The mare stepped out into the bank lobby. "The Commander says to tie everyone up. The safe is open." She announced.

"What! Why!? We've done everything you asked of us!" A receptionist mare protests, but secretly she was actually glad that the bank she as working at got hit. She despised working there. They were shuffled up into a line.

"Then keep doing what we say!" The mare shouted to the receptionist.

The receptionist grinned, deciding to come out with her secret. "I do like what you're doing, actually! For all I care, kill me! Fuck this place up!" She said, causing her colleagues to gasp in shock.

"Hmm. Tie them all up." The mare shouted as she picked the receptionist up and took her to the back. "Commander, we might have a potential recruit." she told Jess after bringing the receptionist to her.

"Really?" She said as she drops the stack of gold bars in the rune circle. "Bring her over so I can look her over."

The mare took the receptionist to Jess. She carried herself in a submissive manner as she looked at Jess. The large blue mare looked her over. "...what's your name?" Jess asked her.

"My name is Skystar." The pegasus answered.

"Well Skystar, what makes you think you can join The Octaves?" Jess asked her as she lit a cigarette.

"My life has always been shit. I don't care about my job, this fucking bank, and I don't care about ponies that treat me like shit!"

"I like her spunk." The mare commented. she stuck her hoof out to Skystar. "I'm Blitz Swirl."

Skystar shook her hoof.

"Don't get attached to her, Blitz, she needs to go through initiation."

Skystar gulped a bit but was still excited. "Torturing me or making me kill ponies?"

"Let's start with helping us clear out the safe." Jess said as she puffed her cigarette.

Skystar nodded and got to work with everyone else. The next half an hour is spent clearing out the giant safe, the insane amount of money and gold requiring multiple teleports. Skystar looks around the empty vault and gives off a soft whistle.

Blitz gave Jess a meaningful look. "I'm sorry I pushed so much, Jess...." She sighed.

Jess was silent for a bit, "......meet me in my office after I finish with Skystar's initiation."

Blitz nodded before teleporting away. Skystar looked at Jess curiously. "So....my initiation?"

"Will start now." Jess said before somepony put a bag over Skystar's head.

Some time later the bag was ripped off of her head, she found herself in a pitch black black room with one solitary light above her head. She was strapped into some kind of chair.

"This is your initiation." Jess says from the darkness, "You have to last one hour in The Chair without telling me anything. If you answer a single one of my questions, you'll be sent back where you came from."

Blitz Swirl was playing with Vinyl over Playstation Network. "Boss, how are you so good at this game!?" She asked as she was killed for the tenth time.

"Practice," Vinyl chuckled as she killed her again.

"FUCK!"

Vinyl just laughed harder at that.

"Can we play a co op game now?" Blitz asked Vinyl after she killed her five more times.

"Sure, why not."

There was suddenly a knock on Blitz's door. "I'm playing video games with one of the bosses!" Blitz shouted, hoping to get whoever it was to leave her alone.

"It's me," came Jess's voice.

Blitz froze when she heard Jess's voice. "Boss...may I be excused?"

"Why?" Vinyl asked.

"Commander Jess is here." Blitz told her.

"Sure, then," Vinyl said as she went to a single player game.

Blitz got off of her Play Station and opened the door to her room. Jess was standing on the other side, a neutral look on her face. Blitz ushered her in and went to the kitchen. "Want me to get you some tea? I have the best tea."

"....domestic or imported?" Jess asked, refraining from smoking in Blitz's room.

"I'm from Japan, so imported."

"Alright, I'll have some. " Jess sat down at the counter.

Blitz put on some tea for Jess, sitting across from her nervously. She was scared she blew any chance she had of getting with the mare of her dreams.

"So......you know my heritage." Jess started awkwardly.

"Yes, I do....do you remember that one filly from the palace that followed you everywhere?" Blitz asked nervously.

"You mean the one o had to kick out of room every night? I remember. Now this is the part where you yell me that was you and that you idolize me and want to be with me, right?" Jess guessed.

Blitz gulped and nodded, expecting for her to punch her.

"If you tell anypony that I am the Crowned Princess of Japan, and I mean anypony, I'll send you back to your family in a box."

"......I told the bosses....." Blitz admitted, now starting to cry,

Jess clenched her jaw, but didn't say anything. Blitz began to sob. She ruined everything already!

".....how much did you tell her and how long ago?"

"I told them that your mother was Unwavering Blade of the Kurosaki Clan, I left out the princess part..." Blitz admitted.

"....so you lied." Jess said simply.

Blitz nodded sadly. "I'm sorry..." she said, placing a hoof on her revolver. Maybe she should just end it here.

