First day of training

The sun shined brightly on a new beautiful day. The birds were chirping, pony folks greeted one another, overall it was just a perfect day for Scootaloo to ride her scooter. She passed by the streets of ponyville, going as fast as ever. She soon saw a ramp up ahead, but she wasn’t worried about it at all. She put the scooter in full blast. Once she jumped off the ramp, she performed a perfect 360 before she landed in a puddle of water, stopping just a few feet from it. She felt proud of herself and even prouder when she saw that she accidentally wet Diamond Tiara and Silver spoon.

She couldn’t help but laugh at them. “Man you look ridiculous!”

Diamond Tiara began to mock her as she usually does. “OH SHUT IT BLANK-”

“Na uh!” Scootaloo interrupted her. “That is not true anymore since I already got my cutie mark.”

Diamond Tiara tried to come up with other insults but unfortunately she could not think of any and her face started to blush.  

“Now if you could excuse me, I have to be somewhere.” With that, Scootaloo put her scooter on full blast and raced off.  

After a while, Scootaloo got to where she wanted to go and that was the CMC tree house. She parked her scooter just next to it and quickly entered through the door.

“There you are!” Said Sweetie Belle. “You're late.”

“Ya ya I know!” Scootaloo  picked up her cape and headed to the drum set.

Today was the day that Imp would become a cutie mark crusader. They may have all gotten their cutie marks, but they didn’t want to let the name go. The three got their capes. Applebloom stood on the podium and began to speak.

“We the cutie mark crusader are proud to announce that a new member that has joined the rank of the CMC. Imp come forward.”

Imp stepped forward. Sweetie Belle came in with the cape and tied it around Imp.

“I hereby announce Imp the new member of the cutie mark crusaders!”

Scootaloo began to pound on the drums. It got very out of hand as it became very noisy. She soon noticed this and stopped.

“Well now that this is over. Its time to take you to the Armor Fillies temple.”

“Oh ya time for some action!” Scootaloo said with excitement.

“Well you could say that but its much more than that.”


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In the middle of the everfree forest, Warp continued to struggle walking by the forest path.

“Damn it!” Warp couldn’t walk no more and laid on the ground. “Guess I should've accounted the damage that those kids have done to me.”

Howls began within the forest. They started to get closer and closer until they shown themselves. Timber wolves getting ready to jump on their prey. As they went in for the kill, a quick wind came in and destroyed two of the Timber wolves. It happened to be Dufus.

“Ya you are not feasting on my boss tonight!” He shouted, jumping up and down in excitement.

Three timber wolves began to attack him. But a blue earth pony with a black main and a cutie mark of a skull with weights blocked the attack.

“HA HA!” He swung his weights to them and broke them into many pieces. “I Bracker will not let puny timber wolves hurt me!”

The last of the timber wolves headed to Warp without hesitation. But as he went for the attack, he got sliced in half by a black unicorn with a lighting style mane and a cutie mark of a sword.

“Well that was very easy.” He shrugged.

“Well what do you expect Scar!?” Darla shouted. “These animals don’t know how to think.” She sighed.

“Well at least the boss is ok,” Dufus picked Warp up. “Lets get you to the abandoned castle shall we?”

“Just please...go slow.” Warp could barely talk because of the pain.

The group headed through the forest and made it to the abandoned castle of the two royal sisters. It was now occupied by them as well as the remaining henchmen.

“I see that not all of us had made it?” Warp noticed the decrease of stallions of here.

“Well some of them became captured and they are now in prison thanks to Celestia.” Darla answered.

Dufus put Warp down on the staircase. “Well it isn’t much of huge loss,” Warp shrugged.

“Aren’t you afraid they might give away your plan?” Scar pointed out.

Warp just smiled. “Oh you don’t need to worry about it. These stallions may not know this but I implanted a chip in their brains. It makes them quickly forget what they have done in the past 7 weeks.”

Darla couldn’t help but laugh. “Oh you are so dashing!” She formed a devilish smile.

“Did you got the present that I sent you?”

“Oh we did boss!” Bracker went to get the glass vase filled with energy. “Let me tell ya, trying not to break this was really hard to do.”

Warp put his hooves and he rubbed it all over his face with a psychotic grin. “Ahhh its still fresh!”

“So what is the plan now boss?” Scar ask with curiosity.

He managed  to get up and walk a few steps ahead. He stood still for a moment before he fell down on the castle floors. The four quickly headed to his aid but they heard him snoring.

“I’m guessing he needs some rest,” Scar mentioned. “Alright lets get ready as once he wakes up, are plans will go into motion.  


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At the front of the temple, a bright flash appeared. Once it dimmed down, Imp and the CMC appeared.

“Woah!” Scootaloo as well as the others got a bit woozy from that. “Well that was a odd ride.”

