Equestria Noire Case #2: The Wonderbolt Case
By MysteryLover17

It’s been about 4 days since the Royal Guard Case. Rocky and Berry Breeze were rightfully in jail where they belong. For Cobalt, well, unfortunately his AIDS battle ended a lot sooner than I anticipated. He died two days ago. The only thing that can be at least good about that, is that he had his best friend, Green Tea, next to him the whole time. So, at least he didn’t die alone.

As for me, well I moved into the Castle of Friendship with Twilight. I did meet the other Elements of Harmony at the party that Pinkie Pie threw for me, that being the “Welcome to Ponyville/Celebration for solving Steel Spear’s murder party.

Thing is though, I only introduced myself. I didn’t stick around as much to get to know them. I said “Hello”, and that was pretty much it.

As far as other ponies, well I do remember a gray coated mare with a really long black colored mane with a song note for a cutie mark. I believe her name was Octavia from what Pinkie said to me(more like rambled but what can you do?). She, as well as a few others(one being a blue unicorn, who was a local dentist, named Minuette) had a look on their face. Like, they didn’t want to talk to me, or were intimidated by my physical appearance.

Well, like I said when I met Starlight, when you have a blood red coat and a pitch black mane with red tints in it, ponies may think of you as a demon from hell. I had a feeling they thought of me like that. Oh fucking well.

It’s not like I’m gonna make friends with EVERYPONY here. Twilight has to at least understand that. If I’m gonna take her friendship lessons, she should at least understand that not everypony will like me(some may even hate me). She knew this.

......Right?

So, anyway, I’m currently sitting in a really nice chair(One that isn’t dusty as hell) in my new office. This is something I’ve wanted for a long time now. A nice, clean office that looks presentable for any clients that want to come in and present a case to me. They won’t have that thought of me being a total fucking slob.

There’s also a huge window next to my desk that gives me a great view of Ponyville. It’s absolutely beautiful. That must’ve been an added bonus by Princess Celestia. She sure knows how to give out rewards, that’s for damn sure.

So, I’m sitting here eating my lunch(a hay burger, hay fries, and a Cola-classic kind of meal, huh?), when I heard a knock at my door.

“Come in.” I said, as I wiped my face with my napkin(always have those on you when you’re eating-never know when some pony is gonna talk to you face to face; wanna look decent for them).

It was Twilight Sparkle. My new friend......eh, it still felt kinda weird saying that. I mean, I do consider her a friend, but it just feels out of my comfort zone after being a somewhat loner for how many fucking years.

“Hello Shadow, how are you doing?” She politely asked me with a sweet smile on her face.

I nodded. “I’m doing well, and you?”

“Very well indeed. So, how are you settling in here? Do you like it?” She asked me.

“Yes, I very much do, Twilight.” I said to her. “This office is absolutely fantastic. I especially love the view from my window.”

She smiled. “Well, I’m glad you love it.” She said.

I took a bite from my burger, swallowed it, and then said this to her.

“Though, I am getting the itch to get back out there and do what I do best.”

She chuckled, while her left hoof covered her muzzle slightly. “Oh Shadow, it’s only been 4 days. Just be patient. I’m sure something will come up.” She said.

“Well, in case you didn’t know by now, I’m a bit of a workaholic. I can’t just go over old case notes. I feel like I need to get out there and do something.” I said to her, while I took another bite of my hay burger, this time accompanying it by a small sort of hay fries with it. Napkin wiped across my face again.

Her horn was then encased with magic. She levitated a picnic basket.

“Going on a picnic with your friends, huh?” I asked her, finally finishing my hay burger. Which I followed that using my napkin.

“Mmhmm.” Twilight said, nodding her head. “And I was thinking you could join us. You can get to know my friends.” She said, with a hopeful grin on her face.

I had a feeling she’d want me to start on “friendship problems”, or whatever the fuck those were. I did make a deal with Princess Celestia after all.

I sighed. “It appears you want me to start meeting new ponies, am I right?” I said to her.

“Well, yeah.” She said. “Now’s as good a time as any to start on friendship lessons. And what better way than to meet my friends?”

As I finished the rest of my hay fries, I stood up to face Twilight.

“Alright. I guess I’ll come. Take some shit off of my mind.” I said, throwing the wrapper that held my fries away.

