A/N: Shoutout to Zaibatsu for giving me the idea for stalkers. I elaborated on the idea a bit. Thanks bro.

After asking around from quite a few ponies including some of the royal guard, Midnight had aquired enough information to find out what was really going on. After gathering Twilight, Rarity, and Applejack in the library he took a deep breath before starting on the topic at hoof.

"Alright girls, I need you to stay calm through this alright. What I'm about to tell you is really going to piss you off." He stated causing them all to give him an annoyed stare.

"It can't be as bad as you're playing it out to be darling. Can it?" Rarity asked in a worried tone.

"Well, for starters, the president of that paper has heard all to much about me. As far as I'm aware he has detailed documents about me stolen from the royal archives. The only problem is that we can't prove it. He also has detailed documents on all of the elements but Pinkie, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy are of no interest to him. Just you three."

"Why just us?" Twilight asked looking around the group.

"You three are the only ponies that have been seen with me on multiple occasions, Plus you apparently have spoken about our little interludes together with some friends." He gave a chuckle raising a brow only to watch them blush.

"Well, that still don't tell us why he wants a story on us." AJ spoke up.

"True but that's where Twi and I come in." He snickered. "We are going to stake out the paper so that we can find a pony to mimic and get into the more sensitive areas where big stories are kept under the table until all the information has been received. Twilight, you need to locate one of the top photographers and use your magic to mimic their appearance, I'll do the same. You two." He nodded to Rarity and AJ. "Stay in Ponyville and please stay inside and lock the doors. I would love to stay here and torch every piece of film these idiots have but I can't be in two places at once." He sighed.

"Very well then, I guess I have no choice but to stay at the boutique." Rarity sighed in annoyance.

"Ah can't just up and leave Big Macintosh to the fields. Ah'm already behind as it is. But if'n you can make it back I'm sure ya can help me get the rest of the harvest purty quick." AJ winked to Midnight.

"I'll try my best to get back in a timely manner. Its going to be hard enough just finding a pony to copy to get inside the Gazette." Midnight groaned.

"Let's get going Night, The sooner we get there, the sooner this will be over with and we can relax." Twilight spoke up as she jumped onto his back laying down between his wings.

"Girls, we'll be back within a few days hopefully. Don't get caught by the press." Midnight spoke as he left the library, taking flight toward Manehatten.

It took a few hours of flying to get to the city, but took no time to find the Gazette. It was one of the few larger buildings within the city and had a large globe at the top that spun around. The words Manhatten Gazette. etched into it. After quickly using his magic to turn both he and Twilight invisible, they landed on a rooftop across from the Gazette.

"Alright Twi, time to start our stake out." Midnight chuckled as he pulled a two pairs of binoculars from his stash portal, handing one to Twilight.

"So who are we looking for?" She asked puling the binoculars up to her eyes and watching the ponies across the street.

"These ponies aren't the only ones who can get info on somepony else." Midnight chuckled pulling out a few folders and setting them to his side as he pulled out a photo from each one, handing them to Twilight.

Twilight put her binoculars down as she floated the pics to ion front of her. "Three different ponies? But only one of them is a mare Night." She said while cocking a brow at him.

"This pony is who we're looking for. He is the head honcho in charge of everything. These other two ponies are who we are going to morph into. We just need to watch the building and wait for them to come out so we can begin."

"Alright, but we have a problem with this." Twilight interjected.

"What did I miss?"

"You forgot to find out what they sound like. We'll get caught if we don't sound like them." She sighed.

"Damn!, Alright then, I guess we will have to go with plan B." He grinned.

"Oh Celestia! What have you got planned?" Twilight gave a slight whimper seeing the evil grin spreading across Midnights face.

"Oh not much, It just involves a couple cameras and some stalking on our part." He chuckled as his stash portal opened once again pulling out two digital cameras handing one to Twilight.

"Midnight? This camera doesn't have any film." She spoke up as she poked and prodded it.

"I keep forgetting your world doesn't have this technology yet." Midnight sighed as he began to teach her how to use the camera. After a few minutes she had grown accustomed to the cameras layout and began to take a few pictures.

"Now here is what we are going to do." Midnight smiled as he began to tell her about what they needed to do. After a few minutes she gave a nod. Using her magic she transformed herself into a random unicorn mare so that she would not become paparazzi bate. Midnight turned into a smaller version of himself minus his wings and turning his coat white, so he could use the camera without being noticed.

It had been a few hours since the two ponies had started. They both had taken many pictures of their respective targets while they were in some questionable situations. Although it wasn't much, it was a start. The two ponies arrived back at a hotel to get a room for the night so that they could start again early the next day. As they made their way to their room they casually began to talk about how the plan was going.

"Did you get some juicy details on your target?" Midnight chuckled as he floated Twilight's camera up to in front of himself, pressing a few buttons to get the pictures up to scroll through. After a minute he stopped cold in his tracks staring at the camera in front of him, his fire mane turning a light pink.

"I see you found the good pictures." Twilight giggled as they arrived at their room. Midnight began to walk again as he looked away from the camera to Twilight.

"Seriously Twi? Wow, I didn't think you had it in you to take pictures like these." He chuckled as he set the camera onto the bed, opening his stash portal once again as he pulled a small laptop from it and placed the card from the camera into it.

"What in Equestria is that?" Twilight asked as she looked at the small laptop.

