Manic Digging Himself Deeper
At the Canterlot Animal Shelter, during the day, Fluttershy and Rarity entered. Then Manic followed them inside looking incredibly unhappy with a frown on his face and his eyelids drooped. It was more like he was dragging himself there to be more accurate and he slumped against the door after it was closed. He knew he was in for a long day.
"This is lame." Manic complained as he folded his arms.
"Well, you wouldn't be here if you hadn't broken the vending machine, stole all of the snacks inside, and sold them to students at higher prices, which is illegal by the way." Rarity said as she pointed her finger at him.
" I call it making a creative profit. Though I probably should have been more creative in the way I covered my tracks. All of sudden having a giant supply of snacks the day the machine broke didn't look too good for me." Manic admitted as he put his finger on his chin and pondered his past action.
"Well, I'm glad you're here. The animal shelter could always use more help." Fluttershy said as she was going to puppy cages at the bottom. She picked up a happy, small brown, puppy and offered it Manic with a smile on her face, as if she was giving him a million dollars. The puppy smiled at him. Manic didn't look impressed with what was in front of him.
"I'm sure you'll have a good time. Everybody loves animals and they love us." Fluttershy said.
Manic took the puppy reluctantly. They stared at each other for a while with the puppy smiling and Manic with a blank, bored expression on his face . The puppy noticed his lack of enthusiasm and lost it's smile and frowned. It then suddenly bit Manic on his arm and he shrieked as his eyes widened and pain shot through his arms as the sharp canine's entered pierced through his skin. Manic dropped it as he recoiled back and it nearly hit the ground before Fluttershy reacted quickly and caught it.
"Manic! You have to be more careful around the small animals" Fluttershy scolded as she petted the puppy to comfort it.
"Careful? That thing bit me. Does it have rabies or what?" Manic said with irritation as he held his arm in pain. He looked at it with a quite worried expression and rubbed where he was bitten.
"Take your time. Let them get to know you and they'll adore you. " Fluttershy explained.
"Yeah, whatever. On a completely unrelated note, do you know where this place keeps all the money earned? I just want to make sure it stays safe and doesn't fall into the wrong hands." Manic said in a poor attempt to be smooth.
"You mean like yours. No stealing. Remember, you have to actually do something or Principal Celestia is going to send you to remedial detention." Rarity said, shuddering as she did at the thought of it.
"Manic, why don't you take Angel outside for some air for 10 minutes? It'll be a great way for you to get off to a good start." Fluttershy said handing as she went to the floor and Angel, a white small rabbit, leaped into her hand. She then extended her hand to Manic. Angel looked unhappy at the idea and crossed his arms as he glared at Manic with displeasure at being in his company. Manic's reaction matched his as well.
"Okay fine, but if this thing bites me I'm not responsible for what I do." Manic said as he took Angel in his hands and exited through the back door.
Angel was hopping around in the grass while Manic was sitting down, looking extremely bored with his legs folded. He looked like he was about to fall asleep as his head drooped.
"Well, this more boring than watching paint dry, can't you do anything cool,?" Manic said to the rabbit.
Angel then looked at Manic as he stopped hopping and he glared at him. He then started hopping away towards the sidewalk quickly, getting Manic's attention as he rose up from the grass.
"Hey, get back here." Manic said as he followed him in an annoyed tone. Angel started to hop faster and faster towards the sidewalk while Manic started walking after him. Angel was then on the sidewalk. In the road, the an array of dozen cars were stopped as the light shone red. They were all eager to move.
"All right just stay there, you stupid rabbit. Now don't do anything like go into the road when the light turns green and the cars start moving." Manic said coming closer to Angel slowly with his arms reached out to grab him.
The instant Manic said this, the light turned green and Angel hopped into the road, Manic rushed towards him, but stopped in his tracks when he almost got run over and the car honked its horn with aggression. Manic saw a car moving towards Angel and covered his eyes in horror as he saw what was about to happen. He heard a crash and he winced. When he opened his eyes, he saw leftover dust from the cars movement. Manic saw a white patch lying on the ground, looking like it had been run over when the dust cleared. Manic looked extremely worried at what he had seen as he clenched his teeth with nervousness.
"Oh, crap. Why did I have to say that?" Manic said with panic and regret as he ran towards the patch and hoped for the best. Manic picked it up and checked for life by pressing his ear on its chest. There was none. He turned pale. He felt his heart pounding rather rapidly.
