Tartarus High

(A/N thanks to s00perguy for the base for the glyph, I modified it to fit my needs but it's his base. enjoy! -Dark)

“Don't worry, we'll be fine. You really think they'd be able to incapacitate us?” Twilight said to Dash, who was demanding she come with them.

“You've still got magic exhaustion...” Dash argued.

“And I've also got a good supply of Magic Batteries if I need to use them. Don't worry Dash I'll be fine.” Twilight said.

“How come Frostbite gets to come with you?” Dash whined.

“So she can get used to how we work outside the tower. She's only just mastered the magic needed to assume human form.” Twilight said, looking at said Wendigo. Or rather rough looking woman. She had pure white, short hair and had nails almost like claws. Her eyes were ice blue and she had some odd tattoos that would normally be hidden by fur.

“Ugh fine...but if those Changelings do anything don't hesitate...” Dash said.

“Look at you getting all protective.” Twilight giggled.

“I've never even heard of them before...how can I tell if they're trustworthy or not?...just be careful.” Dash said.

“Don't worry, I'll take care of her. She is my girlfriend after all, not yours.” Celestia joked. Dash retorted by sticking her tongue out and stepping back.

“By the way Octavia, Vinyl...I wasn't expecting these when you were working for a week straight...but I must say, I like them.” Twilight said as she mounted a peculiar motorcycle. Octavia and Vinyl had worked for a full week designing them, making them and even learning some magic from the better Mages on Vinyl's part to master duplication spells. They were all black with customizable secondary colors. They were sleek and a bit long. Any cyclist on the streets would think they looked rather incomplete. The simple truth is that technically they were, they had no fuel tanks and other basic motor needs, but instead had a few battery ports. Once Twilight, Celestia, Dawn and Dusk shot off they found out they were fast and easy to handle as well.

(imagine these but a bit more covered, and black)

“Man, I love flying and I'm ok with running...but these make traveling so much easier...not even tired. And they use so little energy it's more than an even trade. Those two did an amazing job with them.” Twilight said.

“They did.” Celestia said, hopping off the back of Twilight's bike as Dawn and Dusk got off the other.

“The hive is here. We must wait until we are recognized.” Dawn said. About two minutes later someone came out of a hidden passage on the side of the mountain range they were in front of. His skin was a bit darker than a normal person's and his hair looked like it had holes in it. He had insect-like wings as well. There were a few tiny holes in them as well.

“We knew we could count on you to bring help.” he said to Dawn and Dusk with a smile.

“Take us to Chrystarium.” Dawn said. It nodded and let them through.

“Chrystarium is still in power?” Celestia asked.

“Yes, Chrysalis was in power for a little over a year but that didn't go so well. She's a warrior, not a leader, so she crowned her sister in her place.” Dawn replied as they walked.

“How do you know about all this?” Twilight asked.

“Luna and I spent a few years of our Childhood traveling Equestria and meeting all the races. Chrysalis was probably the best friend I made during that time and I spent most of my time here. Chrysalis and Chrystarium are sisters, but Chrysalis was crowned when their mother died. She was too young though so Chrystarium took power until Chrysalis was old enough. According to your parents that didn't work out too well.” Celestia explained.

“Ah Dusk and Dawn Sparkle! I knew I could count on you.” they heard a voice as they entered a large chamber. A woman with long white hair with holes seemingly cut into it with larger and whole insect wings said, standing from a rather odd throne. Now that there was a bit more light Twilight could see the only one with pupils in their eyes were that woman, apparently Chrystarium. They were slits.

“This is my Daughter, Twilight, and her Partner, Celestia.” Dusk said.

“We know Celestia, but we did not expect you would recruit your own Daughter.” Chrystarium said.

“It wasn't their choice. I would have come to help anyways.” Twilight said with a smile.

“We lead the Nightstalker pack in the Everfree. We would have come sooner but a small problem at home needed dealing with. There is a Wendigo that will arrive shortly, she is with us.” Celestia said.

“Already here.” they heard Frostbite's voice come behind them. She had chosen to simply run, being much more used to it.

“We have never seen one of your kind. I thought you were like ghosts that froze everything you touch.” Chrystarium said.

“That is only when we are traveling great distances or fighting.” Frostbite said, turning to her human form.

“Back on the subject, what is it you need help with?” Twilight asked.

