because he was also a human and therefore easy to relate to..If you took out the whole "being able to use magic thing that is".

Jack sat in Ponyville square, on his own today, watching the other ponies trot by ideally, as he let out a tiny chuckle at the sight of the fillies and foals, dunking their faces head first in cola fountain and drink as he snorted "That stuff has defiantly gotta be dirty by now". Lying backwards on the bench, he stared up at the sun as he flinched at the brightness. That was probably one similarity between Equestria and Earth: Both suns were bright as hell.

"Heya Jack" a cheerful voice spoke up.

Sitting up, Jack looked around for the source of the voice; yet he could see no one in sight. Looking down, Jack was surprised to see Spike looking up, waving with a slight smile. Sighing, Jack patted the bench spot next to him; as he watched the dragon hop on up. Jack hadn't really spent a lot of time with Spike really since he had been going from one place to the next with the Mane 6. No, that wasn't true…he hadn't done it since he had assumed that since Spike was a dragon; that he was cruel and vicious on the first time he met him.

That was completely biased, since Spike was actually a really nice guy..err..dragon. So, he probably didn't fit into the stereotype of kidnapping princesses, and placing them in tall towers. "Though I swear if he did kidnap a princess, and then place her in a castle; I think i'd freak if I went to rescue the princess and only found a Toad that said "Sorry Jack, but your princess is in another castle". I always hated that asshole Toad, to the point where Id wanna…whoops getting off topic" he thought.

Shrugging, he smiled as he offered Spike a high five. "Spike, what's up" Jack asked casually.

Spike smirked as he high fived the human, finding him really laid back. Spike had actually kept away from him for abit, since he had noticed that Jack had kinda acted rude when he first arrived, and was..well abit intimidated by that him not being a creature of Equestria. But then after what had happened at the party, or what he had heard; he figured maybe he could use a friend! Heck, he was the only dragon in town, so that was something that he could relate to with Jack. "Not a lot, I just wanted to come and see how you were doing" Spike smiled, as he noticed Jack giving him an odd look. "What" Spike asked curiously?

"I just can't believe it" Jack chuckled, putting a hand to his head. Staring down at confused dragon, Jack smirked, pointing at the dragon "You are completely different from how dragons are described in fantasy book".

"Fantasy books? There's fantasy books about dragons? I don't get it. Why would there be since dragons are obviously real" Spike asked rubbing his head, not understanding.

Pointing at the dragon, Jack retorted "Here there real maybe, but where I'm from; dragons are make believe stuff. In some books, dragons are stereotyped as cruel, vicious and wanting to destroy. That's a pretty biased view from what I see" Jack commented.

Spike crossed his arms, rolling his eyes thinking "Oh brother, and here I was hoping that dragons were portrayed as heroes where Jacks from". Shaking his head, he said "No offense, but your world sounds kinda boring. I mean, no magic, no talking ponies..No dragons". Throwing his arms into the air, he exaggerated "How do you humans manage to go through each day without getting bored senseless. It sounds like there's not even any adventures where you're from".

"Oh they're adventures alright. We usually just don't take the leap to go for them, or don't know where to find them. Sooo, we resort to making one up". Noticing the determined look on Spikes face, Jack raised a brow as he asked "What's with the face".

Spike placed a claw into his hand palm as he said "I got it! I have an idea for an adventure, for something that we can do! Getting up, he said "You like exploring or doing active stuff right? Well why don't we head towards the outskirts of town and dig up some jewels"!

Jack stared at the dragon, in disbelief. Dig up jewels? Granted, jewels were nice to have and if he could get back to earth somehow, he'd be freaking rich; but that was it? "Ahh, no offense but is that all? Just digging for jewels because it doesn't sound very adventurous to me".

"They're the possibility of being attacked by moooonnnssters" Spike smirked, waving his digits eerily, adding a spooky effect towards them. He knew he had already won as he watched Jack look very interested now, getting to his feet.

