The Case of the Missing Mare

by MrPandaa

"Manehatten has left its hoofprint on me"

To this day I have no idea what I said, but I know that I must have appealed to some sense of goodness in the ponies of Manehatten, because it worked. I remember that after I was done, I walked over to the three mares and helped them stumble over in front of the screen. When the viewers could see them properly, I used my last laser charge to cut the rope and set them free. I like to think that ponies applauded after that. My final words were something like: “In the time I’ve spent in Equestria, I’ve come to see that you ponies are different from the ones where I’m from. I don’t know a lot of things about you ponies--I can’t understand how you can stand to always stay on four hooves, and I still don’t know what in Tartarus a hooficure even is--but I do know one thing for sure.”

Then--and I know I remember this part right--I turned to the beautiful white mare beside me and said, “Manehatten has surely left its hoofprint on me.”

Author's Note:

Yeah, another awkward chapter that has almost no words. I'll figure out some way to either cut this or to enlarge it into a full speech thing.
Also, another story, though this one isn't humorous in the slightest, so you're not allowed to laugh. When I first looked at the prompt for EqD's Training Grounds, which was "Manehatten leaves its hoofprint on everypony who ventures into it," or something like that, I immediately jumped to a full-scale takeover by a Mafia-esque gang. Of course, this idea didn't quite make it to fruition (I figured it would take way too long to write), but remnants of it are still there--the boss guy was going to be the leader of this gang, and the hoofprint-stained note from chapter one was an attempt at humor in what I thought was going to be a dark piece (Manehatten would literally leave its hoofprint on everypony in it).