When Heroes and Lawyers Meet (For Solar Burst)

[Nook Cranny]

It was a nice, sunny day in both Cloudsdale and in Ponyville and Nook would know since she had been in and out of both places all day. Indeed she had been pretty busy that day with both her job as a lost and founder and as a local hero. It was difficult and stressful wearing two hats, but not downright impossible. Plus she loved her work. Both jobs were so satisfying that it made whatever stress it created worth it. At least in her mind anyway. Anypony else would probably just quit being a hero and stick with the job that pays. But not Nook. She couldn't, wouldn't do that.

But yes all day she had been juggling her civilian work and her hero work just as she did most everyday. It wasn't easy and keeping her hero identity a secret was surprisingly an even bigger challenge. What, with all the nosy reporters out there, plus her own ego getting in the way of things, it truly is a miracle her secret identity hasn't been exposed yet to all of Equestria. Earlier that day, she had returned several lost items to their rightful owners when they stopped by her shop to pick them up. Afterwards, she put on her purple costume and stopped a robbery and saved a pony from getting creamed from an out of control speeding carriage. Overall, it's been a pretty good day. For her though this would be considered a slow day. Indeed, she would have normally had more jobs in one day than this, but hey she wasn't complaining or was she? While she certainly did not mind breaks and slow days, she would rather be out there doing something and being useful than just sitting around boredly in her shop all day wishing for something to happen. Something, anything that would be big enough to get her out of her Ponyville Lost and Found shop.

As luck would have it, Fate chose that precise moment to strike with a ton of commotion coming from just outside her humble shop. Nook who honestly was seconds away from dozing off at her counter leaped several feet into the air at the very loud noise coming from just outside her shop and there in the air she stayed, flapping her wings. "I'm up! I'm up! I mean that is to say, I so wasn't sleeping! I would never sleep on the job!" she shouted in her thick Haystralian accent though nopony heard her. It took the pink and blue pegasus a few seconds to realize that she was lucky. This time nopony caught her red-hoofed sleeping on the job. After she relaxed, she sighed in relief.

Still, she wondered what all the hubub was going on outside her shop, so giving into her curiosity she poked her head out the window just in time to spot a speeding Earth pony running off with what appeared to be a bagful of groceries. She initially thought nothing of it. After all, it just looked like a pony being in a big fire hurry to get his groceries home. Nothing too unusual there. That was until she heard somepony shout, "THIEF! COME BACK HERE WITH MY FRUIT! PLEASE, WON'T SOMEPONY HELP ME?! THAT ORANGE STALLION HAS STOLEN MY FRUIT!" That was really all Nook needed to hear.

Nook quickly changed into her Darkwing Night costume; which covered her entirely except for her mane, tail and wings. She sadly could not hide those. Her costume was a sort of dark purple with a dark grey fedora and black cape.

She then rushed out of her shop and spotting the shouting pony, Darkwing Night hurried over to her. "No worries citizen for I will stop that fruit pilfering parasite posthaste," she confidently reassured striking a heroic pose. The fruit stand owner just looked at her in disbelief. "Look sweetie I am sure you are perfectly capable of handling yourself, but this is a dangerous thief. I'm pretty sure he is the one behind all the thefts that have been going on here in Ponyville lately. No offense, but this is a bit of out of your league," the fruit stand owner warned in a most patronizing tone. Darkwing was so distracted by the fruit stand owner's condescending tone that she almost didn't hear her mention that her thief could possibly be responsible for the string of thefts occurring in the area. Eye twitching in frustration, Darkwing gritted her teeth in irritation. If nothing else, Darkwing hated it whenever somepony called her 'sweetie' or spoke to her as though she were a mere filly. It was just downright degrading! It was almost as bad as being called a costumed clown; which admittedly she has been numerous times before. Insulted, Darkwing glared at the fruit stand owner and hovered a few feet off the ground. "Sweetie? Sweetie? Why, I oughta... Wait, hold on a sec! Did you just say, that your bushranger could very well be the one behind the recent string of thefts that's been going on around here lately?" she inquired still in mid-hover. The fruit stand owner simply nodded. "I did. Why do you ask? Do you know something about this?" the fruit stand owner asked staring the costumed pegasus down with suspicion. Chuckling softly, Darkwing just admired one of her hooves. "Oh I might know a little certain something about that, but don't you worry your pretty little head about it for I am the terror that flaps in the night," Darkwing began as she tried to act all mysterious with her cape, "I am the rain that rains on the parade of drongo bushrangers! I am Darkwing Night! And as Celestia as my witness I, Darkwing shall single-hoofedly capture the bushranger, bring him to justice, and recover your stolen fruit as well as anything else he might have gotten his dirty hooves on!"