"Monsters huh? Well, I do need something to let out some pent up stress" Jack said, a tiny smirk etching his features as he cracked his knuckles, eager for some action. Looking at the little guy, he asked "What's so special about these jewels? Do they have magical properties? If so, maybe I could learn how to use magic". Now that sounded interesting! If he knew magic, heck who knew what he could accomplish!

Spike shook his head, as he said "Their not really worth a lot, and really are just ordinary jewels to be honest". Hearing Jacks last statement, he stated "CA..can humans even use magic?".

"Huh, I don't know; I mean even if they could where would your magic come from? You don't have a horn" protested Jack, pointing up towards his hair before smirking.

"That's why I would use my hands. Magic is supposed to…eerr, well should come out of..hands" Jack commented, as he stared down at his palms; imagining lighting shooting out of the tips of his fingers like they did whenever he had a lucid dream. Those were the most fun!

"Well then, let's get going right now; I'm eager for some action" Jack chuckled as he followed the leading dragon.

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"I don't get him Twi, I really don't" Rainbow Dash said in an annoyed tone. She was pacing back and forth in Twilights library, as Twilight watched the aggravated Pegasus. Clearly the business with Jack was really getting to her. Twilight would be lying if she said it wasn't affecting her too, but it was. Rainbow Dash stopped, as she turned around and exasperated "We apologized to him, and that wasn't enough! Why?!"

Twilight placed a hoof to her chin, as she thought "Well from what I gather, it's going to take more than an apology to make things right. From where Jacks from, things are more complex and therefore harder to solve problems with an "I'm sorry. That, or maybe Jack is simply more complex himself, so we'll need to try something else then an apology".

"Well that's really lame. I mean, what else can we do" Dash pouted, plopping down on a chair. She was bummed not only from Jack announcing that an apology wouldn't go, but because she didn't get a chance to race and hang out with him. Heck, she had been looking forward to seeing what he was capable of in an agility course since that seemed to be a specialty of his! Now she wasn't gonna be able to get that chance with him upset.

"Maybe you should just go over their" Twilight suggested, still working up on a plan on what she and Jack could do to spend time together. She had admittingly expected Jack to come back after abit when he left to say he didn't mean what he said,but when he didn't that got Twi thinking that they were the ones that needed to make things right! "Hmm, what could he like that we could do together..hmmm" Twi thought.

"What do you mean? Just go over that just like that" Rainbow Dash snorted, finding that way too easy. "And what then" Dash insisted, wanting to see if Twi was serious or not.

"Well, whatever you wanted to do with him; ask if he would like to do it. You'd be able to re-earn his trust faster and that way you'd become friends again" Twilight insisted, as she suddenly got an idea! Jack was really skeptical and supposedly fascinated with magic; or at least that's the impression that she got from him when they first met! Perhaps she could ask him to participate in some magical experiments! Attribute increasing, transformation, personality change; that would certainly be a way to past the time and who knows! He might find it fun!

"I need to ask him that the next time I see him" Twilight thought, suddenly becoming excited as not only was it an opportunity to find out more about humans, but it would be a good way to re-earn Jack's trust!

"So you're saying that I should just fly out there, go looking for Jack and ask him if he wants hang again" Rainbow asked skeptically. Putting a hoof to her chin, she shrugged lazily "Meh, why not! Better than just sitting around here and doing nothing all day"! Turning to face the window, she smirked "Then I'm outta here! If you see Jack stop by; tell him that I'm looking for him"!

With a zoom, she soared out of Twilights window.

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"C'mon Jack, they're around here somewhere! We just need to dig em up" Spike grinned excitedly as he looked around at the landscape of boulders, and dirt. Examining the ground closely, he said "For unicorns they can look through the earth and see them, or use their horns to track the jewels, but for dragons we can feel them by the vibration stuff they give off. Hmm..Let's see here" Spike thoughtfully mused, pressing his claws against the dirt.

