In the next morning, Twilight goes to school as usual as before, except with what appears to be, she's doing a little parkour while running to the school. She kept running and running, she quickly do a slide to get past under 2 tables by the cafeteria and made it as she quickly stands up and run. She did have those kind of training, personally while in the Army. As she sees a crowd up ahead, she quickly jumped to the wall and, without falling, she did a horizontal wall run to get past the crowd. They didn't believe in their own eyes to see her did that as she jumped off the wall to the ground, roll forward then stand up and kept running to the school. She did have a feeling of exhaustion, but she just somehow love to kept running, so she let it be and will stopped when she reaches the school.

When reaching the school, she stopped and took some breath to relieve her exhaustion. Only a little sweat come out from her forehead, good thing for her, the day was very cloudy so she didn't get a lot of sweat from the hot weather. After took some breath, she then continued her destination to inside the school. She puts her stuff in the locker and locked it with the key and padlock before she proceeds to the class.

Everyone in the class are waiting for the teacher as usual whilst talking to each other, but Twilight was scribbling something in her science notebook in silent. She was writing pretty slow, to Trixie who sat next to her, she appears to be drawing. When Trixie tried to look what she drawn, Twilight put her hand on her drawing, Trixie can't see the drawing but then decided to mind her own business as she saw Twilight's face was cold and Twilight know if Trixie was trying to look on what is she drawing, even when Twilight's eyes were actually looking forwards. When Twilight continues to draw, she quickly finished the drawing before the teacher has entered the class. Ms. Cherilee put her books on the desk and turned to looked at the students with a cheering smile.

"All everyone, before we start our study, i have an announcement to make," said Ms. Cherilee with her hands folded in front of her chest, Twilight quickly sharpen her attention to her while the others just heard what she says casually.

"Tomorrow the competitions will started, i know every each of you excited to do this competitions," Ms. Cherilee then paused for a while, looking a little frown. "But, there is one kind of competition that no one has joined in, and it's a new kind of competition."

Everyone was in surprise, they didn't know there was a new kind of competition in the list. "What's that, Ms. Cherilee?" asked Rainbow as she lifted her eyebrows.

"Airsoft target shooting competition," said Ms. Cherilee, despite the fact no one ever had that kind of competition, no one was willing to join as everyone in the class, except Twilight, were groaned to hear it.

"We can't beat Shadowbolts in that part," said Sunset, undoubtfully. "Is there any competition than that?"

"Sorry, but that's all we have," replied Ms. Cherilee. "The other competitions are full."

"I think i'll join," said Rainbow, but then the others doubt that she would be fit in the Airsoft shooting competition.

"Nah, i don't think so, you didn't even have experience in that," protest Microchip.

"That's true," said Trixie, agreed with Microchip.

Moments later, everyone was talking loudly at each other about the last competition. Some tried to force someone to join and vice versa. Ms. Cherilee tried to calm down with her shouts but it was useless. Twilight starting to lost her patience, her legs are knocking the ground faster, and her fingers is shaking. Twilight loses her patience, she quickly stand up and bashed her table with her fist hard, quickly made everyone scared off and lower their voice.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!," shouted Twilight harshly, it of course did silent everyone off-guard in a second and left the teacher shutted her mouth and looked at Twilight.

The students looked at her for awhile in afraid then turned their front bodies forward at the teacher. Twilight was looking at everyone in the class, then she sharpen her attention at Ms. Cherilee as the teacher looked back at her. Twilight closed her eyes for a moment and sighed to give her cold emotion back before looking at the teacher.

"How many people can join that competition?" she asked firmly and cold.

"Well..." Ms. Cherilee said, ungainly as she scratch her nails with the other fingers with her eyes looking down right. "Lucky for us, it's only for one person to join."

It seems the opportunity has relieved her, she doesn't want to talk much for now, or even tomorrow. "I'm in."

Everyone turned their heads at her in disbelieve. "Twilight, you're sure? Because i heard Shadowbolts ever hit a high score before when they were training in that part," said Ms. Cherilee, doubt of her decisions.

