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// Case 29 
// Story: The Strange Cases of Twilight Sparkle 
// by DrakoGlyph 
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	Twilight curled up on her bed with a copy of the latest Daring Do book when she hear giggling outside. Those laughs were very, very familiar… the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
“Shut it, Sweetie or you’ll blow our cover!” Scoots whispered with the same effectiveness as Rainbow ever did.
“I’m sorry, but this leaf was tickling me!”
“Would ya’ll stop? Twilight’s in there!”
“So, girls, what are you up to?” Twilight asked, opening the window with her magic and pulling in the three fillies.
“Freeze!” Applebloom called out, pulling out a badge from her saddlebag.
“In the name of the Equestria Bureau of Investigation!” Scoots followed.
“We have evidence that you are conducting experiments that break several Equestrian laws!” Sweetie called out before pulling out a lasso. She was evidently confused as to how to used it, and Twilight was the same level of confused as Sweetie Belle with the lasso.
Applebloom tore the lasso from Sweetie, dropping the badge to the ground in the process, then took to trying to tie up Twilight, who simply levitated the rope out of the filly’s mouth.
“What do you mean, Equestrian Bureau of Investigation? Is this some silly attempt to get your cutie marks?” Twilight asked, trying to be as calm as she could.
“Silly? This is hardly silly! This is the very laws of Equestria and Harmony that you’re breaking!” Sweetie said.
“What law could I possibly be breaking?”
“Scoots, read her rights,” Applebloom commanded.
“I thought that was Sweetie’s Job!”
“She’s in charge of the law part, you were supposed to read the rights!”
“I don’t even know the first line!” Scoots, “I seriously thought it was Sweetie’s job!”
“Look, girls, this is a great prank, I bet Pinkie and Rainbow are laughing their heads off, but I haven’t broken any laws. My brother is Captain of the Royal Guard, I, as his sister, have to know the laws just as well as he does.”
“This is no prank, Twilight, we’re here to arrest you!” Applebloom asserted.
“Does Ponyville even have a jail?”
“Well, uh, no… Ah don’t think we do…”
“Then you can’t arrest me. Here, I’ll make a deal with you, until Princess Celestia comes and judges this herself, I won’t leave my library. It’s called House arrest.”
“Well, then… Cru—I mean agents, let’s head out.” The three filed out the front door and Twilight returned to her book, though a glimmer caught her eye. It was the badge that Applebloom had dropped. It read ‘Equestria Bureau of Investigation, Special Crimes Division.’
It seemed authentic enough, but how would the Cutie Mark Crusaders get their hooves on this?

Case 29:

I think you’ll be wanting this back, Princess, the Cutie Mark Crusaders had it in their possession. I’m not sure what they were up to, but they tried to arrest me for some crime I know I didn’t commit. How would they get their hooves on such an important badge?
Anyway, I think I’m going to return to reading Daring Do and the Alicorn Amulet. I want to see how the author portrays it in comparison to the real thing.

Sincerely,

Princess Twilight

Princess Celestia sat next to a giggly Princess Luna. “Equestria Bureau of Investigation,” she snorted. “How gullible is this student of yours, sister?”
“Twilight only knows the truths set before her. She has never really learned how to think around these things. That was what the original intent for the Strange Cases were, but this… this is going too far.” She looked out across the plains to Ponyville. The mares had all been brought to Canterlot for one of the cases, and she was just sending them home now as Luna went upstairs to raise the moon and stars.
Before she left the room, though, Luna gave a small giggle, “Twilight’s a brilliant mare. I’m sure she will figure out this is a test soon enough.”
Princess Celestia sighed as she looked at the banister, where a pair of yellow and red eyes were staring at her, making sure that she didn’t attempt to send any warning to Twilight. She knew that she would have to tell Twilight somehow.