After taking the evidence to the police station, Silver Shield and Twilight headed to the place where both believed that the murder weapon might be. As they proceeded Silver Shield asked, "So Twilight, what are we going to do if we do find those brass knuckles here?"
Twilight replied, "It depends. Just finding brass knuckles won't help us much but if they are bloodied, we put them in a plastic bag and send them off to the lab for further analysis AND I would advise we take Silver Spoon and Shadow Blast both in for questioning. Given the nature of that crime scene, chances are both of them were part of this."
Silver shield asked, "I know those two have kids. What do we do with them while we have their parents in for questioning?"
Twilight replied, "I know Apple Bloom is close with all of them. We can take them over to Sweet Apple Acres and see if she'll watch them."
Silver Shield agreed and before they knew it, they had reached their destination. Given the nature and reason for this visit, Twilight decided that she would be the one to knock. It wasn't long after she knocked that the door was answered by Shadow Blast. She immediately gave Twilight a smile, "Princess Twilight, what brings you by?" Her smile quickly faded as she saw the police chief with her, "And officer, what brings you by?"
Silver Shield replied, "We need to come in and do a search. Something happened last night and we have reason to believe that a search here is necessary."
Silver Spoon heard the discussion and came into the front room. She was curious about something, "You said something happened last night? What happened?"
Silver Shield kept it simple, "We just need to do a quick search and with any luck, we can get out of your manes rather quickly."
Twilight and Silver Shield began to search the house for anything that might allow them to figure out if their suspicions were correct. Twilight headed into the den and was immediately greeted by their kids. Sweetie 'Silver' Belle was the first to run to her, "Hi Princess Twilight!"
The filly embraced her, an embrace which Twilight returned. Then their other kids approached her, seeming less enthusiastic. Pink Pretzel asked, "Princess, what brings you by?"
Sunrise Gold asked, "Why did you and that stallion come here and what is this about you believing a search is necessary?"
Twilight could tell that Sunrise Gold and Pink Pretzel had their suspicions over this and she wanted to put them at ease. "It is nothing big, the police chief and I......"
She would then hear a yell, "Princess Twilight, come back to the master bedroom. I think I found something."
Twilight rushed back towards the source of his voice and saw him pointing down towards the bed. He requested, "Twilight, I forgot my gloves at the station. Could you use your magic to pick that up for me?"
Twilight grabbed it in her aura and levitated it into a baggie that the chief was holding before sealing it shut. The two headed back into the living room. Silver Shield said, "Shadow Blast, Silver Spoon, we need you to come with us to the station for further questioning."
Shadow gasped, "What? Further questioning?"
Silver noticed the bloodied brass knuckles and asked, "Where did those come from?"
Silver Shield replied, "I'm hoping you could tell us that." He then turned to Twilight and requested, "Could you go and get their kids so we can take them to Sweet Apple Acres before taking them to the station?"
Twilight nodded and headed towards the den. Shadow wanted to know more, "Officer, I want to know what this is all about. Why are you taking us to the station and why is Twilight taking our kids to Sweet Apple Acres?"
Silver Shield replied, "Actually, we're all going to the apple farm and then Twilight and I have some questions to ask the two of you."
Once Twilight returned with their kids a distraught Sweetie rushed to Silver, "Mommy, what's going on. Why do we have to go to the apple farm?"
Silver was distraught herself and was having trouble answering but Shadow Blast would answer, "Sweetie, everything is going to be ok. The princess and the police chief just need to talk to us alone, everything will be just fine."
After leaving their house, Silver Spoon, Shadow Blast and their kids accompanied Twilight and Silver Shield to Sweet Apple Acres. When they arrived, it was like most every other day at the apple farm. Apple Bloom and her elder siblings were busy harvesting their crop. Apple Bloom had a curious look on her face when she saw her friends being accompanied by Twilight and a police officer.
She approached them and immediately Sweetie ran to her, "Apple Bloom!"
Apple Bloom embraced her, "Sweetie!" She broke the embrace and then approached Twilight, "Howdy Twilight, what are ya doin' here?"
Twilight replied, "Apple Bloom, we need to talk with Shadow Blast and Silver Spoon over something that happened last night and their kids can't be present."
Apple Bloom asked, "Ah don't understand, what happened?"
Silver Shield replied, "We can't give out that information right now. Nothing will be released until we get more information."
