Chapter 11

The Costume Party

It had been two weeks since Grey’s confrontation with Twilight in the alley and neither of the two were to talking to one another. That suited Grey just fine, he knew he was in the right and a certain scholar should have kept her nose out of his affairs. Grey had enough on his mind as it is, if he wasn’t studying then he was either dealing with whatever shit Eris had conjured up or planning for their next match. Nightmare Night was approaching and Grey could only shudder at what Eris was planning. It didn’t help that Pinkie Pie showed up at four in the Celestia damn morning saying that her right elbow was itchy.

As he lifted the covers to get up, his face went scarlet. A pair of red spliced eyes were looking back at him and he could make out a snide smile.

“Morning dear.” Eris chimed as she rose and the covers slipped off her body, the only thing covering her was a yellow bra and matching panties. He immediately backed up only for his back to hit the head board.

“Damn it Eris! Why do you torture me like this?” The girl crawled closer to him and wrap her arms around his torso and dragged him back down on the bed.

“It’s not torture if you like it~” She said as she nuzzled his chest.

True.

Shut up brain! Grey groaned and managed to wriggle his way out of the girl’s grip. Eris whined but decided to go back to sleep while Grey opted for a freezing shower. After getting dressed he made his way down to the cafeteria for his morning coffee. Grey groaned as he sat at a table waiting for his coffee. He opened one eye when he saw a familiar indigo haired scholar approaching. “What do you want Dr. Phil?”

“Quit being sarcastic and I’ll tell you.” Twilight said as she sat down across from him. Grey groaned as his coffee arrived. “I came to say I’m sorry about what happened a few weeks back.”

“She finally gets it!” He said as he raised both hands up.

“I know I can get a bit too absorbed when I’m trying to find something out.”

“AKA; Nosy.” Twilight frowned at the words. “Sorry, I don’t wake up until I’ve had my coffee.” He took a sip from the piping hot cup and sighed at the taste. “Not the best, but certainly not the worst.”

“Anyway, I’m sorry if I caused any offense to you.” Grey sighed and set his cup down.

“Thank you for the apology and I’ll admit that I can be...defensive about my personal life. Force of habit.”

“How so?”

“Just found it better to keep most people at an arms length.” The doors to the cafe opened and in stepped an exhausted looking Pinkie Pie. Her shirt hung off her body and her hair was curled in all the wrong ways. She sat down next to Twilight and groaned. “Something wrong Pinkie?”

“Ugh! I just can’t find out who!”

“What’s up?” Twilight asked.

“My elbow is itchy!” Twilight blinked and pulled out her wand. With a wave she summoned what looked like a pink field journal and a pair of horn rimmed glasses that gave her that sexy librarian look.

“Itchy elbow.” She said trailing off into thought as she started flipping through the pages.

“Okay can I get a translation?”

“Well, I get these twitches,” Pinkie chimed. “and each twitch means something different. Like when my hair twitches, it mean’s something is gonna fall.” As if on cue Pinkie’s hair wiggled and Grey heard one of the chefs drop a plate.

“A ha!” Twilight said as she put her book down. “Itchy elbow signifies that it’s someone’s birthday today.”

“Oh, why didn’t you just ask?” Both girls looked at the man. “It’s mine.”

“WHAT!?” Pinkie grabbed him by the shirt and pulled him close so they were nose to nose. “Why didn’t you tell me sooner?”

“You kicked in my door at four in the morning saying your elbow itched. How the hell was I supposed to know that had something to do with me?” Suddenly, Pinkie let out a gasp and a smiled grew on her face.

“I gotta throw you a party! No wait, a costume party for Nightmare Night!” Grey glance over at Twilight and sighed.

“No getting around this is there?”

“Nope.” He rolled his eyes and sighed.

“Fine but not too big Pink- where the hell did she go?” The seat the pink girl had been previously occupying was vacant. “How did she?”

“It’s Pinkie Pie. Don’t question it.” Grey nodded and decided to head back to his dorm room to make sure Eris didn’t damage the fabric of space and time. As he walked inside his dorm he saw Eris walking back to her room, soaking wet, not wearing a towel. Grey froze as he saw the girl’s wet skin and hair that stuck to her shoulders. The man had to admit that the woman had very attractive features. Her breasts were about a D cup and they had a perfect ratio with her ‘assets.’

