The wind blew harshly upon Celestia's skin. At the speed she was flying, it was as if she were fighting against a hurricane. It did not matter. It was not important. Only one thing was important right now. Nova Bloom. That name, engraved into her psyche next to the names of countless other enemies, shined with intensity. Keeping her keenly aware of its existence. Of her existence. She was going to fix that error upon the world.

After only a few more wingbeats, she could see Canterlot getting closer and closer to her. She began to slow down upon approach but kept some speed. She flew above the palace and headed beyond it, to the city of Canterlot itself. She knew exactly where she was headed. A few miles away from the castle, in the middle of an otherwise unassuming business district of Canterlot, stood a large building. The building itself was not too different from the other office skyscrapers besides it. The only difference was that most of its windows were impossible to see into. Celestia didn't even need to spot the building before she landed right in front of it.

The guards, although alarmed at first, did not stop her from entering the building. Above her head, above the threshold, were the words 'Canterlot Institute of Assistance.' A few ponies turned to look at the princess as she walked through the door. A couple of them were surprised to see her and some smiled and bowed. A few others, kept their expressions neutral and bowed. The Canterlot Institute of Assistance was an agency created by Celestia to assist handicapped ponies with their disabilities with any means available. As such, a group of disabled ponies waited in the lobby. Each waiting to be assisted by someone with whatever reason they were there for.

Celestia smiled when she came across some of the disabled ponies that were there. A lot of them had wheel-assisted walking apparatuses, a few had prosthetics and more than a couple were clearly mentally handicapped. She smiled and even gave them a few words of encouragement and assured them her ponies at the CIA would help them. They smiled back and thanked her. Soon she left them and walked towards an elevator in a hallway to the side.

The guards near the elevator let her through with only a curt bow. Her expression returned to a stoic neutral as she pressed the button to go down. The elevator lurched down and within a few minutes, the doors opened to a large room. A lot of ponies were in the room. All of them worse suits and some had military insignias upon those suits. Most of them moved throughout the room going from task to task. The room itself was dark blue, seemingly the very walls and tile floor was made of the dark blue material. Fluorescent lights illuminated most of the room. It was shaped like a bowl, wherein above there was a catwalk that had stairs that led down to a center area.

Celestia smiled as she saw her creation. Beneath her, she could see her own insignia emblazoned on the floor. Above it, the words 'Canterlot National Intelligence and Security Agency' could be read. This agency was much different to the one above, but all the same, it would assist her. Once ponies noticed the princess, they all stopped and saluted her.

"At ease my little ponies." She said with a smile. They still stood at attention however. "Where is the director?"

"Down here your highness." Called a voice from bellow. Celestia looked the railing and spotted the director in the area bellow. He was a pale yellow unicorn stallion with a black mane. The bags under his eyes foretold a lot of experience or a lot of sleepless nights. Without another word, she made her way down to the director and all the other ponies went about their tasks.

"Ah, director Spice. Just the pony I wanted to see today." Celestia smiled and the stallion bowed.

"How may I assist you, your highness?" His tone was formal and neutral. Another pony who's emotions could not betray him.

"Mind if we head to your office? I would feel more comfortable explaining my task there." Celestia said and without confirmation, headed to a far door behind the stallion. The stallion followed without another word. Once they were behind closed doors, Celestia's expression darkened considerably. "I need all the files that you have on a mare named Nova Bloom. Alive, Ponyville." Celestia wasted no time.

"Just a second your highness." Spice said as he walked behind his desk. Using his magic, he opened the blinds of his office opposite the door. The blinds opened to a large spiral tower made of a material resembling polished basalt. The tower extended upwards and downwards to seemingly endless extremes. Using his magic, he repeated. "Nova Bloom, alive. Ponyville." After a few seconds, a small wire of magical light extended from his horn to a small section of the tower that illuminated. Spice used his magic to pull out the files contained within the small compartment, then closed it. The compartment remained lit. The glassless window let the files into the office.

"Alright let's see here..." Spice said as he opened and read the files. "Born in Vanhoover. Prodigy of fire magic. Joined the Vanhoover militia and has basic training. Worked at the Vanhoover hydroelectric dam for six years. Joined the worker's strike of the dam. Was later fired due to 'industrial accident' involving her fire magic. Left Vanhoover shortly after. Now lives in Ponyville. Works at the Ponyville power distribution plant." Spice finished reading Nova's file. "Should we be concerned of this pony?" He asked simply and turned the file to show Celestia Nova's portrait

Celestia looked at the picture. She was a white coated unicorn with a red and black mane. Very striking, her colors would be hard to miss. "Pin her as a suspected rogue. Risk level high. Have agent Waters follow her and watch her every move. And reopen the Vanhoover hydroelectric dam investigation." Celestia said, as if marking off a check list in her head. "But this time, make sure there is enough evidence to warrant it an act of sabotage perpetrated by Nova Bloom herself."

"As you wish your majesty." Spice said simply, keeping his expression neutral. "Agent Waters is already in Ponyville conveniently enough. I will let her know of her new assignment. Shall we search and retrieve at the suspect's home?" Spice asked, though he already knew the answer.

"Yes and keep me informed of anything the suspect does. Specially if she visits Twilight Sparkle's castle." Celestia said with a firm tone, the fire in her eyes briefly lit itself. Then an idea struck her. "Oh and have agent Waters visit the Ponyville power distribution plant."

"Under what orders, your majesty?"

"Unrestrained sabotage. Using fire magic."

"It will be done, my princess."

Author's Note

Fun fact, Nova Bloom is a fusion of 2 old OCs I have, including her backstory.