Sweet Revenge

by StormLuna


A Meeting at the Farm

When Spike arrived at Sweet Apple Acres, he saw Shadow Blast and Applejack near the gate while Apple Bloom was with the kids by the barn. Spike immediately asked, "Shadow Blast, what happened? Why did Silver Spoon get arrested?"

Shadow Blast was crying uncontrollably, "S-S-Spike, Si-Silver shoved Twi-Twilight and Sil-Silver Shield...."

She continued to sob and Applejack finished for her, "Spike, Silver Spoon shoved Silver Shield and Twilight and to top that off, Shadow told me about some evidence they found at their house."

Shadow Blast had calmed down somewhat and went into further detail, "Ok, last night Silver Dime and two of his security guards were brutally murdered." She began to get agitated, "Well, Silver Shield and Twilight visit the crime scene and somehow silver mane was discovered in Silver Dime's fists and then I don't know how it happened but....." she let out a loud screech, "bloodied brass knuckles were found under our bed and now they think Silver Spoon did it, they think she killed her dad and his guards."

Spike's jaw dropped open when he heard this. He asked, "But how, didn't you two go to bed last night after her big party?"

Shadow replied, "We did but then Silver Shield asked me if I was a heavy sleeper and asked Silver if she ever woke me up and well, things went downhill from there."

Spike asked, "What happened?"

Shadow again began to cry, "We-well she shoved Silver Shield, Twi-Twilight ordered her to put her hands behind her back and....and then she sho-shoved Twilight and she got arrested!"

Spike gave Shadow a gentle embrace as she continued to cry. At that moment he truly began to wonder what all Twilight was really up to. He knew for a fact that she still despised Silver Spoon over her behavior as a filly and couldn't get it through her head that Silver Spoon had changed. He commented, "Shadow, I have a really bad feeling about this. Twilight must have assisted in gathering evidence and interrogating you two. If we don't do something, Silver Spoon will get wrongfully convicted for a crime she never committed."

The very thoughts of that caused Shadow to break down crying again. Applejack turned to Spike and said, "Ah can't believe it. Ah know Twilight never did forgive Silver Spoon but for her to do this? Ah don't know if Ah can even think of her as a friend anymore."

Spike sighed, "I know how you feel and it wasn't that long ago that she took flight towards Canterlot" he paused before becoming sad, "to press charges against Silver Spoon for shoving her."

Shadow glumly added, "And I know it was caught on the station's cameras. It will be just like it was with Sweetie Belle, it will be on camera and who knows how long the judge will give her."

Spike offered a suggestion, "Look, if we're quick, maybe we can make it to Canterlot before Twilight gets there." He turned to Applejack and suggested, "And maybe she'll listen to you, maybe you can persuade her to not press charges and to get her to pardon Silver Spoon for shoving that cop."

Applejack replied, "Well Ah can try but Ah can't guarantee nothin'."

She quickly rushed to her pickup and hit the road without asking anypony if they wanted to join her. She knew that the life of a loving mother could very well rest on her getting to Canterlot before Twilight could go and press charges. She knew the chances were slim that she could persuade Twilight but figured that slim chances were better than none at all.


Once Applejack had departed, Shadow and Spike headed to the barn where her kids and Apple Bloom were talking. When Apple Bloom saw him she greeted him, "Howdy Spike, what are ya doin' here?"

Spike replied, "Getting away from Twilight and after what your sister and Shadow Blast told me, I have a very bad feeling."

Sweetie 'Silver' Belle asked, "What do you mean you have a really bad feeling? Is something really bad going to happen to mommy?"

None of them had told the kids about what happened involving the shoving or the murder accusations. Shadow replied, "Sweetie, we don't know if anything bad will happen or not. Hopefully this will just be some mix up and Silver can come back soon."

The three kids continued to hold their heads low. While they were trying to remain strong, the three of them knew that things weren't as ok as the adults were letting on, especially Sunrise Gold. He sighed, "You know what, I know you're trying to make us feel better but just be honest with us. Princess Twilight Sparkle and that cop are going to get mom locked up, aren't they? They're going to claim mom killed grandpa and convince some judge she is guilty, aren't they?"

Pink Pretzel asked, "Really brother, you think they're going to do that?"

Sunrise sighed, "I do think that." He turned to Shadow and continued, "Mom, you don't have to hide this from us anymore. We're not little kids who have to be sheltered from cold, hard truths anymore so why don't you just tell us?" He cast his gaze at Apple Bloom and Spike and added, "Or one of you two. I'm not sure about my sisters but I would rather know the horrible truth than live in some fantasy land believing that everything will be ok when it's not."

Out of the three Sunrise Gold had more suspicions and seemed to be in deeper thought than his sisters. Shadow had noticed this and never said anything for the sake of his sisters but since he knew, she finally admitted some of what happened. "Sunrise, you're right. Things aren't going well. Twilight and that cop found things that caused them to believe that Silver killed your Grandpa Dime and then at the police station, your mom shoved both that cop and Twilight."

Pink Pretzel had a sick feeling in her stomach, "That can't be good, can it?"

Shadow replied, "It can't. If Applejack can't sway Twilight, Silver will go to jail simply for shoving Twilight and that cop and if she was to get convicted over killing Grandpa Dime, we'll likely never see her again."

Sweetie rushed to Shadow, clung to her and started crying, "No, please no! Don't let them take mommy away from us."

While Sunrise Gold and Pink Pretzel were distraught as well, they were doing a much better job of keeping their emotions in check. Sunrise Gold however, seemed suspicious in his own right, "You know, mom one time brought up that Sweetie Belle pony she dated for a while and mentioned what a bitch......"

Shadow cut him off, "Sunrise Gold, watch your language."

Pink Pretzel added, "You know, I could see her finding a way to frame mom. From everything mom has said about her, she reminds me of the type that would do it and find a way to get away with it."

Apple Bloom put in her opinion, "Sweetie Belle could have done it, she has been involved in law enforcement for a long time so she'd know how to cover her tracks."

Shadow replied, "She could have but she wasn't even in town and I tried bringing Sweetie Belle up but Twilight laughed at me."

The five sighed in frustration knowing that things could very well go in a bad direction. All they could do was hope that Twilight would change her mind and that they could find out everything that happened with the murder of Silver Dime, what really happened instead of what Twilight and Silver Shield believe happened.