"Yeah, yeah..Jack muttered absent-mindedly as he dug around at the dirt bored. This was Spikes idea of an adventure? Pfft, not exactly what Jack had in mind for one! Heck, sure it had been fun to come out here on the outskirts of town, but this wasn't what he had in mind for adventuring. Kicking at some dirt, he decided to see if he could find out if Spike was any fun. "Soo Spike, have you ever done anything uhh..crazy" Jack asked bluntly.

Spike blinked as he looked up thoughtfully as he smiled "Well, there was this one time where I thought I was gonna be replaced by Twilight with her pet owl". As Spike told about what happened, what his plan was and what he had dressed up as; He was surprised to see Jack snort with laughter. "Huh? What? What's so funny" Spike asked in a mixture of confusion and aggravation.

Jack shook his head as he said "Y..you actually dressed up in a cape, top hat and for effect; added a twirly mustache"? Snorting, he smirked "Next thing you know, you'll tell me that you tied your girlfriend to the rail road tracks, whilst a train is speeding down it at a hundred miles an hour". Realizing his confused expression, Jack explained "The stuff you wore sounded like something from my world; a character named Snivley Whiplash; old timey villain that did stereotypically villainous things".

Spike blinked as he glanced up and imagined Rarity being in that situation. Her tied to a rail road track, calling for help as Spike charges to the scene; in his knightly form, as he bravely defeated Snively Whiplash. Leaning in for a kiss, he grinned lightly as he thought of the heroic dream of him saving Rarity as he smirked "Heh heh, that does sound kinda nice actually".

Jack reached down to grab a pointed rock, but froze as it felt..leathery. "The hell" Jack mused as he gripped the earth, and pulled up as he yanked up something through the dirt and found himself staring into the yellow eyes of a…muscular dog like creature. It had large muscles; bore a dirty green vest and pants as it snarled at Jack for holding its ear. Sweating, Jack chuckled nervously as he tried "Err…sorry"?

BIFF! OOF!

Jack was sent flying backwards, landing with a grunt on his back, as he rubbed his cheek. "Well now, that wasn't very nice" Jack muttered as he got to his feet. Blinking, he stared as suddenly from the ground popped up two more of this dog like creatures, all similarly muscular and ugly looking. "Err, Spike what are these things" Jack asked as he backed up, narrowing his eyes.

Spike stared as he backed up next to Jack, as he stuttered "Di..di..di..Diamond dogs"!

Jack raised a brow, as he pointed "You kidding me? These guys are the diamond dogs"? Looking them up and down, he noticed their dog like feature and how whilst they appeared strong; he knew that appearances could be deceiving. Him for example could to these guys appear to be a weak, inferior creature that can't possibly defend itself from them. That's probably what they were thinking since they kept glancing at one another; chatting amongst themselves.

A slow smirk etched Jacks features as he cracked his knuckles, suddenly feeling an urge to get the blood pumping. "Best way..a good ol fashion brawl" Jack smirked as he lunged at two of them; nailing one in the jaw with a right hook, and his buddy with a back handed fist. Wincing, he grunted "Ooh, you guys have rough skin; but I can tell that hurt you more than it hurt me"!

"Jack! What are you doing" Spike demanded, surprised by Jacks rash actions as he rushed next to him.

"What's it looking like I'm doing? I'm burning off my anger by taking it out on these assholes! Looks like their faces got beat with the ugly stick" Jack taunted, knowing that would rile up the dogs as they slowly started to surround the two. Shifting into a fighting stance, Jack beckoned with his fingers "Come get some...".

One of them charged at Jack like a rapid dog (pun intended); with a murderous glint his eye as he reached for the scrawny creature! It was surprised as it lunged at it, as it leaned back; avoiding a slash across its chest as it whirled around and kicked the dog in the back; sending it sprawling to the ground!

"Hoo boy" Jack laughed, whirling around in time to see one of the dogs take a wild swing at his head! Ducking under the swing, he used the dog's momentum against him as he smacked his arm away from himself as Jack brought his knee up and with a grunt, nailed the diamond dog in the chest. He watched with satisfaction as the creature let out a moan of pain, gripping his gut from where all the wind had been sucked out of. Nodding, Jack then grabbed the dog by the neck as he reared his fist back and socked him one in the chin.

