Dawn of the Jaegers

For the next few hours the arena battles raged on. Each spectacular in its own way until finally all of the challengers had gone through the trial. The princesses then stepped forward to address the now much smaller crowd. "Congratulations to those that made it this far. From this point onward you are students of U.J.A." Celestia began, spreading her arms out with a gentle smile on her face as her wings stretched a little.

Luna continued where her sister left off. "Some of you come from families well known in this line of work. Others from humble starts hoping to garner the same fame that the more known families have. But one thing you all have in common is the drive and will to halt the flow of monsters that roam our world if not the same strength to perhaps even drive them fully away!" She spoke, driving the crowd into a cheer. "For now you all will head to your new homes here at the Academy. Rest up because once this year begins... there is no slowing down." She added ominously.

The crowd gave one more cheer before heading for the gates out. Twilight and her group of new friends all followed the flow till they got outside to a setting sun. "Man, this years batch of new bloods is great!" Rainbow shouted, slugging Spike in the shoulder lightly.

Twilight looked around before looking at the others confused. "Um question? How do we find our way around here?" She asked, making the others look at her with raised brows. "What?" She asked looking at them all.

Spike raised a symbol on the top of his hand that was now showing up on the others. "You mean you never got your Marker?" He said as it glowed and had images float around him. The others did the same to show what he meant.

Twilight tried to get out a reply but the sudden gasps and kneeling the others did made her look around till she found Luna and Celestia right behind her. "Bah haw waaa ces n lull." Her mouth began to spill out words at the close proximity to the legendary warriors.

The two let out small giggles at the display before stepping close enough to her to lightly shut her mouth. "Open mouths catch wandering flies." Celestia teased at the stunned girl. "Before you ask we are making our rounds to meet the new students in the school." Celestia explained before the others could ask why she was here.

"It's also a good thing we found you first since it looks to us like you don't have a Marker." Luna spoke up stepping over and taking Twilights hand. The nerdy girl gave a blush at how soft the princesses hand was but it quickly faded when she notice the same symbol like the others had start to appear on her hand. "There all set, even gave you a little gift for putting on such a good show in the fights." Luna said with a smile as the Marker flashed and an image of Twilight appeared.

The girls gave various sounds of amazement as Twilight looked over the image. "What is it?" She asked, curiosity overpowering her worry from being so close to the Jaegers.

Celestia made an image of herself with her own Marker. "It's a level two Marker. There are five in total each with its own function but back to this. It lets you see any damages you may have from a minor cut to full on missing limbs. Think of it as your own personal care taker. Great for when you are out in the field and you see blood but don't know exactly how bad it is." She explained before shutting off hers. With a pat on top of Twilights head she and her sister passed the group with a call over their shoulders. "Can't wait to see what you all do!"

The group looked at themselves in stunned silence till Pinkie Pie spoke up "Oh, let's get you to the dorms so you can get settled in. Then I can start planning the welcome party!" She said excitedly, bouncing up and down as the group shook off the shock.

The group made their way to the dorms stopping every now and then to point out a structure to the two newbies. "That's the gym over there." Rainbow spoke, pointing to a large oval shaped building with various courses around it. "They have all the equipment and tracks you'd need to cover all the styles and cultures in the school. It's also where I have the fastest record." She said with a puff of her chest.

"Over there is the cafeteria where they make the best food ever." Pinkie said next, pointing to a strange multilayered building with smoke coming out from the various chimneys.

When they finally entered through the doors of the dorm both Twilight and Spike were shocked at what they saw. A wide open center that rose above the twenty story high building. Students mingled around with some even giving friendly waves or hellos to the group as they passed by working on getting their stuff sorted. Staff either flew, ran, or teleported in and out of the main area carrying luggage or supplies to the various floors. A cloud floated past the group with a griffon blood and pegasus blood playing goldfish. "This place is amazing." Whispered Spike as he walked out into the center and craned his head up to see the top. A large multicolored ceiling let in a kaleidoscope of color into the building from the fading sunlight. "Wait, how do I find my room?" Spike suddenly asked, realizing his Marker wasn't showing his room.

Rarity walked over to an ever shifting wall and tapped a spot at eye level. Typing in his name pulled up a small file that she gave a flip through. "Let us see... Oh, look's like you are with Fluttershy actually." She replied when she found his room and the name of the other member popped up.

Both gave a blush that they would be sharing a room with each other. "Oh my... I forgot they started making the rooms co-ed." Shy softly spoke when the two looked to each other.

"How about me?" Twilight asked walking up closer to the wall and giving it a tap once room opened up from the other students leaving. Typing in her name she quickly found her file and room. "Hey, who is this Tempest Shadow?" She said earning a shout from the rest of the Harmony group other then Spike.

The girls quickly rushed over and pushed Twilight to the side with a small shout as they looked over her details before turning their heads slowly towards her. "It was nice knowing you sugar cube." Applejack said mournfully, taking off her hat and placing it over her heart as she looked down. The others gave equal looks of sadness as if she was already dead.

"Again, going to ask who is this Tempest Shadow?" Twilight asked.

A voice spoke up behind her "That would be me." A almost bored voice replied making Twilight turn around to see a tall, muscular woman with a scar over her right eye and messy half mohawk head of hair. "So you're my new roommate. Hope you can last longer then the other shit for brains they tried bunking with me." She said walking up to the nerdy girl and looking her up and down as if searching for a weak spot. She gave a small hum as if seeing something mildly interesting before leaning to the side to look at Twilights cowering friends. "Mind if I steal your little buddy here?" She asked them making the group nod vigorously. She looked back to Twilight and made a follow me gesture as she turned to walk up a set of stairs.

