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// 1 - Choco’s Life & Purpose 
// Story: Flipper Choco - Maretropolis Stories 
// by EliteLenny223 
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So you’re all wondering what a stallion like me has to say. Well, it starts with… I’ve seen harsh things. And when I mean harsh… I mean… it disturbs me to the core.

Flipper’s eyes were opened, terrified that night. He saw a group of colts silently chuckling to each other while they surrounded a filly, so young she was even crying, begging her captors not to touch her. “P-please-! I… I wanna go home! Leave me-! AAHHHHHH!!!”

Back then, no one was around to even come out. All the people back at the village I camped in were all believing that the silhouettes of darkness were around, since the world including Equestria was undergoing changes into its more modern time. Some of its more adult inhabitants, this village I would mean, believe the darkness starts from our hearts. Well they’re damn right! I’m actually seeing colts taking advantage of a little filly.

No way was I gonna let them touch her, although I let several seconds pass that she already started getting abused. But no more, I thought.

Flipper came out from his hiding place, narrowing his eyes towards the colts abusing the little filly. “HEY! Leave her alone!!”

Next thing I knew? Colts stared with their yellow eyes making me shiver down to the core. Few minutes later, their smiles soon turned to grins as they were beating me up. I was smaller than those tougher colts and they were really giving it. I tried to defend her, but in the end, it was me who gets abused.

And after those bully colts left, I crawled straight at the Filly who was hurt.

The little Filly having Teal skin and bright blue eyes, an earth pony in nature, was looking at the pitch-black skinned colt who was with her. “Agh… Thank… you… Hey… You’re Flippy?”

Flipper winced and chuckled. “No, Silly. Flipper. That’s my name. I heard you’re new here. Me too. I… I feel like I don’t belong here…”

The little filly sat up and even made sure her front hooves were balanced on the soil. “I’m Lilac Ruby! Nice to meet you!”

Flipper only watched her smile, and he smiled back.

To sum it up, that’s when I first knew of Lilac’s name. Of course, we’ve been friends after we left that village. The good Princess Celestia eventually halted harsh-education training for the later years to prevent ponies from being scarred. See… Mom and Dad think the Colonial Preparation Stages are necessary in case our kind get enslaved by creatures that could overwhelm us. And it starts with just us with dark hearts. Mom however thought differently and later just agreed with Celestia’s opinion that it wasn’t good. Dad? Well, let’s just say he snorted at her remark.

  So yeah. Years later, Lilac and I were getting along even as we’re teens. And you know what I noticed about the world? There needs to be justice done to many of its inhabitants. Not everyone feels safe and protected. So who are we in this world? Eventually, we would be civil servants? I didn’t know that before. What led me to my eventual success? First it was ambition. Then… it was being a hard perspective looker.

Flipper being in his teenage years as a unicorn in training was already living the life he somehow thought was challenging. Lilac was with him at times since they’re close.

What Flipper had done was be imaginative and be clever. It led him to see outcomes out of objects that were supposed to have purpose. He predicted that a nearby shovel would be used to uproot a nearby plant. He figured out that one of the fancy-clothed mares would have a problem in her shoe with the way she walked. Lilac seemed amazed, but back then, he wasn’t sharing his talents in fool.

Besides being mentally ready to tell what happens next, I’m also given electrical know-how, so pretty much, other kids call me a science geek for getting a hang of electronics. Way back then, electronics aren’t used. But now that they exist? Well… Let’s just say the first time I’ve ever held an electronic, I always wanted to find what’s inside. I even broke my own electric toy cart just see what’s inside. Wirings. It made me fascinated in a way. Then I broke more toys until I was happy to find wirings. From then on, I studied their purpose and became my class’s fixer for a year. Strange though. My cutie mark never came… not yet.

Then came the life-changing opportunity.

Flipper was looking at big cakes being loaded carefully into crates by some earth stallions. They both chuckled, making him think they’re mischievous. Then Flipper was looking at the nearby storehouse when he heard strange noises. Was that machinery? The storehouse was bought a week ago to be used as a mini-bakery for an ongoing baker’s emporium project granted to those who bought the new bakery. But through the tinted window, Flipper saw something else. The cakes that were being made, were being inserted with small magic bags with some powdery substance in between layers of bread. Those magic bags are so small they won’t make that much difference on the cake’s appearance.

Thanks to Dad’s lessons about illegal drugs and how he hates its existence, I was able to learn Cookie-Hay, just one of the types of drugs to induce too much excitement from one pony, was being distributed around Equestria. It started two weeks ago and it spread quickly. Good thing he didn’t believe in fake cakes. Soon, people were suspicious of the fake cake operations, but the perpetrators couldn’t be found. I couldn’t believe it. Not only did I find a mischievous operation, but I also found its current fake cake base of operations.

Flipper galloped into an almost empty-classroom and saw Lilac pack her books in her packs. When he came in, she was slightly surprised. “Flipper? Hey, what’s-?!”

“Come with me! Quick!” As Flipper left the classroom, a light-purple light around Lilac glowed before she was whisked away by magic and out of the classroom. Eventually, she was brought in level with Flipper and was galloping with him after letting his grip of magic go. “Sorry if it’s really quick, but I need ya to get Jolter! He knows how to buck trees? He could really buck them!”

“Whoa… That serious?!”

“Yup! We’re gonna need help from him too! I’ll wait outside!”

“I trust ya! See ya out there!” Then Lilac went further into the school while Flipper went straight to the exit.

Jolter Bean was a good friend I met when I was in highschool with Lilac Ruby. What’s Jolter good at, really? Being a country stallion who knows buck trees for a living. He gets something for his family since he’s the breadwinner. As for how we’re friends in the first place? Let’s just say I got caught in a bad situation before that he got me out of. I guess I owed him one, or more?

