The Chemistry and Magic's class room was located in the farthest building away from the main structure. It was the only building that actually scraped the outskirts of the Everfree, Daybreak was sure they had positioned it that way to help with class studies. Being near Everfree Forest would certainly be convenient for studying odd types of magic. Just like many of the other buildings on campus, this one only seemed accessible through a transport portal disguised as a regular door in the main entrance hall. Through it, Daybreak saw that they were inside an extremely large astronomy tower which had two flights of spiraling stair ways, both of which seemed to occasionally spiral up and down on their own. One going up, and one going down,both in a screw-like shape next to each other. It was confusing to look at and humorous to watch. Because it was so easy to confuse one flight with the other, a student would occasionally step on the wrong side and be sent spiraling up two or three floors before they managed to change stairwells.

Having absolutely no idea where he was going, Daybreak simply followed Rainbow Dash, but it seemed she had her own plans for him. Nearly every other step she'd pull him by the arm so he was right next to her.

"Come on slave boy, this won't be any fun if people don't see me in charge."

Many people certainly were shooting them looks, a few even uttered words of disbelief that Rainbow Dash was clinging to this new kid nobody.

Daybreak muttered several curses to her under his breathe, many of which she caught and snickered at

"Oh what's wrong? Worried they might think we're dating?"

"Not on your best day you rainbow haired succubus!"

"I don't know master why don't we try switching roles and see how you like it. Bet you'd look great with a leash around your neck."

She shot him a quick glare as they stepped onto the staircase, and plummeted straight down the spiraling steps.

"Watch it mister, or I might make you wear one instead."

"Never."

Her sneer was as infuriating as his current situation, and she wore it all too well for it to not be attractive.

"Really? Never? Maybe I'll order you to then? Or maybe you just be a good boy until your hour is up and I don't make your life any more miserable."

He gritted his teeth, he half considered morphing them into fangs and biting her out of spite...but he valued his dignity, and if he did anything, he knew she'd make him pay for it before the hour was up.

"Yes master."

"See that wasn't so hard was it? Well you were earlier, but that's not what I meant."

She turned and watched him become a pleasant shade of crimson. She giggled innocently at his blush.

"Come on my little pervy slave, we're here"

"I truly, and most sincerely, hate you with every fiber of my being right now Rainbow Dash".

They exited the moving stair well on a floor that looked like it came out of a Nightmare Night magazine. The walls and floor were decorated with a variety of creepy objects, ranging from stuffed Parasprites, to an all-too-realistic Timberwolf carving. Several suites of armor also stood along the walls, making the entrance to the classroom seem much less inviting than it should have been. Rainbow Dash entered first and held the door open for him, which was surprising to say the least. However, the moment he passed through he door, his whole body froze to the core.

A powerful wave of energy struck his senses like a pick-up truck and he found himself unable to move. Rainbow, clearly not noticing his slight spasm, continued onward to a stool in the back of the dimly lit room. Only a few candles lit up the dungeon-like class, so Daybreak was unable to see much other than the outlines of where his other peers sat, many of them with their faces buried behind books. But even without his eyes, he could 'see' that there was an over abundance of powerful aura in this room. So much so, that it felt suffocating to reach out and try to sense it with anything other than his eyes. He managed a light pulse of his senses before the power could suffocate him, and he ceased all sensory spells he normally had active within himself. Only his ability to switch between his normal vision, and magical sight, remained active. He silenced everything else after his sense became blurred by the power in the room.

From just a brief touch of the room with his mind, he was able to detect three extremely powerful magical auras present apart from his own and Rainbow Dash. Everybody else in the room was above average, but still nothing worth noting. Still slightly dazed by the shock his senses had received, he slowly worked his way to the back and sat down next to Rainbow Dash. She had already taken the liberty of providing his stool spot with several flasks and an assortment of other weird objects he assumed would be used in the lesson.

"Aren't I supposed to fetch these for you master" He inquired with a glance into her bag. He quickly handed it off to her after realizing their was nothing in it save for spare clothes and a few books. She smiled at him

"And how many times have you actually been here before dude? I appreciate your willingness to serve me, as you should, but I'm giving you a freebie here cause I know you don't know where anything is stored here, plus the room is near pitch black. I doubt you could find it if you did."

"That's what you think. You don't know my eyes"

"Yes master..."

He felt like his self loathing increased slightly each time he said that word. It must have shown on his face too, cause as he turned to ask Rainbow if there was anything else she needed, he caught her staring at him out of the corner of his eye, before she quickly turned away when he looked at her. She coughed to herself and seemed wrapped in thought for a long moment, before she finally turned back to him and asked

"Hey dude...about this whole slave thing...You don't hate me cause of it do you? Cause if you do I promise I'll stop now..."

"You are quite possibly the most complicated woman I've ever met...and that is truly saying something, all things considered...I wonder why you'd ask that so directly."

"No I-"

"Oh good, cause I really don't wanna stop messing with you, it's too much fun."

"And the hate is back..."

He made to open his mouth and retort, however his vision went white as the room was suddenly filled with light from nowhere.

"Good Morning class." The whole room turned their chairs in the opposite direction, to see a middle aged man in a white lab coat standing in front of a chalk board.

"I see that my little light trick made you all face the wrong direction in your chairs...or perhaps I placed the room the wrong way...terribly sorry about that."

He snapped his fingers, and the room literally spun around. The whole building seemed to spin and do a 180, but somehow none of the objects placed around the room fell from their places. By the time it was done, the class once again faced the wrong way, having turned their stools before hand. After readjusting their desks, the man in the lab coat pulled out a weird looking device from his coat and pointed it at the chalk board. He clicked a single button on the contraption then held it aloft in his hand. The device buzzed to life and quickly let loose several bursts of blue light from its tip, etching words into the chalk board. Once it was done, the man deposited the device back in his coat and stepped to the side to reveal the writing.

"My name is Professor Wilson Hooves, but nobody ever calls me Wilson, and I don't like the term 'professor' much, it makes me feel old. However, I'm also a doctor, and very proud of it. So you all may call me Doctor W.Hooves."

A students hand flew into the air, only now did Daybreak realize just how large this room actually was when he could barely see the girls blue skinned hand from his stool...building magic was so confusing. The Doctor pointed at the young girls hand, Daybreak immediately felt a shiver run through his body as she spoke.

"She's one of the large aura's in here...But I can barely see her from here with all these students in the way...stupid room magic...I thought this place was smaller, but with the lights on it looks more like a giant study hall with tables and stools instead of desks."

"Excuse me Doctor, but Trixie was wondering, just what is your doctorate in?"

A smile crossed the Doctors face

"Sorry my dear, that's my secret for now, and not on the topic at hand anyways, we have much to discuss today, starting with the newest addition to our university..."

Daybreak took a moment to study the "Doctor", he sensed an odd power emanating from this man that he couldn't place. But it was even odder that he could feel it from here, he wasn't even trying to sense magic, and the aura didn't come off as particularly powerful...but it was overwhelming in its own sense. His face looked middle aged, but still handsome by most judgments, and his face was clean shaven. He spoke with an accent that Daybreak did not recognize, but it was just strong enough in his voice to be obvious. He wore a clean looking neck tie and pale grey suit underneath his lab coat along with tan khakis and newly polished, black shoes all of which complimented his beaming blue eyes well.

