Post by Twilight Sparkle on May 20, 2012 22:39:03 GMT -5
It is just past midnight and Luna's night sky is as beautiful as ever. The night is quiet, which is what Dynamite enjoys for when he needs to cut loose. Having ditched his junior guard uniform and now back to wearing his black trench coat, spiked collar and dark red boxy shades, the young colt is sitting in the middle of the training grounds. One eye is swollen, his nose a bit puffy from his sparring earlier with Dancing Starlight. Drinking in the crisp night air, he can feel the wind rustle through his multicolored mane, trickling backwards into the folds of his coat that jingle and jangle with the many metallic 'things' he has sewn into it. After a bit of concentration the ground begins to glow beneath him as he slides a hoof out upon the wet grass and begins to turn in a circle, creating a rippling wave of orange and red flame in his wake until it completes the circuit. With another spark from his horn, the circle around him lashes outwards into a bright red pentagram. Within it's center, the colt with his eyes closed begins to float upwards about two feet within the middle.
Mixie has a perchant for that invisibility spell of hers. The more she uses it, the better she gets at it, and after all the practice she's had with Power Ballad, she's very, very good at dodging poperazzi...or just appearing out of no where. She's been keeping a close eye on Dynamite recently. Not so much as an overbearing sibling, but just as a concerned friend. It's very weird for her tackling all of this, but she's trying. With a dusty burst of cinnamon, she appears before the youth, just over to the side of the trainning grounds, watching quietly. She waggles a foreleg, but she doesn't make any move to interfere or interrupt...uh...whatever it is he's doing...
Firefly_Moon is standing on the path below, the glow from its green eyes hot hard to see in the night. She can't read her book in this form, that always dampened her mood. But, she can't move much in the other, so it was a good trade off. She could get back to reading the book Rinabow had given her later on, when Luna slept. The freight train snoring she was used to from long ago, able to tune it out at will. Its ears whirr upwards. While her vision is magical at this point, she never noticed when Mixy is in or out of the invisibility spell, as Luna could see through it and it was Luna's power running this machine. It has been watching Mix, but its metal ears were tracking the jinling sounds above curiously.
As Dynamite continues to float within the flaming circled pentagram, his eyes glow from behind his boxy red shades. His coat flutters behind him in the air, rippling along the currents the heat around him produces. Hot red, yellow and blue sparkle about his horn as he concentrates, tilting himself slightly backwards in mid air so that he points upwards. With his forehooves raising upwards, he stares upwards to the bright pregnant glow of the moon above Canterlot. ~What is light? Where is laughter? I'm confused and the sky is getting heavy tonight. We'll never know, you never know tonight. What is music? Where is happiness? please don't let it rain tonight.~ A rumbling hum can be felt vibrating through the ground for a moment before each pinnacle of the pentagram fires upwards, sending the sky into a shower of explosions of multiple colors. Cracka-Boom! BOOM! Poppoppop!
Mixtape chuckles quietly inspite of herself, stomping her hooves quietly into the beaten grass of the training fields. Well look at that- colt's definetly got talent. That's for sure! "Whooooooo! Look at dem sparks!" She giggles quietly, rather pleased at the boy's skill.
Firefly_Moon continues to watch silenty from where it stood. There were always ponies out here doing this or doing that. There was no reason to do anything, the training grounds were open to all. That and not to many stayed to chat once they saw the metal machine she was occupying. The sparks were of a note though, they could set something, or someone, ablaze. It was a good thing Kerosene Smiles wasn't here.
( As the sky fills with a shower of explosions that ignite the dark inky sky, Dynamite stares up at his work as he breathes deeply of the fresh air. The words of Mixtape is muffled in the background of the explosions and the music that he has pounding into his ears. It seems that once the song has come to an end though, the circle of fire beneath him gives a couple of pulses before extinguishing in a black smoky hiss, causing the young colt to fall back to the ground and land on his hooves. Thud. )
Mixtape sighs quietly. Her magic is mostly only stage related but that- that's the real thing right there. Maybe the guards WOULD be good for him to get a handle on that sort of thing. Still, she can't quite shake the unease she feels towards the concept. Troting out quietly towards the colt on the field, she lifts her sunglasses (Which she also wears at night) and peers at the colt with those bright red eyes of hers. "You still with us, kiddo?"
Firefly_Moon remains standing there, green lights of its eyes glowing along the treeline, watching, listening.
Unknown to anyone (save for maybe Firefly), there's another observer taking in the scene below. Staring down from his balcony is the stallion responsible for Rave being in the junior guard in the first place, responsible for his being bullied and the incident the other day, responsible for the young colt's sister being in hysterics because of it. Sighing, Sunflare's ears flick back against his head as he gives a slow shake of his head, biting his lower lip as he's wondering if he made the right choice.
With a glow of his horn, the headphones slide away from his ears and falls upon his neck, blasting loud industrial music. Click. Tapping the button on his player to off, he takes in a deep breath. "Huh? Yeah. I'm fine. Just having a bad day." He grumble softly as he watches the last trails of light streak from the sky and bleed away into puffs of amber. "Kinda getting it out of my system. New spell I was working on. Uh.. heh.. may have overdone it and woke up all of Canterlot." He says as he watches lights below in the city start to come on along the buildings.
Mixtape grins quietly, and wraps a hoof around the boy's shoulders. "THAT is when you know it was a good party. "She explains wistfully, flashing Rave a quiet smile. "...You're pretty good at this pyromatic stuff. Maybe you could teach me some stuff and vice versa, huh?"
A tiny point of light appears on the stallion's horntip which quickly grows in intensity, beginning to emit random spikes of energy from the core before launching out into the night on a beeline towards the mare & colt down below. .. What the, the stallion has just opened fire? o.O However, Scope's horn begins to glow and he takes control of the projectile, slowing it down until it hovers infront of Rave's face.. It's interesting to look at for sure, a bright green ball which looks like it's spinning in place with little spikes here and there.
( Ears perking upwards, Dynamite Rave catches sight of the blast of light coming towards them. "Look out!" He calls out to Mixtape as his horn glows and with a uppercut of one hoof, a wall of flame flares upwards from the ground below, causing the green blast to crash into it. As the powers collide, the goth pony goes flying backwards as the wave of energy backlashes, landing on his back and skipping a few inches before coming to a stop. )
Mixtape immediately explodes into...wait, she EXPLODES?! Oh, yes, another stage trick of hers. Her body blasts into several pieces that melt into the air, before she appears next to Rave...and then again, next to that copy- and then next to that one. A clone spell? Regardless, suddenly there are a number of Mixtapes- three standing in a row, infront of Rave like a shield of sorts...
The torpedo.. seems unaffected by the wall of flame! It's still hovering there looking small and unassuming, spinning in place like a little sprite or something along those lines. It abruptly zips around as if it's got an intellegence of it's own, playfully circling the two (well, now FOUR ponies). Up above the stallion, after getting over his initial shock at the colt's reaction, continues to manuever the torpedo like a radio controlled device.
( With a stomp of his hooves upon the ground, red and yellow flames shoot up his hooves and forearms as he settles back upon his hind quarters, lifting his forehooves upwards as the fire curls about them, he eyes the green glowing spiky blob in front of him. ".. You have any idea what's going on?" He hisses to Mixtape, tracking the movements and holding his hooves up, one to eye level, the other near his jaw. )
Mixtape doesn't actually have 'offensive' spells in her library of stuff she's learned, but she uses her stage magic to some degree of skill. "None. "A voice whispers to the colt. Oh, the REAL Mixtape is invisible- standing next to Rave and trying her best to keep up the illusion that she's multiplied into three. "But whatever it is, I think you should get out of here, and let the copies play the role of distraction...
The magic orb suddenly pulls back and it's owner makes an appearance, the space beside the projectile appearing to warp as another greenish point of light appears in mid-air, turning into a giant orb of light before exploding outwards in a flash and there stands a orange stallion with his horn glow, chuckling. "Apologies, I was only playing around and I didn't mean to startle you."
"..I ain't leaving you here. Sides, you're a magician, I'm a ninja. I got this yo'." Dynamite Rave hisses to his sister, that is until the explosion of light causes his eyes to blink a few times from behind his shades. "Sun Flare? Brah', ah thought yah' was tryin' ta' whack us." With a sparkle of his horn, his hooves extinguish.
Mixtape slumps forward absolutely exhusted. Casting a copy spell of herself- illusions, none the less- AND invisibility at the same time, not to mention the initial explosion for a distraction? Oh, she's tapped OUT. She nods silently, but curls up on the training field in a quiet little ball, but not before GLARING at Scope- Sunflare.
