Chapters I wake up in my cloud home above Ponyville. My alarm clock keeps blaring it's noise until I press the button to make it stop. I go to the bathroom and brush my teeth. I look at my reflection and look at my light blue mane. Today was the day where I go out and meet some new ponies. I just recently moved into Ponyville about a couple of weeks ago and I haven't had the chance to meet with other ponies.
My name is Drew. I'm a purple pegasus with blue hair. I was born with a disability. It's that I can't quite see very clearly, so I have to wear glasses most of the time, therefore it's kind of difficult for me to fly. Sometimes my glasses fall of, so I usually stay close to a surface in case that kind of thing happens. I moved out of my parents house just so that I can make a living in Ponyville. I made enough bits to buy a house over Ponyville. I only have one neighbor, but I never had the chance to go talk to that pony because I haven't settled in my house yet. I just need some furniture and a bed and that should be everything that I need at the moment. I already had a kitchen and didn't need to worry about anything involving food at the moment. I look around my suitcases and look for some nice clothes. I found a nice white shirt and a pair of brown jeans. I went to go get my prized possession, 'The Artists Bracelet' My parent's called it that cause they made the bracelet themselves, since being an artisan runs in the family. They just gave it a silly name, but I never really told that to anypony.
After I finish getting dressed, I go into my living room and start unpacking some paintings I made. My special talent is actually painting because I have this great artistic quality that runs in the family. I made lots of paintings for my school. When my school took in to making clubs, they had an idea for an art club and I was one of the first ponies to join. Soon after, I was elected president of the art club at school. Other schools held the same kinds of activities that held competitions with other schools. Our art club won these competitions repeatedly for five years. Once we had our fifth medal, I saw a flash coming from my flank and saw it was a paintbrush with red paint on it. My cutie mark had finally come!
I put up the last painting I made that had a pony posing on a couch. I put it on the floor and looked around the room. I decided to put it up on the wall that was next to the doorway that leads to the kitchen. "Perfect," I said. "Now I just need to find some furniture and then I'll finally get the chance to see my neighbor!"
I fly down to Ponyville and trot around the Town Square and eventually find a place that sold furniture. When I walked in, the pony at the counter said, "Welcome to the Sofa and Quill Store! Where we fill your sofa and quill needs!" He said with a smug smile.
I walk up to the counter and ask, "What kind of furniture do you sell here?"
"We only sell sofas and quills, sir." the pony said. "That's all we sell."
"Are there any other stores that sell more furniture than just sofas?"
"Not that I'm aware of," the pony scratched his chin. "I'm sorry sir. This is the only furniture store that I know of."
I guess I can sleep on a sofa "How much for one sofa?"
"20 bits, my good sir!"
I handed the pony 20 bits and walked out with a nice blue sofa. I didn't have anywhere else to put it, so I had to leave it in my living room. I looked out the window and saw my neighbor fly outside her house. I ran outside to go and meet my new neighbor. I saw that it was female, due to her size. She was wearing red jeans and a brown shirt. As I walk up to her, she turns around and greets me.
"Hi there! My name's Rainbow Dash. I see that you're my new neighbor. Come with me and I'll show you around Ponyville. I'm sure that my friends are willing to meet you. Especially Pinkie Pie. She's always throwing a party to anypony that is new in town. I'm sure you've already met her."
I hand out my hoof and she accepts the gesture. "My name's Drew."
"Drew, huh? That's a nice name, I guess." Rainbow Dash says. She turns around and flies down towards Ponyville. I follow her, holding my glasses in my hoof, but I am slowly flying, so I can't keep up with Rainbow Dash.
"Come on, slowpoke! What's holding ya?" she yelled to me in question. She was really far away. Really close to Sugarcube Corner. I knew what it was because I passed by it a lot when I was wandering around Ponyville. One time when I was passing by, a pink pony named Pinkie Pie jumped out of nowhere and started saying things about how I was new in town and she didn't know me and I should have a party. It was a really fun party. I became Pinkie Pie's friend after that, but I really wanted to know my neighbor more.
"I need to hold my glasses while flying so that I can see," I yell back, just so she can hear me. "I was born with really bad eyesight."
