Ponyville / The Crew / 11-21-61, 9:00 AM

Today was going to be my day off, I have many days off during the year because I think we are done going on missions for now. There are no more threats to Equestria, no bombing threats, no waging war threats, no invasions, or anything. So today, I wanted to spend time with the girls because I am still traumatized with Zach's death, I just can't get over it so quickly.

"Hey Rainbow, you want to do anything today?" I asked, she came up to me and kissed me on the cheek, and nodded.

"Twilight's making another court session if you want to participate! I'm a witness this time!" She was excited, I guess it's time to put my Japanese law skills to the test once again, and hopefully stronger opponents that won't break down as easily. Rainbow told me that Twilight was my co-counsel, and the mayor was the judge once again. If Twilight was my co-counsel, who was the prosecution? Who was the defendant? Once we made it to the courtroom I was shocked, my team was already there, and turns out Princess Luna was the prosecution, and Shiny was the defendant.

"Twilight? How did you the princess and your brother involved?" I asked with a confused look, she smirked.

"I have my ways." Was all she said before making her way to the seat next to me. The case summary is that Jhon this time was found dead inside the closet in the castle, and Shiny was found at the scene.

"Prosecutioner Luna, you may begin your opening statement." She judge said as she started to get comfy, Luna nodded and started her statement.

"Colonel James Lamar was found dead last night inside one of the closets in Canterlot Castle, we suspected Shining Armor to have killed him due to their rivalry. He seemed to have been stabbed with a sharp knife multiple times, he was alive for a few moments and then died of blood loss." She said, I had some evidence including the autopsy report, the bloody knife covered in magical residue, and a patch of blue fur, the prosecution had the rest of it.

"Good, now. Luna if you may, call in your first witness." She said, gesturing to Luna, she nodded and Rainbow came up to the witnesses' stand.

"Witness, please state your name and occupation, if you may." She said, looking at her, mouthing something to her.

"Rainbow Dash, occupation, weather mare." She had a very blank expression, a good poker face if you ask me.

"Witness, please testify to the court if you would kindly do so." The judge said.

-What I saw last night- (Music)

"Well, I was racing Jhon again to Canterlot Castle. And then he said he would be back soon to who knows where. He hadn't returned like he said he would, so I went looking around. I then saw Shining Armor running away in the opposite direction. When I looked over the guards blocking the area, I saw Jhon dead, outside of the closet." She finished her testimony, and the Judge gave me the go ahead to start cross-examination.
Cross-Examination

"Well, I was racing Jhon to Canterlot Castle." She started off again.

"HOLD IT!"

"Why were you racing him to Canterlot again?" I asked, she had an annoyed look on her face.

"Because he beat me last time! And I wanted to get him back!" She snapped at me, shouldn't have brought that up.

"Once we got there he said he needed to do something and would be back soon."

"HOLD IT!"

"Where did he need to go?" I asked.

"I don't know, he just said something about meeting Shining Armor about something." She said, this opened up a lot of questions for me.

"He hadn't returned like he said he would, so I went looking around." I skipped this part because I didn't think I needed to press on it.

"I then saw Shining Armor running away in the opposite direction."

"HOLD IT!" I shouted.

"What was he running away from?"

"He was running away from the crime scene, with guards chasing after him." She calmly replied.

"When I looked over the guards blocking the area he was running away from, I saw Jhon dead, outside of the closet." This raised suspicion. I looked over the crime scene map, and Jhon was INSIDE the closet!

"OBJECTION!" They all looked over to me.

"This map says he was found INSIDE the closet! How do you explain that?" I asked triumphantly.

"Gah! Uhm, well...he fell out of the closet when they opened it! Yeah, that's it." She was hesitant on that answer, but I pressed further.

"OBJECTION!" Luna stepped in.

"He was laying against the door when he was killed!" She guessed, but I shook my head in disagreement.

"No, he should've been on the opposite side of the door to be trapped in there in the first place!" I told them, Luna staggered.

"OBJECTION!" Luna once again stopped me.

"Look at the map again Drew! It said Jhon was found on the side of the closet! He could've fallen out if he was leaning against the door!" She stopped me dead in my tracks, I was beaten this time.

(Stop all music)

"Witness, you may leave now. We had enough of this." The judge said, they had another witness, I know of it.

"We now call, Captain Loosewind to the stand!" Luna said, with a sly smirk on her face.

"Your name and occupation please."

"Captain Loosewind, squad leader of Delta 2-1." He stated.

"Witness, please begin your testimony." She judge gestured to him.

