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// Chapter 22: Ambush 
// Story: When Runes Come 
// by deathisupon 
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 after a year of training.

"Alright. You guys should be able to hold off on your own." I say looking at the arena full of trainee's. It's about a meter in diameter and about as long as two football fields. There are ten dragons in front of me. I look at my two best key wielders. The first one is black with a blue stripes, and has deep sea blue eyes. The second one is red with a blood red stripes. I learned that the one's with stripes are better in skills. "I want you two to continue training the rest here. I got a home to get back to. And as much fun as it is training you lot I got some guests around home." I say then I look at the last dragon. "I know you can get stronger so keep trying. And I'll tell you a secret." I lean in to his ear. "You are a diverse user. Which is really rare." I then straighten out and back off. I salute to the dragons and get on my glider and head to ponyville.

three hours later.

I am about half way home when I get blasted in the back. The surprise and pain is too much for me to concentrate. So the glider transformed back into a blade. When I hit the ground I start looking around for the instagater of the battle.
Suddenly I see light behind me. I turn around and block just as a blade was swung. I throw them back and jump back. The figure is wearing a robe that makes them hard to make out. I hear whistling behind me and dodge to the left. I fire ball flew past me and hit their partner. 

"Two versus one isn't fair you know?" I say as they regroup. "Like your any better ey, Jake?". The first figure says. I mean he's not wrong there. I'm literally recruiting a army for only one person. Ponyville is too far for them to see the flare. Hey maybe now is a good time to test the mail spell I'm working on. I pull out a price of paper and start writing on it.

"What are you doing?". Second figure asked. "Oh you know. Thinking of new ideas for spells and such. Like a mail spell to send this letter for reinforcements." I say as I send the letter then I take a battle stand.

I charge and swing at the first figure. He moved out of the way when the second figure hits me. I cast lightga and retreat. One casted shadow and the other casted waterga. I cast barrier to absorb the damage and fake a swing to cast firega. I hit both of them and they are sent back. In the corner of my eye I see Celestia and Luna. I cast flare to signal my location to the sisters and block a strike. Number two then casted airga while number one shot firega. I cast barrier then I casted airga on my keyblade. When I swung the wind would make a longer slash. I kept swinging to distract them while the sisters caster firega at the same time. Making a explosion of fire on the figures. Knocking them out for a bit. I get my rope out and tie them up. 

"Hello Celestia, hello Luna." I say to them while I finish tying them up. When I got up and turned I got tackled by the sisters asking a million questions about my safety. "Hey I'm fine. I sent the message the second I had an idea of how out matched I was." I tell them to calm them down. They both calmed down but continue to hug me. "Okay then. How was the dragon lands?" Celestia asked me. "It was fun! I got to fight dragons!" I say excited. They both giggle then look from the direction they came from. "Guess our ride's here." Luna says as I hear wings flapping.

 two hours later.

As I am looking down at ponyville I see twilight and her friends having a picnic. I look at the sisters and point them out. "I'll be right back. Besides it's a good chance to see if twilight is slacking." I say and slowly get into the tree their next to and jump down behind twilight and flick her. "So you don't keep your guard up huh?" I say. She jumped at the scare I did and started rubbing where I flicked. "Guilty." She says as she gets up. "So how has your day been Jake?" Twilight asked while the others look amused by our interaction. "Oh you know. Training dragons to weild blades against the heartless. While being ambushed on the way here." I say nonchalantly while worry popped up on her mind. "And before you ask I'm fine. Nothing like getting ambushed from two figures in hoods. Bright side I got to test a new spell I'm working on." I say to calm her down. I look over at the rest and ask, "Well before I go... How long did it take to get her out here.". Twilight started to sweat a little. "Well for one thing, most of the time you were gone she locked herself away doing experiments for you. And secondly she almost didn't come if Spike and Sora didn't force her by locking the basement." Rainbow said while twilight slowly started to sweat more. I lean my back on the tree and hum. "Twilight... I have decided your not allowed to work for two weeks." I say. She nods dejectedly and sighed. "Now I'm going to get to Canterlot for interagating the two that ambushed me. Once I get done I'll probably check on Sora's group. Who knows what I'll find." I say as I summon my glider out. I then continue to Canterlot.