"Oh. Well, I guess that's okay." she said once I caught up with her. "Come on, let's go to Sugarcube Corner. It's right here." She pointed at the gingerbread like mansion with her hoof. "I'm sure my friend Pinkie Pie will be happy to see you. But I'm guessing that you two already met." she repeated.
I nodded in agreement. "She threw a party for me when I was wandering around Ponyville. After that, she became my friend."
"Sweet. You'll love Pinkie's parties. They're the best in Equestria!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed, throwing her hooves in the air excitedly.
"I see. Did she throw you a party when you came to Ponyville?" I asked.
"Actually no. I didn't meet her until Twilight came around, going off about the Elements of Harmony and stuff. We decided to help her out and eventually found out that we all have the Elements of Harmony within ourselves. She then pursued to learn more about the Magic of Friendship by learning it from all of us. But now that she's a princess, she's kinda stopped and just sat around her castle doing her royal duties."
"When you say that, it sounds like a bad thing."
"Ehh. Don't worry about it." Rainbow Dash says.
"Anyways, where is everypony? It looks deserted." I ask Rainbow Dash.
"I don't know. I did overhear something about Pinkie Pie making a party for somepony and she never said who. And some reason, no pony told me where they were gonna do it!" she said.
We walk into Sugarcube Corner and find only Mrs. Cake inside. "Oh hi, Rainbow Dash. Pinkie said something about a party in Twilight's house." Mrs. Cake said. "Mr. Cake is already there. I'm just here to look over Pumpkin and Pound Cake and to watch over the store."
"Cool." Rainbow Dash said, heading for the door. "Have fun with those two!"
I follow Rainbow Dash and wave Mrs. Cake goodbye. When we are right in front of Twilight's door, Rainbow Dash puts a blindfold on me. "Hey! What are you doing?" I yell out to Rainbow Dash.
"Don't worry. I just put a blindfold on you."
"Why?" I ask her.
I hear Twilight's door opening and then Rainbow Dash flings the blindfold off my eyes. And the entire house looks pitch black because all the lights were off. I walk inside and then somepony turns on the lights, showing the room filled with ponies. When they all see me, they all yelled, "SURPRISE!"
"Agh!" I yelled, dropping my glasses. "Don't scare me like that, Rainbow Dash! Why did you get everypony just to scare me? Isn't that a little extreme here?" I eventually found my glasses, which were levitated by Twilight's magic as she trotted over to me.
"Drew, you're funny. I'm not trying to scare you! Pinkie told me that your birthday was today. You just didn't know about it." Rainbow Dash said.
"Wow. I can't believe I forgot my own birthday. How funny is this day going to be?"
Pinkie Pie hopped over to me and said, "Don't worry, Drew! I had that same thing happen to me once." she says. She turned towards Twilight and Rainbow Dash, then turned back saying, "I'm just glad that I still have the same friends that I have now. Haha!"
"I guess this can still be a good day for me, huh?"
"Hey Drew," Rainbow Dash said. "How's about you see me later tomorrow so I can show you a little bit more about myself. I can tell you've been dying to meet me, so I guess that this is okay."
"Yeah! I'd love to, Rainbow Dash." Drew said.
The rest of the party went swell. The cake was the best part for the party. I tried the cake and it was chocolate with chocolate frosting on it. It was great, except Pinkie Pie got a stomach ache from eating it. Twilight got her into a bed and helped her, but besides that, I enjoyed my time. When the party was over, Rainbow Dash stopped me before I could leave and introduced me to another pony I didn't see at the party.
"Hey Drew!" Rainbow Dash said. "This is my little sister, Scootaloo."
"Hey there, Scootaloo." I said. "You two don't quite look alike, really."
"Well, I took her in as a sister. We're not biological, as Ms. Egghead says," Rainbow Dash points to Twilight. I just shrugged, laughing and Rainbow Dash continued saying, "Well, I can't wait to see you tomorrow! Hoof bump!" We both bumped hooves and then I took off.
I flew home afterwards. I had a nice day with my neighbor and I already have plans to hang out with her! Once I settled in my home, I went to bed. I got rid of all the boxes in my house and soon enough, I got all of my paintings on the walls. And when I wake up in the morning, I'll get to see Rainbow Dash and I'll get my chance to get to know her better.
"The trial will now commence. The case of Rainbow Dash vs. Scootaloo will now begin."