"Ma'am," Twilight paused for a moment. "It's bloody no problem for me."

Ms. Cherilee was unhappy to hear that. "Alright then, if you insisted, i'll tell Principal Celestia about it."

"Yes ma'am," she replied with a nod.

Twilight then sit down, waiting for the teacher to start the study.

"All right," Ms. Cherilee then claps her hands one time in front of her stomach. "Let's us start our study."

It was pretty long study, but for Twilight is a quick run. Ms. Cherilee did give a task to the students maths equitation and Twilight finished it in 6 minutes, which is a new record for her. After the class, Twilight and the rest leaves for lunch in the cafeteria. Ms. Cherilee on the other hand, heads up towards the Principal's office. Upon reaching, she opened the door and peek her out to the office, looking for Principal Celestia if she's still in there. As she peeked in, Principal Celestia looked back at her as she is busy working on some boring paperworks.

"Hello, Principal," Ms. Cherilee greeted. "I hope you're not busy."

"Don't worry, i'm not," replied Principal. "Do come in, please."

Ms. Cherilee then entered her office and closed the door, with a frown face. "Well, i got someone for the airsoft competition."

"Oh, really?!" asked Principal excited as she quickly looked at her, but then quickly changed her emotion to a surprise one as she looked at Ms. Cherilee's frowned face. "Uh oh, it's Twilight isn't?"

"Yeah..." replied Ms. Cherilee slowly.

Principal then paused whilst looking down to the table, she then looked back at her. "At least she ever used a gun before."

"Yeah, you're right..." said Ms. Cherilee, agreed to the statement.

"Well, at least that terrible event is over now," said Principal Celestia. "I hate those days."

"I agree," said Ms. Cherilee, nodded in consent.

Sunset, Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity, Pinkie, and AJ were eating together to their usual seats at the corner of the cafeteria. For sure they were waiting for Twilight to come, and she did come like their expectation. She sat next to Sunset, facing Rarity. Twilight stays silent even if her friends greeted her. She then eats an apple that she's bringing on her hand while the other hand is on her forehead.

"So,..." said AJ, opening the conversation. "How's your day?"

"Not bad," replied Twilight. "Not bad at all."

"And how's the study going?" asked Pinkie.

"Pretty much the same i guess," she replied before she sighed.

Rainbow was smiling a little, Rarity takes notice of that. "Is there something funny, Dash?" asked Rarity.

"Well, guess what? She joined the Airsoft target shooting competition," said Sunset, left AJ, Rarity, and Fluttershy in awe.

"Are you serious?" asked Fluttershy. "I don't know, but Indigo seems to be doing great in that part."

"Well, at least she ever held a gun before, ain't that right, Twily?" asked Rarity as she pointing at Twilight with her eyes.

"Yeah," replied Twilight softly.

"Why didn't you let me join that competition?" asked Rainbow, annoyed.

"Because i didn't asked you to," replied Twilight as she took another bite . "Besides, your aim is truly inaccurate than you though, which means suck, no offense."

The six of them laugh, the five of them laughed of her comment, but Dash did laughed about it but then she didn't believe her. "Oh really? Sounds like your shots don't missed," said Dash with a laughter tone.

"I'm dead serious here, Dash," said Twilight in cold, she then turned her head at Dash. "Very dead serious here."

With that statement and reaction, their laughter quickly trailed off. "Oh, right, sorry," said Dash.

After a moment of silent Sunset calls her. "Twilight?"

"Yeah?" replied Twilight with looking at her.

"Can you.... tell me your friend who died?" asked Sunset, AJ can't believe she asked that directly to her in which that time she was shaking her head angrily.

Twilight was paused for a moment just by keep staring at her, but then, she shook her head briefly, not wanting to talk about it nor even how'd it happen.

"This... is... personal..." said Twilight in creepy tone. "You may don't want to know."

"Even what happen after those stuff going on?" asked Sunset quickly in high tone.

Twilight nodded her head in honest.

After took lunch in the cafeteria, they return to their class for their last study and then heading home. In the evening, Sunset asked Twilight for having a talk at the diner, but she said she can't because of an 'errand' she needs to finished with.
So only the 6 of them who will go to the diner. It was in the evening (or night?) at 7 PM they were already there, the diner was pretty crowded. They can see the sun is sinking outside the window. While eating, they discuss about what they did back at the cafeteria.

"Why did ya' asked her directly, Sunset!?" asked AJ in furious of her action.

"Sorry, Applejack," replied Sunset. "At least we tried."

"Yeah, now she knows we're going to find it out," said Pinkie in worry as she open her palm in front of her forehead.

"Agreed, that's pretty reckless of you," said Rarity being irritated as she points her finger at Sunset.

"Hey, look!" exclaimed Fluttershy, calming them down. "It's not the time we get mad first!"

Everyone paused for a while. "You're right, we can't get just mad like this, like that time we're trying to fight those sirens," said Dash, agreed with Fluttershy.

"Yeah, we should chill out for a while," suggested Applejack as she leans her back to the chair. "Hfff, that was pretty tense."

"Now, the question for now is," said Pinkie. "Who met Twilight first before us?"

Sunset quickly came to her realization of whom she met first. "Flash, i remember now, Twilight asked him to house sitting her house."

"Wait, what?" said the 5 of them in surprise, they didn't hear about that.

"I came to her house that time, but there was Flash in her house instead of Twilight," said Sunset. "I forgot to asked him after she goes home."

Everyone paused for a moment, AJ though for a while as her hand is on her chin. "Alright, we're going to asked him tomorrow."

"Good! Then we can focus on those competitions now!" said Pinkie, excited as she closed her eyes and smiled with her teeth revealed.

"Hmm, such a shame," Rainbow folded her arm and pull a long face. "Twilight only joined one competition."

"That's true though," Fluttershy put her both hands on her chin. "Why would she want to join only one competition?"

"You know?" asked Rarity, remembered something. "She ever used a gun before..."

Everyone gone silent as they remembered that event. "The last time i remember, Rarity, she able to used some rifles before. And it sounds like she wants to get a hold on a weapon after a long time. which is odd, i though she doesn't want to use any weapons for now," Applejack then rubbed her neck.

"But now she wants one, we don't know why," added Sunset in worry.

They all then silent, they can't imagine on why she want to hold a gun after a long time. "You know what? We continue this discussion later, now we need to focus on the competitions tomorrow," said Fluttershy, not wanting to continue this conversation for now.

"I guess you're right, we gonna need a break," said Dash. "So, what's up with the chemics?"

They then go home at night after their long discussion for their competition. The 6 of them study and prepare anything for the competition tomorrow at home, they had to slept at midnight. But Sunset, was a little troubled by that, she can't sleep because her mind were mildly keep thought of Twilight. But then, she pulled out those thoughts and finally slept at 12:30 AM.

It's already the next day of the morning, the competition starts. The Shadowbolts are in the school of CHS and are competing with the students of the CHS, which are those wondercolts. The first was painting, the winner was Rarity of CHS, With the beautiful painting of the evening sunset by the horizon of nature. The second was chemics, Which is won by the students of CHS. The maths was won by, unfortunately, Sugarcoat from Crystal Prep, Sunset seemed to be need to learn more with maths. The quiz won by the Wondercolts, and so on.

It was the afternoon of the day, and it's the last of the competition, which is the airsoft target shooting. Everyone was standing in a lined up formation on each side of the field. With The Shadowbolts lined up in front of the Crystal Prep students and The Wonderbolts lined up in front of their own. While the principals and teachers are between those formations and back to back with the school. Everyone was tensed up to see who's in for the airsoft competition. Before that, Cadence, who is the now Principal of the Crystal Prep, announced about the current competition.

