It was a cold fall morning in London as a handsome brown stallion made his way down a street called 'Hoof Walk Lane'. He had a very important duty to attend to, giving a letter to a mare that lived on 'Rainboom Road'.Her name was Ditzy Doo Hooves, but professionally was Sherlock Hooves. London's best detective that ever lived. "I don't know why I have to go get the letter from the office while Ditzy could" He sighed. As he trotted down the street a white unicorn with an electric blue mane stopped in front of him "Hey Turner what's the hurry? Don't you want to help for The Celestial lining?" she asked.
"I would if I could Vinyl,but I have an important meeting with-"
"Your Ditzy Doo?"Vinyl cut off the stallion's reason
He shook his head in annoyance "Why does everyone say Me and Ditzy are dating, we're just a team! And only a team!" Time Turner shouted out loud so loud that everypony stopped and listened to them talk.
"Geez Turner, don't get so angry. I was only kidding about you and Ditzy alright?" The unicorn sighed "You can never take a joke".
But it wasn't true, Turner was madly in love with his partner and every case brought him so close to winning her heart but something too important always pops up and had Ditzy dragged away from him. It was always like this on every case, the big downfall.
Time Turner bid Vinyl a farewell and continued his journey.A street sign was in view 'Rainboom Road', where he was headed. The brown stallion turned towards a large red house and knocked on the door. "Who is it?" a voice came from inside.
"It's Turner!"he called. The door slowly opened to a large hallway with a black carpet; pictures of Ditzy and Turner were on there. Only pictures of them. Turner and Ditzy at the pub, Turner and Ditzy at the tailor, and Turner and Ditzy at the park; pigeons were on Ditzy's hat while she had fed them and Turner was asleep on the bench.
He walked down the hall towards the third room into the living room where a gray pegasus with a brown cloak was reading a newspaper. Turner immediately froze when he saw her. Her perfect blonde mane was long and full of life, he found her yellow cock eyes very cute, and when she looked up face to face with Turner, he was just about to blush.
"Did you acquire the letter?"she asked. Turner slightly nodded and handed her the envelop. The mare ripped it open and read the letter inside with a satisfied smile.She had the letter in one hoof and her newspaper in her other.
"Well?"He asked impatiently about the letter's content reading.
"Well I have good news and bad news..."Ditzy sighed.
"What's the good news?"
"The Celestial Lining will be celebrated in a week with Princess Celestia herself coming to London"
Turner had gulped down a nervous stutter that was edging in his mouth "A-and the bad news?"he asked
Ditzy took one good look at her partner and said "The King and Queen have returned".Time Turner gasped in astonishment of the news.
"But that's impossible! They're in prison!"he exclaimed. The last time they had faced with the criminals was when they had swore escape and revenge on the detectives for bringing them into justice. They had been arrested for murdering hundreds of ponies by sneaking into their house and stabbing their chests open when they were asleep. Yes, indeed these were hardy criminals and if the news were true...
"The letter is from the prison guards themselves, well the surviving ones"She corrected. She gave Turner the letter to read it.
Dear Hooves and Turner, the king and queen have
escaped! it started at 4'o clock in the morning when they
were supposed to be in their cells sleeping but out of
nowhere Sombra vanished and the cell mysteriously swung
open. Several of our guards were killed on the spot and a hole
in the roof had appeared. By the name of Celestia this may be
the greatest case yet for you two and I'm afraid that if they have
escaped. They might be right behind you at this minute!
Turner stopped reading and jumped, he turned around in panic but there was nothing behind him except for the red wall, Ditzy chuckled a bit of her partner's cowardly panic over what a letter had said. Time Turner picked up the letter and continued reading.
But of course I know London's greatest detectives won't
ever have to worry about that because you need to get them by the
end of the week, no exceptions for a day later because the Celestial
Lining Celebration is when we are certain they will strike, the fate of
London is in your Hooves detectives. And we know we're in great
hooves. If you need any help just ask and back up will be here
-Sincerely, Ginger Root
The stallion thought for a moment about how the criminals escaped "Well, it is very odd how they escaped, but I'm sure we can clear this case faster than you can say Let the celebration, begin!".
"Don't be too sure now Turner, Today's Sunday and we only got until Saturday to catch Sombra and Chrysalis and it took us an entire month just to get the first clue of our first case with them" The gray pegasus reminded him.
Turner nodded remembering the fierce case, it was more tragic to Ditzy than him. Sombra and Chrysalis had not only gave her a never fading scar under her cloak but also, her coltfriend, Writtenscript was murdered right in front of her eyes by the king and queen.
He could tell Ditzy was thinking of Writtenscript too, a small sniffle came from her. "I..I think I'll go to bed early tonight"She sighed and trotted out of the living room leaving Turner by himself.
Time Turner sighed, he loved the mare very much but her heart would never leave Writtenscript even if he was dead.Oh Ditzy, we both share the same heart brake. He walked down the hall into a small bedroom, Ditzy was standing in front of an open closet. She took her cloak off revealing a long deep scar that ran along her back; it turned her gray fur into a faded red.
She hung her cloak up and walked to the bed. Ditzy got under the covers and layed down. Turner got into the other side of the bed next to her. Their tails brushed against each other's as the two fell asleep for the night.