Flame Tempest is a shy and timid Earth pony, with bright red fur that stands out, and a yellow short mane + large yellow tail, that's always found it hard to make friends. When he was but a small colt, his only friend - and one of the best friends a pony could have - was a Unicorn with dark white fur, hazel eyes, and an unkempt long mane and tail called "Darkly Vision" with a lust for adventure of any type.

They were the best of friends - they knew everything about each other, they had more or less the same interests, and they were hanging out with each other almost every day. Even when one of them was sick, they'd find some way to have fun.

However, when they became adults - at the ages of 15 and 11 months for Flame, 16 and 6 months for Darkly - they found that they both wanted to go off and do different things - Flame wanted to settle down in Fillydelphia, and Darkly wanted to move to Ponyville and explore. Out in a city, you can't really do much - but in a town, there's lots to explore outside the town.

Over the next five months, things were nice for Flame at first. But eventually, the city got to him. Flame was beginning to have nervous breakdowns, to the point where he would scrunch up in the corner crying, unable to cope with it.

There was always noise, no matter what - the ponies there in Fillydelphia weren't exactly the nicest bunch, either. Eventually, he got the idea in his head to move from Fillydelphia, a place where he is all alone, slowly losing his mind, constantly depressed and overall extremely unhappy, to Ponyville, a place where he can start anew. He didn't have anything he wanted to take with him, besides a couple of old photos that were extremely valuable to him, and a large quantity of bits which he'd use to get himself a nice place.

A couple of days later, he found himself sleeping on a train to Ponyville, unsure of what he might find there, and definitely unknowing of the role he'd play in a series of events that could destroy Equestria as everypony knows it... about to be woken up by a unicorn he'd soon come to know as one of his best friends.

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"Hey, wake up, buddy." An unknown pony said to Flame, however the voice was so faint that he could barely make it out.

"Hey, wake up!" the pony said again, this time Flame hearing the pony clearly and working out that it was a mare from the sound of her, as she nudged him.

"I'm awake, already." he grunted, as he sat up from lying down on the seat of the train. As he looked up, he saw a Unicorn with light blue fur, pink eyes, and a long yellow mane + tail, similar to his. The thing that captivated Flame the most about her is, instead of his usual shy self, this pony just had a certain... 'aura' about her that made Flame feel more comfortable about talking to her. Whatever it was, he couldn't say at the time.

"We're already at Ponyville? I've only been lying down for a few minutes..." he said, with a look of curiosity on his face.

"Actually, you fell asleep on the train for about an hour." she chuckled, amused by what Flame thought of as a three-minute nap.

Flame sheepishly grinned. "Oh." he said, as he lifted himself off from the seat. As the other pony left the train, Flame grabbed a small bag out from under the seat, and wrapped it around himself, close to his flank. Upon exiting the train, he noticed the Unicorn from the train slowing her pace, and looking at him.

"Hey... I didn't get your name." the unicorn said as Flame walked by her. He turned to her and simply looked at her for a few seconds, not used to people being friendly to him.

"...Tempest- FLAME Tempest, I mean." he stuttered.

The unicorn giggled. "Well, 'Tempest Flame Tempest,'" she said in a joking voice, "I'm Sparky Bloom!" she exclaimed with joy as she began to shake Flame's hand vigorously. "You're new to Ponyville... aren't you?" she asked, in a curious manner.

Flame began to explain why he was there, while he tried to battle the nervousness festering inside him. He was horrible with talking to people, but he didn't want to seem like the "new weird pony" in Ponyville. After all, moving to here was a fresh start, where nobody knew a thing about him - he didn't want to waste this opportunity.

"Uh... Yeah, I guess. Problem is, I lost my money when I was in the station. I know an old friend who lives here in Ponyville, though, so he should be able to help me out with that." Flame said, with concern in his voice.

"Uhuh... And do you know where he lives, or can you tell me his name? I can't just let you walk around here lost, and I might know him." Sparky said, with curiosity in her voice as to if Flame may be a long-time friend of someone she knows.

"His name's 'Darkly Vision'. In an old letter, from ages ago, around the time we stopped talking to each other, he told me that if I was ever lost in Ponyville for any reason at all, to come drop by his house near the Park... So I guess I'll be heading...?" Flame asked, with a smile.

