Corona Crimson stood out front the ever radiant castle that shined brighter than usual tonight. Corona looks down at his watch amazed, late as usual. The crimson colored pegasus began tapping his hoof on the ground waiting for his friends. After what felt like 10 minutes a carriage pulled up infront of the castle and out came a white unicorn stallion along with a white pegusus mare. "Winter, Dai you two are finally here." Said Corona as he walked forward to meet his friends. Daioblys straightened his tie and looked at his friend "Sorry there was a bit of a hold up on the road a pair of trash carts you know how it goes." Corona looked at his other friend Winter Star who was standing close to Daioblys "So where is everypony else?" Daioblys asked looking around for the rest of their group.

"They are inside they all got here on time." Corona said

"Right let's not keep them waiting." Daioblys said as the three walk into the radiant castle of Princess Twilight Sparkle.

As the three enter the castle they notice that the main room has been illuminated and decorated to look like one of the elegant ballrooms you would usually find in Canterlot. Winter notices a white unicorn with brown spots waving at the trio and guides Daioblys and Corona to the table the mare sat at. "Cookie." Winter called as she approached the table where the unicorn, and two other stallions sat. An orange earth pony and a brown pegasus. The table was set with the finest set of silverware any of the three had seen.

"We saved you three some seats." Said the orange earth pony

"Thanks Comet." said Daioblys as he took his seat next to a brown pegasus.

"So Crono what took these two so long?" asked the pegasus.

"Woody just don't worry about it we are all here now and that's alright."

"You know Cookie we need to find more mares to hang out with cause it's always us and four other stallions." said Winter to the spotted unicorn.

"Are we really that bad?" asked Woody from across the table.

"No but a bit when we try to talk about personal that only mares would understand you four butt in and interrupt." replied Cookie.

"Fair enough." said Corona

The lights dim as a spot light shines itself at a podium where Twilight Sparkle stood notecards in her magic aura. "Thank you all for attending it was very generous of you all to work together to build a new library to replace Golden Oaks after the incident with Tirek. With the help of all of you we where able to complete the library and open it to the public on time. I would like to extend a special thanks to the construction team and to Amethyst Star for getting books from all over Equestria to fill the library." After the sentence had finished the crowd erupts in cheer. As Twilight steps away from the podium she smiles and threw her notecards away relived that she did not have to use them.

After Twilight has taken her seat a set of waiters began to serve food and drink to the tables of ponies. One by one ponies where served and the group of six begin to eat Daioblys spoke up and said "You know I can't believe it took this long for her to have the idea to build a new library."

"Well things are always so hectic around here you never quite know when she has time for anything. " said Comet

"True, I guess." said Daioblys as he takes a bite of his salad.

The night goes by ponies dance, eat, and enjoy one another's company. Some times during the night the group began to wander to the dance area and began to socialize with other ponies met on the floor. The night was peaceful until as if a gun had been shot the entire room goes silent when an ear piercing scream is heard from the bathroom. A group of ponies walk over to the source of the scream and all began to scream themselves. Corona and Comet walk to the crowd and get a look at what all the commotion is about. To there shock the two stallions see not spilled punch or anything feeble like that. Instead they see the dead corpse of Amethyst Star guts spilled on the flood with her horn missing from her head. Crowds begin running to the exit door but no mater how many of them try to open it the doors won't open. Painic takes the room as ponies begin to run all about the room to hide and cower.

As Twilight approaches her podium to try and calm the crowd she notices a notecard that has something written on it. She approaches the podium and begins to speak to the crowd yelling for everypony to stop. As the crowd begins to settle down she announces "There is a murderer on the lose in this castle. We need to find out which of us are the killer and I see it fitting that I lead the search."

"Why you?" yells a mare from the crowd

"Because" ,Twilight replied, "I have the first clue." As she holds up the notecard. To show the room murmurs and whispering begins to over take the crowd. Corona looks to his friends and asks "What do you five think do we trust her after all she has the first clue to a murder?"

"I have to agree not five minutes after finding the Amethyst dead." said Cookie

"I feel like there is something suspicious about this but I feel like she didn't do it." said Winter

"Look I don't care what she says I'm investing this myself." said Comet

"Don't be stupid Comet a killer on the lose and you want to go alone not happening." said Woody

"You know I could probably figure this out much faster than she can." replied Comet

"Woody has a point we need to stick together if we want to survive this Comet." said Daioblys

"Ok then we stay to listen to the princess's plan if we don't agree we split from this main room and investigate on our own. All in favor of this idea say I." said Corona

"I." said Cookie

"I." said Daioblys

"I." said Comet reluctantly

"I." said Winter

"I." said Woody

"Then it's settled we wait to see what the princess has to say." Corona said lifting his head to look at the Princess of Friendship. The group slowly begins to walk to where the princess was standing waiting for to explain her plan.

Author's Note

This is my first chapter of my first work so please leave constructive criticism below