Chapter 26 - Those Left Behind - Part 1
If you can say anything about Discord, is that he really lived up to his name. After making a scene out of his “arrest” the whole school blew up in hubbub; classes were cut short and the teachers let the students go while they discussed how they would handle the eventual “meeting” with the PTA, who will be eager to for assembly after hearing about this whole thing. Thankfully, Principal Celestia had managed to convince Discord's class from disclosing any information about the arrest, out of fear it might ignite even more outrage.
[x-x-x]
Sunset sat under the shade made by the Canterlot Statue, where the portal to Equestria was located, and reflected upon the events of that day.
First, she had slept in despite her precautions the day before; mostly because it had been a very physically and mentally exhausting day. And the only silver lining of being so tired was that she had no troubling sleeping. Heavens know she didn’t want nightmares about what could’ve happened in that alley.
Seeing she was tardy, she rushed through her morning routine as fast as humanly possible. And when she had finally out on the street running towards school, it was already too late and she knew she would get reprimanded, maybe even get detention for that day.
After she arrived and profusely apologized by her lateness, Sunset sat through the rest of the class trying to ignore the curious looks of her friends, who couldn’t wait for class to end so they could bombard her with questions; questions that Sunset didn’t know how to answer.
She didn’t want to tell lies to her friends, but she couldn’t also tell them about how she spent the day stalking Discord and how she had been attacked because of it. Not to mention there was the issue with Fluttershy, who had seen her with Discord at the Animal Shelter moments before she fainted out fear of the transfer student. What did Tree Hugger tell Fluttershy? And what did the shy girl told the girls about it?
Sunset got her answer when class was over and her friends just asked her about why she had been late. No questions about yesterday events or about a certain transfer student. She felt somewhat relieved that she didn’t have to say anything about the boy just yet and she answered their questions truthfully; she had slept in despite the alarm from her cellphone. After some good natured teasing from Rainbow Dash, the subject was dropped and they continued with their day. Although by looking at Fluttershy, she could tell the petite girl had something she wanted ask her. And when she remained silent Sunset assumed Fluttershy was just waiting for the appropriate moment to do so; something that the former unicorn appreciated.
When lunch time arrived, Sunset was so engrossed in conversation with her friends, especially with the fun mental image of Pinkie’s story about Maud and her college friends, that all the worry of what she had learned yesterday about the underbelly of the city almost vanished from the forefront of her mind. That is until she saw the boy that had plagued her thoughts all of yesterday, walking on the opposite way as she and her friends while surrounded by the Sirens.
Discord was a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. After the events of yesterday, the few answers she got from him only served to make even more questions which Sunset was eager to have answers for. And one of less important but still worrying ones was his relationship with the Former magical trio.
The Sirens who had been separated from the rest of the school by decree of both principals, after consulting with Susnet, as the local magic expert in town, when they arrived to school a few days later escorted by a truant officer. Heck, nobody expected the trio to keep on coming to school after what they pulled, but they were officially enrolled and they had to come to assist classes. And now after weeks of semi-isolation, they had new classmates in the form of Discord, alongside his fellow transferred students from St. Everfree.
Sunset remembered her own thoughts during her adrenaline induced panic where she thought that Discord might’ve been working with the Sirens. And after seeing Discord meet Adagio at the tea shop and seeing him acting chummy on the hallway, the thought that something was afoul intensified. Sunset and her friends tried several times to approach the Sirens to extend the olive branch only to have the trio shot them down. Those girls knew how to hold a grudge, especially after they professed their hatred and their desire of revenge against them, so Sunset wouldn’t put it pass them to try and get revenge on her and her friends, using a variety of means.
Including using an Everfree student against them.
She couldn’t help but worry a bit; the Sirens were cunning as they were mean. It wouldn’t be beyond them to manipulate someone to do the dirty deeds for them; but when Sunset remembered her “close encounter” with Discord, and she thought better.
