Chapter 7 - The One Who Killed The Bookworm (Part 3)

"I- I can't believe it..." Blossom muttered under her breath "Who would do something like this...?"

Everyone else then rushed into the pool and gasped in horror, with the exception of Mandy.

"Oh no..." Bubbles covered her mouth in horror and started sobbing.

"Huh, another body... I see..." Mandy said, scratching her chin in thought.

"Wh- who did this...?" Dee Dee said, also beginning to sob.

"Well, it was certainly one of us, again." Dexter said as if he was unbothered with the whole situation. "We should proceed with the investigation." he walked out of the room.

"Nerd boy is right. I'm outta here." Mindy said as she also left the room.

"Yeah I'm leaving too." Mandy followed the other two.

"Those three are oddballs for sure." Robin commented "I can't believe this happened again."

"Somebody for sure wasn't standing the hallucinations and gave in." Bubblegum said "Now we should just begin the investigation."

Blossom placed her hand on Steven's shoulder. The boy was still crying rivers.

"Steven, I'm sorry. I know you two were close."

Steven stopped sobbing for a moment and stood up "I'm... I'm going to my dorm. You can do the investigation without me..." he walked towards the exit.

"Steven, we-" Blossom started speaking but Robin put his hand on her shoulder "Let him go. He's probably traumatized with this, we can investigate on our own."

Blossom sighed. Poor Steven, he must be really really sad because of this, I know I would.

"Hey, guys," Gumball spoke up "check your E-books. There's another Monokuma File."

Everyone pulled their handbooks out of their pockets and checked the new Monokuma File.

"Who wants to read it?" Robin asked.

"I'll do it!" Darwin exclaimed. He cleared his throat.

Clue: Monokuma File #2

"Monokuma File #2 - The victim is Connie, the bookworm. She was found lying on the floor of the Pool. The cause of death is a cracked neck. Other injuries include a wound on her back and a broken nose."

"So much injuries..." Blossom thought aloud.

"Good. Let's investigate." Princess Bubblegum said, leaving the gym, followed by with most of the others. Now there were only the powerpuff girls and Robin in the room.

"I guess we should check the body first." Buttercup suggested.

"Right." Robin responded, as he walked towards Connie's lifeless body. He started examining.

"Hmm... interesting." he scratched his chin.

"What is it?" Blossom asked.

"There seems to be golden dust on the back of her neck." he responded.

"I feel like I've seen that dust before..." Blossom thought out loud.

"Look, there's also more of that on her hands!" Bubbles noticed.

"You're right." Robin said.

Clue: Golden Dust

"Is there any more golden dust on her?" Blossom inquired.

Robin analyzed the corpse once again "Nope."

"Fine." she said before walking towards the exit.

"Where are you going, Bloss?" Buttercup asked, noticing her sister was leaving the room.

"I'm going to discover where that dust comes from, I think I've seen it somewhere... See you guys later."

The pink powerpuff girl headed towards the trophy room, where she found Gumball, Darwin, Mindy and Dee Dee examining the room. She walked towards the two brothers.

"Hey, guys," she greeted "Has any of you find any clue?"

"Nope, we didn't." Darwin responded.

"Yeah, I don't think there's any clue in this room." Gumball said "Well, we were just leaving so, see ya." he grabbed Darwin by the arm and walked out of the room with him.

Blossom searched through the trophy room to see if there could be any clue that Gumball and Darwin had missed. But then it hit her. The big trophy! She remembered it was covered with some golden paint on it.

~Flashback~

Blossom walked to have a closer vision of the trophies. There were a lot of normal sized golden ones and even some medals inside of a glass compartment, organized in various shelves.

Out of them all, there was one that stood out to Blossom. It was a bigger trophy compared to the other ones, all painted in gold.

"How does this school has so many trophies, after all?" she thought aloud. "I thought it had just opened."

"They're fake." Mandy said, analyzing the big trophy. She showed Blossom her fingers, which were covered in some golden dust, from the big trophy. "I presume they were just painted with golden paint."

"Okay. Thanks for the information." After receiving no response from Mandy, Blossom walked out of the room.

~End Of Flashback~

She turned her head to where the big trophy was supposed to be... but there was nothing there. There wasn't even a sign that there once was a big trophy at all.

Clue: Missing Trophy

"Weird..." she thought aloud "Hey, girls," she called Dee Dee and Mindy, the only people who were still in the room "Has anyone seen the big trophy that was supposed to be in here?"