“Close the damn door!” That snapped Grey out of the trance and closed the door to the hallway while covering his eyes.

“Why don’t you have any cloths on!?” He said with a firm hand over his eyes.

“I forgot them.” She said in an innocent tone.

“Just use a towel!” He heard her door close and sighed as he sat down on the couch trying to cope with what he just saw.

Well that was a wake up call.

Not a bad sight.

Shut up. He suddenly felt something soft touch the back of his neck before he was tackled to the ground. He groaned as his vision returned to see a now clothed Eris sitting on his chest grinning.

“Why didn’t you tell me it was your birthday jerk!?”

“Take a wild guess.” Eris frowned and got off him.

“Fine, be that way and here I had an awesome gift for you.” She said in a pouting face. Grey got to his feet and cracked his back.

“How did you even hear about..Let me guess, Pinkie?” Eris pulled out her handbook and found the last message.

You’re invited to Grey Newhope’s birthday/Nightmare Night party at The Place. Tonight at 8:00pm. Be sure to wear a costume.

Creator damn you Pinkie! Grey face palmed at the words and went into his room and saw something glowing in his desk. He pulled out the silver mirror and tapped the surface to see a video message from Dusk.

“Hey Grey, just wanted to wish you a happy birthday from Rogue, Midnight, Willow and yours truly. I know you hate the mushy stuff but we owe our lives to you and the old bird. Even though she’d never admit it, Midnight would agree too. Also, the guys from the guild send their regards and miss you, one former member in particular who shall remain nameless.” He felt a small tug at his heart as his mind made the connection.

“Anyways, the guys down at the guild thought that they’d send you a little present, which should be coming in three, two,” The image was distorted as a box came through the small mirror and landed on his bed. It was a black, wooden box with a silver lock holding the lid to the body. “one. I gotta head out, talk to you later.” The image flickered and the audio vanished. Grey put the mirror aside and saw a card resting on top of the box. He opened the card to see a large key inside next to the writing.

Grey walked over to the box and unlocked it. His eyes boggled at the fine piece of craftsmanship before him. It was a silver pocket watch with a magnificent bird with flames coming from it’s wings imprinted on the front. Inside there was an inscription, his favorite quote.

“That which does not kills us, makes us stronger.”
~Starswirl the Bearded

He pocketed the watch and turned his attention to the card. He opened it and smiled as he saw a picture of the Changelings, the bat girl and Willow smiling. Grey took another look at the box and raised an eyebrow. The box seemed to be a bigger than for just storing a watch in it...Unless. Grey gripped the red satin cushion where the watch once sat and to his surprise found to be a false bottom. He slid the wooden bottom out and looked in surprise as he saw a silver badge with a shield and crossed swords on it. There was also another card next to it that only contained a few words.

Found this, thought you might want it back
~Scarlet.