-What Happened Last Night-(Music)

"So, I was patrolling the castle like I always do. Then I went down the hallway to find Shining Armor, running away from the royal guard. When I looked over the crowd I saw Jhon, in the closet, dead. I alerted the princesses as soon as I could get back down to the thrown room. That's what happened in my perspective, I then saw Rainbow Dash fly away back to Ponyville after she found Jhon dead." That was his testimony, not much to go by though.

"Mr. Goulding you may begin your cross-examination." The Mayor said, nodding at me.

Cross-Examination

"So, I was patrolling the castle like I always do."

"HOLD IT!"

"I thought you should've been in training?" I said, I remember telling Shiny that they were to get only one break a day.

"I was taking my single break, all day." Well, that explains it.

"Then I went down to hallway to find Shining Armor, running away from the royal guard."

"HOLD IT!" I shouted.

"Why was he running away?" I asked.

"He was running away from the crime scene, he was the one suspected for murder anyway." He said in the 'DUH' voice.

"When I looked over the crowd I saw Jhon, in the closet, dead." This was it, the big contradiction.

"OBJECTION!" Everypony looked at me, in surprise.

"Your testimony just contradicted Miss Dash's testimony! She said, 'When I looked over the guards blocking the area he was running away from, I saw Jhon dead, outside of the closet.' What do you say to that?" I asked, he staggered, he tried to think of something, but couldn't and Luna had to save him. I also noticed something about her.

"OBJECTION! There could've been another perspective to the crime!" She objected.

OBJECTION! That means one of them couldn't have saw Jhon's body! The closet door swings out and to the right!" I've seen that closet many times, and whoever was on the left of the closet couldn't have seen Jhon's body.

"This is getting quite interesting. Please continue Drew." Mayor Mare said, allowing me to continue. I looked at the crime map, it swings to the right, so the pony on the left wouldn't have saw Jhon's body.

"Captain Loosewind!" I shouted at him.

"Uhmm...Y-yes?" He was scared, I knew it because I can smell fear.

"Which side of the hallway were you in?" I asked, he questioned my logic, but I made him answer the question.

"I was on the left side of the hallway, right over by Princess Luna's room." He said, so this was interesting, but I had one more thing to ask.

"Was Princess Luna in her room?" I asked, Princess Luna was hesitant, but Captain Loosewind said she was on the other side of the hallway, she was in the thrown room.

"Twilight, does anything sound suspicious to you?" I asked her, she nodded.

"Princess Luna is now a suspect of the crime." Just as I thought, the autopsy report shows that Jhon put up a fight before he died, and managed to rip a piece of fur from that pony's coat.

"Princess, do you mind telling us why you have a patch of your coat missing?" I asked her, I got her now.

"Uhmm, I accidentally tore it off when I was in the courtyard, a branch got caught up in it." She said, I know she was lying, she had no alibi.

(Music)

"OBJECTION!" I shouted.

"You're just trying to come up with an alibi, Loosewind just stated that you were on the OTHER side of the hallway!" She staggered, trying to come up with something.

"I do admit I was on the othe side, but I had NOTHING to do with the crime!" She shouted.

"Then prove it!" I used the signature pointing finger at her. She couldn't prove anything, I had her now. Until she actually had some evidence to pull her out of this one, surprisingly. She pulled out some evidence that Shining Armor did it!

"This proves that I didn't do it!" She pulled out Shining Armor's helmet, with blood stains on it.

"This has Jhon's blood on it! I had it tested last night!" She slammed her hoof on the desk.

"OBJECTION!" I slammed my hands on the desk.

"Shining Armor WASN'T wearing any armor when it happened! He was on break!" I shouted, Luna didn't let up though.

"How can you prove that!" I had to think of something, Loosewind!

"Captain Loosewind! Is there a schedule of which guards are on break at what times?" I asked him, he nodded and gave me the schedule. Jhon died around 8:45 PM, and Shining Armor's break started at 8:30 to 9:30, so it gives him some time off to kill him! But also that he can take off his guard uniform at this time!

"TAKE THAT LUNA!" I presented the schedule, and she staggered.

"This isn't good for Shining Armor's alibi, but it proves that he didn't have his uniform on!" I said, I needed someone to confirm his alibi that he wasn't going to kill Jhon.

"I can confirm his alibi! Let me on the stand!" It was Princess Cadence, Shiny's wife.

"Witness, your name and occupation." Princess Luna was about to lose her composure, and I had to keep it up to win this case.

"Princess Cadence, ruler of the Crystal Empire." She said.

"Witness, please testify to the court of the whereabouts of your husband on the night of the murder." The judge said.

