Early morning. Wednesday. Canterlot High School.

While the students gathered around the school's entrance, awaiting for the ring bell, a certain white Honda Civic was running slowly across the nearest road towards the parking lot. Once on the lot, surrounded by average sized trees, and dense bushes, the car stopped on the free spot, and the engine died down.

Inside, two very familiar and very attractive schoolgirls sat on the front seats. The car's owner whose place was obviously behind the wheel, and her best friend. Rarity looked as proud and confident as she always looks. Tonight, she picked very distinguishing tight fitting clothes consisting of a full black dress with open shoulders skin. Her dress had a length down the level of her upper thighs, and on her feet she wore purple high heel shoes. Her hair also looked differently, as she combed them into a french roll.

Unlike her, her best friend did not share this feeling of empowerment and confidence, as she looked extremely nervous and startled by only one thought that she has to appear before her fellow students in her new look. And she did have something to look at. She wore a tight white dress with her arms and shoulders exposed, and there were only two thin straps to support that dress and prevent it from falling off the girl's body. It had a length from her shoulders down to a zone a little above her knees. And it was tight. It greatly wrapped around her body, and distinguished it for good vision. Now only a blind couldn't see her body-shape. Her new white high heel shoes made her already long legs look even longer.

She was slouching heavily as if trying to avoid any prying eyes even while being within her best friend's car. Yesterday, when she was in Rarity's house, she thought that she prepared for that but only to suffer a meltdown of her confidence when she saw how many students are spending their time outside. Gulping deeply, she looked at Rarity while turning red with embarrassment, a pleading expression on her face.

"Ummm… R-R-R-Rarity… are you s-s-s-s-ssss sure… we got to do that… to-day?" She asked in a squeaky fashion, to which Rarity answered with a confident nod of hers.

"Of course, darling." She answered, her trademark lady-like intonation; "Why waste time?"

Fluttershy then looked down to see that the neckline of her new dress was below her clavicle level, and actually exposed the top of her large plump breasts sticking out. That cut between her tits could be easily spotted. The shy girl's eyes then met with the fashionista's confident, and proud smile.

"B-But… *gulps*... you told me yesterday that I will at least have a jacket?" She squealed again, both scared and frustrated by her friend's sudden changing mind. Rarity first replied to her words with a thoughtful eyeing of Fluttershy from top to bottom before she gave her a wordy commentary.

"I reconsidered my initial idea." She answered as she started fixing parts of Fluttershy's dress; "I first thought that I need to give you a mini skirt, but… that would have been too much for you as I know well that you don't like your legs being watched?" She commented as she gave a sly smile to Fluttershy; "And then I remembered my birthday party, and how gorgeous you looked in that tight black dress I made, and so took it as a base, and recolored it."

Fluttershy sighed; "That dress was at least covering my legs completely, and… some other regions." She said, biting her lower lip.

Rarity then frowned; "Oh, hush now, darling… Or else." She grinned wickedly before pulling out a hanger with black string bikini. Fluttershy shivered at the view of these undergarments which could barely cover her intimate parts, but continued giving a pleading look to her friend, afraid the minute she stepped out of the vehicle, she would enter a dark scary world full of hazing and harassment and possible be the target for rape even. Finally fashionista gave up before throwing the hanger to the back seat.

"Alright, alright…" Rarity grumbled as she spread her arms, and rolled her eyes, before looking at the back seat; "What do I have to do to fix this?" She asked herself, observing a few fabrics which were laying on the back of her car. That's when she smiled excitedly as she spotted a pistache color transparent wrap shawl. She smiled upon grabbing it, as she then spread the fabric before the windshield. Fluttershy looked curiously at the shawl but just a few moments before Rarity turned to her and wrapped the shawl around the shy girl's neck and shoulders. When she finished, she returned back to her seat now looking even more proud than before.

"M-hm. Perfect!" Rarity announced, crossing her arms around her breasts.

A very confused Fluttershy touched the soft silk shawl with her hands, and scanned herself attentively. Though, it didn't cover her full self, but at least it was covering her breasts, and clavicle, and shoulders. She sighed deeply, as she then looked defeatedly at her friend to give her a reluctant nod.

"Alright… if you are sure that it'll help…"

"I was never as sure about your style, as I am now." Rarity cut off Fluttershy's sentence, as she then opened the driver's seat door; "Now it is time to step out to introduce your new self to this world." She proudly announced as she got out of the car. She gaited around her vehicle towards the passenger's front door. She knocked on the window, and as a response to her knock, she saw Fluttershy making a deep sigh, and slowly tugged on the door handle. She then opened the door softly, and tossed her right leg carefully on the ground. She then tossed her left leg, and got out of the car. Once she was outside, she fixed her shawl, and let her eyes scan the parking lot on the subject for prying eyes, while Rarity closed the door.

The girls exchanged looks with each other, before Fluttershy spoke in; "Alright, what should I do now?" She asked, to which Rarity responded with a wink.

"Just as we agreed to do yesterday when we trained walking." She said friendly, as she took her by the arm in an elbow area; "Remember what I taught you?" She asked, to which Fluttershy answered with a nervous nod. The shy girl then looked down at her own feet, and then they both began their slow gait towards the school's main entrance, just as Rarity had Fluttershy rehearse with her the day before.

"Left." Rarity spoke after each step they made; "Right. Left. Right."

Fluttershy never took her eyes off her own feet. She was concerned if her next step would cause her to trip and fall and she didn't want to experience again what it felt like falling on her chest, especially while wearing this dress in particular, as this was embarrassing enough for her as it is.

"I…" She mumbled; "I don't remember ever walking on high heels before…"

"Yes you do." Rarity commented, smiling; "On my birthday party, remember? Do not get distracted. Left. Right. Left. Right."

As the girls proceeded towards the school entrance, they soon reached the monument in front of the main doors, and the students, who were too busy with their own things, soon got attracted by the view of our well known schoolgirls. The shy girl eventually felt dozens of gazes from her schoolmates staring straight at her, and Rarity, but mostly at her. The fact that they used relaxed, and graceful model gait, which made their hips swaying, and looked attractive from the side, didn't help either.

Gulping, she again directed her gaze to her own feet. She felt extremely skittish because of all these gazes as she felt her whole body tense, and she thought that this is the end of her reputation. She thought that once she's on the ground, her dress will get torn and everyone will see her naked. Though she was examined by Sweetie Belle yesterday, that was all, and right now there were too many prying eyes observing her from the bottom up, that it made her feel uneasy. Her bottom especially.

Rarity certainly felt tension in Fluttershy's arm, and her unconfident gait so she then shook her softly as she directed her unamused eyes straight at her best friend.

"Fluttershy relax, darling." She whispered a bit annoyed; "You're now looking like a paranoid asylum patient."

Fluttershy looked pleadingly at Rarity; "How can I relax if I… I… I have so many people staring straight at us ...a-a-and I mean… m-m-me?" She squeaked quietly; "I feel like I'm naked… and… and… and… that's so embarrassing." As her face was turning pink at just the thought of it.

Rarity gave her a reassuring smile; "Oh, Fluttershy darling." She spoke, a calm tone in her voice; "Don't be so worried. Soon, you will get the feeling that there's nothing scary about being observed and adored by your peers." She said as they both slowly reached the pavement steps of the school's front exterior; "Take a deep breath…" She said, prompting Fluttershy to take a deep breath; "... and relax."

The shy girl exhaled the air, and opened her eyes again. It helped her to relax herself a bit, and when she opened her eyes, and they started climbing stairs, there were a few more gazes mixed with puzzlement and awe from the side of their schoolmates. Some students even shot their smirks towards them, and gave way so they could walk without any obstacles. That was so unusual.

When they were up, two schoolboys smiled at them, and one of them opened the door, and held so they could enter inside. Rarity answered his move with a smirk on her face.

"Thank you." She thanked him as they both finally entered the school. Fluttershy looked back over her left shoulder and saw these boys still staring at them, and blew an impressive wolf whistle as they walked away. That made her gasp in embarrassment, as she then slouched. She again looked pleadingly at Rarity.

"I want to go home." She squeaked, to which the fashionista lifted up one of her eyebrows.

"Fluttershy, don't be afraid of yourself." She said in a whisper, as the two proceeded walking towards the lockers; "Try to imagine yourself having a slow and relaxing walk through the summer forest." She said looking at her friend with a smile and wink; "And these students are cute little woodland animals… squirrels, rabbits, hamsters, birds… you love birds, don't you?"

Fluttershy rolled her eyes as she pondered over her friend's advice; "Yes." She said as she looked at Rarity again; "Yes, I do."

Rarity giggled; "Then let your imagination go to work." She said as she let go of her friend so she could gait on her own. Fluttershy bit her lower lip, as she then closed her eyes and took another deep breath in/out. Once opening her eyes and gazing at the students she gasped in surprise when noticing that all the students morphed into animals, and the school corridors turned into trees, and bushes. She saw these animals slowly jumping and wandering around the forest floor. She saw rabbits eating the grass, squirrels jumping on trees, birds flying and singing songs.

This vision brought a happy smile on Fluttershy's face as she even giggled. Her gait became even more relaxed than previously, as she spread her arms to the sides, while closing her eyes, and breathing more. Once she exhaled the air, she proceeded her moving forward, but now she saw that she was no longer in the forest but back in school, with some students still observing her, her body, and her gait. She literally started cat-walking like a model on a podium, and one could swear that she may stop to take a demonstrative pose.

She felt like she was now flying in the clouds where there was only a sun, and bright blue sky above her. She felt her heart get warmed up, and her body is no longer tense, or slouching. She was a pretty tall girl with a height of 177 centimeters, and on the high heels is nearly 183 centimeters (6'0 ft), and only now the students could see how tall Fluttershy really was. Instead of slouching and timid shy girls in baggy clothes, and jeans, there was a tall natural beauty in a tight dress, and shawl.

She soon stopped at the crossroads, and looked around. She saw some students passing her by, and gifting her with their curious gazes, however these gazes were all she got from them. She then sighed in relaxation and looked at Rarity who stood on her left hand's side with her hands placed on her waist.

"Well?" Rarity asked.

Fluttershy sighed again; "You were right…" She said; "There's not really much to fear."

Rarity uttered a deep sigh of relaxation; "Finally." She smiled; "What did I tell you?"

However, the shy girl then suddenly cringed when she remembered something; "B-But… being gazed is one thing, but… but… how do I need to approach Miles?" She asked in a worrying tone; "I mean…"

"Shhh…" Rarity shushed her by raising her right hand's index finger; "There's nothing complicated." She answered as she then scanned the lockers in a search of a certain handsome white haired guy who happened to be her boyfriend. She soon caught sight of him searching for something in his locker. He looked a bit annoyed for some reason, and Rarity knew how to cheer him up.

"Oooohhhh…" She moaned, while having a flirtatious smile on her face; "Watch this… and learn." She said as she then approached Silver using her model gait.

"Hi, babe." She called out in a loving tone of her voice.

Silver heard a loving and gentle voice of his girlfriend, and an annoyed look on his face was replaced by a proud smile, when he closed his locker. He looked at Rarity over his right shoulder, and saw her approaching him in a floating gait. She was dressed in a tight fitting black dress with numerous purple flowers all across the fabric of her dress. He then turned to face her, and opened his arms.

"Isn't that the most gorgeous lady in the entire Universe?" He asked, an alpha male intonation in his voice, making his girlfriend giggling charmingly, as she then spread her own arms, and closed the gap between them two. Once the gap was gone, she wrapped her arms around Silver's neck, and kissed him on the lips lovingly.

Fluttershy attentively watched them two and studied every single movement made by Rarity when approaching Silver.

Meanwhile, Rarity finished the kiss, and looked into Silver's golden eyes, at the same time caressing his hair marjuyana leaf shaped hair.

"Darling, do you feel fine?" She asked, to which Silver chuckled a bit.

"I am now." He answered; "Why?"

"Because I saw you being annoyed for some reason?" Rarity said with a tone of concern in her voice; "You sure you feel okay?"

"Yes." Silver confidently answered; "I am fine, don't worry."

Rarity smiled again before kissing him on the cheek, and then she gave him a proud look; "Honey, have you met with my friend Fluttershy?" She asked in a triumphant fashion before taking a glance at the shy girl. Silver widened his eyes before following Rarity's glance. But he was only about to drop his jaw upon the view of Fluttershy's new style of dress. The shy girl blushed at his reaction giving an awkward smile. She used her left hand to rub the tips of her shawl.

"Ummmm… Hi, Silver." She greeted her friend, to which Silver had no words to say in response. Seeing his reaction Rarity giggled, and helped his jaw get close. The white haired boy looked into Rarity's royal sapphire blue eyes, and saw her batting her eyelashes.

"I'll take it as you adore my work." She said sarcastically.

Meanwhile, Fluttershy looked down the corridor, and spotted a certain blonde boy, dressed in orange sports clothes, and white sneakers. She gasped a bit as she then bit her lower lip, but only then to frown deeply. She gathered all the courage she had, and looked at Rarity.

"Rarity, I am going in." She announced, to which Rarity looked at her.

"Good luck." She said; "Just remember to be natural, and you will succeed."

Fluttershy answered this with a nod, and then when her eyes directed at the blonde boy, she approached him confidently.

Silver kept eyeing Fluttershy's gait, and her dress. He was still shocked by what he saw.

"My God." He moaned in awe, as he then looked at Rarity; "That's why you decided to spend last night at home?"

Rarity nodded proudly; "M-hm. I thought that having you would make her feel uncomfortable." She answered as she then pulled Silver after her while holding his arm around his elbow; "Isn't she beautiful?" She asked.

Silver chuckled awkwardly; "Heh… I guess she is." He answered, scratching the back of his head; "Though… looks like you have killed half of our school's male population." He said, to which Rarity scratched his chest.

"Oh, hush now, Silvy boy." She said, smirking; "Dear Fluttershy must stop being embarrassed of her own natural beauty, as well as her own feelings for a certain someone." She said as the two then stopped near random lockers for a better view of Fluttershy.

Meanwhile, a shy girl stopped a few meters away behind Miles' back, as she again bit her lip. She looked to her left and spotted Rarity's smiling face, who was waving her gesture to her to move on. Making a deep gulp, Fluttershy looked again at the blonde boy, and took another deep breath in/out. She opened her eyes again, and slowly approached him.

