//------------------------------// // More Evidence // Story: The Electric Medley // by Fandom Trash Snivy //------------------------------// "That one day, in the very early morning, I woke up at a very early time. I don't know exactly why I did, but I just got up at that time for some reason. I wanted to go check out the Cloudsdale Weather Factory to see how it was doing. So, I flew out of my house and towards the factory. Suddenly, I saw this silhouette of a pegasus mare flying towards where the electric division was. I flew near the cloud where the latter factory was built on and I hid under it to watch this pegasus mare." "She flew in the electric division, and a few minutes later, I heard a clinking noise and banging. There even was an explosion in the latter division! Immediately after that, I heard electricity buzzing and a yelp. I heard the sound of hooves walking on the ground two minutes after the yelp. I assume that was you, trying to make sense of this. The pegasus mare silhouette then flew out of the electric division, and I heard how distraught you were." "We already have that evidence," Sassaflash told Sunny Rays. "Do you have any more?" "Well," Sunny Rays began, "if you were to take a closer look at the silhouette, assuming that it was Lightning Dust, something didn't quite match up." "What does she MEAN?!" Cloud Kicker shouted with confusion. "I mean, if you took a look at the shadow, the shadow was different." Sassaflash's heart dropped. Oh no. she thought worriedly. What if she really didn't do it after all? What if it was a different pegasus all along? I'm doomed. My friends are doomed. I'm going to lose my job, the best job in all of Equestria. Sassaflash began to silently cry. Sunny Rays walked over to her. "Don't be sad, Sassaflash." "I have every reason to be sad!" wept Sassaflash. "I'm going to lose my job! They're going to lose their jobs! All because of a simple misjudgment, everypony who ever worked at the Cloudsdale Weather Factory is going to LOSE THEIR JOBS!" Sassaflash threw her body onto the floor and wept very loudly. "It's okay, Sassaflash," comforted Medley. "We have three weeks left before the month is over." "But what if we don't find the culprit in time?" Sassaflash wept, still with her head on the hardwood floor of her house. "We could all be in trouble!" Sunny Rays hushed Sassaflash. "Sassaflash, you don't understand." "What do you mean?" wept Sassaflash. "Way back in June," Sunny Rays began, "when I was getting ready to work at the Cloudsdale Weather Factory for the day, I overheard Lightning Dust, who happened to be flying in the sky near the factory that day, talking to herself about how much she hated you and your friends, Sassaflash. She vowed to herself that she would get revenge on you one day." "And what happened a few days ago," Dizzy Twister realized, "was her form of revenge?" Sassaflash stopped crying and got on her four hooves again. "So, you're saying that she was wearing some sort of disguise when she stole the electric division's machines?" "That's my hunch," replied Sunny Rays. "And to prove my little hunch, you're going to have to speak to Lightning Dust herself." "But how will we find her?" asked Flitter. "She's still probably in Ponyville," Sunny Rays told Flitter, "convincing ponies to believe her along the way." "Then we've gotta find Lightning Dust!" exclaimed Cloud Kicker. "We'll put away our luggage later," Medley commented. "I'll go home," Sunny Rays told Sassaflash. "We'll tell you whenever we can how the talk with Lightning went," Sassaflash told her. Sunny Rays left Sassaflash's house. "Let's goooooo!" Cloud Kicker exclaimed very loudly. Sassaflash and her friends left the house shortly after Sunny Rays left. "Lightning Dust? Where are you? We only want to speak with you!" Sassaflash and her friends were busy scouring the streets of Ponyville for Lightning Dust. Perhaps she knew this would eventually happen to her, so she hid somewhere. But where could she hide? "Has anypony seen Lightning Dust around here?" Sassaflash asked Carrot Top. "The last time I saw her," Carrot Top told Sassaflash, "she fled somewhere. I don't know where, but she galloped away to your left." "Thanks for the directions." "Anytime, Sassaflash," replied Carrot Top. "Anytime." Sassaflash and her friends galloped as fast as they could to their left. All they saw were food stands and...an alley? Could this be where Lightning Dust is? "Let's look in that mysterious alley," Medley suggested to Sassaflash. "Ooh, scaaaryyy!" Cloud Kicker spoke. "Stop being so," Dizzy Twister told Cloud Kicker, "nutty." "Nutty?" Cloud Kicker began, "Nutty? I don't tell you how to live your life!" Sassaflash facehooved herself. "I know that we have to be serious during this, but I didn't say that we have to argue with anypony during it! We are probably about to speak to Lightning Dust, so lets all be calm." "Sorry, Cloud Kicker," Dizzy Twister apologized to Cloud Kicker. "It's okay," Cloud Kicker replied. "You're one of my best friends." Sassaflash and her friends started towards the alley. Immediately after they stepped into the alley, everypony had a feeling of dread. "W-why would Lightning Dust go here?" asked a nervous Flitter.