//------------------------------// // Chapter 69: Cafeteria Fighter // Story: Quest For Equestria // by Skyguy626 //------------------------------// Late in the evening, at Cloudsdale docks, A group of thugs are moving crates into vans, "I'm hungry, let's order a pizza.", one of them says as he puts one of the crates into a van. One of his buddies gave him puzzled look, "Order a pizza? ORDER A PIZZA? Where they gonna deliver it, numbnuts? Thirteen abandoned warehouse full of kill on sight hot heads way?", he shouted as two others arrived with the last of the crates. "...You know what they say? They say it can't be killed. They say it drinks blood. They say...", the third one said, making the fourth one shake his head in disbelieve. "I say... you're full of shit, Knox. Oh, uh, you can quote me on that.", he responded. Suddenly, something was shot from the shadows pulling one of the thugs in. A loud crash was heard and seconds later he was throw back at them, crashing into two of the others, his arm in a weird angle. This happened two more times, each from a different direction and soon only one was left standing. "WHERE ARE YOU!?", the last one screamed in fright. His heart stopped a beat as words were whispered into his ear right beside him, "Behind you.", turning around he saw himself staring into a faintly glowing silver helmet covered with dark glass, hiding his face from view. On the side of it stood wear two ear like spikes resembling a bat, looking down the vigilante was dressed in what seemed to be dark blue high tech battle armor, not unlike the heroes you see in the movies. A black cape was floating down from his shoulders, swishing around as he reacted out and grabbed the thug with his armored hand. "Don't kill me! Don't kill me, man!", the thug begged as the attacker lifted him into the air. "I'm not going to kill you.", the vigilante replied, his voice being distorted, making his voice sound down right demonic but unmistakable male. "I want you to do me a favor. When they put you in jail, tell them Batmane send you.". Before the thug could reply, Batmane smashed him into the ground, knocking him out cold. The next morning, Skywalker was making his way towards school when he heard a voice behind him. "Skywalker, wait up!". Turning around he saw that it was Rarity who spoke up, to her side he saw Twilight walking up with her. "Good morning, ladies.", Skywalker replied as the three of them started to walk together. They spoke about various things, the subject at the moment was the reason why Skywalker was attending school here. After giving them his made up story, Rarity gave him a nod. "Ah... So that's why you came here. I thought it was something way more serious. There really is nothing here, huh? That is what makes it nice, but there's not much we can show to people from outside." "That's okay, it's not that different from the big city and besides, I like the quite.", Skywalker said. Suddenly, Rarity flashed him a mischievous smile, "So, tell me. You think Twilight's cute, huh?", this sudden remark gave Twilight a shocked expression but Skywalker only raised an eyebrow, before looking away. "Are you blushing? No, need to be embarrassed darling.", Rarity said while Twilight muttered something under her breath. "She's really popular at school, but she's never had a boyfriend. Kinda weird, huh?", Rarity continued. Twilight interrupted her, looking at Skywalker who was still looking towards something in the distance. "Y-You shouldn't believe that, okay?", Twilight said, a faint blush on her cheeks. "That your not popular or that you never had a boyfriend?", he asked, still not looking in their direction. "Wait! No! I meant to that I don't need a boyfriend!", Twilight corrected herself. Suddenly Skywalker pulled the two ladies to the side as Flash Sentry rushed by on his bike, losing control and landing in a trash can. "Oh no, not again!", Flash shouted muffled as Skywalker moved in to help him once again. With little difficulty, Skywalker managed to get Flash of the the trash can, Flash thanking him once again. "Next time, I'm not helping you. Or else your not learning anything.", Skywalker said with a mock stern voice, knowing full well he couldn't help but help others out. "Is your bike okay?", Rarity asked, gaining a surprised look from Flash. "My bike? What about me!?", he asked slightly offended. "Are you alright?", Twilight asked, apparently the only one who was truly worried about Flash well being. "Oh, Twilight. Are you worried about me?", he asked with a faint blush. "He's fine, let go to school.", Skywalker said as the group continued their walk. "Hey have you guys heard the news?" Flash asked as they arrived at the school parking lot. "You know, about that vigilante, Batmane?". Skywalker, Twilight and Rarity nodded. "Well, a guy who dresses up like that clearly has issues.", Skywalker said dismissive as Flash parked his bike in the bike storage. "I think Batmane deserves a medal.", Rarity said. Skywalker rolled his eyes, "And a straight-jacket to pin it on.", he responded with a dry tone to his voice as the four entered the school. Walking towards their lockers, he spotted Discord glaring at him, holding up a gold coin, his lips spelled the words, "I'm watching you.". Upon closer inspection, Skywalker saw that the coin was an Equestrian Bit. "Must have slipped out of my pocket or something. I better apologize when I have the chance.", he thought to himself as he waved goodbye to his friends as he went to his first class of the day, cooking. He didn't want to brag but with his cooking