Quentin had just left the library after spending some time with Twilight. He was a little shocked that it was only half passed twelve. The stallion was sure that journey into his mind lasted for hours, but he guessed time in the realm of the mind flows differently than the physical world. Quentin walked passed some buildings, one of which was in the shape of a jester hat with a sign that depicted a laughing pony in a jester hat with an arrow through its head.

"A joke shop huh?'' Quentin wondered aloud taking a look at the humorous looking building before letting out a chuckle. "Kinda reminds me of Weasleys' Wizard Wheezies.''

Quentin continued his walk, intended on heading back to Applejack's place west of Ponyville. He walked through the busy marketplace and through the square past the fountain with a pink statue of a standing pony on a ball with one leg when suddenly, a familiar, tomboyish, fun loving voice called out to him.

"Hey Quentin...hey Q up here!''

Quentin turned around and looked into the sky and smiled as he saw Rainbow Dash flying quickly towards him. "Hey Q what's up?'' Dash greeted, hovering in mid-air in front of Quentin.

"What's up Dash!'' the earth pony warmly greeted back. "I was just heading back to Sweet Apple Acres.''

Dash nodded as she landed on the ground. "Yeah I've seen you a few times today actually, but I was too busy working so I couldn't say hi. Where were you going anyway?''

Quentin shrugged. "I just thought that I would walk around Ponyville, give myself a little tour.''

Dash grinned and crossed her forearms. "I hear that. Say Quentin, I was just about to go on my lunch break. Care to join me, my treat?''

Quentin's face lit up. He was pretty hungry for the only thing he's eaten today was a muffin. Quentin smiled and nodded.

"Sure Dash, sounds great.''

Dash gave a satisfied nodded and led her friend to where they would spend lunch. "Just follow me, I know this one place where the food is just awesome!'' Dash said as she flew beside Quentin.

Quentin nodded and in the next ten minutes of so, they came to a cafe. There were a few outside tables and the two found one in a nice, shady spot and sat down on some hay. It wasn't long until a waiter came to their table.

"Welcome sir and ma'am. May I start you off with something to drink?'' the waiter asked politely.

"I'll take water,'' Dash answered.

Quentin nodded in agreement. "Yes, same here please?''

The waiter nodded and sat down menus before leaving to get their drinks. Dash and Quentin picked up their menus and began to skim through them. "So Dash, where do you work exactly?'' Quentin asked, looking over the top of his menu.

Dash peered over hers and smiled. "I'm captain of the weather patrol. Basically, I just help clear the clouds for sunny days and gather them for cloudy and rainy day and that jazz.''

"Wow, so you can control the weather?'' Quentin asked amazed.

Dash coolly whipped her bang out of her face and grinned. "Yeah you could say that. It's just an ability all us Pegasai can do.''

Quentin looked at her, impressed. And here he thought that Pegsai were only known for their wings and being able to fly, but Quentin kept learning something new in this world every day.

"Say Dash, do you know a Pegasus named Derpy Hooves?'' Quentin asked.

Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes and sighed. "Do I? The air head was on my patrol team one time. And let me tell you, it was a disaster!''

Quentin tilted his head. "Really, how?''

"Let me see, accidently shooting lightning bolts at buildings and other ponies, mostly on herself, always flying into things, and basically making bad things worst! So we decided that it'd be best to let her go,'' Dash explained.

Quentin frowned slightly. "Dang, that must've been rough with her,'' he remarked sadly.

Dash saw the stallion's expression and smiled softly. "Not really. She always brighten up quickly after things like that. Besides, I helped her find a job as being the mail pony, and she actually does a good job with that...sorta. How did you know her?'' Dash raised an eyebrow.

"Oh well I met her this morning after leaving Rarity's place. She...uh heh kinda flew into me,'' Quentin said chuckling sheepishly.

Dash laughed. "Yep that sounds like Derpy alright!''

Quentin joined in the laugh. "Yeah, how strange she may be, we've actually had a nice conversation, and she even made me a blueberry muffin that was really good. I gotta say, I like her.''

Dash smiled warmly from this. "Yeah, Derpy maybe a klutz at times, but she really is a good pony. It's nice to know you've been nice to her.''

Quentin thought at Dash's comment. Something told him that some ponies may have made fun of her at times. Feeling bad about this theory, Quentin just smiled and nodded, happy to maybe given her another friend to laugh with and not laugh at. Dash and Quentin gazed through the menu, with Dash closing it and putting it back down onto the table, apparently figuring what she wanted. As Quentin skimmed trough the menu, he noticed that there were no meat selections anywhere.

"Wow, there's no meat on here,'' Quentin finally said, a bit annoyed.

Dash chuckled. "Well duh there's no meat. We're ponies, we don't eat meat. Completely vegetarian.''

"No kidding,'' Quentin muttered.

He looked through the menu again and found something that interested him. A grilled carrot burger with lettuce, pickles, onions, and tomatoes topped with barbeque sauce. The dish seemed especially enticing to him, possible due to his newfound equine diet.

"I think I'll try me some of that,'' he thought to himself and closed the menu, having made his decision.

And just on time, the waiter came back with a try of two glasses of water balancing perfectly on the top of his head. "Dang, I'd like to see waiters from my world do that,'' Quentin thought as the waiter flawlessly placed the trey on the table and gave them their drinks.

"Have you two made a decision?'' he asked.

"I'll go for the daffodil sandwich, lite mayo and extra tomatoes,'' Dash told the waiter.

