The Cutie Mark Ripper: Conquest is Magic

"Alright, bring her in," Gallus says in the interrogation room, which was just an empty room in the palace with a hanging light, two chairs, and a table. Two guards bring in a chained up Jokes Kard, who just had a magic barrier spell placed on her since apparently, she knew advanced magic. She was sat down in front of Gallus, the recorder got his quill and parchment ready, and the unicorn who was in charge of seeing if Jokes was telling the truth or not got her spell ready.

Start time: 3:45 pm.

"Alright, Jokes Kard. I am Gallus, head of the royal guard." Gallus stated for the record.

"Nice to meet you, Gallus."

"Let's not get too chummy now, let's get to the main thing I want to know: How much do you know about the Cutie Mark Ripper?"

"Eh, I know as much as anyone else: They are a killer."

Gallus looked to the guard with the lie detector spell, "She's telling the truth." She said.

"Yes... Alright. Is there anything you know that the public doesn't already know?"

"Nope. The Cutie Mark Ripper could be anyone or anything. There is no set pattern other than the fact they were all of the victims were powerful magic users."

Gallus looked to the guard, "She's telling the truth."

Gallus sighed, "I guess that line of questioning won't get us anywhere." Gallus pulled up his chair to sit in it, "Alright Jokes Kard, tell us where you're from."

"Well..." Jokes started to think, "I grew up in a town called Lostpeak."

Gallus looked over, and the guard's horn didn't glow red, "Continue."

"Yeah, Lostpeak. Both my parents were Kirins, talented magic users, and I was their only kid."

"She lied on that last part." The mare lie detector said.

"Ok fine! I have 4 brothers but I don't like talking about them." Kard said, seeming very upset.

"Alright... Continue..." Gallus said.

"With my life story? Gladly."

“Wait no, that’s not what I-“ Gallus got cut off.

“I was born on a Wednesday evening, my mother and father weren’t expecting me, but they wanted me anyways-“ This was going to be a long interrogation... And Gallus only had one pot of coffee.

6:15 pm.

"-So when I heard about the Cutie Mark Ripper-" Gallus perked up when he heard ‘Cutie Mark Ripper', “I went to ask the families about it, and learned that they were magic users and you know what I realized?”

“What? What did you realize?”

“That Princess Twilight Sparkle hates magical talented ponies.” Gallus slammed his head on the table, “It’s all a conspiracy, man! She wants to get rid of all the magic users to stop ponies from rising up against her! The Cutie Mark Ripper is Twilight Sparkle!”

“Alright, we established this mare is crazy. Take her away.”

Two guards swoop in and take the crazy mare away, “Hey! Unhoof me! I speak the truth! I speak the truuuuuuuuuuu-“ SLAM! The door behind them close, as Gallus slams his head into the table again.

“Another cup of coffee, sir?” The lie detector mare asks.

“Bring me the whole darn pot, Susan...”

Susan turns on the brewery once again for the griffin captain, “You know sir... All she said was true. She genuinely believes the Princess is the Ripper.”

“It's a good thing she didn’t drill that into the heads of the angry crowd...”

“Yeah...” Susan brings the pot to Gallus, who happily slurps it down, “Although, she clearly doesn’t seem to know anything about the actual ripper, other than what everyone now knows and conspiracies against the princess.”

Gallus slams the coffee pot against the table, surprisingly not shattering it, “I’ll have to talk to Princess Twilight. Jokes Kard is probably going to get exiled to somewhere far from Equestria. I don't know how Rain Shine will take it."

"She's the leader of the kirins, correct?"

"Yeah..." Gallus, once again, banged his head on the table, "Back to square one..." There was a knock at the door, and Gallus looked up at the door, "Come in."

Midnight walked into the room, "Hey boss... Uh... Ocellus sent me here to tell you to meet them in the statue garden."

"Oh great... What happened?"

"I think you have to see for yourself..." Reluctantly, Gallus and Susan followed Midnight to the lovely garden of statues.

Gallus stares in disbelief. There was supposed to be a statue here. There was supposed to be a statue here! There was supposed to be a statue here! There was supposed to be a statue here!, "What the actual fuck?!" He yelled.

The girls looked at Gallus with a shocked expression, "Language Gallus!" Silverstream scolded, covering Ocellus' ears. Ocellus looks up at Silverstream with an unamused look.

"No! NO! What the fuck?! I am so done with this! First the murderer, now the statue of the three villains is gone?!" Gallus throws his helmet on the ground, "I can't anymore, I am so done with this." Gallus began to toward the Chanterlot hedge maze, "I am going in there, and I will sulk. I'll be back in like... 10 minutes." He turned a corner and the griffin was gone.

The girls give each other concerned looks, as the silence was replaced with the rustling of trees and the whispers of the wind, "Well... Fuck..." Smolder said, looking at the dirt where the statue once stood, "No marks, no clues anywhere. And no witness... The perfect heist..."

The girls sit in silence, all three wonder what's going to happen now the three greatest villains are now in the hands or hooves of someone possible dangerous.