-Shining armor's Alibi-(Stop other music, start this one)

"I can prove Shining Armor's alibi. He was with me in the castle last night, we were having dinner until I heard yelling coming from the back hallway. He rushed to the scene with me behind him. Then he started getting chased by the royal guard. He didn't have any armor on because he was on break and was eating with me. When I went into the hallway, Princess Luna came from out of the hallway, telling me what had happened." This is solid proof, confirming his alibi.

Cross-Examination

"I can prove his alibi. He was with me in the castle last night, we were having dinner until heard yelling coming from the back hallway."

"HOLD IT!" I shouted.

"What type of screaming was this?" I asked her.

"It was a man screaming, my guess is that it was Jhon." She said, she was on my side, so I didn't have any reason to object.

"Then he started getting chased by the royal guard. He didn't have any armor on because he was on break and was eating with me."

"HOLD IT!"

"Is it rude to have armor on at the dinner table?" I asked, she nodded. That's why he didn't have any on.

"When I went into the hallway, Princess Luna came out of it, telling me what had happened, I also forgot to mention earlier she had a patch of her coat missing when she came out." She finished up, this blows the case wide open!

"Thank you Princess cadence, you may leave the stand." I said, staring daggers at Princess Luna, she was sweating buckets by now. I pointed my finger at her.
(Stop current music, start this one)

"GOTCHA!" I said triumphantly, she was having her break down now, slamming her head on the desk multiple times.

"MAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO! That's right! You got me!" She said, clapping her hooves together.

"I'm ready to declare a verdict for Shining Armor." The judge said, this was my best case yet, not too easy, not too hard either.

"I hereby pronounce defendant Shining Armor. Not Guilty!" Music started to play out of nowhere, this was my second pretend case I had won, but I had to admit, it was challenging at times. Twilight had given me a high-hoof, and we walked out of the courtroom victorious.

"You did good Twilight, setting up this good of a case for me." I said, messing up her mane.

"I had it carefully planned out, twists and turns everywhere." She blushed, everypony congratulated me on our victory on our way out of the court room.

"You did good Drew." Jhon came up to me, he wasn't really dead, he was in the stand the whole time, watching me compete against the princess.

"Thank you Drew, for putting on such a good show." Princess Luna came up to me, hugging me.

"If this was a real case I don't know what would've happened. You caught me off guard a few times." I replied, I was heading out to treat myself, Twilight, Rainbow, and the guys to a late lunch, as everypony else left and went home. Today just uplifted my spirits, making me remember the good old days, Zach's death was no longer a burden to me and I was happy again. I knew spending the day with the girls would cheer me up, and the day still isn't over yet, it's only like 3:00 PM.

Today was just another day in Ponyville, with The Crew just screwing around all over Ponyville. Cheering everypony up with our presence alone, they were cheered up with us just being around them. Like Pinkie Pie, but she had more of an influence than all of us combined. We all went our separate ways until tonight, where I'll be treating them to Ponyville's local pub, I always liked pub food, and drinking is essential when it comes to pubs as well. I went to see what Pinkie's been up to lately, I haven't seen her for a while. Once I got to Sugarcube Corner...it wasn't good.

"Awwwww Sheeeeeiit!" I said to myself, the windows were broken and it looks like the place had been robbed, I stepped inside to see Pinkie being mugged by Dark Mist and his goons, including Hoops, that one who bullies Rainbow.

"Give me the money and nopony will get hurt!" He was serious, I think he's gone mad while he was in jail. Luckily, I have my perks turned on, and one of them was Dead Silence, so I couldn't be heard. I choked out Hoops and knocked out the other two goons, once Pinkie Pie noticed me taking them out I put a finger over my mouth to let her know to keep quiet.

"I SAID give me the money!" He was getting pissed off, he was about to whack Pinkie with a frying pan until I got him in a headlock.

"Nice to see you again Mist, I see you've been mugging ponies while I was gone." I said, in a sarcastic voice. He tried to break free, but my grip was too good for him, I choked him out and let him drop to the floor.

"Oh Drew! Are you like a ninja or something? I want to be a ninja!" Pinkie was back to her energetic self. I told Pinkie about my perks, I only use them when I play Virtual TDM, but I forgot to turn them off this time around.

"No Pinkie, this vest I wear has things implemented in it called perks, I have one on that makes my footsteps silent." I turned it off and turned on Marathon and put it on Pinkie.

"Now I'm going to put this vest on you, and just run around the building and tell me what you think." Pinkie was off like a jet, I could only see a pink blur in front of me. She made a hard stop and returned the vest to me, and I put it back on.

