"It are dark times for Equestria ,or rather, for Cloudsdale. It all started with strange disappearances, followed by the discovery of a corpse. every week it keeps repeating with no clue whatsoever. fear keeps increasing around Equestria. If cloudsdale is done, which city will be next? At ponyville, tension is high. Rainbow dash is also afraid, but not for the killer. Her mother, who is still in cloudsdale, is alone and defenseless. Because of this, Rainbow dash decides to go to cloudsdale to help her mother. Fluttershy also comes along, just to be there for her old friend."
*PONYVILLE 8:00 A.M.*
"You sure about this Rainbow?" Twilight said with a concerned voice.
"Don't worry Twilight, I'll be fine." Rainbow said with a smile on her face.
Applejack came forward, with a concerned look on her face."Ah dunno, already 5 ponies have been killed by this "cloudsdale ripper" . It just doesn't seem safe."
"like I said, I'll be fine. It'll take a dragon to take me down." Rainbow said.
"Then it's a good thing I'm coming along." Fluttershy said with a small, yet innocent smile.
"Wait for me, wait for me!" Pinkie said as she came hopping to the group with a picnic basket in her mouth.
"*puff* Take this." Pinkie said while she spit out the picnic basket."It's filled with muffins, baked them myself"
"Wow, thanks pinkie." Rainbow said."I gotta ask, can you take care of Tank for me?"
"Sure." Pinkie said."It's the least I can do. Well, aside of making the muffins."
"Um...Rarity, can you, if you don't mind, take care of the animals at my home?" Fluttershy asked with a held back voice.
"Sure." Rarity said."It's the least I can do."
"Hey! That's what I said!" Pinkie yelled with a angry voice.
As the group started to laugh, Rainbow dash looks at the clock, realizing it's time to go.
"Well, guess it's time to go Fluttershy." Rainbow said.
As Rainbow and Fluttershy were prepared to fly off, they said "Goodbye girls." As the rest replied "Goodbye." Waving at them. As Rainbow and Fluttershy flew off in the sunset, the rest slowly walked away.
*2 HOURS LATER*
"Finally, we're here." Rainbow said, looking at the sky city known as cloudsdale.
"It's just like I remember." Fluttershy said with a hyped up voice.
"um...Fluttershy, we were here 6 months ago." Rainbow said with a comedic look on her face.
"Oh, um...sorry." Fluttershy said, returning to her held back voice.
"It's OK. I'm glad to be back to." Rainbow said.
As they flew toward the landing station, Rainbow was greeted by a familiar face.
"Mom!" Rainbow yelled, looking to a white, blue haired mare.
"Rainbow!" The pony yelled with a happy voice. Seeing Rainbow run toward her with a smile and tears dropping from her eyes.
"I'm so glad you're OK." Rainbow cried out as she hugged her mother.
"Come on Rainbow. You should know that it'll..."
"...take a dragon to take you down?" Rainbow said, interrupting her mother.
"What have I told you about interrupting me?" Rainbows mother said with serious voice.
"Sorry, mom." Rainbow said with a childish tone.
A smile appeared on Rainbows mothers face."That's better."
Both of them started laughing when Fluttershy walked on the scene with the picnic basket from Pinkie."Fluttershy, you remember my mother Firefly don't you?" Rainbow said while standing next to her mother.
"Of course, how could I forget." Fluttershy said.
"Fluttershy, look at how much you've grown. last time I saw you were just a little filly." Firefly stated with a smile on her face."Say, what's that picnic basket for?"
"Oh, that's something my friend Pinkie made. It's filled with muffins. She baked them herself." Rainbow explained.
"Well, better eat them while we still can." Firefly said."Come, there's a park nearby. We can eat there."
*30 MINUTES LATER*
"Mmm...these muffins are delicious." Firefly said with her mouth filled with a muffin.
"Knowing Pinkie, how couldn't they be?" Rainbow said before taking a bite.
"Say, how come there are royal guards everywhere?" Fluttershy asked while looking around.
"*gulp*Good question. They are here investigating the murders that happened past month. lately they won't leave anypony alone, as if everypony is a suspect." Firefly explained.