"What's this odd feeling emanating from him...I feel...old, just sensing it...and he feels...old as well...not just old..it's like he's older than my father...but that can't be possible."

Distracted by his own thoughts, he didn't notice the Doctor was starting right at him, until Rainbow Dash nudged him in the ribs.

"Dude...he's talking to you...get up there."

Daybreak shook his head, clearing away his own thoughts

"What?"

"He just asked you, the new student, to introduce yourself to the class."

"Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

"Oh...ok"

Slowly Daybreak rose to his feet and began walking towards the front of the room. It seemed like now that he was up and moving, the room was back to it's normal size, and he made it to the chalk board in a matter of seconds despite his wishes.

"Ughh...size magic..."

He turned and looked outwards at the class. All eyes were on him, save for a few that opted to remain behind their books, oblivious to the world around them.

"I'd forgotten how much I hate crowds"

Although his features didn't show it, he was sweating bullets in his mind, if he said the wrong thing, everyone would remember him for it. He didn't wanna be known...he just wanted to blend in. Though so far it seemed that had been nearly impossible, despite what he had said out on the track, he still felt he should try ad lay low until he knew this place better. The Doctor placed his hand upon Daybreaks shoulder, suddenly a warm feeling flooded through his body.

"What the?!...How is he doing that...who is this guy...was that...happiness...he just forced through me? For a moment I saw...a flash of...rainbow...what was that?"

"Got a mild case of stage fright have we?"

The Doctors voice came out sympathetic and calm, but Daybreak felt the 'feeling' attempt to flood through him again, this time though, he was ready. He threw up mental barriers in his mind and only allowed the feeling to penetrate his body, with the cold air flowing around the room, the warm feeling was welcome, but he didn't want it affecting how he thought. He shook his head at the Doctor

"Just...trying to think of what to say..."

"It's best to just play it off like I'm nervous in front of crowds...I suppose that's accurate enough."

"Well it's best to usually start with your name."

Mild snickers and chuckles echoed across the room, Daybreak swallowed the lump in his throat

"Slow and easy...just preplan everything you say..."

"M-my name is Daybreak, nice to meet you all"

The Doctor smiled and motioned his hands towards the class

"Class, this is Daybreak"

"Nice to meet you Daybreak" The room echoed back to him. Apparently this was practice around here. The Doctor prompted him again

"So, where are you from Daybreak?"

"Careful...I gotta be vague with this one...but not too vague that he asks for more details."

"I...I'm originally from Canterlot...but I haven't lived there for a long time. I've been traveling around most of my life."

"That should satisfy him..."

The Doctor seemed pleased and motioned for him to resume his seat, but before he took more than a step, a loud crash echoed throughout the hall...then Daybreak heard words that made his heart rate drop and his blood freeze in his veins.

"Oh Gosh! Twilight are you ok?!"

Several heads turned to the source of the scene, Daybreak followed their gaze. His blood froze twice over the second he spotted her. There, near the center of the room, with Sunset Shimmer sitting directly beside her looking flustered as their flask shattered on the floor, and its contents began leaking everywhere...was the one person, on the whole entire planet he didn't want to see...Twilight Sparkle.

He knew their was no escape from notice now. Her gaze was directed solely at him, and he was forced to meet her eyes. She had stood from her seat so rapidly that many of her items had been knocked to the floor, including the book she had been buried behind until then, which left Sunset Shimmer to desperately attempt to rescue their stuff from the spreading ooze of the flask.

Daybreaks eyes met hers mid way, a floodgate of memories showered his vision...and he felt full of shame...This was a past he did not want to relive. He could tell by the burning hatred within her gaze, that she still remembered their last encounter very well...at least he had succeeded back then. She hated him. There was no doubt of that.

"That explains the massive power I sensed...I'd have never guessed she would be here...and Sunset Shimer must be the other...then that blue girl. I'd be willing to bet Twilight is the first place winner...Dammit! Why didn't I read those fucking trophies!?"

Luckily for him, before her hatred could make it to her voice, the Doctor came to his rescue.

"Miss Sparkle, are you alright? Your flask is full of acid...and its seeping onto your clothing."

This temporarily drew her gaze away from him and down to her clothes, which were indeed starting to burn. She quickly loosed several small beams from her finger tips to repair the damage and snuff the small flames. While she was momentarily distracted, Daybreak glanced at Professor Hooves, he turned his head slightly in Daybreaks direction, and winked. Realizing that was his queue, he quickly half-ran back to his seat with Rainbow Dash, and prayed to his mother and father that Twilight wouldn't approach him in public.

Rainbow gave him a small slug in the arm as he sat, not enough to hurt, but enough to draw his attention away for a moment. The Doctor took out his strange looking device again, and began drawing several diagrams on the board.

"Today's lesson will be a simple one. Since you all know that your normal teacher for this class is absent this week, I shall be taking her place until such time as she returns, from which I shall then go back to my normal post in the History department. Until then, take out your magical herbs and potions books, then please attempt to prepare the potion I am now inscribing on the board. I think you'll all find it is the perfect blend for a second day back, and good one to start with for beginners."

Daybreak was barely paying any attention to what the Doctor said, but he still managed to retrieve Rainbows book before his own, and hand it off to her. She thanked him and began setting up many of the weird objects at their table. He was thankful she wasn't forcing him to do it, because he was too focused on his own problems to be of any use anyways. His eyes drifted back to where Twilight sat, even from here, now that he knew where she was in front of him, he could no longer rid her from his sight.

She had certainly matured since he had last seen her all those years ago. Her body being the most noticeable quality, the next being her better fashion choice than before...he remembered she used to wear old and worn looking robes in Celestia's school, not caring about her appearance but more on the magic at hand. Her body had definitely changed since then, her overall figure was slightly wider than Sunset Shimmers, but not by much. She certainly wasn't chubby, not by a long shot.

Her purple hair still held that one dark pink streak through it, which Daybreak had sworn was dyed on back then, but it clearly wasn't, and she hadn't put her hair into a bun like she swore she would when they were kids, she had let it stay down. She wore glasses now, at least for reading it seemed, as they were now removed while she sat facing the Doctor as he spoke. This allowed Daybreak to study her features without her glaring at him.

Her clothing was definitely better than it used to be...at least compared to raggedy old robes anyway. She wore a dark gold sleeveless top with a several stars scattered across the center, and underneath was a formal looking undershirt and tie, both tucked neatly under the outer shirt. What surprised him the most about her clothing, was the fact that she now seemed to wear skirts. A dark purple skirt, with red streaks traveling around it vertically, hung loosely below her waist. He was positive she had to wear different clothing for sports, even from here he could tell that a single jump, and that skirt would come flying up. Not that he needed it too, with her sitting the way she was, and his own keen vision, he could tell by looking just above her waist line, she was wearing dark grey panties underneath her skirt. She was lucky, if she sat the wrong way that skirt wouldn't exactly cover her butt, which from here, Daybreak could tell had certainly...grown a bit, since the last time he had seen her. However, she seemed aware of her clothing problems and sat on the skirt rather than having it flutter around her on the stool. As for her chest, well that was probably what shocked him the most in total. When they were kids, he would swear that she was gonna grow up to be flat chested...it looked like he had been dead wrong. A point she would no doubt mention if they happened to speak at some point. Her chest outdid Rainbows and Sunsets...She had to be at least a D size...or he was blind! Even underneath the tie, white undershirt and dark yellow wool-looking top, her chest was obviously huge!

