The rainbow-maned blue pegasus, Rainbow Dash, had just got a whole week break from the Wonderbolt session today so that he could possibly spend time with her friends. She got back to her cloud house to pack away her saddlebags. She has a Daring Do book in her hooves so that she could conceivably read in peace when Derpy suddenly crashed into her house.
“Derpy, how many times do I have to tell you to just use the door?” Rainbow said in disappointment
“Sorry, Rainbow Dash. You got mail!” Derpy apologized as she hoofed out a brochure.
Rainbow reads the brochure in curiosity. “Isle Delfilly? Hmm... it looks like a nice place for a vacation.” She ponders over the last word she said. “Actually, that’s not a bad idea. I’ll have a vacation with my friends and this looks like a good area. I mean, what’s the worst that could happen in there?”
***
Rainbow Dash gathers all her friends to the Manehattan airport to take flight on the plane that takes them to Isle Delfilly.
“That was nice of you to have a vacation with us, Rainbow.” Twilight appreciates to Rainbow Dash about bringing her, Pinkie, Applejack, Fluttershy and Rarity to her vacation.
“No problem.” Rainbow replied as the screen in front of the ponies changed from map to commercial.
Welcome to Isle Delfilly, we’re here to welcome you to our island and home. You have a lot of wonders to visit here. We have an amusement park, the shops/boutiques and a beautiful garden, if you’re into nature. Oh, we also have souvenirs, especially Wonderbolt ones. We will await you on your way to Isle Delfilly.
Everypony daydreamed in awe about the commercial except for Twilight and Applejack which saw a shadow flying in the background, it looks like...
“Wait, is that Rainbow Dash?”
“But it couldn’t be, Rainbow’s right here, Applejack.”
“Did anypony else see that?”
Twilight and Applejack looked around to see everypony daydreaming.
“I guess not, guess we’ll have to get it out of our mind for now.”
***
The island is clearly seen at the distance and it looks like a dolphin with a volcano eye. The plane’s wheels are set to land at the docks and stopped against a big puddle of paint. The bumpy landing made the daydreamers wake up.
“Um, what happened?” Fluttershy asked in confusion
“Y’all were daydreamin’.” Applejack answered as the Main 6 exited the plane and sees the paint.
“Who would dare to splatter graffiti on the ground? I wouldn’t touch that stuff!” Rarity complained
“Maybe we can help clean it up...” Pinkie suggested as she touched the paint and got delivered pain on her hoof. “Owowowow! My hoof is burning!” Everypony was shocked by Pinkie’s yelps.
“You alright, Pinkie?” Rainbow tries to comfort Pinkie when she nods.
“Sir, do you know what happened here?” Twilight asked one of the Delfilly citizens nearby
“Oh, it’s just dreadful, an unsure figure just came in and graffitied all over this spot.” The citizen said.
“Hey, what’s that gadget over there?” Rainbow said as she points to some gadget behind the paint puddle.
Rainbow approached it and it spoke. “Thank you for purchasing this item from Whooves Science Inc. Preparing to register customer information. Scanning and classifying subject data... subject identified as Rainbow Dash from Ponyville. Data storage complete. I am FLUDD, a Flash Liquidizer Ultra Dousing Device.”
“So you can shoot water? Why, that’s awesome!” Rainbow complimented as she tries it on. She then aimed the FLUDD at the paint puddle to try to clean up the paint. “Hey, this is kinda fun.” Normally, she hates cleaning up big messes by herself, but she actually finds using FLUDD fun.
When she got to the middle, a weird paint creature appears. “Wh-what is that thing?” Fluttershy mumbled in fright.
Rainbow tried to aim at the creature and spray water at it when her the water tank in the FLUDD was empty. “Go to a nearby water source to refill the tank” Rainbow looked around to find a small fountain. When she filled the tank, she accidentally found out that she can hover with the FLUDD. “Well, I have wings anyway.”
She approached the creature and tried to spray it. At first, it didn’t take damage until it opened his mouth. Rainbow giggled a little. “Heh heh, you need to stay hydrated, paint beast!”
