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// Chapter 4: Day's end and School 
// Story: Colts Meet Crusaders 
// by Dusk_Shine6995 
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					Colts Meet Crusaders


By: Dusk_Shine6995


Chapter 4: Day’s end and School.


“He... He what?” Scootaloo stammered. Applebloom and Sweetie Belle’s jaws were on the floor. Elusive and Rumble had their eyes closed in pain.

“He jumped off Canterlot Castle... he was an earth pony,” Dusk said only slightly pained. He walked up to Scootaloo and wrapped a hoof around her shoulders. “It’s alright though... it was long ago and I’m over it.” Dusk tried to assure. Scootaloo tackled him to the ground hugging him.

“How could you get over something like that!” Scootaloo yelled into his neck. He patted her back softly and rubbed her mane with the other hoof.

“Time is the best answer I guess,” Dusk whispered. Scootaloo was awestruck at this newfound truth. She hugged him as tight as she could. Dusk didn’t complain. Scootaloo nuzzled his neck affectionately. Dusk fought the urge to make the nuzzle joke... he lost. “AGAIN WITH THE NUZZLES!” he overdramatically yelled. Scootaloo giggled into his neck smiling wide. The other four burst into laughter as well. “Well... I’m sorry to say everypony but it’s, like, nine and we got school tomorrow,” Dusk said sorrowfully. His friends giggled at him but knew he was right.

“Alraht I spose we should all head home,” Applebloom agreed. Elusive held his ever popular stoic attitude and just nodded.

“Yeah... OH CRAP MY MOM IS GOING TO BE PISSED I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HOME EARLY TODAY!” Rumble yelled. Everypony laughed at him.

“I should get home as well, Rarity is probably worried sick,” Sweetie Belle noted. Scootaloo, whom was still hugging Dusk, whimpered knowing that she’d have to go home, if only to get her school supplies.

“Scoots... want me to walk you home?” Dusk whispered into her ear. She nodded slowly. The other four moved to leave. They waited at the bottom of the staircase for Dusk and Scootaloo. Dusk waited for Scootaloo to get off of him. She made no move to end their hug. “Scootaloo,” Dusk whispered directly into her ear, “I’ll keep you safe, I know someone who can make it so I can walk on clouds, so I’ll be with you when you go inside, alright?” Scootaloo’s eyes teared up. ‘He’s willing to go so far for me...’ she mentally beamed. She nodded and got off of him. He popped up and wrapped a hoof around her, softly hugging her, before he went down to bid his friends goodbye.

Everyone except Scootaloo was now gone from Dusk’s house. The moment Dusk closed the door and turned around he was met with Scootaloo’s lips. He entrapped in the kiss within seconds. Scootaloo pressed harder into his lips. Dusk was enjoying this no doubt but begrudgingly he pushed her away. Scootaloo looked into his eyes, smiling.

“Alright now we can go,” Scootaloo chided and walked out the door with a spring in her step. Dusk stood there mouth agape. “Duskiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeee,” Scootaloo beckoned, with a very sultry tone. A tone that Dusk was helplessly drawn to. He bolted out the house to her side, slamming the door behind him. Scootaloo giggled then punched him in the chest. Dusk shook his head and smiled.

“Alright smart flank let’s go to my cousins so I can get that cloud walking spell,” Dusk nodded his head in the opposite direction of Scootaloo’s house. Scootaloo leaned into him ready to walk to his cousins. Dusk however wasn’t going to let her get away with punching him. His horn ignited and the next thing Scootaloo knew they were outside Ponyville Library. Scootaloo was dizzy and started falling. Dusk kneeled down and she fell onto his back. He opened the door to the library and walked in.

“Spike, Twilight, either of you home?” Dusk yelled.

“Be down in a second!” Dusk heard Twilight yell in response. Twilight sprinted down the stairs moments later. When she saw Scootaloo in a daze on Dusk’s back she gasped.

“It’s ok Twilight, it was her first time teleporting,” Dusk said calmingly, while smiling cockily. Twilight’s eyes widened, not out of fear but awe.

“Nice improvement Dusk, where did you teleport from?” Twilight asked quizzically.

