Storm Caller sat behind his new desk in Canterlots School For Gifted Individuals, preparing for his retirement job as a simple gym instructor. He had spent many years as a Captain and Drill instructor for the Lunar guard. He gained high respect for his work as both a leader and father to those under his charge. Earning great accommodations over the years.

He smiled as he looked around his small office that had an empty trophy case to the right of the room the was directly in view to those that walked in from the door to the left. Under his brown desk was a small safe that held a small bottle of whiskey to drown away the headaches that were preteens and teens. The rest of the room was fairly empty, but over time, it will show how much he accomplished with the kids under his care.

“Now then, let's see who is in the first period,” Strom smiled as he opened up a small book that had all of the registered fillies and colts of the middle school variety and instantly frowned at the first name of Class A. The advanced class of the school.

“Summer Rose, it just had to be her,” Storm moaned, remembering the headache the filly with a God-complex gave him during his time in; Majestic Racers Flight winter flight camp. He sighed knowing that his first year was going to be a tiresome one. He looked down at the rest of the list and saw names he remembered from a few months ago. There was; Blue Moon, Crimson Scythe, Sandy Shores, Ruby Lockheart, Priceless Jewel, Gloria Shadowtalon, just to name a few. He smiled that he was dealing with talent as he looked at the list, but when he got to the last name, his eye twitched like the world was fucking with him.

“Winter Rose, the filly with a venomous hate towards authority and those that wield it,” he groaned. “Does the universe hate me? What did I do to deserve this?” He sighed and rubbed his temples. He could just imagine how well Summer and Winter would get along. Knowing Summer, if she didn't get her way, she will hit first to show who's boss. Since he knew that Winter found herself ending a few Diamond Dogs a couple of weeks ago, which ended up with her learning a skill known as, ‘AB-3,’ otherwise called Air Blades; that only a trained member of the Skyguard elite knows about. If those two were to be in the same room as each other, he was going to need a medic team on standby when they decide to kill each other, and he knows it will happen. He chucked the book aside and decided that a drink was in order.

“It's that bad huh?” Spoke a female voice as Storm pulled out a cup for his bottle of AppleJack Daniels. “You have no idea Captain Emerald,” Storm said, pulling out another cup for his guest. “Check out the names on page 3 and you'll understand,” he said as he poured a glass for each of them. She raised a brow and took a look and laughed when she finished reading the two names of concern.

“Man, It sucks to be you,” she said, wiping away a tear of sadistic joy. Storm rolled his eyes. “Yeah, yeah, laugh it up, rookie. Mock me in my own office.”

“Sorry, but that is funny. How much you want to bet that they will get into a fight within the first few minutes of being near each other?” Emerald said, taking a swig of the smooth, dark gold drink.

“A week's worth of unlimited drinks at Hard Ciders place,” he said with a smirk. She smiled back. “You're on,” she chuckled, sealing his fate to having to pay for a mare that can't get drunk. “Well, at least, nothing crazy will happen when those two aren't around.” And just like that, she doomed Storm to the mercy of Lord Murphy himself. After she said those words, a pony walked in with a letter that was delivered to him from the Headmaster herself. The prim and proper mare gave him a questionable look about the whiskey and a member of the Lunar guard in his office but held her tongue as he will need it for the transfers that were coming.

“Uh...I can explain?” Storm said like his hoof was caught in the cookie jar, but she dismissed it for now. “The term hasn't started yet Mr. Caller so it is fine for now and after what I am about to tell you. You'll need another bottle,” she said, causing Emeralds jaw to drop.

“And what is it that you are here to tell me?” Storm asked nervously.

“Well, after viewing the names of all the attending students, Class A will be getting a few transfers, but from the reputation associated with these names are a bit concerning. Tell me Mr. Storm, do you know who these fillies are?” she asked, giving him a piece of paper. He read the names and began to shake in horror at the utter cruelty of what is to come.

He knew the five names on the list as each one filled him with dread. The first one was Autumn Rose; a unicorn mare that was infamous in Prance for her abrasive attitude and skill in fencing. She was most known for taking on ten opponents and sending them to the hospital for not being enough of a challenge. The second name on the list was Spring Rose; an earth pony mare from Russia. She was most known as a master thief despite being only ten. Making herself known for stealing the Russians constitution.

The next two were the Eclipse twins; Solar Eclipse and Lunar Eclipse. Both earth ponies were known for starting fight clubs and sending hundreds of fillies and colts to the hospital. Those two were kicked out of ever elementary school in Equestria and had to go to the Crystal Empire to finish their basic education.

