Leadership Expectations
Leadership Expectations
“It is always a pleasure to see you again, Luna,” said Celestia Playwell contently as she and her sister walked through one of the hallways of the LEGO Team Headquarters Building of Canterlot City. “It’s just a shame that this will only be to help you get settled.”
“I, too, wish we could spend more time together like we used to when we were younger,” acknowledged Luna with a smile. “But I understand why that cannot be the case today. After all, you and Uncle Kjeld will be very busy for the next few weeks.”
“Indeed,” replied Celestia with a nod. “He and I will be traveling to many regions to attend a series of business meetings. We will be consulting with regional leaders on what’s been working, what areas could use some improvement, and so much more. Not to mention, we will also be finalizing the establishment of an entirely new region.”
“But I think the real highlight of these business trips will be the day you meet with President Business,” added Luna. “If I’m not mistaken, this will be the first time he has invited outsiders into his office since he reformed his ways.”
Celestia smiled as she replied, “You are indeed correct. I am very pleased that he was eventually able to see the error of his old ways without the rest of us needing to intervene in some way.”
“And that was no more than a month before Sunset Shimmer was also shown the error of her old ways,” remarked Luna with a smile. “Quite an interesting coincidence, I must say.”
“Agreed,” acknowledged Celestia with a smile and a nod. “Though as much as I would wish that all villains could be reformed, I am actually kind of glad that some won’t go as well as others. Otherwise, our heroics division would very quickly find themselves with nothing left to do.”
The two Playwell sisters shared a small giggle at Celestia’s little quip as they reached the end of the hallway. Luna opened the door for her sister and allowed her to pass through before following right behind.
As they walked over to the parked private jet in the middle of the hangar, Celestia asked, “Are you sure you won’t have much trouble feeling comfortable in this facility?”
“Oh, not at all,” assured Luna. “Overseeing the Wonderbolts Lunar Headquarters for the last few years has been a fine experience, but I must confess that it’s starting to get a little… monotonous. I’m actually looking forward to a little change of scenery.”
Celestia smiled and said, “In that case, I am sure you will a great job of keeping an eye on things here while I’m away.”
Celestia began to walk up the steps into the jet when Luna suddenly spoke up, “Before you leave, I’d like to ask a favor of you.”
Celestia turned back to Luna and responded, “Of course, dear sister. What is it you would like?”
Luna smiled innocently and asked, “On the day of your meeting with President Business, could you ask him if I could be granted partial control over the Super Secret Police?”
Celestia couldn’t help but roll her eyes as she smiled and replied, “I can’t make any promises, but I’ll be sure to put in a good word for you.” She then resumed climbing up the steps and walked into the jet. She turned back and stuck her head out as she said, “Good luck to you, Luna. I’ll see you in a few weeks.”
“Same to you, dear sister,” responded Luna.
Celestia responded with a simple smile before she leaned back into the jet and shut the door.
Luna turned away and headed back to the doorway that led back into the building. She stopped at the door and turned back to watch as the jet’s engines began to power up. Within a few seconds, the main hangar doors opened and the jet turned towards them. Finally, the jet accelerated out of the hangar, down the runway outside, and took off.
Once the jet was out of sight, Luna finally turned back to the door and pulled it open. She was now the temporary head of the Canterlot City branch of the LEGO Team, and she was feeling very excited to get started.
“And that should cover the last of the daily reports,” stated Luna as she closed the last of the manila folders on the table in the break room. She gathered up those folders and handed them back to the assistant who was standing patiently beside the table.
The assistant accepted the folders with a smile and tucked them under her arm as she turned away and left the room.
At the same time, Luna glanced over at the clock on the wall and was surprised to see that the day was barely even halfway over. With so much already accomplished in so little time, she decided to turn her attention towards some of the other lower priorities.
She finished the last of the coffee in her mug and then got up out of her seat. “Now that that’s taken care of,” she said to herself, “I suppose it’s time to check in with progress at the engineering department.” She then left the break room and proceeded down the hallway.
It didn’t take Luna long to reach the engineering department on one of the upper floors of the building. She glanced around and saw many of the engineers were already hard at work, either sketching up some new designs, assembling the parts of some large equipment and machinery, or just simply moving things around.
Luna figured that if things here worked similarly to how they did back at the Wonderbolts Lunar Headquarters, then her best option of inspecting the engineering department was to check in with the top engineer. As one random engineer passed by, she tapped him on the shoulder and asked, “Excuse me, sir, but could you tell where I might find the top engineer of this facility?”
