The Protectors: log one

My name is Brighthorn, and I'm a thirteen years old unicorn .I live in Canterlot .I have red fur and a purple mane. I like camping, soccer and spell casting, and Today I'm joining the magic police as novice mage.
The pony who assigned us teachers told me my teacher was some pony named Silver Mane. They say he’s a mysterious adventure who goes on crazy adventures to the farthest reaches of Equestrian. Just a week ago he was seen embarking on a quest. He sounds awesome.

I was told me to go to the third sky dock .I arrived there at 11:00 am. And I looked around.
The sky docks were designed to land launch and Air ships. They were these massive docks that judged out of towers. In Canterlot the was five .Dock number one was the Princesses Celestia's own personal dock. Dock five was normally used by merchants. I wonder why he wanted to meet here. It's not like he could park an airship there. It's reserved for only lords and mayors. Like my father.

When I got to the dock the other two students were there already. One a light orange fur and a dark orange mane. He had brown eyes. The other was a mare. She had a cyan coat. With dark blue green, and dark red mane. Her eyes were bright green.

walked up and introduced myself.

"Brighthorn" I said holding my hoof out.

The Orange one shook my hoof.

"Long tail” He said introducing himself.

I looked over the at mare.

"And your name?" I said holding my hoof out.

"I'm Nova. “She said reading a book.

The door behind me opened up, and director Sparkle hat walked in. He was flanked by two officers of the magic police.

"Sir Sparkle hat, what are you doing here?” I asked while saluting with my right hoof.

“Were not the royal guard .You don't need to salute an old man?" Director Sparkle hat told me in his gravely old voice. “I’m here because we’ll. Silvermane never said he would train you. Only to meet him here for the answer. "

The two M.P next to him showed shock at this.

“Sir is it wise to use such a wild ball.” The solider on the right advised.

“I have my reasons.” Sparkle hat responded.

"Does anyone else hear that. “Long Tail asked.

The director and his subordinate stopped arguing. The sounds of engines filled the air. It got louder and louder until the sound filled entire room.

The clouds tore apart and a massive airship descended through the clouds. It bigger than any airship I'd even seen before. It looked weird, it was bulky and square. It had two balloons. A massive dragon head decorated the front. Hatchets lined length of the ship. The entire ship was covered in strange symbols. They radiated a strange form of magic.
The strange ship flew up to dock. The dock hands moved up to help the ship dock. The ropes on the ship tied themselves to the dock on their own. The dock hands were amazed at this. A unicorn was standing on deck. He stepped onto the dock.

"So what’s your answer?” Sparkle Hat asked.

"The answers is yes,” The mysterious pony said. "Star Swirl the Bearded.”
The director looked shocked at this.

"How did you?”The director asked.

"I know my own power and very few could match me. Most ponies be lucky to meet one or two such beings in their lifetimes. Seven is insane. "
Star Swirl smiled awkwardly.

“I also know you only act serious when Equestria is in danger, and we're going to have a discussion about why you would act so serious around a lowly adventure. To be honest though I wasn't using my real name either. ”My new teacher told Star Swirl the Bearded.

Star swirls horn glowed. There was a flash of light and a hat appeared in his hoof. He tossed it to my teacher. He caught it and put it on in an overly complicated way.

"So who are my students? “My new teacher asked.

"Them” Said Star Swirl said indicating to us.

They looked at us. Our new teacher. He Sighed and walked up to us. He looked down at us.
“ATTENTION. “He yelled like a drill sergeant. I saluted with my right hoof." My name is Gix. You may also call me Master, sense, or the Amazing one. "He said sarcastically.

Nova raised her hoof.

Gix looked at her oddly. “Yes!"

"Due to the treaty of the second cloud war states it’s illegal for any pony to own any airship larger than 20 meters. Your ship clearly breaches the law, and puts Equestrian in danger ." Nova accused Gix.

“Fucking nerd. Let me guess you read a shit ton of books. “Gix commented in an annoyed tone.

Nova was shocked at being insulted.

A massive yell filled the air. "GIX!!! YOU FORGOT TO GET CEREAL!".

Gix's head shot up. His eye got a strange twitch to it.

"Get on ship” He said quietly.

“Why. If someone. "I began to say.

