*15 MINUTES LATER*
"Well, here it is." Detective Clops said, standing in front of a regular looking building.
"This is your hideout?" Rainbow said with a disappointed look on her face. "It looks so...ordinary."
"Well it wouldn't be hideout if it would stick out now would it?" Clops said. "Time to get inside. I want you to meet the rest."
"Hold on a second!" A female voice yelled from behind the two. It was Fluttershy, speeding toward the two pegasy. "Rainbow, please don't do this." She said. "Think of what could go wrong."
"Ugh, this again?" Rainbow said. "Fluttershy, I'm going after this killer and that is the end of this story. Think of how many ponies could follow if we don't do something."
"Would you have excepted it if your mother didn't die?" Fluttershy asked, silencing Rainbow for a second.
"I...I don't know." Rainbow said. "But that doesn't make a difference. She's dead and now there is no stopping me."
"The royals took the case for a reason. They took it because the police didn't do their job good enough." Fluttershy said, trying to win Rainbow over.
"The royals are awful at their job!" Detective Clops yelled out. "They have no experience, no compassion, nothing to drive them to catch this killer! DO YOU UNDERSTAND!"
"CLOPS!" Rainbow yelled out. "She is still my friend and I don't accept you acting so bold to her!"
"Sorry." Clops said as he calmed down. "It's just that this killer..." He said right before stopping mid-sentence. As he started to get a frustrated look in his face, the two ponies noticed that he felt the urge to cry."Say Rainbow, you don't have to do this. You can just go home and pretend this never happened."
"Are you mad? I'm not backing out now, especially since I'm dying to know who else is working on this." Rainbow said trying to cheer up Clops.
"You're not going in there alone, Rainbow." Fluttershy said while putting her hoof on Rainbows back. "I came here to help you and that is what I'm going to do."
"But Fluttershy, I thought you were against it?" Rainbow said with a surprised look on her face.
"O, but I am. I just think helping you is better than following the rules." Fluttershy replied.
"Then let's not waste any time then." Clops said while entering the building. As the other two ponies were inside, they were greeted to a normal house with nopony inside aside of the detective.
"Say, were is everypony else?" Rainbow asked.
"In the basement." Clops said while opening the basement door. "Come, They're waiting." He said as he walked down.
"I don't like this, Rainbow" Fluttershy said as she started shaking.
"Don't be scared, Fluttershy." Rainbow said with a confident look on her face.
"Say, what's taking so long? They are dying to meet the two of you." Clops yelled from the basement.
As the two ponies decided to walk down the basement, They were greeted by Clops and three other ponies.
"Well guys, These are Rainbow dash and Fluttershy." Clops said to the other three ponies.
As detective Clops walked toward the two ponies, he started to introduce the rest of the team. "This is Airwing." He said as he pointed toward a Pegasus that looked a lot like a royal guard. "He provides the intel from the royals. If they find something, we know it."
"A pleasure to meet you, miss Dash." Airwing said as he bowed down.
"O, you don't have to do that." Fluttershy said.
"Ssh, you're ruining the moment." Rainbow whispered to Fluttershy.
"Well enough chit-chat." Clops said. "This here is..."
"Spitfire!" Rainbow yelled out with a fangirl scream as she finished Clops sentence.
"Well, well. Seems somepony knows their wonderbolts." Spitfire said.
"I presume the two of you know each other?" Clops said.
"You bet." Rainbow said. "I saved her life in the flying competition."
"Only because your friend was panicking so much that she knocked me out." Spitfire said with a confident look on her face.
"Enough talking." Clops said. "She makes sure that nopony finds out what we are doing. Now last but not least, this is Tec." He said as he pointed to a green Pegasus with freckles, buck teeth and gigantic glasses.
"A pleasure to meet you, Rainbow Dash." Tec said with a geeky accent.
"Wow, what a lamo." Rainbow whispered to Fluttershy.
"Rainbow! That is no way to talk about another pony!" Fluttershy whispered back with an angry voice.
"Tec is our evidence specialist." Clops said. "Give him any form of DNA and in less than an hour he knows from who or what it is."
"Wow, cool." Rainbow said with a surprised look.
"I thought you said he was a lamo?" Fluttershy said giggling.
"Just forget I said that." Rainbow replied as something suddenly struck her. "Say, who are the other victims anyway? I know it comes out of nowhere but I'm just curious."
"You heard it, Airwing. Do your magic." Clops said.
As Airwing takes out a document out of the drawer behind, he started reading it. "It's time for the victim roadcall. You want to hear the cause of death?"
"Yes please." Rainbow said. "It can help find the killer, right?"
" Good choice." Airwing said as he started to list the names of the victims. "Victim number 1: Leeroy winkins. Cause of death: severe blood lose. Murder weapon: unknown. Discovery of the corps: The Cloudsdale forest. Victim was found with one stab wound in each hoof. From intel it is presumed that he also got tortured while he was dying. He died from a vein cut in his right hoof. Victim number 2: Dumb-Bell. Cause of death: Drowning. Murder weapon: Water. Discovery of the corps: The park. The victim was found near the fountain where we presume he also has been killed. The victim was found with bruises all over his body, hinting that he fought back. Victim number 3: Saorin."
