Rainbow Dash bowed her head as she addressed the monotone pony. She wasn't sure how to refer to the pony, they were just a part of the station that had dispatched officers to Scootaloo's home. The mare was dark gray with a dark brown mane and tail and she looked at Dash with distant, purple eyes.

"If you want more information on Scootaloo, you have to sign some legal documents, Miss." The mare was completely monotone and emotionless. "If you would like to have a more convenient form, please visit our website at double-U, double-U, double-U, dot-"

"No, no, no! I need to know where she is right now!" Rainbow Dash slammed her hooves on the desk. She rolled her eyes and accepted that if she wanted to find Scootaloo, she would have to do it herself. "Ugh!"

Rainbow turned around and began walking toward the door. "Have a nice day," the dull voice said as she exited.

Rainbow Dash groaned and fluttered her wings into the air. She rose above the small village of Ponyville and launched in the direction of Scootaloo's home. She descended onto the road in front of the small house and waited on the lawn stoically.

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Scootaloo's eyes landed on Asher. She was still standing by the door planning her next move. It depended on whether Asher's magic still worked and if he could fight. She was determined not to take any risks if possible, but then she glanced back at Jay. He was still staring at her with those perfect, blue eyes, unsure if he should attack or not. His wings and cutie mark were so wonderfully radiant and his coat was so soft and perfect. She was willing to take a risk.

Scootaloo bolted at Jay, pulling a knife seemingly out of nowhere. Asher seemed unsurprised and jumped out of the bed. He pinned Scootaloo against the wall, reminding her that he didn't need magic to be strong. Twist was already behind the blue stallion, dodging Jay who was trying to restrain her.

Scootaloo's knife was now on the ground beside her as Asher pinned her front hooves to the wall. She channeled all of her energy into kicking Asher in the stomach with her back legs. Instead of stumbling back, he weakened the pressure he was putting on her forelegs. As he recoiled, Scootaloo took another opportunity to kick him.

Twist managed to avoid Jay's punches and kicks and was now starting to show off. She foolishly bolted around him in an attempt to get to Scootaloo, but he caught her and pinned her to the floor. He heard the sound of Scootaloo kicking Asher and before he could react, he heard a blade being plunged into flesh. He craned his neck just in time to see Asher being pushed to the floor with a ribbon of scarlet blood trailing from his chest.

Scootaloo had taken the chance and stabbed the unicorn in the chest, making sure to avoid his heart. She pulled the knife from his flesh with a sickening ripping noise before turning toward Jay, who had flown away from Twist. He hovered in the air as high and far away in the room as he could get. He had a horrifying view of Asher, curled up once again with his own blood staining his dark blue fur.

Scootaloo's wings weren't ready to be used, but she needed to. She bit down on the bandage wrapping her wings and ripped it away. She ignored the pain as she launched into the air and knocked into Jay. Just as she had done two days ago, she reached her foreleg around one of Jay's wings and watched him turn lopsided and plummet a few feet to the ground. She swooped down next to him.

Twist trotted over to them and stood next to Scootaloo, looking over the white pegasus. Jay stood up and backed away from Twist and Scootaloo. His crystal blue eyes switched rapidly between them and he felt his breathing quicken. He backed into the cold wall and growled. His breaths were quick and shallow, his heart was pounding in his chest, and he couldn't move. He shook his head, Not now, not now! He took in a deep breath and took a step forward, toward the armed foals. He paused and took a step back. He tried to force himself to step forward, but nothing happened.

"I don't think you even have to use any restraints," Twist giggled devilishly, "he's scared of a couple of fillies!"

Jay growled. He opened his wings and was about to fly into the air again, but something hit his wing. Scootaloo had thrown the knife and ran up to retrieve it. He tried to sidestep but was knocked down by Scootaloo. He was frustrated by how he was failing to do anything.

"That may be true, but just in case..." Scootaloo gestured to the hospital bed. Twist ran over to it and took the blanket. Scootaloo was straining every muscle to restrain Jay. "Thanks," Scootaloo quickly hogtied Jay.

