It was a nice cold winter day on this day. Heh! I said ‘day’ twice! The little ponies were playing in the snow, but not all of them! My buddy Blaze Goldheart, with his wife Rainbow Dash was currently teaching his little 5 year old sister-in-law, Candy Cotton, some possum grade awesome flying tricks! Candy was feeling a bit scared, but stood tall to prove that she was brave. "C'mon, Candy! You can do it!" her sister Rainbow Dash yelled.
"You're doing fine, Candy!" Blaze said in encouragement.
"Candy, I did a sonic rainboom at the age of 8! If I can do tricks in my youth, I'm sure you can too!" Rainbow said in fierce to her.
"Umm, okay I'll try." she said. She looked down and saw the cloud rings she had to go through. She took a deep breath, put on her goggles and then started flying down, screaming. She goes through the first ring with no problems, and then she does a few twists and turns before she goes through the second one.
"Keep going, Candy!" Blaze shouts. Candy does a few flips before going into the third one, and she nearly flies into the last checkpoint.
"This is it, Blaze! All she has to do is do some sort of sonic boom, and she'll be, like, THE MOST AWESOME SISTER EVER!" Rainbow yelled.
"GO FOR IT, CANDY!!!" Blaze shouts at the top of his voice. Candy started flying down really fast and it looked like she was about to break the sound barrier, but Rainbow got really worried. Like, what if she wasn't successful? What if her wing cramps? She's only a filly after all. Candy was screaming as she was flying down; Rainbow heard the scream, and sprang into action.
"CANDY! DON'T WORRY, I'M COMING!" Rainbow yelled. She flew down and chased her. Candy was going really fast, but Rainbow was going even faster. She chased her down real fast, and was just about to grab her. Once Rainbow grabbed her, Rainbow did a sonic rainboom as she flew back up to Blaze.
"What happened?!" Blaze asked worryingly.
"WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT?!" Candy yelled at Rainbow.
"You were in trouble! You're only a filly! Maybe I shouldn've gotten you to do this." Rainbow said as she shook her head.
"I WAS FINE, SIS! I WAS JUST ABOUT TO DO A SONIC BOOM UNTIL YOU WENT IN THE WAY!" Candy yelled at her.
"You were screaming!" Rainbow argued with her.
"Yeah, with excitement." Candy argued back.
"Girls! Please!" Blaze stood in between them. "Stop arguing! It breaks my heart!"
"Tell Rainbow to stop being so overprotected!" Candy shouted.
"I was only thinking about your safety!" Rainbow said.
"I can take care of myself, Dash!" Candy said angrily at her.
"Enough!" Blaze pounded his hoof on the ground. Rainbow and Candy both got startled because Blaze doesn't usually lose his temper like that.
"Blaze.... are you okay?" Rainbow asked.
"You two only just got back together and I don't want you to ruin that!" Blaze said angrily.
"I know, Blaze, but I can take care of myself! Next thing you know, she'll be putting pads all over my body!" Candy said. When she said 'putting' it sounds like she said 'pudding' doesn't it? Oh great, now I'm hungry!
"If you're not careful enough, it might come to that." Rainbow said.
"I said, ENOUGH!" Blaze shouted again.
"Sweet Luna, Blaze!" Candy said. Blaze was blowing steam, but he started to calm down.
"I'm sorry, I've just been stressed out lately." he said.
"What's wrong, Blaze?" Candy asked.
"Rainbow and I have been getting bills for the house and if we don't pay by the end of the month, they'll kick us out." Blaze said worryingly.
"Not even his stupid Wonderbolt shows are good enough to pay our debt." Rainbow said.
"RAINBOW?!" Blaze yelled.
"Wait.... did I just say that?" Rainbow asked.
"I think the stress is effecting you too, babe." Blaze said. Rainbow was really shocked and embarrassed. Wow, you should see the look on her face right now! I should've seen the look on her face! "We're gonna be kicked out of our house! I'll never find a way to make five-hundred thousand bits in a month!"
"FIVE-HUNDRED THOUSAND BITS?! HOW DID YOU GET INTO DEBT THIS MUCH?!" Candy asked.
"We bought a big house." Blaze said.
"Excuse me, it was MY house first. I bought the big house." Rainbow reminded him.
"Why though?" Blaze asked.
"The best flyer in Equestria needs to live in style, you know?" Rainbow said.
Blaze sighed. "Look, Rainbow, take Candy home. I'm going to see Flare to see if he has any ideas."
"Well.... alright, but how do you think he's going to help?" Candy asked.
"Remember the Fall Festival, Candy? Flare helped AppleJack get out of debt using the fair; maybe Flare might have another idea!" Rainbow suggested.
Blaze nods. "Exactly! I'll see you two later; I got some money to make!" he said as he flies off to my shop.
"He talks like money grows on trees." Candy said.
"Money does grow on trees though, that's where our money comes from." Rainbow said.
"What?” Candy asked.
“This is Equestria, Candy! Anything can happen! Just then, Rainbow Dash suddenly places a record player needle on a record with a train on top of it, and surrounding the record player was a city. This scene then shows a humongous Rainbow Dash standing in the middle of a city with buildings and bass speakers all over the place, and the clouds all had strings attached to it. Just then the giant Rainbow Dash begins walking on a road bridge while the song ‘Suddenly I See’ sung by KT Tunstall begins playing in the background. A giant camera then suddenly pops out from on top of one of the buildings as the song progressed and it showed footage of Rainbow Dash playing a guitar on a park bench next to a dog and a train set. I’m sure you can see how this is going if you watch MTV… or better saying, watched MTV years ago they had music worth listening.
“I think I overdosed on something after seeing that.” Candy commented.
Meanwhile, Blaze heads over to my shop to see if I can figure out ideas to help get Blaze some money. He goes inside to look for me. "Flare? You here, brah?" he asked around, but I was nowhere to be seen. "FLARE!? I need your help!" There was still no answer. He looks behind the counter to see Lyra and Bon Bon watching a video on an android.
"When did this happen? I would never kill humans or eat their hands!" Lyra said shockingly.
"Lyra, Bon Bon, have you seen Flare? I need his help." Blaze asked them.
"He's outside, playing in the snow." Bonnie said.
"Alright, thanks!" Blaze said as he started to walk outside.
"What? Those are not our voices! I never said 'Lyra' like that!" Bon Bon said.
"Hmm, but we do look good in hats though." Lyra said. Blaze goes outside to find me playing in the snow.
"SNOW ANGEL!" I yelled out as I fell in the snow, laughing real hard, and wiggling my hooves back in fourth really fast.
"Flare, I need your help." Blaze said.
I stood up and checked on my snow angel, but it turns out to be just a circle. "Oh. Sad face." I said.
"Flare, I need your help." Blaze repeated.
"Hey Blaze, have you been in the snow before?" I asked him.
"Yeah, I have, but that's not important right now, I need your help." he said.
"You know, this is the first time I've been in snow. Now it's colder than I predicted, but still.... I missed out. It never snowed in Mareami, but we did get more rain than any other cities." I said.
"Yeah I know, but Flare I need your help." he repeated.
"You should've seen that snowpony I made with Pinkie! Did ya hear she's my special somepony now?" I asked him with a big smile on my face.
"Yeah, that's great we should have a double date sometime, but FLARE! I NEED YOUR HELP!" he raised his voice a bit.
I gasped with excitement. "Yes we should double date! When do you and Rainbow want to meet us, and where?" I asked.
"FLARE! I NEED YOUR HELP!" he yelled at me.
"Holy Wizard of Hope, brah! What in Luna's name is it?" I asked.
"Rainbow and I are in debt on our house... if I don't make Five-hundred thousand bits by the end of the month, they'll throw us out on the streets!" Blaze freaked out.
"Alright, Blaze, can you repeat that, but more calmly?" I asked. “Think of little puppies. That’s what gets me feeling better.”
“You hate dogs.” Blaze reminded me.
“Puppies aren’t dogs, they’re puppies.” I corrected him.
Blaze calmed down and sighed. "Ok... I’m calm… Rainbow and I are in debt on our house. If I don't make five-hundred thousand bits by the end of the month, they'll throw us out on the streets.”
"And that's nothing to worry about. The end of the month is a long way away. It's only the start of December. It's nearly Hearth's Warming! So relax, brah! You'll get the money in time!" I said. "How about a Winter Festival? The Fall Festival worked with AppleJack!"
"No, there's not enough time." Blaze said.
"You could work for me extra; I can pay ya the money." I said.
"No, it's ok. I'm not putting you in dept so you can help me." Blaze said.
"I own a famous pizza joint! I'll get out of debt in a week!" I said.
"No, I can't do it to a friend." Blaze said.
"Good, 'cause I wasn't gonna pay ya anyway." I said. Blaze shook his head and sighed, but then something caught his eye when he saw a wall nearby.
"THAT'S IT!" he said excitedly.
"What's it? You're gonna be a wall?" I asked.
"No! Look! The poster!" Blaze said and he starts reading the poster to me. "Fighting is Magic: Professional fighting! Compete in the match against the current champion! If you can beat him, you earn Championship status, and win the Prize Money of Five-Hundred Thousand Bits!"
"THAT'S PERFECT! You can work there as a janitor! That'll get you your money!" I said.
"No! I'm gonna fight against the Champion!" Blaze said.
"LAWL! Blaze, you're such a silly little Pooh bear!" I teased, not believing him.
"You're not a fighter, you're a flyer!" I said. "Oh, listen to that, those words sounded similar."
"The Wonderbolts double as a military unit, bro." Blaze reminded me.
"The Wonderbolts are not fighters, brah. I don't see them fighting anything but clouds." I said.
"Thats because we keep our missions classified, but your right, I do need training." Blaze said.
"Bro, you need alot more than training. You need a coach, a supplier..." I raise my voice in the next part and close to his face. "....A MANAGER!"
"That's great! You'll be my manager, Flare!" Blaze said.
"Oh.... well.... if you think I'm up to it." I said as I smiled and winking at you, the readers.
"I know you can handle it! As your first official act as my manager, I want you to find me a trainer, and the Noble Six can help too!" Blaze said.
"HA! Are you kidding?" I started to laugh. "The Noble Six can't help you fight! Psyche's a weakling, Engie's an engineer, Aqua's too nice, and Crystal's a girl."
"I mean they can be my corner team! They give me water and put ice packs on my cuts and bruises in between rounds! They can even help me train!" Blaze explained.
"But Psyche is a weakling, Engie's an engineer, Aqua is too nice, and Crystal's a girl." I repeated.
"They won't actually fight!" Blaze said.
"But Psyche's a weakling, Engie's...." I repeated.
"DUDE!" Blaze interrupted me. "THEY WON'T ACTUALLY FIGHT!"
"But Psyche-" I was about to repeat.