Grey hadn’t seen this badge in years and thought it was lost to him. He held the badge tightly and couldn’t help but smile as a few tears formed in his eyes. He put the badge in his pocket and decided to head out for some training.

~~~

The Osiris two hours earlier.

“Okay and sent.” Dusk said as he snapped his fingers in front of the mirror he was holding and sent the box through the small mirror. The man sat back on his couch and looked at the woman who was occupying his living room. She was wearing a long dark red coat that contrasted her black shirt and pants, but matched her long blood red hair perfectly and brightened her emerald green eyes. She looked about twenty and had a blank expression on her face.

“Good and thank you for sending it.”

“And you didn’t bring it to him personally because?” The woman stared back at the Changeling with a look that could kill a dragon. “Fine, fine, forget I said anything.”

“That’s what I thought.”

“Still, you two have quite the history Scarlet.” The woman froze in the man’s doorway. “I know it, you know it, everybody who knows you two know it. You’re both just too damn stubborn to-” The man stopped talking as a fireball appeared in her hand. She stared back at the man with a glare that could freeze the fires of hell.

“It wouldn’t work between us now.” She lowered her head.

“Because you joined the guard? Granted, Grey has a reason for hating the guard, as do most people down here, you included, but I’m sure he wouldn’t care if-”

“Are you finished?” She said through gritted teeth.

“After this,” He sighed and stood up. “Grey is a rarity, you know that and he won’t stay single forever.” The woman slammed the door and stormed out of the apartment with a huff. Dusk sighed as he heard a faint squeaking sound. “She’s gone, you can come out Rogue.” The female Changeling was wearing a pair of purple hospital scrubs as she poked her head around the corner.

“Sorry, it’s just that Scarlet scares me.” She said as her brother put a hand on her shoulder and smiled.

“Oh yeah, she scares me too and we don’t want to get her angry.” Both shuddered as they remembered the last time someone pissed her off. In all of her reading and studying of different injuries, Rogue had never seen a person’s spine bend that way before. “Why is it that Grey always attracts the craziest girls?”

“Because he’s crazy.” The two shared a chuckle at the words as they flipped on the small TV and sat back. The red haired woman trudged back through the streets of Canterlot and soon approached no man’s land. A large gap in the ground spanning fifty feet wide and so deep that you could only see the bottom. Several draw bridges were in place to allow people in and out with special permission of course. Scarlet pulled her red hood over her head and presented her papers to the guard. His eyes dance over the ID and he raised a hand to signal the woman across the gap.

Several people extended their wands and the drawbridge fell into place creating a double lane road with a side walk on either side. The woman walked down the street keeping her hod up despite the wind rushing through the gap. The gap is what separated the Osiris and the rest of Canterlot. Most of the surrounding buildings were vacant or used as look outs for the border guards. About three blocks worth of empty homes were what separated the rest of Canterlot and the Breach, as it was called by the locals.

Scarlet reached the end of the bridge and continued on her way towards the castle. She was only a private in the guard and was an exceptional soldier, she listened to orders and was by far the strongest out of her class. She even beat out the General’s nephew which made the old officer chuckle. The barracks weren’t connected to the castle itself, that was saved for the officers. Scarlet had worse conditions growing up in the Osiris and found herself quite happy with her quarters. Of course, there’s always problems to contend with.

“Scarlet~” A cheery voice yelled out and the red haired mage face palmed. She turned her head to see a girl about her height, wearing a gray royal guard shirt and matching pants complete with combat boots. She had short orange hair that matched her wings and was neatly tied into a ponytail and had a wide grin on her face. “Where have you been girl? I’ve looked all over for you! I looked inside the barracks, outside the barracks, the maze, which I kinda got lost in.” Scarlet sighed as she opened the door to her room to show two double beds, a couch, kitchenette, a TV and an assortment of magazines.

“C’mon Nova, let’s get some breakfast.” Nova Dust, many words could be used to describe this girl, beautiful, funny, but one that always came to mind was abnormal. Despite being a royal guard, the giddy girl had somehow managed to go through basic training without having her spirit broken, that was twenty bits Scarlet would never see again. The two had met the first day of basic and like a lost puppy, Nova had clung to the red haired woman ever since.

Most people couldn’t fathom how Scarlet could stand the hyperactive girl around her without going nuts. In all honesty, Nova proved to be the perfect partner for Scarlet. Their success record with their exercises was proof enough. Nova’s positive attitude kept Scarlet from becoming a nervous wreck, while her seriousness kept Nova grounded and focused. Nova pulled down a box of Celestia O’s and poured herself a large bowl. “That stuff’ll rot your teeth.” Scarlet said as she brought down her box of Oat Flakes.

“Oh don’t be such a stick in the mud. You need to learn how to have some fun.” She started gobbling down the sugary cereal with gusto. Scarlet rolled her eyes and couldn’t help but grin at the girl. “When I woke up this morning you were gone, where’d you go?”

“Out.”

“Was it to see a boy?” She asked in a hopeful tone.

“Yes, he’s-”

“I knew it! Fox so owes me twenty bits!” She cheered. “I knew you had a-” The woman’s finger pressed against her lips.

“He was just a friend that’s it, and to top it off he’s gay.” Nova sighed at the words.

“So you went back to...you know.” Scarlet gave a nod. Nova was the only person who knew about Scarlet coming from the Osiris. If the higher ups found out then they would probably make her life harder than it already is. “I guess it’s important to keep in touch with your roots.”

“I just needed something delivered to an old...acquaintance of mine.”

“Oh, what kind of acquaintance?” She waggled her eyebrows.

“Just someone who used to be part of the same guild that I belonged to.” Nova gasped and smiled.

“You mean your old partner?” Scarlet stared at her in shock. “What was his name? Silver? Ash? Some type of color.” She rubbed her chin and Scarlet could see the gears turning. “Oh! It was Grey! Yeah, that’s it!”

“Shhh!” She quickly out her hand over her friend’s mouth. “Yes, it was for my old partner from my guild days so keep your voice down!” She let her hand off her friend’s mouth and sighed. “How did you even know that much?”

“You talk in your sleep Rosy.” Scarlet silently cursed her last name, Rose. Since Nova had found out she’d always call her Rosy to mess with her in a playful manor.

“I hate that name.”

“Oh come on, we’re Rosy and Dusty!”

“If the Creator is kind then, no one will ever call us that.”

“So how did he react?” She asked fully interested.

“Thankfully I didn’t see him.”

“Oh come on! It’s important to keep in touch with friends.”

“We’re not friends Nova.” She sighed. “I don’t know what we were or are.” Nova saw the glum look on her friend’s face and thought for a moment. The giddy girl grabbed her arm and pulled her to her feet. “Hey! What are you doing!?”

“C’mon Rosy it’s Nightmare Night and I’m not gonna let you mope about all day!” Despite Nova’s height, she had a surprising amount of strength compacted into her small body. “Fox said that she, Lilly and Emerald were going to the spa!” Scarlet sighed and knew it was pointless to resist the woman.

“Can I at least walk on my own?” Nova stopped and realized she had dragged her friend all the way out to the courtyard. Scarlet stood up straight and walked with her friend towards the spa. “Thank you.”