"I'd bet my house that she's never worn any kind of top that wasn't tucked in or double layered...cause if she did, there was no way she was hiding those things...Dear Celestia, Twilight...if it were anyone else I'd swear they stuffed their shirt. Sadly, I know you enough to guarantee you'd never stoop that low...I can't say its good to see you again...to be honest, it's probably the worst possible thing that could happen to me right now. But, in light of the fact that we used to be rivals...I can at least say it's good that you haven't fallen behind me in magic...not by much at least...I wonder what you'll do now? Screw me over and tell everyone who I really am? That's what I'd do if someone did to me what I did to you. But I wonder if you're capable of it? That urge to hate the person who hurt you and make them suffer twice as much...can you do it? I guess we'll see...there's not much I can really do about it right now, in front of all these people, so it's your show. Let's see how this plays out."

A painful jab in his ribs brought him back to reality. Rainbow Dash was giving him an annoyed glare.

"Yo pervert, Equestria to pervert, wake up, quit staring at Twilight's ass, and help me work here!"

A blush of complete enragement and discomfort found his face. If that wasn't bad enough, Twilight and Sunset, along with several other students in front of them, seemed to hear her and started snicker...well except for Twilight...she just cringed. Daybreak gave Rainbow the most hateful glare he could muster

"Dammit Rainbow Dash! Don't start lying to them about me on my first day. No need to flatter people whose ego's are large enough as is!"

He made sure to voice his response loud enough for Twilight and Sunset to hear, but not make it any farther down the room. He could tell his reaction had been successful, by the way Twilights fists began to clench around her textbook. She made it halfway to turning around, presumably to yell some retort, but again the Doctor seemed to find the perfect moment to interject

"Hurry now, ten minutes left to brew."

Twilight heard his words and quickly returned to working with Sunset, who still wore a small blush from his words about Twilight. Sunset quickly flashed him a smile and returned to work. Rainbow Dash, though less than pleased with his work thus far, smirked at him anyways.

"Wow, pissing off the most powerful girl in the school on your second day here? Even I wouldn't do that...not bad man, but I'd watch out. She's turned people into fruit before...accidentally of course. I'm just saying though, no need to tempt fate."

"Fruit hm? Wonder what you'd become if I did that to you...a pineapple perhaps? It would fit...thorny on the outside, but if I peel ya open, I bet your all mushy inside."

"So slave, You planning on helping me anytime soon? This is a group assignment ya know."

"Clearly I missed that part..."

He gave a quick glance at his watch, the hour was still going.

"Yes master, how can I help?"

She smirked and shoved the flask into his hands, flashing the most innocent of smiles as he took it.

"You can be the taste tester."

"You must think I'm pretty fucking stupid. If you think for one second I'm gonna drink whatever poison you just gave me, then you must have lost more blood than I thought in that fall."

He slowly tried to hand it back to her, but she refused to accept it.

"I'm not drinking this Rainbow Dash."

"Oh yes you are slaaaaave. I own you remember? You have to do what I say for another ten minutes until class is over."

"I'm gonna force feed you Poison Joke cupcakes one of these days..."

He took the flask apprehensively, and slowly peered into the contents

"But...Why do I have to drink it? Why not you?"

She held up three fingers

"Three reasons. One, cause I did all the work while you were off in dreamland, which is fucked up cause that's normally my job...Two, because it's a grade, one of us has to drink it to prove it works...and three, because I said so, and I own you, slave."

Out of the corner of his eye, Daybreak watched Twilights ears perk up slightly. She turned to Sunset Shimmer and whispered something in her ear, then they both began giggling wildly amongst themselves. He started to panic

"Oh no! If Twilight heard that, she could have Rainbow Dash make me do anything...and I can't fucking say no! Oh I really hope those two don't like each other."

Neither Twilight nor Sunset turned around, maybe they hadn't heard after all, but he still felt obligated to shut Rainbow up just in case. He held the flask up to his lips

"What does this do again?"

Rainbow Dash shrugged

"It's a mystery potion, we always start out with them every year. Once we brew it and drink it, the Professor will watch the reaction and then tell us what it does."

"That's horribly devious...Whoever is the normal teacher here must have my sense of humor to mess with the students like that...goddess please don't let this be a truth serum...I'll be doomed if Rainbow gets to 'test' it's results."

"Umm...Every year? Exactly how long have you been here?"

"Three years now. Failed last year on purpose so I could get in with my friends this year, I'm a year older than most of them."

"That explains why your trophy said track star for two years...I just assumed you were a third year...but then...you wouldn't be in my classes now would you? Oh well...Now I know."

"Quit stalling slave! I don't wanna fail the first grade of the term just cause you're scared to take your medicine!"

He half considered forcing it down her throat for a second...but after a moment he dismissed the thought. She owned him for another few minutes, he could take it. Without another word, he tipped the flask to his lips...and took a large swig from the brew. He swished it around in his mouth before swallowing, attempting to discern what kind of poison he had just drank. However all he was able to identify was that it tasted strongly of watermelon, and salt.

"Weird combo for flavoring..."

Rainbow Dash quickly called over the Doctor and informed him Daybreak had just drank half the brew. The next words the Doctor spoke made Daybreak slightly nervous

"Oh...he drank half of it? I'm sorry...I'm so sorry I didn't tell you before...You only had to sip it...oh well...let's see what happens!"

"Excuse me?! Let's see what happens!? I swear if I grow an extra limb or turn into a cactus I'm gonna...gonna...what the?"

"Uh Doc? What's wrong with him?"

"Oh...I was worried this might happen?"

Daybreaks eyes felt heavy and his head felt warm, he attempted to form a sentence but his lips seemed like they were no longer under his control

"W-what? W-w-what's wrong...w-wit me?"

The Doctor kept him on his stool as he tried to stand, he brought his face close to his own, Rainbow leaned in as well.

"Do not make a scene, I promise you'll be fine. This potion won't hurt you, just let the effects pass. It will fade quickly, the instructions I provided were too small a dose to be of any danger, if you drank half then you'll feel it slightly more, but you'll be fine. Just don't try and stand up until it's passed..." he turned to leave, then after a moment, turned back to them

"Oh and by the way, I think I'm giving you both extra credit for having the guts to do that...That could have been a truth potion or love serum, and you just drank it like that. You're either very brave, or very foolish. But either way, you impressed me...just don't do it again."

"I'm not brave or foolish...I'm just stuck as this girls slave...why does my head feel so warm?"

The Doctor had walked away before Daybreak could inquire what this brew actually did. He was just left shivering on his stool, while Rainbow Dash fist pumped the air

"Aw Yeah! Extra points on the second day and I didn't even have to do anything! Looks like you're my good luck charm Daybreak."