"THEY WON'T ACTUALLY FIGHT!" Blaze cuts me off again.
"I know they won't fight!" I said. "But I'm just saying, Psyche's a weakling, Engie's an en......"
"I get it, man, but I'm desprite!" Blaze said. "Just find me a trainer."
"You got it, brah! I know just the trainer! Follow me!" I instructed him. So the both of us went over to the Ponyville Trainstation and we stepped onto the platform. There was currently no train here yet. "Your trainer should arrive any minute now." I said as I checked my watch. We both sat down on the bench, waiting for the train to arrive. "Hey Blaze?"
"Yeah?" he said.
"When did I start wearing a watch?" I asked. Blaze then suddenly facehooves himself. "That doesn't answer my question."
"I don't know, man." he said.
"So how's Rainbow and Candy?" I asked.
"They're fine." he said.
"Are they getting along well?" I asked.
Blaze nods. "For the most part."
"That's good, but you know what's weird? I see Rainbow gaining more and more weight each week." I said.
"What do you mean? She seems fine to me." Blaze said. "Except she keeps getting sick every morning."
"She's gotta lay off the cheetos." I said. "Hey, you know what else is weird? The trainstation is right here in Ponyville, but we have to go 10 miles across the interstate to get to the airport. Why can't there be an airport right here? In Mareami, you don't have to drive through the interstate to get to the airport."
"Oh look, there's the train!" Blaze pointed to the train that's approaching the station.
"You didn't answer my airport question." I said.
"I don't know man, I just do not know." Blaze said. So we both walked up to the train engine, and I knock on the door. Diesel, the train conductor opens the door and said, "Heya Flare!"
"What's up, Diesel?" I asked him.
"Not much, just going for another trip to the Crystal Empire. What's up with you?" he asked.
"My friend Blaze here needs a trainer, so I came to you." I said as I placed my arm around Blaze.
"Ya gone darn done the right choice, buddy! I'm the best trainer in all of Equestria!" Diesel said.
"What?" Blaze said in confusion.
"This is the trainer I was telling you about. You wanted a train, and here he is. He runs this train." I said.
"Wha-NO!" Blaze yelled. "NOT A TRAIN ENGINEER! I MEAN A FIGHTING TRAINER!"
"Oooooooooh! I get it." I nodded. "Sorry, Diesel."
"Eh, no problem. If ya need a ride, you'll know who to call." Diesel said.
Ghost busters?" I asked.
"Yer funny." he said.
You're funny looking." I said. Diesel then shook his head and closed the engine door.
"Ok, now I need a fighting trainer." Blaze said to me.
"Alright, if you want a trainer that fights, you'll have to wait until the train from Baltimare comes. That engineer sometimes fights changelings at his free time." I said.
"I don't want a train engineer! I want a fighting coach!" Blaze shouted. "THAT'S not what I mean by fighting trainer!"
"Well why didn't ya say so?" I asked and laughed. "Come with me to the bus station. I know of a great fighting coach!"
Blaze nodded. "Finally!"
So he follows me over to the bus station. We went up to a big white bus coach with a blue stripe going across it that says 'Mareatron'. "Here we are!" I said to Blaze. "Not only is this a bus coach, it's also an..... Undercover transformer." I whispered.
"Shhh! Don't give me away!" the bus coach whispered to me.
"Don't worry, Mareatron! He's cool!" I said.
"DUDE! NO TRAINS, NO BUSSES! I WANT SOMEOME WHO CAN HELP ME WIN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE CHAMPION!" Blaze yelled.
"But you'd be lucky to be training with a transformer!" I said as I winked at him.
"I don't train, Flare. I keep the peace. I protect pony-kind." Mareatron said.
"Well, don't say we didn't try." I shrugged.
"Ok. It's clear you’re no help in finding a trainer, so I will get one myself." Blaze said as he began to fly away.
"Wait! Don't you want to see Mareatron in action?" I yelled out for him.
"Ah, it's too late, he's gone." Mareatron said.
"It would seem so, Mareatron." I said to him. Mareatron then suddenly transforms from a bus into a transformer. "Auto-bots.... roll out." Mareatron says as he stomps away, setting off a bus alarm while he's at it from all the noise. I know what you're all thinking, Mareatron is named after Megatron, a Decepticon. Well I couldn't find a good pony name for Optimus Prime, sorry.
So Blaze flies on home, sits on his sofa, and turns on the TV. He flips through the channels to find anything interesting on but at the same time eating ice cream straight from the tub like what most depressed ponies do. “We now return to Grand Theft Otto.” The TV announcer said. On the TV, it shows Otto from Rocket Power throwing a kid off a skateboard and stealing it as the cops chase him.
Meanwhile, Blaze starts getting angry because Rainbow and Candy were arguing in the other room on whether it is safe for Candy to use a butter knife. I mean, really, a BUTTER KNIFE, the dullest of all knives! Blaze groans and walks into the kitchen to attempt to stop the argument. "What's going on here?" Blaze asked.
"Rainbow won't let me use a butter knife!" Candy complained.
"It's not safe for a filly her age." Rainbow said.
"To be fair, that knife is pretty dull." Blaze said.
"See? SEE?!" Candy yelled in Rainbow's face. "A dull knife; can't do any harm."
"But what if you put it in your mouth like what most little fillies do?" Rainbow asked.
"I'M NOT A LITTLE FILLY ANYMORE, DASH!" Candy yelled.
"I am in no mood to hear you two arguing!" Blaze said, starting to lose his patience.
"Fine, but if my sister starts doing dangerous stuff again, I'll have to use discipline." Rainbow promised.
"Now, please, while I think of a way to keep us from being kicked out onto the streets, be quieter." Blaze instructed them. “I swear, you two are as stubborn as a clock!”
A cutaway shows a clock going up to a buffet. “Hey, Clock, you already ate already!” a lamp said to the clock.
“But Lamp, you know how much I like going back ‘for seconds’.” The clock said. Yeah that was terrible, but my dad just told me that joke just as I was writing this and now I just added it in. No h8 pls. The cutaway ends.
“So please, both of you calm down while I think of a way to save us from being homeless!” Blaze demanded.
They both sighed and said, "Fine."
"I love you Rainbow." Blaze said to Rainbow, kissing her on the lips. "You too, Candy." He nuzzles her forehead and then he walks back into the living room.
“Why do you get to have a kiss and I don’t?” Candy complained.
So Blaze starts flipping through channels again, eating the ice cream. "I need to find a trainer, and Flare is no help." Just then, Rainbow and Candy start arguing in the kitchen again.
“Candy! Put that duct tape down this instant!" Rainbow ordered her.
"I need it to finish this picture I'm making!" Candy yelled.
"It's not safe! You can peel your fur off.” Rainbow yelled.
"MAKE ME!" Candy yelled.
"LET GO OF THE TAPE, CANDY!" Rainbow ordered her.
"YOU LET GO!" Candy ordered her.
"Grrr! What have I told them?" Blaze said angrily as he was about to give up, but then the TV interrupted him.
“Don't get out of that chair!” a voice on the TV demanded.
“Huh?” Blaze said, looking at the TV.
“Hi, I'm Iron Will! Physical fitness trainer and fighting expert! You're gonna- WOOP POW! Be the toughest fighter in all of Equestria!” Iron WIll on TV said.
“Yes...yes! This is it!” Blaze said excitingly.
“Why you may ask? You ask why, I petrify!” Iron Will continued. “Iron Will can help you became a champion wrestler! Iron Will can help the chicks dig you up, son! You can even fight Discord, Chrysalis, and Sombra at the same time when I'm done with ya!”
“What do I have to do to contact his guy?” Blaze asked.
“Call me: 555-IRON! You’ll need a new phone though if you’re going to dial letters into your phone, but if you have the right phone, call now, or go down!” Iron Will said. Blaze picks up the phone and immediately dials the number, but as it rings, Rainbow and Candy continue arguing in the other room. “Hi, this is Iron Will!” Iron Will said on the phone.
“Yes, Iron Will?” Blaze started. “I will like-”
“Iron Will is currently unavailable right now; please leave a message and your name, and I’ll be back on the game!” Iron Will’s answering machine said. Blaze groaned and continuously slammed his head on the wall and he started screaming, but he needed to take my advice as he was yelling, I immediately change the scene to many pictures of cute little puppies while the word ‘de-stressing’ flashes in the middle of the screen as sooth relaxing music plays in the background.
The next morning comes by and Blaze heads over to the gym and waits for Iron Will to show up. Over at the gym was a bunch of hunky ponies lifting weights, using the treadmills and more; the ponies included Bulk Biceps of course, and even Leisure Suit Larry was there lifting some weights, until he lost his grip and it fell on his hoof. “Y’OW!” he cried as his hoof began to swell up.
Blaze was currently wearing a head-band, a white tank top, and blue shorts, doing some stretching exercises, but while he was stretching, he sees Fluttershy doing some wing-ups on a mat. “Oh hey, Fluttershy!” Blaze geeted her.
“Oh.... hey, Blaze!” Fluttershy said.
“What are you doing here?” Blaze asked.
“I have to stretch it out. I have to be ready to look after the animals, Blaze. I need to be fit and ready.” Flutters said as she trotted in place. “Need to be strong in order to make sure they don’t get hurt.”
“Oh, that’s good!” Blaze said.
“Mind if I ask what you’re doing here? Well.... if you do mind, that’s.... okay.” Flutters said.
“I’m about to train with my new trainer!” Blaze said.
“Oh really? What for?” Flutters asked.
“Rainbow and I are in debt, so I’m going to enter in Fighting is Magic as soon as I get myself into shape.” Blaze said.
“Oh, well, do be careful, Blaze!” Flutters said. “I hear these fights are… awfully painful and dangerous.”
“Umm… I live dangerous, Flutters.” Blaze said.
“So do I, pretty lady.” Austin Powers said as he seductively looked at Fluttershy.
“Don’t worry, Flutters. I’ll be careful, thanks!” Blaze said.
“So who’s your trainer?” Flutters asked.
“Iron Will.” Blaze said.
“Oh, that’s good.” Flutters said with a smile, but then her smile went away fast. “Wait, you’re training with.... who now?” Just then, Iron Will kicks through the gym doors and marches inside.
“Iron Will’s the name, training ponies is my game!” Iron Will said with his thumbs up and a sparkle on his teeth.
“YES! You got my call!” Blaze said happily.
“Eeep!” Flutters got scared and hid.
“Oh don’t mind her.” Blaze said to Iron Will. “I’m Blaze Goldheart!” Blaze stuck his hoof out, wanting to shake his hand.
“Pleasure to meet ya, Mr. Goldheart. I’m Iron Will! I’m here to get you ready for Fighting is Magic!” Iron Will said, grabbing Blaze’s hoof real tight and shaking it.
