Equestria Noire Case #1: The Royal Guard Case

*****Fight Against Gays Society *****

This was it. Me and Twilight were standing outside of the church of the hate group, F.A.G.S. We know that Rocky is in there. Now, I can arrest him, and be done with this case.

We started to walk toward the entrance. But, before I do all this, I feel like I need to say something to Twilight. So, I stop her in her tracks.

“What is it?” Twilight asked.

“Twilight, before we do this, I want to apologize myself for the way I’ve been acting toward you.” I said to her now surprised looking face.

“I’ve never really been a pony who likes to interact with other ponies all that much. If anything, even though I grew up in a big family, and had a few friends, I’ve always felt like a loner. That’s why I was hesitant to have you work with me. But, after everything we’ve done, I can safely say that I’m glad you’re my partner. And my friend.” I said all that to her. And I mean it. I don’t know if I could’ve gotten all that shit off of my chest if she didn’t work with me.

Twilight has a few tears in her eyes as she smiled very happily. “Shadow.” She said.

Then, she hugged me out of nowhere. I guess she feels great that I appreciative of her. I hug her back. It really felt good.

We broke the hug. “Now, are you ready to get this guy? Partner?” I asked her with a wide grin upon my face.

She soon followed with a grin of her own. “Lets do this. Captain.” She said.

I nodded and trotted up to the door. I knocked and waited. No answer.

I pull out my gun, I look at Twilight for a quick second, and....

CRASH

I bust the door open. I don’t see any pony around.

Twilight and I search around the church. “ROCKY!” I called out. “It’s Detective Shadow Haze again. Come out with your hooves up.” I yelled out for him. No answer. No sign of him.

Fuck. I hope he didn’t skip town.

Twilight came back over to me. “Yeah, he’s not here.” She said, looking nervous.

Shit! If he fucking skipped town....

Beep Beep My phone goes off again.

"Detective Shadow Haze." I answered.

"Mister Shadow, we need your help." A voice I recognized said over the other line. It was Ruby Glow. The hell? How did she get my number?

"What's going on? And how did you get my number?" I asked her.

"Cadaver gave it to me. Look, we have a situation over at the Ponyville Sofa Shop. It's one of the victims father. It's that homophobic hate group leader, Rocky." She said to me. Well, looks like I won't have to go looking for him.

"We'll be right there." I said to her as I hung up.

"What's going on?" Twilight asked me.

"Remember that mare who set up an interview room for Cobalt? She and a few police ponies found Rocky. Let's go." I said to her as we ran out the door.

We made it over to the Ponyville Sofa Shop in time. The building was surrounded by police ponies, looking ready to open fire any minute. There also was quite a bit of innocent bystanders looking on at what was happening, with looks of fear on their faces.

Then I also saw something I didn't want to see. Some of those innocent bystanders were of the Ponyville News Station. They had cameras, reporter's, live microphones, just about everything to get a story for their next broadcast.

I walked over to Ruby Glow, who was using her wing to hold her gun.
"What's the situation?" I asked her.

"Rocky here must've found out where Green Tea was. He followed her all the way over here. She came in with one of our stallions. When they went inside, somepony over there said they heard a gunshot go off. So they immideatly called us." She said pointing over to, believe it or not, that same mare who witnessed Duke Bronco and Bold Ice running away. He name was Cheerilee, if I recall.

"He's holding her hostage in there right now. He's threatening to kill her if we don't tell him where his wife is." She said to us.

Celestia, this looks bad. I promised Emerald Drops that nothing was gonna happen. But, I guess he is looking for her. And if he found out what was going on with her and his big brother, Ace, he would've added another victim to his kill list.

Well, he's sadly mistaken. He's not gonna hurt her, Ace, Green Tea, or anypony else anymore.

It's time to settle this. Once and for all.

I turned to Twilight. "Go to the back of the store. Do you know any lock picking spells?" I asked her.

She nodded. "Yes. Are you gonna take the front then?" She asked me.

It was my turn to nod. "I'll keep him busy. I'll talk to him, and you try to sneak up behind him, and knock him down." I told her. She nodded again.

"Okay. Good luck, Shadow." Twilight said as she quickly, and as quietly as she could, snuck around to the back of the store.

I should've told her good luck. She's gonna need it.

"Tell your stallions and mares to stand down. I'm going in." I told Ruby Glow.

"Won't he kill the hostage if he sees you?" She exclaimed.

