Equestria Academy: Maximus Bellum

by Tristen Izo

Rating: teen
Tags: Main 6, Princess Luna, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dark, Alternate Universe, Spike, Comedy, Adventure, Discord, Princess Celestia, Human
Length: 5993

Equestria Academy is a school that trains students to better use their abilities. These same students are also expected to fight in the war. Six girls will enter the academy, and learn all they can. What will they choose to do afterward?

Equestria Academy is a school that trains students to better use their abilities. It's a poorly kept secret that these students are being trained to fight in the war that rages the Equestrian continent, though it is their own choice. Six girls will go into the school, and learn to master their abilities. What will they do afterward?

Published 2014-04-27 13:50:03 UTC
Last updated 2014-05-12 08:08:07 UTC

Prologue - Equestria Academy

Princess Celestia stood upon the balcony of her quarters, looking over the land she ruled. Equestria. The land rightfully belonging to her, now torn in two. The land was now torn apart between thoes who supported her and thoes who supported the rule of Discord. Promises of fame and fortune to thoes who supported him, promise of high status and all their dreams brought to life. Thoes vain enough to belive him immideatly went and joined the Discordian Army, living on the opposite side of the continent which he claimed for his own. What's more, he seemed to have no boundries he wouldn't cross in order to get his way. Since the war began, reports of crime skyrocketed, typically in the name of the rules of the "Discordian Army", as the army's soldiers typically said. Senseless slaughter, violence and tyranny ran rampant since the rise of his army, using the masterful scientists he had in order to build machines incapable of mercy to thoes that Discord pointed out to them.

Though Celestia would not be outdone.

For the past few years, maybe a year or two after the war began, she opened up the grand building where she stood now, Equestria Academy. The school was just that, a school. However, rather than only learning the standard curiculum, the students also learned how to improve the abilities they'd been given. Every student was well gifted, having abilities some would call supernatural or frightning, but Celestia called these gifts. These young students were gifted with the ability to defend their home. Celestia would not lie. To herself or to others. She was training these students to fight in the war, and every graduate student has gone on to do so. However, they did not have to. That was entirely their choice. The Princess never forced them to go into combat for her, they did so upon mastering their abilities and leaving the school, further wishing to serve Celestia. She only hoped, with all of her being, that such loyalty was not misplaced....

Lately though, she noted, something must have been amiss. It's possible she was just being paranoid, which would be perfectly understandable in a time of war. Though she could swear that, subtly, Discord was getting bolder. His army had launched small-scale attacks on out-of-the-way towns. They did not do much damage by any means, but that still made her suspicious. What would he hope to gain from attacking minor places that, while he knew she'd care about them, would not benefit him to harm in any manor? It didn't make sense to her. Was he plotting something? The thought of Discord possibly taking his time in executing a plan that he was carefully setting up frightened her. She would need to send out forces to quickly go and check on the towns that had been reported attacked once more, and have them do a more thorough job. There was no way that he'd do such a thing for no reason. She would also need to place more military around her half of the continent. She would assure no troops would cross and do harm to any of her subjects.

"Princess Celestia?" a voice asked, snapping the multi-color haired Princess from her thoughts. She glanced back, seeing a frail looking young woman stand at her door, clad in a dress shirt and matching skrit, both beige, and wearing glasses that seemed slightly too small for her face and rested upon her nose. She held a clipboard in her hands, and gave a small bow of appology. "Sorry for just entering like this unannounced but you told me to come inform you immideatly once the letters had been sent out to thoes specific six youths you mentioned."

"Thank you, Formalis. I take that to mean all of them have been successfully delivered?" Celestia asked, walking over. She stood a good foot taller than the young woman before her, and wasn't dressed nearly as formal as she was. Celestia herself wore a simple T-shirt with gold trimmings along the edge, and a pair of jeans along with some dress shoes. Then again, this was her room, and she could do as she pleased here.

"We just recived word from out mail force that all of them were successfully delivered to each one, and one is even already on her way here." Formalis explained, looking at the clipboard she held. "All of them should be here soon enough, within the next few days at most. Perfectly in time for the opening ceremony."

