The Witchblade EqG: Mystery Murder Files

Two days had passed since the – what has become known as – “The Storm of the Century”, and things were getting somewhat back to normal. However, there was one big thing that couldn’t be overlooked by all of this, and that was CMC, or Canterlot Movie Club, as they were known. When Nihil and the Wendigos were destroyed, the frenzy that they were all whipped up into faded away, they were all still angry, but not murder angry.

Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna had all three girls suspended for the next two months for what they did, not to mention getting seriously punished by their parents and siblings. However, the person who was the true victim in all this had yet to press charges, their families wouldn’t blame Sunset Shimmer for doing so, she had every right to after what Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo did to her. For that though, she asked them to see her in the hospital.

On the day that Sunset bailed out of the hospital, Pinkie managed to help with covering up her whereabouts, but it was thanks to the assistance from Dr. Blueheart that allowed Sunset to go unnoticed by the staff. Of course, the good doctor wanted a lot of answers from Sunset as well as Shining Armor, and was assured when things quieted down a little, she would get them. Now Sunset was back in her hospital room, she was fine, completely healed from the events of the battle, after achieving a new state of power, Sunset felt drained and sore as hell for the last two days, so she wasn’t about to complain about being back in bed, except this time no catheter, never again.

Pinkie still hadn’t left her side, and today was no different, the two were laughing it up from a show they were watching, that is until they heard a knock at the door.

“Come in,” said Sunset.

When the door opened, Rarity popped her head in. “Sunset, Pinkie, ahem, I’ve brought them. Do you want to see them now?”

A noticeable frown appeared on Pinkie Pie’s face, out of all of them, she had taken the news that it was the three young girls the hardest. She never thought that they could be capable of such things, and do something so cruel to Sunset. Despite this, Sunset assured her that while they were partly to blame, some of their actions were being guided by the Wendigo, Nihil.

“Go ahead, bring them in,” said Sunset.

Rarity nodded and opened the door, all three of the middle school girls walked in, they moved as if being brought before a firing squad, heads held low, Sweetie was shaking a little, obviously scared of this situation. They knew that Sunset had the Witchblade, and if she so wished to, could kill them before they even knew what happened, and that there’d be no one who could stop her from doing it. They wanted to have Fluttershy come with them since she apparently had combat abilities and a magic spear, but Fluttershy said no and that the girls needed to face the consequences, no matter what they may be. Rarity closed the door, sparing one last glance inside at her frightened little sister before closing it completely.

Silence filled the room for what felt like an eternity, neither of them saying a word. Sunset crossed her legs under the blankets leaned her elbow onto her right thigh, and rested her chin in her upturned palm.

“Well, what’s there to say, you three royally fucked up,” said Sunset.

The girls winced.

“You made my life literal hell for the last three months now, I had hoped it was for something grander, more profound, but from what I hear, it was because you were jealous of me. Jealous that I was spending so much time with your sisters, afraid that I was stealing them away from you. Am I wrong, or was that a lie by Nihil?”

Apple Bloom clenched her fists, thinking back on their reason now filled her with self-hate. “Yeah…it’s true…that was the primary reason why we did it…”

“The second,” Scootaloo spoke, “was because we didn’t fully buy that you changed…I mean, despite all the magic, monsters, and rainbow lasers…it’s was still…well, you. I mean, you ruled CHS with an iron fist, and we were just supposed to forgive all that? Now though…I know, we were acting like petty, stupid, little kids…”

Sunset smirked. “Well, you weren’t totally wrong. I did want to steal them.”

Sweetie looked up at Sunset. “What?”

“Yep, your sisters are hot as hell, and I wanted them. I actually had the idea of making a herd with them, well, them, Fluttershy, and Pinkie included of course,” Sunset patted Pinkie’s fluffy hair, making her giggle.

Apple Bloom looked up at Sunset with total confusion. “Ah…Ah’m sorry, a…a ‘herd’? Ah mean, Ah know what a herd is, but how does that apply to our sisters?”

