Time to hire some extra teachers

by Light Heart101


Light Sparker

The bell rang, class started again and Twilight was in her office. She was going through several applications that were turned in. Even with the royal sisters filtering through them it was still a large pile. While she was now spending her whole morning going these applications she started to think to herself. "I didn't think that so many ponies were interested, and so many other species."

While she was going through the files she found a scroll with Celestia's seal on it. It read:

To my faithful student Twilight Sparkle

In this scroll I have had a person (though unwilling) fill out one of your applications. I know you would prefer to have a more experienced pony be your first new teacher, but I believe that working at this school will help him open back up with the world. I should also warn you that he might be the most dangerous teacher you will acquire. I told him that even though he is of high ranking here because of his combative skills, he does have to take orders from you at the school. I will be sending you a special safe for the classified files. You will probably need it. I trust you can help this person. I wish you the best of luck.

Princess Celestia

P.S. Be sure to read the classified file which I sent you, he'll be there shortly.

As Twilight was trying to understand who Celestia was talking about she heard somebody knock on the door. Twilight sighed. "Come in."

A human walked through the door. He had dirty blond hair with streaks of gold going through it. He had sea green eyes and wore a duster/trench-coat combo with a green long sleeve polo shirt and blue jeans. He wore white gloves with strange markings on them. Twilight recognized them as an ancient yin and yang symbol. The yin symbol was on the left side and was blue. The yang symbol was on the right side and was gold. He also had a eloquent sword attached to his belt. The hilt had a u shape to it and the but of the handle had a gold diamond on it. Twilight could only assume that this was who Celestia talking about.

He was looking around the room while he was talking to Twilight. "Princess Sparkle. My name is Light Sparker. I've heard you had some openings. You've already seen my credentials so we can skip that. I see that you've seen humans before."

Twilight raised an eyebrow. "I have. How did you know?"

Sparker rolled his eyes. "When ponies see me they give me a double take. I knew it wasn't going off of my file because seeing is believing. If you want to know how I knew you have my file, Luna told me that she was sending it to you. By the way, you should really stop having the triple caramel espresso at Golden trot and try a sunrise tea at the Blue star cafe."

Twilight wasn't surprised about him finding out about her knowing what humans were, or that Luna was doing background checks, but she jumped when he listed what she drinks in the morning and where she goes. "Okay! How did you find that out?"

Sparker stuck his hands in his pockets. "Listen, you can listen to me rant for two minutes about how I know, or you can accept the fact that I'm a genius and we get back to the interview."

Twilight leaned forward and grinned. "Enlighten me!"

Sparker sighed. "I wasn't certain until I got close enough. Before then I went off of your eyes and hooves. Photos show your eyes 10% less open. The light in the room didn't require a flash for the camera. Your hooves have crimson red dirt on it showing that you went down Colt Avenue. There are two cafes at Colt Avenue. I started trying to think about which one you'd pick on your budget, but by that point your breath gave it away. I smelled concentrated coffee beans, cream, caramel, cinnamon, and cumin. The only cafe in on Colt Avenue that uses that combination is Golden trot. Tea causes less stress and decreases blood pressure. My doctor told me when I started having blood pressure problems and I decided to see if he was right. So, do you want me to keep telling you stuff that is obvious or do you want to get back on topic?"

Twilight stood in silence for a moment trying to figure out how he noticed all of these facts and laid them out as if it was child's play. She slowly sat down and looked through the file that Celestia sent her. "Well, you have a impressive resume. You have extensive magic knowledge, however it looks like you have some personal issues."

Sparker watched in disbelief as Twilight pulled out a file labeled 'classified' from his file. Light slowly sat down. "Luna just had to gave that to you too, didn't she?"

Twilight didn't bother asking how he knew. Her eyes widened a bit as she realized all that this human can really do. After a minute of going through the file Twilight sat it down. "Lets talk about what exactly I just read. The first thing I noticed is that you have something known as vampirism. Is that right?"

Sparker motioned to his gloves. "I have it under control. These gloves act like retains to my vampire side. I won't bite anybody."

