Film walks out of the classroom waving at his teacher and saying, "Goodbye."
"Have a nice weekend Film," The mare responds to his farewell. Film walks away as the door closes behind him. He walks past a group of kids that look at him and then start whispering and laughing. Film angrily walks faster past them.
"I don't understand how they can judge so quickly." Film thinks as he turns a corner. "I mean, they don't know me. They are just going off of rumors." Film's face slowly contorts into anger as his face turns red. "Just because I can't fly doesn't mean I'm not like the rest of them!" His anger bubbles over as he stops at the school bulletin board.
He looks up to see multiple fliers hang on the board. One stands out to him, his anger melting away as he reads it.
"Self defense classes at Cloudsdale public gym," Film says out loud. As he reads, a small smile forming on his face. "Every Friday from 6:30 PM to 8 PM!" Film yells before looking at the time.
"Crap I'm late for the blimp!" FIlm yells as he runs down the hallway.
(Time Skip)
"PLEASE!?..." Film pleads with his mother. He follows her around the kitchen while she cooks dinner.
"Sorry, but my answer is still no." Glass says firmly. Her attention mostly focused on not over boiling the water. Film's ears flop down to the side of his head as he walks out of the kitchen, looking down at the floor.
Avi watches Film walk down the hallway in sadness. Avi's heart hurts from seeing his son sad. He stands up and walks over to the kitchen and peeks his head in.
"Hey sweetie," Avi says as Glass turns down the temperature.
"What is it?" Glass asks, turning to look at him.
"Why did Film leave the room sad?"
"He wants to join the Cloudsdale self defense class," Glass says, turning back to the boiling pot with mushroom ravioli simmering inside.
"That sounds great!"
"Avi, it's from 6:30 PM to 8 PM at night," Glass responds with a little venom in her voice.
"Oh…" Avi responded dejectedly. He turns to walk back to his chair when an idea pops into his head. He turns around and takes a deep breath in before being cut off by his wife.
"No, there is nothing you can say or do to convince me to send him," Glass turns and looks at Avi with a stern look. Avi's smile is replaced with a pout as his ears flop against his head. "No.. don't you,"
"Please!?..." Avi asks, his eyes turning big with sparkles in them. His lips doing a cute pout that he knows his wife can't say no to.
Glass sighs before responding, "Fine, you can bring him dinner and he can go,"
"Yes," Avi wispears happily as he turns around. He walks down the hallway towards his son's bedroom. He slows down and walks quieter as he hears his sons talking.
"Tell me what C is." Acid says to Film. The two are sitting at a small wooden desk that sits between their beds.
"Uhh.." Film scratches his head as Avi looks through the crack he made in the door by opening it. "I think it's carbon, the 6th element of the periodic table of magic," Film response.
"Good," Acid says, Film smiling at his own success. Avi smiles as he watches the two study. He pushes the door open and enters the room as Acid asks another question.
"What is N?"
"Nitrogen! The 7th element of the periodic table of magic!" Film says confidently.
"Nice!"
"Hello you two," Avi bursts into their conversation.
"Hi dad!" Acid replies happly. He turns to look up at Avi with a big smile.
"Hi Avi," Film says with a little less enthusiasm but still with a smile.
"Film, how would you like to go to self defense classes after school?" Avi asks. Film's smile slowly grows across his face as he hears those words.
"Really!" Film asks, jumping out of his seat and landing on the ground.
"Yep, as long as I'm with you your mother is ok with it," Avi explains.
"Yes! Yes! Yes!" Film repeatedly yells out as he jumps around Avi. Avi and Acid both chuckle at his display.
"Calm down there hot shot," Avi says, placing a hoof on top of Film's head. Film stops moving, but still vibrates up and down in Avi's hoof.
"Sorry, I'm just so happy!" Film says before hugging Avi. Avi smiles and hugs back, enjoying Film's little body against his leg. Film smiling as he rubs his face again his dad's chest. Avi's heart melts in happiness at the joy he brought to his son.
"Dinner time boys!" Glass's voice travels throughout the house. The group's ears all perk up at the sentence. The brothers look up at Avi.
"Go ahead you two," Avi says. The two boys walk away fast as they start chatting again. Avi slowly followed them down the hallway.
(Skip TIme)
Film and Avi walk across the cloud ground towards the Cloudsdale gym. Film flys around Avi in excitement. His smile is as big as a planet as he talks about the things he can't wait to learn.
"We're here," Avi says as they walk up to the doors. Film lands onto Avi's back as Avi walks into the building. The entrance was huge. Sitting against the far wall from the door is the check in counter. The rest of the room was filled with tables and chairs. Ponies moving around to get out or in or to different places in the facility.
