Apple Bloom is dead. That was the only thought that bounced around my empty head, I had failed, ever since I came here I had vowed to protect those girls that called themselves the Cutie Mark Crusaders.

I had never seen such a gruesome crime scene, even back on earth, I had worked homicides in Detroit, Compton, New York City and yet I had never seen anything quite like this. They had almost completely dismembered her, it was a complete bloodbath. one of her forelegs was cut off, her other foreleg was skinned right down to the bone, she was scalped, both her hind legs were bent completely in half, the whole thing left me with one question, Who would do something like this?.

I sat staring at the wall of the desolate hospital waiting room, even if I knew she was dead it didn't make it hurt any less. My mind was clouded with all sorts of thoughts and I couldn't think straight so, I decided that a walk would probably clear my thoughts. I walked through the door and towards the park/courtyard that was by the hospital. One of the thing I wasn't too keen on seeing was, her friends' reactions Apple Jack's was bad enough. While I might've had a blank stare on my face my head was abuzz with thoughts like how I was gonna find this guy, And more importantly, How am I going to keep my cool when I find him killing an unarmed pony would definitely cost me my job.

Suddenly all my sadness turned into anger as I punched a nearby tree with all my strength, it didn't do as much damage as I hoped it would but It did leave a nice little dent where my fist had made contact and also hurt like hell. While it did relive some of my anger I was still angrier than I had ever been.

As I continued my midnight walk I tried my hardest to formulate a way to break the news to All her friends, I don't want to be the one to do it, but no doubt I will have to, the police officer on the case is usually the one to break the news. This would not be an easy task, I had a hard enough time telling her family.

I'm not sure how many people in Ponyville can say they have seen Big Mac cry (Other than his family) but my guess is somewhere in the ballpark of zero well one now.

Why did this have to happen? How did I let this happen? I told her and the other Crusaders that I would always protect them. But somehow I managed to fail, I just had to go grab a drink, Why did I let Jeff con me into getting a drink? He said I needed it, He said nothing bad possibly happen in one night. and I believed him we had an ungodly low crime rate and we hadn't had a murder In close to a year so I figured a night off couldn't hurt.

No matter how I looked at it it just didn't add up. The Apple Family didn't have any enemies that I knew of, And our first murder In almost a year was the first night I had taken off since I had gotten here. Someone had to of known, this had to be well planned out. They somehow either knew that I was taking the night off or they saw me at the bar. Out of the two, I think the first one was the option that made the most sense, but the question was how did he know? Was he on the inside? no, I am almost 100% sure that Jeff and I were the only two that knew. Wait, could Kaine have known? Jeff might have told him or he could've just figured out on his own. But he would never do anything like that he cared about them just as much as I did. But is that just what he wanted me to think? He was probably the only one I knew that could outsmart me. He had a lot more experience than me and was 2 years older than me. I tried to block these thoughts out of my head, I don't want to think like that. Officer Neff was one of my best friends and there is no way he did this.

I think I need to get some sleep it's too late to be thinking about suspects. I decided to call my walk, I walked back up to the hospital entrance and enter. The waiting room is just as empty as I left it. I sat in the same seat I always sat it. The far left corner, I liked this seat because it was typically isolated because let's face it. no one wanted to be that guy in the corner.

"Hey" I look up and see Nurse Redheart standing in front of me.

"Hi" I respond.

"So officer Dustice I assume you will walk the Apple family home,". She asks in a sad tone. I knew she was going to ask me that. And I had no choice but to say yes. I mean what kind of person would I be if I said no.

"Yeah, I got it," I say flatly. Truth be told I didn't I had no problem with walking them home, I just couldn't convey happy emotions at this point.

"Alright thank you," She says as she turns around and disappears into the hall. Shortly after Redheart Walked into the hallway Applejack walked out into the waiting room. She had tears in her eyes and a solemn look on her face, I hated to see her like this, She walked over and practically collapsed into the seat next to me, she wrapped her forelegs around me and leaned into my shoulder and started to cry, I wrapped my arms around her and brought her close, I wasn't typically one for huge physical contact but I could tell she needed this.

I gently whispered "Its ok" in her ear, hoping that It would ease her sobbing a little. I had never seen Apple Jack like this, she was practically as tough as me but here she was crying like her whole family just died. I guess in a way her whole family did kind of die, I mean Granny Smith died a few months back and now Apple Bloom was gone so it was just her and Big Mac now. Speaking of Big Mac I was so distracted trying to calm Apple Jack that I barely noticed him slowly walk out the door.

I figure it is about time for Apple Jack to get home it was almost 1 in the morning after all. I realize that her crying had stopped. I look down at her ready to drive her home only to realize that she has fallen asleep, not wanting to disturb her I lean back in my chair and slowly drift off to sleep

Author's Note

I'm sorry
this was another idea that just would not leave my head.
Once again i'm sorry