"Wait, Saorin? You mean the wonderbolts member?"Rainbow asked as she looked to Spitfire.
Spitfire had a frustrated, yet sad look on her face. "Just continue." She said with a angry voice.
"OK, where was I?" Airwing said as he re-read the whole thing. "Ah yes, Saorin. Cause of death: decapitation. Murder weapon: Unknown. Discovery of the corps: The police corps. Victim was found decapitated with the head in a bag next to him. From intel it is presumed that the head was pulled from the victim."
"Pulled? What do you mean pulled?" Rainbow asked with a disturbed look on her face.
"Pulled as in ripped from the body." Airwing said. "It is still unknown what could have done that. All this proved was that this killer is smart. Leaving no evidence and still killing in such gruesome manners takes a lot of effort. Because of this, the royal took the case. Either way, let's get going. Victim number 4..." Airwing stopped talking and made a sad look toward Clops, and so did the other two ponies.
"What is it?" Fluttershy asked. As both her and Rainbow noticed that Clops got an extremely frustrated look on his face.
"Victim number 4: My son, Hayry." Clops said with an depressed tone in his voice.
The two ponies were shocked to hear the news. Especially Rainbow, who thought that she had lost the worst, but Clops, losing his own child. She lost nothing compared to him. "Why didn't you tell me this?" She asked.
"Because I didn't want to talk about." Clops said. "Airwing, I wanna do this one, OK?"
"Sure. Go ahead." Airwing said with an calm voice.
"OK, here it goes." Clops said. As he took a deep breath, he started to inform the intel. "Cause of death: Slid throat. Murder weapon: A kitchen knife. Discovery of the corps: His apartment . His roommate left for the night to sleep with his girlfriend. The door was locked when his roommate came back. He showed signs of struggling and had had multiple stab wounds in the chest, but not enough to kill him. That is why the killer slit his throat. And while I'm at it, I might as well do the fifth victim. Victim number 5: My wife, Glace."
Rainbow was shocked when she heard that his wife also died by the Cloudsdale ripper. She could perfectly understand why he wanted to catch this killer himself.
"Now rather than doing a intel, I'd like to just say how she died." Clops said with an angry voice. "She drugged herself. Took a bunch of pills, drank some wine and locked herself in the bathroom till it was too late. You would say that it was a suicide, but because of protocols this qualifies as yet another victim to the killer. Now, Rainbow, you can guess who is number 6, don't you?" He said as he calmed down his voice more.
"It's my mother, isn't it?" Rainbow said with a depressed voice.
"You want to hear it?" Clops asked to Rainbow.
"I have to sooner or later." Rainbow said, trying to build some courage.
"OK, Airwing, you can do the intel again." Clops said having calmed down.
"Thanks, boss." Airwing said. "Are you sure about this Rainbow? You know this for barely three hours. You sure that you want to know how she died?"
"Yes, I do." Rainbow said as tears dropped from her eyes. "If I want to catch this killer I have to be strong and accept what happened."
"Well then, here it goes." Airwing said. "Victim number 6: Firefly. Cause of death: Decapitation. Murder weapon: Unknown. Discovery of the corps: your apartment. From the looks of things, she first got staked on the wall before being tortured. First the killer made slice marks before tearing her apart limb by limb. There were no signs of forced entry nor were there signs of an forced escape, as if the killer disappeared into thin air."
Rainbow started to cry once Airwing was finished. She came here to protect her mother and as result her mother died a slow and painful death. "I'm sorry, mom. Can you please forgive me." She thought to herself as she started to cry even more.
"It's okay, Rainbow." Fluttershy said as she putted her hoof on her back. Then she proceeded to hug her.
As Rainbow returned the hug she started to cry as loud as she could. "It's just not fair! It's just not fair!" She Cried out while dropping her tears on Fluttershy's shoulder.
"Rainbow, if there is anypony who knows what you're going through, it is me." Clops said trying to calm down Rainbow. "Guys, it's best if we leave her alone for a second. She needs time. I know this better then anypony." And with that, the group left Rainbow alone in her sadness.
*5 MINUTES LATER*
"Rainbow Dash, can we come down now?" Spitfire asked from upstairs.
"What did I say about leaving her alone?" Clops said with an angry voice.
"It's OK! You can come down now!" Rainbow yelled from the basement.
As the five came downstairs, they were greeted by an exhausted Rainbow Dash.
"Feeling better?" Fluttershy asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I just need some rest." Rainbow said with an tired voice. "Say, what do you guys think the killer wants from me?"
"What do you mean? " Clops asked.
