Another day came as CHS was shown. With the upcoming district tournaments, many students in the school were putting in some extra practice. Which, for Twilight, meant having to listen to more of Spike's screaming. The girl was still not understanding how spinning small metal tops could be so much fun. To her, it was just a way for someone to inflammation their vocal cords.
During lunch, the girl was outside on the school's front lawn. In front of her were several small groups of people gathered to watch some Beyblade battles. One of the groups was some kids a bit younger than her as waiting for his turn, was Spike. The younger brother was cheering on his friend, who was locked in a battle.
Twilight rolled her eyes as she looked up at the sky. To think that almost everyone in her family was invested in this game. Her father worked for the Blading community as one of their lead scientists and data analyst. He also created the beys that Spike and Shining Armor used. Yet, for some reason, Twilight never saw the value or purpose of these small spinning tops. To her, they were just that. Just what was it that made so many people enjoy battling? What key factor could explain this scientific experiment.
The girl was then interrupted as Flash appeared.
"So, how many times did he scream?" asked the boy as he leaned against the wall.
"367," groaned Twilight as with all the noise Spike created, she couldn't finish the extra, extra credit for her teacher.
"He's determined, just like all the other kids thinking about entering the district tournament," said Flash.
"You know, sometimes I do blame you. If you weren't constantly showboating when we first came to CHS, I doubt he'd be this annoying as he is," said Twilight.
"I'll take that as a compliment," smiled Flash as Twilight rolled her eyes.
"Hey, Flash! You're up!" said Thunderlane to his bud.
"Be right there!" said the boy before looking back at Twilight. "Care to watch at least?"
"Sure," sighed Twilight, as she didn't see the harm in watching.
The two teens made their way to a small crowd gathered around a stadium on the floor. Twilight looked at the thing on the ground and eyed it. If anything, the stadium was the only thing she would admit seemed interesting about this whole game. The girl had seen the many designs and blueprints on her father's computer; she saw the many angles and calculations as it was one of the only things that kept her brain busy.
Flash approached the stadium as Thunderlane stood on the opposite side. Both teens had their launchers in hand with determined looks in their eyes. Most of the other groups that were practicing had now gathered around. Flash was considered one of the, if not the best, bladers in the entire school. In fact, many had their money on him to win the district tournament.
"Let's do this," said Thunderlane as he bent down and attached his bey to his launcher.
"Leonis, time to sink our fangs," said Flash as he tossed his bey into the air before grabbing it and attaching it to his launcher.
"The battle between Flash and Thunderlane is about to get underway. The first to score two points wins!" said one of the students who would serve as the referee.
Thunderlane and Flash moved their launching arms about as they got into position. They placed their hands on the string while waiting for the signal to start.
"First battle! Ready... set!"
"3... 2... 1..." shouted everyone.
"Let it Rip!" yelled both bladers.
The string was pulled back as the beys were launched. They landed in the stadium and took off in opposite directions. They avoided each other for the first few moments as they kept spinning. Soon both beys collided headfirst into each other as sparks flew. They were pushed back as Thunderlane's bey made it to the center.
"Alright, Storm Wyvern, let's hold the center for now!" said Thunderlane.
Storm Wyvern responded to Thunderlane's command as the bey made it to the center and kept spinning. Meanwhile, Flash's bey, Leonis, was still spinning around the stadium as it waited for its owner to give it orders.
"Leonis, let's get in there!" shouted Flash.
Leonis heard the command as it changed direction and headed for Storm Wyvern. It bounced off Storm Wyvern but didn't get pushed back as it was now attacking and bouncing off in a circle. Leonis was now doing what it was known for, unleashing a barrage of attacks with its incredible attack power.
"Look at those attacks! Leonis is super powerful!" said one of the students watching.
"It's just banging into another one. Sure it's pushing it back, but what's the big deal?" muttered Twilight to herself.
"Leonis, knock Storm Wyvern out of there!" said Flash.
Leonis then turned as it made another pass at its opponent. This time when Leonis clashed with Storm Wyvern, it knocked the bey away from the center. Leonis kept spinning in a circle and colliding with Storm Wyvern as it seemed the bey was looking to do what Flash said. Leonis was now directly clashing with Storm Wyvern as they slowly moved up the stadium wall.