The energy projectile vanishes along the aura surrounding his horn, lifting an amused brow at the both of them. "If I was trying to "whack you" I wouldn't have slowed it to a grinding halt infront of you and zip it around, there woudl've been a sudden blast of a heat and then the only thing remaining of either of you would be a giant smoldering crater."
Dynamite_Rave glances over to his sister, then back to him, ears perking forward. "Well, you freaked me out at least. I thought I pissed off Luna or something because of the fireworks, or.. um.. whatever." He pulls his shades back over his eyes. "So what's up? Yah' can't sleep or something?"
Mixtape shifts her hips and rolls onto her side, resting her head on a hoof. One of the Mix clones makes a particularly rude gesture towards Sunflare before she, and the others fade into oblivion leaving just Mixtape laying there trying to catch her breath and recover from the strain of so many spells at once. She isn't Twilight, after all. She pushes her sunglasses back up over her eyes and gives a quiet little snort, silent for now, listening to the conversation.
"Not really. Had a lot on my mind and instead of rolling around and waking up Dash I went out to the living room when I saw some light coming from outside. The rest is history.", murmurs the stallion, glancing upwards towards his balcony for a moment and letting out a sigh. "Rave.. do you still want to be in the junior guard?
"Uh. Why are you asking me that question for?" Dynamite asks first before his ears slant against his colored mane. "I'm here, aren't I? I'm doing stuff. Why? You don't think I'm trying hard enough or something? What else do you want me from me dude?"
Mixtape Groans. "OH....come on...You choose...now when...I'm outta breath to....bring this up?" The little DJ whines and rolls onto her back, panting heavily, with one hoof across her chest, trying to gather her breath long enough to give a responce. "...Not...cool...bro."
"It's not that at all, Rave.", the stallion starts, smirking down at the exhausted mare as he steps towards the two and takes a seat infront of the colt. "Are you happy doing this? Do you enjoy putting on that little set of armor?"
It is now your pose.
Ears wilting even more, Dynamite Rave squints over the rim of his boxy red shades before pushing them to the top of his head. "I don't know if I'm.. happy.. doing it. I mean, it's for the best, right? You don't want me to 'turn to the dark side' or some crud and so you think this is better, right? Look, is this about Dancing Starlight again? You want me to apologize or what?"
Mixtape waves a hoof. "Rave...Thing is...you've got so much...potential!" She exclaims, gasping quietly, trying to pull herself up to her hooves. "You could do anything, you know. What would make you happy?" She asks- as if that were an easy question
"It's what -I- feel is the best.. And I could always be wrong, I'm not perfect by any stretch of the imagination.", Sunflare smiles, reaching over to press his hoof into the colt's mane (avoiding crushing those sunglasses) and give it a noogie. "And yes, you should still apologize to him."
Firefly_Moon cups its ears forward and listens to the goings on, then with a snap clack its wings extend, a whirring heard as it rises from the darkness where it had been standing, green eyes glowing as it folds its legs up beneath itself ith clicks and clacks, hoving out into the open a bit more, keeping about head height off the ground.
Twilight_Sparkle walks around the corner of the bleachers. You can still feel free to start unsubstantiated rumors about her. Did you know she was in 'Star Wars'? Also she discovered radium. Anyhow, spying some ponies she knows, she waves a hoof, and approaches the group. She's also levitating a book over her head, so she can read while walking. Multitasking is just one of many wonderful things about being Twilight Sp-- *sploosh* she slips on a muddy spot, and ends up on the ground in a muddy heap.
"Well, I don't -know- what I want to do, or what will make me happy. I don't /know/." Dynamite Rave says as he stomps a hoof upon the ground, creating a spark of fire to erupt about his hoof that lashes upwards, then hisses into a smoky trail once again. "I just feel like everything is upside down right now. I went from being stuck in an orphanage to suddenly having a prince for a best friend, a DJ for a sister, Celestia's personal bodyguard as my tutor, and I'm kinda living in a palace." Tilting his head upwards at the mechanical flapping of Firefly, he opens his mouth to say something, but it is Twilight Sparkle's voice that catches his attention as she hits the ground with a splash. "OH, snap. Yo, you aiiight?" He asks, his horn pulsing with a flaming glow as he lights the path ahead him through the dark evening night to see her better.
Twilight_Sparkle gets to her feet, grinning sheepishly. "Ahem. No, no, I'm just fine..." She looks at her muddy book, and frowns. Sighing, she teleports it back to the library. *paf* She shakes some mud off her body...or, rather, she shakes all the mudd off her body, red sparkles shimmering for a moment all around her, leaving her clean, if still a bit disheveled. Looking up at the approaching Dynamite Rave, illuminated clearly by his own horn, she adds, "thank you for asking."
Mixtape doesn't move, simply flops onto her rump and waggles a hoof. "Great, who invited the egghead? Hey, Lady Nerdsalot, what are YOU doin' around a trainning field? "She snorts quietly, rolling her eyes at the presence of Twilight, and elbow's Rave. "Lets go catch some music at the basement, huh? I'll treat you to a soda or something."
"Psh, dang sis, rude much?" Dynamite calls over to Mix Tape as he trots over to Twilight Sparkle, giving her a glowing path through the dark. "Hey, I've, uh. see yah 'round. Yer' Celestia's like super student, right? Th' Element of Magic and all that stuff. I've heard a lot 'boutcha." Tilting his head slightly, he studies her for a moment, then says, "So, hey, I kinda.. stole.. uh.. your book, you know..the one with a buncha spells in it about.. stuff.. kinda random one I grabbed. I sorta meant to unsteal it from you." His horn glows a brighter as it illuminates the purple pony's face.
"Twilight.", the stallion chuckles, turning around as he gets to his hooves but quickly tosses a rather angry glare to Mix, nostrils flaring with a snort. "Not a good idea to taunt the personal student of Celestia, Mix. If I'm around you'll show her the appropriate respect, is that clear?" Shaking his head, he looks back to the purple librarian mare with a lifted brow. "But she DOES have a point. Why are you out HERE in the middle of the night?"
Twilight_Sparkle looks at Mixtape, her eyes narrowing a little bit at the taunting...like she didn't get enough of that sort of thing in school. But she doesn't dwell on it. To Dynamite, she clicks her tongue, and shakes her head a little bit condescendingly. "Silly. Stealing a book from a library and then returning it? If you had a library card, that'd be exactly the transaction we'd be performing! Hopefully over and over. Feel free to come by the library and steal and then return any of my other books, any time you want to." Taking magical control of the book, she examines it, then teleports it home, too, with a flash. Smiling, and looking proud, she declares, "Book return. It's become one of my specialties and I'm doing some pioneering work, if I do say so myself." She also smiles, and waves a hoof at Scope. "Hey there, orange," she calls over to him. "I'm headed home! Taking a shortcut I found recently."
Mixtape nods her head towards Scope. "Oh, right, right. The precious pampered pupil of the princess. I suppose I should be on my best behavior around her 'pet' shouldn't I? If I'm mean, she might sic the princess on me. "She snorts quietly. "Why don't you just teleport home? You're always showing off those skills anyway. "She spots venomusly. Is that...jealousy from the DJ?
"Dude. Mix Tape, why are you straight tripp'n for? Yo, this chick kinda saved th' world like freaking twice and yah' givin' her lip for it?" Dynamite Rave says as he squints his eyes at his sister, looking incredulous. The young blank flank glances up at Twilight with a sheepish grin upon his face. ".. Sorry, she got some hang ups or whatever. I dunno, and.. uh, thanks I guess, for not being mad. I jus' don't want mah' homeboys ta' think I'm an egg head or anything. No offense.. but.. I mean. I'm putting it ta' good use.. sorta.. I dunno." He says with a wave of his hoof.
Scope nods in reply to Twilight before glancing over his shoulder and back to his balcony as his horn glows alight, conjuring up a spell and smiling to all around. "It's way too late for me to be up and I've got a lot to do tomorrow, so I'll take my leave of all of you. Goodnight." *PAMF*, there's a flash of light and the stallion vanishes, reappearing in a flash against the side of one of the towers and slipping inside.
Scope is no longer in the pose order.
Twilight_Sparkle laughs, happily, tossing her head. "Well, lemme tell you a story," she says to Dynamite. "One of my best friends is the greatest flyer in Ponyville, maybe the greatest in all of Equestria. Maybe you've heard of her--Rainbow Dash, the pegasus who performed the sonic rainboom at the royal wedding? She used to think reading was for eggheads, too, but when she was laid up with a wing injury, she read some books to pass the time, and now she doesn't care WHO thinks she's an egghead." She glances over at Mixtape, and smiles at her a little smugly. Turning back to Dynamite, she tells him, "haters gonna hate, but *I* think reading makes Dash even more awesome."
