Twilight Velvet felt like relaxing today, she had sent her husband out to do the shopping for today. Not for food of course they needed special thread to rebind a rare book for the canterlot libary and then there were copies to make. They were going to need lots of parchments, quills, ink and of course how could she forget she;d need a new needle soon the ones she had were dulling from the leather work she had finished for a rusty old tome for Princess Luna.

She stretched her body back then forewords yawning a bit, taking a seat on the comfy cushion on the floor, she didn't know how some ponies managed to sit on there bottoms with there backs straight on chairs it seemed highly uncomfortable when you could just kneel down and make yerself comfy. Of course that was her, all the young ponies sat different then those of her time.

She then smiled proudly seeing her suitcases packed and ready to go by the door. Tomorrow was when she would be taking the train to Ponyville to see her daughter the new Princess of friendship, and hero to all of equestria after she and her friends once more defeated a major enemy of the country. She giggled with how proud she was of her daughter. She couldn't to see the beautiful castle and filled it with all the books.

That reminded her books, twilight specifically asked for copies of certain tomes for her new library. The boxes containing the books were stacked along the walls, she floated the check list clip board over and took a glance over the lists. Everything looked in order. She guessed that the more common books could be easily replaced, it was a sad feeling knowing all those books and that poor libarry had been destroyed by the tyrant.

The study was filled with books packed from ceiling to floor, a desk with bending materials and delicate instraments to restore antique pages. Many dictionaries lined one pile, from modern equestrian slang, to ancient griffen hieroglyhics. She lit the candles in the room, no real fire in this room just a simple magical spell that lit the end of the wick, a fire would be devastating in her line of work.

However as things always were she checked it over again, she stopped and giggled at the picture shining armour had drew had a filly on her desk, it was of a little twilight mimicing twilight velvet with her clipboard. Shinning Armour had thought he had to be adopted for awhile.

She took a sigh and floated the image over looking at the photo, her daughter was the princess of equestria and her son the king of crystal empire. Two things she never thought would happen, as fillies she never thought they'd amount to anything but a normal life if they were lucky.

That's when twilight velvet was startled at a snarl coming up behind her, she dropped everything turning her magic on full charge ready to blast whatever or whoever was trying to sneak up on her.

'Wh..who's there?” she asked.

The old door to the room creaked closed and then open again, twilight velvet breath a sigh of relief letting her heart beat calm from in her throat.

'Just a breeze”

She trotted over and picked up the clipboard then groaned at the broken picture frame, this would need be to replaced later. She put both objects down and took another deep breath to calm herself. The snarl then started up again.

'Night light if this some sort of practical joke it isn't funny what so ever” she said angerly.

She used her scolding voice she reserved only for use on the children but she found herself using it more on her husband these days.

“I don't think this is funny” a voice said.

A figure of a pony appeared in the shadows of the corner of the room.

“What's really funny..is that you forgot about me twilight velvet”

'You..” twilight said.

Her face paled, taking a step back when the snarls and growls got closer.

She couldn't see the source of the snarls but she could see her beautiful old wooden floors being scratched and claws apart by some invisible force, holes appearing almost like acid being dripped onto the wood.

“Stay away from me, what do you want?” she asked.

'What do i want just what we agreed upon those ten years ago” the pony said beneath the cloak. “after all a deals, a deal”

Twilight Velvet panicked and tried teleporting from the room, she reappeared downstairs and the snarling she coming closer.

'Why do they always run?” the pony asked sounding annoyed. “make this quick my pets..we got others to collect..”

Twilight Velvet suddenly felt something ripped into her back left leg, tearing apart the flesh and bone. She screamed collasping, crying out tears in her eyes as invisible teeth dug its way into her back side crushing her spine. She reached to the door, barely able to see.

'Oh Twilight” she sobbed before everything went black.
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Night light hummed happily as he trotted home with a bag full of materials for his wife to restore a tome by star swirl the bearded. Twilight had thought it was a composition between him and clover the clever about a adventure or spells they worked on together. Yet until it was translated and restored they wouldn't know. His wife always got exicted about things, that's where twilight got it from, he suppose shinning armour got his bravery from him somehow, he didn't consider himself very brave. He was just the husband of a book binder, his work was selling the books and finding them.

He had secretly bought his wife's favorite cake from the bakery, he thought they could have a bit of celebration before they visted ponyville. He looked inside the bag for a moment, cake check, cider check, and roses check. Tonight they would celebrate there daughters wonderful achievement and prehaps if luck served them right another sibling.

He looked at the door of the book binding and smiled. Took a breath, fixed his mane and opened the door.

“Twilight my dear i'm ho...” he said and barely got the words from his voice.

The cider, cake and roses were dropped onto the floor mixing into the mess of blood which seemed to be painted along the floor and the book binding materials went to the floor and broke.

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It was evening when Gumshoe arrived at the scene, his cussed for a moment at how bloody hot it was today he wished celestia would not make it so hot or least have the pegasus make it cloudy or rain a bit. He was a seasoned detective with a missing ear and one bad eye. His old brown body was showing a wear and tear even under the slightly tattered guard armour. He took off his helmet for a moment and rubbed at greying black mane that matched his tail.

The canterlot book binding store a landmark for the city as princess twilights parents lived there. He looked over at the medic ponies who were trying to calm Night Light down as he sat on a cart, he was sobbing uncontrollably into his hooves and looking like a complete wreck.

'I see the husband is a wreck” gum shoe said, wishing he had a cup of coffee.

“We've cleared the area but the media has already caught wind of this and there swarming the area” a pegasus guard said.