Dusk smirked before saying, “My house.” Twilight’s jaw dropped.

“Impressive improvement Dusk!” she complimented.

“Thanks Twi, but there’s a reason I came here,” Dusk said in a stern tone he picked up from Twilight herself.

“And that would be?” Twilight asked. Scootaloo had just now gotten her head straightened out and was no longer dizzy. She however didn’t move, opting to enjoy the fact that Dusk was carrying her.

“Scootaloo’s father... isn’t exactly the nicest of ponies,” Dusk began before being interrupted by Twilight raising her hoof.

“I already know about him... let me guess, cloud walking spell so you can keep her safe?” Twilight guessed perfectly.

“Yes... how do you know about her father?” Dusk asked. Scootaloo’s ears perked up in order to hear this as well.

“Rainbow Dash tells us every now and again about how Scootaloo has bruises that aren’t from her crusader antics... we’ve been trying to get her into Rainbow Dash’s care for years,” Twilight explained. Dusk’s jaw dropped. Scootaloo teared up.

“Do-Do you mean that Twilight Sparkle?” Scootaloo quietly asked.

“Yes Scootaloo I do,” Twilight answered. Scootaloo cried tears of joy into Dusk’s neck. Twilight smiled. ‘Young love’ Twilight inwardly said. Dusk raised a hoof to Scootaloo’s and gave it small squeeze.

“Twilight, mind doing the cloud walking spell now please?” Dusk asked. Twilight nodded and ignited her horn.

“Alright that should do it,” Twilight said moments later.

“Sweet thanks Twilight,” Dusk thanked.

His horn ignited and was about to teleport before Twilight spoke up, “Shouldn’t you tell Scootaloo how to make it through the teleportation without being disorientated?”

Dusk facehooved at his own stupidity, “Take a deep breath Scoot,” He said. She did as she was told and then was snapped out of reality for the second time that day.

When they reappeared Scootaloo noticed that she wasn’t dizzy and they were a little ways away from her house. Dusk dropped to a knee. Scootaloo hopped off of him nervously. “Dusk are you ok?” She asked wearily.

“Yeah I’m fine, just need a moment to collect myself,” He chuckled lightly before continuing, “That’s what I get for showing off.” Scootaloo smiled and helped him up. “Alright let’s get going Scoot,” He said. She leaned into him as they walked the rest of the way. He wore a happy smirk as they walked, a smirk that was slowly turning into a scowl the closer they got to Scootaloo’s house.

They were now standing underneath Scootaloo’s house looking up at it.

“Bet that plothole did this on purpose,” Scootaloo grumbled.

“It’s alright Scoot, now you got me here to help out,” Dusk comforted. Scootaloo leaned into him more and took a deep breath. Dusk teleported them up to her home. Scootaloo gulped as they stood outside the door to her house. She shivered nervously. Dusk took her hoof into his and kissed her cheek. “It’s ok Scoots, I’m here for you,” Dusk whispered into her ear. She smiled and blushed. She then opened the door and walked in. Dusk followed close, ready to beat her father on a moments notice. They looked around and realized at the same time that her dad wasn’t home.

“Phew, thank Celestia,” Scootaloo said, relieved. She walked up the stairs. Dusk followed thoughtlessly. Scootaloo opened the door to her small room and walked in. Dusk went in as well and closed the door slowly behind him and locked it. ‘Should stop the drunk buck from getting in’ He calculated mentally. He turned around and was met with a pleasant surprise. Scootaloo was laying in her bed, her head resting on one hoof while the other patted the open spot next to her. As tempting as it was, Dusk walked over to her shaking his head.

“You know I can’t stay Scoot,” He said.

“I know you can’t stay but that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy ourselves a little before you go,” Scootaloo cooed. Dusk blushed bright, ‘She has a point’ he thought. Dusk climbed into her bed and wrapped a hoof around her. She hugged him back, pulling herself closer. Dusk smirked as he looked down at her. ‘Oh no what’s he plan-’ Scootaloo thought before Dusk nuzzled her nose. She went to punch him only to find out he teleported away before she could.