"Think about it." Rainbow said, Slowly getting her strength back. "It took about half an hour for the cops to get there and open the door. So why didn't the killer kill me? Hay I nearly even saw his face."
"Wait, are you implying that you saw the killer?" Clops said with a hyped up voice.
"Only that he wore a hoodie." Rainbow replied, as something suddenly struck her. "Say, Airwing, you said that the first victim was found in the forest below?"
"Yes, why?" Airwing asked.
"I've heard that there are a lot of concerts in the forest." Rainbow said. "Maybe if we investigate there tonight, we could get some answers."
"That is genius, Rainbow!" Clops said with an excited voice. "In return, how about we go. You and me, what do you say?"
"That's AWESOME!" Rainbow yelled out. "My first task and it's already a good one. When are we going to start?"
"Like you said, tonight." Clops said.
"And with that, Rainbow started her first mission. That night, the two decide to go to the most visited show, which was the one from vinyl scratch."
*THAT NIGHT*
"So this Vinyl might know something?" Clops asked to Rainbow.
"She's the most visited musician around Cloudsdale at this moment." Rainbow replied as the two walked through the woods.
As the two continued their journey in the woods, they were greeted by a giant audience standing around the podium were Vinyl was playing intense music. "Well, soon this concert will have to come to an end." Vinyl said disappointed, followed by a giant yawn from the audience. "But the night is still young, my fellow ponies. An old friend of mine who has been gone for almost a year to play his music all around Equestria has finally returned. Give him the applause he deserves... Toxic Stylez!"
A black earthpony with a toxic green and black mane in the same style as Vinyl's came walking on the stage. "How are you doing everypony!" He yelled as he threw his right hoof up the air, followed by a giant cheer coming from the crowd. "Well let's not waste any time then. Let's get started!"
As Rainbow and Clops made their way to the podium, they noticed Vinyl's trailer. As they knocked on the door, they were greeted by a white unicorn with a blue mane wearing goggles. "Hi there, Vinyl." Rainbow said.
"Rainbow, good to see you." Vinyl replied to Rainbow. As the noticed the brown Pegasus behind her. "Say, who is that?"
"My name is detective Clops." Clops said to Vinyl. "We are here to investigate the murders from the past month. Do you know anything?"
"Just come in and I'll tell you everything I know." Vinyl said. As the two came in she started to talk. "OK, what do you guys want to know?"
"Is there anypony you have seen around here wearing a blue hoodie?" Rainbow asked.
"Are you kidding me?" Vinyl said. "I have seen like 9 this night alone. If you want me to say anything you have to be more specific."
"Vinyl, that was awesome!" Toxic said as he came walking in. "Um...Vinyl, who are they?" He asked surprised.
"These are Rainbow Dash and detective Clops." Vinyl said. "They're here to investigate the murders."
" Say, you know anything?" Clops asked.
"Depends what you want to know." Toxic replied.
"How about something that hasn't been leaked by the public media." Rainbow said.
"I have been away for like, a year." Toxic said to Rainbow. "How should I know. I came here like two days ago so I could visit my childhood friend. There are different types of shows like concerts, theme parks, a circuses, hay there is even a magic show, but that one isn't doing very well. Why don't you ask one of them, they know more than I do. Plus, I'm just moving into my old house again, cut me some slack." He said with a very irritated voice.
"Wow, chill out." Rainbow said surprised.
"Sorry, being away from home for this long can be quite irritating." Toxic said, slowly calming down.
"Well I think that is all we can find out for now." Clops said. "Come Rainbow, it's time to go."
"And with that, the two ponies left the forest. First they went to their home to get some sleep, Which was harder for Rainbow than she thought. She couldn't help but to cry when she came in her apartment. She kept thinking about how her mother died in the kitchen and kept wondering why the killer didn't kill her. The next day she went back to the hideout with Fluttershy when they heard something surprising."
"There is another victim?" Rainbow yelled out surprised.
"Yep." Clops said, standing at the front door.
"When did it happen?" Fluttershy asked.
"When do you think?" Clops said.
"Say, mind if we come." Rainbow said, completely ignoring the subject. "It's freezing out here."
"O yeah, sorry." Clops said letting the two ponies inside. Once inside they went directly to the basement, where they were greeted by the rest of the group.
"So, the two of you heard?" Spitfire asked.
"Yeah, we have." Rainbow said as she noticed something. "Say, where is Airwing?"
"He's trying to gather the intel." Tec said. "But that doesn't matter right now. What matters is if you and Clops found anything."
"I hate to disappoint you Tec, but no." Clops replied. As suddenly he heard somepony knock on the door. "Hey, Airwing." He said after he opened the door.
"Sup boss." Airwing replied. Once in the basement he was greeted by the other ponies. "Guys, we have not one, but two victims this time."
"Really? Who are they?" Rainbow asked surprised.
"That is the strange thing, I don't know." Airwing replied. "Their information wasn't in the Cloudsdale database so I couldn't find any hints toward their identities."