Mixtape lowers her head to a battering position- an unmistakable posture of aggression and challenge. For some reason, it seems Twilight's presense is making the moody girl remarkably mad. She gives a dark little snort, huffing out air from her nostrils, but doesn't press any further...yet. "Yeah, she saved Equestira. Good for her. Didn't you say you were on your way home, 'Twilight'?"
( "Yeah, she gets like this sometimes. Don't bring up Vinyl Scratch around her either." Dynamite Rave says as he glances over to Mixtape for a moment with a squint upon his face, sighing heavily. "Rainbow Dash? Yeah, I hear all about her.. Scope doesn't shut up about it. I kinda live next door to him, so, yeah.. I see her 'round." There is a smirk upon his face as he rubs his nose slightly, then says, "So, uh, I'm Dynamite Rave by the way.. um.. Scope brought me inta' the junior guard from the orphanage cuz I got 'potential' or somethin'." )
Twilight_Sparkle grins at Dynamite Rave. "Well, if scope sees potential in you, I know he must be right! He's got a good eye for character." At Mixtape's latest volley of abuse, she falters a bit in her strategy of just ignoring her. "Do you have a problem with me?"
Mixtape gives another vicious snort and zips over to position herself between Twilight and Rave, as if she were afraid he'd be infected by her somehow and tries to 'shoo' her away with a sharp bump from her flank! "Alrighty then! Thats enough chit-chat. Come on, Rave, lets ditch the egghead and hit the city! I can show you all the hip hop spots this town's got to offer! We uh, we can talk about The junior guard and what we can do to make you happy!" She explains sheepishly, voice wavering ever so slightly in desperation.
( Blinking his eyes a few times, Dynamite Rave narrows his eyes some in anger. "Mixtape! Yo, why are you acting like this for, man?" There is a flare from his horn as a wave of fire rushes upwards from the ground about him, his colorful mane flopping about from the rush of heat. "We got freaking time ta' talk 'bout the junior guard or whatever else you, or Scope, or ..whoever.. wants to tell me what to do with my life, alright? Yah' actin' jealous for no freakin' reason." There seems to be a large numbers of sparks showering off his glowing frame now as fire dances and leaks from his eyes. )
Twilight_Sparkle peers at Mixtape in confusion and a little bit of alarm. "If I've offended you in some way, I'm not aware of it...if it's something like that maybe we can talk about..." She trails off, and stares at Dynamite Rave. This is not the usual stuff of young unicorns! Her eyes are wide not just in fear, but in fascination.
Mixtape Stumbles back a few steps at the sparks and the fire dancing in her brother's eyes and her ears flicker down against her head. H, hey! Be cool! I'm not gonna tell you what to do with your life! W, what? What are you gonna do, zap me? Are you gonna set ME on fire!?" She snaps. "Of ALL the ponies in this stupid town, you're gonna turn your magic, on, ME?!" She roars, suddenly absolutely livid with her brother, breathing out hot snorts of anger. "...This ...This is Stupid! Come on, lets just...lets just go. "She pleads quietly. Rave just made Mix back down. That must be a record.
( "How can I be cool when you're flipping out for no reason!?" Dynamite Rave yells out as the fire continues to circle about him in a torrid rush of heated wind. "Everyone is telling me what to do! I don't know who I am, I don't know what I want! I don't know how to be happy when I'm trying not to end it all." Tears of fire leak down his face as he glares openly at Mixtape now. Jerking his chin upwards, he squints his eyes tightly together and stomps the ground once with his hoof before extinguishing himself with a ragged breath. "Fff." With a shake of his head, he starts off through the night, his coat smoking, the air about him simmering. )
Twilight_Sparkle's jaw is hanging open. She looks at Mixtape, helplessly, the earlier clash forgotten for the moment...a light flashes at the end of her horn, and she takes off in a gallop after the panicking, fleeing colt. "Dynamite! Wait!"
Mixtape watches Dynamite storm off with a longing look of sadness twisting over her face. NO! Don't leave!! Now, however, she turns to Twilight. And. She. Rages. "THIS IS *YOUR* FAULT!" She snaps, turning her body to race infront of the purple unicorn all of a sudden. "I was TRYING to build a realtionship with him! I was TRYING to get him to think I was cool! I was TRYING to look out for him, and you just HAD to come along with your saving the world, crap, and your teleporting magic, and your STUPID, PRECIOUS, PRINCESS!" She snarls, and suddenly, her horn is glowing a vibrant crimson, and she fires a...well it's a something at Twilight. Mixtape doesn't have much in the way of offensive magic, but a pure burst of unicorn power is going to leave a mark none the less. "How am I suppose to compete with that?! I don't know how to be a sister! I don't know how to be a guardian! I don't even know what I'm supposed to be doing, and you come along with all your books and all your knowledge and all your smarts and just start just start up a conversation with him like it was nothing?! I *HATE* YOU!" She shrieks, and fires another bolt of magic!!
Twilight_Sparkle's pursuit of Dynamite is interrupted rather suddenly as she's attacked! she isn't expecting it, and is knocked forwards, head over hooves, again through the mud with a dull splash. She sits up, muddy and dripping, and then glances behind herself...and finds her tail hair all but burned off, its remaining hair short and crispy. She flicks it, then turns back to Mixtape, narrowing her eyes. "You...JERK!" she shouts. What do you want, she's Twilight Sparkle, she might only know the one insult. ...wait, that can't be right, can it? Little miss vocabulary? At any rate, her eyes and horn flash brightly, and conjures a translucent magic shield between herself and Mixtape; it moves with Mix's movements, keeping itself at all times between the two ponies. "Your brother just ran off in a panic and you're worried about ME?" she shouts at Mix. "Fine. I suck. I'm the biggest stupid jerk in the whole of stupid jerk town. If you want your brother to like you, TRY THINKING ABOUT HIS FEELINGS!"
It's not the sound that gets his attention, it's the sudden surge of magic power coming from outside that brings him out of his slumber once more. Being careful not to wake the sleeping pegasus next to him he slips out of bed and onto the balcony, just in time to see Twilight raise her shields. "..Crud, catfight." With a roll of his eyes he readies a torpedo, the little spinning orb of energy appearing at the tip of his horn.. but he doesn't fire, at least not yet. <.<
Firefly_Moon pulls it shover into ocerdrive, shooting skywards, leveling off about twelve ponies up, watching from above. It hasn't done anything since twlight slipped in the mud, but now it was studying. Twlight was a unicorn, and unicorn defensive magic was of acute interest, even if used so slightly, it gave clues as to potential use in other situations.
Mixtape Snarls, even more livid, even more furious. "A PERFECT answer from the worlds PERFECT pony! You, make, me, SICK!" She shrieks, and suddenly vanishes in a *POOMPF* Of red smoke, reappearing behind Twilight. She pauses- her vicious anger, hatred and fury gone in the blink of an eye, and a look of pure confusion washes over her face. "...I...I teleported? Thats...Thats impossible. " She squeaks quietly. Holy Shi- This new devlopment, however can only hold Mixie's interest for a few moments, before she looks up at Twilight, snarls, and tackles the other filly into the mud! A good ole fashion hoof-to-hoof fight! ...in the mud.
( Turning around as the flash of magic rushes past him, Dynamite Rave narrows his eyes, angry, confused, conflicted. His breathing is becoming heavier, quicker now as he practically screams out to the dark sky of Luna's night. With a bright glow of his horn, he sets the sky on fire once more in a shower of fireworks that whistle and explode upwards, causing another ruckus as lights all across Canterlot come to life as Ponies stick their head out their windows. "Knock it off Mix Tape! For the love of [BUY SOME APPLES] knock it off!" Yes, come to the dark side little colt! Embrace your anger. "You know what? You've been in my life for two seconds and instead of trying to get to know me and figure out what makes me tick, you're trying to control who I talk to, where I live at, what kinda pony I should be. I just don't know but it's not Twilight Sparkle's fault. Alright? It's not." As the last of the color disappears from the sky, he marches towards her with a glower. "Calm down and apologize to her )
Twilight_Sparkle is taken by surprise by the teleport! Her magic shield dissipates in a shower of sparks as she's tackled into the mud. She fights back as best she can, but she's a bit of a sissy slapfighter, which is a bit pathetic for someone with hooves, really. Sge snorts, and her horn flashes, and then a burst of magical energy emanates from her body, throwing Mixtape off and sending her skidding into the mud at least far enough to let Twilight scramble to her feet. She turns and points her horn menacingly at Mixtape. "I dson't want to hurt you!" she protest, panting. "But I can defend myself if you make me!"
There's a flash of green from a balcony above as a magical projectile is launched. The spinning ball of energy zips through the air towards the combat area and slams into the ground inbetween the two mares, burrowing into the ground a bit before sending a spray of mud and dirt upwards in an explosion. As it rains down upon the two there's another flash seconds later as a now armored, grey unicorn stallion stands just beside the crater with a look of pure annoyance. "..You know, typically I'd enjoy watching two mares wrestle in the dirt but only at an approved venue and when prize money is involved, NOT AT ONE IN THE MORNING ON THE CASTLE GROUNDS!"