“I’m going to get you for that Dusk!” She screamed. Dusk, whom was now standing underneath Scootaloo’s house, laughed hysterically when he heard Scootaloo yell. He teleported to his room next and fell asleep shortly after laying down.

*The next day at school*

“Hey Scootaloo, how’d you sleep?” Sweetie Belle asked at their usual crusader meeting spot.

“Like a foal,” Scootaloo answered.

“Anythin excitin happen with Dusk?” Applebloom teased.

“No, what about you and Rumble?” Scootaloo countered. Applebloom blushed and looked away. Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle snickered. Their fun was abruptly ended at the sound of a very familiar and very obnoxious trio of voices.

They then saw the three evilest fillies ever to exist. Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, and Twist. Twist was way different than from when they were in elementary after Spoon and Diamond got their hooves on her. They put Twist through plastic surgery making her look more like them and taught her how to act the part. Along with those three were their latest boy toys. Snips, Snails, and Featherweight. All three of the colts following like dogs on a leash.

“Well, well, well if it isn’t a whore mark crusaders,”  Diamond Tiara chided.

“Back off Diamond I’m not in the mood for it,” Scootaloo growled.

“Oh what’s wrong, get bucked a little too hard last night?” Twist mocked. 

“Oh that’s soooo funny,” Scootaloo grumbled.

“Aw calm down Slutaloo we’re only playing,” Silver Spoon teased. Scootaloo almost lost it.

“THAT’S IT!” Scootaloo screamed. She went to pound the three bitches into the dirt but was held back by Sweetie Belle and Applebloom.

“That’s right sluts hold her back,” Diamond Tiara mused aloud.

“Funny words coming from top slut of the school,” and unknown voice said. All nine of the ponies looked around for the voice, confused looks on their face. “Up here,” the voice said again. The nine ponies all looked up and saw somepony in the shadows of a perch on the school.

“The Outcast...” Silver Spoon said in awe. 


The Outcast was a pony, he wore a black hoodie, black hoof shoes, and a wrap around his tail, so nopony could recognise him. He was currently sitting awkwardly with his back against the ‘H’ on “Ponyville High” forelegs crossed in front of his chest and hind legs crossed in front of him.

“Wh-wha-what do you want Outcast!?” Scootaloo said, trying to be tough. The Outcast stood on his perch looking down at them. When he stood fear overtook Scootaloo and she shied away. Everypony was afraid of The Outcast, even the bulkiest of jocks. He was a mysterious one, nopony could approach him, and every filly wanted him to herself.

“I want to shut up a stupid slut,” he said in a deep voice.

“Exactly what I was doing,” Diamond Tiara chimed in happily thinking The Outcast was on her side.

“I didn’t mean Scootaloo,” The Outcast said venom in his voice. He jumped down from his perch and landed right next to Scootaloo, who jumped away scared. The three colts tailing Silver, Twist, and Diamond bolted away frightened. The six fillies wanted to run but were entrapped in his mystery. The Outcast took a step towards Diamond Tiara. He raised a hoof and pointed at her and her cronies before speaking, “You three... are nothing but spoiled rotten sluts who do nothing more that berate or buck other ponies for your own self satisfaction.” Diamond Tiara was drifting closer to him, trying to be the ONE girl who could get satisfaction from him, despite his insults. She almost had her head to his hoof when he pulled it away. “Exactly my point you spoiled bitch, now run home to your daddies and get the buck out of everypony’s face,” The Outcast warned. The three fillies didn’t dare deny him. They bolted away from the school tails between their legs.

The Crusaders watched in awe as The Outcast stood up for them. Then he turned around causing them to gasp and flinch. He raised his hoof again and pointed at the crusaders, “You three... are sweet ponies who deserve the best in life,” he said. The Crusaders stayed in there place and waited for more. He took a step towards Scootaloo and whispered into her ear, “You... deserve somepony to care for you and love you each and every day.” Scootaloo’s eyelids and wings fluttered at the sound of his voice, it sounded almost... familiar. He took a small step back and looked Scootaloo in the eyes. Scootaloo couldn’t reciprocate the action for his eyes were covered in the shadows of his hood. He brought a hoof to Scootaloo’s chin. She shivered in fear and delight. He raised a hoof to the tip of his hoof and slowly pulled back the hood of his shirt. Then he suddenly whipped his hood all the way back and kissed Scootaloo right on the lips. Her eyes widened and closed immediately. 