"That doesn't matter right now." Clops said. "First we are going through the intel. We'll find out later who they really are."
"OK. I decided to mash the two together seeing they died the exact same way." Airwing said. "Victim number 7+8: Identities unknown. Cause of death: Slid throat. Murder weapon: a kitchen knife. Discovery of corps: The Cloudsdale forest. Each victim was, from the looks of it, spiked to a wall(which wall is unknown to this point) before being killed. First both eyes their eyes got cut out and then their throat got cut. While they were dying they got rapidly stabbed in the stomach, presumable to relief some stress."
"So the killer is very frustrated." Clops said. "This could mean that the killer is getting lazy."
"Not done yet, boss." Airwing said. "The stab wounds didn't come from a knife, but from a unicorn horn."
"A unicorn horn?" Rainbow and Fluttershy both said surprised.
"That doesn't make any sense." Spitfire said. "How is it possible that a unicorn can walk on clouds?"
"There is a spell that allows ponies to walk on clouds." Rainbow replied. "Say Airwing, isn't there any form of a way to find out who the victims are?"
"Well, I did take some pictures of their faces." Airwing said. "Why? You want to see them?"
"Don't mind if I do." Rainbow replied. "Maybe I know who they are."
"Well OK then." Airwing said as he took the pictures out of his back. "They aren't the best and can look a bit gruesome." He said as he handed the pictures over.
As Rainbow took a look at the pictures she saw the faces of two ponies that had their eyes stabbed out and had blood coming out of their mouth. Fluttershy, who decided to take a peek, nearly got the urge to vomit when she suddenly recognized the two. "Wait, aren't they..."
"They can't be..." Rainbow said surprised.
"What is it, Rainbow?" Clops asked "Do you two know these ponies?"
"Yes we do." Fluttershy replied. "They live, or rather, lived in Ponyville."
"Wait, you're saying that they came from Ponyville and then got killed here?" Clops said surprised. "This must mean that the killer is moving away to another city. But I don't understand why he would dump the bodies here?"
"That's not the worst part." Rainbow said depressed. "I don't exactly know their names, but they..." She said as she got the urge to talk about something else. "Listen, it might sound strange, but I have to go back to Ponyville."
"WHAT! WHY!" Clops yelled out surprised.
"I just need to go." She replied.
"But Rainbow..." Fluttershy said.
"Somepony has to tell her, Fluttershy." Rainbow said. And in an blink of an eye she left the building.
"Say Fluttershy, why does Rainbow have to go back to Ponyville?" Spitfire asked.
"Well, kinda hard to explain." Fluttershy replied.
*PONYVILLE 2 HOURS LATER*
As Rainbow came flying from the sky toward Ponyville, she was quickly greeted by her friend, Pinkie Pie.
"Rainbow, you're back!" Pinkie said. "Why didn't you let us know that you came back, I would have held a super-duper-awesome-amazing party."
"I didn't plan on staying here for long, Pinkie." Rainbow said, as something suddenly stuck her. "Say Pinkie, You know where..."
"RAINBOW DASH!" Scootaloo yelled from a distance. She was with Applebloom and Sweetie Bell Trying to get their cutiemarks.
"Well, well. If it isn't my favourite little pipsqueak." Rainbow said as she walked toward the three little fillies. "Say, what are the three of you doing?"
"We were trying to get a bungee jumping cutiemark." Applebloom said. "Unfortunately it didn't work."
"Well, better luck next time." Rainbow said. Suddenly it came back to her why she came back to Ponyville. "Say, you mind leaving me and Scootaloo alone for a minute?"
"Huh? Why do you want to speak to me in private?" Scootaloo asked.
"I'll explain to you when we're alone." Rainbow said. As the two other fillies walked away, she started talking. "Say Scootaloo, did you know your parents left town?"
"Yes, why you want to know?" Scootaloo asked.
"Something happened in Cloudsdale, Scootaloo." Rainbow said.
"What do you mean with that?" Scootaloo asked, getting a bit concerned.
As Rainbow to take a deep breath, she decided to just spit it out. "Scootaloo, your parents... Are dead." She said with a depressed voice.
Scootaloo had nothing to say. She just stared at Rainbow with her eyes wide open from the shock. Slowly, a tear grew from her eye and went down her cheek. As Rainbow tried to comfort her, Scootaloo just ran away crying toward her home.
"Scootaloo, wait!" Rainbow said. As she noticed it didn't work, her first instinct was to follow her. Once she arrived at Scootaloo's house, she noticed that the door was open. "Scootaloo! You in here!" She yelled from the door opening.
"Leave me alone!" Scootaloo yelled from upstairs, crying.
"I Know how you feel, Scootaloo." Rainbow yelled back. "My mother died about a week ago. I know how much it hurts."
"No you don't!" Scootaloo replied. "I'm still a little girl! You're old enough to deal with that fact! Me? I'm just a filly. You just lost your mother. I lost..." She stopped talking and just continued crying.