“AAAH-yeah, yeah.” Blaze said in pain. Iron Will lets go of his hoof, and it started glowing as it healed itself.
“Hmm, that’s strange.” Iron Will said, observing Blaze’s glowing hoof.
“Huh? Oh, this is natural.” Blaze said.
“Hooves aren’t supposed to glow like that. Are ya radioactive or somethin?” Iron Will asked as he snorted, much like what Swinebutt does.
“No, I have phoenix powers.” Blaze said.
“Ya do, huh? Well let Iron Will tell ya this son, those powers will really come in handy in the competition!” Iron Will said, poking his stomach.
“Ow! Uh, yeah, right.” Blaze said.
“Only weak ponies say ‘ow’ like that!” Iron Will yelled. “You say ‘ow’, I GO POW! NOW DROP, AND GIVE ME 50!”
“What?” Blaze asked.
“Make that 500.” Iron Will instructed him. Blaze rolled his eyes and started doing the 500 push-ups. Fluttershy was hiding behind the punching bags, just watching Blaze struggle to do those push-ups.
“I can’t watch!” Flutters said as she covered her eyes, but then, the Bulk Biceps walks by her, and then he suddenly punches the punching bag Fluttershy is hiding behind.
“YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAH!” Bulk cried out.
“Ouch.” Flutters said softly, holding her chest. After Blaze did his push-ups, he was taking his breaths.
"Feeling tired, Goldheart?" Iron Will asked.
"No way! I feel like I can take on anything!" Blaze yelled.
"Good! Now, let's see how good you can do on your hooves! I want you to sprint around Ponyville without stopping! You stop, you start over!" Iron Will instructed.
"Yes sir! Wait...sprint? As in...without my wings?" Blaze asked.
"GO! SPRINT! NO WATER! NO STOP! JUST SPRINT!" Iron Will ordered him.
"Ew! Say it, don't spray it!" Blaze said, wiping his face.
"MOVE!" Iron Will ordered him.
"YES, SIR!" Blaze yelled, as he then ran out of the gym and started sprinting all around town. He wasn't getting tired out yet.
When Blaze was out of the gym for a few minutes, Flutters decided to join him. She flew next to Blaze, Flutters flew to him, looking worried. "Um, Blaze? May I speak to you for a second?" Flutters asked him.
"Sorry, Fluttershy!" Blaze said as he panted. "I can't stop and talk right now."
"I know, but you see, this is actually important." Flutters said.
"Sorry Flutters, can't talk!" Blaze said, as he continued running.
"But Blaze?" Flutters kept getting his attention.
"Gotta keep running! Can't talk, sorry!" Blaze said as he ran ahead of her. “Gotta go fast… gotta go fast.”
"But...." Blaze ran too far ahead of her, so Flutters just gave up and landed back on the ground and closed her eyes, and then she said to herself; "You don't know what he's capable of." Blaze runs so fast that he runs into a couple of ponies, physically, including Aqua whom was trying to do a water spell. Aqua spins around and falls with his eyes rolling around.
Blaze looks back and yells; "Sorry!"
“Ugh, no worries mate.” Aqua said as he started rubbing his head.
Eventually, Blaze makes it back to the gym with Iron Will. "I'm impressed, boy!" Iron Will said as he nodded.
Blaze continued panting. "Yeah..... thanks....."
"But you ran away before I could tell you, you have to grab all the flags around town as you run." Iron Will explained, showing Blaze the map of the flag locations he hid around town.
"WHAT?!" Blaze yelled.
"DO IT AGAIN!" Iron Will ordered him.
"NO! I already did it once!" Blaze shouted at him.
"Uh huh. I see." Iron Will said, nodding. "Then Iron Will guesses you don't want to win Fighting is Magic after all. So Iron will be on my way then." he starts walking out.
"No, wait! I didn't mean it by that!" Blaze begged for him to stay.
"No, no, you said you didn't need Iron Will’s help, and you're gonna lose Fighting is Magic. So, ta ta!" Iron Will said, upsettingly, but faked it.
"No, wait! It's for my family!" Blaze yelled. Iron Will turned back, and walked towards Blaze.
"Then if you're outta win the championship, you'll do exactly as Iron Will says, when he says it! Got it?" Iron Will asked him.
"Yes, sir..." Blaze said.
"I CAN'T HEAR YOU!" Iron Will yelled at Blaze’s face with a megaphone so loud that Blaze’s mane was messed up.
"YES SIR!" Blaze yelled.
"THEN GO! HUP-2, HUP-2! GO, GO, GO! AND DON'T COME BACK UNTIL YOU HAVE ALL THE FLAGS!" Iron Will yelled at him. So Blaze ran outside and sprinted towards the first flag. While Blaze was on his way back, it turned dusk, and he runs into Aqua once again whom was trying to do that water spell again.
“Sorry again, Aqua!” Blaze yelled.
“If ya were sorry, ya wouldn’t keep runnin’ into me.” Aqua said.
Blaze heads back into the gym, all tired out, carrying all the flags; he then limps towards Iron Will, and collapsed on the ground. Iron Will takes a look at the flags, and then he said, "You're missing one."
"S-SERIOUSLY?!" Blaze yelled.
Iron Will laughed. "No, not seriously. You did well, Goldheart! HA! You should've seen the look on your face when I said that!"
"Oh.... I.... get it.... ha ha...." Blaze said feeling really tired.
"That's enough for today. Be back here at 5 AM SHARP tomorrow!" Iron Will ordered him.
"YES SIR!" Blaze yelled, but when he made his first step, he collapsed on the ground again. So Blaze went on home, he ate dinner, showered, brushed his teeth, and went straight to bed, but he was unaware that he was in MY HOUSE. He was too tired to figure it out. Blaze jumped onto my bed and my fish noticed him.
"Wow, Flare looks different today." Darrel said.
"That's Blaze, you idiot." Piddles said.
"Since when did Flare schedule a sleepover?" Yoyo asked. Just then, I got back home from work; I went into the kitchen to put my leftovers from dinner in the fridge, but then I noticed something.
"Hmm, somepony's been eating in my fridge." I said. I didn't care that time, so I just went into the shower to wash up, but then; "Hmm, somepony's been using my shower." I still didn't care, but I did start to care when I brushed my teeth. "Hmm, somepony's been using my toothbrush." And then I finally found Blaze sleeping in my bed. "Hmm, somepony's sleeping on my bed." So I walked into my kitchen to fill up a glass of hot water, and then I placed it beside my bed, and then I lifted Blaze’s hoof and I was about to place his hoof inside, but then I realized… this is my bed. So instead, I just dumped the water on Blaze’s face.
“Ahhh… that feels nice.” Blaze said calmly. Right… he’s a draconian.
"What are you doing here, Blaze?" I asked him tiredly.
"Huh? What?! Wait, this isn't my house!" Blaze woke up and said.
"Trained hard today, brah?" I asked him. I was feeling really tired, if you just look at my face.
"Yeah...." Blaze said.
"Too tired to walk home?" I asked.
"Yeah...." he said.
"Well, goodnight, Blaze." I said as I patted him on the head
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"Good night." Blaze said as he falls back asleep, so I fed the fish, and then I walked on over to my guest bedroom to sleep in there.
“Hey Flare?” Water asked as she laid next to me, since this was now her bedroom, I kinda forgot.
“Yeah, Water?” I asked.
“Who do you think would win in a fight? Muppets or Sesame Street?” she asked.
“I don’t think either of them would fight. They’re both pretty peaceful.” I said.
“But what if they had to? Like… there could be only one?” Water asked.
“Muppets.” I said.
“Ok, how about Muppets or Fraggles?” Water asked.
After a moment of thinking, I finally said, “Muppets.”
“Alright. How about Muppets or He-Man?” Water asked.
“Just He-Man or He-Man and his friends?” I asked.
“Just He-Man.” Water said.
“Muppets.” I said.
“That’s what I was gonna say. Well g’night, Flare.” Water said.
“G’night, Water.” I said as we both went to sleep.
The next morning came, Iron Will walked on over to my trailer and blew an air horn. Blaze yelled and fell out of my bed. I woke up to. "WHOA, SALAMI!" I yelled as I bumped my head. "OW!" I looked over next to me and I saw that Water didn’t get startled. “Why aren’t you startled?”
“When I was travelling the world, I stayed at a bad part of Los Pegasus. Nothing but shootings, so I’m used to loud noises.” Water said.
"WAKEY, WAKEY! TIME FOR TRAINING, TRAINING!" Iron Will yelled on a megaphone. "SO HUP TO IT SOLDIER!" Blaze walked out of my room rubbing his head.
"Blaze? Who yelled out like that?" I asked him and then I checked the time. "4 IN THE MORNING!? WHAT THE WIZARD OF HOPE?! I'M GOING BACK TO BED!" I shut the door and went back to sleep.
"Umm... why am I in Flare's trailer?" Blaze asked himself and then he walks out of my trailer to Iron Will.
"You're two minutes late, son!" Iron Will said.
"More like an hour early! How did you know where I was?" Blaze asked.
"A good trainer never reveals all of his secrets." Iron Will said. "Now to start up the day, run to the cafe, buy me a cilantro omelet, and run back."
"Yes sir! Wait, why do I have to get you an omelet?" Blaze asked.
"DO YOU WANT TO WIN FIGHTING IS MAGIC OR NOT?!" Iron Will yelled at Blaze.
"I DO!" Blaze yelled.
"THEN DO AS YOU'RE TOLD!" Iron Will yelled and blew his whistle. "GO! GO!" So Blaze sprinted over to the cafe, ordered an omelet, but just as he was running back, he met up with Crystal.
"Oh breakfast! Thanks, Blaze!" Crystal said as she ate it.
"CRYSTAL?! That wasn't for you!" Blaze shouted at her.
Crystal burped and said, "Well you could've told me that before I ate it. See ya!" Crystal waved, and ran off. Blaze sighed and then ran back to the cafe to buy another omelet. As he was running back, he accidentally bumped into Engineer, and Blaze dropped his omelet.
"Hey! Watch where yer goin, son!" Engie complained.
"Engie! What the hay?" Blaze yelled at him.
"Ya shouldn't be runnin with food then, partner." Engie said as he trotted off.
"Rrrgh!" Blaze yelled as he ran back to the café, got another omelet, and carefully ran back to Iron Will.
"What took you so long?" Iron Will asked.
"Sorry, I kept running into my friends." Blaze said giving him the omelet. "Here you go."
"Oh that's okay, Goldheart. I'm not hungry anymore." Iron Will said filing his finger nails.
"What?! B-but.... but...." Blaze stuttered.
"BREAK TIME IS OVER, MAGGOT! LET'S GET THIS GARBAGE DONE..... MONTAGUE STYLE!" Iron Will said mischievously.