She used the bandage from her wing to gag the pegasus. Then she placed the point of the blade above where his wing connected to his back. His wing fluttered reflexively and Scootaloo was forced to sit on it. She traced a circle around the wing, sending a shock of agony through Jay's body. She grinned widely and wiggled the knife underneath the path of skin and fur. She skinned it off until she came to the connection between tendons and bone. She took great joy in staring into Jay's eyes as she hacked the wing off and he whimpered.

He heaved in deep breaths and was surprised he hadn't fainted. He wanted to faint. Scootaloo placed the wing gently beside her and started tracing another patch from the bleeding hole that was once a wing down to his cutie mark. Once again, she skinned within the tracing. Jay wasn't even struggling he just stared back at Scootaloo with complete and utter hatred.

Suddenly, Scootaloo froze. The door behind her had opened and now Nurse Upbeat was staring wide-eyed at the scene. She was frozen with fear and quickly her horn lit up pink and restrained Scootaloo and Twist. They struggled as she called down the hall for somepony- anypony- to help her.

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Rainbow stood up and groaned. She had been waiting for hours! Where could Scootaloo be? She stretched her blue wings and darted into the air and toward Cloudsdale. She glided upward to her home but paused. Below her, there was the hospital for inmates and there was a frenzy around it. There were police carriages with wailing sirens that alerted her that something important had happened. She decided to check out what was happening.

As Rainbow Dash landed, she spotted the criminal: Scootaloo. She gasped and bolted toward the filly. An officer's magic aura was restraining the orange pegasus and there were several red splotches on her coat.

"What's going on?!" Rainbow screamed. The officers around her seemed surprised that Rainbow Dash had gotten near them. "Why is Scootaloo being-"

"I dunno if ya could tell, but she's kinda covered in other ponies' blood. She's a murderer!" The unicorn that was holding Scootaloo back explained. He had an extremely heavy Manehattan accent that was almost impossible to understand. "Step back!"

Rainbow Dash's magenta eyes widened in shock and she stumbled back. Scootaloo wasn't capable of murder! She also saw Twist being shoved into the backseat of a cop carriage. The sweet, kind, nerdy Twist! It was impossible for this to be true.

Dash suddenly made a small connection in her mind. Diamond Tiara had her cutie marks skinned off after talking to Scootaloo. The other CMC were killed when they visited Scootaloo, but she was left alive. Rainbow Dash refused to think that these pointed to Scootaloo being a bloodthirsty killer, even though they did seem to connect.

Scootaloo was shoved into the back of the police carriage with a muzzle around her face, cuffs around her legs, and straps making her wings useless. Her purple eyes showed no emotion as she stared at the seat in front of her. She didn't even care that she would be put in a juvenile prison. She knew that no prison could keep her away from the wings, coat, and cutie mark she so desperately desired.

In the other carriage, Twist was crying and pleading. She did not explicitly say that Scootaloo had tricked her, but she was implying it. The officers weren't believing a single word she said, though. She continued wailing the entire way to her holding cell.

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Apple Jack turned the dial on her old-fashioned radio. It screeched and switched through several distorted channels before settling on a clear one. It was a news report from a deep-voiced stallion.

"There has been two fillies arrested at the Ponyville Adult Correctional Facility Hospital." He paused, seemingly scanning the script again. "They were found in a room with two stallions that they overpowered. One was reportedly stabbed in the chest while one of the fillies was skinning the other's cutie mark off!" Even the monotone voice of the speaker was surprised. "She had already chopped off one of the stallion's wings."

Apple Jack gaped at the information presented to her. Who knew there was a filly capa-, she cut herself off. She had just recently learned that her own sister had murdered her friend!

"The foals have been identified as 12-year-old Scootaloo and 11-year-old Twist."

T-Twist and Scootaloo... T-They couldn- they wouldn- Apple Jack paused. The happiness of Ponyville was dissolving in front of her like a sugar cube in coffee. Her green eyes shimmered with tears and her legs trembled.

Big Macintosh strolled past her in the kitchen before stopping by her. "What happened?"

Author's Note

This is super short because after that point it would be Scootaloo in prison and I want that to be its own series of chapters.