The SCP Foundation: Field Agent Dash

“Of course you're still awake.” Rainbow commented as she turned her head to see Twilight standing at the opening of her tent. All the tents were laying in a cave with the smoking remains of a campfire in the middle. Rainbow herself was sitting in front of the cave opening in a small dirt clearing. She had her Reality Compass laying on the ground in front of her. With her bag still on her barrel.

Twilight looked apologetic as she started to walk out of the cave. She was taking care not to make much noise so she didn’t wake up anypony as she left. Once she was next to Rainbow she sat down on her rump with a sheepish look on her muzzle.

“I can’t sleep, S-sorry.”

“It’s understandable.” Rainbow answered as she turned her head to overlook the cave.

“I’m still trying to process the idea that I’m part of a group that deals with the supernatural.” Twilight admitted as she hoofed the dirt in front of her drawing small lines as she did so.

“Yea it was a bit much to take in when I first joined the Foundation.” Rainbow gained a faraway look in her eyes like she was looking through Twilight. “Sometimes it still is.” Rainbow answered her eyes refocusing on the alicorn. She then turned to look out at the forest.

“I’m not going to be teaching you anything else about the SCP Foundation right now, Twi, sorry.” Rainbow said assuming what Twilight was going to say next.

“I wasn’t going to ask about that.” The alicorn corrected. “Then what?” Rainbow questioned not bothering to look but at the alicorn.

“Is the Rainbow I know real?” Twilight questioned.

“Hmm? What’s that suppos’t mean?” Rainbow raised an eyebrow.

“Is the Rainbow I know, the mare I have known for four years now is she real?, or is she some kind of cover story? A false identity you put on to keep your cover.” Twilight asked, sounding almost scared of the answer.

Rainbow let out a quiet whistle “Honestly Twi, that is a question I don’t even know the true answer of.” Rainbow crossed her forelegs thinking.

“I have taken on a ridiculous number of identities over the years... and by you asking that question you're also asking what I do for the Foundation.” Twilight flinched at the accusation, she hadn’t meant to sneak that question in.

“I didn’t mean that Rainbow sorry.” Twilight apologized.

Rainbow’s ears twitched as she heard the sound of a tent opening in the cave. Rainbow once again turned to look at the cave spotting a certain dressmaker who was making her way over to the two mares. Twilight had frozen up when she heard the sound of hoof steps behind her thinking the pony had been woken up by her and Rainbow’s conversation.

Rarity levitated a green blanket in her magic as she approached. She then put the blanket down on the ground then sat down the same way both Twilight and Dash were sitting, just to Rainbow’s left side.

“Waiting for something?” Rarity asked pointing towards the Compass in front of Rainbow.

“Yea Bloodraven is stopping by in Ponyville.” The pegasus explained looking at Rarity. With Twilight gaining a confused look on her muzzle who was Bloodraven?

“Oh dear, is she heading here?” Rarity pointed at the ground with a hoof.

“She has to check in with me in a few minutes. But knowing her, she will either not show up till hours later or…. hey Twi?” Rainbow turned back to face the alicorn.

“Y-yea?” Twilight asked.

“Do me favor and cast a barrier spell that can block sound over the cave entrance.” Rainbow asked.

Twilight’s brain took a full second to register the request. “Uhh Sure.” She didn’t really understand why but Twilight casted the spell to cover the cave anyway.

“At least Sweetie Belle, nor the others, will wake up now.” Rarity said appreciatively to her lavender friend. “So Rainbow what is Bloodraven up to? Sarkics don’t normally come to Ponyville of all places.“

“Class-e-fide.” Rainbow answered jokingly while giving Rarity a flat look and added “Really? Why would you even bother asking?”

“It was worth a shot.” Rarity answered.

Twilight was more confused than before, Rarity had said the word Sarkic, which meant she was with the Foundation. But Rainbow had acted annoyed at her question.

“Wait Is Rarity with the SCP Foundation?” Twilight asked the mares.

Before Rainbow could answer Rarity did. “No Darling I’m GOC not SCP.”

Twilight was now justifiably confused, wasn’t the Foundation the only one that dealt with anomalies? “I thought only the Foundation was dealing with the anomalous?”

“Rainbow!” Rarity said indignantly.

Rainbow retaliated “What, hey! I total you she’s super green. She knows basically nothing!” Rainbow let out an annoyed huff crossing her forelegs. “Besides I didn’t want to tell her about you without your approval.”

Rarity nodded “I suppose that is fair.” The unicorn turned to look at Twilight. “Well Twilight I’m a part of the GOC, the Global Occult Coalition.”

“Wait I don’t have anything to write this down with or on!” Twilight whined as she got up “Be right back” Twilight disappeared in a lavender flash of teleportation magic.

“Fucken Hell Rares.” Rainbow groaned in clear annoyance, facehooving as she spoke.

Rarity blankly blinked “I should have expected that, shouldn't have I?” Rarity stated more than asked the Foundation agent.

“Have you met Twilight Sparkle?” Rainbow replied with sarcasm dripping from her voice.

“No I haven’t, my first time what’s she like?” Rarity answered with her own brand of sarcasm.

Rainbow answered in kind “She’s too curious for her own good, very smart, an alicorn, good looking” -

“Ooh really? Tell me more-“ Rarity commented.

“fuck off, annoying at times, likely to get herself hurt, I could continue.” Rainbow finished with a roll of her eyes.

“No need. I think I know her.” Rarity said with an air of comedy.

Twilight reappeared with her notebook floating next to her surrounded by a glow of lavender magic. “I’m back.”

“May I?” Rarity asked.

“She doesn’t even know about personnel ranking yet.” Dash groaned but she knew she would have to tell Twi about it later so might as well. “But fine give her the hoof notes. No more.”