Film's smile slowly faded as he sinks into Avi's striped body. Trying his best to hide himself from the world.
"How are you doing Sr?" The Mare at the desk asks as Avi walks up to her.
"Good, I'm here to drop off my kid for self defense classes,"
"Down the hallway, past the main gym and to the right," She explains.
"Thanks," Avi says, waving her goodbye before walking down the hallway next to the counter. Avi walks down the hallway as Film clings onto his back. A few ponies walk past them as they make their way to the room.
Avi finally finds the door labeled self defense class. He opens the door to a barrage of little colts and fillies talking. Film jumps off his back, but stays close to his dad. The two walk over to the mare instructor.
"Name?" She asks. Her yellow hair tied back in a ponytail. Her pink fur glowing in the light of the room. Her emerald green eyes soothing to look at with her kind smile. Film relaxes, stepping slightly away from Avi.
"Film Chai Wheel," Film says proudly. Avi chuckles at the use of his full name.
"Ok, go sit down with the rest of the kids and we will start soon," The mare explains. Film walks over to the wall where the kids sit and sits down in the corner. Avi walked over to a few of the other parents on the other side of the room.
"Avichai!" a deep voiced stallion greats him. The stallion was much taller than him and was also a zebra like him, but he was much bulkier than the Avi.
"Birrissa!" Avi says in shock at seeing his old high school friend here of all places.
"Avichail, how is Glass doing?" Bir asks.
"She's doing fine," Avi responds.
"So you have a kid?"
"Two actually," Avi reponds. "They are twins. The one in the corner is Film Chai Wheel and my other son is at home with Glass. His name it Acid Devern Flask,"
"Glass was ok with the middle names?" Bir asks.
"I convinced her to put them in, but we don't refer to them as that most of the time," Avi explains. "So, who is your kid?"
"Bold Jump, He's on the far left," Bir says, pointing to a stallion with blue fur and light blue stripes, crazy light blue hair, red eyes, and a pair of wings. His cutie mark is a stage curtain. "I call him my little sunshine to embarrass him,"
"Hmm.." Avi says, his heart being weighed down by memorie of his past actions to his kids. Bir notices Avi's smile diminished.
"You ok speedy?" Bir asks, sitting down and placing an arm around Avi. Avi sits down and sighs.
"My little ponies are the best thing that happened to me," Avi starts to explain, a small smile forming on his face. "But I don't know if I'm a good father to them.." Avi trails off as the smile fades again. His eyes started to water.
Bir rubs Avi's back, trying to comfort his old friend. The two sit there for a second before Avi speaks again. "I yelled at my little Wheel a few weeks before the Summer Celebration. I hit Acid when he was younger in fits of angry drunkenness." Tears start flooding down his cheeks as his voice starts to crack.
Avi looks over at Film, sitting in the corner with a smile. Film is playing with the carpet while he waits. His heart breaks remembering what he has done to his kids.
"As long as you're trying to change. It's all right." Bir says, standing up. "Let's take this outside so your kid doesn't see his pops crying," Avi knobs and wipes the tears from his eyes. The two walk out the door, leaving Film slightly confused.
"Ok Fillies and Colts! It's time for self defense class!" The teacher says, walking to the center of the room.
(Time Skip)
"Thank you for the company Snail," Avi says to Bir, the two separating from their hug.
"Always here to help Speedy," The two chukkels at the remembrance of their old nicknames from high school. The door opens as kids spill out into the hallway like water. "See you later Avichail!" Bir says as he walks towards his kid. Avi looks around for Film in the waves of kids.
The kids dwindle away before Film walks out of the room alone. His head hung low with his ears flopped against his head. Tears filled his eyes. Avi's heart breaks in half as he quickly walks over to his son.
"Film, what happened?" Avi asks with concern in his voice.
"I-i couldn't..Then they laughed..I was j-just.." Film stutters out between sniffles. His voice seeming to not work with his mind running at a mile a minute. Tears now rolling freely down his cheeks.
"Hey, ssshhh.." Film gently whispers as he wraps an arm around Film's body. "Let's get something to eat before you tell me, ok?" Film knobs in agreement as the two walk down the hallway.
(Time Skip)
Film and Avi sit at a table at a cafe eating pastries. Film still sad, but not crying anymore as he eats his muffin. Avi sips his coffee as he watches in slight heart breakness at Film. Avi waits as Film keeps eating his muffin.
Film stops eating and places down his muffin. He takes a slow deep breath in before slowly letting it go. He slumps back into his chair. "They picked on me," Avi looked at Film questingly.
