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>What?
>What's going on?
>What time is it?
>...
It's six A.M.
*Vrrrrrm*
>And that's your phone.
Who could it be?
>You pick it up and flip it open to see who is sending you text messages.
>It's Rainbow Dash.
>You begin to read one of them.
"Get out of bed you lazy-butt! Head on over to the boxing club, i just got registered!"
>But it's so early in the morni-
>You get another message.
"If you can read this now, you can also get yourself out of bed and come over to the boxing club. COME ON!!!"
>Oh... fine.
>You didn't really have anything planned this afternoon anyway... well, besides watching your favorite shows.
>You feed your animals, pack up your bag, leave a note for your parents, and head on out.
>This time you packed an extra set of work out clothes so you can put them into the locker you were given, and switch out every time you come, that way you wont always be wearing the same thing.
>The boxing club wasn't THAT far away from you house, so this would be an okay walk.
>The neighborhood may merge with the iffy one, but you walked there with Rainbow, so walking by yourself can't be bad either.
>After a minute of walking and beginning to wake up, you finally make it to the boxing club.
>You open the doors and are greeted with "hay" and "hi" from everyone.
>Wow, and this is only your third time coming here.
>You make your way to the main office to see if Rainbow is there.
>You knock on the door of Miss Sting's office.
>"Come in."
>You open the door and walk in carefully.
>"Oh, hay Shygirl. I didn't expect to see you here on a weekend." she said stamping and writing.
O-oh, did i catch you at a bad time?
>"Ah, this is nothing. Gotta do this every other month. Whats up?"
O-oh, um, Rainbow Dash wanted me to come in today, where is she?
>"Oh, Crayola? She's in the training room. After she is done with dodging, she will be on the same part as you."
Oh, she already made it that far? She is a really fast learn-
>"Oh no, she's been having trouble with dodging. Been at it all morning."
>Wow, Rainbow Dash having trouble at something athletic?
>It's REALLY hard to believe.
>You can't even grasp that thought.
>"You think you can help me out and give her some pointers while i settle the rest of this out?"
Oh, sure.
>"Thanks Shygirl. Go ahead and bring her a capri sun." she says going back to her work.
>You get the capri sun from out of her fridge, and head to the training room.
>You see Rainbow sitting down on a bench watching the video that you watched the other day.
Uh-um... hello.
>"Oh, you made it! Thank god, i wanted you to be here when i got on the same part of the lesson as you, that way we can work at the same time!"
O-oh, thats nice, but it would be best if you just worked at your own pace. Miss Sting said you were having trouble with the dodging.
>Rainbow humph's.
>You hand her the capri sun and she snatches it from you, poking the hole violently with the straw.
>"It's just so stupid. I saw you dodge all her punches so easily the other day! How come i can't do it?" she asks drinking greedily.
But it wasn't easy.
>"Oh come on, yeah you choked up the first time, but the second time you were FLAWLESS! Like you knew those punches were coming!"
I just really didn't want to get punched.
>Even if they were fake punches.
>"Ugh, whatever, go ahead and get your work out clothes on, i want you to be ready when i ace this part." she says with a thumbs up.
>She is so confident, you hope that this experience makes you like that... or even more.
>You head down to the girl's locker room and change out, even putting you extra pair of work out clothes in the bin inside the locker.
>When you come back to the room, you see Rainbow bobbing and weaving like the assistant in the video.
>"I do it just like he does it in the video, how do i keep messing up?"
>You see her dodge left when the assistant is dodging right.
Rainbow, you aren't dodging in the right direction.
>"What?"
Y-you are dodging left... the a-assistant is dodging right.
>Rainbow looks at the screen and then face palms.
>"Oh my gosh... i'm such an idiot. I've been MIRRORING what i am supposed to be doing." She says scratching her head.
Well, at least now you will have a better shot.
>"Yeah, now i think i can do it."
>"You ready again Crayola?" asks Miss Sting coming up to the room.
>"You betcha, lets go!"
>Miss Sting sighs and gets in the same position you saw her in when she was in front of YOU.
>She starts off, and Rainbow is dodging all of the fake punches.
>Over and over again.
>Left and right.
>Ducking and backing up.
>She dodges all the fake punches just right.
>"Did you see that Shy, now we can-"
Rainbow look!
>Rainbow turns back to Miss sting to see a fist an inch away from her face.
>She falls down.
>"W-what? But i dodged all of the-"
>"I said twenty punches Crayola... not nineteen." says Miss Sting sighing again.
>You help Rainbow up.
>She looks really frustrated.
>"UGH! I WAS SO CLOSE!" she says stomping her foot.
>You bet that the people below could hear that over the rock music being played.
>And the rock music is cranked up pretty high.
>"Take a break Crayola. I'm not even going to teach Shygirl anything new today. You got until seven thirty to do this." Says Miss Sting heading down stairs.
>You look to Rainbow Dash, who looks like she could punch something.
>"UGH! This sucks so much. I had it! You saw that right! I was doing so good, how could i forget about the last punch? She did that with you just yesterday! God, dodging is so dumb!"
