Tartarus High

“Spike Come on! If you don't hurry up we're going to be late! Shining can't afford that!” Twilight yelled as she pounded on her bathroom door.

“Sorry Twi, but when you gotta go you gotta go.” Spike said as he came out, zipping his pants back up in the process.

“Ugh whatever. Now come on don't worry about our stuff, I taught Shining the teleport spell.” Twilight said, hurrying the smaller boy out of the door and into the car waiting outside.

“Got everything that can't wait for teleportation?” Shining asked, looking back from the drivers seat.

“Yeah, let's go.” Twilight replied. The car jerked forward. Twilight looked at her old high school without emotion. She really didn't like that place.

“So...Spike you're going to be a Freshman at Ponyville high eh? Let me tell ya Little Brother, if any of the seniors ask you to do the kind of things you do for Twilight they're just trying to use you.” Shining said as he drove.

“What about the things I do for Twi, you make it sound like she's using me too...” Spike rationalized.

“Spike, you're my little brother. You help me out and do some chores or organization for me and I pay your rent and love you in return. Besides, I'm a Junior not a senior...Shining is right though, don't let people step all over you or I'll have to give them hell.” Twilight said, opening one of her favorite novels.

“Oh Twilight, just because you're the best Mage in Equestria doesn't mean you get to bully the other kids.” Shining said.

“First off, I'm not the best Mage. Second, you really think I'd bully other kids? I'm just saying if spike gets bullied I'll make sure it stops.” Twilight said, deciding to forgo the novel and take a nap instead. Her dark purple- nearly black- hair would get messed up but right now she didn't care.

“I guess. So, you think you'll like your new magic studies class Twi?... ...Twi?” Shining asked.

“No good, she's out.” Spike said, also with a yawn.

“Well I suppose not everyone can switch schedules on a moments' notice.” Shining said.

“Yeah well you're trained to do that...” Spike said.

“I guess. Take a nap spike, I'll wake you when we're there.” Shining said. It was useless though, he already heard the green haired boy's snores. Suddenly his phone rang, he put an earpiece on and pressed the button.

“Ah, Mi Amore Cadenza....I know, I just like calling you my love...they're napping already...really? The Princesses are transferring too?...Twi'll get a kick outta that... ...Tonight at Eight? I can make that easy...Bye Love.” he conversed. He looked at Twilight then. “Well Twi, looks like you'll be more excited about this change than you are leaving Canterlot High after all.” he said to himself.

“Gah! What was that?!” Twi yelped, having been jerked awake.

“Sorry, some ass hole tried to cut me off when there wasn't any room...ugh that's gonna have to get re painted.” he said, looking through a side mirror.

“We almost there?” Spike asked.

“I give it a couple minutes before we're in sight.” Shining answered.

“Right...” Twi said, opening the novel back up.

Within minutes Ponyville came into view. Twilight was a bit put off by the size of the place. It was more like a village than a town. She could clearly see the high school though, she imagined if it had a standard campus it covered half of the town.

“Here, I stopped by a clothes shop while you were asleep, I think you'll like them.” Shining said, handing two bags back. “It's starting to Rain.” Shining answered when Twilight gave him an odd look. She looked outside and saw that it was indeed raining. She looked over at spike, who was pulling out a purple hoodie with dragons circling around as the design. Curious, she opened her own bag. There were three other bags. One was warm weather wear, the other cold. The final smaller bag held her own hoodie. It was the same dark purple as her hair, but it had a six pointed star pattern on the chest.

“Wow that's awesome! Thanks!” Spike said, pulling it on instantly. Twilight laid hers on her lap and looked out the window.

“What's the matter, don't like it?” Shining asked.

“Oh I love it, sorry, I'm just gonna wait until we get out to put it on.” she replied, giving him a genuine smile.

“I got your favorite lipstick too...it's with the cold wear.” Shining sighed. Twilight grinned and fished it out. It was a purple a few shades lighter than her hair and hoodie, the same color as the T-shirt she was currently wearing. All of this combined with her black jeans and now her dark hoodie is the reason she was often pegged as goth. She didn't care, if they saw her as something that wasn't her that's her own fault. She just liked the style.

“Your Dorm is a...Tree...” Shining said to himself when they arrived at her Dorm address.

“They ran out of rooms in the official Dorm so they offered the Library.” Twilight said, pulling her hoodie on.

“of Course she accepted.” Spike said, pulling his hood up.

“Alright, if you need me I'll be up at the school finishing your paperwork and everything.” Shining said and drove off.