~~~

It was late afternoon when Twilight was walking around the grounds of the school and no matter how hard she tried she couldn’t shake the grey eyed mage out of her head. As she walked on the edge of the school that bordered the forest she felt a strange pulse of energy coming from within. She knew the dangers that existed in the forest and debated whether or not to venture inside. Another pulse piqued her curiosity and she decided to venture inward.

Autumn had come to the forest and the leaved had started to change to brown, yellow and dark red before falling to the ground. Along her way Twilight’s shoe caught something and she heard a creaking noise. She looked to her left to see a log coming right towards her. She instinctively ducked as it just grazed her hair. She heard another snap and saw another log about to come at her from the opposite direction.

She didn’t have time to react and curled up into a small ball to protect her head. The girl heard a slicing noise cut through the air. Twilight heard several slicing noises and saw the log being cut into several pieces.

“Can’t you take care of yourself Sparkle?” Twilight looked up to see Grey holding an ethereal blade.

“Grey? What are you doing here?” She asked as he helped her up.

“First, I’m not the real Grey. I’m clone number two and I could ask you the same question.” He made the blade vanish and crossed his arms.

“I felt a strange magic surge and came to check it out.”

“Oh that was me, well, the real Grey anyway.”

“What are you doing in a place like this?”

“Training. I always come here for practice.”

“Why? This place is dangerous.”

“Which is why I like it, no one comes here so I get to cut loose and really train.” The two heard an explosion in the distance. Twilight continued to walk forward towards the sounds. “Hey where are you going?”

“To see the real Grey.” She said in a stern tone.

“Fine just go straight ahead, there aren’t any more traps.” The clone said before vanishing in a puff of smoke. The indigo haired scholar continued through the brush and pushed the branches out of her way. She heard more sounds of magic discharge and swords clashing. She found a clearing and saw four clones standing around a fifth. The one in the center had it’s shirt off and had white hair. Twilight felt her face heat up as she watched from behind the tree.

The four summoned their blades and converged on the man. Grey dodged the first strike and delivered a powerful punch to the clone making it vanish. Another stepped up behind the ivory haired man and tried to stab him through the shoulder, with a quick spin on his heel the man swung around and caught the clone’s arm. Grey shifted his weight and threw the clone into the stunned one he’d socked with a punch making them both crash to the ground.

The three still standing tried a rush attack. The white haired man waved his wand and summoned his own blade. He deflected their blows as if he was swatting flies. The four clones looked at one another and nodded as they jumped up high into the tree tops and swapped their blades for bows. They all drew back on the string and fired an arrow that split into ten arrows all on a collision course for the man.