"Perfect. Thank you very much. Dismissed," Celestia told her. Formalis bowed to her leader, and Celestia turned to return to her balcony, but paused when Formalis spoke.

"If you don't mind me asking, Lady Celestia," Formalis said hesitantly, standing up straight again. "Just what's so special about this six youths? I'd never even heard of most of them until recently."

"I'd have expected as much." Celestia said, a smile gracing her features. She stood beside her young advisor and looked at the clipboard with her. "Let's start with them, from top to bottom."

"Thank you, Lady Celestia." Formalis said, smiling up at her, though a light blush was also on her face. Her lady, her Princess, so close to her, and not only that, more than willing to answer her query. Though, of course, Formalis hadn't expected her to just turn a blind eye to the question, but it brought her joy to actually have it answered. She held in a giggle of pure glee as Celestia lead her over to the bed, both of them sitting upon it to begin their conversation. "Shall we go down the list, My Lady?" Formalis asked, keeping her tone neutral, though the blush was still clearly present on her face.

"Yes, of course. Now, first then," Celestia noted, looking at the clipboard. "Twilight Sparkle..."

Author's Note

This is my first story on here on my own. My friend owns an account that we used to share but I'm doing some stuff on my own now. I'm probably going to update this story once a week, every monday if I can. Hope you enjoy. Any comments, questions, and suggestions are all very welcome. Even flames are welcome if they hold useful advice for me to improve.

The Tale of the Twilight

"Now let's see...." Celestia mused as she looked at the clipboard. "Twilight Sparkle...."

A figure in a purple cloak stood at the cliff, overlooking the ruins of the destructive battle that took place. The first shot fired that started the war. The war that divided the Equestrian continent into two opposing forces...

Beside her, a smaller figure wearing a darker purple cloak with a green strip going down the center, about half the size of the first or a little over that, stood silently, neither saying a word. They only looked at the skeletons, armor, and weapons scattered across the barren land below them. The figure in the lighter garb clenched a fist, looking skyward and away from the land. The carnage that took place here was so incredibly dreadful that it made one shutter to think of. What's more, the ammount of skeletons and other corpses and remains that were on the battlefield were just what couldn't be recovered by the Celestian army. They had tried desperately to recover all of them, but each time they set upon the land again, the Discordian Army, that had managed to take the area, attacked them on sight. All these souls that remained here would never be known by name or face, not at this point.

The shorter figure looked at the taller one, before gently nudging their arm. They looked down at their companion before giving a nod, both of them walking back. Their footsteps made light crunching noises in the snow as they walked back through the snow, walking on the invisible path through the forest of dead, withered trees around them. The one in the lighter cloak took out a book, reading it as they walked along, while the shorter one only sauntered along. There were no words shared, as they had no need. They exited the withered forest....

Only to be met by a small army.

In front of them were at least two dozen robots, of varying shapes and sizes(though a majority of them did have human shape, and some resembeled beasts). The lead one seemed to be a spidertank of sorts, They were silver with some parts of them being red, such as the spidertank's eyes or the joints of the humanoids. All of them had their weapons revealed, be it the humanoid robots' machine guns in their fingers, the beastial ones(which bared a striking resemblence to lions or wolves) had blades pertruding from their paws in place of claws. The spider tank had an array of guns coming from each of its legs, and then it also had its main gun aimed right for them.It took a step forward.

:"You are being placed under arrest for tresspassing on Discordian ground," it said, its voice deep and metallic, echoing through the area. "You are to come quietly, citizen, or your actions, including speech, will be seen as hostile and we will be forced to attack. You have ten seconds to comply, or die where you stand."

The two figures looked at each other, before facing the tank again. It began counting down.

"10..."

Neither figure so much as moved, the taller one still reading their book, the shorter one leaning against one of the dead trees.

"9... 8... 7..."

The tall figure glanced up past their book and shook their head, pulling out a bookmark with the Celestian Emblem (a sun symbol, with what looked like a winged unicorn in the middle of it), placing it into the book.

