(Morning Training grounds)

"Watch out for her feet Scootaloo!" Yelled Applebloom, but it was too late her foot made contact with Scootaloo's face.

"Ouch, that gonna hurt." Said Sweetie Belle.

"That's Amy for yeah, always doing the unexpected." Said Molly

“Oww! Amy, I thought this was suppose to test my fighting skills!! Theres no kicking in swordsmanship!”

“Yeah, but not everypony when it comes to combat fights fairly.” Amy instructed her apprentice as she helped brush the dust off of Scootaloo’s shoulders. “Did you notice what’s the one thing that could’ve helped you stand your ground?” The little pyro knight shook her head no.

  “It’s the placement of your hooves.” Said a familiar voice. Everyone turned their attention to the left to see Ciela walking in on their training. “Your upper body strength helps you with your sword, but your lower body reflects on balance. The stronger your stance, the more power you can put in your upper body.”

“Well, I didn’t expect to have any visitors for our training session,” Molly said. “Shouldn’t you be with your husband, Ms. Nocte?”

“Luke is helping out Leo and his companion go through those files on the changelings so I used the chance to walk around. I heard you guys training so I thought I see what was going on and help you guys out.”

“What about Nicko and Anson?”

“Both of the boys are doing their own thing,” She answered Sweetie Belle’s question. “Anson was with Pinkie Pie trying to get a few prizes at the Arcade and Nicko was with Eris talking to a couple of locals.”

“Did Anson win anything?”

“Last time I checked, he was holding a huge Ursa Major teddy bear.”

“Aww……” All three of the Cutie Mark Crusaders sadly moaned in Unison. “We tried winning that yesterday and we were so close!”

“Yeah, we could’ve stayed longer if someone didn’t cause a panic at the clothing store that you busted, Sweetie Belle.” Molly said, her tone being sincere.

“Hey, Diamond Tiara crossed a line. She deserved it for what she called Rarity!”

“Yes, but actions speak a lot louder than words.” Ciela said. “Just... what exactly did you do to her?”

“I punched her.”

"Hahaha!" Amy laughter stopped when Ciela gave her a disappointed look. "Shoot me all the looks you want, cause if my mom was here she would cheer for what Sweetie Belle did."

Ciela groaned a little as the whole story was explained to her with all the gruesome details, from what this girl said to what unfolded throughout the entire day. Something told her that Sweetie Belle needed a way to SERIOUSLY let loose her anger. She looked around a little bit to see what she could do to help the white unicorn. She found a wooden training dummy in the back courtyard to use as a target.

“Uhh… What are you doing, Ciela?” Asked Sweetie Belle.

“Trying to find something that you three can use to take out your anger on… because apparently, you have a LOT of it.” Ciela told her as she got a piece of paper and wrote on it. Taking some tape, she taped up the sign that said “Diamond Tiara” on it and drew a silly face. “Now, since all of you have some possible fighting experience, I want each of you -one at a time- to release your anger out on this dummy.”

That seemed to do just the trick. Seconds after Ciela instructed them, Scootaloo charged at the dummy. The Chiliarch had only seconds to run before the girls released an all out blitz on the poor wooden structure. Amy and Molly were quite surprised that did the trick as well. “Whoa!”

“Works every time." Said Ciela as she watched the Cutie Mark Crusaders furiously unleash a storm upon the structure.

“Every time?” Questioned Molly.

“I used this similar method to teach the boys how to deal with bullies in kindergarten. They might have almost gotten kicked out, but you’ve should have seen the look on the teachers face when she heard about it! Your mom also got a kick out of it as well.”

“Our mom?” Amy asked.

“Of course. You were practically in the same class as the boys.”

“So wait… Nicko and Anson were the boys that I stole candy from?”

“You were always the mischievous type.” Ciela told the Blazing Heart of them as she helped herself up onto a nearby tree.

“Despite the early years, the three of you were always finding ways to get in trouble and have fun with each other. Tell me something though… What were Nicko and Anson like when they were growing up… you know… Without Luke and I?”

“Well… When we first heard about it, we didn’t know who it was until after we saw them. Our mother had them stay in the Orphanage that she had opened and they were the first of many guests that were to follow. We really wanted to see them and mom promised we could, but that was before she had surgery a year later… and didn’t make it.”

