The day carried on smoothly and after 4 periods of class, it was time for lunch. The girls all met up at their favorite spot in the cafeteria, some brought their homemade lunches while the others got their lunch trays from Granny Smith, the cafeteria lady. As the group was about to dig in, Inferno and Flash take their seats with the girls.

"Hey girls, did we miss anything?" Flash asked.

"Nah, you're both on time as usual. So what's new? Anything interesting happen during your classes lately?" Sunset asked.

"I think I might've poisoned the cooking teacher with my homemade meat lover's pizza. She freaking collapsed on the ground after trying a whole slice," Flash said, embarrassed.

"Don't tell me, you added a tablespoon of salt to your pizza, didn't you?" Inferno asked, making the blue-haired boy wonder blink in surprise. "I knew it! You're not supposed to use salt on a pizza, Flash. It ruins the flavor and you know that the cooking teacher has a thing against eating that much salt."

"I can't help it! I like some of my food a little salty," Flash chuckled.

"Even in cereal?" Pinkie asked.

"Ugh, disgusting. Okay, I like salt, but not on cereal. One time, my dad snuck salt in my cereal as payback for me putting black hair dye in his hat. I puked my guts out for 10 minutes, for crying out loud," Flash said.

"Poor guy," Inferno replied, playfully jabbing his shoulder.

"Oh gee, thanks a lot," Flash said sarcastically. The group laughed it off as mere joke. Then, out of the corner of Flash's eye, Flash sees Heat Blitz walking inside the cafeteria and grabbed a tray of his food and then sat down on one of the tables... alone. Flash tapped Inferno and Twilight on the shoulder and pointed at their friend. "I think he needs a friend right now."

“Man, he’s always making me feel bad,” Inferno said. “That ends now!” Inferno then gets up from his seat and walks right towards Heat’s table. Then soon Sunset and Twilight followed, and soon everyone joined in. Heat turns his eyes towards the group's direction just as he took a bite out of his apple.

“Wazzup, Heat! How’s it going?” Inferno asked, as the group sat down at Heat’s table, with Twilight, Sunset, Inferno, and Flash sitting next to him.

"Uh... it's going good, I guess," Heat shrugged. "How were your classes, did anything interesting happen at all?"

"Well, we learned from a few valuable sources that you're a natural singer," Inferno said. "Tell me, what kind of song did you sing?"

"I... I'd rather not talk about it," Heat said, blushing a little.

"Did Mrs. Pear Butter have you sing a love song, or was it something else?" Sunset asked.

"I... well... i-it was a song that expresses how I feel," Heat stuttered.

"If you don't mind, could you tell me what song you sang?" Twilight asked. "I'd like to hear more about it, if that's okay with you."

"W-Well... it's called How Could This Happen To Me by Simple Plan," he replied. "What about you, what was your previous class?"

“It was music also. And we were assigned to sing romantic songs also,” Inferno replied. “And boy, do I have something to you.” Soon Inferno takes his phone out of his pocket and waves it in his hand.

Twilight yelped slightly and felt her whole face heat up when she realized what Inferno's done. "And what exactly is it you want to show me?" Heat asked, tilting his head, clueless.

"Just watch, you're gonna love our special guest star of the day," Inferno said, putting up the video on his phone. The moment he pressed play and showed Heat Blitz the movie, Twilight's heart raced a million miles and her face turned 5 shades of red. She could only watch in embarrassment as Heat witnessed her amazing performance. Heat didn't realize that his hand rested on his chest from how beautiful the song was. And when the video ended, he turned to the blushing lavender bookworm.

"Wow, Twilight. You have such a... beautiful singing voice," he said, blushing alongside with this a-dork-able cutie.

"T-Thanks Heat Blitz," Twilight replied, turned away.

“She made everyone in our class tear their eyes out,” Sunset said, then tilts her head towards Inferno. “She even made Inferno shed a tear.”

“I couldn’t help it! It was beautiful.” Inferno responded.

“That’s not the only thing!” Pinkie said. “Rainbow Dash’s performance was sooo good that she made AJ’s mother dance so-” Before she could say it, a tranquilizer dart appears out of nowhere and hits Pinkie’s neck. Then in seconds, Pinkie’s head hits the table and fell asleep. The girls, Flash and Heat turn to the source of the dart, and see Inferno holding a tranquilizer pistol in his hand. He then places the pistol back in the inside pocket of his jacket.

"Inferno, are you nuts?! You can't have a weapon like that on school grounds! What if someone saw you and ratted you out?" Heat whispered in a panic.

