Bad Colts Camp- How it should have ended

A Few Days Later

Canterlot Police station 1:45pm

So, after the Bad Colts Camp incident involving Shining Armor and several stallions, plus one colt. The mothers, Mrs. Harshwhinny and her accomplices were placed in holding until we can get the necessary information from them. My first task was to get confession out of them and if not, they would be going to jail for a longer period of time. Since Celestia asked me to help them, I decided to give them a chance before their sentence would be carried out. I walked in with my partner up to the Guard pony who was manning the front desk.

“I’m here to see the moms” he looked right at me and saw another pony next to me

“This is Chocolate Valentine, he’s a detective friend of mine”

“Yeah where hear to interrogate the mothers of those unfortunate sons”

He hit the button to open and the door opened to let me and Val into the station. We turned the corner and saw in the interrogation room, all four of them in one room sitting hoofcuffed.

“Let’s do this” I turned the handle and let Val enter and I closed to door behind me. I sat down at the table while the moms kept their heads down. I pulled out their confessions to their sons out in front of each of them.

“So, ladies do you know why you are here?” I asked

Velvet and Stellar looked at me first

“We were this close to getting our sons back and you ruined everything”

“We had to rebirth our sons all over again just so they could love us again like they did when they were young, and you took that away from us, we were happy they were happy” Stellar yelled

“Yes, you did, but your sons clearly didn’t want to go thru with it in the first place so instead you forced them back inside telling them it’s for their own good and that’s child abuse no matter how you look at” Val said

I put my fingers up to my face and rubbed my eyes

“Ladies I wanna help you, cause the way I see it you’re all going to jail for a long time, but I can get your sentences reduced but you gotta help me in order to help you”

“My son forgot about me and left me for that stupid princess”

“My son never listens to me and now I’m never gonna have grandchildren”

“My son is such a spoiled brat I just wanted him to behave like he used to”

“I should have never had my son, but I did and like an idiot I spoiled him and coddled him even when he got older”

I rubbed my harder eyes in frustration

“You ladies are the guilty ones here not your sons, when a son becomes a stallion it’s your duty as a God Damn parent and as a Fucking Mother to discipline your fucking child not matter how old he is. It also your responsibility to let your child go and be supportive of him, not baby him for the rest of his life!”

They looked away from me clearly still pissed off at me as if I didn’t understand. Cream and Posy looked at each other and deep down even though the loved their sons and wanted them to change they had to own up to what they did

“What’s our sentence” Posy said

I looked at the report and read it aloud

“Your’ all gonna be serving five years in prison from sexually abuse”

All of them were Shocked as this was going to be their punishment for what they did

“What do you want from us” Cream heart said

“All we want is a confession, you give us that and well help you get out sooner”

Cream and posy looked at each and nodded, they both turned to Stellar and Velvet. The two were indeed still pissed but if they ever wanted to see their sons again, they would need to confess. I pulled out a tape recorded and turned it on. I pushed the mic in front of them

“You mares understand that you are guilty of abusing your sons”

They all answered “Yes”

“You know what you did was wrong, and you went ahead with it” Val said

Again, they said “Yes”

“Now tell us why you listened to Mrs. Harshwhinny in the first place?”

They all sat quietly for a second until one of them spoke

“She seemed like she knew what she was doing you know like a mother would with her child and her resort seemed promising”

“And like an idiot you believed her, and her bullshit. You do realize that what she was doing was illegal right”

They nodded with understanding

“Alright then, that’s all we need” I turned off the recorder, got up, and walked back out the door

Val and I walked down the hall to another interrogation room where Harshwhinny accomplices were being held, they too had their heads down, hoofcuffed as well. We walked in and I sat down in front of them

“Alright ladies all we want is your confession and maybe I can cut you a deal”

These ladies weren’t going to jail for long unlike the mothers, but being the nice guy that I am in this situation I wanted to help them and make sure they didn’t do anything like this or get involved in activity like this again. I turned on the recorder and ask them the same questions I did with the moms

“So, you know what you did was wrong and yet you did it anyways, why?” I asked

“They money was just too good to pass up, and it seemed like easy work” Redheart said

“Still it was illegal you do know that”

“Yes, and we are sorry, well do whatever it takes to make it right” Aloe said

“We confess to being affiliated to Mrs. Harshwhinny and her illegal activities and were willing to serve whatever time we are given” Lotus said

“Thank you, ladies, for making this easier on us” Val said

Both of us got up and left. I started walking towards the front desk. Val was on his way to interrogate Mrs. Harshwhinny when he noticed that I was heading for the door. He stopped and headed back to me.