She patted him on the back. At her touch a warm feeling rushed through his whole body.

"Oh No! I know what this potion does! That Doctor! This might as well be a truth potion at this dosage!"

Rainbow leaned forward on her stool, starting at him intently

"So what's this thing do exactly?"

"Don't think about her...do not think about her..."

She beamed with a sinister grin, she could tell, whatever was happening, he was focusing extremely hard on it. His face was scrunched up, trying to resist the building feeling inside of him. She pulled her text book out from within her bag

"Let's see...mystery potions for second years...hmm..."

She flipped through the pages, searching for the ingredients they had used. She stopped when she found them and beamed with joy

"Aha! Found it!"

Clearing her voice, she read off the page she was currently on

"Essence of Euphoria...Ooooh sounds interesting, let's see what it does...Ahem: The Essence of Euphoria is a common household brew made to allow those burdened with extremely stressful lives to unwind at their leisure. This particular brand releases chemicals inside the brain bringing the drinker into a state of extreme calm. In large doses, this potion acts as an emotional floodgate to many people and can render the drinker extremely susceptible to suggestion. In extreme cases, repressed emotions and memories can be brought to the surface and recounted with great detail. It is for this reason that this particular brand is never brewed outside of a controlled environment, and is illegal unless the proper ingredients are purchased through reputable sellers. WARNING: This is not to be confused with a truth potion. Though in large doses the effects are similar, the effectiveness of this brew as truth serum varies based on the drinkers own will power and can be fought off if they are strong enough."

She shut the book with a thud, and smirked evilly at Daybreak. He swallowed the lump in his throat, again.

"Oooooooh cool...so what's that mean for you then? Come on slave, you still got three minutes, don't hold out on me now."

"Please back up Rainbow...I can't think straight..."

"It means...I can't control my thoughts right now...and I really need you to back up Dash...please..."

She chuckled with joy at his pained expression

"Did you just call me 'Dash'? I don't think I ever said you could do that..."

She brought her lips inches from his, she was practically whispering now

"Now then...tell me what I want to know from you. What do you really think of me? I wanna know what secret feelings you've got buried under all that ego. Tell me."

"C-come on Rainbow Dash...have a little m-mercy...please..."

She was practically squealing with laughter

"Oh dear Celestia, you're actually begging me...oh this is too rich! I gotta get more of this stuff!"

"R-Rainbow..."

She turned, his face was bright red and growing redder "Uh dude...you ok?"

"What am I doing?! Stop! Stop! Stop you stupid body stop!"

"Rainbow I...I won't...won't lea...ahh..."

She leaned forward, an earnest smile on her face, it screamed with anticipation

"You won't what? What?! Tell me!"

"Rainbow Dash!"

She flew back in her stool the moment she heard her name, and turned to face the front of the room innocently. The Doctor was staring over at her

"Stop torturing Daybreak while he's like that!"

"Oh thank fucking Luna..."

Rainbow scooted her stool back to it's original position and pouted

"You got lucky this time dude...next time I'll get you to spill the beans..."

"What is she talking about? Spill what beans? What is she trying to get me to say? And what was I about to say? Even I don't know...what could it have been..."

With his peace of mind gradually returning, though the heat in his head lingering, the last few minutes of the class period passed without much excitement. He watched his time as a slave click away until freedom was his, then the end of class came minutes later. The bells chime rang across the room, the class descended upon the exit doors like vultures to a carcass. The flurry of packing books and scurrying students nearly separated him from Rainbow Dash, who quickly helped him pack up his things, then passed him a small sheet of paper.

"What's this?" he asked as he packed it into his bag without even looking

For a moment, he thought he saw her blush slightly, but with students constantly cutting him off he couldn't be sure. Rainbow Dash managed to shove a few stragglers out of the way and make it over to him as the horde died down to a semi orderly exit line.

"It's the dorm application, just sign your name next to mine, hand this to me when I see you during sports later, and bring up your stuff after school."

"Oh...ok. Thanks Rainbow Dash."

He packed up the last of his things and watched her exit, but before she turned for the stair well she looked back at him and yelled

"By the way! It's ok if you call me Dash! Just thought I'd put that out there, I was only messing with you!...Ok...Bye."

"Umm...Bye...Dash."

She quickly scurried off up the stair well, leaving him to try and comprehend what had just happened

"Women are so weird...but her...she's just beyond any type of understanding...every time I think I get her, she does something like that. And why does she have to act so freaking egotistical...its too damn cute...I mean...It's really fucking annoying...oh who am I kidding..."

He threw his pack over his shoulder and made for the door. As he reached it, the door began to glow a bright purple...and slammed itself shut. He heard it lock itself with a click

"Leaving so soon?"

"Well...shame on me for not seeing this coming...What are the chances Professor Hooves is still here."

As if to answer his question, he saw the professor go running by the doors window a second later, having stepped on the wrong stairwell and gone down farther, instead of up.

"Figures..."

Her voice came out quiet, but sharp as a blade

"Daybreak. Age twenty two. Son of Princess Celestia and son of Discord. By all legal accounts a Prince by birthright. Exiled at conception by his mother and raised by his father beyond known lands. Surfaced twelve years later and came under the tutelage of his mother by chance. Studied under Princess Celestia at Celestia's school for Gifted Magicians for four years and during that time also studied beside her other student, Twilight Sparkle. He became friends with her and after four years, left the institution suddenly without warning in the dead of night, and has not surfaced again in almost ten years. Or so it seemed....But really you've been traveling to other places of knowledge this whole time and going to Universities and Schools that would love to have the 'royal son'. Always ensuring that you never stayed more than a year before being dismissed on some kind of report, and never left any record behind in the files that show you were there, or that you were Celestia's son...And now after all this time, you come to Ponyville...Does that sound about right...hm? Daybreak!?"

Her voice crackled with emotion buried beneath the surface. She had learned to suppress her feelings well, he couldn't even sense her aura from here. He smiled

