Queen Sunstar: I don't own My Little Pony, but I do own the four customs that I will be describing later in the story. There is a reason for this. I don't own CSI Miami ether.

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Rick padded silently through the woods, his heightened wolf senses scanning for anything following him. He was still in winged wolf form. While Horatio had a silver glow in wolf form, Rick had a shadowy purple glow in his own wolf form. His body was black, and his eyes burned red. His wings were similar to that of a bat. His horn, streaked in black and dark silver, was long and twisted. He wore an amulet in the shape of a wolf paw. This was how he was able to become the dark wolf. Rick walked through a black arch without much thought, and entered a dark tunnel. He stepped out into a throne room of sorts, and bowed before the throne.

Sitting on the throne was a being with red glowing eyes, and had large black bat like wings. He wore a black suit of armor. His facial features were very similar to that of Horatio Caine, and his hair was the same red blonde as Horatio's hair. His name was Cronamus.

"Report, Shade." The Demigod ordered.

"Cain has woken Lexa, and Orina, Sire." Rick responded, it won't be long until Flare, Leo, Bree, and Tailia are awakened."

"Find, and defeat them, Shade!" The demigod ordered.

Rick nodded. He stared up at the Demigod, and asked, "What about the others?"

"Find those crystals, before they find them." The Demigod ordered.

"I'll do as you wish, Cronamus, sir." Rick stood, and trotted outside into the darkening night.

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"You are lucky," the female doctor said, "you only fractured two of your ribs. I will tape them up, and prescribe you some vicoden for the pain, and you will be good to go. Just be careful of sharp movements for the next two weeks."

"I was on my way back to work. I can still go to work, right? I'm the head CSI, and my team needs me." Horatio asked.

"You can, as long as you are careful. Here is the prescription, and you are good to go." the Doctor finished.

Horatio walked back out into the ER waiting room, where his entire team had gathered.

"Well?" Ryan asked.

"I'm fine, except for two small fractures in my ribs." Horatio said.

"Did they check you for a concussion, or did you talk them out of it, like the last three times?" Alexx asked.

"I'm fine. I promise, when we get back to the lab, I'll spend the day on desk duty, f it will make you all feel better." Horatio said, his tone dry. He knew they were only worried about him.

"Ryan is not driving!" Eric called.

"Hey! So I obeyed the traffic laws and regulations while getting here! I'm the safest driver!" Ryan cried.

"Would you two stop arguing for once? Give me the keys." Frank stepped between them.

"But-" Eric shut himself up when he saw Franks icy glare, and handed him the keys. They piled into the remaining Hummer, and made it back to the lab in one piece. Maxine Valera, their DNA lab tech, had gathered the other lab techs, and was waiting outside for them. Once inside, the lab filled with the usual buzz of technicians calling out to the CSI's about clues, and results. To Horatio, it was music to his ears.

Ryan entered the computer lab, and sat down at one of the computers. He opened his email list, and scanned down through the list. He found an email from Primaqueen labeled urgent, and opened it. It read:

This is Primaqueen. I have done some thinking about the nylon hair you emailed me about, and I remembered something else. You can find this kind of Nylon at custom specialty shops, and I did some CSI work of my own. There are three different shops downtown Miami. I hope this helps you. If you have any questions about the nylon, or other nylon hair related products, I can try to answer them. In addition, Dollmaker is a regular at these sites.

A short list followed the message.

If there's anything else I can do for you, let me know, and I will do my

The message ended abruptly. Ryan checked the rest of his emails, and found no other response from Primaqueen. He turned to the technician, and told him to run a trace on the email, and to alert him if anything if he found anything.

Calliegh worked on the wolf fur, and did a DNA analysis. She hit a fresh new lead. The DNA told her the wolf was female, and she knew that the only female wolf in captivity was at the Miami Dade Zoo. She smiled to herself. It was time to pay a visit to the zoo, and learn the whereabouts of their female wolf.

"Ryan, I got your results on the screen name, Primaqueen, back!" the tech called.

Ryan entered the room.

"What did you find?" He asked.

"The screen name belongs to a woman residing in Marysville, Washington. Meet Jodye Rudolph." The tech pulled up a picture of a pretty, brown haired woman, "She was abducted late last night by unknown assailants. I have already called for Horatio, because this is our crime scene."

At that moment, Horatio walked into the room, and listened as the tech explained the situation to him.

"Ryan, how do you feel about Washington State? This is our crime scene, and we both are going to have to fly out to Washington. This is not a vacation." Horatio said.

"I don't mind Washington, Horatio." Ryan said.