“Hey where ya going son, we still got one more to interrogate”

I was talking to the front desk into get a smaller search warrant

“Thanks, sorry Val we’ve got some investigating to do” as I headed towards the door

Val tilted his head and raised an eyebrow at me as he followed suit

“Well where the hell are we going?” he asked

We both stepped outside and onto the sidewalk, as I called for a taxi

“We’re going to Mrs. Harshwhinny House”

“You mean her condo?” Val question

“No, I looked at the police records and she used to have a home in the middle section of Canterlot, I’m aware that she has a condo in the high end of Canterlot but I figured if there is any evidence it would be at her old house”

“What makes you say that”

“Well the records state that she moved out of her first home a several years ago maybe there’s some clues there can help us”

Mrs. Harshwhinny’s old House
42 Wallbay way, Canterlot 3:23pm

The taxi took us down the road as we headed towards our destination

“Why do we need to go to her house, we have enough evidence to put her away”

I listened to his comment but I recall my thoughts back a couple of day ago while I was on the train about Harshwhinny’s past, did she truly have a kid or a husband and if not why would she open that resort and give mothers a second chance to be with their sons by doing that gross program

“We need to learn more about our suspect before we do, I feel like there’s more to this story than meets the eye”

The taxi slowed down as we came upon an old house, the house was in disarray, the bushes were almost dead, the weeds were overgrown, the house itself looked rundown. It looked like nopony had lived here in years. The taxi stopped right up front. I gave him his bits and Val and I stepped off and walked up to the house

“You really think we’ll be able to find anything here; the place looks deserted” Val said

I looked at the empty and rusty garbage can and knelt down, there were remnants of glass inside at the bottom of the can, I could see some scattered around the sidewalk and on the road. I looked closely at the inside of the can and saw a label stuck to the side of the can. I pulled out a plastic bag and some tweezers and peeled the label off. I examined the label. It was old, weathered and worn but I could still read the label, it was for a bottle of Applejack whiskey.

“Never knew she was a drinker” I said

“Neither did I, it’s not much to go on”

I put the label in the bag and placed the bag in my coat

“Well since we’re here might as well see if anypony home”

We both walked up to the door and I knocked three times, we both stood there and waited for several minutes but no answer came

“Well now what do we do”

“We go in, we have a search warrant” I said

I pulled out my small tool kit and pulled out my lockpick set. I put the tool in the lock on the door and used the curved tool to pick the tumblers. After a few minutes the tumblers were up, and I turned to tool and unlocked the door. I looked back at Val ready for anything, I pulled out my gun and grabbed to door handle and opened to door inwards. We both slowly walked in on high alert of anything or anyone. The place inside was filthy with dust and minor garbage everywhere. We decided to split up and search the house. Val went to the kitchen while I check the living room. I looked around and took in what I was seeing, a couch, a fireplace with a mantle with two picture frames sitting on it.

I pickup up the one on the right and it was a younger happier Harshwhinny. I flipped it over and found some writing on the back

First day on the job as Equestria Games Inspector

I put the photo back on the shelf and picked up the one on the left, it appeared to be facing the wall as if the pony didn’t want to see it anymore. On the back it read

Getting Married February 9, 2013

I flipped it over to see the glass was cracked, but I saw the picture and to my astonishment it was Mrs. Harshwhinny and a male pony which I can only assume was her husband. He had slicked back hair, a white coat, black eyes and a five o’clock shadow, he was also wearing a tie.

“So, she was married” I showed the picture to Val

“Huh so there really is something amiss here”

I looked at the picture in its current state and wondered what happened. I looked at the wall and noticed a portrait of them together awkwardly placed in the middle of the wall. That felt off to me, so I walked up to the picture and moved it to the side and found a hole the size of a hoof in the wall.

“I guess the marriage wasn’t perfect after all” I said

I took the picture off the wall and pull out my camera and snapped a photo of the hole. I also took a shot of the cracked picture. After a while I couldn’t find anything else on the matter, I turned to Val.

“Find anything” I said

“Not a whole lot, the place has been cleaned out”

There has to be more evidence around here somewhere

“Why would she walk away from this place, with what seems to be a complicated marriage?”