“WHOA WHOA WHOA LOOKOUT!” she suddenly heard. With a yelp she was pinned to the muddy ground by a groaning mass.

“Whoops, sorry. Lost control with a huge change in the wind speed.” the Woman that crashed into her said. Well she obviously wasn't just a woman, she had teal blue wings splayed out around her. That would make her a Valkyrie. She was wearing a teal jumpsuit which -cough cough- showed her rather well toned figure off nicely. Her goggles were half knocked off and her medium length and messy rainbow colored hair was everywhere.

“Ugh...” Twilight groaned as she got up. With a quick shake and a snap of her fingers the mud was gone. Spike was busy laughing.

“Sorry 'bout that. The name's Dash. Rainbow Dash.” Dash said, putting a hand out to shake. Twilight cautiously accepted it.

“So you're a Mage, that's cool. I gotta Fly though, I obviously got a lot of practice to take care of.” she said, leaping back into the sky.

“That was...different.” Twilight mumbled.

“Oh man, you shoulda seen your face when you got a look at her! You went all red!” Spike gasped out.

“I did?...well...not gonna deny it.” she said with a shrug and turned towards her new home, only to be face to face with a rather hyper looking woman. Her hair was abnormally fluffy and curly, even though it was raining. She gained a look of utter surprise, gasped long and huge and then dashed off with cartoon-ish speed.

“The hell?” Twilight mumbled to herself. “Maybe we should go grab lunch...take care of unpacking later...” she continued, not wanting anyone else to surprise them in front of her new home.

“Right...” Spike said, weirded out by the odd pink woman.

“At least this town has good food...” Twilight said as she actually unlocked her door this time around. There was a flash of light and literal explosion of color and sound as she toppled to the floor from a glomp from that pink woman.

“Hi my name is pinkie pie! I saw you and I didn't recognize you and I thought that was weird because I know EEEEEEEEverybody so I thought you must be new so I got everyone together and got this 'Welcome to Ponyville whoever you are!' party started!” the woman said in a single breath. After Twilight got over the initial shock she grimaced at the headache she now had.

“Oh Pinkie, I think the party cannon was um...A bit too much...Here, I have something...” an almost nonexistent voice said from next to her. She looked over at a Valkyrie, who was wearing a butter yellow sweater and pink jeans, with beautiful pink hair with butterfly hair clips crouching down next to her going through a bag. She pulled out what looked like a sweet and handed it to her.

“Um...eat it..if..um...if that's ok with you...it'll take care of that headache.” she said. Twilight cautiously did so. It's taste wasn't the best but it did it's job. Now that her head had stopped spinning she could think and get up.

“Thanks...um...” Twilight started.

“Fluttershy.” the Valkyrie answered shyly.

“Well now that that's all fine and Dandy you can say hello to thuh rest of us.” a southernly accented voice said. She turned around and saw Rainbow Dash, now wearing similar clothes to Fluttershy but blue instead of yellow and pink and had a cloud with a rainbow streaked lightning bolt design, next to two other women. One, the one who spoke, was wearing an orange tank top under a leather jacket and short jean shorts. He hair was long and tied loosely towards the bottom and she wore a stetson on her head. The tank had a large apple right on the front of it.

“Th' name's Applejack, Ah run thuh Apple Farm.” Applejack said.

“I'm Pinkie Pie!” Pinkie exclaimed, forgetting she had already said that. Twilight noticed the balloon pattern on her shirt.

“You already said that Darling.” the woman next to Applejack said. Her voice was 'sophisticated' as was her Hair. It was a more Royal shade of purple than hers and was styled with slight curls. She was wearing a white turtleneck with white designers jeans, she had a necklace that sported three expensive looking gems. “I'm Rarity.” she continued.

“Um...Hi...I'm Twilight Sparkle...this is my little brother Spike. We just transferred from Canterlot.” Twilight introduced.

“I suppose you'll be attending Ponyville High Darling...correct?” Rarity asked.

“Yeah...I'm a Junior, Spike's a Freshman. When does the first Semester start?” Twilight asked.

“Oh in a few days.” Dash replied.

“Thanks...well...We've got a LOT of unpacking to do...so uh...could you...uh...” Twilight started.

“Oh! You want us to Leave so you can unpack! Come on Girls we'll see her soon!” Pinkie exclaimed, practically bouncing out of the door.

“Alright, ya sure you don't want any Help cleanin' up?” Applejack asked, but when she looked back the mess was already floating around the room looking for a trash bin. “Nevermind...” she resigned and left.