Gix picked me up, with his magic, He threw me on to the ship. I hit the deck face first I slid to a stop on my face.

“If you value your sanity get on the mother fucking ship.” Gix yelled.

Nova and Long tail ran onto the ship. Gix jumped on board. I peeled my face off the deck. The ship detached its self from the dock and took off. The ship flew off in a random direction.

My face hurt, but I didn't cry. My dad always told me crying was for the weak, and Sparkles were supposed to be strong. I looked around the ship. The wood was polished and smooth. The entire ship smelled like wood polish and oil. I noticed I couldn't hear the engine. I looked over the guard rail at the engines. The propellers were still spinning, and spewing smoke. I looked at Gix.

"Alright you little shits line up. "Master Gix ordered.

Nova, Long tail and I lined up in front of Gix.

“Alright you probably have a lot of questions, but I'm tired so it can wait until tomorrow. Gix told us. A sack appeared”Also the kitchen isn't working, so here you go. "

Gix tossed the sack towards us. He then walked into the captain’s cabin. I used my magic to catch it .I looked inside the bag. It was filled with stage looking crackers. I lifted a cracker out, and brought it to my mouth.

‘Don’t! “Long tail yelled trying to warn me.

I bit into the cracker, and my teeth exploded in pain. It was as hard as rock.

“Hardtack nasty stuff. You got to get it wet before you eat it. “Long tail told me in a Manhattan accent.

Nova walked towards the ladders leading below deck.

“Where are you going?" I asked her.

“To find some water. Do you honestly think he would give us food and not a way to eat it? "She said snobbishly.

She walked down the stairs. Long tail and I followed behind her. The first room we was filled with barrels. The wall in front of us had two doors. The one labeled as the library was open. I opened the door and walked in. The room was a library shelves lined the walls filled with books .most of the shelves had grates on them preventing the removal of any of the books .Strange lanterns lighted the room. Small tables and chairs were scattered around the room. On the largest table sat an empty glass. Nova was looking at a group of shelves labeled unicorn magic. These shelves weren't bared. Nova was looking at one of these shelves.

"See I told you. This is a test. “Nova told us smugly.” He wants to see if we can use the resources available to accomplish our goals. "

"Okay what do you want us to do?” I asked Nova.

"Find any books that might help, and read them." She told us.

We started taking books down and looking through them. The books were looked brand new. We looked through the books. We read through the books for hours. I saw stuff on summoning, combat, cooking, path finding, countering, shields, and so on.
"Got something.” Long tail told us while looking at a book.
Nova and I jumped next to him. I looked over his shoulder. On one page was a spell to summon an apple. On the other was a spell to fill a cup with water.

“Okay let’s eat the use the spell and eat some hardtack." Nova said exited

I looked at the spell. It was pretty simple. Not really much of a test.

Nova's horn glowed and the glass filled with water. I dunked the son of the hardtack pieces into the water. I bit into it again. And this time it was soft enough for me to bite through. The hardtack tasted horrible. I could barely get one piece down without vomiting. Nova looked like she was having the same problem. Long tail ate it with no problem. He seemed to enjoy it.
We, mostly Long tail, went through the bag quickly .I walked out the door. The ladders were bathed in orange light. It was sunset. We had been in the library researching for hours. I looked at the other door. A bronze plate on the door labeled it as ’students’ quarters’. Two hammock bunk beds occupied the room. A few small tables also occupied the room. The same strange lanterns bathed the room in golden light.

I walked up to one of the lanterns. The lanterns were boxes. The sides were metal and glass. They had engravings on the sides. No curves were used only strait lines. The same same strange symbols I saw on the outside of the ship were engraved on the lanterns. They radiated magic at a steady constant rate. The magic felt odd. It wasn't unicorn or pegs magic. It felt kinda like earth pony magic except even more orderly and calm. I looked for the latch to open. I couldn't find one so I set it back on the table. I looked at the beds the blanket felt soft. I placed my stuff on the top bunk. I looked at a clock on the wall. It read 8 pm .The entire ship shook as we hit turbulence.

"It's probably best not to explore the ship.” I thought to myself.

I climbed into the hammock and fell asleep thinking about how proud Gix would be of us tomorrow for passing his test.