"Do you think I care about a stupid trophy? Puh-lease, I have more important things to do, loser." Mindy rudely replied as she pulled a mirror from her pocket and exited the room.

Rude!, Blossom thought.

"Well, I haven't seen the trophy too. Sorry." Dee Dee replied with a bit of sadness on her expression.

"It's okay. See ya."

"Bye."

Blossom left the room, leaving Dee Dee by herself.

She entered the music room, which was completely empty. She pressed the switch to turn on the lights but the lights never turned on. She stared at the ceiling and saw that the lamp that was hanging from the ceiling was completely broken.

Clue: Broken Lamp

"Weird..."

She turned on the light from her E-book so she could search for clues. But then she immediately spotted something strange on the ground.

"Blood?"

There was a tiny bit of blood on the floor of the room.

"Did anyone even notice this?" she pulled her E-book from her pocket and took a photo.

Clue: Blood On The Ground

As she was taking the photo, she noticed that there was more of that golden dust she had found on Connie's body.

She walked around the room to see if she could find more clues. She scrolled through the instruments and saw something weird. There was some kind of dint on a bass.

"It seems like someone hit something really hard..." she thought.

Clue: Bass

Since there weren't any more clues she walked out of the room.

Blossom entered the library and found Mandy looking for something.

"Hi, Mandy." Blossom nicely greeted "Are you looking for something?"

"Not like it is your business but I was looking for the book that Connie was reading yesterday at night. It is missing." she responded, with a frown on her face as always. That girl doesn't smile for anything.

"Wait, how do you know that Connie was even reading a book last night?" Blossom asked suspiciously.

"Um, maybe because I was here?" Mandy replied, as if it was obvious for the redhead.

"No you weren't. Both you and Dexter left the library before Steven and I did."

"I didn't. I was just deeper in the library. And I stayed there for a while." Mandy crossed her arms.

"Really? Prove it." Blossom demanded.

"I don't know who do you think you are to order me but if it will make me innocent, fine." she said, still frowning. "Connie was reading a big black and white book. The title was 'The Creation Of Cartoon Network'."

Blossom blinked "That's... that's right."

"Yeah I know." Mandy replied "Whoever stole it didn't want us to know about it and because of that, killed Connie." she concluded.

Clue: Missing Book

"That's a good theory." Blossom thought for a moment "Hey, Mandy, if you were here last night, do you remember seeing anything strange?"

She sighed "I was planning on revealing it on the trial, but when I was leaving the library I saw the figure of someone, aloof. I couldn't exactly tell who it was and I wasn't planning on talking to him/her but I can say that it was tall person. Can't tell if it was a lot tall but it was definitely taller than me, which eliminates you and your sisters, if it helps you feel safer." she revealed.

Not like they would kill someone but fine, he scoffed in her mind.

"Well, thank you for the information, Mandy." was what she actually said.

"Whatever." she said with a blank expression, leaving the place.

Clue: Mandy's Account

She walked deeper into the library thinking, Can I even trust Mandy? She's not exactly the most trustworthy in here.

She was taken off her thoughts when she found Dexter with an archive folder on his hands.

"Blossom, you won't believe what I found here." he said, his eyes wide open as if he was in shock.

"What is it?"

"Here." he passed her the folder he had with him. There was a photo of Bubblegum on its cover "Princess Bubblegum's Archive." she read out loud "What is this?"

"Why don't you read it."

Blossom sighed "Okay." she opened it and started reading "Princess Bubblegum is proven to be able to do everything to protect her kingdom. Everything. She seems to have a cut and dry, black and white view of the world. She is extremely intelligent, and such intelligence could be easily used for the evil. She seems to be incredibly ruthless, unpredictable and untrustworthy. She's cold, cruel and manipulative. In conclusion, she could be friends with someone one day and stab that person in the back the other." "Woah..."

"I know right. After this I wouldn't trust her even for a billion dollars." Dexter said, with a slight smile on his face.

"Yeah..." she muttered "Thank you for sharing that with me, Dexter."

"No problem." he pulled the archive from Blossom's hands and disappeared into the bookshelves.

Clue: Bubblegum's Archive

Blossom was walking out of the library, with all the archive stuff on her mind, when Gumball and Darwin appeared. Gumball was carrying a big golden trophy, with some paint brushed off.

Blossom's eyes widened. She ran towards the brothers. "Where did you guys find that?"

