“This feels weird,” Lyra told me as I helped her button her jacket back up. “Having to wear clothes and all twenty four seven. What happens if we don’t wear any and walk down the street?”

“You get arrested to public indecency and nudity,” I explained as the others looked nervous. The sirens had offered to house us for a bit while Sunset and her group were busy. Mainly because it would be a lot to explain to their worlds Minuette about why there was suddenly two of her.

“Damn. They don’t play here,” Minuette whistled. “Damn is a word they use right?”

“Yes. It’s a low level cuss word,” I explained as I finished buttoning Lyra’s coat.

“Thanks Twi. These hands are way more complicated than I thought,” Lyra shot her marefriend and other friends a smirk. “I told you all humans existed and you all never believed me. Twinkleshine even said I was crazy.” The girl flinched and looked away.

“We’re sorry,” Moondancer commented. “You were right all along.”

“And you’re not crazy,” Twinkleshine reassured her. “No more than Twilight here is when she is late on delivering a lesson to Celestia’s students.”

“She’s right,” I nodded before I realized what she had said. “Hey!” The others chuckled as my face turned red.

“So get any closer to finding anon a miss?” Bon Bon asked me curiously as she rolled her eyes as Lyra poked her repeatedly. “What Lyra?”

“Nothing just wanted to poke you.”

“No I haven’t,” I let out a frustrated sigh that was shared by the others. I was a bit surprised the others in the room had wanted to come with and help me. Especially Minuette. She and Lemon Hearts had been the most vocal in voicing in their opinions about letting them come with.

“Didn’t your guys daughter do something similar?” Minuette asked Lyra and Bon Bon. “With the two other little terrors?”

“Uh yeah,” Lyra commented. “The foal free press issue. When it came out that Scootaloo was involved, Bon Bon spanked her with a hoof. And then it just got awkward when Scootaloo started liking it.” We all looked at each other with uncomfortable expressions as it got quiet. Moondancer turned red as she coughed into her hand.

“Yeah that was a uncomfortable conversation,” Bon Bon admitted with a red face. “I thought we had a few more years left with her and Liza before we gave them the sex talk.”

“Poor Liza looked traumatized!” Lyra chuckled. “Poor filly.”

“Yeah,” Lemon Hearts chuckled. “But yeah I remember you guys telling me about that. I’ve never seen Bon Bon so mad or disappointed in all the time I knew her.”

“Well yeah I was mad. She knew better than to air the towns dirty laundry,” Bon Bon scoffed and I slowly faced her.

“What was that?”

“Uh what?” Bon Bon asked in confusion.

“What you just said. What was that?”

“Uh air the towns dirty laundry? I know you take things literally sometimes Princess but they didn’t actually hang out ponies clothes.” I quickly got up and darted for the door.

“Where are you going Twilight?” Twinkleshine asked me worriedly.

“Come on. We have to find Celestia.”

“Are you sure about this?” Principal Celestia asked in confusion with her hands on her desk. “They cause trouble sometimes yes, but this is a bit extreme for them.”

“Listen,” Bon Bon stepped forward. “My daughter and her friends did the exact same thing in Equestria. We didn’t think it was them until they came out about it publicly and apologized to the whole town. It made sense after why they left me and Lyra alone.”

“She’s right,” Lyra announced as someone knocked on the door.

“Come in!” Principal Celestia called out and the door opened. A white women with brown hair stepped in with a gun on her hip and a badge on her belt. The words TARU spelled on the back of her shirt.

“What’s a taru?” Minuette whispered as the woman glanced at her with a paper in her hand.

“It stands for Technical Assistance Response Unit. It consists of the planning unit, information and technology unit, crime analysis unit, and the national incident based crime reporting unit. We are responsible for ensuring the collection, processing and transcoding of digital evidence including video and cellphone data. We investigate cyber crimes,” the woman explained. “We can trace any of the posts by tracking the ip addresses. Multiple of the posts came from computers here in the school.” The other Equestrians looked at each other stunned.

“You can use magic to do that?” Minuette asked. The police officer gave her a confused look.

“Uh it’s not magic. It’s technology.”

“But how does it work?” Moondancer pressed.

“Typically we would need to get a warrant to track an ip but Celestia and Luna gave us permission to track the ips. After all, this is school property and not the students private property. They technically have no privacy when they use school property,” the officer answered. “Your phone number does not point out the exact details of your location. It is a different case if GPS is actively working or an application is providing the details. The concept of triangulation is used for this purpose. Three satellites determine your location roughly. They together determine the area of that device. If the crime is taking place on social media, these social media platforms provide the details as well.” She handed the paper to Principle Celestia and her eyes narrowed as she picked up her phone.

“Luna come to my office,” she set the phone down after a second. “Thanks Quick Response.” The appropriately named officer sat down on a chair and brushed some hair off her dark blue pants as Vice Principal Luna stepped in.

“Hey sis what’s up?” Luna asked my friends looked at each other hesitantly. Principal Celestia handed her the paper and she groaned. “Oh lord.” Celestia picked up the phone again.

“Miss Cheerilee, bring Scootaloo Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle to my office please. Thanks.” We sat and waited as the moments passed. It felt like an hour until the door opened. Cheerilee lead in the three confused girls.

“What’s up Principal Celestia?” Sweetie Belle asked cautiously as Celestia handed Cheerilee the paper as I peered over her shoulder. Cheerilee narrowed her eyes as her expression hardened.

“You three better start explaining. Now.”

Author's Note

Mad Cheerilee again.