“Chrysalis!” Chrystarium called after nodding. A woman identical to her, but with blue hair instead of white, entered. “I believe you know one of them very well. Brief them as you show them to rooms please.” she asked.

“Sure Sis, come on.” Chrysalis replied and motioned for the three newcomers to follow.

“I can't believe you're here Celestia!” Chrysalis exclaimed when she showed them their large room. She glomped the woman in a large hug, which was returned.

“It's a marvelous turn of events. Chrysalis, this is Twilight. My pack leader, my partner and girlfriend all in one.” Celestia said.

“Girlfriend eh?” she asked, her mood soured a bit.

“Let me guess, you were Celestia's girlfriend back then?” Twilight asked, but not rudely.

“We were barely teenagers, so it wasn't exactly like that, but yes.” Celestia said.

“What makes her better than I?” Chrysalis asked a bit rudely.

“Oh hell...I had hoped you wouldn't do this. She is a better woman than the both of us, she is responsible for hundreds of people and handles it all calmly and effectively...no offense but she is also the better lover...and to top it off she could turn half of Equestria into a wasteland if she was at full power with a snap.” Celestia explained quickly.

“Hey that makes it sound mean and challenging.” Twilight said.

“No...I asked and she answered. Well now that that's out of the way we can get to business. When we first sent Dawn and Dusk we were being attacked by what your people have been calling Manticores and Harpies. Since then we defeated them, but another force has been spotted nearby. There are two Ursa, but our forces are no good up front like that, we don't have the strength or the right skills to take an Ursa head on...let alone two.” Chrysalis said.

“Only two?” Twilight asked.

“Only? You say it as if it is nothing...” Chrysalis huffed.

“Chrysalis...Twilight can get rid of them right now...” Celestia said.

“I'll believe that when I see it...” Chrysalis mumbled.

“I've got an idea. We need to stop them from attacking, we can't stay here forever. Do you know why they attack?” Twilight asked.

“They sense the magic from our Hive and are drawn to it.” Chrysalis replied.

“Then I know just what to do. I can take care of the Ursa when they get here, and while that's happening Celestia can place magic hiding Glyphs around the area. If maintained correctly the only time you will see demons here is if they blindly stumble past the hiding barriers.” Twilight said.

“We do not know how to maintain Glyphs.” Chrysalis said.

“I will teach your Mages.” Celestia said.

“What can I do?” Frostbite asked.

“You came with us to help fight and to learn more. We have the fighting covered, you can try and learn more about the Changelings. I'd love to hear what you find.” Twilight said.

“The beasts will arrive in a few hours. We had begun setting up traps to hamper them, but they have proven ineffective. Are you sure you can take two at once?” Chrysalis said.

“Very sure.” Twilight replied.

“Your scouts were wrong Chrysalis.” Twilight's voice said over the radio.

“How so?” Chrysalis asked.

“The Ursa have a Friend.” Twilight replied. As she said it they all saw it. A Wyrm. Bigger than any Twilight had ever seen.

“Hey Frostbite, you think you can distract that Wyrm long enough for me to take out the Ursa?” Twilight asked.

“I've done it before.” Frostbite's voice replied, but it was slightly filtered and ghostly. In seconds Twilight was joined by the Spectral Wendigo.

“Just keep it occupied. I'll need to gather some magic to finish it, but the Ursa I can do without using so it should be fine.” Twilight said. Frostbite nodded and launched at the hulking mass in the air. It blasted it's fire at her, but the particles froze before they reached her and became snow. She would tackle the beast, pushing it away from Twilight, which would leave spots of ice.

While Frostbite kept the Wyrm occupied, Twilight simply stood still as the Ursa charged her. Slowly, something sprouted from her right arm as the left fetched something out of her pack. In her left hand she popped Magic Candy into her mouth, they were imbued with a lot of magic and would act like the batteries. They tasted good and were easier to use than absorbing batteries, they were Fluttershy's idea.

Her right arm sprouted a large blade. If you would compare it to a Buster blade, it would be thinner but much longer. After her left hand was free, another sprouted from that one. As Twilight raised them, they shrank but grew in diameter. Then they split into long claw-like fingers. Large blades like before sprouted from her elbows. She took a stance and shot into the air, dragging the blades with her as she thrust her wings, as the Ursa were upon her. This caused a near instant decapitation of the closest.

