Chapter 6
Firefight
"You what?" said Red, shocked on what Twilight has just told him.
"I kinda lost it when you left." said Twilight.
They are in the cafeteria with the rest of the group. Red is pretty upset when Twilight lost his five dollar.
"How could you lose?" asked Red, hoping she didn`t just spend it on it by losing it.
"I don`t know," says Twilight, "it probably was Spike who decided to throw everything out to make room for himself."
Red stare at Spike, who was nervous but eating his dog food he got from Fluttershy.
"Beside," says Twilight, "it nothing useful to me."
"Nothing useful?" says Red, "it was the only money I brought with me!"
"Then you shouldn`t give it to her." said Rainbow Dash, eating a granola bar.
"You stay out of it and you," he pointed at Twilight, but couldn`t think of none, "Oh, never mind."
A group of students came over to the table and says to Twilight, "It good to see you, your highness!" Then, everyone cheered in the cafeteria.
"Finally," says Twilight, "One minute I thought everyone don`t remember me and the next thing you know, they do."
"Yeah well, you must be famous here. Not if you lost something to a person." said Red.
"To be honest with you, Red," says Applejack, finishing up her apple, " you can`t always blame someone who lost something so dearly to you, I`m sure there other way to get your money back. Now, are you going to eat that?" she pointed at Red apple.
Red look down on his tray. There was a granola bar, a cup of fruit, a milk carton and, of course, an apple Applejack was referring to.
"No, here catch." said Red, tossing the apple to Applejack. She caught it with one hand perfectly and take s bite out of it.
"Anyway, Ace said hi." said Red.
"Well, that good new." said Rarity, drinking her milk out of the milk carton.
"What your plan for today?" said Red. looking at Twilight.
"Oh, I don`t know," said Twilight. Then she got up saying, "Now will you excuse me, I would like to see someone."
"It that Flash Sentry, isn`t it?" said Rarity.
"Umm… maybe?" said Twilight, sounding dramatic.
"Well, I`m coming too." said Red, also standing up.
But Twilight stop him. "No, you can`t." she says, "I can do this alone since I cause this. I`ll catch you guys later."
She turned and walked toward a band of rockers.
So much for it, Red thought.
Then, he looked at the rest of the group, saying, "How about you guys? Anything for today?"
"Umm… yes," said Rarity, also standing up, "I have to finish up this poster tomorrow. So, I`ll see you guys later." She head toward the door.
"I`ll guess I`m going too." said Spike, trailing after her.
Red look at the other four. Rainbow Dash spoke up, "Me and Applejack has to go outside to deal with these bleacher guys. See ya!"
They both head out the cafeteria.
"I have to go prepare for the event." said Pinkie Pie, last one to head out the door.
This leave Red and Fluttershy at the table.
"How about you?" Red asked Fluttershy, "Anything for today?"
"Umm, no." whispered Fluttershy.
"Great," said Red, standing up, "I`m going to need a tour guide to check around the school. Can you do that for me?"
"Okay." she said.
Fluttershy and Red walk out the cafeteria when the bell ring and down the hellway.
Later on in the day, after Fluttershy showed him the back area of the school, Red often thought it will take forever but instead, thought the school, since he have Fluttershy as a good tour guide. When they turned into a next hallway, Red heard a whimper then a shout and a bang. Something is not right.
"What was that?" asked Fluttershy, looking around.
"I don`t know," says Red, "let`s check it out."
He walked up to a corner and looked around. He saw three guys hovering over a kid. The kid is small and seem to be younger. But the three guys are older and huge.
"You know," said one of them, with a blue hair with a lighting across it, "it not cool if you steal somebody stuff and use it for some stupid things, you could`ve been beaten up for it."
"I`m sorry, I didn`t know." said the kid, trying to find a way to escape but since his back is against the wall, there is none.
"That what Sunset Shimmer did to me." Fluttershy whispered next to Red, disgusted.
"Now you will pay for it!" said the guy with lighting hair, raising his arm for a punch. But, Red grabbed his arm and yanked him away from the kid.
