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A Day in Equestria

by Ronin Karma

Chapter 3: 2pm - 3pm

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The following takes place between 2:00pm and 3:00pm

Bauer is in a completely different world. He saw birds chirping and rabbits hopping around. He still had a hard time realising, he's alive and well, in a completely different world. He crossed over the bridge near Fluttershy's house. He's completely surprised that the animals act similarly to ones back home. He couldn't remember the last time he contacted nature.

He continued going forward before seeing something in the distance. A Pegasus descended at an accelerating rate. He did think it was Fluttershy. This Pegasus had a rainbow tail and mane. He quickly realised that it's heading towards him. He jumped into a bush.

He felt dirt and grass raining on his back. He landed on an area of his body that wasn't injured. He glanced at the hole in the ground. Rainbow Dash struggled to stand. She felt her eyes spin around. "I'm starting to feel like Derpy."

After her eyes stopped spinning, she saw Jack standing in front of her. She didn't know how to react. Jack waited for her to do something. He checked his watch, he didn't want to wait any longer.

Dash flew over to Jack just as he was leaving. "Wait."

"Now you want to talk?" Jack asked.

"I just couldn't find the words," Rainbow Dash. "Now I remember. I was going to ask you to help me!"

"Who doesn't?" Jack seemed uninterested in talking to another Pegasus.

"I was going home when a unicorn attacked me. I tried to fight him but he's too strong. I flew so fast I didn't know where I was going."

"Did you try flying high into the sky?"

"Tried that. This unicorn keeps zapping at my wings. I'm a flying target."

"What did this unicorn look like?"

Rainbow Dash pointed to a unicorn charging forward. He had yellow mane and tail, with cyan skin. Pointed his horn straight towards them. Jack hid near some bushes. Rainbow Dash found it awkward. But when she thought for a few seconds, she noticed that he's going to use a surprise attack.

The unicorn was on target. Just as he was going to piece Dash, Jack jumped and grabbed his head. They rolled over in the grass. The unicorn struggled and Jack held him down.

"Let me go!" shouted the unicorn.

Dash went over mocking him. "Not so tough now are you?"

"When I break free, there will be-" The unicorn couldn't finish his sentence. Jack pressed his head in grass.

"Why did you attack her?" Jack asked.

"She ignored me."

"Ignored you?!" Dash denied that statement. "He came up to me, asked me about some stupid documents, and all I did was tell him ask some pony else."

The unicorn struggled to release himself from Jack's grasp. He kept trying to reach for Dash.

"Since I have him in my grasp…" Jack decided to use one of his skills.

He dragged the unicorn to a nearby lake. The unicorn pressed his hooves on the ground preventing Jack from dragging him further. He couldn't overcome a human's strength, Jack dunked his head in the water. Rainbow Dash watched Jack interrogate.

He pulled the unicorn's head out of the water. The unicorn gasped for air. "Why are you doing it to me?"

"I have ways of making you talk."

Jack dunked the unicorn for a few seconds and lifted him out again. "What do you want to know?"

Rainbow Dash approached with intimidation. "Why you attacked me after we talked."

"I was just following orders."

"By whom?"

"Screw You!"

Jack plunged the unicorn's head in the water. Dash watched the unicorn shake its head underwater. Air bubbles popped after reaching the surface. Jack pulled him from the water.

"You might want to tell us your name," suggested Jack.

The unicorn didn't want to swallow water again. "My name is Nu. I'm part of an underground organisation. And yours?"

Jack dragged him away from the lake. He placed his head on the grass. "My name is Jack Bauer, an agent of CTU. If you make it easy, you better cooperate."

Nu went through his options. He has a human lingering over him. He was going to use magic, but Rainbow Dash was about to grasp him and lift him up into the sky. Even though she wasn't planning to.

"Guess I'm your prisoner," sighed Nu.

Jack turned to Dash. "Do you know where we can hold him?"

Dash thought for a bit. She couldn't fly them to Cloudsdale since they're heavy to carry, and both can't fly. "I know a place."

Jack dragged Nu while he followed Dash. He has visited different countries before, Equestria feels like a new world to him.

