Tartarus High

(A/N for those of you who think the action is over now that the big fight is done stop right there. you forget, they still need to go find NM, the Gatekeeper. or did you all forget about that? *grins*. Enjoy! -Dark)

“Ugh...the f-fuck?...why am I tied up?” someone yelled. All of the drugged guards had been tied up together and stripped of their weapons.

“Because we needed you out of the way.” Dash said.

“Demon?! What the fuck?! You drugged us?!” someone yelled.

“No, we did.” the friendly guards said.

“...wait...you're with the demons?” someone asked.

“no we're with the Nightstalkers. You people who harbor hate and prejudice against the half demons as if they're monsters would have turned on them in the battle.” Shining Armor said.

“Commander? Wait...what? Turn on them in the battle?” someone asked.

“Of course we were there. Where do you think a couple hundred fighters would come from? Preschools?” Dash said.

“Why would you help us?” someone asked.

“God damn these guys are bigger morons than we thought. We. Are not. Your. Enemy. You're the ones who hunt us. You're the ones who kill us first. We only fight you in retaliation.” Dash growled.

“The Nightstalkers and half demons are more on the 'good side' than all of you are.” Shining Armor said.

“How the hell did they get you Commander? I never thought you'd switch sides...” someone said.

“For crying out loud...Why do you morons not accept the fact that just because they have demon blood doesn't mean they're monsters?!” he yelled.

“Listen 'commander'. You don't know what we went through because of those fucking demons. We lost friends and family because of them.” someone growled.

“And we lost even more thanks to you guys.” Twilight said, appearing next to Shining. “My mother and Father were assassinated by people like you for no reason other than my Father was a Demon. My Pack, we've lost dozens fighting this battle and many other battles against demons...but you know what? Most of our casualties come from people like you. We avoid Tartarus Guards when we see them unless they need our help. If they do, we help them. Sometimes they'll stop and listen to us...but you know what happens most of the time? Once we save your asses you turn around and shoot us in the back.” she continued angrily.

“Why the fuck would you be stupid enough to help them though?” one of the friendly Guards asked.

“Because we're not monsters. We give them a chance...we just saved Canterlot AND Ponyville now...and you people still think we're the monsters?” Twilight replied. She suddenly stopped and took a calm breath.

“Brother...I recommend stripping them of their rights as Tartarus Guards until they prove they won't pursue their old habits.” she said stoically. She then turned to the group again. “I don't care if you don't like it, but if you hurt one of my pack again I will destroy you. And I won't even leave anything to bury.” she continued. She threw her hand to the side. They all looked. An Improvised graveyard.

“That is where the dead are buried. There were only three deaths in the Tartarus Guard. Everything else is from my pack. We died for you. We died to protect what you're supposed to. Think about that. Would monsters willingly die to help you?” Twilight finished. Everyone was silent.

“Twilight, come on...we need to meet up with AJ's group at Ponyville.” Celestia said softly to her. Twilight breathed slowly and nodded. She turned around to where all of her forces were.

“Take the Wounded back to the Den with Fluttershy. I'll be back by tonight with the others. The rest of you, Let's move out.” Twilight called as she changed and took off into the air. The Guards all watched as the force took off in two directions.

“There they are.” someone said on the radio. Applejack looked up from where she was hauling a barrel of apples and saw Twilight's forces coming their way.

“They're uh...with you...right?” Mac asked.

“Yep. That'll be Twi's group.” Applejack replied.

“Twilight's being Carried by Celestia...I don't see any injuries...” the radio buzzed again.

“That big ol' blast yesterday was her usin' a big spell...she's probably Exhausted.” Applejack said.

“Right.” the radio buzzed. Ten minutes later, Applejack couldn't help but burst out laughing as Celestia landed with Twilight fast asleep on her back..

“Oh shush.” Celestia said with a smile. She lightly patted Twilight's cheek to wake her up and set her down.

“Sorry...” the girl mumbled.

“Don't be. You deserve weeks of sleep after that.” Luna said.

“So, how'd we do down here?” Twilight asked.

“Really well. We had one Guard death and four Nightstalkers...luckily that was all.” AJ replied.

“Wow...I guess the forces were really unbalanced...we had Wyrms and about ten Ursa over in Canterlot.” Twilight said.

“We didn't even have fliers, and only two Ursa...they did send a couple around to get at the citizens though, but the Crusaders handled it.” Applejack said.

“That's...good I guess. We lost twenty three and three guards.” Twilight said.

“I don't envy you then...if I had been in charge of that group we woulda lost a lot more, I'm no tactician.” AJ said.

“You did good enough here, that's all that matters. Nobody's perfect” Twilight said.

