Equestria Noir Case 9 "Murder She Spelled"

by Jacoboby1


Epilogue

Epilogue

Moondancer did not look good after Trixie’s spell. Her once gorgeous blond mane was now an ugly puce color and ratty as hell. Her coat was a puke colored green. Her face suffered the worse with warts and pimples everywhere. Ponies were shocked to find that such a beautiful mare showed who she really was. She tried everything in her power not to be seen as Shining’s buddies took her away.

Shining slapped me on the back “You did it again Private, another one for the books”

I laughed a little “Well I can’t take all the credit Shining. You have Trixie to thank for saving me and Twilight”

The captain nodded “Well you just say the word whenever you need us again. Also…Cadence and I just finished up with the ultra sound when we went out”

Twilight teleported to my side and looked at her brother anxiously “Well what is it?! Tell me Tell me Tell me!” She hopped in a way that reminded me of Pinkie Pie.

Shining smiled “It’s a girl Twili”

Twilight leapt for joy “I’m going to have a niece! This is going to be amazing!”

I slapped Shining on back in turn “Congratulations Shining, I look forward to meeting her”

“So am I” Shining said whimsically “I should get going, Cadence is going to have us run around buying filly clothes now”

We waved the guard captain goodbye as he left. I looked over at Twilight “What exactly happened in there…?”

Twilight spoke like a teacher would “Well, you remember what I said about complimentary spells?”

“Spells that work best when two unicorns perform them? Yeah you were studying them before you came here”

“Well, the stronger the bond the two of them has the better the spell” Twilight explained “Only…”

“Only what?”

“Only I was only going to have Trixie take a little bit of mana to amplify that illusion erasing spell she was going to use on Moondancer”

“The spell that showed everypony that Moondancer is evil by making her ugly?”

“Yeah, only when I performed it…your horn glowed when I casted it”

“I remember hearing a chanting…” I said tapping my head to try and draw the memory “It’s like somepony else was speaking the spell with me…”

Twilight raised an eyebrow “Chanting? Private are you sure you didn’t cast some kind of spell on me and Trixie?”

I shook my head “I can’t even fire a decent magical blast. I could never hope to cast something that powerful…but it was like you and Trixie suddenly shared the element of magic”

Twilight tapped her chin in thought “I’ll need to research this…”

“Um…Private and Twilight?” We heard a voice speak behind us.

We turned and saw Trixie, back in her usual attire smiling at us. Twilight smiled upon seeing her “Hey Trixie, what’s up?”

Trixie looked at her now restored wagon. It was a relatively quick fix with both Shining and Twilight helping. “Trixie plans to travel the road again…only instead of boasting about her skills. Trixie shall go into show business with her magic”

I smiled and nodded “Good luck Trixie; it’s a good path for you”

Trixie then walked to both of us and pulled first Twilight then me into a hug. I looked at Twilight who simply smiled. Twilight and I held Trixie together and Trixie spoke softly “I will never forget what you said…I finally have true friends…”

Twilight smiled and ran a hoof along Trixie’s back “If you ever need anything you tell us okay?”

Trixie broke away from the hug and looked at both of us “I…I am forever grateful for what you’ve done…” She wiped a tear from her eye “I promise not to be so boastful of my magic. I promise to use whatever magical talent I have for good. Not just to show off…for back there I saw what good my magic can do…”

I walked to Trixie and put a hoof on her shoulder. Her violet eyes met mine and I smiled at her “Trixie, remember one thing, the only pony you ever have to prove anything to is the mare you see in the mirror every day”

Trixie nodded and hugged me again. I hugged the show mare back and let her go. Trixie left with her wagon and waved good bye. Twilight and I waved the show mare good bye and Twilight smiled “Who told you that?”

“What are you talking about?” I said looking at her

“Celestia told me something similar whenever I felt down about myself. I was wondering who told you that…”

My grey eyes ventured to a different time…
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6 years ago….

I looked up at Fenlock’s brown eyes as he sat across from me at the diner. He noticed I hadn’t touched my hay fries and spoke up about it “Private, you haven’t touched your lunch. You usually eat like there’s no tomorrow so why aren’t you gorging?”

I looked up at Fenlock “Sir…you remember the Black Dark case?”

“That case about the gal who got cut up in the carriage?” Fenlock chuckled “I gotta say I didn’t expect her brother to have killed her as revenge for marrying her husband”

“Well…I got word from Shinebadge and…”

“Don’t keep me in suspense kid” Fenlock said leaning forward a little “Tell me what happened”

“I made” I kept my mentor in suspense before I smiled “Homicide!” I said

Fenlock laughed with glee “Finally out of traffic eh? Bout time Shinebadge got his head out of his ass and promoted ya!”

“It’s just…” I said looking back down at my hay fries “I don’t know if I’m good enough…”

Fenlock’s eyes turned serious “What are ya talking about kid? Ya did well on that case…”

“Yeah…” I said slowly “But what if I screw up? What if I put the wrong pony in jail? Yesterday Spades got fired because he didn’t bring in the right pony…I don’t want to make that kind of mistake…”

Fenlock got up and moved to sit beside me “Private, you’re just nervous about accepting the responsibility…”

“I am…I don’t know if I have the talent for it…”

Fenlock then did something I’ve never seen him do. He took his hoof and pulled off his grey fedora. I’ve never seen him without it on. I stared at him as he set the hat down on the table “This hat, belonged to my mentor Hercule Ponirot. He gave it to me when I made homicide” He smiled at me “It’s yours Private”

I stared at the hat. It was a light grey and contrasted with my coat’s dark grey. I looked at Fenlock and shook my head “I could never accept this! I haven’t proved myself to you!”

Fenlock just picked up the hat and looked at me. “Private, the only pony you ever have to prove yourself to…is the one you have to look at every day in the mirror”

I didn’t say anything as he put the hat on my head. It felt good on my head, fit like a glove despite my horn. I looked at Fenlock “Thank you sir…I’ll make you proud”

Fenlock simply smiled “You already have…”
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Present Day…

“Private?” Twilight said looking at me “Are you okay?”

I snapped out of my memory and smiled at Twilight “Yeah, I’m fine”

“So who told you that phrase?” Twilight asked curiously

I reached up and took off my fedora. I simply stared at it and felt its edge with my other hoof. I smiled and put it back on my head “Somepony I really admire…”

We began the long walk back to the station.