"This is going to be the toughest fight of our lives.", Flash Sentry said as he, Skywalker, Rainbow, McGrath and Griffifth were sitting at a table in SCC, notes and books were scattered all over said table. "We need to be in complete sync. McGrath I want you on attack. Rainbow, your on recovery, Skywalker, your in the lead, be ready to shout commands at a moments notice. And Griff...".
Griffifth cut him off as he gave him an annoyed look, "Screw you, it's only a test week.", he said taking a sip from his soda. "I know!", Flash said as he sat back down in his chair, looking over his notes. "Alright, the only class I really struggle with is math. What's your most difficult Skywalker?", Griffifth asked. His black haired friend muttered something as he was drawing something on a piece of paper. McGrath looked over his shoulder to see what Skywalker was drawing. "That is a drawing of Twilight. Naked, riding a polar bear... dog?", he said making Flash eyes widen. "What!? Let me see!", he said taking the drawing from Skywalker. "Hey!", Skywalker said slightly annoyed, as Flash started to study the drawing. Flash got startled as someone behind him shouted, "What the hell!". Turning around, they saw Twilight and Fluttershy standing behind them, and yes she had seen the drawing. "Ladies!...", Flash started awkwardly, "Now remember it's only awkward if we let it be...".
A few minutes, a few apologizes and some Flash brought soda's, Twilight and Fluttershy joined them in their study session.
"Say Flash, why did you invite us to your study session? I thought the only one you really hanged out with was Skywalker.", McGrath asked referring to himself, Rainbow and Griffifth. "Well I had invited Skywalker first... But I didn't want to make it look like we we're dating.", he muttered. At those words, Twilight 's purple eyes zoned out for a bit, the rest could easily guess what she was thinking about. The rest of the group decided not to comment on that last part. "It's more fun this way to study with everyone.", Fluttershy said as she looked to her side, seeing one of Rainbow answers is wrong, she tried to point it out, but Rainbow wasn't listening. "So X is that and... Gah, not like this.", Rainbow muttered, not noticing the others looking at her. "Hasn't she gone nuts yet?", Twilight asked, as Skywalker shook his head.
After saying goodbye to their friends, Skywalker and Rainbow were making their way home as the sun started to set. "Now I'm beat.", Rainbow said as she stretched her back. "Dashie, the things you protect are very important to you aren't they?", Skywalker asked as he looked up to the sky, gaining an odd look from his friend. "Yeah, Fluttershy means a lot to me. She's frail and yet, despite that gives everything her all. That makes me wonder if I really can protect her. Honestly though, she's better at studying than I am with training. I need to get stronger, but even then...". The two turned around a corner as Skywalker looked back at her, "But if you don't study, you'll fail and have to retake tests, which lessens training time. After that, you'll wind up being a worse girl.", he said, making his rainbow haired friend look at him offended. "You don't have to put it so blunt!", she shouted making him slightly chuckle. "Why is it you want to get strong so badly? Why is it that you've become so desperate about it?", he asked, making her ponder that question.
They arrived at Rainbow's house before she could answer, Skywalker was about to say goodbye when she spoke up. "For my friend's sake. Not just Fluttershy. There's Griffifth, he's nice enough I guess. Twilight, McGrath, Rarity, Pinkie, Phoenix, AJ, Sutakira and Big Mac. Everybody is really important and I want to protect them all.", she explained making him smile, it seems that this Rainbow was just like his Dashie at home.
"And you too you know.", he turned his head in surprise when she said, showing a rare sight, a Rainbow Dash with red cheeks. "But your strong. It'd be a real honor to protect you but... It's thanks to you all that I can be here. So it's because of that I want to protect everyone who's so dear to me. So that may be why I've gotten so desperate lately. Is it weird of me to say that?", she said as she looked him into his faintly glowing amber eyes, "No, It isn't.", he said slowly as turned around.
The next day found Skywalker studying in the Canterlot High School Library with Twilight, though he picked up the subjects pretty easily, there were some genuinely new things for him. Though that could be because he never finished his own high school because... well he was dead for two years. Anywho, having a one-on-one study session with Twilight was going just as he was used too... relaxing but you still learned something.
"So weird that I'm no good at math... Every other subject is so easy for me.", Twilight said with a slight chuckle. She had come a long way from being the insecure nerd. As Skywalker started to explain how to easily remember the formulas for the math test, they heard two students a table over from them talk about something. "...I'm bored." Lyra whined as she leaned over her study partner Bon Bon, "My hand hurts from holding the pencil... But if you give me a kiss, I'll be able to study another 30 minutes.", Lyra said with a cheeky grin. Bon Bon told her to not speak so loud as they were still in the library. "Come on, give me a kiss! Please!", Lyra mockingly begged, annoying the other two.