“Terrific just what we need just what in celestia name happened?” he asked.

“'We're not exactly sure..the csi went sent inside all came out being sick..that's never a good sign” the guard said.

Gum Shoe took a breath, he'd seen some pretty gruesome stuff in his time, and as he trotted past the tape and into room even his stomach twisted threatening to make gum shoe recall what he had for breakfast. The floor was so red it was as if the room had been painted, blood had been splattered across the walls even some on the ceiling. He got see the way her back legs were ripped apart the bones broken in splinters, her cutiemark had been clawed. Blood pooled from her mouth and nose, her front right roof reaching out towards the door as if reaching for help, help that never came. He noticed pieces of her mane and tail had been ripped out also along the floor.

He walked pass trying to keep his breakfast down, sensing a magical trace upstairs. Being a unicorn had it's perks like tracking magical signatures very useful. A pegasus guard followed looking very ill looking.

'Easy if yer gonna throw up, fly out a window and do it don't contaminate my crime scene” Gum Shoe said.

The pegasus guard nodded weakly.

They entered the study and gum shoe noticed the claw marks in the wood, he looked around the magic that lit the candles had went out probably when velvet died, made sense no magical source to draw magic from means well no magic.

“I want csi up here examining these claw marks, odd through nothing else is touched” He said bending down examining the claw marks.

He didn't recognize the marks, but it didn't help that his good eye wasn't much help these days ether. He'd let the csi ponies figure it out.

“What's this?” The pegasus guard asked noticing something in the corner of the room next to some dusty scrolls.

Gum Shoe walked over and using his magic lit the area a bit better, and saw a black ribbon with blond hairs on it.

'Have this taken into evidence” gum shoe said “lets get out here”

By the time they got downstairs the coroner had covered twilight velvet body with a white sheet which made it slightly easier to walk through the area.

“Where'd the husabnd go?” gum shoe asked

“He was transfered to the canterlot hospital he had to be sedated the medics were afraid he was going to hurt himself” a earth pony guard said.

Gum Shoe then looked over and noticed the media and people getting closer to the police line they had set up. He turned around and looked up at the palace.

“Alright lets seal off the crime scene” he said “I gotta go tell the princess what's happened..”

the other guards went silent, no one wanted to be gum shoe right about now. It was no secret that Night Light, and Twilight Velvet were close with the royals, they had tea weekly and often worked with the royal libary to restore ancient tomes.

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Princess Celestia yawned a bit she had just gotten through a very boring meeting with a griffen embassador who went on for three hours about concerns about cloud formations differences from equestrian to griffen terratory and wanting eqiuestria to keep its clouds to themselves. Sometimes she wished she could just take her sisters advice and just throw something heavy at em or banish em to the some place.

“What's next on the agenda?” Celestia asked

She moaned happily eating her favorite piece of cheese cake with strawberries and yogurt. If possible she'd eat the whole thing without noticing she had even noticed. Luna often said that's why her flank was so large. She grumbled at the thought.

'Princess Celestia” a guard said trotting foreword “Detective Gum Shoe here to speak to you on an urgent matter”

“Gum Shoe?” she asked and smiled, finally a friendly face.

She had noticed and took authority to make sure gum shoe rose up to the rank he deserved to have. He had been working the guard over 30 years, a spotless record...with a few exceptions. When he was younger his wife threw a tizzy thinking he was having an affair with her. Celestia chuckled remembering the firey ponies tremper, she worked for the fire department but after things turned out well. The couple now growing together are good friends.

It was always a pleasure to see him, through she'd not seen him in some time it would be a wonderful change of pace of these boring days.

Gum Shoe came inside the throne and trotted quickly and didn't bother bowing, he had stopped doing that after a manticore broke his front right leg.

“Gum Shoe my friend it's so good to see you” he smiled “is your wife not with you we could have had lunch together”

“I'm afraid Princess Celestia I'm not here on personal business but on official buisiness” He said “Earlier today Night Light arrived home after picking up binding materials, and things to surprise his wife with to celebrate princess twilight new acomplishment”

He stopped for a moment and took a breath feeling a tiny bit ill at the thought of the body.

“Gum Shoe what's happened?” Celestia asked looking concerned at his pale face

“Night Light found his wife Twilight Velvet dead upon arriving home” he said his voice trailing off softly.

Celestias eyes widened with tears.

'Ar..are you quiet sure it was twilight velvet?” she asked her voice studdering

He answered with a simple nod

She then walked back to her throne and looked at him, trying best to hold her regal look.

“Find whoever did this, and bring them before me for punishment i will not tolerate such cruelty towards my ponies” Celestia said and stopped for a moment “Go..everyone else please leave me also”

Gum Shoe turned and left as did the rest of the guards.

Celestia then let her tears flow down her face as the doors closed behind them, who could have killed such a loving mother, such a wonderful pony. She picked up a quill and a paper and tried to write but she only to managed to sloppily write dear twilight before breaking into tears once again.

Then her eyes gazed up slightly, upon the doors that opened and a pony she thought she would never see again in this time collasped upon her throne room floor her body covered in wounds. She forgot for a moment of the letter and hurried towards her former student.

She looked the yellow pony over, her horn glowed brightly as she sensed danger.

“Please” Sunset Shimmer begged her hooves gripping upon celetsias front right hoof, tears coming down her face “help me”

Author's Note

I have yet to find anyone to reread this story and correct my incredibly horrible grammer and spelling. If anyone wants to proof read this story please contact me, id be very grateful. I just hope it's good enough for now to be readable. I hope you enjoy it.