Sunset Shimmer - Six Friends One Heart - Side Stories

by Babroniedad

6 - General Change Freeze - The Major Outage

JDF - General Change Freeze, and his adjunct, Major Outage

There was a sharp rap at the door. General Change Freeze looked up from the pile of papers he was studying.

“Major Outage, reporting as ordered, Sir!” reported his adjunct, saluting smartly in the doorway. She was the very model of military correctness, right down to the crispness of her salute.

Returning her salute casually, he smiled. “At ease, Major. Enter and close the door behind you, please.”

The Major entered, closing the door and standing before the General’s desk at parade rest.

“Major, you’ve been an exemplary member of my staff, and your work has been both satisfactory and on point. I’d like to reward you with a brief leave of absence, starting today. Please see to it you enjoy yourself as much as possible over the next week. I will see you again on your return,” the General smiled as he informed her.

With a happy grin of her own, the Major snapped off another crisp salute. “Sir! Yes sir!” she replied.

Returning a casual salute, he waved her to the door with a smile. “Dismissed Major, go have some fun for both of us. That is all.”

The Major turned smartly, and marched out of the office, shutting the door behind her. Smiling, the General returned to his work.

The next morning, the base paper headline read “General Change Freeze banishes Major Outage for the next week”.

Author's Note:

Just a fun little Bonus chapter for April Fools Day. I have been waiting to post this one for ages.
A shout out to anyone else who like me works in software development and systems administration, where Major Outage must be banished at all costs.