The double doors in the back of the courtroom open, showing an orange and purple maned pony with shackles around her hooves. She's wearing prison stripes and is walking down the path that leads into the court floor. While she walks down the path, she looks around and finds Rainbow Dash in the front staring daggers at the pony. The pony in stripes looked away and started to shed a few tears, but stifled them so that she doesn't show weakness.
When she got to the floor, she sat down on the side where the defense is. She turned to her right and spotted the prosecutor. Prime Time she thought. She would know that face anywhere.
Prime Time was a pony that was all about sports. He was one of the best sports announcers in Equestria, but then retired and became a prosecutor. He still has an obsession on sports. He's even wearing his soccer pin on his left cuff. This is his very first case, but he seems very confident. The pony in the defendant's chair looked in the crowd for Rainbow Dash. While looking around, the crowd started murmuring about how smug Prime Time looks. She eventually finds Rainbow Dash and she's staring daggers at her, and she turns back around to face the judge.
"Is the defense rea-" the judge said. "Wait, where is the defense?"
"I am the defense, Your Honor," the pony said. "I was told that I have the option of being my own defense."
"Yes, Ms. Scootaloo. I almost forgot, your papers said that you wouldn't be needing a lawyer for this." the judge looked over to the prosecution. "Is the prosecution ready?"
"The prosecution is ready, Your Honor." Prime Time said.
"Your opening statement, please." the judge asked.
"Since yesterday, a certain pony named Rainbow Dash, heard one gunshot fire coming from the Everfree Forest while taking a flying stroll around Ponyville. While hearing the shot, she flew quickly towards the scene and found Scootaloo holding a gun in her hoof and saw a pool that had blood flowing around the surface of the water. All evidence found at the crime scene all seems to point to Scootaloo being the killer. There was also a bloody knife found there. We still don't know why the knife was there, but we still believe that the knife was used to attack the pony in the pool. And there was a bullet found in the victim's chest."
"How does the defendant plead?" the judge asked Scootaloo.
She turned to look at Rainbow Dash and started to shed some tears on her orange coat, then turns back to the judge. "I plead guilty, Your Honor."
"Prime, you may bring up your witness." the judge said.
"Your Honor." Scootaloo said, nearly getting out of her seat. "I wish to confess."
The judge just stared at the pony and repeated her question. "You wish to confess?" The crowd started murmuring again and Scootaloo could make out some of the words they were saying.
"Could it be true? Her sister killed her friends?"
"Why did she do all of this? What drove her to murder them?"
"She's guilty! There's so much evidence on her! She's the murderer!"
*bang, bang, bang*
"Order! Order in the court!" the judge said loudly so that everypony in the room could hear him. "Ms. Scootaloo, I will grant you permission to testify about your crimes that you wish to confess to."
"Thank you, Your Honor." Scootaloo said. She got out of her seat and walked to the witness stand, which lied next to the judge.
"It all started when-"
Scootaloo (Before) - Part 3
"Hey Rainbow Dash!" Scootaloo called to Rainbow Dash, who was standing next to Drew. "Can I hang out with you two today?"
"Not today squirt. I have to get Drew here comfortable in his new house. He promised that we'll go in a flying session later. I'm sorry about that, but maybe some other time."
"Aww..." Scootaloo's ears drooped down on her side and then turned to walk away.
Scootaloo doesn't know how to fly yet. She's been bullied by that fact. Scootaloo's ultimate dream was to be as fast as Rainbow Dash. The only thing that she uses to go fast is her scooter. She always does tricks around Ponyville to grab Rainbow Dash's attention. It has worked on some occasions. But now that Drew is around, she's been having a hard time to actually be with her for a minute. Drew's been hanging with Rainbow Dash for a whole month, and Scootaloo's been really lonely. Her friends, Applebloom and Sweetie Belle, now have their cutie marks. Sweetie Belle's special talent was now singing. It showed a microphone with a pink music note next to it. While Applebloom's special talent was helping around at Sweet Apple Acres. It was an apple falling into a bucket. They've dispatched as the Cutie Mark Crusaders, so they haven't met in a long time. Even Babs Seed got her cutie mark, but she hasn't sent a letter as to what it could be.