"6.... 5.... 4..."

The robots on either side of the spidertank all took a step forward, weapons aimed at the two, the bladed ones ready to charge at the drop of a hat.

"3....2..."

The taller figure handed the book to the smaller one, who took it and set it inside their cloak, before taking a few steps back.

"1. Time up, Open fire." the spidertank ordered, and suddenly all armed units began firing their machine guns, the spidertank's guns set in its legs doing the same. The taller figure dashed forward, before seemingly vanishing into thin air, then reappearing right in front of one of the humanoid robots, one with a blade. It swiped at them, but they ducked backward, though the blade managed to catch their hood, removing it from their head. A full head of purple hair was released, gently brushing against the snow due to how low the girl bent back. Once the blade passed fully overhead, she stood straight upward again, then grabbed, the robot's arm, using it as leverage to swing around to the top of its head, landing upon its shoulders gracefully.

The other bots didn't seem to recognize that she was upon their ally, and all opened fire, only for her to jump a good ten feet in the air in a flash of purple light, making all bullets fill their own companion full of lead, causing him to explode. The girl flipped in mid-air, so her feet were skyward while her head was turned to the ground. As she ascended, a light purple platform appeared, letting her touch her feet to it before springing off and landing on the ground, in the middle of remains of the robot she'd used as a spring. She moved her cloak aside, showing that beneath it, she wore a tan, short-sleeved shirt underneath a pink vest, with a violet skirt that went down to just a bit above her knees. She wore brown shoes, and white socks. Her eyes were a light purple shade, and her skin was a bit tan, but not very. She also wore gloves on her hands, both black and fingerless, and on her right wrist were a collection of three bracelets. One of the bangs of her hair that hung in her face was colored, instead of purple like most of her hair, a slightly dark shade of pink.

The small force all aimed for her, and the blade users ran at her, one swinging right away. She ducked back to avoid the swipe, before lunging forward and putting her hand against it's chest. A faint glow came from her palm as she shoved it, the machine flying back at an incredible speed. One other robot, this one lion-like, was hit by it and stumbled in it's pursuit of her, but the others managed to get out of the way and attack her. She ducked under the blade of one aiming for her head and jumped over the blade of another that went for her stomach, rolled between the second's legs, then grabbed the robot behind her, which had a gun, just as it began to fight, then ducked underneath it, holding it's arm out toward the first ones, filling them with bullets. While normal bullets they'd be able to take, the bullets they fired were a different story. They were far more powerful than normal bullets, since they were made to penetrate borderline anything. As such, the two fell to the shots.

The young girl jumped backward to avoid the robot sweeping it's arm back, but failed to see the beastial lion-bot behind her, and grunted as it swiped at her, knocking her far to the side. She spun around in the air, landing on her feet and skidding across the snow covered ground. She raised her hand, before looking off to her left. She had been knocked in front of the Spidertank! The great machine aimed it's main gun at her, before firing a large shell at her.... Though it stopped in mid air. She was pointing right at the shell, both it and her hand cloaked in a deep pink aura. The robots stared before glancing at each other, the girl smirking as she saw this. She spun around and the tank's shell followed her hands path. She pointed at a large group of robots, and the projectile flew at a such a high speed toward them, one would think it had been fired right from the tank itself. None of them could escape the blast. Effectively, half the army was reduced.

One of the beastial bots charged at her, before stopping short and opened it's mouth, a gattling gun's barrel pertruding from it and aiming at her. She dashed forward, before she herself was surrounded by the magic aura, and launched at it. The aura faded and she spun in mid air, landing a kick to the side of it and making it's shots fly harmlessly in the air. It attempted to swipe at her, but she trapped it in her magic, both of her hands glowing before it suddenly faced it's allies, opening fire on them all. The spider tank dashed to the side to evade the bullets, but only some of the humanoids could evade the shots.

