ESF: Galaxy & Nightmare

"Come on, Galaxy! Hurry!!" Quillton shouted as I raced towards him, my left wing bandaged for whatever reason. He was on the other side of a cliff, with lava below us. I shook my head at the lava.

"I can't! My wing is busted!!" I called. Quillton paced back and forth before his eyes lit up.

"You'll have to jump, then!" He told me. I scoffed and looked down.

"Jump? Quill, I can't even fucking fly! If my wing wasn't sprained, I could!" I replied back. He groaned in frustration. I looked at him, then the lava below us. "Ah, what the hell?" I asked myself. "GERONIMO!!!!!!" I yelled, getting a running start and jumping. I laughed as I thought I was about to hit the other side when I felt myself falling. Quillton tried to grab my hoof, but missed. He gasped in horror.

"Galaxy!!!!!!" He yelled as I fell. I looked up, frightened.

"Quillton!!!!!" I yelled. I woke with a start, panting heavily. "Just a nightmare." I said to myself, wiping my brow. Crystal lay asleep next to me. It had been two years since her and I have been married, and we were happy. I walked over to the window and sunlight poured in, blanketing her sleeping, angelic face. I smiled. I stretched and both of my wings sprang into full length. After my accident with a huge gust of wind, Nurse Redheart had said my wing wasn't broken, but badly sprained. It healed nicely after a couple of weeks. Everypony believed Mocha and Joy were in on a little 'stunt' Shadow had called it for attention. However, that wasn't the case. Joy's sister, Princess Masquerade, took Joy's form and made us think Joy was evil again. Changelings. I thought. Joy was different, though, and visited me and Crystal often to see how we were doing. Mocha and Valerium were getting along good. However, some of our friends left because of what happened with the whole 'incident', The ones who stayed by Mocha's side were myself, Soul Melody, Quillton and Sunset, Crystal, Joy, Valerium, Paradise and Breeze, Tacitus, and Thunderbolt. Shadow and the others, well, let's just say that they didn't really want to be in Ponyville anymore. I heard Crystal make a soft noise, telling me she was waking up. She opened her blue eyes and smiled at me.

"Morning." She said, smiling. I smiled and kissed my wife's forehead. She giggled.

"Morning to you too, sweetie." I said to her. Crystal looked at my left wing.

"I still can't believe you were grounded for a few weeks. Not flying must've been pretty tough." She said. I nodded. Pegasai needed both wings to manage weather whereas me, I needed both of my wings to fly at my top speed, which was a little bit faster than Rainbow Dash, who disagrees with me on being faster than her. We've had races and she came in close. Crystal however used her wings for travel at slow speeds, like Fluttershy. I heard a knock on the door and opened it. I whipped my head from side to side before.........

"Hi Galaxy!!!" Paradise giggled, causing me to yelp in surprise.

"God damn it, Paradise, don't do that!!!" I said, panting. "Nearly gave me a fucking heart attack!" I told her, trying to steady my heart-rate. Crystal came to the door and giggled.

"Oh! That's right! Mocha wanted to see you!" Paradise smiled. I gasped. I hadn't seen Mocha since the day of mine and Crystal's wedding.

"Where?" I asked. Paradise told me to follow her and so me and Crystal did. Half an hour later, we arrived at Mocha's Coffee Shop, and sure enough, there was Mocha behind the counter whipping up her special lattes. Quillton and Sunset were seated in one booth, Valerium sitting in a chair by the counter, Breeze and Joy in another booth, Tacitus and Thunderbolt sitting together as well, and Soul Melody sitting a few seats down from Valerium. Mocha gasped and smiled when she saw me and Crystal. She trotted over in a green apron.

"Heya, Galaxy." She said, hugging me. I hugged her back. Crystal went to go sit down and let me and Mocha catch up.

"Hey, Mocha. Long time no see." I chuckled nervously. Mocha giggled.

