Cy felt a little more at ease as the soft hum of the Humvee echoed in his ears. He was glad that he didn’t put his clothes from earlier away, though his squadron shirt might get the attention of some people. Cy looked around the rest of the vehicle, seeing the three crewmembers and Strike looking a little too serious. Strike leaned toward the navigator and asked exactly how much longer till they got to the school grounds.
“Around four more minutes.” the female solider said as she checked her GPS and read the next direction to the driver. Strike looked toward Cy and decided to use this last moment to lay down some guidelines to ensure Cy didn’t cause any more trouble.
“Cy,” Strike said getting the boys attention, “You do know that whatever this Twilight girl says you have to follow right?” Strike asked as he stared at the drone controller. Cy nodded and Strike continued, “And that while on this campus you are not to carry any kind of weapon or get into any kind of confrontation. Got it?” Strike asked again and got the same response. Strike sighed as he zipped up his old woodland camouflaged jacket, matching perfectly with his old retired camouflaged cargo pants.
The navigator gave her two passengers the thumbs up as the gray Humvee came to a halt. The gunner got out of his seat and opened the door for the two exiting personal. As Strike and Cy exited, they both could not help but be amazed at the size of the campus. Six big white/gray buildings surrounded a circular enclosure. They saw a multitude of students of all ages scurrying around trying to get to their next class, though many stopped to look at the strange vehicle that had decided to pull up and quickly turned away and went faster when they saw the armed solider holding the door open. As Strike thanked the crew and told them he would be back a few minutes than turned toward the closest building which Strike was told was the administration offices which was where Twilight was going to meet up with them.
As the two walked on the path leading up to the building, they both could not help but notice all the strange looks they were getting from all the students scurrying around. Both men ignored them and went through the large double glass doors into the administration building. They were blasted with a wave of hot air as all the students and faculty in the building turned to look at the strangely dressed men who had entered the building. Strike scanned the room looking for Twilight, who he was told stuck out because of her purple hair with pink streaks. Not seeing anyone with such hair, Strike walked up to the nearest desk to ask for assistance. The middle aged Unimagi looked up from her computer at the camouflaged man, waiting to hear what it was he wanted.
“Excuse me ma’am,” Strike began as he looked the woman dead in the eye, “I am looking for a Twilight Sparkle. I was told she would meet us in here” Strike said as he scanned once again in case he had missed her.
“Oh,” the woman said as she looked at the kid next to Strike, “She is waiting for you with the principal. It is the third door on the right in the hallway to you left” she stated, pointing toward the hallway before going right back to work.
“Thanks ma’am” Strike said as he and Cy started moving into the hallway, going up to the right door which had ‘Principal Wright’ labeled on the door. Strike glanced at Cy before knocking on the heavy wood door. They both heard a middle aged male voice tell them to come in. Strike opened the door and walked in with Cy to see two people in the room. The first one was a white haired human with brownish skin. He had small spectacles on and, despite his hair, seemed to be only in his late thirties or early forties. He was wearing a professional dark gray suit with a black tie. The other occupant of the room was teenage Unimagi with dark purple hair with lighter tones of purple highlights, her horn sticking out from the left side of the top of her head. Her clothes were comprised of a dark purple torn mage like robe with what appeared to be some kind of black sorcerer outfit underneath. In her hands was a rather large book with strange symbols on the cover.
Both equestrians looked toward the new occupants, adopting nervous smiles as they watched the two strange military personal move to the two chairs that was set out for them. Strike and Cy took their seats, both noticing the awkward silence. Strike leaned close to Cy to give him one last bit of advice before starting the conversation.
“I know that this is your first time… interacting with a Unimagi,” The veteran stated as he looked over the two figures across from them who were doing the same as them, “and even I think that they are a little strange. Just try to roll with these magic beings, they may not be as tech savvy as us, but when it comes to natural prowess the arcane arts always somehow beats us to the top.” Strike finished as he straightened himself up and looked the middle aged gentleman, who he presumed had to be Mr. Wright, in the eyes. Mr. Wright looked from the professional gaze of Strike to the now wondering eyes of Cy. He closed his eyes and sighed as he finally mustered up the words that would start the needed conversation.
“Good morning, I am Principal William Wright.” The gentleman began as he shuffled some papers on his desk. “Mr. Core, first let me just say that it is an honor to meet someone of your status, though I do wish the conditions leading up to it were a little more graceful.” Mr. Wright started as a friendly smile took over his features. “And of course it is an honor to meet you to Mr….” Wright trailed off as he waited for the camouflaged man next to Cy to say his name.
“Jack Terian sir. You could say that I am Cys’ temporary guardian for now.” Strike stated politely as he and Cy shook the offered hand of the gentleman.
“Well then, I do hope that you will enjoy seeing just what we have to offer here at the acade…”
“I am sorry sir,” Strike interrupted as polity as he could, “but I have to leave right after this meeting. I have business to attend to on base, business that has now been doubled for a lot of us.” Strike hissed the last part as he gave a short glare at Cy, which he ignored as he continued to listen to his new principal.
“That is rather unfortunate.” Wright began, his face becoming a little darker. “You must know though we usually require the guardian to take the campus tour as well, but considering the situation and who the new student is, we will let it slide this time.” He finished as his smile came back. He looked to his side to the nervous looking teenager sitting next to him. “Before we continue, I am sure that my star student here wants to introduce herself” He added as he waited for her to start. The girl put on a forced smile as she spoke.
“Hello,” she said timidly, her gaze avoiding the two men, “I am Twilight Sparkle and I will be showing Cy the magic of friendship……….” She trailed of as she looked into the cold gaze of Cy. Twilight cleared her throat and continued. “I am the personal apprentice of Celestia herself, so I am sure my friends and I can help you out.”