Last One To See Me Dies

“Luna have mercy…” I said quietly as I stared down at the cause of the scream earlier. It was a mare. A dead mare. In a pool of her own blood. Her white coat was stained crimson red, and her pink mane was somewhat concealed under her nurse’s hat. I was staring at the body of Nurse RedHeart.

“How did this happen?” I asked. My heart was beating so fast, I thought it might burst out of my chest, grow legs, and run away. That was not something I wanted to think about. I also noticed something else. Another body. This one wasn’t in a red puddle. Horror started seeping in all over again when I recognised the body as my great aunt Misty Fire! Before I could panic, my mom reassured me of her survival. “Don’t worry Shadow, she just fainted when she saw the body. She’s okay.”

That was a huge relief. I already had one relative die. I didn’t need another one giving me such a scare. I redirected my attention to what was important right now. Focusing on Nurse RedHeart’s dead body. The doctor had said not to touch the body until the proper authorities arrived. But since I saw Shining Armor talking to the pegasus, I assumed I could at least move her on her back to see her face, as RedHeart was drowned in her blood.

As soon as I saw her face, horror ruched back to me once again. RedHeart’s face was a pure, monotonous, crimson red. Sticking out of her left eye was what surgeons used to make precise cuts. A scalpel was lodged in RedHeart’s eye. Only an inch was not cutting into her skull and possibly her brain. What sort of sick monster would kill somepony like this?

“Civilian!” someone shouted. I turned my head to see who it was, but kept my magic focused on holding RedHeart’s face up. My mom shifted her telekinesis so I didn’t have to move her neck. This was better, as I could now see without causing pain in my neck. I thought the doctors might have missed a broken bone.

Now I could see who called me. It was Shining Armor. He was walking up to us in his palace guard armor, which was purple with a gold border. “I ask that you please do not affect the body in any way, shape, or form.” he said sternly. “If someone did this to her, then we will need the body intact in order to properly look for clues.”

Clues? I found my head turning towards the security camera in the corner. Of course! “What about footage?” I asked, not meeting his gaze. “What do you mean, ‘footage’?” I heard Shining Armor ask curiously. This time, I did turn my head back. “The camera footage. From the security cameras.” I clarified, pointing towards the small box in the corner. Shining Armor brightened at that, but I could tell he was jealous that he wasn’t the one to think of that idea first.

All of Equestria knew about Shining Armor’s sibling rivalry with his younger sister Twilight Sparkle. After all, they were both royalty now, so their playful bickering had escalated tremendously. However, neither of them let the long standing feud get in the way of responsibilities ruling Equestria. But whether it be a reality bending draconequus or a shape shifting, love sucking bug queen, they would always stay loyal to their family. I wondered if they had gone through such loss as I had…

After sending guards to check the camera footage, Shining Armor directed my mom (who was still levitating me around) and the rest of my family back to my hospital room. “The authorities will take care of this. There’s no need to worry. We’ll find out who Nurse RedHeart’s Killer is.” he said before magically closing the door. And on that cheery note, another doctor opened the door a few minutes after Shining Armor left.

He had a white coat that covered most of his body including his cutie mark, and what little of his coat I could see was also white. His mane style reminded me of Dj Pon3’s, but the colors were different. Instead of light and dark blue, they were alternated Dark blue and black. “Okay, so.” he said as he walked up to my bed. “Heart rate is normal, vital functions are stable, and there appears to be no brain damage.”

I was relieved to hear there was no brain damage (Because I proved my mother wrong), but disappointed to hear my vitals were not damaged. At least then I could have a slow, yet painless death. I wanted to ask what happened to the other doctor to make him leave, but then I remembered that what he had first said when I woke up was backwards. “The only problem is…” the doctor said, redirecting my attention. “You have several broken bones, fractured ribs, and also torn muscles. So you will have to stay in the hospital for about a month at least. As much time as it takes for you to heal.”

NO! NoNoNoNoNoNoNo, I couldn’t! My grandmare’s funeral was today, and my plan to join her was this week! I couldn’t allow myself to be alive without my grandmare. Universe! At least let me be in pain!