"No wonder. From what I've heard, there are no clues whatsoever. I've even heard the it is Celestia going insane. Can you believe it?" Rainbow said with a smile on her face.
"Don't be ridiculous. Celestia would never do that. After all, it IS her kingdom." Firefly stated.
"You really think I believe something as stupid as that?" Rainbow said as she looked in the basket."Well, that's the last of the muffins. So, what shall we do next?"
"How about I'm gonna bring you two to your apartment? We still have a whole day in front of us and I doubt the two of you wanna keep traveling with your luggage." Firefly suggested.
"That's a great idea, mom." Rainbow said."Just make sure we get there fast. I have so much planned for today."
"And thus, the three ponies flew off toward their new apartment. As they arrived, Firefly had a bit of bad news."
"Sorry girls, but you can't sleep in the same room." Firefly said.
"WHAT! WHY?" Rainbow asked with a surprised voice.
"It's OK Rainbow." Fluttershy said, trying to calm down Rainbow dash."But I do have to ask, why can't we sleep in the same room?"
"Well, in each apartment there is only room for two people. And quite frankly, I want Rainbow to sleep in my room." Firefly explained.
"WHAT! Why do you want me sleep in the same room? Why can't I decide? Maybe I don't wanna sleep in the same room with you, maybe I wanna sleep in the same room with Fluttershy. You ever thought of that, mom? YOU EVER THOUGHT OF THAT!" Rainbow yelled at her mother.
"RAINBOW!" Flutershy yelled."Oh sorry, I was just trying to calm you down. Either way, I can take care of myself. So I'm OK with it to sleep alone." Fluttershy said, calming her voice.
"But aren't you afraid?" Rainbow asked surprised.
"Don't worry, I can take care of myself." Fluttershy said with a confident look on her face.
"Then it's settled. Rainbow dash, you're going to sleep with me. Now get inside girls." Firefly said with a relieved voice."
"As the three ponies walked in, they were greeted to their rooms. Fluttershy slept in room 299. Rainbow and Firefly slept in room 300."
"This is your bed, Rainbow" Firefly said."Now don't you dare make a mess of it just like when you were little."
"Mom, I'm grown up now. I don't make a big mess of my room anymore. Well, not as big of a mess." Rainbow said with shame as she puts down her luggage.
"Like I said, don't make a mess. I'll see you in a few minutes." Firefly said as she left the room.
As rainbow opened her bag, the first thing that she took out was a poster of the wonderbolts. Then after she putted it on the wall, she took out her element and putts it on the table next to her bed. Finally, she kicks her bag underneath her bed and starts laying on it. It was soft, yet straight, just the way Rainbow likes it. If it wasn't for the fact her mother called for her, she would've fallen asleep.
"Rainbow, can come already? Both me and Fluttershy are waiting." Firefly yelled from downstairs.
As rainbow wakes up, she slowly walked toward the door and opened it, walked through, and kick the door to close it and locked it with her house key. Once downstairs, she was greeted by her mother and Fluttershy.
"What happened Rainbow, did you fall asleep?" Fluttershy asked.
"Almost." Rainbow replied with a smile on her face.
"Well, sleepy head, you said you had a lot of things planed. So, what do you wanna do first?" Firefly asked.
"O were should I start. How about were going to the best fast-food restaurant EVER!" Rainbow said with an extremely excited voice.
"You mean the Winged chef?" Firefly said."Well let's not waste any time then."
"And thus the three ponies started there journey. They started at the Winged chef, where they ate Rainbows favorite treat, the wingburger. Except Fluttershy ,who just ate a bowl of salad. After that, they decided to go to the skygarden, where they looked around at the beautiful plants, and decided to play hide and seek. Finally, they went to the zoo, Where Fluttershy just couldn't resist making some new friends. When they came home, it was nearly dark, so decided to buy a pizza and call it a day. That night, Rainbow had a nightmare were a strange figure followed her mother, with Rainbow tied up, unable to move. Once her mother got cornered, Rainbow was forced to see her mother getting..."
