Welcome to the long awaited chapter 4, I'm not going to go into the long list of reasons this chapter took so long to publish, as there is a lot.

This chapter introduces Violet, the daughter of Rarity, as well as Rosy the daughter of Pinkie Pie.

It also has two of my OC's, Bass and Opal.

I hope you all enjoy this chapter.

After once again parking his bike, Adam entered Canterlot High for a second time that day, now with Midnight in tow. The two made their way through the entrance and Midnight pulled out her class schedule, quickly browsing through as they now saw students and teachers all going about to classes.

Adam glanced up to see his teacher for the first subject rushing along on the second floor which was visible, obviously hurrying to class, turning to Midnight who still was going over her schedule and flipping through some of her notes he gave her a quick pat on the back.

"Ok, well I'll see you later Sparky, I got classes to get to as well" he said, though not overly enthusiastic knowing the topic they were still on from before their break, one that he'd already worked and studied on previously.

"Oh ok sure. I'll see you later than Adam" she said waving as he walked off ahead. "And thanks again for the ride!" she called out to him as he merely half turned and waved before continuing on, passing lockers and other students.

A group of much shorter students barrelled through and weaved around him, not slowing down as they did, causing him to chuckle slightly. The fact that CHS was not just a high school, but also a middle school meant that they had younger students occasionally crossing paths with the elder's ones, sometimes as young as around eleven.

Adam did have some regret that he would no longer be attending CHS when Honeycrisp would be enrolling here, but he knew she would have people looking out for her.

~0~

Doctor Time Turner was rushing along the halls, excusing himself as he weaved and slipped in-between students on the way to his class, the teacher had a lanky thin frame and a rather messy head of dark brown hair, he was wearing a blue pin striped suit with a red tie along with a pair of high top red converse on his feet, an odd combination of clothing that came together underneath a long brown trench coat that billowed behind him as he ran and continued rapidly excusing himself as he hurried along in-between and around the students and faculty.

Upon reaching his current classroom door he finally slowed to a halt, opening it and walking inside to find it still empty of anyone else. He proceeded to toss several folders on his desk containing the various lesson plans he had for his classes. Time Turner didn't merely teach the current subject that he had this morning, which was history, but a variety of subjects that he had qualifications and doctorates in, including but not limited to, physics, mathematics, science, and engineering, he held the most credentials of any single teacher at CHS with the second most qualified teacher they had on their payroll being Miss Twilight Sparkle.

As such he taught various grades of students, this morning he was teaching 12th grade history to those who had elected it as their subject. And as he waited for his students to arrive, he sat back in his chair and flipped through the lesson plans for the day, casually reaching into one of his coat's breasts pockets and retrieving a banana muffin, an odd sight given the muffin's size being seemingly too large to fit inside said pocket, and took a bite as he continued to go over his notes.

~0~

Walking past her locker was a teenage girl with fiery orange hair that was held up in a high ponytail, the hair colour drastically different from her marshmallow white skin that had a hint of violet to it. Her body was thin and lean, though she had noticeable curves in her chest and hips. Her eyes were doe like, though she had a unique condition, heterochromia which made her left eye a bright green, and the other an odd mix of the same bright green and an icy blue colour.

She was dressed in a very fashionable dark violet skirt and cream coloured long sleeved shirt, with matching high heels. She had a rather eye catching necklace around her neck, and studded earrings.

This was Violet Belle, the seventeen year old daughter of Rarity.

Much like her mother she had a love for fashion, as well as the more refined things, and a passion for music and the musical arts. This had recently landed her a position working in the city for a music production company. Though at the moment her position was little more than an unpaid internship, she was confident that her time would come.

Waking beside her was a young man dressed much more casually. He was a bit taller than Violet, and had a pale white completion similar to hers, though his skin had a slightly darker tone to it, as if someone had mixed in a dash of grey.

His hair was a mixture of two shades of blue, one brighter than the other, and was slightly unkempt, going down to his jawline in spiky bangs.

He wore a white hoodie with a pair of blue jeans and white sneakers. A pair of round rimmed red sunglasses sat upon his face, hiding his eyes from view.