Although she didn’t trust him 100% to be a “good guy”, Sunset knew that Discord wasn’t the type to be easily manipulated. In fact, after how he fooled her and that sick bastard King, it was most likely he was the one playing games on the Sirens instead of the other way around. Still, that thought wasn’t all that comforting either. Whatever the case might be, Sunset hoped that by the end of it those girls would be a little more open to the idea of friendship instead of wallowing in bitterness.
Anyway, Lunch proceeded without any surprises or troubles except for how Fluttershy was a little bit quieter than normal, which was saying something about the shy girl. Whatever was it that she wanted to talk about was pressing on her.
If only what was the only pressing matter of the day. Unfortunately the universe had something else in mind.
After Lunch was over and they all return to class, it didn’t take long for things to go awry in the most unexpected way possible.
“LET ME GO! I’M INNOCENT I TELL YOU!!!”
That was one of the many screams that tore everyone’s attention from the teachers’ lessons and unto a scene on the hallways of their school. Teacher tried to regain the students’ attention but it failed against the natural morbid curiosity of the human being. Everyone, including the teachers, vacated their classrooms and gaped as a student was dragged handcuffed by the police while said student shouted claims of innocence and police brutality.
When Sunset saw said scene, she couldn’t believe it. I mean, seeing someone get arrested was a weird sight, but to have a police officer dragged a screaming student was even weirder. The redhead was agape as the rest of her classmates, but unlike the rest of them her brain was going a mile a minute trying to rationalize this event.
What did Discord do?
Unless he had committed a crime before coming to school, which was ludicrous to even think about it; the most logical explanation is that the police had come for him for something he did before today. And that brought up memories of what had happened yesterday: especially the beatings he delivered to those thugs in the alleyway. Assault and battery were very serious crimes, and unless he could prove it was in self-defense, then he would face jail time. Though she didn’t condone violent actions (or at least not anymore), she didn’t believe the boy who saved her deserved any of this.
“Discord?” she called out his name and instantly he had turned to face her and the look he gave her spoke volumes.
“Hey!” Discord said casually, probably in an attempt to not make her worry. “I’m innocent and this is just a misunderstanding, ok?” He reassured her trying to show a strong face, but could she believe him? Believe that everything would be okay for him when he was handcuffed and dragged by the police, when he had told her that the police rarely bothered to arrest high school thugs. Despite his strong front, it was hard to ignore his words from yesterday’s explanation.
It was too much for her and she couldn’t avoid turning her gaze away from him.
“Sunny…” He called her by that silly pet name, trying to say something else but he was soon pushed away by the disgruntled police officers. "I’ll be fine!” he called out before he was pushed out away and outside the building and soon after into the police car to be taken away.
Not long after this commotion, the Principals called out an emergency faculty meeting and let everyone go for the day.
Which brought Sunset to where she currently was: underneath the shade casted by the Canterlot statue.
Sunset felt guilty despite reasoning that Discord would’ve gotten in trouble anyways even if she hadn’t been following him or taken as a hostage. Even so, he had saved her, a complete stranger, and he looked after her beyond any other stranger would’ve found reasonable, not to mention he didn’t even get angry when she had tried to knock him out from behind.
She owed him.
But what could she even do for him? The only thing that came to mind was to testify on his favor, but doing that would bring a new set of problems for her. Sunset knew it was standard procedure to do a background check on any witness that would testify in court, and she didn’t want the attention of the police or an attorney asking around and looking at her supposed past. It had taken a lot of her to fabricate a back story when she came to this world so she could enroll at Canterlot High, and she didn’t believe it was solid enough to fool the police for long if they decided to look deep into it.
So either she did nothing and Discord ended up facing the police on his own or she risked the possibility of been found out as an illegal alien (in more ways than one).
Having no idea what to do. Sunset decided to do something that had been long since coming.
“I need to write a letter to Twilight.”