Grey summoned another blade and took a stance. He calmed his breath and focused. The man unleashed multiple fluid strikes that were too fast for Twilight’s eyes to catch. The blades were swatting away the arrows like they were gnats. As the last few arrows got into proximity, The swords glowed and redirected them back towards their archers. The four clones were hit and fell down out of their stands before vanishing into puffs of smoke.

Grey made his blade vanish and dropped to one knee. Twilight could see that a few arrows had hit their mark on his left shoulder. The man was panting heavily and Twilight could see the sweat dripping off his back. “I know you’re there Twilight. Come out if you’re done ogling me.” Twilight blushed hard at the words and stepped out from behind the tree.

“I wasn’t ogling you, I was just observing!”

“Sure you were.” He said in a sarcastic manor.

“Since when do you have white hair?”

“Part of my costume.”

“As who? A clown?”

“No, Dante from DMC 3.”

“What?”

“Devil May Cry 3.” Twilight just assumed it was one of the video games her little brother Spike played.

“How old are you?” She groaned.

“Come eleven o’clock, twenty-one. So I heard you sensed me?” Twilight looked at him in confusion. “When my clone vanished anything he learned I learned. Granted that’s a double edged sword, any damage he takes I also get when they vanish.” Twilight’s eyes shrank. As if on cue Grey felt a splitting pain rip through him and dropped to his knees.

“Are you okay?”

“Yeah, I’ll live. Know any spells to deal with pain?”

“No sorry.”

“Typical, a mage with no healing spells.” Twilight frowned and crossed her arms. “What are you going as?”

“It’s a surprise.”

“Is it a book?” Twilight’s face went red.

“No.”

She's cute when she tries to lie. He thought as he cracked his back. “Well, whatever. I’m gonna keep going.” He said as he popped the vertebrae in his neck making Twilight cringe. “See you later on.”

“Hang on I have questions.” Grey face palmed.

“And you were doing so well, what did we talk about this morning?”

“If you feel they’re getting to personal then just say so.”

“And you’ll back off?” She nodded. “Nice to see you’ve got that nose of yours on a leash now.” He sat on a log and threw his shirt back on.

“You mentioned a war,” Grey hung his head. “when did it happen and how come I never heard about it?”

“It was a war that didn’t concern you or anyone outside the Osiris.” He stated flatly. “The Osiris wasn’t always fragmented into six regimes. There was one man who was considered the leader or King if you want to be dramatic about it, of the slums. Everyone knew that what he declared was the law and followed it.” He bit his lip.

“The King had a council and everyone was treated equally, men, women, mages, flyers Griffins and Changelings alike. He didn’t care who you were so long as you followed the rules.”

“Sounds like a great man.”

“He was,” Grey stood up and cracked his neck. “but then something happened. He changed, started making new laws that suited his needs over the peoples’. To this day no one knows what happened, only that he started to go insane.” Twilight gulped.

“Making examples of people, public executions in the street, any who opposed him would be met either at the edge of a sword or the barrel of a gun. People were running in fear and no one was safe. If you defied him then your family would be executed in front of you, then you’d be next.” Twilight felt the words pierce her like a knife. How could one man be so cruel?

“Soon, the people formed a resistance to go agains the Mad King, as he came to be called. There were six Generals of the Republic, six of the strongest, the toughest and deadliest mages you could imagine. Even with their combined efforts it wasn’t enough, the Mad King had several soldiers with him that were better equipped and trained.”

“Why would they follow someone like that?”

“Fear? Brainwashing? Probably both, but who can say? Anyway, the war lasted two years after the Changeling Invasion and ended about seven months ago.”

“How come I never heard about it?”

“Cut off all communication and any guard that went to investigate turned up ‘missing.’” He made air quotes with his hands. “At least until the last day of the war.” He said in a somber tone. “The day the ash covered the entire city and the war ended. Somehow word reached the Royal Guard and a legion of guards were dispatched to deal with the ‘civil unrest.’ Three armies clashed and by the end, it was over.”

“Who won?”

“The King was slain at an execution and the Rebellion was a success. The six then split up the Osiris equally and started to rebuild.” He sat back down and sighed.

“It sounds like the rebellion won.”

“In a way they did, but at a great cost.” He sighed.

“How did you survive the war?”

“Kept my head down and waited it out. I couldn’t risk my family getting hurt. So we laid low. Never stayed in the same place for more than a week.”