Rainbow decided to go inside to see Scootaloo. Scootaloo was in her room, making herself as small as possible on her bed while she was looking the other way. "Just leave me alone." Scootaloo said. Rainbow, knowing how she felt, did what she asked.
*10 MINUTES LATER*
"Done yet?" Rainbow asked.
"Sorry." Scootaloo replied.
"It's OK. I went through the same phase as you just did." Rainbow said calm.
"No, it was wrong of me to say something like that." Scootaloo said with a sad voice. "Say, you know what will happen to me?"
Rainbow said nothing. She knew that Scootaloo would go to a foster home, far away from Ponyville. It is bad enough as it is, so she avoided the subject.
"What's wrong, Rainbow?" Scootaloo asked as she noticed the look on Rainbows face. It was a look of regret and frustration.
"It's... nothing." Rainbow said as she made a fake smile on her face.
"Scootaloo! Can you come out and play?" Sweetie bell yelled from outside. "We have been waiting for 10 minutes!"
"I don't feel like playing right now." Scootaloo replied.
"Why not?" Applebloom yelled.
"Do I need a reason!" Scootaloo replied as she slowly got frustrated.
"OK. See you later, Scoot." Applebloom said as she and Sweetie bell walked away.
"Scootaloo, I have to ask you a favour." Rainbow said. "Can you keep this for yourself? If word spreads that the Cloudsdale ripper is moving to ponyville it could end up in a total chaos."
"OK, I promise." Scootaloo replies. "But I want you to do something in return."
"And that might be?" Rainbow asked.
"I want you to catch this killer and put him right where he belongs." Scootaloo said as she nearly started to cry.
Rainbow gave Scootaloo a big hug as she said: "I promise, Scoot. I promise." As the doorbell went off Rainbow quickly went downstairs and open the door, seeing a brown Pegasus wearing a coat. "Detective Clops!" She said surprised. "How did you know I was here?"
"Fluttershy told me everything." He said. "How could you be so stupid, Rainbow?"
"Somepony had to tell her." Rainbow replied.
"Not right away." Clops said, lowering his voice. "What if she tells somepony? Don't you think she wants to know how you knew it? This will backfire real fast."
"Don't worry. She promised to keep her mouth shut." Rainbow said. "Say, got any news on the killer?"
"No, because we were too busy finding you." Clops said with a silent, angry voice. "Now just quickly come back before something goes wrong."
"Like what?" Rainbow asked.
"Like the royals finding our hideout." Clops said. "ALL of us were trying to find you. The place is not guarded."
With that Rainbow started panicking and quickly left, but not before saying her goodbyes to Scootaloo. "Goodbye, Scoot. Got to go." Without getting a reply she quickly left Ponyville and went to Cloudsdale as fast as possible.
*1 HOUR LATER*
"Wow, record time." Rainbow said as she quickly went to the hideout. Once there, she didn't hesitate and instantly went to the basement, where she was greeted by Fluttershy.
"Rainbow!" She shouted with happiness. "How could you have been so reckless?"
"That doesn't matter right now." Clops said. "What matters is that we catch this killer fast."
"What can we do?" Spitfire said. "We got nothing to work with right know and there aren't any hits other then "It's a unicorn". We need more than that to catch this killer."
"We'll find some way, even if we need to work through the night." Rainbow said.
"Well, I got to go home." Fluttershy said. "My mail is waiting at the doorstep and It's going to rain soon anyway."
"OK, just watch out, Fluttershy." Rainbow said. "I'll see you when we're done. Goodbye."
"Goodbye everyone." Fluttershy said as she left the building.
"So, where do we begin?" Rainbow said.
"With that, the crew started to investigate with what they had. Seconds turn into minutes and minutes turn into hours, but without success. It was night when Rainbow decided to go home. Clops wouldn't allow her to go out alone in this storm so he decided to come along."
"So, here it is?" Clops asked to Rainbow standing in front of her room.
"Yeah." Rainbow replied. "Say, you want to stay?"
"Nah, I'm planning on working late tonight." Clops replied. "Goodbye, Rainbow."
"Goodbye, detective." Rainbow said. As she saw Clops walk away, the two of them heard a hellish scream next-door.
"You heard that!" Clops said surprised and concerned.
"That's Fluttershy's room!" Rainbow said as she started to panic.
Without hesitation the two started to prepare to break in. "On three. One, two, THREE!" Clops said as the two charged threw the door. Once inside, they were greeted by Fluttershy Spiked on a wall, one spike in each hoof. Next to her was a mare with a blue hoodie holding a knife.
"You." Rainbow said with an extremely angry voice. As the hooded mare ran away, Clops and Rainbow went after him. Rainbow however stopped once she saw Fluttershy. "You're going to be OK, Fluttershy." She said, trying to calm down her friend.
"He escaped!" Clops yelled out. "He just jumped out of the window and disappeared!"