"Hi, babe."

Seeing this, and hearing her intonation, Rarity cringed and smacked herself on the face with her left hand; "Oh, no…" She moaned; "What she's doing?"

Miles suddenly heard a loving female voice, which he could recognize anywhere. His eyes grew as wide as dishes but when he turned to face the source of the voice, he gasped in shock and amazement, and dropped his things to the floor. He saw Fluttershy in her tight fitting white dress, and a shawl wrapped over her neck, and shoulders. And that smile. That lovely beautiful smile that was almost mind-blowing.

He then smiled awkwardly in response, as he then scratched the back of his head; "Heh… Fluttershy?" He spoke awkwardly; "You… You… look so… *gulps*... you changed your dress…" He managed to utter, to which Fluttershy chuckled a bit while smiling happily, thinking that he actually likes her new dress. Looking at Rarity, however, her expression turned puzzled, when the fashionista was waving her hands negatively, and shaking her head.

"No, no, no…" Fluttershy saw the movements of Rarity's lips; "Be natural! Natural!"

Fluttershy gasped at this, and looked back at the blonde boy with an awkward smile on her face; "Hehe, hi Miles." She greeted him as she simply couldn't have anything else to say.

"Hi, Fluttershy." Tails greeted her back, rubbing his own shirt; "If that's really you, I mean."

Fluttershy caught herself confused by his words; "What makes you think it's not me?" She asked, still rubbing the tips of her shawl.

Miles scratched the back of his head again, and eyed the girl from her high-heel sandal-shoes, up to her exposed ankles, then her knees, then the bottom of her tight dress, and further to her shawl, and then he then again fixed his gaze on her turquoise eyes. Though Fluttershy had a shy look on her face, the blonde boy certainly hasn't seen it due to being blown out of his mind, by her appearance.

"Well… that dress, and…" He spoke while having an awkward grin on his face; "... and… the way you addressed me, huh?" He asked, not knowing what else to say. The pink haired girl instantly blushed as she remembered her Rarity's movement, and of course without figuring out how to get away with this. She was only about to give him a joking smile followed by her charming giggles.

"Oh, I was just… fooling around… hehe." She said, biting her lower lip, to which Tails responded with a chuckle.

"I see…" He said as he then looked at the floor to see the things he dropped. Sighing, he hunched to pick them up. Seeing this, Fluttershy shot a quick smiling glance at Rarity, and showed her an OK gesture. Rarity responded with an awkward smile, and two thumbs up. The shy girl then returned her attention back at Miles and hunched to help him get his things up.

Meanwhile, further down the corridor, a company of five boys dressed in regular clothes, held their way towards the exit doors, on the way having smug grins, and unremarkable conversations.

"So you think that having this actually helps you to get higher?" One of them asked, as he showed his friend a jumper. The last one nodded in response as he then spoke.

"Yup. I once jumped up to the third floor." He answered; "Thankfully, the window was opened… and the vision inside was pretty cool." He said, nuzzling his eyebrows up and down. The boys chuckled at this in response, as they all look forward, but only to stop and widening their eyes in amazement as they saw a pink haired girl dressed in a tight white dress hunching over, and helping a certain blonde guy to pick up fallen notebooks. They then grinned at the view and performed quiet wolf whistles.

"Woooo Hoooo…" One of them howled quietly; "That's something worth watching all day." He said as they got a clear view of one of Fluttershy's goods, namely ... the legs so to speak, as they hungered to other angled views of her as well.

"Never seen that girl in our school before?" Another asked; "Is she new?"

Once his friends elbowed him; "Oh, don't tell me that you don't recognize that Fauna chick?" He said. Not believing one of them could recognize while just wearing a simple dress.

The white haired boy then widened his eyes; "Is that Fauna? Fluttershy Fauna?" He asked; "She's really something when she's out of those baggy clothes and showing off some skin as well. Who'd da think she'd be such a… bodacious bombshell under all that?!" He then looked at his four friends, and again nudged his eyebrows up and down; "Wish me luck." He said, as he then slowly approached the two.

Meanwhile, Fluttershy and Miles returned standing, as they the blonde boy then put his notebooks back in his locker, before taking a long glance at his friend again.

"Thanks." He said as a matter-of-factly, to which Fluttershy nodded, but soon the smile on her face disappeared to be replaced by a nervous bite of her lower lip.

"Ummm… Miles, I…" She started speaking in a quiet tone; "I wanted to speak to you about… about something very… very important." She said looking straight into his eyes. Unsurprisingly for all the readers of this story, Tails replied with a sigh of annoyance, and a respective expression to twist all across his face.

"Don't tell me that you dressed like that only to force me to speak with Sonic." He said as he then turned away with a sour expression on his face, and looked inside his locker; "You don't have to dress like that to convince me in something I have already tried to do." He said, smashing one of his books hard against the metallic shelve. Fluttershy gasped at this, and then she looked at Rarity again, as if asking advice. Rarity was now smiling friendly, and gesturing to her to continue her approach.

Seeing this, the nature lover returned her gaze back at Tails, and put a hand on his shoulder as she erased the gap between them. The blonde boy turned to face her upon feeling her hand on his left shoulder, and looked into her eyes skeptically. Fluttershy, though, had another idea.

"Miles, that's not what I wanted to talk with you." She said quietly, almost in a whisper, to which Miles' expression changed to quizzical.

"Oh, what then?" He asked. Fluttershy but her lower lip again, and opened her mouth to respond, but that's when…

"Hey there, hottie." The two suddenly heard a male voice on their left, and looked to see the owner of the voice. And the owner was a certain guy with short white hair, a smug predatory look on his face as he eyed Fluttershy, and dressed in a white shirt, and brown jeans, as well as the black sneakers on his feet. Once he closed the gap, he slipped behind Fluttershy's back to have his arm wrapped around her shoulders, making the shy girl highly nervous. The attention from him was the last thing she wanted in her life.

"Ummm… D-D-D-Drago?" She squeaked quietly having regressed back to her very timid nature once again due to this uncomfortable situation she found herself in, making Drago chuckling, as he then looked at very much shocked Miles.

"Good thing she remembers my name, huh Prower?" He asked, as he then looked back at Fluttershy; "Mind me walk you to your class, and… hang out with me and the boys out there after school?" He asked as he leaned in more on her while giving her an unwanted squeeze, to which now Miles frowned as he put his hands on his own waist.

"Hey, Drago, what the heck?" He asked annoyingly, but Drago didn't pay much attention to the blonde boy's complaints, as he reached out his arm towards Tails while giving a look of unimportance.

"Oh, buzz off, dork." He said smugly as he shoved him aside; "A lady like this deserves better quality male company then a runt like you." He then grinned again, and looked at Fluttershy; "I'll take your silence as a nod of agreement." He said as he then pulled her after him. Fluttershy keeps staring pleadingly at Miles.

"Miles." She squeaked at him, and that's when Tails became really angry. He shot a death glare after Drago.

Meanwhile, Rarity was staring at the whole picture with shock; "Oh, no, no, no, no, no…" She said in shock. Silver then frowned, and stepped in front of Drago's, thus closing his path, and making the white haired school thug widening his eyes. Silver clenched his fists.

"Leave here alone!" Silver growled threateningly. Rarity then stood right next to her boyfriend, giving a death glare to Drago.

"If you won't let her go right now, Drago, I'll make sure you won't have any children ever in your filthy life!" She said, a deadly serious tone in her voice. Drago first stood like a statue, but that's when his four mates appeared on both of his hand's sides, as he turned smug again, and looked at the two.

"Okay… try it now." He said smugly.

Miles then lost his temper, and shut the locker's door with such a huge force that the booming sounds echoed around the corridor, making Silver, Rarity, Fluttershy, Drago and his gang, and everyone who was in the locker's area falling silent instantly, and taking their quick glances at a certain enraged blonde boy.

"Leave my friends alone, you twat!" He growled, a low tone in his voice, to which Drago, and his gang just chuckled ironically. They all turned to him, and Drago even let go of Fluttershy so he could demonstrate his solid muscles on his arms.

"Oh, whatcha gonna do?" He asked with a grin; "You gonna shit yourself, and run crying to your momma?" Drago's words prompted another chuckle from the gang members. Tails looked at them all by turn as he stood there alone against five. He spotted that Fluttershy was no longer in Drago's grip, so he then made another move to distract them from her. He crossed his arms across his chest, and smirked.

"If I am the one to shit myself up… why is that you happen to be the one who wears brown pants?" He asked in a cocky manner, making Drago widening his eyes, and not only that, but also a massive chuckle from all the other students who were here, and even Drago's gang. Fluttershy used it as a moment, as she then sneaked though, while no one was holding her, and ran over to the blonde boy, as she then hid behind his back. Drago gasped at this, upon seeing the shy girl refusing the guestire, and looking back at them from behind the shoulder of Miles Prower.

"Hey, that's not fair!" He moaned, making everyone laugh. Tails sighed in relaxation at this, as he thought that it was over. Looking back at Fluttershy he saw her smiling at him, which made his lips curving in a smile, as he then lifted down one of his eyebrows, and looked towards Drago.

"Sorry." He said sarcastically, as he then turned away, and walked with Fluttershy down the corridor; "It happens. We're all having a competition." He concluded, to which other students laughed and started separating around the school. Everyone but Drago, and his gang. The white haired boy continued watching after the departing couple being shocked as one of his gang members then said;

"Looks like he got you here, huh?" He asked, to which Drago frowned.

"Not today." He growled, as he went after the two; "Hold on right there!" He shouted, prompting Tails and Fluttershy to stop their way, and looking back. Seeing an enraged Drago, they gasped, as Tails then softly started pushing Fluttershy forward.

"Fluttershy, please get out of here!" He said, to which the girl shook her head hard.

"No, I am not gonna leave you!" She protested, but the blonde boy insisted.

"No time to argue. Go, go, go… GO!" He said as he pushed her away, before turning back, and facing Drago, who was now here right in front of him a few inches away. He then grabbed Miles by the collar, making the blonde boy gasp.

Seeing this, Silver looked at Rarity; "Rarity, bring Principal C here, quick!" He commanded, to which Rarity nodded, and ran off towards the Principal's office in a shrill like fashion. Meanwhile, Silver attempted to help Tails, but was stopped by Drago's gang members who pushed him off.

"Get lost, Galahard!" He snapped, to which Silver frowned.

"Get lost? Me?" He asked angrily, as he grabbed the thug's arm; "Fuck you!" He said as he then performed a kick onto his gut, making the other two approaching him at the same time, but Silver dodged a punch from one of them, and a kick from another. He then performed a high jump and spread his legs to kick the thugs right into their faces.

Meanwhile, Drago stared angrily into Miles' eyes; "You do realize that your friends won't help you this time, Prower?" He asked threateningly. Miles was staring at him in shock at first, but that's when something clicked in his mind, and his ocean blue eyes flared up with a flame of great vengeance and furious anger. He then pushed off Drago's arms only to let his own hands grab the bully by the collar of his shirt, now making Drago shocked.

"You do realize that I don't need help from my friends to deal with a piece of shit like you, Drago?" He asked as he then pushed him off and performed three sharp punches into Drago's gut, and after every next hit the bully cringed in pain. On the third attempt, Drago blocked Tails' arm, and punched him back. Miles cringed and backed away a bit, but did not take his eyes off his opponent. Drago attempted to strike the blonde boy with his left hand's fist, but Tails saw it, so he then successfully dodged it, and performed his own double kick into Drago's chest.

The boy with short white hair staggered back strongly after that push, and embraced his own stomach to ease the pain. When he gazed up at the blonde boy he spotted Tails rushing at him. When Miles was near Drago he attempted to perform a jump which he did. Tails then did a roundhouse jump kick but Drago dodged it by getting down, and slipped to the left. The blonde boy then landed to receive several instant punches which he blocked one by one. Tails then ducked down, and performed a sweep kick.

Drago's legs were swept by the blonde boy making him lose his balance and falling on the floor. Tails then attempted to perform a final kick on Drago's chest, but the white haired thug caught his leg and twisted it making Miles lose his own balance. Falling on the floor, Tails shook off Drago's hands, and crawled away quickly to stand up and prepare for the next round. When he was on his feet again he turned to see Drago, and he saw him standing up, and cracking his fists. Glaring at the thug, Miles uttered a war cry, and rushed at his opponent with no fear in his eyes.

Meanwhile, Silver was dealing with four other thugs at the same time, successfully dodging their attacks one by one, and using lockers doors as his additional weapons. He opened one of the lockers to hit one thug's right on the face, but then he saw the fist of his other opponent flying straight into his face, but he dodged it by ducking down, and the thug punched the metallic locker instead of Silver. White haired boy then punched him into the gut, and slipped away from him to perform a backflip.

Finding himself on his feet again, he saw two thugs attacking him at the same time. He blocked one attack, and gave a kick in the gut for another attacker. When he was knocked off, Silver swept the legs of the blocked opponent, dropping him on the ground, as he then did another backflip. Landing on the floor, Silver observed his opponents to see them lying on the floor. That's when he felt someone hit him on the back. Silver staggered on the left, but managed to dodge another hit, and when turning to his attacker he saw the thug using a heavy wooden stick. Silver managed to dodge three attempts, but that's not happened with fourth. The stick hit him hard on the gut, making him back away.

Meanwhile, Celestia sat in her office, and signed some documents while sitting at her desk. That's when she heard someone bursting into her office making her look up towards the entrance door. She saw Rarity, leaned over and panting heavily as her breasts rose up and down from the cut of the beige dress she was wearing all the while staring at her with a scared expression on her face.

"Rarity?" Celestia asked, shocked; "What…"

"Principal Celestia, hurry…" Rarity spoke, a startled tone in her voice; "There's a fight near the lockers."

"Fight?" Celestia asked, standing up; "Where?"

Rarity then walked out with the school principal following.

Meanwhile, near the lockers, Shadow and Twilight were heading to their class.

"I… am not sure if that's a good idea, Shadow." Twilight spoke, a worrying tone in her voice; "I mean… we could ask someone else to do that instead of you."