“Well let’s keep searching and maybe we’ll find out”

We both headed upstairs, the second floor had three doors and two windows, on the faced towards the road, and one showed the backyard. I looked out the back window and saw an old shed. We would have to investigate it later as I opened one of the doors to my right. Inside was an office space with a typewriter and filing cabinets.
I searched through the cabinets but found nothing of interest, just old documents from her Equestia Game days. There was a spot on the wall that looked like something was there as evident of the paint in the middle being more vibrant that the outer paint.

“Huh that looks weird” I said as I took a photo of the weathered spot on the wall

“Not much else here” Val

We both left the room and opened the middle door. Inside was a laundry room with a washer and dryer. I looked around the room and behind the washing machine was an empty bottle of bleach.

“Hm why was this behind their” I snapped another photo of the bottle.

“Let’s check the last room” Val said

I slowly opened the door and inside was a simple bedroom, with a queen-sized bed, a large stand up mirror, a closet and a bureau with drawers. This room was the dustiest of all as the sun showed through the window dust sprayed all around the room.

“Well let’s get to it” I said

Val searched the closet but there was nothing in there. I looked at the bed and I noticed that the comforter on top was surprisingly clean and not worn at all as the color pink was still visible. I knelt down and lifted it slightly that’s when I noticed that the underside was slightly worn. I pulled the comforter off the bed and flipped it over and that’s when I noticed a big white spot on the underside. White spots like that happen when you spill bleach on them, but this spot was so huge it covered the complete underside of the blanket. I took a photo but then I noticed a similar white spot on the sheets as well, so I took a photo of that as well

“Something definitely happened here, and it wasn’t good”

“Perhaps our happy couple weren’t so happy after all” Val said

My suspicions were aroused but nothing links her to her making that resort and starting that program. What exactly happened here, as there was one last spot that we didn’t check, the shed. We made our way outside to the backyard and stood in front of the shed.

“Whatever’s in there it must have been important otherwise why would it be locked” Val said pointing out the padlock on the door

I walked up to the padlock and pulled out my tool kit and pulled out a small rotary tool. I turned it on as the blade began spin making a whirring noise. I started cutting away at the lock and soon it cut through. After putting my tool away, I removed the padlock and opened the door. Inside it seemed like a normal tool she with gardening tools like rakes and shovels and a wheelbarrow. All of them seemed clean and brand new except for the shovel as there was evidence of use, dried up dirt stained the shovel head, there were two identical pair of boots behind the shovel, but the dirt and mud on them were much darker than that on the shovel. I took a pic of the shovel and the boots as well as a sample of both dirt’s. I looked around and noticed and the wall of tools and one of them was missing. I snapped a photo of the blank spot. My suspicion was peaked as I started putting the pieces together.

“Well what are you thinkin?” Val asked

I didn’t respond. I walked outside and started looking at the ground that covered the backyard, the ground was covered in grass that was still green. I looked back at the house and followed the grass along the fence. I looked carefully and noticed a patch of grass in the corner of the backyard was less green.

I walked over to get a closer look; the patch was pretty big to be a coincidence. I walked back over to Val who was standing by the shed

“What now Partner?” he said

“Call the police, tape up this property, and get some men to dig up that patch up, in the corner over there, oh take this camera and get the film developed, and get this evidence analyzed” I said as I handed him my camera and bags of stuff

As I walked away from the potential crime scene

“Where you going now?”

“I need check out some records about this bitch” I said as I walked back to the road and called for another taxi. As luck would have it one was stopped on the other side of the road, so I flagged him down. I hopped on and sat down as he looked back at me

“Where too?”

“Canterlot Town Hall please” I said

“You got it” he said as he started to gallop on down the road back up to High end Canterlot

Canterlot Town Hall 4:34pm

I walked into town hall and saw secretary ponies all typing on their typewriters. In the middle of the room was a front desk and a single pony manning it. I walked up to the front desk and waited for the pony to recognize me. She was busy filing paperwork, when she was finished, she looked at knew exactly who I was.

“What can I do for you today commander” she said

“I’m looking for a marriage certificate for a Mrs. Harshwhinny”

“Just a sec” she got up from her seat and went to the back room which I can only imagine were rows of filing cabinets with all of the town’s history in them

A short time later she came back with a folder levitating it with her magic. She then placed in on the counter and she got back into her seat.

“Here is the Marriage certificate for Mrs. Harshwhinny and Mr. Gold Medal, this is a copy, is there’s anything else I can do for you?” she said

I picked it up and looked at it carefully, the signatures looked authentic the names were correct. At least I have a name for the husband

“What do you have on Gold Medal”

“Let me check” again she went back and a few minutes later came back with a folder labeled Gold Medal. She placed on the counter for me to sift through.