“Relax, Heat.” Inferno responded. “And besides, the teachers here already know about. And they allowed it.”

“Why?!” Heat asked.

“Let’s just say, Pinkie has done some things.” Inferno answered with a widen expression

"What exactly has she done that would allow you to bring a tranquilizer pistol to school?" Heat naively asked.

“You don’t wanna fucking know.” Inferno whispered.

“Really, you don’t.” Sunset added.

"o...kay then," Heat replied.

"Changing the subject, how about one of these days when you're not so busy, you can come along with us for some karaoke. Do you have any plans for the weekend?" Sunset asked.

“I promise I won’t bring the tranq gun with me.” Inferno said. “Though if things get tough, I might not keep that promise. But hey, its karaoke! What can go wrong?"

"I… suppose it would be a nice change of pace. If I don't have any weekend projects I need to work on, I'll join you guys," he replied.

“YAY KARAOKE WEEKEND PARTY!!!!” Pinkie screamed in joy. So loud that it gave Inferno a bad headache.

“Pinkie! Again lower the volume!” Inferno said.

"Whoopsies, sorry," Pinkie giggled.

“Next time Pinkie, when you scream ‘party’, dial the volume down.” Sunset said.

"I think she gets the message, you guys," Heat chuckles. "Anyways, thanks for inviting me. I look forward to our karaoke night,"

“Alright…. Ow!” Inferno shouts in pain when an apple hits the back of his head out of nowhere. He places his hand on the back of his forehead where the apple made impact. Everyone at the table were shocked about what had happened. "Hey, who threw that?!"

"Umm… I think it was the girl in the pointy hat," Heat said, pointing in the direction that was directly behind Inferno. When Inferno and Sunset turned to where Heat pointed at, they see Trixie sitting a table about 10 feet away. The couple then groaned in annoyance. "Is there something that happened between you two and that girl that I should know about?"

“That’s Trixie Lulamoon. And one thing you should know about her is that she’s trouble. She's been holding a grudge against my Inferno because he chose to be my boyfriend instead of hers and she still hasn't let it go,” Sunset said.

"And now she follows me and Sunset around like locusts!” Inferno added.

"That's sad to know. Maybe I can talk some sense into her, help her move on," Heat said.

"Uh, trust me, sugarcube. Trixie can be more stubborn than a mule. Yer better off just lettin' the gal learn the hard way," AJ insisted.

"I don't know. She's not gonna stop bothering you if she doesn't get a good talk or two. I'll take care of the problem if she keeps acting up," Heat said.

“Heat, no!” Inferno and Sunset yelled, causing Heat to cover his head like someone's gonna hit him hard.

“Sorry if we scared. But trust us, we’ve been trying to talk sense to her for 5 months. And she never gives up.” Sunset stated.

"Okay, I… I understand," Heat stuttered.

“But hey man, we appreciate you trying to help us. You’re a good friend.” Inferno replied and gave Heat a thumbs up for trying to help out like a true friend. “Tell you what, after school, I'm buying you bottle of AJ’s family’s finest apple cider.” He then turns to Applejack. “Hey AJ, mind lending me two bottles.”

“Make it three!” Rainbow said.

"Well, if it's not alcohol, I'm in," Heat replied.

"Don't worry about it. We drink it all the time, so it's perfectly harmless," Pinkie said.

“And delicious.” Inferno added. “Cause when it touches your taste buds, it’s almost like you’re drinking melted gold.

"Well, I suppose I could give it a shot."

“Good man. Be right back.” Inferno then gets up and walks over to another table were AJ’s brother Big Mac. The group sees the two talk for a while until Mac gets up and leads Inferno over to a door which leads into the cafeteria kitchen. The girls, Flash, and Heat wait for Inferno and Mac to leave the kitchen. Then minutes later, the two young men finally appeared from the kitchen, with Inferno and Mac carrying two small crates of 6 bottles of apple cider each. They carried the crates to the table where the group sat and places it next to them. Mac leaves the group to return to his table not without Inferno thanking him and saying ‘he owes him one’. One by one, Inferno passes the bottles to each person in the group until two bottles remain in the remaining crate.

“Cider is served.” Inferno said.

Heat opened up his bottle, took a deep breath and then took a sip of the apple cider. He blinked in surprise and put a bright smile on his face.

"Hey you're right, this apple cider is pretty amazing, I could actually get addicted to this tasty stuff," Heat said.

