Rainbow Dash landed on a cloud and looked back at where he was. She was upset about how he brushed her to the side. But at the same time… she looked at her wings and sighed. She wondered if she really had a chance at being a Wonderbolt. Or if she'd actually have the ability to focus while she worried about Scootaloo.

Shaking her head, Rainbow flew over to the field where Spitfire and the other Wonderbolts were practicing.

As the pegasus landed, Spitfire called to the team. "Take five!" Turning to Rainbow, she smiled. "So, you're the hotshot that stood down prince Fancy Pants. Not bad."

"I wouldn't say that." Rainbow laughed.

"Don't get me wrong. I appreciate your guts. But if you hope to join the team, you'll need to learn that sometimes it's best to do what the nobles say… as long as it's not illegal." Spitfire sighed.

Rainbow huffed and turned away. "Yeah well… some ponies like to abuse that power."

Spitfire nodded in agreement. "In the future. Remember to go along with what they say. Then let the guards know."

"He threatened Scoots." Rainbow huffed.

"Who?"

"My number one fan and a kid who looks up to me." Rainbow replied.

Spitfire's eye twitched. Taking a deep breath, she spoke as calmly as possible. "Go get something to eat with the team. If they have a problem, tell them I said so." She instructed before flying off.

Check sat at a desk looking over several scrolls of spells, some with train ticket history and his notes on law dealing with abuse and prostitution. The more he read, the madder he got for what happened.

"Sir!" A guard called as he entered the room. "We checked the records as indicated. There are no other tickets for the parents to the town."

Check thought for a moment before gathering his notes. "I see… send a request to the princess for a summons for them to come to Ponyville. Let her know about the lack of responsibility and mistreatment of their kid."

"Yes sir." He replied before quickly leaving to do as he was ordered.

Check looked out the window as an image of Discord appeared on the glass as if he was there looking out with his arms crossed. "Normally I would want to stop you or mess with you about now." He said flatly. "But…" He turned to face Check with a determined smile. "Not even I would stoop so low."

"Tell me Discord. What would be the best way to catch ponies who think they can do no wrong?" Check asked.

Discord thought for a moment before shrugging.

"Simple. You go to the pony they listen to. And if I'm not mistaken. I'm almost ready for the trap." Check declared as he made his way out the door with his notes.

The two princesses sat in the throne room and listened to a noble complain about how the prince was treated. It wasn't much of a surprise they were annoyed by this. The fact that this was probably the sixth noble to come to them about this. What was probably even worse, was they blamed "that Rainbow moaned husie" for it.

"If anypony should be punished, it's that mare for setting him up like she did. No doubt to oneup what her friend did at the gala." The noble huffed.

Luna huffed and glared at him as her sister sighed softly. "Regardless of your thoughts or that of the other nobles. BlueBlood has more than earned his punishment. And do tell Spoiled that as well on your way out." Celestia stated. "No doubt she will be eager to inform us of the same things you did. So please be a gentle colt and save her the time."

With a sigh and a nod, the stallion left as Spitfire entered. "Apologies for barging in. But I just got informed about something that you need to hear."

"If it's about another noble wanting to complain. You can save your breath." Luna groaned.

"It's about the prince." Spike informed as she was barely able to contain her rage. "That sick freak threatened Scootaloo. A young filly."

Both princesses blinked in shock before turning to each other. Something didn't add up but if what they were just told was true…

"Princesses!" The guard called as he trotted to a stop, clearly out of breath. "Sir Check… has… a plan…"

"Catch your breath." Celestia instructed. "What does he have in mind?"

The guard paused and looked at Spitfire. "I doubt the princesses would do much if I let my anger out at this point. So don't expect me to leave unless you want to be my bucking bag." She warned.

Turning to the Princesses he took a deep breath. "It's about the parents of Scootaloo." He sighed. "He requests you send a summons for them to arrive in Ponyville."

Luna rubbed her chin as she tried figuring out what he was up to. Seeing this, Celestia nodded. "Very well. I'll leave my sister to handle the matter."

"Hold it!" Spitfire snapped. "Explain."

Seeing the princess nod, the guard turned to her. "Long story short. We have reason to believe that Scootaloo was abused by her parents. Or they left her in unsafe conditions. Either way. They have been riding the edge of legal responsibilities a bit too long. Check believes he has a plan to bring them in."

Turning to the princesses, Spitfire saluted them. "Then you can count on the aid of the Wonderbolts. We'll track them down and deliver the-"

"No." Luna interrupted. "Check doesn't strike me as the type to go with a simple answer. Not when it has so many holes…" She thought for a moment and smiled. "Go and prepare for your show. We will speak later about our part of his plan." As the two ponies left the room, Luna got up and turned to start her part of the plan, leaving Celestia to slump slightly at the sudden relief from tension of recent events.

Author's Note

I wonder what Check is going to do. This is going to be interesting.