Sunset lightly smacked her forehead. “Oh, duh, I forgot, you have a different word for it, I mean harem.” Sweetie, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo blushed. “Yeah, in Equestria, you don’t see it often, but it’s totally legal to have a herd/harem, so long as all parties involved are in agreement. Yep, I put on a goodie-goodie act so that I could seduce all my friends and end up with the hottest girlfriends/future wives in the whole damn city.”

The trio blinked.

“Uh…y-you are joking…right? I mean, that’s hot as hell, but you are kidding…right?” Scootaloo asked.

Sunset chuckled at their reactions. “Eh, partially. I did have a fantasy about it a long time ago, and I do think your sisters are hot. But, no on everything else. Just thought I’d lighten the atmosphere a bit.”

“To be fair, I’d totally be on board for a harem, Sunny,” Pinkie Pie commented.

Why does that not surprise me, they trio thought.

Sunset then crossed her arms. “Seriously though, why didn’t you girls come and talk to me, or your sisters? I know we were leaving you out of the slumber parties, and honestly, I had no problem if you wanted to stay. I didn’t want to come between your families…I just wanted to be included in them.”

Sweetie Belle was crying now. “We know…We saw how miserable you were…but we just kept going. Anon-A-Miss grew bigger than what we intended it to, and with that girl or…demon, we just did more and more. We kept telling ourselves it was for everyone’s sake, but in the end…it was just for ours…!”

Apple Bloom wrapped her arms around Sweetie Belle and patted her back. “We know you can probably never fergive us for what we did...AJ said she’s even willin’ to give ya back the flash drive ya gave us. After she found out what Ah did, how Ah betrayed meh family, and hurt ya, she said we don’t deserve the money that’d we get since Ah hurt ya so bad.”

“Rainbow Dash said you haven’t pressed charges on us…but honestly, we should be in jail for what we did,” said Scootaloo.

Pinkie Pie stood up, her smile was gone and her eyes were narrowed. “You really should be. Sunset’s almost died three times already! If it wasn’t for the Witchblade, she would’ve been dead on that night when we made up! Did you three even think about what would happen if she did die?! I saw her, your sisters and I, we saw Sunset get shot right in front of us!” Pinkie felt hot tears flowing down her cheeks, but she continued. “It was because of you two that everyone kept writing horrible things on her locker, shunned her, called her names…”

Sunset reached up and put her hand on her girlfriend’s shoulder. Pinkie Pie put her own hand over Sunset’s and took a steady breath. “I need you three to know something, I don’t know if I can forgive you. I don’t know if I ever will. You hurt someone I love…and that’s not okay.” Pinkie sat back down and exhaled heavily, she said what she wanted to say.

Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo knew they messed up very badly, even more so now. Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy were some of the kindest people they knew, and there was rarely anything that made Pinkie Pie angry, but now…now they made someone as happy and fun loving as Pinkie hate them, it hurt to hear that she would probably never forgive them.

Sunset turned her attention back to the CMC. “Pinkie has the right to feel that way, and I don’t blame her. But as for me…I forgive you.”

The trio all looked at Sunset with stunned expressions on their faces.

“Don’t get me wrong, I’m still miffed about all this. But, if there’s anything that this has all taught me, hate just begets more hate, it turns you into something ugly, something monstrous. Hate and jealousy drove you to do what you did, and the same thing drove me to steal the Element of Magic and bring it into this world…the night of the Fall Formal, my negative energy and magic unsealed the Wendigos. So, really, all of us are to blame for what happened. So, with that said, I won’t be pressing charges, and I’ve asked Celestia to do the same.”

Sunset got out of the bed as she walked and stood in front of the CMC. She knelt before them and continued. “You can also tell AJ to keep the flash drive, you guys deserve to be happy and take advantage of what’s there. It’ll be awhile before I can trust any of you, but, eventually, we’ll get better.”

