When Sweetie Belle got home she immediately went to bed. She wanted to forget everything that had happened that night to return to her normal life the next day. Sweetie Belle started to drift off to sleep.......BANG! Her door burst open with great force. She screamed as the police piled into her room and surrounded the bed. An officer grabbed Sweetie Belle with his magic and ran outside.
Sweetie Belle kicked at screamed. "Let me go!"
The officer didn't answer the screaming filly. As he ran outside, still carrying Sweetie Belle, the other police followed. Sweetie Belle caught sight of her parents with tears in their eyes. She decided to scream, but her throat soon felt rubbed raw by all of the yelling. Sweetie Belle saw another office put a needle into her flank. Then she suddenly felt dizzy, and very tired. She fainted before she could see anything else.
Sweetie Belle opened her eyes, and yawned tiredly. She looked around, and then realized something extremely horrific. She was in a smallish jail cell. Sweetie Belle look for a place to run, but then realized her back left leg was chained to the wall. She was about yell for help, but she didn't see anyone around. Sweetie Belle then saw a shadow in the corner. The figure stood up, and walked into the light. The figure was actually a light blue filly with yellow mane. The filly showed no sign of emotion towards Sweetie Belle.
"Hello," the filly spoke,"my name is Sun Beam. Who are you?"
Sweetie Belle was taken aback. This filly seemed a little younger than herself. It was a little a crazy that a filly that young could be in jail. "I'm Sweetie Belle....Where are we exactly?"
Sun Beam walked closer to Sweetie Belle, also revealing that she had no chain. "Some pony must've reported you to the robot police. That's what happened to me. I've been here for a few days, and they brought you in late last night. You didn't wake up once that night. They must've used some heavy drugs on you."
"Wait the robot police?! I'm no robot!"
"Neither am I!"
Their small conversation was interrupted by a guard coming in. He had brought food for them on a tray. There were fruits, vegetables, and two juice boxes on the side. The guard opened the cell door, and then he put the ay inside. Before Sweetie Belle could thank him for the food he walked away.
Sweetie Belle took the juice box, and sipped it. "Mmm... This isn't bad! You should really try one Sun Beam." She then took an apple and took a bite out of it. "Come on don't be shy."
"That juice," Sun Beam responded. She took a juice box as well, and motioned towards it. "It's oil.. You actually like it?" You must be a robot then!"
"No! I uh just haven't had anything to drink in a while."
They both turned around, and didn't talk to each other. The two finished their meals in silence. Sweetie Belle ate a lot because of how hungry she was. When they both finished they turned back around, and look each other right in the eye.
"See I'm not a robot," Sweetie Belle said coldly.
Sun Beam nodded in agreement. "Yeah I suppose, and I'm not a robot either."
Sweetie Belle rubbed at the chain that held her back. "Wait a minute. How come you don't have a chain, but I do? That's a little strange."
"I broke it with my heat vision." Sun Beam smiled at the chain around Sweetie Belle's hoof. "I can melt it off for you. Then you won't have to worry. Plus the guards here are too stupid to notice anyway."
Before Sweetie Belle could answer Sun Beam walked over to the chain. She concentrated really hard, and then a bright orange light came from her eyes. It struck the chain, and it immediately broke in half. Sweetie Belle watched her in awe. She lifted up the chain, and just stared at it. No wonder Sun Beam's in here! She must be a robot. I have to be very careful or she could really hurt me!
"Sweetie Belle," a guard shouted, "You've got visitors."
The guard let Sweetie Belle out, and lead her down a long hallway. Then he took her into a room which was known as the visiting room. When she walked in she was bombarded by the other two Cutie Mark Crusaders. They were jumping up to her in excitement.
"Hey Sweetie Belle!" Apple Bloom and Scootaloo shouted.
Sweetie Belle smiled at them. "What are you two doing here?"
Scootaloo gestured to the saddlebags on Apple Bloom. "We got our bits and combined them. Together we both have fifty bits to bail you out of here."
"What?!" Sweetie Belle exclaimed. "I didn't commit a crime. They think I'm a robot." She explained what had happened last night, but she didn't include the part where she went to Rarity's.
"Oh," Apple Bloom stated. "That make much more sense. I was wondering how a pony like y'all could commit a crime. You're so nice and sweet!"
Sweetie Belle blushed. "Thanks Apple Bloom you're a good friend."
"Well girls what are we gonna talk about?" Scootaloo asked them.
Apple Bloom's ears perked up. "How about our cutie marks."
The fillies talked about cutie marks for several minutes. They changed the subject knowing that they couldn't work together to get theirs at the moment. They all talked about school, friends, and family for several hours. They were all laughing again like before any of this ever had happened. For Sweetie Belle it was nice to take a break from reality for a while. Soon enough the guard took Sweetie Belle back into her cell with Sun Beam. Sun Beam was waiting for her inside. She had something behind her back.
"What do you have?" Sweetie Belle asked cautiously.
Sun Beam held up a bloody machete and smirked. "I swiped it off of a table when the guard wasn't looking. It's a beauty isn't it?"
Sweetie Belle looked at her new friend in utter shock. "A... Knife? Wha..What are you going to do with just a knife?"
"Just a knife?" Sun Beam frowned. "It's much more than that. This is a machete, but I did hear it was used to killed a pony before." She grinned, and Sweetie Belle noticed a spark in the filly's big blue eyes. " My last so called robot roommate was killed with this. He looked so peaceful while he was sleeping. So I cut him open. And boy was he a screamer. It was quite impressive even for a colt. The blood went everywhere though. I remembered I had told him not to struggle while I gutted him. At least I knew one thing: he wasn't lying when he said he wasn't a robot."
Sweetie Belle was paralyzed with fear. She didn't want to be cut open. Even if it was to prove if she was a robot or not. Something told Sweetie Belle to glance at the small window in the cell. Luna's moon was shining high up in the sky, and Sweetie Belle had wished that she was safe up there with the moon.
Sun Beam tapped her hoof on the ground. "Well it's time to have the lights out."
The lights went out, and Sweetie Belle sat in the pitch black darkness. It was very cold, and she was extremely homesick. It was colder than she would've imagined it would be, but she had to make the best of it. Why must I be here with this insane filly. She's a murderer, and do the guards even know it? Sweetie Belle curled up on the floor, and tried to sleep.