"Don't even think about it. If you really are that little filly, you know that's not what I want."

Blitz placed her hoof on the table. "I know you and Kim disowned yourselves from the royal bloodline....and Blade wishes she was your mother....I was actually part of her Yakuza Clan for awhile."

"Look Blitz, I know you want to be with me. But it's not going to happen. And not because you told them about my heritage. Because I don't want a relationship with anypony."

"Look kid, if you just want to have a good time I'll rut your brains out, sure. But I'm not going to be your marefriend."

Blitz's ears folded back in sorrow. "I wanna be your marefriend....please....give me a chance......"

"I'm not going to get into a relationship."

Blitz began to sob again. "One chance....please Jess...."

"..........I'll let you take me on a date. But I'm not going to be your marefriend."

"Okay...." Blitz said sadly.

"I need to go Blitz. I'm sorry." Jess said as she stood up and moved to leave.

"But...but...."

"It's not you Blitz...there's something I need to to do."

"Okay..."

Jess left the room and went to her own room. She sat on the edge of her bed, staring at her full length mirror as she turned off her glamour spell to reveal the runic symbols etched into her skin and coat, ears, and even eyes. "I'm not who you think I am...." She said to herself as she remembered when she got the runes.

Years ago in an enchanter's shop, the shop keeper, a crystal pony named Runiel, was sitting in his shop, smiling gently he as she draws on a canvas. He was an enchanter, with the talent of Runic Magic. A large blue mare in her late teens came into the shop, covered in a black cloak. She walks up to the counter. "Are you Runiel?"

He looked up and smiled as she turned back to his art. "Perhaps....who're you, coming in here all shifty-like, wearing a shady cloak?" he chuckled, making the canvas float away and go up on a shelf.

"Let's just say that I'm not exactly a very popular pony in this area," She said, taking off her hood, "My name is Unyielding Shield.

"Oh my....And for what reasons are you here?" He asked as he got up. His horn glowed faintly and some stuff began moving around the room. "Better bring out my A-Game for you then...What do ya need?"

"I've been told that you know how to enchant ponies with abilities they couldn't obtain otherwise," She said.

"Well...surely with enough magic you can do just about anything really...but yes...I can place enchantments on the body and even in the body if you'd like...but just so you're aware, it would leave a mark on your skin if I were to enchant it."

"That's not a problem. Here's a list, give me an estimate." Jess levitated a list of enchantments over to him,

"Hmm..." He said as he looked the list over.

The mare's handwriting was a little lacking, but Runiel was able to make it out. The list said she wanted to be able to not need to breathe, have better senses, and be super durable.

"Damn...Going to war or something?" He asked as he looked over the list and then back at her. "All this combat stuff and no strength enhancement?"

"It's not necessary. Trust me."

"You said money's not an issue for you right? Why not go all out?" He asked.

"Not necessary. But what else would you add to the list?" She asked him.

"Well...other than increasing your reflex a bit and some general ability enhancements, not much really...the total would be around 100,000 bits I'd say." Runiel told her.

"Cash or Credit?"

"We take credit...on most payments....I'll give you the special treatment and let you pay this one all in credit though. He smirked. "I know you're good for it.

"Alright. Where are we doing it? In the back?"

"Follow me," He got up and walked into a separate room.

She followed him closely, looking around the room. There were a few symbols here and there around the room, as well as sets of quills and needles. There were many different inkwells and other things in the room. "Lay down on the bed there."

"This will be permanent right?" Jess asked, taking off her cloak any laying on the bed.

"Yes. They will all remain on you as long as you don't have someone change them. They'll even work at about 25% functionality under anti-magic effects."

"You're doing it under the skin, right?" She asked him.

"Well...indestructible runes are best placed on the bone....that will be uncomfortable..." Runiel told her.

"That isn't a problem. How long will it take?" She asked.

"A few hours...if we get to work now."

"Then let's get started." She said determinedly.

He began to work on her, carefully and painstakingly inscribing runes over her body, and on her bones. After some time
Runiel on her bones, and had let her rest while waiting for her to wake up. Healing runes kept her healthy. After He was finished, she woke up slowly, her eyes fluttering open, "GAAAAH!!!!" She screamed in pain as she clenched her eyes shut, her newly heightened senses finding the light unbearable.

She calmed herself down after a few minutes and tried again, preparing herself this time. It was still painful, but she managed to control it to the point where she could fully open her eyes. She looked her body over and nodded approvingly.

"Thanks, Runiel." She said before paying him.

She then left the shop.

Back to Present day, Jess looked herself over in the mirror once more. She sighed to herself as she placed the glamour back on and pondered life to herself.

Author's Note

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