"He most likely teleported somewhere else." Rainbow said as she heard Fluttershy trying to talk to her. "What is it, Fluttershy?"
"It's T... it's T..." Fluttershy said right before passing out.
"Fluttershy, stay with me. I said, stay with me, Fluttershy!" Rainbow yelled out panicking.
*THE NEXT MORNING*
Rainbow slowly woke up, next to Fluttershy's hospital bed. She didn't dare to look at her after what happened last night. She saw her four other friend sleeping on the chairs outside the room. Applejack, who was just waking up, noticed the look on Rainbow's face. She decided to go inside to see how things were going.
"I should have been there." Rainbow said with a sad voice. "I shouldn't have worked all night and just come home with her."
"It's not your fault, hun." Applejack said, trying to comfort Rainbow. Something suddenly struck her mind. "What do yah mean "work"?"
Rainbow suddenly jumped when she heard that. "Nothing. Nothing at all." She said with a nervous voice.
"Are yah hiding something from us?" Applejack asked when the doctor came in.
"You must be the friends of Fluttershy." The doctor said.
"Yes, will she be OK?" Rainbow asked.
"She'll be fine." The doctor said. "However, she lost a lot of blood and because of that she is now in a coma."
Rainbow and Applejack were devastated to hear the new. "How long will it last?" Applejack asked.
"From this point it's hard to tell." The doctor said. "She could just be in coma for a few days, but it could also take weeks, or even months for her to wake up."
"Thanks, doctor." Rainbow said. As the doctor walked away, she began crying. Applejack gave her comfort, starting to cry herself as well. "Applejack, I got to go." She said.
"Why would go somewhere when your friend is here in a co..." Applejack stopped mid sentence when she noticed Rainbow was about to cry even harder. "Sorry I didn't mean to..."
"LEAVE ME ALONE!" Rainbow said as she ran for the exit.
"Rainbow!" Applejack yelled out seeing her friends waking up.
*30 MINUTES LATER*
Rainbow Dash stood in front of the hideout. As she knocked on the door she was greeted by Clops and instantly came inside, heading toward the basement. Once inside the basement, she was greeted by the other three of the group.
"So, how's it going?" Tec asked.
"Ssh, what did Clops say about not asking anything." Spitfire said.
"It's alright, Spit." Rainbow said. After she takes a deep breath she starts talking. "She's in a coma."
The entire group didn't say anything, just looked down to the ground depressed. "Will she be OK?" Airwing asked.
"I don't know." Rainbow replied.
"Can we see her?" Tec asked.
"Best if you don't do that." Rainbow replied. "My friends are waiting there for her to wake up, so if you guys go they might find out."
"Why did you come here?" Clops asked.
"I couldn't see her, not like that." Rainbow said as she started to cry.
Clops gave Rainbow a slap to the face. "Don't you say that!" He said pissed off. "She's your friend and you don't want to stay there because you can't take it? You and Fluttershy have a bond and you're not going to break it because you're afraid."
Something suddenly came up to Rainbow. "What did you say?"
"She's your friends." Clops replied
"No, no after that." Rainbow said as she became very excited.
"You and Fluttershy have a bond?" Clops replied again, this time getting a little bit disturbed.
Rainbow first started to think a little bit followed by a idea. "That's it that's it that's IT!" She yelled out with excitement.
"Um... what's "it", Rainbow?" Airwing asked concerned.
"I just got an idea." Rainbow said. "The elements!"
"What's with the elements?" Clops asked.
"Twilight told me that the elements had secrets never seen before. Maybe there is a way I can link to her mind with our elements!" Rainbow replied.
"That's genius!" Spitfire said. "But how are you going to make Fluttershy wear hers?"
"I'll break into her apartment and grab it." Rainbow replied. "Then, when nopony is looking, I put on the necklace and hope for the best."
"Let me take care of Fluttershy's necklace." Clops said. "Get yours and get to the hospital. We'll meet you there."
"OK, this will work." Rainbow replied as she was ready to leave the building.
"And with that, the group prepared to try their last shot. Rainbow quickly made her way to her apartment and quickly grabbed her element and made her way to the hospital. It took less than two minutes for the rest to make their way to Rainbow and start the plan."
"So, you guys ready?" Rainbow asked.
"Ready when you are." Clops replied.
The group went in silently, trying not to attract attention. "Where do we go?" Spitfire asked.
"This way." Rainbow said. As the group made their way to the room they came upon their friends, who were still sleeping. Once they made their way past them, they quickly went into Fluttershy's room.
"OK, Rainbow, we'll guard the door." Clops said. "You just do whatever you're supposed to do."
Suddenly, it struck Rainbow that she didn't know what to do. She walked to Fluttershy, with concern. "What if it won't work? What if we get spotted?" Rainbow thought, but she just shuck her head and putted Fluttershy's ellement around her neck. After she putted hers on she inhaled deeply and exhaled, but a yellow, glowing smoke came out of her mouth and flew into Fluttershy's element. After that, she fainted.