"Storm Wyvern, move!" said Thunderlane.
The bey heard the boy's command as it quickly slipped to the left to escape Leonis trying to push it out. Leonis collided with the wall as it flung into the air and flipped before landing and taking off. It was now trying to chase down Storm Wyvern.
"Storm Wyvern, now it's our turn to attack!" said Thunderlane.
Storm Wyvern began to assault Leonis as he was using a barrage of assaults. Leonis was being bounced from both sides as Storm Wyvern was not letting up its assault. Eventually, Storm Wyvern collided with Leonis as it flung the bey into the air and out of the stadium.
"Storm Wyvern with a Ring Out Finish! Thunderlane scores one point!" said one of the students.
"Well, how about that, eh, Flash?" scoffed Thunderlane.
"It's only the first bout, bud. Plenty of time to make a comeback," responded Flash, knowing well that the battle wasn't over yet.
"Then what are you waiting for. This time I'm gonna burst Leonis," declared Thunderlane as he had his arm out with his bey.
"Second battle!" said a student as both bladers aimed their launchers. "Ready... set!"
"Three... two... one..." shouted the crowd.
"Let it Rip!" yelled Flash and Thunderlane.
Once more, both teens let their beys fly. The pair landed in the stadium once again as they took off. However, this time instead of going in a circle, the beys were crashing into each other. Over and over, Storm Wyvern and Leonis were crashing into each other while turning around and attacking with even more power each time.
"Come on, Leonis!" shouted Flash.
"Storm Wyvern, give it to them!" yelled Thunderlane.
Both beys came rushing back as they were holding and spinning in place. Each one was trying to overpower the other and even going so far as trying to burst the other. One big surge of power and the beys were thrown back.
"Storm Wyvern!" shouted Thunderlane as he began glowing with an aura. The boy's bey also glowed in the same color as the creature inside of the bey was shown. "Let's end this! Tempest Strike!" Thunderlane's left fist glowed as he then smashed it to the floor.
"Leonis!" shouted Flash in response.
The boy glowed in a blue aura as his bey did the same. Flames appeared as the creature inside was shown: a lion with a flowing main and armor roared.
"Flash Finish... Strike!!" yelled Flash as he thrust his fist out.
The bey heard the call from his owner as the out tip of its ring began to glow and get a bit bigger. Both beys collided with each other with even more force and power than before. A giant wind blew across the stadium as everyone in the crowd put their arms in front of their face. A pillar of light shot into the air as both Flash and Thunderlane kept looking at each other and the stadium.
Both beys kept on pushing through on the field, within the light. Soon something happened as the blades on Flash's bey found an opening and shot forward. It knocked Thunderlane's bey into the air as seconds later, it broke into three separate pieces. Thunderlane had a shocked expression as Leonis kept circling the stadium.
"That's game," said Flash with a cocky smile.
"Leonis with a Burst Finish. Flash scores two points and is the winner," said the student ref.
"Oh, yeah!" stated Flash.
"Amazing!"
"He really is strong!"
"No one can beat him!"
The students in the crowd were giving their praise for Flash as they were amazed by his skills.
"Eh, looks like you wing again, bud," responded Thunderlane as he had his fist out.
"Hey, you managed to knock out Leonis. Not an easy feat," smiled Flash as he put his fist out.
They both touched as the two friends gave a hearty smile. While everyone was clapping and giving cheers, Twilight had an unamused expression.
"I still don't get it," said the girl.
"Spike!" shouted Twilight.
"Give me a minute!" said the boy as he was wrapping up a battle.
"Ready, Spike?" asked Applebloom as she was his opponent for the match.
"Yep," nodded the boy.
"First bout!" said Sweetie Belle.
"Three... two... one..." shouted Rumble, Scootaloo, and Button Mash.
"Let it Rip!" shouted both Applebloom and Spike.
The beys were launched into the stadium as they took off. Applebloom's bey took the center first as it was spinning at a fast pace.
"Knock it out of there, Dragonheart!" shouted Spike.
