Brandon's Legacy

ATONEMENT

“That was very kind of you Twilight” Scootaloo remarked with a soft smile.

“Yes, well. I don't know what's happening to me, but I couldn't just sit back and let Ditzy Doo stay in that place. And no pony comes here anymore so we don't have to worry about anypony barging in here and finding her.” Twilight replied and gave a heavy sigh before walking out of her room and down the stairs.

“Is there something wrong Twilight?” Scootaloo asked softly as Twilight sat down, pulled a old book out, blew dust off it, and began to read it only to stop no sooner she opened it and look at Scootaloo.

“That's just it. I don't know. I expected myself to go crazy on you no sooner I saw you, but I didn't. I don't know if it was the medical ponies in that psycho ward who helped me or it's just me. And what nurse Redheart told me about my mental condition possibly being a ticking time bomb. I never really thought about it before. Up till now, I thought myself to be numb to everything. You saw me at the carrotops, I could have cared less!” Twilight exclaimed and slammed her head onto the book.

“You've been in that place for ten years without anypony to interact with Twilight. That's enough to drive anypony numb.” Scootaloo replied with a smile as she placed a hoof on Twilight's shoulder.

“It's not just that.” Twilight said lifting her head off the book and looking at Scootaloo with fearful yet teary eyes. “For the first time in my life since ten years ago, I have something to lose again. I'm afraid of myself Scootaloo. I'm not safe to be around and I don't know how I would react to seeing anypony I know and care about die before my eyes. It might just drive me over the edge.” Twilight said slamming both hooves into her face and began to sob loudly.

“Twilight, it's going to be okay.” Scootaloo said in a comforting tone.

“No it's not! Don't you get it?!” Twilight exclaimed ripping her face from her hooves and glaring at Scootaloo before she stood up, walked over to the book shelf and placed a hoof on it. “You have no idea how much it hurt, how much it still hurts, knowing that I killed Big Macintosh. The Princess has faith in me, she always has. But not even she knows what it feels like to fear yourself, to know that it takes a single word, to become a cold blooded killer.” Twilight said in a fearful yet sad tone.

“Twilight, we've been over this. You're no killer.” Scootaloo said in a reassuring tone as she walked over to Twilight.

“What if the killer is me? What if I’ve been blacking out and sneaking out of the psycho ward after all these years.” Twilight replied looking at the bookshelf then back to Scootaloo.

“Twilight, you've been with Scootaloo and Erick the entire time since you got back to Ponyville.” Nurse Redheart said walking into the room now.

“No other missing pony reports have come up in the last twenty-four hours have they?” Twilight asked curiously.

“Not as far as I know, but that doesn't mean you are the killer.” Nurse Redheart replied as she sat down not far from the two.

“How can you be so sure?” Twilight replied not sounding convinced.

“Because none of the ponies who have been murdered in the last few months even knew who you were.” Nurse Redheart replied.

“That doesn't prove anything.” Twilight replied looking back to the bookshelf now.

“Yes, it does.” Nurse Redheart replied. “It proves that because you mental condition is tied to those you know, that you couldn't be killer since they nor you knew them.” Nurse Redheart said sitting down next to Erick.

“Mental conditions can change. I'm living proof of that and so is Fluttershy...or at least she was.” Twilight replied, walked over to Scootaloo and nurse Redheart, sat down, and gave a heavy sigh.

“Not long ago you were talking about how you wanted to bring an end to this madness, why the sudden change in attitude?” Scootaloo asked in a serious tone with an expression to match it.

“She's scared. No, she's terrified of something.” Nurse Redheart remarked looking at the purple mare now with a observing glance.

“I'm scared of myself.” Twilight replied in a quiet tone.

“No, you're scared of something much more than that.” Nurse Redheart replied in a matter of fact tone.

“Don't you dare play shrink with me! You don't know me!” Twilight exclaimed loudly as she abruptly stood up, walked to the door, opened it, and slammed it shut behind her.

“What is she so scared of?” Scootaloo asked curiously.

“I'm not exactly sure myself. That's what I was trying to figure out. She was behaving like her old self for a while but now she's suddenly reverted back to how she was behaving before. Did she say anything in particular to you before I came into the room?” Nurse Redheart asked curiously.

“It was hard to make out between her sobs, but I think she said something about having something to lose now. And how she was afraid of herself.” Scootaloo replied.

“She might be scared of losing what friends she has left.” Nurse Redheart remarked curiously.

SHATTER!!!

A loud shattering sound suddenly came from outside which caused all three ponies to look out through the window to see Twilight walking around with a crazed expression.