"Almost...I think mine's better. Let me try: Twilight Sparkle. Age Twenty one. Born into an upper class family of privileged magicians, sister to Shining Armor, Captain of the Royal guard, and if I'm not mistaken, Prince of the Crystal Empire these days. Most of Twilights childhood was spent surrounded by books that fueled her desire to be a great magician. A desire that was spawned from watching Princess Celestia raise the sun with her own magic at the annual Summer Sun Celebration every year. At the young age of eight, she was accepted into Celestia's School for Gifted Magicians and studied there, for several years as the only student to ever come under the Princess's direct teachings. Until, at the age of eleven, another student appeared there. A year older than her. The son of Discord and exiled son of Celestia. Instantly rivals by pure belief and attitude, they studied together for the next four years, competing in everything they did. Pushing each other to the limit of their own potential and beyond. At times, they would even duel one another to try and bring out the hidden power within each other, to truly discover who was the best. However, near the end of the fourth year. Twilight came down with an illness, caused by an overexertion of magical output that imbalanced her body. The illness had happened during a duel that the pair frequently had, and no known cure existed, being that their powers were so unheard of, the illness was virtually nonexistent. The illness threatened to end the girl's life before she ever had a chance to live it. So, Daybreak, and Princess Celestia, together combined their energies and created a powerful necklace, a necklace with a miniature sun at the end of it's chain. This necklace would permanently balance out the young girls magic, but at the cost of allowing the darkness within Daybreak heart to be what fueled her recovery. For you see, Daybreak was made of nothing but dark magic and so could create nothing but. Excepting this price, Twilight took the necklace and wore it for the next month and a half. She didn't speak to Daybreak of why she took the necklace and allowed his energy to continue mixing with hers, long after she could have removed it. Nor did she confide in the Princess. But at the end of their fourth year of learning together, she did. After they both had finished, what would be, their final duel, she told him the truth. That, even though they had been only rivals all these years, she had secretly developed feelings for him, and wondered if he felt the same. The next night, Daybreak took the necklace from her while she slept and left the facility, and did not surface again for another ten years. Twilight Sparkle continued her lessons alone and in pain, never able to truly grasp the reason why Daybreak had left without so much as a goodbye. She renounced making friends from that point on, until, as I'm told, she came to a certain town and defeated the powerful Nightmare Moon with the help of the famed Elements of Harmony and her 'friends'. Then months later, defeated Discord as well when he attempted to regain power in Equestria due to it's vulnerable state, with Luna severely weakened from her defeat. After defeating Discord and still finding no info of Daybreak even from his weakened father, she defeated the Changeling army and former King Sombra sometime later with the help of her brother and Princess Cadence. Then, in a final act of astonishment to the world, she surpassed the famed magician Star Swirl The Bearded and completed his spell, (to which I must admit I am still confused as to its purpose), and rose to the title of 'Princess' herself. She gained power beyond that of any other magician in existence and, instead of going to live in Canterlot with the other Princesses, opted to remain in Ponyville and continue her life there. Meanwhile, secretly, and undetected by the Princesses, Daybreak traveled to the unknown parts of the world and lived with his father in between travels whilst he occasionally went to a variety of schools. Using his title as the royal son, but secretly hating the title itself, he got into any school he wished, learned all he could within a single year, and departed making sure no record of his visit was kept or left the school. Until now, in Ponyville, where I must admit, I'm finally starting to enjoy myself...that is, until this little reunion."

He stopped for a moment and chuckled aloud

"Choosing to continue school and go to college, rather than rule Equestria beside your fellow Princesses...hmph...I must admit that last part gets me every time...almost makes me teary eyed...Oh wait!...That's just my need to vomit every time I hear the words 'Friendship is Magic'...how's that sound Princess? It's almost like I was there for it all, right?"

If he had thought he sensed anger in her voice before, it was nothing compared to what came next! Her anger felt so physical, Daybreak almost took a step back before she even started speaking.

"You..."

"What Twilight? Can't stand the truth?"

"You...YOU SELFISH ASSHOLE!"

"Oh my...seems I may have pushed a little to hard...I can taste her power from here."

"DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU DID TO ME!? ANY IDEA AT ALL? DO YOU EVEN CARE!? NO OF COURSE NOT, AFTER ALL YOU ALWAYS SAID ATTACHMENTS MADE YOU WEAK RIGHT!? RIGHT?! YOU NEVER CARED A SINGLE BIT ABOUT ME, BUT INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING IT TO MY FACE LIKE A MAN...YOU RAN! YOU RAN AWAY CAUSE YOU COULDN'T FACE THE FACT THAT FOR ONCE IN YOUR WORTHLESS PATHETIC LIFE, SOMEONE CARED ABOUT YOU FOR YOU. NOT FOR YOUR POWER, OR YOUR TITLE, BUT JUST BECAUSE YOU WERE YOU, NO MATTER WHAT YOU DID TO TRY AND PUSH ME AWAY. NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU FOUGHT AGAINST ME IN THOSE DUELS. NO MATTER HOW OFTEN YOU ACTED SUPERIOR TO ME IN EVERY WAY, NO MATTER HOW OFTEN YOU TALKED DOWN TO ME I STILL FUCKING LOVED YOU!!! AND THEN, WHEN YOU FINALLY STARTED TO SHOW A LITTLE COMPASSION AND TOLD ME WHAT THAT NECKLACE SYMBOLIZED FOR THE THREE OF US, I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU WERE COMING AROUND! BUT I WAS WRONG, THE MOMENT I OPENED UP TO YOU! THE MOMENT I TRIED TO TAKE YOU AWAY FROM ALL YOUR ANGER AND RESENTMENT TOWARDS CELESTIA AND THE WORLD THAT HATED YOU FOR YOUR FATHER, YOU LEFT ME! I GAVE YOU MY HEART AND YOU TURNED AROUND AND CRUSHED IT INTO DUST WITHOUT BATTING AN EYELASH! I NEVER WANTED ANOTHER FRIEND AFTER THAT ...BECAUSE OF YOU!!!"

Her voice cracked, and along the rows of tables, every flask and glass object in the room shattered into millions of pieces. Her power flowed off her so strongly, Daybreak felt it like wind in a hurricane! He was forced to summon his own barrier just to keep himself in place on the floor! If there wasn't a sound proofing spell on the door, they were both gonna have some serious problems soon...if she didn't kill him first.

For a moment, Daybreak thought she was done...but it turned out she was just catching her breathe for another go...

"WELL DAYBREAK! THIS TIME I'M DIFFERENT, I'VE CHANGED SINCE WE WERE KIDS! I'VE COME TO UNDERSTAND THE MAGIC OF FREINDSHIP AND THE HAPPINESS IT CAN BRING INTO THE LIVES OF ANYONE WILLING TO ACCEPT IT!...BUT YOU! YOU WILL NEVER KNOW THAT JOY, BECAUSE YOU TURN EVERYONE AWAY WHO EVER GET'S CLOSE TO YOU! YOU FORCE PEOPLE TO HATE YOU WHO WOULD LOVE YOU! YOU FORCE RIVALRY WHERE FRIENDSHIP SHOULD BE! YOU DON'T GIVE A THOUGHT TO HOW YOUR ACTIONS AFFECT THE LIVES YOU STOMP ON AND WALK OVER TO GET WHERE YOU WANT! WELL I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THIS RIGHT NOW!...IF YOU HARM ANY OF MY FRIENDS OR GIVE ME ANY REASON TO BELIEVE YOU MIGHT THREATEN THE WELL BEING OF EQUESTRIA...I'LL USE THE ELEMENTS ON YOU!!!"

That got his attention real quick!

"The Elements?...she's bluffing...she has to be."

The shock must have shown on his face, because the swarm of energy around Twilight died down a little. It still spiraled around her in waves, threatening to reemerge at any moment though.

"What? Surprised that I would threaten you with them?"

He took a moment to gather himself, and ready his magic should he need a way out. Then he regained his composure and looked her dead in the eye.

"No...It's just the old Twilight never gave any empty threats."

The anger in her reignited instantaneously and the stools around the room, the metal stools, folded inwards on themselves! Her eyes started to glow a raging white and her clothing began to shimmer dangerously

"YOU THINK I'M BLUFFING ASSHOLE? JUST TRY SOMETHING!"