"Good, I have a few calls to make." Horatio left the computer lab. He went into his office, and picked up his phone. He got in touch with the Everett Crime Lab, and explained the situation to them. He was given the crime scene. His next call was to the Miami Dade Airport, and after that, he called Ryan back to his office.

"When do we leave?" Ryan asked.

"Meet me at the airport at 4:00 AM tomorrow morning. Our plane leaves at 5:00 AM." Horatio said.

"Okay, I'll check into those sites Primaqueen sent me and see if I can learn something about Dollmaker." Ryan said.

"Good." Horatio said, watching Ryan leave, before turning back to his work.

Ryan went back into the computer lab, and sat at a computer. He logged on, and went online to the first site on the list. It was a custom pony website documenting how to customize a My Little Pony. The next two sites were the same, one told how to customize dolls, while the other was another custom pony site. The last two sites were both fan fiction sites. The first had customization information, as well as a fan fiction based on the My Little Pony characters, while the other was a personal site with another fan fiction based on My Little Pony. Ryan read the prologue, and bookmarked it to read later. Then he thought better of it, and printed out the entire story up to date, the character page, and the map page. He stabled it all together.

The next morning, he boarded the plane to travel west to Washington behind Horatio. They found their seats, and sat down. Ryan pulled out the stabled papers, and began to read.

"Interesting choice of reading material, Ryan." Horatio mentioned, some time later, "You need to buckle up for take off."

"This? It is something I found online, at one of the five sites Primaqueen sent me. I'm trying to determine why a customization fanatic would stop here." Ryan flipped back to the character page, "I think this is why. These four ponies were scanned onto the web page, while the rest were hand drawn." Ryan pointed out the four ponies. The first was a golden pony with a horn, and Dragonic wings. It had long red hair, and its symbol was a raised sun with a ruby in its center. Its wings were leathery on top, and feathery on the bottom. The second one was a black pony with black hair, feathery wings, and a horn, and furry feet. Its symbol was a red rose. The third pony was smaller then the other two, and was purple in color. Its wings were similar to the golden ponies wings, and it to, had a horn. Its hair was red and white. Its symbol was a raised sun surrounded in flames, with a ruby in its center. The last one was the smallest, and it was black. It had leathery wings, and black scales covered its sides. Two small black horns nestled next to its ears, and its head looked more dragonish then pony. It didn't have hair, but red spikes ran down its back to meet in three curved spikes on the tip of its tail. It had fury paws instead of hooves like the other three.

"I take it that Primaqueen is a customizes ponies herself. That must be why Dollmaker went to her web page." Horatio said, "and bookmarked it because he liked what he saw."

"The customs are amazing." Ryan went back to reading, "And the story is powerful."

Four hours later, they got off the plane, just as it was starting to snow. The barren black trees rose like silent sentinels into a white sky. A fog wafted around the tree trunks. Snow blanketed the ground on ether side of the lonely stretch of runaway. The lights came on, making the scene look more like something out of a dream. Beside him, Ryan heard Horatio mutter under his breath, and blow on his fingertips, to warm them up. It was then that he remembered. Horatio hated the cold with a vengeance.

"You did remember to pack a pair of gloves, right?" Ryan asked.

"Yes, but I packed them into my suitcase." Horatio answered, glancing at his watch, "Tony is late, and I know he is doing this because he knows I hate the cold!"

"Tony?" Ryan questioned.

"Tony Fernando is the head CSI here in Washington, and is a good friend of mine. We went to the academy together back east, in New York." Horatio said.

Ryan saw the car out of the corner of his eye, and turned to it as the car horn sounded, causing Horatio to jump a mile, and gasped sharply as his ribs protested the sudden sharp movement. He turned, and glared at the man walking up to them. Ryan couldn't be sure if it was a man at first, due to the heavy furry parka the man wore.

"H, good to see you, again. Sorry about the fact I was late. My Bug wouldn't start. She had a rough morning." Tony said, "Lets get going, before she decides to shut down on me again."

Ryan picked up his suitcase, and heard Horatio gasping sharply as he reached for his own suitcase. He was about to offer to carry both suitcases to the waiting car, when Tony reached over and took both suitcases from them.

"H, are you okay?" He asked.

"I'm fine! I had a little accident involving my Hummer yesterday!" Horatio snapped, slowly straightening.

"Do mind him, he hasn't had his morning pain pills yet." Ryan said.

"What did he break this time?" Tony asked, snickering silently.

"he broke two ribs." Ryan said.

"Ouch, Hey H! You ever tell him about the time you managed to break every bone in your left foot?" Tony called, chuckling merrily.

"He does not need to know about that!" Horatio called back, getting into the car.

"What did he do?" Ryan asked.