“Wonderful, as I said Twilight I’m a part of the Global Occult Coalition. Another Organization that deals with the anomalous or as we say parathreats.” Rarity explained.

“So does the SCP Foundation work with the Global Occult Coalition like the Sarckic cults or the Mekhanites.” Twilight asked.

“Not exactly, the Foundation and have a more tense relationship.” Rarity answered.

“Neither one likes the other one that much but will reluctantly work together when needed.” Rainbow added.

This didn’t make sense to Twilight, weren’t they on the same side? “Why reluctantly?”

Rainbow spoke first “Short version, Because the GOC is a group of gun wielding idiots who shoot first and ask questions later. It doesn’t matter how dangerous the anomaly is, the conclusion is the same, Destroy Destroy Destroy.”

Rarity gave Rainbow an exasperated look. “Excuse me?”

“It's what the Foundation would have wanted me to tell her.” Dash answered. “And it's not entirely wrong in some cases either you have to agree.”

Rarity got up and gave the pegasus a glare. “And the GOC would say SCP Foundation is a group of idiots who think they can keep everything locked up in a box. Then somehow keep it from getting out and killing everything in sight. Need I speak about 096 and how you needed our help killing it. And that was only after it ended up killing how many?”

Rainbow let out a growl getting up herself as if to challenge Rarity. “The GOC will kill innocent creatures simply because they were born with anomalous properties that they didn’t ask for.“

Twilight had never really seen Rainbow and Rarity argue like this. The two never hung out like the rest of them did. Rainbow would prank with Pinkie while Rarity would go to the spa with Fluttershy. Was this why the two of them never really did anything together? It would make sense.

“Oh? Your D-class-“ Rarity stopped herself; she knew this wasn’t helpful. “Rainbow lets not have this argument now. Especially in front of Twilight. We have had this same argument hundreds of times and probably will a hundred times more, neither of us are going to budge. So let’s just move on.”

Dash hesitated briefly, she looked like she wanted to say something but chose not to and nodded sitting back down with Rarity doing the same.

Rarity cleared her throat and looked back at Twilight who had a concerned expression on her face. “Twilight you alright?”

Twilight was a little bit concerned. “Yea I’m fine just not used to seeing you two fight. You two interact the least out of us six. I almost never have seen you two interacting. Is this why?”

Both mares nodded. With Rainbow elaborating “And before you ask We’re friends Twi.”

“We just have a nuanced friendship.” Rarity said looking at the field agent to see if she described it correctly. Rainbow gave a shrug of good enough. “I’ve saved her life and she’s saved mine. Not including when she was falling from the sky during the young flyers Competition.”

Rarity laughed nervously rubbing the back of her neck. “Imagine that’s what had killed me, not some reality bender or some anomalous monster. A simple fall.”

“Not a bad way to go compared to many things.” Rainbow added absentmindedly. To which Rarity visibly bounced the idea in her head then nodded. “True.”

“So is this like Rainbow’s true age again?” Twilight asked, starting to feel like she was in over her head,... again.

“No I’m actually thirty years old, no years of disappearing off the face of the world.”

Twilight nodded accepting the situation for what it was. “So I’m guessing the difference between the SCP Foundation and GOC is their ideologie when dealing with anomalies.”

“Yes darling, that is the biggest difference between our employers.” Rarity confirmed. “We have the same overall goal but we go about completing that goal quite differently. As you saw it can easily lead to arguments about the proper way to do things.”

“Sorry.” Rainbow interjected quickly.

“Same here.” Rarity replied giving Rainbow a nod and continued “I would prefer to not go into specifics as that will start another argument. Rest assured that the GOC will work with the Foundation when needed or when it is seen as helpful.” The unicorn looked at the pegasus giving her permission to add on, which Rainbow did.

“Also by the lack of us shooting at each other we were not openly or in any way hostile to each other. Just wary of each other. As part of the Foundation Twilight the rules are simple when talking to GOC that are met in the field or by accident. Don’t give them any information unless necessary to complete the mission. Do not consider them hostile unless they prove themselves to be and you are to support them if needed to complete the mission as they will do the same.” Rarity nodded in agreement with Rainbow.

“So does this change how we talk on a day to day basis?” Twilight asked as she wasn’t too worried about her overall relationship with the unicorn. Just the way she interacted with Rarity sounded like it would change.

“Darling as long as we don’t actively discuss the paranormal, nothing changes between you and me. I’m the same Rarity you knew yesterday and will know a week from now.” The unicorn said. “Rainbow should I say more? Or is that enough?”

Rainbow didn’t get a chance to answer the question as a roar rang out across the quiet forest.

Twilight reacted by jumping into the air dropping her notebook in the process. Then with Rarity getting to her hooves. “I’m hoping that’s Bloodraven.”

Rainbow got up with a weirdly blank expression on her muzzle. “That was Bloodraven’s roar, which meant she found something she didn’t like and now wants me to help her with what she found.” Dash picked up her Reality Compass, closed it and put it in her bag.

“Darling I hope you know I will be following you.” Rarity stated, there was no room for discussion in her voice.

“Not going to be able to stop you.” Dash conceded and watched as Rarity ran into the cave going through Twilight’s barrier in the process. Then picked up her green suitcase in her magic and ran back out.

Once Twilight was able to calm herself down and land she asked. “What’s going on?”

“Bloodraven found something which means it’s dangerous and most likely anomalous. With Cogsworth most likely not far behind her, those two might as well be married.” Rainbow answered.

Twilight felt the pieces fall into place “So… we’re going to check it out aren’t we?” The alicorn concluded.

“Yep and follow me.”