"I don't believe in the Elements...because I don't believe in friendship or love."

She froze. In mid air she froze. The white light in her eyes and shimmer on her clothing ceased and she landed back down, staring at him, truly, in disbelief.

"Y-you don't believe in friendship? In love? What does that even mean? You don't believe they exist?!"

Daybreak broke his stare with her for a moment, instead looking back at the destroyed flasks and the spot where he and Rainbow had sat mere minutes before.

"No. I don't believe they exist. How can they? Any of them. The Elements, friendship, love. None of them are real in this cursed world-"

"YOU'RE WRONG! HOW CAN YOU EVEN SAY THAT!" Her voice shook with more sadness now than anger, he could tell he was getting to her. He was barely restraining himself as it was anyways.

"How can I say that? You ask how can I say that?"

"Yes..."

Her voice came out like a whisper.

"I'll tell you how Princess. Tell me. Did Celestia ever tell you she loved you?"

Twilight looked visibly shocked by his question. But she still managed to answer with pride and confidence

"Yes, she did. Numerous times in fact."

Daybreak closed his eyes.

"Time to let her see...if she wants to know my feelings so badly...then she can have them"

Black and green flames crawled up his finger tips. His eyes ingited in a dark shade of purple light, and his voice boomed across the room, his torrent of anger momentarily released!

"YES! SHE TOLD YOU SHE LOVED YOU! THEN YOU ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING I DIDN'T, DON'T YOU?! DID SHE EVER ONCE TELL ME, HER OWN FUCKING FLESH AND BLOOD SON?! NO! NO, NEVER ONCE DID I HEAR HER SAY THOSE WORDS TO ME! IT WAS ALWAYS 'TWILIGHT HOW AMAZING' OR 'TWILIGHT I'M SO PROUD' OR 'TWILIGHT MY MOST FAITHFUL FUCKING STUDENT'! NEVER ONCE DID SHE ACKNOWLEDGE ANYTHING I DID FOR YOU OR HER! NEVER DID ANY OF MY ACOMPLISHMENTS MEAN SHIT FOR SHIT WITH HER! MY OWN MOTHER, THOUGHT I WAS A FUCKING MONSTER! AN ABOMINATION OF NATURE THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE EXISTED IN THE FIRST PLACE! AND YOU KNOW WHAT TWILIGHT, SHE WAS RIGHT! BUT I'LL BE DAMNED TO TARTARUS BEFORE I LET YOU COME UP TO ME AND ACCUSE ME OF RUINING YOUR LIFE! YOU MADE YOUR CHOICE! NOT ME! I TOLD YOU FROM THAT VERY FIRST DAY IN THE STUDY ROOM 'DON'T TRY AND GET CLOSE, WE'RE JUST RIVALS, NOTHING MORE'! YOU CHOSE NOT TO LISTEN, YOU CHOSE TO ACCEPT MY DARK POWERS TO HEAL YOU, YOU CHOSE NOT TO TAKE OFF MY NECKLACE DESPITE MY WARNINGS AND YOU CHOSE TO REVEAL YOUR FEELINGS TO ME! I DID NONE OF THOSE THINGS AND WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS. PRINCESS OF HYPOCRASY! FRIENDSHIP? LOVE? MAYBE AFTER YOU'VE WALKED DOWN THE STREET AND HAD EVERYTHING FROM BEER BOTTLES AND ROCKS TO FUCKING KNIVES THROWN AT YOU! MAYBE AFTER GOING THROUGH HALF OF WHAT I WENT THROUGH AS A FUCKING CHILD, THEN YOU CAN LOOK ME IN THE EYES AND TELL ME LOVE EXISTS, THEN YOU CAN LOOK ME IN THE EYES AND TELL ME THAT FRIENDSHIP FIXES EVERYTHING PRINCESS!"

His own green and black aura flared outwards dangerously, swimming swiftly around the room, repairing all the damage Twilights energy had done. Every item that was destroyed was repaired, every table that was over turned was righted and every stool that was collapsed inward, fixed. He put the room back together with enough gentle detail to make it seem cleaner than it had before they set foot in it for class. Once he finished, he allowed his dark energy to return inside of him, and he exhaled.

"You see Twilight, I am in control here. Your pure hearted magic that fixes everything, just destroyed a whole room full of priceless books and potions. While me and my 'corrupt arts' fixed everything you destroyed."

He turned his back to her and prepared to walk out of the room

"Ya know Twilight, sometimes I wonder whose really Order, and whose really Chaos in this world of ours, think on that."

He reached for the door handle, intending to end their talk with that, but she wouldn't have it.

"I hate you."

Her voice came out like less than a whimper, it was full of old emotion and pain. He could feel it as he felt it himself. He did not look at her

"Good. You should."

He grabbed the door handle and started to pick her magical lock with his mind.

"S-Stop!"

Her voice shook, barely allowing any real authority to be behind it. Nevertheless, he stopped, and waited. She spoke only after she had regained herself

"I...I won't let you do to Rainbow Dash what you did to me!"

That one struck him. Hard.

"Damn you Twilight...stay out of my head! I can't even hide behind myself anymore with you around...I'll bet you can sense it can't you...the faint impression she left on my soul...the one thing you could never do."

"I have no idea what you're-"

"Don't lie to me Daybreak! You always said you didn't have to lie, remember? Cause you weren't ashamed of anything you thought! I thought you hadn't changed, remember?! I see the way you look at her, and the way you treat her versus everyone else, including me! You go out of your way to insult and ignore everyone to keep them away...yet you allowed yourself to become her servant! ! You! The Prince, serving her! I don't care what the reason, that's proof enough for me!"

He felt her magic stirring again...but this time it felt...different, like their was a second power backing her own. It was unlike anything he had felt before, which seemed to be common since he set foot in this school. The worst part was, this second power he felt within her...it dwarfed his completely! Completely and utterly, this power was stronger than him.

"Where...where is that coming from...is that...her Element?"

A strange aura unlike her own had begun to form around her body, she placed her hands directly above her heart and pulled them forward slowly. From within her body a shimmering object appeared in her hands...a floating, shimmering, purple star! It's power radiated with that of the sun, and was blinding to behold!

"This is my Element of Harmony Daybreak, I am the element of magic. It's power cannot be defeated by any evil in the world, for it is the most powerful magic of all, a magic you do not believe in. Friendship."

"I may vomit."

"...And if you do anything to hurt Rainbow Dash like you did me...I will use all seven of them to result in your permanent...end."

A visible shiver of fear traveled down his spine. Even without physically touching it he could tell...that magic could destroy him in seconds, and there wouldn't be a damn thing he could do about it. But something was still amiss about her threat...

"Wait...all seven?...I thought there were only six...maybe she really is bluffing..."

His skepticism returned instantly

"Really? You'll just kill me? Just like that? You don't have it in you."

The absolute power radiating off her body continued to flow freely, but on the outside, she ceased hovering and her eyes returned to their normal color. She looked puzzled, possibly due to his sudden lack of fear.

"You don't think I can do it? Or are you just like your father? Denying the truth right up until the moment of defeat."