This was Bass Melody, Violet's cousin and the son of Vinyl Scratch and Octavia Melody.

"Seriously Cuz, you should just ask Mom. She could get you a serious gig at any music company you want, and you wouldn't be running around getting coffees for assholes that are probably starring at your tits half the time" he said putting at arm around her shoulder.

Violet let out a huff at his words and crossed her arms. "Uh, as much as I appreciate the offer Bass, I don't need you getting Aunt Vinyl involved. I want to do this on my own"

"Look I'm not saying you're not talented or anything, this would just be a quicker way of getting your work the recognition it deserves." Bass replied, only for Violet to ignore him, walking ahead towards her locker.

Bass watched as Violet opened her locker, picking out her books for the classes she had during the day, all the while humming to herself.

"Huh, I stand by my argument" Violet said as she turned back to Bass, giving him a quick hug. "And now I must be off to class, I'll see you later. And thanks once again for the lift to school"

Bass merely stood there, watching his cousin walk off amidst the sea of other students before letting out a small sigh and shook his head. "You try to help someone…" he said trailing off as he walked ahead to his own locker.

~0~

Two hours later, Adam was now enjoying a free period in the library. Both he and Bass were seated on the upper level at a spare table, there books ignored as the two were caught up in conversation.

Adam and Bass had been best friends since they were young, and their friendship was still strong to this day.

"And here I thought you were a great rider, and you go and fall off a horse" Bass said shaking his head in amusement.

"For the last time, I didn't fall off. The horse died and I went down with it" Adam replied.

"And here I was thinking my best friend would be more concerned about my wellbeing" Adam continued rolling his eyes.

"You look fine" Bass said with a wave of his hand, before his posture turned serious. "But, we were worried you know. When we found out"

Adam nodded softly, placing a hand on Bass' shoulder. "It's ok; I didn't even need to go to the hospital or anything."

Bass ran a hand through his hair as a small smile appeared on his features. "You always have to scare the crap out of us, don't you?" he replied rhetorically.

"Oh come on, I'm not that bad" Adam said, leaning back on his chair as Bass gave a snort.

"This is merely the latest in a list of occurrences, and you know it." Bass replied with amusement. "I swear Aunt Fluttershy, Willow and your Mom were gonna fly down to Australia out of worry"

"They'd do it to" Adam replied as he and Bass couldn't stop the laughter that rose up between them.

This was interrupted as Adam's phone vibrated in his pocket, causing him to pause and retrieve it, opening it and flicking through his messages, he saw the most recent one.

"What is it?" Bass asked as Adam scanned through the text.

"Apparently Opal is coming home earlier than expected. I have to go pick her up from the train station this evening" Adam said as he pocketed his phone once more.

"What about your Aunt and Uncle?"

"They're still coming back at the end of the week" Adam said as he was about to lean back on his chair when the bell rang out, alerting them to their free period coming to an end.

"And we we're just getting comfortable" Bass said sarcastically as they began to gather their things.

~0~

It was now lunch time, and the cafeteria was filled with the chattering and conversations of students as Adam and Bass sat down at an empty table.

Adam had brought his own lunch from home, while Bass had opted to grab his lunch from the cafeteria line.

"So Willow's not here today?" Adam asked as his eyes scanned across the room, looking for the daughter of Fluttershy, her tall height usually making her easy to spot in the crowd.

"Nope, she's not getting back till tomorrow." Bass said after swallowing the mouthful of food.

As the two idly chatted for the next few minutes, more and more students entered the cafeteria. Adam was about to take a sip from his drink when he suddenly turned around quickly in his chair.

Just in time to catch a younger teen who had tried to jump on him from behind.

"Ohh, darn!" she exclaimed, crossing her arms and blowing a stray strand of hair out of her eyes, all the while still being held up in the air by Adam.

"You still can't get the jump on me Rosy" He said as he placed her back down on the ground.

The aforementioned teen rolled her eyes as she gave him a playful punch in the shoulder.

"Just you wait, it'll happen one day cousin, mark my words!" her bubbly voice exclaimed lightly before pulling him into a hug, which he reciprocated.