Flipper noticed that the surroundings had already darkened and the moon had been raised in the sky. Besides himself walking, Lilac was with him along with the brown-color haired stallion with green mane and tail colors. After Flipper had finally tracked down the end-trail leading towards an abandoned factory, the three friends nodded to each other, remembering the plan they had in mind.

A few stallions, with some wearing berets on their heads inside the factory were chuckling in their victory, finally seeing a few crates around them. They banged on each other’s hooves signaling their excitement.

One of the earth stallions, gray in color, spoke up. “Ehehehe!!! Good work, boys! Looks like the cake’s ready to be shipped the next day! Canterlot’s the next stop and we’re as good as rich again.”

An older stallion, black in color, had more of a country tone. “Chick, you’re too excited there. Best wait for the varmints to get these crates outta here.”

“You won’t need to wait, pooper-heads!” A teenage stallion’s voice rang in the factory just before bags of filled-up sacks were thrown at the unsuspecting stallions. Three were hit and were covered in cement just before water was sprayed at them from another direction. The cement quickly dried up freezing them in place. “Cause you’re all going down tonight!”

The remaining stallions growled, feeling upset they’d be followed here. Soon, Flipper showed himself from the shadows, jumping from the big room’s second floor with magic pulsating from his unicorn horn glaring at the hostile stallions. “Fake cakes are a problem and you know it makes more problems. Come quietly, and we’ll be sure to turn you in peacefully.”

One olive-colored stallion growled at him. “Ya dunno anythin’ about the real world, laddie! Stay out of it or you’ll be sorry.”

“I think I do. Bad meds? Already knew how it affects Equestria. Now… what else?” Flipper asked, standing his ground. Hearing no answer but with a few stallions charging, Flipper charged at them, while figures stopped some stallions, attacked by Lilac Ruby who carried and hit a cement sack at one of them, while Jolter Bean was quick to use his rear hooves to kick the other two. Flipper only had to deal with the ones in front. He jumps and uses his unicorn magic, firing a banger blast, blinding the two stallions, making them close their eyes. Flipper’s eyes were closed the moment the banger blasts went off and he used his clear sight advantage to punch and kick them, incapacitating them eventually. “Okay, WHO ELSE?!!” He asked aggressively, seeing the other stallions involved in the fake cake operation were clearly outmatched and fearing him.

Soon, Royal Equestrian Guards stormed into the abandoned factory.

That was the time they knew that I was the one who got Lilac to call them. It was thanks to coordination with them that we’re able to secure the place just as quickly. We needed to be sure no one bad gets away from this. And with the leaders already down and out, I had to do what I had to do.

  Flipper forced one of the stallions on his hooves before placing magical cuffs on all of them, just before he recited the Miranda Rights of the stallion he cuffed. “Stallion, you have the right to remain silent. Anything you say or do will be used against you, in the court of Justice of Celestia’s Blessing. You have the right to have someone represent you in court. If you don’t have one, the kingdom will be providing you with one.” Then he whispered into his ear. “That means you’re screwed. I hope you understand your new rights.”

A royal guard was taking that same Stallion he read the rights to. That stallion was feeling startled around Flipper. The guard then smiles at him. “You know, maybe the big city could use someone like you. You’d do well and tracking culprits.”

“Maretropolis? Maybe, Mister Guard. It ain’t my calling if I ain’t needed there.” And after he replied, the royal shrugged and took the stallion out of the factory.

As the royal guards were leaving one by one, Lilac and Jolter joined beside him. Lilac then gently punched Flipper’s limb with her hoof. “Are you serious?!”

“What?”

“That royal guard had a good suggestion! You should really try out for Maretropolis!”

“And get a big head when I get there? I ain’t Dad. We get along just fine without the busy streets.”

“But it’s part of the calling,” Jolter said. “Look, civil servant, right? What about a police gig? You seem okay to handle that!”

“And if I’m overqualified?” Flipper asked, raising his eyebrow.

“Now you’re just overthinking,” Jolter said smiling while he poked Flipper with a hoof. “You got that justice spark together with your electrical know-how! I bet you can fix something while on a case!”

That time, it really got me thinking. I was a technician student, but I was also an investigative student as well. I didn’t know which to choose from the two. But I was thinking that I liked both as I remembered. So that’s about the time I felt something for the first time in my life, which finally happened.

  Flipper came from hovering off the ground and glowing before he was slowly brought back down to the ground. He opened his eyes, feeling somehow new before looking at his left and right flank. He had cutie marks on them. “Finally,” he loudly muttered. “I wasn’t sure back then what I’d really be! Wait… A detective hat… and then-? Sparks beside the hat? What does it-?”

Lilac screamed in excitement as she understood. “Oh-my-gosh Oh-my-gosh Oh-my-gosh Oh-my-gosh Oh-my-gosh!!!! Flipper, it actually came true! You’re… actually, a Technician-Investigator!!!”

“HUH?! That doesn’t make sense-! Whoa… You mean-? I got… two talents?”

Jolter cupped his chin with his hoof as he looked at Flipper’s cutie marks. “We don’t get complex cutie marks often, so you’re quite the guy to get one after a long while!”

“Hm. Dunno,” replied Flipper cupping his chin. “Maybe I could give it a try when I’m old enough?”

My thoughts led me out of high school and eventually, I was able to get in Canterlot University. I’m one to really study while I’m being a technician stallion, but it doesn’t mean I leave out magic. It makes out a natural aspect in every unicorn’s life, having natural magic from the beginning. So I did the process and went through years again before I was able to save up and apply for law enforcement training. Then so on and so on.

Seriously… I gotta do better in my story telling…