"Rainbow Dash I insist that you don't do this!" The instructor pony was doing everything under his power to convince the cyan colored pegasus to not go through with this. "Gusty is a fully trained fighter and you haven't even made it halfway through the class!"

"Don't worry about me. I can handle this guy no problem." Rainbow Dash assured. Gusty was either nice enough, or cocky enough, to pull down the middle rope to let Rainbow into the ring.

"Fillies first." The boxers training from earlier now circled the ring. They never turned down a chance to see a fight. Despite the instructor attempting to pull her off the ring apron, Rainbow Dash glared at Gusty before going through the middle rope. The more experience pegasus let the rope go, trotting over to his corner. Rainbow stood in hers, not taking her eyes off Gusty. 'This can't be that hard can it? Just gotta punch him in the face a lot.' The instructor had little to no power to stop this anymore.

"Alright then, you two will go three rounds. The winner will be the one who can knock their opponent out first. And per Cloud Boxing rules, should one of you fall out of the ring, the gentlecolts around the ring have full permission to put you back in. Does anyone object?" He had hoped someone would object to this impromptu fight.

"Ring. The. Bell." Gusty said to the instructor. The concerned pegasus went out the ring, doing as he was told. "This won't take long anyway." The boxers around the ring began slamming their hooves on the ringside, egging the two competitors inside the ring on. Rainbow began pacing in her corner, yet to her surprise Gusty stopped in the middle of the ring. "I'll be nice here, and give you a free shot." He turned his head and pointed a hoof to his cheek. "Go on. Take your best shot." The boxers around the ring laughed at the idea. Rainbow Dash could only smirk.

"If you say so." The cyan pegasus walked forward, and took Gusty completely off guard by landing multiple punches right to the head. The boxer stumbled back into his corner, shaking the cobwebs loose as Rainbow charged forward. Her inexperience finally faced her as she walked right into a hard uppercut, knocking her off her hooves and rolling to the floor. She wouldn't be able to regain her thoughts as the boxers surrounding the ring lifted her up, promptly rolling her back inside the ring. Then they began counting as Rainbow Dash struggled to climb back up to her hooves.

"1!"

"2!"

"3!"

"4!"

"5!"

"6!" Rainbow was finally able to pull herself back up to her hooves, shaking as she struggled to clear herself.

"You got back up? I give you credit…." Gusty spun the cyan pegasus around, landing a flurry of hook shots to Rainbow's face. "You got some guts. Same you don't have brains." He then let Rainbow fall to the mat.

'Come on Dash, shake it off…' Rainbow thought to herself weakly. As the others counted in the background, she was able to pull herself up at the count of eight. Gusty began throwing jabs into Rainbow Dash's ribs, making it harder for the female pegasus to remain standing. The male pegasus began laughing, turning to the boxers.

"I'm getting winded here boys." He turned around, only for a cyan hoof to punch him squarely in the face. Gusty spun on his hooves before falling on his face. Rainbow was able to pull herself up, smirking as she began to count.

"1!"

"2!"

"3!"

"4!" Gusty shook his head as he pulled himself up. Rainbow charged forward, unable to land her next punch as the male pegasus bobbed out of the way. Gusty was able to land his next punch, knocking Rainbow into her corner. The male pegasus had seen enough.

"Nighty night." Rainbow looked up as a brown hoof came down, followed by her world exploding into darkness.

"…Dash?" Someone's voice echoed off.

"Rainbow Dash?" A bright light finally brought the cyan pony's vision into focus. "Can you hear us?" After several moments her vision began to clear. It was then she finally noticed several ponies staring down at her.

"What's two plus two?" The instructor asked, his voice sounding very off, possibly the results of the fight the cyan pony had just endured. She had to think about the question for a few moments.

"November?" Few of the boxers around her chuckled.

"She'll be fine." The instructor noted. "All she needs is a good days rest." After struggling for a few moments Rainbow was finally able to sit up. Gusty was calmly lying on the top rope like it was a cozy bed.

"Good morning sleeping beauty. Your official record is a big 0-1." He said with a laugh. Rainbow could only hold her head in pain; she had never been this embarrassed before. "Hey consider yourself lucky! Most ponies don't get knocked out in their first match."

"That is quite enough!" The instructor finally had to put his hoof down. "You knew very well she wasn't prepared for this fight." Gusty only shrugged.

"She wanted to fight, she got a fight. Not my fault she wasn't ready for it." The male pegasus trotted forward, crouching down to Dash's eye level. "A word of advice: this…all this…." He motioned to the ring around them. "…is MY yard. When you come into my yard, you get hurt. So next time…" He began patting the cyan pegasus's head. "…think for a moment before deciding something your gonna regret. " Rainbow shoved the hoof away before slowly getting back onto her hooves. Not making eye contact with Gusty, she carefully climbed out of the ring and began limping her way to the door, holding her head as she did. She didnt want anyone to see the tears running down her cheeks.


So this was my first try at writing a boxing fight, albeit a short one. What did you guys think? Let me know so I can approve. Until next time...

HAVE A NICE DAY!