"Wow! I could run so fast and I didn't get tired!" I just chuckled, that's what happens when you're first introduced to 22nd century technology. I let Pinkie play with the vest a little bit and I started to clean things up around Sugarcube Corner, picking up any leftover debris. Turns out Pinkie turned on Sleight of Hand, she was baking desserts like it was nothing, replacing the ones that were destroyed during when Dark Mist was mugging her. Dark Mist started to regain consciousness, until I curb stomped his head, knocking him out again, I then took him in to the local authorities, to have him locked in for good. I know letting Pinkie use my perks was a dangerous thing, but I've known her long enough to where I can trust her with Goldie and she won't even touch her. After she was done doing everything to get Sugarcube Corner up and running, she returned the vest, and I put it back on, with all the perks off.

I was taking a stroll around town until I saw Fluttershy guiding a little family of ducks through town, then being interrupted by a female griffon, this Gilda person Rainbow was talking about was back, and she looks pissed.

"It's h-happening again!" Fluttershy was scared, and I know Fluttershy's always scared, but she was truly terrified.

"I said MOVE!" Gilda was very angry, looking for Pinkie Pie or Rainbow.

"Hey bitch! Back off the pegasus." I said, loading a clip of rubber bullets, I didn't want to kill her in front of poor Fluttershy.

"Or what? You're gonna kill me?" She mocked, I pulled out Goldie and took her off of safety.

"Nope. But close to it." I said, shooting a single rubber round into her leg, she yelped in pain, looks like I crippled her. I then walked over to her and whispered in her ear.

"You hurt any one of these ponies. I won't hesitate to kill you. Got it?" I said with hostility in my voice, she nodded and flew away. I wondered if Griffons are naturally assholes, because every one of them I came across, they were.

"You okay Fluttershy?" I helped her up.

"Y-yes, thank you." She didn't say another word as she continued to guide the critters to safety. Well, all in a days work for me, having to deal with any conflict that happens in this town. The Crew and I were pretty much the towns own police department, I did assign ourselves here in the first place. When I was making my way to the farm, I saw a jail-cart for transporting prisoners, and in there was Dark Mist. If he had fingers, I think he would be flipping me off right about now.

"One day Drew!....One Day!" He said angrily. I just chuckled as I made my way to Applejack's farm.

"Howdy Drew! What brings ya to mah farm today?" Applejack came up to me and asked.

"I was wondering if you needed any help today?" I asked, she nodded, saying that Big Mac needed help to do some plowing, they were replanting the orchard.

"Hey Big Mac. Applejack said you needed help?" I asked, he was a stallion of few words, but he talks when you want him to.

"Eeyup. Just take this plow here and pull it across this here field." He said, I went to work, I turned on Extreme Conditioning because this plow was heavy, and I managed to finish up in half an hour thanks to those perks.

"I take it you've never seen anypony finish up that quickly?" I asked, he just nodded his head. I told him about my magic vest that allows me to pick and choose perks, and he understands now why I managed to finish up so quickly. I left Sweet Apple Acres to take a nap, I was damn tired even though I did have extreme conditioning, only to wake up a little later with Rainbow in my face.

"Uhmm, hi?" I said, she jumped on top of me jumping up and down on me, telling me to get up. It was time to take The Crew to the pub! I had completely forgotten about it! I rushed to get my civilian clothes on and went and got The Crew with me, along with Rainbow and Twilight. Turns out that Ponyville doesn't have a pub, disappointing, but I know what's the next best thing is! The nightclub, there really isn't much of a difference anyway, nightclubs have singing while pubs have sports, but Ponyville doesn't have television, so pubs would be useless here anyway. I decided to just take them there, I didn't tell them we were going to a pub, I don't even think they know what a pub was. Once we showed up at the nightclub, I turned on my portable microphone, I know Vinyl was gonna make me sing again by force.

"Now Drew, you're gonna sing. Or you and your friends won't get to leave." I guess she really needed me to sing a new song, her recordings were probably getting old on her.

"Fine, guys, get your instruments ready..." I sighed, I think this singing career is being more of a burden than a leisure activity nowadays. We got on stage, by force, it's not like we want to do this, but we have to if we want to leave. We started to play this song.

Just waking up in the morning

And to be well,

Quite honest with ya,

I ain't really sleep well

Ya ever feel like your train of thought's been derailed?

That's when you press on - Lee nails

Half the population's just waitin to see me fail

Yeah right, you're better off trying to freeze hell

Some of us do it for the females

And others do it for the retail

But I do it for the kids, life threw the towel in on

Every time you fall it's only making your chin strong

And I'll be in your corner like Mick, baby, 'til the end

Or when you hear a song from that big lady

Until the referee rings the bell

Until both your eyes start to swell

Until the crowd goes home

What we gonna do ya'll?