He nodded and turned to Quentin. "And I'll try you grilled carrot burger but can I have it without tomatoes please?'' Quentin said. Again, the waiter nodded and he took up their menus and the try and left to put the orders in.

"So Q, everypony's been talking about that chimera from yesterday,'' Dash smirked, putting an elbow on the table.

"They have?'' Quentin asked uncertainly, freezing from taking a sip from his water.

Dash nodded. "The ponies that witnessed it said you kicked a piece of broken wood and it went into one of its paws...is it true?'' Dash asked, leaning in with excitement in her voice.

Quentin was dreading this moment. He really wasn't one that wanted to be the center of attention. It was strange, here he wanted to be an actor on stage and yet he avoided being in the spotlight at all times. Quentin looked at the rainbow maned Pegasus' eager faced and sighed.

"Yeah, I guess you can say that.''

Quentin was not expecting Rainbow to squeal with glee. "Really?! That is so AWESOME!'' Her friend jumped slightly at the outburst.

Quentin knew Dash was rambunctious, but he still wasn't 100 percent used to it yet.

That sounds so cool. Where did you learn to do that?!'' Dash asked.

Quentin smirked and shrugged. "Well in my world, I did seven years of karate. I guess all that training paid off, even though I wasn't expecting it to work. Heck I just mimicked what I saw from a movie back in my world.''

Dash's eyes widened in disbelief. "You…actually did karate?!'' Dash asked, trying to keep her voice down.

Quentin nodded. "Yeah, I managed to go up to a brown belt.''

Dash looked at him impressed but then leaned back and gave the dreadlocked stallion a suspicious wince. "Really...a brown belt huh?'' she asked skeptically.

Quentin nodded, though a bit nervously. He didn't like the look she was giving him. Rainbow Dash then started to shift her gave from Quentin to somewhere behind him.

"Huh, what the hay is that?'' the brazen mare inquired, frowning quizzically.

Quentin looked over his shoulder but saw nothing but cottages and ponies going about their business. "What is what?'' Quentin asked, seeing nothing particularly special.

"No, no I see something. Something weird,'' Rainbow Dash responded, getting up and walking towards the confused earth pony.

"Well you mind enlightening me, because I don't see anything worth talking about,'' Quentin said darting his eyes in all direction to even find what Rainbow Dash was looking at.

Rainbow Dash walked over and stopped right next to Quentin and stopped. "You blind? It's that funky looking thing right- THINK FAST!'' she suddenly called out.

Quentin jumped and whipped his head at the Pegasus as she quickly turned and faced him before bringing her right foreleg back and whipping it forwards as she attempted to punch the started equine. However, Quentin was ready and before the punch could fall through, he shifted his head to the right slightly as he brought his left foreleg up and blocked Rainbow Dash's attack, his foreleg bent diagonally.

With the punch blocked, Quentin shot Rainbow Dash a sharp glare, but she only returned his angry gaze with a shocked, speechless one.

"Oh...my...gosh...that was so COOL!'' Dash squealed.

Quentin cocked and eyebrow, still giving her a glare. "Gee, nice to know trying break my nose was cool,'' he retorted.

"C'mon are you serious? Did you see the way you blocked that attack? You got some serious skills bro!'' Dash grinned.

Quentin continued to give the Pegasus an angry look, but then he softened and smirked. "Well...that WAS pretty awesome wasn't it?'' Quentin said, crossing his forelegs.

Dash nodded. "Totally.'' She then looked down and smiled nervously, scratching the back of her head. "And it's a good thing too, I would've felt so low if that punch had landed.''

Quentin smirked slyly as he spoke, ''Low, you would've looked like a complete jerkoff. Ponies would run around and saying you were going around beating up innocent people, I mean ponies.''

"Argh tell me about it!'' Rainbow Dash groaned, face hoofing herself. ''And that's one reputation that I do NOT need!''

Quentin just let out a light snicker as he watched the brazen Pegasus' thoughts on such a plight. Dash then looked at Quentin with a much calmer, cool smile.

"Although I gotta say, it's great to know that somepony in town is close to black belt. Maybe now I can get a decent challenge.''

"Say what?! You mean to tell me you actually have a karate dojo here?!'' the human turned pony asked loudly only to smile sheepishly and lowered his body in embarrassment as nearby ponies gave him weird looks.

Rainbow Dash nodded with a tough grin, ''Hay yeah we do! I train there at least three hours a day, I had to if I was gonna be the best student there!''

Quentin just stared at her in disbelief. First a bowling alley, then a joke shop, and now he found out that Ponyville had its own karate dojo. On top of that, not only did Rainbow Dash practice the art, she's also a black belt. Then again, a tomboyish mare like Rainbow Dash would be interested in contact sports like karate.

"Get out…that's unreal,'' was the only thing Quentin could say in shock.

"Well ya better believe it!'' Rainbow Dash said proudly. She then softened her expression a bit and continued. "If ya want Q, maybe I can take you there so you can see for yourself after we eat?'' she asked, looking at him with her hopeful, magenta eyes.

Quentin didn't need long to answer her question and responded with an excited smile and tone, ''Heck yeah I would love to go. I definitely have to check that out!''

Rainbow Dash's face lit up before taking on another tough grin. "Yeah, then it's a done deal Q!''

Rainbow Dash and Quentin then went into nice conversation. To the stallion's amazement, he learned that Rainbow Dash was from Cloudsdale. The two talked until the waiter finally arrived with their food. Like the glasses of water, the waiter had the dishes balanced perfectly on a trey on his head. He sat the trey down on the table and pushed their orders in front of them. Dash had a rather large, but delicious looking sandwich full of daffodils and her extra tomatoes, with the lite mayonnaise visible from the side.