"I guess you'll be heading to where I'll be leading you. Come on, the park's not too far away from here!" she said excitedly. Flame smiled again. He was happy that he had somepony to lead him to the park. So without hesitation, he followed her side-by-side.

It was a sunny, beautiful day, one that really brought out the bright colours and joy of Ponyville - something that Flame welcomed into his heart. As they walked by many smiling faces, something about Flame's flank caught the attention of Sparky. She looked over at his flank, and was shocked to find that there's no cutie mark there.

"Hey, Flame, what's up with your flank? There's no cutie mark! Is it, like, invisible or hard to find?" she asked, confused.

Flame's voice dropped, as his mind flipped back towards all the bullying and teasing he received for never getting his cutie mark. "Uh... Nothing like that... I just, ah..." He drifted off as his expression turned to one of a sad pony, and looked away at the ground.

Sparky realised that he didn't have one yet - she'd heard a few pony tales about this, but she'd never seen anything like this in real life! The feeling of confusion, yet excitement at seeing something pretty rare was also mixed with a feeling of sorrow. Not having his cutie mark yet must really have an impact on him, and being asked about it must've made him sad. She thought of something else to ask, to get his mind off of it.

"...So, uhh, why'd you move here?", she asked. But this only made Flame seem even more unhappy. Sparky felt even worse - she was just trying to be friendly and nice. She decided to just keep quiet and lead him to the park.

After a few minutes of walking, they arrived at the park through a road with houses on either side of it leading into the park. The only problem was, that there were a lot of houses. Darkly's house could've been any one of them.

"Woah. I didn't expect this many houses around here..." Flame said, startled by the amount of abodes that were in proximity of the park.

Sparky looked around, and asked a unicorn walking by "Hey, do you know where the house of 'Darkly Vision' is?", she inquired.

The pony replied with a smile. "It's right next to you on your left."

"Thank you very much." Stormy said, returning the smile as the unicorn went her way.

As they approached the house, Sparky heard Flame mutter to himself about what's new since they last met. Upon reaching the elegant, polished wooden door, however, they were met with a note taped to the door.

"To whoever pony it may concern,

I've gone to visit an old friend of mine who lives in Fillydelphia. We go waaaaay back - hay, way before I even got my cutie mark!

Won't be back for about a week or so. I'm sure y'all can live without me 'til then!

- Darkly Vision"

Flame was surprised - he'd moved to Ponyville at the same time that Darkly had gone to visit him in Fillydelphia!

Sparky looked depressed, however. "Guess this means you have nowhere to stay until- Hey, wait a minute!" Sparky's face lit up like a light-bulb. "What if YOU come crash at MINE for a couple of days or so until he gets back?"

Flame was conflicted. On one hand, the sensible side of him said to take the offer - he has nowhere else to go, and no money to get a room in an inn. On the other hand, his more cautious side said to him "You don't even know who this person is - and the fact that she's so nice is definitely suspicious." Flame pondered this to himself for a few seconds, before Sparky interrupted with a frown on her face.

"Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease?" she said. Flame didn't know her, and usually he wouldn't do it, but she'd put on her best face, and her best charms.

He decided to "crash at hers" as she'd put it. "Guess I don't have anywhere else to go... Thanks."

"Oh, you don't need to thank me! I'm sure any other pony'd do the same for me!" she asserted, as Flame laughed doubtfully. "Hey, why don't I show you around Ponyville, too?"

Flame thought about it for a second, before he decided that getting to know the new town he'd be living in was a good idea. "Yeah, sure, why not?" he said.

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After an hour of being "toured around Ponyville", which included a cupcake-eating contest and a lot of shopping that resulted in nothing, Flame arrived at Sparky's house.

"Weeelcome to my humble abode!" Sparky beamed. There were a few seats around the middle of the room, along with some bookshelves to the side and a staircase leading up. The wooden floor didn't look new, but it didn't look too old either, and the walls didn't have too many marks, signifying that she wasn't new like him, but hadn't lived here for a long time either.

"Do you like the place?" Sparky inquired.

Flame gave her an uncertain look. "It's not really special, but I guess I like it." he said.

Sparky didn't mind. She never wanted to have a special place that stands out, just a normal, comfortable house.

"Well, I have to-" A sharp knock on the door interrupted her speech, as both ponies attention was affixed to the door. "Coming!" Sparky exclaimed. As she opened the door, she gasped - both in joy, and in worry.