Shadow sighed annoyingly as he heard that; "Oh, come on…" He said looking at her; "It's not like I am going to engage in a fight with them, alright? All we need is to see where these guys are usually."

Twilight then looked at him up, and then she grabbed his arm in an elbow area; "Then I am going with you." She said confidently. Shadow gave her a negative shake of his head.

"No, that's excluded." He answered; "It will be better if only one of us will go there, and I think that's going to be me…" He then cut himself off when he heard the crowd's cheering in front of him, and then he and TWilight both looked up, and spotted the crowd of students gathered in a circle and screaming these yells of support, as if they're on the boxing match.

"What the heck is going on there?" Twilight asked in ponders. She and Shadow then both ran up to the crowd, and then they both pushed through it. Once the vision was cleared, Twilight saw a very startled and worried Fluttershy standing with her face covered with her hands, and weeping somewhat. The study girl then wrapped her arms around Fluttershy's shoulders to calm her down.

"Fluttershy, what's wrong?" She asked. The shy girl shook her head, still weeping.

"They… Miles… I… they… we spoke, and… and…" She cried, to which Twilight hugged her tightly to give her comfort, and then she and Shadow looked at the fight, and saw that it was Miles and Silver dealing with thugs. Twilight gasped at the picture she just saw as she noticed that both of her friends are losing their fights.

"It must be stopped…" She announced.

Shadow became deadly serious, as he then unzipped his brown leather jacket and took it off. He then handed it to Twilight, making her surprised but only to grab his jacket, and silently watching him approaching the center of the fight. Fluttershy widened her eyes, too.

"Is he going to…"

"Yes." Twilight answered an unasked question.

Meanwhile, Miles and Silver stood back to back, as they were facing their opponents. They were still in a fighting stance, their faces obviously serious. Though, they knew deep inside, that their only hope is the sudden appearance of some of the teachers.

"I guess, this is it…" Silver commented quietly.

"Yeah… It was fun, though… for a short period of time." Miles answered; "Thanks for standing along."

"Don't mention it." Silver said, as they prepared for the final blow.

"That's enough!" They suddenly heard an angry voice belonging to a certain school biker, and widened their eyes as they turned their eyes towards the source of the voice. Everything instantly became silent, when Shadow's voice boomed across the lockers corridor. He slowly approached the center of the fight being very angry and annoyed.

"You idiots!" He growled towards Miles and Silver; "Your previous detention wasn't enough to you?"

"That's none of your business, Kintobor!" Drago growled at him as he turned at him. One of Drago's companions stood before the black and red haired boy to stop his track.

"Did you hear that?" He asked; "Get lost before you get worse."

Shadow just pushed the thug away easily; "Sure." He said, as he then attempted to approach Silver and Tails, but only to be punched in the jaw by one of Drago's thugs. The entire locker corridor gasped in fear after seeing this. Fluttershy, and Twilight both cringed when they saw what this idiot thug did. Silver and Tails, too, cringed upon the view before their eyes. It was not a concern for Shadow. It was a concern for an idiot who dared to do that.

Shadow rubbed his lower jaw with his right hand, before giving a deadly deep frown, as he then looked down at the one who dared to punch him. Thug stared at Shadow back with a shocked look on his face, as his punch did not bring any serious harm to the biker guy. That, and he knew that now he was completely… fucked.

"You call that a hit?" Shadow asked as a matter-of-factly, before giving his opponent the heaviest punch anyone could ever receive. The thug performed a short flight before he was smashed against the lockers heavily. He then landed on the floor with a goofiest expression on his face which indicated that his brain was temporarily disabled.

Seeing this, Shadow had a triumphant grin; "That's a hit!" He said simply.

"What is going on here?" Everyone suddenly heard Celestia's voice, and then they all turned to see her walking quickly out of the crowd along with Rarity. Celestia gasped as she saw one of the thugs lying on the floor, and four others standing not far from him. She could also see Silver, Miles, and Shadow standing in the centre of it all. She saw that Silver and Tails had several bruises across their faces, and arms, while Shadow, and the thugs were all pretty much fine. She then frowned.

"Explain yourself, young men!" She demanded as she was extremely serious; "Immediately!"

Drago then did a guilty look on his face; "Principal… These three have attacked us. We were just walking by and then they started fighting with us for no reason." He said.

"What?" Tails announced as he frowned; "That's not true!"

"Principal!" Silver caught up to his thoughts; "It was them who attacked us! We were just defending ourselves."

"He's lying!" One of Drago's thugs protested as he stood near Celestia; "We just asked them if there's anything they're planning with the music contest, and then they started the fight because they did not get the joke." He said as he grinned towards Silver and Tails wickedly.

"It's not true!" Fluttershy's voice was suddenly heard, making everyone looking straight at her to see her giving them a frown; "Miles and Silver didn't do anything bad… They wanted to… defend… me…"

"You?" Celestia asked, a second before another adult's voice boomed across the corridor.

"Alright, now spread around to your classes!" The male voice spoke, as then the figure of a solid man walked through the crowd of students; "Nothing to see here. Go, if you don't want to get detention." The man then stopped, and faced Celestia as he gave her a look of concern; "Principal. Fine that you're here." He greeted her.

"Professor Rotor." Tia greeted him back.

Professor Rotor then observed an entire crime scene, and the criminals; "Miss Fauna tells the truth." He said; "I have seen the whole scene on the camera." He then pointed at Drago; "These little turds violated the calm of the school day. Mr Prower, and Mr Galahard just defended themselves, and Miss Fauna. Mr Kintobor was the one who stopped the fight."

Celestia then frowned at the thugs; "You five come into my office, now!" She announced, as she then turned away to walk back to her office; "Professor Rotor, would you help the young men?"

Root smirked; "Sure I will." He said as he then started pushing thugs forward; "Move!" He ordered.

Drago faced Miles as he glared at him; "Consider this as your second birthday, Prower!" He growled at him as he then looked at Shadow; "Don't think this is over for you, Kintobor! I'll make you pay for it!"

Shadow glared in response; "I'll be waiting ... pray to yourself that you got great medical insurance!" He growled threateningly, and then Professor Rotor pushed Drago towards Celestia's office. While they were walking, an adult man shot a smirk towards Miles and gave him a wink.

"Good job, boy." He said as he then followed Celestia, leaving Tails a bit confused. Just as they left, the members of our gang all sighed in relief. Silver then grinned as he then grabbed Tails around his neck, and gave him a noogie.

"Aahhhh…" Miles shouted, but Silver did not stop here.

"So you're the hero, now, huh?" He asked in a joking fashion, to which Tails shook off Silver's grip. When he was standing again, Miles fixed his hair.

"Shut up!" He said to Silver, just a second before he felt someone's tight and loving embrace. Fluttershy's hug caught him by surprise, but he still managed to return it with his own embrace as he closed his eyes a moment before his head nuzzled against her shoulder.

Meanwhile, Silver shook his head at the interactions between them two obviously glad that they were both fine. Turning his head away from them, he was instantly caught by the hands of a very concerned Rarity whose gentle hands grabbed him by the cheeks as she started observing his bruises.

"How is your face…. I hope nothing is permanent?" She asked, a strong note of concern in her voice. Silver felt awkward by her act of concern, but still let her do her medical observation. He simply smiled at her.

"Just a couple of scratches." He answered kindly, as he took her by the hand. Rarity was still worried.

"Are you sure?" She asked; "Maybe we should go to the infirmary?"

Silver chuckled at this, as he then wrapped his arms around her; "Come here." He invited her into his warm embrace, gladly accepted by his girlfriend. Rarity wrapped her own arms around her boyfriend's neck, while closing her eyes tightly. She clenched her own teeth to sustain the rollercoaster of emotions she went through while seeing her beloved boy being kicked by the bullies.

Meanwhile, Shadow silently stared at the four with an expression on his face that expressed literally nothing. All he did was silently shake his head from side to side at their interactions between each other.

"Maybe you want to take your thing from me?" Twilight's voice asked him which prompted him to look at her down to see her smiling at him friendly as she held out his brown leather for him to take. He then took his leather jacket from her, and put it on.

"Something might be cooking." He commented sarcastically, adjusting his jacket so it could fit his own body. Twilight then bit her lower lip, while blushing as she had a thought of complimenting his heavy punch.

"Nice punch you made." She said, making Shadow look at her again; "I hope Jori will be fine, though…"

"Why?" The biker boy asked a bit confused, to which Twilight shrugged.

"You don't want to be punished because of him, do you?" She asked with a smile on her face. Shadow did an eyebrow trick. Instead of answering her question, he decided to stay silent.

*RRRRRRRIIIIIIIINNNNNGGGG*

Everyone looked up to see the school's bell, and see how it rings. Silver then looked at Rarity with a smirk as he tickles her slightly on the waist, making her giggle.

"If I recall correctly we are sharing three classes today." He spoke in a teasing manner, to which Rarity responded with a smile of her own, as she then scratched his strong chest.

"Your mind doesn't deceive you." She said as they both then went down the corridor.

Twilight said nothing to Shadow, as she just gave him a wink, and walked over to Fluttershy and Miles.

"Fluttershy, you're going?" She asked, to which the shy girl nodded silently, as she then looked at the blonde boy with regret.

"We… just…" She murmured; "We didn't have time to discuss our… things…" She said while biting her lower lip.

Tails answered this with a friendly smile; "It's not like this is our last meeting, isn't it?" He asked, to which Fluttershy answered with a soft smile. She then hugged him again which Tails gladly returned back. After they finished their hug, Fluttershy joined Twilight on their quick pacing way towards their own class.

"Now, can you please explain to me where you got these clothes?" Twilight asked with her voice full of enthusiasm, to which the shy girl answered with a respectively shy smile.

"Um… it's not mine… Rarity did these for me so I could feel more… well… confident." She answered as they disappeared behind the corner.

Shadow, and Miles remained silent before the blonde boy decided to look at the guy who helped him and Silver in this fight and actually dared to stop it.

"Hey, Shadow…" He called him, to which the guy with black and red hair gifted him with his eyes. Tails then scratched the back of his head.

"I don't know how to thank you for your help." He said; "We were losing a fight… if it wasn't for you, then…"

"Don't mention it." Shadow said matter-of-factly; "You both were lucky that Celestia showed up in time."

Miles chuckled ironically; "Yeah, we are." He said; "You needed help with these shits?"

Shadow rolled his eyes; "I think I can cope with them on my own." He answered, to which Miles smiled friendly and reached out his hand.

"Thanks, Shadow." He thanked him again. Shadow stared at the hand of the blonde-boy with an expression of a small surprise on his face. But only to give it a solid shake as he then stared straight into Miles' eyes.

"Always." He said simply as he then let go of his hand, and departed away. Tails then decided not to waste his time, so he then paced quickly towards the gym.

Meanwhile, somewhere outside of Westopolis.

A certain average looking car was driving along the road at an average amount of speed, as a certain young man sat in the driver's seat, while looking for any exit signs or any traffic signs that stood alongside the road to tell him where he was. The road seemed old and was absolutely free of traffic, with most of the cars picking the highway over the road he was currently on, as he kept riding as he kept gazing around looking for a sign that indicated that he was in Knothole, but alas he hadn't seen anything for quite a while.

As he looked to his left he spotted some old wooden farm houses and a cornfield and barn along with a silo and farming equipment as well behind these houses. This must of been an old farm, he thought as he narrowed his eyes to get a better look at the horizon he was staring at, as he spun the driving wheel to the left, as the car turned towards the old houses and stopped at the entrance to the farm near the perimeter gate that led into the property of the old farm.

He then turned the ignition key off, as he exited the car and took off, as he hopped the perimeter gate. He took off towards the living quarters of the farm to see if it wasn't as abandoned as it looked, but judging by the looks of this decrepit old farm, it looked like it hadn't been lived in or used in quite a while. As the wooden siding of the houses had been chipped away leaving distincted ugly patches of wood of what once looked a shade of green and grey mixed together, though Manic wasn't sure how that color choice was ever attractive even when it was new.

Next he saw a Barn that too had fallen out of disrepair as well, as not only it was worn down, but had major holes on the side of it, next he saw an old farm tractor that had rusted over due to years of neglect and being exposed to the elements the only thing on this entire farm that was in any good shape was its major cash crop which was planted from the front to the back yard and looked ready to harvest, making Manic wonder if all this corn was just laying around going to waste, as there was more than enough of it to make a solid profit over, maybe even enough to make repairs to the farm structures.

As he continued walking along the eerie looking farm, Manic couldn't help but get the creepy feeling that he wasn't alone out here as he said to himself;

"I sure hope this isn't the part where religiously fanatic homicidal children start coming out of the field with deadly farm tools….. or a phantom baseball team?" He said as he was thinking of two films at this point ... one Stephen King's "Children of the Corn" and of "The Field" which he couldn't help but remember when he was a kid and how unsettling that was that major league baseball players would just mysteriously appear out in a corn field to play on a baseball field you built on your farm.

As Manic approached the houses of the farm he then worked up the courage to reluctantly call out;

"H-Hello…. anyone home?" He said hoping not to catch the business end of an old yokels shotgun that came charging out for trespassing on his farm.

As he couldn't help but think to himself; "Man…. do I suddenly miss the dark, dangerous, and dirty alleyways of the city all of a sudden?" He thought for some strange reason despite this scenery would be far more pleasant to a lot of people other than him.

He then looked around the open presence of the property from the homes to the barn and the rusty windmill and silo's as he found strangely a bunch of equipment laying out in the open, but the farm itself completely abandoned, and there was no trace of rust or disrepair on these tools like the rest of the buildings of this property.

Suddenly he then heard the roar of a few engines coming his way, as he suddenly found himself compelled to run and duck in the maze of the cornfields surrounding him as he cautiously peered through the heads of corn;

"Suddenly I'm starting to think that… maybe dying my hair blonde wasn't such a good idea?" He thought as he was worried that his blonde hair would stick out more versus his green hair which would have provided better camouflage for him in this scenario.

He suddenly saw two motorcycle goons on their bikes rounding another driveway from the other one he parked his car from as they suddenly stopped and kicked out their kick stands to prop their bikes up. One was a bald skinny guy with shades and a leather vest and attire and the other was a fat burly looking guy with a beard and a bandana wrapped over his head as well as his own shades he wore over his eyes. Seeing these two, the young man decided to ask them the correct road towards the town of Knothole. He then approached them quickly.