Quentin's burger look equally as mouthwatering, with the plate of grilled carrots between the buns giving off an intoxicating aroma.

"Please, enjoy,'' the waiter said and after giving their thanks, he left.

"Great I'm starving. Let's dig in!'' Dash said, rubbing her hooves together before picking up her sandwich.

Quentin nodded. The two friends proceeded to eat their meals. The burger was better than Quentin thought. Along the carrots, the lettuce onions, topped with a zesty barbeque sauce made it the perfect sandwich. But it was the carrots that Quentin really enjoyed. The black charcoal lined vegetables reminded him of eating at a barbeque cook out.

Dash took a large bite out of her sandwich, chewing rather loudly. It was clear that Rainbow Dash had little concerned for proper eating etiquette, but it didn't bothered Quentin in fact, he chuckled a bit. He knew it was just part of that personality of hers that he came to appreciate.

"So, you like grilled carrots huh?'' Dash asked after swallowing a bit.

The munching earth pony nodding, swallowing his food. "Yeah and to make it a sandwich like this was a great idea. To be honest, this was the only thing on the menu that really looked appetizing to me,'' he spoke truthfully.

Dash gave Quentin a slightly weird look. "Appetizing, what do you mean?''

"Well I noticed as I looked over the menu that a lot of foods were...strange,'' Quentin explained, Dash listening carefully. "Like there was a daisy and hay sandwich, fried hay fries, dandelion salad...'' h winced at the sounds of the meals, but Rainbow Dash just frowned at him slightly.

"Well we are ponies Quentin. I don't see how that would be weird to you.'' Dash then widened her eyes as she remembered where Quentin had come from and chuckled. "Oh yeah right, used to be a human.''

Quentin hushed Dash and lowered his head, looking around to see if any other ponies close by didn't here. Dash quickly lowered her head and covered her mouth. "Oh right my bad. You used to be human,'' Dash repeated with a whisper.

"Yeah, that's why I asked you if there was any meat on the menu?'' Quentin said, looking around of any watching eyes.

Dash nodded. "So are all humans carnivores?''

Quentin shook his head. "No humans are omnivores actually. We eat all kinds of foods.''

This peaked the human's interest. "What's that supposed to mean?'' Quentin asked, furrowing his eyebrows.

Dash just laughed sheepishly. "Let's just say I have some books at home that I really need to get rid of.''

Quentin looked at Dash. Guessing that she had books that gave false tales of humans, but he decided not to pursue and continued with his meal. Dash, not surprisingly, finished her sandwich rather quickly, while Quentin was still working on his burger. However, it wasn't too long after until Quentin finally tossed the last chunk of his meal into his mouth, chewed it, and swallowed. The stallion let out a satisfied sigh, his hunger satisfied.

"Man did that hit the spot!'' Quentin let out, patting his belly.

Rainbow Dash chuckled, ''See, told ya the food was awesome.''

"And then some.'' Quentin then suddenly let out a soft belch. His eyes widened as a sheepish smile spread across his face. "Dang, sorry about that.''

Rainbow Dash's response shocked him as she laughed out, "Yeah you should be, because that was weak!'' The bold Pegasus then let out a much louder belch.

Quentin gazed shocked at the rather uncouth gesture while Rainbow Dash just grinned proudly with her forelegs crossed. Quentin looked at her with a rather disgusted frown before it was replaced by an impressed smile and he started to clap his hooves together.

"Wow, nice one,'' Quentin applauded.

"Thank you, thank you. No need for compliments…I already know I'm awesome!'' Rainbow Dash bragged.

Quentin merely grinned at the pony before giving off another, much louder belch. Rainbow Dash widened her eyes a bit as Quentin leaned back and gave a sly, 'beat that' kind of smirk. Rainbow didn't need n explanation and she just grinned with determination, rubbed her hooves together and burped loudly, more than the last one. At this, Quentin raised an interested eyebrow before smirking and letting out another burp. In turn, the bold mare let out another belch and before they knew it, the two were at a slight belching war, each retaliating with lengthened, loud, rather humorous burps. After about a minute, maybe two, the two took a break, aggressively grinning at each other as they readied for another round.

Just then the two ponies heard an 'Ahem' sound beside them and looked to their right. Their eyes met with an unamused, disgusted looking waiter, a piece of paper in his mouth. Rainbow Dash and Quentin looked at each other blankly, with the latter having a slightly more embarrassed, apologetic gaze as the waiter spoke.

"Is that quite enough?'' the waiter asked disgruntled.

The two said nothing, only looked at each other when Rainbow Dash let out another, but softer belch and grinned sheepishly.

"Uh, hehe excuse me?'' Rainbow Dash replied, smiling awkwardly.

The waiter didn't look amused one bit and gave Rainbow Dash stern frown.

"Indeed. Your bill.'' He placed the piece of paper on the table and turned around and left.

The moment he disappeared, Rainbow Dash and Quentin burst out laughing.

"Man did you see his face?! Priceless!'' Rainbow Dash laughed.

"I know right! He was not amused in the slightest! We might've just ruined the poor guys day!''

The two ponies continued to laugh until finally they calmed down. Rainbow Dash took the bill and smiled, ''I got this Quentin.''

She flew into the air and came back with a bag of coins. She took twenty gold bits out and placed it on the table. "See, my treat as promised.''