"Wait, that was break time?" Blaze asked. "No matter, I love montages!" So then the Rocky theme plays in the background as Iron Will was training Blaze. Blaze was running around town, the gym, doing pull-ups, push-ups, wing-ups, sit-ups, lifting weights, carrying heavy cider barrels across Sweet Apple Acres, and even practicing fighting with some of the other ponies in the gym, like Bulk Biceps, Caramel, Big Mac, and Blaze thought it would be an easy fight with Rarity, but she OWNED him epically! Right after, he fought Iron Will himself. It was really hard for him, but he was able to defeat him just as the song ends.
"You're ready!" Iron Will said giving him a thumbs up.
"AWWWW YEAH!" Blaze yells out as he jumps in the air and just floats there frozen. Iron Will just looked at him confusingly, looked around, and then walks away awkwardly. Rainbow Dash eventually comes to see Blaze like that.
“Hey Blaze, is your training done?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“Umm, yeah.” Blaze said.
"Blaze, how are you doing that?" Rainbow asked him.
"I DUNNO! I'M SCARED!" Blaze said frighteningly.
"Well, get down." Rainbow instructed him.
"I can't! I JUST CAN'T! GET HELP! CALL SOMEONE!" Blaze freaked out as he was still frozen while doing that pose.
"But who shall I call?" Rainbow asked.
"I DUNNO! A POLICE, A FIRE- A SCIENTIST! Call a scientist!" Blaze shouted. Rainbow then runs off so he can call one, leaving Blaze in the air like that. "Am I gonna die?" he asked himself.
Meanwhile, outside of my trailer, I was just taking out the trash when suddenly a snowball was thrown at me. "HEY!" I yelled out and I saw Spike standing there whistling. "Well thanks alot, Spike! While you were standing there whistling, somepony threw a snowball at me!"
"Oh really, Flare?" Spike giggled. "Did the snowball look like this?" Then another snowball was thrown at me, and Spike laughed.
"Yeah." I said, and I ran to him all freaked out. "I'm serious, Spike! Somepony's after me! I think I'm going to leave town!"
"Flare, I threw it. We're having a snowball fight! Don't you get it?" Spike asked.
"No I don’t. I’m from a place that doesn’t snow.” I said.
“Do you wanna play though?” Spike asked.
“Sure, why not?” I shrugged.
"Alright, but first, you have to make a snowball!" Spike explained.
"Oh yeah, a snowball!" I suddenly bended over to the snow to make one. "Oh this is gonna be great!" But when I put my hoof up, I didn't make a snowball, I made a snowcube. I went back into the snow, and I made a snow pyramid, and then I made some DNA shaped snow object. "D’OH! Spike, can you help me make a snowball?"
"Nah.” Spike said.
“Wow, and I thought we were friends?” I complained.
Blaze walked over to us to share us the news, but when I was about to throw a snow DNA at Spike, it lands on Blaze instead. “Hey guys, what’s going o-“
We both stopped and looked at eachother. "HE DID IT!" Spike yelled as he pointed at me and then ran off. Blaze wiped the snow off his face, but was too excited to be mad right now.
"Hey, brah! What are you so happy face about?" I asked.
"I'm ready, man! I'm ready!" Blaze said excitingly. "I'm ready to fight!"
"Kay! THREE, TWO, ONE, FIGHT!" I yelled as I tackled him, and started pulling backwards on his leg. "SAY COUSIN! SAY COUSIN!" Blaze then suddenly pushes me off from him.
"Not you, hay for brains!" Blaze corrected me.
"Then who?" I asked, and then I gasped. "DID SOMEPONY TALK SMACK ABOUT RAINBOW DASH?!"
"No." Blaze said.
“Candy Cotton?” I asked.
“No.” Blaze said.
"Did somepony stain your Wonderbolt outfit?" I asked.
"No!" Blaze said a little louder.
"Oooooh, was Fluttershy laid out in the sun too long after her apple pie got rotton and clouds fell on the trees?" I asked.
"No- Wait, what?" Blaze asked confusingly. "NO! I told you, I was competing in Fighting is Magic? Remember, to pay my bills?"
"I KNEW IT! I knew it all along! I was just testing you." I lied.
Blaze rolled his eyes. "Yeah, suuure you did."
"SHUT UP! It’s true! So bite my shinny red flank!” I yelled at him.
"So are you still going to be my manager and the Nobles still going to be my corner team?" Blaze asked.
"Absolutely!" I nodded. "We're going to be playing four corners throughout the whole fight!"
"No! You'll be in my corner of the ring, giving me water, and putting ice packs on my cuts and bruises." Blaze corrected me.
"You do know that this fight is fake, right?" I asked.
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Blaze shakes his head. "No, it's quite real."
"It's totally fake, man!" I said.
"Trust me, Iron Will took me to see a few and I saw stallions being taken out of there on stretchers! Mares too! One's collar bone was sticking RIGHT OUT OF HIS SHOULDER!" Blaze said.
“Digital effects.” I said.
“It’s not digital effects if I saw it with my own eyes personally.” Blaze corrected me.
“They’re messing with your eyes. Somepony put something in the drinks maybe.” I thought.
“I didn’t have anything to drink.” Blaze corrected me.
“That’s what the drink WANTS you to think!” I said.
"Alright fine, whatever. We'll just wait until we get to the ring." I said. "We'll see if it's real or fake." Blaze sighed, and just then, a giant snowball was thrown at us.
"SPIKE!" I yelled, but I was wrong, I didn’t see Spike, I saw Mareatron beside us, laughing so hard. “That could’ve hurt us, you know. What would the autobots think of that?”
A while later, Blaze and I picked up Engie, Crystal, Aqua, and Psyche and we walked over to the stadium to sign up for the fight. "I want ice cream!" Crystal whined.
"Can it wait until we get there, Crystal?" Aqua asked.
"BUT I WANT ICE CREAM NOOOOOOOW!" Crystal whined.
"So Blaze, ya think yer ready for this fake fight?" Engie asked.
"It's not fake..... and yes." Blaze said.
"Yes it is fake." I whispered in Engie's ear, and he nodded. Psyche was panting and grunting as he was carrying most of Blaze's stuff.
"Why do I have to carry all this heavy junk?" Psyche asked.
"I'd take that as an advantage, brah. You're carrying the junk of a soon to be champion!" I said.
"I'm not strong you know!" Psyche complained.
"I know, and Engie’s an engineer, Aqua’s too nice, and Crystal’s a girl.” I said.
“What?” Psyche asked. Blaze then walked up to the table to sign up for Fighting is Magic.
"Hmm, where is Iron Will?" Blaze asked.
"Who's that?" Aqua asked.
"My trainer." Blaze said.
"Yeah, he didn't like the trainers I gave him." I said.
"Because they weren't real trainers!" Blaze reminded me.
"And this fight isn't even real either!" I corrected him.
"I keep telling you it is!" Blaze corrected me.
"And I keep telling you it isn't!" I yelled.
"Mates, mates, please! No need to fight. Leave it for the ring, Blaze." Aqua advised him.
"Yeah, Blaze, we'll fight in the ring!" I said.
"No! I'm not fighting you!" Blaze said.
"Well of course you're not gonna fight Aqua." I said to Blaze. “Like I said, he’s too nice.”
"Nopony's fightin’ me." Aqua said.
"I WANT ICE CREAM!" Crystal yelled.
"Aqua, go get Crystal some ice cream." I instructed him.
"Fine." he said as he took Crystal over the ice cream stand to get some ice cream.
So as we were waiting in line for the sign-up sheet, Psyche was panting and struggling to carry Blaze's stuff. "Here Psyche, let me take that." Blaze offered, about to take some of the junk, but then I jumped in the way.
"NO, BLAZE!" I yelled. "We have it under control!" We both looked at Psyche, and he had a hard time breathing, and then I looked back at Blaze. "Just worry about the fight. We'll take care of your stuff." I took some of the stuff Psyche was carrying and I give it to Engie.
"'EY!" Engie cried.
"Take this stuff over to Blaze's dressing room!" I ordered them, and so they did, but struggling to. Didn’t think wrestlers would need that many stuff. Blaze and I walked over to the sign up booth, so Blaze can sign up for the contest.
"Hello! I'd like to sign up for Fighting is Magic, please?" Blaze asked.
"Name." the pony behind the counter asked.
"Blaze Goldheart." he said.
"Blaze Goldheart? You've already been signed up." the counter pony said.
"Really? By who?" Blaze asked as I then started whistling. Blaze then looked over at me and smiled.
"What?" I asked.
"Somepony just whistled." Blaze said.
"Yeah, I was whistling." I said.
"Oh ok, did you sign me up?" Blaze asked.
"No, what made you think that?" I asked.
Blaze shrugged. "I dunno. Where am I supposed to go?" Blaze asked the counter pony.
The counter pony fixed her glasses and said; "Go down the corridors until you find a door with a star on it. Walk downstairs, and find Dressing Room 9."
Blaze nodded. "Thanks!" and he starts walking towards the star door.
"Pssst." I tried to get Blaze's attention.
"What?" Blaze asked.
"I said pssssssssst." I said with some of my saliva spraying on him.
"Eww! Say it, don't spray it!" Blaze said, wiping his face.
"Ssssssssssssssssssssssssounds like I have bracsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssessssssssssssssss." I said spraying more saliva on him.
"Stop it!" Blaze ordered me as he wiped his face. So the two of us walked down the stairs and down the corridor to find some dressing rooms. We counted up the room numbers until we could find it.
"Room 5, room 6, room 7, room 8, room 9, room 10, room 11, room 12...." I said. Blaze suddenly realizes that we skipped his room.
"We passed my room!" Blaze said.
"What room was it again?" I asked.
"Room 9!" Blaze said.
"Well why didn't you say so?" I asked Blaze shoving his face playfully. So we walked back over to Blaze’s dressing room and opened the door. Engie and Psyche were already in there.
"It's about time ya got here." Engie said.
"Wait, how did you....." Blaze was really confused about why they were there before we did.
"Flare already told us the room." Psyche said.
"Oh, alright." Blaze said.
"So what's the plan?" Engie asked.
"I dunno, but my hooves are tired! I can't even move them." Psyche complained. He saw a glass of water near him and he couldn't move his hooves, so he tried to reach his tongue over to the glass in attempt to drink it, but he couldn't reach it.
"Here, use this." Engie suggested as he places a straw near his glass.
"Oh thanks, Engie! Now how am I supposed to put it in?" Psyche asked sarcastically. Psyche looked down at the straw, used to tongue to try to reach it, but all he did was moving it around and pushed it forward. Eventually he accidently pushed the straw on the floor and then he groaned. Next, he just licked the glass. "Bleh! Doesn't anypony ever wash these glasses?"
"Y'all sure you'll be able to fight in this? Ah think ya should use more gun." Engie asked.
No, weapons aren't allowed in the ring." Blaze corrected him. "I can count on you guys, tonight, right?"