Shaking his fist, Jack grunted "Oh damn, your skin is tough". He let out a gasp of surprise as suddenly he was grabbed from behind, and lifted up in a bear hug as he squirmed to get himself free. Grunting, Jack remarked "Yeah, real tough getting me in bear hugs! Can't fight me like a man..or a dog? Or whatever"! Looking ahead, he flinched as a dog was about to lunge and bite at his neck! "Oh crud" Jack thought, eyes widening.

Spike however who had been both shocked, and filled with awe at the moxie that Jack was displaying; decided he wasn't gonna let his friend handle this alone. Leaping into the air, he used the edge of his tail to drill against the diamond dog's back. Watching as the dog yelped in pain, he whirled around growling to face Spike who let smirked cockily, inhaling and exhaled a spew of green fire; scorching the dog's chest!

Jack felt the dog's grip loosen as he ducked, and watched the other dog sail overheard and bite his buddy in the neck; causing the scorched dog to let out a higher shout of pain. Smirking, he delivered a leg sweep to the dog's ankle, sending the two sprawling on top of one another. Whirling around to face two more, Jack smirked as he shouted "Pile on"! Tackling the two to the ground, he went into a roll as he got back up and pumped his fist into the air. "That's right! That all you got"!

Spike meanwhile was on the run as the one he burned was chasing him straight towards another whose back was turned. Getting an idea, he kicked at the dog's hind leg, forcing him to turn around just in time! The one chasing Spike yelped as he collided with his buddy, getting a laugh from Spike, apparently the enthusiasm that Jack had was spreading out towards him! "This is great" He grinned, not able to stop himself.

"C'mon, can't we just talk about this" Jack mock pleaded as he defended himself from a dogs swipes with a thick stick he had picked up, as he used it to block and deflect the dog's wild attacks. Jack may not be a resident of this world, but he could clearly see that the dog wasn't too smart for someone so big. "Following the "strong but dumb" routine I take it" Jack grinned, watching as the creature fumed with anger as he let out a mighty roar and slashed through Jack stick. Jack leaned back and received a slice through his hoodie, as he looked down and thankfully didn't see blood.

As Spike rushed next to Jack, Jack glanced down at the little guy. "Hey Spike, how much more of the shooting fire can you do" he asked, or more was asking how powerful he could make it.

"I can make it pretty powerful but I don't want to lose control" Spike retorted as the two watched as the dogs slowly started to circle the two of em. "Why Jack, do you have an idea" he asked.

Jack glared at the dogs with a cocky smirk, as he whispered "I think I do. However you turn up the power of your fire breathes, does so now and is ready to unleash it". As the dogs moved in closer, Jack eyed Spike as he watched Spike inhale a huge amount of breathe as he held it in, looking at Jack for confirmation and watched as..Jack loosened one of his shoes?

The dogs looked at one another in confusion as they snarled. Whatever plot the human was trying to pull, they weren't about to be fooled again and made out to be losers! Leaning back, the dogs lunged at the two; ready to pummel them!

"Now" Jack thought as he leaned down and gripped Spike, as he tossed the little guy into the air above him. Using his free foot and hands, he punched and kicked away at the dogs that attempted to lunge at him, as he suddenly balanced himself on his hands as he raised the foot with the loosen shoe into the air, making sure that Spike was falling back down; somehow his breathe still being held. Catching him with him on the ball of his shoe, he started to spin himself in place, moving his hands to keep himself spinning, shouting "Go for it"!

Spike burped as he let out a torrent of green fire, spewing around; nailing all the dogs that were attempting to attack them; causing them to scattered back in fear and pain. Spike awed in shock as he finished spewing fire as he watched the dogs grip their burnt, and some flaming chest in pain, collapsing to the ground. "That was Jack's plan" Spike thought, thinking about how nuts and..and cool it was!

