“Slow down Pinkie.” said Twilight as she put her hoof over Pinkie's mouth. “You're saying your sister has been taken into custody over what we did yesterday?”
Tears flowed down Pinkie's face. “YES! WE HAVE TO HELP HER TWILIGHT!”
“We will! Now please calm down Pinkie!” yelled Applejack.
“But...but...”
“You need to calm down dear.” said Rarity as she put her hoof on Pinkie's shoulder. “Please.”
Twilight then directly stared at Pinkie and said, “Pinkie.”
“Yes?”
“Stop panicking.” said Twilight as directly as possible. “I'll make sure we help her. Okay?”
“Okay...”
Twilight then looked back at her computer and said, “Now...how should we go about this...” she said as Twilight sat down in her chair, her brain was constantly thinking of every possible outcome. Then her brain stopped in thought and she said, “Okay...I don't have enough information about this...”
“What do we do?”
Twilight got up and put on her disguise ring, turning it on to change to Dazzling Bubble. “Pinkie, you and me are going to the police station.”
“Um...okay.” said Pinkie with a slightly confused face. “Should I put a disguise ring on as well?”
“No. You're going as a family member. I, on the other hand, may get noticed as Twilight Sparkle by the police due to Celestia's old wanted poster. It's no longer up but...its best I'm not recognized.”
“Oh...alright.”
“Hold on Twi,” said Applejack as she grabbed her hat. “We're wanted throughout Eqeustria. Won't there be a lot of press at the police station?”
“Yes...but if they verify Pinkie, they should let us in. I'll say I'm a friend.”
“So, we aren't coming?” asked Applejack with a disapproving face.
“No...that's too dangerous. Besides, if all of us we're there together, they may think we're the Rainbooms.”
“Which we are.”
“Yeah.” said Twilight with a small smile. “We don't want that to happen.”
Later at the police station...
Twilight and Pinkie found a massive crowd outside the station. Just as Applejack said, the media were all over Maud Pie being taken into custody under suspicion of being a Rainboom. As the two fought through the crowd, Twilight was able to get Pinkie to an officer and help get both of them inside. There, they went to the visiting center at the detention center there. After a long conversation with the police, the officers went and brought Maud to them. Twilight and Pinkie then sat down as Maud appeared before them on the other side of the glass. They then pulled out the phones and began talking to each other.
“MAUD!” said Pinkie as tears went down her face again. “I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE OKAY!!!”
“Hello Pinkie.” said Maud with an emotionless face. “Thank you, but you didn't need to worry about me. I'm fine.”
At this moment, Twilight’s eyes grew as she saw Maud talk. She thought to herself, 'This...this is Pinkie's sister?! Not only that...she didn't show any emotion when Pinkie said that...did she mean it?'
“I know Maud...” said Pinkie as she tried to wipe away her tears. “But I can't help but worry, you're my sister after all!”
“It's fine. I understand.” said Maud as her face never changed.
Twilight sat there, unable to find a word. She could only think, 'Okay...this is different...so...Maud doesn't like to show emotion...at all. Huh.'
Maud then turned and looked at Twilight. “Who are you?”
Twilight slightly jumped and then got the phone from Pinkie. “Oh! Um...” said Twilight as she then coughed slightly. 'Way to make a first impression Twilight!' she thought to herself, “I am Dazzling Bubble, Pinkie Pie's friend.”
“Nice to meet you.”
“Yes, now...I am here to help Pinkie, who wants to get you out of this situation you are currently in.”
“I see. Thank you.” said Maud as her face still showed no emotion. Twilight kept thinking, 'She sure doesn't seem happy...or sad...or anything...at all...how does she do that?'
“Very well.” said Twilight as she readjusted herself in her seat, “How did you end up here?”
“The police brought me here.”
“I know that.”
“Then why did you ask?”
“Why did I...” said Twilight as she gave a slight puzzled look, “Okay, maybe I need to rephrase what I said, why did you end up here in custody?”
“Oh...its because I picked up a gold bar laying in the street.”
“A gold bar?”
“Yeah. It's from the Bright Light Bank.”
“The Rainbooms' latest crime...” said Twilight as her mind began to put the pieces together, 'This isn't good...' she thought. 'It must have been the bar that flew out of the carriage...'
Twilight then spoke up, “Alright Maud...what happened after you picked up the bar?”
“A police pony named Lightning Dust immediately flew down and put handcuffs on me.”
