Hello there. If you are reading this, you have gotten ahold of my journals. If you are wondering who this is, I can only be known by my name: Tie Dye. I am a private investigator in the town of Ponyville. I have a short, ruffled mane that is two different colors, the front half being grey and the second half is teal. My tail also has two different colors, a red outline with blue inside. I'm normally wearing a cyan vest with a couple of pockets to carry my equipment. I have navy blue eyes as well as navy blue fur. With a smile on my face, a watch around my front left ankle, and a cutie mark of a swarm of question marks, I take on the problems that need investigating in this town.
I was sitting in my office, taking down some notes on my most recent case in my notebook of mysteries, otherwise known as one of the earlier books in my set of journals that you are reading. My blinds were drawn and the only light in the room was the lamp on my desk. Before long, I had finished with my notes and had put the journal back into one of my many cabinets. I had only just finished closing up the cabinet drawer before someone knocked on my door.
"Come on in." I told the visitor. When the door opened, a mare stepped into my office. She wasn't someone that I had seen before, meaning that she hadn't been a customer before. I never really got out much outside of investigations, so I didn't really know any of the ponies from around.
This mare looked as though she was the kind of mare to break hearts. I figured this because of the cutie mark she had of a heart shape surrounding a broken heart. She had a long, flowing pink mane and tail with light purple fur. Her eyes were magenta and seemed to sparkle every few seconds. This kind of mare was the one that an investigator wanted to stay away from, as they usually cause distractions. Luckily, I had nothing to worry about since I had worked with this type before and had made it through with little distraction, little.
"I need your help." The mare said, getting to the point. I appreciated that; everypony normally takes so long to explain why they were here and why they needed me. I mean, I'm a private investigator, not a therapist.
"Of course, that is what people pay me to do. I would be happy to help miss…"
"Heart Throb, my name is Heart Throb." She responded.
"I would be happy to help Miss Heart Throb. What would you like for me to investigate?"
"It was my necklace, someone stole it. They broke into my house in the dead of night and took it from my bedside table."
I grabbed a notebook and pencil and began to write this down. Once I had gotten my notes up to speed, I began to question Miss Heart Throb.
"Did you find any clues or anything that the thief left behind?" I asked her.
"There was nothing, I couldn't even find any evidence that anypony had broken into my home."
I wrote this down before continuing, "Do you know of anyone that would have any motives to take this necklace from you?"
"Only almost every stallion and mare in Ponyville would have a motive, except for maybe two."
I wrote this down and asked, "And who would these two be?"
Heart Throb looked into my eyes and said, "You and your assistant."
"Ah of course, the two of us are the only ones without motives perfect." I put the pencil behind my ear and my notebook into one of my pockets. "This is all the information that I'll need, my assistant and I will get right on this."
Heart Throb looked at me while blinking her eyes and saying, "I really appreciate this."
I walked back over to my desk and said, "This is what I get paid for, it would be hard to turn away some extra bits." I pulled open one of my drawers and began to grab some equipment and put them into the pockets on my vest. When I looked back up, I saw that Heart Throb was still standing there looking confused.
"I said we'll take the case, is there something more that you want?" I asked her.
"No, it's nothing." Heart Throb said while shaking her head. She turned around and walked out the door. I decided to only take this note in my head instead of my notebook. It just didn't seem important enough to be written down.
After I had finished preparing, I left my office. Once I had locked the door behind me, I walked off to go to my assistant's house. Nothing much happened along the way there, the life of an investigator isn't always fun, but it does have its moments.
It didn't take long to reach my assistant's house, just about five minutes according to my watch. I really do love that watch, it always comes in handy. This information aside, I had reached my assistant's house. I walked over to the door and knocked with my hoof. I didn't need to wait long before my assistant opened her door.
Standing in the doorway was a slightly light blue mare with a long dark red mane and tail. She had a bow in her mane, as well as a unicorn horn protruding from her mane. She had light blue eyes and two bracelets around her front hooves. Each of the bracelets had a blue gem inside of it. We had found those on one of our investigations, and she had decided to keep it. Her cutie mark was a magnifying glass magnifying a hoof print.
"Hello, Miss Tina Gem." I greeted my assistant.
She sighed and said, "Let me guess, we have another case?"
I smiled and said, "Good detective work, Miss Tina Gem."
She looked me in the eyes and said, "If you're going to add 'Miss' to my name, at least say either Tina or Gem."
"Ok then, Miss Gem. Let's get going, we have an investigation to commence." I said before turning around to go towards the crime scene. With another sigh, Tina followed, seemingly reluctantly.
