The First Murder

June 14th, Monday

Ponyville Police Department

Twilight Sparkle was rummaging through some papers about random 'junk' as she considered it, having to do with various classified information that could be considered as having a way to stalk somepony. If she ever complained about this issue however, she would always get a dull, 'We can find other ponies to do your job if you don't like it.' Twilight knew they couldn't fire her, but they would. She didn't want that, so after the first complaint, she dropped the issue.

Twilight had five other friends, you could call them besties, but only one of them worked with her normally in PVPD. She had a white coat, and a curled up violet mane. Her name was Rarity. Twilight was purple, with a mane that was purple, with a streak of magneta and pink. Rarity usually helped her with investigations. Twilight was the head of all that went on in an investigation. She got so many different analysis's, it was hard to count them all. But in the end, she got the case done. She was a very good detective.

No major cases had ever come into PVPD. Twilight was sort of bored. All they did was gun drills and investigate mass apple stealings. In which the suspect once charged would go to jail. Today, however, Twilight had a strange feeling that it was going to be different.

Given that Twilight was working with the mare, her and Rarity got along very well, and grew a stronger bond of friendship. Twilight would share her problems, and Rarity would share hers, and they would make everything work out. If they disagreed, they made it possible to do something that they could both agree on. They rarely got mad at each other, in fact they never did get mad at each other. They were very, very good friends.

"Hey, Rarity?" Twilight said, her questioning tone indicating she wanted to talk about something.

"Yes, darling?" Rarity said. She had a thing about calling everypony 'darling.' She and Twilight both hoped that a stallion wouldn't misinterpret that term.

"I've had this strange feeling all day..." Twilight continued. "like something's going to happen, and we could actually do some real investigating."

"Well for our sake's and our pay, I hope that feeling is as correct as Pinkie sense." Rarity said. She paused for a minute. "Sadly, there is no term of 'Twilight sense.' So, darling, I hate to rain on your parade but it seems that unless you have some strange natural twitching that will predict the future, nothing is going to---"

"Attention everypony!" A voice rang out through the building. Everypony was immediately hushed. "Bad news for Ponyville, and good new for your pay..." it was a mare. She was the one that did the announcements obviously. Her name was Samantha Rose. Officials called her Ms. Rose, friends called her Sam, and others called her Rose. She continued to speak. "A violent murder has been committed today on the outskirts of Ponyville. The victim's name was Tulip Top. She was brutally murdered, having multiple wounds of stabbing, and..." She stared at the report. "The victims...forelegs and hind legs were cut off and broken...a note was left stating that the killer would be back, saying that the 'penalty' will come and that this is only a warning." Everypony stared in awe.

"Is this a joke?!" One pony asked.

"No!" Rose replied. "This was a full written report by the Solar Bureau of Investigations! There is NO WAY they could be joking with this!"

Twilight stood up to speak. "How did this get to the Solar Empires police force so quickly? Does the Lunar Intelligence Agency have any knowledge of it?"

"Let's just say, things like this spread quickly." Rose responded. "Lunar Intelligence Agency is looking into it right now. They said if we could get some tiny evidence, they could start working from it. They also promised to send two investigators."

Twilight nodded her head and sat down.

"Any other questions?" Rose asked, looking around. No hooves. "Alright, lets get this case started!"

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Twilight and Rarity went to Sweet Apple acres to visit Applejack, their earth pony friend. This investigation was a big one, and each of the friends had their part to play in it. They may have not worked there, but they sure as Tartarus could've been considered veterans. Applejack was orange with a very bright brown mane. She had three freckles on each side of her face. She worked on an apple farm, harvesting red, green, golden delicious, and zap apples. Probably more, they had so many food items they could make of apples, it was practically unbelievable. In fact for every new one, they got a huge sum of bits in reward. The apple family would have been rich, but they only take one fourth of the pay. They still ended up with a good sum of money, with the unfinishable and infinite list of apple products.

However, aside of apples and whatnot, Applejack was a great observer. She knew how to find details that will help a case. Whether it be deepness of an incision, time of death compared to the corpses rotting and rate of rotting. Many details as such. She was never really needed until now.

Applejack noticed her friends coming over the horizon. She took off her hat and shouted, "Howdy there Twilight n' Rarity. Itsa surpise to see yall here, how's ya' doin'?"

"We are doing fine, darling." Rarity responded. She and Twilight looked very important. Police badges, suits, and ties. They looked like professionals, yet they were trying to get another one.

"What brings y'all here?" Applejack asked. She looked at Twilight.

"We are here to call for help on something very important." Twilight responded. She held up picture of the mutilated corpse, papercliped to the ID of the victim. "A murder has happened...it was very brutal. This mare by the name of Tulip Top, was murdered and stabbed to death. Recent autopsy reports have said that her limbs were cut off when she was alive. They also found a trace of saliva on her lips, mixed in with the victims blood. We only know that the killer is a bloodthirsty cannibal, and we need you to help us find out who it is."

Applejack's face was filled with horror. "A murder...in Ponyville?" She asked slowly. Twilight and Rarity slowly nodded in unison. "I gotta tell the rest of'em at Sweet Apple Acres." Applejack said. She ran to the farm to tell everypony the news of the event. As she was running she shouted, "I'll be comin' back y'all! Don't worry!"