The last name was not as concerning as the others and her name was Night Shade; a Pegasus mare that is known as a model throughout Equestria, however, when he was in the guard, he knew that she could kick his flank just like her mother. To top it all off, they were all in the same room as Summer and Winter. He took a swig of his whiskey and made plans to get drunk tonight at the bar.

“How bad is it?” Emerald asked. Storm handed her the paper and watched her face slowly paled. “So...Should we hire a platoon of the guard to prevent them from destroying Canterlot, or have an elite shadow one of them 24/7?” Emerald ask half-serious, half-jokingly.

“I don't know, Mr.Caller, your thoughts?” the headmaster asked. Strom finished his glass of whiskey and poured himself another. “Is it too late to end my contract early and find another retirement job?”

I smiled as I left the train and began walking down the cobblestone streets to the Academy that was close to the mountain side at the east end of the city. Unlike Canterlots School for Gifted Unicorns, who's school was connected to the castle. CSFGI was an all around prestigious institution for all races. A degree from CSFGI could get into any university you wanted to go to, even if your grades weren't best.

At this school was where my future hanged in the balance, literally. It was utter bullshit that I had to have a record and a decently filled transcript in order to join the guard. What's more, bullshit was that I could get charged for not going since I was admitted the day after Luna dropped the whole, ‘I know who you are, are you a threat human,’ bomb on me. The fact that she learned about that and pretty much everything I will take to the grave should be liable as; Extreme Mental Violation, or to put it simply. “Mind-rape.” Alas, the past is the past and I know Luna won't tell a soul about the horrors that were my childhood.

As I walked down the bustling streets to the school, I got odd looks from the asshats that were the Canterlots higher class. I heard many comments about my scars and my eye, at least, the weren't as bad as the ponies in Cloudsdale. Those guys deserved to die in hellfire.

The walk to the Academy grounds was bland and uneventful. There was no asshat that I could beat living shit out of and the most offensive insult about my eye was, ‘Gastly.’ Like, come on! There was this one pony that said that I looked like dragon skull-fucked me with his claws! Fucking pussies can't spit fire for the life of them.

I eventually found the main, black iron gate that leads into a huge are that was designated as the school rounds. I walked passed the gate onto a brick road with trees along the entire length of the road. The end of the road was a large white fountain with a statue of a sea pony puking water to the road basic below. To the right of the statue, from what I remembered from the map, directly lead to the mare dormitories while the left to the stallion dormitories. Northward from the statue lead to the school itself as well as the club rooms. Since I had a week to get acquainted with the entire layout of the school, I decided to check in my room to drop off my stuff so that I could invade the nearby bookstore for some reading material.

The female dorm looked like a small collection of five-star, five-story buildings. The was four in total that were built in a circle around a large courtyard to hang around in. The buildings themselves were Victorian style brick buildings with a flat roof. Tall trees were everywhere, making it loom like this area was in a small, thin forest. I looked at my key to see which building I was in and made my way to building 2, the house of Seasons, as said on my card the was attached to my key.

I trotted into the dorm as I saw fillies began to flood the area. I made it my best interest to avoid them for now as I didn't want to cause a seen...yet. Inside a pair of glass doors that had fancy metal work to make an outline of each season with a small symbol, was a simple foyer with a round desk at the center of the room. A red carpet leads from the door to the desk and to two other sets of doors that lead to different areas of the building. Behind the desk was a; light brown, earth pony mare, with a three-toned mane that was in the colors of fall. She saw me walk up to the desk and gave me a big smile.

“Hello, little filly! My name is Autumn Song and I am the head caretaker and administrator of The House of Seasons. How may I help you today?” she chirped.

“Hi, I'm Winter Rose, I was wondering if you can tell me what's all in the building and where room 69 is?” I asked showing my admission card, telling her that I was a student here.

“Welcome, Miss Rose to the house,” she beamed, handing me back my card. “The doors on the right goes to the recreational area. There you will find a platter of things to do with your friends like; the pool tables, movie room, canteen, foosball, darts, pool and hot tub; art room, dance room, music room, lounge, arcade and martial arts room. All of which are of the highest quality and appropriately sized to accommodate our maximum population of 192 residents.”

“Okay, Spitfire wasn't lying when she said that the rec-center was awesome,” I thought out loud. The mare gave me a proud smile. “I agree, however, the roof is where I think you'll like the most, but I'll keep it a surprise,” she winked. I made a note to check the roof later.

“Now, to the doors on the left is where to actual rooms are. You will find room 69 on the top floor on the third door to your right. I assume that you know that you will be bunking with three others?” I gave her a quick nod. “Do you know who they are?” I asked.