The Outcast broke the kiss and took a step back, waiting for Scootaloo to see his true face. Applebloom and Sweetie Belle looked at him, mouths agape. Scootaloo’s eyes opened after a bit. When she saw the face of The Outcast her jaw hit the floor and she was at a loss of words.

“Surprised?” he said with a cocky smirk on his face. Scootaloo was dumbfounded. ‘How in Celestia’s and Luna’s name is HE The Outcast’ she screamed in her mind.

“Wha... how the... when... huh!?” Scootaloo managed. The Outcast put a hoof to her chin once again. Scootaloo froze in place.

“I’ve always been The Outcast, Scoots,” He said calmly before kissing her again. Scootaloo leaned into this kiss and enjoyed every second of it. She broke away after a bit and punched him in the ribs.

“THATS FOR NUZZLING ME LAST NIGHT DUSK!” she yelled, regaining her girly roughness. Dusk just laughed and hugged her close.

“Well congratulations Crusaders, you now know the true identity of The Outcast,” Dusk joked.

“Information that anypony would kill to get their hooves on,” Sweetie Belle joked as well.

“Know what else any filly would kill for Sweets?” Dusk rhetorically asked. They didn’t know what he was hinting at so he took the initiative. “This,” he said quickly before kissing Scootaloo. She gasped before melting into the kiss.

“So all this tahme you’ve been Tha Outcast?” Applebloom asked when they stopped kissing. Dusk nodded with his usual cocky smirk. “So that means ya were tha one who stopped us from getting our cutie marks as Tha Cutie Mark Crusaders Detectives?” she inquired. Dusk smiled and blushed at the memory.

“Yeah that was me... sorry about that,” Dusk apologized.

“It’s alright, being detectives wasn’t all that fun anyway,” Sweetie Belle commented.

“Well this is all well in good but in the end we still don’t have our cutie marks,” Scootaloo sullenly added. The other Crusaders mood dropped as well. This left Dusk in quite the predicament, he’s in the middle of the one thing he hates above all else... sad girls. ‘Alright Dusk think... think think think think think... thinkthinkthinkthinkthinkthinkthink... AHA!’

“Well Crusaders, I have an idea about all of our cutie marks, not just you three but Elusive, Rumble, and me as well,” Dusk said in a sing song tone. The Crusaders looked at him. They were nervous and excited for what he had to say. “Thinking back on all the times we’ve met in the past, the things we all love doing, and the things we are good at...” Dusk listed off tapping a hoof to his chin.

“Aaaaaand?” Scootaloo pleaded for him to go on. Suddenly Dusk heard the sound of filly voices. He whipped his hood back over his head and stepped closer to The Crusaders.

“I’ll meet you guys at my place after school,” The Outcast whispered to the crusaders, returning to his lower toned voice. He leaned closer to Scootaloo, though she knew it was Dusk she still shivered. He whispered, “I’ll see ‘you’ very soon.” Scootaloo shuddered nervously. He kissed her cheek and take a couple steps back. The Crusaders looked at him.”See you later,” The Outcast said quietly before jumping into the sky and disappearing. How he disappeared they will never know.

“You realize once they find out he’s Dusk every filly in school is going to want your hide right?” Sweetie Belle pointed out.

“Let them try and kill me...” Scootaloo began with a gleam in her eye, “I have The Outcast protecting me now.” Her friends smiled. The fillies who were walking past, that made Dusk take off, looked over at the crusaders and giggled lightly, joking about blank flanks. Scootaloo growled, scaring them off. “I hope Dusk is on to something, we’ve tried everything!” Scootaloo grumbled.

“Yeah I hope he has, at the very least, something to get us started,” Sweetie Belle agreed.