"NO!" Rainbow yelled out as she woke up from her sleep."It was just a dream." Rainbow said with a relieved voice, as she noticed a light coming from the kitchen. As she walked toward the kitchen, she saw her mother popping out from behind the fridge.
"O, hi Rainbow." Firefly said."Let me guess, can't sleep?"
"Yep." Rainbow said with a tired voice and a smile on her face."Say, what are you doing anyway, mom?"
"O, making myself a sandwich." Firefly replied."I always do that when I can't sleep."
"OK, can you make one for me to?" Rainbow asked.
"Sure, why not?" Firefly replied as she makes the sandwich."You know, this morning I actually got an invitation for some magic show, in this crisis, can you believe it?" She said while she was laughing out loud.
"Ssh, mom. You're waking Fluttershy up with that laughing of yours." Rainbow said.
"You're right, sorry. I just can't help to laugh everytime I think somepony tries to gain money during times like this." Firefly said."Well, here's your sandwich."
As both ponies ate there sandwich, Firefly kept being bugged by a question.
"Why did you come here, Rainbow?" Firefly asked.
"Why do you ask?" Rainbow asked back to Firefly.
"Nothing, I'm just wondering." Firefly Replied, still waiting for an answer.
"Because I wanted to know if you were OK." Rainbow replied.
"I don't believe you." Firefly said."I think there's more behind it."
"What do you mean?" Rainbow asked.
"I think you came here to protect me." Firefly said."That's why you brought you friend along."
"Why do you think I came to protect you?" Rainbow asked with a nervous voice.
"Come on, Rainbow. Look at me, I'm old, tired and alone." Firefly said."I can believe that you're concerned about me, but that is not a good reason to bring Fluttershy along."
"OK, fine. I admit it, I came to here to protect you." Rainbow said.
"Now that's not hard to say, is it?" Firefly said."Now go eat that sandwich and go to sleep."
As Rainbow eats the sandwich, so does Firefly. Once Rainbow is done, she decides to go to bed."Goodnight, mom." Rainbow said.
"Goodnight, Rainbow" Firefly replied.
As rainbow was about to exit the kitchen, she gets hit in the back of her head with a frying pan.
"Rainbow!" Firefly yelled as she saw her daughter laying on the ground.
As Rainbow looked up, she saw a pony wearing a blue hoodie. It was to dark to see his or her face. As the pony walked past Rainbow, she relised this pony came for her mother.
"Stay away from me! Don't come closer or you're going to regret it!" Firefly said to the hooded pony.
"Mom, run...it's t...the..." Rainbows attempts to speak were useless. The hit on the head she toke was to much. "please...r...run...a...away."
As Firefly got trapped in the corner, she tried to throw a knife at the hooded pony, but the hooded pony nodded his or her head to the left to dodge the knife."You're him, aren't you?" Firefly said."You're the cloudsdale ripper!"
As Rainbows vision started to fade away, she saw the ripper walking slowly toward her mother. Once her vision was gone, all she could hear was a hellish scream coming from her mother. Then there was nothing.
*ONE WEEK LATER*
As Rainbow slowly woke up she noticed she was laying in a white bed with healthcare equipment next to her. She also noticed that she was wearing a head bandage and through a window she saw all five of her friends sleeping.
"Wait, what are they doing here? What is "here" anyway?" Rainbow thought, as she saw Fluttershy wake up.
As Fluttershy noticed Rainbow was awake, she quickly tried waking her friends up."Girls, I'm sorry to wake you up, but Rainbow is awake!"
As the other girls were waking up, they quickly ran inside the room and greeted Rainbow."Rainbow, are you OK?" Twilight asked with a concerned look on her face.
"Wha...Where am I?" Rainbow asked half-asleep.
"You're in the hospital, silly." Pinkie said, smiling like always.
"What? Why am I here?" Rainbow asked, slowly getting more conscious. As suddenly her memories came back."My mother! Where is my mother!" Rainbow yelled out panicking.
Once the rest managed to calm her, she asked again."Sorry about that. So, where is my mother?" Rainbow asked again.
The group remained silent, Fluttershy decided say it."She..." She said, backing down at the last second. Applejack couldn't take it anymore. So she decided to say it with an depressed voice."She's dead, hun."