“Immediately? You mean this Lightning Dust just arrested you as soon as you picked up the bar?”
“Yes.”
'Lightning Dust...' thought Twilight. 'Something's not right...was the police pony watching us escape the bank? No...if the pony was...we would have been followed...something's not right here...'
“Dazzling Bubble?” said a voice suddenly.
Twilight quickly turned her head and said, “Sunset Shimmer?”
“What are you doing here Dazzling Bubble?” asked Sunset with a confused look.
“Um...well...” said Twilight as she then glanced at the pony right by Sunset and then thought, 'That's...Trixie Lulamoon! I better be careful here...' Twilight stuttered and then said, “I'm here with my friend Sunset Shimmer.”
“Friend?”
“Yes. Hold on a second...” said Twilight as she gave the phone to Pinkie and then turned back to Sunset. “This is my friend Pinkie Pie. She's Maud Pie's sister.”
Sunset then glanced at Pinkie as she noticed Pinkie panicking over Maud. “Sister huh? Are you here to help her?”
“Yes.”
“Sunset?” said Trixie with an annoyed look. “Who is this?”
“Oh...right...sorry Trixie.” said Sunset as she pointed her hoof at Twilight. “This is a pony I met a while back, Dazzling Bubble.”
“Nice to meet you.” said Twilight as she glanced at Trixie.
“I am Trixie Lulamoon, a detective here at the station.” said Trixie as she looked Twilight over. “Why are you here Dazzling Bubble?”
“She said she's here to help her friend Trixie.” said Sunset as she glared at Trixie. “Don't be so rude!”
Trixie looked at Sunset, seeing her angered face and then turned to Twilight. “Trixie apologizes...Trixie is a bit on edge over this case.”
“On edge? Why?” asked Twilight.
“Well...”
“She thinks something's not right with the arrest.” said Sunset. “I think so as well...”
“I see...I thought the same based on what Maud told me. Tell me Trixie, who's Lightning Dust?”
Trixie then gave a very annoyed look. “Lightning Dust? She's a rookie beat cop not worthy of catching the Rainbooms.”
'Hmm...I'm starting to get an idea of what to do here...' thought Twilight as she then glanced at Maud and then turned her head back to Sunset. 'Hate to say it...but I guess me and Pinkie can't get Maud out by ourselves. Not only that, if the Rainbooms did a prison escape plan to free Maud...no...if we did that...the police would hunt her down for the rest of her life...I guess...I'll have to ask Sunset Shimmer for help...'
“Sunset Shimmer.” said Twilight with a strong stare.
“Yes?”
“I'm not sure how to ask this but...” said Twilight as she lowered her head a little and then raised it again. “Could you help me and Pinkie? We...we want to prove Maud is innocent.”
“Well...I don't mind but...do you know if she's innocent?”
'Oh yeah...I know Maud's innocent.' thought Twilight. 'But I can't tell Sunset Shimmer I'm a Rainboom...'
“I...don't have any evidence.” said Twilight with a depressed look. “But...I still want to help my friend.”
Sunset then turned to Trixie. “What do you think Trixie?”
“Trixie...” said Trixie with some hesitation. “believes she is innocent too.”
“Really?”
“Yes. The Rainbooms are way too cautious for something like this too happen.”
“So you'll help us?”
Trixie then smiled. “Though Trixie is an officer...Trixie will help you.”
“Me too!” said Sunset.
Meanwhile in another part of Manehattan...
“You called for me boss?” said a mare as she entered an office. The pony behind the office desk then turned around in his chair.
“Hello Lightning Dust.” said the pony as he smoked his cigar. “I have a job for you.”
“No problem Mr. Smoking Brick.” said Lightning Dust. “What would you like me to do?”
“You supposedly caught a Rainboom...is that correct?”
“Technically...yeah. Why?”
“It's not a real Rainboom is it?”
“Does it matter?” said Lightning as she shook her hooves. “It's gonna make me famous regardless if she is or not.”
“Fame huh?” said Smoking Brick as smoke flew out of his nostrils. “Perhaps I could convince you to set your goals a bit higher?”
“That depends...will this next job really get me something good?”
“Indeed.” said Smoking Brick as the smile on his face kept growing. “These will be your first targets.”
Lightning then went up to the desk and saw multiple photos. “Let's see here...that's Trixie Lulamoon...who's the other pony?”
“Sunset Shimmer. I need you to take care of them both.”
“Nice.”