Neophyte

by Blitzer Sparks


Ground Rules Ch. 1

"Keith" I heard a faint whisper

"Go away i'm sleeping" I said with a drowsy tone

"Get up Keith"

"No"

"Alright you forced my hoof"

My blankets and bed were wrapped in a magenta blueish aura "Whoever you are I wouldn't do that if I were you" and if by my shitty luck couldn't get any worse, my entire bed flipped over. I landed on my stomach then the bed was dropped on me. I lost it "WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE" I exploded leaving the room on fire then frozen over, And waking up Ranger

Ranger looked at what went down the her eyes snapped open at the pony standing in the room "Captain Shining Armor, Private Precise Shot reporting for duty, Sir!" she jumped out of bed and saluted

"Hello Keith, I am Shining Armor, and your new commanding officer"

"Sorry buddy I dont do so well with orders, I came here to train, not to be your lackey"

"Sorry Private as of this point you are now the same rank as Precise Shot"

'Frost, Match I need a judgment call here should I attack him or just put up with it?'

'Well you could attack him and seeing as he is a captain you could A. have the entire royal guard on you ass or B. work with the guard' Match spoke in my head

'I agree with Match Master' Frost spoke up

"*sigh* well Shining armor you have three new recruits"

"Three where are the other two or are you just joking with me?"

"Match, Frost" blue and red mist flowed from me, thankfully not hurting his time, and right in front of me formed my Pets the badass phoenix and the amazing green windigo. "Shining Armor say hello to my pets, and friends Match the Phoenix and Frost the the Windigo"

"Where the buck did they come from!" he shouted flipping out

"I have a question for you"

"W-what is it" he asked regaining his composure

"Are you by any chance related to Twilight Sparkle?"

"Yeah I am whats it to you?" he asked getting in my face

"First off get out of my face, and secondly you freak out just like her so I was connecting the dots, so when does training begin for us, and does Ranger get to come or what?"

"Well Keith you will come with me and your pets will stay…" his sentence was cut short as he watch Frost and Match turn into smoke and absorb into my body "…… aaaaaaannnnnnd Ranger will accompany you seeing as Luna has assigned her to you. meaning that she will train, and eat with you, she'll also follow you, oh Luna also told me to tell you to make a strong team of friends that you will be able to trust with your life"

"Why would I need a team, I only need training?" I asked hearing Ranger mumble something under her breath

"He i'm on a need to know basis as of right now and so are you, just do it and lets go, and it's "Captain" to you from now on. Training starts at 5 Am and ends at 11 Pm, you must train with at least two different weapons"

"Kay Captain I already have them on me"

"May I see them?"

"Of course but no touching "FLASH-FREEZE" "IGNITE"" the floor froze over and the air became hot. In my right hand formed my sword, and in my right hand something new happened and covering my hand is a blue fingerless glove with a computer circuit design on it but no the less the needles were there "so Captain still want to train me with everyone else"

"More so than ever"

"Your determined I'll give you that"

"Thank you, now for the part that I even hate, rules. You are required to dress in armor and be ready for anything, you must dine with everyone at set hours, if you deal any fatal wounds to anypony you will do both sets of training meaning that you will do twice as much, so if I were you I'd find some training weapons that resemble yours. As for you Private Precise you will continue practicing you you mechanical bow, along with your magic"

Me and Ranger both saluted "Yes Sir"

'mmmm I never thought I'd see you take orders Sir'

'Shut up Match'

'Yes Sir'

In the back of my mind I heard a faint chuckle

"Alright Keith since I know about your fire and ice powers if thats what you wish to call it, I have something special for you concerning your armor situation seeing as you have none"

"May I ask what it is"

"It's a necklace" he said tossing me a box

I opened the box to find a crystal with two colors constantly swirling inside, and on a small chance the colors would meet creating a purple spark then untouched returning to the swirling. in the place of the string is a simple chain. I placed it around my neck, and about to let go of the clasp to lock it but Shining spoke up

"Unfortunately all other ponies who had tried to wear this exploded, so there is that chance"

"Wait wha-" the clasp slipped from my fingers, and as soon as it lock the room lit up white and Ranger, Shining, and I were flung to the far side of the room

"Ugh what was that Captain" Ranger asked

"That was Keith putting on the necklace and considering how he is not dead he is successfully wearing it" Shining said shaking his head

"I… Hate… All… Of… You" I said groaning in between each word

"Come on Keith get up, I still need to get my armor, then we need head to the training grounds" Ranger said pulling me up

"Actually Private since your part of Keith's team I have something for you to" The captain butted in

"I swear to… whatever god you have here if it explodes i'm done" I threatened

"Dont worry this is already tested, here Private try it on" He tossed her a box

"I am going to murder you" I said

She opened it up while I braced myself "It's a cloak?" she asked

"Yes it is, it also has an enchantment on it that allows you to merge with any type of terrain, it can withstand the heat of the sun, and is as tough as… well lets just say Luna and Celestia both took a shot at it and failed to destroy it, say hello to the Alpha Cloak"

Ranger was drooling over it, immediately she put it on, and the cloak turned digital urban green "Keith never take me off your team please, I'm in love with this this, almost as much as…" she cut herself off and blushed

"Okay then now that this is taken care of, Keith all you have to do is focus you powers into the necklace, it's bound to you so be careful"

'Hey frost that true?' I thought

'Yes master we can feel it's presence' Frost answered

"Alright Privates to the training room" Shining armor shouted

"Lead the way" I said picking up Ranger while she cuddled her new cloak