Starswirl University

Chapter 3

First Class

“Ugh this sucks.” Eris said as she tugged at her tie. Her outfit was like the other girls’ only hers had a brown tint to it. Grey rolled his eyes and the two hastily made their way down the hallway. The man noticed that several students were looking at them and whispering to one another. Grey saw Twilight and the other girls.

“Morning.” He said as he walked up to the scholar.

“Oh hey Grey.” She said with a smile. Pinkie and Shy gave him a warm smile while Rarity gulped. Dash and AJ just gave him a neutral nod. “Who’s this?” Twilight asked as she looked at the white haired girl.

“This is Eris, my roommate.” The girl just rolled her eyes at the girls. “She’s also Discord’s daughter.” The scholar’s right eyelid twitched at the words. Grey then felt something vibrate in his pocket. He reached in and pulled out a small pocket sized handbook. Every student was issued one and were enchanted so the students could communicate with one another via telepathically typing words out or making a direct psychic line to each other.

Grey opened the first page to see a picture of Princess Celestia next to a some words.

Grey Newhope, please meet me in my office. We have something to discuss. Grey sighed and closed the book.

“Sucks to be you.” Eris chuckled.

“Ha-ha. Just get to class.” He said as he started to make his way to the offices. As he made his way through the hallways he felt eyes on him and brushed off the gestures. He made his way towards the offices and stood outside Celestia’s office. As he reached to knock he heard a voice.

“Come in.” Grey took the handle and gave it a hard turn and entered the office. It was much bigger than Discord’s. Celestia sat behind a large desk and had her hands folded on her desk. “Please, have a seat.” She gestured towards the chair in front of the desk. The man nodded and set his bag down. “I realize that you’re surprised by this.”

“Compared to whats happened in the past week, not really. So what do you need?”

“I just wanted to ask you a few questions about the deal you and Discord worked out.” She said as she sipped her tea.

“Well, he offered to get me in to the school, provided I become his student and watch his daughter.” Celestia gave a nod. “I take it that he didn’t tell you about it?”

“Correct.” The woman said as the door opened to show the lunar Princess. “Ah Luna, we were just getting started.” The woman took a seat next to her sister and looked at Grey. “So tell us a bit about yourself.”

“Not much to tell really. Grew up in Canterlot and haven’t been outside the city till now.”

“What do your parents do?” Luna asked.

“Your guess is as good as mine.” He said as he sat back. Both women cocked an eyebrow. “I never knew them. I was left on an orphanage’s doorstep when I was an infant.” Both of them gulped.

“We are sorry for asking.” Luna said in a low tone.

“Nah, don’t worry about it. I grew up with a roof over my head and food on the table. So I’m not complaining.” He said in a nonchalant tone.

“Where is this orphanage?” Celestia asked.

“It’s below the osiris.” Celestia raised an eyebrow. She had heard of the line that divided the rich upper crust of Canterlot and the poorer sections. Most people that live below the osiris often turn to crime and other dark habits. For this reason the guard pays little attention to that sector and let the criminals stew until they start going for the upper crust.

“Interesting.” The sun goddess said. “I don’t recall coming across your file in the pile of applicants.” Grey scratched his head.

“Yeah and you won’t.” Both Princesses looked at him in confusion. “You see the testers denied my entry.”

“Then why are thou here?” Luna asked.

“You see-” The room was suddenly filled with light.

“Morning all!” A familiar voice said as the chaos lord appeared in the room. “What are you doing here Grey? Shouldn’t you be in class?”

“Princess Celestia and Princess Luna wanted to talk to me about something.” Discord looked at them and raised an eyebrow.

“Honestly you two, are you trying to make my student look bad?” Discord looked at Grey and grinned. “Grey run along to class. Creator knows what Eris has gotten herself into.” Grey grabbed his bag and made his way to class. The three immortals looked at one another and Discord sighed.

“Tell me something Discord.” Celestia said in a calm tone. “Why did you agree to take that child as your apprentice?” Discord scratched his chin and thought for a while.

“Why indeed?” He said with a shrug. “For fun, pity or just because I felt a little paternal? Who can say?” Both sisters scowled at him. “Oh come now, you don’t see me complaining about you two having students.”