Firefly_Moon studies this reaction quietly. magic shields...could be penetrated by teleportation. Certainly a good thing the changelings did now know that. Twilight's brother would have had his hooves really full. The dark machine continues to follow and hover, almost like a hoofball camera over a stadium over the players below. Finally, an offensive spell perhaps. It whirrs around to get behind Twilight and observe, in case of a wild miss aimed the other way. One wing was sqeaking slightly, but only because she's learned to regulate speed better. At slower flap rates it tended to squeak slightly. She makes a note to have that oiled. Its ears flick suddenly as a burst is detected from behind. It spins around and sees the green torpedo. Oh, she's seen this from this angle before. Then the Sunguard appears.
Mixtape isn't listening to anypony around her. She CAN'T listen to any pony around her. Rave's word drift right over her. She's gone beserk, so it seems and is only focused on Twilight. "YOU?! Hurt, ME?!" She snarls, and charges forward to straight up slam herself into Twilight. Magic be darned, she's going to slap the taste out of this girl's face! But as she runs, Mixtapes horn shimmers and glows- and she vanishes into nothingness. Her patented invisibility spell. She's putting it to use to get in a cheap shot- To tackle Twilight from whatever angle she likes!
As Dynamite Rave continues running towards the two mares, the sudden torpedo appearance of Scope causes him to blink a few times, wincing as the backlash of magic washes over him. "Mixtape! Please!" He calls out as sparks continue to pop and fly off of his body. ".. P..Please..Stop! I.. I'm .. burning up.." He stammers out as he slows to a stop, glancing over his shoulder at the grass that has been set aflame in his wake, then over his body as the fire starts to wrap upwards around him . ".. Help! ...please.. h..help!" His voice grows as he tries to stamp in place, his eyes widening in fear. "Somepony!" The night sky has begun to grow brighter as the source of power within him appears to be preparing for detonation.
Mixtape skids to an immediate stop, maybe a foot or so away from Twilight, becoming visible once again. Her heart is pounding in her chest and her bloodlust for Twilight is almost unquenchable, but it's Rave's cry for help that snaps her out of it, and she turns towards her younger brother with a cry of fear. "Rave?! RAVE! I, I'm Comin! Hang on!" She shouts. She doesn't even give Twilight a witty banter about how she'll 'finish this later' or 'you got lucky' The only thing she cares about is her brother- and she really does care...
TwilightSparkle spins around to face Dynamite Rave, and lowers her head...from the end of her horn, a string of musical notes made of what looks like glowing water swirl out, accompanied by a soft, otherworldly tune, like Beethoven being played on water glasses. The notes assemble themselves into a glowing cloud above Dynamite Rave, which then empties itself out in a soft, shimmering rain; the water doesn't get the young pony wet, but is designed to quench the magical fire going on within and without the colt. She resists opening her eyes to see if the spell is working, putting all of her energy into maintaining it until it's done. At that point, she opens one eye, tentatively.
He rolls his eyes annoyance as NOPONY seems to want to listen to him today, shaking his head and turning around with a heavy sigh. "They never listen. Nopony ever list--" Wait.. his eyes shift past the mares to see and sense the colt's magic ability starting to go into overload with widening eyes, murmuring a low curse as he goes into action. He can't touch him, he can't do much of anything other than one thing and that's bring his weapons to bear. The tip of his horn begins to glow when the stallion gallops over, almost screeching to a halt when he sees that raincloud appear and deciding to wait and see.. will it work?
The air about them is simmering now, causing it to become humid and thick. Dynamite stumble to one side, then to the other as he fights to keep himself together. He can feel the fire in his gut, burning from the inside as the grass about his hooves smolder and catch blaze. He stomps in place, his face a mixture of fear and panic. When Twilight begins to sing her spell and rain it's magic upon him from above, he can feel himself start to calm as steam starts to rise up from him in a billow of smoke.
Dude, my brother is the pony equivilent of the human torch. Freaking. Awesome. OK, maybe not, Mixie races forward, trying to tackle, and smother Rave's flames, and shakes her head. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!! I'll be a better sister! Honest! I promise! I'm sorry I don't know what I'm doing! I'm sorry I got into a fight! Rave, please don't go! RAVE PLEASE STAY!! "She begs passionately, scared that if she lets go, or if those flames continue to burn she'll lose her only family forever...
As the situation seems to be calming down Scope sidesteps to come up alongside Twilight, placing a hoof on her shoulder and looking down to her. "..I'm pulling him out of the junior guard and putting him with someone capable of helping him focus. Congratulations Twilight, you have a student now."
TwilightSparkle gazes at the siblings, and is briefly lost in memories of her older brother. She smiles a hopeful little smile; in spite of everything, she really does hope everything works out for them. It can be so hard to... ... ... Twilight swivels her head and looks up at Scope. "...wait, what?"
"Mmmf!" Dynamite Rave grunts out as he is tackled into the now muddy ground as steam continues to pour off him. He's hot, very hot to the touch. The young colt is sobbing as he shoves his muddy hooves up against his face. He doesn't catch Scope's comment beneath his trembling. So far the only noise he has is the pounding of his heart in his ears.
Both siblings seem quite magically inclined, and Mix's ears perk and twitch when she hears Scope's announcement. "What?! WHAT?! You, can't *DO* That!! I'm his legal guardian! I don't WANT him to hang out with this sissy egghead! This is YOUR fault! You're upstaging me, AGAIN! I, HATE, YOU!" Mixtape shrieks- and suddenly explodes, once again, into a burst of hot smelling smoke. She teleported again, that's for sure....but where?
Firefly_Moon whirrs lower and clicks. "She seems to have. Errored. Subject not on sensors." hovering in a circle, looking around carefully.
TwilightSparkle isn't waiting to find out. She immediately creates a forcefield around herself, 360 degrees this time.
After Mix throws her tantrum and teleports, Scope lets out a heavy sigh as he steps over across the way to the downed colt. "She may be his legal guardian but she has no idea how to handle him, help him focus.. And to be honest the junior guard isn't helping him in that matter either." Hot or not, Scope pulls a hoof free from his armored shoe and runs it through Rave's mane, smiling sadly at the colt. "I'm sorry, Rave.. I'm so sorry."
Sniffing loudly, Rave says, "I ain't crying, jus' got dirt in my eyes." The young colt says as he wipes a muddy hoof along his cheek, then starts to push himself upwards. The goth-punk pony stares out into the night sky for a few moments, eyes blinking. ".. Wh.. Where'd my sister go? She's acting like an idiot for no reason. I'm sorry for.. flipping out like that. I just got so riled up."
Firefly_Moon swings around and lands with a clank. Still getting that sorted out too. It whirr clicks. "Status?" to Scope.
TwilightSparkle lets her shield down, after a moment, and makes her way over to Scope and Rave. "Are you all right, my...um...new student, apparently?"
"Unknown.", the stallion murmurs to the hovering little toy before turning aroud and sitting on his rump next to the colt. "She left.. She's mad at me and rightfully so, but she doesn't know how to handle you so I'm making the decisions." Letting out a low sigh he reaches his hoof down to wrap around Rave's side to pull him close, giving a hug. "Rave, I'm pulling you out of the junior guard.. You didn't do anything bad but.. tonight showed me that you require far more help in focusing your ability that anyone here could teach, so I'm assigning you to Twilight Sparkle."
"I.. I will just talk to her later.. and.. stuff.. ya'know." Dynamite Rave trails off for a moment before he blinks his eyes in surprise. "Wait, what? I'm.. now your student." He turns his head to Twilight Sparkle, ears perking forward as he slides his red shades upon the top of his colored mane. The Goth pony looks unsure for a moment. ".. you want me to.. be her student? But, she was Celestia's student?" He barely gets out. "...and.. really?"
Firefly_Moon says, "Correction. She IS Celestia's Student." clicking as it folds its metal wings away with a click. "Still in good standing,e xcept when walking by mud puddles."
TwilightSparkle ponders this, looking the boy over. "I've never really had a student before! We can start tomorrow, though, if you like. You can meet my assistant Spike. You'll like him. He's fireproof. Well, mostly."
Scope smiles, giving the young colt another squeeze before releasing him and stepping away. "Yes, really. I feel that she'd be better off in the long run for you than anything we could do here. Besides, there's no push ups or armor to wear with her so that's a bonus!" He noogies the colt once more and finally gets to his hooves, preparing himself for a teleport. "Unfortunately.. your sister's pretty pissed."