"Just trust me. She'll make it out alive." I told her as I started to walk inside. I saw Ruby put her hoof up to signal to her fellow police ponies to not intervene.

I pulled out my gun and slowly walked inside.

BANG

"STAY BACK!" I heard Rocky shout at me. He fired at me, but missed intentionally. It was a warning shot. To let me know he's not messing around. He was holding Green Tea forcefully with a gun to her head. She looked terrified. Tears running down her face. He was standing there, with her, near the employee lounge. The door was slightly opened just a crack. I hope Twilight can get it open without making any noise.

I saw everything that was going on in here. The police pony, who was accompanying Green Tea, was on the floor. Dead. His head was pouring out blood like a faucet. So, Rocky shot this poor guy in the head. There goes another charge on him. Accessory to commit murder, domestic violence, and now murder one.

I had my gun on him. But he had his gun on her still. One wrong move, and she's dead.

"It's over Rocky. Just let her go." I calmly said to him.

"Not until this faggot bitch tells me where my wife is. I'm taking her back home with me." Rocky shouted, while pushing her crying head with the gun.

"I already told you. I don't know where your wife is." Green said with a sob in her voice.

I shook my head. "Faggot, huh? Isn't that what your's and Ace's daddy called you guys back then? Is that why you're so accustomed to the word, huh?" I asked him.

Rocky looked shocked. "What did you say?"

"I know everything. Everypony has given you up. Berry Breeze and your big brother, Ace. They told me you're little secret, Rocky." I told him with a grin.

He looked like he was boiling with anger. Twilight better hurry up.

"You didn't hate your son so much because you hated his lifestyle choice. You hated him cause your daddy filled your head with lies about the gay community. When your mother left your father for another mare. Ace got pretty emotional when he talked about the beatings you and him got when you were younger." I said, as he just looked more and more pissed off. Good, keep him distracted.

"But, most of all, you hated your own son because he was proud to be gay, unlike his in denial father." I said.

"YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Rocky exploded at me. It scared Green Tea a little bit.

"I know that you like to dress up as this "Violet Breeze" character to hide the fact that you are just as gay as your son is. It's ironic, huh? A Bible thumping, homophobic preacher by day, and cross dressing homosexual by night." I said to him.

"I AM NOT GAY! I HATE FAGGOTS!" He screamed at me. By this point, I saw Twilight opening the door behind him ever so slightly.

"I guess it was pretty scary that your own son recognized you at a gay club. That's why you payed the owner Berry Breeze and Steel's boyfriend to murder your own son. So that your secret wouldn't come out to the public and ruin your business even worse than it already is." I said. Twilight was tip-hoofing over to Rocky as quietly as possible. She had a few more steps to take to get the gun away from him.

Rocky now looked like he had been caught. "You have no idea." He said, looking emotional.

"No. But I have an idea. Your father beat you that day he caught you with another stallions during your youth. It made you hate yourself so much, that you feel like you need to put on a charade to hide the fact that you are something you want to change so bad, but can't. You could never get your father to love you. That's why you started up this church. To try and make your father proud." I told him. Twilight was getting so close.

Rocky put the gun to Green's head again, except this time, Twilight managed to grab his hoof.

"LET GO OF ME, YOU BITCH!" He yelled as the two wrestled around with the gun for a quick sec.

Now, it's time to make my move. I dash toward him, and kick him in the face. So hard, that it knocks the gun away from him.

I quickly turn to Green Tea and tell her, "Quick! Get outta here." She didn't have to be told twice. She scurried out of the shop, and got outside to safety.

This time, Twilight got in a few good punches to keep him down. I went over one last time, and gave him another quick punch to the face. I didn't even use my chain. Wasn't necessary for him.

He went to the ground, and I mounted him to keep him there. I quickly got out my hoof cuffs, and read him his Miranda rights.

"Rocky, you are under arrest for first degree murder, accessory to commit murder, and domestic violence." I said, continuing to read him his rights. I got him up, and walked him outside.

"You wanted to keep your little secret so bad, that you have your own son killed, and you take another life for good measure. I hope it was worth it, and may God have mercy on your soul." I said to him, as I put him in a police carriage.

It went off, taking him to prison where he belongs.

Thank Celestia this is finally over.

Cha-Ching That was the sound of the cash register. I finally got the comic collection for Comet. He's gonna love this. Or at least I hope he does.

"Thank you again for everything, Detective. I can't thank you enough." Ace said, with Emerald Drops by his side.

"Just doing my job, Ace." I told him. I looked at Emerald, who looked sad now.