“Thou shall start making sense!” Luna yelled.

“You do realize the contradiction don’t you? I have a rep to protect as god of Chaos. So I have to occasionally do something unexpected.” Celestia calmed her sister down and sighed. “So now I have to wonder what you two are going to do.”

“What are you insinuating?” Celestia asked.

“Well, since you two love to rain on my parade I can’t help but think that you two will send him home purely out of spite for me.” He said in a false worried tone. Both sisters gritted their teeth. “I may be crazy at times, but I’m not cruel.” Celestia frowned. “You’d really crush the boy’s dreams like-”

“Enough Discord.” Celestia said in an aggravated tone. Discord prided himself on his ability to get under the Princesses’ skin. The sun goddess calmed down and sat back. “We will give the child a test this afternoon. If he passes then he will remain, if not then he will be sent home.”

“Fair enough.” The man said with a wicked grin. “Though I’d put my money on the boy rather than on Ms. Sparkle or Ms. Lulamoon.” He said as he left the room. The Princesses looked at one another and sighed.
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Grey sighed as he made his way down the hallway and saw the room number. He turned the knob to see several students sitting in a lecture hall. He immediately focused on Eris who was sitting next to Twilight.

“Late arrival?” Grey turned his attention towards the front and saw a woman with shoulder length maroon hair with a light stripe through it and was wearing a deep wine colored jacket with a knee length skirt.

“Sorry, I have a note from the Headmistress.” Grey pulled the note out of his pocket. Her eyes scanned the note and shrugged.

“Fair enough. My name is Ms. Cherilee and this is Literature 101. We were just finishing up introducing, so it looks like you’re up.” Grey sighed and stood in front of the class.

“Right, my name is Grey Newhope. I was born in Canterlot. I’m a mage and that’s about it.” He shrugged. He noticed a hand go up. “Yeah?”

“What ind of magic do you specialize in?”

“I don’t have a specialty.” The crowd groaned. Grey scratched his head and bit his lip. “Hang on.” He pulled out his wand and ran a bit of magic through it. He gave it a wave and a copy of himself appeared next to him. The teacher’s eyebrows went high enough to hit the ceiling while the students blinked in surprise.

“So you’re an illusionist then?” Cherilee said.

“This isn’t an illusion.” The woman crumpled up a piece of paper into a ball and tossed it at the copy. The fake caught it proving that it had physical mass and acute senses. “This is a pure clone manifested by my own magical energy.” The clone then turned into smoke and the ball fell to the floor.

“Awesome!” A student yelled. Eris rolled her eyes while Twilight was awestruck. Cherilee then saw the symbol on the back of the student’s jacket.

“So you’re Discord’s student then?” The crowd immediately fell silent and gulped.

“Yeah.” He said as he ran a hand through his short black hair.

“Perfect.” She sighed. “Grab a seat anywhere and we’ll get started.” Grey nodded and made his way towards Eris and Twilight. The class went fairly smoothly with only a few outbursts from Eris, which Grey managed to handle with some assistance from Twilight. Soon the bell rang and the students exited with haste. The next class was gym.

Grey recognized AJ and Dash. During the mile run, the two girls were so busy competing that they had spent all their energy on the last quarter mile of the fourth lap. Grey wasn’t as fast as them but he made up for it with his endurance. After the mile, Grey recognized the coaches as Soarin and Spitfire from the Wonderbolts. Dash let her fangirl side show a few times which cracked AJ up.

The daughter of chaos was catching glances from several other students. Some of them would ‘accidentally’ trip and fall during exercises. The two athletes were still wary of Grey and watched him closely. The school also had an indoor pool that they would use later in the term. The class ended around eleven-ish. The next class was cooking. Upon entering his vision was immediately met with pink. Pinkie had seemed to pop out of nowhere and led the two over to her station.

The cooking teacher had dark pink hair and a was sporting a cyan apron.