And before the fruit stand owner could say anything more, Darkwing took off into the sky with the hopes of spotting the thief. As she flew she could not believe her luck! It admittedly had been awhile since she found herself on an actual case though she could not help, but wonder why she did not hear about this thief before. She supposed since she mostly resided in Cloudsdale that could be part of the reason. But no, that wasn't a good enough reason since she still ran her Ponyville shop on every other day, so surely she would have heard something about it before now especially given her unique clairvoyance ability. Hm, then again perhaps she did hear something about it after all. She had been getting quite a few costumers lately. Not as many as she would have liked since days still felt slow, but still. Some of her customers swore that their missing items had been stolen right from their own homes or shops, but at the time Nook just thought they were exaggerating or being over dramatic. Now with this speedy thief on the loose, she wasn't so sure. Already she managed to find some of the missing items and returned them to their rightful owners who were most grateful to her. But, she didn't find all just yet nor did she see the thief in any of her visions. Still, she felt certain that once she finds the thief then she will in turn locate the stolen items. Now that she had a plan forming in her mind, all that remained was getting back on the thief's trail and then there was the little matter of capturing him. Darkwing realized that there was very little chance of him surrendering and very few ponies were into physical violence. But Darkwing was different... She didn't mind fighting. In fact, she rather enjoys it. Ever since she was just a little filly she learned to fight. So upon capturing him she had to be wary of innocent civilians that may be around, something she was certain that the thief cared nothing about!

As she continued her search for the fruit thief, Darkwing kept her eyes glued on the ground below while still being able to pay attention to where she was flying. Doing so was an important and useful skill that she learned way back. Without that skill she would have likely crashed into several other pegasi and birds by now.

Then as luck would have it she soon spotted the speeding Earth pony. He had an orange coat with a dark brown mane and tail. For some weird reason he wore a bright red scarf around his neck; which to the costumed heroine practically screamed, 'here I am! Capture me!' Darkwing recognized the fleeing thief straight away! Not wanting him to escape, Darkwing positioned herself behind some clouds, so he wouldn't spot her and pulling out one of her heavy duty wooden boomerangs, she took aim and skillfully threw it at the thieving stallion. The wooden boomerang struck one of his back legs causing him to fall flat on his face and the stolen fruit to spill out of his saddlebag. The thief who did not see that one coming was very angry. "Hey, what gives? Who dares...?" the thief angrily demanded as he struggled to gather up the spilled fruit.