"Good afternoon, everyone. Now you know about this last competition is about, it's the airsoft target shooting competition," said Principal Cadence with a smile through the microphone. "The competitors must use the airsoft gun that already available on the firing position. The competitors must hit the targets as fast as they can from the total targets are 40 targets within 30 seconds. The competitor who got the most target will be a winner of the competition."

Indigo, sugarcoat, Sunny, Lemon, and Sour was staring at the Wondercolts who are actually on the opposite side of the field. Both Shadowbolts and the Wondercolts then staring at each other in challenging look, except Twilight who was still has the cold look on her face. Dash noticed Twilight's look after she turned her head to left.

"Come on, Twilight," said Dash, as she fist bump her shoulder. "Cheer up."

"I'm not in good mood right now, Dash," replied Twilight, leaving Rainbow to not comment to her statement.

After that, Cadence continued her speech. "Competitors, stepped forward."

At first, The Shadowbolts, Indigo Zap stepped forward to the center of the field, she's the first competitor of the airsoft competition. Indigo gave some sort of arrogant look to everyone in the field. Then, it's the Wondercolts turn, the members of the Canterlot looked at Twilight as she gave a long sighed and bow her head. Twilight then raised her head and walked towards the center of field, towards Indigo. Everyone was in shocked except for some students and Twilight's friends, and they kept staring at her. Indigo very surprised to see her joined this competition too, but she kept her cool and kept staring at Twilight as she come closer to her.

Twilight stopped right in front of Indigo and they both stared face to face. Indigo gave a smile and challenging look on her face, but show her very cold face instead and giving a blank stare at her with her pupils in average size of the eyes.

"Why don't you look excited?" asked Indigo to her in wonder.

"Not in a good mood," replied Twilight.

Indigo just nudged her head back in expression of odd. "Well, at least we can see who's the best here now."

Twilight just paused for a moment after that. "Just don't expect too much of it, alright?"

Indigo just gave a flat smile and nodded at her.

"Why not Rainbow?" asked Indigo.

"Well, she has a bad aim, and no one willing to join," replied Twilight, she then lift her arms on her sides then dropped. "So, i'm in."

"Competitors, to the firing position," ordered Principal Celestia with her mic, who was next to Principal Cadence.

Both of Indigo and Twilight then walked up to the firing position and the students sat down on their chair and watch. After they both on the firing position, they looked at the firing range in front of them. There were five long small walls of wood, each of the walls filled with 5 of the targets, which makes that 25, the rest of the 15 targets are in open area starting from prone to standing target, the targets were still laying down on the ground, they will stand up automatically as the target after the competition starts. The range from the firing position to the first front the wood wall is around 10 meters, if counting until the end of the firing range would be around 25 meters. The airsoft weapon on the table is HK416 which is Indigo's gun, the airsoft Famas which is Twilight's gun.

Indigo just simply picked her gun and slightly looking at it, she then turned her head looking at Twilight. Indigo was surprised to see Twilight looked at her gun with full attention, Twilight picked her gun and then sharply looked around the gun looking at the sides of the Famas as she holds the front hand guard. She then putted her eyes on the rear aiming sight of her weapon, then she tilt the weapon right and checked on the operating rod of the Famas. She then lowered her weapon and aimed it down the ground to her left with the stock part of the weapon closing her shoulder. Indigo didn't really remembered she actually took a good look like that before, not when they had that terrible event, Indigo then turned her head forward the range field.

"First competitor, get ready to fire," said Cadence, implying an order. "Starts, now!"

30 seconds time starts, and the targets quickly popped out on the ground and beyond the walls. Indigo quickly aimed her weapon and shoots as fast as she can. Indigo have shot 7 targets behind the walls in 10 seconds, and then in the next 7 seconds she shot 4 targets in the opened area. And then in the next last 13 seconds she shot 6 of targets behind the wall and in the open and almost shot 1 target in the open area in range of 20 meters. After the loud air horn was heard, she stopped shooting and putted her rifle on the table and then wooing.

"Indigo has scored 17 targets in 30 seconds," announced Vice Principal Luna through the mic. "Now for the second competitor, get ready to fire..."

