//------------------------------// // Epilogue // Story: Equestria Noir Season 2 Case 14 "Hearts of a Feather" // by Jacoboby1 //------------------------------// Epilogue Perspective: Private It was pretty late when the reunion started to wrap up. Dad had gone home already and took Tailspin with him, it was almost the little guy’s bedtime anyways. I was upstairs with Grandpa and Grandma. Grandma looked to me. “Now, are ya sure you don’t want anyt’ing?” I shook my head. “I don’t need anything grandma. I got my family, my friends, I don’t need a house or home so long as I have that.” Grandpa chuckled a little. “Well, seems ya turned out alright anyways. Really wish you could stick around some mo’,” he said with a smile. “You take good care of yourself you hear?” Grandma said. “Sparrow would haunt me for the rest of my days if anything happened to you.” “I can’t make any promises, given my life choice. But, I’ll try to keep myself safe.” I said with my own smile, then I looked to Grandpa, “You just focus on getting healthy again.” “I will. Thankfully without one of my daughters tryin’ ta kill me I should be right as rain,” Grandpa joked. “Do come by to visit though,” Grandma said, hugging me. “I don’t want us to be apart for so long ever again.” “I’ll come by Grandma, I promise,” I said, hugging back. “Hopefully the next time, you’ll bring over some young’ans of ya own,” Grandpa said with a laugh. “GRANDPA!” I groaned. Grandma tried not to laugh as she let me go. I went downstairs and...WHA!? Twilight sat there, a look of supreme patience on her face. Her face was a blobby mess of make-up, in the style that kids thought of as “grown-up”. Twilight’s lips were painted bright red, her cheeks coated with blush, and her eyes were lined and painted with shadow that they looked like a raccoon’s eyes rather than her own. “Twilight, what in Celestia’s name happened to you?” I asked, panicked. Suddenly, Twilight started smiling wide. “I got roped into a makeover with your little cousins! They were so adorable!” “You, had fun with them?” I asked, kind of shocked. “I did, it was really great, and I finally decided.” “Decided what?” I asked, nervously. “I want a filly.” ____________________________________________________ Several Miles away… “Love? Do you hear that?” “Sounds Like Private’s scream…” “...and we heard it from the dream realm?” “Oh well tis not important, shall we return to reenacting Ancient Roam?” “Ah yes, you were about to have us, negotiate the release of prisoners” “Oh yes Tenny, come, ‘Negotiate’ a little longer.” “You do have about a thousand years of pent upness to handle” “Shut thy mouth and kiss me” “I love it when thou talketh dirty….” ___________________________________________________________ Perspective:??? “I was so close sir! Really I was! Everything was going perfectly!” “Until you decided to threaten the crippled colt. That was not smart in the least bit.” “Please! I only wanted to put my family on the right path! I only wanted-” “Yes, revenge, as do we all, you filthy chicken. But the fact of the matter is, you were too early in your performance. You rushed towards the endgame when you should’ve bided your time, and waited.” “Just give me another chance! I swear I’ll end-” “You, Hummingbird, are the latest in a long line of failures to fulfill the plan. Mandarin, Hoity Toity, even Prince Blueblood himself have all failed in their schemes thanks to that miserable detective. My patience wore thin years ago, and now I hardly have time to deal with excuses.” “I have lawyers! I have connections! I’ll destroy them I’ll-” “You think that our plan will commence with some legal separation? Or some arrest or smear campaign? No, our plan requires Private, himself, to take the fall, completely and utterly. We just need to find the right moment to, push…” “You, are being awfully forward and trusting about giving this information sir…” “So it seems that education wasn’t wasted on you, chicken. The exact reason for why I am so forthcoming, I’m not going to answer. But my dear friend probably will. I should warn you though, she is quite... eccentric.” “Eccentric...what are you talking abo-” “Goodbye Hummingbird…” “WAIT! NO! YOU CAN’T LEAVE ME IN HERE! NOT WIT-” “.....In and out...goes the knife…” “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!” ________________________________________________________________ Perspective: ??? “Come and sit down dear, we have much to talk about.” “If you’re sure, Miss Line, I wasn’t expecting to talk to you to be honest.” “A bit of introvert you say you are?” “More like not willing to spill my guts to a complete stranger.” “You always did have a way with words. You are having trouble fitting in at school?” “Yeah, doesn’t help I’m-” “A batpony yes, and not one native to the homeland, you are truly a rare one.” “Yeah, rare alright, maybe putting me on the endangered species list will keep the jerks off me.” “Maybe if you just had a better outlet, something to spread your-” “Miss, can I be frank?” “Sure if yo-” “Do you think I’m an idiot?” “Excuse me?” “I’ve heard all this bullcrap before, in fact, you say it so often, I can’t help but wonder if it’s rehearsed.” “Now young man I-” “In fact, I would hazard a guess, it kind of is, as you say these lines so often to the other students that come in here.” “But how-the doors are shut!” “Batpony ears remember?” “Young man, you shouldn’t go around accusing adults like that.” “Just because I’m two years shy of an adult, doesn’t make me not able to notice a few things. Not just the rehearsed lines, but also the fact that not a lot of ponies remem-” “I think it’s time you started, forgetting a few things…” “So, you’re going to do to me what you did to the others huh? Don’t think I didn’t hear that too.” “You’re always sticking your nose into things, just like a certain miserable classmate of mine.” “You mean Private E-” “Enough! Now hold sti-” “How about no?” CRASH! ZAP! SLAM! “Don’t think this over!” “Over? I’m just getting started! I will find out what you’re doing to those students!” “EVENSTAR YOU GET BACK HERE!!!”