//------------------------------// // 5. Case Solved // Story: The Scoot of My Life: Sisterhooving // by epicdonus1123 BOT //------------------------------// Chapter 5 Before they got on the train to Canterlot, the three big sisters had to say goodbye to their sisters. Rarity's goodbye was, obviously, the most dramatic of the three. Applejack then came up and hugged little Applebloom. She told her to be good with Big Mac and to watch help watch over the barn. Rainbow just came up to Scootaloo, hugged her and walked away. That's it, Scootaloo thought. Did she just forget that she even existed? Then again, she is Rainbow Dash and she does have a reputation to fulfill. When the four got on the train, all the three could think about is if they will make it in time for the Sisterhooves Social? Applebloom always went, Sweetiebelle went a few times, but this is Scootaloo's first time. Hopefully her next Sisterhooves Social, won't be her first. The four then got to their seats as the train started to chug. It chugged and chugged until they heard a CHOO-CHOO. It moved along quite loudly as the the fillies stared. The machinery was actually kinda interesting to them, the way it moves and what keeps it going. Who knew that a simple rock could operate a whole vehicle, Scootaloo thought. They were saddened that they won't be able to go to the Sisterhooves Social, unless they catch the burglar in Canterlot in time. It's impossible, Scootaloo thought, why bother? "This stinks more than a rotten turnip," stated Applebloom. "Yeah, and rotten turnips are a bit stinky," agreed Scootaloo. Sweetiebelle was just to sad and choked up to speak. This whole time, her sister was gone because of this? She finally understood that it was indeed more important than the Sisterhooves Social. She could remember the first time going with Rarity, but actually she originally went with Applejack. It was an amazing moment for Sweetiebelle. Scootaloo, on the other hand, couldn't understand, why would someone rob a bank so close to Sisterhooves Social? That question raced through her head like a bullet. In reality this is horrible, but it was more than horrible for Scootaloo. This was a monstrous....BEASTLY way to frighten people before a special event. Whoever did it, must've not liked Ponyville for many reasons. "Well girls, we must get back to my house. I feel uncomfortable around all this sappiness," stated Scootaloo. The other two just came along with Scootaloo, leaving in a walk of sadness. Scootaloo picked up the two and whizzed to her house. None of them said anything the whole time getting there. Applebloom opened the door in an obviously saddened way. The three stepped in quietly...no silently. No peep, no bump, no giggle. The CMC just sat there with nothing to say or do. However, Applebloom stepped up and said, "Girls! We can't just mope around in here. We need to go to th' bakery or th' library or somewhere and do somethin'!" The other fillies couldn't and wouldn't build up enough courage and strength to of said that. Sweetiebelle and Scootaloo agreed on it and jumped up. They finally found their courage again, Applebloom thought. "I don't know about any of you girls, but I'm starving," stated Scootaloo. "But Scootaloo, you're always hungry," retorted Sweetiebelle. "I know, so let's go...hey that rhymes," Scootaloo said. They then headed out the door for some treats. Without Pinkie around, the place wasn't as busy as it usually was. The girls ordered a dozen of chocolate cupcakes, while Scootaloo secretly asked for another box. The Cakes told them to come back in half an hour and their cupcakes will be done. In the meantime, Rainbow, Rarity, Applejack, and Fluttershy are on board, when suddenly they hear a thud in the back of their car. They then notice a pony who looks like similar to Pony Joe. In fact, when the police officer leaned in and told them their perpetrator, the officer told them that the whole robbery could've been Pony Joe. The officer knew that Pony Joe wore boots on occasion so if must've been him. They agreed that Pony Joe was running low on money and business, so he must've done anything to keep is selfish business. Back to reality, the big sisters looked away as Fluttershy was awkwardly staring at him. The apparent doppelganger was sitting next to an awfully huge sack. Fluttershy told them about how much similar the duplicate looks like him. They both have his dark brown hair and light brown coat. They're both as tall and he as Pony Joe's green eyes. His freakishly similar appearance to Pony Joe forced them to walk over to him. "Spill the beans, what's in that sack," demanded Rainbow. The supposed doppelganger just looked up and looked back down again. "A wise guy huh? Well, we can play this the easy way or hard way. Pick your choice," still...no reply. Rainbow then lifted a hoof but she was stopped by Applejack. "Rainbow! Don't hurt th' poor chap. At least let 'em speak first," she stated. The "poor chap" then explained who he was, indeed he was Pony Joe. He also explained that he was bringing doughnuts to Ponyville to see if they will buy them, but barely anypony bought any. He got on another train to go back to Canterlot with. Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy immediately believed him, while Rainbow's tenacity lead her to believe anything. "You see Rainbow...um....he wasn't doing anything wrong," Fluttershy said. "Oh yeah? Then why don't I believe him?" "Because yer to stubborn recognize the truth," hollered Applejack. Pony Joe just looked at Rainbow, like she was a murderer or some sort of criminal. "One more thing, why don't you let us see what's in the bag," she queried. "Because there's a difference between business and personal business. You know what business is, but not what personal business is," he responded. "Ugh....no further questions," she finally said. On the outside, she seemed like she gave up, but on the inside, she knew that he had to of done it.Rainbow knew that his business was failing and she knew he had the guts to pull it off. She just wanted to prove she was right, so as Rainbow walked away, she "accidentally" bumped into the sack. What fell out surprised everypony, except Rainbow.....bits. "J..........joe," whimpered Fluttershy. "How could you! Why would you take money from the bank! You crook," yelled by the disgusted white Unicorn. "Now why Joe? Why would ya just take from th' bank like nopony's business," quietly cried Applejack. Pony Joe was just in awe, because he didn't think Rainbow was that smart. She gave him a smirk and said, "Pony Joe. Ha, not surprising. Your business was failing, so you had to and go and steal bits from a bank. I mean, stealing from an old bank in a town that you don't even live in. That's an all time low. Your just a disgrace to Canterlot, you failure. See girls, don't believe that idiot that left his boot in the bank he broke into and believe your loyal and cocky and athletic and awesome and amazing," she was cut off by Rarity's hoof. "Rainbow, I had know idea you were so forensically genius," complemented Rarity. "You were right, Rainbow. We shoulda believed ya," apologized Applejack. With the culprit in custody, Rainbow and the group now had to wait to get to Canterlot. In Fillydelphia, Twilight and Pinkie, mainly Twilight, started to put up signs all over town for the individual. Two hours later, they got a lead from a cousin of Applejack. She said that she saw the crook in the middle of town. In the middle of town, Twilight thought, why wouldn't he be on the outside or leaving right now? He must of been tricking them into think he'd be in the edge of town, or he could throw them off and escape while he has the chance. These possibilities and way more dashed through Twilight's head as fast as cheetahs. She told the chief about the lead and he looked as suspicious as she was. "I don't believe it, but I know Applejack and she is a trusting pony. The same with her family. I'll make sure that guards will be at all ends of the city. You two need to go in the middle and find him. Got it," insured the chief. "Got it," they said in unison. As they headed out, they checked every nook and cranny. Every alley, road, even trash cans. Pinkie had to leave the way, because she memorized the city while Twilight was researching. They then came across an alley that Pinkie never noticed. It was surprising to Twilight that Pinkie didn't memorize EVERYTHING about the city's people and buildings. They dove right in to check it out. They then noticed a mare crying in the corner. They walked up to her and asked her what's wrong, as if they didn't already know. She said that while she was walking along, she was robbed from her purse. Twilight gave a satisfied gasp of relief. They finally might've finally found a lead from someone other than Applejack's cousin. Pinkie went and asked her if he liked chocolate or cupcakes better. She blankly stared at Pinkie as she rambled on about how she and sweets met and were meant to be. Twilight just cut her off by her hoof. "So miss, do you recall what he looked like," asked Twilight. "Um....he ugh....had an orange mane and white coat. Why do you ask," she responded with the news that Twilight's been dying to hear. She told the mare that she was helping arrest this individual for robbing a bank. "Do you remember where it happened," she questioned while Pinkie was bouncing around. She said it happened on a road they just passed