Chapter 3: Revelations and Some Familiar Faces

So somebody asked me what Yuma and Kite's cutie marks are, and how they duel as ponies. These questions are answered in this chapter.

"So Yuma, just run as fast as you can towards the cliff and use your wings to catch air," Rainbow instructed as Yuma tried to follow, yelling, "I'm so feeling the flow!" Miraculously, Yuma succeeded and took off, soaring. "This is so awesome," He yelled as Rainbow started flying with him. However, an interruption by a certain Unicorn stallion knocked both of them out of the sky. "Yuma, I really need to show you something. NOW," Kite demanded, and hauled Yuma off without waiting for a reply.

"So what you're telling me is that Dueling is a form of magic here, and that only you, your friends, and the Royal Family can do it," Yuma asked, shocked at seeing Dueling this way. "Yep, that's about the jist of it. Oh, and can I ask what your Cutie Marks are supposed to represent, in case it has something to do with your ability to duel," Twilight asked, causing confusion on Yuma and Kite's part. "Cutie...Mark," Yuma asked, clearly puzzled. "Yuma, perhaps that is the strange appearence on your flank, which Yuma quickly looked at and saw, to his surprise, the image of the Emperor's Key behind his wings. Kite did the same and saw Galaxy Eyes as a 4-Pointed Star.

Before Twilight could explain, a group of 6 Mares and Stallions, 2 Unicorns, 1 Pegasus, and 3 Earth Ponies, showed up, whom Yuma recognized at once because of the images of Crashbug, Tin Archduke, a Fairy, Black Ray Lancer, a Cat's paw, and a Coin on their flanks (In order of Cutie Marks: Caswell, Bronk, Tori, Shark, Cathy,Flip)."Guys, what are you doing here," Yuma asked, quite shocked to see his friends all gathered when he was sure only He and Kite went through the portal. "Yuma, in the end we should ask YOU the same thing," Caswell retorted.

After the situation had been explained, and everyone had settled down and explained their cutie marks, Twilight continued about Equestrian Duels. "Yuma, did you notice that you weren't holding your cards but rather controlled them as if with puppet strings? Or that nopony was using a Duel Gazer, because they can see it naturally? And did you note Rainbow's fur color?" Yuma admitted that he had not but Astral had (and then had to give an explanation of Astral and his adventures thus far (Going up to the 3-part duel between Yuma and Trey)).

After the introductions and explanations, Yuma thought it would be fair to meet Twilight's friends, and then go back to get some more flight instruction from Rainbow. After getting a sugar rush at the Sugar Cube Corner, nearly getting trampled by an insulted apple family after claiming he didn't like fruit, spending an hour to get measurements at the Carousel Boutique, and having a sweet and short conversation with Fluttershy, he finally went back to Flight lessons when he flopped the majority of the tricks and Rainbow figured they should callit a day.

I never mentioned this, but Astral's cutie mark is a red 39 like the one on Utopia. Anyways, make sure to give me reviews. I. WANT. REVIEWS.