"Okay, Manic don't panic, don't panic. You'll find a way around this. If there's no body, then the incident didn't happen. That's step 1. Now for step 2, how do I prevent Fluttershy and Rarity from finding out what I did?" Manic said to himself as walked around in circles, in a desperate attempt to calm himself down.
Manic thought for a while. Then he took the white patch and threw it in the trash can nearby. He wiped his forehead and started panting heavily. He then ran all the way home through the city leaving a green streak as he did. He then opened the door and ran upstairs furiously. Sonic was on the couch with his arms folded behind his back, relaxing and he noticed him.
"Hey Manic, where's the fire?" Sonic called to him.
"If anyone asks, I was in my room the whole time, and I never left it." Manic said as he shut the door quickly, making a large slam heard throughout the house.
The next day at school, Manic was walking through the hallway and he looked paranoid. His eyes had bags under them and were bloodshot, indicating that he didn't get much sleep. He looked around from behind constantly as if he was expecting the world to end or something, causing other students to give him strange looks and avoid him.
"All right time to get my story straight. I was playing with the little guy and then I was knocked out by some rabbit smugglings thugs. They then took the rabbit. You'll probably never see him again as I have no idea what they look like. Time to move on and get a new rabbit. Yeah, that'll work." Manic said to himself nervously as he fiddled his arms. He chuckled nervously.
Manic then bumped into Fluttershy from the behind. He then wildly scrambled back when she turned around and noticed him.
"Hey Fluttershy, fancy seeing you here, at the school you go to." Manic said nervously as he tried to remain calm.
"Manic, good thing I saw you. Yesterday after taking out Angel, you didn't come back to the animal shelter. Rarity's really mad and she wants to report you to Principal Celestia for skipping out. But I thought we should give you a chance to explain yourself." Fluttershy said.
"(All right remember rabbit smugglings thugs.)" Manic thought. "Well you see yesterday there was a car accident and- I mean there were car smugglings rabbits, er, there thugs stealing cars, er there were –(Dammit.)" Manic said trying to explain.
Fluttershy looked at him weirdly and confused at what he had just said. Manic then composed himself and stood straight.
"The truth is yesterday, Angel was feeling sick, and I took her-" Manic began.
"Him." Fluttershy corrected.
"Whatever. The thing is Angel was sick, and I took him home with me to nurse him back to health on my own. I kind of bonded with the little guy during our brief trip outside, and I wanted to show you and Rarity the real me." Manic continued on.
"Really? He didn't look sick before you left. Is he okay?" Fluttershy asked concerned.
"Oh, I looked online, and he has Criptapia-rabbato- scolorirsis. It stays dormant but then it hits like a bomb. It's pretty bad." Manic explained quickly.
"That's terrible. You should take him back to the shelter. We have all kinds of medicine there." Fluttershy said with worry.
"Oh no. There's no known medical cure. Just some rest and affection will do the trick, it's what I found. He should stay with me until he gets better." Manic said quickly.
"Oh well, since it seems you guys are really getting along, I'll allow it. Can I see him this afternoon"? Fluttershy asked.
"Yeah sure(,Dammit again.)" Manic said as he just spoke. "Come around at 3".
"Bye Manic." Fluttershy said as she walked away
Manic then slumped to the ground and held his head as she left. He looked hopeless.
"(I'm screwed)." Manic thought.
At lunch, Manic entered the cafeteria, trying to come up with a plan for step 3 as he held his head down. Then Rarity appeared in front of him suddenly and grabbed him by his arms firmly. She was not too pleased with him.
"There you are you lowlife ditcher! How could you leave both Fluttershy and I like that!. We had to clean up all of the cages yesterday. Disgusting! That should've been you! " Rarity said with anger as she grabbed Manic and started to shake him.
Fluttershy then entered the cafeteria. She noticed what Rarity was doing to Manic and went over to the two of them.She then split them up.
"It's okay Rarity. Angel was sick yesterday so Manic took him home to nurse him back to health." Fluttershy explained.
"Really? He didn't look sick to me. What does he have Manic?" Rarity asked him.
"Oh well, he has Rabbita Polfera Schizphrena, it's pretty bad." Manic responded a little uneasily. His eyes darted back and forth.
"I thought you said he had Criptapia-rabbato- scolorirsis?" Fluttershy said confused.
(How did she remember that?) Right, that's what he has." Manic said going along with it.
"I've never heard of it. I doubt he's sick. What are you up to Manic?" Rarity asked with suspicion.
