My Pony Academia

by Omegafr


Clash, again and always

The second week of classes is over and with it, the first grades have fallen. While the serious side of the band shines with marks all above 16, the majority of the group sees more or less the level of each one. Of course, the center of attention is once again on the two rivals in the group, eager to compare their grades and show their superiority to the other.

"Let's summarize quickly, a surprise French test to see if we had reread our course from last time," Teddy said.

"The best grade in the class goes to Twilight and Lance with their 20 out of 20 that deserves a few applause," said Light with the few applause that followed from him and their friends.

"Followed closely by John with a 17 and then Fluttershy with a 16. But now we move on to the fun part." Said Drew.

Anyone who didn't get the note will have to say it out loud. Some like Rarity or Harri are pretty confident, and then there's the others...

"I'm starting since I think I'm closest to Fluttershy with my 15." Said the Pegasus feeling proud of his performance.

"Sorry, Harri, I'm the closest to my girl," said Rarity as he put his sheet down on the floor, revealing a 15.5.

"YES, but for now, the boys are winning by 0.5." acquaint Light.

"Light, it's not a competition this time." Called Applejack, preferring that the altercations not take place between the entire group, but remain between the two contestants.

"If there's Rainbow Dash on the other side, it's still a competition," he says, smiling with closed eyes, waiting for only one thing, his rival's note.

"In that case, did you get a better grade than me and my 12?" Asked his rival cyan.

Light swallowed her smile, showing an uncertain face, much to the delight of her blue rival. The latter with a big smile in proportion to the sadness on her orange rival's face.

"Well, go ahead, show off your Light note." Drew asked in amusement.

"Shut up, Drew!" He let go.

Shouting, Rainbow Dash grabbed his leaf and ripped it out of his hands, almost tearing it up.

"AHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! YOU ONLY GOT TEN ! AHAHAHAHAHAHAH..." she shouted between her laughter and tears of joy, barely managing to breathe in her wild laughter.

"It's okay, I didn't read it again." he said in defense.

"Because you think I'm re-reading me ?" she said, continuing her wild laughter and tears.

"You're lucky I caught Light, I got 14." Said Drew, showing his copy.

"No wonder you've always been better than me in the classics."

"I got 14, too, girls always win." Applejack said as he readjusted his hat, finding the game rather amusing after all.

"Well, more than you two, how much did you get?" he asked, turning to Teddy and Pinkie pie.

"HAVE THE SAME NOTE TOO GOOD!" the two friends shouted and clapped their hands.

But if they got the same grade, that means... the girls got...

"We won girls."

"So..." Whispered Rainbow Dash as they got closer to the lowest score in the group...

"What?" Says Light as he starts pulling a sore loser's head.

"Maybe we should reconsider the captaincy of the sports team," she said, standing up with her arms folded and a provocative smile on her lips.

"Other than flying, I'll take you down any other way you want, we're going down and I'm proving it to you now." He responded by standing up quickly.

"No, that's all right, to shame you twice in one day even for me is too much," she said with the sole purpose of provoking the pegasus even more.

"Don't make me think you're afraid to face me once more!" He says, alluding to his defeats in football, among other things.

"A wonderbolt fears nothing, I'm waiting for you!" Changed her mind very quickly.

And the two are divided in a purely personal turf battle to satisfy their overweening sporting egos. They're off to race down the stairs, let's hope they don't fall miserably.

"They're really irredeemable, those two bored ones." Rarity complained as he combed his hair.

"It's true that when I was Light's true rival, we didn't fight all the time either." Said Drew.

"Like Rainbow Dash and I, their narcissism is constantly shocking." Applejack finally said.

While the rest of the group rests all together in the dorms and vacates their activities, we follow the two Pegasus now entering the basement gym.

"No need to see who wins at weight lifting, we all know it's me." Says Light, looking for an area where he hasn't run over Rainbow Dash yet.

"Then we'll just have to see who knocks the other one down first," she says, placing herself behind the young Pegasus, ready to pounce on him at the slightest opportunity.

"Know that you won't win, not only am I physically stronger, but in case you've forgotten, I do taekwondo," warns the pegasus to his opponent.

"Let's see what your taekthing is worth in the air," she says while waving her hand to make Light come towards her, flying to the limits of the ceiling of the room about ten meters above the floor.

"Rainbow, we've got..." Wanted to warn Light for the umpteenth time.

"No right to fly, I know, but you know I'm unbeatable in the air," she continued with a big smile.

"Well, for once, I'm going to have to take you down myself," he announced as he too flew off in pegasus.

"FINALLY you're going to fly "without permission", isn't that good?" she asked.

"I'll feel better when I've smashed you to the ground," he said with a smile that says a lot about his intentions, putting himself in a fighting position. "Just watch my legs, I've knocked out club members before without meaning to."

"I'll dodge all your shots and knock you down in under 10 seconds, count on it." She's bidding with no loss of confidence.

"In that case... ladies first." And with a spanking motion, he offered to start.

As her two rivals looked each other straight in the eye and seemed to want to read each other's minds, Rainbow got tired of waiting and attacked. She runs at her opponent and prepares a big kick to her flank, which Light sees coming from far away.

As Rainbow Dash stops in his run just ahead of him, she sends her left leg to Light's right flank. Light wastes no time and shifts slightly to the left, blocking Rainbow Dash's leg with her hand, catching him at the same time.

"In less than 10 seconds, huh?" He said, more confident than ever.