The students of Crystal Prep were admire to see Indigo scored those shots even the students of CHS admire her. But now, it's Twilight' turn, She raised her rifle forward expecting for the targets popped out. Her eyes down the sight and waiting. Suddenly, everything around starts to slow down, she hears her breath rhythmically and her focus is gaining a lot along with her instinct. She closed her eyes for a while, after a moment of peace the time quickly returned to normal as she can heard one shout.

"begins... Now!" shouted Principal Celestia through the mic.

After that, the targets popped out and Twilight starts to shoot the targets. Everyone, including Indigo was very amazed and dumbfounded to see that Twilight just shot 15 targets in 5 seconds flat. They saw her picks off the targets very fast like lightning, she able to shoot each targets with one bullet straight towards it, not even a single aim missed from the targets. She quickly shot off the targets behind the 5 walls and then the opened area as she aimed her rifle like either a madman or a highly skilled marksman since she aimed her rifle left and right very very faster. After hitting the last target in the open, in range of 25 meters, the timer stopped and the loud air horn was heard.

"Wow! This is a very new unbeatable record!" exclaimed Cadence in very surprised, her eyes gone wide. "She has scored a total of 40 targets in 14 seconds! Twilight is the winner of the competition!"

With that, Indigo was left speechless and dumbfounded to the fact that Twilight has able to beat her incrediblelly, while the other students, Shadowbolts, and Wondercolts in very astonished and disbelieve clapped their hands and cheered at Twilight. Even if Twilight got a lot of compliment, she was still frowning in cold, not even happy or angry, just cold. She just turned around and walked back to the Wondercolts. Indigo came to her and stopped her when she's halfway back to her friends.

"Hey," said Indigo, stopping her by grabbing her shoulder. "Great shooting back there."

Twilight only nodded at her.

"How did you do it?" asked Indigo. "There's no way you just shot 'em all just like that."

Twilight turned her body around and kept staring at Indigo's eye, which made her felt creep about it. "All you need to do is only sharpen your focus to the target, that will put them down for good."

"Oh," replied Indigo, soon she noticed her cold face. "You're okay? You don't look happy."

"I'm fine, i'm just... like i told you i'm not in a good mood," Twilight then left Indigo there and head back to her friends of Wondercolts.

After Twilight left Indigo there, rest of the Shadowbolts member came to Indigo. After they looked at Indigo, Indigo was left with weird feelings.

"You're okay?" asked Upper Crust.

"I'm fine, it's just," replied Indigo. "There's something bothering Twilight."

The Shadowbolts then looked at Twilight in distance, when Twilight is in the middle of the crowd of cheering her face is still black as ice. "Yeah, something still bothering her," commented Sour.

"Maybe, because of that day?" asked Sugarcoat, the Shadowbolts know what she meant.

"No," said Sunny, shook her head. "There's no way she still disturbed by that memories, though i heard she's just off from Las Vegas."

"Oh, really?" asked Indigo, surprised as she doesn't know any news so far.

"Yeah, but i heard from Rarity, after she's back, she's already changed," said Sunny. "They really don't know what changed her like that but they are trying to find it out now."

Indigo then silent, she looked at Twilight again. "I hope they find it out soon, maybe we can helped them to find out?"

Sunset was already from Twilight's view and trying to find Flash in the crowd of students. Then right in front of her, she found Flash, she straight away quickly asked him about Twilight.

"Hey, Flash," greeted Sunset with a waving hand.

"Hey there, Sunset," greeted Flash. "Why are you looking for me?"

"Well, actually..." Sunset then though for a while looking for a good word. "Um... do you know, what's wrong with Twilight?"

Flash knew to see that coming. if Flash tell her Twilight's secret story, Twilight might don't like it. "Actually, i do noticed her acting strangely. But every time i asked about it, she just shrugged her head and shoulder and told me to just stop asking that question. If i did, you know what happen back in the class."

