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// Chapter 3: The Introduction of the comic relie- I mean an unsung athlete 
// Story: Equinox: Demons within 
// by Jtpivot 
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--The Introduction of the comic relie- I mean an unsung athlete.--


“Heh. Like the title says... I’m an Athlete of a high caliber” a cocky voice said proudly.
“You see these babies?”
He lets his wings point outward.
“They are the instrument to my awesome”
"I'm the hero of the story so listen up. The name's Matrix and I'm an athlete... An unsung athlete ahah. I fly around like anypony else.

But i have a little twist.

Everything looks like it moves 2 times slower than me. Ponies tend to think i'm really fast and they don't stand a chance.
They are wrong.
I am not extremely fast. In fact I'm everything but fast. I'm just a smart flyer.
I know the ins and outs.
The corners, the routes. The shortcuts.
All that technical stuff.
And it helps me beat a lot of pegasi in races.
It also helps me win chess games with those uptight and so called “mighty” Unicorns in that pansy land known as Canterlot.
So I'm not a fast flyer. I'm a fast thinker... Nothing personal".

"Excuse me Matrix? Can you please get off that sign?!” A distant voice calls out.

Matrix slowly descends from the sign. His look of grim resentment showing.
“But unfortunately I gotta deal with ponies who wouldn’t know skill unless their lives depended on it” he muttered to himself as he slowly flew around the small hamlet that is Ponyville.
The wind hums quietly as he slowly descends to one of his favorite hot spots in the area.
He finally lands outside Sugarcube Corner, his favorite desserts shop and possibly the only desserts shop in PonyVille.

“Rumours spread around the hamlet that I get my strong sense of perception from eating a special dessert that gives me a sugar rush, thus giving me a massive burst of energy
I will confirm this rumour as it is true. In fact I get a special candy from this fine establishment that only myself and another pink ball of untold energy can handle eating without losing control and going crazy”

The door to the entrance of sugarcube corner opens, A familiar pink ball of untold energy is standing in front of Matrix.



“Who are you talking to Matty?” She said in her usual squeaky hyperactive tone of voice.

“Why I’m of course having a conversation with myself Pinkie and totally not the entities that are currently viewing my life through an electronic device” He smirks.
He clearly eats too much of the sweet stuff, his mind winds up all over the place sometimes.

“Okie Dokey Lokey Matty! It’s great that you must have a huge amount of fans listening to your story huh?”

“Yep, damn straight. It’s good to know some ponies know a good hero when they see one” Matrix smiles as he takes a second to address the small group of ponies passing by his field of vision, nopony was actually taking any notice to him whatsoever.

“Geez tough crowd out here huh?” Pinkie snorted and giggled some, Matrix felt a bit annoyed but chuckled alongside Pinkie.

“Anyways!” Matrix said to change the topic. “Is the next batch of Turbo Candy ready? I was challenged to a race again by your blue buddy and I need to restock on my aces”.

Pinkie nods and tosses a small pouch full of candy towards him.
“Here you go! One batch of fresh Turbo Candy that only you and I can eat without going crazy!”

Matrix chuckles and shakes his head.
“I’ll just stick to Turbo Candy, it’s quicker” he says as he tosses a pouch full of bits towards Pinkie’s direction.
“Keep the change, chances are I’m going to get that money back if not more within a week if my workload increases which it probably will knowing me”
Pinkie catches the pouch and puts it away in a pocket that can’t be seen by the audience that Pinkie somehow has, she smiles.
“Always an AB-SO-LUTE pleasure doing business with you, my good pegasus friend” She salutes and waves Matrix a swift goodbye as she rushes back into the cakery returning to work.

“These babies right here, my ace in the hole.” he pulls out a small gumball that is pretty blandly colored as it emits a grayish glow and looking quite unremarkable.
“I only use these if I know my natural skill just won’t be enough, usually it is but there are always special situations that call for a Turbo charge you know?” He winks still talking to himself at this point as he goes on a search for the blue pony mentioned in the previous conversation.