Rainbow Dash wasn't expecting this, she moves quickly with a punch that Light also catches with her other hand. The Rainbow Pegasus turns around in a bad position, trying to free herself from her opponent's fierce grip, continuing to flap her wings to stay in the air.

"Let go of me!" She ordered angrily, seeing that she was losing control of the situation.

"If you can get out on a miracle." he said provocatively.

Rainbow Dash reacted quickly to his provocation, spanking something she didn't think she'd do. She headbutted Light, hoping to surprise him, which totally worked. Light was totally caught off guard, he didn't think Rainbow would ever pull a stunt like that. He took the blow head-on, which made him swing back, but he kept his grip despite the surprise.

"BUT RELEASE ME!!" she shouted, not understanding how he always manages to keep her in his hands.

She then realizes something as she watches him fall little by little. His face, his expression... he's still smiling. She can't believe it, this smile, it's different from the one he usually has, it's changed to look... almost unhealthy...

Without realizing it, Light does a flip and Rainbow falls with her opponent above her, her weight and pressure preventing her from flying for two. The ground is finally quickly reached, Rainbow landing on a tatami fortunately landed by Light before the fight, this one ending up above the blue pegasus.

While Rainbow is a little stunned by this sequence of action, Light doesn't waste a second and tangles her legs with Rainbow's to prevent her from escaping. By the time she figures out what's going on, Rainbow can't move her legs and her arms are blocked by her rival's grip, her body on top of hers. Finally, Light quickly lands close to her, leaving only a few inches between their faces, while being careful not to crush her under his weight.

"Indeed, it will have lasted only ten seconds," he says, looking into the eyes of his rival on the ground, trapped.

"So... that's your taekthing ?" she said, surprised at the turn of events, out of breath.

"Well, I haven't really had time to show you some tricks."

"Really? You didn't use anything you learned in your club?" She said, hoping at least she'd forced him to use a well-known technique.

"I blocked your moves, and for that I watched your position as my taekwondo master told me to." Light answered after thinking for a second.

"I see, can you show me how you did it?" She asked if she could beat him next time with that same move.

"If you want to, Dashie." he replies with the usual big smile.

"Dashie? What kind of nickname is that?" She asked really surprised, not expecting him to use it.

"I just found it, it suits you, don't you think?" Ask for the pegasus.

"On a misunderstanding, I authorize you to use it, to and also... YOU MAY GO OUT AND LET ME RISE." she says angrily, embarrassed at the current position.

"I'm willing to let you get up, but to do so, you have to say 'Light is the most wonderful man in the galaxy.' " he asked with a small wink.

"You're dreaming." she says, looking away.

"Come on, I'm sure you've got a little compliment for me, that's enough for me," he said, wanting to hear Rainbow confess what she thinks of him.

"You're... you're cool, not as cool as me of course, but still cool." she said with a slight reddish tone on her cheeks.

"Coming from you, that's fine with me." he said, sitting next to Rainbow, letting her do the same.

"By the way, you didn't get sore from the headbutt I gave you, and saw you smile afterwards, can you tell me about it ?" She asks, waiting for an answer that would satisfy her.

"By the way, don't worry, I've been through worse. But if I smiled after that attack it's because..." He said, raising his hair to show Rainbow Dash that there was nothing unusual about his forehead...

Light decided to move closer to Rainbow, as close as when their bodies were straddling each other, to tell her with the most beautiful eyes.

"You caught me spanking that, and I love it when a girl goes off the beaten path to surprise me." He confessed.

Rainbow noticed a new look on Light's face, a look she considered charming. She'd never seen Light with such a look before, but with it, she had an idea for a nickname, too.

"I see that, the lover boy."

"What ? The lover boy ? What kind of ridiculous nickname is that ?" He asked, pretending to have come to his senses and not liking the nickname.

"Well, with that equally ridiculous look, you remind me of guys who come in all handsome trying to seduce girls, flirts, whatever." She explained.

"WHAT ? I'm a flirt, you can't be serious, Dashie..."

Light took Rainbow's comparison badly enough, not wanting to be associated with people that few people find recommend, or worse, to Harri. She took a few seconds to think, Light waiting for an answer, hanging on her lips.

"Too bad you couldn't do it again, I would have taken your picture and you would have seen it for yourself." She made up her mind.

"Don't ever call me that again Dashie, huh?"

"Yeah yeah, don't worry... the lover boy." She says, starting to smile.

Proud of her new find, Rainbow found a way to antagonize Light, the man who hated that nickname.

"Well, you promised to show me how you do it, to anticipate my moves." she said, standing up and waiting for Light to do the same.

"Okay, but you're erasing that nickname from your memory." he asked.

It was then that the two rivals had become master and pupil for a few moments, leaving their provocative nature aside to bring something to the other. Once Light's improvised lesson was over, they each returned to their rooms, promising the other to resume hostilities tomorrow. As it got late, each duo stayed in their rooms, taking advantage of the weekend's goodness to recharge their batteries. It is at bedtime that Light asks his roommate one last thing.

"Hey, Drew?"

"YES Light?"

"Do you think I'm... I mean... you know what..."

"I can't help you with that one, man, sorry, good night anyway." Did he try to counsel him.

So it was without any answer from his friend that the young man turned to the moon, the one that dominates the sky after dusk and is said to give advice. He understood all too quickly, but in the right direction, and found the answer to his question. He fell asleep peacefully in his duvet, letting a last distinct sound be heard, closing his eyes.

"Dashie..."