"Yeah, she has.. some hang ups I'm finding out." Dynamite Rave says as he rubs the back of his neck, then glances up at the mechanical thing that makes up Firefly. "So, I'm gonna be learning from the student that is learning from Celestia? Can I be the Element of Fire?" He asks with a wide grin upon his face. "..Um, does that mean I have to live at the library now?"
Firefly_Moon whirr clicks. "Elements taken, six of six standing. Though. SunGuard, always use Unicorns of power. Element of Magic will teach you well. Listen carefully to her. Someday, a sun Guard like your mentor will be. Hmm."
Mixie has a perchant for that invisibility spell of hers. The more she uses it, the better she gets at it, and after all the practice she's had with Power Ballad, she's very, very good at dodging poperazzi...or just appearing out of no where. She's been keeping a close eye on Dynamite recently. Not so much as an overbearing sibling, but just as a concerned friend. It's very weird for her tackling all of this, but she's trying. With a dusty burst of cinnamon, she appears before the youth, just over to the side of the trainning grounds, watching quietly. She waggles a foreleg, but she doesn't make any move to interfere or interrupt...uh...whatever it is he's doing...
Firefly_Moon is standing on the path below, the glow from its green eyes hot hard to see in the night. She can't read her book in this form, that always dampened her mood. But, she can't move much in the other, so it was a good trade off. She could get back to reading the book Rinabow had given her later on, when Luna slept. The freight train snoring she was used to from long ago, able to tune it out at will. Its ears whirr upwards. While her vision is magical at this point, she never noticed when Mixy is in or out of the invisibility spell, as Luna could see through it and it was Luna's power running this machine. It has been watching Mix, but its metal ears were tracking the jinling sounds above curiously.
As Dynamite continues to float within the flaming circled pentagram, his eyes glow from behind his boxy red shades. His coat flutters behind him in the air, rippling along the currents the heat around him produces. Hot red, yellow and blue sparkle about his horn as he concentrates, tilting himself slightly backwards in mid air so that he points upwards. With his forehooves raising upwards, he stares upwards to the bright pregnant glow of the moon above Canterlot. ~What is light? Where is laughter? I'm confused and the sky is getting heavy tonight. We'll never know, you never know tonight. What is music? Where is happiness? please don't let it rain tonight.~ A rumbling hum can be felt vibrating through the ground for a moment before each pinnacle of the pentagram fires upwards, sending the sky into a shower of explosions of multiple colors. Cracka-Boom! BOOM! Poppoppop!
Mixtape chuckles quietly inspite of herself, stomping her hooves quietly into the beaten grass of the training fields. Well look at that- colt's definetly got talent. That's for sure! "Whooooooo! Look at dem sparks!" She giggles quietly, rather pleased at the boy's skill.
Firefly_Moon continues to watch silenty from where it stood. There were always ponies out here doing this or doing that. There was no reason to do anything, the training grounds were open to all. That and not to many stayed to chat once they saw the metal machine she was occupying. The sparks were of a note though, they could set something, or someone, ablaze. It was a good thing Kerosene Smiles wasn't here.
( As the sky fills with a shower of explosions that ignite the dark inky sky, Dynamite stares up at his work as he breathes deeply of the fresh air. The words of Mixtape is muffled in the background of the explosions and the music that he has pounding into his ears. It seems that once the song has come to an end though, the circle of fire beneath him gives a couple of pulses before extinguishing in a black smoky hiss, causing the young colt to fall back to the ground and land on his hooves. Thud. )
Mixtape sighs quietly. Her magic is mostly only stage related but that- that's the real thing right there. Maybe the guards WOULD be good for him to get a handle on that sort of thing. Still, she can't quite shake the unease she feels towards the concept. Troting out quietly towards the colt on the field, she lifts her sunglasses (Which she also wears at night) and peers at the colt with those bright red eyes of hers. "You still with us, kiddo?"
Firefly_Moon remains standing there, green lights of its eyes glowing along the treeline, watching, listening.
Unknown to anyone (save for maybe Firefly), there's another observer taking in the scene below. Staring down from his balcony is the stallion responsible for Rave being in the junior guard in the first place, responsible for his being bullied and the incident the other day, responsible for the young colt's sister being in hysterics because of it. Sighing, Sunflare's ears flick back against his head as he gives a slow shake of his head, biting his lower lip as he's wondering if he made the right choice.
With a glow of his horn, the headphones slide away from his ears and falls upon his neck, blasting loud industrial music. Click. Tapping the button on his player to off, he takes in a deep breath. "Huh? Yeah. I'm fine. Just having a bad day." He grumble softly as he watches the last trails of light streak from the sky and bleed away into puffs of amber. "Kinda getting it out of my system. New spell I was working on. Uh.. heh.. may have overdone it and woke up all of Canterlot." He says as he watches lights below in the city start to come on along the buildings.
Mixtape grins quietly, and wraps a hoof around the boy's shoulders. "THAT is when you know it was a good party. "She explains wistfully, flashing Rave a quiet smile. "...You're pretty good at this pyromatic stuff. Maybe you could teach me some stuff and vice versa, huh?"
A tiny point of light appears on the stallion's horntip which quickly grows in intensity, beginning to emit random spikes of energy from the core before launching out into the night on a beeline towards the mare & colt down below. .. What the, the stallion has just opened fire? o.O However, Scope's horn begins to glow and he takes control of the projectile, slowing it down until it hovers infront of Rave's face.. It's interesting to look at for sure, a bright green ball which looks like it's spinning in place with little spikes here and there.
( Ears perking upwards, Dynamite Rave catches sight of the blast of light coming towards them. "Look out!" He calls out to Mixtape as his horn glows and with a uppercut of one hoof, a wall of flame flares upwards from the ground below, causing the green blast to crash into it. As the powers collide, the goth pony goes flying backwards as the wave of energy backlashes, landing on his back and skipping a few inches before coming to a stop. )
Mixtape immediately explodes into...wait, she EXPLODES?! Oh, yes, another stage trick of hers. Her body blasts into several pieces that melt into the air, before she appears next to Rave...and then again, next to that copy- and then next to that one. A clone spell? Regardless, suddenly there are a number of Mixtapes- three standing in a row, infront of Rave like a shield of sorts...
The torpedo.. seems unaffected by the wall of flame! It's still hovering there looking small and unassuming, spinning in place like a little sprite or something along those lines. It abruptly zips around as if it's got an intellegence of it's own, playfully circling the two (well, now FOUR ponies). Up above the stallion, after getting over his initial shock at the colt's reaction, continues to manuever the torpedo like a radio controlled device.
( With a stomp of his hooves upon the ground, red and yellow flames shoot up his hooves and forearms as he settles back upon his hind quarters, lifting his forehooves upwards as the fire curls about them, he eyes the green glowing spiky blob in front of him. ".. You have any idea what's going on?" He hisses to Mixtape, tracking the movements and holding his hooves up, one to eye level, the other near his jaw. )
Mixtape doesn't actually have 'offensive' spells in her library of stuff she's learned, but she uses her stage magic to some degree of skill. "None. "A voice whispers to the colt. Oh, the REAL Mixtape is invisible- standing next to Rave and trying her best to keep up the illusion that she's multiplied into three. "But whatever it is, I think you should get out of here, and let the copies play the role of distraction...
The magic orb suddenly pulls back and it's owner makes an appearance, the space beside the projectile appearing to warp as another greenish point of light appears in mid-air, turning into a giant orb of light before exploding outwards in a flash and there stands a orange stallion with his horn glow, chuckling. "Apologies, I was only playing around and I didn't mean to startle you."
"..I ain't leaving you here. Sides, you're a magician, I'm a ninja. I got this yo'." Dynamite Rave hisses to his sister, that is until the explosion of light causes his eyes to blink a few times from behind his shades. "Sun Flare? Brah', ah thought yah' was tryin' ta' whack us." With a sparkle of his horn, his hooves extinguish.
Mixtape slumps forward absolutely exhusted. Casting a copy spell of herself- illusions, none the less- AND invisibility at the same time, not to mention the initial explosion for a distraction? Oh, she's tapped OUT. She nods silently, but curls up on the training field in a quiet little ball, but not before GLARING at Scope- Sunflare.
The energy projectile vanishes along the aura surrounding his horn, lifting an amused brow at the both of them. "If I was trying to "whack you" I wouldn't have slowed it to a grinding halt infront of you and zip it around, there woudl've been a sudden blast of a heat and then the only thing remaining of either of you would be a giant smoldering crater."
Dynamite_Rave glances over to his sister, then back to him, ears perking forward. "Well, you freaked me out at least. I thought I pissed off Luna or something because of the fireworks, or.. um.. whatever." He pulls his shades back over his eyes. "So what's up? Yah' can't sleep or something?"
