//------------------------------// // Sugar // Story: Who Killed Trixie? // by Amazed //------------------------------// Twilight Sparkle sighed, trying to hold her tears. Tears of sadness for Trixie, and tears of frustration of having to deal with yet another pony. "Captain Suger Skull, some Bridle agents just left. Find them and I'm sure they will tell you everything you want to know. Good night." She was about to close the door but found the stallion's hoof blocking it. For a moment, she considered applying all the strength of her magic to force the door shut. "I just need five minutes of your time, your highness." The new princess sighed. "Leave your crossbow at the door. I don't want another meeting with those things. Five minutes." He did what she asked for, glancing at the surroundings before stepping in. "Should I first congratulate you on your coronation, or say I'm sorry for the loss of..." "Captain, I really don't have the patience for either tonight. Start your questioning at once." Sugar Skull put a small hourglass on the library table and started: "Can I have a glass of water, please? Tea?" The frozen look at Twilight's face was quite a clear answer. "Right. Was there somepony watching the library during your coronation?" "What kind of question is this?" "I want to know if there are magical listening devices around." "No. Bridle agents asked if they could have installed them, but I refused." "They insisted on it?" Twilight bit her lower lip. "Could you launch a counter-spell on this room, your highness?" "Why? You obviously don't trust Bridle, captain, and I don't trust you and your execution squad. So maybe I'd welcome a possible third party listening to this." "Ah." The stallion grabbed a book and started to read at random. "Princess Sparkle, could you please talk about your relationship with Trixie?" "Are you really interested in it?" Sugar Skull shook his head negatively, returning to the book. "Please, your statement, your highness." Twilight Sparkle tried to keep her calm, almost without luck. "What. On. Tartarus. Are. You. Really. Doing. Here?" Sugar Skull looked at the hourglass. "Ok, they had time enough to act. Answering your question, your highness, I already know everything that has to be known about your adventures with Trixie. Well, I am a bait. I am keeping Birdle around us, watching me enter and exit, trying to figure out what you and I will do next, while my ponies take the amulet to safety." Twilight Sparkle tried not to scuffle at her visitor. "Saftey against what? Some ponycidal maniac?" "Against Bridle." The alicorn sighed, at the end of her patience. "Captain, right now I don't give a flying feather about disputes between law agencies. however, I do know you're bluffing. You have no way to know where the amulet is. The only way to know about me and Trixie is if you asked her." The thought of the trigger-happy Night Guard close to Trixie and mental images of her fate made up some tears of rage appear on Twilight's face. Her horn started to glow menacingly. The stallion took some steps back until he was cornered between a bookshelf and a very angry Twilight. He raised a hoof. "Wait, we didn't have any direct contact with Trixie, and, by the Moon, we don't kill innocent ponies." "Then explain yourself, captain. Pray that I believe you." The stallion smiled and returned to his all fours. "Tell me, princess, who do I serve?" "Everypony on Equestria, I hope, but I guess you want me to answer 'Luna'." "And who is Luna?" Twilight shook her head, her mind too tired for these games, but answered: "The Princess of the Night." "And what else?" The realization hit Twilight as a ton of bricks. The princess with full domain over... Her jaw hung open, in shock. Sugar Skull approached her and said in a very low voice, on his way out. "Dreaming about Luna lately?" And closed the door.