"What's the matter?" I asked her.

She sighed. "I never hated my son. I always supported him. It didn't matter if he was gay or straight or anything else. I was always just so scared of Rocky. That's why I built that damn church. I was afraid of a beating from him. I feel responsible in a way for Steel's death as well." She told me, while tears were in her eyes. Ace put a hoof on her to confirm her.

"Rocky was a violent pony, in denial of his sexuality. He filled you with fear. There was nothing you could've done. But, what matters is now he's in prison where he belongs. So, don't dwell on it. Okay?" I said to her. She smiled as she kissed Ace.

He looked at me one more time as he said, "Again, thanks for everything, Detective. My nephew can finally rest in peace."

I smiled. I bid them farewell, as I left the store.

"Well, it looks like you got everything." Twilight said to me. We were having lunch over at a little sandwich restaurant. This time, I got to pay for my own meal. I had the comic book in my bag, as well as a really nice chunk of change.

"Yeah. Now, I can FINALLY get those damn bill collectors to leave me alone."

RING RING My phones going off. It's one of the bill collectors. How convenient.

"Hey, I'm glad you called. I got the money for the rent." I said to him.

"Shadow, I'm sorry, but it's too late this time." He said to me.

What?

"What are you talking about? I have the money now. I can pay you later tonight, or tomorrow morning." I said to him. BTW, his name is Anchor.

"I'm sure you do, but you are six months behind on rent. You know the rules, don't you?" He said.

No. No.

"Yes, I know the rules, but I have it now. Isn't that what matters?" I said, practically shouting. Twilight looked concerned for me.

"Still, I have to follow rules. The six month deadline was two nights ago. And you didn't pay up right then and there. So, I'm sorry Shadow. I have to evict you." He said.

"This is fucking bullshit, and you know it." I yelled. I think a few other ponies here heard me.

"Yes, but it is what is. Sorry, but you are evicted, and that's that. Come get your things out of here by tomorrow morning. Or you'll never see them again. Ba-Bye." He said as he hung up.

That motherfucker! I feel so fucking angry right now, I'm gonna fucking blow my own head off.

"Shadow." Twilight said, looking to console me.

I can't really hear her, cause I'm fucking fuming with rage right now.

All this work, and now I'm FUCKING HOMELESS.

Me and Twilight walked over to the Detention Center to get my shit. I saw Spike running over to Twilight, and gave her a big hug. Obviously, he missed her. And was worried about her. It's a good thing for him to know that everypony is safe.

Well, except for Steel and Midnight. And eventually Cobalt.

However, when me and Twilight entered the Detention Center, I saw somepony in here that I thought I would never see.

It was Princes Celestia. In the flesh.

All the other police ponies bowed down to her in respect. Twilight ran over to her and nuzzled her. I guess it makes sense, cause she's her student.

"I'm happy you're okay, Twilight." Celestia said.

"You don't have to worry Princess Celestia. Detective Shadow Haze guided and helped me all throughout this whole case." She said, pointing over to me. "Of course, I still helped too." She added that in.

Now, Celestia was coming over to me. She looked down at me. I bowed out of respect. This is truly an honor.

"Detective Shadow Haze. I can't tell you how grateful I am that you put your life on the line to help find out who took the life of one of my Royal Guards. You traveled all the way from New Colt City, just to bring justice for him. I am truly proud of you. So, all I can say, is thank you, Shadow Haze. Thank you for everything." She said to me.

HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT. Princess Celestia, Princess Damn Celestia, just praised my work. She thanked me for everything. And she is the leader of Equestria.

If no pony else in the world will give me the credit I deserve, at least I can say that Princess Celestia did.

"Thank you so much for your kind words, Princess. It means a lot coming from you. I'm just happy to do the thing I'm passionate about." I said to her in the most humble way I could.

Then, Twilight motioned for Celestia to bend over so she could whisper something in her ear. What could she be talking about?

Celestia looked down at me and smiled. "Detective Shadow Haze, would you like it if you would join me for a meeting over at mine and Luna's castle? I have something I'd like to discuss with you and my student, Twilight." She said to me. Twilight smiled a big smile, which was followed by a squee.

What did Twilight just say to Celestia?

I nodded my head. "Absolutely, Princess. But, what is it you would like to talk about?" I asked her.

"Let's just say, I think I have a solution for all of your financial problems." She said.

....What? How did she....?

I stood next to Twilight and Celestia, as they beamed us over to Canterlot.