SPD Emergency

by cyberlord4444

Personnel File 13: A Rainbow at Dusk

Author's Note:

Written by Solphestus and myself.

Part 2 of 3

Dusk was bright eyed and bushy tailed this morning as she and the other not as excited applicants entered the space they had been told to be at first thing that morning. According to the map and the equipment around the room it was supposedly a gym… Though she was slightly uncertain due to the firing range and other various things you wouldn't expect to find inside a gym. To her credit, she used them all. While her unfamiliarity on the weapons at the firing range threw her off, and her bench press wasn’t quite as good as some of the others, she managed to hold her own everywhere else, especially on the sparring mats.

After the training in the gym was over the applicants were released for lunch break to which everyone gratefully used. As they made their way to the mess hall Dusk decided to see if she could find Tome Guard to see how she was doing. After a bit of wading through the crowd she eventually found the unicorn she wanted and smirked as she snuck up on her from behind.

“Hey there!” Dusk shouted, jumping in front of Tome Guard when she least expected it. With a shriek, she instinctively encased Dusk in a binding circle.

After seeing who it was Tome released the circle, and smacked her, “Dusk, don’t do that.”

“But it was funny!” Dusk giggled, not the least bit fazed that she had been placed within a binding circle only moments before. “So how did you do this time?”

Tome sighed, “not too great, I think I’ll do fine this afternoon during the mock takedowns, but this morning i was average across the board.”

“I see, so you aren't that into the physical aspect of things then?” Dusk asked, putting her hands behind her head as she walked backwards in front of Tome Guard.

“Not really,” Tome admitted, “I’m pretty good with wards and the like, but when it comes to physical fighting? Not so much.”

“I’m pretty good with physical combat and some, other things… But that’s mostly due to having so much experience from back home.” Dusk chuckled nervously, almost letting her Earth Pony disguise slip on accident.

“I’ll say,” said somepony behind them, “you keep this up, you might break one of my records.”

Dusk turned to see who was talking to them to see A blue pegasus with a rainbow mane. “And who are you?” She asked politely.

“You seriously don’t know,” said Rainbow Dash, “I need to work harder then. Can’t go having ponies not knowing who I am.”

“Sorry, it’s just that I don't get around much. Being the daughter of a wealthy businessman in manehattan is not as easy as people think.” Dusk sighed. “The name’s Dusk Roze, what’s yours?” She said in introduction while sticking her hand out for the prismatic mare to shake.

“Rainbow Dash, the one and only,” she said.

Tome looked at her for a few seconds, then her eyes turned wide, “Wait, the Rainbow Dash? Element of Loyalty? Personal friend of every princess? Leader of A-Squad!?”

Dash chuckled, “Looks like I do have fans, you want your autograph now or later?”

“Wait, she knows the princesses AND is the leader of A-squad!?” Dusk gasped, falling backwards. “I’m ok!”

“Yeah,” Rainbow said nonchalantly as she helped her up, “I sometimes have that effect.”

“I was there when you and the other members of A-squad used that giant robot of yours to destroy that oversized blender that was destroying the city!” Dusk said, gaping at Rainbow. “Just wait till I tell my father that I met one of the ponies that saved his business from that attack!”

“Ah it was nothing,” Dash admitted with false modesty, “it was kinda awesome though.”

“Nothing? NOTHING!? You literally saved my family's livelihood! If it weren't for you and the other members of A-squad my family would be on the streets right now!” Dusk shouted, her yellow eyes growing to the size of dinner plates.

“Well,” Dash said, “If you want to thank me and my team, why don’t you join us.”

“J-join t-the A-squad?” Dusk asked nervously, backing away slightly.

“For lunch,” Dash said, “you’re gonna need to prove your raw awesomeness if you want to become part of my team.”

Dusk gulped nervously before turning to Tome Guard. “What do I do!?” Dusk whispered, panic evident in her voice.

Tome got a grin on her face as she shoved Dusk after Rainbow, “We do the polite thing and say hi.”

Dusk’s eyes then shrunk to pinpricks as she followed Rainbow. ‘I hope I don't screw up and reveal myself…’ She thought, hoping that no one would figure out her ‘secret’.