"He is sick, and in fact, you should come to my house at 3 in order to see him. (Dammit!)" Manic said.
"Okay, we'll be there to see him, if he's actually there." Rarity said with even more suspicion as she raised an eyebrow.
Rarity and Fluttershy then walked away to go sit at their table. Manic again slumped to the floor as if he was granted a death sentence.
"I'm double royally screwed." Manic groaned
At Manic's house afterschool, he was going through stuff, and opening all of the cabinets and drawers super quickly. Sonic was watching him confused as he dashed around as items were thrown around everywhere like a hurricane.
"Ok Manic, what's going on? Since yesterday, you've been freaking out." Sonic asked.
"Sonic, can you keep a secret?" Manic asked as he dashed up to him with desperation.
"Depends on what it is." Sonic replied.
"Okay, so I had to go to the animal shelter with Fluttershy and Rarity yesterday. They then made me take out Fluttershy's pet rabbit outside, but then he went to the road and got run over by a car, and now I lied to Fluttershy saying he's sick at my house, and now she and Rarity are coming over in order to see him, but they can't because he's dead and I need to come up with something or I'm screwed." Manic said nervously and quickly. He clearly wasn't calm and looked like he was about to burst with anxiety.
"Hmm, that's quite the problem." Sonic replied.
The doorbell rang and Manic felt sick to his stomach as he slouched. He then hid behind Sonic.
"Quick Sonic, you have to do something! I can't face them!" Manic begged.
Sonic then dashed to the kitchen quickly and he came back. He handed Manic a mango.
"A mango? Why are giving me this?!" Manic yelled with irritation.
"Do I have to spell it out for you? Just wrap that thing in a towel or something and pretend that's your rabbit. Just say he's sleeping or something." Sonic explained.
"That's a good plan. Thanks, Sonic." Manic said a little calmly. As he ran upstairs he didn't notice Sonic's mischievous grin.
Manic then went back downstairs and opened the door. Rarity and Fluttershy were there in front of the door. Rarity eyed him with suspicion while Fluttershy just smiled.
"Rarity! Fluttershy! Nice of you guys to make it. Come inside." Manic said in a welcoming manner as he broke out in a smile.
"Where's Angel?" Rarity asked suddenly.
"The little guy's sleeping. He's awfully tired. I don't think he wants company now." Manic explained smoothly.
"What are you talking about Manic? Just because he's asleep doesn't mean that they can't come and give him, oh ,I don't know a kiss as he sleeps for encouragement. I hear that works best when rabbits are sick." Sonic suddenly said as he dashed next to Manic.
Manic gave Sonic a death glare and huffed slightly. Sonic grinned widely.
"That's a great idea. Let's do it. Show us the way Manic!" Fluttershy said with enthusiasm.
"Umm, I just forgot which room he's in. Taking care of him is really tiring." Manic said quickly as he rubbed his hand behind his head.
"Manic, I heard you put him in the guest room. It's the 3rd door on the left when you come upstairs." Sonic said as he pointed upstairs.
Rarity and Fluttershy then walked up the stairs. Manic went and grabbed Sonic by his arms quickly and looked at him with intense frustration as if he wanted to rip his arms off.
"What are you doing? Are you trying to get me caught?" Manic seethed with anger.
"I just want to see how long you can keep this up. You're lying to Fluttershy's face and that's not cool. You need to learn your lesson one way. And on the plus side, it's kinda entertaining. " Sonic explained slightly amused as he pried Manic's hands off his arms.
"When this is over, I'll get you for this Sonic." Manic threatened as he ran upstairs.
Rarity and Fluttershy entered in the guest room. On the center of the bed was a mango wrapped in a white blanket. Both of them approached it. Manic then burst into the room suddenly.
"I just figured this out, Rabbita noenphye dilimia is very dangerous to humans!" Manic said as he barged in loudly as if there was a bomb in the room.
"I thought it was called Criptapia-rabbato- scolorirsis" Fluttershy said again confused.
"Whatever. Anyway, people shouldn't be near rabbits with the disease as it can get us sick too." Manic warned as he came in front of the two of them.
"Well if that's true, then how come you're able to care for him without being sick?" Rarity asked.
"Oh, well I have umm, some special gear that I keep to help care for him." Manic made up on the spot.
"Where is this gear? I would like to see it." Rarity demanded.
