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// New Pony Pt. 2 
// Story: My Little Tower Prep 
// by Electron15 
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“Tower Prep, it’s awesome, right?”  Blue Jazz answered as he packed his laptop into his shoulder bag, “do us a favor and stop with the horn glowing.”

Vio turned to him, completely confused, this guy was just an inch shorter than he was, and he was a deep blue.  His hair was simple, combed and conditioned.  Vio powered down his magic for a bit.  Magic was mainly for show; just being able to manifest it physically was impressive.

“That’s the name of this place?” Vio asked.

“Tower has an incredible academic program,” Green star said.

“Very challenging,” Lucky acted like this was routine.

“Intense, only the best ponies make it here,” Blue Jazz added to Lucky’s comment.

“Which is where?” Vio’s question was ignored again.

“Our Buffer team is undefeated, you play?” Lucky asked.

Buffer? Vio thought.

Vio’s eyes darted from pony to pony, Green Star was a Pegasus, with his wings folded up, pegasi didn’t fly like birds, but could use their wings for less strenuous problems.  Blue Jazz and Lucky were Earth Ponies, slightly stronger ponies, but these guys were kinda tall and scrawny.

The room was quite spacious, 4 beds with a nightstand and a desk for each.  Separate dressers and closets.  Vio saw the door, and made a break for it.

“Whoa, man, settle down, you don’t want to be ‘freak-out guy’ on your first day,” Lucky snickered.

Vio threw open the door, he saw a long hallway of what appeared to be dorm rooms, filled with ponies he didn’t recognize.  He was breathing heavily; he shut the door and turned back to his new “roommates”.  

“How did I get here?” he asked with a hint of ferocity.

“Don’t know, we got back from study hall last night and there you were, fast asleep,” Blue Jazz pointed toward the bed.

“No… no, this doesn’t make sense,” Vio looked down, and began pacing and making strange hand signs, like trying to apply a formula to the situation.

“Well nothing does, does it, Violet?” Blue Jazz walked straight up with a menacing look on his face, but it quickly changed to a weird smile, “until you’ve been to orientation.”

Vio gave a shocked look on his face.  

“Wait, how’d you know my name?”

Blue Jazz pointed toward the dresser next to the bed where Vio woke up.  On a small plaque, it read Violet Royale. 

“Hey guys, we’re gonna be late!” Lucky said as he looked at the time.

“Hey, Violet,” Green Star took a slip of paper out of his back pocket, “if you want to get to orientation, take this.”

He had handed Vio a small playing card with a map written on it.  Vio studied it for a moment as the other 3 ponies walked out.  Looking back with mischievous smiles.

“See ya, new pony!”

The door slammed, leaving Vio in the room alone.  He sat down on his new bed, staring forward in disbelief.  His attention turned to the nightstand.  He opened the drawer, and pulled out some miscellaneous items.

“These are mine,” he said to himself.

His phone, MP3, most of his personal belongings was here.  He quickly grabbed his phone and tried to call his mom. 

“Hello?  Anyone there?”  He was desperately waiting for someone to answer.

“We’re sorry, you are out of carrier range-,” a familiar voice spoke.

“Wait, Whisper?!” If Vio wasn’t confused before, he was now.

“Have a nice day.”

Vio looked at his phone, threw it back in the drawer, slumped down and pondered.  He came to an obvious conclusion.

“I want answers.”

He left the room in the flash.  He ran down the hallways to what he believed was an exit.  It opened to a courtyard where ponies in school uniforms walked around casually.  

“All new students, orientation begins in 15 minutes, don’t be late.”

Vio looked around, completely bewildered; the voice seemed loud even out in the open.  He saw a mare walk by, and ran up to her.

“Hey, hey, that voice, where’s it coming from?” 

“What, Whisper?” she answered a bit confused at the question, “she’s in the administration building, down that direction, take a left, left, then another left.”

“Thanks, uh…”

“Carrot Top.”

“Yeah, thanks,” he ran off in the direction she told him.

“Wait, you’re out of uniform!”

But he was already gone.

He followed the directions and came to a small, separate building.  He entered and went down a small hallway, and came to a single room.  A round table with a glass case over it took up most of the room.  Vio looked around it, a single black box with a screen sat in the case.  It was displaying flashes of binary, and what seemed to be lesson plans.  And on it, read Whisper 1019.

No words or thoughts could describe the combination of confusion, horror, and anger.  He knew what he had to do next.  He walked out of the building, and looked toward the huge forest in front of him. 
“I’m out of here.”

He ran right into it.  He soon came to a chain with a sign, Forbidden Zone was written on it.  He jumped over and continued running, he didn’t notice the glowing green eyes watching him from the distance.

For the next 5 minutes he continued running through the forest.  He stopped to take a quick break; he put his head down and took some deep breaths.  He looked up slowly, and to his absolute horror, saw the biggest flaw in the escape.  A 25 hoof tall wall stood towering above him, running through the forest for what seemed like miles.  Vio walked up to it, and looked closer.  It was metal, and looked completely flawless, no scratches, no anything.  He reached out to it, but he stopped, and moved back slowly.  He didn’t like the idea, but he had to turn back.  The green eyes watched him return, and turned back into the forest.

