Aidon left the classroom, and shut the door behind him to speak with the detective in the hallway…
And naturally, since everyone was as curious as a cat, all of the students grouped up against the wall so that they may try to hear what was going on. Even Twilight, despite often keeping to herself, was unable to resist the chance of listening in on why a city officer needed to speak with her teacher.
“What is going on?” she muttered.
“Shhhh!” Lyra shushed her, “Listen….”
In the hallway…
“What’s going on, officer?”
“Well,” the detective showed him the pictures, “I interviewed Ms. Applejack, her sister, and Ms. Pie to question them about the context of the situations…”
Aidon grit his teeth as a few beads of sweat ran down the side of his face. “...Y-yes? What did you find?”
“...They all agreed that they had no issues with you, nor were you trying to harm them,” said the officer, “In fact, they trust you more than the average person on the street apparently. Someone must’ve taken those pictures with the intent to place negativity on you. Criminal defamation of character is against the law. So whoever did this to you will face the consequences--don’t you worry.”
“I...already know who,” Aidon replied, “It was a student that used to go here. Her name was Wendy Goetia--she recently transferred before Thanksgiving break…”
“Hm…” The detective wrote that down on a notepad and started to scribble out more details. “Diabolical. Transfer out before the blame can be placed on her. A classic strategy used by troublemakers who want to get revenge on their teachers…” He tapped the pencil against his forehead. “Don’t worry, sir. Your name is being cleared as we speak. I still need to interview Octavia’s parents.”
The professor tilted his head. “Er...how come?”
“I spoke to your students, and they said that Octavia was involved in a situation where you saved her from some...monster, I take it?” Pale’s writing slowly came to a stop, “We’ve been through this many times where some magical demon with missiles and laser beams tries to take over the city and eventually the world. Were you involved in something like that?”
Aidon sighed. He had to be honest with the law--that was the only way to make it in this world. “...Yes. Wendy transformed into a wendigo and tried to freeze Octavia and Adagio to death. Twilight and I did our best to save them.”
“Hm,” Pale resumed writing and eventually put the notepad away, “Understood. So I take it that you’re using your magical abilities for the sake of others and not just yourself.”
“...Absolutely,” Aidon replied, “I’d never dream of repeating the same mistakes that I made in Equestri--oops. You’ve probably never heard of that place, huh?”
The detective had a small grin on his face. “I’m more used to this nonsense than you’d think.”
Inside the classroom…
Twilight had taken out some sort of device that consisted of a headset connected to what appeared to be a stethoscope-like end piece that she held against the wall.
“What do you hear?” Lyra asked.
“Is he a witness to some sort of horrible crime--like a mobster situation?” Micro Chips added shakily.
“That’s ridiculous,” Adagio rolled her eyes, “He’s probably just asking him a few questions.”
“But what exactly?” Octavia asked while nervously twirling a strand of her hair on her finger, “He hasn’t done anything wrong...has he?”
“Wouldja please be quiet?” Twilight barked at everyone, “I can’t hear anything with all of you yapping down my eardrums.” She placed the device on the wall again, and… “They’re finished talking,” she realized as her eyes went wide, “Everyone, back to your desks!”
At Twilight’s command, everyone immediately scrambled--some even tripped--as they hurried back to their seats, looking as natural as possible.
Soon enough, Aidon would enter the classroom once more, and close the door behind himself. He slowly walked over to the desk, and took a look down at his itinerary. “...Everyone…”
“...Yes sir?” Twilight answered apprehensively with a worried look in her eyes.
And much to everyone’s surprise…
“Alright, tetragrams!” the professor boldly called out to everyone, “Out of those desks so we can get back to our usual routine!”
“...”
For a moment, everyone stared with blank expressions as if they had just seen a ghost.
Nervous, Aidon repeated himself. “Erm...tetragrams? Helloooo?”
Once they realized he was serious, they all happily obliged and pushed their desks to the sides of the room. “Yes sir!” they all shouted in unison.
And class resumed as it usually did with Aidon’s fun, quirky lessons. Everyone left that class more happier than when they went in--to the point of being disappointed once it was finally over.
After school was over, she met up with her sisters in the halls.
“Hey. How was shop class, Sonata?”
“Oh it was great,” the blue siren replied as she pulled a small wooden box out of her locker--it was just big enough to fit something like a watch within. “I made this! Isn’t it cool?”
“It’s wonderful--you’re getting better every day,” Adagio replied as she affectionately put an arm around her youngest sibling. Then, she looked up at Aria. “What about you, Ari?”
“I’m rocking gym class now,” she said with a smirk as she flexed one of her arms--which was noticeably more muscularly defined, “Working at the local, public gym has helped me get stronger. Nobody can frick with me at dodgeball.”
Adagio raised a cautious brow while shooting her a knowing look. “Don’t tell me you smoked someone with a rubber ball again. Those things can hurt, you know.”
“What? No!” Aria deflected with a scoff, “I don’t throw ‘em that hard.”
Sonata spoke up to change the subject. “Oh hey, how was math class? Was the professor able to work like usual?” She tilted her head and stared closely at her sister’s face. “You look happy so I assume that everything was alright--right?”
“Er…” Adagio leaned backwards with her eyes nervously darting down to herself, “...Is there something on my face?”
“Heel, Sonata,” Aria pulled her back, “You’re starting to pick up Pinkie’s habits regarding space again.” She looked at Adagio. “But yeah, I’m curious too--how was class today?”
Once she realized her sister was merely checking for her well-being, Adagio relaxed and replied. “...Oh. Is that all? Well, you’ll be happy to know that the professor is back to his usual routine. It was crazy because he was approached by this detective officer before he got started…”
“Probably showed up to let him know that the case was bullshit,” Aria commented casually, “Good thing too. Last thing I want is for that bitch to get any satisfaction from winning...wherever she is. Anyway, I’m off to work. I’ll see you guys at home later?”
“...Oh, you’re still working?” Adagio asked, “What about you, Sona?”
Sonata nodded with a smile. “Mm-hmm! My job is totes cool! I love working with Pinkie!”
“Plus, we figured you could use the break anyway,” Aria added, “You’ve been working hard since we came here, so now it’s our turn. Go home and just relax, alright?”
“You two…” Adagio wiped a tear from her eye and nodded. “Okay. I’ll head on home right now. But I’ll be sure to have dinner ready for when you get back.” She then opened her arms wide. “Now come here.”
Sonata quickly obliged, hugging upon her sister tightly. “Awesome! If I get lucky, I’ll bring some other stuff from work!”
Aria’s eyes darted back and forth before she quickly hugged her sister and let go. “Yeah, yeah. Anyway, we’re gonna be late if we don’t hurry. Come on, Sonata. See you later, A-dawg.”
“See you when you get home, girls.”
And with that, the trio split off. The eldest siren headed back home while her sisters made their way to work…