"Ummm… Excuse me!" He called out to them. The two motorcyclists stopped their way, and turned towards the owner of the voice. They both experienced an annoying surprise upon seeing a strange young man walking towards them. Looking at each other in puzzlement, they then returned their gazes at the stranger, who was now near them.

Manic then stopped when he looked at their tattoos and realized they were a part of the Black Arms gang, as the two got off their motorcycles and began talking to one another, now not having the roar of their motorcycles obstructing their conversation at the moment. As they turned towards Manic, he could tell already that they were already glaring at him through their shades, telling him they weren't happy to see him or anyone on this property.

"Who da fuck are you?!" The bald skinny one asked. Manic wasn't able to give them an adequate wordy response as he started stuttering a bit with his mind giving him these constant thoughts of beating them up and asking them of where Cadence, though, he knew that they may not know.

"I wanted to… to ask you…" He said through his mumblings, to which one of the bikers uttered a sigh of annoyance as he approached Manic.

"I said…. what do ya want ... are you a yuppie dork of some kind or some retard, either way speak up your already burning daylight." He said as he shoved his index finger into Manic's chest, trying to provoke a reaction out of him.

Manic then averted his gaze as he scratched the back of his dyed blonde hair, as to either defuse the situation or avert any suspicion as he stammered trying to say, as he tried to pass himself off as a lost traveler just trying to find directions to his intended destination.

"I-I just wanted to ask ... where do I go to get to Knothole from here?" He asked as he did his best to not come off as suspicious, hoping he did a convincing job as he didn't want to fight these guys, unless it was a last resort and wanted to avoid it altogether as it lessened his chances of finding Cadence if he got himself under their radar and these guys fought dirty as well.

The biker sighed in a deep frustration, as he then pointed his right hand's index finger in the right direction; "If you go down this road the turn will be in two miles." He answered; "There will be a sign 'Knothole is five miles away' and an arrow pointing to the left."

"Thank you." Manic nodded, as he turned away and went back to his car at the calmest possible pace. He tried his best not kicking these turds' asses for their attitude towards him, but the less attention he gets the better. Just as he reached his car, he opened the door, and got in. Closing the door, he sharply inserted the key into the ignition. He then spun it on the clockwise to start the engine, and then he threw one look towards the bikers.

He saw them standing on the porch of the farmhouse, and observing him attentively while he was still in their sight. Manic then sighed deeply and softly pulled shifted onto the D position. He pushed softly onto the gas pedal, and the car drove off the farm territory.

The bikers kept staring at the stranger's car all awhile it was on their sight, and just as it did the turn towards the Knothole town, one of them, the one who spoke with a stranger uttered a deep breath out to express his irritation.

"I freaking hate tourists." He commented on the stranger's sudden appearance; "It seems like getting lost is their favorite kind of game. Ugh…"

His companion nodded; "Yeah, you're right." He said as the two then went to the door entrance to open it; "Come on. Boss said that we shouldn't hold feeding the prisoners." He then opened the door and the two entered the house to take the food for two prisoners.

Meanwhile, Manic kept riding his car down the road in the direction told by the biker. Soon he saw the sign pointing to Knothole, and just as he reached the turn, he spun his wheel to the left, and the car made and made a respective turn.

The car changed its direction and ran towards the supposed location of the town of Knothole, if that Black Arms biker thug's statement proved to be sincere. As Manic gently pushed the accelerator pedal with his right foot to gradually pick up speed, so his car could get there quicker.

After several minutes had passed, Manic finally came up on a big wooden sign that read; "Welcome to Knothole Pop: 19,000." It said as it was built across a corn field as Manic just passed it along the right edge of the field. As he breathed a sigh of relief beginning to think he'd never be able to find it, as time was of the essence to him on this mission and the longer it took to find Cadence, the less likely chance he'd be able to rescue her if they decided to move her to another hidden location that could take a vast amount of time to track down, and that could potentially lead to her captors thinking she was either of no longer any use to her, or to use her as a hostage to leave the country and he'd never see her again, likely they'd kill her or even sell her into slavery if they wanted and had the right connections to do so to turn this into a profit for them.

He soon drove into the town, which looked like an ordinary American one-horse town but pretty modernized due to the progress. The architecture however was more reminiscent of those of European old towns, maybe somewhere in France, or Germany. Old brick buildings are adjoined by the houses of modern architecture of European style. The streets weren't as wide as it usually is in other towns, and cities in America.

When Manic found himself on the main street, he saw that it only has two lanes for each direction, and the walkside parts are as wide as the road itself. His eyes grew wide in surprise as he didn't expect to see something like that in America, that's for sure. Or at least not everywhere in America. Sighing deeply, Manic slowed down a bit to take a better look at the buildings adjacent to the road.

He spotted a neon sign "Hotel" on of these buildings. He then nodded to himself, and twisted the car's wheel so he could stop on the roadside. He found a place between two other cars, and parked his own vehicle between them, before he finally got out. He then took his bag, and his grey jacket. He examined the street passers to see if he can find anyone, or anything related to Black Arms. Much to his irritation, he yet found no one who could look, or act like he's, or she… as a BA member. He then closed the door, and quickly approached the hotel's main entrance.

Once inside the building, he looked around attentively to spot many photos with happy visitors of different time periods of the hotel's existence, and even some autograph signs as a reminder from some clients. After he scanned the room with his eyes, he directed his view towards the reception table to spot a pretty lady with raven black hair and beautiful emerald eyes that matched his family's own. He then lifted up one of his eyebrows and approached the table closer.

Once near the table, he used both of his hands to lean against the surface of the reception desk, and looked down at her to see what she was doing. He saw the reception girl gazing down at her laptop and doing some sort of notes, and also signing some papers. She was dressed in a tight purple dress that showed off her curvy tiny waist and plump and perky buttocks, which also showed off her exposed arms, and had golden earrings on both of her ears. She looked extremely pretty, which caused a smirk on Manic's face. But he felt that she gave him a small excitement, so he then shook his head and took a serious look on his face to get rid of any elicit thoughts.

He then knocked on the desk's surface; "Excuse me?" He called her out, to which the lady looked up and smiled at the newcomer.

"Oh, hello, sir." She greeted him as she stood up; "Welcome to our hotel. Can I help you?"

Manic couldn't hold back his smirk at her politeness; "Yes, I'd like to rent the room." He answered, to which the reception girl nodded, as she then looked at the screen of her laptop.

"Of course." She said; "Thankfully for you, we have a few spare room left. You can book it on our website."

Manic chuckled in response; "I kinda… lost my phone." He answered as he shot an awkward grin towards her, but the reception girl was only about to give him a look of pity.

"Awww… so sorry to hear that, sir." She said, as she then gave him a paper; "Please, sign these."

Manic took the papers and put them on before his eyes as he checked what was needed to be signed. He then took the pet and started putting the signs on the document, provided by a receptionist. As he did that, he kept his eyes focused on the paper, as the raven haired lady kept looking at the newcomer, checking out his entire appearance. As he did so, she had a look of small excitement on her face. She then leaned her hands against her desk, hoping to get to know him better.

"You here for the first time?" She asked while absent minded lay curling her long black hair in her fingers.

Manic nodded, "Yes." He answered after putting another sign on the paper; "I am travelling." He then looked up at her with a smirk; "All the way from LA, to Westopolis, and then to NYC."

The lady oohed; "Oooohhhh… LA… I always dreamed of going there." She said, a dreamy tone in her voice. Manic shrugged in response, as he then looked down to continue making signs on provided papers.

"That's a good dream to have, but… that city is freaking expensive to live in, not to mention the horrible crime rate there." He said; "A beautiful girl like you would be better off living here then getting corrupted or defiled over there." He said, as the lady then leaned her head against her hands, still having that dreamy smile on her face.

"But it gets sooo boring here." She said; "And you… You must be well informed about life in LA, do you know the details like that about the city?"

"Sort of." He answered as he put another sign.

"Wouldn't mind if you could tell me about it… could you?" The lady asked as she said in a nearly flirtatious fashion, and a well seen attentional smile on her face. Manic chuckled at her approach, and truth be told, that girl was so hot that if he was free he'd definitely hook up with her in a heartbeat. That was one of those moments where he heavily regretted being in relationships. He put one final sign on the paper, as he then leaned against the desk with both hands while putting the pen down. He then smirked at the girl.

"Sorry. I'm in a relationship." He said as he then winked at her, to which the girl blushed awkwardly, and chuckled. She then took the papers.

"Alright, alright." She said; "I'll stop now." She looked at the papers, and checked on the signs; "Ummm… Mister… Taylor?" She asked as she looked into his eyes. Manic clicked with tongue, and winked at her.

"That's me." He answered, as the girl then nodded at him with a smile, and put the paper on the shelf which was on her left hand's side. She then turned away to slowly leave the reception desk and enter her office to take the keys for the room. She was nearly catwalking making her hips sway, which instantly attracted Manic's attention, as he eyed her back, and especially her plump and perky bottom, and nice long legs. They were long, and slender, and her butt looked heart shaped, and from that view he'd tell that she as if begged to grab her butt and squash it as hard as possible.

When she was out of his view, Manic sighed himself deeply, as he ran his fingers through his hair to scratch the back of his head nervously.

"Oh, boy." He mumbled quietly to himself; "This is really just a torture. Pull yourself together, man. You're dating a beautiful girl who trusted you her heart to make it melt, and it'd be disgraceful of him cheating on her. And this very lady will bring nothing new in your life. She's still hot, though… Not as hot as Cadence." He said as he began to fill his thoughts of Cadence's lovely image to help ward off immoral thoughts to old womanizing urges.

He then heard the receptionist's shoes, and looked up to see her approaching him slowly. Meeting with her smile, he later met with her hands who gave him the keys. He then smiled at her with gratitude.

"Thanks… And can I ask a question, Miss?" He said calmly.

The lady then smiled; IT's Nicole, Mr Taylor." She said; "Nicole Linx."

"Nice to meet you, Nicole." Manic grinned; "Look, I have heard that your town has quite a reputation. Like gangs, and stuff…"

Nicole chuckled; "Pffft… Rumors, sir." She answered; "Crime is a very rare occasion in our town, although… you gotta be careful when you're outside."

Manic widened his eyes; "Why?" He asked.

"Well…" Nicole spoke, as she bit her lower lip nervously; "There's a biker gang wandering around from time to time. They're not disturbing the townsfolk, but… when you're outside, they could give you some trouble. Nothing scary, though, but… just uncomfortable."

Manic lifted down his eyebrows as he put his hand to his chin in a pondering manner. He guessed that she's speaking about Black Arms, and that farm he was in just recently. He realized that he's getting closer and closer to them. Smiling again, he looked at Nicole and nodded at her.

"Alright, I'll keep that in mind." He said as he then walked upstairs; "Thank you, Miss."

Nicole was eyeing him from her reception desk, as she then giggled and sat on her chair, and spun it around.

Meanwhile, Manic approached the door to his room, and opened it with a key. He went into his rented room, and just as he was near the bed, he collapsed on the top of it. He did not get his feet free from shoes, and just laid there unmoving, and insanely tired. For the first time in a few days he had a sincere smile on his face, which also showed strong signs of satisfaction because of the feeling of soft and warm bed below him.

"Oh, yeah…" He moaned, as he then rested completely on his back. His arms and legs spread out across the bed, so he could cover the whole surface as if not wanting to let anyone in. He then looked up at the ceiling. Just as he did so his smile faded to be replaced by a look of weariness and deep thoughts.

He felt himself more and more relieved the closer he got to Black Arms. It means that he also gets closer to Cadence as well, and soon, at least he hoped that soon they will be together again. And this farm he saw really looked like a place where Black Arms may keep their prisoners. It also was suspicious that it did not have any men to guard this place. If there were prisoners, there must be those who guard them to prevent any attempts of escape. Yet, he felt like he must check this area again sometime soon.

Signing, he then attempted to stand up reluctantly, as this bed was so soft that he did not want to get up. He then approached the window and looked outside at the backyard where he saw an open pool. It was pretty big, and had a few people swimming in, as well as some of those who sat on the deck chair. He thought that it must be something that he needed. To swim in a pool to relax himself a bit.

A few hours later, back in Westopolist, CHS.

The twelve losers sat in the physics class on the detention. Professor Discort wasn't there yet, as he, pehaps left the class to do some tasks he had before the detention, or just did not want to waste his precious time on the 'dumb schoolkids'. And, though, any of them could leave, but the class had a camera. If anyone would leave, he would eventually know about it.

Knuckles and Sonic sat on the table straight before the teacher's desk as both of the boys watched something on Sonic's tablet PC. AJ, and Twilight sat on the desk right behind them, as they were turned to a table which was behind their backs to chat with Pinkie, and Rainbow Dash.

Shadow shared his table with Sunset, and the two obviously tried to pretend they didn't know each other as both of them did on their own stuff. Shadow wrote something in his notebook, and Sunset was looking for something on her smartphone.

At the table behind them, Silver and Rarity obviously shared the table with each other, and even though Silver offered Sunset to change tables, Rarity insisted to sit next to him for obvious reasons. The white hair boy was eyeing his ceiling, while his fashion loving girlfriend had her eyes aimed straight at him and her lips curved in an affectionate smile. She used her fingers to rub the tips of her boyfriend's hair, much to his amused grin.

"You're gonna do that all day, darling?" Silver asked Rarity, mocking her manner of communication, as he then looked into her eyes, to which Rarity just batted her eyelashes flirtatiously.

"You want me to stop?" She asked, a loving tone in her voice. Silver made a look that her question had a matter of time and space, but quickly shook that expression off.

"Nah, I'm cool." He said as he then sighed deeply; "And I thought you hate it when I am engaging in a fight."

Rarity rolled her eyes; "Not in the case if you are defending your friends… and me." She said, still sounding lovingly; "And this time, you have no bruises on your face…"

Silver then looked at her with a questioning look on his face, but only to shrug it off again, and closing his eyes as he then let his left hand go down under the table.