“Of course,” she paused and pulled out a book and opened up to a random page. “You will be sharing the room with; Blue Moon, Astral Aria, and Maple Leaf.” My ears perked up when I heard Blue and I was going to share a room, the mare noticed this too. “Have a friend on the list?” she smiled. “You could say that,” I smiled back.

“Well, I'll send you on your way now. I can see that there is a bunch of fillies coming to the door.” I looked back and sure enough, there was a small group approaching the door. “Thanks for the help,” I said before heading to the door on the left. “Your welcome,” Autumn called back.

I opened the door to my room after fumbling with the key for a minute as I couldn't get a good hold on it with my face. I walked in and took inventory of the space that was going to be my home for the next ten months.

To the left of the door was a coat and boot rack, to the right was a small coat closet. The front hall wasn't that long as it lead directly into the furnished living room. Said living room had a small, fake, brown leather couch and love seat that was up against the two walls. At the center of the room on the beige carpet was a dark brown coffee table. The walls were a light green that was easy on the eyes and the roof had a gem lamp that was activated by a switch by the end of the entrance hall. To the right of the room was a hall that led to three doors. Two of which were bedrooms while the third was the bathroom.

To the left was two more doors and an entryway to the kitchen and laundry room and dining room. I decided to claim a room that was close to the bathroom as I would most likely need it a lot more due to my daily routine. I walked into the door to the right into my room and found; a twin sized cloud bed, a desk, dresser, a trunk, and a nightstand with an alarm clock on top. I placed my saddle bags in my truck for now and pulled out a sign that I made to tell my roommates that this room was mine, and placed it on the door before I continued my tour.

The kitchen was small, same with the dining room and laundry room. They were all small and ran of electronic equipment. The table was small and brown like the one in the living room, but it was on a hardwood floor. Everything else was simple and did the job. After my tour, I walked back to the living room and found a new face staring back at me.

She was a unicorn mare with a milky - blue coat and a long, curly, light purple mane and tail and she had purple eyes. Her cutie mark was a treble cleft with three stars around it. She wore the same skimpy uniform as me and she had a suitcase at her side. I instantly recognized her as Astral Aria and gave my roommate a welcoming smile, even though she was staring at my eye. “Hi, I'm Winter Rose and you must be Astral Aria. It is nice to finally meet you.”

“How do you know my name?” she asked, still staring at my eye.

“The front desk lady told me,” I replied.

“Oh...uh…That makes sense,” she said before a grin appeared on her face. “So, you wouldn't happen to know where babies come from?” I froze in place at the question. I couldn't tell if she was serious or pulling my leg, but before I could answer someone else did that for me.

“It's called sex. A stallion sticks his thing in mares vagina. He cums inside, sending his seed into the womb where it meets up with the mares eggs. The combine to make a zygote and that becomes a fetus the grows in the womb for nine months. Then the mare gives birth, making a baby,” Blue explained, causing Aria to blush halfway through. “Off course the is a lot more than that, but you'll learn about it sex-ed class during gym period, or health.”

I rolled my eyes. “And what am I, chopped liver?” I said. Blue turned to me and gave me a big hug to which I returned with glee. “Nah, just a pain,” she giggled as we broke free. Then she got serious. “So what happened Winny? Why do you have those wicked scars? And why is your eye red?” she asked with concern. Aria broke free from her blushing trance and looked at me quizzically. I gave them both the short answer, only telling them about the fight and some parts about the hospital. Blue began to cry when I told her that I almost died, but that was remedied with more hugs.

"It's okay, Blue, I'm fine," I smiled softly as the filly nuzzled me with warm affection, making Aria a little awkward in the process. "Sure I look a bit rough, but at least, it matches my warrior goddess look quite well."

She let go a quiet chuckle. "Yeah, it does doesn't it?" She pulled away from me and rubbed her wet face all over Aria, causing her to yelp in surprise. Just as we were about to continue our heartfelt reunion, the door opened and a filly with a; dark auburn coat and a dirty orange mane that was in a ponytail, walked in. She gave us a blank look with her strange pink eyes.

"Sup," said Maple as she took her bags to the room closest to the kitchen without saying anything else. Blue and I just shrugged and went about unpacking our stuff for the year. While Aria stood in the living room, frozen in place after she saw us share a deep, long kiss right in front of her.

She died standing there a few days later.

Author's Notes:

So, as you can see. Cell phone plus lots of editing is an okay combo. Also, now begins the School War arch, orchestrated by Princess Celestia herself!