Apple Bloom, Sweetie, and Scootaloo were all crying now, the girls threw themselves at Sunset and hugged her fiercely, saying how sorry they were over and over again. Indeed, it would be a long road to recovery, to earn back the trust of not only their family, but also the school. For now though, Sunset had forgiven them, and was willing to give them the chance to earn back that trust, and that was a start.

Once Sunset was released from the hospital, Fluttershy wanted to talk about why she was dressed like she was and fought with a magical spear. Sunset had decided to have their talk at her place, since only she and Ray lived there, they wouldn’t have to worry about eavesdropping adults.

The girls were conversing with each other in Sunset’s living room, however, that stopped when they heard knocks at the door. Pinkie Pie got up and went to the door, when she opened it up, she bubbly greeted, “Hi Fluttrshy! Hi busty lady that I’ve never seen before!”

Rainbow and Sunset spat out their sodas, all the girls looked towards the door and watched as Fluttershy entered Sunset’s house, followed by another woman. She was dressed in a grass green skirt, with a vanilla blouse that, honestly, didn’t do much to hide her bust, she also had on a long brown coat, and a headband that kept her unruly, red frizzy hair up.

“P-Pinkie, you shouldn’t say something like that!” Fluttershy admonished as she blushed.

“It’s alright, Sug, honestly the only thing that can hide my bust is my habit, only in that do I seem somewhat flat,” said the woman with a Cajun accent.

“Uh, Shy, who’s this?” Rainbow asked.

The woman stepped forward and said, “Nice to meet y’all. My name’s Mage Meadowbrook, but y’all can call me Meadow, May, May-May, or Brook, I answer to any of ‘em. But in the church, I’m just Sister Meadowbrook.”

Sunset felt a little self-conscious upon hearing that, “Oh…she’s a Nun? I real Nun?”

Meadowbrook waved off the concern. “Don’t worry, Hun, I’m not here as a Nun, but as a friend to Shy here.”

The group made room for Meadowbrook as she sat down on the couch, Fluttershy took up the adjacent armchair and some sat on the ground. Meadowbrook then cleared her throat and made a point to look each girl in the eyes.

“Now, what I have to tell you is a closely guarded secret of the Church, it’s somethin’ that you can’t repeat to anyone, anywhere. We’ve already had to take steps to ensure that Fluttershy’s identity remained secret, and I’d rather not have to employ them for y’all.”

Sunset arched an eyebrow upon hearing this. “Did you do something to Flash, Derpy, and Bulk?”

“Attends maintenant, they’re alright. We just employed a little mind wiping, they won’t remember much of what happened when y’all were in that basement. At Fluttershy’s request, I made sure not to mention any of ya, because she didn’t want to keep this secret from any of you.” Meadowbrook looked to the girl in question. “You still have the option of not tellin’ ‘em, you’re not obligated.”

Fluttershy shook her head. “No, they deserve to know this. Sunset told us about her Witchblade, I think it’s only right they know how I was able to do all of that.”

Meadowbrook nodded and smiled. “Very well, guess it’s story time.”

All five of the girls waited with bated breath to listen, wanting to know how their kind and shy friend was able to fight head-to-head with demons and magic spear.

“Not sure how many of y’all are familiar with Christian and Catholic lore, some would rather relegate these stories to just that, stories, and nothin’ more. But the Vatican knows just how important these stories are. Regardin’ Flutteshy, she is descended from the Savior himself. Thousands of years ago, it was said that the Savior was in love with a woman named Magdalene, and accodin’ to the stories, before he was placed on the cross, they consummated and gave her child, a young girl.”

Applejack held up her hands. “Whoa, whoa, time out! Ah know that story, and Ah never heard about that!”

“Not surprisin’, not many people do, and there’s a reason for that. The descendants of the Savior, since they are of his blood, are born with incredible power, connectin’ them to the divine. The Apostles feared that the same people who killed the Savior, would kill his child, so they hid her and the mother. For many years the bloodline was protected, the story of the conception kept secret, when the Vatican was formed, the duty fell to them. But they also saw potential in the descendants. The first child born of one of these decedents is always a girl, after that sons or daughters can be born, but it’s the first child who receives the power and gifts.”