Meanwhile, Twilight kept saying Pinkie, Dash, and AJ the news; "But instead of running off like he did when he was younger, he accepted the challenge." Twilight said, as she sounded very excited. Rainbow, Pinkie, and AJ all three opened their mouth wide as they had troubles with believing her story.

"No way…" Rainbow said as she then shook her head; "Are you sure we're speaking about the same person, and… Fluttershy wearing a tight dress? There's just no way that can be possible. She'd be too frazzled and embarrassed and she'd be looking for any excuse to either change or hide somewhere until the end of the school day, like she was naked or something." Rainbow said knowing Fluttershy too well and did not enjoy making herself look sexy by any means, even going so far as to prefer wearing a swimsuit with the most coverage as possible when the occasion of swimming or hanging out at the beach came up.

Rarity heard their conversation, and looked at them curiously. At first she wanted to step into their conversation to confirm Twilight's words, but then she just shrugged and turned away with a smile.

Meanwhile, Twilight smirked at Rainbow Dash proudly; "Five dollars, Dash." She said; "Let's make a bet."

Rainbow chuckled; "Five dollars… pfft…" She then prepared to shake Twilight's hand, but AJ stopped them both.

"Hold on there, girlfriend." She said as she sounded very skeptical; "Fluttershy already wore black tight dress on Rarity's birthday last year, remember?"

Rainbow rolled her eyes; "But that was not in public." She said, to which AJ frowned.

"Maybe, but she still wore it." She commented; "And if you doubt that Rarity could not make Fluttershy wear whatever she wants her to wear, then you don't know Rarity at all." AJ said it was a matter of the factory as she knew how assertive and insistent Rarity could be sometimes when she wanted something from someone.

Pinkie then spoke in; "Girls, girls, let's not distract ourselves." She spoke; "Don't you forget that we're speaking about a guy who used to avoid fights when he is about to face one?"

Knuckles heard a small part of their conversation, as he then looked at them curiously, and elbowed Sonic's shoulder to attract his attention. Sonic first looked at him, and then he looked at the girls to see what they were talking about.

Twilight frowned; "Oh, come on, Pinkie… he was eight years old." She said, to which Knuckles then decided to speak in.

"Ummm, excuse me, girls?" He called out to them, making them aiming their eyes at the red haired guy; "May I ask what you're talking about?" He said not hearing what the entire conversation he was over hearing about just now.

Twilight smiled again as she spoke to the boys; "Oh, did you boys not hear what Miles did to Drago today?" She asked as she sounded very excited.

Sonic's eyes grew wide; "Tails? To that jerk Drago? Wait…" He spoke, a very skeptical tone in his voice; "Where was I when this happened?"

AJ looked at him; "In the pool I believe." She said with a wicked smirk on her face; "Sat on the bench, and wait like a coward till the class is over." She said hoping to get a rise out of him.

Sonic frowned; "Oh, get off my back." He said as he turned away, and looked into his tablet.

Smiling Rarity, who observed the whole conversation from the side, decided to step into their conversation; "Oh, come on, AJ, darling." She chimed in, her trademark lady-like intonation in her voice; "Don't be so harsh to those who happened to not know how to swim." She said, thus making everyone, including her boyfriend who sat on the chair next to her, turning their gazes at the fashionista girl to see her grin; "It's not like this is entirely his own fault, that he is so scared of water." She finished her sentence, looking at Sonic, and making him even more agitated.

The blue haired boy then frowned; "You know what, Rarity?" He asked as he was ready to say everything he thought about her.

"What?" Silver asked as he grinned at Sonic, while standing for Rarity. Sonic remembered that fight with Knuckles and how hard it was given to him, so he then decided to shrug it off, and just turned away. He was still frowning in an offended sort of manner.

"Instead of discussing my fear for water, you might rather want to share the coordinates of a flagpole where Tails is hanging at the moment." He mumbled, to which Twilight, Rarity, AJ, and Rainbow all grunted in annoyance as they frowned at him.

"Oh, come on…" Rarity moaned out.

"You're saying that again, Sonic?" Rainbow protested; "Really? He was trained by you… all of you, and yet, you still see him as a victim?" She said as she then spread her arms.

"Oh, you're hating him that much, that you still believe that he can't cope with Drago?" AJ asked unironically, as she then waved it off; "No surprise here…"

Knuckles then decided to say a word for Sonic; "Girls, hold on." He spoke in, making them all looking at him; "This is Tails we're talking about. I mean, yes, we did train him in a fight, but he still never won any sparring match against me, and Sonic, or Silver… plus he's going up against a brute of a bully like Drago, and we both know he prefers to play rough."

"It still doesn't mean that he can't deal with someone like Drago, Knuxie." AJ affirmed, as she crossed her arms in the chest. Knuckles then sighed.

"I'll believe it when I see it." He said in the end.

"We saw it, Knuckles." Silver said as he frowned; "Me, Rarity, Twilight, Fluttershy, and…" He then remembered that Shadow was there, too, so he then looked at the biker-guy; "Shadow, tell them." He asked, to which Shadow looked at him differently but only to shrugg, and look away.

"I confirm." He said simply, making every one arching their eyebrows in disbelief.

"That's all you can say?" Sunset asked him, to which Shadow closed his eyes, and made a look that he hadn't heard anything. He then smirked.

"I believe, you share the table with me on one certain condition." He commented, to which Sunset ugh'd and raised her arms in that "That's it!" sort of way.

That's when the main door was opened, and all the students turned there to see who entered the class, but only to widen their eyes, when they saw that it was Fluttershy, who still wore that tight dress. She still looked awkward and a bit embarrassed by her new style, so when she saw other girls' reactions, she blushed and bit her lower lip. She then waved at them with her left hand.

"Ummmm, h-hi" She squeaked quietly, but loud enough for them to hear. Everyone, but Shadow grinned at her friendly.

"Hello, Fluttershy." They said, again, all but Shadow. The shy girl then slowly approached the seat on the table behind Silver and Rarity, and her friends still had their eyes attached to her. As she passed Shadow, the boy observed her from bottom to up, adoring her voluptuous curves, and thinking to himself of "How could he not see that earlier?" He then smirked, and looked at Sonic, knowing in advance that he was eyeing her, as well.

Sonic had his lips curved in an arc as if saying "Hmmm, that's definitely not bad at all... here comes this year's future prom queen." just a second before his gaze met with Shadow's accidentally. Sonic saw Shadow giving him a grin, and then he gave him a thumb up, to which Sonic grinned in agreement, and nodded. The two then again glanced at Fluttershy.

The pink haired shy girl sat on her table, as she put her bag on the table's surface, her shy eyes ran across her friends to meet with their looks of awe. This made her cringing a bit as she then started tugging her dress to cover her exposed knees and ankles even though the table covered it enough.

"Ummmm… why are you staring at me like that?" She asked timidly, while blushing.

"Why shouldn't we not adore your natural beauty?" Sunset squealed as if she just saw a samoyed puppy; "I mean… Oh my gosh… you look fantastic."

Knuckles nodded in agreement, never taking his eyes off pink haired shy girl; "I couldn't say it better myself, Sunset." He agreed with the bacon haired girl before he turned his mocking grin at Rarity; "Looks like there's a new beauty queen at school, better be careful, or she might just dethrone you, huh?" He teased the fashion lover, while nudging his eyebrows up and down.

Rarity gave him a dirty frown with a pinch of pouting as a reply to his teases before she humphed and turned away. Silver chuckled at the behavior of his girlfriend, as he then let his left hand run across Rarity's legs, making her shiver in suddenness. Rarity then gazed into the eyes of her BF to meet with his smirk.

"You still have softer skin." Silver assured her; "And your eyes are so deep that I could drown inside of them."

Rarity smiled flirtatiously at him as she then moved closer to him and ran her left hand's index finger across his chest.

"While I'm thankful for complimenting my eyes, Silvy boy…" She spoke in a soft whisper; "How do you know that my skin is softer than Fluttershy's?"

Silver grinned even wider; "You're not challenging me to go and feel it myself, are you?" He asked, nudging his eyebrows up and down to which Rarity gasped as she then grinned devilishly and pinched his nose with her fingers. Silver chuckled at this, but showed in fake pain.

"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, owowowow, ow… ow."

"Did you say something?" Rarity asked, befor Silver shook off her hand, and looked at her with a look that said "Challenge accepted."

"Come here…" He roared as he then grabbed Rarity, and started tickling her, making his girlfriend laugh hysterically as she is scared of tickets.

"Staaaahp…" Rarity screeched, even though she knew that he would not stop.

Meanwhile, everyone else sighed in exasperation at this all too typical behavior between the two, and turned their attention at Fluttershy.

"I just can't believe it." He began; "Hopefully you don't feel too embarrassed with your new style." He asked, thus provoking an instant silence in the classroom. Even Silver stopped tickling Rarity and both of them turned their attention at Sonic to give him quizzical expressions on their faces. Sonic scanned all of his friends once this happened as he then spread his arms out in misunderstanding.

"What?" He asked, not knowing why they all turned to him. Everyone sighed again, and moved their eyes at the shy girl. Fluttershy thought that she had enough of these adoring views from them, as she then began hiding behind the lochs of her long pink hair. She began scanning the room with her eyes, trying to avoid the eye-contact with her friends.

"Please, don't look at me like that?" She asked, again being timid and awkward as she always was.

"Why not?" Rainbow asked, smiling at her friendly; "You look so mind blowing. Why can't we admire your new style, and feel proud for you?"

Fluttershy gulped at this, as she slouched again, to which Rarity performed a facepalm; "You can, but…" Fluttershy squeaked; "But… please… do it by turn… n-not all of you staring at me at once." She muttered in almost a whisper and a slight shiver at her voice; "If you're okay with that…"

Twilight chuckled at this before looking at the rest of their company; "Come on, girls." She spoke; "Let's not make her feel awkward. She has yet to get used to her new self."

"Well I don't see much of a difference between new Fluttershy and old Fluttershy…" AJ remarked, smirking friendly; "I mean, she only changed her clothes."

Rarity smiled, happy that AJ saw it, too; "That's a complete truth, Applejack darling." She agreed, making everyone look at her; "However, changing your style of clothes makes you more confident. Fluttershy's regular clothes meant to hide her natural beauty, which she possesses a lot as we all know it."

"Oh, we know." Silver remarked, smirking at his girlfriend and making her look at him; "But don't you think it's a little bit early for that?" He asked, to which Rarity smiled and began scratching his strong chest.

"Oh, my darling Silvy…" She said lovingly; "On the contrary, it's the perfect time for experiments."

That's when the door began to open. Everyone gasped upon hearing the sound of the opening door as they all stopped their interactions and sat down quietly to show some discipline. An old professor entered the class upon having a wide smirk as he saw these young people sitting quietly on their respective seats. He clapped his hands together once.

"Alright, you're all here." He spoke mockingly; "Muahahaha… Now… it's time to…" He suddenly silenced himself as he caught a small hint of puzzlement once he saw the table where Fluttershy sat. That made the shy girl slouching even harder than before.

"Hold on a second." The physics teacher said as he then frowned and approached Fluttershy's seat. The shy girl gulped and started shivering as she again began rubbing the tips of her hair hoping that it will help to calm her down.

"Where's your companion, miss Fauna?" He asked, to which Fluttershy sighed a deep sigh of relief, as she relaxed in a matter of a second. Hearing the word response, Discord glaced at the others, still frowning.

"The entire school knows that eleven of you are walking in a group all the time." He said as he walked over to the chalkboard; "Where is Mr Prower?" He asked a bit sternly. Sonic was the first one to go back down to earth, as he then looked around and saw that there is indeed one person with blonde hair. He then looked at Discord.

"Ummm… Professor D… scord…" He began, to which an old man gazed at him; "Maybe he has an extra class?" He asked, spreading his arms to the sides.

Discord sighed heavily at this; "If so… I think he will bring a note from the teacher." He said as he looked towards Fluttershy again; "Am I right, Miss Fauna?" He asked, to which the shy girl nodded as she was smiling nervously.

"Yes… Sure… He will… Sure… That's right… I mean…"

That's when the entrance door opened again, and everyone looked here. But only to drop their jaws upon the view, and Fluttershy even covered her own face with her hair as she squeaked quietly in excitement. Silver, Knuckles, and Sonic all did their eyes wide. Rarity, AJ, Twilight, Sunset, Dash, and Pinkie all developed blushes on their cheeks, as they giggled a bit before the view. Even Shadow looked a bit puzzled by what he saw.

As for Professor Discord, an old man was more annoyed than stunned, as he never paid attention to the changings in style of his students, so he was only about to give a frown to the newcomer.

"I hope you have an explanation for your lateness, Mr Prower." He said to Miles, who was now near Discord.

A certain blonde boy entered the class room, dressed in a sharp gray blazer, and grey pants. Under the blazer he wore a bright white buttoned shirt, and on his feet he had shiny black sharp shoes. His eyes were covered by rectangular sunglasses.

"Sorry, I'm late." He apologized, as he gave a note to Professor Discord; "I had an extra class with Professor Rotor… and…" He then pulled out another note from his blazer jacket; "I have met with Professor Zecora. She wanted me to give you this." He said, handing a note to the old man. Discord then attentively read both notes, spending a short period of time for this, and then he smirked and nodded as he then looked at the blonde boy.

"It's all right now." He said as he then approached the exit door; "Then take your seat and wait for my return." He then left the classroom.

Music starts: Nirvana - Come As You Are.

Everyone stared shockingly at Miles, not even guessing that he actually has the clothes similar to what he is wearing right now. As for Miles, nobody saw his eyes first since it was covered by sunglasses, so only gods knew what he thought at the moment. Scanning all of his friends, the blonde boy took the toothpick in his teeth, and then in a slow motion he headed to the free seat next to Fluttershy.

While he walked, his friends never took their eyes off him as they eyed him in awe even more than they saw Fluttershy's new style. They were asking themselves if it was really Tails, or was he replaced by his evil clone, or evil twin brother.

Miles eyed everyone in the room, and he perfectly saw their reaction, and again, since he had these sunglasses, it was unknown what his eye-expression was at the moment. Was he embarrassed? By his confident slow walk, it was possible to say that he was not. Was he satisfied? Maybe? Or maybe not. But the most important question the crew had is… where the hell did he get these clothes?