“Morning everyone. My name is Mrs. Cake and this is Cooking 101.” She smiled. “Today we’ll start out with some cupcakes.” Pinkie grinned in victory and started baking. Cooking clearly wasn’t Eris’s strong suit and burnt the first batch. Pinkie luckily took over and managed to salvage their work. Next was lunch which was essentially a free period for the students. Eris ventured off somewhere and Grey decided to look around the town that was close to the school. Most of the buildings were fairly new and had nice stone work. The streets were bustling with taxis and other cars. People filled the streets buying different types of food and other items. The man then heard two voices coming from an alleyway that was in between two buildings.

“You’re firing me?” Grey heard a man yell. He rounded a corner to see a man with jet black hair and gray wings coming from his back. He was still in his uniform and had a very irate look on his face.

“Damn straight.” Grey looked to see a girl in a white tank top with a black music note on it. She had spiky electric blue hair that went down to her shoulders and a pair of magenta glasses seemed to be holding her hair in place. “You suck at your job.”

“Listen bitch!”

“Hey hey, easy there pal.” Grey said as he walked up to them. “Let’s not get carried away here.”

“Screw off scrub.” He snarled.

“Just beat it Endzone, you’re bad for business.” The flyer grunted and clenched a fist as he brought his arm back to strike the girl. As his arm reached halfway to the girl’s face he felt something grab his arm.

“I hate it when guys like you get full of yourselves.” As the flyer tried to pull away he saw that his hand was being encased in ice. “So unless you want to end up as an ice sculpture I suggest you beat it before I get angry.” The flyer gulped and shook his hand free. The ice crumbled away and the flyer frowned at Grey who racked his neck and pulled out his wand.

“This ain’t over!” He said as he took flight. Grey sighed and made his wand vanish.

“Jerk.” The girl said with a sigh. “Thanks for that.” Grey smiled and noticed that she had piercing red eyes. “Names Vinyl Scratch. I own ‘The Place.’”

“What’s that?” Vinyl raised an eyebrow and pointed up to an unlit neon sign that showed the words. “Oh. Sorry.”

“Nah it’s cool.” She smiled. “So who are you?”

“Grey Newhope.” He said as he shook her hand. “What was that about?”

“I just fired that punk ass.”

“Why?”

“He was a bouncer and he kept all my friends out and let all his jerk friends in. It wasn’t good for business since they were all-”

“Jerks?” Grey said with a chuckle. Vinyl nodded.

“Hey you looking for a job?”

“You offering one?” Grey smirked.

“Yup.”

“Then yes.”

“Cool. Be here at seven tonight and I’ll teach you the ropes.” Vinyl then went back in her club and Grey went on his way. The man started to make his way back towards school when he got a call on his handbook.

“Hello?”

“Where are you?” Crank recognized the voice of the indigo haired scholar.

“Twilight? What’s up?”

“Its time for our private lesson!” She yelled.

“Sheesh, calm down. I’m on my way.”

“Don’t tell me to-” He closed the book on her and he quickly made his way back towards the school. Discord had sent him a route and the man made his way into the office building. He headed towards a large staircase and made his way down. Grey had heard that the school was built on the ruins of an old castle that belonged to some famous mage a few hundred years ago. He came to a large wooden door and opened it to see Discord, Luna, Celestia and their students.

“Sorry I’m late. Still getting used the campus.” He said with a chuckle.

“That’s quite alright.” Celestia beamed. “Though I hope you don’t make a habit of it.” Grey could feel Trixie’s gaze on him and played innocent to it.

“So what’s up?”

“We have decided to give you a test.” Luna said. “Since you did not pass the initiation-”

“Oh no I passed. The judges were just being difficult because I’m from below the osiris and just wanted to piss me off.” Grey pulled out his wand and played a recording of what one of the judges said as he left.

“That street rat honestly thought he could enter?” The recording ended with the other judges laughing.

“Case and point.” He said as he sighed. Luna and Celestia looked at one another.

“I see. We apologize for their behavior. We clearly need to change up the judging.” Celestia said.

“No problem. I got here eventually and got some payback.” Grey chuckled at the memory.

“Even still, we’d like to get a sense of what you can do.” Luna said.

“How?” Discord asked.

“It will be the same as the entrance test.” Trixie grumbled.

“Trixie does not wish for a review class.” She whined.

“It is always good to review the basics.” Luna stated. Celestia’s hands glowed and several targets appeared in the air. There were five of them and they were levitated in the air.

