//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 - Classes // Story: When Ponies Come To Badlands. // by Lucy_Marigold //------------------------------// “Ugh.” “Rainbow Dash. get ya wings off me.” “My wing’s aren’t on you.” They stumbled over each other in the pitch black. “W-Why is it dark?” “Darling calm down.” “Where’s my party cannon?” “As if I know Pinkie Pie!” “I dropped my muffin!” “What muffin? Derpy is that you?” “Yup.” They bumped into each other and tripped landing hard on the solid ground. “Princess Luna is that you?” “Yes” “Who’s on my wings?” “Princess Celestia is that you?” “Yeah.” The light turned on and they were encaged in a large steel cage. Nine humans stood around them. Well, eight seeing as they couldn’t tell what the last one was due to the mask and rubber suit it wore. “What hast thy done with us?!” Luna shouted. Her wings flaring up in rage. “Mmpfh!” The one in the gas mask raising its hands in joy. “These are the BLU’s replacements?” said the skinniest one, his gray hat tipping slightly. His hand was covered in bandages. He poked Rainbow Dash through the bars of the cage. “IT POKED ME!” Rainbow Dash flew up but due to the cage’s small size she bumped her head on the roof of the cage. “Aye, Lads. Time to leave.” One of them said motioning to the door. The large group left but before the skinny one left he blew a raspberry at the caged ponies. Celestia paced around the enclosed area. Luna calmly sat still while Twilight sat watching Celestia, worried plastered each pony's face. It seemed like hours till another being came and the group had fallen asleep. The clanking of keys on a lock woke the group of ponies. A woman in a purple dress opened the door. “Hello. Welcome to your new jobs. I’m Miss Pauling.. “ The lady didn’t get very far into her introduction before she was tackled by Applejack and Rarity. Fluttershy shoved her two friends of the lady and helped her up. “Girls. that wasn’t nice.” The lady held the clipboard up to defend herself and pistol in her pocket. “Yal best start explain’.” “Y-You’ve been hired by RED due to being the best of the best.” she stuttered as she looked at her clipboard. “What are you talking about?” Twilight said as she got up, her legs feeling stiff. “I’m not the one who’s supposed to inform you. Just follow me.” The group followed her with Celestia and Twilight taking the lead with Fluttershy and Luna taking up the rear. The walls were an endless purple, the smell of smoke could be smelt the further they went. “In here.” She held the door open and the nine ponies cluttered inside. Screens covered the whole room in the center sat a large chair. The chair turned around and sitting in it was an older woman. In her hand was a cigarette, a large grin plastered her face. “Hello.” she said her grin growing wider. “Why the bucking hell are we here?” AJ shouted while Fluttershy held her back. “If you're wondering if you can get back to your own world. Well you're gonna have to earn that right.” Celestia and Luna looked at each other. Large amounts of worry seeped in. “What do you want?” Celestia said. “Like Miss Pauling has already kindly said. You're the best of your kind therefore RED is willing to hire you.” “What’s in it for us, darling?” Rarity said. “Ooh a party? Cake?” Pinkie said as she bounced around the small room. “No. Money. Well Money and Freedom” The woman said as she tossed the cigarette to the ground and stepping on it. The group muttered with acceptance seeing as they had no choice but to accept. An even larger grin grew across the woman's face. “Great now time to choose your classes ladies. Miss Pauling take them to the training room.” Miss Pauling nodded leading the ground out and down another set of corridors. She held the door open for them as they filed into the large open room. On the table was a set of cards. Each card had a different symbol on them. “Choose a card. It’s what class you’ll permanently be. So choose wisely.” Miss Pauling said as she moved back to let the ponies choose. The group moved forward. Luna picked one of the cards. “Which did you choose, Princess?” A grin crossed her face. “Spy.” She dangled her card in front of the group before heading over to a nearby bench. One by one the group choose their classes. Pinkie as Heavy. Derpy as Soldier. Celestia, ironically enough, choose Pyro. Rarity choose Engineer. Applejack was Demo. Twilight picked Sniper and Rainbow Dash as Scout. Leaving Fluttershy with Medic. The group looked at Fluttershy as her face turned a deep cherry red. “At least she choose something passive.” Twilight shrugged as she placed her slouch hat atop her head. Luna fiddled with her balaclava and Celestia shoved her gas mask on, a grin covering her face behind the mask. Rarity looked over blueprints while AJ drank from a bottle. Pinkie hugged her gun while Rainbow Dash speed around the room. Fluttershy put her Medi-gun on her back. Derpy snacked on muffins in the corner. They were all ready to face what the world would throw at them. Miss Pauling came back, each pony in their uniforms and with their gear, followed Miss Pauling out of the room and towards a glowing, blue circle. “Teleporter.” Rarity stated while still reading through the blue prints. “Mpfh?” Celestia said through the mask, no one understood what the Princess was saying. “Princess Celestia, no one understands what you're saying anymore.” “Mmmpf!” She said before a huff of rage could be heard behind her mask. One at a time they each stepped onto the teleporter. The first to step off was Luna. The wind blew past her catching onto her mane. She smoothed out the blue suit as she stepped off the teleporter. She turned towards the large blue build that stood in front of her. The others stepped off the teleporter before they all headed towards the large building