"This will make our work much easier." He smirked as he then pulled a small printer from his stash portal and hooked it up.

After about thirty minutes the camera's had been backed up onto the laptop and all the pictures printed out onto some glossy paper in duplicates.

"Ok, so now we wait until tomorrow to take a few more pictures. This way we can get everything in one fell swoop." He chuckled as he browsed through the pictures once more.

"Twi, you never did tell me how you got these pictures." He chuckled causing her to smirk.

"It wasn't hard, I just had to follow that pony around for a while, Once he stopped at a phone booth I used my magic to listen to him from a distance and use the camera to zoom in on him. He was talking to a mare on the other end of the line. After about an hour the mare showed up and they went into a hotel. From there it got a little tricky. I had to use my magic to make myself invisible and teleport into a vacant room in a hotel across the street. After that they just stayed in front of the window while they rutted." She began to blush heavily but stopped as a determined smile spread across her face. "After reading that folder on this pony, I found out he has a mare and three foals. I really don't want to end his marriage Night. But he is cheating on her with this horse." She snorted looking to the picture.

"We aren't really going to publish this information Twi. We are just going to threaten to publish it is all. After tomorrow we need to head into the Gazette to talk to the president about why they want a story on me so bad. I'm sure after finding out we can come to an agreement of some sort. If not then we can have a little fun on the side with them." He chuckled as he began to load the pictures from his camera onto the laptop. Twilight watching at his side as each picture was scrolled through.

"Wow Night, you managed to get a lot of pictures. What does that one mean though. It has a little symbol on it." Twilight asked nodding to one particular picture.

"Ah, now this is something I didn't get to tell you about. It's a video function on the camera. Wish I had told you about it earlier. That little rutting session looked steamy." He chuckled getting a groan from Twilight. "Here, watch it." He said as he clicked onto the video making it pop up onto the screen.

"The two sat there quietly watching the president of the company talking to another pony about some questionable content regarding illegal transactions in the company. Although Twilight was unfamiliar with a few of the terms Midnight filled her in on it as the video came to a stop.

"So what now? You have some good information as do I. Can't we just go in there and talk to them and if they won't budge on getting our information we can bring this up?"

"No Twi, we need to have a few more tidbits just in case. Having plenty of information about a target is better than having just a little. This way, if they try to cover up the information we press on to them, we will always have that other information buried. We just need to avoid letting them know we have more than we let on." He chuckled.

"Interesting, Have you done this before?" Twilight asked causing him to sputter slightly.

"Y-yes, back in my home world. I gathered information about many different people to help out others who were under the thumb of the target. Once enough information had been gathered I gave it to the person who hired me and let them do the rest."

"Have you done that while in this world other than today?" Twilight cocked a brow giving him a questioning gaze.

"No, other than this time I've never had to do this. I always relied on my magic to do everything and stay safe, but since this involves you girls, I had no choice but to step up my game. Personally I don't care what they write about me, but you girls are the elements of harmony and Tia relies on you six. I can bare bad publicity. Noone will think twice about messing with an Alicorn. But regular ponies they can go after."

"I can understand that. I just wish there weren't so many ponies out to get others though." She sighed.

"Some don't care to ruin someone elses life in order to make a few bits. Some of these tabloids will blackmail celebrities in order to get a hefty payout from them to avoid the information being leaked to the public. It happens all to often in my world. Anyway, lets get some sleep. I'm sure tomorrow will be fruitful enough in out endeavors." He chuckled as he plopped down into the bed. Twilight climbing in next to him.

The following day was indeed fruitful. Twilight had found the same stallion as before and managed to take a video of his encounter with a certain mare that he had seen the prior day. Midnight on the other hoof had went the extra mile taking a huge chance as he made himself invisible along with his camera. He had infiltrated the Gazette's building and made it into the presidents office standing far away from him as he was sitting at a long table.

After about ten minutes the door to the room opened, several ponies walked in all taking a seat quickly as The president of the paper stood and began to talk.

"Good afternoon everypony, Glad to see you could make it." He smirked.

"What's with all this crap? Get to the point so I can do what I need to do to get that information." One of the ponies snapped sitting at the table.

"Very well then." The president began as he pressed a button on the table bringing up a large screen and dimming the lights as a slideshow began to play.

"As you can see, our target has been getting friendly with quite a few mares." He began only to cause Midnight to gawk as he looked at the slideshow of pictures of himself and several mares.

'How in the hell did he get those pictures?!' Midnight growled inwardly as he continued to film.

"We have received a large sum of information about the target, including a few items of particular interest." He chuckled as he pulled up several pictures of Midnight tearing apart a Diamond dog. A few of the ponies looked away in disgust until the pictures switched to something else that stunned everypony in the room. Midnight making love to Celestia herself.

"This here will be the final blow to Midnight Flame and Princess Celestia. With this information we can get everything we ever wanted, possibly more." The president chuckled evilly.

"And what is to prevent Either of them from locking us all up in the dungeons of the castle?" One mare spoke up.

"Very simple, I have hired an assassin that resides within the castle under the guise of an Elite guard. Midnight himself trained him in that little camp they just built not to long ago. He is to target both Celestia and her bastard foal in such a case as Midnight decides to try and sway my decision." He chuckled evilly.

At this point Midnight was in a fury he wanted nothing more than to tear that pony apart and make him pay for this. But that would only endanger his foal and Celestia., he would have no choice now. He would have to go back to the castle to prepare further.