Quentin smiled in gratitude and he and Dash got up and left the cafe. The two journeyed through the equine town, while Rainbow Dash hovered next to Quentin. "You're so gonna love the gym Q. It's got everything punching bags, weights, weapons you can practice with, fake of course!''

"Do they have any bo staffs?'' Quentin asked with eagerness.

Rainbow Dash nodded with a smirk, ''Sure do. You know how to use one?''

"Yeah. In fact, it was my preferred weapon back on Earth. Though swords and knives were cool, I just didn't you know…feel right about them,'' Quentin said as he tried to explain to Dash. "I'm not really into causing lacerations or chopping a guy's arm off so I chose the bo. It's so versatile and though it rarely cause bleeding, it's an effective weapon nevertheless.''

Rainbow Dash nodded with a calm smile, ''Not one of blood and guts huh? But that's cool. Besides, you've got to show me some moves on the staff.''

Quentin just nodded with an amused smirk. The two friends conversed as the rainbow maned Pegasus led Quentin to their destination and after what seemed like fifteen minutes or so, they arrived at the karate dojo. Quentin's face immediately fell in disbelief as he beheld the building. To his surprise, the dojo's appearance actually resembled buildings one would see in China. The building seemed to be made mostly of mahogany wood save for the windows. The front doors seemed to be traditional shoji, being framed out of wood with the inner workings made out of transparent paper. Decorated in the center of the door was a circle with two winged unicorns circling each other with their bodies curved along with an image of the sun and moon vertical of each other in the center of the two beings, making the design remiscent of the yin-yang symbol.

Quentin noticed this and raised an eyebrow slightly. "It's that symbol again, like the one on that well'' the equine thought as he remembered the well that spirited him away to this land. ''So this is where it came from, Equestria? But what does it mean?''

As Quentin pondered these thoughts, Rainbow Dash looked at him with a perplexed, slightly worried looked and spoke, "Uh, you ok Q?''

Quentin snapped out of his thoughts and looked at Rainbow Dash. "What? Oh yeah I'm good, just sorta zoned out a bit.''

At this his friend grinned, ''Betcha just got lost into how awesome this place looks.''

Quentin chuckled, ''Well I have to say, it is impressive. Looks just like the buildings you would see back on my world.''

"Well wait until ya see the inside. C'mon!'' Rainbow Dash said eagerly, practically grabbing Quentin by the right foreleg and dragging him inside.

They walked through a wooden floored hallway that was simple in design, but Rainbow Dash turned to her left and slid open another shoji to reveal the main training hall. Quentin gazed around with a small but impressed, excited smile as he gazed around the large, rectangular shaped hall. It had everything one would expect to see in a karate dojo. Hanging down from the ceiling in the four, inner points of the hall were orange punching bags, each with a large piece of white fabric with a large, red X in their centers. There were four, pony shaped, Mu ren zhuang wooden dummies with each of them having medium length, cylinder shaped pieces of wood petruding from the front upper torsos. On the far wall ahead of them hung wooden plaques with five rows of sheaved, katana swords while underneath then were fake, training swords made of wood situated in groups inside a cylinder bin while two more sat near it, one with bo staves and the other with spears.

One the far wall to their left, were two black shelves about ten feet from each other, each displaying numerous, gold medals, and pictures of an earth pony of some kind. On the wall between the shelves was decorated with wooden plagues of accomplishments with shiny, black faces with gold writing. On the far, opposite wall near the stallion and mare were four, separated windows framed with wood with paper centers. The windows were slightly pinkish in color. The two outer windows had the silhouette of a bonsai tree while the two inner windows each had a silhouetted image of a winged unicorn each with a foreleg slightly raised. In the center of the hall was a large, dark orange, rectangular mat.

Quentin walked in slowly, drinking in the surroundings around him as Rainbow Dash grinned eagerly at him.

"Man I'm loving this place already,'' Quentin finally spoke, feeling one of the punching bags nearest to him.

"See, I told ya this place is awesome!'' Rainbow Dash responded walking over to her friend.

"Hell yeah it is. I loved going to the dojo where I lived at, especially to let off some steam when I'm pissed off. It would feel great to beat the crap out of a punching bag instead of a guy's face,'' Quentin said, giving the bag a firm punch.

Rainbow merely smirked as she responded, ''I hear that. This place is one of my favorite hang outs in Ponyville.'' She then looked around, ''I'm guessing Master Judo isn't here.''

"Master Judo?'' Quentin repeated with a confused but intrigued look.

His daredevil friend nodded,'' Yeah he's the guy that owns the place. He's also the one that taught me karate. He's cool but he's a tough teacher, somepony you DO NOT want to take lightly.''

Quentin stared at Rainbow Dash ash she continued, ''Yeah even when he's not here he usually leaves his gym open for ponies to come in. Some for karate lessons and others just to exercise. Even for an athletic pony like me, I can still get a bit of a workout in here.''

"I can believe that. After all, karate may be beneficial, but it will work out your muscles,'' Quentin smiled. He looked around the dojo, memories of his training back on Earth flooding through his mind. "Damn I miss being in one of these.''

Rainbow Dash looked at Quentin blankly for a moment before grinning. "Hey Q.''

The dreadlocked stallion turned his head to look at her.

"Yeah want to have a little sparring match?''

"What?'' Quentin responded quickly, not expecting the question.

"Wanna have a little sparring match? Just you and me, let's go!'' Rainbow Dash repeated with a tough determined smirk.

