Tartarus High

(A/N tell me how you think I handled Trixie. we'll get more into her personality next chapter- as well as Gilda's a bit- so if you think it's underdeveloped that's why. Enjoy! -Dark. P.S. this isn't a spoiler because the chapter is called trixie and I've said in comments she's gonna be in the story)

“Holy...Fuck...” Gilda said when she saw the Manor.

“C'mon! We'll show you around!” Dash said and dragged her inside long with most of the others.

“We're going to go grab Lunch, see you later.” Spike said, arm draped around Emerald.

“Had a feeling...” Celestia muttered.

“Yeah.” Twilight said.

“Hey Twilight...what exactly was that back there? When you...snapped...you used magic. But with no glyphs or movements or anything...you didn't even blink...do you know?” Celestia asked.

“I dunno really. I've been able to do it since I was about ten...but obviously it's not normal, so I just stick to glyphs and stuff. Couldn't exactly do the right movements to do what I did back there so I guess I instinctively turned to it...” Twilight explained.

“That's pretty impressive. It's almost unheard of, the only Mage I've ever heard of was starswirl the bearded.” Celestia said.

“I read about that.” Twilight said with a smile, but before anything else could be said there was the sound of a cart rolling up behind them. They turned to see what looked like a magically drawn cart with a large poster saying 'THE GREAT AND POWERFUL TRIXIE!' on it. A woman in blue robes and a ridiculous wizard hat stepped out. Her hair was long and white and she ha a smug look on her face.

“The great and powerful Trixie graces you with her Presence! She has seen this large manor and demands she be allowed to stay here!” the woman exclaimed.

“Great...one of these people...” Celestia muttered under her breath.

“Sorry, but the only people staying here are of my family or on my team. We don't even know you, you'll have to find out somewhere else.” Celestia said, faking reluctance.

“Oh such barbarianism. Trixie would like to inform you that she is just as capable as any other Mage when it comes to combat. She would like to know why you are wearing that ridiculous costume though...” she said.

“I highly doubt it...and this isn't a costume.” Twilight said, flaring the wings a moment. Trixie looked unamused.

“Half-demons. Trixie has heard of them. Even so, you dare doubt my skill?” she exclaimed.

“Yep. If you can take me off my feet you get to stay here.” Twilight said.

“This hardly seems fair. You are crippled.” Trixie laughed. Twilight just began limping towards her. Trixie sighed and sent a blast of magic at Twilight. It melted in midair and dispersed. This surprised Trixie. She used a large rope to attempt to trip up Twilight, but it was wrested from her magical grip and flung away. Desperate, she flung a large rock from nearby at the girl hobbling up to her. When it hit her it shattered, shards of the rock and even the dust disintegrating as it impacted her. She stopped half a foot in front of Trixie and poked her in the arm with a crutch.

“Tag.” Twilight said. Celestia burst out laughing. Trixie was suddenly frozen as Twilight's hair blew out of her face and she caught sight of the scar. She yelped when the eye opened. After a few moments it closed and Twilight had a look of deep thought on her face.

“I think she should stay.” Twilight said as she turned around.

“Why?” Celestia asked.

“She has a very bright aura. She has the potential to take claim to her boasting, she just doesn't have the skill nor the training...yet. Besides, Rarity could use a Mage sparring partner that's closer to her level.” Twilight explained.

“I trust you, Alright come on then. Get your things and I'll show you to a room. Be warned though, in this place if you boast you better plan to back it up. We're all friendly though and don't be afraid to ask for help or training.” Celestia said. Trixie snapped out of her frozen state and just nodded, taking a few bags from her cart and following Celestia.

“You coming Twi?” Celestia asked when she turned a different path when they entered the Manor.

“I almost killed someone today, I need to relax. You know where to find me.” Twilight said. Celestia nodded.

“Where is she going?” Trixie asked.

“We call it the sealed Bath. There's a Glyph on the door, you're welcome to it but don't be surprised if me, my sister or Twilight are already in there.” Celestia said.

“Hey who's this?” Dash asked when they entered the main room, where Fluttershy was sitting in Luna's lap and Pinkie Dash's.

“This is Trixie. Twilight thinks she has the potential to be on the team. Our job is to toughen her up to that if we can.” Celestia said.

“That freaky eye of hers can see how strong someone is?” Gilda asked from her place lying on the rafters.

“Not really, it can make out Magical auras, apparently Trixie's is pretty bright.” Celestia answered.

“Well Trix, if Twi thinks you're cool I'll give ya a try, nice to meet ya.” Dash said, putting a hand out. Trixie shook it and everyone gave similar greetings.

“What's the matter?” Celestia asked as she showed Trixie a free room.

“Trixie feels out of place...” Trixie said.

“I'm going to be blunt. Simply put you are. If it were up to me you would have had to find somewhere else. Not because I'm mean or cruel, but because I don't think you can handle it. Are you in the Tartarus Program at least?” Celestia asked.

“Trixie is, what do you mean though?” Trixie replied.

“You saw how powerful Twilight is. And you saw how bad she got hurt. We face those kind of threats every mission. Do you know how to fire a weapon? Or do you have some training in CQC?” Celestia asked.

