Ghost POV

I ran outside to see if I could find Applebloom anywhere, but she wasn't anywhere in sight. The only ponies still hanging out around the school were Rumble and his clique, so I walked up to them. "Hey! Did any of you see where Applebloom went?" I asked, not really caring if Rumble was going to do anything.

"Oh! I think I heard her say something about getting ready for the-" As Snails was telling me where she went, Rumble flew up towards him and stuffed his hoof in his mouth, shutting him up. He turned towards me with a glare.

"Why should we tell you anything? Go find out yourself!" Rumble berated. On any other occasion, I would have let that slide. But right now Applebloom's mind could still be a bit vulnerable to anything that could set her off, so it would be way better if I could find her now rather than later.

"Listen, I just want to know which direction she went. You don't have to tell me exactly where she went." I asserted, trying to make a case. Rumble frowned and walked up to me.

"Oh/ You wanna know which direction she went? Ok, go look over here!" Rumbled yelled, sending his hoof flying toward my right cheek. I simply tilted my head to the left just a little bit to dodge his 'attack', my eyes nearly rolling. He wasn't really serious about this was he? After his first punch missed, he sent another one towards my left cheek, but all I had to do was lazily swat it away. I could tell that all of his strength, was in his wings.

"I'm really not in the mood for this, can you please stop?" I asked, but he spun around and tried to buck me in the face with his hindlegs. I leaned my head back, quickly reaching out to grab his extended legs. I threw them upwards, causing Rumble to tumble back towards his friends. "Alright, I can see this is going nowhere quickly. I'll just be going then."

As I went to turn away, I felt something hard come into contact with my horn, causing me to yelp in pain. I looked to see what happened and saw that there was a rock lying on the ground, and Rumble's hoof was outstretched showing that he was the one who threw it.

"See? You're running away like I knew you would! C'mon guys, let's leave the baby alone!" Rumble shouted, walking towards the Town Center. I groaned as I held my horn, before I felt a tingling sensation run down my spine. I charged magic back into my disguise as I felt it begin to flicker, and quickly looked around to see if anypony saw. Luckily everypony had left, leaving me alone in the small field.

"Whew... that was close..." I muttered, heading back towards Sweet Apple Acres. Applebloom would probably show up there later if she wasn't there yet.

3rd Person POV

What Ghost was unable to see, were the two fillies hiding in the same bush they used to hide from him during lunch. "Did you see what he did to Rumble? That was amazing!" Silver Spoon cried out, seeing the young colt pretty much decimate his 'opponent'. Diamond Tiara wasn't focusing on the confrontation though, she was focusing on how Ghost seemed to... shimmer, for a moment before going back to normal.

She rubbed her eyes to check if she was seeing things, but Ghost just kept walking down the road, heading for Sweet Apple Acres. "Did you see that?" Diamond Tiara asked, putting down her binoculars.

"You mean Rumble getting his flank served to him on a platter? Of course!"

"No! I mean... When he was... It looked like..." Diamond sputtered, not being able to put her thoughts into words. "Never mind. Forget I said anything..."

Oblivious to the two fillies spying on him, Ghost managed to make his way towards Sweet Apple Acres. He caught a glimpse of somepony he recognized from the newspaper, and she looked almost exactly the same. Twilight Sparkle was obviously walking around town with her muzzle stuffed in a book, and saddlebags on her back. She somehow was able to navigate through the crowd of ponies without even brushing tails with anyone, something that really surprised Ghost.

He had been meaning to talk to her about learning a bit more about a child's mind, because he would need to know a bit more if he was going to help Applebloom. "Twilight! Twilight!" Ghost called out, running towards the mare in question. She didn't seem to notice the colt calling after her, because she just kept on walking through the crowd, making Ghost weave through the large crowd of ponies. "Twilight!"

That one seemed to catch her attention, because she looked around to look for the voice in the crowd. "Huh? Somepony say my name?"

"I did!" Ghost said, raising his hoof up through the crowd. Twilight grabbed the hoof with her magic and pulled Ghost out, bringing him towards her. "Hi Twilight!"

She gave him a confused look. "I'm... i'm sorry but do I know you?" Twilight asked, tilting her head a bit in confusion. Ghost nearly smacked himself in the face at how stupid he was. 64 might have mentioned him to Twilight, but that didn't mean she knew him.

"Oh! Sorry about that. I'm Ghost, 64 might have mentioned me before?" Ghost introduced, holding a hoof out in greeting. Twilight was confused for a moment, trying to remember anything that the human said about a 'Ghost'. Once she remembered, her eyes widened, and out of instinct and fear she took a step backwards. A changeling in town, no matter how young, was a very serious matter.

Once she realized how insensitive that looked, she cleared her throat. "Right! 64 did mention you a few times during his visit in Ponyville. You're his apprentice right?" Twilight asked, seeing Ghost beam.

"That's right! Look I even have a badge and everything!" Ghost boasted, releasing the disguise on the badge around his neck. Twilight remembered 64 showing her a similar badge, but instead of the number 64 being on his, this on read 65. "The reason I wanted to talk to you was... well... you know about the thing that happened with Applebloom right?"

"Are you kidding me? Everypony despised 64 for even having the thought of putting her in a situation like that. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a bit mad at him as well." Twilight admitted, a small frown on her face.

"Well... I was assigned in making sure that whatever psychological damage she sustained in the event is dealt with. But before I can do that, I need to know how a mind like Applebloom's works. Can you help me?"

Twilight was floored that someone as young as Ghost could be speaking to her in such a professional tone. She guessed that one of his other tutors had to have taught him that, there was no way that 64 would be able to act that civilized.

"Alright, come by my library when you have the chance, and I'll help you find some literature about Child Psychology. Does that sound alright?"

"Yes ma'am! Thanks Ms. Sparkle!" Ghost thanked, before he was surrounded in a glowing green glow and poofed away from the scene. Twilight was left standing in the town center, blushing a bit at the fact she was called 'Ms. Twilight'. She grinned and giggled.

"Ms. Sparkle? I could get used to that."