“As you may already know my non existent audience, Ms Rainbow Dash is the mare who challenged me to a sprint race, she’s challenged me at least three times now and she’s lost because I excel at sprint races but I lack the stamina to fly a proper circuit race. She has the stamina and will always win a prolonged race but it bugs her that her sprint racing is weak compared to mine.
I’m pretty sure she’ll be very determined to try to beat me because she said this the last couple times before, But again I’ll win and basically rob her of whatever bits she decides to bet, hell at this point I should just make her my slave if she loses this time”
Matrix smirks at the mere thought of making the element of Loyalty his own personal slave, he shakes his head, “but I’m the hero here I wouldn’t do something as low as that haha”
He laughs as he finally finds his target stretching out on a large clearing.

“Do you really want to do this again Blue?” Matrix says as he moves towards Rainbow.

“Of course! It would hurt my reputation as the fastest flyer if I can’t even beat a chump like you!”
She says with determination as she continues her stretches.

“Well this chump kinda kicked your hind quarters about three times in a row if I recall correctly, not that I was counting or anything huh?” He snickers.

“Not good enough! I will be the fastest flyer! I know I can beat you in a circuit race but I need to be fastest at everything! If I can’t beat you at a sprint, it doesn’t count as everything you hear me?!” Rainbow shouted strongly, the fire in her heart blazing aloud.


“Yes yes I hear you loud and Clear Blue” Matrix said nonchalantly as he positions himself at the starting line for the sprint.
“Come on Blue let’s get this over with. I got my bits ready”
The pair put their bits together on the ground next to their starting line and they prepared to race.
Three.
Two.
One.
Go!
Both racers bolted from their starting positions.

Time slows down for Matrix as he notices Rainbow was once again slow on her launch, this meant an easy win for him as he perfectly executes his launch.

Matrix passes through the finish line first with Rainbow not too far behind him.

“Easy bits Blue, easy bits” Matrix says as he huffs and puffs quietly, recovering from the temporary fatigue he got from the extremely fast sprint.

Rainbow slammed a hoof to the ground frustratingly. She is sometimes known for being a sore loser however this time was a little different, she had an angry look on her face but she was smiling also.
“You uh, okay there Blue? Not feeling too bad there are you?” Matrix asked, the smile on her face worried him slightly.
“I’ll get you next time don’t even worry Doormatt” She declares as she finishes recovering from her fatigue.

Suddenly a massive bolt shot through the sky over the duo’s heads followed by rain.
“What the hay was that?!” Rainbow yelled, unable to contain her amazement.

“Hell if I know Blue, let’s go check it out!” Matrix yells as he darts towards the destination where the bolt struck. Rainbow smirks and follows suit, again slow on the startup but immediately picks up speed as they travel towards the edge of the Everfree forest, presumed to be the destination where the massive bolt struck.

--One Race later--

The duo lands, Rainbow Dash smiling triumphantly as she beat Matrix to the finish by a fraction of a second.

“Hah! Of course you can’t handle the long haul Matrix, too easy” She said

“Not bad, not bad at all. One to one, I’ll settle for a tie for today” He says and chuckles as the two meet up with a duo that they’re very much familiar with.

“Hey look! It’s the Egghead Duo!” She shouts as the speedy duo trots towards the “Egghead Duo”. Matrix follows with a smirk and a hearty laugh.

“Egghead. Real classy of you both” The Egghead who is revealed to be Articus says as he taps his head with a hoof, indicating the two Athlete’s lack of cranial capacity, all while laughing alongside Twilight Sparkle.

“So, Blue Horn, what’s the deal?” Rainbow Dash asks Articus as she bumps him from the rear.

Articus frowns “Hmmm. Not too sure about this one Dash.”

“Hey, since you guys are here, I think it might be a good idea to gather the rest of the troops,
you think you could gather everyone around guys?” Twilight asks the winged duo.

Both Pegasi nodded “Roger!”
The winged duo smirked.

“Final round blue, let’s go!” He bolts off immediately

“Hey no fair!” Rainbow Dash follows with speed.

Finally those two idiots are gone. Time for actual story progre- I mean as the duo valiantly surveyed the area, looking for the Elements of Harmony, the Unicorn Duo continued to survey the massive crater.


-Chapter end-


-Next chapter: coming soon-