“Did you have to,” Twilight gulped before she formed the words. “kill anyone?” Grey turned his head and gave her a stare that could make an Ursa void it’s bowls.

“What do you think?” The man pulled out his pocket watch and looked at the time. “I need to freshen up for the party. See you around.” The man said before walking through the forest back towards the school with Twilight following close behind. Silence ensnared the two like flies caught in a web. Once they cleared the forest, they went their rooms.

Eris was sitting on the couch with a magazine in hand. She looked at Grey and raised an eyebrow.

“Dude, what’s with the hair?”

“Part of my costume. Where’s yours?” He said as he grabbed the threads he need for his outfit.

“You’ll see~” She said in a sing song voice. Grey stepped into the shower and let the warm water run down his body and massage his aching muscles. He dried off and threw on the red jacket Rarity had designed for him and a pair of raggedy jeans. He used his magic to make perfect replicas of Dante’s weapons. The man walked out of the bathroom to see the woman in a skin tight outfit that accentuated her natural physique.

The costume was jet black and had a large gap in the middle that showed everything from her cleavage to her naval but kept the rest of her breasts covered. The woman was also wearing cat ears and a tail was coming out of her lower back. The woman saw him and a coy smile grey on her face as she made a purring noise. “Kitty likes.” She said as she sauntered over to him.

“Who’re you supposed to be, Cat woman?”

“Nope, just a very sexy, playful cat.” Her tail was swishing back and forth. Eris also had a set of long fake, he assumed to be fake, nails on her fingers. She gently brushed them against the man’s exposed flesh and leaned against him. “Ya know we can have our own private party,” Her tone was sultry and Grey felt her tail wrap around his leg. “right here, right now.”

Grey pulled out a water gun and spayed the woman, which resulted in a hiss.

“Quit messing around.”

“Oh I see, you like seeing pussies wet.” He knew that she was being dirty and only rolled his eyes. She hissed again and the two made their way into town. As they walked, Grey couldn’t help but stare at the girl’s ass. “I know you’re staring at me.” She grinned. “Can’t say I blame you.”

“You wish.” He said as the two arrived in front of the club. The two went inside to see Neon behind the turn tables dressed like what appeared to be a Decepticon. Suddenly a pink haired chicken appeared in front of them with a smile on her face.

“Hey you made it! Do you like it?”

“Yeah it looks awesome Pinkie.” The chicken looked Eris over and whistled.

“Damn girl you look’n fine!” Eris shot Grey a smug grin.

“At least someone admits it.” She said as she smacked her behind with her tail.

“C’mon you two, let’s party!”

“C’mon boy, we’re gonna dance.” Eris said as she grabbed Grey’s wrist and dragged him onto the dance floor.

“I don’t dance.”

“You do tonight. Now shut up and dance!” The music was blazing and Eris was moving her body to the beat. She leaned back against the man’s chest and purred as she wrapped her tail around his torso to keep him in place. As she started to grind on the man, she reached up and placed her hands on the back of his neck. Grey’s face was all red as he felt the girl’s ass firmly pressing against his crotch.

After Eris had her fill, the two went to a private table in the back and soon, the rest of Grey’s team, and the other four girls showed up. AJ was a scarecrow, Dash was wearing a dark version of a Wonderbolt costume and Rarity was, unsurprisingly, a Princess. Finally, Twilight was donning a skirt and a lavender blouse along with the glasses he’d seen her with earlier.

“You supposed to be a teacher Twi?” Grey chuckled.

“A librarian.”

“Wow, dad was right, no creativity.” Eris said as she sipped her drink. Twilight crossed her arms and sat down. Winter was Elsa from ‘Frozen,’ Bolt looked like Cole from ‘Infamous 2’ and Roach looked like a knight in shining armor.

“Where’s Fluttershy?” Grey asked.

“Shy is too scared to leave the dorm. You know how she is.” Dash stated.

“What hair dye did you use on your hair dear?” Rarity asked as she started to examine the man’s scalp. There wasn’t even a single black root showing in the snow white hair.

“Just something I got from the store downtown.” AJ narrowed her eyes at the man.

“Well, I think it looks lovely. Looks so much more natural than your black hair.” Soon a familiar pyro mage had shown up looking like Ace from ‘One Piece’ next to him was one of the girls who had tried out for his dueling team.

“Sup man?” He asked with a fist bump.