and that he ran off down it. "Thank you for you support, I promise to bring your purse back," she then acknowledged the mare with a welcoming grin. The mare smiled back and thanked her. She went off in search of the police to tell them her story. "Wow, we just passed the street like a minute ago," randomly said Pinkie. "Pinkie? You were paying attention," she asked. "Of course I payed attention. If I didn't pay attention, I'd be a bad investigator and bad a bad investigators get fired and," for about the tenth time since they been there, Twilight had to cut off Pinkie. "Just come on, we have a prisoner to catch," she stated. They continued their endless search for the criminal mastermind. If they had to rob any bank in the world, they they had to pick one from one of the most confusing cities. Everypony and piece of scenery was now a piece of evidence, somehow. Twilight was getting hungry, so they stopped by the nearest burger joint. In a surprising plot twist, the burglar was actually.......not there either. She decided that she needed to use her head instead of luck. They decided to order two daisy burgers and two curly fries. Pinkie went to go and find a table, while Twilight was standing there waiting for the meal. At the most lucky time, Twilight peered through the windows and spotted a stallion with a white coat and a coat to prevent from seeing his mane and tail. "AH-HAH! PINKIE! I FOUND HIM," she embarrassingly shrieked out loud. Everypony just stared at her like she was a madmare. Pinkie looked up and cheered that they found him. She and Twilight ran outside, just as the clerk announced their number for their order. Twilight and Pinkie stopped him right in his tracks. "Stop right there mister, we know you did it so fess up. Or there will be a world of cupcakes coming your way," demanded Pinkie. "Know I did what," replied the hooded pony. "We know that you robbed the bank a two weeks ago. Now tell me you did so that we can lock you up," considerably said Twilight. The guy wouldn't talk, no matter how bad of a punishment they will give him. Twilight then took a different approach to persuade the guy. Kill him with kindness. "Okay. Sorry about earlier. Anyways what's your name," she asked. "Oh....I am Voleur," he responded with. "Voleur, that is a cool name! It rhymes with you mare, and knew where, and," Twilight was getting sick of cutting Pinkie off. She looked at Voleur with an evil eye. She heard the word "voleur" but where? Out of all her books, she couldn't remember what it stood for and what it meant. "So Voleur, is your name short for anything," Twilight pondered. "Nope, just Voleur," Voleur stated. His answers were so simple and short. Something tells me that he isn't going to talk anytime soon, Twilight thought. She peered at the guy for a handful of minutes. She wanted this guy to talk and she wanted him to talk now! "Voleur, how come you're so quiet," Twilight inquired. "Nothing to answer to or say," she sharply and quickly retorted. "How about we talk about," Twilight was sick of it now. She turned around and hollered at Pinkie, "PINKIE! WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING IMPORTANT! IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT CUPCAKES OR SOMETHING OUTRAGEOUS, GO OVER THERE AND DO IT." "Okie dokie lokie," she replied and went to where Twilight pointed. She then returned to Voleur to ask him some more questions. It's so strange how he just calmly answers the questions like as if his life isn't on the line, she thought. "How long have you been living in Fillydelphia," she investigated. "Ugh...my whole life," he snapped back. His whole life....that's why he knew where and how to rob the bank. He must've known the right allies and passageways to go through and exit out of. "Whole life? You don't say," she claimed with a smirk on her face. Luckily, Voleur never noticed the deranged, satisfied expression of Twilight's lips. "Yup, been living here since I was a colt," he clarified. He was trying to make things difficult for Twilight and Pinkie. The instant answers and responses were a bit too fast to be truthfully answered. If he wanted to make it believable, he could've at least waited a few seconds between each question. She then got tired of this "kill him with kindness" act. Twilight Sparkle forgot that the only person that could break Applejack in constant annoyance was.....Pinkie Pie. She trotted over to Pinkie, told her the plan, and brought her back. She was awkwardly holding her hoof over Pinkie's mouth. Voleur knew something was up if she had to put her in Pinkie's mouth all the time. "Okay Voleur, I have brought Pinkie, she's just gonna ask you several questions," lied Twilight. She let go of Pinkie's