Cold and Alone

by Major Bruce Baxter

My missing sister

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It was a long hard day for the over worked Major Baxter, especially in the dead of winter. Bruce walked into his apartment and took off his boots and helmet. "Hey, Kate. Can you put some coffee on for me? I'm gonna take a hot bath." He waited five minutes with no response. "Kate!" He called again for his teenage sister, but not a peep was made. "Katelyn Baxter get your rump out here!" He was now getting a little panicky. Bruce swiftly walked through the kitchen, only to hear a crunch under his hoofs. When he looked down he saw a note. He picked it up and sat at the kitchen table to read it. " Dear Major Baxter. By now you've realized your sister is missing. So were going to play a little game and see if you can find her. Fun, right. If you can find the next note it will give a clue to where she is. Love and whatever else ponies give, Discord." Bruce was exceedingly pissed and decided he needed the help of somepony. So he took his weary body to the police station. "I need help!" He shouted when he got inside. All the police ponies stopped what they were doing and looked over at him. A stallion with a greying mane and tail walked up to him calmly. He coughed slightly and looked at him. "I'm Chief Redwood of the Ponyville police department. How can we assist you today?" The chief stroked his also grey mustache as he looked at the guard. "My name is Bruce Micheal Baxter and my sister has gone missing."  Bruce was barely able to control his panic as he spoke quickly. "Alright Mister Baxter, follow me to my office, I'll need to ask you some questions." The shakey guard followed the police chief to his office and sat down. The chief got out a note pad and a pencil. "Okay, please tell me your sisters name." "K-Katelyn." Bruce replied in an uneven, stressed tone. "Her name is Katelyn Lee Baxter, but she'll come to Kate or Katie. " As he wrote his down he asked another question. "How old is Katie?" "Sixteen sir, she'll be seventeen in a few months." He nodded and continued to write. "What dose she look like? This is of vital importance, so please describe if she has any distinguishing marks." Bruce thought hard about the marks thing. "She's got a snow white coat, brown eyes, a brown mane and tail. Her mane is usually in a ponytail. Also she always wears a black choker collar with a red stone as the center piece." The only sounds now were the scratching of pencil on paper. "Okay, now when was the last time you saw Katie?" "It  had to have been last night, before I went to bed. I get up early to get to work. So I never see her in the morning." The stallion adjusted his cap. "How do you know she didn't just, run away?" Bruce actually burst into tears. "Because I found a note on the kitchen floor. Discord took her!" The chief gasped and dropped his pencil. Then he picked up his phone and hit a single button.* "Hello? This is Chief Redwood of Ponyville Police, put me through to Princess Celestia!" He barked into the phone.