“Oh dear god…” Ciela cursed.

“After that, we started homeschooling. Our dad though was always busy and never spent any real time with us. But during this time though, we had our friend Yuri help us. She was a maid that helped take care of us, but treated us like a mother. So in a way, Yuri is our mother/maid and was taking good care of us.”

Molly cleared her voice before continuing in place of Amy. “When Amy first disappeared though, I didn’t know if it was some joke of hers or if she was really gone. Day after day, week after week, month after month passed until it was a few years later and she never came home at all. Yuri went to investigate, but got fired for doing so. Then… I just wanted to find my sister. So, I went to the same store and was convinced to buy this outfit and moments later, I end up here. All five of those years and I only find out that it was only a day or two here in Equestria. Despite my sister being… random at times, I still appreciate her being there by me. Sisters stay together after all.”

"*Sniff*"

Wait....are you crying Selena?"

'N-No your crying....shut-up."

"You can't lie to me, plus I can see a box of tissues next you."

"Oh yeah well Diamond Tiara is coming your way."

Amy looked to her left to see a slightly bruised up rich pony, and yes girl next to her. "What was that you were saying about me, you blank flanks?"

"Oh great she's back."

“You three caused a huge mess the other day. One that my father has to spend all day fixing with my aunt while your sisters friends are playing games and having fun.”

“Oh really now?” Ciela shot back after she got out of the tree. “What can you prove that they are the mess? Or are you just using it to try and entertain yourself?”

“THEY, broke the rules!” Diamond snarled as she pointed a finger at the three of them. “Only customers with Cutie Marks are suppose to be allowed insi-.”

“Oh god, here we go again… Blame it on the rulebreakers. Like you suppose to be some angel that hides behind that Tiara and your fathers bank account.” That insult made the girls behind her go “Oooh!” like they were wanting to know how she was going to come back to that. Apparently, Diamond though had a few words of her own to say.

“Hey, unlike my father, you look like you took some bedsheets and rags off the streets and called them clothes, you filthy street rat!!”

“Coming from the royal pain in the ass that you’re suppose to be. I’ve raised two kids and have a husband! All you have is a friend that looks like your personal secretary.”

“DAMN!!” Amy hollered in response. “This is getting interesting.”

“How can you be able to raise kids for someone your age? Aren’t you suppose to be thirteen-.”

“Thirty.” Ciela corrected. “Which is probably the amount of times you had to have your tail be stuck in between your legs for being a whiny bitch that can’t do sh*t for herself unless her father writes her a check.”

"Oh this is getting interesting." Said Selena munching on some popcorn.

“Thirty? You look a little too small to be a little old lady that dresses like a dirty smelly pirate.” Diamond Tiara followed her insult by throwing a stone at Ciela, which was dodged due to her Combat Readiness passive skill. The rock however, landed on the one place that you would not want it to crash on if you were Diamond Tiara right now.

Amy's Face.

The Blazing heart, now with a bruise on her face that was dripping a bit of blood wiped the blood off her forehead. She looked at Ciela with the same expression of rage on her face as the Chiliarch. One that would express an expression that says “You screwed up bad, kid.”

“Hey Amy. Why don’t we play a game with this little one?”

“What kind of game?” Amy asked with a devilish tone in her voice.

“A game of tag… And this little weasel is IT!!”

(One hilarious chase throughout of canterlot later)

"DON'T RUN, DON'T RUN WE WANNA BE YOUR FRIEND!!!" Yelled Amy chasing after the fleeing rich pony.

"YEAH WE JUST WANNA SHOW YOU HOW WE GREET NEW FRIENDS!!!" Yelled Ciela.

Diamond ignored the comment that her chasers said, as she continued to run down the road of canterlot she notice the rune slayer talking to her father and two other ponies she didn't know. "Yes daddy's here he'll save me from these monsters." She thought as she ran and hide behind Nicko.

“Please protect me! These mongrels are trying to hurt me!”

“Only because YOU offended me.” Ciela shouted back.

“You offended my mother?!” Said Nicko.

