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// Chapter 2 - To Canterlot! 
// Story: Pinkie Pie - Secret Agent 314 
// by ZapAppleBloom 
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	A fancy golden chariot pulled by two royal Pegasus guards zoomed through the sky, flying toward Canterlot. In the chariot sat a dark blue unicorn stallion and a pink Earth pony mare.

"So, Miss Pinkie Pie. You already know, I'm from the government, but I bet you're probably wondering why exactly I'm here, and what it has to do with you," said Midnight Moonbeam.

Pinkie Pie narrowed her eyes. "You bet your pink poofy penguins, I wanna know why I got roped into this. I'm not leaving Ponyville without a good reason!" She pulled a parachute out of her saddle bags. "And if I wanna stay in Ponyville, I have a parachute and plenty of experience jumping off moving, high speed transportation modes."

Midnight sighed and smacked his forehead with one hoof. "Miss Pie, if you're content with staying in Ponyville, that is perfectly okay with us. But, at least give us a chance to explain."

Pinkie put the parachute back in her saddle bags, her eyes still narrowed. She crossed her hooves stubbornly. "Fine. Explain. But make it quick. I don't have all day." She tapped her chin thoughtfully. "Oh, wait! I do have all day! Silly me!"

Midnight pulled a vanilla folder out from behind his back. He opened it and hoofed through the papers inside. "Miss Pie, your mission, should you choose to accept it, is one of the most dangerous operations that we have been faced with in... well, in the history of Equestria, really. We've lost many of our best operatives on this mission. We decided to try a different approach — a new recruit. As I was looking through all the files we have on all the ponies in Equestria, I found your record. I must say, very impressive. You're an Element of Harmony, for starters. That alone was enough to qualify you. But you're also capable of pulling objects out of nowhere, as am I."

To emphasize, he pulled a balloon out from behind his back and handed it to Pinkie.

Pinkie burst out laughing. "Haha! Oh, sweet Celestia! Just a balloon? That's nothing!" She pulled her entire Party Cannon out from behind her back and fired it right then and there. Confetti and streamers rained down from the chariot to the Equestrian countryside far below, like flecks of rainbows falling from the sky.

Midnight's jaw dropped down to the ground — well, to the floor of the chariot. "Well — I, ah, that's exactly why we decided to consider you. We've acquired lots of evidence of you easily accomplishing nearly impossible feats with barely any effort. And that, Miss Pinkie Pie, is exactly why we think that you're the perfect candidate for this mission." Midnight leaned back in his cushioned fancy chariot chair, having stated his point.

Pinkie clapped her hooves together excitedly. "Wow, you guys chose me out of every pony in Equestria? That's sooooo coooool! Usually, everyone relies on Twilight to do everything anytime something goes wrong. But now, Celestia wants me to save the world and be a super duper Pinkie Pie spy! So, what are the details of this super secret dangerous deadly probably-not-gonna-walk-away-from-this-with-all-four-hooves mission, eh?" Pinkie rubbed her front hooves together in anticipation.

Midnight laughed. "Well, Miss Pie, we're almost to Canterlot. Once we reach Headquarters, Celestia herself will debrief you on the mission herself."

Pinkie's jaw dropped and her eyes widened to the size of cupcakes. "Celestia can debrief me even though I don't even have briefs? Wow, I never knew Celestia was that powerful!"

Midnight Moonbeam sighed. The rest of this chariot ride was gonna be really, reeeeally long.