“Destroy the targets as fast as you can with any spell you want.” The three stood side by side and they each pulled out their wands. Twilight’s was a lavender color with a pink spiral swirl on the wand itself and the handle was a darker shade of purple. Trixie’s was cyan with a few stars decorating the handle and wand. “Twilight you’re up.”

“Got it.” Twilight raised her wand and aimed at each individual target.

“One minute forty-six seconds.” Celestia said as she looked at the stop watch. “Excellent.” Trixie was up next and she raised her wand. Several blasts of blue light came out of the wand and shattered the targets. “One minute forty-five seconds. Most impressive.” Trixie gave herself a bow before Grey took a stance. The man sighed and focused.

He raised his wand and sent out a single bolt of magic that connected with the first target and then jumped to the other five in the blink of an eye. The watch stopped and the three immortals looked at it. “Forty-five seconds.” Twilight and Trixie’s jaws hung low at the clock.

“I hate wasting magic.” Grey shrugged.

“How did you get that good?” Twilight asked.

“Been shooting tin cans since I was kid. All that practicing had to do something.” The targets vanished and a large bucket of water appeared in front of the three students. Another bucket appeared on the opposite end of the room only empty.

“Get the water in that bucket without spilling a drop using the least amount of magic possible.” Celestia stated as a thermometer appeared in her hand. “We will use this to measure how much magic you use. There is no time limit.” Twilight was up first and used a simple levitation spell to move the bucket over the empty one and poured the water in. She used barely any magic since the spell was simple enough for a child to use.

Trixie decided to use the same technique, but used a bit more power than Twilight. It was Grey’s turn and the man put his wand in his sleeve. The man picked up the bucket with his hands and walked over to the other before pouring the water out.

“Cheater!” Trixie yelled.

“How? The rules were to use the least amount of magic possible, so I didn’t use any.” He grinned. Celestia gave him a nod and made the buckets vanish.

“Okay last one.” Celestia said. Her hands glowed as a rock the size of a dinner plate appeared before them. “I want you all to levitate this rock for as long as you can.” A purple aura shot out of Twilight’s wand and levitated the rock five feet off the floor. Near the two minute mark Twilight felt sweat forming on her brow and let the rock fall at three minutes twenty-five seconds.

Trixie managed to keep it up for four minutes before losing concentration. Grey looked at the rock and sighed. Gray aura wrapped around the rock and levitated it at the same height. He held it up for four minutes until he let the stone fall. Twilight’s right eyelid twitched and Trixie’s eyes burned holes through the man.

“We good?” Discord asked with a sly grin.

“Y-yes. You three are free to leave.” Luna said with a nod. The three students made their way out of the room and back towards the surface. Discord looked at the two Princesses and smirked.

“Well?”

“The child certainly is talented.” Luna stated. “We cannot believe that he was rejected.”

“You know how most of those testers are.” Celestia said. Discord looked like he was waiting for an answer. “The child can stay.” The man grinned. “I still cannot shake this feeling that he’s hiding something.”

“Oh come now Tia. We all have our secrets.” The chaos lord said as he vanished in a flash of light.
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Grey and Eris only had one more class that day. One that Grey was highly interested in. Advanced Magic Studies. As he entered the class he saw Trixie who shot him a dirty look and Twilight who waved him over. As soon as he sat down the interrogation began.

“How did you do all that stuff?” Twilight asked in flabbergasted tone.

“Magic.” He said in a flat tone. “Thought that was obvious.” Twilight frowned. “I know how to use my magic to the best of my ability. All there is too it.”

“How many spells do you know?”

“Don’t know. A dozen I guess.”

“That few?” Twilight raised an eyebrow.

“Yeah, but those few I can perform with my eyes closed and I’ve managed to warp them to a degree.” The two stopped talking as the door opened and a woman with pink wings and donning a pink jacket with tri-colored hair. Twilight smiled and tried to control her excitement.

“Afternoon everyone. I am Professor Cadenza, but you can call me Cadence.” She smiled. Grey found out that Twilight was Cadence’s sister in law and saw them do an odd gig when they thought they were alone. He stored it in his memory and made a mental note to show the girls later.

