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// Week 14 Hiatus Special:  The Investigation 
// Story: Unpleasant Correspondence 
// by StormLuna 
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The Interrogation of Twinkleshine

"Twinkleshine, from what I understand, you were not very happy when Fluttershy called you out by name in her letter that was published across Equestria.  Is that correct?"

"Yes, that is correct." 

"What was your reaction to her calling you out by name and what she said about you?  Were you upset?"

*calmly* "I will admit, I was upset over it.  I was very upset." 

"Were you upset enough that you would want to cause bodily harm to Fluttershy?  Did it anger you enough that you would have a desire to harm her or even try to kill her?"

*calmly* "No, it did not.  Yes I was angry but I would never inflict bodily harm on anypony for any reason." 

"While you are stating that you did not commit this crime, I have reason to believe that you know other ponies that Fluttershy pointed out.  Do you know anything about their whereabouts on the evening of January 6th?"

*calmly* "Yes, the four of us were having supper at Minuette's house and watching the hoofball playoffs." 

"From what I understand, you also know Princess Twilight Sparkle.  Do you know anything about her whereabouts on the evening in question?"

"No, I do not.  Yes Twilight and I are friends but she does not come up to visit me on a regular basis." 

"Fluttershy also called out Princess Celestia in her letter and made some rather harsh accusations about her.  Do you think that she may have traveled to Ponyville and done something to Fluttershy?"

"No, I do not.  Princess Celestia is not the type to engage in such activities.  Now I could see her perhaps giving her a stern talking to, fining her or perhaps putting her in the dungeon for a while but I could never see her trying to kill anypony." 

"Well thank you for your time, your information will be valuable in helping us solve this crime." 

*calmly* "I hope you can catch whoever did this and justice can be served." 

All Silver Shield could do was sigh in frustration as there were no holes at all in Twinkleshine's responses.  He could only hope that by interviewing her friends, that their stories would not match. 





The Interrogation of Moondancer

"Moondancer, from what I understand, you were not very happy when Fluttershy called you out by name in her letter that was published across Equestria.  Is that correct?"

"No I was not.  Would you be thrilled if somepony did the same to you?" 

"Well no but this is about you, not me.  So what was your reaction to her calling you out by name and what she said about you?  Were you upset?"

*calmly* "Like I said, I was not happy.  Yes I was upset, angry to be more accurate." 

"Were you upset enough that you would want to cause bodily harm to Fluttershy?  Did it anger you enough that you would have a desire to harm her or even try to kill her?"

"No.  Yes what she said in that letter was slanderous but I am not the type of pony to go harming or killing others over such things." 

"While you are stating that you did not commit this crime, I have reason to believe that you know other ponies that Fluttershy pointed out.  Do you know anything about their whereabouts on the evening of January 6th?"

"Yes, I do.  The four of us were having supper at Minuette's house, enjoying hayburgers and watching the hoofball playoffs." 

"From what I understand, you also know Princess Twilight Sparkle.  Do you know anything about her whereabouts on the evening in question?"

"To be honest, I do not.  I am unsure as to what Twilight Sparkle was doing but I do know that she is no fan of going out in the cold so she was likely in her castle." 

"Fluttershy also called out Princess Celestia in her letter and made some rather harsh accusations about her.  Do you think that she may have traveled to Ponyville and done something to Fluttershy?"

"Princess Celestia is a kind, loving and benevolent ruler so I do not think she would do such a thing over something as small as the type of letter she wrote." 

"Well thank you for your time, your information will be valuable in helping us solve this crime." 

"I certainly hope so, you have a good day." 

So far things were looking like the four from Canterlot did not commit the crime but there were still more ponies to question so Silver Shield still had hope. 





The Interrogation of Lemon Hearts

"Lemon Hearts, from what I understand, you were not very happy when Fluttershy called you out by name in her letter that was published across Equestria.  Is that correct?"

"I was very unhappy over it.  It angered me that a pony who barely knows us would make such accusations." 

"So what was your reaction to her calling you out by name and what she said about you?  Were you upset?"

"I think we already went over this.  I already said that I was not happy about it." 

"Were you upset enough that you would want to cause bodily harm to Fluttershy?  Did it anger you enough that you would have a desire to harm her or even try to kill her?"

"Never would I even plot to harm another pony, much less actually do it." 

"While you are stating that you did not commit this crime, I have reason to believe that you know other ponies that Fluttershy pointed out.  Do you know anything about their whereabouts on the evening of January 6th?"

"I do know them and as far as where we were, we were at Minuette's eating supper and watching the hoofball playoffs." 

"From what I understand, you also know Princess Twilight Sparkle.  Do you know anything about her whereabouts on the evening in question?"

"I know nothing about where she was on the night in question.  I would assume she was in her castle but I don't monitor her every movement so I couldn't be completely sure." 

"Fluttershy also called out Princess Celestia in her letter and made some rather harsh accusations about her.  Do you think that she may have traveled to Ponyville and done something to Fluttershy?"

