Scarlet High

“Hello?” Twilight said, answering the Library phone as she and Vinyl just got home.

“Hey, come to the AMS room in an hour. Bring something like workout clothes. Bring your roommate as well.” Shining’s voice said.

“Um, alright. See you there I guess.” Twilight said, hanging up.

“Whoa, this place is even more lively after school.” Twilight said, hauling a duffel bag as they walked into the AMS room, which was packed with people surrounding the ring.

“There you are Twi, Vinyl. Welcome to the ponyville Mixed Martial Arts.” Shining said, throwing his arms out. Twilight looked around and saw lots of familiar faces, some training and others just watching. She saw Dash and Applejack preparing as well as a few of the other Wonderbolts.

“Wow, this place is amazing. I guess that’s why the stage looks like a wrestling ring. I noticed the MMA fence walls in AMS today, wondered why they were there.” Twilight said.

“Oh yeah I heard about that. Good job by the way. let’s get you two signed up.” Shining said, herding them towards the registration table.

“Hey you two, Someone told me you got in here and I couldn’t believe it. I guess if they let you in you gotta be able to hold your own for a little while at least.” Dash said while Shining was signing them up.

“Well Dash, looks like you just volunteered to be her entrance fight.” Shining said, finishing the paperwork.

“Really? I heard you kicked someone’s ass with magic, let’s see how you do with your own hands and feet eh?” Dash jaunted, patting Twilight on the back.

“I was hoping I’d see some friends here. Where’s the changing room?” Twilight asked. Shining pointed to the locker room that wasn’t there before and quickly changed.

“You know I never noticed it before, but your body's almost as good as mine.” Dash said with a smirk/grin as she took a stance in the ring across from Twilight. Twilight had her hair up in a tail and was wearing short sports shorts and a short belly tank. Dash’s abs and muscles in general may have been bigger, but Twilight’s were more well toned. Dash had removed her wings, which Spitfire was hanging on to, so they didn’t get in the way or give her an advantage. They both wore black MMA gloves.

“Twilight Sparkle entrance fight begins now! No magic and no wards allowed! No hair pulling or clothes pulling! Begin!” The ref exclaimed.

“Don’t go easy on me.” Twilight said, taking her stance.

“Wasn’t planning on it!” Dash exclaimed, dashing towards the other girl. This wasn’t a blind charge though, she skillfully launched punches and kicks at Twilight with speed not many had seen before. They were perfectly coordinated to catch blind spots or weak spots and to keep the other guessing. That’s why Dash was starting to get pissed off when every blow was deflected, dodged and countered. Eventually Dash got mad and launched a punch right at the girl’s face with all of her strength.

Twilight caught the fist, dropped down to the ground and pulled Dash with her. Off balance, Dash was flung backwards into the fence wall. When she got to her feet she was launched back into the wall with a roundhouse kick and was forced to fruitlessly put her arms up in defense and she waited for Twilight’s barrage of punches to start. They didn’t come. Dash looked up to see she had fallen to her rear and Twilight was bending over her with a helping hand outstretched.

“You’re really fast, but you have a short temper. You almost had be before you snapped.” Twilight said happily as she pulled the rainbow haired girl to her feet.

“That’s what everyone tells me... Damn, you kick hard.” Dash said, rubbing a bruise on her abdomen.

“Winner is Twilight!” The ref exclaimed.

“Where the hell did you learn all that?” Dash asked as they left the ring for the next fight.

“Oh yeah, you weren’t there when I told Vinyl.” Twilight said, thinking back.

“You exact words were ‘Well I can take apart and put together any standard firearm, I can fire them with pretty good accuracy too. I’m also a master with the sword, spear, bow and I’m a black belt in three different types of Martial Arts’ I believe.” Shining said with a laugh.

“Probably shoulda known that before fighting you so I knew what to expect...” Dash grumbled.

“Hey isn’t that your girl Twi?” Spitfire asked, pointing to the stage.

“Roommate, and yeah.” Twilight retorted, ignoring the joke and watching Vinyl’s fight.

Vinyl was obviously a much more aggressive fighter. her style was closer to Dash’s style than Twilight’s style. Her opponent was obviously the type to be on the offense and wear down the opponent quicker than they ran out of steam, but that didn’t work too well against an opponent like Vinyl that did the same exact thing.

He lunged forward with an uppercut, but Vinyl dodged it and kicked the back of his knee. She proceeded to smack the back of his head playfully when he dropped and spin kick it.

“Winner Vinyl!” the Ref called.

“That was pretty brutal Vinyl...” Twilight observed.

“Yeah well I needed it to end quickly, and besides... I learned to fight on the streets and in nightclubs so I have an excuse.” Vinyl retorted.

