I continued the tie-in with Four Echo Niner here, but with a twist. I have purposefully not included all the dialogue from the latest chapter like I did when Tara met the police officer. For the police interview in this chapter from Savannah's POV, you will have to read First of Enmity's story. Regardless of my story, I strongly encourage you to read his-it is excellent. Anyways, enjoy and remember to review!

Savannah opened the door. None of the girls on the sofa could see outside, but they could hear the conversation. "Uh…can I help you?" Savannah asked.

"Savannah Swift?" asked a deep voice, probably one of the officers.

"Yes…"

"I'm Detective Colton, this is Detective Killian. We're from the Mount Christopher Police Department."

The girls on the couch exchanged surprised glances.

"Do you mind if we come in? We have some questions we'd like to ask about your sister," a second voice added.

"Well…I suppose so." Savannah glanced nervously toward the girls crowded on her couch. For a moment Sunset thought she would tell the officers to leave. But soon she stepped aside and let them in.

"Can I get you two anything?" she offered.

"No, ma'am—thank you."

By now both detectives were in the living room. They regarded the six girls on the very crowded couch with surprise—certainly they hadn't expected to see that many visitors. Each girl timidly waved—except for Fluttershy, who shrank deeper into the cushions while looking like she wanted to disappear. Sunset raised her hand in a brief greeting but couldn't keep it up. Her stomach was knotting up, the way it had when she tried to steal Twilight's crown and the royal guards had almost spotted her. Since then she had always been a bit wary of anypony—or any human—in uniform. It was silly, she knew, but then most phobias were silly.

Savannah cleared her throat. "These are some girls who came to give me information about my sister."

"I see." Colton, a slightly shorter and less intimidating officer, crossed his arms as he looked at the girls. "You were her friends?"

Pinkie Pie inhaled—luckily, Rarity saw the imminent danger and quickly put a hand on her mouth. Applejack spoke up instead. "Uh…not exactly."

The detectives looked rather warily at each other. "Oh?" Colton repeated, obviously suspecting something was wrong.

Sunset Shimmer mentally facepalmed. Can't the Element of Honesty tell a lie once in her life? Well, of course not—then she wouldn't be the Element of Honesty anymore. Oh well, better patch this up before they arrest us all.

She spoke up. "They're friends of mine. I knew Tara, and they just came along with me."

"And you are…" Colton asked.

"Sunset Shimmer." Sunset pointed to each girl on the couch. "This is Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie."

The detectives nodded in acknowledgement of the girls. Sunset's pulse raced as she realized, however, that both were completely focused on her. Though struggling to remain calm outwardly, she knew they could see she was scared. What did these men think? Why were they here? What would Savannah tell them?

Sunset's gaze fell on the magical book Savannah still held under one arm. If she turned it over to the police…

"Would you mind waiting in another room?" Killian asked, cutting into Sunset's worried thoughts.

Sunset motioned to the girls and led them silently into the kitchen. Applejack, the last one to enter, closed the door and then leaned against it in seeming relief. "Those two scare me, y'all."

"Tell me about it! They acted like they thought we kidnapped Tara or something!" Rarity folded her arms and huffed.

"Get away from the cake," Applejack whispered to a very hungry Pinkie Pie who stood drooling by the counter.

"Chocolate cake…" Pinkie whispered.

Rainbow rolled her eyes and pulled the pink-haired girl from the admittedly very tempting cake. "Look, Pinkie Pie. I've got some chocolate peanut butter crackers in my pocket. You can eat those." Pinkie excitedly tore into the treat.

"What's wrong, Sunset Shimmer?" Fluttershy whispered to Sunset. The older girl was standing by the kitchen door, closed, leading back into the living room.

Sunset frowned. "I don't know. I can't hear what they're saying but it sounds like there's a lot of tension in there."

Just then Savannah's voice grew shrill in anger. Each girl jumped as one of the officers shouted "Miss Swift!" loudly in reply. Then the voices grew quiet again.

"Ho boy," Rainbow whispered.

Surprised into quiet, the girls stayed silently in the kitchen until Sunset Shimmer heard the officers telling Ms. Swift goodbye. "Coast is clear," she whispered and opened the kitchen door.

