~~~~~~~~~POV Switch, this chapter will be told through the eyes of another Pony~~~~~~
You were in Trouble, that much was certain, you never felt it so clear since Mama Applejuice caught you stealing her pie.
Your employer had the same opinion about you as on the first day, but recent cases of the Police obscuring everything that happened left you without a Story, thus your Boss had a Piece of advice for you:
"Cobbler! Get your flank in Gear and get me a real Story, I took you in here for your honesty, but an honest to Celestia NOTHING doesn´t make for a good News opener." while you could hardly just come up with a true Story until the next Publishing, he had a Point, the free press depended on making News, or else it would all fall apart.
Your day thoroughly soured by this realization you made your way back to your desk.
"Maybe I should´ve listened to you and stood on the farm, Papa." it was then that you noticed a letter on your desk, apparently not placed there by your mail Service.
"Huh? no Sender? no specific adress to me... just `to whom it may interest´... ah what the hay...." You open it to see the following, written on a typewriter:
To the Journalist reading this, I can offer you the Story of a lifetime
it is of course under strict safety measures and i will have to insist on you coming alone,
feel free to bring any Equipment you Need,
I guarantee you and only you the exclusive rights on an Insider Story
of the Thunderstruck, the Rioters that have set up camp in manehattan,
no Police! I mean it.
Come to Café Fringe at 15:00,
My contact will bring you to the interview place.
sincerely,
Public enemy #1
Huh, this letter was either a really stupid joke, or your salvation... wait, the thunderstruck were the biggest Thing since Discords Reformation, they were also known as escaped inmates, murderers and a crazy killer Nurse...
You looked around your desk, noticing that you really had nothing else.
"Ah screw it, if I die, it will be for what i love doing!" noticing the time to be almost 3 o´clock you quickly grabbed a camera and your microphone before heading to the Café.
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The Café was a nice enough place for Meeting a criminal. You had hardly set a hoof into it before a mare approached you and gave you a note reading "follow" though any attempts to further question her were either pointedly ignored or she really didn´t hear you.
She had led you to an alley in the back and then through a door, that was apparently the entrance of a cart, said cart started rolling and soon enough you had no idea where you were.
As soon as the cart stopped you were blindfolded and led inside somewhere. The room you were in now was spartanic in decoration, no trace as to what Kind of building this was, no Windows, but at least air conditioned and well lit, the mare that brought you here even kept you Company. When you asked for the toilet she had however set her own wings sparking with electricity, apparently the gesture meant "keep it in".
You were shaken out of pondering the mare when the door opened and a Pegasus stallion wearing a bodysuit and a mask entered, the description matched, this colt was their leader.
"Good afternoon, I´m afraid I didn´t catch your Name" The voice of the leader was definitely pleasant, and the way he talked made it Sound like you were here to discuss the weather.
"It´s Apple Cobbler, sir. If i may ask for yours?" You did your best to Keep your voice even, Celestia knew how this guy kept his goons in line.
"I Keep my Name secret for the same reason as my face and my cutie mark. I am known as Thunderstorm to the ponies that want to know."
"I see, you have called me here with a great deal of secrecy..."
"A necessary precaution, I can´t risk the guard finding me yet. Blitz, be a dear and take the camera, I´d ask you to Keep silent for the Interview, but that´s Kind of redundant on a mute mare." he gave a Brief chuckle, alright, stallions with this Kind of terrible Humor are normally not too malicious.
You take a deep breath as you bring your microphone to your mouth and as the recording light on the camera Comes to life you start speaking:
"Good evening Fillies and Gentlecolts, I am Apple Cobbler giving you the first and possibly only Interview with Thunderstorm, leader of the Stormfront Group, the currently most wanted Organisation in Equestria, I am here invited and I don´t really know where here is supposed to be, but right here you see the stallion behind it all. He has invited me to this Interview to clear up any possible misunderstandings about his Group, about himself or about his Intentions...."