Aloe and Lotus walked in, looking very different, yet very alike. One had blue hair, sort of like Trixie’s, and one had pink hair. They both wore maid’s clothes, and they were obviously sisters. They walked in, both walking at the same speed, on the same foot. They acted identically, but they didn’t look identical. So...they weren’t identical...but they were. They even both stopped in the middle of the room at the same time.
“Why are we here?” they asked in unison.
“Because Soarin’ was murdered.”
“Oh my!” they said in unison, once again.
“You are here as Fluttershy’s alibi. Was Soarin’ still alive when she left?”
“why-” started the first one - the pink haired one I’m not sure if that’s Aloe or Lotus - “ -of course,” finished the other one.
“Very well then. Twilight, please go and sit next to Trixie, and Fluttershy, sit next to Twilight.”
“Thanks Trixie,” Fluttershy whispered to her
“No problem!” said Trixie, smiling. Fluttershy really appreciated that she had a friend like Trixie. Without her - even though she had Twilight as her lawyer - it wouldn’t had of been the same. Fluttershy looked at Twilight, worried that she would be jealous, but of course not. She was a detective after all.
“Can we-” started Lotus,
“-go back now?” finished Aloe.
Then, together, they said, “Please?”
“Of course,” said Detective Twilight. “thank you for coming to this court today. We really appreciated it, and we wish you a good day.”
“Thank you!” they both said together, then giggled.
Fluttershy smiled, then frowned. “Why are you here Trixie?”
“I’m here…” Trixie started, but she wasn’t sure she wanted to finish. She was here to be Spitfire’s lawyer, but she didn’t want to defend Spitfire. She wanted Spitfire to go to to jail, where she belonged! Not to be defended, and especially not by her! Trixie sighed. If only she had told everyone that she had been kicked out of the Wonderbolts, then Spitfire wouldn’t have wanted her as a lawyer. Spitfire probably didn’t want her as a lawyer anyway! Just because she was a slow runner...she never wanted to join the Wonderbolts anyway. She had just wanted to be with Soarin’ because she didn’t have any other friends...until she met Fluttershy. Fluttershy had changed her life. She was the sunshine of her life now...and now that she had a new friend, Soarin’ hadn’t wanted her any more. “I’m here as Spitfire’s lawyer...but it wasn’t my choice.” Trixie quickly added when she saw Fluttershy’s horrified face. It really wasn’t her choice. She hadn’t asked for it, she hadn’t hoped for it...in fact, she had not even thought about it!
“Poor you, having to-” Fluttershy was about to say “work with that meanie”, but she stopped herself and instead said “-stop your magic shows because of this court case.”
Trixie noticed the gap in between the two parts of the sentence. “What were you going to say? I don’t mind if it’s something bad about Spitfire, to be honest, I really don’t like her.” Trixie told Fluttershy. After all, it was the truth. Fluttershy smiled. She had always known that Trixie didn’t like Spitfire, but she had wanted to hear it for herself.
“Trixie Lulamoon, please stand up.” Fluttershy looked around, frowning. Had Trixie said something wrong? Or...or was it her turn to defend Spitfire? Trixie defended me so well, thought Fluttershy. what if she does the same for Spitfire? I know she doesn’t like her, but she had to anyway, so why not do it well? Or will she lie and send Spitfire to jail? Or...does she know who it is? Maybe she’s not going to lie, maybe she’s just going to tell everyone the truth! It was like Fluttershy was having a conversation with someone else.
“Where does the lawyer go?” asked Trixie.
“Over here please.” said the judge, as Trixie walked down to defend Spitfire. Sighing, she sat down.
She was not looking forward to this.