“We told ya it’s gonna be amazing.” Sunset said. But before she could take another sip, her bottle was then taken right outta her hand. Surprised as she is, she turns around to see who did it. Only to meet with the devil himself.

“Why hello, Sunset, you look as beautiful as always,” Blueblood said. The girls and Flash groaned in annoyance. Inferno immediately smashed his bottle with his hand after seeing Blueblood. While this was going on, Heat is left facepalming himself.

“What are you doing here, Blueblood?” Sunset replied in annoyance.

"Really, cousin? If you hadn't noticed, Sunset already has a boyfriend and he's got more heart than you think," Heat said, deadpanned.

“Oh come on Heat, I am a more perfect lover Sunset could deserve.” Blueblood replied. As he stares at Inferno with a sly grin, while Inferno stares back at him with a look that kills.

“Blueblood, you better stop bothering Sunset or else I can’t help but feel responsible for what I'm about to do to you!” Inferno growled at his rival.

“Oh really, and what exactly is that?” Blueblood asks.

“I’ll give 10 second headstart and we’ll find out.” Inferno answers.

"Hold on, I know which buttons to push. Blueblood, if you don't behave yourself, then I will make arrangements for you to stay with my brother for a whole day… eating nothing but his spiciest chili peppers," Heat said, looking at his vein cousin unamused. As for Blueblood, his eyes widen with horror.

“Fine! I guess I’ll take my leave then,” Blueblood said, then he brushes his hand against Sunset’s hair in a way that makes her uncomfortable. “See you later, my dear. Sorry that you dated someone that has no father.” Then everyone in the table gasped at what he’s said and everyone did the same too.

"He's gonna have to learn the hard way," Heat said, getting out his phone. He texts his mother to tell her about some new living arrangements for Blueblood to stay with his brother for what he said to his fellow classmate's family.

Inferno, however furious at what Blueblood said. He then gets up quickly from the table, ignoring Sunset and his friend’s pleas to stop him. The angry teen walks up to Blueblood, who was standing at a table with his friends and a couple of girls. As he reached his target, Inferno grabs at Blueblood’s shoulder, turns his around to face him. And what he did next, got everyone’s attention. BAM!!!

Inferno punches Blueblood in the face so hard, the snobby teen fell to the floor. Inferno grabs at Blueblood’s shirt and continued to punch him. Blueblood however, grabbed at Inferno’s jacket and pulls him off of him. As Blueblood manages to get off the floor, Inferno recovered and then tackles him down. The two continued to wrestle on the ground as everyone in the cafeteria watches. Sunset and Flash runs to the two fighting teens, and tried to pry Inferno off of Blueblood. The girls and Heat followed in and tried to stop the fight as well.

"STOP! BOTH OF YOU!!!" Heat shouted.

Not long after, the other students chanted "Fight" at the two guys going at each other's throats without mercy. Heat tried his hardest, but in the midst of the struggle, Inferno swatted Heat off of him, making him hit his head against the seats, which caused him to yelp in pain.

“HEAT!” Twilight screamed as she ran to her injured friend, with Sunset following. Inferno also heard her screamed as he turned his focus on her, only to feel horrified to see what he had done. As Twilight and Sunset comforts Heat, Inferno then stops his attack and looks around him to see the crowd staring at him in fear. He then turns to his friends, and they too looked at him like he’s a horrifying monster. The dark pit of grief and pain grew bigger inside him. Inferno then looks right back at Twilight and Heat who stares at him with expressions he cannot described. As for Sunset, she looks at him with worry and fear.

As guilt and grief consumed his mind, Inferno’s body is then all of a sudden, engulfed in black substances which spread all over his body until his body was covered in black armor and his face covered with a facemask and a hood. And his eyes underneath his hood, glowed white. Even though he never showed it, but something in his eyes showed that he felt guilty for what he did.

“I’m sorry.” he said, then his body was then surrounded by a shadow aura. Then soon it disappears, and so did he. Heat, on the other hand, was left breathing heavily out of fear and panic. His body shaking violently and whimpering at the sight of what Inferno just did to him. Twilight, the girls, and Flash were also shocked by what Inferno turned into, including everyone in the cafeteria. But Sunset wasn’t. Instead she has grown worried for Inferno and imagine how horribly he must’ve felt for hurting Heat. Without hesitation, she ran out of the cafeteria as her friends called out to her. She sprinted through the hallways of the school and exited out through the main doors of the school. She ran towards the school parking lot and hopped onto her motorcycle, and left the school.

