I opened my eyes at the light of the sun shining through my window. I remembered that today was the day Bonbon would train me. I got up, and got ready. As I was eating my breakfast, I heard a knock on my door. I got up to answer it, surprised to find Bonbon.
"What are you doing here?" I asked.
"It's training time," She replied.
"Isn't it too early?" I asked.
"A good spy is always prepared," Bonbon replied.
Since it was early in the morning, and since it was spring, it was freezing outside. My teeth chattered, as I hugged my body. It so cold that I thought I might die. "Are you sure we should train now? I don't even have any clothes to protect myself from the cold."
"You have to build resistance. Then yo can stay warm, and you won't get a cold," Bonbon told me. I was shocked and surprised to see Bonbon wasn't disturbed by the freezing temperature.
"Did you really do this when you were training?" I asked.
"Yup. I had to train years for this. But since you have to be trained quick, you have to stay out in the cold longer," Bonbon answered.
I groaned.
"Come on, it's not that bad," Bonbon said.
"Not that bad?" I questioned. "I am in the freezing cold for Celestia's sake!"
"Well, look on the bright side, it'll be over in five hours," Bonbon said. I thought Bonbon had gone insane to drag me out here in the cold. but it made me wonder, do real spies actually do this? This makes me reconsider of becoming one of Celestia's secret agents.
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"Bonbon, I am literally DYING in this freezing cold!!!" I hugged my body tightly, my teeth were chattering like crazy.
Bonbon sighed. "It's only been five minutes, Roseluck. But if you wan a break, that's fine. Considering that it's your first day training, I can understand." Bonbon helped me up, and took me inside my house. She gave me a nice, thick blanket, and asked," do you want some hot chocolate?" I nodded in reply. The hot chocolate tasted good, making me feel better about what happened earlier.
"Since we can't do anything outside, let's do some training inside," Bonbon said. She stood there for a moment, thinking. Then she walked into my rooms, and pulled out some objects in her hooves. "I hope you don't mind if we use these."
"What are you going to do with them?" I asked.
"We're going to make a model of a situation a spy would be in. This doesn't require any strength or anything like that, you just have to use your mind to make the right decisions," Bonbon explained. She arranged all the objects in an order.
I scooted over closer to the model. I saw that Bonbon placed a rd, rectangular block in the middle of a road that she created. "What is that?" I asked, pointing to the red block.
"That's you, Bonbon replied. "I found a lot of these blocks, so they'll represent ponies." I could see that she placed several other blocks all around the city she created. "Okay, so you walk into a toy store, and you being browsing all of the products. But then there was a bomb blast, and a lot of ponies were in risk of being injured or killed. But you could also see a pony all dressed in black that looked suspicious to you, and you think that could be the criminal. But if you want to catch the criminal, you have to leave the ponies behind. What do you do?"
I thought for a moment before answering, "catch the criminal?"
"Wrong," Bonbon said.
"But how? Isn't that what a spy does?" I asked, confused. I remember all of the comics I've read since I was a filly, and all of them had the spy catching the criminal, and the comic never showed what happened to the ponies.
"The safety of the citizens is more important then the criminal. That's the whole point of being a spy, you always have to protect the ponies at all costs," Bonbon responded.
I nodded. Bonbon rearranged her model.
"Pretend that you are in the Canterlot Dungeons, guarding a group of prisoners. But for some reason they get out, So you have to think fast on this one. What do you do?" Bonbon said.
For this one, I said,"I have to block them from reaching any exits."
"Correct! You must always stop any prisoners from harming anything, so the best thing you should do first is to prevent it," Bonbon said.
"Is this some of the actual stuff you use to do at work?" I asked, curious. I always thought that these kinds of things were stories and fantasies that other ponies made up.
"Well, yes. The most talented agents that have the most advanced skills are the ones that Celestia picks. That's why I've got to make you one of the top talented agents," Bonbon replied.
"Wait, why do I have to be the most talented? Can't you train me enough just to get me to at least pass?" I asked. I really didn't want to be a secret agent. I just didn't see it as who I am, but if I want to keep my life, I know I have to do it.
"We have to make sure you don't mess up," Bonbon answered. "Okay, onto to next situation..."