“Don’t worry too much, Shadow.” Twilight said in an upbeat tone. “I’m sure my friends are looking forward to meeting the stallion who solved the murder of Steel Spear.”

I sure hope she’s right.

*****The Ponyville Park*****

Me and Twilight walked through the town of Ponyville to her and her friends’ usual spot where they have a picnic. As we walked, I saw what I was expecting to see from most ponies in town. My new home.

There were ponies that looked intimidated, which they showed by either not looking me in the eye, looking away in fear, and some even cowering on the ground with their hooves covering their faces. That one being a mare about my age who had an amber mane and tail, a raspberry coat, golden eyes, and had a trio of flowers for a cutie mark. She even had a flower behind her right ear. Sheesh, it’s like she thinks I’m a reincarnation of Nightmare Moon. It was kinda pathetic.

However, that wasn’t entirely the case. Some ponies, mostly mares with young children, gave me stern looks. Like, they were just waiting for me to make a move, and they would attack with righteous fury. Especially, if I went anywhere near their son or daughter. I especially saw that with one couple. There was a dad and a mom with their kid, a daughter who looked younger than Comet. The big and buff looking dad had a flattop Black mane and tail, and a boxing glove cutie mark. The mom had a shoulder length Indigo mane and tail with an aqua blue coat and had a typewriter cutie mark. The daughter had a light blue mane and tail and a darker shade of blue for a coat color. She looked like she didn’t have a cutie mark as well. A blank flank if you will. The dad just gave me, or tried to give me I should say, a scary look, while the daughter clung to her mother’s hooves looking intimidated, while the mother also gave me a look as well. Thankfully, I’m not some sick foal fiddler, so they don’t have anything to worry about. At least, for that part.

But, I do have to give credit where it’s due. Some ponies, and this was a small portion, actually did wave and say hello to me. One in particular was a mare who looked a little older than I was. She had a pale coat, a navy blue and pink swirled mane and tail, and three pieces of candy for a cutie mark. I didn’t say hi, but I did wave. Albeit, a quick one, but still a wave nonetheless. Some of these ponies were little colts and fillies who looked at me in awe, as if I was a super hero or something. Huh. Kinda like Comet.

There were a few mares, definitely single, who eyed me as well. One that stood out was a mare, maybe a bit older than me, who had a light yellow coat, a poofy orange mane, and a pair of carrots as a cutie mark. She, along with a couple others, maybe two more I lost count, gave me a flirty look to know they might be interested in a.....unique looking pony, let’s say that. Now, I don’t know if me and Angel Blossom are on again or not, but even if we weren’t, it always felt odd to spend a night with a mare when she was on my mind. Like, I was cheating one her, even though I technically wasn’t. When we were off at least.

So, after going through town, me and Twilight finally arrived at the spot where she and her friends had their picnics together. It, actually, was a very nice spot to have one. It was a wide open range where they could throw around a frisbee or a hoofball if they wanted. And there was a nice tall tree that were you could sit in the shade.

As we walked toward the spot, I noticed that me and her were the first two here. So, her other friends were gonna be joining us in a little bit.

I looked around at the scenery. “Nice place for a picnic, Twilight.” I said to her.

She giggled. “Thanks. Me and the girls always have a picnic together whenever we get the chance for some free time away from our duties at the School of Friendship.” She then used her magic to lay out the blanket for us.

As I sat down, I asked her, with my eyebrow raising, “You have a school to teach friendship?”

Twilight nodded. “It’s to help teach ponies and other creatures all over the world how to make friends when they feel like they can’t.” She said.

I couldn’t help but just shake my head.

She noticed that and asked, “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing, it’s just I think a school being made to teach just friendship is rather ridiculous. I mean, it’s not like normal schools teach Math, or Reading, or History, or subjects that ACTUALLY could be useful for the future.” I told her.

She narrowed her eyebrows at me. “Friendship is important for the future, Shadow. Imagine not having friends, like you did for so long.” She said rather sternly.

“Twilight.” I said. “I have had friends when I was in school. In fact, I had a group of friends I hung out with up until my junior year of high school.”

“What happened to them? Have you spoken to them since?” She asked, looking concerned.

I shook my head no. “Nope.” I said.

“Why?”