“Yeah, he’s workin’ on somethin’ over there,” replied the engineer as he pointed at a particularly messy corner of the room, then continued on his way.
Luna thanked the engineer and then walked over to the messy work area. She saw all kinds of Lego parts and pieces scattered around in piles, both on the floor and on the workbenches. After some further glancing around, she finally managed to find someone, though all she saw was a pair of brown legs sticking out from under a small chassis that was propped up above the floor. Without any hesitation, she called out, “Excuse me, sir?”
Clunk!
The pair of legs jerked as the person they were attached to suddenly grunted and then muttered, “Ouchy.” The tan-skinned minifig then scooted out from under the chassis and sat up. He briefly rubbed his head before turning to Luna. He quickly stood up and displayed a shaky smile as he said, “Oh! Y-you must Celestia’s sister!” He held out his hand and greeted, “Top engineer Rusty Wrench, at your service!”
“A pleasure to meet you, Mr. Wrench,” greeted Luna as she shook Rusty’s hand. As soon as the handshake was finished, she glanced down at her hand and immediately grimaced at seeing all the grease stains that were suddenly on it. As she pulled out a white handkerchief and wiped her hand clean, she continued, “I take it that things are running smoothly in the engineering department at this time.”
“R-right!” replied Rusty. “Everyone’s hard at work on their assigned tasks. Mine has been to rebuild that spaceship that Twilight’s team used on their first mission.”
“Ah, yes, the one that was blown up while they were at the Lunar Headquarters,” recalled Luna with a nod of understanding. “How goes progress on that?”
“It’s almost done,” answered Rusty, “b-but I’m still waiting on some parts to arrive. So for now, I’m just doing some tinkering around with a few other things around here. You never know where the next big idea might come from.”
As they were speaking, a forklift that was hauling four large crates slowly rolled up to Rusty’s work area. As soon as the forklift came to a stop and had lowered the crates to the floor, the operator announced, “Delivery!”
Rusty’s expression suddenly brightened as he rushed over to the crates and excitedly exclaimed, “Alright! The spaceship upgrades have arrived! Now I can finally finish rebuilding that thing.”
As Rusty tore off the lid of the first crate, Luna couldn’t help but grin and ask, “Is there any way I can be of assistance?”
“No thanks. I got this,” replied Rusty dismissively as he continued to devote his attention to the contents inside the crate. “I’m actually pretty good at following the instructions.”
With Rusty excitedly unpacking his next major project, Luna knew she had no choice but to walk away and let the top engineer do his job. With a sigh of disappointment, she turned away and left the room.
Once she was out in the hallway, she suddenly got an idea and pulled out her phone. “I wonder if anyone has booked the Creativity Floor today,” she mumbled to herself optimistically. She took a few seconds to search through her phone, and then sighed in disappointment and muttered, “Nothing. Absolutely empty today.”
She huffed as she put away her phone and proceeded down the hallway.
Luna sat behind the desk in Celestia’s office. She had a bored expression on her face as she rested her head on her right hand while using her left hand to idly roll a pencil back and forth across the surface of the desk. She had already gone over all of the daily reports, checked in on the progress being made by the engineers, and had even replaced the name on the desk to signify that she was now the one in charge. As a result, there was now practically nothing left for her to do for the rest of the day, and the sun outside wasn’t even close to setting just yet.
Finally, Luna flicked the pencil off the desk and sighed before muttering, “This may be a different facility… but the monotony is still very much the same.”
The next few weeks were going to be very long.
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Well, this is going to be interesting.
And poor Luna...
I look forward to seeing more from this.
6594694 Agreed. It sure does get lonely at the top. But as the old saying goes "Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it."
What's the new region?
6595066 Hope you step on a LEGO brick, because that's what you deserve.
For those of you who may have noticed that this story has a "human" tag while none of the others don't, that means nothing at all. The only reason it's there is because the submission of this story was not approved until after I was told to add it. Kinda strange that it didn't happen the four previous times, and since I'd rather not take any chances, I'll also have to add it to the upcoming sequel, even though there will still technically not be any humans in this series.
6594694 Previously, Luna has had very few appearances in my series of stories, so I decided to give her a bit more recognition, with this particular short story setting a good stage to do so. To avoid spoilers, all I can say for now is that you can expect to see her in the upcoming sequel for more than just one chapter.
6595700 That'll be just a background event that'll be mentioned occasionally throughout the upcoming sequel. The main cast won't be going there, but it will be mentioned every now and then. If you can't wait to find out what it is, I'll give you a hint: What is the new major Lego theme that's coming out next year, with expectations of becoming the "next Ninjago" in terms of popularity?