//------------------------------// // Rainbow Dash and Fleur // Story: Random Ramblings // by PioneeringAuthor //------------------------------// With the sun high in the sky, a tall Unicorn Mare walked into the small town’s spa. Somewhat happy about not being too close to the regular nobles and rich Canterlot ponies that were usually near her, Fleur let out a content sigh as she sat on the small sauna… After a short time she noticed a most peculiar sight. “Rainbow Dash?” She asked, surprised to see the young Pegasus in there. “Oh… hi Fleur,” Rainbow Dash chuckled, “Hey, every girl needs some time to relax, right?” Fleur nodded at that with a small smile, thinking of how much the Pegasus reminded her of herself. “True… Although I didn’t expect to see you here, it’s quite nice though, ” She admitted with a gentle smile. “Yeah… so, I don’t really see you around here much--what exactly do you do normally?” Rainbow asked as she relaxed and stretched her wings. “Well, I kind of wanted to get away from Canterlot for a few days,” Fleur replied with a small sigh, “And when I’m not working, I usually have to be near some of those vantards (meaning: braggart)” She let out a small sigh, “What about you?” “Eh, the usual: being awesome, clearing clouds, saving the world, all that,” Rainbow Dash explained casually with a wave of her wing, “And of course, I’m in my Wonderbolt duties too, now.” Fleur couldn’t help but chuckle a bit, glad to know this mare a bit better. “That sounds certainly, uh, how do you put it now? oh yes, quite cool,” She looked at the cyan mare before closing her eyes and adding, “Tell me… have you heard of the Garde du Corps?” She asked casually, a bit curious. “Why of course!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed, “They are some totally awesome ponies! Almost as awesome as the Wonderbolts...why do you ask?” Fleur laughed softly, giving her a ´You should have seen it coming´ look before answering, “Let’s say I’ve had some… experience with them… ” she looked at the cyan mare, believing that most likely she knew of their acrobatics team and nothing more. “Oh really? What did you do?” Rainbow probed, getting excited as she leaned forward. “Well… being a Unicorn I wasn’t in their acrobatics team-- between you and me, the acrobats there have always been some fanfarons, ” she smiled “But you could say I was in their fast-response group. ” “Cool! Did you see lots of action?” Rainbow urged her, scooting closer to her as she spoke. Chuckling a bit at her reaction, Fleur nodded,“Oui, it was quite the… exciting job. I still miss it sometimes. ” “Well, I’d totally love to hear any awesome stories you have!” Rainbow offered with a grin. Fleur nodded at that, happy to have someone to talk about this. “Well, there was this one time… a Prench diplomat had been kidnapped in Zuoji, shortly after I joined...” She took a deep breath before continuing, “We were ten ponies against some eighty of the kidnappers, ” She looked at Rainbow, waiting for a reaction. “EIGHTY? WHAT?” Rainbow Dash exclaimed, spreading her wings wide in shock. Pleased with the reaction of the cyan mare, Fleur nodded. “Eighty Kirin Ponies. They were part of a group, but I can’t remember what did they call themselves… anyway, we went into their lair, got a fight, then managed to get all of the hostages out with, I think that the worst injury we had was a broken leg on one of ours while leaving the place,” She admitted, almost matter-of-fact-ly. “You...did...WHAT?” Rainbow Dash whispered as she leaned closer to Fleur in awe and added, “I had no idea you were so...so...AMAZING!” Fleur couldn’t help but laugh a bit at that. “Oh dear I’m not really amazing, ” She looked at the cyan mare with, “It wasn’t just me over there… Besides, you and your friends have saved the world a lot lately, ” She added with a smile. “Yeah but we didn’t have to fight our way through EIGHTY KIRIN PONIES!” Rainbow Dash pointed out, her eyes as huge as Luna’s moon. “No… but they were regular ponies, Not World-Ending threats like Nightmare Moon or Discord, ” She replied calmly. “Well, I guess you do have a point there,” Rainbow allowed as she relaxed and leaned back against the wall, “Still… that must be pretty amazing...wait, how did such an amazing, tough pony like you end up here?” Fleur sighed, “It was on another mission… We were not really expecting them to have explosives… I suffered internal injuries, so I got a honorable discharge” She sighed before continuing, “I ended up in Canterlot, working with Fancy Pants.” “And now you are his bodyguard…” Rainbow breathed, “I will admit: I thought Fancy was kidding when he said you were his bodyguard; I thought it was code for ‘secretary’.” She laughed, “Well, I do mostly non-physical work, organizing his security scheme and all of that. ” “Oh...so you are a secretary?” Rainbow Dash said. “Not really, I do not usually get hooves-on but you could say that I’m kind of like a team leader when it comes to his security…” Replied Fleur with a small sigh. “Oh, I get it,” Rainbow said with a flap of her wings, “So...have you been in any fights lately?” “Not really… Not many things try to assault Fancy Pants, ” She chuckled slightly, “But when the Changelings invaded… that was an… interesting day. ” “Yeah, what did you do on that day?” Rainbow Dash piped up eagerly. “Just let’s say that Changelings are not really clever: some two or three at the same time tried to impersonate Fancy Pants,” She giggled a bit at the memory, “Only one of them even tried to pass as somepony from the staff! ” Rainbow chortled with a flap of her wings, “Oh, in the big battle we had at the castle, a whole group tried to pretend to be me and my friends! They really are dumb, huh? Except...they did look exactly like me… but they smelled different.” Fleur laughed along and nodded. “Oui, we had them kind of tied down, and then? a pink wall and they are sent flying away. ” “Oh! That was Princess Cadence and Shining Armor doing this epic love shield spell thing!” Fleur smiled at that and nodded. The two talked for quite a while at the spa, and on that day they became true friends. It seemed that even the most quiet or simple-looking ponies had many remarkable stories to tell.