The shadow knows

            It was an average morning in the city. The streets were jumping with life as rows of vendors and shops competed for customers. If you wanted to get anywhere in life while living in Manehatten you had to be an early bird. Most woke at six in the morning and opened at eight then worked until nine. all except the local paper colt. He woke at ten and shouted his lungs out for two hours trying to sell the news. Occasionally someone would stop and pay the standard fee of one bit but, most just walked by.

          " Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Mobster spills beans about local crime ring. Mysterious shadow may be involved but, police remain skeptical!" He yelled over and over. While he did  two earth ponies passed by talking back and forth. One was a gray mare with a black mane. She wore a pink bowtie around her neck. The other who was a stallion sported a white coat and brown mane.

          " You have been making quite a stir in the papers Bright Light." The mare said to the stallion in a complimentary tone. This annoyed Bright to the point of making a scowl visible on his face.

          " Octavia must you speak so loud?" He asked his female companion. Octavia always did have a very loud speaking voice even in a simple two person conversation. The last thing Bright needed was a detective showing up at his door warrant in hoof or worse a petty crook wanting some payback.

        " Oh have a little faith. I'm not some old gossip at the hair salon you know." She tried to put his mind at ease. no matter how long she keeps her mouth shut about Bright Light being  a vigilante dressing up in what looked like a high school play cloak and hat