Grinning behind her mask, Darkwing saw this as the perfect opportunity to reveal herself to the thief. 'It's showtime,' she thought to herself as she tossed down some smoke bombs causing the thief to gag. "I am the terror that flaps in the night. I am the rain on your parade! I am...Darkwing Night," she dramatically announced as she dropped down from the sky landing behind the coughing stallion. As the smoke cleared, the thief stopped coughing and was now able to see the masked pegasus before him. Annoyed he just glared. "So you're the interfering little hero who's been taking back what I worked so hard to steal?" he asked grinning a sickly grin as he stepped closer to Darkwing. But Darkwing was unafraid and just firmly stood her ground looking the stallion straight in the eye. "Well no duh you useless drongo bushranger! You know very well that stealing is frowned upon," the brave pegasus snarled in her thick Haystralian accent. Sadly, the stallion had no idea what those Haystralian terms meant and saw it as Darkwing flirting with him. Smiling he sprayed on some cologne. "Well, well now I had no idea I had hero types crushing on me. You really didn't need to go through all of this trouble just to impress me! Although, I must admit I don't impress easily. But you dressing up and playing hero just so you could get with me, definite valiant effort I must say! This is definitely my lucky day! So what say you rope me, take me into custody and then..." Delusional, he then whispered the rest into her ear causing the masked heroine to turn a bright red underneath her mask. This was definitely one of those times she was happy to have a mask on. She really could not believe just how completely and utterly delusional and vain this guy was! Fuming, Darkwing just pushed the crazy stallion away from her. "Sorry, but I make it a prerogative not to date drongos and bushrangers! Annnnd sadly for you, you're both mate! Oh and just so you know for future reference, drongo means stupid and bushranger means criminal! And now you are coming with me because as a hero, it is my job to keep Equestria safe from low life criminals such as yourself," she snarled as she backed him up against a tree.

His ears had drooped some at this revelation. "Oh wow this is um well awkward. So no second date, I take it?" he asked looking almost hopeful. Darkwing had to laugh at that. Boy was this guy ever thick! "Ha, not even close!" The look on the stallion's disappointed face was just enough to convince Darkwing to be a little nicer. She cleared her throat. "Look, why don't you tell me why you are running all over Ponyville stealing stuff? It just isn't right!" she asked in a softer tone all the while resisting the urge to strangle him. At that the stallion just grinned slyly. "Oh well, I don't mind if I do sweetheart. You see, the reason behind all of my thieving ways is simple. I'm hungry and I simply don't have the bits for food and so I steal what I need to survive. Simple, right? Kind of makes you regret laughing at me earlier and calling me dumb, doesn't it? Don't worry. I forgive you. You can just date me and we'll be even," he arrogantly stated. Silently seething in anger, Darkwing took a couple of breaths to calm herself down. "Simple, riiiiight. Although, that doesn't explain why you are also stealing expensive things such as gem stone earrings from wealthy ponies," the masked pegasus pointed out. "Oh no I can explain that too. You see I am merely stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. It is a difficult and noble task often misunderstood by today's society! Hey, you see you and I we have a lot in common! We're both misunderstood heroes trying to do our part to help out." At this, Darkwing just sort of rolled her eyes! "Oh wow, did you just come up with that right now?" The stallion looking pretty impressed with himself just proudly nodded. "I did. You should totally be impressed by me! I am so awesome!" "Uh, how about no? And for the record how am I a misunderstood hero? Everypony already knows that I am trying to fight for the betterment of Equestria." "Oh well you see, I have heard a few things about you Darkwing Night from other ponies and not all of it positive. They seem to think you a joke, a costumed clown," the thief explained. "WHAT!? I AM NOT A CLOWN! I AM A HERO FOR CELESTIA'S SAKE! And I'll prove it by taking you in! You are so not a noble thief and even if you were, it wouldn't matter. In my eyes and in that of most ponies, taking things that don't belong to you without permission is still stealing even with good intent involved. I don't know what makes you think it's okay to do cause it so isn't."

And without any warning she roped him. After making sure he was secured, Darkwing stroke a heroic pose with the hopes that somepony had witnessed her single-hoofedly taking the vain, arrogant thief down. In fact, she was so confident that somepony saw that she readied her quill to sign autographs.


ooc: Forgot to ask, did you want their meeting to be just between them or do you want the thread to be opened? I'm cool either way. Also I hope you liked the starter. And here is how she looks in her costume:

 

[Lou]

(OOC: I'm so sorry for taking so long to reply!! I've been very busy lately but I have more time now. Thanks for being patient!