"No one wants to be around me anymore... Is it because I still don't have a cutie mark and can't fly?" Scootaloo cried as she walked. "Why does no one want to be my friend...? Why am I always alone?" She had no one to talk to at all. So she planned revenge. It was risky, but she had to do it so that she can have Rainbow Dash to herself.
"If I can't have her...
Then no pony can!"
"Alright sugarcube, that's it for tonight. Time to hit the hay." said an orange pony.
"Really? It's that time already Applejack?" said a yellow pony wearing a beautiful pink bow.
"Yeah. Don't worry. I'll be right here early in the mornin', waitin' for ya." Applejack said. "A little filly like you need's their rest."
Applejack walks into the barn with her younger sister Applebloom. "Applejack, ah'm a big filly! I can stay up and help you around the farm if you want!" she said excitedly.
"Ah'm sorry Applebloom, but you need some shut eye." Applejack said back, yawning. "Ah need some too, as well."
"Aw..." Applebloom's ears flopped down to her sides.
Applebloom was a confident pony. She wasn't afraid to go to school anymore since she got her cutie mark. Diamond Tiara and her friend Silver Spoon stopped teasing her and her friend Sweetie Belle. Sweetie Belle got her cutie mark before Applebloom, but they were both happy, though they were upset that Scootaloo is the only one in their class that didn't have their cutie marks, hence, making the Cutie Mark Crusaders no more. No word from Babs Seed at all in her town Manehatten about her cutie mark though.
"Applebloom, hurry up will ya?" Applejack yelled to Applebloom. "It's time to go to bed sweetie."
"Comin'!" Applebloom ran up to Applejack and followed her to the bedrooms. Applebloom walked in her room and lied under the covers. "Goodnight Applejack"
"Goodnight Applebloom. Ah'll wake ya up in the morning."
*clop* *clop* *clop* Was the sound that was heard down the hall. It stopped once it reached Applejack's door. The door opened, and it made a slight creek. The pony at the door looked in and saw an orange pony lying in the bed. That pony seemed to walk out of the bed, but then the pony at the door slammed it out of the pony's way, and ran at the orange pony. The pony pulled out a knife and stabbed the orange pony in the chest and covered the orange pony's mouth with it's hoof. The orange one screamed into the hoof to make enough sound that could be heard over the rooms nearby. The orange pony tried to struggle out of the pony's grasp, but the pony showed no resistance, even though this pony was smaller, therefore this should have been an easy fight for the orange pony. The orange pony then closed her eyes and the pony let go of the knife to let the orange one fall to the ground with a thud. The pony then blocked the door with enough furniture to finish their work. As the pony was in the middle of her work, the door into the bedroom started being slammed against. As the pony was finished, the pony opened the window and jumped out of it. The door was then forced open, despite all of the furniture.
"Applebloom! Applebloom, wake up!"
"Wha!" said Applebloom. A big, red stallion was standing over Applebloom and shaking her shoulders. "What's goin' on?"
"Applebloom! Thank Celestia you're okay! Something horrible happened to Applejack!"
"What happened?" Applebloom said, rushing herself out of bed. "Big Mac, what happened to Applejack?!"
"It's terrible!" Big Mac then picked up Applebloom before she could get her bow on her head and carried her into Applejack's bedroom. When he opened the door, it held the most horrifying, disgusting, grotesque image.
Applejack was nailed onto the wall and had a gaping hole where her heart is. Her eyes were closed and her mouth hung loosely, blood dripping down from her open mouth. Her arms were spread out like she was getting pulled limb from limb. Around Applejack's body, were words written in blood. Above her head were the words, "You stole my sister " And below her were the words, "Now I'll steal her friends from you " Applebloom stared in horror at the sight and screamed at the top of her lungs. And then she fainted with a thud.
Hours later
Two police ponies walked in on the gruesome scene and took pictures and used them for evidence. "Everything will be alright soon," one of the ponies said to Big Mac and Granny Smith, whom Big Mac was comforting. "We will find this pony that has done this dastardly deed. It will be a while, but this pony will be found." He then turns away from the couple and whispers to himself, "Eventually..."
One day after Applejack's death
"Rarity, I'm a little bit scared. What if that pony that killed Applejack won't be found?" said a small white filly with green eyes.