As he walked into the dorm room he saw that most of the furniture was floating eight feet off the ground. Grey looked up at the couch and saw Eris lying on her back with her legs crossed over one another.

“Sup roomie? Thought I’d do some redecorating.”

“Whatever makes you feel comfortable.” He shrugged as he went off to his room. The man froze as he saw that his bed and desk were now upside down and stuck to the ceiling. Grey face palmed and he heard Eris chuckle. The man walked back out towards Eris and looked up at the floating couch. “Mind coming down so we can talk?”

“Don’t feel like it.”

“Fine. Then I’m coming up.” Eris looked over the edge to see a magical gray chain with a hook on the end shoot from his right hand and sink into the couch. The man was then pulled by the chain and he found himself on the other end of the couch.

“Not bad.”

“Look Eris, I get that you’re a chaotic being and all that you need your space. Everyone does. Even me.” The man stated as he adverted his eyes. The girl was still lying on her back and if Grey tried to look her in the eyes he would be able to see up her skirt. “So let’s just get a couple of ground rules.”

“Boring.” Eris blurted out.

“Only a few and ones that benefit us both.” The girl ignored the man. “One, in the dorm you have free reign. Except for the bathroom, kitchen and my room. Sound fair? Neither of us want to mess with the stove or bathroom due to it’s use and the possibility of blowing us and every thing within a two hundred foot radius up.”

“Fine.” The girl grunted.

“Two, if we’re entertaining guests then tone down the chaos. I don’t wanna get kicked out due to holes opening up in space and time.”

“Buzz killer.” The girl pouted.

“Look it’s only common sense and-”

“I’m gonna stop ya right there.” Eris said as she help up a finger. “First off, don’t tell me what to do, or else. Second, the only reason why you’re putting up with me is because ‘dear old dad’ is paying you.”

“I’ll admit it’s a valid reason.” Grey stated.

“Third, don’t try the whole buddy, buddy crap on me. Cause it ain’t gonna work.”

“Fine Ms. Optimistic.” The man stated. “Just don’t go all ‘Chaos Overlord’ on me.” The girl frowned and let out a growl. “Daww~ You’re adorable when you try to be threatening.” Grey said in a baby like voice. Eris clenched her teeth and tackled the man on the couch. The break in concentration also made the furniture slam down on the floor.

Grey was then staring into the red eyes of death as the girl pinned his arms over his head. The girl pressed her forehead against his and she stared back into his grey eyes.

“Call me that again and you’ll spend the rest of your life as a goat.” The door suddenly flung open to show Twilight.

“What was that noise I-” She froze on the spot as she saw Eris on top of Grey. It only took a second for the chaotic girl to think of a scheme. Eris threw her head back and let out a small moan.

“Told you that no condoms were better.” Grey frowned as Twilight’s face turned red and slammed the door shut.

“Mind getting off me?”

“Nah, I’m good.” Eris then saw something in the man’s coat pocket. In Grey’s squirming the small amulet fell out. Like a cat to a garden hose the girl jumped back and let out a small screech. “Where did you get that thing?” She yelled.

“Your old man gave it to me as a precaution.” Grey said as he held it up. “I’m told this will temporarily disrupt your powers. That true?”

“Yeah!” She hissed.

“Okay, so I won’t use this so long as you don’t give me a reason to, deal?” Eris bit her lip and grunted. “Well?”

“Fine.”

“Good and on another matter, if you take someone up here for some under the cover action then let me know ahead of time and hang something on the door so I don’t see anything I can’t un-see.” Grey then pulled out one of those take out menus that restaurants put on door handles. Eris chuckled at the name. ‘Master Wang’s Griffonian Take Out.’ “Needless to say the title says it all.”

“Yeah, yeah.” She waved off.

“Good, then if you’ll excuse me I have homework to do.” The man said as he went off to his room and opened his book.
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Hours later Grey made his way back down into town donning a blue T shirt and a pair of worn out jeans. The small city was more lively than when he saw it during the day time. He walked inside the building and saw that the interior was dark and there was a turn table on the stage. There was also a bar and a dance floor. Grey then saw the girl levitating a few records beside the turn tables.