Rainbow was shocked to hear the news. First she remained silent. Then she started talking."But...But she..." Rainbow said with tears dripping from her cheek. Finally, she started crying. As the group remained silent for a second, Applejack walked up to Rainbow and gave her a hug.
"It's alright, sugarcube. Let it all out." Applejack said, Starting to drop some tears herself.
Rainbow hugged Applejack back, crying even harder."Why her! From all the ponies, why her!" Rainbow dash cried out."She didn't deserve it! She didn't do anything wrong!"
"So didn't the other victims." Rarity said, trying to calm her down.
"Rarity, you're not helping." Twilight whispered to Rarity."Listen Rainbow, I know that they will catch this killer. And once they have, your mother can finally rest in peace." She said, trying to calm down Rainbow herself.
"But I don't want her to rest in peace. I want her to be here, with me, ALIVE! You ever thought of that,Twilight? YOU EVER THOUGHT OF THAT!" Rainbow yelled out with a angry, yet sad voice, startling Twilight.
"Girls! I advise you to leave NOW!" A nurse yelled out, standing at the door.
"Go." Rainbow said with an angry voice.
"But Rainbow..." Applejack said.
"GO!" Rainbow yelled out. Once all her friends left, she started crying again, pushing a pillow in her face.
*2 HOURS LATER*
"Misses dash, do you have time to answer some of our question?" A royal guard said behind the door.
"NO!" Rainbow yelled out, having ended her crying for over half an hour.
"Maybe I can make a difference." A female voice said from behind the royal guards.
"Princess Celestia." Rainbow said with a silent, surprised voice.
"You can go guards. I'll handle this." Celestia said. As the guards walked away, Celestia once again started speaking." I have heard what happened, Rainbow .I'm sorry for your lose." She said with a calmer, less happy voice.
"You would be."Rainbow said with a bold attitude.
Rather than getting angry, Celestia remained calm."I know how you feel, Rainbow. You're not the only one who lost someone that was close to you."
"Wait, are you implying that you lost someone to?" Rainbow asked, calming down slowly.
"No, but I have seen plenty of ponies that lost someone close to them like their mother, father, sister, brother or even their own child. I have learned a lot from them so I know how you feel, honestly." Celestia replied.
"But, she's gone. My mother is dead and I don't know how I can deal with that." Rainbow said.
"Your father died to, didn't he? How did you deal with that?" Celestia asked.
"He died before I was even born. My mother had to raise me all on her own. I never dealt with this kind of sorrow, so I don't know what to do." Rainbow said without making direct eye contact.
"Well, the first thing you have to do is to do the one thing your mother wants you to do. And that is life on." Celestia said.
"Thanks for the tip, princess." Rainbow said as she got cheered up."Now tell me the real reason you came here. I doubt you came here to be my psychiatrist."
"It's about the killer. Are there any traits you can recall about him or her?" Celestia asked.
"Sorry, I can't recall anything about the killer." Rainbow said.
"Well, then I have nothing left here to do." Celestia said. As she was prepared to walk away, something suddenly struck Rainbow.
"Wait!" Rainbow yelled, making Celestia turn around."I remember something. It's not much, but it's something.
"What is it?" Celestia asked.
"It's what the killer wore. It was a blue hoodie." Rainbow said.
"Is there anything else?" Celestia asked.
"Sorry, That's all I can remember." Rainbow said.
"Well, then I guess we have to do it with this then." Celestia said."Goodbye, Rainbow."
"Rainbow, Ah got some great ne...Oh princess Celestia." Applejack said, running through the door.
"It's alright, Applejack. I was leaving anyway." Celestia said. And with that, Celestia left the building.
"Either way, Rainbow, yah can leave the hospital!" Applejack said With an excited voice.
"Really!" Rainbow dash said surprised."But I woke up barely two hours ago, how is it possible I'm already allowed to leave?"
"Well, apparently your brain damage lifted while yah were still in a coma." Applejack replied.
"Brain damage? No one told me I had brain damage?" Rainbow said with a surprised voice.