“Wait, SHE’S YOUR MOM!!?!” The reaction came from both Diamond Tiara and Vinyl Scratch. Almost in unison. Both Lauren Order and Filthy Rich were also shocked. Lauren even thought that the boy’s parents were dead because of the way he looked when she mentioned the topic on the train to Ponyville three days earlier.

“Yes and it’s been only almost a few hours after I finally reunited with my children and you had the audacity to call me a filthy street rat!!”

“If she offended you, then why is Amy chasing her as well?” Nicko asked.

“That little bitch threw a rock and it hit my face!!!"

“Only because Ms. Hood here dodged it-!” Diamond Tiara tried to protest until she was shut up again by Ciela and Amy’s joint verbal abuse. Then came the punchline that sealed the deal from the Chiliarch. “We were only trying to defend Applebloom and her friends until she made it personal when she called me a little old lady that dresses like a dirty smelly pirate."

Nicko was speechless. This little wretch crossed a major boundary and now, he was as equally pissed as his mother. “So……” He asked, now looking back at the pissed off Pyromancer and the cheesed off Chiliarch. “She offended you, called you little and old, threw a rock that hit Amy in the face and you expect me to just hand her over?”

Both of them just nodded her heads. Diamond Tiara was just looking like a scared and lost puppy right around now as she looked at Nicko, hoping for protection. However, what she got was exactly the opposite.

“Then by all means, teach her a lesson.” The teen remarked as he now stepped behind the earth pony and lightly tapped her.

“What the hay are you doing!? Don’t you know who I am?!”

“Of course,” The Rune Slayer commented as the Cutie Mark Crusaders had just arrived. “I had a talk with your father and things were going good until we found the Audio recording that led to the reason why this store was destroyed the other day.” Nicko was now holding the audio crystal from the camera and played a little snippet. Diamond Tiara’s expression was now one of despair as she looked at her upset dad.

“I am so disappointed in you, young lady.” Filthy rich soon walked over and had her daughter be by his side as they walked off. In a last ditch effort though, she made one last cry to Nicko.

“H-help me!!”

“Sorry, I don’t get involved in family matters.”

“You’re evil!!!”

“Nope, I’m just a bystander in all of this. You only have yourself to blame.”

"Dammit I wanted to atleast do what Molly did to them in ponyville three months ago."

"There's always next time Amy, if she pisses you off again that is."

“So… now what should we do?” Asked Ciela.

“Well, I was trying to do some training…” Scootaloo said, thinking to herself. Then, she had an idea. “I know!! Why don’t both you and Amy train me!?”

Both The Rune Slayer and The Blazing Heart looked at each other moments after the suggestion. The little Pyro Knight had just come up with a great idea that the both of them could offer their assistance with. Nicko only had one question now though.“When do we get started?”

Scootaloo pounced on the opportunity, grabbing Nicko by the hand and pulling him all the way to where the girls were last. The trail left behind by Nicko’s greatsword almost resembled tire tracks when car wheels are burning rubber. He tried his best to keep up, but the eager apprentice kept on yanking him like he was walking a puppy on a leash. By the time they arrived, his arm felt like it was getting yanked off.

“Okay, how does this work?”

“Well, I was wanting to learn more on combat so I can help other ponies. Maybe you can help me so I can help them.”

“So let me get this straight… You’re asking me to be your… life coach?”

“Yes!” She squealed cheerfully, “What should I do, coach?”

Nicko sighed to himself for a minute. “Step one, never call me “coach” again.”

"Why not call him shorty as a nickname scoot's?"

Now noticing Scootaloo giving two thumbs up like a school filly, Nicko had her put her hands down and relax. “Step 2, never do that again."

"Aw but she's so cute when she does that."

"Then why not ask her to do it you and you alone?"

"Noted."

"Step 3, let’s see what you need to make you the most badass apprentice ever.”

(Half an hour later,)

After seeing a basic combat demonstration from Scootaloo, Nicko now knew how to help the filly improve upon what she had already been taught previously. Of course, even though a Pyro Knight’s skills were a lot different from a Rune Slayer’s, there were still some similarities that could be used by the teen to help teach her a few things. It was effective for her to know these now while she was still learning. Out of her friends, Applebloom decided to stay behind and watch while Sweetie Belle and Babs Seed decided to go exploring with Molly and Ciela. She was a little bit bored, but soon came across an old textbook that was by a combat crossbow she happened to find nearby. Nopony seemed to be paying attention though, as Nicko was giving pointers to Scootaloo on her defensive stance.