Twilight raised an eyebrow. "You also seem to have a few enemies. You abandoned everyone you knew and faked your death to hide away. It seems like you used a spell that overwrites the temporal shifting affect that changes your physical body to that of a pony. I'm now starting to understand why Celestia described you as dangerous. You have a strong understanding of magic that is different then what any pony has ever used. I'm not trying to be rude, but why my school? There are other schools that focus on magic training and combat, why join a school based on friendship?"

Sparker gave her a serious look. He waited for a moment before speaking. "I was a warrior; a young one at that fact. Reading that file shows you that this great power came with a curse, one which I'm still fighting and don't know how to cure. The vampire blood. I majored in magic, not medicine. I had to disappear in order to protect the ones I loved. They don't even know I'm here and alive. I'm alone. Celestia and Luna found out about my transportation to this dimension and offered me protection. Luna was the one who told me about your school inviting teachers and thought it would help. To be perfectly honest I'm here for the money, but I don't want to be alone. I can teach your students how to defend themselves. You won't have to worry about protecting them because I will! I want to help and you need it. So! Do you want me to keep going on how sorry my life is, or do you want to hire me?"

Sparker noticed a tear going Twilight's face. He couldn't tell if she was trying to imagine what he went through or if she was trying to find out how to tell him that he wasn't wanted.

Twilight opened his file again. She looked at him for a minute before speaking. "Well, some basic self defense could be useful; we have had a few attacks recently. I also have an idea about how you can help out with teaching them about friendship."

Sparker raised an eyebrow. "Go on."

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Class was starting to assemble in the main lecture room. Smolder leaned over to Sandbar. "Do you have any idea of what Twilight's surprise is?"

Sandbar shrugged. "There's only one way to find out."

A silence fell across the room as Twilight entered the room. "Hello everybody. I know you have all have heard about a surprise that I've planned for you. We are expanding our staff. So you will be receiving more lessons from new teachers. So it is my pleasure to introduce our first of many new teachers to join us, Light Sparker."

Everyone watched in amazement as a human walked on stage. He had a gold pen in his fingertips. Twilight whispered into his ear as she walked by. "Couldn't you have left your sword outside instead of turning it into a pen?"

Sparker whispered back. "This is the closest I'll ever get to losing it. I know you are in charge, but there are a few things you won't be able to talk me out of."

"What if somebody finds out about it?" Twilight whispered as she clenched her teeth.

Sparker shrugged with a bit of a grin on his face. "It will make ponies think twice before attacking."

Twilight rolled her eyes as she walked off stage. As Sparker adjusted his coat he heard Gallus yell to him. "Are you one of those humans that I read about?"

Sparker gave a sarcastic grin. "Nope, I'm a dragon that lost its scales. Now if we are done with the stupid questions lets get started. Today we are learning about studying your friends. Before anybody asks, I'm not encouraging stalking. Let me ask you a question, how many of you walked up the stairs over 100 times in this school?"

Most of the class raised their hands. "Okay, 20 bits to the pony who can tell me how many stairs there are from the first floor to the second floor."

Everyone was silent. Sparker grinned a bit as he started writing on the chalkboard. "Well, I've climbed the stairs 12 times and I can tell you that there are 14 stairs leading to the second floor. That was a simple trick compared to what a mind can do when you truly use it. When ponies start to become friend with someone they study them; learn their likes and dislikes. Eventually they get to the point to where they stop studying. When you think you know everything you stop learning. Everyone changes, so you will always need to update your knowledge. I'm going to show you how to study your friends, how to read their emotions, and how to be more open so one doesn't have to play Sherlock Hooves. Pay attention! Lets begin."

Twilight smiled as she watched Sparker take charge of the class. She wasn't certain if his identity would remain secret forever, but she knew that she could trust him to take the lead if trouble arises. As she walked back to the office she grabbed a quill and paper to write a thank you letter to Celestia and Luna. As she started writing she heard a scream down the hallway. "There's a timber wolf outside the school!"

As Twilight ran outside she saw the timber wolf bearing its teeth for a split second before she saw a blinding beam of light incinerate it. Twilight turned to the window to see Light Sparker brushing his coat off and closing the window. Twilight took a deep breath and started the letter. As she wrote it she started to think to herself. "I hope that this isn't the start of a small army."