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- >You were going to find that pickpocket and beat the shit out of him; what kind of punk steals a prosthetic leg?
- >it had started as a good day at the fair
- >you used your good hoof to hold the corn on the cob after shaking bits from your mane
- >you found some shade behind a vendor tent and stood and ate
- >suddenly, you found your pretty pink plot plopped on the ground
- >all you saw was a short yellow tail ducking between tents
- >you hold the corn in your teeth, and give chase
- >you've been missing your right foreleg at the elbow since you were a filly, a week after you got your Mark
- >you've adapted by taking up a three-legged gait a home, but you prefer to walk and trot with your wood leg on
- >you've never been good at the tri-trot
- >the crowd is thin today, being a Tuesday
- >you catch a glimpse of the culprit in the distance - you think
- >clip-clop clip, clip-clop clip
- >the worst part is that you just got fitted last week
- >your growth has slowed as you've matured into a fine young mare, and you expected not to need a new prosthetic for at least half a year
- >one of the Fillydelphia police catches up alongside you
- >quite easily
- >"where you going in such a rush, young lady?"
- >your breathing ragged, you explain in brief
- >the officer peels off
- >you keep following
- >you're getting tired
- >hopefully so is the perp
- >you haven't seen him in a minute
- >this part of the Fillydelphia Fairgrounds has a diving show
- >they just set the diving pony on fire and he dove into the water from a fifty foot tower
- >you scan the audience
- >none of the stallions have yellow tails
- >one of the mares does, though
- >she is looking at the audience, not the show
- >she and her suspiciously oblong saddlebag haven't noticed you yet
- >the cop and three of his squadmates surround the exits
- >they're looking for a stallion, thanks to what you told them
- >the thief spreads her wings
- >one is half-gone
- >it has enough feathers to appear whole when folded
- >the other opens her saddlebag with dexterous feathers
- >she has a cloud
- >you have the ancient strength of your earthpony forebears
- >you take a running leap, grateful that you have both of your back legs
- >like a silent ballet, she turns in slow motion, seeing you coming toward her
- >your foreleg stump outstretched
- >your face a rictus of righteous fury
- >the police say they're not going to press charges against you
- >you reattach your prosthesis
- >the rest of the day at the fair is all the sweeter
- >--end-
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