Twilight then grabbed Shadow Blast and Silver Spoon in her aura and they headed towards the police station. Twilight knew that normally immobilizing ponies with one's magic was illegal but given the situation they were in and the fact that Silver Shield wasn't saying anything about it, she figured that doing it was just fine.
Once they arrived at the police station Twilight released them from her hold. Silver Shield ordered, "Go in, we have some questions to ask you and some things to show you."
The two headed in and were followed by Twilight and Silver Shield. Silver Shield then led him into his office and motioned for the two to sit down. Once they got sat down Shadow immediately wanted to know something, "Officer, what is all this about? Why did you bring us here, what do you want to talk about and where did those brass knuckles come from?"
Silver Shield began, "Well last night a tragedy struck at the Silver mansion. Silver Dime along with two of his security guards were found brutally murdered."
Silver Spoon immediately burst into tears, "Dead, my father is dead? But why would anypony want to kill him?"
Silver Shield grabbed the bag with the brass knuckles in it along with the baggies that had the silver mane in it. He presented them all to the two and asked, "With the evidence we found at the crime scene and in your house, Twilight and I were hoping you could provide us with answers to those very questions."
Silver continued to cry, "I didn't do it if that is what you're thinking. I'd never kill my dad!"
Twilight, who was standing behind the two, had a slight smile on her face. Silver Shield asked, "If that is the case, then why was your mane discovered in his clenched fists and why were those bloodied brass knuckles found under your bed?"
Silver continued to cry loudly so Shadow would answer, "Look, after Silver's party last night, we headed home and did not leave the house until you made us leave this morning."
Silver Shield asked, "So you are saying that the silver mane we found does not belong to your wife and those brass knuckles just somehow magically appeared under your bed?"
Silver finally responded with an an angry cry, "Look, I didn't kill my dad ok? That mane could belong to somepony else and somepony could have planted those knuckles under our bed." She let out an ear splitting screech, "Somepony else did this, I know it. Somepony probably stole some of my mane, probably broke in to my dad's house, killed them and then planted those things under our bed! Ugh....I wouldn't be one bit surprised if Sweetie Belle was behind this, I wouldn't be surprised if she was the murderer because I know she wants to ruin my life!"
It was all Twilight and Silver Shield could do to not break down laughing. Twilight snickered, "Sweetie Belle? She wasn't even in town so it certainly couldn't have been her."
Silver Shield added, "Drop the wild accusations Silver, it is only making you look more guilty." He paused for a moment before adding, "Now I am going to take these up to the lab in Canterlot and hopefully we can get some DNA results within a few days." He pointed towards Silver's head and finished, "Silver Spoon, we will need a piece of your mane to compare to the mane that was found at the crime scene."
Silver pulled out a piece of her mane and placed it in a baggie that the chief was holding. He then said, "Well now that we have that taken care of, I need to know something. Shadow Blast, are you a heavy sleeper?"
Shadow asked, "What does that have to do with anything?"
He asked, "I want to know if your wife could have left the house without waking you up and been gone long enough to commit the murders and return home without you knowing it."
Shadow had a scowl on her face but knew that going off on a police officer would not bode well for her or Silver Spoon. She replied, "Well I'm not sure. Silver Spoon has never woken me up at night."
He turned to Silver and asked, "Have you ever got up in the night and woke your wife up, such as when you have to go to the bathroom?"
Silver knew what he was up to and was not one bit pleased by it. She lunged over his desk, shoved him and yelled, "You're just trying to get me to incriminate myself so you can have me locked up just like Sweetie Belle did."
Silver Shield got up and stated, "Silver Spoon, You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you. Do you understand?"
Silver again began to cry, "What, you're arresting me just for shoving you?"
Silver Shield had a slight smile on his face, "You know, I'd think you'd know not to shove a police officer after what happened in Canterlot in your past."
Shadow Blast wanted to try and deescalate the situation, "Officer, I know my wife shoved you but it wasn't intentional. Please don't get her on this, please don't charge her with assaulting a law enforcement officer."
Silver Shield pointed towards a corner and motioned for Twilight to join him. Once they got to the corner he whispered, "Princess, do you think I should get her on this or should I just let her go since it was an act of impulse?"
Twilight never had liked Silver Spoon from the moment she first caused her problems and wanted to make everypony's lives easier. She whispered back, "I'd say we charge her with it. I saw it with my own eyes and besides, having her locked up will keep her from just bolting so she can escape facing triple murder charges."