[x-x-x]
Starlight should have been happy, barely containing her mirth after seeing that deplorable Discord get what had been coming to him. Ever since she had known of him she has wanted to reform him into a future functional member of society, yet no matter what she had tried he had always gotten away from her and her Disciplinary Committee. And now after getting away with his disorderly behavior for so long, the police had come and taken him away.
Then why did it felt so wrong?
Don’t get her wrong, she had enjoyed seeing him get dragged handcuffed by the police, but after the novelty had worn off, she couldn’t help but speculate. And the most pressing question was:
Why?
Why after so long, did the police take down Discord?
Starlight knew that he and the others were smart enough to evade the police and keep their activities under the radar as to not bring their attention towards them. So why now? Did Discord screwed up? Not likely. He may be an idiot but he wasn’t that stupid as to steal a car and then drive it to school as if it were nothing, otherwise he wouldn’t have lasted as long in Everfree as he did.
There was something afoul about the whole thing and she didn’t like it.
Then the ex-president remember Discord’s little stun from yesterday when he arrived in a police transport van and was dropped off like a dangerous criminal. At the time she had been curious as to how he pulled it off, but as with anything that related to the dishevel guy, they didn’t question him about it unless they were eager for a headache. Discord was infamous for pulling near impossible stuns and afterwards pulled the chain of anyone how incurred about his machinations.
So if he managed to do something like that, then faking an arrest was not above the realm of possibility. But if that was the case and this whole thing was a “prank” then what purpose does it have?
Knowing Discord, it would be an overly convoluted mess that basically equaled to “did it for the lulz”.
Anyway, what Discord did or didn’t do couldn’t be undone, so the only thing Starlight could do was to conjure a way to use this in her favor. Speaking of which…
“I need to find Flash.”
It wouldn’t be good if her time and work with him was undone by this whole spectacle.
[x-x-x]
“Why did this happen?” Aria growled as she punched a locker leaving a small dent on it. Everything had been going well, and then “flop” everything fell like a house of cards. Her ticket out of the craphole that were her and her sister’s current lives was taken away by the police.
“Don’t ask me.” Adagio answered the question as she crossed her arms in front of her. “I should’ve known something was wrong when he appeared with a car out of nowhere.” Then her eye turned from her frustrated sister to the other who was looking down feeling miserable. “Let this be a lesson to you so you don’t do something as stupid as he did.”
“B-but he’ll be alright, right?” Sonata looked up to them searching for validation that everything would be fine.
“Don’t be stupid Sonata!” Aria spat. “He was found with the stolen car keys, he even dangled them in front of him!” If that wasn’t a signed confession of a crime then she didn’t know what was. “But maybe he could’ve gotten away, if you knew how to lie better!” she accused recalling the trembling mess the blunette had become when she was confronted by the Vice Principal. “It’s all your fault Sonata!”
Sonata instinctively flinched away from her angered sister. “I-I didn’t mean to…” she sobbed fighting to keep the tears of guilt away. “B-But…he said it was a misunderstanding!”
“Of course he’s gonna say that!” Adagio rolled her eyes at Sonata’s gullibility. “What person admits their crimes entirely?”
“W-what are we going to do?” Sonata asked desperately for an answer to solve this problem, but her sisters weren’t so willing to come up with anything.
“What are you even saying?” The leader turned at the sad girl with an exasperated look, “We can’t do anything! We don’t have powers anymore!” Sadly that was another reminder of what they all lost before. “And even if he could do something, why should we?”
“B-Because he’s our friend…?” The bluenette answered even more demoralized by Adagio’s tone.
“Friend?” The orange head repeated incredulously. “Just because someone buys you lunch and give you a ride in a car, doesn’t mean they are your friends!” Far from it. “He was only nice to you because he wanted something in return.” Not like she could really condemn him, since Aria had convinced her to do the same to him. Something that Sonata obliviously had done too. “He was a selfish bastard.”
And with that declaration Sonata crouched down and started crying. Sadden not only by their words but by the guilt she felt from failing to lie.