Daybreak actually snorted at her.

"Me? Like my father? Now that's funny Twilight! No, I just know you're lying, there are only supposed to be six Elements, you said you'd use all seven against me...seven, not six."

Her smirk and confident attitude returned as quick as his skepticism, she was practically sneering

"Oh...I see, you don't know yet. Sunset Shimmer and I both wield the Element of Magic. Together or apart we can and will still use their power against you! So don't think you can split us apart like your father did."

Finally succeeding in picking the lock, Daybreak flung open the door and took a step outside the room. He resisted the subtle urge to look back at her, and see her expression.

"Twilight...I'm not here to break your 'friends' and you apart, I'm not here interfere with your life...to be honest...I just wanna go to college...So I'll make this simple for you. How about you don't bother me and I won't bother y-"

"No!"

He actually turned back around to face her, he couldn't believe what he heard.

"Did I hear her right?"

"What did you say?"

"I said no Daybreak! I'm not just gonna sit idly by while you pass through here like it's just another school. I know enough about you to know you don't do things without a reason. You were never like your father in that sense, you aren't random and you don't act without thinking. It's why you won nearly every duel we had...but..."

Her energy swarmed again, igniting the air around her and making it hard to breathe

"How many times are you gonna try and impress me woman?"

"...I like my chances now versus back then."

He almost heard an ego behind her voice. A subtle smirk crossed his lips.

"Is that a challenge Princess?"

Her energy vanished just as quick as before

"No..."

He sighed with disappointment

"Your body may have matured...but you're still the same as back then...you can't see what's right in front of you."

"Fine, have it your way. So, you gonna follow me around all then time or something to keep tabs on me. Cause, I'm not looking for an extra shadow."

Her left eyebrow twitched in annoyance. Clearly she was still just as easy to piss off.

"I don't need to follow you, I'll be able to tell if you're up to anything from where I am now. And, as an added precaution, I'm going to tell people who you really are, Son of Discord. They have a right to know who they're going to class with. As for my friends, well, other than sensing their magic, I don't really see you discerning who they are. So I'd say I hold the advantage right now Daybreak. Don't slip up, or I will bring the power of friendship to bare on you"

"I feel the urge to vomit returning..."

He stepped fully outside the door, handle still clenched tightly in his fist

"Well then...it seems I won't have to go looking for trouble. Once the school knows who I am. I have a feeling trouble will find me, people aren't exactly fond of my father, I can only imagine how they will react to me. I hope you're prepared to deal with the repercussions of that."

He watched her eyes look at the floor for a moment, but then jump back to him, full of anger again

"Anything that happens to you, you'd deserve."

"If that's the way you feel, alright then....By the way, how's the Drake doing these days?"

He felt a flare of her anger reach him in wave form

"Spike is just fine thank you!"

He snickered aloud, making sure she heard

"Yeah I'll bet...he should be about sixteen now, right? Hmmm...That's pretty much the time of maturity for both dragons and humans. Considering he's a half breed of both...oh I wish I could be there to see it when it happens."

Her anger faltered behind curiosity for a moment

"When what happens?"

"Hook line and sinker...this too easy."

Without looking at her, he chuckled at her

"Twilight, your still a virgin I'm assuming, correct?"

Even without seeing her face, Daybreak could almost feel the heat rush to it as it became a dark shade of pink.

"T-that's none of your business!"

"I'll take that as a yes then...Well...I don't think you'll have to worry about that much longer hehehehe..."

She was beyond curious now, and had to know what he was getting at.

"What do you mean?"

"And the final blow"

"Well, a young, half human half drake, reaching maturity while living under the same roof as a twenty one year old girl, with overly large breasts, who only seems to wear skirts...and is a virgin. It sounds like a sweet bit of chaos just waiting to happen...I bet he feels like a time bomb whenever he sees you bend over for a book. I only wish I could be there to see it when his dragon instincts finally kick in. The look on your face would be absolutely priceless!"

Letting loose a shrill shriek of laughter, he made his way out the door fully, while she became redder than a tomato in the face and yelled after him

"You sick little pervert!"

"Oh please, don't flatter yourself..."

Without another word, he turned and slammed the door behind him, leaving Twilight alone in the classroom, fuming with anger.

As he made a mad dash for the stairs, hoping he could reach his next class in time, he saw the Doctor step out from behind the nearest door, turn and wink at him, then head back towards his classroom.

"Was he waiting for us to finish yelling?...Naw...there's no way..."

He spent the next few hours barely paying any attention to what happened in his classes. There were several more times he was asked to introduce himself to his new classmates, but unlike with the Doctor, there were no unforeseen complications. Most of his other teachers seemed pretty ordinary for the most part, at least compared to Professor W.Hooves.

His lack of attentiveness was mostly due to the fact that he couldn't stop thinking about Twilight's threat to use the Elements of Harmony against him. Truthfully, he had always known they existed, he just never believed they were powered by "friendship". Regardless though, it didn't matter what they were powered by. He could sense just one of the Elements power inside Twilight, and it dwarfed his own. His hurt pride aside, that was a significant problem. For it meant that if the other six combined and were used against him...he'd probably end up dead or worse. He couldn't defend against magic that powerful.

That left him with only a select few options:

1) Identify the Element holders and figure out a weakness or defense against them.

2) Stay off Twilights radar. (Although she seemed to be making very sure that was impossible)

3) Gain the trust of at least one or two Element users and make them unwilling to attack him, or possibly tell him a secret defense.

4) Leave

Out of all of them, the fourth one was certainly the easiest, and the most logical...and his most common choice. He had never had a problem just leaving at the drop of a hat before, and that's probably what Twilight actually wanted him to do.

"But...every time I look at that exit...I feel...something...I don't think I wanna leave this time...I...can't explain what's holding me here"

For all intensive purposes, the fourth option was out at the moment. That left the other three choices. Facing the facts meant admitting Twilight had him in corner without much wiggle room, she could probably find him anywhere in this school with ease. After all, being the "magic mentor" and a princess had to have its privileges. So the option of hiding was pretty skimpy too. That left learning their weakness, defense, or breaking them apart. Two of which did not appeal to him.

"I have no desire to hurt the Elements effectiveness. It is...bothersome that I seem to be their prime target right now. But even I know that they are needed to balance this crumbling world. If I break them apart, Discord will no doubt take advantage of that and attack again, then it be another war all over. More suffering...more death...more pain for everyone involved. And this time...I doubt I'll be able to just hide like I did five years ago when he was beaten by Twilight...I'd probably be forced to choose a side...and considering the options. Either way I lose. I don't wanna join my father because I know what his armies will do, despite his efforts to make his soldiers more like him, I know what they are really like. I've seen the footage of them throwing women to the ground and raping them in the streets...Discord punished all he caught behaving in such debauchery...but even he couldn't stop it all and focus on the Royal Sisters...that's probably why he ended up launching that all out attack that ended in his defeat...Then there's my mothers side...with Twilight...I suppose I could go there and join them...but I'd eventually have to face my father...and his...mirror. I know what will happen then...and even if we win, I'll probably still be executed, I can't exactly see Twilight standing up for me either. That's mostly my own fault, but still, she'd probably say I only sided with them out of self-interest, and she'd be right, mostly. And if I choose no side, I'll end up in their crossfire fighting everyone...In the end, I guess my only option is defense. I have to find a defense against the Elements...but to do that I need to know more about them. Sunset Shimmer might know, after all she is an Element, and she likes me, despite my best efforts...maybe I should take her up on that coffee offer...no...that would just end badly...uuurrrgh...this is...too frustrating to deal with right now."

