The Beginning of Something New

[DuMourne]

This was bad....Very bad.

It was one thing to have to work miles away from home in a new environment which for a while he was scared at the concept, but this just took the cake in his opinion. While he DID give the oath to do his duty for the Princess and those under her wings in Equestria, there were some things he hated doing. What he was being ordered to do was something of nightmares.

Clutching the paper in his hoof and stuffing it into his bag hastily, he sighed angrily. All his plans for the week had gone down the drain instantly, and the time Chercher said for him to meet this new recruit in Canterlot of all places meant he would not have any time to himself on the weekend.

"Yeah thanks, i guess." He groaned to the recpetionist and sat down in the waiting room.

His plan was simple: Talk to the Mayor and see if she could get Chercher to change his mind. But deep down, he knew his boss wouldn't. He was the only pony with the training that was anywhere near Canterlot, and finding a replacement would be impossible. He had to suck in his gut and go there for the week.

He just wished there was somepony from Canterlot who could help, maybe then he wouldn't look like an outcast.

[Fenris]

Fenris had been flying above Ponyville when he spotted a familiar figure on the ground. It was one of the first ponies he had talked with after he had arrived in Ponyville, for some reason he looked a little dejected though. Fenris shifted his flight pattern and headed straight towards the ground towards DuMourne landing a few feet in front of him with rather heavy thud and a cloud of dust.

"Whoo..." He managed to say before he started coughing due to the dust.

"Blah, remind me to not do that again..." He said turning to DuMourne.

"Haven't seen you in a while, how are things going along?"

[DuMourne]

DuMourne began to cough heavily from the cloud of dust that somehow magically appeared beside him. He felt the dust go into his eyes and mouth and felt himself choke, whatever happened wasn't good and backed up from the seat to get out of the cloud of smoke.

As the dust settled he spotted a pony he met before in Lope Lake, Fenris Firebrand. The pegasus hadn't changed one bit, and still had the metal thingy on his wings.

"well....That's one way to make an entrance!" he spluttered, rubbing his eyes.

DuMourne sat down on one of the chairs not covered in dust and sighed heavily, spitting to get rid of the dust in his mouth.

"Uugh, where to begin? My bloody superiors have given me temporary relocation orders to help supervise a new recurit." He groaned, grabbing the orders from his bag and giving them to Fenris. "They want me to go to Canterlot for a week and guide him through the basics."

[Fenris]

Fenris looked through the orders DuMourne gave him and then promptly handed them back taking a seat next to him.

"Hm..." He was tapping a hoof against his chin.

"You know I've been intending to visit Canterlot for a while now, it isn't too far and I would like to see my parents again, it's been too long, and it would be nice to visit the old places I used to visit maybe see if I can catch up some of my old friends as well..." He then stopped and turned to DuMourne.

"Well, what I'm saying is that I could tag along, it's always more fun to travel with company. Have you ever been to Canterlot before?"

[DuMourne]

"Uuugh, don't remind me of my last visit to Canterlot!" He groaned, chin resting on his hoof.

Being a Pony from Prance, he despised Canterlot with a passion. Relations between the two towns has been rocky at best. Each found the other completely different and totally unlikable, even DuMourne found it hard to actually tolerate talk about Canterlot and would always become down upon hearing the town's name. Going there was another story.

"Let's just say me and Canterlot aren't the best of friends..." He sighed. "I don't really like that stupid place. They're so snooty and self centered, always going on about style and being elite. Stupid unicorns...."

DuMourne sighed again, scratching his foreleg a bit before looking at Fenris.

"Actually, you don't mind accompanying me to Canterlot? I have no idea where everything is in that place and need somepony to guide me through it." he asked.

[Fenris]

"Snooty and self-centered? You must have visited the high-end of Canterlot, we aren't all like that you know." He gave DuMourne a wry smile.

"Well, there's few sides to every place I guess and admittedly I tried to stay away from the "high-class" places when I lived there." His smile turned into a warmer one as he remembered his time there.

"And well, home sweet home, as they say." He thought about DuMourne's question for a while.

"Sure, I'll be your guide, but I hope I can get some time for myself as well when we're there. When do you have to leave?"

[DuMourne]

"Pfft, everypony is snooty and pompus from Canterlot...." He groaned, but realised something. "....Oh yeah, you're from Canterlot....Uhmm....My bad, it's just i don't really like that city."

He shifted to the right nervously, unsettled at the fact he may have insulted Fenris unkowingly. He knew Fenris was cool headed and could take a joke, but he did not know what drove the pegasus over the limit and was therefore very concious about the things he should say to him.

He regain to posture and looked back at his friend.

"I have to leave first thing at dawn tomorrow, and well, Chercher says to wear something to fit in. He doesn't want any unneccessary attention to where i was born. And to speak posh-like." He groaned.

"Well, this is going to be fun, at least i still have my own evening wear in my apartment..."

[Fenris]

"Evening wear? Well I guess that works..." He looked over himself.

"I'm going to go like this myself, nothing wrong with it." He shrugged and turned to DuMourne.

"Well where do you want to meet up? Just tell me and I'll show up at dawn."