“Well there’s no use sittin here grumblin ‘bout it,” Applebloom began, “Let’s take this day on so that we can get ta Dusk’s quicker!” Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle agreed as they trotted off to class.


*In Class*


“Scootaloo head up,” the teacher said. Scootaloo lifted her sleepy head off of the desk.


“Sorry Ms. C,” Scootaloo apologized. The teacher nodded and went back to her lecture.


“Uhhg I’m so bored!” Sweetie Belle mumbled. Algebra was never a fun class, especially when they didn’t understand what was going on. 


“Ah know rahght!” Applebloom grumbled in agreement.


“Don’t even get me started,” Scootaloo moaned in agony. The whole class was at a loss of what she was doing, occasionally they picked up on what was going on but it never stuck. Everypony in the room was nodding in and out of reality when suddenly the door flew open.


“Sorry I’m late, Ms. Cherry Sparkle,” Dusk shouted. Everypony jumped in their seats. Dusk looked sheepishly at his teacher. She gave him a stern look.


“Same reason as always, Dusk?” Cherry said. He nodded, blushing bright. “Well since you were kind enough to join us today mind solving the problem for the class?” She said. ‘Oh ultimate punishment that’s gotta suck Duskie.’ Scootaloo giggled inwardly. Dusk looked at the board and mouthed some words.


“Twenty Four times the square root of five over seven,” Dusk answered. The whole class mouths dropped. Dusk wasn’t one for being at Algebra class, even though Cherry Sparkle was his favorite teacher, and yet he still understood every bit of the lesson.

Cherry looked at the board before speaking, “Impressive Dusk... tell you what Dusk, if you can answer this next problem no assignment for the week.” The whole class gasped, all the girls had pleading looks silently thinking ‘PLEASE GET THIS RIGHT!’, and the guys’ look said ‘GET THIS RIGHT OR DIE!’, Dusk smirked.

“Hit me with your best shot,” Dusk said. Cherry smiled at him and wrote down the problem. A very complex problem that nopony but Twilight Sparkle could do mentally without proper teaching. Dusk stared at the problem for a moment.

“Got you didn’-” Cherry almost said before being interrupted by Dusk raising a hoof. “Go ahead,” Cherry mused with a cocky smirk.

Dusk took a deep breath before answering, “Fifty Nine plus or minus negative Fourty Eight times I time the square root of Twenty Nine over sixteen thousand nine hundred and thirty three.” Dusk released his breath and smiled wide.

Ms. Cherry’s jaw dropped, “How in the name of Luna did you do that!”

“When Twilight Sparkle is your cousin, you tend to learn a lot,” Dusk said cockily.

“Well, a deals a deal,” Cherry began, “No homework for the week.” The class went nuts. The room was filled with whoops, yells, and praises. Scootaloo resisted the urge to gallop up there and hug him. “Alright, alright settle down,” Cherry said. Dusk looked around the class, when he saw Scootaloo sitting there his heart soared. He took a seat next to her after the noise died down. She made sure no one was looking, nopony was, and gave him a quick peck on the cheek. 

“That’s for making it so that we had no homework,” Scootaloo whispered into his ear. Dusk just smirked and blushed as he sat back in his seat. The class went on without much of a hitch.

When Algebra ended they all rushed out of the room for free period. Scootaloo saw Dusk bolting through the hallway. She took it as a challenge and followed him. She had a little trouble keeping up but managed to stay with him. Dusk made a turn suddenly, Scootaloo followed. When she rounded the corner Dusk was gone. She continued down the dark hallway nervously.

“Dusk...” no answer, “Dusk come out this isn’t funny,” Scootaloo spoke nervously. There was a loud bang behind Scootaloo. She yelped in surprise and turned around. What she saw made her jaw drop. A bunch of Hoofball players were trying to have their way with one of her classmates.

“NO NO GET OFF OF ME!” the filly screamed. There was a loud slap was heard, followed by muffled scream.

“This is going to be fun,” one of the hoofball plays said demonically.

“GET AWAY FROM HER!” Scootaloo screamed. She charged the hoofball players. She managed to knock the filly free and pull her away from the jocks. The frightened filly clung to Scootaloo. “Get behind me,” Scootaloo ordered. The filly obliged and stood behind Scootaloo.