Music stops.

Tails took a seat next to Fluttershy, and looked at all of his friends once again as he put his bag on the floor next to the table. He saw the boys having their jaws dropped to the floor. All but Shadow obviously, but… the biker guy was also at least surprised by what he saw. Checking at the girls, he saw them also being stunned by the entrance of his in his new style. Even Rarity had her mouth wide open.

He then frowned at them all through his sunglasses; "Don't! Even! Start it!" He saw in a quiet warning tone of his voice.

"M-M-M…" Rarity uttered, while having a temporary stuttering, to which Silver looked at her with a look of massive confusion on his face; "M-M-M-M-M-M… Miles?" She finally managed to speak his name.

"What the hell?" Sonic suddenly exclaimed; "Why has everyone started looking so stylish all of a sudden?" He asked as he then uttered a nervous chuckle.

"If you wanted to knock all of the girls in school, Tails…" Rainbow Dash spoke with an awkward smile on her face; "Congratulations, you probably just did it." She said as she giggled again, to which Miles took off his sunglasses as he gave her a skeptical look. He then pointed a finger at her.

"You are just exaggerating on things, aren't you Rainbow." He concluded, to which no one could argue. No one but girls, who continued on giggling.

"Miles, just…" AJ spoke through her giggles; "Where did you get these… clothes of yours? I don't remember your wearing it before."

Tails then sighed; "It was not my idea, alright?" He told them as he then pulled out his notebook; "As if this is so important." He said as he then opened his notebook and began writing something to distract himself from his friends' attention and making his appearance as if it wasn't anything special. He kept his eyes low and stared at the papers of his notebook, as he wrote there a few notes;

"I hate you all, fucking bastards!"

As he finished, he looked up and scanned them all with his eyes and saw them all staring at him with smirks. He then frowned at them as he then spread his arms to the sides.

"What do you all want from me?" He asked, an unamused tone in his voice.

"Truth." Pinkie Pie answered.

"Truth about what?" Miles asked as he clenched his teeth; "About the Civil War?"

"Nah, that's Axl Rose's prerogative." Rainbow Dash argued, smiling; "We need to know where you get these clothes?"

Tails waved it off; "As if your own life depends on this." He sarcastically noted.

"Well our lives might not depend on this, but…" Twilight said; "If I recall correctly, you wore sports clothes this morning."

That's when the blonde boy sighed deeply, and decided to give them a brutally honest answer; "Because all of my regular daytime clothes are in the laundry." He answered, deeply frustrated, prompting everyone to chuckle as a response to his tone of voice; "I never liked wearing this outfit, but today… I had to… put it on…" girls giggled; "... so I won't have to go to the school in my boxers only…" Tails finished his sentence with a sour look on his face, which made the girlish laughter intensify.

And not just girls. Sonic, Knuckles, and Silver also laughed at Tails' butthurt. Thus annoying the blonde boy even more, but Tails had nothing else to say, so he then leaned against the back of his chair, and stared at his friends, and his potential girlfriend with a look of strong irritation on his face.

Sonic finished his laughter, and shot a smirk towards Miles; "Looks like there's a new king in the school?" He asked, to which Tails turned away from him, still frowning.

"Sonic, get off my back!" He blurted out, to which the blue haired boy laughed again, as he then fell on the top of his table as he began punching the table and tearing up at the same time, in an attempt of sustaining his laughter.

"AAAaaaahhhhh hahahahahahaha… my stomach hurts… Bwahahahahaha… the pain… I'm dying…" He laughed so hard, that it even made Shadow worried that Sonic could turn into Joker.

Meanwhile, Knuckles decided to pay some compliment to Sonic; "Welcome to the Princes of the Universe!" He said with pride in his voice; "The place where all the girls are melting in the palm of your hands."

AJ rolled her eyes; "Yeah, tell me about it." She said as she started giving a dirty smile to her boyfriend, definitely disapproving of his statement. Knuckles was only about to give her a goofy smile, and lifting his hands to the face level in the defensive manner.

Silver then decided to ask another question; "But why didn't we see you wearing it earlier this morning?" He asked, to which Miles sighed again. He turned to him, still being pissed off.

"Because I had PE as my first class this morning, so I decided to arrive in the school straight in my gym clothes." He answered as he then spread his arms; "What's so hard to understand here?" He asked a bit frustrated as he raised the tone of his voice.

Silver then nodded as he grinned; "Yep, that makes a lot of sense." He said as he then nudged Tails in the shoulder; "Gym clothes are not scary to damage when you're kicking some asses."

"Ooooohhhhhhhhh…" The girls oooooh'd at Silver's comment, to which Miles was now confused. He widened his eyes as he blushed a bit upon the whole female attention he gets at the moment. Even though all these girls are his friends, that was too much for him. He then scratched the back of his head, as he then tried to change the topic of conversation.

"Could you please... stop reminding me about this morning? It was a bit predictable... considering that I was trained by the best of the best of the best…" He said awkwardly.

"While, that may be the complete truth." Shadow then spoke in, making everyone silent, and shocked; "I still cannot recall even one when you engage in a fight since like… ever before…" He then raised his left arm in a slight misunderstanding; "What kind of hornet stung your ass that you went straight against Drogo and his gang?" He asked, to which Miles had no response, but three quick and awkward glances towards a certain pink haired girl in a tight white dress.

Seeing this, Rarity bit her lower lip, as she then looked at Shadow, and beckoned him with a left hand index finger, as she then lifted up a bit, and whispered something into his ear. The bikerhead had his eyes growing wide after Rarity finished her whisperings, and after she finished Shadow looked into Rarity's eyes with the expression so confused that it could've been a feeling that he just ate a huge bunch of lemons.

"Seriously?" He asked, to which Rarity gave an awkward nod, as she sat back on her chair. Shadow then looked at Fluttershy, then at Tails, and then he just shrugged.

"Whatever." He said, as Tails then hid his face into his hands and uttered a small moan of irritation into his own palms, as he then breathed out, and looked at the rest of the crew.

"O-kay. If you are finished admiring me, then let's speak about something really important?" He asked.

Sonic then gave him a serious look; "Alright, pal." He spoke; "What's your plan of action?"

Tails sighed again; "I don't have it yet." He answered; "I mean… I have some ideas, but they still need hours upon hours of development."

Sonic frowned; "Tails, we don't have those hours upon hours." He spoke, a bit excited; "My brother is out there hunted by a Police, and maybe Black Arms themselves."

"I know…" Tails growled through his gritted teeth; "I know. I am doing my best, but I gotta count every step of ours, and every single small movement to save us from potential eradication. If we made at least one wrong step… I mean… any of us… that may be the last thing we would do in our lives. I mean, come on… imagine facing fifty T-800 Terminators at the same time?" He said, making everyone exchange glances with each other and pondering at his words.

Shadow was the first one to speak; "That's… even scary to imagine." He commented, to which Tails nodded.

"Exactly." He said confidently; "And that's why we need to recount our tactics, and excluding the elements, who are more exposed to the risk." He then sighed and looked at Fluttershy with regret; "I'm sorry Fluttershy…" He said softly, to which the shy girl only smiled.

"Oh, don't be… I… I completely understand." She said, relaxed that he understands that she's not a fighter, and she cannot be useful in that sort of situation. Miles then looked at Shadow.

"And we have to work together, Shadow." He announced, to which Shadow lifted up one of his eyebrows, but soon nodded confidently.

"If I wasn't aware of the disappearance of Sonic's brother, kidnapping of Twilight's sister, and my family's case… I would've said that you're dumb, but now I can see the connection. I'm all in." He confidently agreed with the blonde boy, to which Sonic gasped in shock.

"What?" He asked; "Me working with the biker punk?"

Twilight then grabbed Sonic by the shoulder; "Sonic, whether you like it, or not, but you gotta learn to work with him if you want your brother back." She said a bit angrily as she frowned at him; "Right now we all have to forget what we think of each other and work together if we want our loved ones back."

Sonic wanted to argue with her on that, but only to sigh in defeat; "You're right." He said as he then looked at Shadow again, and nodded at him as a sign that he's ready to work together with him.

Meanwhile, Fluttershy decided to speak; "Ummm, Miles." She began; "But… you already managed to develop at least something at the moment… do you?" She asked in her usual tone of voice. Tails lifted up one of his eyebrows and put his hand to his chin in a pondering manner upon trying to recall the strategy he already came up with. Smiling, he then nodded, and looked at his friends.

"We should start with a place where Sombra's dead body was found." He announced.

"But that's outdated." Silver voiced everyone's confusion; "I mean… the body is already found, so there's nothing new we could find."

This prompted Tails to smirk; "Sonic… Manic told you, and your family, that he was set up by an anonymous caller who also ran his car over Sombra's dead body, right?" He asked, to which Sonic nodded while having a blank stare.

"Right." He said simply.

"Manic also said that he was sent there by a bunch of street thugs he encountered just a few hours prior to the incident, right?" Miles asked again, as he folded his hands together, still smirking.

"Right." Sunset answered.

"And these street thugs were the original kidnappers, right?" The blonde boy asked again.

"Right." Everyone said in unison.

"We gotta figure out where these thugs were hiding Cadence before Black Arms appeared. Just as we reveal their hiding spot we'll track them down we will see who it was, bring them to justice, and… figure out who exactly set Manic up." He said, as on his final phrase, he gave Sonic a knowing look.

After he finished, boys and girls all exchanged looks with each other. What he said actually made a lot of sense to them, and it might move the whole investigation to the next level, and maybe even will help to find Cadence and acquit Manic of all charges. Just as they all silently agreed with each other, they all looked again at Tails to see him having a wide and proud grin across his lips.

"That makes a lot of sense." Shadow commented on the blond boy's part of his plan; "When do we start?"

Miles opened his mouth, ready for another long algebra like explanation, however it was not destined to be voiced. The entrance door opened, prompting the students to get back to their respective seats and fall silent. A 54 years old man soon entered his class, a relaxing and amused walk. He wore a wide grin across his face, and his eyes which once were glaring from fury now radiated a lot of calmness, and amusement.

The students stared at him questioningly, not knowing what caused such a sharp 180 degrees turn of his mood, which almost always was gloomy, and smug. They watched every single movement he made while he was approaching his desk.

Just as Discord reached his working desk, he looked out of the window, and breathed out in relaxation.

"What a fine day, isn't it?" He asked as he looked at the students; "Isn't that an injustice that such beautiful children like you are wasting it on the detention?"

Everyone widened their eyes at this, as they thought that he may release them from their detention. Their hearts were filled with hope.

"Let's make a deal." Discord suddenly announced; "I will provide a short 35 minutes lecture, and you stay quiet and silent, and then you can go. I developed some plans for today's evening."

Everyone nodded slowly, still being shocked. Discord nodded back, as he then grabbed his chalk, and walked over to his clankboard, and began writing physical equations.

"The law of universal gravitation…" He began his lecture, and everyone, even Sonic, AJ, RD, and Silver began writing it in their notebooks, so Discord could count them all as well behaved students.

Meanwhile, one girl, who did not hold a pen in her hand, looked at the blond boy who sat next to her, and put a hand on his shoulder.

"Miles, you did not tell me when we should start our… well… you know…" She asked in a quiet whisper, to which her potential boyfriend looked up from his notebook, and stopped his writing process. He then spoke to her, also whispering.

"I think that we should pay a visit to the industrial zone district this weekend." He quietly answered; "We'll have more time to investigate the place, and…"

"No…" Fluttershy cut him off, as she then smiled awkwardly, and adjusted her hair; "No, I mean… well… I mean… about us…" She whispered while having a deep blush on her cheeks. That caught Tails by surprise. Not that she was blushing, but what she was saying. He then shook his head slowly.

"About… us?" He asked.

Fluttershy nodded reluctantly; "Yes… we had too little time to speak about it." She whispered.

Without knowing first what to say, Tails scratched the back of his head; "Uhhh… I don't know…" He answered; "We could… get some walking after school, if you don't mind." He suggested, as he then grinned awkwardly; "Or maybe some sort of cafe, if you want?" He asked unassuredly.

Fluttershy smiled sheepishly; "Ummmm… yes… sounds good." She said.

"Mr Prower, Miss Fauna." Discord's voice cut off their interaction, making them both cringe. They then slowly glanced towards the physics professor to see that he was no longer being happ, but annoyed at the dumb teens, who cannot keep silence in the classroom.

"I see that you both want to maintain the lecture in my stead?" He asked, to which the two teenagers shook their heads.

"No, no…" Tails spoke, as he then moved the notebook at the middle of the table; "I was just explaining the equations to Fluttershy, sir." He said, to which the professor sighed.

"Explain it silently, please." He demanded, a calm tone in his voice; "Your voices are very much distracting." He then looked at the chalkboard; "Ummm, where did I stop? Oh, yes…"

Just as Professor Discord continued on his lecture, Miles and Fluttershy again met each other with their eyes.

"Fluttershy, I thought that…" The blonde boy whispered; "I thought that after what happened six months ago, you're no longer eager to be in relationships with me…"

Fluttershy became sad as she remembered this moment; "Oh, right…" She whispered as she then looked into his eyes with the expression of big regret on her face; "I'm so sorry for that… I shouldn't act so silly…"

"Don't be." Tails protested as he continued on making some notes in his notebook; "You were traumatized by… by what Sonic did to the both of us, and… to you especially."

"No, no…" Fluttershy uttered a whispering protesting words; "It was my fault when I chased you off… I mean… I should've controlled my emotions better during the situation. And then I thought… that if we will remain friends, you and Sonic will get along… I guess I was wrong…" she said diverting her eyes away in guilt at her lack of courage.

Tails shook his head skeptically; "You were wrong indeed." He commented, looking into his notes, and making more of these in his notebook. The shy girl then moved extremely closer, with almost no personal space left between her and him.

"Miles, you should make peace, both of you." Fluttershy begged him, to which the blonde boy uttered a deep sigh of annoyance. He then looked into her eyes, but said no words. He knew too well that Fluttershy is scared of straight eye to eye-contact, especially when it was with such cynical eyes. That worked. The girl felt awkward by that, and turned away silently in an attempt of trying to find a proper word. Once she found it, she again looked into his eyes, and spoke in a whisper.

