Tartarus High

(A/N well guys the story has officially started. this is just a bit of starter chapter, managed to almost hit 6 pages with this one. next chapter is the first mission so look forward to it, enjoy! -Dark [P.S. as an idea for the armor imagine something like a combination of the ME N7 armor mixed with Talon combat armor from Fallout, but slimmed down a lot, and also Emerald is now going to be part of the story])

“All Students, report to the auditorium for an important announcement. I repeat, report to the Auditorium for an important announcement.” the PA system buzzed.

“So soon? I thought we had more time...” Celestia said. When they arrived at the auditorium they quickly found the others and grouped up. While kids were arriving they told each other what happened earlier, but before the others could comment a woman stepped up to the podium and got everyone's attention.

“Hello everyone. I will get straight to the point. As you may or may not have noticed, Everyone here is not a normal student. Some of you have had advanced training. Others taught yourselves. This is intentional. About two to three weeks ago hellish creatures were sighted outside of Tartarus. When the cause was investigated, it was found the Gatekeeper has gone missing. This means the only thing stopping those creatures from getting out now are the royal guard. They're simply not strong enough to do this for much longer. That is where you come in. you are going to be trained and armed and eventually sent on search missions for the gatekeeper, or on search and destroy missions for the creatures. This facility will from now on be known as Tartarus High, you the Tartarus Guard. The Faculty will have all the information you need, please see them for any and all questions. Thank you.” the Woman explained throughly.

“Right. The squad sizes are determined by us, team sizes as well. This means we can be solo to platoon size at any time we choose. You will carry your weapons at all times from now on, if they're making this announcement then that means the creatures have been sighted nearby. When we get back to the manor today I'll unlock the last locked door, which is the armor bunker and you'll get your armor, which you'll wear at all times as well.” Celestia explained to them as they walked from the auditorium.

“When does all this training and stuff start?” Dash asked.

“Tomorrow.” Celestia answered.

“Right, everything is light armor. You'll be pretty safe against CQC but for firearms anything higher caliber than a 9mil will give you trouble.” Celestia said. They all looked at the rows and rows of armor. They varied in shape, size and design.

After about two hours of browsing and testing they all agreed upon one design. It had one of the heavier body armor builds, but made up for it with armor for the legs and shoulders. It was slim, black and had vein like tubes going through it. The back was oddly flat and had an indent into it. They had no arms, but they were able to scavenge what they could from other designs. Twilight and Celestia didn't need armor for their arms, the Reaver Gauntlets had that covered.

“What's all this for?” Spike asked, noticing the back.

“Jetpack.” Celestia started, clipping a bulky pack on the back of a spare set.

“Magic battery.” she continued, popping one of said batteries into the indent as the suit's veins slowly filled with the color of the magic in the battery, but did not glow. “These are a special Design, I'm glad we agreed upon it. You can put multiple batteries in, imbued with different spells, to do things like cloaking fields or shields. As long as they don't completely run out they'll feed off of ambient energy and recharge, if you're a magic user yourself you can do this manually and overcharge it.” she explained.

“Awesome!” Dash exclaimed. Celestia proceeded to give them a four hour lesson on maintaining and repairing their armor before telling them to enjoy their last day of rest for a while.

Twilight was relaxing in the Sealed Waterfall, which is what she had decided to call the special bathroom, when she heard a light snap and noticed the door opening. She looked up to see Celestia undressing. She couldn't help but watch as she stepped over, gave her a smile, and slipped into the water.

After a moment Twilight decided to just not think about it, so she closed her eyes and sunk a little deeper in the warm water with a sigh of delight. After a few moments, however, she heard the sound of Celestia moving. Moving closer. She opened her eyes to look, but the woman was right over her. Slowly, she cupped Twilight's face in her hands and, with a small smile, kissed her.

Twilight sputtered and coughed, having slipped under the water in her sleep.

“Are you alright?” Celestia asked.

“H-huh?...oh...yeah...I guessed I dozed off...” Twilight said lowly.

“What's wrong?” Celestia asked.

“Oh, long day you know? Beat up four guys, get a gun to my head, spend six hours getting armor...the usual.” Twilight replied with a slight grin.

“Oh I know...I'm glad to have you all here with Luna and I. Believe it or not it gets rather boring here...Luna and I both have had more fun these past two weeks than we can remember...not to mention I'm rather enjoying these baths.” Celestia said, resting right beside Twilight once more.

“I am too.” Twilight replied with a genuine smiled. They chatted about various things for a while as the sun began to sink below the view of the window.

“Right. We all need to look our best. Orientation for Tartarus high starts today. Everyone's armor fit ok?” Celestia asked the next morning. A general affirmative sounded and she continued looking them all over.

She herself had an energy repeater, which was an assault rifle that shot magic bullets instead of regular ones, and her Reaver Gauntlets were on. Twilight had helped modify them slightly to the point where the curved blade could retract as well, very useful.

Luna had her Glaive, which had the blades retracted to look like a stave, strapped across her back as well as a Dragonuv parallel to it, a magnum revolver at her waist.