"Are you serious?'' Quentin finally answered with a somewhat uncertain look.

Rainbow Dash nodded, "Totally. You did say you were a brown belt after all didn't you?''

"Yeah but-''

"C'mon Q how bout it? Besides, after that block you pulled earlier I really want to see some of your moves. So what do ya say to a little friendly competition?'' Rainbow Dash cut in.

Quentin was sit unsure about the proposal. True it would still be a friendly sport, and he's been in hundreds of sparring matches before, he still wasn't the kind of guy to go head on into a confrontation, friendly or not. However when he looked into his competitive friend's magenta eyes, she wiggled her eyebrows with a sly grin and Quentin couldn't help but chuckle.

"Alright Dash, you're on.''

Rainbow Dash beamed and gave an enthusiastic foreleg pump. "Sweet! So let's get suited up then!''

Quentin nodded and Rainbow Dash led him to the back where the uniforms were kept and separated into the boys' and girls' changing rooms. It took Quentin a while to get the uniform on. While he had worn a shirt and coat while in his new equine body, he had yet to wear pants and he struggled for a bit to get them on. On hindsight, the whole display would be quite humorous to watch from another's perspective, but the earth pony finally managed to get the white pants on.

"Finally!'' Quentin breathed. He then looked into a mirror and observed himself in the white karate gi. He smiled softly as he remarked, ''Well I do make this thing look good don't I?'' He winked at his reflection before chuckling.

Quentin then made his way back out into the hall to meet Rainbow Dash and stopped when he saw the Pegasus come out of the girls' changing room. Rainbow Dash had on a white karate uniform like himself but around her waist was a black belt. Around her forehead she had a white headband that caused her bang to flare backwards, something that Quentin found rather cool somewhat attractive to him.

"Quentin smiled impressed. "Wow forget me, you make that outfit look better than I could.''

"Hehe, gee thanks Q,'' Rainbow Dash smiled shyly looking away, something that was rather odd for Quentin. Since being here, he's learned quickly that Rainbow Dash was a bold, confident mare so he acting even a little bashful was a little out of character for her. Quentin even might've seen a smile blush on her face.

However, Quentin decided not to think too heavily on it and spoke, ''So, you ready?''

Rainbow Dash turned her head to him and nodded with determination and eagerness, completely losing her shy demeanor she had a second ago. "More than ready. Let's do this!''

The two karate ponies made their way into the hall and onto the large mat and into the center. The two gave each other a generous space in distance before facing each other. "Ready Q?'' Rainbow Dash asked, lowering herself with an aggressive grin on her face.

"Ready when you are Dash,'' the stallion responded, though with a not entirely confident tone. Quentin has never fought in his new equine form since being in Equestria. Though he did injured the chimera that attacked town, he mostly ran from it than actually engaged in combat. Rainbow Dash saw her sparring partner's uncertain demeanor and spoke supportively.

"Hey Quentin just relax. Remember this is just a friendly little competition, we're not fighting for our lives or anything. After the way you blocked my punch earlier, you got this. Besides, even if we are friends, I'm the best student here, so I have a reputation to keep up. I'm not gonna take it TOO easy on you.''

Rainbow Dash ended her comment with a tough grin and a wink and Quentin chuckled. He decided to lower his body the same way as Rainbow Dash as he responded with a more confident look, ''Don't worry about going easy on my Dash. Let both of us show each other how we became black belts.''

"You know it!'' the tough mare responded, cracking her neck.

Quentin and Rainbow Dash stared each other down with tough, smirks as they readied for their match. Quentin swallowed whatever nervousness he had left and stood ready and firm, but not too stiff to move. A moment or two pass with the two competitors staring unflinching with each other until Rainbow Dash spoke, "Ready…set…GO!''

Immediately, the rainbow maned Pegasus charged at Quentin and did a slight leap as she brought back her right foreleg and gave a short cry as she attempted a punch. Though surprised but the quick attack, Quentin quickly prepared himself and leaped to his right as he evaded the punch. However before he could retaliate, Rainbow Dash surprised him by jumping up and doing a reverse side kick, striking him in the chest.

The stallion gave a short cry in pain as she stumbled backwards and fell on his back. He grunted and winced in pain as she rubbed the area on his chest where he was struck. "Damn, that was a hard kick!'' Quentin said through gritted teeth.

"You good Quentin?'' Rainbow Dash asked as she landed on all fours with a slightly concerned look on her face.

Seeing his opponent, Quentin sucked up the little pain he felt and did an impressive pop up and quickly landed on all fours. "Yeah I'm all good Rainbow. Nice kick by the way, totally didn't see it coming,'' Quentin said with a grin.

Rainbow Dash smirked at the compliment. "Thanks, but ya better keep your focus. I didn't become a black belt for nothing ya know.''

Upon finishing her remark, Rainbow Dash charged at Quentin again and leaped up as she attempted another reverse side kick. However, this time Quentin was ready and with a smug smirk, he merely stepped to his left and blocked the kick. The act caught Rainbow by surprise and before she knew it, Quentin retaliated with a strong front kick and sent her back a few feet away. Rainbow Dash cried out as she landed on her side. She grunted as she lifted her body and smirked at her sparring partner. "Teh, now that's what I call keeping focus. Good one Q!''

Quentin, who bore a slightly worrisome look for his friend's safety grinned with appreciation.
"Thanks, but that's not nearly enough to keep you down.''

"Buck no. I still have plenty of moves up my sleeve, so get ready!''