She landed on the ground, causing a small crater at her feet, as she dead beast fell to the ground, followed by it's head. She looked up just as the other roared at her. She casually stood from her crouching position and looked up at the Wyrm. Frostbite was holding it's jaws shut, which froze them shut, as it fought back with fire.

“Well...That's new.” Celestia said as she watched Twilight prepare to fight.

“Those hardly seem practical...” Chrysalis said, watching the very large claws form.

“Keyword seem.” Celestia said as Twilight struck.

“And now she's just looking at Frostbite...” Chrysalis huffed.

“She wants to make sure she has the time to not use magic now that surprise is gone.” Celestia said.

“You know...she's not looking at us...” Chrysalis suddenly said.

“Don't even think about it.” Celestia giggled. “For your own safety.” she continued.

Twilight smiled at Frostbite, who waved at her, and then looked back towards the Ursa swiping at her. With speed you'd miss if you blinked, her right arm went up and halted the swipe and held it's paw there. It pulled back a few times and roared. Seeing that that paw was stuck, it swiped with the other. Same thing happened. Roaring again, it lunged at her with it's jaw. She brought her arms together, lopping of it's paws and it's bottom jaw.

It gurgled out a mangled roar of pain as it reared up and fell backwards. Twilight casually walked around it, dragging a retracted hand across it's side lightly. She crouched down next to the beast, retracting the other hand and looked it dead in the eyes.

“I'm sorry.” she said as a claw extended and she decapitated it.

“Why'd you say I'm sorry?” Chrysalis asked.

“because I snapped...I made it suffer and hurt unnecessarily instead of ending it's life quickly like the first.” Twilight said as she looked over to Frostbite. “Bring it over here.” she continued.

“On it.” Frostbite's voice came. Twilight dipped into the pool of power she had been gathering and closed her eye. She then opened her right eye, the first time actually using it since she branded that glyph on it. The eye had turned black, but the six pointed pentagram glyph was still good as new.

As Frostbite shot over her she brought her magical gaze directly on the Wyrm. It stopped and hovered in the air. It slowly landed, nor breaking contact with Twilight's eye. It lowered itself to the ground and looked at her. She slowly walked towards it, Ursa blood still dripping from her claw. With one swift motion she took it's head off. She swiped the air next to her, flinging blood off her of claws, and then retracted them. She turned around and walked back towards the hive as she closed her eye.

“What was that?” Frostbite asked when they regrouped.

“With that blast at Canterlot I branded a blood Glyph onto my magic eye. It's a multipurpose power glyph. It absorbs and steals the powers of what I choose and can be manipulated to use it in many ways. I siphoned the Wyrm's power, tiring it out, and then using some of that power to control it's exhausted mind. I told it to huddle down and I made it painless.” Twilight replied.

“You can brand glyphs?” Chrysalis asked. Twilight replied by opening her right eye.

“That's scary.” Frostbite said.

“You can do it anywhere, but since my eye was already enchanted it adds to it. You already know this Frostbite, those tattoos are tribal Glyphs, are they not?” Twilight asked.

“Yeah, when activated it gives us our spectral form...you can see them now because Humans don't have fur, but a Wendigo is born with them.” Frostbite replied.

“Did that exhaust you?” Chrysalis asked.

“A little, but most of the power I used was taken from the Ursa and the Wyrm so I'm fine.” Twilight replied.

“What was with those blades? I've never seen them before.” Celestia asked.

“To be perfectly honest I wanted something with more power...I discovered I can use magic to modify my internal weapons as I see fit...I tried those long blades, but decided against it for this fight. The large claws worked much better.” Twilight answered.

“Perhaps we should call you the Reaver then.” Frostbite said.

“What?” the others asked.

“In every race's legends..there is a Being. In human legends it is known as the soul stealer or reaper...in ours it is the Reaver. It steals the life, or technically souls, of evil and uses it for good. They had unimaginable power, but never thought to use it for anything other than good.” Frostbite explained.

“That fits. Perhaps that brand could be duplicated for other people that are very strong and could handle and use it...the Reaver Brand.” Celestia said.

“Guys, can we please not think about this right now?” Twilight asked. “I'm still figuring it out.” she continued.

“Right.” the others said.

“Thanks... now I may not be tired, but I'm starving...” Twilight said.