skill, this sounded like an easy A. Upon entering the cooking class, Skywalker spotted a certain shy pink haired girl sitting by herself in the back of the class. Walking over to her, he greeted her and sat down. She gave him a worried look and tried to warn him about something but the rest of the class arrived and the class was just about to start. Apparently, who ever shared a table with you was your cooking partner for the rest of the year. Seeing as it was the first lesson of the year, the teacher, this Worlds version of Mrs cake, told them they could make whatever they wanted. "Sorry that you got stuck with me in this class.", Fluttershy said as he gathered ingredients and preparing his tools. Skywalker gave her a questioning look, making her explain that cooking class was her worst class along with gym. She explained that she just wasn't that good at cooking and she always messed it up somehow. "Don't worry, Flutters. I think you and me will be just fine.", he responded as he started on his dish, not noticing the blush on her cheeks when he called her 'Flutters'. While Skywalker worked on his own dish, he gave a periodic look over Fluttershy's work, whispering advice and pointers when ever she needed them. "What should I do? There's still more ingredients that I couldn't fit inside the lunch box...", Fluttershy muttered. She had tried to make a lunch box but to no avail, looking over the remnants of all the ingredients left that she hadn't prepared, Skywalker quickly helped her out, cooking them all together. After all that was said and done, the two had produced two plates fine plates of spicy stew. "Wow... That's amazing! You made that without even looking at a recipe.", Fluttershy said, staring in amazement at the dish before her. "No, Fluttershy. You made that, I just cheered you on.", Skywalker corrected him as Mrs. Cake rated their dish. Much to Fluttershy's surprise and a little to Mrs. Cake herself, she gave Fluttershy's dish an A, while Skywalker received an A+, something that Mrs. Cake hadn't done since Pinkie had bake her famed cupcakes. At around 12:30, Skywalker found himself sitting at a table in the cafeteria, chatting with his friends who where already there. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Flash entering the cafeteria alone. Skywalker was about to wave him over but Griffifth pulled him down. Skywalker shot him an surprised look, as Griffifth stated to explain, "Don't even think about it! You are already opposing, Sunset Shimmer! Who knows what she would do if you ended up becoming buddies with her ex-boyfriend too?", Griffifth scolded him, but his friend was more surprised by this sudden news. "Ex-boyfriend?", Skywalker asked, Big Mac was the first to speak up. "Flash Sentry broke up with her a few weeks ago. I can't believe she hasn't done something awful to him yet, that he is still alive is beyond me.". "Maybe she's just waiting until she has the power to do something really awful." , Skywalker thought to himself, "Well, I already consider him a friend, we had steak together yesterday.", he informed them. "I need something to drink. Anybody wants some?", Fluttershy asked and naturally everybody wanted some. Being the nice guy that he is, Skywalker offered to help. As the two walked to the vending machine, Skywalker suddenly got pushed by a random group of bullies, cause every high school has them. "Watch where you going new kid, I am not in a good mood.", Garble said glaring at the young knight. "Why don't you look where you going?", Skywalker responded, not afraid to stand his ground. Garble's eyes flashed between him and the shy girl next him before letting out a chuckle, "Oh, I see trying to play brave in front of your girlfriend! Well, lets how well you can take a beating.", he said as his two friends stood on stand-by ready to fight with Garble. "Bring it...", Skywalker shouted before stopping mid sentence, "Wait, who is my girlfriend?". Garble was quite for a moment before answering, "The animal lover, jerk off.", he pointed out. As Skywalker was about to take his fighting stance, he felt someone pulling at the sleeve of his jacket. Turning his head to the side, he saw Fluttershy giving him a worried look, "Skywalker, please don't stoop to their level, it's not worth it.", she asked no, practically bagged him. She didn't want him to fight three of the strongest bullies in Canterlot High. "Better listen to her loser, before you regret it.", Garble spit, but Skywalker wasn't even paying attention to him anymore. "Your right. These guy are not worth my time, they are just lonely and desperate.", Skywalker said to Fluttershy, enraging the three bullies. One of them took a swing at him, Skywalker quickly pushed Fluttershy to the side while he dodge the fist, aiming at his jaw. The attacking bully, this World version of Hoops, tried to hit Skywalker again and again, but Skywalker dodged him every time. Getting bored by the repetitive swings of the bully, he looked over to the side, and he saw Fluttershy whining in fear. Skywalker wanted to reassure her, but suddenly he felt his left jaw itching, apparently he had taken a hit from Hoops. Fluttershy began crying as she thought that he was hurt, although in truth, it was Hoops who was hurt, as he had broken his hand in 8 different places. Skywalker felt terrible seeing her like this, but he's still not taking any shit from this guy. "M-My hand!... What is that guy made of!?", Hoops winched in pain as he clenched his broken fist to his chest. "I'm going to tear you apart for that new kid!", Garble roared, charge at