“Yes keep crying.” Aria mocked still angry that her plan to squeeze the worth out of Discord had fallen so quickly. “You better cry now and run out of tears because I don’t want to hear a sound from you when we get home!”
“I guess that means we are back at square one.” Adagio sighed tiredly, thought on the inside she was somewhat glad she won’t have to deal with Discord anymore. So far the boy only annoyed her and played games with her. “We have think what we have to do next.”
“Do YOU have a plan?” Aria shot back. So far after losing their powers their leader hadn’t come up with any sort of plan with any substance.
“Well, now that Discord is unavailable for me, maybe you can try and snag one of the other boys in our classroom.” Adagio responded with a mocking smirk. “Maybe you could seduce that Sombra guy, he looks like he has money.”
“Shut the hell up, Adagio!” Aria fumed after having her own plan for Adagio shot back at her. “Forget it! I’m out of here.” She couldn’t even stand her sisters for now, so she stomped away from them not even locking back or saying anything else.
“Serves her right.” Adagio muttered as she watch her angered sister leave, before turning to the still crouched down Sonata. “And you, you better get over it and forget about that guy.” She had the same opinion as Aria in this regard; she didn’t want to hear any more of Sonata’s crying for long. “So unless you have money to bail his ass out of prison, we’ll probably never see him again.”
Having said that, Adagio left his sister so she wouldn’t have to hear more of her sobbing, and as she walked away she didn’t noticed that Sonata slowly stopped her crying as her face illuminated by an idea.
[x-x-x]
Scorpan closed down another book after he failed to concentrate in what he was trying to read. Not even the peace and quiet of the library was helping with this particular problem. And who could blame him? Today’s events where shocking to say the least. Discord been actually arrested. The thought crossed his mind several times back in Everfree ever since he had known of him. But actually witnessing it? It felt surreal.
After you get to know about him and his reputation, Discord was the sort of guy who appeared untouchable; by the police and thugs alike. I mean, you don’t get to pull a third of the stuns and pranks Discord did, if you weren’t some sort of dastardly genius.
And now he was been arrested by the police for a charge of Grand Theft Auto (the felony not the game); something was wrong about the whole scenario. Discord wasn’t that sort of guy. The sort that would got caught that easily, he meant; since it wouldn’t be a stretch if the “master prankster” of Everfree were to steal a vehicle for a joyride or any other sort of “youthful shenanigans”.
Then again, maybe he was over-thinking things again. It wouldn’t be dumb to think that maybe Discord had screwed up and the consequences of his “tricks” had finally caught up to him. No one was lucky or skillful enough to avoid trouble forever. It was statistically impossible.
Scorpan sighed.
Despite not wanting to think about Discord and speculate to no end about the issue, it was a welcome distraction to keep the mind away from his personal problems at home. And speaking of welcoming distractions…
A trio of girls he had been getting acquitted with entered the library and “walked really fast” towards him, since running was prohibited inside.
“Scorpan! We been looking for you all over!” Sweetie Belle exclaimed somewhat loudly, prompting the brunette boy to shush her and remind her that they were inside the library.
“But there is no one else here.” Scootaloo pointed out referring to the lack of any other student. “Even Ms. Cheerilee isn’t here.” That was also true. Apparently every faculty member was called for an emergency meeting to discuss the whole “Discord Being Arrested” matter.
Instead of fighting over this issue, he skipped the whole “you should still follow the rules” lecture he would’ve imparted if this was any other day. “What are you looking for me? I thought you would be going home to do homework or go to the arcade or youth center.”
“Arcade?”
“Youth Center?”
“Do homework?”
The red, mulberry and purple heads repeated respectively with confused eyes. Making Scorpan realize he was really disconnected from what people that were not him actually did for nice clean fun.
“Anyway. Why were you looking for me?”
“Why else? We are looking forward for our next lesson with you.” Scootaloo reminded.