Flame walked towards the door as well, and saw a black pegasus, with light blue eyes and a white short mane that was ruffled, along with an equally ruffled tail, with a loooooot of red in his fur, and with a multitude of cuts on him. Some were still bleeding, even.

"R.T.! What the bucking hay happened to you?!?!?! For Celestia's sake, almost every time you come here, you've got your own blood mixed up in your fur!" she yelled.

"R.T." simply grinned at her. "Oh, how many times have I heard you yell at me about this in the past week, eh?" he said calmly.

As Sparky let him in, he looked at Flame with a look that sent chills down his spine as Flame tucked his neck in and began to back into a nearby corner, with a frightened expression on his face.

Flame simply watched as "R.T." asked Sparky who he was, and listened as she told a summary of how he's living here for a day or two. "Well, you don't have to be scared of me. I haven't beaten up anypony or anything like that, that's for sure!" R.T. said, but Flame didn't listen.

Sparky rolled her eyes and sighed, still annoyed by the state that R.T. was in. "It's okay, Flame, he's cool. I've known him for a loooong time, and he's a pretty alright guy." she said.

Flame decided that if he was cool by her, then there'd be no harm in meeting him. He nervously edged his way towards R.T., and was barely able to outstretch his hoof before R.T. almost sent him into the roof with a surprisingly strong hoofshake which made Flame feel like throwing up afterwards.

"Welcome to Ponyville then, I guess- Wait a minute..." R.T. examined Flame's blank flank, and questioned as to why he can't see his cutie mark.

Flame began to get very nervous. "I- Uh, um- ah, well you, uh- I mean, you see-" He was cut off by Sparky, almost before he just sat there and sobbed to himself quietly from the horrible recollections of his past, who explained that he simply doesn't have his cutie mark yet.

R.T. found it quite funny, much to the dismay of Flame, granting him a hoof to the head from Sparky.

"It's not funny, RT! And if you laugh at it again, so help me I will BUCKING DUMP YOUR SORRY FLANK OUT ONTO THE STREET! You got that?!?!" Sparky said with anger in her voice. R.T. just nodded slowly, before backing away.

"You can stop yourself from bleeding - I have to be somewhere! Flame, go read a book or make some friends or whatever!" she yelled with authority as she walked out, slamming the door violently on her way out.

"Well... I've got plans for now as well, soooo I guess I'll just be leaving for now after I fix these cuts up..." R.T. announced to Flame, as he ascended the staircase.

"Good to meet ya, Flame, and I hope I'll be seeing ya around. And sorry about laughing at you, I guess..." he said. Flame nodded.

"It's alright, I guess... After all, it is pretty rare to see a 16 year old pony without a cutie mark." he said, now calmer from the peace that had followed after Sparky's outburst.

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A cyan pegasus sporting a rainbow mane and tail, with purplish-pinkish eyes and a cloud with a rainbow lightning bolt for a cutie mark sat against a bench near the library - a friend of hers was supposed to be here already, and yet there was no sign of him at all. "Oh, come ON, R.T., where ARE you?" she thought out loud.

Rainbow Dash, sometimes called "RD" by a few of her friends, was not so much a patient or impatient pegasus, despite being the fastest pony in Equestria, but more so the "anxious to get it done" type. A pony called from inside the library, and Dash found herself looking at a lavender unicorn.

"Oh hey, Twilight!" she called. Twilight looked behind her into the library, and turned her head back to RD telling her to stay there. "What else does it look like I'm doing?" she quipped.

Twilight walked up to her, with a question in her mind. "Hey Rainbow Dash, why are you just sitting here? I'd expect you to be out in the clouds than standing by idly." she asked.

Dash sighed. "I'm meeting a friend here, and he's ten minutes late. I said "one o'clock-ish" but I didn't expect ten minutes. of having to sit here." she said.

Twilight suspected that this "friend" wasn't going to show up. "Maybe he got caught up in the middle of something. Hey, why don't you come inside so you can sit down on something more comfortable?" she asked.

Dash considered her options. "...Yeeeah, I guess so. I don't really feel like waiting around here, anyway, and I can see him from inside when he's here."

As the two left, a black pegasus landed softly on the ground from the air with ease. "Bailing so soon?" he said enthusiastically.

