Tartarus High

“It's too bright.”

“Oh come on Darling, Pinkie's is Pink. It's fine.”

“but the Shade is too bright.”

“Darling, please just put it on.”

“Can't you just darken it more?”

“I know you're not a Goth, why must you insist on trying to be one?”

“I'm not trying to be one, I just really want a darker shade.”

“Oh fine Darling you win, I'll get the Dye.”

The group enjoyed watching the two arguing and were almost in tears laughing. Rarity had made all of their suits overnight, but Twilight's had been such a bright purple it was nearly pink. When Rarity finally came back with the suit much darker Twilight finally accepted it. Now they all looked at themselves and each other. The suits were slim and formed to their bodies very well, almost too well. They all vowed to wear something over them when out in public. Twilight couldn't help but stare at Celestia when they were fussing over getting Pinkie's hair through the thing. But she wasn't the only one, Dash and Applejack couldn't take their eyes off each other.

All of them ,armed with their sweaters/hoodies and loose jeans over their new attire, they returned to the Mansion.

“Alright...let's see what you got.” Celestia said when she unlocked the large vault-like doors at the back of the house- which extended into the forest- and stepped in. they soon followed. They saw a series of long hallways with various rails in various places all the way down, seemingly a hundred yards or so. They looked to the side where Luna was opening more doors and they all widened their eyes. It was literally an armory, it must be a firing range.

With a snap of her Fingers, Celestia used her magic to select a great bunch of weapons and snt them floating to each of the lanes.

“Take a lane, load and fire each weapon. I've got one of each major firearm class there for you, if you can't load or fire it then ask for assistance. What this will achieve is tell me your strengths and weaknesses as well as give you a bit of universal experience.” Celestia explained. They each took a lane and took the smallest, a sidearm, and proceeded to load. Twilight and Spike quickly loaded, cocked and fired off the sidearms and were already moving on to sub machine guns. Dash was having trouble cocking, Rarity was still loading, AJ was taking her time aiming. Fluttershy was surprisingly nearly as fast as Twilight and Spike.

“How in the hell did they get it done so fast?!” Dash exclaimed when she finally moved on to sub machine guns, but noticed Spike and Twilight were already on sniper rifles, and they had amazing aim.

“Their brother is a Captain...umm...my dad was one before he passed away too...” Fluttershy said from next to her, reloading an assault rifle.

“Ah don't see how they're so accurate...” Applejack said, loading a double barrel.

“They're experienced Darling...Although I am scared to think what dear Pinkie would do with a large weapon.” Rarity said, looking up from reloading an SMG to where Pinkie was firing madly with a shotgun.

“I thought only the special forces got these.” Twilight commented when she examined a strange rifle. Instead of bullet magazines it had a battery slot. The battery was fueled by magic or standard electrical power. It looked as if somebody took a standard M16, combined it with some sort of Launcher to create a large barrel and then stuck some covered wires in certain places. She popped the charged pack into it's place, took aim and fired. Everyone watched as the purple beam that came from the muzzle of the weapon went straight through the target.

“Whoa, when did you learn to use Energy Weapons?” Spike asked.

“Shining taught me when I turned sixteen.” Twi said, firing the rest of the clip. Spike shrugged and followed suit, following what Twilight did. He was much less accurate but he still fired it well.

“Good job you two, observe your friends now and tell me what you think.” Celestia said. Applejack lined her shots up and was pretty accurate, but she seemed to be a more close range fighter, her targets were closer than normal. Rarity seemed to do just fine with the sidearm and SMG, but anything larger gave her trouble. When she finally got to it, Dash seemed to be best with the assault rifle and the energy weapon. Fluttershy surprised them all, but she excelled at the long range sniper rifle the best, as well as her sidearm. After some coaxing, Celestia gave Pinkie a heavy weapon. It was often referred to as a Light Machine Gun, a normal 'machine gun' being a minigun, and the exact weapon name was a SAW. Pinkie was more accurate than Celestia herself was with it, she loaded it extremely fast and seemed to have a lot of fun shooting it.

“Well, now all that's left is your CQC, or Close Quarters Combat. Come on.” Celestia said, leading them to another section. This was was similar, but instead of a firing range it was a large Dojo-like room with rack upon rack of weapon.

“Where do you get all of these things?!” Dash exclaimed.

“Being what we are has it's benefits.” Luna said with a chuckled.

“Right, for this one pick what you want.” Celestia instructed.

Dash went for a single long two-handed Katana. Applejack went for a simple Longsword. Fluttershy went for the Ninjato, small dagger-like Katana. Rarity opted for the claws. Pinkie, surprisingly, went for the huge Battle Axe...which was nearly as tall as she was. She hefted it onto her shoulder with a happy grin. Spike took two one-handed Katana, and not just because he looked badass with them. Twilight couldn't decide.

“What's wrong Twilight? Everyone seems to have picked based on what they know how to use...” Celestia asked.

“That's the problem...I know how to use pretty much everything...is it weird to want to learn something new at a time like this?” Twilight asked.

“I like this one, you should show her your collection.” Luna said, now sporting a Glaive.

“Perfect idea!” Celestia said. She pulled open one of the smaller side doors and let Twilight peer inside. There was a single rack. There were four of the same thing stacked on said rack. Gauntlets. Gauntlets with claw-like slots in the knuckles. Gauntlets with blades extending back, curving, past the elbow (think of Bloodrayne). Gauntlets that seemingly went up to the shoulder.

“I like these for the versatility and universal uses.” Celestia said, nearly whispering in Twilight's ear, as she slipped passed the girl and donned a pair. Blades extended form the knuckles, creating claws (think of the Predator Wristblades, but with four instead of two).

“You are very welcome to them.” Celestia continued. Twilight nodded and slowly approached the rack. Obviously she needed to learn more, as putting the damn things on was almost impossible. They didn't just slide on or anything. Celestia started casually snapping her fingers, a spark of her magic flashing every time. After a few moments Twilight got the hint and used her magic to do it. Instead of the marble white Celestia's had, it took the same obsidian-like hue as her magic as they gracefully slid onto her arms. When they were secured she clenched her fists, moved her arms around and tested mobility. They were in fact very versatile. She thought about how to get the blades to extend without magic, but they did with just the thought. Curious, she thought about what the curved blades could do. They swung forward, giving Spike- who had been looking at them- a start as they almost lopped his head off.

“It took on your magic, it now serves you. If anyone else tries using it, it will simply not work. Luna called them Reaver Gauntlets once. I like that name.” Celestia explained.

“Reaver Gauntlets...” Twilight repeated, examining them.

“Right! Now let's see what everyone's got!” Luna exclaimed, stepping back out into the Dojo and readying her Glaive.