“Oh yeah…” How could he have forgotten? It wasn’t like they were here to invite him to hang out or anything. “So when do you want to start?”
[X-X-X]
Although he would never say it out-loud for fear that the universe would accept it as an invitation for further troubles, Tirek was kind of glad for Discord’s little “show”. Either genuine or fake, he was going to enjoy this unexpected free hours doing absolutely nothing but resting his body. Another stroke of luck was that the cider the old lunch lady gave him had worked like some sort of miracle and now his body didn’t felt as sh*tty as before.
Whatever that Cider had in it, it had certainly worked.
Tirek had planned to rest those free hours everyone got thanks to the faculty emergency meeting. Unfortunately, he had to answer nature’s call, so that meant standing up and walking all the way to the nearest restroom.
That was the price for drinking all of that cider.
Tirek walked through the mostly empty hallways of the school, figuring that everyone that could would already be gone, meaning there were fewer chances of bumping into anything that would cause him trouble.
Regrettably even his thinking about it tempted fate and the universe repaid him ‘kindly’.
“Hey Big Guy!” A raspy sounding voice called out for him. Or well, that’s what he assumed since there weren’t any other ‘Big Guys’ around. “Yeah, I’m talking to you.”
Cursing his luck Tirek turned around to tell this annoying guy off, but when his gaze fell upon the person calling him out, he realized it wasn’t a guy at all.
“I got something to tell you!” Said a blue girl with Rainbow colored hair.
[x-x-x]
Now we see that Discord's little scene had bigger repercussions that even he couldn't have imagined. 
And this is just part one. 
Part two will cover the rest.
Also, we finally have the long awaited confrontation of Rainbow and Tirek.
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Ooh, this just got interesting.
So Sunset is conflicted over Discord and whether she should try to help him out of keep her head down and stay safe.
Starlight Glimmer appears to be confused and uncertain about how to feel about Discord being dragged off, probably because she would prefer to see him 'reform' (at least her version of reformation) rather then be incarcerated.
The Sirens are all at each others throats, with Aria pissed that her money ticket is gone, Adagio just thankful he's gone but pissed off that the draw back is once again being stuck in a horrible situation with no plan. and Sonata is worried about her friend and trying to figure out a way to help, all the while being berated by the other two.
Scorpan is once again left as the anti social kid that nobody likes, barring the CMC who are trying to get him to teach them to be delinquents (which is going to blow up in Scorpan's face at some point).
Tirek and Rainbow are finally about to have a confrontation. Really not sure how that will play out. Tirek's better then before but not at 100% so if a fight starts the odds are more even, (though Rainbow strikes me as smart enough to try and avoid a fight after seeing him take out 10 guys and still be up and walking). Rainbow however holds some bad notions of Tirek that are not going to end well. (Still suspect they will get together in the end. She's a bit too obsessed with the guy and I can see Tirek respecting her for her athletic skills eventually).
I can't wait for next chapter where we see what in the Hell actually happened and whether this is in fact a misunderstanding or whether Discord did just go out steal a car and then drive it to school.
Something tells me that it actually is Discord's car. Someone called police about the car, and then Dizzy said "There are the keys" while not saying that this is his car, and it was not stolen at all. Next there is no crime, and trick succeeds!
Assuming I understand law right about it.
........
Hah! Sonata had an idea!
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..... dear god what have you done?
So, let's count off.
1) Sunset doesn't know whether to help Discord or not. If she does, Flutters is still gonna have that wrong idea.
I have a feeling RD's not there to have a sensible conversation.
2) Starlight's plotting something, and Flash is now the new Double Diamond of EQG.
3) Sonata. Has. An. Idea. ...This gun be good.
4) Scorpan is really gonna get caught for teaching the CMC how to be delinquents.
5) Oh snap, RD and Tirek confrontation.
Well, wasn´t this interesting! Well, not as interesting as the previous two, but it makes sense. This is a transit chapter, after all. Just building up.
And after all you threw at us in the previous chapter, a break is welcomed. Let the audience catch their breath.
