Nightmare at the Gala!

"Where have you been this whole time?!" yells Rainbow Dash, angrily as the lights go back on, revealing Big Macintosh in a pool of blood. "Who knew that a baseball bat could do so much damage." says Big Mac, surprised. "How do you know about the Hanging Object?" asks Princess Celestia. Big Mac hesitates to even open his mouth. "Because... I was the Hanging Object." The room fills with gasps as Big Mac knew that was going to happen. "You see, when little Applebloom died, the whole Apple family was devastated. A word wasn't said the whole day after her death. It was truly the worst thing that I have put up with, I couldn't live like this. So, I tied a noose around my neck and let it do its work. You may be asking 'How am I still alive?' or 'How did I go unnoticed?', here's the story. I don't remember alot from the moment I hung myself, but I know that all of the sudden, I hit the ground and when I opened my eyes, I saw a Sonic Rainboom." "Whoa whoa whoa," says Rainbow Dash, "You mean to tell us that you hung yourself the same day I raced Gilda, and my Sonic Rainboom saved your life?" "Pretty much. The Rainboom was so strong, it broke the noose." says Big Mac, continuing his explanation. "Now, that second question, it's weird how Applejack didn't notice me, considering I was above Applebloom's grave." Fluttershy approaches Big Mac, "Next question, who do you think is under that cloak?" Big Mac looks at Fluttershy with a serious look. "Oh, I know exactly who's under this cloak." "So do I." says Fluttershy. "Me three!" Celestia joins in. Fluttershy turns around. "Who do you think is under here then?" Celestia pauses for a moment, "It's pretty obvious, after everything this murderer has done. I'd be surprised if we didn't have the same accusations. I've dealt with this so called murderer for a long long time." Big Mac interrupts. "That doesn't matter now. Everypony needs to get out of here, this Gala is over." Nopony speaks up, not even Celestia. "Everypony evacuate this castle... NOW!" As the clock strikes midnight, November First, everypony leaves the castle. The Nightmare At The Gala has ended.

As the sun rises, ponies all around Canterlot and Ponyville come out of their homes and apporach their families and friends , glad to see them alive. Rainbow Dash leaves her home in Cloudsdale, having no sleep at all. She flies over to Fluttershy's house, about to fall asleep. "Must...talk...to......Flutter....Fluttershy..." She stops flying in mid air and falls asleep, proceeding to wake up immediately as she falls on Fluttershy's roof. She makes her way to the door and slowly knocks on it. Fluttershy opens the door, about to fall asleep. "Oh, good morning Rainbow, I assume you didn't get any sleep either?" "Definitely." Rainbow yawns aggressively. "It seems like we're the only ponies who didn't get sleep. Everypony else did though, probably exhausted from all that panicking." Fluttershy laughs and looks up in the distance to Celestias castle. "What do you think is going on up there?" Rainbow Dash turns around, "I'm not sure. I don't feel like going up there, but I do wanna know who the stupid murderer is." "Maybe we can catch the next train to Canterlot if we hurry." says Fluttershy. The two just make it in time to the train and make their way to Canterlot. Fluttershy looks out the window and watches the autumn leaves blow in the November breeze. She notices Rainbow close her eyes and lose balance from her seat. "Rainbow! Wake up!" yells Fluttershy. Rainbow immediately opens her eyes. "Sorry, I cannot stay awake, I really need to sleep." The train stops and the two make their way to Celestia's castle. Rainbow Dash hears a sound as they're about to enter the castle. "Someone's following us." She turns around, and then back around. "It's coming from inside the castle. I'm slowly turning into Applejack, going all crazy like this." Fluttershy opens the door to see the murderers dear body on the floor.

Celestia walks down the staircase. "What are you girls doing here?" "We wanted to see if everything is okay." Fluttershy explains. Rainbow Dash adds to it. "And we wanna know who is under that body bag." Celestia stares at the body. "To be honest, after everypony left, I ran upstairs, not having the slightest intimation of touching the body. Last time I saw the body, it was wrapped around the cloak, I don't know who put it around the body bag ." "I did, Princess Celestia." Big Mac slowly walks towards the group. Rainbow Dash  turns around. "Oh, it's just you." Celestia walks around the three ponies. "I've done some thinking and I wanna refresh our memories. Now we know this murderer was the one who hung Scootaloo, and was responsible for Rarity. now here's my next problem, the Sonic Rainboom. What concerns me is that only one pony is capable of making a Sonic Rainboom." Celestia immediately stops behind Rainbow Dash, who gets fired up. "WHOA YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT I KILLED PINKIE PIE?! I WAS IN THE CASTLE THE WHOLE TIME." Celestia walks back to where she was originally. "Rainbow, I'm sorry, but right now there's no way you can prove that you weren't part  of the murderers scheme." Two royal guard grab each of her wings and hold her up. "What are you doing?! I didn't do anything!! I'm innocent!!" Fluttershy tries to step in but Celestia blocks her with her hoof. A third royal guard comes up and grabs Rainbow's head. She starts screaming in horror. "I DIDN'T DO ANY OF THIS, I DIDN'T CAUSE THE SONIC RAINBOOM, WHY ARE YOU DO THIS TO M-" The royal guard snaps her neck, and all three guards release her, dropping her to the floor, dead.