“Well well well boys, seems like we have a two for one day,” the quarterback said, maniacally. Scootaloo shuddered and took an aggressive stance.

“BUCK OFF YOU’RE NOT GETTING EITHER OF US!” Scootaloo yelled.

One of the players licked his lips before saying, “Mmmm I like em feisty!” Scootaloo gulped as the hoofball players prepared to charge.

“Don’t even think about it,” threatened an unknown voice. The Outcast jumped out from the shadows in between Scootaloo and the hoofball players. “Make the mistake of taking one more step closer to them and you will regret it for the rest of your life,” The Outcast warned. All of the hoofball players, except the quarterback, took a step back. The quarterback took a step closer to The Outcast.

“And what are you going to do about it, huh, Outcast?” the quarterback chided. His teammates gave unsure glances to each other.

“Come at me bro, and find out,” The Outcast responded. The quarterback charged The Outcast and threw a wild punch. The Outcast ducked, grabbed the offending hoof, spun around, propped the QB on his back, spun around again, and threw him at the feet of his teammates. They looked from their captain to The Outcast. The Outcast walked closer to the hoofball players. He whispered, “Boo.” The hoofballers grabbed their QB and ran. He walked back and past Scootaloo, whom’s mouth was agape at his strength, to the filly the hoofballers were trying to have their way with. “It’s OK, go tell the principal, tell him Outcast sent you, tell him exactly what happened, and he’ll take care of them alright?” he whispered into her ear. She nodded and sprinted towards the office. Dusk took the hood off and walked up behind Scootaloo. He put his mouth centimeters from her ear and whispered, “Keep at it like this and I’m going to start charging you for it.” Scootaloo shivered from his voice and turned to him smiling.

“You need to use that voice more often I like it,” Scootaloo cooed. Dusk went to make a snappy comment but was interrupted by Scootaloo putting a hoof to his lips. “How did you do that to Trueshot?” Scootaloo asked, bringing up the prior events.

“I used levitation magic for the throw, the rest is just training I guess,” Dusk answered nonchalantly.

“What kind of training were you doing?!” Scootaloo asked.

“Self defense training, never hurts to be prepared,” Dusk answered. Scootaloo shook her head and put a hoof on Dusk’s cheek. Dusk blushed and looked into her eyes.  Scootaloo leaned in to kiss Dusk. He closed his eyes and waited for her to meet him. Scootaloo didn’t kiss him however, she instead shoved his head and hid in the shadows.

“You’re going to have to earn it Outcast,” Scootaloo beckoned. They snuck around, Dusk trying to catch Scootaloo for a few minutes. Scootaloo rounded a corner and hid within the shadows. She could hear Dusk’s hoofsteps but couldn’t place where they were coming from. She slunk down to the floor and began to peek around the corner. His hoof steps stopped. She peeked fully around the corner, he was nowhere to be seen. She sat back up. She felt a hoof wrap around her stomach and another cover her mouth. She screamed into the hoof.

“Shhh it’s only me Scoots,” Dusk whispered in his Outcast voice. Scootaloo’s eyes and wings fluttered. Dusk removed the hood from her mouth and lowered it, so as to hug her from behind. Scootaloo loved the sentimental hug and wanted it to go a little deeper. She lifted a hoof and caressed his cheek. She then wrapped the hoof around his neck, craned her head back, and kissed him. The kiss broke with a small smack. Dusk smirked at Scootaloo, who returned it in it’s entirety. Dusk let go of Scootaloo and offered her a helping hoof. She took it and stood up with him. “I have to get to class Outcast but thanks for the help,” Scootaloo whispered softly into his ear. She leaned in and kissed him once more. They stood there, lips locked, not noticing the bell had rung, and enjoying each other. Before Scootaloo broke the kiss she pulled the hood over his head and hers. They stared into each others eyes under the sanctuary of his hood.