“Hey dude.” Vinyl said with a smile. “You’re early. Place doesn’t open up for another,” She checked her watch. “forty-five minutes.”

“Figured I should know what to do before I start working.”

“Good point.” She waved her white wand and the boxes were placed beside the turn table. “Dumb question, you ever been in a fight?”

“I’ve had to fight my way out of a few bad situations.” Vinyl grinned. “Expecting trouble?”

“Not really, you’re gonna chaperone this place.”

“Chaperone?”

“Make sure everything’s running smoothly, keep the drinks going, keep the idiots out, make sure everyone is having a good time.”

“So I’m a bouncer?”

“Pretty much.”

“How will I know who to and who not to let in?” Vinyl gave him a clip board with two pieces of paper on it. One was blue while the other was red.

“If their names are on the blue then let em in, if red turn em away.”

“What if they’re not on the list?”

“I’ll leave them up to you. You seem like a good judge of character.”

“Am I the only one working here?”

“Nah, I got a few other guys. You’ll each take turns, but since you’re the new guy you have door duty all night.”

“Thanks boss.” He said in a sarcastic tone. “By the way, how much is the pay?”

“I’d say twenty bits an hour.” Grey’s jaw hit the floor. The highest paying job he worked while in Canterlot was seven bits an hour. Vinyl then pulled out a box with a black T-shirt that had ‘The Place’ written on the back of it. There was also a pair of black pants and matching belt. “I’m not a stickler about uniforms, but this is just so they know that you’re working security. At least until people get use to ya.” Crank took the box and went into the bathroom to change. Once out he looked at himself in the mirror. The shirt clung to his body, he wasn’t as fit as some of the guys he had seen around campus, but was more on the lean and spry side.

Grey heard a knock at the door and opened it to see Pinkie with a smile on her face.

“Hey!” She smiled.

“Hey Pinkie, what are you doing here?” He asked as he leaned against the doorway.

“I’m here for the party duh!”

“We’re not even opened yet and I gotta check the list.” Grey pulled out the clipboard and scanned it twice. Sorry Pinkie but I don’t see-” A slender pink polished nail then pointed to a footnote at the bottom of the page.

‘Pinkie Pie is always welcome.’ The message was a bit sloppy but still readable. “My bad Pinkie, c’mon on in.” He said as he opened the door for her. Vinyl was still organizing records.

“Hey Pinks. First one here I see.” She chuckled.

“You bet!” She chimed. Grey grabbed some of those red aisle way ropes people set up around walkways and stood outside as the first batch of people showed up. Most of them were girls and were on the list. Rainbow, AJ and Rarity soon showed up and Grey let them inside. As the night went on the tiny place started to fill up and Grey was introduced to the other two guards, a hulking flyer with tiny white wings named Bulk Biceps and another flyer with dark wings and a white mohawk named Thunderlane.

Pinkie would occasionally brink him out a drink which he thanked her for. Soon two women, that were most likely twins approached him. The only difference was their hair. One was light blue while the other was a bright pink.

“Evening ladies.” He smiled.

“We heard that this is the hottest joint in the city.” The blue haired one said.

“Might be true, but were at capacity.” Grey said keeping a straight face. Both sisters then gave him pouting faces.

“Oh please.” One of them whined.

“Sorry ladies.” The two sisters looked at one another and they nodded. The twins took a step back and pulled up the bottom of their shirts. They were identical down to their belly buttons and nether of them were wearing bras. The people waiting in a line were awe struck as Grey kept a straight face. After the two had put their shirts down, Grey stepped aside and opened the door for them.

“Enjoy your evening ladies.” He said with a smirk. The blue haired one blew him a kiss as she went inside.

Best. Job. Ever. He thought with a grin. A little while later he felt a tapping on his shoulder.

“Hey new guy!” Grey turned around to see Thunderlane.

“Need something?”

“Yeah, that.” Thunder pointed towards the crowd. It was hard to make out with the people dancing and the strobe light, but Grey could just make out a the gray winged man he saw earlier that day. “Time to earn your stripes rook.”

“You’ll watch the door?” Thunder nodded as Grey made his way up to the man. Grey could see that he was drunk and was giving the twins trouble.

