Five Shooting Stars

by The Infinity Doctor

Out of the job

X Canterlot X

Princess Celestia and Princess Luna walked the dungeons, the guards greeting them, coming and going as they went.

Two guards stepped aside and allowed them access to one of the cells. Inside the dank cell, there sat a creature, a little taller than a pony, lying upon the small bed that sat in every cell below the gleaming glory of Canterlot Castle.

"How are we doing today?" Celestia asked, her soothing voice rebounding off the cobblestone walls. It bounced down the halls, and faded.

The creature got up, the cot squeaking as it did so.

"Duh, hi princesses," the creature responded, the red beanie on its head slightly askew "fine"
"That is good to hear, are you ready to continue with our session from yesterday?"
"Uh, sure"

"Now, from where dost thou hail?"
"Huh?"
"Pardon me, what I meant was, where do you come from?"
"Oh! ToonTown"
"And where would that be?"
"Duh, I don't remember...Boss might know"
"Yes, you've mentioned this 'boss' of yours several times, who might he be?"
"His name is Smarty, princess"
'Odd...' she thought to herself, quickly jotted the information on a piece of parchment.

"Thank you for your time, Stupid"

"Does this mean I can go now?" he asked hopefully.

"No, I'm afraid not..."
He slumped on the cot and sighed as the sisters left the cell, retracing their steps as the steadily made their way upward.

"Sister, he is depressed, being in the cell for so long" Luna said
"I agree, but, look what our tests have shown, he obviously is not a pony, or anything else we've seen"
"I suppose you are right- and what of this 'boss' and co-workers?"
"We have yet to see them in the rest of Equestria, I fear he may have come alone, but how? And why?"
"I feel the worst is yet to come, Sister"

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"Please?"

"I said no, kid"

"But why not?"

"'Cause your sister said that forest was dangerous"

"But me and my friends go in there all the time"

"And how often do you get into trouble?"

"All the time..."

"I rest my case"

"-which is why you need to come with us!"

He face-palmed.

"If I go will ya leave me alone for the rest of the week?"

"Yes!"

"*Sigh*, fine go get yer little friends and we'll go"

The filly ran out of the barn, leaving the weasel to his own devices.
He took a gold pocket-watch out of one of the pockets in his pink suit, he popped it open, glanced at it, closed it, then placed it back in his pocket.
"This filly is gonna drive me nuts..." he grumbled.

X Ponyville Library X

"I said HOLD STILL!" Twilight shouted, trying to catch the creature running around the library.

The thing in the straight jacket only laughed psychotically and ran upstairs.

"Spike! Put those gems down and help me catch it!" Twilight shouted.
"Hoo" Owlyosuius said.
"You know who" Spike said.
"Hoo"
"Him!" he shouted, pointing to the weasel.
"Hoo"
"He- never mind, coming Twi!"
Twilight came back down the stairs, her mane a ragged mess.

"Wonderful Spike, you caught him" she sighed happily.
"Huh? When?"

Spike looked to the table and saw the weasel staring intently at his bowl of gems. Plucking one of the glittering stones out of the bowl, he slowly waved it, the swirling eyes of the weasel-like thing following it.

He threw the gem across the room and the brown thing pounced on it, Twilight then quickly put up a containment spell around the creature, after which, she collapsed onto the floor.
"Jeez...he's more energetic than Pinkie" Spike commented.
"Celestia forbid..." Twilight moaned.
"Hey Twi, was Clean-Cut in here earlier?"
"I don't think he was...Why?" Twilight said, sitting up.
"'Cause this was laying under the table" Spike replied, holding up a silver object with a short wooden handle.
The creature spotted the razor and slammed itself against the barrier, making its attempts to get free.
"What? You want this?" Twilight said, grabbing the razor with her magic.
It nodded eagerly.
"Only if you promise to behave"
The creature seemed to understand and Twilight dropped the barrier.
Twilight then gave the razor to the weasel and he nuzzled it- the way Twilight used to do with Smarty Pants.

X Carousel Boutique X

"How many times have I told you- if you're going to live here, you simply must stop playing with that dagger of yours" Rarity said
"Forgive me, chica" The green-suited weasel said, pocketing his weapon
"Now, tell me- how does this look?" she asked, pulling a suit off of her work-table
"Such a work of art" He said
Rarity blushed at the compliment and set the suit back on the table
"I'm not finished with it yet- and it's only a copy of yours"
"A wonderful suit none the less"
"Bye Rarity! I'm going crusading with Applebloom and Scootaloo!" Sweetie Belle said, walking out of the boutique
"As long as you're back before lunch, and stay away from that awful forest!" Rarity called
"A cute nino, is she not?"
"Yes, as much as I love her I just wish she'd stay out of trouble- they don't do it on purpose mind you, they just tend to get over-excited"
The weasel only leaned back in his chair

X Fluttershy's cottage X

"Could you, um, please do one more?" Fluttershy asked
The weasel in the dingy white shirt and black vest and tie took a long drag on one of his cigarettes and puffed out before answering
"Alright, one more- but then I'm done for today"

The weasel took another long drag on his cigarette and puffed up his chest and blew, formless smoke poured out from his mouth and quickly formed itself into an almost perfect copy of Fluttershy
She clapped her hooves in excitement, the copy doing the same before dissipating
"And with that, I'm going to bed"
"Before you do, would you, um, mind helping me feed my animals? If you want to that is..."

The weasel sighed and his shoulders slumped

"Sure, why not? Let's get it over with"

He and Fluttershy walked out the back door of the cottage and close to the forest border- with the two of them working, it took almost no time at all to refill the food bins
Both of them were about to go back into the cottage when something just inside the forest caught the weasel's eye
"Oh my, where are you going?" Fluttershy asked
The weasel ignored her as he ran into the underbrush, the stems of some plant brushing against his legs as he ran

He tore some growth off the object and gasped
"What's *huff huff* the matter?" Fluttershy asked running up next to him

"It's...It's our car..."

Author's Note:

This is my first story on FiMfiction, hope you like it. Any comments are welcome!

Comments

[Hopefullygoodgrammar]

I love the idea: This must be the first Toon Patrol story I've seen, but you really should be more descriptive, a story like this can't be carried on dialogue alone.... and you also should put a prologue in there as well.