Rainbow's face lit up, and she turned around in unison with Twilight, before her face scrunched up. Twilight put one of her front hooves over her mouth and held it closed, muffling the words "You two have fun then, I guess!" as she ran inside.

"WOAH. THAT is just... UGH!" Rainbow Dash shuddered at the sight of R.T. - she wasn't used to looking at blood, most ponies aren't, but she could handle that. However, a few grazes and cuts didn't compare to the marks and scars on R.T.'s face, not to mention there were still some gashes of blood showing in his fur.

R.T. laughed a little. He rarely had to fix himself up this much. It wasn't as if he went looking for trouble, it just found him in all shapes and forms.

"...Yeeeah, I think we should get you to Fluttershy. I really don't want you losing too much blood and passing out, and the hospitals just take way too long." Rainbow Dash suggested. "And I reeeeally don't want to have to look at that for too long."

R.T. had an idea. "Fine by me. I'm not the best at- RACE YOU THERE!" he burst out, bolting ahead of the cyan pegasus as she quickly took off to race him.

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"...and then they lived happily ever after."A yellow pegasus with blue eyes, a long pink mane and tail, and three butterflies for her cutie mark that goes by the name Fluttershy had been taking care of a very sick bird, and it needed it's rest. So Fluttershy told it a nice story related to a golden-fur pony, porridge and three bears. She smiled as she saw the sleeping bird, so peaceful and tranquil, in a house covered by so much love you could feel it when you entered.

Fluttershy heard a rap on the door, and trotted down to the door wondering who it could be. She opened it, surprised to see Rainbow Dash.

"Oh, hi Rainbow! I'm surprised you've come to see me... And I see you've brought a frie- Oh, my!" she said, visibly stunned by the many injuries across R.T.'s face. She was usually very shy around ponies she didn't know, but she had seen R.T. a few times, and even had a conversation with him once.

"Yeah... That's kinda why we came to you." Rainbow Dash said. "I know you're no hospital, but you're good with animals, and I don't want to have to sit in a waiting room for a few hours. Besides, you can fix that pretty face fast, I'll bet!" she flattered.

R.T. blushed slightly, chuckling to himself as Fluttershy grabbed his hoof, telling the both of them to come with her.

Upstairs, R.T. sat down on a bed. He began to notice the many animals staring at him, with confused looks in their eyes, yet curious to know what was going on.

Rainbow Dash stood up on her hind legs, and leaned against the wall near the door, with a smirk on her face as Fluttershy suddenly dabbed a small cotton bud with disinfectant all over R.T.'s face.

"Ow, that hurts! Couldn't you at least warn me when you're about to do that?" he groaned.

"Sorry, but I have to make sure that your cuts won't get infected." Fluttershy said bashfully.

As R.T. attempted to put up with the stinging, Rainbow Dash was intrigued as to how R.T. got those cuts in the first place.

Rainbow Dash looked away for a moment, with a cautious look on her face. She wasn't exactly sure if she wanted to know how he got those cuts, even though they'd been friends since they were but colts and fillies.

As she began to get lost in her train of thought, R.T. noticed her completely distant look, as Fluttershy began to scavenge through a large cupboard for bandages. "Something wrong, Dash?" he asked.

Rainbow's attention snapped back towards the black pegasus, still wincing from the disinfectant Fluttershy used which, he will admit, stinged a lot more than anything he recalls having to use.

"I was just wondering where you got those bruises from in the first place, I guess. After all, you owe me from losing that race." she said.

R.T. laughed a little, before explaining to Rainbow Dash, and the-now-listening Fluttershy. "Really nothing spectacular... I was out on a walk, and I fell down a pretty big hill by accident. Smacked my face into a few bushes, but my body was pretty much unscathed."

Rainbow smiled. While this was a much shorter and casual explanation than she expected, well... At least he didn't get mugged by three guys in, say, Fillydelphia, or Manehattan for example.

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14 HOURS LATER...

The party lasted quite long. It was a farewell party to one of Sparky's friends who was leaving Ponyville to start anew "wherever life took him" which left the pair of party ponies quite disoriented - a light grey Pegasus Mare, with green eyes and a yellow, long mane and tail walked down the moonlit street with a friend of hers, Sparky.

She wasn't your typical pegasus, either. She was much faster than most pegasi, as she was a speed demon of sorts since birth. Races were what she loved - even her cutie mark was of a finish line. When she heard about Rainbow Dash, she began to harbor a very deep respect and admiration for her due to her title of the "fastest pony in all of Equestria" which made her think of herself, causing Rainbow Dash to become her role-model.