"What did they say?" Avi asks, pushing the coffee cup away and leaning towards Film. Film looks up at Avi with his bright orange eyes. Avi's heart breaks at seeing his son's sad eyes.
"They mocked me for my wings, which I got over pretty quickly." Film says as his eyes wander. Tears forming in his eyes as he remembers the laughing, the mocking, the beating.
"They mocked me for being weak, told me I didn't belong there. I got beat up, but the teacher didn't do anything because it was during a training session." Avi's body shakes in anger as his heart breaks in two.
"I tried to tell my teacher, but she said this was normal," Film shifted a bit so his right wing was visible. He moves it out of the way to show the big black bruise on his side.
"Film!" Avi whispers in anger. He quickly gets off his chair and makes his way around the table before sitting down next to his son. Film flinches as Avi wraps his arms around Film's body and inspecting the big black spot. Film relaxes and leans into Avi's body. His warm body inviting, his heart beat hypnotic. Film's eyes slowly closing from the exhaustion of the day.
Avi sighs as he closes Film's wing for him. He carefully hugs Film close to his body, the warmth of the little colt enough to melt his heart. "Rest now Film, you have a long life ahead of you," Avi thinks as he stands up. He carfuly slides Film onto his back before walking out of the cafe.
(Time Skip)
Avi walks up to his house in the dead of night. The crickets chirped at the fireflies flying around. The cool night felt great against Avi's body. Avi opens the door slowly before closing it and locking the door. He walks down the hallway and into his sons room. He opens the door quietly before walking into the room.
Acid flips over, still deep asleep. Avi slides Film into bed as Film sleepily tries to hold onto him. Avi smiles as he brings the covers over Film's body. Film smiles as he snuggles into bed, gripping the bed sheets to his body.
Avi sighs as he gently caresses Film's forehead. Dragging his hoof through his spiky hair. He chuckles to himself, remembering when the two wanted to keep their mains in a spike like the new wonderbolt pegasus. Avi stands up and starts walking to the door. He was about to walk out when he heard a meek voice call out for him.
"Dad," Film says as Avi turns to look at him. Film smiles sleepily before saying, "Thank you, for everything dad," A big smile creeps onto Avi's face as his heart melts. The feeling in his chest is indescribable to anyone who hasn't had a kid before thank them for being their parent.
"You're welcome hot shot," Avi responds in a wispear before closing the door. He walks back down the hallway. He gently opens the door and walks into Glass's room. He closes the door as Glass asks.
"What's with the big smile?" Avi chuckles as he walks over to his wife in bed.
"Just a father being thanked by his child, that's all," Avi nuzzles Glass's cheek with his. Glass pulls away and rolls over for him to get in. He slides under the covers and wraps his arms around Glass, snuggling up to her body. He places his head on top of her as Glass sighs, sinking into his body and hugging his arm.
"Good night sweetie," Glass says.
"Good night honey," Avi says as he closes his eyes. Sleep hitting him like a truck full of pillows.
(Time Skip)
Film jumps up and flaps his wings. Pushing the air down as he launches himself into the air. Just in time to get out of the way of Avi diving to grab him. Avi lands face first into the dirt. He stands up and spits out grass that had gone into his mouth as Film lands on the ground.
Film flaps again, lunging at Avi's deffencles back. Film wraps his arms around his body as the two go tumbling into the grass. The two laughed hysterically. Avi standing up as Film hangs onto his back.
"Nice Boomerang strike," Avi says, turning his head to look at the little pegasus on his back.
"Thanks, I've been working on it," Film replies with a big smile on his face. "This time I'll take her out for sure," Avi chuckles as Film jumps off his back.
"You've been saying that for the past month," Avi replies.
"I know," Film says, his ears dropping against his head. "But this time for sure!" Film jumps up as his ears return back to normal. Avi chuckles as the cold autumn wind hits the two. Avi shakes a bite, as Film runs over to him shivering.
"Maybe we should start doing training in the garage from now on," Avi says, placing a hoof around Film's back. Film comes closer to Avi as the two start their walk back to the house. Film's eyes wander around the mostly empty streets.
Another gust of wind causes Film to shake and shrink into Avi's thick fur. Avi pulled him tighter to himself. Feeling his cold body touch him causes him to slightly shiver. Avi looks up at the clouds above, cursing the weather pony who thought it was a good idea to bring fall early.
The two turn onto the street with their house on it. Acid sitting on the front porch waiting for them. Acid wrapped in a brown, fluffy blanket draped around his body. He and Film lock eyes as their smiles widean.
"Film! How was it today!" Acid yells, jumping up and running towards the pair. The blanket flew behind him like a cape.