“Here’s what we have”

I looked through the folder and sure enough his picture matched the one from the crime scene. Apparently, he used to compete in the Equestria Games when he was young, he won a couple of gold medals for competing. Then he and harshwhinny must’ve meet and fell in love. Soon after they got married, he tried getting a new job around several places in Canterlot and ended up as a chef at one of the local joints The Iron Shoe. His last known address was 42 Wallbay Way, Canterlot. So, my assessment was correct, because I can only hope what really lies beneath that patch of grass in her backyard.

“Can you make copies of this file for me”

She used her magic and made duplicate copies of the file

“If there’s anything else” she said

“I think that will be all” I said before walking out the door and back to the taxi

“Where to now sir”

“The Iron Shoe” please

The Iron Shoe 5:06pm

The cart stopped right out front of the restaurant. I walked in and the place was pretty fancy, well for me it was fancy. White clean tablecloths, neatly placed tableware, stallions with mustaches, suits and aprons. I looked and saw the hostess at her wooden pew

“Hello sir, will you be dining with us today, we have a brand-new cucumber salad that’s been very popular”

“Actually, I’d like to see the owner if it’s not too much trouble”

She looked at me with concern as she left her post and went to the back of the restaurant. A short time later she came back with a big stallion in a fancy three-piece suit, slicked back hair, and gold watch chain in his pocket.

“Hello sir, I am Iron Shoe, good to see you here in my fine restaurant if there’s anything we can do to make you dinner more exquisite just let me know”

I pulled out Gold Medal’s photo and showed it to him

“You recognize this guy”

He took the photo and knew exactly who he was

“Ah yes Golden Medal I believe he used to be chef here”

I interrupted him

“Wait used to be?”

“Yes yes he used work cooking all the food and was very good, then one day a couple of years ago he just never showed up for work, I often wondered why he walked out, perhaps he found a better job”

“Well if he found a better job why didn’t he say anything”

“Not quite sure perhaps he simply hated working here”

“What makes you say that”

“Well the last time I saw him he seemed pretty upset coming into work, I never bothered asking him about it”

“Would anyone here know why?”

“Well perhaps the desert chef Strawberry Mille-feuille she might know, Hostess can you run and grab her, tell her the commander wants to ask her some questions”

Iron Shoe turned and went back to his office, the hostess went to the kitchen and came back with a tan pony, with pink hair, and blue eyes. She was wearing a chef coat and hat all covered in flour.

“Hello there, I’ve always wanted to meet you sir, I’ve never met someone like you before” she said with a smile

“Yeah I get that a lot, but I’m here to ask you some questions about Gold Medal”

“Oh, sure what can I tell you”

“The last time you saw him he was kind of upset do you know why he was like that?”

“Well he didn’t talk to anyone that day, but I did hear him mumbling to himself about being angry at his wife”

“What about his wife”

“From what I heard through his mumbling is that she works away from home days at time and they don’t see each other a lot”

“Hmm that is interesting”

“Sorry I don’t know more sir” she said

“That’s okay any info is better than none”

“Oh, wait a remember him saying that she was gonna pay someday, but I thought he was joking around”

“Hm that sounds serious”

I wrote everything down in my notepad and left the restaurant back to the taxi. I jumped on and yelled

“Cinnamon Chai's Tea and Cake Shop please”

It was a short ride but nonetheless I needed to eat and process the information that I have. I sat down at the tables and ordered a hot cocoa with whipped cream and cinnamon on top, and a slice of carrot cake. I sat there and enjoyed my food while I went over the notes. So, Mrs. Harshwhinny married Gold Medal probably during her time as the Equestria Games inspector, they got married a short time later, their marriage starts to fall apart, and then Gold Medal just disappears without a trace in the world, then Mrs. Harshwhinny opens up an illegal resort for mothers and sons, but why. If they were together, they might have had a son but the Canterlot records didn’t show that they had one. He said he was going to get back at her and maybe she lashed out and killed him and buried him in the backyard, I wonder what he did to get back at her, I mean the hole in the wall was evident of domestic violence. If she got hurt, she would probably want to go to the Hospital, but why not go to the police, given her job she probably couldn’t have her reputation ruined if she got a divorce from an abusive husband. But if she was injured in any way she would have to go to the hospital. After finishing my snack, I grabbed another taxi and headed for the Canterlot Medical Hospital.