After a small time Dusk pulled away from Scootaloo and magically took off his hoodie. unzipped it and held it in his hooves. He nodded his head at it telling her to put it on. Her mouth fell open as she started putting it on. ‘“Something about a boy giving a girl their sweatshirt is the most amazing feeling”’ Scootaloo recalled Rainbow Dash saying one time. When the sweatshirt was fully on Scootaloo felt like she was wearing the ultimate form of protection.

“You can keep it, it’s my favorite but I’ve got another in my locker... I was feeling more like wearing the silver one today anyway,” Dusk said, trying to pass it off as no big deal. Scootaloo pulled him into a hug.

“Thank you so much Dusk,” She said as happy tears formed. Dusk returned her hug... only for it to be broken up by the late bell sounding.

“Better get going Scoots,” Dusk teased.

“What about you?” Scootaloo asked.

“Meh, I’m always late so it’s no big deal,” Dusk responded. Scootaloo rolled her eyes and took off for her next class.

“Sorry I’m late Mr. Scripture, but as you may see, I ran into a little bit of trouble,” Scootaloo explained turning to the side to show The Outcast’s logo, which he had on all of his shirts. The whole class gasped at the logo, even the teacher.

“Is that really... his?” ask the twins, Ping and Pong, in unison. Ironically, despite their names, they are terrible at pingpong. Scootaloo smirked cockily and nodded.

“Then you must have seen his face, who is he!?” screamed the high school gossip Photoshoot.

“I didn’t see his face, he save me and somepony else, he walked up behind me after telling the other filly what she should do, and then he place his shirt on my back,” Scootaloo lied. “When I turned to see his face... he was gone,” Scootaloo lied again.

“Interesting... I know Outcast leaves gifts for ‘some’ of the ponies he saves, but his famed shirt... that’s new one,” Photoshoot calculated aloud.

“I know right...” Scootaloo falsely agreed.

“Well all of this aside, try to be here on time, now let’s continue on with the lesson,” Mr. Scripture said, ending all conversations.

As the last bell rang for the day everypony galloped out the front doors for freedom and air. Dusk, Elusive, and Rumble met up at the edge of the entry sidewalk and sat on the grass. Dusk explained his plan to his friends, they were ecstatic about the high chance of getting their cutie marks. The Crusaders, as per their plan, were the last ones to exit the school. They were laughing for whatever reason, causing the guys to smile. The Crusaders walked up to the colts. Elusive was the first to notice something new about them.

“You’re sweatshirt Dusk... how sweet,” Elusive teased. The six ponies laughed.

“Yep and I’m glad she still has it,” Dusk said, causing Scootaloo to blush.

“Oooohhhh the black one too, you should feel honored Scootaloo,” Rumble teased, causing her to blush brighter.

“Alright guys lighten up, how about we get to what we were discussing before they got here hmm?” Dusk offered. Rumble and Elusive nodded.

“And just what were you talking about before we got here?” Sweetie Belle asked.

Dusk smirked before answering, “How to get our cutie marks.” The Crusaders gasped excitedly.

“WELL!” they yelled in unison.

“I have a plan... and it may just work,” Dusk answered tantalizingly.

“And that would be!?” Sweetie yelled once again.

“It seems so ridiculously simple yet ingenious,” answered Dusk, whom was in no hurry to answer them.

“So what is it already!?” Applebloom yelled at him.

“It’s just so Luna damned simple!” Dusk teased once more.

“Duuuuskiiiiieeeee,” Scootaloo whined.

“Alright, alright, here’s my plan... We’re gonna play a game,” Dusk answered slyly.

“What kind of game?” Scootaloo asked.

“You’ll see,” Dusk said, smirking wide.

(A/N Oh the cliffhangers, how I hate reading them, and yet love writing them. The game will not be revealed, clearly, until the next chapter. Also maaaaaaajor shoutout to my number one fan Cherry_Sparkle1111. I have no clue what gender they are and I hope they enjoy being in my fic. Once I find out I’ll make the necessary changes and/or I got lucky and guessed correctly. As well the italics on fimfic.net confused the hell out of me soooo, I used apostrophies where they were thoughts. And furthermore i got this chapter up at 12:40 AM haha so enjoy. Anyway thanks for reading as always!)