Rainbow sprayed the water three times into the creature’s mouth when it opens, which in result, it died and the paint puddle got cleared up and a golden sun figure appeared.
“Ooh, it looks... magnificent.” Rarity awed by the glance and the glow of the object.
“That is called a Shine Sprite.”
“Well, looks like you’ve earned it, Rainbow Dash.” Twilight said claiming it’s some kind of prize.
With a smile, Rainbow took the Shine Sprite and put it in her saddlebag. “But who would make a drawing on the plane’s landing pad?” Rainbow questioned.
“Maybe they just like art?” Pinkie suggested.
“There’s a monster, Pinkie. Besides, don’t ponies violate when they write graffiti anywhere?”
“What?! They do?! That’s what I’ve been doing in Sugarcube Corner the whole time!”
“It’s fine, Pinkie. Ponyville is a free graffiti place, we just have to clean it up every time.”
While Pinkie and Rainbow had a conversation about the laws of graffiti, some security ponies approached them cutting the chitchat.
“Hey, rainbow pony, come with us and bring your friends too.”
The puzzled ponies look at each other in confusion, especially Rainbow Dash who didn’t know or like what’s happening. But they figured they have no choice but to do as they say.
The ponies have been transported to a trial court room, where Twilight, Pinkie, Fluttershy, Applejack and Rarity are the jurors and Rainbow Dash is the defendant.
“Blue pegasus,...”
“My name is Rainbow Dash.” Rainbow corrected the security.
“...Rainbow Dash, please step into the gate, we don’t want you thinking of trying to escape.” The security pony instructed.
Rainbow sighed nervously but stepped through the magic gate which removes her wings and made her into an earth pony. She’s gasped when it happened but she figured it’s fair. Rainbow entered her bench to begin trial. Her friends looking at her nervously hoping she would get out of this.
“What’s your name, defendant?”
“Rainbow Dash”
“Rainbow Dash if you’re not aware, someone has been splashing some paint-like substance into our Isle Delfilly with no explanation known. It’s been polluting our home and endangering our environment and nopony knows what’s going on.”
“That paint I cleaned up this morning? Are they accusing me to do graffiti?” subvocalized Rainbow Dash
The plaintiff starts explaining, “Here’s a weird phenomenon: it’s day in Delfilly Plaza, but it’s dark in the other areas. This is because our guardians, Shine Sprites have vanished from the Shine Gate. How? Well, it’s been covered in paint! Behold, the sketch of the perpetrator!”
Everypony gasped in shock as a picture of a sketch of what looks like Rainbow Dash.
“But she couldn’t have, could she?” Rarity said, she didn’t want to believe her friend is capable of making darkness in an island she’s never been.
“But the proof is already in favor.” The judge pony explained.
“Wait, I have one of these Shine Sprites.” Rainbow tries to convince to the judge that she’s not guilty.
“Well, thank you, the guard pony can keep it safe. But still, I hereby judge the defendant guilty.” That made everypony shocked. “Until it’s free of paint, Rainbow can begin tomorrow, for now, you have to stay your cell.”
***
Rainbow Dash is currently in his jail cell being accused of inappropriate painting and the rest of her friends are being taken to their resting place.
“Twilight, do you think she really made a crime?” Fluttershy asked Twilight.
“What? No, of course not. I think someone else made the crime into accusing her.”
“But the sketch we saw looked similar to Rainbow Dash.” Rarity pointed out.
“And the punishment of can’t leave this island, that’s just rough.” Applejack said
Rainbow Dash is in his cell with FLUDD resting her head on her pillow thinking about what just happened. “Am I the criminal? ...No, why would I think that, of course I’m not really the tagger right, FLUDD?”
“No, you are not the criminal, Rainbow Dash. But let me tell you something.”
That made Rainbow turn her head to FLUDD to pay attention.
“The Shine Sprite you found is the power source of Isle Delfilly. They’re used to shine brightly together at the Shine Gate. But because of this incident, they’ve fled, leaving the island with no power. In order to restore power, we must keep the town from becoming dirtier. The perpetrator is still on the loose. Tomorrow, we shall try to resolve this situation. Do you understand?”
“Yes, I understand.” Rainbow replied with confidence.