So, Discord´s arrest has really fucked things up in highschool, hasn´t it? I like this. I really like this, how you manage to interconnect big and small events alike. At least you are doing a better job at this than Marvel
So, let´s start with Sunset.
I find the angle you decided to go with, that is recounting her day, neat and concise and yet a little awkward.
It makes sense how you glanced over her conversation with the humane five since they didn´t say anything about Discord, but it´s a pity there was no mention of him. Well, as you said, they aren´t the focus on this fic, but I still enjoy seeing them from time to time. Anyway.
We also get a pretty clever (although some might argue tedious; I´m half and half about it) perspective flip by playing Discord´s arrest from Sunset´s eyes.
I like how we delve a little more into her character, she´s definitely getting more and more important as the story goes on, and that´s good!
Sunset again notices that Fluttershy knows something, just not what. Again, showing that Sunset is quite observant and competent in her own way. I like that.
Now, here comes a problem only now I´ve seen.
I might be wrong, perhaps you already explained this before, but why are the syrens going to school? I mean, we get the explanation that they are inscribed and therefore obligated to assist, but isn´t that kind of... meaningless for ancient spirits trapped in human bodies? I´m just surprised that the Syrens put up with all this high school crap when they have WAY more important things to do, like getting a job. They already have jobs and still they are having one hell of a bad time. I don´t know, it doesn´t seem completely logical.
Unless, that is, they want to obtain a formal education, get to college and find an actual rewarding job so they can live permanently in the human word as regular people. If so, I think some development into that idea would be welcomed.
And finally, Sunset is going to contact Twilight. Are we going to add ponies to the mix? That... is unexpected. And I freaking like that! Again, you keep surprising me. I am however a little wary of this decision; this story´s plot keeps getting more and more complex. I just hope you are capable of keeping track of everything that´s going on. So far the plot has been pretty unfocused. That´s not bad, don´t misinterpret me. You haven´t established a clear goal for our characters other than killing time until their highschool is repaired, and we´ve only advanced one day in 26 chapters! Now tell me that´s nothing, I dare you.
I´m just advising you to be cautious with this, that is all. Deep down, and not so deep down, I know you can perfectly pull it off.
Now, Starlight brings up a good point. Why just now?
What did Discord do this time to get himself caught?
I have a few theories.
This time he was sloppy and careless. Why? Just what has gotten him in jail?
Borrowing his father´s car without permission. An action that doesn´t imply the slightest amount of risk most of his stuns usually entail. That would explain why this time they could track him down.
But then again, why did the police react to this crime and not any of the way graver ones like attempted murder in public view? Seriously Bane Morfo what the hell was up with that?
I think Discord´s father might have more influence than the average citizen.
His son is a complete out of control bastard. He hates gangs and discipline. He openly mocks Starlight´s attempt at creating a force of order and control.
Could it be that Discord´s dad is actually a... police officer?!
Discord wants to rebel against his father, so he goes around ignoring the law, making his own law and staying away from any groups, whether lawful or delinquent.
If Discord´s papa is a policeman victim of a crime wouldn´t he get to the case and instantly recognize Discord as the culprit? Hell, he might be a chief police. You mentioned that Dash´s father was a cop, didn´t you?
Wouldn´t it be hilarious if Discord´s dad (Entropy as name suggestion) was his boss? That would be a pretty funny reveal if you ask me.
So now we have The Syrens being... a good reminder to the audience of why they are bad people. Huh. You know, it´s pretty amazing how easily you make them sympathetic while making me want to strangle them.
Adagio is relieved that Discord is gone, Aria is pissed off because she wasn´t able to take as much advantage of Discord as she wished, and Sonata in a depressed mess. Well, at least someone cares!
And they don´t even try to console her sister. Jesus Christ, ladies! What the shit?!
I´m not complaining, that is totally in character, but God did they piss me off. Well, at least Sonata is planning a... breakout?