After Sunset left, Twilight and the girls rush Heat over to the nurse’s office. The poor guy was still shook up from the way he was shoved back so roughly. Twilight stood by his side for the entire hour he was there. She sat there by his bed, comforting him until he finally rested.

Soon, the nurse did a little check-up on Heat Blitz, then looked back at the girls. "Would you girls mind telling me what happened to him that gave him this bump on his head?" Nurse Redheart asked.

“Well miss Redheart, a fight broke out in the school cafeteria. And my friends and I, including Heat, tried to break it up, but then one of the teens who were fighting knocked Heat into a table where he hit his head on.” Twilight answered, but she left out Inferno in the sentence, not wanting to get him in trouble. Especially with the situation he’s going through right now.

"I see. Thankfully, he's okay. All he needs is an ice pack to help the swelling go down." Nurse Redheart said.

“That’s great to hear, thank you.” Twilight replied.

"You're welcome. And Heat Blitz, try to be more careful next time. We don't want you bleeding next time," Redheart said.

"I… I will try," Heat replied, as he calmed down.

Then Redheart turned and left the girls with their friend as he recovers. While doing that, they discuss about what had happened.

“Does anyone know what the heck happened back there?” Rainbow asked.

“I don’t know Dashie. All I know is that Inferno turned into a scary shadow-armored dude.” Pinkie said.

“That’s what I'm asking about, Pinkie.” Dash repiled.

"It's got me curious, too. You don't think he could've been exposed to Equestrian magic, right?" Twilight asked.

“If it was, Twi. He could’ve told us.” Applejack said.

“Well maybe he told Sunset,” Fluttershy said. “After all, she wasn’t shocked as we were when he transformed.”

"If she didn't tell us, I'm sure there must've been a very good reason," Rarity added.

“And what reason would that be, Rarity?” Rainbow asked.

"Maybe he was afraid of what we might think of him and write him off as a monster.” Fluttershy added.

“By why on earth would he think that? Doesn't he know that we're his friends?” Rarity asked.

“You’ve seen the look in his eyes,” Fluttershy said. “He was really feeling guilty after hurting Heat Blitz. He now believes that he’s the last thing we wanted to see.”

The rest of the girls stood silent after what Fluttershy said. She is right. Inferno’s probably hiding somewhere, feeling terrible while they remain in CHS and not being by his side to give him the comfort he needed. While the group stood in the room, Pinkie was the first to break the silence.

“Hey has anybody seen Sunset?”

"She's… probably looking for Inferno," Heat chimed in.

“I guess that’s good news. If there’s anyone in this town that could calm Inferno down, it’s her.” Twilight added.

---

While the girls were in the nurse’s room back at CHS, Sunset rode her motorcycle all the way to her apartment after she had left the school. She figured out that it’ll be the place that Inferno might head to. After she parked her bike, she then ran up the stairs, straight to his apartment.

The moment she reached the front door, she knocked on it. "Inferno, are you okay?” She shouted. There was no reply, but what she did heard was someone sobbing. Sunset then grabs the doorknob and opens the door. When she walks into the apartment, she finds the place completely wrecked. Luckily, Ray’s cage was completely intact and the little gecko taps on his glass rapidly, happy to see his owner home. Sunset walks over to his cage and places her hand on the glass, smiling at her greatest pet in the world.

“Hello, Ray. Are you happy to see mommy home?” Sunset said. Ray nodded his head which caused her to giggle. “Me too. Ray, do you know where daddy is?” Ray nodded his head again and then points his head directly to her bedroom. "Thanks, Ray." Sunset walked over to her boyfriend's bedroom and found him, no longer in his shadow form, sobbing in his bed. "Babe, are you still feeling bad from what happened earlier?"

"What do you think?" Inferno asked rhetorically. Sunset walks up to the bed and sits beside him while he continues to cry his heart out. “I’ve lost it today, Sunset. After what Blueblood said about my dad, I couldn’t stop. And now… Now I made myself a monster to everyone. To our friends. To Heat. And most importantly… you.”

Inferno then cries some more after pouring his feelings out to her. Sunset could see how much guilt he’s feeling right now. She pulls him into a loving embrace, which he did not resist, and held him for a long while.

“Inferno, it wasn’t your fault. You weren’t focusing your surroundings. You didn’t know it was going to happen.” Sunset told him. She then brings his head up to face her. “And you are not a monster. You are the guy I fell in love with the day we met. And that’s all you’ll be…. Forever.”