“There's no way she could have heard me from all the way in here! Especially considering her hearing has been damaged.” Nurse Redheart said as Scootaloo and her rushed out the door to stop the purple mare only for her to not be anywhere to be found.

“You're right, there's no way Twilight could have heard you.” Scootaloo remarked looking around frantically.

“If that's true then that means someone else in Ponyville knows of Twilight's condition and triggered her psychotic state on purpose, but why?” Nurse Redheart asked in a worried tone.

“Isn't it obvious? The real killer knows who she is and is trying to pin the murders on her.” Scootaloo stated in a matter of fact tone.

Twilight walked up to Trixie's home still smiling in a crazed fashion with a fragment of a pot that she shattered in her mouth. “Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heeeh....” Twilight said in a crazed tone as she walked through the broken door frame.

“Why are you back?” A white furred mare asked in annoyance then gave a started gasp as she noticed the sharp pot fragment in her mouth.

“Are you my friend?” Twilight asked through gritted teeth in the same crazed tone.

“S-Sure...” The white mare replied in an apprehensive tone feeling fear overwhelm her as she slowly backed away.

“Oh that's too bad, Twilight Sparkle isn't allowed to have friends. That means you have to die.” Twilight replied as she began to walk towards the white furred mare who could only quiver in fear as Twilight slowly walked towards her.

SOMEPONY HELP ME!!!

Erick and Trixie suddenly looked up in alarm upon hearing this. “That was the voice of one of my employees!” Trixie exclaimed at which point Erick jumped off the bed, through his saddle-pack on, pulled out a small knife, and rushed out of the room followed closely by Trixie.

“Quit moving around so much, I have other friends that need to die you know, the sooner I am done with you I can get to them.” Twilight said in a sweet tone through gritted teeth as she lunged at the white furred mare only for her to barely dodge again.

“Tw-Twilight?!” Erick exclaimed in a shocked tone, spit out the knife in his mouth, and immediately tackled the purple mare just before she was able to lunge at the white furred mare who she had managed to pin in a corner.

“What is she doing in the great and power Trixie's manner again? I thought the great and powerful-” Can it with the third pony talk and help me get this pot fragment out of her mouth!” Erick exclaimed cutting off Trixie mid-sentence who merely glared at him at first but did as she asked.

“Let go of me! That mare has to die! She's Twilight's friend! And Twilight isn't allowed to have friends!” Twilight exclaimed hysterically moments after Trixie pulled the pot fragment out of her mouth.

“What is wrong with her?! Why is she behaving like this?!” Trixie asked in a shocked yet scared tone.

“Twilight, listen to me! You have no friends! They are all dead! Do you understand me?!” Erick exclaimed as he held her down at which point the purple mare suddenly stopped fighting and lay stationary at which point Erick slowly got off her and stood a short distance away ready to tackle her back to the ground at a moments notice.

A few more awkward moments of silence passed then the purple mare's head suddenly snapped upward in a frantic manner, stood up slowly, and turned around putting a hoof on her head. “Wh-What happened? Who said the F-word?” Twilight asked in a exhausted tone.

“F-word? What in Equestria is that?” Trixie asked in a confused tone.

“I'll explain later.” Erick replied to Trixie then looked at Twilight. “What do you remember prior to your psychotic episode Twilight?” Erick asked in a serious tone.

“I-I left the library because nurse Redheart had upset me and then...” Twilight said trailing off looking deep in thought and sighed moments later. “Nothing. I don't remember anything past that.” Twilight added after a few moments much to Erick's annoyance.

“Well at least we know that it wasn't Scootaloo or Nurse Redheart who triggered you this time. But that fact in itself worries me. I could write it off as a passerby in a random conversation but that's too easy, too convenient, too slim to be a considered a possibility.” Erick remarked in a thoughtful tone.

“You mean somepony else knows of my condition and set me off on purpose?” Twilight asked in a fearful tone.

“Exactly. I'll bet my lifesaving’s of bits that it was the killer to boot. Are you sure you don't recall anything prior to being set off?” Erick replied still looking deep in thought.

“No, I wish I did.” Twilight replied and sighed.

“Would somepony please explain to the great and powerful Trixie, what in Equestria is going on?!” Trixie exclaimed in annoyance.

“You expect the great and powerful Trixie to believe such non-sense?!” Trixie exclaimed incredulously.

“Told it was a waste of time.” Twilight remarked in an annoyed tone.

“Not only is it a waste of time, but you interrupted the great and powerful Trixie's time with Erick! The deal is off Twilight Sparkle!” Trixie exclaimed, turned and walked away. “Such non-sense...a single word, ha!” Trixie said walking away.

