Class Trial Commence

“Before we begin, let me remind you of how this trial works,” Monokuma said as everyone got comfortable in their spots “Each one of you will take turns presenting evidence you found during your investigation to try and discover the murderer. If you manage to find blackened, then they are the only ones that receive punishment. However, if you accuse the innocent and not the blackened, then the rest of you will receive punishment and they get to walk out of here free,”

“Can I just make sure of one thing,” Luna said, not quite certain about something “You're positive that one of us is the murderer?”

Monokuma giggle as he answered the question “No doubt about it. One of you are definitely the culprit of this crime,”

“One more thing,” Doctor Whooves said curiously “Why is there a picture of the victim among us as well,”

I looked to my right to see that there was a empty area of the courtroom with a picture of Derpy on it. I couldn’t help be feel a little curious myself as I looked at it.

“I felt like it wouldn’t be right to not include the ponies that have died, so I decided to put a picture in place of them to make it feel like they are infact still here,” Monokuma explain “Just pretend that she's here in spirit okay,”

With that out of the way, we decided to start discussing the murder. I quickly ran through the notes I had taken on the murder to make sure I didn’t forget anything. Trixie was the first to ask a question about the murder.

“So,” She said “The great and powerful Trixie wonders who had the opportunity to cause this,” We all looked at her confused and she seemed to realized that she had to explain what she meant. “What I mean to say is, we can all talk about the evidence but unless we can find possible suspects it won’t even matter,”

“It’s true,” Vinyl replied “We don’t have any idea of who was up at the time of the murder. For all we know, it could've been anyone,”

This wasn’t true, I knew that there was a group that was up at that time.

Non-Stop Debate

Truth Bullets:
Knife
Sound in the Ceiling
Late Arrivers

Rarity: So where should we start?

Trixie: We can look at the evidence all we want… but we have no suspects.

Vinyl: and that means no possible murders.

Gilda: So everyone was in their rooms at the time?

Rarity: It would seem that way.

No, that can’t be right.

Everyone looked at me as I made my outburst. I honestly didn’t know where it came from, but I knew what Gilda had said was wrong. Everyone was awaiting my response, so I decided not to delay what I knew any longer then I had been.

“Cheerilee,” Many eyes shifted to the teacher at the other side of the room “You said that three ponies among us were up at that time, right?”

Cheerilee nodded as she answered my question “Yes, three ponies were up at around that time. If memory serves me correctly, they were Gilda, Pinkie Pie, and Doctor Whooves. Am I correct?”

Everyone looked at the two ponies and the griffin, wondering what there response would be. At the moment, they were the ones that seemed the most suspicious. Not much evidence pointed to them exactly, but it was at least a place to start questioning.

“I won’t deny it,” Gilda said, “I was up at that time with the other two. Pinkie was boring my ears off with constant randomness and wouldn’t let the two of us go until she finished,”

“Um,” Fluttershy mumbled “You don’t have ears,”

Gilda seemed to get instantly ticked off at this, showing just how short tempered she was. “It’s a figure of speech, got it?” Fluttershy tried to hide, her head. “Honestly, I could see if some of you would be suspicious of me, but I assure you that I didn’t do it,”

“Oh really,” Rainbow Dash said, giving a good stare at the griffen. “Cause I think you did. In fact, I’m almost sure you did it,”

“Wh-what?” Gilda said, all faces in the room were now on her. “Didn’t you just hear me, I couldn’t have done it,”

“Sure, you were with me and Pinkie after the time,” Doctor Whooves said “but that doesn’t mean you could have done it after words. There was still a few minutes between the murder and Pinkie letting us free. I say you might just be our top canidate,”

“What,” Gilda was in complete panic “I’m telling you it wasn’t me. There’s no way it could have been me,”

Everyone seemed to be thinking that it was Gilda who did it, but something didn’t feel right. I don’t know why, but something told me she was innocent. I wasn’t the only one who felt like this however, as Bon Bon seemed to have doubts.

“I don’t think she did it,” Bon Bon replied, trying to get the others on her side. “I don’t know why, but I feel like something about her murdering Derpy just doesn’t fit,”

Rainbow didn’t believe it “Then tell us what it is?”

“I don’t know, but it just doesn’t seem right,” Bon Bon seemed to be scrambling through her brain to try and explain, but it didn’t seem like it was showing any results.

“Then there’s no way to prove that she isn’t the murderer,” Rainbow Dash said, confident in herself.

It does seem like Gilda was the murderer, but going ahead and jumping to conclusions was not going to help right now. If Bon Bon felt the same way, then there must be at least something to try and prove her innocence. I just had to figure out what it was.

Non-Stop Debate

Truth Bullets:
Monokuma File #1
Knife
Bleed to Death

Rainbow Dash: Just give up and confess it Gilda… you had to have murder Derpy.

Gilda: No, I didn’t. I never had a reason to kill Derpy.

Rainbow Dash: Oh really, then why did you seem so quick to defend yourself.

Gilda: If you really think I did it… then show me what weapon I used.

Trixie: That one is easy.

Rainbow Dash: Your talons made the perfect weapon to kill Derpy.

Applejack: The motive is also clear… you couldn’t handle being with ponies like us.

Gilda: I would never kill for a reason like.

No, that can’t be right.

Rainbow looked at me, angry at the fact I didn’t believe her. “What do you mean I’m not right?” She questioned me. “It’s too obvious that she had done it,”

“You were so certain you right you didn’t take time to remember the basic information we had,” I tried to point out to her. “Remember what the Monokuma file said about the wound?”