"Don't you dare tell him! It was bad enough having to explain to the headmaster why there were holes in the wall, on my side of the dorm room!" Horatio cried.

"It was back when we were still at the academy. We shared a dorm room. One night, we went to bed late, and the next morning, I woke up to hear H screaming. He managed to break every bone in his foot by kicking four different holes in the wall. The headmaster was furious." Tony said, closing the trunk door, "H had to have bars installed on the wall to keep himself from kicking the wall in his sleep."

"I'm an active sleeper! I can't help it!" Horatio responded, "It was humiliating! You try finding a new dorm mate and having to explain the bars on the wall!"

"Mac Taylor didn't seem to care!" Tony chuckled, easing the tiny car into drive, and leaving the runaway behind.

"Mac thought it was funny to experiment on the bars." Horatio shot back.

Ryan returned to his reading, ignoring the friendly bickering going on in the front seat. Tony dropped them off at the hotel. They found their rooms, which were adjoining rooms.

"Tony will come by later tonight to explain the case, and tomorrow he will take us to the crime scene. We work this like we would in Miami." Horatio explained, "Get some sleep, Tony will be here at around six."

Six o'clock found a refreshed Ryan ready to go. He walked into the other room to find Horatio ready to go, but he noticed that Horatio looked paler then usual.

"You sure you're up to this?" Ryan asked, "I can go by myself."

"I'm fine, I just took a Vicoden." Horatio led the way to the restraunt on the bottom floor. There, they met up with Tony, and two women. One of the women had short brown hair, and glasses, while the other woman was blonde, and both women wore hearing aids.

"This is Detective Chelsey Slye, and CSI Anna Hinkle. Chelsey leads the DCS which stands for Deaf CSI Squad. We called them once we found out that our abducted victim, Jodye Rudolph, was deaf." Tony said, He turned, and signed fluently to the two women. Chelsey nodded, and adjusted her glasses. She turned to the two men.

"Its okay, you can talk normally to us. My entire team is fluent at lip reading. It is a good thing that you came, because this case hit us hard at home. Anna and I went to school with Jodye. She was our best friend." Chelsey said, sitting down between Tony, and Anna. Ryan sat next to Anna, and Horatio was between him and Tony.

"Why don't you tell us about the case?" Horatio asked, shifting his weight around in the chair, trying to get comfortable.

"We went through that entire office. Jodye does not leave home without this." Anna held up an evidence bag containing a mini laptop, "We have gone over it, but all that is on it is Jodye's communication software. While going over the office, we came across this marking on the wall, and there is no sign of a forced entry anywhere in that house, and there is no way for anybody to sneak into that house without a sensor going off, or Jodye's hearing ear dog going nuts. Office computer still has not coughed up any goods." Anna pulled out a file, and handed it over to Horatio, "Here is the case file."

"Maybe Jodye left the house on her own accord." Ryan brought up.

"Jodye would have taken her Laptop with her." Anna said.

"Does she have more then one?" Horatio asked.

"She has only one. It is all her family could afford." Chelsey said.

"Tomorrow, I'll take them to the crime scene. I don't get how someone could just vanish into thin air. It is like she is invisible woman." Tony said.

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Calliegh was looking through a microscope at the sample of wolf fur from the female wolf, and the sample from the crime scene at the same time. She saw that it was a match. The zoo had told her that they found their female wolf one morning, completely shaved. She had checked over the area, and found nothing. She wondered if Ryan and Horatio were having better luck. Somebody cleared their throat behind her, and she turned to see Rick.

"Horatio is not here." She said.

"It is not Horatios I want, but you!" With that, Ricks amulet glowed, and he went wolf. Calliegh jumped and backed up into a wall.

"Rick, we can talk about this!" She cried.

"Why? I'm here to make sure you don't cause any more trouble for the Demigod!" Rick snarled.

As Rick lunged at Calliegh, Eric came flying into the room, and tackled the wolf.

"Calliegh! Change already!" He cried.

Calliegh tried to focus, to become the huntress, but nothing happened. Rick sent Eric flying across the room, screaming. She heard the dull thud of his body hitting the floor. Rick turned back to her.

"Say good bye, Calliegh!" Rick shot at her. Calliegh screamed, expecting to feel claws and teeth on her. She could hear Eric's pained scream, and then she heard Alexx.

"Stop, Rick!" the ME was glowing with rage. Her change was quick. She melted into her phoenix body, and dove at Rick, talons out. She raked her talons along Ricks back, forcing him into a corner. Calliegh finally felt her change, and Huntress and Phoenix glared down at their common foe. Rick snarled, and lowered his horn. He shot up at Alexx, who sidestepped out of the way. She sank her talons into Ricks left wing, and twisted, forcing a howl of agony from the black wolf. Calliegh wondered how she could fight, when her hands glowed. A sleek, silver crossbow appeared. Minutes later, Calliegh discovered that she could call for any kind of weapon, and it would come.