"I know, you've been busy after the wedding. I understand. It's hard, starting a family with somepony you care about, but, you'll manage." She reassured me. I chuckled. Later that day I told Crystal I was going out for a walk to get some air. She nodded and kissed my goodbye. I soon left and just trotted around. I didn't need my wings for walking. Besides, pegasai didn't need to fly everywhere, they can walk places, too. Rainbow Dash thinks that pegasai should fly everywhere. I chuckled at the thought. I then heard a noise rustle in the bushes. I jumped. "What the fuck was that?" I asked myself, my eyes darting around. My wings were extended to their full length because of the surprising scare. "Who's there? Show yourself!" I demanded, my teeth gritted and my expression anger.

"Wonder how Galaxy is doing." Quillton said to Sunset. Just as Quillton finished his latte, Sunset giggled and burst out laughing. "What?" Quillton asked. Mocha looked over and stifled a laugh, her muzzle scrunching up with a wide grin on her face, trying so hard not to laugh. "Seriously, what?" My best friend asked. Breeze looked over.

"Uh, Quill? You've got a little foam mustache on your muzzle." She told him. Sunset handed Quillton a mirror, and he was confused.

"Huh. Looks a bit like Markiplier's mustache." He said. Valerium spoke up.

"Who's 'Markiplier'?" He asked Quillton. He shrugged.

"Some pony on Youtube Galaxy watches all the time." He replied. "Say, Mocha?" He asked. Mocha poked her head up. "I'll have an order of Fish Sticks and Custard, please." Quillton asked. Mocha smiled and went to go fix his order. Crystal wrinkled her muzzle in disgust.

"How can you even eat that? Isn't custard pudding? You're basically eating fish sticks with pudding." She told him. Quillton smirked.

"It's a Doctor Who thing, dearie. Truthfully, only Whovians really understand it." He replied to the purple pegasus. Crystal shook her head. Sunset looked over to her.

"Boys." They both said, rolling their eyes in unison. Quillton shrugged and ate his meal. Breeze was sharing a salad with Tacitus, who kindly obliged. Valerium was sipping his expresso Mocha had made for him. Mocha looked around the cafe.

"Hey, anybody seen Melody?" She asked. Thunderbolt craned his head over to where Melody sat.

"She was just sitting there." He told Mocha, pointing his hoof to Melody's seat. Quillton rubbed his chin.

"Hmm, odd. I wonder where she could be." He inquired. Then, a loud scream startled them. Mocha's eyes widened.

"That was Mel!" She shouted as she scrambled out of the cafe, followed by Crystal, Quillton, and Valerium. The others stayed and watched from the window. Mocha soon saw her best friend on the ground. "Mel!" She shrieked, racing over to her best friend. Melody struggled to stay alive, and when she rolled over, the four of them gasped. There, plunged 4 inches deep in her back, was a switch-knife with a black handle, and inscribed on the handle, were the initials GN in crisp white. Mocha's face went white with horror. "No. No. Galaxy couldn't have done it! He's too innocent for that!" She protested. Crystal's face was white with horror, as well. I was just coming back from my walk when I saw them.

"Hey guys, what's going......" I said, stopping mid-sentence. I gasped in horror as I saw Soul Melody on the ground, the switch-knife plunged into her back. My pupils shrank with horror. "What the fuck happened?!" I almost yelled. Crystal looked at me with a scared expression, as did Mocha. Valerium was busy calling an ambulance, and Quillton looked at me with his face white as bone. I squinted and saw my initials on the blade. "No. It couldn't have been me!" I protested to my friends. My friends in the cafe were all shocked. "I was on my walk the whole time!" I told my friends. Then, I heard the stomping of a royal guard behind me, that guard being Shining Armor.

"Galaxy Nebula, you are under arrest for first degree murder and the killing of an innocent civilian. You can either come quietly or by force." He spoke in a serious tone. I looked at my friends, then Shining Armor.

"I'm sorry, captain, but I need to find out what happened." I told him, taking off. Crystal pleaded to herself. I know it wasn't him, it couldn't be. She thought. I had been blamed for murder, and I had to clear my name before anypony else got hurt. Shining Armor looked up.

"I hope you're right, Galaxy." He told me. "I'll cover for you as long as I can." He promised. I nodded to him before I flew off, headed to wherever.