“Well, one is dead, and you know why.” I said to her, as she hung her head in sadness. I told her about my friend Silhouette, who committed suicide after a dance when I rejected her romantic feelings for me.

“Right.” She said.

“And, that will be a secret between you and me for the time being, right?” I asked her.

She nodded. “Of course.”

We were silent for a couple seconds before she asked me another question.

“What about your other friends? What happened to them?” She asked.

“Well, Sugar Spice was mad at me after what happened to Silhouette. So, I haven’t talked to her in years. As for the other two, well it just happens with a lot of ponies.” I said.

“What’s that?” She asked, looking curious.

“You drift apart. You follow your path to where you want to go, and that most of the time means that you can’t go with them on their journey. It’s just life.” I said to her.

Twilight narrowed her eyebrows again. “That doesn’t happen with every pony. I’m sure your friends miss you very much. Even Sugar Spice.” She said, again with that stern tone.

“Pfft.” I snorted. “The other two, yes, but I guarantee you Sugar Spice doesn’t miss me one bit. After the falling out we had, you’d never expect us to make up.” I said to her in my cynical voice.

“What if she does though?” She asked.

And just before I answered her, I heard a loud, high pitched voice in the distance. I recognized that voice. I heard it and knew the face of it when I was looking for Steel Spear’s killer.

“WE’RE HERE!” Pinkie Pie shouted as she hopped up and down toward us up the hill. She had a picnic basket in her mouth.

Accompanied by her, were her and Twilight’s other friends. From the party Pinkie threw for me, I remembered the other four name’s being Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Fluttershy. And all of them were carrying their own picnic baskets as well.

As they all made their way toward us, Twilight gave me that stern look again. “Shadow, try to smile a little please. Don’t look so mean.” She said.

I tried. It was more of a smile/more than straight faced look. Meaning, yeah I was smiling, but not much and it looked more like my usual blank faced look. Just tilted upright a little bit.

The girls made it over to the spot, and sat their picnic baskets down.

And just as I was about to say something, I felt something wrap around my body. It all happened so quick.

“Shadow!” That high pitched voice said, a little close to my ear.

She let go of the hug, and just looked all excited to see me. Like Comet, except older, surprisingly more energetic and a little bit creepier.

“Are you here to join us? Oh, that’s so cool. Maybe, you can tell us all of your adventures as a police pony. Ooh, ooh, ooh, or maybe you can show us your gun. Or maybe,—“ Her voice was muffled by Twilight’s magic. Sweet Celestia, that mare can talk.

After Pinkie stopped talking, Twilight prepared to introduce me to her friends. Even if they kinda knew who I already was after the party.

“Girls, I wanna introduce you to Detective Shadow Haze. He, Spike and I worked on that Royal Guard Case a little while ago.” She told them.

Two of them looked decent, that being Applejack and Rainbow Dash, one of them was eyeing me like I was candy, that being Rarity, and one looked intimidated, if not, scared of me, that being Fluttershy.

“Shadow Haze, this is Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash.” She introduced me to them.

I nodded my head to them. “Pleasure to meet you all.” I said.

I saw Rarity get red in the face and giggle all regal like. “Oh, the pleasure is all mine.” She said.

Ah, another mare, this one being around exactly my age, that was attracted to a unique looking pony like me.

Well, she is beautiful. Can’t deny that.

We all sat down in the blanket. As I did that, I found myself sitting next to Twilight on my right, and who quickly took a seat next to my left? Rarity.

She fluttered her eyelashes at me. Wow, could this mare be any less subtle?

I saw Applejack and Rainbow Dash gag and roll their eyes at her. At least I know those two won’t be like that. Hopefully.

After that awkward moment, we all dig into the food that was prepared for the picnic.

This was a weird way to get started here in Ponyville. Hopefully, a case happens not to long from now.

Author's Note

I know everyone was wondering what happened to the old Case #2? Well, it wasn’t really working for me. I lost interest in writing it after the second chapter. So, a while later, I just decided “Screw it, I’m deleting it and starting a new one.”

The reason I did this was because, I wanted to also focus on the friendships that Shadow will develop with the Mane 6 as the story progresses. The old one just kind of rushed into it. Here? I’m gonna try to take my time. So, that’s why the old case that I had is no longer up.

Hope you all enjoy this case as it goes forward. Also, leave a comment in the comment box. Thank you all and goodnight everybody.