Sunset disappointed by that, she though Flash doesn't know what's wrong either, she just face palmed softly. "Oh, i understand. Huh, that sucks."

"I know," said Flash, he felt sad about it, even when he had to lie to her because he did know what happen to Twilight, but he promised Twilight to keep it a secret. "If i knew, i supposedly already told you about it."

"I see, thank you for answering my question," said Sunset.

"No problem," said Flash. "And by the way, we seems to make a lot good competitions today."

"Yeah, this is great, to be honest," said Sunset, smiling as she lift her arms then dropped it to her sides.

"That's true," said Flash. "Wish we had a ball party."

"Oh, want to dance with me aren't you?" asked Sunset blushing as she points her finger at him, knew to see that coming.

"No, no, it's just, i felt like i want one," replied Flash, blushing as well as he scratch his head. "Anyway, i would like one with you, if you want though."

"Oh, alright then," said Sunset, cheerily.

"Uh, we should get back to our friends, shall we?" asked Flash, pointing at the crowds for her.

"Yeah, you're right, let's go."

After the cheering, everyone had a lunch in the CHS cafeteria and out in the grassy field of the soccer field. Sunset, Twilight, Rainbow, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie were having lunch together with the 13 members of Shadowbolts at the multilevel audience seats on the edge of the soccer field. As they having lunch together, Indigo kept staring at Twilight whilst eating from behind her.

"Why are you keep staring at me Indigo?" asked Twilight, doesn't bother to look behind. "Is there something you want to ask?"

"Oh, nothing it's just, i'm wondering what troubles you," replied Indigo, folded her arms.

Twilight shook her head for the uncomfortable of her comment. "Nothing troubles me, Indigo, i assure you."

But then Rarity interrupted their lunch by her discovery on the youtube. "Uh, guys? You might want to see this..."

Rarity then gave her phone to everyone of them, to see what she found. They can't believe that Twilight just has entered the video on youtube. They saw Twilight in the video relentlessly beat up a teenage boy after blocking his jab. The part they don't eager to see is the part where Twilight stand the boy up and dragged him near the pot plant and pushed his head down, bashing his head to the edge of the pot. The Wondercolts and The Shadowbolts saw her she pulled him up on his feet, and after a while she punched the boys face, he fell unconscious to the ground.

"Is... that.... really you?" asked Lemon, shakily.

"Yeah, that's me," replied Twilight, calmly. "That guy was looking trouble with another girl for stealing her ticket, i asked him to give it back but instead he just want hit me, so i counter-attacked him very hard."

Everyone gone silent after that, Sunset and Sugarcoat stared at each other in disbelieve, while the others have a blank stare and a blank expression. And Twilight just finished her lunch.

"Now, if you don't mind, i going to leave now," said Twilight. "I'm needed somewhere."

For that, Twilight left them all on the audience chairs and leave the school. They watched Twilight leave in dumbfounded, until their distraction caught off-guard by Flash's voice.

"She left you, right?" asked Flash, startling them.

"Oh, Flash! Yeah she did," said Trenderhoof. "She sounded kind of hurry."

"Did ya' found anything why she's been like that?" asked Applejack.

"No, i didn't found anything," replied Flash, shook his head. "I've been wondering that like you guys."

"When she changed like that?" asked Sour.

"Two days ago," replied Fluttershy.

"Why don't we just asked her directly?" asked Sandalwood.

"She won't answer it," replied Dash. "Besides, if we force her to tell the truth she might beat the hell of us out."

"Unless, there's a proof against her," suggested Jet Set, currently holding his chin.

"You're right," agreed Lemon. "But the problem is how we find one?"

Sunset glanced on her for a while before turning her head forward the soccer field. "We don't know."

Author's Notes:

Those who is asking regarding the "event" they talking about above, is actually my plan to make a story (spoiler) called 'The Red Day'.
I still not published it because a new imagination comes up to this story i'm currently writing so i can't multi-task writing.
I promised after i finished this story, i will published the story 'The Red Day'