And this can be just between them. :))

Coffee.

That was all the tired law student was thinking about as he plodded around Ponyville. It was every university student's staple drink, an absolute necessity for survival. He wasn't even on campus and he still needed it. He shook out his mane and ruffled his feathers as he walked, his hooves clicking softly on the cobblestone street. There was one coffee shop that he liked the best in the little town, then only problem was that he'd have to pass through the marketplace to get to it and he wasn't exactly in the mood for conversing with the locals. Solar Burst had frequented Ponyville enough to know many of them by name, of course, that meant they knew his name too. And Ponyville citizens were notorious for being friendly.

Just as he was nearing the market, a cry rang out. "THIEF! COME BACK HERE WITH MY FRUIT! PLEASE, WON'T SOMEPONY HELP ME?! THAT ORANGE STALLION HAS STOLEN MY FRUIT!"

Instantly, he was on high alert. A robbery. He was no guardpony but this was basically what he had been trained for. He broke into a gallop towards the noise, his wings spreading out from his sides a little. He looked so absolutely determined that ponies jumped out of his way as he ran past. Unfortunately, he made a couple of wrong turns along the way, getting more and more agitated each time. By the time he had actually made it to the fruit stand, he was too late. It seems somepony had already gone on the chase.

He raised his gaze. If he squinted, he was just barely able to make out a purple blur. Heaving a heavy sigh, he unfolded his wings and flew after them. Even if he came second, he was still going to get to the bottom of this.

Finally, the purple pony hid behind clouds, then disappeared from view as smoke erupted from below. What was going on? Solar slowed down and touched down on the same cloud the purple pony had been on, hiding himself from view as he watched the scene unfold. It seems the purple pony was in fact a costumed pink mare, and the stallion beneath her was the thief. If he listened hard, he could just make out what they were saying.

And then she roped him.

He wasn't one to judge but a superhero pony running around seemed a little silly, despite the good intentions. And this was the last straw. The red pegasus dropped down off of the cloud and landed on his hooves behind the mare, who had since struck a pose.

"I'm not entirely sure what has happened here," he began, taking a few steps forward. He fixed them both with a serious look, although it was evident how exhausted he must have been judging by the bags under his eyes. "But I am positive that both of you are breaking the law."

[Rapid Quill]

While tightening the rope even more and making extra sure her prisoner was not going anywhere, Darkwing thought she overheard the sound of hoofsteps coming from behind her. She turned around and saw a sleepy eyed male pegasus standing before her. She observed him looking him up and down as though sizing him up. The poor guy looked quite out of breath and exhausted as though he had just finished flying a marathon. She cocked her head to the side. "You okay there citizen?" she asked in her Haystralian accent, concerned. "You look absolutely exhausted!"

Then he dared make the mistake of accusing her of all people of breaking the law. For several long silent seconds she just stared at him. Unable to make any sense of his accusation, Darkwing just burst out laughing. "You're kidding, right?" she finally retorted. "Look here Red just stand back if you know what's good for ya and let me do my job," she warned the red pegasus already giving him the nickname, Red. She snorted. "I fail to see how I broke the law anyhow. I've already declared Citizen's Arrest on this here lowlife! Caught him red-hoofed pilfering fruit and I have more than enough hard evidence to satisfy any reasonable pony that he is also behind the recent rash of thefts occurring throughout Ponyville. So I again I ask you, what law have I, a hero, broken in your eyes? Because all I did was catch and hogtied a no good bushranger and a drongo one to boot," Darkwing calmly explained.