"...and then he just sweeps her off onto the ground onto his back, tells us that he's got "some making up to do" and just runs off." Sparky told the other pony. She smiled.

"So I guess everything's fine between them now? Wasn't his fault that I tripped over onto him by accident, and it was just a matter of coincidence that he ended up on top of me right when she walked in." The pegasus explained. Sparky nodded, before passing a joke along to her new friend.

"Well, who knows, maybe you were secretly wishing for a bit of "alone time" with him, eh?" The two mares shared a short-lived laugh, before they continued down the street. "Hey, uh, what was your name again? I forgot it back at the party." Sparky asked.

"Stormy Haste." she replied. Stormy had just moved to Ponyville, and it sure bedazzled her. The locals were nice, the colours of the town brought joy into her heart, and everypony there seemed to have no problem with helping her with whatever she needed.

They continued to walk down the dark road, illuminated by street lights and lights from houses. As they chatted about the events of the party, their favourite interests, and other topics, Stormy brought the pair to a halt, as she explained that her house was here. Sparky wished her well, as she went off in an opposite direction.

After a minute, it began to rain. "Just my luck." she grumbled, as cold raindrops from the sky splashed against her blue fur and yellow mane, causing her fur to become dark blue, and her mane to become stuck to her face. She considered going back to Stormy's house. It was closer than hers, but the  decided to go to her own, out of homophobia.

She had a fear of lesbians due to one time a couple of years ago, back when she was 15, where she was almost sexually violated by a formerly good friend of hers - that was a mare, no less, when they were alone. Seeing as she didn't know that much about Stormy, she decided it best to just continue on to her house.

Walking down the street from Stormy's house, it began to pour down, enraging Sparky. As she looked to her right, she noticed a covered alleyway she could use as a shortcut, judging by her understanding of Ponyville.

A grin swept across her face. She could get out of the rain for a little bit, at least, and get home quicker than usual. As she jogged down the alley, eager to get home, a tall pony blocked her path.

"Where do you think you're going, mare?" he said menacingly. The figure must've been five and a half feet tall - as intimidating to a pony as someone who's 7 feet tall is to humans.

She looked straight at him, unfazed. "Why is it of any matter to you?" she asked calmly. The unknown pony laughed at her, before he suddenly turned around 180 degrees and bucked her in the face with a substantial amount of force, much to her surprise.

Her back thudded hard against the concrete, causing her to give out a short yell of pain, as her head spun from the attack. As she tried to muster up the strength in her aching body get up, she was forced back down to the ground by the large pony's front hooves.

"You've got two choices. One, give me all the money you've got, or TWO, I beat the buckin' hay out of you, and then take it from your sorry flank." Sparky didn't respond - she felt very bad. The blow to her head had way more force and power than anything she's felt in a long time. This pony obviously worked out. A lot.

The stallion took her lack of a response as the second option, and snarled at her as he raised his hoof, but not before an angry voice from behind warned him to "get the buck off of her now, or I'll shove your hoof so far up your eye socket you can literally pull your brain out of you."

The stallion was surprised by the strong language being directed to him, and looked behind him, seeing nothing there but a black pegasus in a hoody. "And just who do you think you are, 'kid'?" the stallion laughed, with a sheer display of power booming from his incredibly deep voice.

"I'm the guy that's gonna mess you the hay up and leave you hanging from a street pole if you don't get off of her NOW." the pegasus commanded, his wings shooting out from his sides violently to signify that he was serious.

As the tall, muscular stallion looked back at Sparky, he saw that she wasn't going anywhere - she was still trying to figure out what just hit her.

Satisfied with thinking that he'd be able to take two ponies wallets, he charged towards the hooded pony, covering the ground between them in two seconds - the alleyway was big, but this pony ran fast.

Luckily, the pegasus was able to fly up just in time as the other pony went barrelling into the brick wall at full speed. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the pegasus flew down with one of his hind hooves facing the thug, and delivered a bone-shattering kick straight to the stallion's jaw, as he quickly landed his hind hoof on the ground simultaneously along with his other hind hoof, before both of his fore legs smashed the concrete ground, delivering a stinging sensation across those regions.

