Grassland

It was early morning a small child was wondering to her parents room. She had awoken from a terrifying dream. The child jumped onto her mother whom was sleeping soundly in her bed.

"Mama wake up wake up." The filly had a soft voice as she shook her mother. The mothers eyes opened. Her golden eyes looking at her baby girl.

"What is it sweetie?" She said in a tired voice. "Did you have a bad dream or something?"

"Yes mama I h-had a bad d-dream." The small filly named orchard curled up next to her mother. The small child fluttered her small wings. Lily grassland looked at her small child and then to her husband who was still asleep.

"Alright sweetie you can sleep by me.  I won't let the monsters come and get you." Lily wrapped a wing around the small filly. Her husband suddenly woke up to the sound of her voice.

"what's going on? everything alright?" Silver shield said as he turned and looked at Lily. "She have a bad dream or something?"

"Yes she did, from the way she's acting it's the same dream as last time." Lily nuzzled the small child with her muzzle. Her nuzzle was full of love and sincerity.

"The one about the bad accident?" Silver said as he slowly sat up on his hind courters. "Well I hope she sleeps well. I have to go to work." Silver said as he stretched slightly. He leaned forward and gave lily a kiss on her tender and soft lips. Though her mane vibrant with both deep purple and vibrant pink was all messy from sleeping. She still looked gorgeous. Silver remembered the day he had first met this lady. He was part of a murder case that was increasingly getting bigger. He never solved it and was still working on the cold case. One night he was in the case when he met her. She looked so damn beautiful. One thing led to another and they got hooked up. Madly in love they were. He remembered how in separable they were.

"Alright honey just be careful tonight." Lily said as the now rising sun reflected it's sunny rays off her golden eyes. The sunlight reflecting off them was enough to make a stallion melt. "I'm sure you will have a good night tonight. After all it has been quite a few years...Don't you think maybe the pony whom committed those crimes may be dead?" Lily said as she stroked the mane of the small child whom was fast asleep now.

"Lily I feel like we have this talk every day. There is no way the killer is gone either way we know she was a young mare bent on proving some kind of point. All of her victims had something in common and something different left by or on their body. This murderer wasn't just killing to kill she was killing to prove a point.." silver said as he put his hat on. his horn sticking through the sewn hole on the brim of the hat.

"And what might that point be?" Lily said as she rolled onto her back thus exposing her soft underbelly.

"That's the thing I and nopony can seem to figure out." Silver said as he levitated his coat.  He slowly put it on as he kept his eyes on his wife. "I wish I knew, I hate talking about this around our kid even when she is asleep. She was there when this killer killed her father. it's why she has those nightmares. If only she was old enough to see clearly who did the crime. Poor baby girl must have been terrified."

"I must say I understand your urge to find the culprit. Who knows where this pony is she could be so far away that you may never find her." Lily said as she licked the top of her child's head. "My main complaint honey is that you spend more time on that case then you spend with your family. Your daughter looks up to you and loves when your here. She worries when your gone and you know why." Lily slowly got out of bed with a now more upset facial expression upon her face. "All I'm asking is that you get home on time tonight. It's her birthday she would be so upset if you were not here."

"alright I will try my best to be here. There are no promises because I'm getting really close to......" Silver was suddenly cut off by lily putting a hoof on his lips.

"No buts your going to be here on time. If your not you will sleep on the couch do you understand me?" Lily says as one of her ears is pinned back as her eyes still gleam from the sunlight reflecting off of her irises.

"Fine I will be here alright. I promise I will not miss this." He looks at his sleeping daughter. "Yes I'll be here.. for her." He smiles as he kisses lily tenderly on her grey lips

"Good to hear. Your gonna make her birthday by being here. She loves you to death. You know how many times a day I play detective with her." Lily used her right hoof to caress her husbands cheek. Lily yawned as she looked at the bathroom. She wanted to desperately comb her mane and tail. "You go to work you big lug I got some freshening up to do. After all I work today as well." Lily gave a soft smile as she slowly walked to the bathroom. Her hips swayed slightly as she walked. Her tail swished in the stagnant air. Silver had already exited the building when she reached the building. Lily hated so much that her husband was so bent on solving a case he shouldn't be a part of. She just couldn't wait for the Foal sitter to get here so she could get her rear end to work.