Behind them the earth pony just struggled against his ropes, but his struggles proved quite useless due to how well Darkwing tied the ropes. "Come on ese, tell this chick she crazy loco out of her mind! I'm innocent! I didn't steal nothing!" Just as he said that some fruit rolled out of his saddlebag stopping right in front of the other two ponies. Darkwing wearing a 'told you so' smirk on her face picked up the stolen apple with her wing. She tossed it gently into the air and caught it with her other wing. "You were saying wise guy?" she sneered. "Uh well except for maybe that there fruit from that rather rude fruit stand vendor, but that was only cause I'm hungry and desperate! I did it solely to survive! These are hard times they are!" admitted the thief nervously.

Still, Darkwing wasn't letting him off the hook that easy. "Quiet! Either you stay silent or I will gag you!"

Casually shaking her blue mane out of her face she returned her attention to the red pegasus. Thinking him kind of cute she flashed him a small, somewhat flirtatious smile. "Ahem and besides I'm not crazy! I'm something of a local hero around here! Perhaps you have heard of me? Name's Darkwing Night, but I am seriously thinking about just shortening it to say Nightwing. What do you think Red? Kind of has a nice ring to it, don't you think?" she asked genuinely curious of his opinion regarding her latest alias name change. Truth be told she had been thinking of changing it to Nightwing for awhile now just cause she thought it sounded cooler. She fought one too many crazies that dared mock her with the name, dorkwing! Well with this name change, nopony will be able to do that anymore, now will they? Or at least in her mind, they couldn't and that was good enough for her!

Naturally, the rather obnoxious, loudmouthed criminal saw this as the perfect chance to butt in once again with yet another sad attempt to get Darkwing to like him. "Well shoot sweetheart, I'll call you whichever you prefer if you let me go...pleassssse! I can't go to jail! I just can't! Do you know what they'll do to me in there? Cause I sure don't, but I can guess! Oh how I can guess! They'll probably eat me alive in there or worse! Come on honey, have a heart!" he practically begged. It didn't work.

Darkwing shot him a warning glare. "Nothing doing! And what did I just say about talking?" she warned him with a hiss.

"To not to?" he answered rather pathetically.

Darkwing smiled. Finally, the pathetic sneak thief got it. "Exactly! Because as of now your talking is only going to irritate me."

She then looked back at the red pegasus. "Sorry about that! Some ponies just don't know when to quit! But anyways, I believe you were about to explain to me what I did that was so illegal? Because as a professional hero I'd like to think that I know all about the law and how it works," she again inquired of the red pegasus.

[Lou]

He was pretty worn out, although it was just general fatigue. He did enough flying back and forth between towns to be in fairly good shape, a little sprint here and there wouldn't kill him. Solar raised his head when the mare remarked that he looked exhausted. He blew out his cheeks, gave a little toss of his head to get his bangs out of the way, and fixed his hard stare back on her. That wasn't important at the moment, but he appreciated the concern.

The fact that she knew about citizen's arrest was rather impressive. He raised his eyebrows at both that and the nickname, then circled around her and the earth pony with a fiercer glare at the latter. The stallion thought better when he was pacing. 

"Citizen's arrest is correct, I will admit I am at least somewhat mistaken. For now, you're safe from the law. However you don't declare citizen's arrest, you don't have to. Most law enforcements will assume that is the case after you turn a perpetrator in. As I also heard the fruit stand owner calling for help, I believe you when you say you caught the right pony. But how can you be so sure that he's the same thief that's been involved in the recent thefts? I've seen no wanted posters anywhere in town, and nothing in the newspapers. The only way you could know that is if you searched his saddlebag, which you cannot do as a citizen. Only law enforcement can perform searches like that." Solar had been circling the two this whole time but now he stopped, facing them both. "I must also admit that I was going to peg you for assault, but I see that it's not the case.

He lifted his hoof when the fruit revealed itself, his glare now aimed at the obvious thief. Solar snorted, bringing his hoof down hard. "You disgust me," he spat at the earth pony before resuming his circling. If he had seen her small flirtatious smile, he didn't react.