“Say it.” Twilight said in a low tone causing Erick to give a worried look.

“Why should I?” Trixie replied turning around to look at her now still not convinced.

“Twilight, I don't think this is such a good idea.” Erick remarked in a worried tone.

“If she's going to be such a damned mule when she saw the proof then I want her to see it for herself! And don't stop me Erick, I want her to see just how I am!” Twilight exclaimed standing on all fours now glaring at the blue unicorn.

“Hmph! I have no time for such an act!” Trixie replied raising her nose at them.

“Then say the word! Or are you afraid of me?” Twilight replied still glaring.

“Pfft! Me, scared of you? Ha!” Trixie exclaimed in a cocky tone.

“Then say it!” Twilight exclaimed nearly screaming now.

“Fine! Friend! There, now lets just see how far this act goes!” Trixie exclaimed with a cocky grin.

CRACK!

Upon hearing this word Twilight abruptly stomped on the table next to her once again looking completely crazed. “Are you my friend Trixie?” Twilight asked in a creepy sweet tone.

“Oh yes, we are best friends you and I.” Trixie replied in a cocky tone much to Erick's horror.

“You foal! Do you realize what you have just done?!” Erick exclaimed and attempted to hold twilight back only to get bucked upside the head and knocked out against the side of the room.

“Th-that was a little extreme for an act don't you think?” Trixie remarked in a slightly uneasy tone.

“If you're my best friend, then you will have to die a lot quicker than my other friends. I didn't know I had any best friends left, but the magic of friendship doesn't allow Twilight Sparkle to have any best friends.” Twilight replied in a sweet tone as she walked towards Trixie.

“That's quite enough Twilight Sparkle, you've put on a clever act but the great and powerful Trixie isn't convinced.” Trixie replied in a cocky tone but the unease in her voice could be heard still as she grew more and more nervous the closer the purple mare got.

“Heh,heh,heh...” Twilight said in a crazed tone as she grew even closer.

“What are you going to do? Stab me with that jagged piece of wood? Oh no, what shall the great and powerful Trixie do?!” Trixie exclaimed in a melodramatic manner.

“Heh,heh,heeh...” Twilight replied and lunged at Trixie only for the blue unicorn to pop out of the way in a flash of magic behind her.

“That's quite enough! This act is going too far!” Trixie exclaimed in a semi-panicked tone.

“You really shouldn't move so much, it makes it harder to jab this wood into your chest if you move around a lot...” Twilight remarked through gritted teeth as she lunged at the blue unicorn again only for her to stop her mid-lunge with her magic.

“Th-that's enough!” Trixie exclaimed in a scared tone as she struggled against the purple mare to hold her off now standing on her hind hooves in order to create more distance between her and the jagged piece of wood, having been pinned against the wall.

Trixie continued to hold off Twilight but she was having trouble doing so as the purple mare's brute strength was becoming greater than her magic. One thing Trixie hated to admit is that she did not have very great magical powers despite being a unicorn and she had never practiced levitation spells or any sort of the type of magic she was now trying to perform to hold off the crazed mare.

Trixie looked into Twilight's eyes at this point feeling fear begin to overwhelm her as she looked into them. What she saw in Twilight's eyes were not the eyes she saw before. No, what she saw now were the eyes of a psychopathic killer. It was then at this very moment with the jagged piece of wood mere inches away from her chest that Trixie fully believed what Twilight had told her.

“Tw-Twilight, please! D-Don't kill me!” Trixie exclaimed in a fearful tone as tear of fear and horror were now streaming from her eyes.

“I have no choice, Twilight Sparkle isn't allowed to have friends. The magic of friendship has made this clear!” Twilight exclaimed through gritted teeth putting even more strength into shoving the jagged piece of wood at the blue unicorn.

Trixie attempted to dodge to the side but the jagged piece of wood Twilight was attempting to stab her with pierced her shoulder a mere second after she had moved pinning her to the wall as it popped out of her back causing the blue unicorn to give a shrill cry of pain as fresh blood began to trickle down her side and onto the floor.

“Aw, I missed the heart. Oh well!” Twilight said in a crazed sweet tone as she took her mouth off the piece of wood, walked over, stomped on the table again, and picked up another piece of wood. “This one won't.” Twilight said with a giggle.

Trixie could only slide down the wall paralyzed by both pain and few onto her rump holding her arm where the fragment of wood was impaled through sobbing loudly in both agony and fear as the purple mare grew closer to her. “P-please. I'm sorry Twilight! Don't kill m-m-me!” Trixie exclaimed stuttering her last word between sobs however her pleas seemed to go unheard by the purple mare as she drew closer and closer.