“Not much.” He looked at Winter who was clenching her fist hard enough to draw blood. He looked at the golden haired girl and chuckled nervously. “Sorry, I forgot your name.”

“It’s Summer Flare.” She then shot Winter a smug smile. “I see you’ve met my sister.”

“Sister!?” Grey and his teammates all said as they looked at the ice mage.

“Unfortunately yes, my twin sister.” She spat out.

“Oh don’t be like that sis, I’d hate to embarrass you in front of your friends.” Winter gritted her teeth.

“Anyway,” Heat said getting between the two. “Summer here is the newest edition to my squad.”

“WHAT!?” Winter yelled.

“I thought you had enough members?” Grey said.

“I did. Until I kicked Whisper and another guy off for taking bribes.” Grey knew from who. “She’s not the only one to join either.” He said looking back and motioning to someone. Grey’s eyes shrank when he saw the familiar silver haired performer with a cocky grin on her face.

“You’ve got to be shitting me.” He groaned. “Why in the name of the creator would you join the dueling team Trixie?” The performer scowled.

“The Great and Powerful Trixie never misses a chance to improve herself,” Grey respected that. “of course it’s hard to improve what is already perfect.” As quick as the feeling of respect came, it left. Heat led the two girls back to their own team’s table.

“I got twenty bits that say she lasts two weeks.” Roach said.

“I’ll take that action.” Bolt chuckled. Winter remained silent and hung her head. Coming to the rescue Pinkie jumped on the table and laid an egg. She laid a literal egg. The four friends all shook their heads while the others looked at her in confusion. The egg then started to shake and finally explode showing a bottle much larger than the egg could hope to hold. “How did she-”

“It’s Pinkie Pie, don’t question it.” AJ stated. Grey couldn’t help but laugh as he remembered his interaction with the pink girl that very morning. “What’s with the bottle Pinkie?”

“It’s time for truth or dare!”

“I have a terrible foreboding about this.” Grey said as Dash stood up.

“Hold up Pinks, lets make this game a bit more interesting.” She said holding up a few bottles of liquor. “If you’re unable to complete the dare or lie, then you take a shot. Last man standing wins!”

“I’m game. I need a drink.” Winter stated. The other agreed as well and the game began. The dares started of simple and quickly escalated to the craziness. The bottle landed on Grey after Twilight spun it.

“Okay Grey, truth or dare?”

“Dare me Sparkle.”

“I dare you to tell us something personal about you.”

“Boring.” Dash and Eris said. Grey sat back and thought.

“Okay, when I was a kid I’d always go to this park that had a pond. One year there was a bad drought and the water was low. I saw a hand sticking out of the mud.”

“A hand?” Dash gulped.

“A stone hand from a statue.” Grey stated. “I managed to dig the damn thing out and found out it was a statue of a woman. Beautiful craftsman ship, it looked old, like really old. I’d say at least fifty years old.”

“Who was it?” Twilight asked.

“No idea, but she looked beautiful.”

“So what did ya do?” AJ asked.

“Cleaned the thing up and stood it back up. Went around every once in a while I’d check back and clean the graffiti off of it.”

“Some people have no appreciation for art.” Rarity said in a high and mighty tone.

“Tell me about it. Anyway, about three weeks before I came here I go down and found out that someone had stolen it. Tore everything within a mile a new one looking for it and found squat. Needless to say, I was, and still am, pissed.”

“So what happened to it?” Pinkie asked.

“No idea, but when I find the son-of-a-bitch who stole my statue,” An evil grin spread on his face. “there will be hell to pay.”

“It’s only a statue.” Grey looked at Dash and scowled.

“Hey I worked hard to restore that thing and take care of it. How would you feel if I stole your Wonderbolt posters?” Dash snorted and growled.

“Just try it!”

“See, you don’t want anyone stealing your shit.” He said as he took the bottle and spun it and it landed on the ice mage. “Okay Winter, truth or dare?”

“Dare.”

“Okay, what’s with you and Summer?” The ice mage opted with taking a shot. The mage spun the bottle and it landed on Eris.

“Okay, Eris you’re up.”

“I’ll say truth this time.”

“Are you a virgin?” All eyes turned towards the chaotic being who was chuckling.