Imp giggled a little. “Well you’ll just have to get used it because that is your only way of getting here. Besides you didn’t feel anything when Faust teleported us here.”

“Ya but that was much more less woozy.” Applebloom mentioned.

The three quickly walked up the stairs with Imp walking at a slow pace. Once they got to the entrance, it opened. Once inside, they were greeted by Faust as well as other ponies with robes.

“Welcome back,” She greeted them with a warm welcome and began introducing them to the ponies in robes. “Cutie mark Crusaders meet the council,”

One stepped and pulled his robe back that was covering his head. He was a blue unicorn with a blonde mane and green eyes. “Well its nice to meet you. My name is Skiss and I’ll be your trainer for the day.”

“Its mighty fine to meet you Skiss!” Applebloom was the first to greet him.

Scootaloo couldn’t help but laugh which didn’t go unnoticed.  

“Did you found something funny my child?” He asked, raising his eyebrow.

“Nothing…I just thought Skiss is weird name for an adult like you.” She giggled.

Skiss couldn’t help but laugh along with her. “Its true that its a weird name. I’m not afraid to admit that.”

“Alright then so tell me when are we gonna start training?” Applebloom couldn’t help but be ask.

Skiss smiled. “Alright. Right this way my fillies.”

Skiss and the rest began to walk through a big hallway with many doors like the entrance only each of them have symbols describing what they are for. Once they got to the end, they reached a door with a symbol of a pow sign that you see in comics. Once it opened, they were greeted to the training room of the temple. The three were amazed at what they saw. There was training equipment everywhere. While entering they see other fillies and colts homing in on their skills.

“I think this day will be 20% more cooler!” Scootaloo could help but let out all of her excitement.

“Alright starting today we are going to help you learn on the basics of combat as well as teaching you how to use your armor properly. Me and Imp will help you if you ever get stuck. So with that said…,” He paused for a moment. “Lets get started!”

                                                  Armor fillies Training Basics

                                                             1: Your weapon is your friend

“Now the most important aspect of your armor is that once you summon it, you have a weapon that goes along with it and the weapon is in the style of your cutie mark. Take for example Imps weapon.”

Imp summoned his two yo-yo's.

“Now his weapon is his trusty yo-yo because that is the form of his cutie mark. Depending on what your talent is, the weapon that you’ll get will be base around it,” He looked at Sweetie Belle. “Sweetie Belle would you mind putting on your armor and summoning your weapon?”

Sweetie Belle nodded and summoned her armor. “Ok so now what?”

Skiss looked at Imp. “Alright Imp I want you to aim at those practice dummies but not hit them.”

Imp launched his two yo-yos at the dummies. Only not as what the three expected as the yo-yos go around the dummies and came back to him.

“You see. The weapon that you have is a part of you.”

The three raised their left eyebrows in confusion.

“What I mean is that your weapon is a form of magic that is part of you. Have you ever heard the saying “Each pony race has a magic they could control.”  Well that would account here. Why don’t you give it a shot Sweetie Belle?”

Sweetie Belle stepped up and did the same thing that Imp did. She launched her Mic at the dummy and tried to bring it back with sheer will power. But unfortunately it didn’t go as planned as it headed to her at fast speed. She ducked at the right moment but it ended up hitting Scootaloo instead.

Sweetie Belle ran up to her. “Oh my gosh! Scootaloo are you ok!?” Scootaloo’s eyes goes all around in confusion.

“Oh don’t worry about it. Besides your not gonna get it the first try anyway.”

“But,” Sweetie Belle was confused. “I managed to handle this on my own before? Why didn’t it work now?”

“It could be that you were in danger that time. This training will help you raise your awareness so that you may always be ready,” Skiss turned around. “Well we should not waste time because we need to get to the next part of the lesson.”

                                                              

                                                           2: Using your increased strength.  

“The armor that you have increases one’s body strength up by 50%. Sometimes even higher if you work hard enough,” Skiss pointed his hoof to the bar poles on the ceiling. “Imp would you mind?”

Imp launched one of his yo-yo's, wrapping it around one of the bars. He pulled himself in and launched himself up in the air. Using his fast reflexes, he threw his other yo-you which wrapped around the other bar and pulled himself there. Once he reached far enough, he let go and managed to stand on all 4 legs.

The CMC couldn’t help but clap for the demonstration that they received.

Skiss looked at Scootaloo. “Alright Scootaloo, your up," He pointed at the running tracked. “I want you to go around this simple track 4 times in under 5 seconds.”

Scootaloo smiled with passion. “Oh I see where this is going,” She put her hand up front and summoned her scooter. “I accept your Challenge!”

Scootaloo headed to the starting line of the track. She breathed heavily, charged up her scooter and squinted her eyes.  

Skiss brought out his pocket watch. “Ready...set...GO!”