Skywalker, ready to avenge his friend. Skywalker waited for the perfect moment and with one swift kick to the head, the charging Garble was smacked down on the floor. Everyone else just stared in amazement, besides poor little Fluttershy, who had her hands covering her face. Garble tried to get up, Skywalker stood ready to give him another kick when suddenly, the Garble fainted. He quickly looked around at where the other two bullies were, discovering they weren't there anymore. "Wait a minute... Where are the teachers!?", Skywalker thought to himself as he friends rushed over to him, shouting cheers and congratulations, "Holy shit, Skywalker! That was awesome!", McGrath said petting him on the back. "Where have you learned to fight like that!?", Rainbow asked, anything even remotely related to athletics's interested her. Skywalker thought about it for a moment, "Street Fighter, Tekken, Mortal Kombat, the Arkham series. I play a lot of fighting games.", he responded before Fluttershy, still in tears, ran over and hugged him tightly, "Oh Skywalker, thank goodness your alright!". Skywalker hugged her back, trying to calm her down "Come on, Flutters. It's alright.", he whispered to her while stroking her hair. A few minutes later, found Skywalker and Fluttershy roaming the halls. "I'm sorry if I was overreacting earlier...", Fluttershy said with a faint blush on her cheeks. Skywalker told her it was no big deal, making the cute pink haired girl sigh in relieve. "It's just that, even though I have known you for a short time... But yet, I care for you so much... and when you got punched I... I think I'm starting too...", she said, having trouble getting out those last words, looking down towards the ground. Skywalker tilted his head, but she shook her head, "N-Nothing. Oh, your shirt is covered in blood.", she said spotting the dark red spots, left after Hoops broke his hand and dripped it on in. "Oh come on!", Skywalker complained as he looked down, "First they want to fight me and now they mess up my favorite shirt? They are so uninvited for my birthday party!", he muttered. "Let me help you with that!", Fluttershy said as she took his hand and lead him to the school girls restroom. A few seconds later, they found themselves in said girls restroom, "Why am I here? I'm not allowed to be here!", he thought to himself as he took of his jacked, laying it on one of the wash tables, as Fluttershy helped him take off his shirt. As soon as Skywalker's shirt was off, Fluttershy blushed and stood nervously still. He looked at her, and couldn't help but see that she was sweating beads. "I... I didn't know... you were so well-built, Skywalker...", she said grasping his arm, making it Skywalker's turn to blush. "Well... I just like keeping in shape.", he muttered but gets interrupted as Fluttershy leans against him, letting her hands go around his chest, leaning closer and closer to him. Suddenly a loud crack was heard before a voice spoke up from the intercom, "Jason Skywalker, please report to the vice-principle's office. I repeat, Jason Skywalker, please report to the vice-principle's office." and with another loud crack, the voice died down. "Well, I guess... I should go then! I'll see you later!", he said grabbing his jacked and quickly made his way out of the restroom, hoping she hadn't seen the blush on his face. Another few seconds later, we find Skywalker with a closed jacket, entering the vice-principle's office after knocking. "Sit.", Luna commanded, making him sit down on a chair in front of her desk. "Sunset Shimmer told me what happened at the cafeteria.", Luna informed him, "I don't know what possessed you to get in a fight, but you should know that in this school, we don't condone that kind of behavior. So, what do you have to say for yourself?", the vice-principle asked. Skywalker cleared his throat ready to tell his side of the story, "I was only defending myself, ma'am. Those guys came up to me first, and I tried to turn the other cheek, but then one of them tried to punched me. I wasn't fighting for no reason. I was standing up to a gang of bullies, I didn't even throw the first punch... Or any punch at all!", Skywalker explained, but the hot teacher in front of him gave him a disbelieving look. "I find that hard to believe, as we have two students with broken hands.", she explained. Suddenly, the door shot open, revealing Rainbow and a panting Flash Sentry. "It's true, vice-principle!", the two said, Flash slightly out of breath. "Care to explain?", the vice-principle said, slightly annoyed that they didn't bother to knock. "He didn't want to get into it with those guys.", Rainbow said as the two of them started to explain what had truly happened, though even they were surprised by Hoops broken hand. The vice-principle ponders their story for a moment, "I see why you did what you did, Skywalker. You can go, but try and stay out of trouble.", Skywalker gave her a small bow, before leaving with his two friends. "Thanks.", Skywalker said, grateful that the two had stood up for him, "What was I gonna do? Not prove your innocence? Wouldn't be much of a friend, now would I? We... are friends right?", Flash said as Skywalker nodded and shook his hand. Skywalker sense a faint stirring of friendship between him and Flash Sentry... Thou art I... And I am thou... Thou hast established a new bond... It brings thee closer to the Unity... Thou shalt be blessed when creating Personas of the Magician Arcana... "Are the voices in my head back?", Skywalker thought to himself as the three of them made their way to their next class.