Twilight Sparkle vs Jack the Ripper

It was a normal day in Ponyvile, well, as normal as it can get. Twilight was sitting down in the library reading a good book as you and I would expect. The door to the library suddenly bursted open to reveal Spike running straight towards Twilight.

"Twilight!" he shouted. "A letter from princess Celest-" Spike was cut short when he suddenly vomited up a scroll. Spike tripped and slide across the crystal floor next to Twilight with the scroll in hand.

Twilight snickered, "Well thank you Spike, I wonder what the subject is this time?" Twilight took the scroll from Spike. Spike got up and sat next to Twilight as she opened the scroll with her magic.

"Dear princess Twilight, I'm sure that your aware of the murders being committed around you. The detective division, who are guards trained to solve crimes were brought in. You can tell a normal guard from a detective because the detectives wear dark blue armour instead of the plain gold of normal guards. But they have not been able to track down this "Jack the Ripper," so I would like you to help solve the case. Your more intelligent then most ponies I know so i believe you have what it takes. Talk to the constable at the town hall. He's the blue stallion in dark blue armour. And please Twilight, put this crazed killer to justice. Your mentor, princess Celestia."

Twilight closed the scroll and put it down. "Wow, this is really serious," said Spike. Twilight was nervous about this, sure she's done some brain work in the past with the scavenger hunt but a full on murder mystery? she didn't know if she could take this on. A flurry of emotions zipped through her. Fear, excitement, dread, joy, but most of all, uncertainty. She took a deep breath in.

"Aright Spike, I'm gonna solve this case. Wanna come?"

"Sure!"

Spike jumped onto Twilight's back and they set off to the town hall.

It was a foggy day in Ponyville, as it has been for the last week. The cold fog wasn't thick enough to blind you thanks to the sun. But it could still put on you on edge, aside from that it wasn't anything special.

Twilight trotted through the foggy streets of Ponyvile. Looking around, most ponies stayed in their homes, others did their daily jobs maintaining stalls, pulling carts while some were just trying to enjoy what peace there was. Unfortunately, the fact that everywhere you looked there was always at least one or two guards brings back the fact that there's a killer on the loose. Little to say, enjoying the peace was not an easy thing to do.

"Wow Spike, I've never seen ponyvile like this before. Given the amount of guards you'd think that everypony would feel secure."

"I know right? The Ripper must have really done a number on his victims."

Twilight's face changed from her casual smile to an uneven depression. "I know Spike."

Twilight passed an ally that some guards were guarding and on her way passed she saw a detective examining something on the ground, but she couldn't quite see what it was because of the guards though. Spike noticed and asked Twilight. "Has the Ripper done it again?" To which she replied "I don't know."

A few minutes later Twilight and Spike were at the town hall doors. Twilight placed her hoof on the door.

"Ready Spike?"

"Ready."

Twilight pushed the door open and to her surprize it was quite empty. A few guards, ponies and detectives were wondering around and talking to each other but other then that it was relatively quiet. Twilight entered and shut the door behind her, she began looking around the room for the detective she was supposed to meet. A few minutes later she found who she was looking for. A blue stallion in dark blue armour. As she approached the constable noticed her. "Princess Twilight, your here!" he said with a smile. "Follow me, I'll show you what we have so far."

"How does he know about us Twilight?" wisped Spike.

"He must have been told in advance."

Twilight followed the constable to a room with two guards at the doorway. The guards shifted out the way to let Twilight, spike, and the constable in. The room had a big bored on the wall with various photos, newspaper articles, files and notes on it. The constable turned to Twilight. "This is the evidence bored," he said. "For starters, what would you like to know."

"Tell me about the victims first"

"So far eight ponies, that being three guards, two mares and three stallions, have been killed by the Ripper. All of them had one, two or more organs removed and-" the constable pauses and turns his head, taking a deep breath in and out he turns back to Twilight. "Put on display. Sorry, anyway, the weird thing about the kills is that the victim's body is turned grey, like all the colour has been sucked out. All the kills were silent and evidence of a blade being used is present. Lacerations to the body and sometimes the groan region are also there. Guards are always found with a cut throat too."

"Ok, got it. What about witness accounts?"

"So far we have two accounts. Around the time of death of the forth victim a pony in a black long coat that covered the front and a cape that covered the back of the body with a top hat were scene around the crime scene. The witness was unable to see the pony's face or even see what the colour of the body was, Tail too. The body build was a little thicker then average but given that it was foggy that night you should sprinkle a bit salt on it. The second account is similar, black long coat and cape with a top hat."

"What do we know about the Ripper in general?"

"That he's smart enough to cover his tracks, a master of evasion and has a thing for gore. We believe he's a male based on how he was described and the nature of his nickname but we don't have anything solid. In fact we have very little to go on. He might be a unicorn, because how else can he use a blade?"

Twilight put her thinking face on and ponded for a bit. "I'll need more time to examine the evidence, can you make a copy of the bored and everything on it?"

"Of course!"

"Great, bring it to my castle when it's ready, good bye for now."

Twilight left the room with spike and headed down the hallway towards the door. After leaving the town hall she trotted back to her castle. She felt a sense of confidence as she trotted. Sure the Ripper might be smart but now he's going up against the book smart princess of friendship. Twilight has defeated powerful foes, fixed many problems and has went hoof to hoof with seemingly impossible odds. A serial killer has nothing on her. Or at least that's what went on in Twilight's mind as she entered her castle.

Spike jumped off Twilight's back When she entered the library. While Spike went off to do his own thing Twilight sat down to read that book she was reading when Spike barged in.