“Got plans?” Shining asked.

“every now and then the club has a monday night, it starts in an hour and I’d rather not have to rush over in MMA gear... though that might actually be pretty cool...” Vinyl explained.

“Well once we get everything sorted out with the rest of your registration you can go.” Shining said.

“Cool, if any of you guys wanna come you can, it’s free to get in on my nights.” Vinyl said, taking her gloves off.

“Sounds like fun, let’s hurry brother. I’ve never been to a nightclub before.” Twilight said.

“Fine, but just because the legal drinking age is fifteen doesn’t mean you need to get shit faced drunk. Spike’s around here somewhere talking to Professor Gandalf, you should take him too.” Shining said.

“Right, what do we have left to do in terms of registration?” Twilight asked.

“We need to get all of your sizes, get you an MMA ID and a physical from Nurse Red heart. for you and Vinyl that’d take about half an hour tops.” Shining said.

“Alright, let’s get it over with then.” Twilight said.

“You know, normally when the little brother gets dragged along with a bunch of girls for a girls night out it’s normally hell...” Spike said happily.

“But you get to say your sis dragged you to a nightclub.” Dash laughed.

“Yeah, you’re lucky though spike. Since you’re a Pyromage your fire magic counters the alcohol so you don’t have to worry about getting drunk...” Twilight said.

“Whoa seriously? How do I learn how to do that?” Vinyl asked, turning around and walking backwards.

“Basically your insides have to be strong enough to handle being on fire all the time. Fire magic comes from inside of you.” Spike said.

“Wait so you’re like a dragon or something like that?” Dash asked.

“That’s actually a good metaphor. Except a Pyromage can make fire with magic too, it’s just they have natural fire as well.” Twilight said. suddenly they heard and felt music being pumped out of thick closed doors from a building on the outskirts of the campus.

“Welcome to the Night Owl!” Vinyl exclaimed, pulling open the doors. a literal wave of sound hit them and they quickly entered and closed the doors. Twilight noticed Vinyl was yelling something, but she couldn’t hear it. Everyone was covering their ears as someone frantically messed with a mix board on the stage. Vinyl looked pissed as she flung the guy off of the stage and quickly remedied the situation.

“Sorry about that folks, that’s the last time I tell that moron to prepare my stuff for me. Gimme a few minutes to get everything fixed and I’ll get this place started up.” Vinyl said into the Microphone.

Soon the music was back on, but it wasn’t deafening and it wasn’t all mixed up and terrible. The group sat down at the bar while Vinyl did her thing. They all had to admit, she was pretty damn good at her job.

“Hey honey, wanna get wasted and go back to my place?” They all suddenly heard from behind them. they all turned.

“Who the hell are you talking to...” Dash growled.

“Heheh...all of you...” he replied. Oh man he was already wasted.

“Achoo!” Spike fake sneezed. he made a bit of fire appear as if it was heading straight for his face, but when he yelped and flinched it fell short and dissipated.

“Sorry, I’m allergic to ass hole.” Spike said. This earned bouts of laughter all around, people had stopped to see what was happening, and Dash literally fell off of her stool laughing.

“You want a piece of me?!” The guy yelled.

“Nah, you’re a bit rare for my tastes. If you don’t move along i can change that though.” Spike said, creating a green fireball in his hand. The guy gulped and ran away. Spike smirked and extinguished the false flame.

“Hey, while I aint got no quarrels about you tellin’ off assholes I’d rather ya didn’t burn the place down.” The bartender said.

“Don’t worry, I’m not stupid enough to use real flame in a place like this... I woulda gone outside and singed off his eyebrows or something...” Spike said, taking a sip from his drink that had arrived shortly after the guy ran off.

“Hey now, Lay off the drinking people! It’s the first day of the year there’s no need to get wasted!” Vinyl’s voice boomed over the speakers. She had obviously seen what had happened.

“Frank, make sure you hand out those neutral pellets when people leave!” She continued. The bartender nodded and pulled out a large bowl of small pill-like tablets.

“What are those?” Twilight asked.

“Some of the fellas in the Alchemy lab came up with ‘em. They neutralize alcohol. You take it after to reduce the hangover or you pit it in yer drink like a seltzer to avoid gettin’ drunk at all... It doesn’t always work though and I can only let ya take two a night or it messes with your insides more than the booze.” Frank explained.

“That’s interesting...” Twilight said.

“Mhm, here ya go Vinyl.” Frank said, handing a pre-prepared drink to the girl now sitting next to her.

“Thanks, got the night’s playlist all ready and stuff.” Vinyl said.

“Hey Dash, look who it is.” Spitfire said, noticing a girl walking over. She wore a leather jacket and had wings like they did. She had short white hair with purple tips.

