Great start

Here we go!

Awesome. I've been looking forward to this.

InterestIng that Clover is taking some responsibility for what happened to Onyx. But good lord, the guy is not equipped to handle kids is he? Hah!

"My apprentice watched his mother die before his eyes then endured the equivalent of Nightmare Moon, Daybreaker and Midnight sparkle, not for a few short hours or even a handful of years but for an entire millennia. In part because I - yet again - ignored the needs of the youngling in my care. Shall I get him some therapy? Nah. There are some gang members there. He needs to let off steam. Let's beat them up instead. "

Clover I see, subscribes to the "Bruce Wayne" school of child rearing I notice. Kid needs friends.

Purely a hunch, but maybe *this* will be the Catalyst for his inevitable blow up with Celestia? After all she has some experience with misreading the needs of people close to her... And she's a teacher. She does know kids. Is Onyx gonna meet the CMC? *thats* an encounter I want to see. That could be *hilarious*. CMC meets dark and brooding teenager from further north who doesn't understand basic jargon, speaks overly formerly, has *ridiculous* magic, is apparently the apprentice to the archmage? Someone stop Sweetie Bell before she Does her best impression of Rarity at the Gala...
Huh. For some reason I really want to see that now. It sounds adorable.

Or maybe I'm over analysing things again.

Love the chapter. Nice to go in guns blazing. I also love the mental image of Clover finding spare cloaks and Rarity fritzing out over it.

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You know, if the plot doesn't steer in the direction for Onyx to meet up with the CMC's, I might have to make a one shot of it sometime.