“Trixie is very good with the standard firearms, she uses these to fight in close quarters when she needs to.” Trixie said, pulling trench knives out of her bag.

“Meet me in the Dojo I showed you in ten minutes.” Celestia said.

“Um...Alright.” Trixie replied.

“I need to go help Twilight re-bandage after her bath.” Celestia explained, looking at the clock.

“Um...right.” Trixie responded. Celestia nodded and left.

“Oh.” Celestia started, sticking her head back in. “Bring your combat gear.” she said and popped back out.

Celestia stood in front of Gilda and Trixie. Gilda ha what looked like gloves on that extended her Talons to be even more deadly. She had Griffin styled armor as well, winged shoulder plates with sleek, smooth body armor. Trixie had a surprisingly badass setup. Her shoulder plates were spiked, it was a full set of armor. The elbows, knees, toes and knuckles were spiked as well. She looked very combat ready.

“Right. I'm not going to beat around the bush. You will both attack me until you cannot anymore or you draw blood. You may use any means you have.” Celestia said, her claws and curved blades sliding out of their notches as she kept her arms folded.

The two trainees looked at each other, then at Celestia. They lunged forward, but were stopped as Celestia spun and retracted her claws to land punches on each of them, sending them rolling back.

“Coordinate your attacks. Learn each others' style. Blindly charging will get you killed.” Celestia instructed. The two got up and charged again. This time, however, Gilda took to the air, the Dojo having a tall ceiling, and Trixie attempted to hold Celestia in place with an ensnaring spell. This attack failed, however, when Celestia broke the spell without much effort and deflected both attacks.

Knocked back, Trixie thought quickly. As Gilda occupied most of Celestia's attention, her being the superior fighter, she decided to use her magic in a way she had only heard about. She pulled out a flier she had on her for some reason, turned it over and quickly scratched a glyph onto it. She scratched another glyph onto the ground and snapped, summoning a rope. She attached the glyph paper to the rope and dashed for Celestia.

Seeing this, Gilda made a large push to get Celestia as off balance as possible and leaped into the air. Celestia saw Trixie running at her with a rope in her hand and put her blades up in defense. Trixie tossed the rope into the air and charged in with her trench knives. Gilda attacked as well, the two of them occupying Celestia just barely enough for her to not notice the rope slowly coiling around the three of them.

“Now!” Trixie yelled and jumped back. Gilda jumped backwards as well as the rope tightened suddenly, encasing Celestia. Celestia proceeded to slice the rope, but found it would not cut. Then she noticed the glyph attached.

“Very clever. I do not recognize this glyph.” Celestia started. “But.” she continued, the rope disintegrating. “it was obviously made specifically to protect against cutting. Nothing else.” she finished, her blades afire.

“That would have worked against someone who didn't know any magic or with a lesser knowledge than your own. I think we're done. You two fit together surprisingly well.” Celestia congratulated, smiling.

“What do we do now then? It's only been ten minutes.” Gilda asked.

“You two spar. If you get hurt go to Fluttershy, she'll fix you up. Remember, don't start something you don't intend to go through with.” Celestia answered, looking directly at Trixie and then leaving.

“Trixie needs a bit of a breather...” Trixie said.

“Yeah, so do I...” Gilda replied. They were both breathing heavily.

“Trixie wishes to know where you learned how to fight.” Trixie said.

“Uh...my dad taught me. We're a warrior clan, we're taught since we're old enough to wear armor and put on our claws. How about you? And why do you talk in third person like that?” Gilda replied.

“Trixie was taught by traveling mercenaries after they saved her from bandits a few years ago. Since then she has been training with anyone who knows the style. And Trixie speaks like this for no specific reason...it helps her traveling magic performances...she guesses it just sticks.” Trixie answered.

“Yeah well it's actually kinda annoying. I can deal with it for now, but Dash or even Twilight might snap at you if they're in a bad mood.” Gilda warned.

“Why would Twilight snap?” Trixie asked.

“You shoulda seen her during lunch today at the school. Some ass holes were messing with Fluttershy and they tried to cut her wings off for being a half demon...then suddenly there's Twilight, she shattered his sword like it was made of sugar and would have ripped his wings off if Celestia didn't snap her out of it...she's scary when she's like that...her voice is cold and she has no emotion whatsoever...the creepiest part about that though is that while she was doing all that magic she wasn't moving a muscle...not even blinking...” Gilda explained.

“She was using magic against Trixie before...it was a bit disarming...her arms are bandaged as well so Trixie guesses they are hurt, using them with the crutches must be the best she can do with them Trixie thinks. It must be a special ability to do magic like that, Trixie has never heard of it before.” Trixie said.

“Right...well...enough chatting, let's see what you got. By the way, that was pretty good for on the fly like that. Celestia may not have recognized that glyph but Twilight would have. Apparently she wrote two dictionaries on them.” Gilda said.

“Wait, that is Twilight Sparkle? I thought it was just the first name they had in common...” Trixie muttered.

“Yeah, well let's get started!” Gilda yelled and leaped at Trixie.