"Shut up, You're distracting us!", Skywalker said, slightly startling her, Bon Bon and Twilight, "If you're gonna flirt with each other, do it outside!", the other two muttered a quick apology before quickly leaving the library.
Skywalker sat down, trying to concentrate on his study questions, but his concentration was broken again by the whispers of his study partner, "...They're gonna kiss!?", finally understanding what Lyra wanted to get from Bon Bon. "This is supposed to be a place of learning... and they're still just kids! That kind of behavior shouldn't be tolerated at school!", Twilight said, gaining a surprised look from him.
"Let them, it no big whoop...", Skywalker started but before he could finish, Twilight looked at him shocked. "Wh-What are you trying to say!? Y-You don't think it's a big deal!?", she said surprised, she was sure he was against publicly kissing on school ground, with his sudden outburst and all. "That's what I implied with, no 'big whoop'. I just found them distracting and obnoxiously loud for the library.", Skywalker explained, gaining a nod from Twilight, "Anyways you don't like kissing?", he added.
Twilight's cheeks became a bright red color, "That's not what I meant! I'm just trying to say that there's a time and a place for everything!", she managed to get out, diverting her eyes from his gaze.
That evening, Skywalker had another study session with Flash, this time at his house. After two hours of studying, Flash asked if he could see his room. So the two man were in his room, Flash pretty much barged in. "It's pretty clean. So?... You keep the goods under your mattress?", Flash asked, a mischievous grin on his face. Skywalker gave him a confused look, not getting what he was talking about. "Come on... No need to play dumb. Don't worry. I'll still be your friend even if you're into the freaky stuff.", Flash said with a kind tone to his voice. Skywalker still didn't get what he was about. He suddenly felt Spike looking at him, gesturing him to kneel down. Pretending to kneel down and scratch Spike behind his ears, the dragon dog whispered to him, "He's asking you were you keep your porn.", luckily for them, Flash didn't hear him.
Standing back up, Skywalker gave him an awkward smile, "Oh, your talking about that. Of course.", suddenly Flash broke down in laughter, confusing him even further. "What, don't you?".
Flash stopped laughing, shaking his head, "Haha! Like I would hide mine in such an obvious spot! One time, my mom found it and read the title out loud to the whole family...", now it was Skywalker turn to laugh. "Sounds embarrassing!". Flash let out a soft chuckle. "Alright, I will check them out when you go take a piss or something. I'll expose your embarrassing tastes!!", Flash added that last part as a joke but Skywalker suddenly turned his gaze towards him, squinting his eyes as he did. "Do that and you will die.". The calm and serious tone he said it made it difficult for Flash to know if it was a joke or if he was deadly serious. "Just kidding bro!", he said shaking his hands, "So, on a different subject. You ever invited a girl in your room?".
Skywalker gave him a cocky grin, he had invited girls to his room back in Pallet Town and of course had had invited Luna to his room back in Equestria, Flash just never specificly asked if he had invited a girl into this room. "Seriously!?", Flash asked, not waiting for a response, "Who did you... I'll stop there. I think it's better I don't know.".
And so Monday, the start of the dreaded test week came. For the next five days, the students of Canterlot High were subjected to test which Skywalker found too easy. Maybe because he could pick information up faster than normal humans, he didn't know for sure. Though Skywalker thought he may have over study for this test. His friends had agreed to meet each other at SCC after finishing the tests, Skywalker and Twilight were the first to arrive. The two were sipping away at their drinks, while discussing the tests. Suddenly, Twilight looked around her, "...Is it just me, or is the air conditioning in here too strong?", she asked. Skywalker didn't feel anything, though that could be because he was a guy. "I'm not noticing anything. Are you okay?", he asked, giving her a concerned look. "Too be honest, I haven't been feeling well lately.", she said as he took his thinking pose. "I feel light-headed... I couldn't even finish my lunch today.".
Skywalker placed his hand back on the table, "Might be a cold... Maybe we should stop by the drug store later,", he suggested, but Sutakira and McGrath had just arrived. After ordering their drinks, they started to talk about the test. "What did answer did you guys pick on "What is the largest man-made structure on Earth'?", McGrath asked taking a sip from his coffee. "I seriously considered the Netherlands, but I didn't think that was the answer.". They were soon joined by Phoenix who apparently didn't put any effort in studying, he was just happy having the test week over with.
"Hey Phoenix, where do Dutch people come from?", Sutakira asked, making the other guy tilt his head. "Uh... Well, the Pennsylvania Dutch come from Pennsylvania...", he muttered slowly. "And the other Dutch? They come from somewhere near the Netherlands, right?" Twilight asked, gaining a smug look from Phoenix. "Nice try. See, the Netherlands is this make-believe place where Peter Pan and Tinkerbell come from.", he answered gaining a 'you serious' look from his friends.