Mixtape shifts her hips and rolls onto her side, resting her head on a hoof. One of the Mix clones makes a particularly rude gesture towards Sunflare before she, and the others fade into oblivion leaving just Mixtape laying there trying to catch her breath and recover from the strain of so many spells at once. She isn't Twilight, after all. She pushes her sunglasses back up over her eyes and gives a quiet little snort, silent for now, listening to the conversation.
"Not really. Had a lot on my mind and instead of rolling around and waking up Dash I went out to the living room when I saw some light coming from outside. The rest is history.", murmurs the stallion, glancing upwards towards his balcony for a moment and letting out a sigh. "Rave.. do you still want to be in the junior guard?
"Uh. Why are you asking me that question for?" Dynamite asks first before his ears slant against his colored mane. "I'm here, aren't I? I'm doing stuff. Why? You don't think I'm trying hard enough or something? What else do you want me from me dude?"
Mixtape Groans. "OH....come on...You choose...now when...I'm outta breath to....bring this up?" The little DJ whines and rolls onto her back, panting heavily, with one hoof across her chest, trying to gather her breath long enough to give a responce. "...Not...cool...bro."
"It's not that at all, Rave.", the stallion starts, smirking down at the exhausted mare as he steps towards the two and takes a seat infront of the colt. "Are you happy doing this? Do you enjoy putting on that little set of armor?"
It is now your pose.
Ears wilting even more, Dynamite Rave squints over the rim of his boxy red shades before pushing them to the top of his head. "I don't know if I'm.. happy.. doing it. I mean, it's for the best, right? You don't want me to 'turn to the dark side' or some crud and so you think this is better, right? Look, is this about Dancing Starlight again? You want me to apologize or what?"
Mixtape waves a hoof. "Rave...Thing is...you've got so much...potential!" She exclaims, gasping quietly, trying to pull herself up to her hooves. "You could do anything, you know. What would make you happy?" She asks- as if that were an easy question
"It's what -I- feel is the best.. And I could always be wrong, I'm not perfect by any stretch of the imagination.", Sunflare smiles, reaching over to press his hoof into the colt's mane (avoiding crushing those sunglasses) and give it a noogie. "And yes, you should still apologize to him."
Firefly_Moon cups its ears forward and listens to the goings on, then with a snap clack its wings extend, a whirring heard as it rises from the darkness where it had been standing, green eyes glowing as it folds its legs up beneath itself ith clicks and clacks, hoving out into the open a bit more, keeping about head height off the ground.
Twilight_Sparkle walks around the corner of the bleachers. You can still feel free to start unsubstantiated rumors about her. Did you know she was in 'Star Wars'? Also she discovered radium. Anyhow, spying some ponies she knows, she waves a hoof, and approaches the group. She's also levitating a book over her head, so she can read while walking. Multitasking is just one of many wonderful things about being Twilight Sp-- *sploosh* she slips on a muddy spot, and ends up on the ground in a muddy heap.
"Well, I don't -know- what I want to do, or what will make me happy. I don't /know/." Dynamite Rave says as he stomps a hoof upon the ground, creating a spark of fire to erupt about his hoof that lashes upwards, then hisses into a smoky trail once again. "I just feel like everything is upside down right now. I went from being stuck in an orphanage to suddenly having a prince for a best friend, a DJ for a sister, Celestia's personal bodyguard as my tutor, and I'm kinda living in a palace." Tilting his head upwards at the mechanical flapping of Firefly, he opens his mouth to say something, but it is Twilight Sparkle's voice that catches his attention as she hits the ground with a splash. "OH, snap. Yo, you aiiight?" He asks, his horn pulsing with a flaming glow as he lights the path ahead him through the dark evening night to see her better.
Twilight_Sparkle gets to her feet, grinning sheepishly. "Ahem. No, no, I'm just fine..." She looks at her muddy book, and frowns. Sighing, she teleports it back to the library. *paf* She shakes some mud off her body...or, rather, she shakes all the mudd off her body, red sparkles shimmering for a moment all around her, leaving her clean, if still a bit disheveled. Looking up at the approaching Dynamite Rave, illuminated clearly by his own horn, she adds, "thank you for asking."
Mixtape doesn't move, simply flops onto her rump and waggles a hoof. "Great, who invited the egghead? Hey, Lady Nerdsalot, what are YOU doin' around a trainning field? "She snorts quietly, rolling her eyes at the presence of Twilight, and elbow's Rave. "Lets go catch some music at the basement, huh? I'll treat you to a soda or something."
"Psh, dang sis, rude much?" Dynamite calls over to Mix Tape as he trots over to Twilight Sparkle, giving her a glowing path through the dark. "Hey, I've, uh. see yah 'round. Yer' Celestia's like super student, right? Th' Element of Magic and all that stuff. I've heard a lot 'boutcha." Tilting his head slightly, he studies her for a moment, then says, "So, hey, I kinda.. stole.. uh.. your book, you know..the one with a buncha spells in it about.. stuff.. kinda random one I grabbed. I sorta meant to unsteal it from you." His horn glows a brighter as it illuminates the purple pony's face.
"Twilight.", the stallion chuckles, turning around as he gets to his hooves but quickly tosses a rather angry glare to Mix, nostrils flaring with a snort. "Not a good idea to taunt the personal student of Celestia, Mix. If I'm around you'll show her the appropriate respect, is that clear?" Shaking his head, he looks back to the purple librarian mare with a lifted brow. "But she DOES have a point. Why are you out HERE in the middle of the night?"
Twilight_Sparkle looks at Mixtape, her eyes narrowing a little bit at the taunting...like she didn't get enough of that sort of thing in school. But she doesn't dwell on it. To Dynamite, she clicks her tongue, and shakes her head a little bit condescendingly. "Silly. Stealing a book from a library and then returning it? If you had a library card, that'd be exactly the transaction we'd be performing! Hopefully over and over. Feel free to come by the library and steal and then return any of my other books, any time you want to." Taking magical control of the book, she examines it, then teleports it home, too, with a flash. Smiling, and looking proud, she declares, "Book return. It's become one of my specialties and I'm doing some pioneering work, if I do say so myself." She also smiles, and waves a hoof at Scope. "Hey there, orange," she calls over to him. "I'm headed home! Taking a shortcut I found recently."
Mixtape nods her head towards Scope. "Oh, right, right. The precious pampered pupil of the princess. I suppose I should be on my best behavior around her 'pet' shouldn't I? If I'm mean, she might sic the princess on me. "She snorts quietly. "Why don't you just teleport home? You're always showing off those skills anyway. "She spots venomusly. Is that...jealousy from the DJ?
"Dude. Mix Tape, why are you straight tripp'n for? Yo, this chick kinda saved th' world like freaking twice and yah' givin' her lip for it?" Dynamite Rave says as he squints his eyes at his sister, looking incredulous. The young blank flank glances up at Twilight with a sheepish grin upon his face. ".. Sorry, she got some hang ups or whatever. I dunno, and.. uh, thanks I guess, for not being mad. I jus' don't want mah' homeboys ta' think I'm an egg head or anything. No offense.. but.. I mean. I'm putting it ta' good use.. sorta.. I dunno." He says with a wave of his hoof.
Scope nods in reply to Twilight before glancing over his shoulder and back to his balcony as his horn glows alight, conjuring up a spell and smiling to all around. "It's way too late for me to be up and I've got a lot to do tomorrow, so I'll take my leave of all of you. Goodnight." *PAMF*, there's a flash of light and the stallion vanishes, reappearing in a flash against the side of one of the towers and slipping inside.
Scope is no longer in the pose order.
Twilight_Sparkle laughs, happily, tossing her head. "Well, lemme tell you a story," she says to Dynamite. "One of my best friends is the greatest flyer in Ponyville, maybe the greatest in all of Equestria. Maybe you've heard of her--Rainbow Dash, the pegasus who performed the sonic rainboom at the royal wedding? She used to think reading was for eggheads, too, but when she was laid up with a wing injury, she read some books to pass the time, and now she doesn't care WHO thinks she's an egghead." She glances over at Mixtape, and smiles at her a little smugly. Turning back to Dynamite, she tells him, "haters gonna hate, but *I* think reading makes Dash even more awesome."
Mixtape lowers her head to a battering position- an unmistakable posture of aggression and challenge. For some reason, it seems Twilight's presense is making the moody girl remarkably mad. She gives a dark little snort, huffing out air from her nostrils, but doesn't press any further...yet. "Yeah, she saved Equestira. Good for her. Didn't you say you were on your way home, 'Twilight'?"