Rainbow Dash quickly rose to her feet and charged towards Quentin and when she had gotten close enough, she tried to get him with a reverse punch, but Quentin blocked it with his left foreleg. Quentin then spun around and attempted to sweep Rainbow Dash off her feet, but she was quick to react and did an impressive back flip to evade the strike. "Whoa!'' Quentin thought, surprised.

However the instant Rainbow Dash landed on her hooves she immediately lunged at him for an attack. She attempted three punches, one to his stomach, his chest, and his head, but Quentin blocked each of them. She tried a fourth punch only to have Quentin block it. However after the block, he took his free foreleg and brought it to her arm and swung her over the side and onto the mat with a smack sound. Rainbow Dash let out a grunt as she landed on the mat. Not wanting to let up, Quentin tried to add a stomp to her chest, but Rainbow Dash opened her eyes just in time to move her body out of the way. She then went on her side and with a hind leg swept Quentin off his feet.

He let out a cry as he landed back first on the mat. Rainbow Dash let out a cry as she flew upward and descended down upon her friend preparing to do a flying drop kick. Quentin peered through an eye and shot both eyes open as he saw the attack. As she brought her right hind leg down for the kick, Quentin blocked it with his forelegs crossed, Rainbow Dash's hoof meeting his forelegs. Quentin then brought both of his hind legs in and kicked Rainbow Dash in her abdomen, sending her backwards. Rainbow Dash went back a few feet but when her back hit the mat, she rolled along her back and stood back up on her hooves. The brown earth pony sprang up and charged at his sparring partner and tried to get her with a right punch. However this time, Rainbow Dash blocked it and with a motion of her forelegs and a cry, she flipped Quentin onto the mat with a grunt.

With gritted teeth and eyes pinched shut, Quentin lifted his head slightly before flopping it back on the ground. Rainbow Dash walked casually to her competitor and gazed down on him with a smirk. Quentin peered through one eye and saw Rainbow Dash, the position he was at on the ground making her seem like she was upside down.

"I gotta say Q, you have some pretty sweet moves. You've definitely lasting longer than most other guys that trains here,'' Rainbow Dash grinned.

Quentin responded, smirking, ''Thanks, you're pretty beast yourself. You're definitely worthy of wearing that black belt that's for sure.''

Rainbow Dash pounded her chest as she closed her eyes, answering back with that overconfident, tomboyish tone of hers, ''What did you expect? I'm the best there is. Like I said before, I wasn't gonna take it too easy on you and you should do the same!''

The dreadlocked pony raised in eye brow with an amused grin. "As you wish Dash, no quarter given.'' Quentin then quickly bent his forelegs back near his ears as he brought his hind legs back, surprising the cyan Pegasus with another double kick to her stomach.

Rainbow Dash cried a she flew backwards and Quentin quickly hopped on all fours and lunged at his friend to continue his attack. He brought a his left foreleg back and swung it back around and chopped Rainbow Dash across her face that caused her to recoil backwards. He then followed up with another punch, but the formidable mare spin out of the way, and elbowed Quentin on the back, sending him face first towards the ground, but Quentin caught himself by landing on his front hooves and he hit Rainbow Dash with a back kick.

She grunted as she reeled backward and Quentin stood upward and grinned smugly at his worthy opponent. "So, is that what you wanted?''

Rainbow Dash shook off the blow she received and smirked aggressively. "Yeah keep at me just like that. I'm having a good workout here. Now it's really starting to get fun.'' Rainbow Dash then charged at Quentin as the two ponies continued their sparring.

For the next fifteen or twenty, Quentin and Rainbow Dash were in a heated sparring match. Each one would through punches, kicks, and chops at one another and each of them would block the other's attack. Throughout the match, they would also successfully land their attacks on one another. Despite the very competitive spar, the two never once lost their cool or sportsmanship. In fact, they were enjoying their match as they pushed each other to the fullest of the martial arts skills. To them, they were having the time of their lives sparring each other as friends.

There finally came a point when the two stood distances from each other, breathing heavily as sweat dripped from their faces. They stared at one another, giving tough smirks as they breathed.

"You're…you're not getting tired yet are ya Q? I've…just getting started!'' Rainbow Dash taunted as she breathed deeply.

Quentin let out a short chuckle before he responded with heavy breathes, ''You… shouldn't be talking Dash. You're…you're the one that's sweating and trying to catch your breath.''

Rainbow Dash then smirked, ''Then whaddya say we end this little match of ours? C'mon you and me…one last attack.''

The out of breath stallion just grinned at his friend and nodded, ''Let's do it.''

With a cry from each of them, the two charged at each other for one final round. Dash threw two punches at Quentin's face, but he blocked both punches. He then retaliated by slapping the sides of her head with his hooves. Rainbow cried out, stunned by the attack. Now it was the time for Quentin to strike and took advantage of the stunned mare's condition. He lunged forward with a punch, intending to seize the match. However, Rainbow Dash recovered from the stun and avoided the punch by ducking. With a cry, Rainbow gave a small barrage of punches to Quentin's stomach before ending it with a strong uppercut, sending him flying high backwards. Quentin cried out as he flew back and finally landed hard on the mat. He rolled a few times before finally coming to a stop on his side. For a moment or two, Quentin laid their motionless before finally rolling onto his back. He winced and grunted as he rubbed his belly and jaw. He peered through one eye to see Rainbow Dash smiling calmly down at him. She didn't have cockiness or arrogance in her smile. It was a genuine, comforting smile that was asking him if he was ok.

