Killer style

The next day was horrible, AJ, was still gone forever, Twilight locked herself in the library and refused to come out, Fluttershy couldn't form coherent sentences and kept crying all day, Rarity said she was designing funeral dresses for us at her botique, and Pinkie was sad at home blaming herself.

I positioned the clouds so they covered the sky and turned covered all of Ponyville into mourning darkness.

I was just setting of to fly to Sweet Apple Acers to see if I could help with anything when I heard a loud argument coming from Sugarcube Corner.

"You think this is supposed to make me feel better? Now I feel even worse! How could you do something like that? And you even thought it would be funny?"

"But... but... I didn't mean for this to happen."

"I don't care Knock! This is all your fault! Get out of my sight, I don't ever want to see you again!"

I hid behind the roof as the front door opened and Knock Knock came out grumbling.

As I looked at him the my blood boiled inside me. He angered Pinkie now that she was already devastated from what happened to AJ. He has some nerve.

I noted he went towards the train station.

I decided I should check on Pinkie since I was almost there already. As I flew through her window I saw her crying on her bed.

She turned to me, when she heard me land and said between sobs, "I'm so sorry Dashie, I really am. It's all my fault that AJ died-"

Ok, this was the same thing as the day before... or so I thought when I told her again that it wasn't her fault for not extra checking the pies, it was not like someone expected them to be switched and we haven't received any threats recently, so how could she have known...

Then she suddenly interrupted me screaming

"But I should have known! What kind of clueless pony am I if my own coltfriend poisons one of my bestes friends without me knowing?"

"Woah woah woah! Rewind! Knock Knock did this? He switched the pies?" I said barely containing the new wave of anger rising up inside me.

"Yes! He did it, and I'm sorry Dashie! Please don't hate me! I didn't know he would do something like this..."

My vision started turning red from rage, so I just turned around without another word and flew as fast as I could to the only other pony who could help me process this: Rarity.

Rainbow burst through the door of my fine establishment with such force, it flew off its hinges. I almost fainted again right then and there, even more so when Rainbow told me what she heard at Pinkie's.

I could see the anger burning in her eyes and realised I had simillar feelings on the matter at hand.

So I asked her, "Did you see where he went by any chance? Maybe we can still confront him!"

And I allowed myself a devious little smile when she told that she indeed saw him going towards the train station.

"Good, let's go find him then before he gets on a train!" I told her and led the way outside.

She was eager to follow.

We arrived at the train station in two minutes, and spotted him instantly. He was rather hard to miss being the only pony waiting for a train.

When he heard us approach he turned to us saying, "What do YOU want?" in an annoyed voice.

"We want answers wise guy!" Rainbow was quick to reply.

"Did you switch the pies?" I asked as level headedly as I could.

"So what if I did. How was I supposed to know there was actually a reason that pears were outlawed in this backwater town? I just thought Apples didn't like the competi-"

His speech was interrupted by Rainbows back hooves connecting with his horn shattering it to pieces instantly. He howled in pain as he hit the ground.

I normally would have stopped her but at that moment I was just as angry. Rational thought vacated my mind as I asked, "Do you need my help dear?"

"Yes! Help me! Help me!" cried the pitiful stallion.

"I wasn't talking to you"

Then Rainbow replied, "yeah, you can hold him down and keep his mouth shut with your magic" and so I did.

I held him in place as Rainbow unleashed every punch and kick she knew, and she knew quite a few being a black belt in most martial arts known in Equestria.

After a while he couldn't even scream anymore as Rainbow crushed his vocal cords. Then she suddenly turned to me with a devious glint in her eye, "Would you like to give it a try?".

To my own surprise I said "Yes I would, please hold him for me."

Sometimes even a lady enjoys a bit of violence.

I checked and hit any spots that were already wounded and probed them inside with my magic a bit then expanded my magic field inside them causing an extra bit of pain.

Then he finally passed out.

I stopped hitting him and looked at Rainbow, who still held him with a content smile on her face. Then suddenly her ears perked up and she said,

"I hear a train coming. Let's dump him on the tracks and get away from here before someone sees us!"

I only nodded and levitated his unmoving body to the tracks, when the train comes it would finish the rest for us.

Knowing this I felt a sort of grim satisfaction that justice will be served to the murderer of our dear Applejack.

We ran back to the Carousel Boutique where dash hurriedly fixed the door and closed it behind us.

We stared into each other's eyes to avoid looking at our bloodstained coats as we fully registered what have we just done.