( "Yeah, she gets like this sometimes. Don't bring up Vinyl Scratch around her either." Dynamite Rave says as he glances over to Mixtape for a moment with a squint upon his face, sighing heavily. "Rainbow Dash? Yeah, I hear all about her.. Scope doesn't shut up about it. I kinda live next door to him, so, yeah.. I see her 'round." There is a smirk upon his face as he rubs his nose slightly, then says, "So, uh, I'm Dynamite Rave by the way.. um.. Scope brought me inta' the junior guard from the orphanage cuz I got 'potential' or somethin'." )
Twilight_Sparkle grins at Dynamite Rave. "Well, if scope sees potential in you, I know he must be right! He's got a good eye for character." At Mixtape's latest volley of abuse, she falters a bit in her strategy of just ignoring her. "Do you have a problem with me?"
Mixtape gives another vicious snort and zips over to position herself between Twilight and Rave, as if she were afraid he'd be infected by her somehow and tries to 'shoo' her away with a sharp bump from her flank! "Alrighty then! Thats enough chit-chat. Come on, Rave, lets ditch the egghead and hit the city! I can show you all the hip hop spots this town's got to offer! We uh, we can talk about The junior guard and what we can do to make you happy!" She explains sheepishly, voice wavering ever so slightly in desperation.
( Blinking his eyes a few times, Dynamite Rave narrows his eyes some in anger. "Mixtape! Yo, why are you acting like this for, man?" There is a flare from his horn as a wave of fire rushes upwards from the ground about him, his colorful mane flopping about from the rush of heat. "We got freaking time ta' talk 'bout the junior guard or whatever else you, or Scope, or ..whoever.. wants to tell me what to do with my life, alright? Yah' actin' jealous for no freakin' reason." There seems to be a large numbers of sparks showering off his glowing frame now as fire dances and leaks from his eyes. )
Twilight_Sparkle peers at Mixtape in confusion and a little bit of alarm. "If I've offended you in some way, I'm not aware of it...if it's something like that maybe we can talk about..." She trails off, and stares at Dynamite Rave. This is not the usual stuff of young unicorns! Her eyes are wide not just in fear, but in fascination.
Mixtape Stumbles back a few steps at the sparks and the fire dancing in her brother's eyes and her ears flicker down against her head. H, hey! Be cool! I'm not gonna tell you what to do with your life! W, what? What are you gonna do, zap me? Are you gonna set ME on fire!?" She snaps. "Of ALL the ponies in this stupid town, you're gonna turn your magic, on, ME?!" She roars, suddenly absolutely livid with her brother, breathing out hot snorts of anger. "...This ...This is Stupid! Come on, lets just...lets just go. "She pleads quietly. Rave just made Mix back down. That must be a record.
( "How can I be cool when you're flipping out for no reason!?" Dynamite Rave yells out as the fire continues to circle about him in a torrid rush of heated wind. "Everyone is telling me what to do! I don't know who I am, I don't know what I want! I don't know how to be happy when I'm trying not to end it all." Tears of fire leak down his face as he glares openly at Mixtape now. Jerking his chin upwards, he squints his eyes tightly together and stomps the ground once with his hoof before extinguishing himself with a ragged breath. "Fff." With a shake of his head, he starts off through the night, his coat smoking, the air about him simmering. )
Twilight_Sparkle's jaw is hanging open. She looks at Mixtape, helplessly, the earlier clash forgotten for the moment...a light flashes at the end of her horn, and she takes off in a gallop after the panicking, fleeing colt. "Dynamite! Wait!"
Mixtape watches Dynamite storm off with a longing look of sadness twisting over her face. NO! Don't leave!! Now, however, she turns to Twilight. And. She. Rages. "THIS IS *YOUR* FAULT!" She snaps, turning her body to race infront of the purple unicorn all of a sudden. "I was TRYING to build a realtionship with him! I was TRYING to get him to think I was cool! I was TRYING to look out for him, and you just HAD to come along with your saving the world, crap, and your teleporting magic, and your STUPID, PRECIOUS, PRINCESS!" She snarls, and suddenly, her horn is glowing a vibrant crimson, and she fires a...well it's a something at Twilight. Mixtape doesn't have much in the way of offensive magic, but a pure burst of unicorn power is going to leave a mark none the less. "How am I suppose to compete with that?! I don't know how to be a sister! I don't know how to be a guardian! I don't even know what I'm supposed to be doing, and you come along with all your books and all your knowledge and all your smarts and just start just start up a conversation with him like it was nothing?! I *HATE* YOU!" She shrieks, and fires another bolt of magic!!
Twilight_Sparkle's pursuit of Dynamite is interrupted rather suddenly as she's attacked! she isn't expecting it, and is knocked forwards, head over hooves, again through the mud with a dull splash. She sits up, muddy and dripping, and then glances behind herself...and finds her tail hair all but burned off, its remaining hair short and crispy. She flicks it, then turns back to Mixtape, narrowing her eyes. "You...JERK!" she shouts. What do you want, she's Twilight Sparkle, she might only know the one insult. ...wait, that can't be right, can it? Little miss vocabulary? At any rate, her eyes and horn flash brightly, and conjures a translucent magic shield between herself and Mixtape; it moves with Mix's movements, keeping itself at all times between the two ponies. "Your brother just ran off in a panic and you're worried about ME?" she shouts at Mix. "Fine. I suck. I'm the biggest stupid jerk in the whole of stupid jerk town. If you want your brother to like you, TRY THINKING ABOUT HIS FEELINGS!"
It's not the sound that gets his attention, it's the sudden surge of magic power coming from outside that brings him out of his slumber once more. Being careful not to wake the sleeping pegasus next to him he slips out of bed and onto the balcony, just in time to see Twilight raise her shields. "..Crud, catfight." With a roll of his eyes he readies a torpedo, the little spinning orb of energy appearing at the tip of his horn.. but he doesn't fire, at least not yet. <.<
Firefly_Moon pulls it shover into ocerdrive, shooting skywards, leveling off about twelve ponies up, watching from above. It hasn't done anything since twlight slipped in the mud, but now it was studying. Twlight was a unicorn, and unicorn defensive magic was of acute interest, even if used so slightly, it gave clues as to potential use in other situations.
Mixtape Snarls, even more livid, even more furious. "A PERFECT answer from the worlds PERFECT pony! You, make, me, SICK!" She shrieks, and suddenly vanishes in a *POOMPF* Of red smoke, reappearing behind Twilight. She pauses- her vicious anger, hatred and fury gone in the blink of an eye, and a look of pure confusion washes over her face. "...I...I teleported? Thats...Thats impossible. " She squeaks quietly. Holy Shi- This new devlopment, however can only hold Mixie's interest for a few moments, before she looks up at Twilight, snarls, and tackles the other filly into the mud! A good ole fashion hoof-to-hoof fight! ...in the mud.
( Turning around as the flash of magic rushes past him, Dynamite Rave narrows his eyes, angry, confused, conflicted. His breathing is becoming heavier, quicker now as he practically screams out to the dark sky of Luna's night. With a bright glow of his horn, he sets the sky on fire once more in a shower of fireworks that whistle and explode upwards, causing another ruckus as lights all across Canterlot come to life as Ponies stick their head out their windows. "Knock it off Mix Tape! For the love of [BUY SOME APPLES] knock it off!" Yes, come to the dark side little colt! Embrace your anger. "You know what? You've been in my life for two seconds and instead of trying to get to know me and figure out what makes me tick, you're trying to control who I talk to, where I live at, what kinda pony I should be. I just don't know but it's not Twilight Sparkle's fault. Alright? It's not." As the last of the color disappears from the sky, he marches towards her with a glower. "Calm down and apologize to her )
Twilight_Sparkle is taken by surprise by the teleport! Her magic shield dissipates in a shower of sparks as she's tackled into the mud. She fights back as best she can, but she's a bit of a sissy slapfighter, which is a bit pathetic for someone with hooves, really. Sge snorts, and her horn flashes, and then a burst of magical energy emanates from her body, throwing Mixtape off and sending her skidding into the mud at least far enough to let Twilight scramble to her feet. She turns and points her horn menacingly at Mixtape. "I dson't want to hurt you!" she protest, panting. "But I can defend myself if you make me!"
There's a flash of green from a balcony above as a magical projectile is launched. The spinning ball of energy zips through the air towards the combat area and slams into the ground inbetween the two mares, burrowing into the ground a bit before sending a spray of mud and dirt upwards in an explosion. As it rains down upon the two there's another flash seconds later as a now armored, grey unicorn stallion stands just beside the crater with a look of pure annoyance. "..You know, typically I'd enjoy watching two mares wrestle in the dirt but only at an approved venue and when prize money is involved, NOT AT ONE IN THE MORNING ON THE CASTLE GROUNDS!"