“Okay, Scootaloo. Your arms are in the right place, but your grip needs to be tighter so you don’t drop your weapon. Have a strong posture with your legs and make sure to bend your knees before any big overhead slashes. You’ve almost fallen flat on your face a few times before because you lost your balance.”

Applebloom herself decided to take her eyes off the three of them for a minute as she flipped to the front page of the book. To her surprise, she could read the words as she saw a crest with what appeared to be a crescent apple. But turned into a new kind of Sigil as she heard a soft song enter her head. The song imbued her soul with power and strength She did not know it just yet, but something strong was inside of her. Something she never even knew she had.

The young earth pony soon took the textbook and the crossbow that was there and put them in her saddlebag. “Hey Scootaloo, Ah’m goin to catch up with you later. Ah want to see how Applejack’s day went.”

“Okay, stay safe!” Amy told her as she left the training yard. “Something feels off about her though.”

“Define off, Amy.”

“It’s almost similar to the feeling I felt when Scootaloo became a Pyro Knight. A flow of power and newfound energy……”

"Wanna check her out before she leaves?"

"Naw I'm sure it was nothing, let's continue with the training with scoots."

"If you say so."

"Ok Scootaloo let's practice with you fire magic for a while."

"Ok teach." Scootaloo summon a fireball into her and was about to launch it at Amy, that is until there was a huge exploding sound coming from behind Amy. Nicko & Scootaloo looked at Amy with an annoyed look on their face.

"What?"

"Really? You couldn't go a day without exploding something." Said Nicko.

"I right here you hot headed jerk, how can I have explode something if I've been here with you two all day?"

Before Nicko could answer Winona came running in and tackled Amy to the ground. "Ow what the hell, I didn't even do anything and Applejack sends her dog to attack me?"

"Bark Bark."

"Translation please Selena."

"She's saying that Applejack & Applebloom are in trouble."

"That would explain the explosion we heard a few seconds ago. Amy picked herself off the ground as she motion Scootaloo & Nicko to come over to her. "Nicko go get the others, Scootaloo and I are gonna check out what's going on." Before Nicko could reply the blazing heart and pyro knight left the training arena, and followed after Winona to where Applejack & Applebloom were.

(Canterlot garden area)

   Scootaloo & Amy made it to where their friends were. To there surprise the entire place was wrecked like someone dropped a bomb on this place, or when Amy blew up ponyville that time only difference with this was that she didn't cause it....this time. “What the hell happened guys?” Amy asked, seeing Applejack’s beaten state and Applebloom’s new appearance.

“Well, mah sis was beaten to a bloody pulp by Eric, but then I gained these new powers from a textbook I found and sent Winona to go find help. Leo and I were able to hold him off and we think we tired him out.”

"Hey you think we can get the CMC to join my kingdom?"

"You really don't want them in your kingdom after what happen yesterday do you?" Said Amy.

"Yes, yes I do."

"......let's just focus on what's going on. Amy was brought back to reality thanks to Selena. “Well good job to the both of you. Now let’s get going before-”

SHHNNNK!!!

Amy looked down at her chest as she felt searing pain coming from her body. A crystal that was as big as her forearm had punctured through her body and dangerously close to her lungs and heart. She turned to see Eric struggling to his feet, a hand channeling the time cracked crystal that he shot at her.

“I don’t believe you are going anywhere, Burning Crusader.”

Another shot went through her body, this time actually hitting her upper chest. Scootaloo’s eyes widened as her teacher began to fall backwards into the cart that held Applebloom’s sister.

“AMY!! NO!!!”

The Blazing heart fell into the cart. But when Scootaloo came close to her Amy, she could lightly feel her pulse weaken. Her hands moved to the necklace that was around her neck, taking it off. Doing so caused Amy’s clothes to change, becoming a series of red gowns that matched the blood that was dripping from her chest. She used what remaining strength she had left, not to say anything. But to instead hand the pendant to the young pegasus. Faintly, she whispered into the pegasus’s ear. “Don’t…… worry about me…” Then everything fade to black as Amy's eyes closed.