“Do you….Really mean that?” Inferno asked.

"Of course I do. Nothing is ever gonna change my perspective of you no matter what. And to make sure…" Sunset paused and then leaned in, then pressed her lips against Inferno's. The stunned man soon closes his eyes and returns the kiss with one of his own, pulling her in and hugging her.

Sunset didn't object to it and plunged deeper into the kiss, thrusting her tongue inside his mouth, heating things up. Inferno then leaned back and laid his hot girlfriend on top of him, holding the kiss. Sunset moaned softly as she made out with her handsome lover. But eventually, they separated for oxygen.

Both lovebirds were breathing heavily, staring into each other's eyes, Sunset having a slight blush across her face, her hot breath dancing across Inferno's face.

"Baby, should I get the costumes out? You're looking a little stressed," Sunset said, stroking his cheek with the back of her fingers.

“No…. Cause I don’t need one.” Inferno said. And then his whole body engulfs in the same shadow aura as before, then it soon disappears, leaving a shadow version of Inferno, without his armor. But still has his scar which crossed over one of his now white, pupiless eyes. As he bears an evil smile to her, Sunset couldn’t help but feel turned on to his new appearance and personality. "And neither do you, my slave princess."

"Ooh, whatever you wish, master," Sunset says, posing all sexy on his bed. She said on her side, keeping her upper torso up with her elbow and traveling her fingers down her hips and onto her thighs and legs. "Your wish is my command, master."

"That's a good girl. Now remove your clothes, and I mean all of them," Inferno commanded. Sunset quickly obliged and got off the bed, slowly taking off her clothes, swaying her hips in a sexual manner. Once she was completely naked, her dark master chuckled and came up to his sexy woman. "I am going to enjoy making you scream for your master. But first, I'm going to take my time enjoying every inch of my slave princess' voluptuous body."

"Of course. Whatever my master wishes of his precious princess, he shall receive," Sunset said, latching onto her dark lover.

"Get down on your knees and blow your master, slave," he commanded in his dark tone, earning a nod from Sunset. She kneeled down, getting eye level with her master's enlarged cock. She stroked his massive length, getting him nice and hard and ready to suck on. Not long after, his length reached a solid 16 inches.

"My god, master. You're so big and hard. May your eternal slave princess suck you off?" Sunset asked, stroking her dark boyfriend. He nodded, giving her okay. She opened her mouth and took in his dick. Sunset sucked hard on his cock, swirling her tongue and bobbing her head back and forth. Sunset can recall the many times she sucked on his big dick since they began their relationship. Oh, did he give her one hell of a meal and a serious case of jelly legs. She was hoping to get another healthy dose of his dark love. At first she was a bit scared, but now she's used to it and loves it altogether.

"Yes, mmm, that's my good slave. Suck more of it and I might just… fill you up," Inferno said, before shoving more of his meat sausage down her throat. She almost had his entire length inside her mouth, but even she can't get this huge monster all the way inside.

Even so, she gave her master what he wanted without question. That big grin on his face was plenty of proof that he was enjoying how she was complying with his orders. He stroked the locks in Sunset's hair and she gave him more pleasure massaging his big balls. He hummed in pleasure and approval, throwing his head up slowly, keeping that smile on him. He then grabs at the back of Sunset’s head and then shoved his meat down her throat, in-out at a fast pace. He moaned in complete pleasure and arousal as he fucks his sexy girlfriend’s throat. As for Sunset, she loved how rough he’s going. She moaned in pleasure as he have his way with her.

“Prepare yourself, my slave. Here comes your… prize!” Inferno grunted. His pace quickens even more, and Sunset’s mind began to numb while he rams his cock into her mouth. He continues his pace until he felt his cock ready to burst out the dose of his dark love. Soon after, he rams his dick hard into Sunset’s mouth 3 times, he then groans in pleasure as his cock pumps massive doses of his cum down her throat. Sunset can feel his meat sausage pulse everytime it pumps out cum into her stomach. After he pumps out his last dose, Sunset’s dark boyfriend pulls out his cock from her mouth, her mouth filled with his cum and quickly swallows what’s left of his dark love. Sunset gives her master a smile, showing how much she appreciates the prize he’s given her.

"You pleased your master well. Now you will receive equal the amount of pleasure from your master. Get on the bed and lay down on your back… And spread 'em," he commanded his horny girlfriend. Sunset immediately obliged and did what her dark boyfriend commanded her to do. She jumped onto the bed, laying on her back, and then spreaded her legs out to reveal her shaved womanhood to her master. “Take me, my lord of Shadows.~” She said.