"No math, please?" I asked.
"Dang it Flare, he means he wants to know if we have his back, t'night!" Engie said. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Blaze went up to open it, and it was Fluttershy.
"Hey, Blaze!" Flutters said.
"Hey Fluttershy! Is Rainbow and the others with you?" Blaze asked.
"Rainbow and Candy are getting snacks with Crystal and Aqua. I-I hope I'm not intruding." Flutters said.
"Oh no, it's ok! What is it?" Blaze asked.
Flutters got a little nervous. "It's just..... there is something I have yet to tell you."
"And what's that?" Blaze asked. Just then, Rainbow bursted in and hugged Blaze.
"Blaze! I'm so proud of you!" she said excitedly.
"R-Rainbow? Where did you come from?" Blaze asked.
"I went to get snacks. You're gonna do awesome man! I have complete faith in you!" Rainbow said playfully punching him on the shoulder.
Thanks! I honestly thought you wouldn't approve of this!" Blaze said smiling.
"Oh it's okay! I know you can take care of yourself! It's Candy I'm worried about." Rainbow said rolling her eyes.
"What?" Blaze asked.
"She's being reckless! She keeps doing dangerous stunts and I have to end up rescuing her. Then she punched me in the eye!" Rainbow said revealing her black and blue eye.
"Darn! Why would should do that?" Blaze asked.
"She keeps telling me she can take care of herself, but I think she's too young to look after herself. Then she said I'm too much like dad." Rainbow explained upsettingly.
"Well, I think you two need to-" Blaze was about to explain, but they got interrupted by the stage manager.
"Goldheart, two minutes!" the stage manager said.
"Oh, I gotta go! Sorry! Good to know you're here!" Blaze said kissing Rainbow on the cheek and then starts flying off to the ring.
"But Blaze! Wait!" Flutters yelled out.
"Sorry I gotta go!" Blaze said as he ran out, oh wait didn’t I say flying out? Eh, I wasn’t paying much attention. Flutters then just looks at Blaze as he flies out, and then she looks down to the floor, feeling really worried.
Out there around the ring, it was full of ponies, cheering and chanting out as Mayor Mare started hosting the contest. "FILLIES AND GENTLECOLTS! WELCOME TO PONYVILLE'S ANNUEL, FIGHTING IS MAGIC!" The audience cheered and cried out. "Now before we start our championship battle, we'll have some of our contestants fighting each other until the final showdown." the Mayor said.
"Totally fake." Engie said shaking his head.
"In this corner! We have a white pegasus pony who loves to do steroids! He's a member of the Wonderbolt Academy and takes things up to the extreme! Give it up for Bulk Biceps!" the Mayor said introducing Bulk.
"YEEEEEEAAAAH!" he yelled.
"In this corner, the new comer, the famous Half Pony, Half Dragon, BLAZE GOLDHEART!" the Mayor cried out. Blaze waved to the audience and showed off his dragon breath.
"Good luck, Blaze and be careful." Aqua said.
"Thanks, Aqua!" Blaze said.
"You can do it, Blaze!" Crystal said.
"I know I can, Crystal!" Blaze said.
"You'll do great, Blaze!" Psyche said.
Blaze patted Psyche on the back and said, "Shut up, Psyche."
"Get ready to fight! Those whose shoulders touch the ground for 10 seconds wins!" the Mayor said as Blaze and Bulk Biceps walked towards the center of the ring, smirking at eachother. "ROUND ONE!" The bell rings.
"YEEEEAAAAH! You’re going down, Goldheart!" Bulk yelled as he grabbed Blaze's shoulders.
“In your dreams, Bulk! Actually… not even in your dreams.” Blaze taunted as he too grabbed Bulk’s shoulders. “Also didn’t we fight already and I beat you back in the gym?”
“That was just practice. This is the real deal! I’M ALL MUSCLE… AND TEDDY BEARS!” Bulk yelled.
Blaze started to chuckle. “Teddy bears?”
“THEY’RE MANLY!” Bulk yelled. So the two continued to wrestle, and the both were struggling really hard to get each other down.
"Hey! Let go!" Blaze demanded as he kicked him in the stomach. Bulk barely felt that; his abs are as hard as mithril. Bulk just chuckled as he then picked Blaze up and slammed him onto the ground.
"YEEEEEEEEAH!" Bulk yelled.
“Wish I had a bit every time he said that.” Blaze mumbled to himself, and then he asked him out loud, “Don’t you ever get tired of saying that?!”
"NOOOOOOOOO!" Bulk yelled as he punched Blaze in the face, rapidly like a machine gun.
"ROUND OVER!" the mayor announced. Blaze and Bulk then walked back to their corners.
"How you doing, Blaze?" I asked as Engie sprayed water in his mouth and Psyche was holding up a bucket hoping that Blaze spits the water in there, but instead, Blaze spits the water on Psyche's face, completely missing the bucket.
"Not too good." Blaze said.
"That was only a warm-up round, but you can do it, brah! You can win this! Those punches were just to kick you into shape!" I said as I play punched him on his shoulder.
"Or in this case, punch ya into shape." Aqua teased.
"Not funny, Aqua." Blaze said.
"Sorry." Aqua said.
"Who's gonna be the champion of the world?" I asked Blaze.
"I am." Blaze said.
"I can't hear you, Blaze! WHO'S GONNA BE THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD?!" I asked him louder.
"I am!" Blaze said a little louder.
"WHAT?!" I yelled out.
"I AM!" Blaze yelled the loudest he can be.
"WHAT ARE YOU GONNA BE?!" I yelled.
"THE CHAMPION!" Blaze yelled.
"OF THE WHAT?!" I yelled.
"OF THE WORLD!" Blaze yelled out.
"AND WE'LL KEEP ON FIGHTING TO THE END!" I sang.
"AAAH! You guys are too loud! My ear drums!" Psyche complained as he inserts his inhaler in his mouth.
“If your ears hurt, why are you putting your inhaler in your mouth?” Engie asked.
“All this screaming is also giving me an asthma attack.” Psyche said.
"ROUND 2!" the mayor called out. Blaze and Bulk Biceps went up to the center of the ring and the bell rung again.
"YEEEAAAH!" Bulk Biceps yelled; as Blaze smacked him in the face with his wings, Bulk snorted and started charging at him. Blaze dodges out of the way which makes Bulk charge towards the ropes, and the ropes moved back like a rubber band as Bulk runs into them; like a sling-shot, Bulk then he flies towards Blaze, tackling him, but as Bulk was trying to tackle him; Blaze sticks his arm out and rams it into his neck so he trip. Bulk isn’t very clumsy though when it doesn’t come to flying, so he grabs Blaze's head and puts him in a head-lock.
"AAAH! LET GO!" Blaze yelled.
"Say cousin! Say cousin!" Bulk demanded squeezing his head tighter.
"No! I'm not giving up!" Blaze yelled.
"Then you will meet your destiny!" Bulk said as he picked Blaze up and was just about to throw him on the ground, but luckily for him, Blaze manages to flip him over and off his grip.
As Blaze poses and was just about to make his next move, Bulk then suddenly kicks Blaze in the knee and then Blaze falls, holds his knee and goes, "Ssssssssss! Ahhhhh! Sssssssss! Ahhhhhhhhh!" Bulk Biceps then kicks Blaze in the face and Blaze starts collapsing on the floor in slow-mo as saliva drools out of his mouth. Right after, Bulk Biceps just sits on him.
“THIS IS WHAT I DO, I SIT ON YOU!” Bulk yelled on Blaze’s face. “YEEEAH! NOW TELL ME WHAT I WANT FOR HEARTH’S WARMING, SANTA!”
The mayor started counting down, "1.... 2..... 3...... 4...... 5....."
"GET OFF ME! GROSS!" Blaze yelled.
"6.... 7...." the mayor continued.
"GET OFF!" Blaze yelled trying to push him off.
"8.... 9...." the mayor continued.
Blaze’s eyes and body began to glow. "I SAID GET OFF!" Blaze yelled as a huge shockwave pushes Bulk off of him. Bulk starts flying in air. Blaze got up and was ready to finish the fight. As Bulk was falling, Blaze gives Bulk a swift buck in the face, but not alone, with the help of his phoenix powers. That buck was so strong, Bulk begins to feel a little dizzy. He just stood on his hind-legs, rocking back and forth, looking like he was about to pass out.
"FINISH HIM!" the Mortal Kombat announcer voice yelled. Blaze then unleashes a barrage of punches to Bulk’s face, kinda similar to Dragon Ball Z’s punch frenzies.
“BABABABABABABABABABABABABA!” Blaze yells as he frenzies Bulk’s face. After enough punches, Bulk collapses on the ground, and then Blaze pins him down, making sure he doesn’t get back up.
The mayor then counted down all the way to 10, and Blaze has won. Blaze raises his hooves in the air and yells, "YEEEEEEEEEAAAAHHH!”
"Oh shut up! Get your own quotes!” Bulk complained.
Blaze then kicked him while he was down, and said, "Shut up! I won!"
"WOO! Great job, Blaze!” I yelled in excitement. “Championships! Here we come!"
Blaze nods. "Totally!"
“Yeah totally, like OMG! Did you see her hair?” I said in a teenage filly’s voice.
“Let us rise to the top and claim our victory!” Engie said.
“OUR victory, Engie.” Blaze corrected him.
“That’s what ah said.” Engie reminded him.
“Oh, sorry, I thought you were… umm… yeah.” Blaze said.
“Yeah, ah was umm yeahing.” Engie said. “Can’t stop my umm yeahin’, partner.”
So, another montage comes on, but a fighting montage this time, with an instrumental version of the Final Countdown playing in the background. In the beginning of the song, it shows Blaze wiping his sweat, grabbing his towel, drinking some water, and getting ready to fight. Blaze then starts walking slow-mo over to the ring with a towel on his shoulder; as he was walking slow-mo to the ring, he slowly trips and falls from a soda cup that was laying on the ground, and right after, he slowly stands back up, and then afterwards, I slowly walked over to him with a lawsuit contract, and then he slowly signed it as he continued to slow walk to the ring. Just as Blaze was slowly walking to the ring, Crystal walks by him in a normal speed. “Blaze, are what are you doing? Can’t you just cut to the chase? You’re boring everypony.” Crystal complained.
“Fine. Ruin the moment.” Blaze complained. When the music gets a little, he starts having epic fights with other contestants like Ace; you know that tennis pony from the Call of the Cutie episode? Blaze had his trouble with him, but he was able to win that one. Blaze has been fighting tougher and tougher opponents each time, including a champion griffin, a champion buffalo from the Appleloosa tribe, a champion superhero otherwise known as The Thing from the Fantastic Four, and even the cute little Laura Limpin from KND.