"Laurel! Prepare yourself!" said Applebloom to her bey.
Dragonheart came rushing in as it bounced off Laurel before coming back and attacking nonstop.
"Almost there!" said Spike.
"Laurel, Bloom Barrier!" said Applebloom.
Her bey heard the command as it began to pick up some wind as a small cyclone picked up. It formed a wall as when Dragonheart attacked, it was repelled like two magnets. Whenever Spike's bey went in for an attack and got close to the barrier, it affected his bey's movement to where it began to wobble and lose some speed. With the barrier up, Laurel could protect itself from Dragonheart's power attacks and would be the last bey standing.
"Dragonheart, come on!" shouted Spike as his bey heard the command.
It glowed a bit as he resonated with the boy.
"Dragonclaw Strike!" shouted Spike.
His bey glowed as inside the creature awakened. A dragon with similar colors to him was shown as it roared. The bey returned as one of its tips glowed as it made contact. It broke through the barrier as the contact was like a dragon claw slashing at the armor of Applebloom's bey. Soon it managed to burst as it ran through the spinning top.
"Dragonheart with a Burst Finish! Spike wins!" said Sweetie Belle.
"Yes! That was my first burst!" said Spike as he finally burst a bey with Dragonheart.
"Pay up, Scootaloo," said Rumble to his friend as the girl grumbled and handed a five-dollar bill to the boy.
"You're really the strongest in our class, huh, Spike?" said Applebloom.
"You did well yourself, AB," said Spike.
"Spike!!!" yelled Twilight as her voice echoed.
"Alright, I'm coming!!" yelled the boy as he grabbed his backpack.
The boy soon met up with his sister; she rolled her eyes at how her brother was so obsessed with this stupid game. The two siblings then began to head home.
In an alleyway, something was happening. Some thugs were shown as they were all lying on the floor unconscious. A thug was sweating bullets as he was focused on what was in front of him. In the stadium, two beys were clashing with each other. Moreso, that one bey was constantly assaulting the other as it was bashing it back and forth with ease, allowing no escape for the bey.
However, the thing about the bey that was pulverizing the other bey belonged to someone. That someone belonged to a boy as their shadow was shown. To think this teen had managed to take down six thugs easily as he didn't even break a sweat.
The boy snapped his fingers as the bey knew what was said. The bey stopped bashing against its foe as it picked up speed. The bey was now going around as each rotation picked up momentum. Eventually, it got to the point where it was going so fast that it looked like it was going supersonic. Soon the bey was shown launching out from the massive barrier of movements as it bounced the bey all around the stadium.
The fast-moving bey then did another driveby as it burst open, and its parts flew, with the main part hitting the thug, and he flew to the ground and became unconscious. The bey in the stadium returned to his owner as he caught it. The boy now looked at the final thug as he was scared. After seeing this stranger show up and challenge all of them, the fear was starting to get to him.
The boy didn't say anything as he reattached his bey to his launcher. That got the thug to gulp as he did the same. He attached his bey as he prepared to battle. With a countdown said, the two pulled the string of their launchers, and their beys went flying. The bey of the stranger glowed as it was still in the air. Once it landed, a pillar of light emerged from the stadium as it went so high that it soared above the alleyway. Anybody who would have been nearby would have seen it.
Once the pillar of light died down, there was the scene. The thug's bey was shown as it shattered to pieces. The thug, unlike his comrades, fell o his behind as he stared at the boy who loomed over him. His shadow was shown as the eyes glowed.
"Please, I haven't done anything wrong. Please, have mercy," pleaded the thug.
"Stay out of trouble!" stated the shadow.
"You got it!" said the thug as he took off.
The boy was shown looking at his bey as he put it away. It wasn't long before he arrived at his home, where he opened the door and entered. Upon entering, he tossed his backpack on the couch and went to his room. The boy fell on his bed and let out a tired sigh.
On his nightstand were a photo and a pamphlet. The boy reached his hand over as he grabbed the pamphlet and looked at it.
"Canterlot High. Tomorrow, I get to see it," said the boy as he would be taking a visit to the place where he would be enrolling.