"Aww, my head..." Rainbow said as she slowely woke up. She noticed that she wasn't in the hospital anymore, but in a hallway made only from doors. The walls, floor and ceiling all made out of doors. "What is this place?" She said as she tried opening the door next to her. Through the door she saw Fluttershy as a filly trying to go through a ring made out of clouds, but failing. Suddenly two male fillies showed up and started laughin at her. "This can't be…" She said as she saw a younger version of herself show up on the scene. She quickly closed the door out of fright. "This is a dream. It has to be." She kept saying to herself, when suddenly she heard whispers coming from the other side of the hallway. As she came closer the whispers became more and more clear.
"Rainbow… Rainbow…" The whispers said over and over.
"Is anypony there?" Rainbow asked. Once on the other side she was greeted by a white wall with a single door in the middle. It was the exact same door as the one from Fluttershy's room, it even had the label with "299" on it. Rainbow then understood that this place is Fluttershy's memory, each door containing one. "This must be where it happened." She said to herself. She opened the door and walked in, unaware of what to expect.
After a big bright flash she saw Fluttershy ready to go to bed. "Fluttershy!" Rainbow yelled out with joy. But it didn't seem to affect Fluttershy at all, she just putted the mail on in the drawer and didn't even look at Rainbow. She approached Fluttershy and tried to touch her, but her hoof just went through Fluttershy. She got scared for a second, then she putted the pieces together. "I see, I can't play around with somepony else's memory." She said when she noticed a figure outside the door breaking in.
"Who is there?" Fluttershy quickly said as she turned around. She saw a mare with a blue hoodie. The mare had four flouting spikes behind her. Fluttershy tried to run away, but a aura surrounded her and because of that she couldn't move. She got place on the wall with her hooves spread, as each spike gored its way into each hoof. Fluttershy screamed in pain while Rainbow couldn't even do anything.
" STOP IT!" Rainbow yelled out even though she knew it wouldn't do anything. She saw that Fluttershy was in pain as she was trying to speak.
"Just… just who are you?" Fluttershy asked in pain.
"Good question." The mare said with a very familiar voice.
"It can't be…" Rainbow said surprised and shocked.
"Well OK, because we're good friends." The mare said as he, or rather, she took of her hoodie.
Rainbow was shocked when she saw her face. A dark purple mane and purple skin appeared from behind the hoodie. "Twilight!" Both Rainbow and Fluttershy said with their eyes open as wide as they can be.
"I don't understand." Fluttershy said in pain. "Why are you doing this?"
"Does it need a reason?" Twilight replied. "It is just sooo much fun doing it I don't think I should give a reason, don't you agree?"
Fluttershy didn't say anything, she just kept crying and crying, unable to accept the truth. Twilight putted her hoodie back on and started to speak again.
"This is the first time I spoke with one of my victims." She said. "I should do this more often, don't you agree? Maybe I should just write down our conversations, oh that would be wonderful."
Rainbow noticed there was something wrong with twilight, this didn't seem like her at all. Looking at Fluttershy she notice she also saw through this.
"Wait a second, I only know one pony that speaks like that." Fluttershy said. "You are…"
"SHUT UP!" Twilight yelled out as she twisted one of the spikes, causing Fluttershy to scream a hellish tone. Slowly, everything started to fade, the last thing Rainbow saw was herself and Clops bursting through the door, then she collapsed.
"Rainbow? Rainbow!" Celestia said to the unconscious Rainbow.
As Rainbow slowly awoke she saw her friends waiting outside, and the rest of the crew captured by royal guards. "What happened?" She asked surprised and half-asleep.
"We found out about your little investigation behind the killer." Celestia replied. "One of your friends woke up and saw the rest of you around here, so they decided to quickly let me know so I could put a stop to this." Her face started to look less happy the more she talked. "How could YOU have been so reckless! Do you know what kind of punishment you can get for doing this! You better found out who the killer is or I'm going to…"
Suddenly, it struck Rainbow who the killer was. "Twilight!" She suddenly yelled out.
"What?" Celestia said surprised. "Are you saying that Twilight is the killer?"
"I went into Fluttershy's memory, you highness." Rainbow said. "When I was were Fluttershy got attacked, the killer took of her hoodie and revealed her identity, and I swear I am one hundred percent sure it was Twilight."
First Celestia was in doubt and started thinking. Once she made her decision she started talking. "Guards! Let does ponies go." She said. "And capture Twilight Sparkle."
"What! Why!" Twilight asked in shock.
Celestia said nothing as Twilight was taking away. Once gone she started talking to the entire group. "We are going to investigate her home for any form of evidence. If we have found something, we will let you know." She said standing tall.
"Rainbow, what's going on?" Rarity asked.
"It's a long story." Rainbow replied.
"Well don't waste time then." Applejack said.
