They arrived at Fancy Pants' mansion, just before the sun completely sank. Scootaloo was shaking, and Cheerilee tried to console her. She was frightened, just as they all were. But the job had to be done. She pushed Scootaloo gently ahead, and nodded for her to go. Scootaloo gulped, and opened the door slowly. Coincidentally, her father had been descending the steps at that moment. He was drunk again. He started yelling at her, asking where she'd been. He started throwing things around, a few of them hitting Scootaloo's body. Cheerilee winced at this, but resisted her urge to ram him. She would get her chance. Fancy Pants continued to toss objects around, and something hit the door. It slammed with a mighty force.

For hours they waited, huddled around the bug. They listened for something, anything, that could be incriminating. Flash Sentry was posted at the window, waiting for his moment. Cheerilee and the others were telling stories to pass the time, while a gentle breeze caressed them. The moon washed a gentle glow over them, as the stars twinkled like silver overhead. They heard noises in the house throughout the entire night, but nothing came from the listening device. Crickets chirped, and the hedges seemed alive in the wind, writhing and rippling in an eerie dance. Then, around midnight, they heard a crash and a voice from Scootaloo's room.

"Come here, you little brat. Make me feel good."

Rainbow Dash lost all of her previous meals, and Cheerilee had a look of pure, unadulterated disgust. Noises were heard from the device, and they made Cheerilee's stomach flip. The sounds of a bed rattling, combined with his grunts, and Scootaloo's whimpers, made Cheerilee lose it. She signaled Flash Sentry and Rainbow Dash that it was time, and they bolted through the window. Fancy Pants froze, and Scootaloo sighed with relief, rushing to Rainbow Dash and Cheerilee. Flash Sentry read Fancy Pants his rights, and carted him off to hold him until a trial could be prepared. Cheerilee and Scootaloo shared smiles. If fate smiled, it would all be over soon.

:::

"Well, what did you want to tell me?"

Cheerilee and Rainbow Dash were at Twilight's library, and sat around her table, drinking. The air inside was permeated with smells of cinnamon and licorice. They sat drinking their tea, and Cheerilee decided to answer the question. "We finally got him. Fancy Pants is now in custody, pending his trial. We have several witnesses, including Applejack. If the courts don't believe her, then this will all be hopeless, and Scootaloo will never forgive me. But we also have audio evidence. I had Rainbow Dash install listening devices in their rooms, and I had them set on record." Cheerilee smiled to herself, and took another sip.

"That may not be sufficient evidence. Granted, Applejack is the Element of Honesty, and you have a Royal Guard as a witness, but regarding the audio tape. Unless it's high quality, he could bring up the argument that it could be anypony's voice on there. Do you have anything else?"

"It's got high quality, the sound is just below what we hear currently." Cheerilee thought for a moment, and said. We also took Scootaloo to the hospital and Nurse Redheart examined her, so we can bring her in too. The medical forms and the results should help, right?" Cheerilee was getting worried now, and the clouds outside grew darker.

"It will help, I'm just making sure you have everything before this starts. I'll be on the trial too, but they may not let me participate because we're acquainted, and it could look like I'm siding with you." Cheerilee gave Twilight a suspicious look. "Look, I am on your side, but I need to think fairly and not have a bias. I must do my job fairly, if they let me participate."

Cheerilee nodded. "I know. I never said anything about you not being fair. But please, look at everything beforehand. Study every loophole, and look at every law book. But pleas, help me make Scootaloo's life better." Twilight nodded, then pulled a book off of her shelf.

"Law In Equestria. I've read a bit of this before, then I ran into some distractions. Like Tirek." She shuddered at the memory. "I'll try to get your case together, and I'll try to make a formal presentation for your evidence." Cheerilee hugged her, and thanked her with such intensity, that Twilight almost suffocated. "That's a-alright, please. l-let go of me." Cheerilee blushed, and let go of her. Twilight struggled to breathe again, and showed Cheerilee a document. "This is what I've managed to gather currently. It has the order in which you'll show your evidence, it has the names of the witnesses, and it has the medical records for Scootaloo. Finally, it has photo evidence, including the X-rays showing the broken bones. That should be all we need, if anything else comes up, you can set it up during the court recess. The court is being held on Thursday. Seeing that it's Tuesday now, I suggest you get your witnesses notified, and try and get some sleep. You'll need it. Fancy Pants has the most expensive layers in Equestria, and they'll stop at nothing to make sure he goes away clean."

Cheerilee nodded at this, smiling. "Thank you Twilight. And by the way, is it possible, if we win this case, for you to, uh, get a crtain document for me?" Twilight smiled, knowing what the mare meant.

"Of course, I'll get it signed as soon as you win." And they left each other, in the brisk, cold night, the moon casting it's cool glow. Cheerilee was confident she would win.

Author's Note

Now that posh bastard will get what's coming to him (excuse my language)

Anyway, we're a few chapters or so away, hope you're enjoying.