Apparently having had enough of being humiliated by a little dragon, and a human; the dogs yelped as they turned tail and scattered away from the boys, leaving them in silence as naught but the blowing wind comforted them. They slowly looked at one another. As if reading each other's minds, their blank expressions shot into cocky grins, letting out a cry of victory! "WOO HOO! Yeah! That's right" Jack laughed, jumping up and down at how much of a rush that was!

"That was awesome! I can't believe we did that! The plan of yours was completely nuts, but it was completely cool at the same time" Spike grinned widely, still having a hard time believing that they were both alive and having pulled off something so cool! Blushing, he remarked "I had no idea I could really increase my power in my fire that much too actually hurt those dogs".

"Heh, looks like you were a lot tougher then you thought huh little guy" Jack grinned, giving Spike an encouraging pat on the back. As Jack was about to ask exactly how he had been able to hold in the fire without throwing it all up, he was surprised as suddenly a powerful gust of wind shot by him, causing Jack to raise his hands to shield himself from unexpected wind. Looking around rapidly, he blinked in shock as he watched as ascertain rainbow manned Pegasus landed in front of him.

"Heh Heya Jack" Rainbow Dash grinned, deciding to go for the upbeat and cheerful approach as she noticed the look of surprise on his face, shift into awkwardness. "Oh great, still upset. Hmm, maybe I should back out I mean..this…wait, what am I saying! I'm Rainbow Dash! I can do anything I set my mind too" she thought determinedly.

Jack kept his arms crossed as he stared at the Pegasus. "What do you want" he asked bluntly, gasping as Spike rushed past him to greet Dash.

"Rainbow Dash! You missed it! Jack and I fought off a gang of diamond dogs! It was so cool! They were coming at us from all sides! But we kicked their butts, like this" Spike grinned excitedly as he started punching and kicking at the air as if he was hitting some targets.

"What? There was a fight just now and I missed it all? Aww Celestia that sucks! I shoulda been here earlier" Rainbow Dash pouted, upset that she had just missed a throw down.

Shrugging, she smiled "Aw well; I managed to find you Jack and that's all that matter" she smiled lightly as she trotted up towards him, eager to tell him of her idea. She froze as suddenly he snorted, and turned away. "Oooo you won't be mad for long "she thought smugly, as she said "Jack, I came to find you because I wanted to see if you wanted to be in a race that I managed to set up for just the two of us in Ponyville square"?

"A race in ponyville? What kind" Spike asked, speaking up as Jack raised a brow at Dash's eagerness.

"Heh, only the most awesome race you'd ever get the opportunity to be in! It's filled with set up traps to keep ones adrenaline pumping, and requires more agility then speed; something that Mr. Human here seems to aspire in" Dash grinned, noticing him look away. Shrugging, she said "What'd you say Jack? Are you up for a race"?

"As tempting as that sounds I'm gonna say no" Jack shrugged indifferently, turning his back on Dash. It defiantly appealed to his competitive side, and he did like anything that kept him moving; but he didn't know if he could trust Dash enough yet for something like this. However, all doubt seemed to throw out the window on what she said next.

Narrowing her eyes in frustration, Dash rolled her eyes as she thought "Darn it! He's so stubborn. Alright then, if I can't appeal to his competitive side, guess a wound to the pride will do". Shrugging, she lazily commented "Hey, it's cool. If you're scared, and know that you obviously wouldn't stand a chance against me then I wouldn't blame you. I'd be scared of me". She smirked as she saw him flinch, knowing that she had hit the right spot.

Jack slowly turned to face her, any sense of reason been tossed aside and replaced by a senseless need to protect his pride; as he retorted with a low, annoyed tone "Come again"?

"Oh you heard me. But hey! It's completely cool. I don't blame ya for being scared, since it's obvious that you wouldn't win in any sort of contest against me" Dash continued on, baiting Jack as she knew she was defiantly getting under his skin.

