//------------------------------// // A Morning Meeting & An Indictment // Story: Sweet Revenge // by StormLuna //------------------------------// Five days had passed and Twilight had been staying in her old study tower waiting for the results to come back from the crime lab. She had no desire at that time to return home because she knew that her "friends" would do nothing but complain about Silver Spoon being sent to jail for five years for assaulting ponies in a position of power. It was early in the morning when Twilight was getting up and preparing to go to the palace so that she could have a big breakfast with Celestia. Just as she was leaving her phone rang. When she saw that it was the district attorney she picked it up. "Hello." "Hi, Princess Twilight, this is Legal Eagle and I just thought I'd let you know that the results are in on the evidence." "Oh, so are we going to be able to indict Silver Spoon or not?" "Well the mane that was found in Silver Dime's fists did indeed belong to Silver Spoon and the blood plastered on those brass knuckles did belong to him and those two guards so we will be able to get her for this." "Sweet! Now maybe my friends will stop being such bitches to me." "Ok. Well I also got the corner's report and it appears that Silver Dime's death was the result of being brutally beat but it has also been determined that strangulation is what killed him in the end. With one of the guards, it has been determined that he was savagely beat until he died and with the other, a strike to the temple was what killed him but he was continued to be beat after death." "So, what do you think we can get her on?" "Well judging from the coroner's report we will be able to get her on two counts of first degree murder and one count of second degree murder since one of the guards was killed so quickly." "What about how she kept on beating that one guard after he was already dead? Isn't there some sort of crime against doing that to a corpse?" "Yes there is and what I am shooting for will require we get her on that too." *pauses before continuing* "I'm wanting to get her put in a super-max facility. Criminals like her should never see the light of day again or be allowed visitors." *becomes happy* "Alright, so what now? Do you simply announce an indictment or what?" "Well we need to go before Princess Celestia for this, the sooner the better." "Well I'm just about to head out to the palace now, how about you meet me over there in an hour." "Alright, sounds good." *CALL ENDS* As Twilight was leaving her study tower, she felt a sense of elation. She felt like this would be not only her chance to rid Ponyville of Silver Spoon for good but also for her friends to finally see that she was right all along. She hoped that they would finally see that she was never deserving of the forgiveness that they all gave her and that she wasn't deserving of all the comfort and support they had been giving her either, especially when it comes to the Apple Family. It was not long until Twilight got to the palace and headed straight to the throne room where she was greeted warmly by Princess Celestia. "Twilight, it is good to see you." She paused for a moment before asking, "Here for breakfast I take it?" Twilight replied, "Yes but also Legal Eagle is coming by as well. They got the results from the crime lab." Twilight became more excited as she continued, "The DNA results match, we can indict her!" She paused before calming down, "And the corner's report came back and it sounds like we'll be able to get her locked away for quite some time." Celestia gave her a smile, "So us along with Legal Eagle will be holding a press conference I take it?" Twilight replied, "That we....." Twilight was interrupted by a guard when he entered the room and said, "Your Majesty, you have company." Celestia replied, "Send them in." The guard nodded and into the throne room came Legal Eagle with a smile on his face. Celestia saw this and said, "Well it looks like this is going to be a big day for all of us." Legal Eagle suggested, "What do you say we hold the press conference for this around ten, down at my office." Celestia agreed, "That sounds good to me since that is where the indictment press conferences generally happen." Twilight added, "I do think it would be best though if Celestia nor myself take part in the press conference." She turned to Celestia and continued, "Having us be part of this kind of press conference may cause some ponies in this country think that we are using our power to lock her up." Celestia again agreed, "That will likely be for the best so it might be best if you go down to your office alone but I would like to invite you for breakfast before you go to work." Legal Eagle licked his chops, "Sounds good! I haven't had a decent breakfast in quite some time anyway." He paused for a minute before continuing, "I want you to take a look at not just the DNA reports of the evidence but also the coroner's report. I will then let you know what I am hoping to get her on." He handed Celestia the papers and as she was looking over the coroner's report, her eyes grew wide in shock. She never once imagined that such crimes would be committed in Equestria. While there was the occasional murder in the big cities, she had never heard of anypony doing what was stated in the report. After reading them she suggested, "Well along with murder charges, I do think that abusing a corpse should be thrown in there as well." Legal Eagle commented, "That is the plan. I really think we need to send a clear message that such crimes will not be tolerated in Equestria and will be punished severely." Twilight agreed, "Sounds like a plan. I just hope that we will be able to get a good, impartial jury that won't have any ties to Silver Spoon, her friends or the victims in any way. We do need this to be a fair trial after all." Legal Eagle replied, "Given that Silver Spoon went to college here and lives in Ponyville, that automatically strikes anypony from here and Ponyville from the list. I'm thinking maybe our jury pool should be from cities back east where nopony has even heard of Silver Spoon." Celestia said, "Agreed." The castle chef was coming in to take their orders and she added, "Now lets get some food in our system before you give your press conference." The three then dropped all discussions involving the indictment and upcoming trial while they ate. If there was one thing that Celestia did not like it was serious discussions while she was eating her meals or snacks. In her opinion, those were times that only cheerful discussions should take place. It was nearing ten and Legal Eagle had returned to his office. One thing that surprised him was that there were no media outlets present. He was hoping for this so he decided to contact the local TV station and notify them of what he was going to announce. When they told him that they couldn't get there right away, he pushed the announcement back until two in the afternoon so that they could be there and broadcast it to the city and the nation. When the clock struck two, the local TV station broke into its regular programming and notified the public of the announcement. Not long after that, Legal Eagle was on camera and he started his announcement. "Good afternoon citizens of Canterlot. As many of you know, five days ago the bodies of three ponies were found brutally murdered in Ponyville. Evidence was found at the crime scene that tied us to who we believe was the murderer. Then after doing a search in the suspect's home, we found what we believe is the murder weapon so the following individual is being charged with these crimes. Silver Spoon of Ponyville, has been charged with murder in the first degree involving Silver Dime. Silver Dime was found bruised and bloodied. The coroner's report stated that Mr. Dime was brutally beaten before being strangled to death. At the crime scene, mane from the suspect was found in his clenched fists, which indicates that there was a struggle. The blood of Mr. Dime was also found on bloodied brass knuckles found in the suspects home. Silver Spoon has also been charged with murder in the first degree involving the death of one of the security guards. The guard was found bruised and bloodied. The coroner's report states that the victim was brutally beaten in a way that the assailant could ensure he would pose no threat to her. Blood from the victim was found on the brass knuckles we discovered in the suspect's home. Silver Spoon has also been charged with murder in the second degree involving the other security guard. The coroner's report states that the victim was killed by a quick strike to his temple yet he continued to be beat and bloodied after death. Silver Spoon has also been charged with three separate charges of mutilating a corpse as the coroner's report indicates that Ms. Spoon continued to beat and tear open the skin of all three victims after they were already dead. Currently Ms. Spoon is being held in the Canterlot medium security prison after being convicted of assaulting a police officer and assaulting Princess Twilight Sparkle. We do hope that we can get a good jury put in place so that we can get this trial going sooner rather than later." After he finished his address the TV station returned to its regularly scheduled programming. Legal Eagle realized that finding a decent jury would be tough but given that he was going to draw from the big cities back east, he knew it would be easier than trying to find locals who would be unbiased.