"Umm, it's daily rental material. But we should really get out here, as we could disturb Angel. He needs his sleep." Manic said as he rushed both of them downstairs, and outside. He then slammed the door quickly and sighed in relief as the anxiety left his body. Sonic was watching the whole thing and he laughed. Manic glared at him
"Okay, I have to give you credit. I'm surprised you were able to make that work." Sonic said as he finished laughing approached him
"I'm at my wits end. I don't know how long I can keep this up. There has to be something that I can do in order to make this work." Manic said in a defeated tone and his shoulders sunk. Manic sank down to the ground and if he could go deeper, he probably would have.
"Dude, I think you should just own up to it and tell Fluttershy. What's the worst that could happen? " Sonic suggested. Manic looked at Sonic as if that was the craziest thing he had ever heard.
"She'll hate me for life and cut me off from her life entirely," Manic said.
"OK, she'll probably be pissed for a while. But if she finds out without you telling her, she'll never forgive you." Sonic warned.
"That's why I need to come up with something. What to do, what to do?" Manic thought out loud. Seeing Manic like this made Sonic sigh. Just then Manic snapped his fingers to indicate that he had an idea and he rose up quickly.
"I know, I'll just get Fluttershy another rabbit that looks exactly like Angel! She'll never know the difference!" Manic said with hope.
"Manic, there are so many ways that could backfire. First of all, how do you plan on doing that?" Sonic asked.
"I'll just go buy one. Easy." Manic replied.
"You're broke remember? And you can't steal one." Sonic pointed out. At the word steal, Manic's eyes widened.
"Who says I can't?" Manic said as he smiled deviously and turned to Sonic. Sonic realized that he had made a terrible mistake with his words.
"Manic, no. You've stolen a lot of things before, but an animal's going too far. That's what Eggman does for a living! Do you really want to be lumped into the same category as him?" Sonic said trying to talk Manic out of it.
"It's nothing like Eggman. I'm doing it for a good cause. It's not like I'm enslaving it or anything." Manic dismissed. Sonic facepalmed. He knew there was no talking Manic out of it.
"Look, man, do you. I'll leave you to make the choice. I hope you make the right one." Sonic said. He dashed away upstairs, leaving Manic.
"What should I do?" Manic wondered. Just then on Manic's shoulders, a red Manic with horns appeared and a white Manic with a halo appeared in red smoke and white smoke. Manic turned to face them.
"Come on Manic, just take the rabbit. No one will have to know." The red Manic suggested on his left.
"He's right, go get it." The white Manic urged on his right. Manic was extremely confused at what he had just heard.
"Aren't you supposed to talk me out of it or something?" Manic said as he faced the white him. It shrugged.
"Hey, I don't want Fluttershy to hate us and we're out of options." The white one said. The two of them vanished in smoke again.
"Well, I've made up my mind. But I'm going to need some help." Manic decided. "Sonic said no, so that leaves..." Manic then dashed off to the rooftop of the house and he found Shadow sitting there as he came in front of him. Shadow dropped his eyelids to show that he wasn't happy to see him.
"What do you want?" Shadow asked annoyed.
"I'll cut to the chase. I need you to help me stea-I mean borrow a rabbit from the Canterlot pet shop. I killed Fluttershy's pet by accident and I need to get her a new one before she notices." Manic explained casually.
"Why should I help you at all?" Shadow asked bluntly.
"Because......wait, give me a minute." Manic said. Shadow looked at him unimpressed and rolled his eyes.
"Ok, I got nothing. But I need your help! Pleeeeeeeaaasseeeeeeeee!" Manic begged as he held his hands together.
Shadow made an annoyed face as he squinted and winced in annoyance. He couldn't stand Manic's begging at all.
"Fine, as long as you stop whining." Shadow said annoyed. "I'll just transport you there and that's it."
"Thanks, Shadow! You're a great guy! Don't listen to what people say about you being a disgruntled loner." Manic said as he put his hands on Shadow's shoulder. Shadow looked at him unimpressed still and glared at him even more.
Meanwhile in Eggman's lair, Eggman was sitting in his chair, trying to think of another scheme. He tore up many pieces of paper in anger and threw them on the ground. Eggman put his hands on his face with great irritation. Orbot and Cubot looked on from the behind.
"This is just perfect. Thanks to that meddling blue pest, I haven't been able to capture animals in order to fuel my badniks! He's always there to stop me! My army is running slow. I need those animals as a power source!" Eggman complained as slammed his fist on his desk greatly.