2:16pm

It took a long time to clean up the library. The Cutie Mark Crusaders volunteered to help. Twilight finished patching up Spike's injuries. He sat on a chair, he can still feel his arms and legs ache.

"Spike, tell us everything." Twilight cared about Spike more than her library.

"I was finishing rearranging the books by author, when three ponies knocked on the door. I went to answer, one charged on me and the other two charged in," Spike explained.

Apple Bloom came to Spike. She wanted some clarification. "Were they in weird colours?"

"Yes. I couldn't remember their colour scheme, though I do know they're Pegasi. The other two were flying in the air sweeping books off the shelves."

Twilight turned to Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo. She can see their worried looks. "Is something wrong?"

"We came here to learn more about this." Apple Bloom showed Twilight the folder.

"There's a coded message hidden in the papers." Sweetie Belle used magic to reveal it.

Twilight read every document. At first she thought why they have shipping documents from a post office. But when they explained, she immediately believed them.

"Where did you get?" asked Twilight.

"I summoned it by accident," said Sweetie Belle.

"Also there's a Pegasus who explained that these, should fall into the wrong hooves," said Scootaloo.

"Unfortunately, before he could explain who he was, an arrow struck him in the head," concluded Apple Bloom.

Twilight couldn't imagine, how shocking it was to see a pony die in front of a filly's eyes, let alone three. "Were you scared?"

"Not really. We just ran," said Scootaloo.

"Better see which book can help." Twilight turned to one of the shelves.

The Cutie Mark Crusaders helped as well. They each searched through a row of shelves. Apple Bloom searched the bottom shelves, Sweetie Belle used magic to search each book, and Scootaloo used the ladder despite being unable to fly.

A dusty, old book fell to the floor. Particles flew everywhere. Every pony coughed and rubbed their eyes. Spike slowly picked up the book and placed it on the table. He was careful not to do any damage to it. "I think this is what you're searching for."

Cutie Mark Crusaders and Twilight noticed the symbols in the book match the ones in the documents.

"This is from ancient times. During the early years of Equestria," said Twilight.

Spike began reading the book. "It says that it's a secret coded message used by an underground organisation. Some citizens of Equestria didn't agree with one and another. They formed a group called Sect. Their goals mainly consists creating disorder and mayhem. They created minor incidents like falling trees, then escalated to exploding houses."

"That's terrible," said Apple Bloom.

"There's more." Spike continued on. "It's rumoured they're creating an even bigger scheme than the last. Not a single pony, unicorn or Pegasus, lived to expose them."

"Until now," Sweetie Belle reminded them of the deceased Pegasus.

"Who wrote this book?" Twilight asked.

Spike check both front and back covers and spine. "There's no name. This book's probably a millennium old. The name could have worn off from ageing."

2:29pm

Rainbow Dash led Jack to Ghastly Gorge. Nu didn't try anything, to avoid being restrained again.

"How do you know this place?" Jack asked.

"There was a race to see which animal will be my pet," said Rainbow Dash.

"Who won?"

"A tortoise."

Nu grunted, he found it pathetic of a Pegasus befriending a slow-moving animal. "That's stupid. It's like a unicorn with a baby dragon for a pet."

Dash felt insulted. She didn't like the way any pony would bad-mouth Twilight. She picked up Xi with her teeth before carrying him with her hooves. She placed him over the drop, Nu didn't feel tough now. He started to have a feeling of vertigo.

"If you want to live, do no insult one of my friends. You got that?" threatened Rainbow Dash.

Nu turned to Jack. "Can you please control her?"

"No need, she's already doing the job for me." Jack slowly began to like her.

Rainbow Dash placed Nu back on the ground. She couldn't hold him in the air much longer.

"I'm not sure a gorge can hold a unicorn." Jack doubted the choice of location.

"I just felt like giving you a tour. You seem new in Equestria."

Jack didn't want a tour, he wanted a way home. "Do you have a police force of some kind?"

Dash thought for a minute. "I remember, there's this group of ponies that arrested robbers at Sugarcube Corner. All thanks to Pinkie Pie."

"Does news travel that fast?"

"Very much. Excuse me I haven't introduced myself. I'm Rainbow Dash, Wonderbolt in training."