"Hey," said Red, facing the guy he pulled out, "pick someone your own size!"
"Oh, someone dare to take action against Lighting Wind, huh?" he said, straighten himself up.
"So, you Lighting Wind," says Red, "You sign up for that Leader event. I guess you are a really bad leader."
"I`m not getting people vote for me, I`m forcing them to. On which, they won`t say anything about me after giving them some treatment." said Lighting Wind, pointing around them at the crowd they caused to watch.
Before Red could say anything else, Fluttershy stepped between them, saying, "I`m sorry about him, he just have some mental pro-," Before she could finish her sentence, she got slapped in the face by Lighting. She yelped and fell against Red. Red catches her, looked at her face and said to Lighting, "Seriously? Are you mad? You`re going around slapping people in the face?"
"Just for the face of it." said Lighting, laughing.
"Red, I`m okay," began Fluttershy, "It just a -,"
"No," says Red, putting her behind him next to the kid, "I ain`t letting anyone getting hurt for no stupid reason. I`m sicking tired of watching people get taken down. Someone got to do something."
Fluttershy couldn`t believe it. Red was protecting her.
That what friends are for, she thought, shocked.
"Oooh, it looked like somebody is about to coward his way out." said Lighting.
Then, Red challenge him, "You sure? I thought it will be you?"
This make Lighting mad.
"Don`t make me hurt you like I did to your girlfriend!" he said.
Why is everyone start saying Fluttershy is my girlfriend? Red thought but instead said to him, "Try me and see what happen."
Then, nobody see its coming, not Fluttershy, the kid or even Lighting. When Lighting threw the first punch, Red quickly dodge it and leap out at Lighting against the lockers. He then brought him down to the ground. One of Lighting henchmen grabbed him from behind but Red broke free and bash him with his backpack with books he borrowed from Twilight. It knock the henchman down. Lighting second henchmen tried to hit Red but Red dodge it and grab the guy by the shirt and threw him against the lockers. Fluttershy and the kid quickly jump away from the guy. After that, Red took the blow in the stomach from Lighting. Red ignore the pain and push Lighting back. Lighting was caught by one of his henchmen and one of them pulled out a knife.
Great, Red thought, I`m out strength ,out numbered, and out matched. What am I suppose to do now?
He thought for a moment found an idea. He didn`t want to do it again after that mess hall fight back home, but he has to. It his only choice. Then, he come into thinking:
Three attackers. One armed. Two not. First attacker; come up to him and give him some good old-fashioned pinch slap then bring him down enough to knock him out. Recovery- 20 min.
Second attacker; grab his left arms and punch against his shoulder blade which is the weakest part of the arm. It will shut down the nervous system in it and then, have him taste the lockers. Recovery- 1 hrs.
Third attacker; disarm him. Then, pick him up and throw him against the wall. Recovery-15 min.
Battle over. Target down.
Back in reality, Red got its all stored out and, right when his three attackers was about to strike, Red went and make his turn. He grabbed Lighting face-to-face, slapping him saying, "Who your daddy?" and threw him against the ground and on to the next attacker as planned. After the fight, when the three guys are on the ground, Red stand up as he possibly can and noticed students around him has watched the whole fight. After the moment of silence, everyone then cheered for Red for his action on Lighting.
Well, that worth it, he thought, walking up to the kid.
"You alright?" Red asked him, still dizzy from the fight.
"Yeah," says the kid, looking up at Red in the eyes, "Thank for standing up for me back there."
"No problem." said Red, patting him on the back and walked up to Fluttershy.
"You alright?" he asked her, worrying.
"Yeah, thank for helping me. No one ever stand a fight against Lighting Wind before." she replied.
"Well, that what comrade, I mean, friend for. Standing up for one another." said Red, glad Fluttershy is all right, even after the slap Lighting give her. Her face if still red.
"Come on," Red began, tugging Fluttershy down the hallway, "let put some ice on your face."
But then, they were stopped when a voice called out, "What going on here?"
Red and Fluttershy turned at the same time to see who it was. It was Principle Celestia.