Epilogue: 10 Years Later

A Bad Day at Work

It was a dark, stormy and icy March day in Canterlot and at a local motel, the maids were getting off of their shifts. The day had been pretty productive for all of them, except for one. As one of them was clocking out she was stopped by her boss. He grabbed her shoulder and said, "Silver Spoon, we need to talk."

She nervously followed him to his office as she had a bad feeling as to what it was about. Once she was in he closed the door and began, "Silver Spoon, I need to talk to you about your job performance over the past couple of months."

Silver replied, "I'm sorry I haven't been doing as well as I could be. This time of year is just hard on me, especially given that today is the ten year anniversary of a really bad day in my life."

Her boss didn't want to hear it. He continued, "Look, I know something is bothering you from ten years ago but you can't just let it cause you to slack on the job and force your co-workers to have to work harder to make up for what you don't do."

Silver replied, "Well it was ten years ago today that...."

Her boss interrupted, "Look, I know this isn't just about today. Your job performance has been down ever since late last year." A frown began to develop on his face as he continued, "Look, there are negative customer reports about our motel surfacing and every single one of them are coming from customers who stayed in rooms you cleaned the day they checked in, every single one of them!"

Silver replied, "I'm sorry...."

Her boss interrupted, "Look, we are losing money because customers check these reports and when they see that we only have 3.4 stars and the other motel just down the road has 4.8 stars, they decide to stay there."

Silver sighed, "Look, you know this happens every year with me. Why is it just now that you bring it up?"

Her boss replied, "Because in previous years it only lasted for a day or two but this year it has been going on since last New Year's Eve, last New Year's Eve!"

Silver began to cry, "Look, on New Year's Eve it was ten years since things started going downhill with the only girl I ever loved and it was ten years ago today that she ruthlessly belittled me and dumped me."

Her boss raised his voice and said, "Look, that is something that needs to be addressed to a therapist, not me." She began to say something else before he continued, "Silver, I can't continue to lose money because of your poor job performance. I have no choice but to terminate your employment."

Silver gasped, "No, please no! I'll do better, I promise!"

Her boss replied, "I'm sorry but I can no longer take the risk on your empty promises." He pointed towards the exit and finished, "No go. Please return your uniforms in 48 hours or you will be billed for them."

Silver ran out of his office crying in agony and all her former boss could do was shake his head in disgust. While he never enjoyed firing people, he knew that in the case of her, it would be either fire her or risk losing his business.

Silver's Accident

Once Silver got into her car and took off towards home, tears were flowing from her eyes. She cried, "What am I going to do, what am I going to do? I got fired, again! Who is going to hire a woman who can't keep a job for more than three years? Who is going to hire a woman who can't even keep a job cleaning rooms?"

As she was driving home her emotional state was only getting worse and like she always does when she had meltdowns like that, she began to press down harder on the gas. Before she knew it she was not only breaking the speed limit, but failed to notice that she had passed by a parked police car. As soon as she passed it, its lights and siren came on and it began to pursue her.

She knew she had to stop but she did the one thing she knew she shouldn't have done, she slammed on her breaks and with the icy roads, she slammed into a tree. Luckily for Silver her air bags deployed and she was not injured. What terrified her though was what was going to happen when the officer approached her.

The officer stopped behind her to see that the vehicle she was approaching had slammed into a tree.

She radioed, "Unit five to station."

The station radioed back, "Station, go ahead."

"We need a tow truck at the corner of Sixth and Maple."

"Alright, a tow truck is on it's way."

"10-4"

"10-4"

While the officer waited for the tow truck to arrive, she decided that she would check on the driver. When she approached it, Silver rolled down the window. The officer asked, "Are you ok ma'am?"

Silver cried, "No, I'm not ok."

The officer asked, "Are you hurt anywhere?"

Silver pointed to her heart and cried, "Physically I'm ok, I'm hurting emotionally."

Given that Silver was not injured the officer asked, "May I see your license and registration?"

Silver got into her glove box to grab her registration and into her purse to grab her license. When she looked up to hand the items to the officer, something seemed very familiar about the officer, her eyes, those green eyes. She knew she had seen those before.

The officer looked down at the items and a frown formed on her face. She asked, "Ms. Spoon, are you aware that not only is your registration expired, but also your license?"

Silver replied, "I'm sorry officer. I've just been going through a really rough time recently and I didn't even think about renewing them."

The officer walked to the front of the car where her suspicions would be proven correct. She headed back to the window and sighed, "And you are also driving on expired tags."

The officer saw the tow truck in the distance and continued, "Ma'am, I need you to get out of your car. The tow truck is arriving and I need to do a search."

Silver complied with the officer and she began to do a search to see if she had anything in her car, such as drugs or any open containers. The tow truck arrived and the officer had finished the search. The tow truck driver asked, "So lieutenant, where do you want this taken?"

