"Ponyville Precinct 12:00 PM"
Mako made his way towards the precinct so he could ask Applejack a few questions before starting the investigation. However, thoughts of his past experiences with the sins raged in his mind. While he was lost in thought he failed to notice the he had already arrived at the precinct.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE CANT SEE HER!?" A tomboyish voice shouted.
Mako finally snapped back to reality and noticed that six mares were arguing with a sentry guard placed at the front of the precinct. He remembered seeing these same girls the other night at the Gala especially that white colored mare.
"P-Please let us in! We're just worried about her!?" A timid voice asked as the others argued their opinion.
Mako walked over to the guard and showed him his ID and he stood aside for him to pass. Mako looked a the girls and motioned them to follow him. Not being ones to argue they followed him inside.
"Wowie mister! You must be super de duper important!" Pinkie exclaimed as she met up with her old friend.
"I wouldn't say important....anyways I'm sorry about your friend."
Makos words made the pink bubbly mare darken a little and caused her friend to give worried glances towards one another. Mako sighed and took out his smokes and lit one.
"Your friends gonna be fine." Mako exclaimed as the girls seemed surprised by his words.
"I am a judge sent by the Judges organization and rest assured that I'll do whatever it takes to help your friend."
The Girls seemed a little calmer that someone was going to help their friend, however, the events of the day lingered in their minds. Mako to a drag and walked into a small room with a window.
After waiting in silence for 30 minutes finally, their friend walked out with two handcuffs around her wrists and took a seat in front of the window in front of her concerned friends. They suddenly erupted into asking about how she was. mako let them ask their questions before diving into the heart of the subject.
"Girls settle down! I'm fine.... and I promise that I'll be out of here soon." Applejack exclaimed with her strong southern draw and a knowing smile.
"I'm sorry Applejack but the chances of you getting out of this unscathed is less than 10 percent." Mako explained while blowing a hue of smoke.
Applejack suddenly snapped to attention when she noticed his presence. The Girls stared at him as he pulled out what evidence he had on him.
"Applejack I am afraid to tell you this, but you are the only suspect in the death of Silver Locket."
Everyone felt their hearts sink into their stomach as the eerie silence filled the room.
"As things stand now..... I have no doubt that you will be given the death penalty....." Mako explained lingering on his final words.
"Tomorrow."
These words caused the girls to shriek in terror while Applejack seemed to lose all the color in her face. Mako took another puff of his cigarette and looked at the girl with a serious expression.
"There is only one way out of this...and that is to let me have your permission to activate a three-day ruling." Mako explained as the girls looked at him in shock.
"Once I have your permission I will begin an investigation to find the real culprit within three days. If I am unable to prove your innocence then your are declared guilty on the spot."
Applejack's face seemed to be filled with nothing but fear as death seemed to be lingering overhead. Before any of her friends could say anything she looked at the man with tears streaming down her face.
"Will you promise me that this person will pay for what they have done!" She cried as Mako's eyes seemed to deepen and Applejack seemed almost scared of them.
"I promise that they will pay for this.....in blood." Mako exclaimed as the rest of the girls focused on him.
"Now let's focus on the problem at hand. I need some information and who better than you to give it to me."
Applejack nodded in understanding as Mako signaled for the girls to leave them alone for a while. Everyone said goodbye and left the room as quickly as they could.
"First I want you to tell me what you saw when you arrived at the scene of the crime." Mako explained while she nodded.
"I had just got back from the Gala from the night before and I went to bed real early. After about 9:30 I had woke up and got dressed for the day and went downstairs to see a note that said that Granny, Big Mach, and Applebloom had gone into town. So before I went out I decided to go to the barn where I found the body, and I'm pretty sure that was around 10:00."
Mako listened to her explanation and noticed some parts that seemed strange.
"What time did you arrive back home last night?" Mako asked as Applejack gave him a confused look.
"Well, I believe it was around 11:00 last night." She explained with a raised eyebrow.
"And how did you get home? I actually took the train it arrived at the station around 10:30." Mako explained as Applejack sighed.
"We took a carriage to the Gala and we took a shortcut back to ponyville which only took about 45 minutes."
Mako seemed pleased with what he had, however, there were some more pieces missing from this puzzle. He took another drag and waited.
"Now let's talk about your reaction to the body and what you did for the 30 minutes before you stumbled across the body."
Applejack grew uneasy and tried to hide her face behind her hair, seeing as how she didn't have her hat. Mako quickly noticed this and realized that he was now getting somewhere.
"What did you do for the 30 minutes before you found the body?"
"I-I was getting a shower!" She shouted as her face scrunched up.
"You're a terrible liar Applejack, besides you had said earlier that you had gotten dressed when you woke up and went downstairs and found the note from your...family I assume."
Applejack sighed and turned a deep crimson as she pulled out a card that was in her pocket. and asked for the guard to pass this note over to him, which with Makos permission was allowed.
"I had got this note the night I had got home." She explained as he looked at the letter.
Mako opened the letter and found what looked like.....a love letter. After reading the content, the signature is what catches his attention.
"So Mrs. Applejack...did you know Silver Locket personally?" He asked as she turned a deeper shade of red.
Mako took that as a yes and looked back at the letter.
"My dear Applejack, It has been years since I have seen you and my feelings for you haven't changed even now. I want to see you so I plan on being outside the barn tomorrow around 10:00, please be there so I can share my feelings with you once again. Love, Silver Locket."
Mako felt some sweat drop down his brown reading the cheesy and somewhat over the top tone of the letter. He looked at Applejack who was even redder now than she was before.
"So were you two..."
"NO NO NO! I WASNT! I WOUNDENT! I JUST KNEW HIM WHEN WE WERE KIDS THATS ALL!" She exaggerated while putting her arms out in front of her like a shield.
"Ok I get it, geez kid you're really touchy you know that?"
Mako took the note and put it with the rest of the evidence while Applejack regained her composure.
"There is only one more thing I want to know before I go."
Applejack sighed in relief knowing that this QNA session was almost over. However, Mako seemed to be tenser than he was before.
"I need to know what you did when you found the body." Mako asked with a softer expression knowing all too well the trauma of seeing a sight like that.
Applejack once again seemed to lose color in her face remembering the scene of the crime. Mako sighed and picked up his things and stood by the door.
"I'll be back tomorrow so get some rest." He explained before taking his leave.
The Girls waited for the man from before to come out for about 20 minutes and in that time, it appeared that his partner had stumbled on them.
Shiro was lost in thought over where to begin his investigation when he saw the girls. Memories of the night prior rushed back to him and he remembered the chaos those girls created. Suddenly the door to the precinct opened and Mako stepped outside and sighed.
"IS SHE GONNA BE OK!?" The girls asked in unison.
Mako gave them a blank stare and finally finished his smoke and flicked the remains away.
"Yeah, she'll be fine. For now, I want all of you to go home." Mako said as the girls glared at him.
"We have to help find the person who did this!?" The tomboyish rainbow mare exclaimed as the other nodded in agreement, however, Mako glared at the girls.
"No, you will all stay out of this investigation!" Mako exclaimed with a death stare.
Before the girls could get another word out they saw that Mako was serious.....deadly serious. His expression proved that if they had taken any other step further than they might be in BIG trouble.
"Look.....I don't want anyone else getting killed over this. So I'm begging you not to do anything stupid while we do this investigation." He exclaimed as Siro nodded in agreement.
"You all have to understand that we are professionals and putting you all in danger is the least of or desires."Shiro explained as the girls slumped.
Mako sighed and felt his stomach growling and he headed towards a restaurant, however, what he didn't realize was everyone following him.
TO BE CONTINUED