Twilight did her best to keep up though that wasn't too hard considering everyone did their best to move out of Tempest's way. "Um, Nice to meet you. I'm Twilight Sparkle." She said trying to break the ice but Tempest just turned her head enough to make a shushing motion as they continued walking. Eventually they reached a door near the top that had her and Tempest's cutie marks.

Entering the room Tempest closed the door behind them and leaned against it with a heavy sigh. "Sorry about that." She said the boredom gone from her voice. "I saw you're fight and wanted to talk to you anyways. This kind of just makes it easier." She said putting on a small smile as she moved past the slightly confused Twilight. "I know you have questions so ask away. Oh and hope you don't mind me changing real quick." She added. When Twilight gave no complaints she started to lift her shirt to show a scarred upper body from who knows how many fights as the mysterious woman put on a baggy shirt. Slipping off her pants next showed toned and strong legs also marked up with a firm ass that made Twilight blush and look away quickly. After she slipped some sweat pants on the woman crashed on a bed and turned to Twilight waiting on her.

Twilight edged her way more into the room before slowly taking a seat on the bed across the woman. Taking a breath she collected herself and got her questions in order. "Well the best one to start with would be who are you?" She asked.

Tempest tapped a finger to her chin before leaning back and staring at the ceiling. "My name is Tempest Shadow although thats not my real name." She began, putting up a hand to stop Twilight. "No I won't tell you." She stated making Twilight droop till she added the next part. "Though that doesn't mean you can't earn it." Making Twilight perk back up. "As to who I am more specifically I'm the leader of the group known as Armageddon." She continued, pausing to see Twilight's reaction.

Twilight cocked her head to the side. "Does that mean you are the number one student?" She asked, her curiosity rising.

Tempest was a little taken aback at how casual this woman was taking the news. "She must know that means I'm one of the most dangerous people in this school. Yet, she isn't scared." She thought to herself as she nodded and said "That's correct. It also helped lock my spot in when I helped take down an Omega class. Everyone of the big ten has but mine was a special case." She continued to explain. "Which reminds me do you know about the ranking system in here?" She asked Twilight.

"Uh well I can guess there is one for students if your group is comprised of the ten best students in the Academy." Twilight took a guess. When Tempest nodded and rolled her hand for Twilight to continue she started to think on what else there could be. "Let's see from what I learned before coming here the ranking not only shows who is the best but also provides some benefits in the school and outside on field missions." She added.

Tempest gave a small clap as she sat up on her bed. "Bingo cutie." She complimented making the nerd blush. "Basically the higher your rank the better gear, mission choices, and recognition you gain. For example since I'm the number one that means I can help in S-ranked missions, you know the ones that usually involve massive amounts of monsters or even Omegas. But to help with that I also get access to S-rank gear like this." She said, stretching out a hand as a serrated blade with a demonic eye in the middle appeared making Twilight whelp.

"What the hell is that thing!" Twilight shouted, pointing at the blade as Tempest gave it a few small swings.

"I call him Soul Cutter. Isn't he cool?" She asked pushing the blade closer to Twilight who did her best not to scream as the eye looked around before focusing on her.

"Wh...What else is umm there to know?" Twilight stammered out.

"Oh, right!" Tempest said, making the blade go away. Let's see what your rank is." She added as a wall of faces and ranks appeared next to her. Twilight saw her mark shining as she scrolled through the screen. "Ah ha, here you are. Looks like you're already rank D." She stated, pointing out Twilight's face and rank.

"Isn't a D failing?" Twilight questioned as she looked over her score with a worried look on her face.

Tempest gave a small laugh before scrolling further to show ranks E and even F. "Nah, See most newbies start around here but because of how good you did your ranks already sitting pretty. Now of course it's no S-rank but you could get there." Tempest encouraged. "On to the next part as well. See there's not just person ranking but also group ranking as well. Mine is obviously the top because its full of the ten best people. It's averaged out based on your groups individual peoples score so the higher everyone is the higher your group rank will be." She continued to explain while pulling up Harmony's rank.

Rank E

Everyone but Twilight was rank E or even lower which shocked her. "Don't tell me their group was rank F before I joined." Twilight said putting a hand to her face in embarrassment.

"Bingo" Was all Tempest said as Twilight let out a moan of annoyance. "Ahh, don't feel down. Everyone has to start somewhere." She tried to say soothingly to the annoyed woman.

"It's not that. I'm going to have to train these people so much just to get them to average." Twilight shot back making the powerful future Jaeger's eyes widen a little at the determination mixed with annoyance in her roommates voice. "But another question for you. Why did you act the way you did in front of everyone but so nice to me when we got inside the room?" Twilight questioned as she looked to the woman with the scar.

Tempest looked around before motioning Twilight to come closer. Once she did she put her lips near her ear to whisper. "It's all an act." Making the nerdy girl lean back and look at her weirdly. "Ok not fully but mainly yes an act. See I was never or rather I still am not very good with people. Also every other roommate I've had has been some snob or rude asshole but I've read your file and seen what you can do so I'm giving you a bit of trust here. But yeah it's easier to act like the tough bitch I can be then how I normally do as I get burnt out of social contact quickly." The woman said sheepishly.

"I'm going to have such a weird time here." Twilight thought as the last of the sun faded away and the lights came on.