A/N: Hey, guys! Sorry I didn't upload yesterday, but my life was kinda hectic. I hope y'all are enjoying this! Without further ado, let's get back into it!

The discovery of Midnight's empty sepulcher turned Ponyville into a state of mass chaos. Everypony had variations of the exact same thought almost at the exact same time. What if a magic has been discovered that could raise the dead? The consensus around town was that the idea was an incredibly farfetched one. But with magic, anything was within the realm of possibility, and this notion frightened the citizens.

Twilight and Starlight worked to help control the outbreak of hysteria. They ordered that extra guards be posted around the cemetery, and the Ponyville Police began investigating around the mausoleum that Midnight had been buried in. At this point, they were conducting the entire affair as a potential grave robbery. Their thinking was that some crazed follower of Midnight had stolen her body at some point in the weeks before and taken it to Celestia knew where.

Of course, since the appearance of the mysterious note and the circumstances surrounding that, Twilight had been on very high alert. She had even sent out ponies to question all of the former followers of Midnight. But, after learning of Midnight's deceitful ways, none of them wanted anything to do with her, at least, on the surface.

But one pony that couldn't be located was Iron Wing, Midnight's former general. His family in Manehattan were frantic looking for him. He had come home after Midnight's death, but according to his father, had never lost his love and admiration for the evil filly. "He built shrines to her in his room," he had told the investigator, "and he would always talk about the Summer Sun Celebration in an odd way. Every year since Midnight's death, he would be looking at the sun on that day and smile wickedly. Frankly, it scared the rest of us. We just didn't know what to think."

Meanwhile, Flurry and Sunlight had also sniffed out another mystery and had begun their own investigation. They looked all around the mausoleum and the cemetery, and found nothing on their first two tries. Then, the day before the Summer Sun Celebration, while everypony else was busily getting ready, they crept back and looked around one more time. After finding the piece of string that helped convict Sharpshooter, they were determined to solve this crime as well.

But after searching for two hours, they had come up empty hooved. "I'm not giving up," Flurry announced with great determination, "we're gonna find whoever stole your sister's body."

"You're darn right, we're gonna find them!" Sunlight squeaked angrily. She had been furious when she found out her sister's body had been stolen. Even though her fellow filly had been one of the most evil ponies in Equestrian history, she still felt a sisterly connection with her. She wanted to find the culprit as much as anypony did.

After splitting apart and searching for a few more minutes, Sunlight suddenly jerked her small head up and yelled urgently, "Flurry Heart! Come here! I found something!" Flurry stopped what she was doing and raced over to her cousin. They both stared at the mysterious item that Sunlight had located.

"It's…a Pegasus feather," Flurry said, "but who does it belong to?"

Sunlight could only shrug her shoulders. The feather was resting on a tombstone near the mausoleum. It was a very small feather, much too small to be from a fully grown adult Pegasus. The two fillies stood and stared at it for a moment, trying to deduce who might have left it there. If they figured that out, then they could question that pony.

But the small grey feather didn't belong to any Pegasi they knew. The only one they could think of was Derpy, and she was too sweet and too dumb to pull off a crime like this. "No," Sunlight said, "it couldn't be Derpy!"

"Unless under all of that good natured clumsiness lies a criminal mastermind, which, let's face it, is an intensely odd and stupid proposition…then I'll have to agree with you. Plus, the feather's much too small." Flurry said.

The two fillies put Derpy out of their minds, and tried their hardest to think of any other Pegasi who could have pulled this off. The thought that it might be one of the colts or fillies in their village made both of them shudder. But the grey coloration of the feather threw them for a loop. They didn't know any grey Pegasus foals.

"Flurry…?" Sunlight asked

"Yeah?"

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

"If you're thinking that it has to have been a foal from another town, then yeah, I'm thinking that."

Flurry nodded eagerly. "Yeah, that's exactly what I'm thinking!"

"If that's the case, then we're royally screwed," Flurry said, "I mean, the Summer Sun Celebration's tomorrow! We don't have time to go hunting for a Pegasus foal who could be Celestia knows where by now!"

Sunlight drooped a bit. She wanted very much to go hop on the train with her cousin and continue this adventure. But, she conceded to what Flurry said and they both ran back towards the Castle of Friendship. On the way there, a thought struck Sunlight and she skidded to a stop. Flurry turned and asked, "what's wrong?"

"What if…what if somepony's figured out how to use magic to bring somepony else back to life?" Sunlight conjectured in earnest. "If that's the case, then somepony could have brought my sister back to life weeks ago and never told anypony!"

"That's preposterous!" Flurry said, "I mean, how could the guards have not noticed Midnight missing until now? They said her casket was gone at the funeral. It's only been three days, Sunlight!"

"But listen," Sunlight squeaked, "I overheard my Mommy talking with one of the investigating ponies, and he said that the guards were tricked. Whoever did this, left a fake coffin with a fake Midnight inside! He also said that they couldn't find one of Midnight's former followers during their investigation!"

"Was it a Pegasus foal?"

"I think so," Sunlight said, "the description he gave Mommy was a bit muddled from where I was standing, but I think I heard him say 'small, grey, Pegasus foal!'"

"Then that would match whoever left this feather," Flurry said, pointing to the feather that was riding on her wing. "We have to get back to the castle!" With that, the two fillies turned tail and ran full boar towards Sunlight's home.