Jack felt that the more he stays, the more he begins to lose his sanity. He didn't want to show it in front of Dash. "Where is this place you know?"

"Up there." Dash pointed to the clouds.

Nu felt uncomfortable, he didn't like way this might be going. "Don't tell me you're keeping me up in the clouds."

"OK then. You might want to hang on to me," informed Rainbow Dash.

She lifted Nu on her back. She prepared to take flight. She spread out her legs, straightened her back, and tilted her head up. She shot into the air. Jack heard Nu screaming in fear. He spotted a rainbow path entering the sky.

2:38pm

Rainbow Dash arrived at the Wonderbolt Academy. What made her arrive there was how different it was. It's under new management from the police force. The same one that placed the robbers in custody. The Wonderbolts themselves weren't wearing their usual uniforms. It still hired new recruits Nu is just as confused as her.

Dash went inside and sped to Spitfire's office. Nu still held on for dear life. Dash knocked on the door. She heard Spitfire voice, telling her to come in. When Dash entered, she quickly saw that the leader of the Wonderbolts looked unhappy.

"Hey Spitfire, what's going on here? Who were those Pegasi?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Hello Rainbow Dash," said Spitfire in a depressed mood. "Apparently this new police force came in and announced their taking over."

"That's awful."

"We're still able to all new recruits, unfortunately they're trained under their command."

"I can see your still in your uniform." Dash tried to lighten her up to no avail.

"Sadly it will be my last. I've been force to wear that pile of rages." Spitfire pointed to her new uniform. Its colour scheme consists of crimson stripes on a navy background. Her name and rank stitched across.

"What brings you here?" Spitfire asked.

"This unicorn attempted to attack me."

"Better report this." Spitfire pressed a button near the speaker. "There's a culprit in my office. Could you handle it?"

Two Pegasi marched in, they weren't friendly from their expressions. They're trained and disciplined.

"Where is he?" asked one of them.

Spitfire pointed to Nu. They cuffed his hooves and carried him to a nearby jail cell. Even though Dash was glad to see that problem solved, she felt bad for what's going on.

"Is there anything I can do?" Dash felt bad for Spitfire.

"I'm afraid there's nothing you or I can do. It's over."

Dash didn't believe a word she said. "No it's not. You can't let them take over. There's nothing wrong with two force working together, but one overshadowing the other just ruins it. I've been through some tough times and managed to find a way. All we need to do is to stand up and put those law-enforcing equestrians in their place."

"You're right, but we'll need help," said Spitfire with delight.

"And I know who."

"You better leave right now. If you stay longer, they'll recruit you faster than Soarin at a pie eating contest."

Dash spotted the same two Pegasi coming to the office. She approached an open window. "Spitfire, you can count on me."

Dash zapped down to the ground. Spitfire smiled believing in her. The two Pegasi came to her office. One of them seemed puzzled.

"Where's that rainbow Pegasus?" he asked.

"Had to head home, family emergency," Spitfire answered.

2:50pm

Rainbow Dash landed near Jack. He was checking his watch, it's still working after that fall. "What took you so long?"

"A form of police force took over the Wonderbolt Academy. Something's definitely going on."

"I agree."

"Well I have to go, I have plans with Scootaloo. I'm helping her to fly." Dash levitated and waved goodbye. "Goodbye Jack, hope we'll meet again."

Jack waved back before she left. He started to like Equestria. It may take a very long time for him to appreciate its existence.

2:55pm

Phi and Rho, two Pegasi in disguise, stood around near Sugarcube Corner. They discussed on what occurred earlier.

"Did you think that Pegasus revealed on what's hidden in those documents?" Phi asked.

"Hard to know. He's already shot in the head," said Rho.

A mail carrier Pegasus landed near their table. He pulled and envelope out of the bag with his mouth. His voiced muffed. "Telegram for Cream Puff and Lily Flower."

"That's us," said Rho.

"I've been told to deliver this to you here. They say it's urgent."

They waited until the mail carrier left. Their eyes glowed while they read it. A hidden message illuminated, even though the other ponies around them didn't notice. Only they can read it.

"It appears the documents are counterfeit," Phi spoke in a grim voice. "And we've been chosen to find the real ones and eliminate those who know."

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