The wind blew the hair of Lareen as she stared at the wet concrete road in front of Canterlot High School. The rain streamed a cold feeling down her spine as she waited, staring towards the city with a feeling of nonchalant, hair wet and lining her face. Those officers would get her message. She was willing to cooperate. Only time would tell if they were. Time was all she had here. Including her mother who was talking to her in her mind. How she managed to do that was beyond Scootaloo's understanding.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Frozen Fire asked.
"We're not getting anywhere if we're just going back and forth," Lareen responded. "They've been trying to arrest me for I-don't-know how long and have tortured an Equestrian just to learn how to get magic. No one's talking we're just...fighting." Lareen flipped open the communication journal to Twilight and wrote something when she spotted a lot of flashing lights headed her way.
"And if this plan doesn't work?"
"It will," she responded. Then shut the book and waited. Adding quietly, "It has to." The cars drove up on the sidewalk, parked on the side of the street, and the truck made a quick turn to cut the street off. The police opened the doors, hopped out, and immediately pointed their weapons at her, taking cover behind their car doors. Guns cocked without orders.
The task force guys had their rifles trained on her. And she just stared at them nonchalantly. They held a standoff in the rain, waiting to see who would make the first move. Tired of it already, Lareen sighed and yelled, "I thought I said no weapons!"
"You are a walking weapon!" An officer yelled back. Must've been the chief or something. "Where are they?"
Scootaloo flipped open her book and wrote something in it. Then shut it. "On their way! Where's the agreement?!" The guy she was yelling to reached behind him to grab something. Then held up a portfolio.
"Right here!" The portal flashed when Princess Twilight ran out with a bubble shield. The police quickly directed half their weapons to her, cocking and aiming.
"If you shoot her, then this agreement has already been expunged before we even reviewed it!" Scootaloo quickly yelled to them. They kept their weapons trained but didn't dare pull the trigger. They needed those guys back. Twilight stood by and watched as the prisoners filed out of the portal, locked in chains. Captain Looper and Lieutenant Mayweather looked pretty shaken after their minds were violated by Princess Luna in their sleep. The Princess herself walking out after the prisoners with Cadance and Celestia. Once they were all presented, Lareen yelled, "The deal is this! You get your people back after a fair questioning and trial! Along with a truce that declares fair treatment for me! I'll participate if you participate! The land of Equestria is peaceful! Not violent!"
"Then why'd you take our men?"
"Because you lied and tortured our own! Sunset Shimmer can barely walk and talk now! Her motor skills are completely screwed up because of you people! And I'm tired of it! We have done nothing wrong here, yet you respond with violence! We have played nice, yet you have played dirty! I have given you warnings, yet you kidnap one of our own for a science experiment after we agreed to a deal that I come with you to get all this straightened out! So this is your last chance! I am being extremely nice right now! Either agree, or you finally see my worst side, and these men go straight back to Equestria!" The police kept their weapons trained on her, more tense than steel. "So are we going to go over this or not?!" She yelled.
"We'll go over it!" The Chief yelled. Then lowered his weapon and pointed to her. "But you have to participate too!"
Scootaloo nodded. Then raised her hands and walked over with Princess Celestia. She was more adept to dealing with legal situations than any other Princess in Equestria. The best. Luna, Cadance, and Twilight kept a firm eye on the police while they moved towards the front of the Chief's cruiser, stopping directly in front of it with their hands still raised. The chief raised his hand, motioning to his men to lower their weapons. Then walked around towards the front of the vehicle, eyes on Scootaloo.
"I don't take too kindly to you kidnapping our men," he stated through gritted teeth.
Scootaloo rolled her eyes and retorted, "And I don't take too kindly to you kidnapping a teenager, putting her in a cage, shocking her with a 'pony killer', locking her in a box surging with electricity, and taking samples out of her skin. Your men are still alive to tell them what we did to them. Sunset Shimmer can only say five things and we had to guess the rest. What I did to your men wasn't even child's play to what I could really do to vent my anger. And let me tell you..." She leaned up into his face and snarled, "I am holding back a lot of anger. Don't test me. Or Equestria. We will run you over once, twice, and thrice. Let's make sure that it never happens. Understand?"
The Chief grunted but slapped the agreement down onto the hood of the car. Eyes still on hers, he stated, "Under the rights of the United States, everything was clarified as Human Rights. However, since you're not human, we had to modify things a little."
"How 'modified'?" Celestia asked. She and Scootaloo lowered their hands to gaze at the sheets. Celestia used her magic to lift it to her face and stare at it. Then lowered it down to Scootaloo so she could check it out with her.
"Well you're not human, so we had to take off a few things—"
"You will treat Scootaloo just like you treat everyone else," Celestia interrupted.
The Chief widened his eyes and yelled, "We will treat her how the US feels she needs to be treated—"
"YOU WILL TREAT HER JUST LIKE YOU TREAT A REGULAR BEING IN YOUR JUSTICE SYSTEM OR THIS AGREEMENT IS VOID AND WE ARE TAKING YOUR MEN BACK TO EQUESTRIA UNTIL YOU COME TO YOUR SENSES!!" Celestia interrupted in her Royal Canterlot voice, which rang through everyone's minds...in a one mile radius. Backing down, Celestia asked sternly, "There will be no 'modifications' to Human Rights as it were a template."
The Chief sighed but nodded his head. "Fine. But we do have one request. No magic. Lareen Carson will not use magic while in the hands of the Federal Law under any circumstance."
"Any circumstance is too far," Lareen responded. "Because if someone tries to kill me, I am going to use magic to defend myself."
"Then you can do it in self-defense, which is clarified further in the agreement. Forceful hitting, pulling, or any type of aggressive physical contact against other inmates will allow you to use magic. Other than that, you cannot use magic."
Celestia and Scootaloo shared a look. No magic would make things a little difficult. But Scootaloo's nod nearly assured Celestia she could handle it. Nearly. Turning back, Scootaloo replied, "I motion not to use magic against other inmates..."
"Very well—"
"AND law enforcement, and other government officials unless the situations call for it. The Government literally just tortured a pony that wasn't nearly as powerful as I am. But even I know their main target was me. If I agree to this agreement, then they'll have me. They lied once, who's to say it won't happen again? I'm not taking that chance. So that's the best I can do. Take it or leave it."
The glow of lightning flashed for a second that bounced off the angry face of the Chief. They held a standoff, one pair of eyes glaring into another.