"Sir, if you don't mind me suggesting, why don't you just take the animals at a time when Sonic is unavailable? Like when he's sleeping." Orbot suggested as he approached him. Eggman perked up at the suggestion and turned to him. He liked where this was going.
"That's an excellent idea. I could take the animals right under his nose! He wouldn't even notice! Now, where could I find a bunch of small animals at once?" Eggman wondered out loud.
"If I recall, that city he lives in, what was it called again? Canterlot? It has a pet shop." Orbit explained.
"Pet shop! Perfect. Orbot, you have to be my most useful creation yet!" Eggman declared as he got up and rushed away to prepare to leave.
"What about me?" Cubot asked confused as he scratched his head.
Meanwhile, it was nighttime in Canterlot and it was totally quiet and empty. In front of the pet shop, Manic and Shadow came in front it. Shadow looked like he would rather be doing something else as he just looked around the area.
"All right, the coast is clear. Now let's break in." Manic said as he picked up a rock and was going to throw it through the glass.
"Woah, what are you doing?" Shadow asked as took the rock from Manic and looked at him with disbelief.
"I was going to use that to break the window, so we could head in." Manic explained.
"Are you crazy? You'll set off the alarm and cops will come. I'll just teleport us in." Shadow said.
"Oh yeah, I forgot you could do that. " Manic remembered.
"Chaos Control." Shadow said as he teleported both of them inside.
Inside both of them entered the pet shop and looked around. As they walked through, they saw that all the cages were empty. Not even single animal was in there. Manic looked confused and he scratched his head as he stopped in the middle.
"Hey, what gives? Isn't a pet shop supposed to be full of pets? Where did all the animals go?" Manic wondered. Shadow then tapped him on the shoulder and he turned to him.
"Perhaps it has something to do with that giant hole in the ceiling." Shadow said nonchalantly as he pointed to a large hole in the ceiling above and Manic looked up.
"Oh, probably. We should check that out." Manic said. He and Shadow jumped and dashed through the hole.
On the rooftop, Eggman placed a small sleeping kitten into a large gray cylinder capsule with a yellow button coming out of the top. He then closed the door of the capsule and dusted his hands. It was attached to the back of his eggmobile and he prepared to enter it.
"Ah, this wasn't too difficult. Got the animals and no trouble at all. I should perhaps listen to Orbot more often." Eggman said as he whistled happily and got into his egg mobile
"Hey!" Manic yelled, causing Eggman to be startled and almost give the doctor a heart attack. He turned around. He saw Manic and Shadow facing him, the latter with his arms folded. They all seemed surprised to see each other.
"Eggman?!" The two of them said in confusion.
"You two?!" Eggman yelled back.
"Doctor, what are you doing here?" Shadow asked puzzled as to why he would even be in a place such as this.
"And what's with the capsule?" Manic asked in a demanding tone. Suddenly, he managed to put two and two together and pointed to him. "Hey, you're responsible for the animals missing, aren't you?
"Oh, I...uh....was just....." Eggman attempted to explain as he rubbed the back of his head. Shadow and Manic looked at each other, unimpressed with the lack of the doctor's explanation.
"You're stealing these animals to use a power source right?" Manic guessed correctly.
"Alright, fine, I am indeed." Eggman admitted as he brought his hands down in defeat. He knew there was no point in trying to save face.
"That's not cool." Manic said with distaste and he folded his arms.
"You wanted to do the same thing." Shadow pointed out. Manic glared at him as he turned around, dreading the idea of being lumped into the same category as Eggman.
"I don;t have to explain myself to you two. I have enough animals here anyway. I'll just be on my way." Eggman said as he entered the eggmobile. He pressed a button on the centre of the eggmobile it hovered and flew away into the night at a considerate speed.
"We can't let him get away." Manic declared. He dashed after him, with Shadow following. Eggman noticed as the two followed him on the road and kept up with his speed. The eggmobile dashed away with Shadow and Manic in pursuit via the road still. Eggman grew annoyed and he grumbled.
"Oh come on. This is Sonic's job!" Eggman yelled. He pressed a button on the mobile and it began to fire different rounds of ammunition at the two of them as he turned around. The two of them easily evaded the shots due to their superior speed and closed in. Eggman then pressed another button and a checkered brown ball came out underneath attached to a chain. Eggman tried to hit the both of them with it, but they were to quick as they moved from side to side to dodge it and he hit the road. Shadow then jumped up and kicked the chain, making the wrecking ball fall off. He and Manic came underneath the egg mobile
"That thing's pretty high. I have an idea." Manic said. He then dashed forward and he hopped of Shadow's head suddenly, causing him to fall to the ground and fall on his face. Mid-air, Manic dashed through the Eggmobile many times, damaging it with each strike and causing it to wobble. With the last strike, Manic hit the bottom with his Eskima sticks at highspeed. A soundwave was made and it blew the Eggmobile far away, causing the capsule full of animals to fall out. Eggman yelled as the mobile flew throughout the night. Manic landed on the ground, next to the capsule.