Rosalyn Elizabeth Pie or simply Rosy as she preferred, was the daughter of Pinkie Pie. She was seventeen and possessed the same pink skin tone like her mother; her hair was wavy, long and a rose red colour that was kept in a ponytail, her eyes were a light green.

She was shorter than Adam, and was dressed in a white t-shirt, a black shirt and black leggings, with a red sweater tied around her waist and a pair of knee high red boots.

Exiting the hug, Rosy plopped down next to Adam and crossed her legs, grabbing her own backpack and rifling through it before pulling out a lunch box.

"Soooo, are we still coming around to your place for dinner this weekend?" Rosy asked Adam as she nibbled on a chocolate chip muffin.

"Yeah, as far as I know it's still on. Though you know if everyone's gonna be there, Aunt Rainbow's gonna bring him" Adam said with disdain.

"Damn, I forgot about that" Bass said groaning as he leaned down on the table.

"Oh come on you two, Stryker's not that bad" Rosy said trying to defend him.

"No, having a toothache isn't that bad. Dealing with Stryker is a major pain in the ass" Adam said frowning as he took a bite out of his sandwich.

~0~

The school day had just ended, and the students began ushering their way to the exits, eager to return home after their first day back.

As Bass was walking out to the student parking lot, Adam suddenly ran up to him, placing a hand on Bass' shoulder and stopping him.

"Hey, there's something I need to talk to you about later on tonight. Come by the forge at about eight" Adam said seriously, causing Bass to look at him with a curious expression.

"What is it?" he asked, only for Adam to shake his head.

"I'll tell you later, just message me when you're on your way" he said before turning back and heading towards his bike.

Bass looked back at his friend, the same confused look on his face before he turned back and headed towards his car.

~0~

It was later in the afternoon as Adam waited at the train station, after dropping Honeycrisp off at home he had taken the truck down to the station and had been waiting ever since, as he knew Opal would have bags and suitcases with her when she arrived.

He had been waiting close to forty five minutes when he saw the train arrive. Various passengers began to slowly make their way out onto the platform while Adam merely leaned against the brick wall of the station.

His eyes glanced across at the passengers disembarking, before he stood up straight upon seeing the one he was looking for.

Opal Quartz stepped off the train pulling a large suitcase behind her and an overly stuffed backpack resting on her shoulders, her sea green eyes quickly found Adam as she began walking over towards him.

She was tall, being the same height as Adam and had a light maroon skin tone, and dull straight orange hair that rested on her shoulders and two bangs that framed her face.

As she finally reached him, the two merely stood there silently for a moment before she offered her suitcase to him. Adam took it as they turned and began to walk back through the station.

"I'm tired. I didn't get any sleep on the train" she said in a bored tone.

"Well don't worry, you can crash when we get home." He said patting her on the shoulder.

"Hmm" she sounded out in agreement as they reached the truck.

Opal was actually his elder cousin, being four years older than him at age twenty three and the daughter of his uncle Big Macintosh and Maud Pie.

Her first name was often mistaken to be named after the Opal gemstone, when in fact it was named after the Opal apple that was a hybrid of 'Golden Delicious' and 'Topaz' apples.

Her parents were away on holiday and wouldn't be back till the end of the week. Opal had gone away on her own trip, but had decided on coming home early, thus the reason Adam had to pick her up.

"So, how was your trip" He asked as they were now in the truck and pulling out of the parking lot.

"Eh, it was mostly enjoyable. I took a fair few photos, and brought back some souvenirs" she replied, looking out the window as they drove along.

"Ooh, anything for me?" he asked with a grin.

"Yeah, I got you a t-shirt" Opal replied flatly, causing Adam's expression to fall, she knew he hated getting t-shirts as gifts as he already had so many shirts given as gifts it wasn't funny.

"…wow, thanks" he replied with forced enthusiasm.

"Don't worry, that's not all I got you" she said after a few seconds, a small almost invisible smile graced her lips as Adam once again smiled at her.

"You just like watching me squirm, don't you?" he asked rhetorically.

"Sometimes"

~0~

It was now nearing eight o'clock in the evening, Adam had checked his phone to see Bass had texted him that he was on his way before placing the phone back down on the desk.