“Hi! I’m Laura Limpin! What’s your name?” Laura asked adorably to Blaze.
“No, no, I’m not fighting a little girl.” Blaze said.
“Little? Did you just call me… little?” Laura asked.
“Yeah I hate that too.” I said. Just then, that little girl transformed into a mutated beast known as The Big Badolescent, and I must admit, Blaze had a very hard time with her but he was able to defeat her. Don’t worry, there’s no hitting in wrestling, so Blaze isn’t hitting a little girl that turned into a mutated monster, because I think the same rules apply when it comes to hitting but this is wrestling, no hitting included.
During the montage, Noble Six, the Rainbow, Candy Cotton, and I cheered in the background, and Fluttershy was still feeling kidna worried. When Blaze is on his breaks, Fluttershy kept trying to warn him about Iron Will, but she keeps getting interrupted or Blaze just doesn’t bother listening. During his fights though, Blaze has been getting more and more stressed and alot more dangerous. Blaze has been getting way more aggressive during his breaks or before and after the fights because when Aqua squirts water in Blaze’s mouth, he spits it back at him instead of Psyche, which isn’t right because Aqua doesn’t deserve it. Something was very clearly wrong with him. The montage ended with a big punch on Blaze’s nose and the music cuts off from there.
The next day came after that last fight, so Rainbow, Pinkie, and I were waiting for Blaze at the shop so we can have our double-date. "And then she said, you wanna buy a taco with that?" Pinkie joked and laughed. "A taco, can you believe it?"
"I.... I don't get it." Rainbow said.
"What's not to get?" Pinkie asked.
"You just said, 'And then she said, you wanna buy a taco with that?' nothing before that." Rainbow said.
"Hey, you wanna see something cool?" Pinkie asked as she takes my salt and peper shakers from the table and then inserts them in her nose. "Ta da!"
"Do you have a problem with this, Flare?" Rainbow asked.
"Not at all! She's my special somepony now; she can do what she wants!" I said. “I find everything she does attractive; even when she staples papers. Ooo mama!”
“Mama, where? I don’t see Mama Gun anywhere!” Pinkie said as she looks around my shop for my mom. Just then, Pinkie suddenly sneezes the pepper shaker out of her nose and it hits Bon Bon in the head as she was carrying a tray of dishes back to the kitchen.
“OW! Hey!” Bonnie yelled as she drops all the dishes and they all break.
“How about now?” Rainbow asked me.
“Nope, still attractive.” I admitted. "So, Rainbow, how's the situation with Candy?"
"Not very good, Flare. I nearly died today when she was flying away from that train. Kids never learn, do they?" Rainbow asked.
"She's only ten, Rainbow. I'm sure she'll come through to her senses." I said. While I was talking, Crèmepop opens the front door of my shop and was about to go inside. Spike notices that I’m with Pinkie currently, and Spike had to keep his promise to Crèmepop, so he started running towards the door.
"You wanna try to go to therapy? Maybe that can help your sibling problem." I suggested to Rainbow as Spike slammed the door shut and locking it before Crème was able to come inside.
"Therapy? Uh, that's not how I roll, Flare." Rainbow said.
"No, but I'm sure you roll like this!" Pinkie said as she jumps on the floor and begins to roll around the floor from next to us to under the table. “Oh hey, free gum!”
"I wonder when Blaze is gonna come?” I asked.
"I wonder too, he should've got here 20 minutes ago!" Rainbow complained.
"These fights are really going through his head, isn't it?" I asked.
"Yeah, and he's been really stressed out lately because of it. I dunno what's going on." Rainbow said.
"Reminds me of that Maroon 5 music video." I said.
"Which one?" Rainbow asked.
“How am I supposed to know? I don’t watch his videos.” I said.
The side door was kicked open by Blaze and then he angrily walked towards our table, all bruised up. Crème eventually saw the side door open and she ran towards it, but by the time Blaze sat down with us, Spike ran to the side door and boarded it up, and then Crème just slams into side window instead and then her face starts sliding down.
"Wow, Blaze! You look like you got hit by a truck!" Pinkie said and giggled.
"No, you saw what happened to me!" Blaze said, sitting next to Rainbow.
"Where have you been? You're 20 minutes later!" Rainbow said to him.
"You know where I've been!" Blaze said nasty to Rainbow.
"So Blaze, did you hear the news? I got a couple of new employees to work at the Canterlot shop!" I said.
"That's good." Blaze said.
"Yeah, and they're both Crystal ponies! One's name is Check Mate and the other's name is Honey Tone." I said.
"Well, that's good!" Blaze said. Derpy then walks by with a box of pizza, but then she trips over and accidentally drops the pizza on Blaze.
"Woops! Sorry, Blaze!" Derpy said.
"AAGH!" Blaze shouted and stood up. I had to help relieve the stress so I suddenly change the scene to those pictures of puppies from before along with the flashing ‘de-stress’ in the center of it all, and I used that same exact relaxation music in the background, but this time, the music goes a little faster. Afterwards, the scene changes back to my shop with Blaze yelling at Derpy. "Sorry's not gonna cut it you lazy eyes doofus!"
"BLAZE!" Rainbow yelled at him.
"You saw what happened!" Blaze yelled.
"It was an accident! Calm down!" Rainbow said.
"Yeah!" Derpy agreed.
"This doesn't concern you, dumb eyes!" Blaze insulted her. Derpy then immediately starts crying and runs into the kitchen.
"DITZY!" I yelled out. "B-R-B for a sec." I got up and ran into the kitchen with her to help her calm down, and then Blaze sits back down.
"Oooo! Blaze is mister grumpy pants today!" Pinkie smiled and said.
"Shut up you pink lame brain!" Blaze yelled at her. Pinkie's mane deflates and then she just sits down quietly.
"Blaze! This isn't like you! What's wrong?" Rainbow asked.
"Nothing is wrong with me!" Blaze yelled.
"Blaze, I think you need to calm down for a sec." Rainbow said putting her arm around him.
"Don't touch me! I don't need to calm down!" Blaze yelled, slapping her hoof away.
Rainbow gasped and said; "Well if you're gonna be like that, I'm going home! You come when you calm down!" she angrily flies out of the shop.
"Fine! Go! I don't need you!" Blaze yelled at her, and then he turned to Pinkie and said to her, “I don't know what her problem is."
Pinkie was shaking in fright. "M-m-me neither!"
"You alright?" Blaze asked.
"DON'T HURT ME!" Pinkie yelled as she ran over to the bar counter and hid behind it.
"Alright, I got the garlic rolls ready! Who wants garlic rolls?" I asked everypony, as I came out with a tray of garlic rolls. "Blaze you want a hot steamy garlic roll?"
"No I don't!" Blaze said angrily.
"Calms an angry pony down!" I said with a smile.
"I'm not angry!" Blaze yelled at me.
"Ok if you say so, man. You mad bro?” I teased. “Here take a garlic roll.”
"I don't want one!" Blaze shouted at me.
I then held the tray close to his face and suggested, "Are you sure? Just smell them! They're delicious!"
"I DON'T WANT A GARLIC ROLL!" Blaze yelled as he slapped the tray of garlic rolls out of my hoof, and they all fall on the floor.
"GASP! That's gonna cost you!" I said angrily towards him.
"No way! You always say the food is on the house!" Blaze yelled.
"When you eat them properly! What in the Wizard of Hope's name is your problem, dude?" I asked.
"I don't have a problem! You have a problem!" Blaze yelled.
“Ok Blaze, remember: just think of the puppies, it’s gonna be ok, just think of the puppies. It’s gonna be ok, think of the puppies.” I instructed him as photos of puppies began sliding through the screen. “It’s gonna be ok, think of the puppies. Think of the puppies, it’s-“
“SHUT UP!” Blaze yelled.
"If you wanna yell at me, can it be somewhere else? You're scaring away the customers." I advised him as all the customers in the shop started to run out, trampling on Spike on the way. Pinkie attempts to tip-hoof out and Cremepop walks inside. "NO, WAIT! COME BACK!" I yelled. "Sigh...."
"Let em go! This is terrible service anyway!" Blaze said.
"Blaze.... I think you should go now. I'll see you at the last challenge tonight." I said while not looking at him and with an angry look on my face, but I still said calmly. "Now good day, sir."
"Fine! Your pizza SUCKS anyway!" Blaze yelled as he threw a pizza in the back of my head as I didn’t move a muscle. “I’m too PUMPED for this!”
"I SAID, good day, sir." I still said calmly. Blaze then flew off and Crème walked over to me worriedly and we both just looked at each other worryingly. “Hey where have you been, Crème? Didn’t your lunch break end 10 minutes ago?”
“I tried coming in but Spike locked all the doors.” Crème said.
“Bet he tried to keep the customers at bay, good boy, Spike!” I said to him.
“Ugggggggh, no problem.” Spike said in pain as he was flattened in the floor by the stampede of customers.
Later that day, I went over to the championships at the arena, waiting in the dressing room for Blaze along with the other Noble Six. I told them what's happening to Blaze. “So this championship is going through his head, right?” Aqua asked.
“Wish I had a bit every time somepony repeats what I said.” I complained.
“Wish I had a bit every time somepony repeats what I said.” Crystal teased as she gives me a bit.
“Wowie! Thanks, Crystal!” I said.
“Wowie! Thanks, Crystal!” Crystal repeated as she gave me another bit.
“So what are we going to do about this?” Psyche asked.
“Not sure really; should let him win under these circumstances? Teach him a lesson?” I asked.
“Is that what are you really want to do, Flare? Sacrifice Blaze’s winnings just to teach him a lesson?” Psyche asked.
“Come to think of it, he does need the money pay off debt.” I said.
“Exactly, if we make him lose, it risks putting him, Rainbow Dash, and Candy Cotton out into the street.” Psyche said. “So he needs the money to pay off debt.” Just then, Crystal gives me another bit.
“What’s this for?” I asked.
“Psyche just repeated what you said.” Crystal reminded me.
“Oh, gotcha!” I nodded.
Just then, Blaze eventually comes and walks in angrily. "Sup brah?" I asked.
"What do you want?" Blaze asked.
"Tonight's the big night!" Crystal said.
"Ah hope ya win! Ah can't believe ya made it to the championships!" Aqua said excitingly.
“I WILL WIN! I WILL! I’M SO PUMPED RIGHT NOW! I can feel the adrenaline soaring around my body!” Blaze yelled. “UGH! Why did I have to say Soarin’s name? THAT JERK!”
“What do you have against Soarin?” Engie asked.
“He’s trying to steal my thunder by being a better Wonderbolt than I! Well next time he’ll think twice because I’m so going to kick his flank next time we meet!” Blaze said.
“Blaze, maybe you should sit down.” Engie suggested.
"Fine, whatever!” Blaze said angrily as he walked over to Aqua. “Can you get off of my chair?
