*Ronin POV*
Ya know, when your girlfriend used to be an evil overlord for a living, life was easy enough. She would torture her enemies and command troops to destroy kingdoms. As of yesterday, she has decided to be an interior decorater for our house. Except in order for her to use her magic, she needs love instead of food.
And geuss who's that power source? it's ya boi, Ronin.
Not that I can complain much. If giving her a ten minute snuggle fest is what it takes to start making the house look more like a house than a prision, then snuggles away! But a guy has his limits, and after three hours of non-stop cuddling, I was done for the day.
I walked out of our new house to let Chrysalis do her thing and was hit with sudden realization.
What the heck am I gonna do today? Until we got word from Celestia about the barracks being set up, I was kinda stagnant on what to do. I honestly had nothing planned, and I knew for a fact I was going to need money (or bits, as they call it) before long. As I was walking along, I was blinded by a pink fluff.
"Hiya Ronin! What are you up to today?" Pinkie asked me while balancing on my head. I rolled my eyes and grabbed her and sat her down in front of me.
"I'm in need of a job, party queen. Any ideas?" I asked as her eyes went wide with joy.
"*Gasp* You should work at the bakery! I could teach you how to cook sweets! It would be so much fun! we could do so many things together and-mmmph!" I put a hand over her mouth, just for her to lick it.
I pulled back my hand in disgust. "Why the hell did you just lick me?" I said while Pinkie giggled.
"That's easy, I wanted to know what you tasted like! If Chrysalis likes to kiss you all the time, then I figured you must taste great!" She said with a grin as we started walking through town. We started to pass by Raritys when we saw her standing outside, and not looking to happy about it.
Pink zipped up to her. "Whats wrong, Rarity?" She asker her. Rarity looked at us and made a face that looked like a childs when they don't get what they want.
"Darling its terrible! I was leaving my store to check my mailbox as per usual, but when I arrived, It was gone!" She pointed to a stick jutting out of the ground that looked like it had been broken off...
or kicked.
It took all my self control to not burst out laughing at the realization that I had done that yesterday while having a talk with Raiden. Rarity saw my reaction and huffed.
"Well, I see that someone finds my problem amusing." She said as I cleared my throat.
"Sorry, its just that you don't see this type of stuff often back where I used to live." I said as several ponies started running by. I stopped one of them, a neon blue unicorn.
"Whats going on?" I asked her. She turned to me, looked suprised for a second, but answered nonetheless.
"Something damaged the schoolhouse roof, and some group of kids went to fix it, only now one of them might be hurt!" She said before running off. I heard a gasp from behind me and saw Rarity freaking out.
"Sweetiebelle goes to that school! What if she's the one who got hurt!" She said before running off in the direction the rest of those ponies went. I sat there for a second before something hit me. I turned to Pinkie
"Party Queen, does Nick go to that school?" I asked and she nodded, before her eyes went wide as she finally realized that someone might be hurt.
"Omigosh, we need to save them!" Pinkie yelled as she picked me up and zipped after Rarity, ignoring my yells to let me down.
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Nicholas POV/ about 20 minutes earlier.
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What was supposed to be a basic school morning had been completely thrown out the window when I arrived at school to see the whole class and Cherilee standing outside. I walked up to the crusaders amd Tak.
"Whats everyone staring at?" I asked Applebloom. She pointed up at the roof, where a mailbox was sticking out of it with broken up tiles surrounding it.
"How the heck did a mailbox get up there?" Scootaloo said as the whole class erupted into scattered discussion for a minute before Cherilee took over the situation.
"Now class, due to the damage done by the mailbox, the roof is unstable and the classroom is a safety hazard for us to work in. So we will be having class outside today." Cherliee said as a pony raised his hand. "Yes, Snails?" She said.
"Whats a hazard?" He asked. Cherliee, eager to make a teaching moment out of the question, started lecturing the class on safety. While I got a poke in the ribs by Tak.
"Hey, why don't we get the mailbox out of the roof? That way we can avoid this lecture." Tak whispered as he motioned for the girls and I to follow him. We snuck around the group of kids surrounding Cherilee and made it behind the school. Tak turned to us and grinned.
"Alright, here's the plan. I will teleport Sweetiebelle and Nick up to the roof so you two can dislodge the box. Thwn when you do, throw it down here so me, Scoots, and Applebloom can catch it." He said as I nodded, Scootaloo and Applebloom looked pumped, and Sweetiebelle looked very nervous.
"Why do I have to go up there?" She asked as I smiled and put a hand on her shoulder as she looked to me.
"Applebloom and Scoots are the strongest of the three of you girls, and I might need your magic up there to help remove the mailbox." I said as she gulped, but nodded and turned to Tak.
"Alright then, lets do it!" She said, a bit more into it now. Tak's horn started to shine yellow as Sweetiebelle and I were overtaken by its light. In a flash, we found ourselves on the roof by the mailbox. Sweetiebelle was shaking slightly, but I nodded to her and started slowly moving towards the mailbox, careful not to fall.
Just before I could reach it, a voice yelled out from below.
