Chapter 11: Bad News
Rainbow Dash awakens and the first thing she noticed is that she isn't in the tent. She then sits up and rubs her eyes and looks around. The first thing she noticed is that she's in a cloud home and that it's morning by the suns position in the sky. She then looks beside her and noticed that there's some medical supplies on the nightstand next to her. She then sees a calendar and notices that she must've been asleep for a entire day. She then tries to get up but seem she can't.
She then sees that one eye seem to be shut. She then looks into a mirror and on one side of her face is some bandages. At first she doesn't know what happened until all of it comes back in a flash. She then puts down the mirror and shudders thinking she's with Shade. Before she can think the door opened and her heart started to beat fast until in comes Fleetfoot with a tray. When Fleetfoot sees her up she smiled and says "Good your awake."
Fleetfoot then walks up to one side of the bed and puts the tray in front of her and on it is a daisy sand which and a cup of apple cider.
"Where...where am I?" Said Dash confused
"You are in a cloud house that Soarin bought that's outside of Ponyville." Replied Fleetfoot.
Dash then takes a better look out the window and sees the small town as clear as day. She smiled at first, but she then friend and says "But where's Soarin?"
Now it's Fleetfoot turn to look worried "To be honest, I hadn't seen him since yesterday when he came to get me to come here. Seems like he was guilty about something and brought you here. Though when I tried to ask him what's going on he just hung his head and says nothing and flew off."
After hearing this Dash then hung her head for a while until a thought comes up "Wait. How and when did Soarin get this house?"
"Seems like he found this house like a few days ago and found out it was for sale. So he used his own bits so that Spitfire or any other pony will know."
"So what about the team?"
"Strange thing, Spitfire gave everypony a two week vacation. Don't know why and she said that this morning."
Dash was about yo ask something when a BatPony, whom Dash recognizes as Night Fury, comes crashing through the door with a newspaper in her mouth which she's pitted out and says "
Dash and Fleetfoot look and what they see shook them to the core: On it is a picture of Soarin in front of the court house in Canterlot being escorted by some royal guards towards it. And above the pic shook them even more.
Wonderbolt charged with murder!
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Dash, Fury and Fleetfoot arrived at Canterlot after hours of getting ready and hopping the next train to the city. Though when they started out Fleetfoot advised Dash shouldn't be up. But Dash would hear none of it and all Fleetfoot and Fury do is go with her and make sure she is ok during the trip.
When they arrived the first thing they noticed is the many ponies around that probably heard the news are are here to find out if it's true. Dash and her friends continue onwards while trying not to stand out by wearing simple hats and scarves.
When they gotten where Soarin is being held thanks to Fleetfoot by asking a guard and giving him an autograph for his daughter for the info. They then head towards the dungeons which is in the lower part of Canterlot. When they arrived they noticed about six guards in the front and about eight seem to be on the roof.
"Wow, this many guards for one pony?" Said Fleetfoot
"Yea. Soarin isn't dangerous. Just misunderstood." Replied Fury
Dash ignored them and walked up to the fate and says "Hey, I'm here to see a friend."
"Name of prisoner?" Said the guard
Dash bites her lower lip and thinks until she finally says "Soarin."
The guard looks at her with a surprised look "Why should I let you in? Many of his fan fillies came by saying the same thing."
"Please, let me see him. He's a very dear friend of mine."
"Yea right and I'm the princesses son. Now get lost missy."
Before Dash or any of her friends could say anything a navy blue stallion with a brown mane and tail comes up and says "Dont worry officer, they are with me."
The guard seemed to recognize him and nods his head and allows all four of them in. As soon as they enter the building Fleetfoot comes up to the stallion and says "And you are?"
The stallion turned to her and replies "Oh sorry, I'm Mister Soarins attorney of this case."
"Well at least somepony knows he's innocent." Said Fury
"Well to be honest, this is not my first case."
"Well are you at least successful?" Said Fleetfoot
The stallion didn't replied and before Fleetfoot could repeat the question all four of them arrived and sitting at a table alone Dash sees Soarin. She then smiled and ran up it him and hugged him suddenly. Soarin with a shocked look sees her and says Rainbow! What are you doing here?"
Dash then pulls back her head and looks into his eyes and says "Well I received this mornings paper and you were on the front page."
All Soarin could do here us roll his eyes and looks towards the stallion and says "Hello Attorny Ace."
Ace sat down across from him and lifts a briefcase onto the table and opens it and says "Well Soarin how about we get this started."
Soarin then nods his head as Dash, Fury and Fleetfoot sat down.
"So tell me Soarin, seems like this is a problem. Though there hasn't been a murder case like this for over a thousand years." Said Ace
"But I did it in self defense." Said Soarin
"I know. Though seems like every other pony thinks differently."
Soarin then hangs hugs head. When Dash sees this she then wraps Soarin around with one of her wings and says "But how could they? I mean it was just Soarin and Shade alone."
"Yea I know that. That's why I need to know why and how Soarin and Shade were alone in the middle of some random place."
"Well I assure you he is innocent."
Ace then raises an eyebrow at Dash and says "And what is your relationship with Soarin?"
Before Dash could say anything Soarin then says "This doesn't concern Rainbow."
"Ok then Soarin. I just assumed you two were a couple." Said Ace
Soarin and Dash looked at each other nervously and this seemed to tip off Ace and he then says "Wait, you two are a couple?"
"Well yea we are. Just don't say anything." Replied Dash
"Ok I won't."
"Whys that?" Asked Fury
"Well the press will even have a bigger field day with a story of a Wonderbolt and a Shadowbolt being in a relationship." Replied Ace
"How good are you?" Asked Fleetfoot
Ace then rubs his head saying "Well, to be honest I never won a case."
"What!" Said Dash "And we are supposed to put our faith in you!?"
"Look, all you have to do is have faith."
Before a Dash could say anything Soarin puts a hoof on her shoulder and says "Dash, I have faith in him."
"Why Soarin?" Asked Dash
"Don't know but somehow something told me to choose him."
Dash then sighs and simply put her head on her shoulder. All the while Fleetfoot rubs her chin and says "Has Spitfire come in Soarin?"
"Yea she did. She was mad about what I did and wondered why I did it. And no Dash I didn't tell her. Though she was angry when she left. Heck she even questioned why I chosen Attorney here. She even tried to get me on bail."
"Wow, what's with this Spitfire?" Said Fury
"Don't know. But I know she has a temper." Said Soarin
Ace then sits there thinking until an idea pops into his head "Ok, maybe we can do this. We just need to convince Celestia that you did it in self defense. Though to be honest we may have to tell her and everyone there about you twos relationship."
"Well if it comes to that, I guess we will have no choice." Said Dash surprisingly
"Well we are all in agreement." After he sees all of them nod their heads he then smiled and says "Well then the court is in two days. And I should het my assistant Twilight working on the research about something."
After he gets up and walks off Fleetfoot then says "What does he mean by something?"
"I don't know." Said Soarin