Entering the mess hall, they grabbed some food and went to join the rest of A-Squad. “Hey guys,” Dash said, “hope you don’t mind that I invited some new friends.”

“Not a problem,” said Pearl Spark, “we’ve got room.”

Dusk gulped before she walked over and sat down alongside Tome Guard, hoping to avoid drawing too much attention to herself.

“Well,” Tome said, “I heard you fought off that big machine that attacked Manehatten a few weeks ago.”

“That we did,” said Hammer Fist, “Cruger said that it probably won’t be an isolated incident, good thing we’ve got cadets like you to help us out.”

“Well, Dusk here wanted to thank you for that, since you saved her father’s business and all,” Tome said.

Dusk gave off a nervous chuckle as she fidgeted with part of her mane before waving at the rest of the members of A-squad.

Night Stalker frowned slightly, “A black coat is common enough, but yellow eyes not so much.”

“It runs in the family!” Dusk blurted out before blushing and started to eat, not making eye contact with anyone.

“I can’t help but think that I’ve seen some pony else with yellow eyes though…” Night said.

“Maybe you’re thinking of Ghost?” Pearl theorized.

“Maybe,” Night said, “he’s got some unique parents though.”

“Who’s this Ghost pony? And How do I remind you of him?” Dusk asked, pausing from her eating as she looked at Night Stalker.

“Grey Ghost, he’s an investigator, and the son of Princess Luna and Sombra,” Night said, “you’d better ask him if you want more details though, he’s a bit private.”

Dusk flinched at the mention of Sombra but acted like nothing was wrong. “Sure… I guess I could should I ever meet him…” She chuckled nervously.

“Odds are you won’t,” said Pearl, “he doesn’t socialize much.”

“He likes Cruger just fine though,” said Evil Breaker.

“Well, the commander’s and old friend of the diarchs,” said Night.

“I heard he was their foalsitter,” said Rainbow.

“Wait, the commander was mistress luna’s foalsitter!?” Dusk said in shock before covering her mouth.

“OH! I know this,” said Tome, “according to history, the commander appeared out of nowhere and saved Celestia and Luna from kidnappers when they were little fillies. As a reward, Queen Faust made him their personal guard until they grew up, at which point he founded SPD. Then he went on to protect Equestria from several major threats until Discord sealed him in this very base that was then buried.”

“Looks like you’ll do just fine for the history exam,” Dash said, before shuddering at the memory of her’s.

“So! What were you saying earlier about me nearly beating your record?” Dusk asked, trying to change the subject.

“I believe the word I used was might,” Dash said, “but then again, that goes for everypony at this table.” She ducked a bread roll playfully thrown by Pearl before continuing, “Anyway, you’ve got some great potential kid, odds are you’ll make B Squad easy.”

“Thanks, though having experience with combat helps.” Dusk chuckled.

“Really, when’d you get that?” asked Hammer.

“Erm… Beating up kidnappers and back street thugs?” Dusk said sheepishly. “You’d be surprised how many people have tried kidnapping me to use for ransom against my father…”

Rainbow whistled, “Man, being rich is tough, good thing I’m planning on being famous.”

“I’m just glad I’m not a noble… I hate politics.” Dusk chuckled. “I prefer to stick to the shadows, fame and fortune aren't really my scene.”

“Well,” Tome said, “we’d better finish lunch soon, tryouts won’t wait forever.”

“Your right!” Dusk gasped, noticing the time before starting to stuff her face with what was left of her food.

“Well,” Dash said, “don’t worry too much about today, tomorrow however…”

“I still don't want to risk it, I have too much riding on me getting into B-squad. ” Dusk said as she finished eating, she then quickly got up from the table and sprinted off to the second part of that day’s tryouts.

Rainbow shook her head as Tome followed, “Looks like they’re going to find out the hard way, day 3 is the tricky bit.”

Comments

[Titan Commander Sebaste]

Hmm... I wonder who Dusk's dad is...

[Solphestus]

7044919 I could tell you... But that would be spoilers~

[The Villain in Glasses]

"Mistress Luna"?

Is she a Nightmare Pony?