"I mean… you're the best friends to each other." She spoke; "Best friends shouldn't be enemies… a-a-and… he's going through such a rough time in his life, where he actually needs a friend."

Tails did not change his cynicism, as he began unbending his left hand's fingers; "First… we are not enemies." He began; "Second, being through hard times does not excuse his dickish behavior. Third… I myself went through hard times, yet I never dared to make myself doing, or saying, what he did!" He then gave her a persistent frown; "I am not going to make peace with him before he will do it himself. Wanna know the truth? Every time, when he was wrong I had to apologize for him in the past, even though it was never my fault. But he never apologized to me. Never in his life! This is wrong, Fluttershy, completely wrong!"

Fluttershy then sighed deeply and said; "You know Miles… my friends make fun of me too…. and say what you will about my… lack of assertiveness… but…. I always know they don't really mean it, and I know they're always there for me, even when I've been bad to them too as well."

Tails put his hands away from his face and looked into her eyes once again; "Did any of your friends bring you to tears, or made fun of your potential romance, or brought up the whole school to date?" He asked, a skeptical whisper in his voice as he then pointed a finger at her; "Remember what Rarity, and Rainbow did when you ran off to the restroom in tears?"

Fluttershy sighed again as she turned away; "Well… that was different." She admitted as she then looked into his skeptical eyes again. She saw him spinning his pen between his fingers, obviously standing on his own point as he always did, and probably will always do.

"That was different indeed." He said as he then sighed again; "They gave you their best to comfort you in your time of pain, while… Sonic brought this very pain, and still doesn't feel guilty himself." He then again began doing some notes; "You know what he said when I told him about my own plans development? He said that he wanted to teach me some lesson of how uncool it is being the first guy in school, as if I supposedly wanted to take his place as the first guy at school." He then sighed again; "Blind jealousy at its finest."

Fluttershy then smiled again as she moved closer, her hand again appeared on his shoulder; "In some ways… his jealousy did have some basics." She whispered warmly, making him blushing a bit, as he then scratched the back of his head again.

"You're… just saying it because it sounds nice, and not because it's true." He protested again, as he looked away.

"Maybe." Fluttershy whispered tenderly; "Or maybe I'm not." She then nuzzled her nose against his cheek; "Miles, please. Do it for me. I don't want to feel like I am the reason why you two are not speaking with each other."

Miles fell into his train of thought. He looked into his notebook, and spotted that he's no longer writing Discord's lecture, but draws some… circular shapes instead. He then looked into her eyes, and saw her smiling at him nicely and sincerely. He knew that Fluttershy is sincere in everything she does or says, plus he couldn't resist that snow whilte smile of hers. He then sighed in defeat, and nodded.

"I need to find a proper time for it." He whispered; "I am… I just don't feel like I'm ready for that just yet."

Fluttershy again nuzzled her nose against his left cheek; "Take your time." She whispered again. Miles almost chuckled awkwardly at her behavior, and at the same time, he found it a bit unusual for her, as she only shows her true feelings only when she's alone with someone, and not when there are a lot of people around her. Though, he then remembered this morning, and the confrontation with Drago, and how she hugged him when Drago was punished. She may just be worried. He then put his left hand on the top of her hand, as he then squeezed it gently. He could swear that he could hold her hand for the rest of the day.

Later in Knothole.

Manic was laying in his bed, somewhat undressed lounging against his bed as the illumination of the television filled the room as he flipped through the channels to find something good to watch. He felt like he had done this all day, which he really is, due to the lack of internet in his life. That was basically his daily schedule, that is… working out, training, watching TV. In fact, he simply tried to catch some news, or at least lead to the progress in Cadence's searching among the police, though, he knew very well that Tower always suppresses any media attempts from getting some knowledge of it so as not to scare the criminals or cause a public panic in the city.

Cadence. Mi Amore Cadenza. He missed her so much. His biggest desire at the moment was to have her near at this very moment. Even though they haven't seen each other for only a week, it was already too much for him to withstand. He wanted to have her right now in this bed, so he could hold her tightly in his arms.

He then turned off the TV, just as he found nothing interesting to see, and then he stood up, and approached the window. He leaned against the windowsill, and looked out at the backyard of the hotel, where he saw the pool, surrounded by a couple of dozens of beach chairs, and a few beach umbrellas. He then sighed as he smirked ironically, thinking that if he needs some late night swimming session in the pool to help him to chill?

He had done the pool earlier today, but he didn't stay long. It did not feel right with him showing off his body while in his swimming trunks while actually turning heads, and feeling stupid. He did not want to entice another tempting encounter with a beautiful woman and have her come by his hotel room, as he couldn't help but think at this point it was getting kinda ridiculous that soooo many women were willing to put out for him just on the first meeting.

He then sighed out of boredom, and slight depression over his own helplessness in this search. He did not know where to find out, and still have yet to get his first lead that will track him straight to BA's bar. And so much more after that and it was stressing him out. And when he got stressed he got…. Thirsty. And when he got thirsty it made turning down the next sexy babe all the more the choir to do, as Manic was starting to suspect he had nymphomania issues.

"Gosh darn it…" He swore to himself, as he then fixed his eyes on the pool. He thought that he indeed needed some late night swim in the fresh air. Suddenly his face twisted in puzzlement as soon as he noticed a feminine silhouette walking out of the hotel, while holding a towel in one of her hands. He saw that she stopped near one of the beach chairs, and put down her towel, as she then faced the pool, her front side turned to him. She then began taking off her tight purple dress from her tight lean curvaceous figure.

Manic gasped deeply upon the picture he saw before his eyes, as his eyes became as wide as the monster truck wheels, and his mouth opened so wide…. that he was salivating a water fall from his mouth.

Outside, Nicole slipped out of her dress, as her clothes soon appeared on the concrete floor of the back yard. She then gracefully stepped out of her dress, and picked it up. She then shoved her dress on the beach chair, and as a final step she shook off her shoes. She now remained only in her cyan blue bikini swimsuit that tightly clung onto those delicious body curves opened for anyone to see.

Manic's vision was not insured from that view either. He kept staring at the hotel manager, and at this very moment, he was blaming himself for having a girlfriend. He would've given anything to give that woman company.

Nicole slowly approached the pool, and touched the water with her left leg's toe. She shivered a bit and giggled upon the coldness of the water. She then took a deep breath in/out, and just a second later, she jumped into the water. She then began a slow and relaxing swim session by swimming back and forth in the hotel's pool.

Manic couldn't help, but smiled upon the view he had. Watching a beautiful woman swimming in a pool at night was like one of the top 100 things a man must see before he dies. Surely he had seen nude Cadence, and even had free access to the delicious naked body of his girlfriend for obvious reasons, however… he thought that it was a bit different.

"Quite a view down there, right?" He heard a smug voice speaking to him.

"Yeah." Manic answered, at this as he kept that goofy pleasured smile on his face. He then wiped off his smile, and looked around in an alert to see the owner of that voice.

"Hey, who is that?" He asked, a bit startled, thinking that he had been caught red handed.

"It's me, Johnson." The voice responded.

Manic then frowned; "And where are you hiding now, Mr Johnson?" He asked, scanning the room with his eyes.

"Inside your own pants." The voice replied again, making Manic to form a silly surprised face, and then to look down at his own pants.

"Yeah, that's it." The voice spoke; "That's me. I'm glad to speak with you again."

Manic then became puzzled again; "That's my own dick is talking to me?" He asked, as he then sighed, thinking that he had gone mad; "I really need to take a long rest soon enough." Manic said to himself… knowing he should've taken that campervan instead of just a standard car.

"Hey, what's the problem?" Mr Dick Johnson asked Manic, to which the former green haired guy now turned blonde frowned deeply.

"I can hear my own dick is talking to me." He said; "Isn't that problematic enough for you?" He then sighed and facepalmed; "Oh my gosh, I'm talking to my own dick now…"

"I'd rather prefered to be called Mr Dick Johnson." The voice argued; "And yeah, I agree with you that it's kinda weird of me to speak with you, but you left me no choice. You've been ignoring women's gestures ever since your girlfriend's have been kidnapped, and I personally feel neglected by the lack of work out I'm not getting." It said like this was a crucial necessity for him to have.

Manic then growled in annoyance; "Can you please shut up about the… "Work out….thingy?" He ordered the voice in his head; "I'm trying to focus."

"I have a better focus on you swimming in the pool almost XPOSED." The voice eased him, to which Manic became nervous.

"I have a girlfriend, god dammit!" He roared as he frowned again; "She's out there, and needs my help, she needs to be found and saved from Black Arms' dirty minds, and you instead of keeping yourself quiet until we find her, saying that I should have fun with the hotel manager?"

"Oh, that's the hotel manager?" The voice said; "Well that's even easier. I think I have heard her mostly suggestive voice cooing again. She wants it, dude. Go on, join her."

"Shut up!" MAnic roared quietly; "Shut up! Shut up! Think of naked Cadence! Just think of naked Cadence!" Manic shouted to himself.

Just then he heard a loud pounding on the right side of the wall facing the head of the bed and shouting; "Hey…. Shut the hell up over there!" Said an aggravated male voice obviously coming from the neighboring rooms next to his.

"I am thinking of naked Cadence twenty four seven!" The voice annoyingly protested; "And you know what's better than thinking of the same naked woman? An already naked woman herself!" As Manic was beginning to sweat bullets as if he was about to have a full grown panic attack.

Manic wanted to reply, but he then decided to ignore it, as well as he tried to ignore the fact that the almost naked girl is now swimming just outside of his window. With struggles but he succeeded, and in the end he managed to make a relaxing sigh, as he finally defeated his own suggestion.

"Nicole?" He suddenly heard male voice outside of his window. This made him open his eyes and stand up. He closed the window with the curtains, and turned off the big light so he could remain unseen. Looking out from behind his curtains, he saw a young man, probably the same age as him walked over to the pool, and he saw Nicole was smiling at him.

"Nicole, what are you doing?" The guy asked, as he crossed his arms around his chest, to which Nicole said nothing, but swam gracefully over the edge of the pool. She kept smiling at the guy.

"That's such a silly question, Shard my dear." She said tenderly; "I'm having a relaxing evening swim session." Nicole said as she began performing a leisurely back stroke.

Shard kept his eyes on Nicole, watching every single move made by her; "Nicole… I… I remember that you like swimming in the evening, but... could you please get out, before one of the guests sees you?" He said, to which the green eyed girl with raven hair mocked a serious look on her face.

"Oh, Shard… I just got in." She said, as she then smiled; "Why don't you jump in and join me instead? It feels so cold and lonely here swimming alone…. I could use a big strong man to help keep me warm." Nicole said in a flirty suggestive tone in her voice.

Shard's eyes grew wide, as he then gave her an awkward grin though it felt like his loins were getting tight under his pants when she said that with a sultry smirk on her face.

"Ummmm… I... uhhhh… I don't think it's quite proper time, and…"

He did not finish his sentence, as Nicole cut him off by letting her hands get behind her own back, and untying her bra. Shard gasped in awe upon the action provided by his girlfriend, and froze dead, as he began to staaaaaare.

On the second floor of the hotel, Manic also gasped in awe, and began staring at the undressing young woman, who started unclasping her own bra. He saw her taking off the straps, while supporting both cups of her bra with her hands, so to keep them from falling off, and then she plunged into water to the clavicle level, and threw her bra at her boyfriend. Her bra landed on Shard's head, who kept standing there like a statue with a very flustered look on his face as his face reddened.

"You still think that the time is inappropriate?" Nicole asked in a cooing manner. Shard managed to recollect his own composure, as he then gave her the goofiest grin on his face, as he saw her coffee brown skin and figure under the shimmering surface of the water, though it was a bit distorted from the water.

"Eeeehhhh… hehehehehehehe… Ummm Nicole, I… still not really sure about this?" He said, as he tried his best to not give up under his girlfriend's wilds and charm.

Nicole then let her hands go under the water surface, and soon she raised one of her hands over her head, while holding her soaked panties in air for him to see.

"What about now?" She asked in a joking manner as she then threw her panties at him. Shard lost control over himself. He caught her panties, and then instantaneously began the stripping process not wanting to waste anymore time, which from the side looked so goofy, that Nicole couldn't help but giggled charmingly, as she found it funny and cute.

Shard quickly got rid of his shirt, and then he took off his pants along with his underpants, as he began jumping on one leg, when his left trouser stuck in a boot. It took him several minutes to remain there standing like in the day when he was born, and then he jumped into the water to his girlfriend. He then cringed when he emerged from the cold pool water after the dive, embracing himself with his arms as his teeth began to chatter and his body began to shiver from jumping in the late night pool now butt naked.

"Aaaahhhhh… It's cold, cold, cold, cold…" He whispered as he swam over to Nicole, who instantly wrapped her gentle arms around his shoulders and nuzzled her body against his. Their eyes then met with one another as the boy could see his girl's beautiful smile.

"That's alright… let me warm you up, tough guy." She whispered now seductively, to which Shard gave her a smirk, and then after their eyes closed in ecstasy, they exchanged a loving kiss.

Manic kept staring at this in awe, even though he was not interested in Shard which was obvious, but he was definitely interested in seeing Nicole in action from which he could see her plump coffee colored mounds floating above the water. She was really something.

"Well, congratulations." He heard the voice speak to him again; "Now your chance is lost. However… wait… maybe her boyfriend won't mind if you join in on this action?" It said hoping to coax Manic into making a move.

Manic's eyes grew wide; "What?" He asked as he looked down at his pants.

"That." The voice wickedly answered; "I haven't seen and felt girls parts for days on. Come on, you at least have to try."

"SHut up! Shut up! Shut the fuck up! Shuuut up!" Manic said as he gritted his teeth and gripped his head in frustration.

"Dude, relax! Just eat her out, and Cadence will never even figure out a thing!" Though his subconscious wanted to do more than just do that, as it wanted to completely straddle that hot naked body and tussle around in the sheets with her.

"Stop thinking of it!" He barked; "Your girlfriend is a thousand times more beautiful than this chick, besides… remember how you both met. She needed love and loyalty from a man, which happened to be you! She loves you, and you love her! That's the whole story."