It's okay Rainbow, you have as many chances as you need. Lets get you on a break for right now.
>"Yeah... yeah... okay."
*rumble*
>Oh gosh, that's your stomach.
>You forgot to eat breakfast.
>"Hehehe, Let's hit up that sandwich place down the street. I'll pay."
Oh no, you already paid for the last meal, let me get this one.
>"Shy, just let me pick this one up. Come on, let's go." She says leading you out.
>You begin to walk to the locker room again to change ba-
>"What are you doing?"
I-i'm going to change out...
>"Nah Shy, we can wear this."
B-b-but, we are wearing...
>"Oh come on Shy, be a little more confident with your body. You look nice anyway. I mean, i wish i had bigger breasts."
>You feel your own face get hot.
>Rainbow laughs and grabs your hand to force you outside.
>You both walk down to the sandwich place.
>When you both open the doors, you see Norman.
N-Norman?
>"Oh, hay. Are you two at the boxing club right now? On a weekend?" he asks drinking a smoothie.
>"Heck yeah man, i wanted Fluttershy here to be there with me when i got on the same part as her on the training." says Rainbow Dash smiling proudly.
>Norman looks at you, and you look away.
>You are still remembering hugging him in these clothes.
>Oh gosh its embarrassing to even THINK about it.
>Rainbow Dash orders you and herself some sandwiches and some smoothies.
>"So Norman, why aren't you at the boxing club right now?"
>"Well, besides drinking this awesome smoothie, i have to meet up with my parents to do some family shopping, but they are running late... as usual." he says going back to drinking his smoothie.
>You remember Miss Sting telling you that Norman was adopted.
>You wonder how close he and his adoptive parents are.
>You wonder how close he and Miss Sting are.
>"Say, i remember you saying something about being adopted. What's up with that?" asks Rainbow bluntly.
R-rainbow Dash!
>"Naw, it's okay Shy. I don't mind about talking about it." says Norman with a sincere smile.
>He drinks a little bit of his smoothie and then looks at the both of you.
>"Where do i begin? I guess i'll just head right into it. My biological parents were always traveling the world because of their work. I don't exactly remember what they did, but i think they were like scientists or something." he says jiggling his cup around.
>he goes about this for a few seconds before sighing.
>"I was told that they died in a plan crash when i was 8. I got put into the adoption thing, some people took me i, and they are my new parents." he says looking at you two.
>"Wow Norman, i'm sorry to hear that."
>"Don't be. It was just fate or something like that. And besides, my adoptive parents are pretty cool."
>He has a sincere smile on, but you can tell he is a little sad.
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>"Oh sorry, that's my phone. It's them. Alright then, i'm gonna head out. I'll see you two sometime later." he says walking past you and exiting.
>you are having a hard time finishing your sandwich, so you give it to Rainbow who happily pollishes it off for you.
>You both head back to the training room, but this time you help out Rainbow with her dodging, that way she wont mess up.
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>"Whew! you know what Shy? I'm beat. Imma head home. See you monday!" says Rainbow Dash heading out.
Y-you too.
>You sit down on the bench and think for a while.
>Miss Sting sits down next to you, it almost scares you.
>"What's up Shygirl? You look like you are in deep thought." she says putting a towel on your neck.
W-well... remember when you told me about Norman's parents?
>"Yeah? What about them?"
Well, me and Rainbow talked with him about it. What exactly did they do?
>"Ah, well Richard and Clair were science majors. They ended up getting themselves into a whole lot of stuff related to earth and space and junk. Always traveling."
Norman told us about that.
>"Yeah... they spoiled him to death." she said laughing.
>You smile a bit.
He is so humble though.
>"They spoiled him, i didn't say they didn't teach him life lessons."
So, when did Norman start to help out with the boxing club?
>"Well, we weren't getting that much business, our team was starting to disband. The whole kabang. Well, Norman came i one day, started cleaning up the joint, started fixing stuff. Making the place looks better, you know? Got a whole butt load of people to help and volunteer. Well, those volunteers started taking classes here. One thing lead to another, and bam. We were back on our feet, with Norman there to keep on volunteering." she said with a huge smile on her face.
>You smile too.
>You both sigh and drink some sunny d.
>"So Shygirl, You think this place is working for you so far?"
Yes... well... it's beginning to. I will admit i have started to have more confidence when doing things.
>"That's good, i mean, that's what you came in here for.
Yes. I'm glad i made that choice too.
>You both drink the last of your sunny d, and then sigh in content.
>"Well, i tell you what Shygirl, let me close the place down, and i can give you a ride back to your place."
O-oh, that's okay, i can walk there.
>"Shygirl, it's okay." she says leading you down stairs.
>You see that everyone is gone. Did you really stay that long?
>You switch out your clothes and help Miss Sting out.
>After about 5 minutes, you follow her to her car and she drives you off to your house.
>"Remember, the club isn't open tomorrow. You got a day off. See you monday Shygirl."
Okay Miss Sting.
>You head back into the house and head straight up to your room where you are met by Angel bunny.
I've learned a lot today Angel... a lot...