Guards and Monsters

“And there’s really nothing else to tell,” Lyra said to Rose, as the two of them sat at the café, sipping milkshakes. “Bonnie and I went back for our first touch-up training session earlier this week, and the recruits from Manehattan were really creepy. That might have just been because we didn’t know them as well, though. Diamond Tiara seemed to get along with them just fine.”

Rose nodded, as if she believed a word that Lyra had said. “So the next time there’s a monster attack in Ponyville, can I expect to see you two flying around to help fight them off?”

“Maybe,” Lyra said, looking around conspiratorially. “Although this is Fluttershy’s territory, and I really don’t want to step on her hooves any more than I already have. Can you imagine how she’d feel if we hurt one of her cutesy wootsey little Manticores?”

Rose winced. “She’d tear your head off.”

“Yeah,” Lyra said, resting her chin on a hoof. “That would be kind of cool, actually.”