He owned the building he was currently in, a large one story establishment and was one of two businesses Adam owned, this being a blacksmith's and the second being an auto-mechanics.

They had been left to him by his father.

Adam had once considered burning them down to the ground just to spite his father, whom he hated for abandoning him and his mother. But had been talked out of it, and had decided to keep them open.

He had developed great skills in both jobs over the years, his intellect enabling him to pick up the theory quickly before moving onto the practical application. Despite the fact some felt blacksmithing and forging weren't applicable skills, Adam enjoyed doing it.

He received orders and jobs through the city, as well as from other areas, which made for a lucrative business. He spent a few days a week at one job and switching to the other for the next few days, the blacksmith business being more of a self-run operation though Adam had a few people on call to help him at the blacksmiths if a job required a few extra hands.

While the auto-mechanics had a number of employees, as well as a manager that ran the day to day operations.

Adam was currently wearing his blue jeans from earlier, as well as a long sleeved black skivvy and gloves, stepping over to a large forge and pulling out a long thin bar of metal, the top was glowing with heat before he brought it over to an anvil and grabbed a wide hammer bringing it down on the heated section of metal, slowly and repeatedly hammering down on it as sparks flew from the anvil.

~0~

Bass stepped through the front door of the blacksmith's shutting the door behind him and locking the door. He could hear the tell-tale signs of Adam hammering in the back, and headed through.

The building had a number of rooms, some for storage and materials, while the forging room was the biggest as well as hottest. Stepping into the forge Bass couldn't help but let out a breath as the heat hit him suddenly.

Adam acknowledged him with a wave with his free hand as he had a bar in the other, before placing the hammer down and gripping the bar with both hands and sitting it down in a long trough of water, allowing the metal to cool.

"Evening" Adam said as Bass plopped down on an old but well maintained couch Adam had placed in the forging room.

"So, what was so important we had to talk about it here? You seemed pretty on edge about it earlier?" Bass asked with interest as Adam walked over near the couch, but didn't sit down, his expression was serious as he seemed to mull over what to say.

"I may not have been entirely truthful about what happened when I was in Australia" Adam said speaking up, making Bass lean forward and look at him inquisitively.

"What do you mean?"

Adam again seemed to go over his thoughts before speaking.

"Something…happened to me. It's not really something I can explain with just words, so I'll start with this" Adam said as he took off the gloves and chucked them onto the couch before reaching down and taking off his shirt, followed by the singlet below it to reveal his bare upper body to Bass.

Bass' eyes stilled on his form before widening behind his glasses, the blue haired teen stood up and walked over to Adam slowly, starring at him in shock as he placed a hand on Adam's chest.

His eyes scanned across his upper body as his hand trailed up, touching the firm muscle.

"B-But…how…" Bass said looking at Adam in disbelief. "Your…Your scars are gone" he said as he looked at his unblemished form, no trace of any scars or marks.

"I told you, this isn't something I could explain, nor get you to believe with simply words" Adam said slowly, turning back away from his friend as Bass looked over Adam's back, seeing the same result as Adam walked across the room over to a table which had a number of tools littered about it.

Adam didn't turn back as he spoke up, seemingly taking a few deep breaths. "Whatever happens, try not to freak out" he said slowly.

"What do you mean…?" Bass asked hesitantly before seeing Adam turn around, what he saw made Bass freeze up.

Adam stood there holding a large thin blade in his right hand, his eyes focused on it before he looked up at Bass.

"…Adam" Bass began before Adam flipped the blade around.

And let out a yell as he jammed the blade through his chest.

So there you go, chapter 4 is wrapped up.

I know I said I wasn't going to go into the long list of reasons this chapter took so long. But one of the reasons was that sadly, one of my best friend's who I've known for eight years passed away recently, having tragically took his own life.

He was the one who introduced me to the MLP fandom, and was part of the inspiration for the character of 'Bass Melody'. I am still rather torn up over it, and think about him every day. But I know he loved brainstorming ideas and plot points for this story, and he was very excited about the character of Bass (and details that will be revealed later). So this story has now been dedicated to my friend, who I miss very dearly and will always cherish the times we spent together and the memories we made.