Several wolf-like bots came at her, and she jumped up into the air. They looked up at her before opening their maws, glowing blue light within. The girl simply created another platform to stand on, looking down at them. They fired grand lasers of plasma, which hit the platform and caused it to explode. The girl only used the blast to propell her into the air, before aiming the captured lion bot down at them, and firing it. The thing moved like a rocket, before crashing into the rest, exploding in a great burst of flame and metal while the young girl landed gently upon the ground.

The humanoids came at her again, but out of the corner of her eye, she saw the spidertank aiming for her again, and ran at the two-legged bots. She ducked between them and used her magic to gather them once they'd passed her, and flung them at the spidertank just as it was firing. At such close range, there was nowhere to escape in time, causing the explosion to even devestate the spidertank itself.

The girl smiled as she looked at them, before glancing back to where her companion was. She raised a hand, a sign to come, before continuing to walk toward the exit to the area. The shorter hooded figure nodded and ran toward her, but their head tilted slightly, noticing.... something.

The girl took no notice of it, simply walking slowly enough for her companion to catch up. She also failed to noticed the mound of snow rising up behind her until a loud metallic roar was heard. She turned around and gasped as she saw a bear-like machine standing over her, one claw raised in the air to strike....

SHING1

Suddenly, her companion was beside her, and the Bear-bot's chest was sliced clean open, the edges of the large hole in its chest having a ring of green on it. The parts inside the robot also had a green, glowing substance on them. The creature gave a weak roar before falling down flat on its face. The air kicked up by the thing's bulk blew off the shorter one's hood, revealing a boy. He had green, draconic eyes, green hair styled into a small mohawk(though he did have more hair that was slightly frayed a bit and closer to his scalp). He had a tattoo on his right arm, deep forest green and in the shape of a dragon groing from his upper shoulder to his wrist. His hand, which was currently clenched into a fist, had a dragon's eye as a tattoo upon the back of it. His other arm was wrapped from shoulder to wrist in bandages, and had two belts going around thoes, one on his upper arm and one directly upon his wrist. He wore a purple, sleeveless karate gi and similar colored shoes, except they had a ring of yellow on the lower half of them. He also had a small fang coming from the left corner of his mouth.

"Thanks, Spike," the girl said, gratitude in her tone. "Guess I missed one."

"No problem, Twilight," the boy said, smiling up at her, then handing her back her book.

"Thanks," she nodded. "Now... How much farther?"

Spike took a paper from within his cloak and unfolded it, looking at the map. "Uh... We should be there soon. Tomorrow if anything."

"Oh, this is GREAT!" Twilight cheered. "Finally..." she said, looking in the direction of the large building, which could be seen from their location, though significantly in the distance. "Equestria Academy...."

Author's Note

Okay, here's chapter two. This is what you could call, the "Twilight Trailer". I'm kinda basing it off Roosterteeth stuff with how posting works, and you may see some elements of the series RWBY in this from time to time, though not everyone will have a weapon. Mainly the posting scheduel(once every monday, like they do with Red Vs Blue) is from Roosterteeth. I'm uploading it on monday but wether it's accepted today is up to chance. Hope you enjoyed!

Side Note: Due to Finals Week upcoming at my school, I won't be able to update this coming monday. The chapter is close to completion but I have to spend a lot of time doing other things for me to focus on getting it presentable, and I want it to be as best as I can make it. I appologize for this misfortune.

An Apple A Day

“Now... Applejack... She's an interesting one. Quite the odd case, but I can tell you now. She is... Honestly, one of the most unique people I've invited to this school.”

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Brown boots hit the dirt repeatedly, as a teen girl walked through the village. Little grass grew in the village itself, though that was certainly not the case back at her home. Which explained the large cart of apples which she was hauling through the village. She wore a pair of blue jeans, a belt with a buckle in the shape of an apple's core securing them to her waist. She had on a checkered yellow and red shirt which was currently unbuttoned, revealing the plain white tank-top she wore underneath it. She had wonderfully tanned skin, and blond hair that extended down to her mid-back, secured in a tight ponytail, though some of her bangs that protruded from beneath the brown ten-gallon hat she wore hung in front of her sap-green eyes.