The officer replied, "Take it to the impound lot."

The tow truck driver said, "Alright, got it."

The Arrest of Silver Spoon

As the driver was readying Silver's car for transport, Silver got a closer look at the officer. She saw not only familiar green eyes, but short jet black hair that reminded her of the day that her last relationship ended. She then looked at the officer's shirt and saw a name badge that read, "Lt. S. Belle." Then it hit her, it was Sweetie Belle who pulled her over.

She asked, "Sweetie Belle?"

Given that Silver was involved in an accident it was protocol for officers to do a sobriety test on her. She held up the meter and said, "Breathe into this for five seconds."

Silver did as ordered but noticed another thing, a ring on Sweetie's left hand. After finishing the test she asked, "Sweetie, you're married? Who did you marry?"

Sweetie ignored the question and read the results. She sighed, "Well Ms. Spoon, luckily for you, you passed the sobriety test."

The fact that Sweetie was not even responding to her questions angered her. She shoved Sweetie and asked, "Sweetie Belle, I asked who did you marry?" Her voice became more snide and continued, "Was it your precious little Dark Song."

Being shoved did not sit well with Sweetie. She said, "Silver Spoon, You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you. Do you understand?"

Silver yelled, "Sweetie, who gave you that ring? Was it Dark Song?"

Sweetie ordered, "Hands behind your back, now."

Silver finally realized that Sweetie was not going to answer her questions, she knew that Sweetie Belle was strictly following protocol so she put her hands behind her back so Sweetie could put her in cuffs. Once she got her cuffed she got her in the back seat of her car and belted her in. Once Sweetie got going she radioed the station,

"Unit five to station, unit five to station."

"Go ahead."

"I am transporting an individual who assaulted a police officer. I will be bringing her in through the back."

"10-4."

"10-4."

As Silver was being transported to the station she realized that Sweetie not even responding to her questions was the least of her problems. She looked forward and saw the dash cam and realized that her shoving Sweetie was likely caught on camera. Tears began to run down her face as she realized that she could face jail time over shoving Sweetie.

Once they arrived at the station Sweetie led Silver in through the back into the jail where they were greeted by the jailer. The jailer asked, "Brought in another one I see."

Sweetie replied, "Yep." She paused before laughing, "You know, one of these days that tree on the corner of Sixth and Maple is going to wind up getting knocked over."

The jailer laughed, "That one got hit again, eh?"

Sweetie replied, "Yep. Well I suppose it getting it beats having someone go crashing into a house."

The jailer asked, "So is this one only here over reckless driving or is she here for something else?"

Sweetie replied, "I can't share that at the moment. Events happened in the arrest that will........"

Sweetie was interrupted when the phone rang,

"Canterlot Police Department, Lieutenant Belle speaking."

"Sweetie honey, I have some wonderful news!"

"Dark Song, how many times have I told you that you can't call me at work?"

"I'm sorry honey but I just couldn't wait to tell you that I got that recording contract!"

"You got that recording contract? That is wonderful news!"

"I know, I'm so happy!"

"I'm happy too but we'll have to talk about this more when I get at home. You know how the chief feels about us taking personal calls here at work."

*sighs* "I know he doesn't like it."

"Alright, we can talk about this more when I get home."

"Ok, I love you Sweetie!"

"I love you too Dark, see you when I get home."

*CLICK*

The jailer gave Sweetie a smile and asked, "I take it you got good news from the wife?"

Sweetie replied, "Yep, she got that recording contract she had been hoping for."

The jailer gave her a look of concern and asked, "You two aren't going to wind up having to move because of this, are you?"

Sweetie replied, "Nah, she'll have to go to Manehattan for a couple days of recording but we don't have any plans on moving."

The jailer said, "Well good because we'd hate to lose......."

The scanner began going off,

"Unit eight to station, unit eight to station."

"Go ahead."

"We need backup to a multi-car pileup on Sixth and Maple."

"Alright, we'll send backup."

"10-4."

"10-4."

Sweetie sighed, "Well it looks like I better get going, again."

The jailer laughed, "Maybe that tree finally bit the dust."

Sweetie agreed, "Perhaps." She gave a smirk back towards Silver as she had been jailed. She headed out and once she was out of earshot she said to herself, "Karma's a bitch, isn't it Silver Spoon?"

As Silver Spoon sat there in the jail she realized that what had already been a bad day had gone worse. She realized that being fired was not the worst of her problems. She knew that she would likely face reckless driving charges along with assaulting a police officer. While all of that really bothered her, what bothered her most was that not only did Sweetie Belle become a police officer like she wanted, but also she married Dark Song who is likely on her way to becoming a famous singer.

She sat there and wept, "Way to go Silver Spoon, good job flushing your life down the toilet."