"Oh this is yer chair? Sorry." Aqua said as he got out of his chair.
Crystal then ran up to Blaze and hugged him. "I'm so proud of you, Blaze! You’re going to be a champion!”
"Get off of me!" Blaze pushed her off of him.
"After this, we're having a big party over at Sugarcube Corner for your victory, Blaze!" Psyche said excitedly.
"SHUT UP, PSYCHE!" Blaze yelled at him the angriest.
"Alright, partner. What in tarnation are ya gettin all worked up about?" Engie asked.
"I'm not worked up over anything!" Blaze said.
"Well, you sure are working up a good sweat tonight! LAWL!" I teased him.
"Shut up, Flare!" Blaze said rudely.
"You mean Psyche right?" I asked.
"HEY!" Psyche complained.
"No! I mean you!" Blaze yelled at me.
"You? Who's you? There's nopony named 'you' around here." I teased.
"YOU! YOU FLARE!" Blaze yelled at me. "I'M SICK OF YOUR DUMB JOKES! I'M SICK OF YOUR DISGUSTING PIZZA! I'M.... SICK..... OF OF YOU! AAAAAAAAAH!” Just as Blaze was screaming, the scene immediately changes into those puppy pictures from earlier with the word ‘de-stressed’ flashing in the center, and that same relaxing song plays in the background once again, but it plays backwards. When that moment with the puppies was over, Blaze continued to yell at me. “In fact, don't even bother showing up at the party after the match! You're not my friend!"
"I'M NOT YOUR BUDDY, GUY!” I teased and chuckled. “C’mon say it with me, Blaze! Say ‘I’m not your guy, friend’, and then we keep switching it around.”
"Well, if he’s going to be that way, then I’m sorry Blaze, but I quit." Aqua said as he walks out.
“Well CURSE YOU too, Aqua! You big wimp!” Blaze yelled at him. “By the way, I am NOT sorry that I bumped into you that other day!”
“I really don’t care.” Aqua said.
"Yeah, yer bein a jerk right now, partner." Engie agreed as he following Aqua out.
"I totally second that!" Psyche said as he followed Engie.
"YOU'RE MEAN!" Crystal said as she stuck her tongue out at him, and she walks out with them.
"WAIT! You can't quit!" Blaze begged.
"Don't worry, Blaze! I won't quit on you. You're my loyal friend, and I'll stand by your side until the end!" I said as I smiled at him.
Blaze started to calm down and he gave out a little sigh. "I.... I don't know what's going on, man!" he said upsettingly.
"You're stressed out, bro. I've been where you are, and I'll never abandon you, brah!" I said as I placed my arm around him.
"Thanks, man." he said with a small smile.
"I know you didn't mean all that. You'd never replace me as your manager. Because if you did.... then that's the only time I'll go." I said. Just as I open the door, I see Mareatron outside.
"Blaze, three minutes." he said.
"Blaze. W-what is Mareatron doing here?" I asked. "Why is he wearing a manager outfit? Why does he have a picture of you and him in his wallet? Why is he holding the manager clipboard?" I asked as I grabbed the clipboard from him.
"I'm his new manager!" Mareatron said.
"NEW MANAGER?!" I gasped.
"Yeah, I think during my rage, I given you a replacement...... sorry." Blaze said.
"Sorry? SORRY?!" I yelled.
"Oh, oh, oh, oh, oooooooooh!" Blaze started laughing really hard. I got really angry, and started walking out.
"Flare don't leave!" Blaze begged but he still continued laughing on the floor. "Flare don't...." I walked out already and slammed the door.
"FLAAAAAAAAAARE!" he yelled out. I then opened the door again and went back inside. "I LOVE YOU!"
"NO I'M DONE! I'M REALLY DONE!" I yelled.
"No you're not!" Blaze said.
"THIS IS HORSE JUNK! THIS IS REALLY HORSE JUNK!" I yelled.
"I can't...." Blaze laughed even harder and harder. "I CAN'T GET UP!"
"WHAT IS THIS?!" I yelled.
"I CAN'T GET UP!" Blaze continued laughing.
"WHAT IS THIS?!" I yelled again.
"I'M STUCK!" Blaze continued laughing.
"WHAT IS MY LIFE?!" I yelled. Blaze continued laughing and started slamming on the table.
"I CAN'T DO IT, BLAZE!" I yelled. "I CAN'T EVER DO IT!"
"ALRIGHT WHATEVER! YOU CAN GIVE UP NOW OR YOU CAN BEAT IT UP! BECAUSE I CERTAINLY CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU, AND I KNOW YOU CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT ME!" Blaze yelled.
"I appreciate it..... BUT LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, MAN!" I yelled, pointing to Mareatron.
"Heh... Flare!" Blaze said.
"You gotta draw the line somewhere!" I yelled.
"Flare." Blaze said.
"YOU GOTTA DRAW THE LINE IN THE SANIT, DUDE!" I yelled.
"Flare!" Blaze said.
"You gotta make a statement! You gotta look inside yourself and say: What am I willing to put up with today? NOT FLIPPIN’ THIS!" I yelled in his face.
"ERRRA!!!! I'M SUPBREH- I BELIEVE I CAN FLYYYYYYYY!" Blaze sang and started flying. "I believe!" Blaze continued to laugh. "That was a beautiful little moment we just had, right Flare?" I just shook my head and I just walked out through the big hole on the wall where Mareatron entered the building. "Flare? Flare where are you?" Blaze looked around but I was already gone. He then got angry again. "FINE!!!! GO!!!! I DON'T NEED YOU!!! GOOD RIDDANCE!!! I CAN DO THIS MYSELF! YOU HEAR ME?! I CAN-" Just then, I changed the scene once more, but they weren’t pictures of puppies this time. It was pictures of very bad dogs, very angry, and the word ‘STRESS’ started flashing in the center of it all, and instead of relaxing soothing music in the background, it was death metal music, that’s how stressful this was.
Once the scene was over, Blaze started breathing heavily, and then after a few moments, Blaze started to cry, and then he suddenly slapped himself in the face. "NO! No tears! Not yet! There's still work to be done! I can win this championship still! I’ll show them! I’ll show them all!"
So Blaze just marched outside, and went out into the ring. The mayor was just about to announce the final fight. "FILLES AND GENTLECOLTS! WELCOME TO THE FINAL ROUND FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF FIGHTING.... IS.... MAGIC!" the mayor yelled out. "In this corner, we have our semi-champion: Blaze Goldheart!" Blaze faked a smile and waved at everypony.
"And in this corner! He's a Minotaur, and he trains ponies to be the toughest of the tough! Put your hooves together for Iron Will!" the mayor said.
Iron Will slammed his fist into the ground of the ring and said; "Once we begin this round, Iron will slam this tiny pony RIGHT TO THE GROUND!”
"WHAT?!?!" Blaze yelled. "But if I knew you were going to fight me, why did you train me?"
"HA! Iron Will trains to tire ponies out, and also to find out their weaknesses! Iron Will knows you're half-dragon with phoenix powers and Iron Will knows your species’ weakness now!" Iron Will said with an evil chuckle.
“So you’re the champion, huh?” Blaze asked.
“Before Iron Will started training ponies, he was a professional championship wrestle, and to protect his title, Iron Will must go back into the ring from time to time and make sure he remains at the position of being a lean-mean wrestling machine!” Iron Will explained as he shows Blaze some of his assertive fighting moves.
"Whatever, I'll still beat you!" Blaze yelled at him.
"Not without your team you're not!" Iron Will said mischievously.
Just then, Blaze knew this was Iron Will's plan all along to cheat and win the money for himself, and to remain as the champion of Ponyville wrestling. "Oh.... crud." Blaze said.
"HA! Look at you, Goldheart! You're probably too tired to fight! You should quit now while you still have your head intact!" Iron Will taunted at him.
"Blaze! Blaze!" Fluttershy yelled out and ran to him.
"What?!" Blaze yelled over at Flutters.
"I tried to warn you! Why didn't you listen? Well.... I know you had more important things to do, but still.... I know Iron Will's plans! He's cheap and he cheats. He trained me to be aggressive once, and I almost lost my friends." Fluttershy explained.
"And I just did lose my friends." Blaze said sadly.
"I know, Blaze, and we can fix that later, but you have to win this." Fluttershy said as she grabbed his tank top and said aggressively, "Do this for your family!" Blaze looks up in the audience and sees Rainbow Dash and Candy rooting for him.
"Right!” he nodded. “For my family!"
"Go get 'em tiger!" Flutters rooted for him.
"Iron Will, I'll KILL you for making me lose my friends!" Blaze taunted at him.
"You can try." Iron Will said mischievously.
"ROUND ONE!" the mayor announced as the bell rung. Firstly, Blaze delivered a big punch on Iron Will's face, which didn’t even hurt him a bit. In fact, that punch felt as hard as stone to Blaze.
"When somepony tries to fight, show them how you bite!" Iron Will said as he then delivers a bigger punch on Blaze's face and he falls down to the ground. He rolls over, rubs his face a bit, and then kicks Iron Will in the stomach, which didn’t really hurt him either, but it helped him gain momentum as he flies over to the rubber bands on one of the sides of the ring. Iron Will leans back into the rubber bands and sling shots himself to tackle Blaze, but Blaze moves out of the way so he'll miss, but didn't expect for Iron Will to grab his ankle and slam him onto the ground multiple times. Iron Will then grabs Blaze's mane and says; "You're weak!"
Blaze kicks him in the stomach and says; "YOU ARE!" Then Blaze starts kicking him and beating him all over. Now Iron Will actually did feel a little pain there, in fact, after Blaze did one more kick on his face, Iron Will collapsed on the ground, and laid there.
The mayor counted down; "1.... 2.... 3.... 4..... 5....." Everypony was in suspense. "6...... 7.... 8..... 9....." Just then, Iron Will got back up quickly as if he wasn't hurt at all.
“HA! Just kidding!” Iron Will said mischievously as he throws a jar full of dark magic on Blaze. The jar broke and dark magic started spreading all over Blaze. Blaze started screaming in pain and became weaker and weaker. Iron Will laughed. "Your phoenix powers won't help you this time, Goldheart! That dark magic drained them; temporarily though, but it’ll still take a while for them to come back.”
Blaze struggled to get up and said angrily, "I don't need my phoenix powers to beat you!"
"Now all I have to do is get rid of your dragon powers." Iron Will said mischievously, holding up a bottle of Mountain Dew.
Blaze gasped. "No! Not Mountain Dew! You wouldn't dare!" He started backing up slowly.
"Try me!" Iron Will said, walking closer to him. Blaze was about to fly away, but Iron Will grabbed his wing and forced the mountain dew in Blaze's mouth. Mountain Dew, is a dragon's Tabasco sauce, REALLY SPICY! Blaze started tearing up and screaming as he swallowed the Mountain Dew. Iron Will laughed really hard. As Blaze mouth swollen up and is unable to talk, he just continues to fight Iron Will regardless.
