A/N: I haven't stopped my other story but I wanted to put this one up to. I own nothing except plot.

First Week as Captain

Chapter 1: A Test Drive

Corporal... er... I mean Captain Holly Short walked into the LEP building 15 minutes early, smiling happily. Today was her first day as an LEP captain and she wanted everything to go off without a hitch. Mostly for two reasons 1) as she was the first female captain she was sure she'd be singled out if something went wrong and 2) her initiation ceremony hadn't exactly been perfect. There had been issues with Commander Root's brother Turnball.

She shuddered slightly as she remembered how close she and her comrades had come to being killed. As she walked down a hall that led to her new office she felt someone tap her shoulder. She turned around and smiled.

It was Captain Trouble Kelp. He had been in on the initiation disaster and had nearly been force fed a tunnel blue spider.

"Hey Trouble. What's up?" She asked brightly.

He laughed. "Nothing really. I just wanted to see how you were after the Turnball incident."

She raised her eyebrows at him. "How I am? You were the one who almost lost all of your magic."

"Still." He said grinning. "Look I also wanted to ask you..."

"SHORT! Get in here now!" Roared Commander Julius Root's voice.

Holly winced and looked at Trouble, "Sorry Trouble. I'll talk to you later. I gotta go."

She waved her hand slightly and went down the hall. What she didn't know was that Trouble gazed at her as she walked away.

She really is pretty. He thought wistfully, I wonder if I asked, she would go out with me.

He shook his head slightly and walked in the opposite direction. Captain Ash Vein looked at him smirking, he had seen the whole thing. The young captain made a mental note to ask Trouble about this later.

Holly poked her head in the Commander's office.

"You wanted to see me sir?" she asked.

Root looked up and said, "Yes. There's something I think you could help my colleague with." He gestured at someone at the other end of the room.

Holly looked to see a centaur sitting at a computer. She was immediately intrigued. She had never met a centaur before.

The centaur got up and walked over to her. "Hello. I'm Foaly, technical consultant to the LEP." He held out his hand.

She shook it warmly. "Captain Holly Short. Pleased to meet you."

He smiled and Root rolled his eyes. "Sorry to break this up but I wanted you to help Foaly test drive his new wing set."

Holly looked up. "Why me sir?"

Root's face became a couple of shades redder. "Because I said so. Now both of you get to work."

He turned away from them and Foaly and Holly meekly left the room.

"Is he always like this?" Holly asked when they were out of earshot.

"Yeah. But you got lucky today. Usually he would've shouted by now. Now do you think you could help me with a test drive?"

Holly nodded ruefully, it wasn't exactly what she wanted to do but she liked this centaur and she didn't want Root to hear her complain.

"How can I test drive them?" she asked as the two of them entered a room she knew was called the Operations Booth.

"You can take them into the training room and just try them out. They are brilliant if I say so myself." The centaur said smugly.

Holly raised an eyebrow at him, "Ok. So where are these brilliant wings?"

Foaly went into a cupboard and came out with a pair of wings. Holly had to admit that they looked good. Very sleek and slim but also looked extremely powerful.

"Nice." She said taking the wings from him. "I'll be back in about half an hour to bring them back with a report."

Foaly nodded at her before he turned to a computer.

A/N: What do you think? This story is kind of a one shot but what the heck. Review! Oh and it isn't a Holly/Foaly ship (ew). No offence to Holly/Foaly shippers.