A Stallion of Law

Lawton found himself once again heading for a destination. Lawton looked at the serious faced Blackout, a pony he had to respect, he was 10 years his senior. The earth pony seemed to be in a hurry and barely let Lawton grab his pills before they ventured off. A former marine is no pony to take lightly... especially one with anger issues. Lawton could never understand how he got to be friends with Blackout, but he was glad that he was. Blackout wore his signature black cloak that could have blended with his black coat if not for the red cloud designs that surrounded it. On one of the sleeves was a patch that signified his allegiance with his unit.His mane was a light black with white outlines and tips.  His purple eyes seemed to be focused on going somewhere, but where?

"Uuuuummm... Blackout." said Lawton questioningly.

"Yeah, whats up Law?" asked Blackout while still looking forward.

"W-Well, you know i'm usually glad to see you... but usually when your at Canterlot, that means Shattered Psyche is here, and when both of you are here, It means somepony's going to get hurt, and that leads to me covering something up."

"Ha ha, don't worry mate, me and Psyche are here for a special purpose, and it involves your marefriend."

"...Marefriend?"

"You know, Twilight Sparkle."

"Oh, uh, were not a couple."

Blackout looked at Lawton like he was a dead pony walking.

"Seriously." said Blackout with a disappointed look.

"Look...I like to keep things slow for now, and why is Twilight Involved in this." Lawton asked. Blackout smiled at the distance, which revealed a similarly cloaked pony. The pony was sitting on a bench overlooking the river ahead of him. This pony also had a black coat but with a spikey silver mane. The river was almost as blue as his... slits. Yes, this pony was a Bat Pony, a race of Equestria over looked and mocked. Bat Ponies were a bunch that were remarked as ugly and bestial, except by a certain monarch of the moon. Princess Luna was responsible for the Bat Ponies, which was easy considering she had brought them their favorite time of the day. Their love was not enough for her thought because she turned into a monster and was banished by her sister Celestia. Times were hard for the race, their rights compared to the main three races were very little. They were governed over a council made for the absence of Luna, and lets just say they weren't so loving. When Luna came back, the Bat's rejoiced and finally got as many freedoms as everypony else. The Bat Pony looked at the two ponies approaching him and smiled.

"H-Hello Law." stammered the quiet voice of the Bat Pony.

"Hello Shattered Psyche... but before we get friendly, tell me why your here and why it concerns Twilight." said Lawton rather rudely.

"U-Um, w-well, um."

"Before the Tirek incident we were going to introduce your crush to the C.I.D and are methods." butted in Blackout. Lawton simply sighed as Psyche nodded in agreement, that bat pony may be shy but tell him to interrogate somepony and things get messy.

"However, since the incident happened, we didn't get another chance... until we heard our lawyer friend was helping her brother."

Lawton sighed again, he didn't know if being friends with these two was such a great thing after all. He remembered how one of his clients was assaulted and came to him to take the stallion responsible out of the streets. Turned out that stallion had some key facts about a secret drug ring, and this was when Lawton came in contact with those two... and learned of their methods. The case was at a point were Lawton saw no reason to testify further, but then these two came and asked him to continue with the case. They had him convinced right off the bat (no pun) but decided to let them persuade him with free drinks. Strangely, a friendship was made out of that night, and Lawton was let in on the secret that the public didn't know. The Criminal Investigation Department was made to extract information from convicts ranging from murder to domestic terrorism... by any means necessary after all.

"So, if you don't mind we would like you to take us to the new Princess of Friendship." asked Blackout. Lawton (for the third time) sighed and nodded his head in agreement. As the three ponies walked toward the vacation house, Lawton was wondering how Twilight would react to this. From what he learned about her life after that disastrous last meeting, she seemed to be fully unaware of most of the criminal scums that walk on equestrian soil. Once they arrived at the house, Psyche admired the lovely architecture.

"S-such amazing craftsmanship." Shattered Psyche said. Blackout patted Psyche on the back as Lawton knocked on the door. Some fuss was heard before Cadence opened the door.

"Lawton, we were wondering were you-" Cadence froze for a few seconds to observe the two cloaked ponies. "OH, Mr. Blackout and Psyche, I assume you're here to educate Twilight on the C.I.D." Lawton gave Cadence a shocked look, so quick on the situation, she seemed overly nice but he thinks there's a dark side to her.

"Hello again Princess Cadence, such a lovely day to meet." said Blackout with a bow.

"H-Hello." was all that Psyche said as he bowed.

"Do you know them Lawton?" asked Cadence.

"Well. being a lawyer seems to attract the most strange of friends." said Lawton with a smile. Cadence returned the smile as she opened the door fully to let the three in. They headed to the main living room where "The Mane Six" as they are dubbed and Shining armor were waiting for Cadence. Twilight lifted her eyes form a book she was reading and immediately caught Lawton's.

"Lawton, where were you? I thought you were going to your place for a minute?" asked a concerned Twilight.

"Don't worry Twi, just ran into some friends who needed to talk to you." Lawton gestured to the cloaked ponies. Blackout was the first to bow to Twilight, causing her to blush.