Meadowbrook stood up and began walking around as she continued her explanation.

“The Vatican saw that these girls could harm evil, and so they decided to train them. One after the other, each girl was trained in all manner of combat, and honed their divine power so that it could be used to punish the wicked and eliminate evil. These girls, one after the other, bore the mantle name, Magdalena, after the original mother of the line.”

“So…wait, Fluttershy just knows how to fight because all the other girls before her were trained?” Pinkie asked.

Fluttershy shook her head. “Not quite…Dashie, do you remember when my family took our Summer Vacation family trips?”

Rainbow nodded. “Oh yeah, you all would go overseas a few times.”

“All those trips were to train me. For three months almost each year, I was trained in the art of armed and close quarters combat. According to Sister, before I went back home, my memories would be altered to make me think we did something else rather than what I actually did,” said Fluttershy.

“When Shy told me about what happened to ya when you faced that Ishtar creature, I figured that her drive and desire to protect y’all made her tap into her trainin’ without realizin’ it. The four days after that were spent with me helpin’ her to unlock the rest, I felt that, with the situation as it was, the Magdalena needed to be awakened.”

The girls all looked at Fluttershy with amazement. They knew their friend was saintly, but to find out that she was an actual saint, and the great – to the umpteenth power – granddaughter of the Savior, was a bit of a shocker.

“Please don’t treat me any differently, I’m not royalty, and I don’t think I’m some great protector…I’m just me…” said Fluttershy meekly.

Rarity sat up and took Fluttershy’s hands as she smiled. “Of course, we know that, darling. You’ll always be our friend, no matter what. I think it’s safe to assume that things like this aren’t friendship breakers among this group.”

A round of nods was seen all around, no matter what, Fluttershy would always be Fluttershy to them, no matter her lineage. Meadowbrook smiled upon seeing this, she didn’t know how these girls would take hearing such things, but from what Fluttershy told her, this group was pretty accepting of the strange and fantastical, it’s no wonder why, given what they’ve dealt with before.

“So, what about that spear she uses? She called it the ‘Spear of Destiny’,” said Sunset.

“Ah! Yes, that’s actually another thing from the same story. A Roman soldier used a spear to pierce the Savior’s side, and in so doing, coated the blade of his spear with his blood. Even in death, the Savior’s blood is very powerful, so powerful that it changed the nature of the spear, and granted incredible powers. Powers that come to fruition when held by a bloodline relative, like Fluttershy. The Magdalena has a healing factor, but with the Spear of Destiny, it can be amplified, pretty much all of her abilities are amped with it. Unfortunately, it was lost for some time before the Vatican got it back, the last time caused some trouble,” said Meadowbrook.

“What kind of trouble?” Pinkie Pie asked.

Meadowbrook scratched the back of her head. “Weeeelll…do y’all know about World War II and the Nazis?”

“Yes,” said Rarity.

“The leader of that terrible group had the Spear.”

The girls’ eyes twitched a bit.

“That was not our finest hour,” Meadowbrook lamented.

Sunset got up from her seat and brought Fluttershy into a hug, smushing her cheek against Fluttershy’s a little. “Well, all I know is, without Fluttershy, we would’ve been trouble, with Ishtar, and with that blizzard. And we’re glad to have you as our friend.”

Fluttershy blushed and smiled happily. “And I’m happy to have all of you as mine.”

Despite the damage done to the school, the students and parents were assured that the school was safe to enter. The library had a huge tarp put over the broken skylight, but coincidentally, now that the Wendigos were gone, the intense snowstorms had stopped. It was still cold outside, but the sun was shining and the sky was cloudless, as if new life had been breathed into the world.

Sunset sat in the parking lot with Principal Celestia, she wasn’t completely onboard with Sunset coming back to school so soon, despite the doctor’s assurances that Sunset had made a full recovery. Celestia didn’t know how or why Sunset was able to survive getting shot in the chest and head, but she wasn’t going to ask why, so long as Sunset was alive and well, that’s all that mattered to her.