"Such an obedient slave you are, my tempting little princess. Prepare to be cursed… or blessed by the jelly legs spell," he said, getting on top of her. He aimed his cock directly at her pussy, which was wet from arousal. He grabbed her hips and plunged his length inside her snatch, making her moan loudly. And after his forceful entrance, he then proceeds to pound his dick into her, hard at a rapid pace. Sunset screams in pleasure as she’s dominated by her dark boyfriend. His cock pushes through her cervix and pounds her frail pussy with all his strength. Inferno could feel his girlfriend’s walls clenching around his length as he ravage her insides. Sunset continued to moan like a bitch in heat and squeals loudly when his hard thrusts increased over time.

Her boobs jiggled violently with every thrust. Her tongue lolled out and kept a goofy smile on her face. Inferno was mesmerized by her fleshy orbs and latched onto one of while groping the other. Her pussy squirted small juices on her boyfriend's crotch. Her legs were getting weaker and weaker by the minute. She placed a hand behind her lover's neck, giving out throaty moans. Inferno kept on sucking Sunset’s breast, like he’s feeding on the milk inside them. He gropped and squeezed them, causing his girlfriend’s mind to slowly break with everlasting pleasure. He then removes his mouth from her breasts, bring his eyes directly to her face as he quickens his thrusts.

“Do you like that, princess? Do you like me pounding into your frail pussy?” He whispered to her as his thrusts never ceased.

“Nnnnnn… Yes! Yes, I enjoy feeling your cock in my pussy! I love it! I need it!” Sunset answered.

“Well then, let’s begin the real fun!” Inferno said. He then brings his hands underneath Sunset and lifts her up in a sitting position on the edge of the bed, places his hands on her frim, plump rear and then continues his hard, quick thrusts.

"M-Master!!! May your Ahh!!! Eternal slave please kiss you?!?" Sunset hollered.

"Pucker up slave," he ordered. Sunset wasted no opportunity as she immediately places her lips on Inferno’s. The two moaned into each others mouths while he continued to pound his busty girlfriend. Sunset could no longer feel her legs as they have turned to jelly. Her mind instantly break after all the pleasure and arousal she’s endured. Then after a few minutes of pleasure, Sunset could feel Inferno’s cock pulse against the walls of her pussy, as Inferno felt his dick began to expand a little, ready to release large amounts of cum stored in it. As he felt this, he then quickened his thrusts faster than he’s ever done. Sunset moans louder as her pussy takes all the punishment he gives. The two broke their kiss and stare into each other’s eyes as they draw near to release.

“Any last requests you like to ask, my little princess.” Inferno asked his girlfriend.

"Please, master!!! Finish inside me! Let me feel your sweet dark love flood my womb!!!" She begged. This brought a smile on her boyfriend’s face.

“Request… granted!” Inferno said. He then continues his rapid pace, thrusting harder into her womb, until he finally released his cum into her. Sunset screamed in pleasure as she felt his dark love fill her. He gave a few hard thrusts as he keeps pumping cum into her pussy. Sunset’s stomach began to bloat a little with all the overflow of her boyfriend’s cum inside her. Finally, his cock finally ceased shooting out doses of his dark love and then removes his meat out of her womb. As he did, the overflow of cum Sunset had inside her, pumps out of her until her stomach became flat.

"Mmm, that felt so good. I love you so much," Sunset said, going limp on his bed. Her body twitched a little in reaction to the sweet love her boyfriend/master made with her. Then later, Inferno lays down beside her on the bed, holding onto her as he reverts back to his normal form. The lovers lay facing each other as they stare into each other’s eyes.

“And I love you… my princess.” Inferno replied with a warm smile. Sunset smiles back at him with a warm smile of her own.

“I love you more… my handsome knight in shadow armor.” She said which causes him to chuckle a bit. The lovers than fell into a deep sleep, holding each other with warm embrace, like the world was going to be better tomorrow.

---

Meanwhile back at CHS, ever since the cafeteria incident. The girls and Heat Blitz continue on with their remaining classes of today. Right now, Twilight and Heat are together in their last class of today: Advanced algebra. In that class, they have Mr. Whooves, who is also a fun teacher which everybody likes. Even if the subject was difficult for some students, he still lends them a helping hand. But Twilight had always ace her assignments, so frankly she never required any assistance.