Fifteen minutes later, the rest of the gang arrived and they were ready to celebrate their freedom... for a week before they would get the result, for better or worse. "Whoa! Test week is finally over!", Flash said a he raised his bottle, gulping it contents nearly down in one go.
"Oh, uh, I just remembered.", Applejack said, putting down her own drink, looking at her other friends, "There was a question on the exam that I didn't get. I think it was, 'The chemical formula HCHO, used for silver mirror reactions. Its 40% solution is known as formalin.' And the question was, 'What is HCHO'?".
Skywalker drawing something on a piece of paper, unsurprisingly Flash tried not to look at what, "...Formaldehyde.", he said absentmindedly, but out of the corner of his eyes he could see Applejack nod. "Oh, I see. I chose acetic acid... Duh, of course it couldn't have been vinegar.", she said. "AJ, why don't you ask Twilight to help you study?", Fluttershy suggested, gaining a thoughtful nod from the cowgirl.
"But wouldn't you rather ask someone of the opposite sex?", Rarity added her own though to it, before turning her gaze to Skywalker. "Jason... I'm not a nuisance to you, am I?". He had not paid attention to their conversation, "Huh? What?" he said before spotting two guys looking at a girl who was sitting by herself, he couldn't help but overhear what they where whispering about. "Do you think its her?", one whispered to the other, who shrugged. The girl, suddenly place money on her table and quickly walked away.
As she walks through the streets, she notice that someone was following her. She walked through at various speeds and crossing the streets a few times, but her stalker kept up. As she reach the bus, she quickly got in hoping the one bus would drive away, but he got on the bus just in time. She looked nervous as the young man held out his hand, inside was her Bluecherry Curve. "You forgot this.", Skywalker said, he had noticed the girl dropping her phone. "Why didn't you say so a whole lot sooner!", the girl said slightly offended as she grabbed her ice blue phone out of his hands. Realizing what it looked like what he was doing, he scratched the back of his head, "My bad, I'm sorry about that.", he said. "Well... You returned it instead of keeping it. So thank you.", the girl said with a faint smile. Skywalker waved it off before getting out at the next stop.
As promised, Skywalker took Twilight to the drug store to buy some medicine, she insisted that he should wait right outside as he shouldn't be long. He was waiting just across the street, when she came out and was approached by some creepy guy. "What's your hurry, girlie? Going to your boyfriend's?", he asked, making Twilight confused, "You just came out of the drug store, right? What'd ya buy? Hm? Hmm!?".
Before anything else could happen, Skywalker stepped in between them in a second, him glaring at the man. "You got about ten seconds to get out of here before I hand your ass to you. Ten.", he informed him.
"Wh-Who are you?", the man said, but he was cut off by Skywalker saying, "Nine." threateningly.
The guy looked slightly scared, "I-I was just... making sure she was okay...", he tried to explain but Skywalker was having none of it, as he said "Five.". This got him to quickly run away, as Skywalker shouted, "Yeah, run away!".
Turning his attention back to his friend, he saw that she was slightly shaking, "I-I thought you were going to hit him, Skywalker. I-I wouldn't want you to... to fight... because of me... but just now, you were...", he placed his hand on her shoulder, this somehow made her calm down. "Y-You're usually so kind, but... I guess you can be tough when you need to be. I-I don't mean that in a bad way.", she added with a faint blush, he was immediately thought her cold was coming back. He asked her if she was feeling okay, "I'm not scared anymore... b-but why am I still shaking?", she muttered to herself. Skywalker reached out and holds her hand. Twilight let out a slight gasp as he walked her home.
Luckily it was a short walk to her house, Skywalker walked her to the door, his lavender friend somehow had an even darker blush than before. "Why all of a sudden... do I feel short of breath? I really must be sick... I feel like my face is all flush.", she said as she looked for he keys in her bag. "Directly hit the shag after a hot shower, that should help you.", Skywalker advised her, a slight hint of worry about his friends health. "I guess...Um, b-by the way! Th-Thank you for saving me today!", she said before she quickly ran into her house blushing.
That evening as Skywalker and Spike were eating dinner while flipping through the channels. They came across the evening news, were Skywalker saw a face he had seen earlier that day. "Doesn't your grandmother run a ice cream shop in Ponyville?", the journalist asked on the television. The girl nodded, "Yes, she does.". Another journalist was allowed to ask a question, "And when do you think you'll return to work.", he asked but the girl informed her that she was not sure. After a few more questions, the interview was over.
"Ya think we'll run into Elsa in town?", Spike asked, knowing the famous pop-star was moving back to this town. "I think I already did.", Skywalker muttered, wanting to kick himself for not recognizing her, though to be fair, he had only seen his Phoenix's girlfriend one time. Spike looked at him in surprise as he shouted, "You saw Elsa!? Is she as pretty in real life as she is on TV?", he asked, making Skywalker think back to the angry face she showed him when he returned her phone.