Chapter 2: Breaking The Rules

  I shake my head so I can get rid of the thought of losing my sister at this place.  I walk up to the building that stands in front of me once again as it did a couple of years ago.  I have to fight back the tears.  The place looks newer.  On the front there's a sign that says "NEW CHARACTERS FOR YOUR CHILDREN TO LOVE! Featuring: The elements of harmony!"  I pan through the rest of the page that says what different elements there are.

  I pull open the door, trying hard not to hesitate at the sight of the table that me and Dash sat at.  There's a curtain covering the new poniatronics on the stage.  Next to the stage is an audition stand with no pony at it.  The paper says that an employee will look at the pamphlet at ten.  I sign my name in a scribble like form then write it out normally.  There's a whole bunch of questions like, Will you take this job seriously? YES Will you murder a civilian? NO Are you reading over this pamphlet carefully? YES and so on.

  I wait until about ten when a tan stallion with ice blue eyes and dark brown mane and tail sits at the table.  He shoots me a glare then looks at the papers.  He nods in approval at a few, and at the rest he just makes an ugly face.  When he gets to mine his eyes go wide and he grows a smile.  He looks up at me.

  "Lightning Strike." he said. "You got the job!"

  He opens up his fore legs and I run towards him and put a tight grip around him.

  "Thank you so much!" I say trying to hide my disappointment that I have to work at the very place my sister went missing, maybe even died!

  "Your shift during day starts tomorrow at six in the morning.  You end at twelve." he says letting go of me.

  "My name is Red Tail by the way."

  "I'll keep that in mind." I say as I walk out of the torturous building.

  I remember the blood and mucus smells from last time.  I wait until I don't see Red Tail through the window anymore, and I open the door and sneak in.  I turn the corner when I become face to face with an enemy base, ready to be explored.  The door still rots but it's too dark to see inside.  I grab a flashlight from a nearby table.  It must have been left by the stallion. The door makes a small screech when I open it.  I close the door behind me immediately and I press the button on the flashlight.

  The sight I see makes me gag really hard.  Five bloody foals laying on the floor lifeless with a golden Celestia suit.  Next to the suit lays a kitchen knife with dried blood covering it from top to bottom.  I have to report this, but how?  Without getting in trouble and losing my job.  In the very back of the room I see a row of four old poniatronics all ripped apart.  One is a Celestia that's missing an eye and a fore arm, a Luna missing a face and a tail, and two royal guards both missing half of an exoskeleton.

  "W-w-w-w-What the heck is this?" I say frightened by my find.

  I trip on a skeleton at least two years old.  Which would explain why I smelled the rotting body awhile back.  Defiantly not Rainbow Dash's because this one is far too small for her.  This makes me worry a little less that my sister might still be alive.  I doubt.  Even though I should still have hope for her still being alive.  At this point I decide to rush to Canterlot and tell Celestia about the murdering.  I take the flashlight and slam the door shut after I ram it open.  Not caring at any time what for property I'm breaking or if any pony sees me run out of the doors.  I stop for a little to collect my thoughts then fly as fast as I can without dropping the flashlight, into Canterlot and to the castle.

  "Celestia!" I shout as I fly through the gates of the castle not caring of who's on my pursuit.  I land at her feet and quickly explain what happened.

  "I was at Celestia and Luna's Pizza and I went into the employees only room because I'm an employee and I'm very curious but when I opened the door there was a terrible smell so I got a flashlight and I saw five dead foals, a golden Celestia with a kitchen knife, a two year old skeleton, old poniatronics that are all torn apart an-"

  "Wait a second." interrupted the princess. "Five dead foals and a kitchen knife!?" I nod. "I need to send in officers now!"

  "There she is! Get her!" yells a guard.

  "Wait! she had a great need to come here."

  The guards all stop at once.

  "She has found evidence of a murder in Celestia and Luna's Pizza."