“No one 'cept you.” AJ replied with a grin.

“Nah, not even close. I just learn quickly.” Twilight giggled.

“Uh...Miss Twilight...there's somethin' you outta know.” Mac said, standing next to Applejack suddenly.

“Hey Mac, just call me Twilight. And what is it?” Twilight asked.

“They're alive an' fer the most part well...but there's some people here that say they're yer Parents.” Mac said. Everyone froze.

“What?” Twilight said.

“Who's there?” Twilight heard after she stood at the door for a few moments. She opened the door and walked in. There, sitting on the bed, were two people that looked exactly like her parents...they were even properly aged.

“Who are you?” the man asked.

“Tell me who you are first.” Twilight said.

“I'm Dusk Sparkle...” the man said.

“Dawn Sparkle...” the woman answered.

“That's impossible. They were assassinated many years ago.” Twilight said, crossing her arms.

“That's what they're telling everyone? Figures...we ran away to protect our kids from hunters. We've been living with the Changelings for some time now.” Dusk said.

“...you don't have any illusions or anything...I see you both know magic...but you're not using it...well...Dusk is, but that's to hide your Heritage.” Twilight said.

“How do you know all of this?” Dusk asked.

“Because I do. Tell me something only Dusk and Dawn would know.” Twilight replied.

“We have three kids...two boys and a girl.” Dawn said.

“Not good enough.” Twilight said.

“They were all Mages, Spike is a Dracomage.” Dawn continued.

“Still not good enough.” Twilight said.

“Twilight was an unawakened half demon.” Dusk said. Twilight froze. Dusk and Dawn noticed there was a tear going down her face.

“What's the matter?” Dawn asked. Twilight looked up, showing her face.

“it really is you...” she said lowly and slowly stepped towards them.

“Huh?...wait...Twilight?” Dusk asked. Twilight nodded and they were suddenly caught in a hug.

“W-why are you here?” Twilight asked.

“We saw a big flash and decided to check it out. We heard about the Tartarus Guards and the Nightstalkers...Figured we'd play peacemaker. We got here and that big fellow had us wait here.” Dusk answered.

“Speaking of Nightstalkers, there are a lot of them here now...where'd they all come from?” Dawn asked.

“We came in from Canterlot. The demons that attacked split into two groups.” Twilight started and recounted the numbers.

“I'm sorry...but...why haven't you been mad at us for leaving like that? Or why?” Dawn suddenly asked.

“Because I know the feeling.” Twilight answered after a moment. “When the half demons started popping up or awakening, like I did, the Hunters started popping up too...they'd started to kill us so we left. I led them off into the Everfree and found our new Colony. We're living with the Timber wolves.” she explained.

“Wait...you're...you're the leader?” Dusk asked.

“Well yeah, who did you think was?” Twilight replied.

“That big fellow's sister looked like she was in charge.” Dawn said.

“Oh, I put her in charge of this group since she has the most to lose here and she'd never let it be lost. Though the hardest fighting was on my end in Canterlot...” Twilight started and explained her battle.

“Whoa...hold on...wait...that massive blast of magic was you?” Dusk asked.

“Well...yeah. I mean not all me, I had all the Magic users lend me their power too.” Twilight replied.

“Twilight...channeling and focusing that much raw magical power...that's...not even the Angels would be able to do it without serious damage to their magic system...” Dawn said.

“Really? They were part of the team lending me their energy...most of us passed out and I've been sleeping most of yesterday and today...still pretty tired actually.” Twilight said.

“Wait...the Angels are with you?” Dusk asked.

“Yeah...they've been with me since we started the Tartarus project...and Celestia's kind of my girlfriend.” Twilight said.

“...What?” the two said in unison.

“What's wrong with that?” Twilight asked.

“Nothing...it's just a surprise...the last generation of Angels, Celestia and Luna's parents, were the strongest beings alive. No other person could keep up with them but each other.” Dusk said.

“Celestia and Luna are about that strong...but Luna's with one of my Friends, Fluttershy, and they're a pretty even match...as for me and Celestia, she says she wouldn't stand a chance against me if we were enemies but I don't believe it. Our spars always end in a draw.” Twilight explained.

“Hmph...I'll believe it when I see it.” Dusk pouted. Twilight gave him a confused look.

“Oh shush. He's just mad because back then he had a crush on their mother and she wiped the floor with him.” Dawn laughed.

“Oh. Well...now that I know for sure it's you guys...I think Spike would want to meet you too. Also I have to introduce you to all of my friends and family!”Twilight exclaimed, suddenly energetic.

“Family?” Dusk asked.

“The pack. We're all a big family when we don't need to be fighters.” Twilight repliedh appily and dragged them outside.