The 'X' Killer

As Luna's moon shined across Ponyville, not all of pony residence ever went out at night cause of a sinister killer that has been on the loose for quite some time, nopony knows who it is, or what it is.

Slight fog covered the streets and homes were boarded to keep the killer away, but the kidnappings still happen. Parents and Fillies are taken and only the parents are left exactly where they were kidnapped; although, none have had any word of the fillies that this killer has taken.

It has been a few months since this has been happening and nopony seems to find anything that can help, nothing connects the fillies and their parents to anything.

In a deserted alley that was covered in yellow tape and photographers, with cops examining the area. The Chief stared down at the body that they had found, same as always with all the other murders; In an alleyway with the letter X made of blood on the wall, the body always had a scar that would go across their right eye, but nothing else, but due to autopsies they are killed by shock.

The cop looked around the crime scene, finding the same thing as any other body they had found. He went up to the Chief. "Sir, we've got nothing. It's the same as all the other murders, nothing new." He said.

"We need help, call Detective Ace Swift, he's the only one that I know that can solve this." The Chief sighed, leaning against the wall.

"Yes sir." The cop left the alley and to a payphone, he called the number he needed and waited.

Detective Ace was leaning against his desk, resting his eyes when the phone went off, his eyes snapped open and he used his magic to answer the phone. "Detective Ace Swift, What's the Case?" He answered.

Just like that, he was there, looking over the crime scene. "Hey, rookie, details about this 'X' Killer?" Ace asked, as he kneeled down to the body.

"Uh... well, from what we know is that the Killer leaves their bodies in alleyways, exactly where they are last seen. They have fillies with them but they remain missing, when the bodies show up they have a scar on their right eye and their is an 'X' covered in blood on the alley wall." The Cop explained.

"What's the blood work from the X?" Ace asked.

"Now that's the weird part, the blood from the X doesn't come from the victim, it comes from somepony else."

Ace looked at the X. "That is weird." Ace went up to the body and leaned down, looking at the scar on their right eye, seeing how it wasn't clean like they just stabbed them, not caring if they messed anything up. But the weird part is that the wound is sewn together. "Tell me about the wound, is it always this ragged?"

The cop nodded. "Yes sir, it's almost as if their struggling when the scar takes place and the wound is-"

"Sewn together, I see that." Ace stood up and looked over at the cop. "What about the fillies?"

The cop looked at his notepad. "Um... The fillies that are captured stay missing, they are around the ages of three or four."

Ace put a hoof to his chin, then noticing something behind the cop. "Do any of them ride a scooter?" He asked.

The cop looked down at his notepad again, looking through it. "Well, from what we got from the families, No. Why?"

Ace lifted up a scooter and brought it over to another cop.. "I think we got ourselves a witness, ask around, see if you can find anyone that might know who rides a scooter." Ace ordered.

The cop nodded. "Yes sir," Then left the alleyway.

Ace then turned back to the body and put a hoof to his chin again as he leaned down to the body. "Now, tell me about the right eye."

The cop goes through his notepad again. "Well, from the examinations..." The cop froze. "Their gone."

Ace looked over at the cop. "What...? What do you mean their gone?"

"It says here it's nothing more then just an eye socket, no traces of an eye ball anywhere, it's like they just pulled it out and cleaned it." The cop looked over at the body.

Ace turned back and placed both ends of his hooves on the eyelids and pulled them apart, seeing nothing inside, no blood, no eye, no liquid. "Odd..." He muttered, Ace pulled away and stood up. "Let's see if I can recreate this scene."

Ace looked over the crime scene again and began his speech. "The killing didn't happen here that's what we know, but they were kidnapped in this location. The parents with their fillies take a shortcut and they get kidnapped, if that's the case this 'X' Killer didn't work alone." Ace closed his eyes, using his magic to decipher an image but instead, he got a telepathic message.

It was a video.

A mare and her filly were walking home from a party, the mare decided to cut through that alleyway since it would be quicker, keeping her filly close. "Stay with me dear, you don't want to get lost." She said softly.

"Yes mommy." The filly trotted close to her mother, still playing a bit by jumping slightly.

The filly looked at her hooves and spun around, slightly giggling, until she saw a black shadow zoom past her, she gasped and jumped, looking around to find that her mother was no where to be seen. The filly panicked, looking around quickly. "Mommy?" She called out, tears starting to form. "Mommy where are you?" She pushed herself close to the wall, seeing a black shadow walk up to her. "Leave me alone! Give me back my Mommy!" She cried.

The black shadow sent his cape flying over her, disappearing under it, he then turned as it's white eyes stared down the alley. An orange filly jumped and ran out of the alley, leaving her scooter behind. The black shadow slowly followed, as if he knew where she was going.

The Detective broke from his trance and held his head. "That's how they disappeared..." He said to himself. "Who sent me this?"

"Sent what sir? You were out for a few minutes there." The cop informed, looking him over.

Ace shook his head. "Telepathic message, it's only possible by high level unicorns, I'll have to speak with Princess Sparkle for more details." The Detective sighed. "I know how they kidnap them, they take their parents first and then they slowly take the fillies... I don't like this one bit." He sighed.

The cop looked at his notepad. "So what are you going to do first?" He asked curiously.

Ace put a hoof to his chin, then set it down. "First, I find the witness, once done with her I'll talk to the Princess about the kind of magic the killer has." Ace took off his hat. "And maybe a drink, that video was dreadful..." He sighed, putting his hat back on.

The cop from earlier came back, panting slightly. "Sir, I found the fillies home, but she's not there. I did recover a few things that might lead to where she went." The cop handed Ace a few photos.

Ace took it and looked through them. There's one with her and Rainbow Dash at her home, one with her friends in a tree house, and one with Twilight. Ace smiled. "Looks like I can do both at once, I know where she could have gone."

The cop smiled, shaking his head in slight disbelief. "How do you do it?" He asked.

Ace shrugged. "Simple, look at the tiniest detail and it turns out to be a big one. Moral of it is that you need to look at everything, even if it doesn't make sense to the case. Now excuse me, I got a case to solve." Ace walked past the cop and out of the alley, he used his magic to pull out his pipe and lit it with his lighter. He breathed in the excess of the pipe's contents and breathed out a hump of smoke. "Another day, Another case." He sighed. "This one might be my last."