She wore a grin upon her face as she walked along. Some people glanced, giving a wave and smile to her as she passed, some calling her name. She simply gave a raise of her own hand or a nod of acknowledgment to them, continuing on to her destination, and pausing briefly once it was in her sight. Rufus Ramsey's Pub. She gave a large smile before running, full speed, toward it, dragging the heavy cart behind her as though it weighed nothing at all.

“Ah'm here!” she called into the pub the second she arrived, her southern accent radiating through the establishment. At the counter, a heavyset gentleman in a brown vest, wearing a white shirt glanced up at her from the mug he was cleaning.

“Howdy, Applejack,” the bartender called back, grinning behind his handle-bar mustache at her. “Got the shipment, Ah take it?”

“Sure do,” Applejack responded, nodding with a grin. “Where do ya want it?”

“Out front's fine,” he said, smirking. “C'mon in! Take a load off!” She gave a nod and set the handle of the cart down upon a barrel so it wouldn't fall over. She dusted her hands off by clapping them together, then went inside, greeting everyone with a wave and a curt, howdy as she went to the counter, sitting on one of the stools. "How's the weather out there?" the barkeep asked, looking at her.

"Eh, same as always," she shrugged. "Mind grabbin' me some cider?"

"Always aim to please, AJ." he chuckled, before pausing then sighing. "I gotta make more with the last few apples we got. Yer gonna have to wait a minute."

"Ah got nothin' but time, Sal," she shrugged, the large man walking into the back. AJ kicked her feet up on a stool beside her's, ready to relax.... Before a loud crash outside alarmed her and several other patrons. She stood up promptly and grunted in annoyance. "What in tarnation is goin' on?" she asked herself, walking outside once she heard some yelling.

Upon exiting the pub, she was greeted with seeing two men and the town mayor, who was on her knees in front of them, and seemed to be trembling in either fear or anger. The mayor was a woman with greying hair, dark skin and who was wearing her usual attire of a purple vest and pants along with black dress shoes and her walking stick, though she didn't truely need it. She just felt it best to be prepared. The men, however, AJ had never seen before. One of them was tall and fairly muscular, having blood red hair and looking as though he were tired, having his eyes half closed and both had bags beneath them. His companion was far smaller, more so than even the mayor(which took some doing, as they mayor herself was half the size of AJ). Both males wore golden armor, the tall one in heavy-looking gear and the short one in what just looked like a golden vest, arm bracers and greeves. The smaller one had two pistols secured to his waist and the taller one had a shotgun AND a large(also golden) broadsword on his back.

"What's goin' on out here," AJ asked, walking over and standing beside the mayor. The short one gave a toothy grin that AJ hated. It just didn't... look right. "Who're ya'll?"

"We, my dear darling hick," the short one said, and AJ had to resist the urge to clock him for the word. "Are emissaries of his highness Discord. The mayor of this backwater town has yet to pay ANY of her Discordian taxes in the entire time we've been sending her the notices. So, we came personally to collect our payment--"

"I don't owe you shit!" The mayor snapped at him, taking a step forward, but AJ quickly held out a hand in front of her.

"Beg yer pardon, but this town's on the Celestian side of the continent," she told them. "It ain't at all part of the Discordian side. It don't owe ya no taxes."

The short one scoffed. "You obviously don't get it, hick," he said, rolling his eyes. "This continent is rightfully Discordian as a whole, and therefore ALL towns must pay the tax."

"Well Ah think that's just plain bull," Applejack said bluntly to him.

"And I think you're a whore, now move out of the way so the grown ups can keep talking, brat," he said plainly.

"Grown up? Ah'm more grown than yer EVER gonna get!" AJ snapped at him. He paused at that, before sighing in anger.

"I tried to be nice. I really did. Bagga," he said, looking over his shoulder at the taller man. "Take care of the both of 'em."

"You got it, Bling." he said in a deep, monotone voice, a grin on his face. He stepped forward, and AJ gestured for the mayor to step back.

"You teach 'em a thing or two about who not to mess with." The mayor said, before walking into the crowd that had gathered outside the pub. Bagga tried to follow after her, but stopped when AJ got in his path, glaring up at him.

