The pegasus teacher paced in front of his chalkboard, staring down the children as he stroked his neckbeard. "Remember, children! You have to suffer the existential prison of your childhood, designed to crush all creativity and individuality, if you want to be a successful and respected member of society!"
"Buck that, I'm gonna be a punk!" Rainbow Dash yelled from the back of the classroom. "And I'm gonna make muh best friend muh hot fillyfriend to prove it!"
Fluttershy squeaked as everyone turned toward her.
"A-are you sure about this?" Fluttershy turned her head to the side, hiding her eyes behind her mane. Even though her wobbly filly legs made her taller than Rainbow Dash, Rainbow Dash had no problem dressing her in clothing she found in her mother's closet from the old days.
"Just... one... more..." Rainbow Dash said through her clenched teeth, tugging on Fluttershy's mane to slip on the necklace. The black BC/AD shirt wasn't an issue, and the glasses took hardly any effort. Man, this chain is a pain!
Rainbow Dash took a step back to admire her handiwork, rubbing her chin and contemplating if one gold chain was enough. "You know, it really works for you. I should put you in chains more often."
"Should I read into that?"
Rainbow Dash rubbed her chin, questioning her sexuality, the universe, and everything at the extremely young age of twelve.
"... Yes."
And then they had a platonic moment because childhood.
"Clouds, clouds, and clouds..." Rainbow Dash muttered as she skipped a cloud rock down the cloud street in the cloud neighborhood. "But it's our clouds! Yeah, this is our territory, yo!"
"But I thought it belonged to Princess Celestia..." Fluttershy raised her head to stare at the stars as her stomach rumbled. "Uh, can we go home yet? It's spaghetti night—"
"Ah, buck that!" Rainbow Dash huffed as she stood up on all fours. She began trotting, leading Fluttershy down the street. "We're gonna, like, find a warehouse to live in!"
"How are we going to pay for food?"
"Easy!" Rainbow Dash threw her head back with a crooked grin. "We'll just charge the local stores for insurance!"
Fluttershy cocked her head. "Insurance from what?"
"US!"
"I don't know..." Fluttershy turned her head to and fro, searching for anypony on the street who might be listening in. "That doesn't sound like a good idea..."
Rainbow Dash stopped, surprising Fluttershy who immediately bumped into her. Rainbow Dash sighed and turned around, looking down upon her friend. "Look, we can do what we want! This is our 'hood now!"
"Oh really?" a deep voice said from behind Rainbow Dash.
Rainbow Dash slowly turned around, her every muscle shaking. A shadow loomed over her as she brought her gaze up to the eyes of a colt three times her size. A colt made of pure muscle and barely bridled rage.
"No..." Fluttershy whispered as her heart skipped a beat. No, Rainbow Dash, you can't... "Not... him."
Rainbow Dash shook her head, dispelling all doubt from her mind with thoughts of awesomeness before staring the colt in the eye. "You got a problem, bub?"
"Yeah, I do." The colt snorted. "I don't take kindly to random little fillies staking a claim on my territory. Now, if you give me all the bits you got, I might be gentle when I break every bone in your body."
Rather than respond with the terror he expected from his victims, Rainbow Dash smirked. "Oh, every bone in my body? I don't think you know who I am. Like I'm soooooo scared of a widdle colt..."
No! Don't do it! Fluttershy gulped, sweating profusely. Anything but that!
"...named Snowflake."
The effect was immediate. Bulk "Roid 'Snowflake' Rage" Biceps merely rested brought his hoof to the side of his head and swung out, clocking Rainbow Dash and tossing her to the side like a ragdoll. She bounced down the street like a doll, eventually rolling onto her side by the door of the local pizzeria. Bulk "Roid 'Snowflake' Rage" Biceps and Fluttershy watched Rainbow Dash groan, out cold, while the latter gulped.
"Heh, so much for loyalty," Bulk "Roid 'Snowflake' Rage" Biceps scoffed, leering at Fluttershy's small frame. "You didn't raise a hoof to protect your so-called leader."
Fluttershy cringed and took a step back as the large colt stepped forward, looming over her.
"You're weak, fragile, and pretty. A trophy fillyfriend for such a useless leader. Why don't you hang out with me? I'll protect you..." Bulk "Roid 'Snowflake' Rage" Biceps lifted a foreleg and flexed, showing off biceps that would make a professional body builder cry in shame.
Fluttershy was not impressed.
In fact, she didn't even notice him flex. Her eyes focused on his cocky grin, the corners of her mouth twitching and twisting into a grimace. Her perception of time accelerated as her heartbeat hammered into overtime, and adrenaline flooded her system.
"And maybe after we do it—What? What are you doing?" Bulk "Roid 'Snowflake' Rage" Biceps screamed as Fluttershy stepped forward, wrapped her hooves around his barrel, and lifted him with hardly any effort. Before he could even twist and struggle, she gave one simple heave and tossed him across the street.
Rainbow Dash awoke to the sound of glass shattering. She picked herself up and raised her head as her vision came into focus.
She blinked. Then, when the impossible thing before her eyes didn't change, she blinked again.
One pale hoof twitched outside the broken window of the pizzeria. The door next to her opened as the shop owner stepped outside. His eyes rested on Fluttershy, and his face immediately turned pale.
Rainbow Dash coughed, drawing his attention to her. "For fifty bits a week, we'll make sure your windows don't keep breakin'."
The shop owner threw a small bag of bits and dashed back inside before Rainbow Dash could even blink.
She turned her attention back to Fluttershy, who was deathly pale and breathing heavily from her exertion. Rainbow Dash fiddled with the bag of bits, contemplating how to reward her greatest asset. She looked up again, admiring what might have been possibly the toughest filly in all of Equestria.
That... is so hot.