My Little Pony: Ignorance is Bliss

DISCLAIMER: I do not own My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. (And I never will)

My Little Pony: Ignorance is Bliss

Everypony in Ponyville is celebrating Princes Cadence and Prince Shining Armor's wedding party. Apparently, a pony from Ponyville has some of the wildest parties in Equestria. I wouldn't know, because I've never been to one. I've been living in Fillydelphia for almost my entire life.

"Hey, You! Over there! I've never seen you here before. Everypony's my friend so it's really bothering me that I don't know you. What's your name?" A pink pony asks opening the front door. I cringe. Out of everypony here, why me? I am briefly distracted by all of the colorful balloons inside.

"You promise you won't laugh?" I ask.

"I won't laugh. Friends don't laugh at each other. My name is Pinkie Pie!" She says. Did she just say friend?

"I'm Sprinklejinx…" I mutter under my breath wishing she would get out of my way.

"Sprinklejinx! What a funny name!" Pinkie Pie says between chuckles. She rolls on the floor grinning at the ceiling.

"Ha, ha, ha…" I growl sarcastically.

"Don't worry, Sprinkles! I'm laughing with you, not at you. It's just so much fun to say. Sprinklejinx!Sprinklejinx! Sprinklejinx! " Pinkie Pie snickers.

"Have you seen Princess Cadence anywhere? I'm her student. I need to go see her if she's not too busy." I say.

"She's upstairs in her room." Pinkie Pie says blowing a party horn in my ear. My minty green coat bristles.

I knock on the princess's door. Shining Armor slightly opens it. I could still hear the sonorous music from downstairs.

"Do you need something?" He asks.

"Yes. I'm looking for my teacher, Princess Cadence." I say.

"She's not feeling very well. Why don't you go downstairs and join the party?" He asks.

"It's okay. Let her in. She's just the pony I'm looking for. She's a detective." Cadence says sulking on her bed.

"Is there something wrong, princess?" I ask taking a quick bow and sitting beside her. She sighs and turns her head the other way.

"Yes… It's my younger sister, Cloudstar. I miss her..." She says.

"You have a sister? What happened to her? If you don't mind me asking." I say. She's been teaching me for over twelve years and she hasn't mentioned having a sister once. I was never a gifted unicorn like Twilight Sparkle. In fact, the only reason why Cadence wanted to teach me magic was because my magic is dangerous and hard to control. I was even supposed to be one of her bridesmaids. I quit because I thought Cadence was being a bridezilla. Apparently it was Chrysalis the whole time so I guess there's no hard feelings.

"She went missing fifteen years ago when she was a filly. I just wish she could have come to the wedding." Cadence says.

"How did she go missing?" I ask.

"Cloudstar fell from her bedroom window at night. Some even say she was pushed. There is nothing that proves that though. She was captured by a pack of Diamond Dogs when she was just a little filly. No pony knows where she is or if she's even still alive. The six story drop could have been enough to kill her. The diamond dogs could have taken her body and eaten it. If she is alive the diamond dogs would probably use her as their slaves. Those greedy little beasts would do anything to get their paws on gems. I refuse to believe she's dead until I see her with my own two eyes. Sprinklejinx, If it's not too much trouble, would you help look for her." Cadence says.

"I'll do everything I can to find her." I say.

"Thank you so much, Sprinklejinx." Cadence says.

"No problem. Congratulations by the way." I say. I hand her a nicely wrapped box with scented candles inside.

"These are wonderful. Thank you." She says.

"You're welcome. I'm going to go look for some clues." I say. Cadence shows me to Cloudstar's bedroom.

I take a look inside Princess Cloudstar's room. There is a silvery white Pegasus with a spiky black and yellow mane and tail. His cutie mark is a blue shield with a golden lightning bolt. He's about seven inches taller than I am and he has a strong build.

"Excuse me. What are you doing here, sir?" I ask. He quickly whirls around and stares at me with his blue eyes.

"Um, I can ask you the same thing." He says trying to see if I'm some kind of a threat..

"Do you know anything about a pony named CloudStar?" I ask. He shutters when he hears her name.

"Yes, I was her guard." He says giving me a pleading stare. His ears and tail droop down.

"Did you see the kidnapping when it happened?" I ask.

"Yes… NO!" He says. I wish I didn't leave my shovel at my house. I would have knocked his brains out for lying to me. That would get him to cooperate.

"Well, were you or were you not a witness to the kidnapping?" I ask trying not to lose my temper.

"It's a long story." He says backing away.

"Can you give me a straight answer?" I ask.

"Can you relax?" He asks.

"Did you just answer my question with a question?" I ask.

"Is that a problem?" He asks putting a smirk on his face.

"YES! It is problems now STOP IT!" I shout stomping my hoof on the ground.