Fluttershy had two Ninjato in their scabbards vertical on the back of either shoulder, a 50. Caliber sniper rifle vertical between them and a Magnum Handgun at her own waist.

Rarity had her claws in holsters she had made at her waist and a custom made sidearm in a shoulder holster, basically it was a small SMG/ large handgun and could switch between firing modes- it was of her own design-.

Applejack had hr Longsword in it's scabbard at her waist and had a double barrel diagonal on her back.

Dash had her Katana at her own waist while she had a heavy assault rifle strapped to her back.

Pinkie had her battle axe and her SAW on her back, somehow her bouncing not restricted by the heavy weights. She also wore one of the ammo belts as an actual belt.

Spike her his twin Katana in an X pattern on his back with an assault rifle vertically intersecting them.

Twilight had her Reaver Gauntlets on and was currently retrieving a firearm from a large case that had arrived that morning from her brother”What...is that?” Rarity asked. She was looking at what looked like a slim, yet bulky sniper rifle.

“the original name we came up with was Modular Rifle, but now that I think of it we can just call it a Reaver Rifle.” Twilight said. She explained and demonstrated how parts of the sniper rifle could be removed or modified with some magical or manual manipulation to create an assault rifle, and then with further manipulation would create Dual handguns as large as Magnums.

“That's sick, but way too complicated for me.” Dash said.

“Very impressive, you and your brother invented it?” Celestia asked.

“Yeah, he's quite the gun nut.” Twilight replied, attaching it to the rails on the back of her armor.

“Shall we be going then?” Luna asked.

“Sally Forth!” Dash said, holding an invisible sword out and dramatically marching out of the door.

“Next!” was the word yelled out every few seconds in the large gymnasium where armed students were standing in line or waiting around near many tables with official looking people there. Each of the Ten, Emerald had been enrolled now and seemed almost identical to Spike, found it was combatant registration forms.

“Name?”

“Twilight Sparkle.”

“Specialization?”

“...General.”

“Armor Recognition?”

“Spectre Armor.”

“Weapon Recognition?”

“Reaver Gauntlets and Reaver Rifle.”

“Tutor?”

“Celestia.”

“Age?”

“Seventeen”

“Next!”

the quick exchange of words left Twilight a bit disoriented, but the others were currently going through the same thing. She sat down to wait while they got through their lines much slower than she did. While this happened Dash joined her, as did some guy. It was the same guy Applejack tossed through a door.

“Hey babe, lookin' to get lucky?” he asked Dash. She gave him a look and shrugged.

“Even if I was you'd have to get past my girlfriend.” Dash replied.

“Oh yeah? Bet I can take her.” he retorted with a cocky tone, tapping an SMG holster. Dash laughed and pointed to a line.

“Pink hair.” Dash said.

“That shy little thing?” he asked.

“No...that's Fluttershy...big goofy pink hair.” Dash corrected.

He grinned when he saw the girl, she was practically bouncing up and down as she waited. But then she noticed what was on her back.

“Eheheh...you aren't really my type anyways.” he said and slithered off, earning a laugh from the two.

“So...um...apparently they needed to create a new category for me...” Fluttershy mumbled when she joined them.

“Huh? Why?” Twilight asked.

“Well...because I'm a scout, an Assassin and a Medic all in one...they didn't even know what to call it.” Fluttershy replied.

“Let's just call it a Fluttershy.” Luna said, sitting down as Celestia did the same.

“I just told them General.” Twilight shrugged.

“I said powerhouse.” Dash said.

“We said General as well.” Celestia said, meaning her and Luna.

“Support.” AJ said, plopping down next to them.

“Apparently I'm an Infiltrator.” Rarity said, joining them.

“Powerhouse!” Pinkie exclaimed, bouncing into the group.

“They didn't know what to call us.” Spike said, Emerald in tow.

“I'd call you guys General also, with a touch of Pyro.” Twilight rationalized.

“So we're going to have to come up with a team name so that we don't get thrown around and put in random teams.” Celestia said.

“I was thinking about that. What exactly would we be doing as Tartarus Guards?” Twilight asked.

“Well...I guess we'd be the first and last line of defense for the citizens of Equestria...kind of like peacemakers, but instead of criminals it's monsters.” Celestia said with a thoughtful look on her face.

“Hm...it sounds kind of cliché, but how about the Elements of Harmony? I remember reading an old book about them, apparently they would be that line of defense against all kinds of chaos. It fits, right?” Twilight suggested.

“Hm...Personally I'd choose something cooler but it works.” Dash agreed. Everyone else gave a general affirmative as well.

“Nice thinking Twi, never woulda put those two together. But it's kinda long, how'd we shorten it?” Spike asked.

“Well I imagine, just like every other squad of powerful people in history, we'd get a nickname from others if we do out job right...but I guess just 'the Elements' would work.” Twilight said with a shrug.

“Team Registration for those with a trusted group of combatants and all regarding information will begin now!” someone announced.

“Well that's our que.” Dash said, hopping to her feet..