"Greetings Princess Sparkle, I am Blackout, security detail for the Criminal Interrogation Department and former marine." Blackout exclaimed. He then looked at Psyche and gestured for him to introduce himself.

"H-Hello P-P-Princess, my n-name is Sh-Shattered Psyche... head of the C-Criminal I-Interrogation D-Department a-a-and f-former m-member of the P-Psychological W-Warfare department of the m-military." stammered Shattered Psyche. This caught everypony except for Lawton, Blackout, and the Crystal Empire royals, by surprise. Shattered Psyche came across as a very... VERY shy pony, possibly more shy than... well, Fluttershy. Speaking of the element of kindness, Psyche seem to blush when ever the mare would look at him. It seemed that Lawton wasn't the only stallion who was enticed by the mares beauty. Blackout looked at Psyche again, signifying he had to explain there appearance.

"W-We were g-going to t-tell you this before now, b-but the T-Tirek incident p-prevented such." A moment of silence was made for remembering that dark time.

"Well, before you do, why not take off those cloaks." said Twilight. Taking that as a command, the ponies took off their cloaks and hanged them on racks. Psyche and Blackout both had tattoo's on their bodies and several scars. Blackout wore an armored vest that had a sleeve for his tazer and a sheathe for his kilij. Shattered Psyche wore a crescent moon necklace that showed his allegiance towards the lunar knights, a, order dedicated to Princess Luna. With their full bodies revealed, their cutie marks became more apparent. Shattered Psyche's mark was that of the recognizable psychology symbol. Blackout's mark was a pair of crossed sliver handcuff's with the golden justice scale behind them. Lawton knew that those ponies could be deceiving, but they were some of the most hardcore interrogators in equestrian history.

"W-Well, I-I guess I sh-should explain n-now." Psyche said as he took a deep breath.

"Hold on boss." said Blackout, interrupting Psyche. "Shouldn't we, you know, clear the room?" Blackout gesture towards the five mares who were approaching the Princess of Friendship.

"A-Actually i-f i'm not m-mistaken... y-you all a-are the f-friendship c-council." Shattered asked as the five mares nodded. "I-If they are  ap-apart of a c-council overseen b-by a r-royal th-they are r-required to know of our c-conditions." The mares smiled at Psyche for allowing them to hear, which caused him to blush. Psyche took a deep breath, cleared his throat, and began. "The Criminal Investigation Department's goal is to extract important information by any means necessary. Because of this, members are granted 'the 5th freedom', which allows us to disregard the law to protect other ponies. What i'm trying to get is if there is a member in Ponyvile on buisness, do not be alarmed if they do something... drastic to the criminals."

"What d'ya mean by drastic." asked Applejack with a worried look.

"Oh, you know, beatings, water boarding, the occasional hallucinogenic." said Blackout nonchalantly. The Mane Six were horrified by this, something like beatings shouldnt be common to ponies in Ponyvile.

"WHOA. WHOA, WHOA... they do this in broad daylight." asked a shocked Rainbow Dash.

"N-No, its s-stressed that they a-are to i-interrogate in p-private away from c-citizen eyes." Psyche replied while putting on his cloak.

"Y-You have to go somewhere" asked Fluttershy, who seemed to be a little bit fidgety after that explanation.

"W-Well, I-I have family to meet."

"I should go to, you'll need somepony to protect you from your pops" Blackout said as he went to put on his cloak.

"I-I'm fine B-Blackout...r-really." Psyche replied.

"Please, last time you visited the old stallion without a marefriend he practically tried to tiger bench you." Blackout chuckled. Psyche blushed as they headed towards the front door. "Well it was nice confiding with you Princess Sparkle, but we must take leave... see ya Law." Before they could leave, Pinkie Pie appeared right in front of them and held a plate of pastries.

"CUPCAKES" squealed the very energetic pink mare. Blackout and Psyche graciously excepted a cupcake as they left. There was a short silence when the door closed and Pinkie bounced to the kitchen to make more of her cupcakes.

"Well, THAT was uplifting." said Rarity as she plopped on the couch.

"I would never think that's what ponies had to do for information... did you know about this?" Twilight turned to Shining Armor, who was quietly sitting on an arm chair.

"I was made aware after a week of marriage with Cadence." he replied

"Twilight, Its important that you and your friends don't tell another soul of what those ponies do." Cadence said.

"...I wont Cadence, I promise, girls" she adverted her attention to the five mare, who all nodded in agreement. "So... how did you meet those ponies anyway?" Twilight asked as she turned to Lawton.

"Oh... you know... you're working on a case... your suspect turns out to be a drug lord... two cloaked ponies tell you to testify further... you demand to know what they are going to do to him... they show you... you don't eat pancakes ever again." Lawton said as he remembered that day. "Well, I need some shut eye, Goodnight everypony." they waved as he left for his room to go to sleep. As Lawton rested in his bed, he noted something that he should do. Maybe I should see Psyche for a therapy session, get the quilt off my chest... see if i should tell everypony Lawton thought to himself. He would have pondered it further, but sleep over took him.