Firefly_Moon studies this reaction quietly. magic shields...could be penetrated by teleportation. Certainly a good thing the changelings did now know that. Twilight's brother would have had his hooves really full. The dark machine continues to follow and hover, almost like a hoofball camera over a stadium over the players below. Finally, an offensive spell perhaps. It whirrs around to get behind Twilight and observe, in case of a wild miss aimed the other way. One wing was sqeaking slightly, but only because she's learned to regulate speed better. At slower flap rates it tended to squeak slightly. She makes a note to have that oiled. Its ears flick suddenly as a burst is detected from behind. It spins around and sees the green torpedo. Oh, she's seen this from this angle before. Then the Sunguard appears.
Mixtape isn't listening to anypony around her. She CAN'T listen to any pony around her. Rave's word drift right over her. She's gone beserk, so it seems and is only focused on Twilight. "YOU?! Hurt, ME?!" She snarls, and charges forward to straight up slam herself into Twilight. Magic be darned, she's going to slap the taste out of this girl's face! But as she runs, Mixtapes horn shimmers and glows- and she vanishes into nothingness. Her patented invisibility spell. She's putting it to use to get in a cheap shot- To tackle Twilight from whatever angle she likes!
As Dynamite Rave continues running towards the two mares, the sudden torpedo appearance of Scope causes him to blink a few times, wincing as the backlash of magic washes over him. "Mixtape! Please!" He calls out as sparks continue to pop and fly off of his body. ".. P..Please..Stop! I.. I'm .. burning up.." He stammers out as he slows to a stop, glancing over his shoulder at the grass that has been set aflame in his wake, then over his body as the fire starts to wrap upwards around him . ".. Help! ...please.. h..help!" His voice grows as he tries to stamp in place, his eyes widening in fear. "Somepony!" The night sky has begun to grow brighter as the source of power within him appears to be preparing for detonation.
Mixtape skids to an immediate stop, maybe a foot or so away from Twilight, becoming visible once again. Her heart is pounding in her chest and her bloodlust for Twilight is almost unquenchable, but it's Rave's cry for help that snaps her out of it, and she turns towards her younger brother with a cry of fear. "Rave?! RAVE! I, I'm Comin! Hang on!" She shouts. She doesn't even give Twilight a witty banter about how she'll 'finish this later' or 'you got lucky' The only thing she cares about is her brother- and she really does care...
TwilightSparkle spins around to face Dynamite Rave, and lowers her head...from the end of her horn, a string of musical notes made of what looks like glowing water swirl out, accompanied by a soft, otherworldly tune, like Beethoven being played on water glasses. The notes assemble themselves into a glowing cloud above Dynamite Rave, which then empties itself out in a soft, shimmering rain; the water doesn't get the young pony wet, but is designed to quench the magical fire going on within and without the colt. She resists opening her eyes to see if the spell is working, putting all of her energy into maintaining it until it's done. At that point, she opens one eye, tentatively.
He rolls his eyes annoyance as NOPONY seems to want to listen to him today, shaking his head and turning around with a heavy sigh. "They never listen. Nopony ever list--" Wait.. his eyes shift past the mares to see and sense the colt's magic ability starting to go into overload with widening eyes, murmuring a low curse as he goes into action. He can't touch him, he can't do much of anything other than one thing and that's bring his weapons to bear. The tip of his horn begins to glow when the stallion gallops over, almost screeching to a halt when he sees that raincloud appear and deciding to wait and see.. will it work?
The air about them is simmering now, causing it to become humid and thick. Dynamite stumble to one side, then to the other as he fights to keep himself together. He can feel the fire in his gut, burning from the inside as the grass about his hooves smolder and catch blaze. He stomps in place, his face a mixture of fear and panic. When Twilight begins to sing her spell and rain it's magic upon him from above, he can feel himself start to calm as steam starts to rise up from him in a billow of smoke.
Dude, my brother is the pony equivilent of the human torch. Freaking. Awesome. OK, maybe not, Mixie races forward, trying to tackle, and smother Rave's flames, and shakes her head. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!! I'll be a better sister! Honest! I promise! I'm sorry I don't know what I'm doing! I'm sorry I got into a fight! Rave, please don't go! RAVE PLEASE STAY!! "She begs passionately, scared that if she lets go, or if those flames continue to burn she'll lose her only family forever...
As the situation seems to be calming down Scope sidesteps to come up alongside Twilight, placing a hoof on her shoulder and looking down to her. "..I'm pulling him out of the junior guard and putting him with someone capable of helping him focus. Congratulations Twilight, you have a student now."
TwilightSparkle gazes at the siblings, and is briefly lost in memories of her older brother. She smiles a hopeful little smile; in spite of everything, she really does hope everything works out for them. It can be so hard to... ... ... Twilight swivels her head and looks up at Scope. "...wait, what?"
"Mmmf!" Dynamite Rave grunts out as he is tackled into the now muddy ground as steam continues to pour off him. He's hot, very hot to the touch. The young colt is sobbing as he shoves his muddy hooves up against his face. He doesn't catch Scope's comment beneath his trembling. So far the only noise he has is the pounding of his heart in his ears.
Both siblings seem quite magically inclined, and Mix's ears perk and twitch when she hears Scope's announcement. "What?! WHAT?! You, can't *DO* That!! I'm his legal guardian! I don't WANT him to hang out with this sissy egghead! This is YOUR fault! You're upstaging me, AGAIN! I, HATE, YOU!" Mixtape shrieks- and suddenly explodes, once again, into a burst of hot smelling smoke. She teleported again, that's for sure....but where?
Firefly_Moon whirrs lower and clicks. "She seems to have. Errored. Subject not on sensors." hovering in a circle, looking around carefully.
TwilightSparkle isn't waiting to find out. She immediately creates a forcefield around herself, 360 degrees this time.
After Mix throws her tantrum and teleports, Scope lets out a heavy sigh as he steps over across the way to the downed colt. "She may be his legal guardian but she has no idea how to handle him, help him focus.. And to be honest the junior guard isn't helping him in that matter either." Hot or not, Scope pulls a hoof free from his armored shoe and runs it through Rave's mane, smiling sadly at the colt. "I'm sorry, Rave.. I'm so sorry."
Sniffing loudly, Rave says, "I ain't crying, jus' got dirt in my eyes." The young colt says as he wipes a muddy hoof along his cheek, then starts to push himself upwards. The goth-punk pony stares out into the night sky for a few moments, eyes blinking. ".. Wh.. Where'd my sister go? She's acting like an idiot for no reason. I'm sorry for.. flipping out like that. I just got so riled up."
Firefly_Moon swings around and lands with a clank. Still getting that sorted out too. It whirr clicks. "Status?" to Scope.
TwilightSparkle lets her shield down, after a moment, and makes her way over to Scope and Rave. "Are you all right, my...um...new student, apparently?"
"Unknown.", the stallion murmurs to the hovering little toy before turning aroud and sitting on his rump next to the colt. "She left.. She's mad at me and rightfully so, but she doesn't know how to handle you so I'm making the decisions." Letting out a low sigh he reaches his hoof down to wrap around Rave's side to pull him close, giving a hug. "Rave, I'm pulling you out of the junior guard.. You didn't do anything bad but.. tonight showed me that you require far more help in focusing your ability that anyone here could teach, so I'm assigning you to Twilight Sparkle."
"I.. I will just talk to her later.. and.. stuff.. ya'know." Dynamite Rave trails off for a moment before he blinks his eyes in surprise. "Wait, what? I'm.. now your student." He turns his head to Twilight Sparkle, ears perking forward as he slides his red shades upon the top of his colored mane. The Goth pony looks unsure for a moment. ".. you want me to.. be her student? But, she was Celestia's student?" He barely gets out. "...and.. really?"
Firefly_Moon says, "Correction. She IS Celestia's Student." clicking as it folds its metal wings away with a click. "Still in good standing,e xcept when walking by mud puddles."
TwilightSparkle ponders this, looking the boy over. "I've never really had a student before! We can start tomorrow, though, if you like. You can meet my assistant Spike. You'll like him. He's fireproof. Well, mostly."
Scope smiles, giving the young colt another squeeze before releasing him and stepping away. "Yes, really. I feel that she'd be better off in the long run for you than anything we could do here. Besides, there's no push ups or armor to wear with her so that's a bonus!" He noogies the colt once more and finally gets to his hooves, preparing himself for a teleport. "Unfortunately.. your sister's pretty pissed."
"Yeah, she has.. some hang ups I'm finding out." Dynamite Rave says as he rubs the back of his neck, then glances up at the mechanical thing that makes up Firefly. "So, I'm gonna be learning from the student that is learning from Celestia? Can I be the Element of Fire?" He asks with a wide grin upon his face. "..Um, does that mean I have to live at the library now?"
Firefly_Moon whirr clicks. "Elements taken, six of six standing. Though. SunGuard, always use Unicorns of power. Element of Magic will teach you well. Listen carefully to her. Someday, a sun Guard like your mentor will be. Hmm."