"Lets see, grappling hooks!!" Calliegh called watching as the weapon appeared in her hands, "Now this I like!" She raised it to her shoulder, took aim, and fired off a grappling hook, pinning Rick down to the floor.

"Good move!" Alexx called, "Lets see what our favorite FBI agent has to say about this?" She landed gracefully on the back of a chair.

"I have nothing to say to you." Rick snarled.

"Oh yes, you do, so spill!" Calliegh gave the line a tug, causing Rick to squeal as the hooks dug harder into his body. What happened next shocked everybody. Rick glowed purple, and vanished. There was a gurgling cough, and Calliegh turned. She screamed, and ran to Eric's side. His body had slammed into a row of computers, and several shards of glass stuck out at odd angles from the CSI's throat. Calliegh ripped out the glass without thinking, and screamed Eric's name over and over again.

"Calliegh… Its… over… for me…" Eric rasped out.

"No! I'm not losing you! Stay with me! Stay!" Calliegh cried. She felt Alexx, still in Phoenix form, brush by her.

"Ever hear in the legends about phoenixes that their tears can heal? Lets see if that's true." Alexx said, letting two light amethyst colored tears drip off of her beak, and land on Eric's neck wounds. They closed themselves up silently, and Eric jerked as he woke up. His hand shot to his neck, and felt nothing. He scooted back from Alexx and Calliegh, eyes wide.

"That's where I draw the line! I don't want to be apart of this creepy demon world of yours!" He cried, as Frank walked into the remains of the lab.

"What happened here?" He asked.

"Rick happened, and I'm out of here!" Eric left, pausing long enough to thank the ME, who had returned to normal alongside Calliegh.

"I see that the women drove him off." Frank said.

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Ryan and Horatio both stood inside the crime scene, going over it again. Ryan was on the computer, searching for clues to why Jodye got kidnapped, while Horatio went over the marking on the wall. It showed what looked like a y shape tipped with several circles on all three tips. There was a fourth circle in the center of the y. the three outer circles had three sharp claws extending from them.

"Interesting." Horatio muttered.

"I think I found something! These look like plans for other custom pony ideas! Maybe Dollmaker got jealous and decided to kidnap Jodye and force her to make the customs for him!" Ryan called.

"Ryan, we are in big trouble. I know whose mark that is on the wall. That is the mark of Ursa, one of the Demigod's underlings, and he is here." The words barely left Horatio's mouth, when the ground shuddered, "Ryan, call Tony, and tell him to start an evacuation! I'll hold of Ursa for as long as I can!"

"But-" Ryan started, watching Horatio go wolf.

"I'm the only one who can fight Ursa! Go! Don't worry about me! I'll be fine!" Horatio shot through the open window, opened his wings, and took off. Ryan called Tony, who started an emergency evacuation of the area. Heart pounding, Ryan stayed behind in the office. He went to the window, and watched in horror as a bear growled down at the winged wolf. This bear was more like a skeleton, with dead flesh hanging off its frame. Ryan knew that it couldn't be alive, but yet it was moving at an astounding pace. He couldn't scream as the bear causally swatted the wolf away with a swipe of one of its massive paws. The wolf's body hit the ground, hard, and didn't move as the huge beast bore down on him. Ryan found his voice at last, and screamed. Something glowed behind him, and he turned to see a yellow crystal sitting on the desk. He reached for it, and watched it disappear into his own hand. He ran outside, still glowing yellow, and changed. He became a brown bear with yellow crystal eyes. Ryan stood over the still unmoving winged wolf, and growled menacingly at Ursa. A quick sniff told him that Horatio was still alive. Ursa raised a huge paw, and swatted at Ryan. He ducked to avoid it, and struck out with his own paw. Ursa howled in rage, and lunged. Ryan sunk down to the ground, and heard the sound of Ursa hitting the ground behind him. He turned and lunged, landing a well aimed blow on the demon. It vanished into a wisp of black smoke.

"Ryan, good job." Horatio said, climbing carefully back to his feet.

"You are okay. I think I'm apart of the you know what, now." Ryan said.

"Lets change back, and finish the crime scene. Jodye was taken by Ursa." Horatio said.

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Queen Sunstar: Long chapter! Sorry about the long wait for updates. My work schedule has been changed recently. My break is only two hours long now, and I'm not very fast at typing on the computer. Reviews are appreciated!