"OK then." Rainbow said as she took a deep breath. "It all started after…"
"As Rainbow told her story the royals were investigating Twilight's house, and with success. They found a blue hoodie in her closet and beneath it a bunch of spikes, some of which have already been used. Once Rainbow finished her story she and her friends heard the news and were summoned to the royal palace where Twilight was to be interrogated."
"We found all the evidence to proof you are the killer." Celestia said to Twilight. "Why did you do this, Twilight?"
"I didn't do anything! I swear!" Twilight replied, chained up on her chair with no means of escape. Behind the mirror of the interrogation room where the rest of the mane 6 and Luna.
"Can she see us?" Rainbow asked.
"No, this is a one way mirror." Luna replied. "We can see them but she can't see us."
"Can't she just teleport away?" Rarity asked.
"She wears a anti-magic helm." Luna replied. "This way she won't be able to use any magic.
Back in the interrogation room Celestia was done with interrogating Twilight, but not before she got to say one last thing. "I thought you were my best student, that you could make me proud. But in truth, you are just nothing more than filth." These words made Twilight cry. Her friends couldn't look to her like that, except of Rainbow. What she saw happening back in Fluttershy's memory she didn't care how Twilight felt. One thing however still kept bugging her mind. Then Celestia came in.
"And?" Applejack asked. "What's going to happen?"
"She won't admit that she did it so there has to be a court." Celestia replied. "But with the evidence we have she surely will go behind bars."
"When will the court start?" Rainbow asked.
"In about a week from now." Celestia replied. "I have an awful lot to do so we can't afford any disturbances, but we also want to do it as fast as possible."
"Thanks for the answer, princess." Rainbow said when something struck her mind. "Say princess, can I interrogate Twilight?"
"If you think that you can get an answer, then be my guest." Celestia replied. Rainbow didn't waste any time and quickly ran to the interrogation room, but right before entering she slowed down and took a deep breath. When she walked inside it made Twilight stop crying and just look, nothing more and nothing less. Once Rainbow sat down she didn't say anything and just looked at Twilight and Twilight did the exact same thing to Rainbow. Then Twilight broke the silence.
"Aren't you going to say anything?" She asked with a little fear in her voice.
"Why did you do it?" Rainbow asked back.
"I already said I didn't do anything. I was…"
"Home! Sleeping! I don't believe that, cause I saw what you did to Fluttershy!" Rainbow yelled out. "I am going to ask again, Why. Did. You. Do. It.?"
"I didn't! I swear to the lives of everypony I love I didn't!" Twilight cried out.
"So you swear it to the lives of nopony!" Rainbow yelled back. "I know that you did it! Everypony knows you did it! So why don't yo…" Rainbow stopped talking when she saw the look on Twilights face. It was a look filled with fear. She knew what was going to happen to her and she knew she didn't deserve it, and so did Rainbow that very moment. That moment Rainbow instantly flew away from the police corps and headed straight for the hideout.
*15 MINUTES LATER*
Rainbow crashed into the hideout and headed straight for the basement, where she was greeted by the rest of the group. "Good, you're still here." She said. "Say, why are you packing?"
"It's over, Rainbow." Spitfire said.
"You already caught the killer so we life on with our lives." Tec continued.
"You are not going anywhere!" Rainbow yelled out.
"And why not?" Clops asked from behind her.
"Because I was wrong!" Rainbow said. "I thought that it was Twilight but when I look back to it, she didn't act like herself. And I could see it in her eyes."
"Listen Rainbow, I know that this is the first time you went after a killer but you can't just say you were wrong." Clops said. "There is more than enough evidence to make sure that she will be caught, so you can't just say "I was wrong"." The rest of the group decided to walk away that very moment.
"Well then, if you don't want to catch the REAL killer, then I will do it myself!" Rainbow yelled out as the rest walked away. She dropped to the floor and started crying. "But I just don't know how."
Outside the rest was about to leave the building. "Goodbye everyone!" Clops yelled to the rest before they flew away. However, they didn't fly up and instead just took a frustrated look on their face. "You guys are thinking the exact same thing as I'm thinking, aren't you?" Clops said.
Meanwhile in the basement Rainbow was still crying. "God I'm making a mistake by doing this." Clops said while he was walking downstairs.
"Y-you came back!" Rainbow said surprised.
"We all did." Airwing said.
"If you really think that the killer is still out there we will gladly help." Clops said.
"Thanks, all of you!" Rainbow said with joy while she was wiping of the tears on her face.
"It's nothing." Spitfire said. "So, what did you have in mind."
"There is only one pony that can help us find this killer." Rainbow said. "And we need to interrogate her."
"OK, who is it?" Tec asked.
Rainbow stood up tall and quickly ran through door while she said: "We need to find Scootaloo."
N/A
For those who are wondering, Toxic Stylez is an OC from a friend of mine. I made a promise to him by putting his OC in the story. In return, he would make a music video bassed of this fanfic. He also posts this fanfic on deviantART for those who are wondering. PS: Chapter three is going to be a hard one.