Once Scootaloo heared those words, she couldn’t stop. With every second gone by, she passed a lap. Once she hit the last lap, she quickly skidded along the side with a cool pose.

“So? How did I do? Was I awesome!” Scootaloo crossed her hooves in a cool way.

“I have to say I’m impressed.” He smiled. “You barely made it on the last lap with only 4.999 seconds.”

Scootaloo could help but gloat. “Well I am the student of the coolest and fastest pony to ever live.”

Skiss nodded. “I guess you are. But now lets head to the final part of your introduction to training shall we?”

                      

                                                            3: Always think ahead.              

“Now this is the most important part of your training. You see if your gonna face difficult opponents, then your always gonna need to think one step ahead of them. I have heard from Faust that you managed to beat Warp with lucky shots. However that can’t be the answer to every battle that you face with opponents who are like him. Which is why today, Me and Imp will be your sparring partners.”

The three dropped their jaws.

Imp started at a fighting position. “Alright you three time to get ready. I want to know where you stand on experience."

Skiss took off his robe and showed that he had two wooden sticks with him. His cutie mark happened to resemble two bow staffs crossing each other. “All right you three. Time to fight!”

The two charged in to strike first but luckily the CMC managed to dodge. Scootaloo began to charge at them. Skiss threw his two staffs at her wheels which got her off the scooter quickly. Sweetie Belle went to the rescue as she threw her mic at Scootaloo to catch. But it was deflected by Imp’s yo-yo's.

“Sorry but you got to think a lot smarter than that!” Imp began to attack. Sweetie couldn't catch up with his strikes.

Applebloom began to charge in. Summoning a paint brush in her mouth, she striked when she had the chance. But unfortunately she only managed to get a smudge of red paint on him. Skiss quickly went on the offence and striked both of his staffs at her. Applebloom tried to take in the blows but she could not endure them. With a quick thought, she summoned a canvas shield to block the attacks.

Skiss couldn't help but smile. “Well I see where this is going. But….” He jumped over her and knocked her off her hooves. “You still haven’t thought though this enough!”    

Scootaloo managed to recover and stand on her four hooves. She saw that Sweetie Belle was having trouble handling Imp. With no hesitation, she got there as fast as she could and surprise attacked him. But Imp won’t let that slide as he threw his other yo-yo her. She dodged the incoming attack but didn't expect it to come back and hit her behind her head.

“Scootaloo you should've seen that coming." He giggled.

“GOTCHA!” Sweetie Belle took this chance to attack. But Imp wasn’t even distracted in the first place. His yo-yo came at her and hit her right in the center of her gut.

“You didn’t think I leave myself open for that simple attack.”

The fight comes to a halt after the CMC got their humiliation.  

Applebloom wasn't please with it. “HEY NO FAIR! You didn't let us have time to think!” She shouted in frustration.    

Skiss nodded his head side to side. “Well would the enemy let you have time to think?” He asked them a question that the three knew what the answer was. “Whenever you fight an enemy, he or she will strike at the right chance and that is when you try to think of a strategy,” He walked up to Applebloom. “The point that I’m trying to say is that you need to quickly think under the set pressure that you have and make sure that it works. You got some brains but you don’t have the bronze to execute them."

Imp didn't speak a single word, knowing how true they were. He couldn't think of anything to add under what Skiss said.

Skiss took a deep breath and smiled. “Well that should be the end of your introduction. Hope you enjoyed this."

Faust entered the room. She spotted the group and headed towards them. “Well so how is the first day of training?”

“Well it was rough but I think these three could handled it,” Imp replied.

She smiled. “Well I think its time for you all to go home. It is getting late and you don’t want your family to start worrying about you do you?”

“SHOOT! I don’t want to get grounded!” Applebloom's face became paler just thinking about it.

“Alright you four why don’t you stand in a group and I will gladly transport you to ponyville.”

Without hesitation, the four form a group but Imp happened to be caught in the middle of it which made him feel uncomfortable. The light on her horn formed and was softly landed on the group, teleporting them back to Ponyville.

“Why didn’t you tell them that Warp is still out there?” Skiss asked.

Her smile began to drop down. “I didn't want to scare them. That is all."

Skiss couldn’t help but find it stupid. “Do you think he won’t pop out at any moment? After all we know about what he is up to and I think these 4 will not be the ones to be able to stop them.”

Faust looked away. “I know...Its just that I don’t want to stress them out. Especially Imp after knowing how he felt when he fought Warp.”

Skiss rubbed his head. “Well its your choice here. However if you don’t tell them about this, then things would not go in your favor.” He headed out but before he left, saying this to her: “Its not best to keep things from him. Especially if he could trust you. The time you decide to tell him about it, would be too late."

Faust looked down on herself. “Why...Why can’t I tell him up straight about this.” She left the training room, thinking what to do."