Now Jack was getting angry, as he felt his temper rise. He wasn't about to let himself be talked down to by a rainbow styled pony! Storming up to her, he retorted "I could handle anything that you throw at me Rainbow Dash, anything at all. If you think I'm just gonna sit here and let you talk down to me like this; you're sorely mistaken. You wanna race me so badly, fine"! Poor sucker had no idea he had just been played..

Rainbow Dash couldn't hold back a grin, as she remarked "Awesome! I hope your prepared to eat my dust Jack, because dust is all your gonna see when we race". She then spat into her hoof, as she offered to shake Jacks hand in a sign of hard core competiveness.

"Humph" Jack smirked back with eagerness to prove her wrong, as he spat into his hand and shook her hoof tightly. "I really do hope you realize what you've gotten yourself into Dash" he said low as he watched her nod.

"Heh, alright then…lets head there right now" She laughed as before giving a chance for Jack to speak, she flew up into the air and under him and Spike; bringing them onto her back as she zoomed off at high speed towards Ponyville. "Hoooooldd onnnn" she called up to them playfully, as she started to do barrel rolls whilst soaring through the air; surprised at how well she could handle herself with the extra weight of a human.

Jack himself was surprised by how agile she was, and how athletic she could be to pull something like this! If this was how she could handle things when she wasn't competing, he could only wonder what she was like whenever she was racing! Probably fast, aggressive and cocky as well. "Kinda like me really, cept I'm better" Jack thought to himself with a slight snort, shaking his head in exasperation.

Landing in Ponyville, Jack stumbled off of Dashes back; as his balance slowly returned. She defiantly did live up to the name Rainbow Dash after all. Looking up at her, he commented "Not bad". That got back at her, as he noticed her mood shift to prideful, as he smirked at the retaliation.

"Say what? Not bad eh? Oh you'll see more then not bad once we start through this" Rainbow Dash dramatically announced as she pointed out over towards the obstacle course she had set up. It involved climbing up a large rope ladder, hopping over a high fence and crawling through tire tubes, scaling up a wall whilst logs were tossed down from above, then sliding down a huge slide whilst sliding to avoid bumping into some hard cushioned dodge balls and finally ending it with; jumping over a high gap and through a ring of fire! "If you wanna get through this course, you'll need style, endurance, radicalness, and awesomeness" Rainbow Dash declared cockily.

"Aren't those last two the same thing" Jack asked ideally, raising a brow at Dash's sheepish grin.

"Maybe to someone who isn't that awesome" Dash playfully jabbed, knowing she got Jack who glared at her.

What Jack didn't realize was that Dash had gone around, and asked if the others wanted to watch her and Jack go through this course, and race to get to the finish as fast as possible. A small crowd had already gathered on the side of this makeshift obstacle course, as the rest of the mane six moved into the crowd; spotting Dash and Jack exchanging banter.

"Alright then Jack, are you ready to lose" Dash commented, as he pointed at her wings. "To make this fair since you don't have wings, I won't use mine; I'll still beat you even without them though" she grinned at him.

"Humph, losing the wings is a mistake that will cost you once I leave you in the dust" Jack retorted as stepped up to the starting line confidently. Leaning down, he grunted as he stared at Dash who did the same. This would probably be his one shot in showing her up on who exactly was the best when it came to some things, so it was probably best that he didn't blow it.

"Ready to go? On three! One! Two…" Dash paused for dramatic affect as she looked over at how determined Jack appeared a fire in his eyes as he nodded slowly. "Three" she grinned as the two shot off like a pair of bullets! Dash grinned as she rushed towards the ropes, lunging at it as she wrapped her hooves around the rope, and started to pull herself using naught but her hooves.

Hearing the cheering of the crowd sent shivers down Jacks spine, as he was reminded that they were being watched and that if he didn't want to go and make a fool outta himself; he had to be ready for anything that Dash through at him. Leaping at the rope, he locked his legs around the bottom and his hands around the top as he used his own body weight to pull himself up rigorously, thinking about how he was gonna celebrate his victory upon winning, glancing up at how high the rope was.

Dash smirked as she managed to get herself up first to the top and vaulted herself over the high wall, going into a roll and took off into a hard trot towards the next objective, already having the time of her life in this awesome race!

