Canterlot Academy Trials

The next morning….

“This is bullshit!” Blue yelped from the hallway.

Down in the hallway, the dragon in question had been called to look at the evidence that was found in the male’s locker room. A few blue scales had been left behind which had caused a few of the staff members to question him.

“I don’t even do drugs. I don’t even know where this came from!”

Professor Hassium was among those who had inspected the situation. Within the bag, they found another small bag filled with white powder. “Hmph…admittedly, it does look like a poor man’s attempt at a joke in order to incriminate you. Don’t quite understand why though…”

“Ugh!” Cayenne threw her head back in disgust with an annoyed groan, “First the incident with Nebula and now this? It’s like someone out there is trying to mess with our students.”

“You firmly believe this was planted, hm?” Mona the abyssinian nurse discussed with Cayenne nearby, “I’ll admit, from here it doesn’t even look like Mr. Blazes abuses substances. His eyes are normal, his posture is straight, his demeanor is--”

“Thank you!” he interrupted them with a shout as he rolled his eyes, “I feel like it’s been one case of bullshit after another around here…”

Mona giggled, and continued, “...his personality doesn’t seem to have shifted. I think we need to review our evidence before we lay down any accusations.”

Hassium would then offer a suggestion, “Why don’t we gather up all the security and guardsponies that were here last night? If they spotted anything out of the ordinary, we’ll know who really put this here.”

“Good idea,” Cayenne agreed, and looked at Blue. “You’re free to go, kiddo. We’re certain that it wasn’t you.”

“I know,” he replied with a huff, “But who was behind it? That’s the part I’m confused about. Who would even try to frame me for something like this?”

“Consider it your next mission for your dorm block,” Cayenne thought up on the spot, “I’m sure you all can figure it out if you put your heads together. Speaking of which, where are your friends anyway?”

“Nebula didn’t answer when I knocked,” Blue replied with a shrug. “I’ll go see if he’s up.”

Cayenne nodded and started trotting off with the rest of the staff members. “Good. We’ll let you know if anything else important comes up.”

With that, Blue flew off to his dorm block where his kirin friend, Mei, had already woken up and exited her room.

“Ah. You’re up, Mei. Did you hear about what happened?”

“Yeah,” she shook her head and adjusted her glasses, “Apparently someone snuck into the grounds last night. The security for this place needs a complete overhaul after what happened to Nebula. I’m just glad it wasn’t another trap or something…”

“One thing after another around here,” Blue lamented with a sigh. “I remember you told me that you were discussing some rumors with Grimrose about Zesty talking down the Tasty Treat, yeah?”

Mei nodded with an annoyed frown on her face. “Yes. It’s completely insane. Zesty’s got such an inflated ego that she thinks it’s okay to spin rumors about a place she doesn’t even eat at.”

“Must be some kinda petty vendetta shit,” Blue remarked with a scoff, “She’s so salty that no one’s taken her seriously ever since she tried to discredit the place and other restaurants have started to embrace different styles of cooking that she’s trying to spite poor Saffron and her dad’s business.” He folded his arms and leaned against the wall. “Hmph. She’s no better than some of the dragons I used to know. Guess all creatures are capable of being vain assholes.”

“Yeah…” Mei agreed, “It’s such a shame…but I think we’ll be able to get to the bottom of it if we try hard enough. Speaking of which, where’s the other half of our dorm block?” She turned her attention to Grimrose and Nebula’s dorm rooms.

Blue sighed and shrugged his shoulders. “I tried knocking to wake him up but he didn’t answer.”

Well they were certainly about to have an answer alright. Moments later, Rose opened her door…and both she and Nebula exited with rather frizzled manes which caught the attention of Blue and Mei.

“...Uhhh…” she darted her eyes as they looked in their direction. “...we were testing out new curses and--”

There was a rather knowing smirk on Mei’s face, indicating she already had an idea of what actually happened between the two. “Oh don’t worry,” she said with a giggle, “You don’t need to explain the details of your private lives to us. Right, Blue?”

Blue simply came out with it, “...you guys totally fucked, didn’t you?”

Grimrose hid her wings in front of her face, blushing profusely as Nebula smiled sheepishly.

“Uhh…well we certainly enjoy each other’s company,” he said with a smile, which put Rose at ease. Then, he’d change the subject. “But more importantly, I heard you guys talking. Is there something going on?”

One brief explanation later…

“I see…” Nebula replied methodically, “Who’d do such a petty thing, honestly?”

“Someone with no regard for common sense,” Rose commented, now standing upright, “Such a shame, really. Oh and by the way, Nebula and I spoke to a ghost not too long ago named Tandoori Chai.”

One of Mei’s ears flicked in response to hearing that name. “...I could’ve sworn I heard that name before…”

Blue would then comment based on the way the name sounded. “Hrm…is that something on Saffron’s menu, maybe? I could’ve sworn I remember seeing that name in a book when we were studying Shire Lanka in class the other day.”

“That’s it!”

“That’s it.”

Mei and Rose replied in unison as they both recalled seeing the term ‘Tandoori’ on Saffron Masala’s menu at the Tasty Treat.

“In that case, let’s go ask her about it,” Mei suggested.

Nebula would then remind them, “Hey, what about this bag-planting situation? Someone’s trying to frame Blue here.”

Blue waved his claw and shook his head, “Screw that. We got something juicier to deal with right now. All in favor of hitting up Saffron’s place to ask her about it?”

“Ready,” Nebula agreed. If Blue wasn’t concerned, then he chose not to be.

“Yes,” Rose replied with a nod.

“Uh-huh. Let’s go,” Mei added.