When the foalsitter finally arrived it was high noon. Lily was all ready for work and orchard was playing with her toys. Lily was sitting at her coffee table. She was drinking a good warm cup of coffee. As Lily grew impatient she would start to see things. The coffee in her cup looked like blood to her as she stirred it with a silver spoon. The foalsitter entered the room with a wide smile on her face.

"Miss Grassland I'm so sorry I was late. I'm sure you are all ready to go to work." The sitter said as she went over to Orchard who was still playing with her toys.

"your fine don't worry about it. hopefully today won't be such a hard day for me." Lily smiled back as she looked at her cup of coffee. Fortunately the coffee looked like coffee again. "So you know the rules of my house so again I expect you to respect them." Lily said as she put her saddlebag on her back. She smile and went for the exit of her house. She was excited to get to her job. She was a nurse and once and a while she was lucky enough to be in the room with a dying patient. Lily Was always cautious. She hated that she lived with some pony who was investigating the murders she had committed so long ago. Lily loved Silver to death but she hated that deep down she wondered what his throat would look like if it was cut. Lily needed to get her meds refilled or she was gonna lose it. It didn't take her long to get to work so she knew she would be able to fill those meds. Weather it be illegally or legally. Lily walked through the revolving doors of her work place. The mare behind the desk greeted her with the same smile she had been greeting her with for two and a half years. Lily smiled back as she checked into work. Lily put her average work clothes on as she washed up her hooves for a sanitation protocol.  It didn't take long for a doctor to notice her.

"Miss grassland a patient you know would like you to be in the room with him. He is ready to go he says." The doctor says casually as he walks by her. Lily felt her heart skip a beat when the doctor had approached her with such news. Lily let out a sigh as she turned and headed down the hallway of this solemn building. She was happy for work but now that she was informed about this. Her mood had dropped to it's lowest. Lily reached the door of the patients room. She entered the room with her head looking at the ground.

"Hello Father." Lily said with a lump in her throat. "It's orchards birthday today. a-are you sure you can't hang on just a little longer?" Lily questioned as she reached his bed side. Her eyes were filled with tears.

"Lily I'm so happy you showed up for work today. Your mother would love to see you being so independent." Lily's father said as he smiled at his little girl.

"father do you have to be such an asshole like this. you can hang on you can stay. Your not ready to go." Lily shook her head. She was angry with him. She was not happy at all. "It's your fault your in here and you know it."

"Lily your the reason I'm in here don't you dare pin that shit on me. I would hang on for your daughter but I can't. I can't because I know what you did." Her father said in a condescending manor.

"I thought we agreed you would not speak of that again." Lily said as she took a needle full of air an injected it into his IV. the air bubble pumped through his veins and ended up stuck somewhere, blocking the blood flow  fatally, his brain. Her father was dying from what is called   air embolism. The father slowly died his last minutes changed his state of mind. he was confused and had a minor cause of temporary dementia air embolism caused him sever confusion and chest pain. He died in a painful stopping of his heart. Lily never wanted to do that to her father but she had no choice. If he wanted to die today he got what he wanted. Before lily left she used her years of experience to make the cause of death look more like a natural heart attack. Lily did cry she had to cry. This was her father. Not some stallion like all the rest. She just couldn't risk his last words being a confession to knowing her crimes. Lily had hurt many ponies over the years. she had torn families apart by killing there single stallion family member. She knew she had no pony left who could hold a grudge. they were all dead now. She just had to keep her secret from her husband. Ho hard could it be?