A hint of amusement in his eyes, the pegasus mused, "A local hero? I can't say I ever have. And I have no opinion on the matter in regard to your name." He paused. "...My name is Solar Burst, not 'Red'. I'd prefer not to be labelled by the color of my pelt, thank you."

Solar lowered his head as he continued to pace around them, tuning out the banter for a few moments to think. There was no doubt that the earth pony was going to jail, he was a thief. But he was still unsure about the mare. Although she reacted with hostility towards the thief, it wasn't out of the question that perhaps she was in on it with him and helped him with the theft. Maybe that's how she knew about the other thefts.

Suspicious.

And then she mentioned her so-called extensive knowledge of law. He stopped dead in his tracks and shot her a particularly sour look, now irritated. "Unless you're a 'professional hero'" here he did air quotes with his wingtips "who has been to law school, you can't possibly know everything there is to know. I'm currently in law school and I'm still learning. Besides, how can I be so sure that you aren't in on it with him? You aren't above suspicion yourself, Miss Darkwing."

[Rapid Quill]

Darkwing just watched as the red stallion began to circle both herself and her captive. She didn't like it. Not one bit. Made her feel like a big piece of juicy meat. Annoyed, she just crossed her forelegs together and glared at him. "Just what is it you think you are doing mister? What were you, a vulture in a previous life?" she demanded, masked eyes fixed on him.

She then listened as he told her that she was correct about citizen's arrest. Was he impressed? She hoped so and the tone of his voice did reassure her that was the case. Feeling proud she held her head up high and nodded. "Yes. Yes, I impress you. This I know and am not all that surprised since I impress lots of ponies everyday with my knowledge and heroics, but please go on," she arrogantly bragged. But then he went on to explain that she didn't have to formally declare citizen's arrest causing her head to lower. "Well um yes, I know that! I mean why wouldn't I know that? I just like being formal is all. Is that a crime?" she sheepishly retorted.

Then he went on to agree that Darkwing had indeed caught the right thief, but he wasn't sure if he believed him to be the same thief behind Ponyville's recent crime wave; something that Darkwing herself certainly understood. Problem was if she revealed to him the whole truth he would realize her secret identity, something that she did not yet want the world to know about. So she tried the next best thing: which involved her telling half truths. Unfortunately, she had a rather annoying quirk whenever telling half truths and that was she tended to blink...a lot. And whenever telling a full blown lie, she tended to talk really fast. She just hoped that the red stallion will not notice and catch on to her lies.

"Hm, an unfortunate truth that I can understand, but please allow me to explain myself and all will be made clear," Darkwing began somewhat nervously. "To start I'm really good friends with local lost and founder, Nook Cranny. She owns the lost and found shop right here in Ponyville, as well as the one in Cloudsdale. Perhaps you've heard of her? She's a pink and blue pegasus with bright purple eyes and has a dowsing rod for a cutie mark. The dowsing rod symbolizes her natural talent for finding just about anything or...anyone. Simply put she never gets lost and is perhaps one of the greatest navigators this side of Equestria has ever seen. Anyway, she has this gift of a second sight. Thanks to her clairvoyance ability or she needs to do to find a missing object or pony is to smell the object the pony in question touched last. Doing so gives her a vision of said pony's location. And well anyway, apologies for the long rant. Just my friend's abilities are pretty amazing when you think about it and I just love bragging about my friends to others. Now where was I? Ah yes, she approached me just a few days ago with some pretty incriminating evidence. She came to me with a vision. A vision of exy jewelry, specifically a pair of studded turquoise earrings sitting inside a saddlebag bearing a gust of wind for a cutie mark not unlike this saddlebag right here," Darkwing explained, eye twitching a bit here and there as she pointed an accusing hoof straight at the earth pony's saddlebag. All the while the restrained thief was sweating up a storm and he very well should because Darkwing had him right where she wanted him. "Ack, don't listen to her! She's crazy she is! I mean there is nothing like that in my bag! I'd invite you both to see for yourselves, but like you said, good sir, neither of you can! Only police ponies can, so there!" And with that he childishly stuck is tongue out at both of them.