Silver Shield replied, "Alright, I'll haul her up to Canterlot when I take the evidence up to the crime lab and Shadow can go get their kids and take them home."
Twilight nodded and the two returned to his desk. Twilight ordered, "Silver, stand up, hands behind your back."
Silver reached her arms out and shoved Twilight and yelled, "You too? You just want me locked up because you hate me!"
Before Silver could do anything else that would get her in further trouble, Shadow pleaded with her, "Silver, just do as ordered. Maybe we can get him to drop the charges....just please don't resist."
Twilight commented, "Chief, it looks like we'll be adding assaulting a princess to her list of crimes."
Silver Shield chuckled, "Yeah it looks that way!" He then turned to Silver Spoon and ordered, "Your hands, behind your back....now."
Silver put her hands behind her back and began to cry in agony as her hands were cuffed. As she was being led out to the police cruiser, Shadow approached the two, "Twilight, officer, must you two do this? Think about our children, they will be devastated when they learn she has been put in jail."
He pointed towards Twilight and said, "She assaulted a police officer AND a princess so not charging her is not something I can do. The security cameras in the station saw her assault both of us so it would be up to Twilight to not charge her."
Shadow turned to Twilight but would not receive what she wanted to hear, "I'm sorry Shadow Blast but your wife does have a history of assaulting police officers and she shoved me so I'm not going to let her off on this so whether she is indicted and convicted on triple murder charges or not, she'll be returning to prison."
Shadow Blast began to cry, "You know what Twilight, I know you're only doing this because you hate Silver Spoon. Applejack has told me about your hate and I didn't want to believe it but she is right about you, you are consumed with hate."
Twilight ignored the comment and asked, "Chief, do you want me to help you transport her up to Canterlot?"
Silver Shield replied, "Nah, I'm good besides, I have my concerns what ponies here would think if we took her up there together. I don't want ponies panicking down here."
Twilight began to head back to her palace and said, "Very well."
Silver Shield belted Silver Spoon into the backseat and set the evidence up with him before Shadow could even say goodbye to her wife. Shadow tried chasing after Silver Shield but to no avail. She then took off after Twilight and begged her, "Please your Majesty, pardon her for shoving Silver Shield and don't charge her for shoving you. Just like it was when she shoved Sweetie Belle, it was an act of impulse. She didn't truly want to harm either one of you."
Twilight sighed in frustration, "That right there is her problem, she can't keep her emotions in check. Sorry Shadow but I'm not pardoning her and I am pressing charges."
Shadow sighed in frustration, "Oh I'm sure if it were Sweetie Belle who shoved an officer you'd pardon her because you think that she is a perfect little angel." She sighed deeply before yelling, "Hell, Sweetie Belle could probably shove you and you'd think she was simply greeting you in her own way!"
Twilight threw her arms up in frustration, "Look, just drop it alright? Besides, Sweetie Belle would never go shoving one of her own to start with and I know her well enough to know that any shove she'd give me would simply be an overly enthusiastic way of saying hello."
Twilight resumed her journey back to her castle completely ignoring Shadow's further pleading. Finally she gave up her pursuit and headed towards Sweet Apple Acres to break the bad news to their kids and the Apple Family. She knew her kids would be distraught but she worried the most about Sweetie because her bond with Silver Spoon was so much stronger.
When Twilight returned to the castle she saw the door was open and that Spike was standing there with a very unhappy look on his face. Once she got within earshot he yelled, "How could you? How could you allow that cop to arrest Silver Spoon and take her away?"
Twilight was in no mood for his complaints, "Spike, things happened that I can not reveal at this time. All I'll say is that I'm likely going to be heavily involved in a very serious court case if things turn out the way I'm thinking they will."
Spike yelled, "You framed Silver Spoon for....."
Twilight angrily screamed, "Just drop it, ok? I said I can't reveal the things that happened."
Spike screamed, "Fine! I'm going to Sweet Apple Acres and then I'm going to comfort Shadow Blast and her family because I know they'll need it."
Spike slammed the door shut and Twilight mumbled, "Whatever." She then began to think more about what happened at the police station and realized one thing, that she needed to go up to Canterlot to press charges against Silver Spoon and hopefully arrive at the same time Silver Shield did. She left her castle, took flight and sighed, "If I hurry, I can catch up to him."
As she was flying west, her shadow passed over Spike and he saw where she was headed and knew that she had plans that would not be in Silver Spoon's best interests. He began yelling for her to stop but she paid no attention to him as her plans were far too important.