"We found it inside of Bubblegum's dorm. Why?" Gumball asked.

"Bubblegum's room?! Wait, how did you even enter?"

"Monokuma opened everyone's dorms for the investigation." Darwin replied. "Why is it so important?"

"Yeah, it's just a boring trophy." Gumball added.

"Nothing." Blossom lied. "Sorry for bothering you, guys. Bye."

"Bye..." the brothers replied awkwardly.

Clue Updated: Trophy found in Bubblegum's dorm

First the archive, then the big trophy was inside of Bubblegum's room. Could it be...?

Blossom was taken off her thoughts when her handbook suddenly vibrated. She checked it and saw that Buttercup had sent her a message. She read it out loud "Blossom, you have to come back to the pool, now."

Assuming the worst she quickly headed towards the pool.

She pushed the set of double doors open, revealing Robin, Bubbles and Buttercup, and immediately asked "What's wrong, guys?"

"Look!" Bubbles handed her a piece of paper.

"What is this?" Blossom asked, confused.

"Read it." Robin said.

"Okay..." she started reading out loud "Dear Connie, could you please meet me at the music room, right now, please? From your dear friend, Steven." she gasped in shock as soon as she finished reading. "Steven...?" she whispered.

Clue: Handwritten note found on Connie

"We found this handwritten note in one of Connie's pockets." Robin explained.

"I guess we found our culprit." Buttercup said, folding her arms proudly.

"No... Steven wouldn't do this. He couldn't do this!" Blossom exclaimed.

"Everyone is a suspect, Blossom. Everyone in here is capable of murder. Even... one of us..." Robin uttered.

"I... I..." Blossom was interrupted by Monokuma's squeaky voice that was coming from the speakers.

"Okay, students, you've had more than enough time to investigate. It's time for our second class trial!" there could be heard the sound of his paws rubbing.

The four friends came into the elevator room, finding everyone else there, waiting. For some reason, some people were glaring at Princess Bubblegum, who was staring blankly at a wall.

Then the elevator's doors opened "You can enter. The elevator will take you to the conference room." Monokuma's voice instructed, though, the bear was nowhere to be seen.

Everyone filled the elevator without saying a word and watched the doors close to their destiny.

After a while, the door opened revealing the trial room. Monokuma was seated on his throne. The pupils walked to their stands and noticed that something was slightly different. There were now portraits of Rigby and Connie with a giant and red X over them.

Mordecai, Steven and Finn sighed sadly as they watched the portraits of the people they loved.

"Hello, my students!" Monokuma greeted, receiving glares from everyone in the room "Now that you're here, let the second class trial... begin!" he cheerfully announced.

Clues:

1) "Monokuma File #2 - The victim is Connie, the bookworm. She was found lying on the floor of the Pool. The cause of death is a cracked neck. Other injuries include a wound on her back and a broken nose."

2) Golden Dust - There was found some type of golden dust on Connie's neck and hands, and also on the music room's floor.

3) Broken Lamp - The music room's lamp was found broken.

4) Blood On The Ground - There was found some blood on the music room's ground.

5) Bass - One of the basses of the music room was weirdly dinted.

6) Missing Book - The book Connie was reading on the night of the murder disappeared mysteriously.

7) Mandy's Account - Mandy claims that when she was leaving the library, she saw a figure of someone. She says she couldn't tell who was exactly but she can say it was a person taller than her. She says it immediately eliminates Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup.

8) Bubblegum's Archive - An archive with Bubblegum's information said "Princess Bubblegum is proven to be able to do anything to protect her kingdom. Anything. She seems to have a cut and dry, black and white view of the world. She is extremely intelligent, and such intelligence could be easily used for the evil. She seems to be incredibly ruthless, unpredictable and untrustworthy. She's cold, cruel and manipulative. In conclusion, she could be friends with someone one day and stab that person in the back the other."

9) Trophy found in Bubblegum's dorm - The big golden trophy that was previously missing in the trophy room was found in Bubblegum's dorm.

10) Handwritten note found on Connie - There was found a handwritten note on one of Connie's pockets. It said "Dear Connie, could you please meet me at the music room, right now, please? From your dear friend, Steven."

So, Who do you think is/are the murderer/murderers? I wanna know your prime suspects! I wanted to make it as unclear as possible, so I threw a lot of suspects in the chapter. I hope you enjoyed it!

Reviews and constructive criticism are always appreciated.

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