"It was great!" Film says, running over to Acid. The two starting to chat about their evenings. Avi sighs in slight sadness as a smile forms on his face. Film's warmth fading away from where he was pressed up against his body. An almost aching feeling fills his stomach as he watches the boys.
He watches as the two boys walk up to the house with him trailing behind. Acid opens the door with his magic, but before FIlm follows him in, Film turns around and runs to Avi. Film wraps his arms around Avi's chest, surprising Avi.
"Thanks for the help dad," Avi's eyes fill with tears. Slight surprise on his face from being called dad by Film. Avi smiles and hugs Film back as he sits down on the ground.
"You're welcome," Avi says, the two nuzzling into each other's head. Avi pulls away before clearing his eyes of tears. "Now let's go get dinner. You have some butt kicking to do tomorrow evening hot shot," Avi says. A look of determination forms on Film's face as he nods. Giving a little salute before heading in with Acid. Avi fallowing right behind them.
(Time Skip)
Film sits down in the same corner he has been sitting in the self defense class room for the past two months. The room filled with chatter as the door closed from the adults leaving.
"Ok, I'll number you off. What every number you got, pair up with the other person with the same number," The teacher explains as she goes down the line of kids numbering them off. The kids stand up as they are numbered off. Film stands up when he is called as number 9.
Film walks over to the 9th circle. He turns to face his opponent. He smiles to see it was the mare he was looking for. She was almost a head taller than him, and was much stronger than him. The green pegasus mare with pink curly hair smiles back with a wicked gin.
"Are you ready to get your butt kicked shrimp?" She asks as the two start circling each other.
"Are you sure about that?" Film asks.
"Yes I d-" She is interrupted when Film flies underneath her, his arms tucked against his chest as he sweeps her legs, with his left wing, out from underneath her. She falls face first into the padded ground as Film turns around quickly and stands up.
"First rule of Pegjet, stay on guard at all times," Film says as the mare gets up. She glares in anger at him. Film's smile brodens at the anger.
"You got lucky!" She yells in anger. She jumps up and flares her wings. She dives towards Film. He stands there as she curves herself to the left and misses. She quickly stands up in confusion. Film turns around to look at her with a smile.
"You really need to stop doing the dive turn so often," Film says as he steps backwards to let her back into the circle. She grits her teeth as she readies for another attack.
Film smiles to himself as he spreads his wings out. He jumps up into the air as the mare does the same. Film bends his right wing slightly, causing him to do a roll to the right and dive under Her. She looks down in shock as her hooves close around her own body. Film kicks her in the stomach as he slides onto the ground.
He watches as the mare falls to the ground holding her stomach. Film rolls over and stands up. He quickly turns around just in time to see the mare diving down under him. She sweeps his feet out from under him. This would normally cause him to face plant, but springing his wings out, and with one big flap, he springs into the air. Doing a front flip before landing on the ground again. The mare gets up as the two turn to look at eachother.
Some of the students have stopped and started to watch the fight between the best in their class and the disfuncional pegasus. Film and the mare start circling each other. A big smile plastered on Film's face.
"How can a pegasus who can barely fly be so good at Pegjet when a few months ago I could beat you like a shrimp!" She yells in anger, her voice seething with hate.
"Because I follow rule number 3," Film says confidently before stopping. "Stay calm." This causes her to get even angeryer and dive straight for him. He easily side steps her. She lands next to where he was standing. He grabs her neck with his arm and presses his chest against her head. He places a leg on her back to keep her from moving.
"Cheek mate," Film says as she struggles against his hold. The class clapped and cheered at his victory. He gets off of her and looks around. Most of the class had their eyes on him. The students were chanting and clapping. He is then swormed by ponies asking questions. Mostly whether to be his friend, or to help them out with their training. Films ears flop against his head as an awkward smile forms on his face.
"Kids, get back to your partners," The teacher says, separating the students. "Film," Film looks up at her. "I think you need a new partner," Film smiles as the mare grunts in anger as Film is led away from her circle.
(Time Skip)
Avi stands outside of the door with Bir. The two talking to each other as the door to the room opens. Ponies fluid out walking to their parents. Bir says goodbye to Avi as he and his kid walk away. Film walks up to Avi with a big smile.
"I did it!" Film yells in excitement. Jumping up and landing onto Avi's back. Avi grunts in surprise as Film squeezes Avi's body. Avi looks back at Film with a smile. Film looks up at Avi with a bigger smile. The two nuzzle cheeks as Avi walks down the hallway.
"Sounds like you had a good day," Avi says as Film starts talking about the fight he had.