“Ugh, beat it creep.” The blue haired one said as she pushed him away.

“Oh come on baby.” He said in a drunken tone. Grey tapped the man on the shoulder.

“There a problem here?” Grey asked as he narrowed his eyes.

“None of your business twerp.”

“Well, from what I’ve seen you’re harassing these two young ladies here. So I’m afraid I’m gonna have to ask you to leave.” The drunken flyer chuckled and quickly slammed his fist into Grey’s cheek. Despite the force, Grey stood his ground and looked back at the flyer. He felt blood slide from the corner of his mouth.

Grey heard the music stop and felt everyone’s eyes fall on him. “Heh, not bad.” Grey said as he wiped the blood off his face. “Haven’t met someone who can draw blood with just their fist in a while.” The flyer then tried to land another punch. It connected with the man’s stomach and grey clenched his teeth as the flyer came around for another one. Grey dodged the blow and delivered a few quick jabs to the flyer’s chest. Grey then saw the flyer grunt and swing at him.

This time Grey caught the fist and forced it to the left as he brought his knee into the man’s gut. He heard the man cough and most likely throw up his drink. “I just got this uniform ass hole!” Grey saw the man’s leg come up for a kick. The steel eyed mage back flipped out of the way and landed on his feet. He dug his feet into the floor and rushed his magic to his right hand.

The flyer only saw a blur before something hard connected with his face. The force from the man’s fist sent him flying back. “Thunder, incoming!” Thunder opened the doors just in time for the drunk to be thrown out into the street. Grey made his way out and looked at the flyer who was on his knees, hurling up the rest of his drinks. “Don’t come back here again. Got it?” Grey said as he cracked his knuckles.

Endzone cursed at him and took flight, only to fly into a nearby mailbox. Grey and Thunder chuckled as he drunkenly limped away from the club. Grey and Thunder walked back into the club to hear cheering. “And that, ladies and gentlemen is how we do it.” Dash, Pinkie, Applejack and Vinyl then walked up to him.

“You okay dude?” Vinyl asked.

“I’be okay after I rest a bit.” He said as he rubbed his side and held back a few whimpers. Grey could feel the bruises forming and grunted.

“That was awesome!” Dash yelled. “About time jerk got what was coming to him.”

“I take it that you know him?” He said with a pant.

“He went to flight camp with Shy and I.” The flyer growled. “Always was an ass.” Grey nodded and turned to Vinyl.

“So what's next boss?”

“I think you’ve earned the rest of the night off.” She smiled.

“You sure? I can keep going.”

“Nah, this place is winding down anyway.” Grey nodded and saw several people starting to leave. Grey got changed back into his street clothes and made his way back up to the school. He didn’t see anyone on the way back and figured that they were already back in their rooms. The man saw that the front gate to the school was closed and a security guard was at the booth. Grey walked up to the booth and tapped on the window. The man stirred awake and looked at Grey.

“Hey why’s the gate closed?”

“Curfew. Any student caught outside after curfew gets disciplined.” The man said as he reached for the phone. “But my rule is that everyone gets one. Some get more than one, but everyone gets at least one.” The man said as he opened up the gate.

“Thanks.” Grey said.

“Yeah, just don’t do it again.” Grey nodded and quickly made his way back to his room. The man opened the door to see Eris in front of the TV playing with her new Xbox One.

“Where the hell have you been?” She asked not looking away from the screen.

“Nice to see you too Eris.” He said with a sigh. The girl looked at him and saw the bruise on his face.

“What happened to you?”

“Got a job as a bouncer, got flashed by two of the hottest twins I’ve ever seen and beat the crap out of a party crasher.” He said in a flat tone. “What about you? How was your first day?”

“Um...beat my record on Titanfall.” She said with smile.

“Exciting.” He said in a sarcastic tone. The girl let out a low pitched growl. “Well, I’m off to bed. Don’t stay up too late Eri.” The man ducked inside his room just in time to avoid a yellow bolt of magic. The man quickly changed into a pair of sweat pants and hoped down onto his bed. "One day down, only a million to go." He siad as he snapped his fingers and the light shut off.