"I'll tell you everything I know. When I was a colt I started being a play mate for princess Cloudstar. She was about three  years old. She wasn't old enough to fly. She was always jealous that I was able to fly. She was a bit spoiled. She always had to have her way. One day she wanted to learn how to fly. She wouldn't take no for an answer. I kept telling her it was too dangerous but she wouldn't listen. She opened her window and jumped flapping her wings as fast as she could. She lost control and landed head first on the ground. I wasn't quick enough to catch her. She was laying in the grass crying. I was surprised that the fall wasn't enough to kill her. I went back to tell the adults what happened. By the time I came outside, the body was missing and I heard howling from a distance. There were deep paths of dirt just outside the castle. Celestia sent her servants to go find her, but most of them never came back." He says.

"Was that so hard?" I ask.

"When do the questions ever stop?" He teases.

"They don't. That's the point of an interrogation." I say.

"Okay, Noseyhooves." He says.

"My name isn't Noseyhooves." I say.

"What is it, then?" He asks.

" Sprinklejinx…" I mumble. He points his hoof at me and burst out laughing. I scowl at the ground in embarrassment.

"Mine's Thunder Wing." He says wheezing with laughter.

"Seriously what's so funny about Sprinkljinx?" I ask in a flat tone.

"Nothing, Stinklejinx." He says.

"Very mature, Blunder Wing." I say rolling my eyes. "I better be going now. Clearly I'm not getting any more information out of you." I say. Clearly I won't be getting more information out of him. I don't want to waste any more time horsing around with a goof like him.

"Can't you take a joke? Come back! Where you going, Sprinkles?" He asks.

"I'm going home to get my shovel so I can dig through the Diamond Dogs tunnel and find Princess Cloudstar." I say trotting past the incompetent guard.

"I'll go with you, Jinxie." He says. I moan. Doesn't he have anything better to do than follow me around like he's my tail? He should be guarding the castle like he's supposed to.

"You better not slow me down." I grumble.

"Are you always this pleasant?" He asks.

"I'm only as pleasant as you are smart." I say bitterly.

"Ouch…" He says.

"You better be prepared for danger." I say hoping to change his mind.

"Psh! Danger, my hoof. I laugh at the face of danger. Danger is my middle name. I love livin' on the edge." He says stretching his wings in anticipation.

"Are you sure you can handle it?" I ask.

"If a puny unicorn like you can handle it, I sure can." Thunder Wing says looking down at me smugly.

"Watch it! I can bipity boppity boo you to the next week." I say through clenched teeth.

"You know what, you're okay. I like you, you're funny. I think this mission is going to be fun." He says.

"Missions aren't supposed to be fun." I say.

"When are we going to start?" He asks. I don't like how he keeps using this 'we' word. Usually I work alone. He probably thinks an investigation is going to be a walk in the park. Well I have news for him, solving mysteries is not as easy as it looks.

"Probably tomorrow. Everypony is at the party tonight. It would be too loud to interrogate people." I say.

We trot down the stairs to see what was happening at the party. Pinkie Pie is frantically galloping around the dance floor. She stops in front of Thunder Wing.

"Hey, Thunder Wing! Have you seen a short, chubby, minty green unicorn with freckles, and magenta tail, mane and eyes? She's wearing a little black bow in her mane and her cutie mark is of a black puzzle piece." Pinkie Pie blurts out as quickly as she could. She sounds like she's saying a whole bunch of gibberish to me.

"I'm right behind you!" I say irritably as I smack my forehead with my hoof.

"Oh there you are! I was worried sick about you. Why don't you sing the Pony Pokie with us?" She asks.

"The pony what?" I ask. I don't have much of a musical talent but sometimes I'll sing when I'm alone in the shower. I've never heard of a Pony Pokie.

"Of course she will!" Thunder Wing says pushing me into the crowd.

"Hey! Wait? What are you doing?" I shout getting pushed in front of a microphone.

"Take it away, Sprinklejinx!" She says giving me a microphone. The crowd stares at me in anticipation.

"Uh...Woohoo! Pony Pokie!" I say half heartedly into the microphone. Then I gallop through the palace double doors.

"I'm sorry, Sprinklejinx." Thunder Wing says.

"Go be annoying someplace else." I say stomping my hoof.

"I just wanted you to have fun." He says.

"I had a blast." I say sarcastically.

"Sprinklejinx isn't that bad of a name. Sure, it's not as threatening as you make yourself out to be, but it's not too bad." He says.

"It's not that. I don't care if they think my name's funny. I'm just not a party animal. I didn't belong in there anyway. I was only here to see the princess. I'm just going to go home now."

"See you tomorrow." He says.

I go home and try to get some rest to prepare myself for the long journey ahead of me. Cloudstar, Don't you worry about a thing ...I will find you, someday… I think to myself as I fall into a deep sleep.