Quentin could do nothing by return the friendly smile and sat up, shaking his head as hid dreadlocks whipped around. "And that ladies and gentleman is it.'' Quentin spoke, catching his breath.

Rainbow Dash chuckled as she collapsed onto her haunches next to her friend. "I'll say. That was a good spar Q. A REALLY good spar. No pony that goes here could give me a better match.''

"I know for one thing, I never want to be the poor schlock that picks a fight with you. He'd regret it for life.''

Rainbow Dash chuckled before looking at Quentin with a more concerned frown. "But seriously Quentin, are you ok? I know I can get a little too carried away out there, even if it is with my friends.''

Quentin just looked into her worrisome eyes and smiled warmly and shook his head. "Yeah Dash I'm good really.'' He then cough a bit as he continued, acting like he was holding a microphone and talking like he was an announcer. "And the winner of the fight ladies and gentleman…Rainbow Dash! Give it up for Ponyville's number one fighter!''

Quentin then made a sound that resembled a crowd cheering causing Rainbow Dash to snicker, amused by the stallion's antics. Afterwards, Quentin ceased his humorous playing and gazed at Rainbow Dash with a bright smile. "You totally won this match Dash. I've had a lot of fun sparring you.''

The bold Pegasus chuckled before responding. "Yeah me two Quentin. You have some sweet moves. Totally black belt worthy with some more training of course.'' Rainbow Dash extended a hoof towards Quentin with a casual smile.

Quentin smiled gratefully at the mare's compliment and knew what she wanted as he too extended a hoof and brought it to hers as the two shared a hoof bump. "Impressive, very impressive indeed,'' a voice suddenly spoke out.

Quentin and Rainbow Dash whipped their head towards the source of the voice as their eyes fell onto a stallion standing by the door. It was a rather large earth pony about the same size as Big Mac. He had a cream colored coat with a brown mane that mopped down slightly unkemptly on his head along with a nicely shaven, brown beard and moustache. He had blue eyes and a brown, medium length tail. He wore the same karate uniform, as Quentin and Rainbow Dash with a black belt around his waist. However, his sleeves seemed to have been ripped off which exposed his forelegs completely.

Quentin stared at the stallion in shock but Rainbow Dash just grinned widely. "Oh heya Master Judo!''

"That's Master Judo?!'' Quentin as his friend.

Rainbow Dash nodded, "Yep the one and only!''

Quentin just stared at Rainbow Dash as Master Judo walked towards them, a calm smile on his face.

"Excuse me for watching unnoticed, but I came in and saw you sparring with Rainbow Dash here and I must say, your skills are quite impressive. What is your name young colt?''

As Judo spoke, Quentin noticed that his voice was softer in contrast to his muscular build. Before Quentin could answer, Rainbow Dash put an arm around his shoulder and brought him in for a one armed hug. "This here is a new friend of mine Quentin. He uh, just came into town. Quentin meet Master Judo!'' Rainbow Dash introduced Quentin.

"W-What she said,'' Quentin answered nervously. "It's nice to meet you Master Judo.'' Quentin brought his hooves together and gave a respectful bow, but Judo just chuckled.

That won't be necessary Quentin. After all, I'm not your master.''

Quentin just smiled sheepishly as Rainbow Dash chuckled. Now that Judo was close to them, Quentin couldn't help but notice that with his hairstyle and beard, Judo reminded him of someone, but he couldn't really tell who.

"So you've just came to town recently? Where did you come from?'' Judo asked.

"I came from Fillydelphia,'' Quentin lied.

"Oh, and I'm guessing you've received training in Fillydelphia because from what I saw you're definitely not a beginner.

Quentin and Rainbow Dash both looked at each other before looking at Judo with nervous smiles. "Yes sir. I've studied karate there for seven years now.'' Quentin responded to which Rainbow Dash nodded.

Judo nodded understandingly with a smile, ''Seven years huh. No doubt your master was a fine one for you to have such skills like the ones you've just demonstrated?''

"Yes, he was. He was a tough mentor, but his teachings was very beneficial and I managed to rise to the rank of brown belt. I'm very grateful for everything he taught me.''

Judo looked truly impressed. "A brown belt? Well, you're very on your way to becoming a black belt. What I saw out there sure was black belt level for sure.''

Quentin chuckled as he spoke, ''Yeah, but Rainbow Dash's skills is just awesome. You've done really well teaching her as well.'' He smiled at his friend and Rainbow Dash smiled gratefully with a faint rosy hue on her cheeks as she averted her eyes.

Judo chuckled, ''Yes she is quite talented in karate, one of my best students in fact. Even if she can be a bit overconfident and, a bit of a showoff every now and then,'' he said, raising an eyebrow while looking at his student with a bemused expression.

"Hey what can I say? I'm born with talent!'' Rainbow Dash responded coolly, raising her hooves.

Judo and Quentin both chuckled while shaking their heads. Afterwards Quentin spoke, "You have a great dojo here Master Judo.''

"Thank you Quentin. I appreciate you're compliment. May I ask, where you are in regards to your current karate training?''

Rainbow Dash looked at the brown stallion as Quentin thought of a response. "Hmm, nothing really. Why?''

"Because if you are pursuing to further your training, you're more than happy to sign up here.''

Rainbow Dash's eyes widened as a wide smile came across her face. "Oh my gosh that would be so awesome!''