As he looked behind him, the stallion was already right in his face. The pegasus grunted as he was slammed into the nearby wall behind him, and fell to the ground, groaning as his back began to literally shriek out to his brain, a stinging feeling dominating his thoughts.

He quickly snapped himself back in reality for him to roll out of the way of what would've been a devastating curb stomp from the stallion, and used the wall to jump upwards, off the wall, and throw himself into the stallion's face. As his plan worked, they both toppled against the floor, wrestling for a dominant position in what now became a "ground game" as Sparky slowly began to lift herself from the ground.

Near the alley, a passing-by mare began to hear the events in the alleyway. She trotted to the alley, cautious of what she might see there, and peeked around the corner to see a hooded, black pegasus in a brawl with a much larger foe.

As the pegasus jumped back to avoid an attack, his hood flipped off of his head, revealing a white short mane. Now the mare was sure she'd seen this pony somewhere around town, by the name of "R.T." as she observed what was happening, careful to not get involved.

As R.T. struggled to keep up in the fight, the taller stallion began to run out of energy, evident by his groggy "attacks" which were just him swinging his hooves around, and constant panting.

R.T. used the situation to his advantage, drew a quick breath, and charged towards the stallion before delivering a devastating uppercut with his right hoof, breaking the stallion's jaw as he attempted to yell in pain before discovering he didn't even have enough energy to project his voice loud enough to achieve that.

R.T. moved other to the other side of him, ducked down near his head, and began to beat it in before he realised that he was significantly wounding the pony. As he stepped back groggily, weary and exhausted from the battle, a fearful voice thanked him from his right.

As he turned his head to face the source of the voice, he found Sparky almost unable to stand. "Sparky!" R.T. said with concern as she fell to her side.

R.T. quickly placed his fore hooves under her head to soften the impact - after all, her brain was jolted enough at it was. He then began to pull her right hoof around his shoulder as he was positioned to her left, as he tucked his right fore hoof under her right hoof and used his remaining fore hoof to support the weight of both him and Sparky, acting as a support for her as she barely walked alongside him.

The mare thought to herself, and decided that she had to do something. As R.T. and Sparky walked out of the alleyway, she called out nervously, unafraid of the reception she may get from R.T. But all she got was a hasty pegasus rushing out words from his mouth.

"Idon'tknowwhatyouheardbackthere, but whatever itwas, canyouhelpme get this mare back to her home? I'm about to pass out from exhaustion and pain, and I'd appreciateitifalltheextrastresswasn'tONME." he exclaimed hastily. The mare tried to comprehend what R.T. just said, but she decided to leave it and assist the pegasus in helping the mare back to her home.

As she walked to Sparky's right, she put Sparky's right hoof around her neck, and wrapped her arm around Sparky's left shoulder, similar to the way Sparky was going, and placed her right hoof on the ground.

"Where to?" she asked, as R.T. simply pointed up a hill to a small house next to the edge of the hill. She nodded and began to trot to the top of the hill following a small road. While she was only helping Sparky, it felt like she had the weight of both Sparky and R.T. on her hands, as he was very tired and exhausted. likely from that battle.

They moved up the hill, accompanied by grunts from R.T. and the unknown mare. Before they knew it, they were right out the front of Sparky's doorstep.

"Just wait here," R.T. groaned as he opened the surprisingly unlocked door and carried Sparky in on his back, walking upstairs while attempting to keep quiet as Flame was sleeping in the living room, which was simply the first room you go into when you enter the house.

As she sat out there for a minute, the mare wondered why exactly she was helping this pegasus. After all, she isn't usually a helpful kind of person. But she didn't get much time to think before R.T. walked out and closed the door.

"Thanks for the help, uh... can I ask you what your name is?" R.T. asked. The unknown pony was startled by the question.

"Um, yeah, sure. It's Diamond Flourish." she said.

Upon hearing this, R.T. examined her cutie mark, which was a pile of wood, before Diamond jokingly said "You're gonna have to buy me dinner first before I get into bed with you." R.T. laughed a little before groaning in pain.

"I guess I'll see ya around, Diamond, because my guts are killing me..." As he left, Diamond looked at his cutie mark, and saw a punching bag. "I guess that explains how he handled himself so well back there, then..." She drifted off, as she walked in the opposite direction. Next Chapter: Bad Dreams, Good Life Estimated time remaining: 15 Minutes