"Yea, sorry about that." Applejack said."We didn't get the chance to tell Yah that. Can yah forgive us?"
"It's OK." Rainbow said "Say, I'm sorry I acted so bold to the five of you. Can you forgive me?"
"It's OK. Anypony would act like that in these circumstances." Applejack said, as something suddenly struck her."Say, what was princess Celestia doing here?"
"She wanted to know some things about the killer." Rainbow said."She also gave me some advice on how to deal with the fact that my mother is..." Rainbow dash stopped the sentence right before she finished it. As she felt the urge to cry, she held it back and kept a straight look on her face.
"How does she dare to ask question when yah're still recovering?" Applejack said with an angry look on her face.
"Just forget it, Applejack." Rainbow said."Now first things first, can you help me out of this bed? I don't plan on staying here for long."
"Sure, why not?" Applejack said. As she helped her from her bed, they were greeted by the rest of the group.
"Hi, girls." Rainbow said, standing on the ground."Sorry I acted like such a brat back there. Can you guys forgive me?"
"It's OK, Rainbow." Twilight said."We understand what you're going through. Say Applejack, as much as I hate to say it, we have to go back to Ponyville. The spell I casted is going to run out in an hour and we still have to go to Pinkie's airbaloon. Rainbow, are you coming along?"
"Sorry guys, but I'm planning to stay a while longer." Rainbow said."I still have to go to my mothers grave. atleast if there is one."
"Don't worry, Rainbow. I took care of that." Fluttershy replied."And if you won't go, I won't go either."
"Then it´s settled. We are leaving." Twilight said."Goodbye, Rainbow. Goodbye, Fluttershy."
"Goodbye, guys." Rainbow and Fluttershy said.
"And thus, the group split up. As Twilight and the rest decided to go back to Ponyville, Rainbow and Fluttershy went to the graveyard. As they stood in front of Firefly's grave, there was a question that kept bugging Rainbow."
"Say Fluttershy, how come you knew what was going on?" Rainbow asked.
"Well, first I heard a hellish scream coming from your apartment." Fluttershy replied."When I tried to open the door, I noticed it was locked. I didn't want to take any risks and called the cops. When they arrived and opened the door, they found you unconscious on the floor and your mother..." Fluttershy didn't want to continue talking when she saw the look on Rainbows face.
"Well, well. I figured you were here." A male voice said from behind the two ponies. As the two ponies turned around they saw a male brown Pegasus wearing a coat.
"Who are you?" Rainbow asked.
"O sorry. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is detective Clops." The male Pegasus said."I came here to ask you about the killer."
"I already told Celestia everything I know." Rainbow said as it suddenly struck to her."Wait, I thought the royals toke the case. You don't seem like a royal if you ask me. Why are you still investigating this case?"
"Because I'm going freelance." Detective Clops said."I didn't come to ask if you knew anything about the killer, but if you wanted to help finding the killer."
Rainbow was shocked. Her? Going after the killer? The thought alone kept her silent, almost making her cry.
"Isn't that illegal?" Fluttershy asked.
"Not if we catch him first." Clops replied."So Rainbow, are you in?"
"Don't do it, Rainbow. The risk is far too great." Fluttershy said with a concerned voice.
"This killer killed my mother, Fluttershy." Rainbow said with tears dripping from her cheek. As she whipped the tears from her cheek, she said."All I have to say is, sign me up." As the tears went away, she turned her sad face into a smile.
"Well let's not waste any time then." The detective said."Come, I want to introduce you to the rest of the group."
"You sure this is a good idea, Rainbow?" Fluttershy asked.
"Nope, but that's what makes it more exciting." Rainbow replied."I just wanna put this killer behind bars, and that's exactly what I'm gonna do."
As Fluttershy saw the two Pegasy fly away, she decided to follow them."O Rainbow, where are you getting us into?"
"And thus, Rainbow had a mission. To capture the unknown tyrant in cloudsdale, to capture the killer of her mother, to capture thecloudsdale ripper. As she followed detective Clops to his hideout, where she would meet the rest of the team. All she could do is hope. Hope this is enough to capture the killer."
