>You sit on your couch, reading a simple book about Equestrian history.
>If you're going to be stuck here, might as well learn more a bit about the place.
>After all the commotion at Ponyville, you decided to move somewhere else in this land.
>Eventually you picked out a small village named Hollow Shades in a large forest.
>It was better than living in that town with all those mares, with some evil villain blowing everything up every week.
>And don't forget estrus season.
>Ponies everywhere trying to get into your pants, not to mention that little yellow one.
>At least the ponies here were a lot more mellow.
>But, there was the point that they were not only normal ponies, but also bats.
>It was weird at first, but they were pretty fucking cute, and everything here was a lot quieter.
>Or so you thought.
>As you're turning the page to your book, a loud screech rings from outside causing you to drop it.
>Bending over to pick it up, you noticed it closed when you dropped it and you had no idea what page you were on.
"Fucking..."
>You set it on a the coffee table next to your couch and decide to go see what the noise was.
>It seemed to have come from next door.
>You walk over to your door and exit your house, walking to the house next to yours and knock on the small door.
>Everything here was small compared to you, but it was cute.
>The door flies open and a small bat mare with black hair and green eyes jumps on your chest, clinging to it.
>"Anon, you have to help me!"
>She leans back as she holds onto you, making your stumble back into the house.
>The little bat jumps off your chest and flaps her wings to stay in the air while you fall on the floor.
>"Someone stole all my tea Anon, you have to help me!"
>You sigh as you stand up, brushing yourself off.
"Are you sure someone stole it? Did they take anything else?"
>"Yes! It was here earlier, and now it's all gone! They didn't take anything else though."
>You think for a moment before walking towards her kitchen.
"Could I possibly see the crime scene?"
>"Of course, anything to get my tea back!"
>She flies to her pantry and opens the door for you, her shelves filled with random fruit and different things a bat pony might eat.
>Looking around for a moment, you find no tea.
>It seems she did happen to be telling the truth, but who would steal just tea, and nothing else?
>As she pace around her kitchen thinking, you can hear her whimpering as she starts to become more upset.
>"Come one, I thought you humans were supposed to be smart!"
"Do you want my help or not?"
>She stops whimpering and nods slightly.
>"Anything for the tea!"
>You look bat in the pantry and as you look at a hook holding up a bushel of bananas, you find a tiny piece of black cloth that seemed to have ripped off onto it.
>Now who would be wearing black clothes? Ponies don't wear clothes, especially bat ponies.
"Jasmine, I found a clue."
>"Is the clue my tea!?"
>You pat her shoulder with a sorrowful look on your face.
"No, but I promise we'll find it, don't worry."
>She gives a small smile, trying to cheer herself up.
>You walk out of the room, exiting her house as you try head back to your house.
>Maybe you could get Rosewood to use her magic to find out who this belongs to.
>She is one of the only bat ponies with a horn in Hollow Shades.
>As you walk down the street, you continue examining the cloth, trying to possibly find a label or something as her feel your feet hit something, toppling yourself over, landing in the dirt.
>You try to stand back up as you notice echo in her saddle bags underneath your legs.
"Oh, sorry Echo, I didn't see you there!"
>You roll off of her, and stand up and help her up.
>"It's fine, I was a little distracted myself, got something important going on today!"
>She reaches for her saddlebag, and as she picks it up you see some black clothing hanging out of it as she quickly tucks it back in.
>Could Echo have done it?
"What's so important that's happening?"
>"Oh... um... my parents are visiting from Canterlot!"
>She gives a fake smile, obviously lying.
>You nod slowly, as you walk back to your house.
"Well, I have to go, see you around Echo."
>Maybe you didn't need to see Rosewood after all...
>As soon as you get home, you look around until you find your old wooden baseball bat.
>You didn't want to hurt Echo, but if it came to it, you wouldn't want to kill her.
>She is your friend after all.
>Leaving your house, you hold the baseball bat in your hand as you walk as nonchalantly as possible to Jasmine's house.
>Before you even knock on the door, it swings open to reveal Jasmine.
"How did you?-"
>"I was watching the window waiting for you!"
>She was really desperate for her tea.
"I think I know stole your tea Jasmine, you ready to get it back?"
>A large smile instantly appears on her face from ear to ear.
>"Of course! Let's go get my tea back!"
>She hops out of her house, flapping her wings and closes the door behind her.
>You walk to Echo's house with Jasmine flying behind you, not a single word spoken the whole time.
>As you reach her house, Jasmine lands and looks up at you, you look at each other and nod as you turn towards the door.
>With the force of one thousand suns, you kick in the door, it flying open with a loud bang.
>"What the hay!?"
>You rush in to see Echo watching television with a popular foals show "My Little Human" playing on it as Echo's face begins to turn red with embarrassment.
>All of you stare at each other for a few minutes as the show's theme song plays.
>"My Little Human, My Little Human, Aaah!~"
>Jasmine coughs and slowly backs out of her house leaving you and Echo staring at each other.
"I'm just going to go..."
>"I think that would be for the best."
>You slowly begin to walk out as you notice Aux Tism in the doorway.
>He looks at you confused and turns over to Echo.
>"Is Anon watching My Little Human with us?"
>"No Aux, he's not."
>Realizing you now know he likes it to, he turns back to you, his face red.
>"I-it's not like I like it or anything, I just watch it with Echo because she's my friend!"
>Deciding to not cause anymore damage, you slip past Aux and lean back in.
"You know, I won't tell anyone about this you guys watching this show if you don't want me to."
>Echo faces the TV, not turning back to you, and expression of anger on her face.
>"Just leave."
>You dart out of there, running as fast as you can with your baseball bat, not caring about all the other bat ponies you pass.
>You burst into Jasmine's house to find her making a cup of tea.
>As you pass her, you open the pantry and grab an apple.
>Wait, a cup of tea!?
>You spin to face her, getting in her face, close enough you could lick her nose.
"I though all your tea was stolen!?"
>"Oh, I found some more in my cabinets."
"But what about the cloth on the hook!?"
>"Oh, those were from my pajamas, I love late night snacks."
>You fill with enough rage, you can feel your own blood boil under your skin.
>It kind of hurt.
>Picking up her cup of tea from her hooves, you drink all of it in one go as she tries to jump up to grab it back.
>"M-my tea!"
>Fuck bat ponies.