"Ya ain't goin' nowhere except outta my town." she said sternly. Both men glanced at each other before laughing.

"You really think you can beat us, kid--" Bagga began to ask, but was cut off by the sharp intake of breath he drew when she spun around, landing a kick to his stomach, just above his waist. He skidded back a yard or so and held his stomach, looking down to see his armor was dented where her foot had hit him.

"Ah KNOW Ah can beat you!" she said, cracking her knuckles and glaring coldly at them. Bling stared at his companion in shock before stamping his foot angrily.

"Get the hell up! Handel her already, you great lummox!" he shouted, Bagga getting to his feet and glaring at AJ.

"I usually hate gettin' rid of kids," he said, taking the sword off his back. "But I'm gonna enjoy this. And a lot."

"So am Ah." she grinned. Bagga rushed at her, letting out a batte cry as he raised his sword, bringing it down towards her. She rushed forward, stepping under the hilt and out of range of the blade, then bent her knees and sprung up, spinning as she did so, her fist hitting his jaw carrying him right into the air along with her. He groaned in pain, wincing before gasping for air as she let another spin carry her around, planting another kick to his stomach in the exact same spot and sending him crashing to the ground. He landed flat on his back as AJ landed on her feet, smirking. Bling sighed before taking out both of his pistols, classic flintlocks.

"Told the big bastard that full gold armor wouldn't help shit aside from looks." he muttered to himself before aiming at AJ. "Want somethin' done right..." he scoffed, before pulling the trigger. AJ spun around quickly, her fist out. The next thing he knew, his hand was stinging fiercely as the pistol shattered from the back from the force of its own bullet returning to it, flying out of his hand. "OUCH! Shit!" he shouted, holding his palm. He stared at AJ before growling and whipping his arm out a few times, to let the air cool it. "You're one special little hick, aren't ya?"

"Eh, my pa used to tell me that." she shrugged with a smirk, cracking her neck before glancing to the side as Bagga was suddenly at her side, swinging his gold-gauntlet clad at her. She ducked down to avoid it, surprising him, before getting back to her feet quickly and throwing a barrage of punches into his face, then punching him in his stomach yet again, the large man groaning in agony before being uppercut again, making him stumbled back. Bling reached into his pocket and pulling out a small knife, then running at her and leaping to cut, to which she bent backwards, making the swipe miss her, before standing upright fast, her head colliding with his chest and sending him flying back.. He gasped for air but landed on his feet.

"That's it..." he growled, pulling out his other pistol as well. He ran at AJ, who smirked, jumping over him as her fired a shot off at her, then dodged back into a kick that knocked the knife from his hand when he spun around to slash her with it. He stepped back and shot at her again, which she dodged by going to the left, and then went forward, landing a punch to send him spinning around back before she jumped, kicking both feet out to knock him forward, sending him flying a short distance above the ground before landing, crashing into a barrel. She landed on her hands and rolled back to her feet, before rolling to the side to avoid a downward slash from Bagga's sword, then spinning around and throwing a kick at him, though this time he had the prescense of mind to dodge it. He spun around, sweeping his sword and forcing her to crouch again.

He shifted backwards and pulled out the shotgun, shooting once at her, though she dodged backwards. He shot again and she leapt forward, punching outward, the bullet flying back and hitting him in the chest, making his chestplate fly off, revealing a red, skintight bodysuit. He groaned and stepped back but slashed out again, AJ ducking under it before jumping up and rearing her fist back. She then noticed that he was in mid-spin, the blade coming for her yet again. She swore silently in her head, before turning toward it and punching the edge, causing a portion of the blade to snap off and fly through the air, coming to rest in a barrel, and cutting an apple in half as it did. He stared in shock before glancing over his shoulder, looking at Bling.

"It's made of Gold, you idiot! It's not friggin' indestructable!" Bling snapped, aiming at AJ again before his eyes went wide. "LOOK OUT!"