“Whoa, whoa! Isn’t this against the rules!” Rainbow Dash complained. “This is wrestling!”
“This is the championships, Rainbow Dash.” Candy Cotton said worriedly. “There are no rules in championships.”
Iron Will begins to beat the living poop out of Blaze and takes him down hard. Blaze was in major pain and was defenseless against Iron Will. "This is the end of Blaze Goldheart!" he said as he then took a whole barrel of mountain dew from the snack bar, and he dumped it all over Blaze. Blaze started screaming and collapsed on the ground. He was wiggling around like a worm, unable to get up, as the mayor counted down.
Fluttershy went up to the ring and tried to get him up. "BLAZE! Get up! You have to finish this!" But Blaze was unable to get up. He just looked at Fluttershy with his swollen mouth that looks a lot like the 'Forever Alone' face.
"1.... 2..... 3..... 4....." the Mayor counted down.
"GET UP, BLAZE!" Fluttershy shook him.
"5..... 6..... 7....." the Mayor continued.
"DON'T GIVE UP! You still have a chance!" Flutters yelled at him.
"8.... 9..... 10.... OUT!" the Mayor yelled. "Iron Will wins!" Fluttershy started to get really upset.
Blaze was finally able to talk again afterwards, and he said to her, "It.... it's ok..... I'll find another way to..... get the money I need."
“Blaze…” Flutters mumbled.
“I was hard on my team. The championships got into my head, b-but… that’s… not the only thing that stressed me out.” Blaze admitted. Fluttershy started to tear up, and then she got really angry.
"NO!" she yelled. "I CHALLENGE YOU, IRON WILL!"
"It looks like we have a new challenger!" the Mayor said.
“Wow, wish I had a bit every time somepony repeated what I said.” Flutters complained.
“That’s what I said!” Crystal yelled.
“Wait… Cr-Crystal?” Blaze asked curiously. He weakly starts to ascend his head for a better view and he saw Crystal, me, and the rest of the Noble Six out in front of the bleachers, rooting out for him.
“You… you didn’t leave me.” Blaze said happily as he teared up, but was still too weak to move.
“So do you accept my challenge?” Flutters asked Iron Will.
Iron Will laughed. "HA! You can't fight! You're just a little weakling like you always were! You couldn't even last being assertive!"
"No, I can't, because I hurt my friends, and I WILL NOT stand by and see the same fate happen to my friend Blaze!" Fluttershy shouted at him.
"You're too kind to fight! Besides, even if you could fight Iron Will, he'd still WIN!" he taunted her.
"I'll be the judge of that!" Fluttershy said as she put on her headband and wrist bands. "LET'S DO THIS!"
"Flutter..... no!" Blaze weakly said.
"I will not let this monster ruin you!" Fluttershy said to Blaze.
"He's too dangerous!" Blaze yelled.
"I know what he's capable of." she said as she then growled at Iron Will. The bell then suddenly rung and the instrumental of Eye of the Tiger began playing in the background.
"I'll let you strike the first move." Iron Will said with a smile.
"Your mistake." Flutters said mischievously as the two of them started strafing around the wrestling ring, just staring at eachother mischievously until one of them strikes the first move. Once the music started to get a little more upbeat, Fluttershy started charging at him. Fluttershy gave Iron Will a big POW on the face, a big KICK in the stomach, a little TICKLE TICKLE TICKLE, and a big FINISH under the chin, but it wasn’t enough to defeat this monster. Iron Will still had a big advantage.
“Oh you’re just asking for it now!” Iron Will said mischievously.
“I am!” Flutters said mischievously as she lets out a quiet “Yay!”
“Hmm… I’ll go easy on you, Fluttershy. Let’s wrestle the proper way, without hitting or kicking eachother.” Iron Will suggested.
“Bring it on!” Flutters said. I gotta say, the two of them were really doing well in this round. It was hard to tell who was going to win. I never thought Fluttershy would wrestle so well. As the two were fighting, I began to sing a different version of Eye of the Tiger on the narration microphone.
“Fat and weak… what a disgrace. Guess the champ got to lazy.” I sang. “Ain’t gonna fly now he’s just taking up space; sold his gloves, threw his eggs down the draaaaaaain. But he’s no bum, he works down the street; he bought the neighborhood deli. Back on his feet, now he’s chopping up meat, come inside, maybe you’ll hear him saaaaaay…” I then ran up to Iron Will and Fluttershy to show them two different choices of bread. “Try the, rye or the kaiser, they’re our special tonight, if you want you can have an appetizer. You might love our salami and the liver’s alright, and they’d really go well with the ryyyyyyyye… or the kaiser!”
“You can’t win, Fluttershy! You’re too soft, and you always will be!” Iron Will taunted her as the two continued wrestling, and I continued to sing.
“So today, his deli comes first, still he dreams of his past days of glory… walks in the back and beats up on the liverwurst, all the while you can still hear him say… it’s the, rye or the kaiser, it’s the thrill of one bite, let me please be your catering advisor. If you want substitutions, I won’t put up a fight. You can have your roast beef on the ryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyye… or the kaiser!” Dun… dun dun dun… dun dun dun… dun dun duuuuuun. “The rye or the kaiser!” Dun… dun dun dun.... dun dun dun… dun dun duuuuuun. “The rye or the kaiser!” Yeah so that last part just got repeated until the end.
Why did you listen to me sing though? I mean, by listening to me sing, you just missed half of the fight between Iron Will and Fluttershy. Iron Will started weakingly rocking around because he started to get tired, but Fluttershy was still pumped up as ever. Just then, Fluttershy mischievously gives Iron Will a little blow, and the wind from her blow made Iron Will topple over and collapse on the ground.
“1… 2…. 3….. 4…. 5….” The Mayor started counting down, leaving everypony in suspense. “6… 7…. 8…. 9…..” Iron Will tried to get up but he couldn’t, he was too weak. We knew he was finished. “…. 10…. OUT! Fluttershy is our new champion!” Everypony started cheering at Fluttershy, and even though Flutters was a little too shy to do bow, she was pretty happy to win the wrestling championship. Fluttershy decided to give out a few roars to the crowd, but as she was doing so, she gave a little cute hiccup which made her blush.
Iron Will got up angrily and said to Fluttershy; “You stole my championship from me. YOU STEAL MY CHAMPIONSHIP, I’LL MESS WITH YOU-” But before he can continue making that quote, Candy Cotton gives him a big kick in the face and he passes out.
“See, sis? I TOLD YOU I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF!” Candy yelled out.
“Well… I certainly misjudged you, little sis. I guess I was being a little overprotective. I’m sorry.” Rainbow said.
“YOU KNOW WHAT, DASH?!” Candy yelled angrily at her, but then Candy gives her a big hug. “You’re the most awesome sister ever!”
Rainbow hugged back. “I agree! I am awesome, aren’t I?” Rainbow looked over and saw Blaze trying to get up.
“Uggghhh!” Blaze said, rubbing his head.
“Blaze, are you ok?” Rainbow asked.
“No… I’m not ok. I failed. I didn’t get the money. I’m right back to square one, and the worse part is…. I lost my friends.” Blaze said sadly.
“No you didn’t, brah!” I said, giving him a pat on the back.
“Flare?! B-but…. You left!” Blaze said.
“No completely. I wanted you to think we left. I planned this out with the Noble Six along. We’d never leave you; we wanted you to come to your senses, and Fluttershy was the one that brought them back!” I said.
“Oh… well… it was nothing really.” Fluttershy said as she blushed.
“I’m sorry, brahs. I won’t take you all for granted again.” Blaze said, apologizing to the Noble Six.
“It’s all good, Blaze.” Aqua said.
“Yeah. We all say stuff we might regret from time to time.” Engie said.
“I finally got my ice cream!” Crystal said.
“We’ll always be there for you, man!” Psyche said.
“Shut up, Psyche.” Blaze said.
“B-but….” Psyche was really confused to why he wasn’t thanking him.
“I’m only joking, man! It’s all good!” Blaze said. He then turned to me and smiled. “And, Flare. I was a bigger jerk to you. Your pizza isn’t terrible. I feel like a jerk.”
“Hey, it’s all good, man.” I said. “I know you know how it feels when you miss the toilet.”
A cutaway gag shows of me running down the stairs from Sugarcube Corner, and I hid inside the couch. Pinkie gasped upstairs and then she yelled angrily; “CRIMSON FLARE GUN!” The cutaway ends.
“I got it.” Blaze said, nodding.
“Oh, and Blaze, I think this belongs to you!” Fluttershy said as she gave him a huge check.
“What’s this?” Blaze asked.
“It’s the prize money. You’ll need it.” Flutters said.
“B-but… you won, this is your money!” Blaze said, giving the check back.
“Blaze, I already have the championship title, and I’m keeping the trophy. You need the money more than I do.” Flutters said, smiling at him. “Besides, with the friendship we have, it’s worth more than money.”
Blaze gave Fluttershy a big hug. “Thank you, Fluttershy! You’re too kind!”
“Stick a sign on his back! Stick a sign on his back!” I whispered to her.
“Wow… Fluttershy and Blaze. I never thought I’d see them together like that.” Aqua said.
“Ah know what you’re thinking, Aqua.” Engie said as he glared at him.
“No, I’m not going to make a fanfic ship of those two.” Aqua said.
“Yeah, Aqua, what’s wrong with you!” Crystal complained as she was typing on her laptop.
Later that night at my shop, I let Blaze make a letter to Princess Luna:
“Dear Princess Luna,
I learned that you shouldn’t take your friends for granted, and you can’t blame them for all they done for you. Just be lucky they have your back, no matter what. Also, if your little ones think they’re ready for the real world, they should prove it first before you go on to conclusions. Your faithful subject, Blaze Goldheart.” Blaze gave then Spike the scroll, and he sent it. “Thanks for your help, Spike!” Blaze said to him.
“Anytime, Blaze! Anytime!” Spike said as he walked out of my shop. Just then Spike gets hit by a giant snowball just as he walks out. He stuck his face out of the pile of snow, and then he yells, “GAH! WHAT THE?!” Then he saw me on Mareatron’s shoulder, and the two of us chuckled and high-hooved eachother. “Only you, Flare. Only you.” Spike complained as he shook his head.
“Of course me, because Psyche is a weakling, Engie's an engineer, Aqua is too nice, and Crystal's a girl!” I said as a bunch of snowballs were fired at me, and then I fell off Mareatron’s shoulder and landed in the snow.
“What did you say about me being a weakling?” Psyche asked mischievously.
”And me bein’ an Engineer?” Engie asked.
“And me being a girl?” Crystal asked.
“But yeah, Aqua is too nice.” Engie said.