“Oh great... Gilda...” Dash groaned, dropping her forehead to the bar.

“Who’s Gilda?” Twilight asked.

“I guess you could call her an ex... I rejected her because she was a total bitch to everyone...” Dash said.

“So you’re still with the Tramp eh?” Gilda asked, arriving at the bar.

“Just get the hell out of here Gilda. If you’re not going to be nice I don’t want to deal with you right now.” Dash said, annoyance evident in her voice.

“What is that supposed to mean?” Gilda asked.

“It means if you’re not going to be nice to my girlfriend get the hell out.” Dash replied.

“I don’t gotta do shit.” Gilda retorted.

“Actually you do. I run this club, and if you start stuff you can’t finish you’ll end up with your ass kicked out of here for good.” Vinyl said.

“Don’t talk shit to me like that! I’ll kick your ass!” Gilda said.

“Then do it. Come on, right here.” Vinyl said, grinning as she presented her cheek. “But you hit me and you aren’t walking out of here in one piece.” She continued.

“Fuck off.” Gilda growled as she launched a punch. She found her hand stopped by nothing about three inches from impact.

“What the hell?” The two said at the same time.

“You’re not touching any of my friends. Get out of here or I’ll make you.” Twilight threatened.

“Oh look, the new kid has some balls.” Gilda said, launching another punch, this time aimed at Twilight. Instead of using an invisible ward this time she caught the fist.

“You do NOT want to fuck with Twilight, Gilda. Seriously...” Dash said. even though she was a bitch she was kind of worried about Gilda right now.

“What are you scared of her or something?” Gilda said, passing the warning off as nothing.

“Not scared, just worried she might actually hurt you.” Dash said, standing up.

“What’d she do to you to make you her bitch?” Gilda joked. Twilight’s grip on her right fist tightened, and she yelped in pain.

“Turn around, walk away and shut the hell up. Last warning.” Twilight said. Gilda laughed and looked around. Half of the students had noticed this by now and were waiting in anticipation. She saw some of her friends and decided she would act.

“Fuck you.” Gilda said. Twilight sighed and let go of Gilda’s fist. She snapped her fingers, which lifted Gilda into the air. The crowd nearby also opened up, leading to the door that was now opening of its own accord.

“You asked for it...” Dash said as Gilda was flung out of the door by Twilight’s magic.

“I really wish she would have just listened...I think I broke her ring finger...” Twilight sighed.

“You know I can take a hit Twi, and Frank could have thrown her out just as easy...” Vinyl said. She had seemed surprised that Twilight helped her.

“probably, but I wouldn’t have wanted to see you hurt over some stupid thing like that.” Twilight said with a smile.

“Why?” Vinyl started. “I’m used to people letting stuff like that happen, and I’m fine with that. I challenged her to hit me, if she hits me that’s my fault.” She continued.

“Well I just wouldn’t want to see you get hurt. Let’s just leave it at that.” Twilight said. “Now go up and do your job, it looks like people are getting bored of this playlist.” She continued. It took a moment for Vinyl to notice this as well, but she grinned and rushed up after jokingly saluting the girl.

“Thanks Twilight. Hopefully she doesn’t start messing with you now.” Dash said.

“What can she do?” Twilight asked.

“She has some bad friends. After I rejected her they tried to force me to get with her, I got this for saying no.” Dash said, showing a stab scar on her shoulder she hadn’t noticed before.

“They stabbed you?!” She exclaimed.

“Yeah, they got put in jail for it but they’re out now so be careful.” Dash said.

“Why aren’t you worried about you or Spitfire?” Twilight asked.

“Because they’re scared of the Wonderbolts. We’re all tough, and if they mess with one of us they mess with all of us. It’s almost like a gang war except the Griffons, their gang, are just a bunch of thugs and we’re a squad of professionals. We’re all in MMA too so we don’t need to worry.” spitfire explained.

“Oh... I’ll talk to my brother to see if anything can be done, he has plenty of connections in the royal guard all around the country still.” Twilight said.

“Hey, Twilight was it? On the house for dealin’ with that Griffon bitch without breakin’ nothin’.” Frank said, refilling her drink.” Frank said with a wink. Twilight smiled and thanked him as Vinyl came back after changing up the rotation a bit.

(A/N You guys thought I was gonna add the vampries or Lycanthropes because of the name didn't ya? *trollestia face* Don't worry guys this marks the end of the Prologue-esq chapters and they'll come into play soon enough. but for now, tell me in the comments if you'd like this to have gore or not. I won't have clop in this one, at least not the actual scenes written, so your answers will determine whether this story gets the mature tag or not. Until next time, Farewell my friends

-Dark)