Quentin for one was surprised by the offer. He thought for moment. As much as he would love to continue practicing karate here, he knew he would leave eventually to go back to his own world. This fact saddened him a bit, but he gave Judo a kind smile and nodded.

"Thanks for the offer Master Judo. But I'm still kinda trying to get settled in Ponyville. Do you mind if I sleep on it for a day or two?

Judo nodded with a warm smile. "Of course Quentin, there's no rush. When you've decided, feel free to stop by anytime.''

Quentin nodded gratefully at the karate master. After some more conversation, Quentin and Rainbow Dash got out of their uniforms and bid farewell to Judo and left the dojo. Out on the streets, Quentin stretched, hearing his body cracked as he did so.

"Man I totally needed that. Damn good workout right there!'' Quentin said as he finished stretching.

Rainbow Dash chuckled "Yeah. Especially after that lunch we had. A perfect way to work off that food.''

Quentin looked at her a little amazed as the tomboyish mare raked a hoof through her mane and shook her head a bit before looking at him with a warm smile. At the moment, her wild bang was lower than usual with her flowing mane cascading down her neck. Despite her bold and competitive demeanor, she still had a tomboyish beauty about her that made the stallion smile.

"Hey Quentin, you sure you ok after all that?'' Rainbow Dash asked concerned.

Quentin stared at her before smiling. "Rainbow Dash for the last time I'm good. I've been in plenty of other sparring matches before. I've taken some punches.''

Rainbow Dash chuckled awkwardly, ''Yeah well some ponies don't like it when I get rough like that. Honestly, I was kind afraid you would really come at me with the intent to sock out of revenge or something.''

Quentin stopped smiling and placed a hoof on hers. "Rainbow Dash, I would never do anything like that to you or anyone else. I couldn't even think about hurting my friends.''

Dash looked blankly at their touching hooves and up at Quentin's smiling face. A faint blush came across her face and her heart started to race. She then smiled and looked away awkwardly. Soon afterwards, Quentin looked away and up towards the sky.

"Well, I guess I should be heading back to Sweet Apple Acres.''

Rainbow Dash nodded, "Yeah, and I should be getting back to work.'' Rainbow Dash looked at her stallion friend and smiled. ''Thanks for having lunch with me Q.''

"Thanks for inviting me,'' Quentin smiled back.

"No problem, we defiantly need to hang out more often,'' Dash suggested, crossing her arms.

"You know it RD,'' Quentin said. Dash smirked at the nickname he gave her.

"You now Q, you weren't what I was expecting to be.''

Quentin face fell blankly, trying to make sense about what she said. "What do you mean?'' he asked.

Rainbow chuckled before continuing. "What I mean is you're more than what meets the eye. You can be shy and soft-spoken like Fluttershy, but you can be tough when you need to be.''

Quentin just stared at Rainbow Dash quizzically as she hovered next to him. "What I'm trying to say is, I really like you Q. You're awesome to be around with,'' Dash smiled softly, placing a hoof on his shoulder.

Quentin looked at his friend, surprised by the sudden tenderness, but then smiled, flattered and he patted her back. "Thanks Dash, I really like you too. You know you're more than meets the eye too. I'd never guess that you could be so sentimental.''

Dash chuckled, but then frowned. Quentin saw this and looked at her in concern. ''Hey Q, you sure-'' Dash began, but he knew what she was going to say and Quentin stopped her.

"Dash, I said it's cool. There's no need to apologize, so drop it,'' Quentin said, giving her a wink.

Rainbow Dash smiled. "Quentin, you're just awesome,'' she replied, hovering over and giving her friend a one arm embrace.

"Not as awesome as you Dash.'' Quentin said gently. "And who knows, maybe we could be official sparring buddies?''

Dash's face instantly lit up. "That would be so cool!'' She then looked at Quentin with a softer, more uncertain smile. Do ya think maybe you can show me a move or to from what you learned back on Earth?''

Quentin smiled softly and nodded. "Sure, as long as you don't use them to beat me up again.''

''It's a deal!'' Rainbow Dash beamed

The stallion laughed and Dash and Quentin gave each other a hoof bump but as they did so, Rainbow Dash came forward and gave Quentin a soft headbutt, surprising him.

"Wow, what was that?'' Quentin asked, giving the Pegasus somewhat shocked gaze.

Rainbow Dash chuckled awkwardly before answering. "Hehe, don't know to be honest. I just came up with it on the spot.'' Her face then fell with concern. "It didn't hurt did it?''

Quentin just smiled calmly, shaking his head. "Well...no bruises, no concussion, I think I'm good,'' Quentin answered trying to be witty.

This prompted a amused chuckle from Rainbow Dash as Quentin continued. "And to be honest, I kinda like that. Sort of like a little dap greeting.''

"Yeah totally! That can definitely be our own thing. So you up for it?''

the human turned stallion cracked a smirk before answering, "Only if you think I'm cool enough for that kind of thing.''

"More than cool. Of course you can never be as cool as me though,'' Rainbow Dash said, giving a smug smile.

Quentin rolled his eyes, "Gee thanks.''

Quentin and Rainbow Dash both shared a hearty laugh, did their new found greeting before embracing again. They broke apart and smiled at each other.

"Well I'm out Q. We should totally get together with the others later,'' Dash said, flying into the air.

Quentin nodded, "I'd love that Rainbow.''

The two friends waved at each other and Dash sped off into the sky, her trademark rainbow trail behind her. Quentin just looked up into the sky and smiled. ''That Rainbow Dash...is something else,'' he said softly, gazing at the rainbow colored trail.