"FIRE FIRE FIRE!!" the flower trio yelled. Luckily, the weather patrol arrived in a minute, putting the fire out with rainclouds.

****

"This is the fourth fire today, Twilight Sparkle. We were lucky to save the Sofa and Quills store, but we need to do something now!" Mayor Mare pleaded to Twilight.

"You´re right, Mayor. The first thing we must do is find the common link between all the fires!"

"Hey Twilight, I brought the quill from the store you needed!" Spike said as he entered the library and he finished that sentence burping a green flame.

"Great, thanks Spike. Now let´s see, the first fire was in the kitchen of Sugarcube Corner..."

"Man, those cupcakes Pinkie gave me BLURP! they gave me the worst case of hiccup!"

"A-ha. And the second took place in the fruit stand in the market..."

"I thought that if I eat a lot it will go away, but even after I finished an entire bucket of apples I´m still BLURP!"

"And the third one happened in the jewel store. I fail to see the connection..."

"Then I thought I need to get some gems but the guy at the store didn't want to give me any free samples! I mean, he has plenty of jewels in there! BLURP!"

"Spike! Could you please be quiet? I´m trying to concentrate! Now Mayor, about those fires...what are you all looking at?"

****

"The court is in session!"

Incredibly, they got the Great and Powerful Trixie to act as the prosecutor in this case.

"The Great and Powerful Trixie will summarize the case in one word...SPIKE DID IT!"

"Those are three words!" somepony yelled.

"Is obvious to Trixie that the only culprit is this dragon. His constant rude expulsions of flame are the cause of those fires."

"Objection!" Twilight interrupted her. "Spike didn´t do it!"

"And what other possible explanation do you have, Twilight Sparkle? Are there any other creatures in Ponyville who can breathe fire other than him?"

Unfortunately, Twilight didn't have one.

"I´m afraid I have no other option but to pronounce Spike culprit..."

"Please Mayor, don´t do this! It wasn´t me, I pro BLURP!"

The Mayor blinked a few times, her head now comically burnt and devoid of any hair, and the she hit the hammer "CULPRIT!"

Spike was about to be confined into a cell until his hiccup was cure when suddenly another fire started.

"My van! My van!" Trixie yelled as the pegasi team tried to save her house.

****

"My van..." said Trixie after watching at the burnt remains of the place.

"There you are, Trixie!" Snips and Snails said and came running next to her. "We´ve been looking you all over the town!"

"What do you two want?"

"Well, we heard you were back in town and we have something for you."Snips explained. "You see, we now understand why you failed against Twilight. Because you didn´t had a dragon assistant so..." and he levitated something from under the remains. " We got you one!!"

"...what is that hideous thing?!" Trixie asked pointing at the floating black creature that chewed at its own tail.

"A baby dragon!" Snails said.

"That´s not a dragon!"

"A-HA!" Twilight rushed to the library and brought back a book. "That´s a salamander."

"A what?" Snips asked.

"A salamander. Its a type of creature that lives in lava and that can also breathe fire. Most scholars think they´re related to dragons. Where did you two find it?"

"In a cave near the Everfree Forest. We brought him here and then went to Sugarcube Corner for a snack..." Snips started.

"But he didn't like the cupcakes so we went to the market to get him some food..." Snails continued.

"And then I remembered Snails, dragons eat gems! So we went to the jewelry store to get some freebies but the owner said no." Snips finished.

"And when did you went to the Sofa and Quills store?"Twilight asked.

"Uh...we never went to the Sofa and Quills store." Snips  said.

"Oh yeah, I think that was me. I BLURP! in the store." Spike confessed.

"Mayor, let go of Spike. He has a store to clean. And you two..." Twilight took the salamander on her own magic. "Take this thing back to where you found it."

Snips and Snails left with the creature while Trixie kept looking at the remains of her house.

"...why me?"

"There there." said Twilight, patting her back.

****

"Dear Princess Celestia: today I learned to not jump at conclusions too early. Even the most obvious suspect could turn out to be innocent all along. Also, that salamander make terrible pets. Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle."

Celestia levitated the scroll in front of her face. "Wish you could have told me that sooner, Twilight..."

"Sister! Your pet salamander is on the loose again! The castle in on fire! Get rid of that thing!"

"But it keeps me warm at nights!"