"She will get old sooner or later, and you know it yourself that you won't help but try to find younger girls to satisfy your own hunger."

"Younger girls are fucking stupid and arrogant bitches! Plus, I won't need them when I'm older."

"Hey, it's not like you're going to fuck out their brains don't you?"

Manic then glared; "Oh, shut up you dick!" He roared as he then punched himself between his legs. That's when he cringed in heavy pain, folded in half, and fell on the floor as he held his own groin while in excruciating pain. He began rolling slowly over the floor in an attempt of sustaining the incredibly strong pain, and singing quietly in a mezzo soprano voice.

Then another louding banging came from the adjacent wall again as the same occupant yelled; "Hey…. Shut the fuck up back there…. I mean it!" The angry resident yelled, wanting to call the desk, not knowing that the usual woman behind the desk was currently engaged in some wet and wild action at the moment.

"Oooooooohhhhhhhh..." Manic uttered moans of pain and suffering; "I wanna die…"

"You idiot, why did you do that to me, now we're both in a lot of pain?" He heard the voice in his head; "I was trying to help you!" It insistently yelled at the fool who basically punched his own dick.

"You're not helping me." He responded out loud as he then stood up slowly and sat on his bed; "Your advice brings more harm than good… psychologically… and physically… Ouch! Don't ever speak to me again. I passed this period, and I don't want to go back… as long as I am happy!" He then collapsed on the bed, and started breathing deeply, and slowly while feeling that his pain is slowly fading away.

Meanwhile, in the pool, Nicole broke the kiss, as she looked worryingly into her boyfriend's eyes; "Did you hear that?" She asked, to which Shard gave her a questioning look.

"Hear what?" Shard quizzically asked, as he then looked around.

"I heard woman's screaming." Nicole commented; "Someone's must be in danger. We gotta check it out." She said now worried that not only was there someone in danger, but also the potential threat that she might lose her own job due to her own lewd negligence.

Shard arched his eyebrows as he then looked around; "Honey, I heard nothing." He said, as he then brushed her hair; "Relax, if the woman really screamed, especially in the centre of the town, there would have been a policeman on patrol or some other good samaritan to report it… I mean, come on. We're not in Westopolis, after all."

Nicole then frowned; "Shard, I know what I heard." She said confidently.

Shard then grinned; "Look, Nicole." He began; "I think that if the woman really screamed near our hotel, the clients would have run out of it, but yet, they're still there inside, enjoying their rest day… aren't they?" He said in a soothing reassuring voice.

Nicole sighed; "They are, but…" She said, prepared to protest his words, however, she then gave up, as she admitted that this must have been her own weariness. She then smiled at her boyfriend.

"Alright, you may be correct on this one, but… if I will see some horrible news tomorrow in or near our hotel, you will be washing the dishes and cleaning our house for the next month." She warned Shard as she jabbed him on the nose. The boy, however, showed no fear, and even tried to nip her finger, before they again engaged in a kiss. After that he then held her close to his own naked body again and said;

"Deal…. now…. one of the suite rooms wouldn't be available right now…. after our…. little swim…. would it?" He asked, wondering if they could continue this romantic night in a more warm and cozy location after they dried off from their little swim.

Meanwhile, somewhere outside of Westopolis.

Cadence was lying quietly on the top of the hay, covered by an old big plaid, that covered her from nose to toes. Her eyes were closed as the girl had some sleep. Geoffrey was sleeping not far from her, as he was laying on his back, while having some small snorings to come out of his nose. There was an absolute silence in their 'prison cell', until they heard the sound of the door opening.

Geoffrey was the first one to open his eyes. He then looked at the door, and heard these sounds as if someone was unlocking its locks. Then the door opened and the bright light bursted into their cell. Geoffrey shielded his eyes, as he then raised into a sitting position. He saw some huge human silhouettes wandering in the outside corridor, but he failed to see who it was.

He then saw a few men entered the cell, and stood on both sides of the doorways. He then gasped as he started to realize what was going on, and then he shook Cadence to wake her up. The school chemistry teacher opened her pretty pink eyes once more, and looked first at Geoffrey, but then she also spotted the light which strikes her eyes, and shielded her eyes with her hands until they got used to the light which she almost never sees. She then got into a sitting position, and also spotted a few men who entered the room.

The gang leader soon entered the cell, and walked over to the two prisoners as he towered above them and observed them both by turn. Cadence and Geoffrey stared at him back, as they tried to get what were his intentions on their account. The leader soon frowned and turned away.

"Take the boy." He said as he then left the cell and walked off, to which Cadence and Geoffrey both gasped, but just a second before two gang members grabbed Geoffrey by the armpits and picked him up as they dragged him out of the cell.

"What are you doing?" He yelled helplessly; "Where are you taking me?" He then looked at Cadence; "Professor…"

Cadence jumped onto her legs, and rushed towards the exit to help him, but only to be grabbed and picked up by the third gang member and carried back at the hey stock.

"Let him go!" She yelled; "He's just a boy! No! No!"

"Shut up!" The gang who carried her growled a moment before he threw her at the hay, and stared at her down. He suddenly smirked as he began touching Cadence's legs, making her shivering in fear before what she thought would come.

"You're such a hottie, I admit." He grinned, to which Cadence tried to back away, but it was useless, as she stumbled against the wall of the basement. The biker then stopped at her thighs, and his face stopped just a few inches away from the girl's face. Cadence's eyes were filled with fear, as his breathings were quick and unsteady. However, a second later, the biker flicked her on a nose with a finger as he then began laughing hysterically over Cadence's fears. That was enough to confuse the school teacher, as she expected anything but this.

"Do you really think that I was going to rape you?" He asked mockingly; "If I wanted, I would've done that on the day when you arrived here! Hahahahahahaha… so many chicks are willingly jumping on the back seat of my bike, and ready to go full in with me. Plus, you're not worth it." He then stood up, and turned away from her as he left the basement room again, and closed the door.

Cadence was now left alone in the darkness again, not knowing what was expecting Geoffrey. She began crying softly, as she fell on the hay, and buried herself into a plaid. She felt completely helpless while saving the young man's life. What are they gonna do to him now? She didn't know, but it was definitely not a good sign for Geoffrey.

Meanwhile, outside.

Geoffrey's head is covered by black sack, and then two bikers pushed him into their car, and closed the door. Geoffrey kept whining after he was sat on the back seat of a car, while the bikers walked back to their leader, who stood solid before the entrance to the barn door.

The leader of the gang looked a bit startled and concerned about some kind of news he got today.

"Say that again, Greko…" The leader said to one of his bikers.

"We have reason to believe that the Police might take all the accusations off of Hedgings boy." Greko answered as he frowned confidently to the main Black Arms biker, to which his boss smirked as he chuckled mockingly.

"Earlier than we thought." He noted, as he then looked at the car and fell silent; "Anything else?"

Greko pulled out a bunch of paper, and handed it to the gang leader; "Our insider also handed me these papers." He said, to which the leader pondered upon observing the bunch of papers, but just as he opened it his face changed its expression into something heavy hearted and dramatic; "She said that you will understand everything just as you will see." Greko added, to which his boss uttered a heavy sigh as he closed his eyes.

"She was not mistaken on this one." He said as he then closed the paper and opened his eyes again. He then looked at his men with a deep frown on his face.

"I guess that our time here is done." He announced; "Tell everyone that we're leaving in a week."

Jean then widened his eyes; "And go where?" He asked, to which the leader snapped.

"Straight into your ass." He snarled angrily; "I think it's fat enough for all of us to hide there." He then breathed in/out to calm down his nerves, and continued; "We're gonna move in small groups. Five to seven motorcycles as a maximum. The border must be crossed in five different places as we agreed. El-Paso, Nogales, Laredo, Brownsville, McAllen. The whole common fund will be transported by hired pilots to Monterrey." He then looked at Greko; "Did you tell everyone the time and place of meeting?"

"Yes, boss." Greko answered; "When will you leave?"

"In three days." The leader answered as he then looked at the papers he held in his left hand; "I need to pay one place a small visit first." He then looked at the house, and uttered a calling whistle; "Girls!" He called out. Just a second later, four big dogs ran out of the house main door, and happily rushed towards the gang leader, to which he smirked, and then he opened his arms and kneeled just as they were near him. The happy dogs began locking his face, and jumping on their hind legs, while barking and whining in joy. The gang leader began rubbing them all, as he laughed himself.

"Good doggies." He said to them as he rubbed them all by turn; "Who're good doggies? Who're good doggies?"

Meanwhile, Jean elbowed Copper; "Other side of Black Doom, which no one can see." He whispered, to which Copper chuckled quietly.

Meanwhile, Black Doom stopped rubbing his dogs, as he then looked into their eyes, and spoke; "Now, now, girls." He began; "You're now going with this man, and behave yourself. We will meet you in Monterrey, once we're all done, got it?" He said, as he then looked at Greko; "Greko, take them to your car, and watch them carefully! If I'll find at least one little scratch on their bodies, I'll…"

"That's alright, boss." Greko said, as he then approached the dogs and began patting them; "Nothing bad will happen to your babies." He then pulled out a bag with dog's treats, and beckoned them after himself; "Come on, girls. Follow me." He called out to them. The dogs quickly went after Greko. Soon when they reached the big Ford Explorer car, Greko opened the back door for them, and sprinkled the treats on the floor. The dogs jumped into the car one by one, and then the biker closed the door. He then opened the driver's door and started the engine, before he ran off the farm towards Westopolis.

Black Doom and his men remained standing before the barn's door, and watched after Greko's car before it disappeared off their sight.

"What are we gonna do with the boy, boss?" Copper asked, as he looked at the gang's leader. The man with black and red hair, looked at the back seat of Jean's car, and shook his head slowly, before he went towards the farm house.

"I don't wanna hear anything of him anymore!" He said to the last; "You know what to do!"

Copper and Jean nodded to each other, as they then walked over to the remaining car, and got in. The car's engine then uttered a soft roar, and it moved towards the road, and then down made a left turn.

For the next few minutes a silence reigned in the car. Geoffrey sat on the back seat, his hands tied, his head covered in sack, his body shivered from fear. Jean sat next to him, and looked at the night road, while Copper was driving the car. They were running carefully, so as not to attract too much attention.

"Please…" Geoffrey spoke, a startled tone in his voice; "Tell me where you taking me? Did I do something wrong?"

"Shut up!" Jean snapped at him, and Geoffrey instantly fell silent, as he did not dare to utter even a word. This prompted a smirk on Jean's face as the biker then again began observing the night road.

Thirty minutes later, the car made a turn and stopped near an old abandoned bus station. Copper turned off the car's engine, and opened the driver's door, as he then got out. Geoffrey felt that something was wrong, so he then dared to speak again.

"Why did we stop?" He asked; "What are you gonna do?"

Jean then opened the door and got out; "We're gonna do what we need, boy." He mockingly said, as he then started pulling the kid out of the car. Geoffrey began sobbing, as he resisted at first.

"No. No… please, don't… Don't kill me…" He began crying, and did his best to stay in the car, while Jean was trying to pull him out.

"Get out, now!" Jean kept snarling at the kid, but Geoffrey continued resisting the biker's big physical strength.

"No… nonononono… I don't want to die."

Jean then with all his strength to pull the kid out of the car; "I said shut up!" He shouted as he finally pulled the kid out of the car, and dropped him on the ground. He then closed the door, and grabbed Geoffrey's jacket to get him back into standing position. Just as Geoffrey appeared standing again, Jean began pushing him forward, towards the bushes. Copper slowly followed him.

Fifteen meters away, they stopped; "Hold it right there." Jean ordered Geoffrey, who now just stood there, as he continued with his helpless crying.

"Please… I won't tell anyone about you." He cried; "I swear…. *sobs*... I can keep the secret…"

Jean then sighed and pulled his gun out as he aimed it at Geoffrey; "That's it!" He snapped; "If I'll hear any word from you again, I will finish you right where you stand! Shut up!"

Geoffrey fell silent again, but continued his soft cry of helplessness before the brutal bike gangsters. Copper used it as a moment as he then pulled out a knife. He cut the ropes, thus untying Geoffrey's hands.

"Now, count till twenty, and you can pull the sack off your head." Copper said, as he then walked back to the car. Geoffrey was astonished by that.

"W-What?" He asked.

"Did you hear what he said?" Jean yelled; "Count!"

"One… two… three… four…" Geoffrey counted; "Five… Six… Seven… Eight… Nine… Ten… Eleven… Twelve…"

Before Geoffrey finished his count, he heard the sound of car tires screeching not far from him, and the car's probably running away from him as far as it could. At least the Doppler effect said so. He did not dare to take the sack off his head at first, but when there was a complete silence around him, he thought that it was worth a try. When he took off the sack, and freed his eyes, he noticed that it was night time, he was alone on the bus station, not far Westopolis, and that there were no bikers nor their car.

He then slowly walked over to the road, and looked from left to right. He spotted the police car slowly running on the road. When he looked to the left, he saw the sign that said; "Welcome to Westopolis. Population 4.965.000". He was shocked and astonished by the fact that Black Arms just let him go. Just like that, without any warnings, or threats, or something else criminals usually do. Why?

"Hey, boy. Are you alright?" He heard male voice behind him. Turning back over his right shoulder, he saw a policeman approaching him slowly, with a light in his left hand as Geoffrey shielded his face with his right hand to keep the light out of his eyes.

"I said are you alright? What are you doing here alone?" The officer asked again, to which Geoffrey was silent at first, but then decided to speak.

"Can you take me home?" He asked with a strong shiver in his voice. The police officer quickly realized that something was wrong, as he then wrapped his left hand around the boy's shoulder, and took him to his car.

"Of course, kid." He said softly; "Don't worry. No one will hurt you anymore." He then opened the front door, and sat Geoffrey on the front passenger seat, as he then closed the door, and pulled out his police car radio.

"Thirty nine car report to the central. This is Sergeant Murraugh" He reported; "The young man's found. Name presumably Geoffrey St John. His appearance appears to be shabby, and he seems to be scared, trembling and speechless. Taking him to his home address." He hung out the radio, and got into his car. The car soon ran towards Westopolis.