Surprisingly, even Heat was breezing through his algebra assignments, but the boy had no smile on his face. Especially since he didn’t get over what happened back at the cafeteria. He never forgot Inferno hitting him and definitely didn’t forget seeing him transform into something he had never seen in his life. Just thinking about the whole ordeal sent shivers down his spine.

After she had finished her assignment, Twilight then notices the uneasy expressions on Heat’s face and how his hands were shaking a little. The incident must have messed him up a little. Twilight couldn’t help but feel worried and sad for her friend, and didn’t want to see him like this. After Heat had finished his assignment and turned it in, Twilight then took this opportunity to try and comfort him.

"Are you going to be alright? I'm sorry if he gave you a scare and pushed you like that," she said.

"Did you see the way he… looked at me when he shoved me?" He said under his breath.

“I know and I was shocked that he did it, too.” Twilight said. “But the girls and I know he never meant that. Sometimes Inferno has no control of himself when he’s angry. In fact, it frightens him.”

"You mean this has happened before?" he asked, slowly looking up at Twilight. She nodded in reply and next, what he didn’t expect is that later she looked around the classroom, hoping that one of her friends aren’t here, and thankfully they weren’t. She then leans in next to him, whispering quietly as she can.

“Don’t tell the girls that I told you this or, Sunset and Inferno. Promise.” Twilight said. Heat nodded and lifted his pinky finger.

"Pinky promise," he whispered. Twilight smiled that he’s willing to keep his promise.

“Okay then,” Twilight replied. “You see, Inferno had a rough life before Sunset and I met him. We didn’t know what was his life before he met us. So we asked a couple of people we knew who might've known Inferno or his family before. And so far, we got our answer from Applejack’s parents, Bright Mac and Pear Butter. And what we learned was… horrible. Back then, Inferno was once known as the brightest person in Canterlot. He was a kind, smart young boy, who was set to have a big future ahead of him. Heck, he was smart enough to be the first person to invent nanotechnology!”

After that, Heat’s mouth opened in awe. Inferno cracked nanotechnology, before any of the brightest men in history could. Now that is, in his mind, awesome.

“But then Inferno’s perfect life began to turn dark. One day a gas pipeline explosion went off in the apartment his family lived in. Luckily everyone in that complex made it out, however Inferno wasn’t one of the lucky ones. The explosion nearly cost him his life, and gave him the noticeable scar on his eye that you saw when you first met him. But that’s not the only thing Inferno got from that explosion.”

"What happened?" He asked.

"The explosion also took Inferno’s left arm… when he was 12.” Twilight answered.

"Poor guy. So that explains why he has that cybernetic arm, I'm guessing." He said.

“Yes.” Twilight replied. “But Inferno and his family were happy that he had left the explosion with his life. 3 years later, his family moved to a new home and continued on with their lives. And his father, have I told you about him, he was once the most generous man in the whole city. More generous that Rarity, don’t tell her I said that. Inferno’s father Magnus Blaze, did lots of good things in this town. Lots of good things. He’s always volunteering for fundraisers and charity, always helping people in their situations, and one time he won a 20 million dollar lottery, and you wanna know what he did next.”

“What?” Heat asked.

“He donated all of the money to the children’s hospital in just a few seconds.” Twilight replied.

"What a guy. He's almost like the total opposite of my dad," Heat said. "Where is he right now?"

After he asked that question, Twilight’s happy demeanor suddenly turned sad. Heat was then confused by this change.

“One night, on the night of the Friendship Games between CHS and Crystal Prep, Inferno and his father were walking home from a food drive donations. They were walking down an alleyway in order to get across town faster. Then all of a sudden, they were ambushed by a trio of teenagers in the alleyway. They demanded the two to hand over money or any valuable belongings. But Magnus instead tried to resolve the situation peacefully as he always does, telling the teenagers that there was no need for violence and to just go home. But they never listen to him and they got impatient. One of them then pulls out a knife, threatening Inferno and his father again. But Magnus wasn’t intimidated, and repeated what he said. But this time the teenagers had enough with his words, and then knocked the two to the ground and proceeded to beat them. Magnus uses his body to shield Inferno and took their assaults. After a few minutes, the trio ran out of the alleyway to avoid getting caught. Leaving Inferno alive… next to his dying father. Inferno shouted for help as loud as he can. Eventually someone passed by the alleyway and heard Inferno’s cries for help, and soon they called 911. But when the ambulance arrived, Magnus was already dead.”