"Darling, it's going to be okay. The police ponies are going to find whoever did it. That bad pony won't hurt anyone ever again." said a larger marshmallow colored filly with curled purple hair and blue eyes. "Now, it's time for us to go to bed sweetie." She smiled down at the little filly. The little filly looked up at Rarity with beaming eyes.
"But I'm scared to go to sleep. Not after what happened..." The little filly said to Rarity.
"Don't worry Sweetie Belle. I'm sure that everything will be okay." Rarity smiles down at Sweetie and pats her head. "I'm sure that everything will be fine in the morning."
"Are you sure Rarity?" Sweetie Belle asked in worry.
"I'm sure Sweetie." Rarity said, patting Sweetie Belle on the head. "Now it's time for you to rest, dear"
After Rarity tucked her little sister into bed, Rarity looked out of the balcony window in fear of the murderer coming for her. She even walked out side and even checked around her house for anything suspicious. After a while, she ended her search and walked back into the Boutique, locking the door. She took some deep breaths and went into her room, locking the door. "It's going to be okay Rarity. Nothing's going to happen to you nor Sweetie. Just go to bed and everything will be alright." After that, she found her face mask and eventually went to sleep.
A pony climbed out from under her bed. She looked around the room for a while and found a nice purple fabric of clothing that was big enough to cover Rarity's face. She then grabbed a bunch of needles with enough thread for the pony's work. The pony then folded the cloth into a little ball and shoved it into Rarity's mouth, covering it entirely. The marshmallow pony then levitated her face mask off of her eyes in panic, screaming into the cloth as she tried to force the unknown pony off of her body. The pony then punched her in the face and Rarity fell unconscious from the blow. After a few minutes, the pony then unfolded the cloth, placing it flat on Rarity's face. The pony then grabbed the needles and started to sew the needles and threads into her face. Eventually, the pony finished her work, sneaking out of the house without having anypony hearing them.
The alarm clock blares it usual beeping sound. Sweetie Belle hits the button to make it stop, and lifts her head off the pillow. She gets dressed for her day at school and walks down to the kitchen. "Huh... that's weird. Rarity's usually up making breakfast." She says. "What's going on? Did I over sleep? No... Rarity would have woken me up on time. She knows how perfect I have to be. But... she's not here..." She then ran out of the kitchen and straight to her sister's room. "Rarity?! Rarity!" She knocks on the door so that Rarity doesn't yell at her for knocking on the door too hard.
Nothing. She tried again.
Again, nothing.
She turned around on her forehooves and whispered to herself, "I'm sorry Rarity." and kicked the door open. She turned around and screamed in fear.
Hours later
"Alright Sweetie Belle. Why don't you just tell us what you saw from the beginning?" said one of the police ponies.
"I-I saw a-a big piece of purple cloth on her face... like her mane color, and it was stitched on her face with a lot of red thread... and on where the stitches came out I could see some of the blood dried on the spots... It was so scary and horrifying..."
"It's alright Sweetie Belle. We understand." The police pony gets up and talks to one of the ponies working on the case. "Do you think it's the same pony from... you know?"
"Yeah... it has to be. It's difficult to find out who this pony is. It could be anyone. What could this be? Jealousy? Just pure anger at someone? Who knows?" said the man working on forensics.
"We'll find out. In the meantime, look for anything out of place."
"Yes sir."
"Oh Celestia! A-Ahm so scared!" yelled Applebloom as she walked into her school's playground.
"Me too..." said a sad Sweetie Belle. The entire CMC gathered at the playground to discuss crusading ideas, but this time, there was not going to be any crusading today. "I can't believe this has happened to us..." Sweetie Belle then started to cry, and Scootaloo walked in and asked, "Hey, what's wrong you two?"
"Our sisters... were... murdered..." Applebloom answered.
"Murdered?! Dear Celestia, who could have done that? Your sisters are the nicest ponies in Ponyville! Why did this have to happen..." Scootaloo said, crying. "I don't want them to kill Rainbow Dash."
"This is a sad day, isn't it girls?" Applebloom asked. Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle answered with a nod and continued to cry.
They'll never know
Scootaloo then leans towards Sweetie Belle and hugs her. Applebloom does the same and Sweetie Belle hugs her back and Scootaloo just pats them on the back. "I'm so sorry that this happened to you two..." said Scootaloo.
I'm going to finish my job whether they like it or not!