He ran back to the courtyard and took the card he’d received out of his pocket.  He looked closely at it, and then the visible architecture of the school.  He followed the map to a smaller section of the school.  When he entered, the corridor led him to a small arena-like room.  It was empty, so he walked out to the middle of it, where Combat Zone was written in a small red circle on the ground.

Suddenly, a large group of ponies came in, wearing hockey uniforms, on roller blades, and holding a cross between a lacrosse and hockey stick.  They began yelling at him to get off the field; he whirled around, taking in what was happening as they started circling around him.  He was caught off guard when a player hooked their stick under his hoof and flipped him over.  Vio got right back up and gave one of the players a kick in the gut.  Another player came by and swung his stick at Vio, but he wasn’t expecting Vio to catch it.  He was swung around until he let go of the stick.  Vio turned it into a staff and started defending incoming attacks, but this one specific player, the one he’d kicked, kept coming at him.  He got locked into one on one combat with this guy.

“ENOUGH!!” a voice reverberated through the arena.

All the players and Vio stopped and looked.  A red pony with a black mane had walked in.  He had a name tag that said Coach.  Nothing else, just Coach.

“But Coach, he was in the combat zon-,”

“Showers… now, Cal,” the coach motioned to the door.

The pony known as Cal growled, but did as he was told.  The coach looked at Vio.  He motioned for Vio to come toward him.

“Have anything to say for yourself, kid?” the coach asked.

“I was just trying to get to orientation, sir,” Vio let his irritation show.

“Heh, figures, every year some jokers send some clueless new kid to get beaten down by the Buffer team,” the coach cave a chuckle, “you play?”

“I’m not very sporty,” Vio crossed his arms and looked off.

“Not from what I saw,” the coach gave a confused look, “not many ponies can go one on one with Cal.”

“Look, I’d really like to just get to orientation,” Vio was getting impatient.

“Sigh, go out this way, take a right down the stairs, 2nd building to the left.”

“Thank you, sir,” he shook his hand with the coach.

Vio walked out and followed the coach’s directions.  As he did, he took out the card his roommates had given him; he looked at it closely, and then flipped it around.  It was a joker card… He tore it up.

When he had reached the building, he saw his roommates leaning against the doors, smirking at him.  He walked up to them, and threw the shredded card at them.

“Whoa, hey, it was a joke,” Blue Jazz put his hand on Vio’s shoulder.

Vio pushed Blue aside and went for the doors.

“Whoa there brony, can’t go in there, orientation’s already started,” Green Star grabbed Vio.

“Get off me!” Vio pulled away from Green Star.

“Is there a problem here?” a voice came from behind.

A bright yellow unicorn pony with a blue mane walked up to them.  She wore a different uniform from the rest of the students.  She seemed like a hall monitor of sorts.

Vio shook his head, “Look, I was just trying to get to orientation-,”

“Orientation’s closed,” The pony put her hands on her hips with a frown.

“… well I’m sorry, but I need answers.” Vio opened the door and walked in.

A nearby camera was streaming to a screen in an office-like room.  The figure watched as Vio entered the building.  He pressed a button to signal the monitor.

“Monitor…” his voice went to the monitor’s headset.

He gave an inaudible command.

“Yes, sir.”

She moved into the building, telling the others to get to class.

Vio had entered into a room that resembled a movie theater.  He saw a few students with headphones watching the movie screen.  He saw the main building and a brown pony walking around the screen.  He couldn’t hear what was being said. Then the monitor tapped him on the back.

“Headmaster heard you’ve been making trouble, he’s waiting for you.”

“Headmaster?”

The monitor led him out.  As they exited the building Vio accidentally bumped into a passing mare.

“Oh, sorry,” Vio turned and raised his hands apologetically.

The mare was a much lighter purple than Vio, she had a dark purple mane with a pink steak going through it.  Her tail and mane were nicely straightened, and she had a horn sticking out of her head.  Her companion was a light yellow Pegasus, with a pink mane running down her face.  She tightened her grip on her books as she watched.  The purple mare studied Vio, then frowned.

“I can’t stand ponies that can’t get with the Program,” the purple mare said as she walked off, her Pegasus friend followed.

“Yeeeaaahh, aren’t they the worst?” They were out of hearing range already; sarcasm wasn’t making him feel better.

“C’mon, you have to be in uniform,” the monitor pulled Vio away.

An orange earth pony watched as Vio walked away, he turned and saw her.  She quickly turned around and walked the other way, keeping her ears directed toward him for some reason.

The monitor led him back into the dorm building.  She told him to get a uniform from his closet.  He opened it and saw some of his own clothes, which the monitor said was for casual wear, and a variety of school attire.  He picked a red hoodie with the school insignia on it.  He slipped it on and walked out.

“How do I look?”  He asked the monitor.

“Passable.”

She led him off to Headmaster’s office.

A/N:  Oh, boy, I love Tower Prep.  I still can’t believe it was cancelled after the first season.  Well, if anyone checks it out and continues reading will see I’ve tweeked the characters to expand to the Mane 6 along with Violet.  But the plot line will remain similar… hehe, plot line, I make myself lol.