"EVERYPONY LOOK, NICHOLAS IS ON THE ROOF!!!" The snarky voice of Diamond Tiara rang out as the entire class turned towards the roof and gasped (some screamed). Cherliee got a look of anger and took a step forward.
"Nicholas! get down this instant! that whole roof is unstable and could collapse at any moment!" She yelled up to me. I froze for a second before shaking my head.
"Its alright, Ma'am. I'll only be a second." I said as I took one last step towards the mailbox before the whole roof shook. Sweetiebelle screamed in suprise and unwittingly let off a beam of magic towards me. I ducked under it but it shot past me and hit the side of the roof we had appeared on. This caused the whole building to start to shake as the roof collapsed inwards.
"NIIIICK!!!!" Sweetiebelle yelled as she started to fall. I jumped forward and grabbed her just as the roof gave way beneath us.
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Ronin POV/Present
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"EVERYPONY LOOK! NICHOLAS IS ON THE ROOF!" Was the first thing I heard as Pinkie finally arrived at the schoolhouse. She put me down as I saw a mare take a step forward.
"Nicholas! get down this instant! that whole roof is unstable and could collapse at any moment!" She yelled up to him. I could see him now and started walking towards him. He replied, but I couldn't make it out as I stepped through scared foals. I made it to the mare.
"Why the hell is my brother on your roof?" I growled as she turned to me in suprise.
"I have no idea, but somepony has to stop him before-" We heard a scream and watched as a beam blew the side of the roof to bits. Thats when the whole roof decided to fall into the building.
"NIIIIICK!" Was all I heard as I shot forward. Feeling that same rush I had felt when I dove after Celestia, I pushed forward, not realizing I had left the ground entirely. Using the newfound power, I slammed through the wall and caught both Nicholas and that unicorn girl he hangs out with.
"Nicholas, teleport NOW!!!" I yelled as the whole room room went red. Just as we teleported, I felt something heavy crash into my back and everything went dark.
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Nicholas POV
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After the red light vanished, we were back on the ground outside. I sighed in relief as Sweetiebelle gave me a bone-crushing hug.
"Nick! you saved me!!!" She squealed into my ears as I hugged her back, slightly shaken by what just occured. Then I remembered...
"Ronin!" I said as I turned to see my brother passed out on the ground, blood seeping from wings on his back. Cherilee came over and nearly fainted at the sight before running towards the crowd that had appeared yelling for someone to get help.
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Raiden POV/ 5 minutes ago
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After waking up, I had spent the morning cooking breakfast. I knew Spike usually did that, but since I was a guest living here for the time being, I had decided to start doing things around the treehouse to pay for the hospitality I'd been shown. I had just finished with the scrambled eggs when I heard a tired yawn from behind me. I turned to see Twilight appear at the table. I could tell she was half-asleep due to the fact she mumbling something about a friendship letter under breath with droopy eyes.
I smiled and dropped a plate of eggs in front of her. "Morning Twilight!" I said cheerfully. She mumbled a greeting before face-planting into some red-hot eggs.
She sat upright immediately and yelped out before teleporting away. I laughed silently and put out another plate as Spike came from upstairs yawning as well. He took one look at the food before his eyes opened wide and he rushed over to devour the food. I watched him in shock as he pretty much ate the whole plate of eggs in nothing short of two bites. He looked up at me and lifted his plate.
"Wow, Raiden! these are amazing! can I get more?" He asked as I laughed and took his plate.
"Glad you enjoyed it, bud. Say, what kept Twilight up last night?" I asked him as he groaned.
"Twilight was getting overly worked up about her friendship reports to the princess... again." He said as we both laughed at that just as Twilight came back downstairs, looking way more refreshed and slightly angry.
"Har de har. Very funny, you two." She said as she sat at the table and started eating.
Unable to resist another gag, I responded. "I'm glad you cleaned yourself up, Twilight. For a minute there, I could've swore you had egg on your face." I said.
Twilight nodded. "Im sorry about that, I guess I did stay up a-" She realized a tad too late what I said as Spike, who had to cover his mouth to keep from laughing, busted a gut on the spot as Twilight groaned.
"Sorry, Sparkles. I couldn't resist." I said as I took a seat and dug into my own plate of eggs. For a while, it was nothing but peaceful egg eating until Pinkie Pie came flying through kitchen window, knocking over several pans.
"Pinkie! what are you-" she stopped as she saw Pinkie Pie standing there with an extremely sad look on her face. "Whats wrong?" She asked as Pinkie turned to me, on the verge of tears.
"Raiden, something really bad happened to Ronin at the schoolhouse." She said as I dropped everything and sat there, frozen in shock.
"What do you mean really bad?" Spike said, almost afraid of the answer he might get.
Pinkie sniffled a tad before answering. "He got hurt trying to save Nick and Sweetiebelle from the roof of the Schoolhouse as it collapsed, he was transfered to Ponyville hospital for intensive treatment." She said as tears started to fall from her eyes.
Twilight gasped as I recovered from my shock. I turned to Twilight. "We need to go, now!" I said as we got up and ran out the house and towards the library.
Ronin, please be ok. I thought as we rushed to the hospital, tears burning at my face. Please, hang in there. I'm coming as fast as I can.