My question seemed to get everyone to realize what I was talking about, but Rainbow Dash was still confused.

“Allow me to spell it out to you and your oversized ego Dash,” Gilda explained, finally trying to defend herself. “First of all, the wound was a single slash to the stomach with a sharp object. If I really used my talons to kill Derpy, then why was it a single slash. Also, it wouldn’t have said a Sharp object if I used my own body to kill her. Just to make sure it gets into your small pegasus brain, however, I will also point out that my talons could not have cut deep enough to create a wound that then. Secondly, do my talons have any blood in them?”

She put on of her talons on the table for us to examine. It was true, no blood was found on them. If she had murdered Derpy, then some blood would have been stained in under the claws of each one. Gilda wasn’t done lecturing Rainbow Dash for her mistakes, however.

“No way they would be this clean if you were correct right?” Her voice getting more and more angry as it went on. “Third,” She then looked at Applejack, same tone in her voice. “What the hell kind of a motive is that. You don’t kill because you can’t stand a pony. It makes no sense, is down right stupid, and is something only a maniac would do,” She started to calm down as she made an interesting point. “Lastly, and this one comes as a question to the rest of you as well, who could I get into the kitchen or the cafeteria?”

Everyone looked at Gilda in shock as she went from complete and utter rage to calm and focus. It was pretty obvious she wasn’t a pony to mess around with. I made a note in my head to stay out of her way. That being said she brought up both great points in why she didn’t cause the murder and also bring up a good point on the actual murder itself.

“Thats right,” Daring Do said, realizing something. “Monokuma, didn’t you say that the cafeteria was closed during night hours?”

Monokuma clapped his paws as he heard Daring Do’s question “I was wondering if anyone would realize that. Yes, the cafeteria is not open during the night hours, meaning that it would be impossible to get into the kitchen unless they were there before hand. I expect nothing less from an adventurer like you, Darin Do,”

Daring Do smiled, happy to see her great expertize recognized by Monokuma. It also confirmed a very strange thing about the case. The murder took place after night hours in a place you couldn’t even reach during that time. This meant that it was a closed door case, and brought up many questions concerning it.

“Wait a second,” Pinkie spoke up, question Monokuma directly “Why didn’t you punish Derpy since she was in the kitchen? Didn’t she break the rules?”

Monokuma rubbed the back of his head. “Depends on your interpretation of the rules,” He explained “The rules say that being in the cafeteria and gym during that time is punishment. I didn’t mention anything about the kitchen, so I guess it doesn’t break the rules,”

“So somepony got into the kitchen without going through the cafeteria,” Fluttershy said, confused. “How is that possible?”

It’s true, it didn’t seem possible that somepony was able to get into the kitchen if the time is right. How did the murderer manage to get in?

Non-Stop Debate

Truth Bullets:
Late Arrivers
Ceiling Hole
Noise in the Ceiling

Luna: How did the murderer… get into the kitchen?

Pinkie: Maybe the were already in their?

Rainbow Dash: Maybe a secret passage?

Applejack: It doesn’t have to be an intended entrance, right?

Trixie: Of course, you’re right… They could have made their own entrance.

Applejack: I was just about to say that.

Luna: So which was it?

I agree with your statement

I looked at Trixie to confirm what she said “Trixie, I think you’re correct,”

Her face seemed to light up from hearing me agree with her. “I’m correct?” I nodded to her, smiling as her ego seemed to explode “Then tell Trixie, please tell her,”

I turned to the group as I explained my thinking. “When I was looking at the crime scene with the princesses, Luna showed me a strange hole that was in the ceiling lead to the spot were Derpy was originally wounded,”

Trixie seemed to get an idea of what the culprit did from this, “I understand. Someone must of removed a tile from the ceiling in their room. This way the great and powerful Trixie couldn’t seem them or the hole and could get past the cafeteria without breaking school rules. They went to the kitchen, knowing that Derpy was there. After that, they took a knife and killed her, escaping through the ceiling and back into there room where they slept till the morning. Genous idea, but the great and powerful Trixie, with help from her sidekick, manage to see their little mistake,”

I was amazed that Trixie was able to figure out so much in such a small amount of time. It helped us figure out where the culprit entered from, what weapon they used, and how they were able to escape as well. I had to give it to Trixie, she seemed to be full of herself, but managed to do something that would have otherwise taken much longer in a minute or so.

“I got it,” Flash said, speaking up for the first time at the table. “I know who the murderer is,”

“Oh,” Monokuma said, interested in what Flash had said “and who do you think it is?”

“Someone who didn’t tell us their talent,” He looked over to Bon Bon, her body stiff with fear “The ultimate spy. Isn’t that right, Sweetie Drops?”

A look of fear crossed Bon Bon - or Sweetie Drops - face as everyone’s eyes locked onto her. She sighed as she looked to us and answered. “First off, I like to admit Flash is right. My name isn’t Bon Bon, it’s special agent Sweetie Drops. I was part of an organization created to stop monsters, but it fell apart years ago. Celestia wanted total deniability of its existence. I took the name Bon Bon so no one would know. My talent is, in fact, the ultimate spy. That being said, I didn’t kill Derpy,”

“Oh really,” Flash said, ready to fire back at Sweetie Drops with all his might. “Then I guess I’ll just have to prove it,”

Author's Note

Sorry that this is only part 1, I want to write some other stuff as well so I got the first chapter of this out as soon as I was able to. That being said, the next chapter will be a Tales of Stardust chapter and will be up at sometime in the coming week or two. Saying that, comment, like, and follow. Who do you think killed Derpy? Find out in the next chapter.