Give em hell, turn their heads

Gonna live life 'til we're dead.

Give me scars, give me pain

Then they'll say to me, say to me, say to me

There goes the fighter, there goes the fighter

Here comes the fighter

That's what they'll say to me, say to me, say to me,

This one's a fighter

And if I can last thirty rounds

There's no reason you should ever have your head down

Six foot five, two hundred and twenty pounds

Hailing from rock bottom, loserville, nothing town

Text book version of a kid going nowhere fast

And now I'm yelling, "Kiss my ass"

It's gonna take a couple right hooks, a few left jabs

For you to recognize you really ain't got it bad

Until the referee rings the bell

Until both your eyes start to swell

Until the crowd goes home

What we gonna do ya'll?

Give em hell, turn their heads

Gonna live life 'til we're dead.

Give me scars, give me pain

Then they'll say to me, say to me, say to me

There goes the fighter, there goes the fighter

Here comes the fighter

That's what they'll say to me, say to me, say to me,

This one's a fighter

Everybody put yo hands up

What we gonna do (hey!) [x4] y'all?

What we gonna do (hey!) [x3] y'all?

If you fall pick yourself up off the floor (get up)

And when your bones can't take no more (c'mon)

Just remember what you're here for

Cuz I know Imma damn sure

Give em hell, turn their heads

Gonna live life 'til we're dead.

Give me scars, give me pain

Then they'll say to me, say to me, say to me

There goes the fighter, there goes the fighter

Here comes the fighter

That's what they'll say to me, say to me, say to me,

This one's a fighter

'Til the referee rings the bell

'Til both ya eyes start to swell

'Til the crowd goes home,

What we gonna do kid?

Since it was one of my favorite songs it wasn't all that bad. This time around I wanted Rainbow to sing one. I made her get up on stage as I got out my keyboard. We started to play this one.

Where have all the good men gone

And where are the gods?

Where's the streetwise Hercules

To fight the rising odds?

Isn't there a white knight

Upon a fiery steed?

Late at night I toss and turn

And dream of what I need

I need a hero

I'm holding out for a hero til the end of the night

He's gotta be strong, he's gotta be fast,

and he's got to be fresh from the fight,

I need a hero,

I'm holding out for a hero till the morning light,

hes got to be sure, and it gotta be soon, and he's to to be larger than life

Somewhere after midnight

In my wildest fantasies

Somewhere just beyond my reach

There's someone reaching back for me

Racing on the thunder

And rising with the heat

Isn't there a Superman

To sweep me off my feet?

I need a hero

I'm holding out for a hero til the end of the night

He's gotta be strong, he's gotta be fast,

and he's gotta be fresh from the fight

I need a hero

Im holding out for a hero til the morning light

hes gotta be sure, and its gotta be soon

and hes got to be larger than life

Up where the mountains meet the heavens above

Out where the lightning splits the sea

I could swear that there's someone somewhere

Watching me

Through the wind and the chill and the rain

And the storm and the raging flood

Oh, his approach is like a fire in my blood

I'll meet a hero

And then we'll dance til the morning light

Dreaming, he will lead me

Held tight, tonight's the night

I need a hero

I'm holding out for a hero til the end of the night

He's gotta be strong, he's gotta be fast

And he's gotta be fresh from the fight

I need a hero

I'm holding out for a hero til the morning light

He's gotta be sure, he's gotta be soon

And he's gotta be larger than life, larger than life

Oooooh

Larger than life

Larger than life

Oh maybe, maybe, maybe tonight

Oh

For her first time singing in front of me she did really well, I have to admit Bonnie Tyler would be proud of her. I went off stage to go eat in the booth Twilight saved for us.

"You guys did well. Rainbow, how did you know the words to that song?" Twilight was suspicious.

"It just naturally comes to me. Honestly, I don't know how." She said, rubbing the back of her head, smiling. I was already scarfing down the potato fries I had ordered, and along with that I ordered an egg omelet with it too. Once we all finished our food I guided Twilight home, as the rest of us went back to our manor and went to sleep.

"Rainbow, can you NOT take up the whole bed this time? Please?" I pleaded, she shook her head, making no promises.

"Just go to bed Drew." She sighed and fell asleep, and I did as well, barely managing to keep my side of the bed the whole night.

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A/N: Copyright goes to Gym Class Heroes, Ryan Tedder, and Bonnie Tyler's respective companies. I hope you like this chapter!