A few weeks later Swift Glaze was ecstatic. He had been chosen as one of the 300 volunteer pilots to Zebrica. Though he was only given this notice 12 hours ago, along with a departure time now only 5 hours away, he still was excited. He feverishly packed his sea bag for the journey when he remembered something
"Well, if I were you, I'd bring extra snacks"
Snacks! Swift Glaze quickly finished packing his sea bag and hurried over to the exchange. He couldn't figure out what to get. Eventually, he was able to decide. A big bottle of water and a bag of tree nuts.
After taking his stuff to the checkout the cashier looked at him and said "If you're going over sea, they won't let you take food or drink items with you."
"Is there any way to sneak stuff through?" Swift glaze asked
"Yeah, just put it in your garment bag. They never check them" the cashier responded
finally the cashier added up the items in his head and said "That'll be 7 bits"
handing over the bits, Swift Glaze grabbed his goods and left. Before leaving he looked back and said
"Thanks for the advice!"
After leaving the exchange. Swift Glaze looked down at his hoof watch.
"It's been two hours?" he said exasperated. He had spent way too long looking for food and now he only had three hours to get checked in. Rushing back to his barracks he tossed the food and water he bought, into his garment bag and quickly grabbed his bags. After rushing to the airport, he went to the check-in. Then he realized 15 minutes later that he had forgotten his required paperwork. Rushing back with all of his gear he frantically looked for his documents he felt a hoof being tapped on his shoulder.
"It's right there" a familiar Pegasus said. Grabbing the documents he turned to leave when the Pegasus said "By the way, my name's" Swift Glaze quickly interrupted saying "No time for introductions! I've gotta go!"
After this Swift Glaze rushed out of the barracks to the airport. Finally, after two hours of waiting for check-in, he was able to turn in his paperwork with only 10 minutes to spare. Though he was one of the last Ponies to make it. He sighed and sat down. Looking up he noticed the last pony checking in was the Pegasus that helped him in the barracks. He trotted over and said to Swift Glaze "By the way, my name is Concord Wings, And you?"
"My name is Swift Glaze. I didn't know you were going on the expedition." he said, slightly surprised
Concord Wings laughed a little bit, but before he could respond, an officer announced "Grab your bags, we're about to take off"
Grabbing his stuff Concord Wings trotted off. Soon Swift Glaze followed.