“No, what did you-”

“Liar.” AJ interjected. “Ah can smell a lie a mile away missy, and you’re stinking right now.” Eris gritted her teeth and hissed like an angry cat. Grey summoned the water gun and sprayed her agin.

“Down kitty and tell the truth.” Eris scowled at Grey and groaned.

“Yes, I am one! I’ve been trapped in stone for a millennia, cut me some slack.” She crossed her arms after she spun the bottle. Winter and the other two men left to head back to their dorms and Dash was just forced to kiss Pinkie Pie courtesy of Eris.

“Ugh, why the hell do you taste like cotton candy?” She said as she threw back a drink to kill the taste in her mouth. Grey couldn’t help but take a snapshot and save it as blackmail. Her magenta eyes then narrowed on the man. “Okay my turn.” She shot Eris a glance and grinned. She gave the bottle a hard spin and it ‘just so happened’ to land on the man. “Ha! Truth or dare?”

“Bring it skittles.” That definitely struck a nerve as Dash grew an evil grin.

“I dare you to make out with your roommate for one minute!”

“No way in-” He was cut off as a firm familiar form collided with his body and was pinning him to the booth’s seat. Eris looked down at him like a tiger about to eat it’s prey. Eris was straddling him as she leaned forwards and purred. Grey’s face flushed red and gulped as Eris’s face got closer to his own.

“Don’t act like you don’t want this.” She said in a soft voice before locking her lips with his. Grey’s brain was a war zone, on one side he was kissing his teacher’s daughter, on the other he was kissing a crazy hot girl. Eris put her arms around Grey and slowly slid her forked tongue and started exploring his mouth. There may come a day where Grey would loose the tongue war, but it is not this day!

He started a wrestling match with their tongues. The girl’s eyes shrank at the sudden change and let out a soft moan as she felt her tail wrap around her leg.

“Times up!” Pinkie chimed as her watch went off. Grey and Eris broke the embrace and her cat like ears dropped in disappointment. Grey regained his senses and heard Heat yell ‘damn’ followed by a series of ‘woots’ from the other men at the party.

“Damn it Eris! Don’t do that!” He said with red cheeks looking up at the girl who was still straddling him.

“Before you go on a total bullshit rant about how you didn’t enjoy that,” She said with a smile and half lidded eyes. “you might wanna check where your hands are.” The man raised an eyebrow and gave a small squeeze to feel something round, soft and firm. What ever it is it made eris throw her head back and moan. He followed his arm down and saw that he was groping the girl’s ass.

After Eris got off of him, Grey sat back up with crimson red cheeks. Rarity and AJ had coy smiles on their faces, Twilight was just as red as Grey, Pinkie and Dash were laughing so hard that Grey though they might cough up a lung. Eris sat back with a smug grin on her face and pulled out a small box. “Oh relax, consider this your gift.” She said as she tossed him the box. Grey opened it up to show a silver key.

“What’s the key to?”

“Oh that’s a surprise.” She said with a giggle. Not one of those cute giggles, more like a ‘I’ll turn you into a newt’ giggle. The hours ticked by and the group headed back towards their dorms before it got too late. Grey dragged himself into his dorm and the two roommates went their separate ways. After Grey changed into a pair of gym shorts and turned his hair back to black, he noticed a large bag sitting near his desk with a lock around the top.

He pulled out the key Eris had given him and hesitantly inserted it into the lock. As he turned the key something large and firm tackled him on the bed. He looked to see the cat suited Eris sitting on his chest. “Looks like the cat’s out of the bag.” Grey gulped as the girl leaned down to him and pressed her nose against his.

“Eris, get off me. Now.”

“Nope.” She smiled. “You opened your present.” Her tone was low and sultry. Grey’s face was blushing harder than ever.

“Look Eris, you’re very pretty but-” He was cut off as he felt a familiar pair of warm lips on his own. The girl moaned as she pressed herself against his body.

“Oh don’t say you didn’t enjoy that. Besides,” Grey followed her gaze and saw he was pitching a tent in his pants. “I need to pay you back for taking such good care of me.” She kissed him again and her face was blushing brightly. All thought’s stopped in Grey’s mind and he broke the kiss. Eris sat up and started to remove her costume.

This is going to be a long, long night.

Author's Note

I am such a tease aren't I? anyway I've decided that the clop scenes will get their own individual chapters.
Stay tuned!