Jack reached the top, as he hurled himself over; going into a roll as he spotted the tire tubes and Dash already inside. Diving into the tubes, Jack grunted as he started to quickly crawl on his hands and knees in an attempt to get through as quickly as possible, letting out a light swear as he staggered and almost tripped himself up. Recovering, he glanced at the other set of tubes across at the equally determined Rainbow Dash, apparently having it in her head that she was gonna beat him. "Heh, not likely" he snorted.

Dash grunted as she felt herself get caught for a moment, as she muttered "No way, I'm not gonna lose like this"! Putting in more pressure and more, she forced her way through as she went into a gentle roll; shaking her head in exasperation. "Hah hah" Dash grinned as she scrambled towards the wall, finding Jack already making his way up.

Jack grunted as he climbed up the sides, as he muttered to himself "Huh, I was expecting something more challenging than this, but this is much easier than I expected" Jack smirked to himself, finding that he was having fun testing himself by scaling up this mighty and high wall. However, he failed to notice the two burly stallions above that were lifting up heavy logs and…tossing them down? "Son of a bitch" Jack swore as he tossed himself aside, feeling the breeze shoot by as a log almost hit him.

Dash smirked as she climbed upwards, leaping from one side to another. "Better hurry Jack, or you'll get left beehiiinnnd" Dash called in a sing song voice; finding this way too easy even without wings. She had to admit she didn't think Jack would last this long since he didn't seem like the endurance type. Guess he proved her wrong.

Jack heard her taunting as he shook his head. "I aint gonna lose" he shouted determined as he lunged himself upward, leaping from one gap to the next of the wall as he ducked his head down, and pressed himself against the wall whenever a log came down. As he reached the top, he vaulted himself over the wall and found himself going down a long slide! "WHooooooooooaaaaooooo" Jack shouted, as he underestimated how high up he had scaled!

Dash had to suppress a giggle out of fear of it affecting her coolness as she instead used a whooping of laughter, as she called over to Jack. "Best not get to comfortable" she grinned as she pointed back up at the top of the slides to two unicorn stallions, who lifted up..large..red..dodge balls and kicked them down after the two!.

Realizing he was a sitting duck, Jack gasped as he turned back around and started to maneuver himself to try and get himself out of the way of the balls. Dodging the first one, feeling the wind fly by, he sighed with relief as he thought that if he kept up his speed and distance, he could beat Dash still! However what he didn't realize was that although the balls were meant to go around rapidly in all directions, one came straight towards him deliberate as if it was being controlled".

Dash spotted this, as she panicked "Jack look out"!

Hearing Dash call his name, Jack slowly turned around in time as his expression shifted to shock as..POW! "Aaaaggg" Jack gasped as at the force that the ball was rolling down, and being how it was two times his size; it smacked into him and sent him into a spiral as he slipped off the edge of the large slide; a good thirty feet above ground as Jack let out a moan of pain.

"W..what the…no.." Jack thought in horror as he realized what was happening. He was going to die!

"JACK" Dash shouted in worry, as she leaped into the air and zoomed down towards him; watching with horror as he was about to hit the ground. Glaring, she gritted her teeth as she zoomed under Jack and, caught him just in the nick of time. Whipping sweat from her brow, she turned and gave Jack a weary smile. "You alright" she asked lightly, wondering if Jack was hurt

Leaning up, Jack stared at her as realized that she had him dead to rights! He was gonna appear extremely ungrateful with her if he didn't trust her since..she did just save his life! You couldn't get any more trustworthy then that so he didn't have a choice. Plus, he did have fun with racing her and she didn't set up that last part or at least he thought she didn't since if she had; then she'd a gone ahead and kept racing. He'd probably survive a fall like that…probably. Sitting up, he said "Rainbow Dash…thank you…" he spoke simply, his thoughts going back to the race as he wondered why that ball had come straight after him like that.

"Just being awesome" she smirked, rubbing a hoof against his hair playfully.