The three teenagers walked along the corridor, discovering their way around the school. The hallways had become more silent, since classes already started.
“Man, this place’s HUGE!” exclaimed Saberblade. “It’s as big as your place, Jav.”
“Mine is much bigger than this,” said Javelin.
“Well, someone’s boastful!” mocked Saberblade.
“Well, one thing is for sure, this school’s much bigger than ours,” said Magistrike.
Just then, a voice spoke from behind.
“Well well well, if it isn’t the ‘Prodigies’!”
The boys turned around, and saw a familiar girl with long rainbow hair holding a soccer ball by her side.
“Rainbow Dash, is it?” asked Javelin.
“That’s me! Pinkie told me that you’re the ones who went and stopped the robbery!” said Rainbow.
“Yeah, that was us… why?” asked Saberblade.
“I want to see if you’re truly that awesome at stopping robberies.”
“And what do you mean by that?” asked Magistrike.
“Well, since I’m having P.E. right now, let’s have a friendly.” Rainbow spun the soccer ball with a finger and pointed with the other. “Me versus one of you!”
“Okay, against which one of us?” asked Javelin.
“You look like an athlete, Javelin, I’ll choose you,” said Rainbow.
“Fine by me.”
“Jav… I think you should go easy on her...” whispered Saberblade.
“Got it, Saber. If she’s really good, then I take it up a notch with my speed.”
“Just don’t get overpowered, okay?” asked Magistrike.
“Noted.”
The boys followed Rainbow to the soccer field. Javelin and Rainbow went into the field while Saberblade and Magistrike went to sit at the bleachers with some other students.
“A freshman against Rainbow? No way!” said one of the students with a country accent.
“Applejack, haven’t you heard? He’s the one who dodged the bullets!” said another sitting beside the country girl.
“Well, Rarity. I’m not believin’ ‘till I see this myself!”
“She has no idea what she’s talking about...” whispered Saberblade.
“You said it...” agreed Magistrike. “You said it...”
“Ready?” asked Javelin.
“I’m always ready!” replied Rainbow. “Just so you know, I’m going to win, and you’re going down!”
“We’ll see about that.”
“First to three goals wins!”
“No complaints!”
The match began with Rainbow Dash, who easily scored a goal as soon as she got the ball.
“Man, you’re good!” praised Javelin.
“I told you, I’m going to win!” reminded Rainbow.
“Told you he doesn’t have a chance.” said Applejack.
“Just wait and see...” muttered Saberblade.
“You’re right, this is just getting started…” whispered Magistrike.
The match continued with another goal by Rainbow Dash, who quickly snatched the ball from Javelin’s feet without letting him get a chance to act. After the second goal, Javelin smiled.
“I admit, I’m pretty impressed... Too bad it’s gonna end like this...”
“You’re right! You’re gonna lose!” Rainbow winked.
“Actually, it’s kinda opposite!”
After Javelin finished his sentence, he took the ball and ran across the field. Rainbow tried to chase him down, but somehow he became extremely fast. When Javelin reached the penalty box, he shot and scored.
“How did...” Rainbow blurted out, surprised. Javelin ran back to his side of the field and made a taunting sign, asking her to go on the offence.
Rainbow took the ball and ran towards Javelin, trying to get past him. Javelin just stood still.
“Now what’s he up to?” asked Applejack.
As soon as Rainbow got close to Javelin, he snatched the ball from her and scored another goal for himself, making most of the students’ jaws drop.
“Quite a comeback, Javelin!” praised Rainbow.
Javelin walked into the penalty box and stood in front of the net.
“Come on!” he taunted again.
Without hesitation, Rainbow charged towards Javelin with the ball. A second later, Javelin ran towards Rainbow and cleared the ball high up to her side of the field. The ball landed just in front of the net.
“Well, this could be interesting...” said Magistrike. Saberblade nodded.
Without further ado, both players rushed towards the ball with Rainbow taking the lead. The match just became a race. If one of them got the ball, it might be a game over for the other. Surprisingly, Javelin outran Rainbow from behind and reached the ball first. He made a backheel, scored, and won the match. Rainbow knelt and said: “I lost...” The crowd applauded and cheered a second later.
“That’s game!” said Javelin. “Let’s play again sometime!”
Javelin held out a hand, and helped Rainbow up. She shook his hand with hers and said: “Yeah, we should. Only difference, I’ll win for sure! You’re so AWESOME! Hey, how about you join the Wondercolts as our new star player?”
Javelin thought for a moment. He looked at his friends, who were running towards him now. Right at that moment, all he could think about was getting home with his friends as soon as possible.
“Sorry, I got bigger things to worry about. But maybe I’ll reconsider.”
“Well, if you changed your mind, you know who to find!” Rainbow pointed a thumb at herself.
“Javelin!” Saberblade and Magistrike waved.
“Hey, it’s nice playing with you. See ya.” Javelin waved and headed home with his friends.
Rainbow stood for a second. The students continued their P.E., and Applejack and Rarity went down the field and catch up with her.
“That guy’s really good, huh?” asked Applejack.
“Hey, what’s wrong, dear?” asked Rarity. “Look, darling. You’ll have a chance to beat him next time.”
“It’s not about the match...” said Rainbow, picking up the ball. “I think something’s fishy about him...”
Back in town, the boys talked while they walked along the sidewalk.
“Earlier today we intercepted a robbery, right? So why don’t we play heroes and protect this place?” asked Magistrike.
“Yeah, I agree. The ‘Prodigies’ save the day!” supported Saberblade.
“However, we can’t protect everyone, right? Sooner or later someone’s gonna suspect us.” said Javelin. “Look, we deal with the major crimes while we leave the minors ones to the cops, okay?”
Saberblade and Magistrike had no complaints.
“Hey, when do we get jobs?” asked Saberblade.
Just then, Javelin remembered that he forgot to ask someone about where to find jobs and exclaimed some bad words. Luckily nobody else was nearby and heard that.
“DAMN!” he scowled.
“I guess we’ll just have to ask tomorrow...” said Magistrike.
“I suppose...” muttered Javelin.
Luckily, the house was not far out from Canterlot, so they reached home without tiring.
“You know, Magi here could teleport us back here, right?” asked Saberblade.
“Yeah, why didn’t we think of that? That saves loads of time,” agreed Javelin.
“I’m with you, but we need to choose the right time for me to cast it. If anyone saw us vanish they’ll freak out.”
“Well, we still have some time left...” said Javelin. “Either we train, try to make another portal back home or have some free time for the day.”
And so, each of them used up their time doing the things they seem pleasant with. Javelin told Magistrike to poof up a basement so he could start working on the portal going home. After that, Magistrike himself went to poof some target boards and began training his accuracy, while Saberblade sat on the couch and watched TV.