mouth, and she immediately started to bark out things that only her friends would understand why. "Hi! How are you! I am good! Have noticed all the things here in the town? They are amazing! So superdooper amazingly awesomely radically awesome things. Your name and my name don't even rhyme. That's sad because my name rhymes with twinkie and linkie and wrinkly and winky. Because Twilight interrupted me, we didn't get to finish the words that rhyme with your name, like you there and two hair and moo pair and poo stare and almost eclair! I love the sky, don't you. Earlier it was white and now it is all bl-". "OKAY, OKAY I'LL TALK! JUST PROMISE ME THAT YOU WILL GET THAT NONSTOP MACHINE AWAY FROM ME," screamed Voleur. She pinkie-promised to get Pinkie away from him. She covered up Pinkie's mouth with her hoof and told her to go back to her corner. Pinkie looked disappointed, but she was excited that Voleur's name rhymed with so many things. "Now Voleur, what happened at the bank," Twilight asked. ".... Okay here it is. I was wondering the streets looking for money and a place to stay. Knowing these Fillydelphians, they can be some rude and selfish ponies. However, a group of ponies promised me a house to stay in and money to have if I did them a favor. They looked like nice people, but they asked me to a favor for them. I refused the offer at first, but I was desperate.That is when they gave me the name Voleur. It just merely means thief." It all made sense to Twilight right away. How come she couldn't remember it stood for thief. Voleur continued, "I remember going into the bank and demanding for the money. When he gave me the money, I remember knocking some ponies over as I exited.Then, I blacked out at the initial shock that I actually robbed the bank. When I came back to reality, they were gone and I was all alone. They took the money and ditched me," he sorrowfully admitted. Twilight was appalled at the thought that the gang forced him into robbing the bank. She and Pinkie and the whole police stations should've known that it was a gang act. "Well Voleur, do you remember where they are," she finally questioned. "No....not any of them," he quickly responded. She didn't want to arrest the poor loner. He was facing hard times and the thing he needs right now is to go to jail. She knew she had a job to do and a conscience to protect. The hard part was to do the right thing. Was the right thing, the reality or her emotions? She finally made up her mind. "....Voleur, come with me. You, me, and Pinkie need to go," she quietly said as she trotted to Pinkie. She told Pinkie what they were going to do with him, and she agreed big time. She nor Twilight told Voleur what they were going to do with him. They wanted it to be as suspenseful as it could be. The three trotted down every alley that Voleur and Pinkie remembered. Twilight looked at Voleur for a mere couple of seconds to study his features. Surprisingly, she never really payed attention to him to notice his features. Voleur was a masculine unicorn with deep green eyes, with a couple of cans as his cutie mark. His wavy orange hair and snowflake like coat, made him recognizable from a crowd. He looked pretty cute to Twilight. She just couldn't believe nopony would help this innocent criminal. When they got to the office, they told the sheriff what their going to do with him. "Twilight, who is this," asked the sheriff. "This is Voleur, he is the criminal," she quickly replied. He made an initial gasp and then held himself together, "That's excellent news! We didn't expect you two to find him this quick," asserted the sheriff. "Yes sir it is, but he actually has a reason for the crime," she announced. "Lay it on me." Voleur told him the whole story about his poverty and loneliness. The sheriff wasn't that shocked, because this town was in tatters. Then Twilight stepped in to fight for Voleur. "We don't want to send him to jail, we want to bring him with us in Ponyville," stated Twilight. She looked at Voleur as he was smiling. She knew that if he were to come to Ponyville, it would change the way he sees things. Pinkie, at the back of the room, was on the verge of bouncing off the walls with her constant energy. The sheriff asked if they could change him into a regular unicorn. She said they could if he just let him go out of the city, Voleur promised not to rob Ponyville, even though it was already robbed. The sheriff sat there for a brief moment, then finally agreed. The two heroes and their convict got on the train to Ponyville. Twilight stared at how adorable Voleur looked. She couldn't get over the fact that she extremely liked him. She just hoped nopony would find out any time soon. To be continued..........