Canterlot Medical Hospital 6:12pm

I walked into the hospital and walked right up to the front desk

“Hello sir, can I help you”

“I need to look at Mrs. Harshwhinny’s medical records”

“Well normally we don’t share records of patients, but since you’re here I suppose you overrule that”

She used her magic and levitated the file down to me. I flipped it open and she had been in for facial injuries, bruises, broken and missing teeth, black eyes. I couldn’t believe what I was reading she was domestically abused, but nothing about pregnancy.

“Did she ever have a child?”

The nurse kind of looked at me with shock in her eyes and she tried to brush off the question

“Uh I’m afraid not it would have been logged in her file if she did” she was starting to sweat nervously

“You’re lying, tell me now or I’ll have you also arrested”

“(Huff) oh very well” she led me to a private room down the hall and locked the door

“I hoped I wouldn’t have to say anything, Mrs. Harshwhinny told me to keep it a secret but-”

“Hold on” I pulled out the recorder and hit the button

“Okay now tell me about her son”

“Well a couple of years ago she came to the hospital for her injuries, she told us that she got into a fight but didn’t mention who”

“I can assume it was her husband, but why didn’t she go to the police”

“She said she didn’t want to sully her good name but telling everypony her husband was abusive, so she hid it from everypony else, then she never came back, I hoped that maybe she did get a divorce and that she moved on but then a couple of weeks later she came in with stomach problems. We run some tests and found out that she was pregnant”

“That must have been Gold Medals revenge, he raped her, getting her pregnant was the only way for her to stay at home and ruin her job and her life” I thought to myself

“When I told her she was distraught, she told me that she can’t have a child and started to mentally break down, when she calmed down, she seemed like she knew what she had too and left, six months later she came in, about to give birth, when we were done the child was horribly disfigured from birth defects”

“What do you think might have caused that” I asked

“Perhaps she had a few drinks or smoked while she was pregnant with him”

“What happened afterward?”

“She was so disappointed, and she began to cry, then she left and never came back, but before she did, she made me promise to never speak about what happened to anypony”

“Why is that”

“Well my guess is that she wouldn’t be able to care for him and didn’t want anypony else to know”

“Hm thanks for speaking to me about this, now if you’ll excuse me”

I left the room and went back to the taxi and made my way to the local orphanage.

Canterlot Orphange 7:21pm

I walked into the orphanage up to the front desk

“Can I help you” he said to me while he was reading a magazine

“How about doing your fucking job and help me” I yelled at him

He took one look at me and threw the magazine away and stood up straight.

“Oh, uh sorry about that, uh what can I help you with today sir” he said with a fake smile

“I need to know if any foals were given up here about a year ago”

“Let me check” he went to an old filing cabinet and pulled out a ledger of all the colts and foals they have obtained over the years

“Here you go” as he handed me the folder I yanked out of his magic aura.

I skimmed through the colts and foals by the year and date specifically, but nothing stood out, seemed like a dead end

“Do you have any children with abnormalities or deformities”

“To be honest no and I’m surprised no one has given up one yet”

A dead end, but I wasn’t gonna let that deter me. I walked out of the orphanage when out of the corner of my eye I saw Detective Valentine sprint towards me

“Hey Mel” he said as he stopped in front of me trying to catch his breath

“You were right, there was something buried back there, bones. Our forensic scientist ran some tests and it turns out it was a pony, older male, and get this we found the murder weapon buried with him, a hammer of all things”

“So, Mrs. Harshwhinny did murder her husband, and tried to hide it”

“Yeah, but what about you, what have you got?” he said

“Her Husband was Gold Medal when they got married, he spent most of his time alone at home because she would go off and spend days on end at work, this upset him greatly to the point of him abusing her and hitting her”

“Dear Celestia, I’ve had similar cases like this but none that ended with murder, oh by the way the dirt that you found on the boots didn’t match the dirt from the shovel”

“Really wear did it come from?”

“They ran some tests and the found that it came from the Everfree Forest”

“Wait if the dirt from the shovel didn’t match from where her husband was buried why would she need to go to the Everfree For….” The final puzzle piece fell into my lap

“I gotta go, oh good job by the way” I yelled for another taxi

“Where are you going?”

“I’m off to find a baby” the cab stopped, I jumped on and I was off to the train station.

While the cab raced down the road, I was hoping my theory was correct, why would she go all the way to the Everfree Forest to dump a child off. I know Zecora lives there but I don’t think she would be able to help the child, let alone take care of it. Perhaps she killed the child to and buried him somewhere there. As the cab raced to the station, I can only hope I was right.