At that point, Heat's eyes widened, like a light bulb lit up inside. "Wait a minute, I remember that case, it was all around the news. My brother found out about it too… and wasn't too pleased with what those teenagers did," he said. "As if it wasn't bad enough, he even chased them down at night and… well… he sort of scarred them… physically and mentally, basically he took the law into his own bare hands," he explained.

Twilight’s eyes widened with surprise. She never thought Heat’s brother can get so violent when it comes to people doing horrible things to others. But she then shook it off and proceed with her story.

“After that night, after his father’s funeral, Inferno wasn’t the same. That event turned the brightest boy that the town knew into the young man he’s become today. About a year after his father’s funeral, Inferno’s emotions turned from grief to hate. Then that hate turned to vengeance. And after what you said, Inferno later found out about the teenagers who murdered his father had got arrested. But it didn’t satisfy his need for revenge, it instead got him more angry. And don’t take it personally, even though Inferno didn’t know it was your brother that made the arrest, he hated the cop who took away his opportunity for revenge.”

"If I were him, I'd feel the same way," he said, looks as if he had slightly calmed down.

“Knowing that his rage will never cease, Inferno needed a way to release that anger to avoid hurting those he cares about. So at the age of 17, he manages to join the US army. Showed his worth with his advanced marksmanship skills. So he was then placed in a squad of Army Rangers as a sniper and had been deployed in Great Britain to take out a terrorist group known as the Sons of Sombra who were holding the whole city of London, hostage. The mission became a success for the Inferno’s squad and the British army. He had the highest kill count than any sniper in history and saved thousands of lives. He was granted many medals and moved up from private to lieutenant in one week of his mission. In his second year in the military, his squad was then deployed in Egypt when the same terrorist group, where holding hostages in a small village. Inferno and his squad liberated the village and captured 10 terrorists. But then after the battle, Inferno fell into a sinkhole and into what he said caverns below the village. That’s where he found the Excalibur.”

"He found the cursed blade?" He asked, shocked by this news. "This guy's been through even worse than what happened to my brother… 7 years ago," he said, looking down.

“What happened to him?” Twilight asked.

"When he was 12 years old… he was kidnapped by a couple of escaped fugitives who were holding him for ransom… $25 million in cash. If we didn't wire the money by next year they'd kill him. My dad wasn't making that much, but he and the rest of us were worried about Eternal. One year passed and when we still couldn't come up with enough to get him back. We asked for more time, but they said "you had all year to get the dough, so say goodbye to your runt of a son." When they hung up, we panicked… until the phone rang again an hour later…" he explained.

“That’s awful! How did your brother escaped?” Twilight asked.

"Shockingly, he rang us up and told us where he was held up at. We arranged for the police to come along with us. When we got there… we saw the house completely covered in blood… the fugitives' blood. Eternal was standing over their dead bodies… with that stone cold look in his eyes as he snapped. And a butcher's knife in hand. All he said was "This judge finds these fucking turds guilty." And then he dropped the knife to show the cops he's not a threat," he explained.

Twilight was left speechless. This was just too horrifying to imagine.

"It took him 2 years to shake off the trauma and the only thing he could do to calm himself down was boxing. So, over the years, he's fought fight after fight and hasn't shown any sign of aggression… until that Magnus murder case, but at least he didn't kill them. Just a violent warning: kill someone again and I'll make your mothers regret ever having you disgusting bastards. But after that, he's been taking it easy," Heat finished.

“Well at least he’s got his anger under control,” Twilight said. “But Inferno he had spent 3 years dealing with his anger. He proved he was a deadly adversary during his time in the military. They even gave him a name: ‘the Shadow Knight’, the sniper that kills from the shadows and devours your soul’. The name stick with him until he resigned from the military at age 19."

"He's 19? He's the same age as my brother!" He said in surprise.

“Yeah ever since he joined the military, he never finished his junior year at high school. So that’s why he needs to finish the grade along side me, Sunset and the girls in our junior year.” Twilight replied. “But at the same time, Inferno keeps his anger in check. So he would never let anyone close to him get hurt ever again.”

"I understand. Thanks for telling me this. If you get the chance, tell Inferno I forgive him. And more more thing…" Heat put down his pencil and gave Twilight a hug. "Thanks for helping me calm down."

Without Heat noticing, Twilight’s face turned pink when he hugged her. She then started to feel a warm feeling in her heart, the same one she felt back in her music class with Mrs. Pear Butter, but bigger. She then returned his hug in return and smiled.

After their warm embrace ended, Heat turned in his assignment and went back to his seat, waiting for the bell to ring.

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