The Mane Six Star in TNT's New Hit Crime Drama!

by James Rednok

Chapter 1

Twilight groaned and rolled away from the source of the soft, yet annoying noise. She was just in the middle of having a good dream.

She screwed her eyes shut. Maybe if she tried to remember hard enough and ignored her alarm clock well enough she would be able to naturally enter the dream again.

Let's see... She and Flash Century has just finished a lovely starlit picnic atop the tallest spire in Canterlot. They were gazing upon the vast and glorious cosmos and then... Hmm what had just happened...?

Meanwhile, the small alarm clock that was the source of the noise noticed that its client remained relatively unaffected by its sound. It hopped off the night stand and along the bed to Twilight. It gently nudged the unicorn's shoulder, trying to wake her up. Twilight half consciously knocked it to the floor.

Oh that's right! They were taking turns looking through a field telescope at the different glimmering constellations and swirling nebulae. They were laughing, as they had both eagerly reached for the telescope at the same time, and accidentally clocked their foreheads together...

The alarm clock crawled back on the bed. It was red and steaming from anger at having been slapped away like that. Quietly, it sauntered back over next to Twilight's ear.

Twilight's and Flash's eyes interlocked; and their faces slowly began to move towards each other.

"Hee Hee, don't be silly Flash, your eyes are much more beautiful than mine!" Twilight giggled and murmured in her sleep as the clock behind her was taking a long deep inhalation of breath.

Twilight and Flash were so close! Their lips were just millimeters apart! This was the moment she had waited for since she was 12 years old! She closed her eyes as their lips were about to touch...

The sound of a foghorn shook the entire bedroom. Twilight's eyes flew open as she shot out of the bed like a bullet, screaming and flailing her arms like a madwoman. Finally she calmed down, breathing heavily as her eyes fell on the little alarm clock who gave a snarky "Hmph!" and hopped back over to its place on the night stand.

Twilight groaned again, and covered her face with her hooves. The time on the clock had read 4:30-something in the morning. She stumbled her way over to the window and looked outside. It was still dark. "This is ridiculously early!" She protested to nopony in particular, shaking off the bedclothes that had become wrapped around her legs. "How could anypony have committed a crime if all the criminals are in bed!?"

"Unfortunately, crime can happen anywhere and at any time..." came a cool and measured voice. Twilight gasped and wheeled around to look at the face peering back at her through her bedroom mirror. "... and it's up to us to bring those perpetrators to justice. Even if it means my star protege and recently promoted field investigator has to wake up a bit early..."

"Commissioner Celestia!" Twilight cried, quickly bowing before hurriedly attacking her bed head with her hoof. "Please excuse me! I ... I ..."

"Just woke up." finished the Alicorn for her. "I know, I saw. Sorry to wake you but something came up and we need your expertise. I already sent a scroll along to Spike; I don't even think he woke up, the poor thing. It might be still be in his mouth. That will have all the information you need. There's no need to rush there, but the officers on scene ARE waiting for you."

"Yes, right away princess! I mean commissioner! I mean ... err..."

"You can call me 'Princess' when you're off duty. For now, 'Commissioner' will do; but don't worry if you slip." Celestia smiled. "Good luck." She said as her image faded from the mirror.

Twilight shook her head and rubbed the sand from her eyes. No going back to sleep now. She bustled about, getting ready for her first field assignment; collecting quills, parchment, books, a few lightweight pieces of equipment, and so on. Trotteing downstairs and over towards the fireplace, she saw that sure enough, the small green and purple baby dragon was sprawled out across the pet bed; snoring loudly and with a scroll sticking halfway out of his mouth. Rolling her eyes with a smile, Twilight trotted over to him plucked the commissioner's scroll from the dragon's still-snoring teeth. She gave him a quick peck on the forehead whispering, "Sleep tight, Spike." and earning only a colossal snore in return. Donning a scarf and jacket, the lavender unicorn made her way out into pre-morning Ponyville. The brisk autumn air nipped at whatever Twilight hasn't covered, and made her shiver.

"I hope there's time for a coffee. I'm freezing!" Twilight thought aloud. She began the couple-block walk to the nearest 24-hour coffee shop and pulled out the scroll from her saddlebag and held it in front of her, reading as she walked. The light of her horn was enough to read the instructions, and she was finished by the time the coffee shop was in sight. A note at the bottom of the scroll however, troubled Twilight. It read, "Show 'em that you can be just as street smart as you are book smart!"

What did that mean? Twilight was EVERY kind of smart! Had she not passed every single test in the academy with flying colors!? She had EARNED this field position! Did the princess think she was some kind of buffoon!? Of course she was smart! Of course she was street smart! "I AM STREET SMART!!!" shouted Twilight.

"Oh... Um, that's nice miss, but I asked what you wanted."

Twilight blinked and looked around. She had walked into the coffee shop and up to the counter without even realizing it. The ponies sitting around her at all the tables were staring at her, and the frightened-looking attendant behind the register looked up with shaking hooves holding his pen and order sheet.

"Oh... Um, heh heh... Sorry about that." Twilight said, rubbing the back of her neck apologetically as her cheeks brightened past their already flushed state from the chilly air. She cleared her throat and rubbed her freezing hooves together for warmth. What had she come here for? Oh! That's right! "One iced coffee please sir!"

TNT's new hit show will return after these messages from our sponsor: