Across Equestria (c)

Sept. 7 11:23 AM

Twilight sat on the floor of Vinyl Scratch's living room. The DJ pony was outraged. During the night, someone had murdered Octavia on her way home from a concert. Twilight and her friends had been listening to Vinyl for about half an hour, and she was still going on and on about how Octavia hadn't deserved to die and whoever did it needed to pay. At first, the Mane 6 had tried to comfort her, but then decided it might be better to let her vent for a while. While Vinyl had been talking, Twilight was carefully trying to get some details out of the DJ pony, asking questions here and there about recent events and what she had seen. Most of the time, the white unicorn did not hear her and simply continued rambling. "I mean, what did she ever do to anypony? Octavia is a good person!" Vinyl continued. That was about the third time Twilight had heard her say that.

Twilight's gaze shifted to the window behind Vinyl. Lyra was looking in at Vinyl and Twilight with a concerned look. Twilight stood and opened the door. "Hey, Lyra, what's going on?" Twilight said, greeting the unicorn with as much of a smile as she could muster. The idea of a murderer concerned Twilight greatly.

"Hi, Twilight..." Lyra said sadly, "What are you doing in Canterlot?"

"Well, we were just on a trip," Twilight answered, dropping her smile, "but then we ran into Vinyl and-"

Lyra cut her off. "I heard what you guys were talking about," the mare said, her eyes shifting to the ground, "and...... a......they, whoever it was, they...... they got Bon-bon too."

Twilight heard some of her friends gasp behind her. Clearly they had been listening to the conversation. Twilight soon spoke, "Oh, I....I'm sorry to hear that Lyra." Twilight turned to look at Vinyl, who had stopped talking to listen to their conversation. "Vinyl, is it okay if Lyra comes in? I want to question her and see if there's anything in common with your stories."

"Yeah, that's fine." Vinyl answered. Lyra walked in with her head down and took a seat near Vinyl on the floor. Twilight walked over to her friends and asked them what they thought about Vinyl's story. Meanwhile, Lyra had started a conversation with Vinyl.

"So, they got Octavia too?" she asked, still with a hint of sadness in her voice.

"Yeah, some jerk took her cello bow and stabbed her in the chest." Vinyl replied with hatred.

"I can't believe they're gone," Lyra said, "Poor Bon-bon. She must have been in so much pain."

"What happened to her?" Vinyl asked with curiosity.

"I'm not sure. She looked like she got in a fight, but I know she would never do that."

Twilight interrupted the two unicorn's conversation. She had been listening all along. "Lyra," she started, "where and when did you find Bon-bon?"