Savannah closed the door behind the officers and just stood there, silent. Sunset Shimmer and the others came out of the kitchen and looked at her in concern.

Applejack spoke first. "Everything okay, Ms. Swift?"

Savannah sighed. "I don't know. Those officers asked me if Tara had broken any laws or had witnessed a crime. They said that an Officer Samuel Ford who was assigned to the case was kidnapped, they believe by the cartel. Their suspicion is that Tara saw something she shouldn't have, and was kidnapped so she wouldn't talk."

"Well, THAT certainly isn't what happened!" Pinkie exclaimed excitedly, " 'cause Tara's in Equestria and—"

"Pinkie Pie, will you PLEASE be quiet?!" Rainbow snapped.

Sunset stepped closer to Savannah. "Well…what do you think?"

Savannah sighed. "I know Tara would never be connected with criminal activity. She would report anything suspicious."

"Do you believe us or those cops?" Rainbow asked almost a little impatiently.

Savannah looked at her feet. "I—I don't know who to believe right now. Neither story makes any sense!"

Sunset gently touched the book Savannah was still holding. "Why don't you ask Tara herself?"

Savannah looked up. "You really believe this book is magical, don't you?"

"I KNOW it is."

A moment of tense silence hung in the air. Finally Savannah sighed. "Okay. What do I do?"

"Just open the book," Sunset encouraged.

Savannah slowly cracked open the cover to the marked page Sunset had indicated. As she did so, at first all she saw was a blank page. But then letters began to appear in elegant penmanship, like invisible ink showing up under heat.

"Dear Savannah, you probably won't believe what I'm about to tell you.

"By now Sunset Shimmer and the others would have told you what happened to me, and that I fulfilled Equestrian prophecy. Sis, it's all true. Starswirl the Bearded used his time spells to travel briefly to the future and record what he saw. He saw me! I'm part of Equestria now.

"I miss you, sis, and I wanted to be sure you wouldn't be afraid for me. Don't worry. I am perfectly safe here in Equestria. And whenever you want to talk to me, ask Sunset Shimmer to loan you her book. We can write back and forth as long as you want.

"Your favorite little sister in the world, and now in Equestria, Tara. P.S. Say thank you to Sunset Shimmer.' "

Sunset put a hand on Savannah's shoulder. "I'm sure she'd love to hear from you, ma'am."

Fluttershy meekly extended a pen. For a moment Savannah stared at the pen like it was about to explode. Then, carefully, she took the pen in her hand and touched it to the page. "Dear Tara…if that's really you, say something only you and I would recognize."

A reply appeared almost immediately. "When I was five years old, I found a necklace made of gold with a blue balloon for a gemstone. You told me it was probably a party favor from the other girl's birthday party that week. Do you remember that?"

Savannah read through the short note in shock. "It's true," she whispered. It was a statement and not a question. "It's true! It's all true!" Tears of joy filled her eyes. "Tara's alright!"

She wrote rapidly in the book. "I can't believe it! You're alive! You're okay!"

Back in Equestria…

I was by now quite used to my own teleportation spell. Unfortunately, the police officer I had found in the Everfree Forest was not. Not surprising, considering he probably didn't even believe in magic—until now, at least. If he hadn't still been holding my hand uncomfortably tightly, he would have faceplanted into the Canterlot Palace floor. "Whoa—careful!" I warned as he tried not to fall.

As it was, he appeared to have a terrible headache.

"Ugh," he groaned. "What was that?"

I shrugged casually. "Teleportation spell." He seemed surprised at my casual attitude toward it. But it was so common in Equestria, it was really only a basic spell.

Just then the room's door was engulfed in purple-pink magic as Twilight opened it and dashed in. "Tara! Are you alright? You ran off and…" She halted midsentence as she and the officer stared at each other.

He raised an eyebrow. "That's…a talking horse."

Twilight seemed equally surprised. "That's…a human."

The officer released my hand and stared at me incredulously. "Where am I?! What's going on?!"

Twilight and I looked at each other for a minute and almost simultaneously burst out laughing. The officer looked back and forth between us, trying to make sense of the situation, getting more confused every second.

Finally I motioned to Twilight to get a chair. "You really should sit down, officer. You've got a lot to take in."

