It's a cool, calm, quiet night in Ponyville. It's a little past one in the morning, and there isn't a pony in sight. Well, except for one. A lone Earth-Pony. A silver coated stallion, with a long, brown colored mane, and solid grey eyes, is walking the dark streets of Ponyville.
"I know it's around here somewhere... Or at least he said it was." The silver colored stallion said to himself in annoyance.
As the time past, he kept his head low, and tried to stay out of open areas as often as he could. The time seemed to go slower and slower, as the stallion starts showing frustration.
"Come on Silver Lining. You know it's right in front of your face- Ah ha!" The grey eyed stallion comes to a stop, feeling something beneath his hooves.
Silver uses his left forehoof to open a door that is seemingly invisible underneath the grass covering it. Once the door is open, talking can easily be heard inside of it. The path down is made of typical brick walls and wooden steps that you would find in basements.
"Alright, here I go." Closing the door behind him, he begins his decent down the steps. The farther down the steps he goes, the louder the talking gets. Silver comes to the last step, and is met with a large room, full of all kinds of different ponies. Silver quickly notices the open area in the middle of the room, where what appeared to be a fighting ring stained with red in some areas lays.
"Hey! Silver!" Catching his attention, Silver starts looking around the room until he spots a yellow colored Earth-Pony stallion, with a short, orange mane, and begins walking toward him.
"There you are Lightning Blitz. It took me forever to find this place." Silver explained to his friend.
"Ah, don't worry about it. At least you made it here before my fight." Lightning said, turning and looking at the ring. "There should be one more before mine. And I'm all warmed up and ready to go!"
"Just uh, don't get hurt." Silver looked tense, and rightfully so. He had never even heard of this fight club until Lightning Blitz told him. He didn't even know his friend was a fighter either.
"I will be fine! I've been doing this long enough to know how to not get hurt. Besides, my opponent tonight isn't exactly..." "Good?" Silver finishes his friends sentence. "Bingo!" Lightning and Silver join in a laugh.
The bell starts ringing, and a white colored, pink maned Earth-Pony mare steps into the center of the ring. "Ladies and gentlecolts! We are about to begin our third fight of the night! Introducing first, in the red corner, with a record of thirteen wins, five losses, Brass Hoofs!
Everypony's attention shifts to the strong looking, Orange colored Earth-Pony, with a spiked, red colored mane.
"He can be tough sometimes. But he is sloppy. I wonder how he even has thirteen wins." Lightning Blitz says unimpressed.
"And second, in the blue corner! Currently stuck in a three fight losing streak, holding a record of seven wins, eight losses, Quick Jab!" The focus is now on a green colored unicorn, with a darker green colored mane.
"Quick Jab? What in Equestira kind of name is that? And how could a unicorn be fair against an Earth-Pony?" Silver asks in confusion, causing his friend to laugh for a moment. "Quick Jab is just his in ring name. And unicorns, and pegasi both cannot use their obvious advantages, or they get disqualified and run the risk of being banned." Lightning explains.
Before Silver got the chance to say anything more, the bell is rung and the two fighters stand in a staredown. "How is a winner determined? I don't see any judges anywhere." Lightning facehoofs at the question. "The judges are out of view to keep safe if some fans don't agree with their scores. But, each fight can last up to a half hour long, unless somepony gets knocked out, or submits."
Quick Jab begins charging at his foe, causing Brass Hoofs to start moving. Quick Jab slides around Brass Hoofs and kicks one of Hoofs hindlegs out from under him, then headbutts him, making Hoofs fall to the ground.
"Wow! Quick Jab is giving it to Brass Hoofs already!" Silver says in excitement, before Lightning sighs. "You've never seen a fight at all before, have you?"
Quick Jab lunges at his fallen opponent, but Hoofs kicks his hindlegs upward, connecting with Quick Jab's stomach, making him fall. Hoofs quickly gets up and delivers a couple of kicks to Quick Jab. "I quit! I'm done!" Quick Jab yells, causing the bell to be rung.
The same white colored mare steps back into the ring. "Your winner by submission, Brass Hoofs!" The crowd starts stomping the ground and cheering in excitement. "Brass Hoofs is now fourteen and five, and now has a three fight win streak! And Quick Jab now falls to seven and nine, making his loosing streak grow to four in a row now!"