"The very thought that Princess Celestia would harm anypony is slander in its own right.  Yes the princess was angry over this but she definitely would never kill anypony over libel." 

"Well thank you for your time, your information will be valuable in helping us solve this crime." 

"Hopefully it will.  You have a good day." 

While Lemon Hearts seemed to be a bit more hostile than Twinkleshine and Moondancer, her story lined up with that of the other two.  He thought to himself, "Well maybe Minuette can provide some insight on this." 





The Interrogation of Minuette

"Minuette, from what I understand, you were not very happy when Fluttershy called you out by name in her letter that was published across Equestria.  Is that correct?"

"I was not happy at all.  The very fact that somepony would go as far as to make such false claims about us pissed me off, really pissed me off." 

"So what was your reaction to her calling you out by name and what she said about you?  Were you upset?"

"Look, I just said that it pissed me off.  I don't know why you're asking me again." 

"Were you upset enough that you would want to cause bodily harm to Fluttershy?  Did it anger you enough that you would have a desire to harm her or even try to kill her?"

"No.  Nopony is worth going to jail over, especially that little slut." 

"While you are stating that you did not commit this crime, I have reason to believe that you know other ponies that Fluttershy pointed out.  Do you know anything about their whereabouts on the evening of January 6th?"

"I do know them and as far as where we were, we were at the sports lounge watching the hoofball playoffs and celebrating Canterlot ripping Manehattan a few new assholes." 

"From what I understand, you also know Princess Twilight Sparkle.  Do you know anything about her whereabouts on the evening in question?"

"Twilight's whereabouts?  What do I look like, her fucking foalsitter?  Of course I don't know where the fuck she was." 

"Fluttershy also called out Princess Celestia in her letter and made some rather harsh accusations about her.  Do you think that she may have traveled to Ponyville and done something to Fluttershy?"

"The very thought that Princess Celestia would harm anypony is slander in its own right.  Yes the princess was angry over this but" *begins to laugh* "she certainly wouldn't hang her even though she deserves it."

"Well thank you for your time, your information will be valuable in helping us solve this crime." 

"We shall see.  You have a good day." 

Finally Silver Shield was beginning to have some hope.  Dr. Colgate's story did not line up with those of her friends, her very confrontational attitude and some of her comments was giving him reason to believe that the four were all lying, they committed the crime and Minuette simply couldn't control her anger or be as composed like the others did.  After this, he knew there was only one other pony to question, Princess Twilight Sparkle.





The Interrogation of Princess Twilight Sparkle 

"Princess Twilight, as you are aware, a pony you have a rather turbulent past with was brutally attacked and is currently in the hospital, clinging to life in the intensive care unit.  What do you know about this?"

"Well I know Fluttershy was attacked and put in the hospital and that is it.  I'm not her doctor so how the hell would I know anything else?"

"From what I understand, you had her locked up in your dungeon over her libelous claims and treasonous statements in her letter to the nation.  Is that correct?"

"Yes it was.  You see, libel is a very serious offense and she got off easy on the treason.  Had Princess Celestia decided to handle her herself, she would have already been burned alive or fucked up in one way or another."

"Were you upset when she brought you up in her letter and made the accusations she did against you?"

"Well no shit I was.  Anypony would be angry over such accusations, especially accusations that would be seen by the whole nation." 

"From what I understand, The Great and Powerful Trixie brought up in a letter to the paper that you released Fluttershy much earlier than what she should have been.  She brought up that you released her on the evening right before the attack.  Was there any specific reason you did that?"

*flares up horn* "Look, I just figured that skank had been freeloading in my dungeon for long enough and besides, it gave her time to talk to that junkie friend of hers she loves so much, well her and that bitch vet that she likes to fuck all the time."

"Very well.  From what I understand, you are friends with the four ponies that Fluttershy had called out.  Do you know anything about their whereabouts on the night of January 6th?"

"I know they are hoofball fans and Minuette is plenty wealthy.  For all I know, she could have bought tickets for all of them, they headed to Manehattan and went to the game to cheer the Canterlot team on." 

"Now Fluttershy also brought up Princess Celestia.  Not only did she accuse her of horrible things but also brought up overthrowing her and establishing a republic.  Do you think Princess Celestia may have had anything to do with this.* 

*Grabs Silver Shield in Aura* "You know what, you are probably on that bitch's side." *intensifies hold* "Fine, I know what happened.  I was communicating with those four and they convinced me to release Flutterskank early so they could go and fuck that slut up like she deserves." 

"Very well.  Thank you for your information.  I now believe I can press charges." 

*laughs* "Oh just you wait Silver Shit, you won't be pressing charges on anypony if Celestia has her way!" 

Finally Officer Silver Shield believed he had everything he needed.  He knew that Minuette's non-matching story was part of it but given that Twilight basically admitted it, he knew this would pretty much be an open and shut case.  He believed that justice would be served for Fluttershy.  There was only one final thing he had to do before pressing charges, notify Princess Celestia.