the trial of a nightmare

A/N This chapter is incomplete because my hard drive was corrupted and i was only able to recover half of it... please cut me some slack while i ether recover or rewrite the rest.

The court room was nothing special. It was rectangular in shape getting narrower to one end. The floor slowly sloped forward down to the boxes and podium at the front. The windows were stained glass like any other part of the castle. The one major difference was how many ponies were here today. The balcony hanging above the main hall that normally sat empty was stuffed to the brim with many more perched were ever they could get. In the case of the peguasi, that was almost anywhere. The room was filled to the brim. Everyone wanting to hear and see the case involving so many ponies and two princesses. Nopony was really sure what had happened except for the wild and hideous rumours flying everywhere. They all watched the front looking up and down the long row of ponies in the prosecution box and then over to the two in the defence box.

Celestia sat stiffly in her chair. She was painfully aware of well over one thousand eyes on her back. The room was silent waiting of the arrival of the judge. The thought of being in the stands and not on the podium was just wrong to her. All her life she had been the one to do things. She listened to other ponies problems and acted justly upon them. Now sitting here up front seeing it from below the only thing she wanted was to kill the two ponies in the defence booth. Never in Equestrian history has such an event ever been heard of. Celestia looked up as a pony called for the judge to enter. The large doors opened as her royal sister Princess Cadence stepped out from the back room. Celestia watched as she made her way to the centre podium with a stern face.

"Court is now in session. What are the charges?"

"Your Honour. The charges are..."

Celestia watched the pony look down at the clip board levitating before him. His eyes widened as he once overed everything before him.

"The charges are..."

The bailiff was having great difficulty reading the contents of the page before him. Throwing glances all over the room as he struggled to come out with an answer.

"That is fine. The nature of this case makes it hard to comprehend let alone read in front of so many."

Celestia watched as the bailiff retreated to the podium to pass his clip board off to Cadence. He seemed disturbed by what he read as he walked to the side. Cadence made her own attempt to read the list but also failed. Her voice seeming to leave her whenever she tried to speak.

“Well then can we get the ponies involved names? From left to right i want you to say your names back to me. Starting with you.”

The row had been long. Celestia had not seen the order in witch they sat. She was curious to who would speak first.

“My name is Derpy, and this is my daughter Dinky your Honour.”

“The name is Vinyl... Vinyl Scratch... your Honour.”