Oh, boy. This is going to be so painful and fun to read
Alright, I need to say this. Scorpan scene with the CMC was cute as hell, something I really needed. Until this:
Jesus, did that hit close to home. I´ve been there a lot of times, and it definitely hurts.
The saddest part is that they are hanging out with him. They like him, they enjoy his company, they learn with him, they express their feelings around him.
Sure, it´s not a perfect relationship; right now they are obtaining something from him, kind of in a lighter way the Sirens and Discord´s friendship works (was this parallel intentional? If so, I´ll be glad to give you a well earned applause) but still pretty genuine.
I also found the bit where Scorpan mentions his idea of entertainment pretty funny. He´s so 80s! Just like his original character. Jesus, that is brilliant!
Anyway, I´m glad to see those four getting along. Some kids in this story of violence, sexual innuendos, drugs and crime are always welcome.
And finally. 26 chapters. 26 fucking chapters. And they are in the same location, the same building, the same hallway, the same scene.
Tirek and Dash. If this doesn´t end in a beating or sex, I´ll be really disappointed.
We have a sore Tirek and a pissed off Dash.
She isn´t aware of his injuries, so she might keep a distance if she´s smart. Then again, she´s pissed off, so this might end with a fist establishing not so gentle contact with someone´s jaw.
I don´t see Tirek as the kind of guy who holds any punched around women. He´s progressive like that.
Still, I´m dying to see where this goes. I hope this scene is right where we start in the next chapter; I cannot wait any longer for this conflict! Red Vs Blue.
Is that racist?
Still, I´m dying to see where this goes.
So, all in all, it was a nice chapter. I wouldn´t call it filler, since it does amount to something. This is like those waves produced by a rock when it is thrown to the water. It´s fun and pleasant to look at, but not nearly as impressive as the original splash.
Still, I liked it, and I hope I get to read more soon enough. Keep up your awesome work!
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Believe me, I wanted nothing more than to jump at the police precinct and start THAT show
, but an event like Discord getting arrested was too big to not see the immediate effects on the others.
As for bringing ponies in...
...
yeah, that's a little too much for me right now.
Sunset will make contact with Princess Twilight, but she won't be crossing that portal anytime soon.
As for the Sirens going to school. I kinda glossed over that part and I'm not sure if I'll be able to properly explain a concrete reason why. I hope it isn't a deal breaker.
Now, Scorpan. He's still sadden by his brother's rejections which manifests into thinking that everyone else MUST have a ulterior reason for talking to him.
But I'm sure the CMC will be able to cheer him up. 
And his totally 80's suggestions, I was totally thinking of this when I wrote that part:
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And finally, Tirek and RD.
It's been a long time coming, but I'm sure it is a bit early for them to do either of those things you suggested. And I hope what I came up with doesn't disappoint you.
I'll say it again and I'll keep saying it. Thanks for all your awesome comments. They really do help me get through some of the "blocks" that come up from time to time.
Edit:
Thanks for the name suggestion, I like it a lot. But...
Isn't Entropy a strange name for a Police Officer?
That is, if your theories are correct. I'll give you this though: He DOES have influence.
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Nah, don´t worry about the Syrens. It is clear enough to be left to interpretation and doesn´t get in the way.
In a lesser fanfic I would use that to tear you apart, but I enjoy this one so much that I can perfectly glance over such an insignificant detail only a nitpicker would catch on.
Yeah, I thought of that too when I read that part with Scorpan, except he´s humble about his mistake.
Yeah, you are right. But I´m still pretty excited to see them directly interact. It can be either dramatic or hilarious, and the fact I can´t tell which option you´ll pick just proves how good at storytelling you are.
Major influence, huh? If Entropy (I´m calling that until it gets either Jossed or confirmed) was the mayor it would explain a lot...
The drama, man, the drama.
I know it's getting repetitive, but this fic is truly amazing,
it's 0628 now, I think I'm skipping today's lessons.