Chapter Three: Scouting Ahead

Ozpin's Office:

"Hmm, looks like I was right in sending Torrez. He's gotten himself an ally, a cover story and has learned that a second event did occur," Ozpin spoke. I took a glance at what Torrez sent, surprised at how thorough his report was. He had even included a picture of the girl assisting him, marking her as a important asset for us. I made sure Shendaru was aware of her identity.

"So this Twilight Sparkle is an asset to us? Fine, I'll make sure the team checks their fire on her," he stated as he finished selecting the members of the support team. I didn't know why Ozpin ordered him to do this, but something told me that it wasn't a bad idea.

"Glynda, make sure that Torrez sends us intel on his partner. I'd like to know this girl better," he spoke. I'd try, but that would be up to Torrez.

Back to Torrez and Twilight:

It was like any other morning, except that the water was running in the bathroom. I had no idea why, having forgotten about our guest. I opened the door to see Torrez brushing his teeth partially dressed in a suit.

"Oh, good morning Twilight," he said. I closed the door to let him finish, thankful that he wasn't showering. I went back to my room to get dressed myself, seeing as how he was getting ready himself. When I came out, he was in a chocolate brown jacket with gold accents and dress pants of the same color, a sapphire blue vest, red tie, a white dress shirt and black dress shoes. It wasn't until after I noted that I was staring when I noticed the case on his back. It was either holding his rifle or that strange bow of his. I'd have to wait to find out. We went to school, but ended up going our separate ways as he needed to see where that portal went.

I headed to Canterlot High, my bow ready and scout arrows prepared. I got off the bus in front of the school, took my bow out and walked to the side of the statue where Twilight told me the portal existed. I notched the arrow before whispering "prove to me why you're Carrier group one's finest" before letting it fly. The arrow began bursting into flames as it flew into the portal. All I could do now is wait, hoping that I had learned well from the carrier daughters of Shendaru's home realm.

The scout planes:

There was nothing but bright colors for a moment. Out of six planes, five made it through to the other side. Then we flew into a room where these two ponies seemed to be fighting. Both saw my squadron and tried to shoot us down. We lost one more before we managed to get back to the portal we got out of. But when we returned to Scout Carrier Lunarius, he was hell bent on escaping as we were joined by a flight of fighters as he flew below us somehow.

Torrez:

This girl was hard on my tail, keeping pace with most of my hard maneuvers and dodging the fighters I just launched to knock her off me. I was making good distance as her ultra greatsword was massively terrifying. Finally, she couldn't keep up anymore and gave up the chase. I made it back safely to Crystal Preparatory, recalling the scouts first and allowing their escorts to land to be recalled. I got all the intel gathered by my scout planes, counting them lucky that they made it back to me safely after what I saw through their eyes.

"Twilight is going to love this," I said as I began heading to her lab. I was carrying the little plane with the equipment sprite that was the squadron leader on my shoulder, students standing clear as I walked through the halls.

"Torrez, what are you doing?" she asked when she dodged the wing of the modified torpedo bomber/scout plane. The sprite waved at her, then told her what she had told me. Twilight was ecstatic, learning of the other world just out of reach. I had to remind her that wasn't what I was there for, as tampering with that world will bring trouble. She nodded, remembering exactly how this nonsense had started in her world. We went to her lab, adding this information to what she already have. Then, we spent the rest of the day in class, filling in the holes that were created by the new intel.

Later that day:

"Hell of a day," he said as we headed home. He seemed proud of himself, having brought more information back. He was planning to do another run tomorrow, albeit some distance away with a squadron of his scout aircraft. It put a smile on my face, seeing that I had someone that could keep pace with my intelligence. It was unexpectedly pleasing for me, as I didn't really have someone who I could call a friend besides my dog Spike. I was glad for that honestly, since I hadn't experienced it before. Barely a day and a half had past and I knew it would be hard to part ways with my only friend when he would leave for home. I sighed loudly, not realizing that he had noticed.

"You okay Twilight?" he asked. I smiled and said that it was nothing, but he had to of caught the slight blush I had. Chuckling, he let it go as we got back home. I wasn't sure, but was I starting to get feelings for him? Wow, that was a sudden jump. He was my friend not even a minute ago and now I'm wanting him to be more? What is wrong with me today! It was going to just be us this time, so we stopped by a fast food restaurant to eat. As we ate, he told stories of his time at Beacon. Some were funny, some were sad, but were all enjoyable. I especially enjoyed the one about the time he aided his brother in arms in his home world to bring back some rare material just for a cooking competition. We continued on, getting home a little later than planned and we both went straight to bed.