The remainder of his day was spent mostly arguing with himself alone, even during lunch where he had to purposefully dodge away from Sunset Shimmer, who tried to introduce him to her friend...Twilight...Yeah...the irony was boundless. He saw Rainbow Dash for awhile once they were outside in Sports class, so that brightened his boredom. Arguing with her was entertaining, even if he didn't understand why. Sadly, it didn't last long. With them having a Minotaur who always was way too excited about everything physical, as their sports instructor, they barely got time to just relax and talk about him moving his items into the dorm. Luckily they did have enough time towards the end of class. Once everyone was packing up for the day and changing into normal clothing they took the time to talk. Since Rainbow normally wore sports gear anyways, and Daybreak didn't care what he wore, there was no problem not changing. If he had other classes afterwards, he might have cared about his smell and gone for a shower, but since Rainbow assured him he could use the shower in their room, he decided to just sit on the bleachers, high up next to the football field and talk with her.

"It's odd that we haven't been called up the headmistress's office yet. Ya know...for blowing that hole in the field...and destroying the track. I mean...look at it...there are parts that are still on fire!"

Daybreak pointed towards the fields track, frantically waving his arms as if it would help. Rainbow Dash leaned back against the steps and chuckled

"Relax dude, we'll get what's coming to us...trust me...you don't know this headmistress, I do. She'd never let this go so easily, and we are definitely gonna pay for it...the only question is how?"

"As long as it doesn't involve giving a speech or community service...I really don't care"

"We'll probably have to fix the field at least...maybe not the track, the nurse did say that the headmistress has been looking for a reason to change the rubber on it. I'd say this qualifies."

Rainbow snorted

"She might make us lay the new rubber"

Daybreak felt an all too familiar grin approach his cheeks. He held out his palm and snapped his fingers. Instantly there was a dinner plate sized piece of track rubber in his hand, it was painted the color of Dash's hair. Rainbow gawked at him

"I don't think that'd be much of a punishment for me...hm...I kinda like this rubber. Maybe if we lay it I'll use this. It's certainly better than plain red again."

He saw her cheeks redden, and realized his blunder.

"Nice going dumbass. Way to not flirt with her."

Rainbow scooted closer to him on the bench. He was tempted scoot away playfully, but instead found his butt glued to his seat, unable to bring himself to move. She leaned close to his chest, he could still smell how sweaty she was from sports. Beating all those guys into the dirt during soccer must have really worked her up. Daybreak doubted he smelled any better, having been practicing his running most of the time, and trying to boost his speed past what he and Dash had done...without the fire this time though. She smiled at him, and laid her head against his chest. As if on queue, his face burned with shyness yet again

"I'm no longer sure how I should feel about this anymore...still very discomforting to have you touching me so easily...but...it is a bit..."

"...Nice..."

Daybreak quickly shook his head, clearing his thoughts. He looked down at Rainbow on his chest

"What?"

"I said, this is nice...ya know...just sitting here with a friend. I don't really do this with Flutters or anyone else...Oh wait... guess you don't really know who Fluttershy is yet, I'm sure you'll meet her sometime, if you keep hanging with me."

"Friend?...Did she just call me her...friend?...I don't have friends...I don't make friends...I don't want friends...That's the last straw! I can't let this...attachment, with her develop anymore, I've gotta end it right here! Now!"

He looked down at her, stretched out and resting her head on his chest, waiting for the final bell to echo across the campus telling them they could depart for the day.

"Rainbow Dash...there's something I need to tell you..."

She tilted her head up from his chest, and smiled

"Ok...but there's something I wanna tell you first"

"Oh noooo. Please don't let it be what I think it is....I can't do this to her...If she says those words...I'm doomed...literally this time."

"O-ok Rainbow...you first? I guess"

She sat up and turned around to face him, she straddled the bleacher she was on and reached her hand down the front of her sports clothes.

"What the heck is she doing?"

She leaned close to him, bending forward as though trying to make him look down her shirt, he averted his eyes. Eventually she pulled out her hand, grasping the lightning cloud necklace he had placed around her neck, in her right hand. She was still wearing it...

She held the bottom in her outstretched palm and showed it to him

"Umm...Well...I wanted to say...thank you...ya know...for saving my life that time...I guess even though I hugged you I never really said it...I really like this by the way...it's pretty...It sparkles rainbow colored whenever I hold it up to the light, and glows green in the dark. Did you do that on purpose?"

He gave a large exhale of relief.

"Oh thank my mother! I thought she was gonna say something completely different...I should be able to do this easily now"

"N-no, I didn't do that on purpose...it just happened...listen Rainbow Dash...can I tell you what I gotta say now?"

She let the necklace fall to her chest and dangle outside her clothing, she gave him a small smile

"Sure dude, what's up?"

"Now's your chance! Say it! Say you can't be around her anymore! Say she's better off without you! Make her wanna toss that necklace away!"

"R-Rainbow...Dash...I-I think...I...I should..."

The expression on her face seemed to change, it looked as if it was morphing from calm and content, into one of hope and joy

"Yes? You should what...Daybreak?"

"Say it!"

"Rainbow...You...You're..."

She leaned in close, holding herself up leaning on her hands

"Say it Daybreak"

"Rainbow Dash....You're...the first friend I've ever had...!"

Comparing looks of shock for these two could have made any camera man rich. They both had such an expression change after he spoke, trying to guess what was said would have been impossible. For a moment Rainbow looked disappointed, then her face changed, and she registered what he had actually said. After which her smile broke into a wide-eyed, beaming with toothy laughter, smile! As for Daybreak, he never hated himself more than he did in that moment.

"You fool...y-you coward...you stupid, stupid boy! How can you allow yourself to fall like that after the speech you just gave to Twilight about how 'friendship doesn't exist'...honestly...I'm just...so...pathetic!"

Rainbows hand appeared from nowhere, and grabbed hold of his arm

"Come on Mr.mushy feelings, the final bell just rang! We're free for the rest of the day, time to move in with your totally awesome roommate for the next year, or two! Me!"

She fist pumped the air, as she did the necklace dangled within Daybreaks sight...he watched as the lightning bolt at the bottom gave off a subtle, but noticeable enough, purple pulse of energy. As it did, Daybreak looked into Rainbows magenta eyes and saw a quick flash of deep purple swim across them.

"I can't believe this...what have I done to this poor girl...what am I doing...I can't even...Im sorry in advance Rainbow...I really am...so sorry"

Author's Notes:

Would ya look a that word count! It didn't feel that long while I was writing it, time sure flies. Anyways, a little backstory on Daybreaks' past, but just enough to wet your appetites for now. More laaaaaaaater *flies away*