"Sheriff King? You wanted to see me?"
"Don't flatter yourself officer Shadow... I wanted to see you with the thirty previously incarcerated teens that disappeared without a trace!" He stood up and slammed his fist down on his desk.
"We are doing all that we can to-"
"I don't want excuses, I want results!" He cut her off. "Do you think I got the nickname "Storm King" for nothing?? I have put away every scumbag this city has! So, it doesn't look very good for me when thirty juveniles disappear, leaving no trace!!" He roared. "For ten freaking days no less!" He leaned into her, lowering his voice.
"Find them... Find them or so help me, I will not stop until the only job you can find in this state will be behind the counter of freaking Sugarcube Corner!!"
"I understand..." There was no change in her composure, her demeanor remained calm.
"Well?? Are you waiting for me to turn into a monkey or something??"
The female officer took that as a dismissal, and exited the Sheriff's office.
"Wow..." A short, chubby rookie officer greeted her, his mouth full with a donut. "I could hear that out here... You are definitely not on his good side right now..."
"Thank you for pointing that out Grubber..." She said sarcastically, glaring at him.
"Drown your troubles in a donut?" He held up a donut as she looked out across the room.
"I don't want a donut Grubber..." She muttered annoyedly.
"...It's a jelly donut..." He sing songed. She looked down at him with a raised eyebrow.
"...Give me that." She took the donut and bit into it.
"So, where we goin'?" He asked as they made their way outside the station.
"Anywhere and everywhere." She replied.
"How about Disneyworld? Cause if I had to make a guess, I'd be pretty sure they went to Disneyworld."
Tempest rolled her eyes. "Be serious Grubber..."
"Ok, fine." He opened the driver's side of the police cruiser. Tempest gave him a look.
"What are you doing?.." She questioned. He looked back at her.
"What's it look like? I'm drivin'!"
"You... are not driving."
Grubber put a hand to his chest. "Tempest, you wound me..."
"It's officer Shadow... and don't tempt me."
"C'mon! I can drive! Pleeeeeeaaaaase???"
"So then he was like "Whaaaat??" And I was like "Oh no you di'in't!"
Tempest rolled her eyes. Of all the other officers in this district, how did she get stuck babysitting this loser?
"Grubber, keep your eyes on the road." He looked at her.
"What? You think I can't multi task? I can talk and drive at the same-"
BEEEEP!!
"Grubber!!!" She grabbed the wheel and swerved them away from an oncoming truck. "Open up your eyes!!"
"Whoah! That was close! You totally just saved us!!"
"That's it! Pull over, I'm driving!"
"Aww c'mon..." He whined.
"Grubber, so help me, I will taze you right here, right now..."
"...Pulling over now." He complied.
"Princess Celestia..." Twilight called from outside the ornate doors to the Princess' chambers. "I need to speak with you. It's important."
The large door opened, revealing the princess.
"Twilight." She greeted. "Is something the matter?"
"I... actually, ya." She said. "I haven't seen you at the hospital for quite some time... not since...they got here."
Celestia sighed. "Yes, I must admit... I have been a little distracted."
"You should know... that in the time since then... She has begun speaking again." Celestia snapped up at that.
"...What?" She whispered.
"It's true. Her verbal skills have improved dramatically. I was able to have a full conversation with her just yesterday."
Celestia put her face in her hooves in relief.
"She... She knows that we brought them over here." Twilight continued, Celesia looked at her.
"I thought it only right that she should know." Twilight said.
"...and..." Celestia asked.
"...She wants us to send them back."
"...She...wants us to...send them...back?.." Celestia repeated slowly.
"She says it's not fair to the families. She equated bringing them over here to kidnapping them."
"...Well..." Celestia huffed. "I don't think it can exactly be said that she is in a right state of mind as of yet, to be making such a decision..."
"So... What are you going to do?" Twilight asked, as Celestia made her way down the grand hall.
"I am going to go talk to her."
"Oh, there's one more thing you should know..."
"Yes?.." Celestia waited for her to continue.
"The three sirens in that world... are going to need new pendants..." Twilight said hesitantly.
"I... I'm sorry?.." Celestia turned back to Twilight, clearly surprised by Twilight's strange request.
"It's true... They cannot survive without them. They are starving. Aria told me that Sunset had agreed to get them new pendants if they helped her find who was behind Anon-A-Miss. This of course,was before... what happened."
Celestia sighed.
"Normally, I would object and dismiss such a request Twilight... But, if they really are starving without them, then who am I to deny a neccesity of life to them?.. Perhaps we could fashion new pendants for them with a limited supply of power... Enough to feed with, but not enough to abuse... It would be a sort of diet, but at least they'd be able to feed, and nt waste away."
"That would be great" Twilight thanked her, relieved that she had been so understanding. She didn't know how Celestia would react, but she had pictured the worst.
Celestia nodded, and continued down the hall.
After an unsuccessful day of searching for teenagers and yelling at Grubber, Tempest returned home for the night, tired and just wanting to crash on her sofa and watch some webflix.
She put her key in the door and entered.
"I'm home..." She called tiredly. "Capper?.. here kitty."
A meow was heard and an orange cat trotted out to her, rubbing at her legs, wanting supper.
She went into her kitchen, and was met with a squawk from her pet bird.
"Celaeno want a cracker!" It demanded.
"No cracker Celaeno, eat your bird seed."
The bird flapped its wings angrily. "Celaeno want a cracker!!"
Tempest sighed. "I am going to get rid of that bird..."
She sat down and turned her t.v. on. There was a news story with a caption that read:
President Discord condemns school's attack on fellow student, tweeting it as an "act of Discord".
"Coming up next..." The announcer said when the story was over. "President Discord... in collusion with the yaks? Don't talk back, we've got the story coming up next...And cming up later; Chaos Theory- inside the discordant White House. A new book by Timber Wolf."