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// Law and Order 
// Story: Twilight Stickmin 
// by raven618 
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Disguising Bag (50%)

“Take That!” Minuette shouted as she slammed the burlap sack down on the table. 

“Is… Is that the bag the defendant hid in?” Asked the judge. 

“Yes, but there’s one thing that’s been bothering me. If the defendant really was hiding in this bag, then…” She slammed her hooves down on the table. “How did she tie the knot from the outside of the bag?!” 

“What?” Exclaimed the prosecutioner. 

“If she was inside the bag, it’d be impossible for her to tie that knot on the outside.” 

She almost ruined it. Twilight almost brought up that she used her magic to tie the knot. But she kept her mouth shut and simply let the court forget that she was a Unicorn. 

“But then, how did she do it?” 

“It’s simple… She didn’t.” 

“Hwah?! What are you saying?” 

“I’m saying my client wasn’t hiding in that bag at all. She was stuffed in there! By this very witness!” 

Lyra was, understandably, shocked at the accusation. “Whaaa?” 

Minuette continued, “As you can see by this doctor’s analysis the defendant had taken quiet the beating.” Twilight remembered that beating, it was from being jostled around in a truck full of gold Bits. “While she was in the bag, she was unconscious!” 

“Th-This is absurd!” Twilight was inclined to agree with the prosecution on this one. 

“The witness was attempting to dispose of the body. She left the defendant in the bag, knowing she’d drive by it on the way back to the bank. When the witness and her partner passed the bag, she convinced her partner to throw the bag in with the rest of them.” 

“But, but why would she do that?” asked the judge. 

“Why, to dispose of the body of course. There are millions of bags in that bank and the witness knew it would take a long time before the victim was found. But unfortunately for the witness, her victim woke up and tried to escape from her tomb. She was arrested on the spot and the witness thought everything was over.” Minuette turned accusingly towards the witness. “But it’s come back to haunt her now!” 

Miss Heartstrings was shocked. “Y-You guys c-can-c-c-can’t- This can’t be happening to meeeeee!” She was carried out of the courtroom by a pair of police officers. 

“Well, that certainly was an interesting trial.” Understated the judge. “However I am now ready to deliver my verdict. I find the defendant, Twilight Sparkle:”

NOT GUILTY


Outside the courthouse, Twilight used what little pocket money she had left to buy a sandwich off a street vendor. Was she glad to be free, absolutely. Was she happy with the amount of unprofessionalism displayed in that courtroom, absolutely not. She grew up listening to Pony Mason on the radio, she had a great deal of respect for the judiciary branch of Equestria’s government. To see it twisted, and by one of her friends no less, gave her an uneasy feeling in her stomach. 

Or maybe that was just the prison food she had eaten earlier today. She took a bite out of her sandwich and pondered on how she could get that money now. 


Rank: 
Lawyered Up



~~Stealing the Diamond<>


“As Mayor of this fine city,” Said an older Earth Pony mare in formal décor wearing glasses. “I am proud to announce the Equesstorial Archeological Exhibit, open to the public!” Behind the Mayor were glass cases filled with artifacts and other items apparently recovered from dig sites in the Equesstorial regions. Most prominent of which was a massive pale blue gemstone. 

“Mayor Mare.” A reporter said, “Could you please tell our audience something about the exhibit?” 

“Well, I’m not an expert, nor do I wish to take away from the museums tour guilds. But the exhibit will be featuring artifacts and other treasures dug up by local Ponyville archeologists and explorers. And certainly the shining star of the exhibit is the Equesstorial Diamond, one of the largest diamonds in the world and estimated at over 112 million Bits.” 

All this was published in the Ponyville Press. But Twilight still didn’t have money on hoof so instead she could only afford the Foal Free Press, which was free. Thankfully, they too wrote an article about the new exhibit and how it was a wonderful opportunity for the foals to learn about ancient pony civilization. 

This was something of a moral dilemma for Twilight. She loved learning, she loved history, and archeology. But she also really needed some Bits. Her ‘landlord,’ a carrot farmer who had a spare tool shed, was getting impatient. 

“That diamond would more than pay off my debts, and my rent. If I can get it without disturbing the rest of the exhibit, I should be safe, right?” 

The rake she was addressing didn’t answer. 

“I’ll take that as a yes.” She grabbed a metal key in her magic. “Time to saddle up.” 

She waited until nightfall. By the light of the mare in the moon, she scouted out the museum. For such a small town, it was a large building. 

“Okay Twilight, how are doing this?”

Bust In

Sneak In