Most would probably just admit defeat after this and throw in the towel, but not Darkwing. Oh no she was far from done and she wasn't one to give up without a fight. Still, she was annoyed by the two and sent them both a glare. Darkwing sighed. "That is an unfortunate and rather obnoxious fact concocted by short sighted politicians. But thankfully for those of us who are not as restricted by the law, outside circumstances have no bearing of the laws pertaining to search warrants. For example, if it were a terribly windy day and if the wind were to cause the thief's saddlebag to fall over just right revealing its exact contents. Well, that wouldn't really be my fault, now would it?" Darkwing rather slyly asked grinning mischievously. The thief just looked confused. "Huh? Hey you catch any of that mumbo jumbo she was saying just now?" he asked the red stallion. "Also tough luck cause there's no wind, so uh you lose! Not that I'm guilty of stealing any jewelry or anything like that. Just saying you lose cause yeah no wind for whatever silly little plans that you have running around in your little mind," the thief teased. Darkwing glared. "Little mind!? Oh, that's it! I'll show you who has the little mind! You really shouldn't have crossed me. Now you must pay," Darkwing warned.

Then without any warning she started acting all wobbly as though she were losing her balance. She then started to fall right towards the saddlebag. Seeing what was happening the thief cried out in alarm, "ack stop her! My saddlebag! All of my private, delicate stuff is in there! Please, save it!" "I'm sorry, but I can't help it! I'm so clumsy! It is a trait I never did like about myself, but there you have it. I'm losing control," Darkwing admitted before purposely landing right on the thief's saddlebag spilling out its contents. The items previously nestled inside scattered all around them including the pair of studded turquoise earrings that Darkwing mentioned. Even Darkwing was surprised by the sheer amount of stolen goods that fell out of the thief's saddlebag. She let out a startled gasp. "Wow, I mean I knew about the earrings, but this... Not even I imagined all of this! This...this was way more than I thought." The poor thief just sat there stunned looking even more confused. "What just happened? I mean I can explain..." Darkwing eyed him. "Tell it to the judge drongo!" "I just love telling bushrangers that especially the drongo ones," she informed the red stallion with a giggle who then introduced himself as Solar Burst and insisted to be called that rather than the cute nickname, Darkwing gave him. She sighed. "Apologies. I uh wasn't sure what to call you since I obviously didn't know your name earlier. But it's really just too bad. Red suits you. Indeed, I've met many a great stallion during my adventures and pretty much all of the handsome ones went by Red in some way," she said flirtatiously with a wink. However, she didn't do this often and felt herself turning a bright red.

She snorted when Solar Burst proceeded to do air quotes. "Be thankful that I'm not a professional hero or I probably wouldn't have gotten here in time to catch this guy! 'Professional' heroes act too slow and are too cautious in my eyes! They don't have the guts and often lack the ability to get things done! That's why I'm not a Wonderbolt or part of some other so-called professional hero team and why I instead went solo, so I can better serve and protect civilians without feeling all restrained by their stupid rules. In this way, I can help others and save the day my way without having somepony telling me to hold back or slow down," she passionately revealed although she wondered if she said too much. "You may not think me the ideal hero, but many ponyfolk do and they look up to me. I can't let them down! I won't," she added.


That said, Darkwing proceeded to gather up the stolen jewels and stuck them inside her saddlebag. Then turning back to Solar Burst, she said, "now then if you'll kindly excuse me, Solar I really oughta drop these jewels off at my friend's shop, so their rightful owners may find them there and I really gotta drop this lowlife perp off at the nearest prison cell." A thought then struck her and she smirked at Solar. "Of course if you still don't trust me, feel free to tag along and see for yourself how I do things. Who knows Mr. Burst, you just might learn something," she offered in a teasing tone.