"Piece of cake." Manic said. He then turned and noticed Shadow coming towards him, looking angry and as if he wanted to strangle him. Shadow leaned in front of him.
"Never...again." Shadow said harshly. Manic backed up.
"Sorry about that, but it worked out great. Now, let's get these guys back to the pet shop." Manic said He jumped on top of the yellow button, making the capsule open in and revealed sleeping animals such as rabbits, puppies, kittens, and birds. He and Shadow dashed back to the pet shop and put the animals back in their cage using their speed.The last one was the white rabbit that Manic held. It looked just like Angel. Manic looked at it with great conflict as he struggled on what to do as he clutched it. Manic sighed and he placed it back in its cage.
"I thought you were taking that rabbit." Shadow said, surprised at Manic's behaviour.
"I was, but seeing Eggman doing that changed my mind. He ruins everything!" Manic grumbled as he put his foot down. He hoped he had made the right choice. "Let's get out of here." He and Shadow teleported out of the pet shop.
The next day Manic walked in the hallway with Shadow and Sonic. He looked like he was out of options as his face showed that he was fed up with this whole fiasco.
"Dammit! I didn't get the rabbit!...... I think I'm just going to tell them the truth" Manic said dismayed at what he had to do.
"That's surprisingly responsible and mature of you. Well, you made the right choice man. Here they are. Good luck." Sonic told him as he was proud of his brothers decision as he began to walk away. Shadow just teleported, leaving Manic alone.
Manic walked over to Rarity and Fluttershy by their lockers. They noticed him. Manic looked like he really didn't want to be there, but he knew he had no choice.
"Hello Manic, do you need something?" Rarity said.
"Actually, I do. Listen. I need to tell you both something. It's about Angel. Listen two days ago-"Manic began.
In Fluttershy's backpack something popped up, it was Angel. Manic's jaw dropped. He couldn't believe what was in front of him. He was alive and well.
"Angel?! But I saw you get run over by a car. You're supposed to be dead!" Manic shouted.
"I found him yesterday outside of the animal shelter. He was playing there. He must've felt better while you were taking care of him, and came to see us." Fluttershy explained.
"What is this about getting run over by a car, and him being dead?" Rarity asked confused.
"Just forget it. I'm glad to see the little guy okay." Manic said, he began to chuckle. He was so relieved. "(Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes!)"
Principal Celestia then came up behind Manic. She didn't look quite pleased as she had her arms folded and a stern expression.
"Manic, could I have a word with you?" Principal Celestia said. "Alone." She added as she turned to Rarity and Fluttershy. The two of them then walked off, leaving Manic alone. He turned to her, not noticing her facial expression. He was in too good of a mood to think anything could go wrong.
"Sure, what about?" Manic asked.
"This morning on the news, there was a report about 2 thieves entering a pet shop and trying to steal something. The 2 of them looked like teenagers, and I was thinking there was no way 2 of my students would do something like that. Then I remembered you're one of my students" Principal Celestia dryly stated. Manic's eyes widened. His good mood died suddenly as he heard her speak.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." Manic responded nervously. He hoped she would buy it.
"Manic, they showed footage of the security tape on the news. Is there something you want to tell me?" Principal Celestia said. Manic sighed. He had enough of lying.
"It's a long story, but at the animal shelter, I thought I killed Fluttershy's pet and I started to freak out. So I decided to go to the pet shop and borrow one but it turns out this guy called Eggman was there to steal the animals to power his robotic army and-" Manic began before he noticed Principals Celestia's face, which indicated that she didn't believe him. She looked at him as if he was describing something out of a cartoon as she raised an eyebrow.
"You don't believe me do you?" Manic realized. He saw that just talking wasn't helping his case/
"Magical threats are one thing but an evil scientist kidnapping animals for his robot army and being called Eggman is another. I expect to see you in remedial detention for the next month." Principal Celestia said. She walked off, leaving Manic alone.
Manic then sighed in defeat and slumped his shoulders.