//------------------------------// // Prologue // Story: The Adventures of Detective Whooves and Derpy Hooves // by Purpleblackkiwi //------------------------------// It was a cloudless warm sunny day. The weather team had all but cleared the sky early today in anticipation for the up coming wonderbolts show. Under the pristine blue sky skipped a young gray mare with blonde hair. She was humming along to her favorite mystery theme while skipping lightly along the roads of ponyville. Her wings were tucked in holding a bag of her favorite muffins she saved for lunch. She was on her way to Sugar Cube Corner for a very special lunch date. Outside of sugar cube corner sat a young stallion sipping a warm drink. His light brown coat was shining in the warm sun, his dark brown hair spiked up and back just like how he liked it. He wore a red tie and from time to time adjusted it while reading the afternoon papers. While reading an article about the wonderbolts he was surprised to hear familiar humming one that he could pinpoint to a special mare. Around corner skipped Derpy Hooves eyes closed with a large smile on her face, seeming almost weightless in her stride. The Stallion smiled and let out a soft giggle, folded the paper neatly and set them on the table next to his tea. He looked up to see the mare had taken notice of him and yelled something. "Detective!" she yelled across the way. The Detective smiled and watched as the mare began to run to where he sat. He removed his glasses and shook his head with a grin. He looked up to see how close she was to him now. However as she kept running the colt noticed that she was neither stopping nor slowing down. She kept the same pace as she did when she began to run. A small frown came across his face then a small panic as the Detective realized that she was not going to stop. "Derpy no-!" was all the Detective could say before the gray mare jumped at him all the while giggling, and in a jumble of grey and brown both fell to the ground. The detective groaned and opened his eyes to see Derpy laughing as she laid on top of him. "Derpy what was that for?" The detective asked in a somewhat pained voice. Groaning as he lifted his head. "I missed you Detective!" Derpy said as she laughed laying her head on his chest to feel his warm fur. She paused a bit and realized her position above the stallion. She then used her nose to give the Detective a loving nuzzle on his. The Detective cheeks turned a bright red as his hooves went to his nose. "Derpy. Not in public." The Detective said as he looked around for near by patrons. However everyone nearby seemed to be enjoying the sight of the lovely couple smiling and awwing as they passed by. "Oh Whooves you're silly." Derpy said with a laugh as she rolled off of him and helped him up with a hoof. Detective Whooves patted his coat and fixed his tie before the two sat down once again to enjoy their lunch date. "I take it that you got off work early today?" The Detective started. "Yea since today's the Wonderbolts show the mail office closed early." Derpy replied as she started to munch down on her delightful muffins. The Detective re opened his paper with a snap to continue reading his article. "Speaking of which." The Detective said slowly while casually reading Derpy stopped with a mouth full of muffin to look at the Detective. "I happen to know one of the show coordinates for the wonderbolts. Great lad, however he always wants to challenge people to pointless things including his show secrets." Continued the Detective Derpy was now enticed by what the Detective was trying to convey. She swallowed the remainder of the muffin in her mouth, and set all of her attention to what she believed the Detective was trying to say. "He gave me pass to his latest show because I'm the one pony who has yet to be stumped by him. I always end up figuring out his secrets." The Detective said with a smile as he remembered his friends astounded looks when he figured out the secret behind wonderbolts "Rainbow Comet" since then the pony had invited him to most of his shows. Stating bravely that this'll be the one to stump him. Derpys mouth dropped. "You have a ticket to see the wonderbolts show!" Derpy was shocked. The show had been sold out for weeks. "Oh yes I do. I decided to accept his challenge on one condition." He continued while on the inside laughing at the face Derpy was making. Derpy although a never strong flyer loved to watch ariel shows, especially by the wonderbolts. "What was the condition?!" Derpy asked about to fly out of her own chair in anticipation. "That I get to bring a special somepony with me." He said looking up from his paper with a smug look on his grin. He then pulled out of the newspaper two name tags with a string attached to them as a neckless. The first read "Detective Whooves, private detective" in large black bold letter. The second read "Derpy Hooves, detective assitant" "YES!!!" Derpy yelled as she leaped into the sky flying in circles chanting repeatedly how she had the best stallion in all of Equestria. The Detective gave a chuckle before walking underneath Derpy flight circle "I'll take that as a yes." "Oh Detective you're the best." Derpy said before descending from her excited flight. "Well of course I am. Wait Derpy no-!" Once again the Detectives sentence being halted by a grey mare landing on him.