Bagga felt a hard kick hit his now exposed stomach and he went flying back, nearly crashing into Bling on his way, before landing on the ground. "Owww...." he groaned, Bling sighing and facepalming before moving out of the way to avoid her crushing him with a diving kick. He turned and shot several times at her, AJ running away from the bullets off to the side before ducking behind a barrel. Bling smirked and took careful aim.... Before crying out as he was hit from behind with a barrel that felt like it was flung into him by a catapult. It also covered him in what looked like grape juice. He looked back to see a tanned teen boy glaring at him with blonde hair, a sprig of wheat coming from the side of his mouth. He had on a watch, as well as he was wearing a red shirt and blue jeans.

"Don't mess with mah sister." he said in a dangerously low voice. Bling stared before fumbling for his gun, then yelping in surprise and Bagga came over and helped him up frantically.

"You okay, Bling?!" he asked worriedly, dusting him off.

"Don't touch me, don't touch me, don't touch me, don't touch me!" Bling snapped, batting at his hands. "I'm fine! Now go take care of--" He froze as he noticed AJ was now in front of them, and grinning.

"Howdy." she greeted, before backflipping away when Bagga swiped at her, landing several feet away. "Ah think it's about time you fellas left..." she said, before spreading her legs apart, crouching low and clenching her fist tight. Her arm began to glow red, the color intensifying as she held the position, eventually turning into a blazing yellow and appearing to have tounges of flame whipping off of it. Both men scrambled for their firearms and began shooting at her.... Only for AJ's entire body to glow bright orange, the bullets bouncing off and falling harmlesslly to the ground. The stared in horror as AJ smirked at them, then charged, both men screaming as she crouched low once she was in front of them. She shot upward, landing a hard punch into Bling's chest, sending him flying into Bagga's stomach. She took a step forward and spun, an explosion of flame erupting from the force of the blow and sending the two flying off into the sky until they twinkled like a star.

"Now THAT'S how it's done!" AJ said, dusting her hands off as the bar patrons cheered for her, the mayor giving her a pat on the back and a smile. AJ walked back into the bar, sitting back at her seat as Sal came over, smirking.

"One Apple Cider." He said, placing a mug of light brown liquid.

"Thanks, big guy." she grinned, taking a swig of the sweet liquid as though it were alcohol. Though at that moment, a smaller girl ran in. She had rose red hair and reddish-yellow eyes. She wore blue overalls that ended off as a skirt, but she had black sweatpants beneath them, which were seen as they only went down to just a bit below her thighs, though the sweatpants ended right above her ankles. She wore pink socks and black shoes, and was carrying a letter in her hands. "Apple Bloom?" AJ asked curiously, looking at her in surprise.

"We got somethin' for ya, sis!" Apple Bloom said excitedly, the boy from earlier stepping into view too and nodding.

"Eeeyup." he said bluntly, putting a hand on her shoulder.

"So that's why Big Mac was here." AJ mused.

"Yup! It's from that big city! From Canterlot!" Apple Bloom said, the bar going quiet at that and staring, shocked.

"What could they want with me?" she asked, confused.

"Well I dunno! Here, you see!" the younger sister said, extending her hand and the letter.

"Sure thing," she shrugged, before taking the letter and ripping it open, looking at the note inside and reading it silently to herself. Everyone waited quietly, wanting to know why just as much as the Apple siblings themselves. AJ seemed to finish reading and set the note in her lap, looking at it.

"W-Well?" Bloom asked, looking up at her. AJ was silent, before giving a small chuckle. "Sis?" Bloom asked, blinking. AJ threw her head back, laughing loudly.

"Well folks!" She laughed, standing and smiling at them all. "Looks like Ah'm headed to Equestria Academy!"

Author's Note

Okay, it turns out I made it just in time ^^ I stayed up writing this until 4am, so I hope you like it. I'm not sure how good it is but feel free to tell me! If possible, I may change the name of this story, since I know I'm changing the description. I'm curious to know if that'd bring in more people to it. The plot isn't changing but the description isn't too accurate in the first place. And remember, all comments welcome and appreciated. I'm always looking to improve. So here's AJ's "Trailer". Hope you enjoy!