He looked at me like I was nuts. But before he could ask any more questions, the book glowed and vibrated. Twilight levitated it with her magic, her eyes still focused on the officer. "Probably for you, Tara."

The book vibrated as a reply in my sister's handwriting appeared.

"Dear Tara…if that's really you, say something only you and I would recognize."

Twilight picked up the pen but I snatched it from her and scribbled the message myself, tears of joy blurring my sight. "When I was five years old, I found a necklace made of gold with a blue balloon for a gemstone. You told me it was probably a party favor from the other girl's birthday party that week. Do you remember that?"

"I can't believe it! You're alive! You're okay!" Tears suddenly materialized on the paper. I wasn't sure if they came from me or my sister—most likely both.

"It's all true? All the things Sunset Shimmer said were true?"

"Absolutely!"

"Tara, I just talked to two police officers who think you were kidnapped by the mafia or the cartel because you witnessed something! They even said a police officer assigned to your case was kidnapped probably for the same reason! Boy, have I got news for them."

"Wait!" I glanced back at the police officer behind me. "What's your name?" I asked him.

"Ford…Samuel Ford." He glanced over at Twilight, neither of them still quite sure what to think. "At least I know what my name is."

"Was his name Samuel Ford?" I wrote in the book.

"How did you know?!" Savannah's handwriting demanded.

"Because he's sitting right behind me in Equestria right now!"

"WHAT?!"

"We'll figure out how he got here later. I'm just glad that I can talk to you through this book!"

Another tear appeared as Savannah's reply progressed slowly across the page. "I'm glad you're okay. After your house burned down and you came to me, I felt so bad for telling you I couldn't let you stay with me. I wish I had just said yes. Then none of this would have happened! We'd still be together!"

"Equestria would have been torn apart by King Sombra if none of this had happened," I reminded her.

Almost a full minute passed before Savannah's reply manifested itself. "Still…I miss you."

I sighed. "I miss you too. But we can always talk through the book."

We talked by writing for a few more minutes before it became clear that Ford wanted an explanation for what was happening. I told Savannah I had to go and closed the book. It was time to explain to a very rational, very anxious policeman that he was now semi-permanently in a world full of magic and talking equine creatures.

At Savannah's house…

The girls watched happily as Savannah and Tara wrote excitedly back and forth. Finally Savannah sighed. "She says she has to go." She put the book down.

"So you believe us now?" Rainbow asked.

"Definitely! I can't disbelieve after seeing the proof right here!"

Sunset picked up the book to put it back in her bag. Savannah hesitated before speaking up. "Sunset?" She pointed hesitantly at the book. "Could I…?"

All eyes were suddenly focused on Sunset Shimmer. That book was her last connection home to Equestria.

Was she about to give it up?

Finally Sunset dashed away a silent tear. "Of course. You need it more than me." She handed the book to Savannah.

Savannah stroked the book's cover as one strokes a precious fur coat. "I can't thank you enough."

Sunset smiled sadly. "Let's leave Ms. Swift alone for now, girls."

The rest of the girls walked silently toward the door, even Pinkie (and she's NEVER silent).

"Sunset Shimmer?" Savannah asked the half redhead, half blonde.

Sunset stopped in the doorway. "Yes?"

Savannah bit her lip. "I just wanted to tell you…be careful."

Sunset Shimmer looked vaguely worried. "Oh?"

"Those police officers seemed suspicious of all six of you, but especially you in particular. They seem to think you're hiding something. I could tell by the way they treated you six."

Sunset chuckled wryly. "Well, I AM hiding something. I'm hiding the fact that I'm really from Equestria!"

"I think they suspect you're hiding something criminal. Of course…now I know that none of that's true." Savannah's eyes focused on the book again. "I just wanted you to know. Watch your step out there, okay? If you get in trouble with the police, don't hesitate to contact me."

Sunset smiled. "Will do. Thank you, ma'am."

"You can call me Savannah," the woman corrected gently.

"Thank you…Savannah." Sunset waved a shy farewell as she closed the door.

Will the Mane Six get in trouble? What about Tara and the officer? Find out in future chapters of my story and Fist of Enmity's! Thanks for reading and God bless! Remember to review before you leave! Constructive feedback is welcome!