CIP

Rivers Ulmer

Chapter 1

She was holding me under the water. Air Cross had her hooves around my neck, i was desperate for air. It had almost been two minutes that i had held my breath. Finally she let me up. "Damn, Cross. I know training was supposed to be tough, but this is getting ridiculous."

"If i don't push you, you won't get better." Air Cross had been my mentor for years, she had raised me since i was a foal, lost and abandoned. Cross worked for the CIP, or Central Intelligence Ponies, which is the Equestrian spy network. We worked for the royal guard under Princess Luna. Luna was in charge of the entire agency. The CIP watches over Equestria in secret, putting a stop to everything from drug cartels to assassination. When i say 'assassination,' i do not mean normal murder of an average person, i mean killings of high-ranking officials and crowned royalty. We have stopped over a dozen assassination attempts on Luna and Celestia alone. Without us, chaos and mayhem would spread across Equestria, now that i think about it, we keep hell from breaking loose and not a single pony outside of the agency has even heard of us.

"Agents Air Cross and Hail Star, report to the briefing room immediately. Repeat, Agents Air Cross and Hail Star, report to briefing." The loud-speaker sounded.