Cheerilee then walked into the school yard and said loudly so that everypony could hear. "All right everypony, it's time to come back inside now!" As everypony turned towards the entrance into the the school, Applebloom and Sweetie Belle were ahead of Scootaloo, Scoots was...
Smiling. And chuckling.
I'm. Not. Sorry. One. Bit.
"Oh, thank you for coming over Scootaloo. I really needed to talk to someone. I'm glad you could talk to me about what happened.." said a yellow pegasus with light pink hair. She invited Scootaloo over for some tea and cucumber sandwiches. She came by to her school personally and asked Cheerilee if she could take Scootaloo with her for a while and was granted permission.
"Oh, it's not a problem Fluttershy." Scootaloo said. "Thanks for letting me in your house."
"Oh, it's not a problem. Not a problem at all." Fluttershy said.
"Anyways, what do you want to talk about?" Scootaloo asked.
Fluttershy then looked down, seeming very upset. "I-I wanted t-to talk about... th-the murders..." she said in her usual shy tone. "I-Imean... ifyouwantto"
"Oh, those... yeah, I kinda needed to talk to somepony about it. Applebloom and Sweetie Belle are devastated. I feel awful for them." NOT REALLY! HAHA! Scootaloo thought.
"I'm glad you've wanted to come and help me out. It just seems wrong that somepony is killing our friends." Fluttershy starts crying. "It's just not fair!"
Scootaloo then patted her back. "It's going to be okay Fluttershy." Now's my chance. I have to do this now before she gets too nosy. Scootaloo then pulled out a packet full of poison. She stopped patting Fluttershy's back and poured the entire packet of poison into her cup. Hehehe She chuckled in her mind. Scootaloo then picked up the cup of tea full of poison and handed it to Fluttershy. "Here, drink some tea." Fluttershy then took the tea shaking after tearing up. "Th-Th-Thank you. I-It just seems w-wrong... A-Ap-p-pplejack a-a-a-and R-R-R-Rarity were r-r-really n-nice f-friends... Th-They d-didn't deserve this..." Fluttershy took a hesitant sip of the tea and set it back down. Scootaloo looked at the cup and back at Fluttershy. Fluttershy watched her and asked, "What?" Scootaloo kept looking at her and replied, "Nothing. It's nothing."
"A-Anyways... I-I know that they seemed to disagree on a lot of different things... but they still loved each other like how us friends are supposed to..." Scootaloo nodded in understanding. "Yeah. It seems that they were really close, huh?" Fluttershy nods and picks up her cup again, drinking more from it than before. I need her to finish her cup so the poison will be work!
"S-Scootaloo? Are you okay? You seem to be off today."
"Wh-What? What do you mean, off?" Scootaloo answered.
"Y-You're acting really strange. Y-You don't seem like yourself..."
"L-Look F-Fluttershy, I just want you" Scootaloo then started to lean close to Fluttershy and holds her cup and puts it in her mouth. "to DRINK. THE. TEA!" She then grabbed her hair and pulls it down and forces Fluttershy to drink the tea.
"S-Scootaloo! Wh-What are you doing?!"
"Getting revenge!" Scootaloo then started laughing manically as all the tea goes down Fluttershy's throat. "I poisoned the tea, and now you're going to die in three minutes! You'll never get to the cops!"
"J-Just wait until Twilight finds out about this!" She then starts running out the door, but Scootaloo followed and was much faster than her. "Not so fast!" She punched Fluttershy in the face and she fell to the ground. Scootaloo proceeded to pick up Fluttershy and held her by the neck. "Why are you hurting me...?" Fluttershy asked through Scootaloo's hooves.
"Rainbow ruined me, and now I'll make her know my pain. HAHAHAHAHA!!!" Fluttershy then starts whimpering and cries as the grip started to loosen. "You only have thirty seconds left. I might miss you." Scootaloo then walks out of her house and decided to go to Applebloom and Sweetie Belle. She then turns around to look back at Fluttershy's cottage and laughs a bit, turning around to meet Applebloom.
Hours later
"I can't believe this happened again..."
"Sir, what do you make of this?"
"Looks like the size of a filly's hoofprint."
"Sir, do you think a child is doing this?"
"We have no other leads, but I guess."
"That's all the leads we have! What if we don't find this pony?"
"We will find this pony. Soon."