"Man, she covers everything doesn't she?" Silver nods at his own words. "Of course she does! It is her job to." Lightning chuckles, trying not to sound sarcastic. "Whelp, wish me luck! I'm next!" Lightning quickly says as he rushes off into the crowd. "Good luck! I just hope you don't get hurt..." Silver quietly worries to himself.
After the two previous fighters exit the ring, the White Mare begins to speak again. "Alright everypony! For our fourth, and final fight of the night, I introduce to you all first, in the red corner, holding the fourth overall ranking in the club, with twenty-one wins, six losses, and his impressive win streak of seven wins in a row, Lightning Blitz!"
As his name is said, the crowd becomes a little rowdy in cheers, causing Silver to comfortably sigh. "Good. This must mean he's a crowd favorite."
The focus shifts to the blue corner when the mare starts speaking. "And in the blue corner! Still new to our ranks, he is holding on to his three win, four loss record, Free Weight!" The young, brown colored, black maned, pegasus stands in his corner with pride, looking on at the crowd. Silver can't help but laugh some after hearing the name. "I really hope that's his ring name." Silver says, and as soon as he finishes his sentence, the bell rings to start the match.
Lightning quickly charges Free Weight and slams into him with his side, knocking Free Weight down. "Wow! I never even knew Lightning was a fighter, let alone good fighter!" Silver watches on, impressed with his friend.
Lightning allows Free Weight to get up. "Come on. Take a free shot!" Lightning says, and stands still, and Free Weight takes advantage, charging Lightning. Free Weight closes his eyes and lunges himself, but Lightning simply throws his right foreleg forward to hit Free Weight, smashing his hoof into him.
"Huh? That wasn't a very free shot." Silver looks on unsure at his friends actions. Lightning makes no hesitation this time to start slamming himself down onto Free Weight until, "Okay, I give! Stop!" Free Weight yells in desperation. The bell is rung, followed by the white mare stepping back into the ring, one last time.
"Ladies and Gentlecolts! The winner of our final fight of the night by submission, extending his win steak to eight, Lightning Blitz! And Free Weight falls to a three win, five loss record!" The crowd again gets rowdy, and the cheers seem like enough to block out any other noise in the room.
Lightning quickly makes his way out of the ring and rushes for the exit, grabbing Silver on his way out. "Come on! We have to beat the crowd!"
Silver gets an aggravated look being drug up the steps. "Think you could drag me any harder?" "No time to stop!" Lightning just keeps on dragging Silver along until they reach the exit and both of them climb out.
"What the hell was the purpose of dragging me like that?!" Silver yells, followed by being smacked by Lightning. "Shh! There is a reason this place is hidden you know. Now, how did you like it?" Silver shrugs. "It was okay. Both battles were a little anti-climatic."
Lightning glares at Silver with a blank look. "That's because both fights lasted sixty seconds. You should come back next time and hope to catch a good fight."
"Well, I'm not really one for fighting... But I guess I will come back one night." Silver puts on a fake smile for his friend, obviously unsure if he does want to return.
"You know, it's okay if you didn't enjoy it that much." Silver sighs for a moment. "But that doesn't mean you shouldn't give it another try! I am getting close to facing the champion after all." Lightning says trying to keep Silver interested.
"Well when you put it that way..." Silver remains with an unimpressed look, but takes a deep breath. "I will come back next time."
Lightning starts to get a grin on his face. "Great! I'm glad you're gonna come back! But hey, it's getting late. Why don't you go home and meet up with me tomorrow?"
Silver nods, waving Lightning off, then begins walking home. "Come on Silver, you just need to calm down, and stop being so uptight. Yeah, it's an underground fighting club that's probably illegal that your best friend competes in. But, it didn't seem that dangerous."
Silver keeps on marching home in the cool breeze of the summer night. After what seemed like forever, the grey eyed stallion finally gets to his home on the edge of Ponyville. The small, one bedroom house is anything but roomy, but for one stallion, he feels right at home, having just as much space as he needs.
"Three in the morning. Looks like it's going to be another night of little to no sleep." Silver sighs, plopping down onto his small bed. "I wonder what it would be like to be a fighter." He ponders to himself, and then opens a drawer and pulls out a framed picture of a grey colored stallion, with a short, blonde mane.
"I'm sure you would have loved it. You were a great fighter in your own right." Silver gently puts the picture away. "I'm sure you would love if I was a fighter. You always said you wish you had someone to train and teach to fight like you did."
Silver turns his head to look out the window, and stares blankly into the late night sky, and drifts off to sleep.