“Are you sure you want to do this? There’s no need to come back so soon, you can take a couple of weeks off,” said Celestia.

Sunset shook her head in the negative. “No, I can’t just run and hide in my house. I don’t know what kind of CHS I’m about to walk into today, but my friends are back with me, so I can weather whatever comes my way.”

Celestia loved Sunset like a daughter, and she felt a mother’s pride seeing how strong Sunset was. “Alright, just know that you can come see me or Luna if you’re not feeling well.”

“Got it,” said Sunset with a smile.

Both women exited the car, Celestia went on her way inside the building, while Sunset began her walk towards the quad. When she did, she found Pinkie Pie waiting for her right by the Wondercolt statue. The pink party planner bounced in place as she dashed towards her girlfriend and gave her a bone crushing hug.

“Oomph! P-Pinkie…hugs…too tight!” Sunset croaked.

Pinkie Pie giggled. “Oh Sunset…no they’re not.” Pinkie finally released Sunset, watching as Sunset popped her neck. “C’mon, there’s something you gotta see inside!”

“What?” Sunset asked.

“You’ll see~”

Sunset let Pinkie Pie lead her towards the steps of the school. Both paused there for a moment, despite how vigorously the cleaning crews scrubbed, if you looked close enough, you could see a ghostly dark blot on the steps, a bloodstain, Sunset’s blood. Though the damage to the building would be repaired, this would remain as a lingering reminder of just how bad things got here in CHS.

Pinkie Pie snapped out of her trance and then pulled Sunset along. She then pushed open the doors and brought Sunset inside. Once there, Sunset was shocked to see a banner hanging over the commons area that read “Welcome Back Sunset Shimmer!”

Right below that banner was a group of students, Rarity, Rainbow, Applejack, and Fluttershy were among them. Flash Sentry, Derpy, Cloud Kicker, Bulk, Trixie – that was a shocker – and even Gilda. A few others gathered around as well, most of whom had an apologetic and shamed filled looks on their faces.

“W-What’s going on here?” Sunset asked.

“I kind of let it slip that you were coming back and were okay, so a lot of the students wanted to come out and welcome you back to the school!” Pinkie explained.

“Well, not only that,” said Flash as he stepped forward. “A lot of us wanted to apologize to you.”

“Trixie normally doesn’t make mistakes…however, Trixie will admit that her anger got the better of her,” said Trixie.

Gilda stepped forward and sighed. “There’s no way to sugarcoat it, we were all complete and total assholes – and if anyone says otherwise, you’re welcome to argue that right now,” said Gilda as if daring someone to say otherwise.

“We’re not blameless in this either, darling, we abandoned you when you needed us most,” said Rarity.

Pinkie squeezed Sunset’s hand, silently telling her that she still felt awful about that.

“Even though you fergave us, we haven’t fergiven ourselves,” said Applejack.

“So, even if it takes us the rest of our lives, we’ll do whatever it takes to earn back your friendship, and your trust,” said Fluttershy.

“We’ll never abandon you again, no matter what happens,” said Rainbow Dash.

Derpy stepped forward and said, “In the end, what we’re all trying to say is…”

“We’re sorry, Sunset!” the students all spoke in unison, filling the room and some of the halls with their combined voices.

Sunset was on the verge of tears, she tried to keep a confident and strong front, but it was too much as she found herself collapsing onto her knees. Pinkie Pie knelt down beside her, while the rest of her friends knelt down in front of her.

Sunset loved this, the evils haunting CHS had been wiped away, and now the healing process could begin. She was together with her friends again, and had a girlfriend whom she was looking forward to furthering their relationship with, reconciled with her dark side, and she still had the Witchblade. Sunset didn’t know if she’d ever need to use mystical weapon again, and if she had it her way, she wouldn’t have to, but if anything tried to harm the city, or her friends, Sunset was fully prepared to cut them down.