SHATTER!!!

At the very last possible second Scootaloo had barreled strait through the rooms outside window into the room at full speed and tackled the purple mare into and through the wall effectively knocking Twilight out and emerged a few moments later to get a good look at Trixie. “Nurse Redheart! Quickly! Trixie is hurt badly!” Scootaloo exclaimed as she rushed over next to Trixie who was hyperventilating at the moment.

“Sh-she tried to kill me!” Trixie exclaimed in a breathless hysterical tone.

“We know, somepony set her off.” Scootaloo replied looking over her shoulder as Nurse Redheart rushed into the room.

“Look after Erick Scootaloo, I’ll take care of Trixie.” Nurse Redheart said as she looked over the blue unicorn's injury now.

“I-I'm going to die...aren't I?” Trixie asked in a scared tone.

“This wound looks a lot worse then it is, but we need to get this wood out of your shoulder. If we can't then you will die, from the infection and blood loss it will cause.” Nurse Redheart remarked looking over and sighed. “I'm going to pull it out now. Bare with me.” Nurse Redheart said in a quite tone and put her mouth on the piece of wood. “On the count of three.” Nurse Redheart said through gritted teeth to which Trixie nodded silently bracing herself. “One...two....THREE!” Nurse Redheart exclaimed and yanked as hard as she could earning as shrill cry of pain from the blue unicorn as the jagged piece of wood came out and blood began to pour from the wound.

Nurse Redheart then opened her medical pack, pulled out bandages, and began to swiftly wrap them around Trixie's shoulder which quickly became stained with blood. “This will work for now but we have to get her to a real hospital or she will die from blood loss.” Nurse Redheart said in a matter-of-fact tone.

Erick was just now coming to as the dark blue stallion sat upright in a panic until he saw Scootaloo next to him. “Where's Twilight?” Erick asked curiously then his eyes fell upon Trixie and gave a sigh of relief. “I hate to say I told you so.” Erick remarked in a sour tone as stood to all fours only to fall to his knees as his right front leg gave a sharp jab of pain.

“It looks fractured.” Nurse Redheart remarked as she walked over to the stallion and looked over his front right leg.

“What do you mean?” Scootaloo asked curiously wondering what Erick meant exactly by that statement.

“Trixie didn't believe Twilight so she set her off. When I tried to stop her she bucked me upside the head and into the wall.” Erick replied with slight wince as Nurse Redheart put Erick's right front hoof on a splint.

“I believe you now, if it's any consolation.” Trixie remarked in a pained tone.

“We don't have the bits to pay for a real hospital.” Scootaloo replied resuming the topic Nurse Redheart had brought up earlier.

“Don't worry about it. I'm covered by the Carrottops. They will admit me without question...and I’ll even pay for Erick's stay as well.” Trixie said much to Scootaloo's shock.

“That's uncharacteristically kind of you.” Scootaloo remarked with a raised eyebrow.

“It is the great and power Trixie's way of saying she is sorry for not believing Erick and Twilight.” Trixie replied.

Twilight sat up with a start looking around herself a noticed she was in a jail cell along with Erick, Scootaloo, and Nurse Redheart. “Please tell me I didn't!” Twilight exclaimed in a horrified tone.

“No, Scootaloo stopped you just in time, but you did manage to injure her badly.” Nurse Redheart replied in a soft tone much to the purple mare's relief.

“We've been had! Trixie played nice then turned us over to the Police ponies!” Scootaloo exclaimed angrily.

“You can't blame her really. I nearly killed her. What happened anyways?” Twilight asked curiously.

FLASHBACK

Police ponies rushed into the hospital room where Twilight lay unconscious in her bed with Erick next to her in another bed. “You are all under arrest for breaking an entering and conspiring together to murder Trixie. You have the right to remain silent, you have the right to an attorney, if you can not afford an attorney we will assign you the dumbest pony in Equestria.” A police pony said followed by a chuckle as he put hoof-cuffs on Twilight while she lay unconscious as well as the others along with wing cuffs on Scootaloo.

“This is bogus!” Scootaloo exclaimed in an outraged tone as the police ponies began to escort them out of the hospital.

Trixie at this moment was sitting in her hospital room resting comfortably until she saw them being hauled off. “You're a lying horseappling mule Trixie! I knew we couldn't trust you!” Scootaloo exclaimed when she saw Trixie who just stared at them blankly as they walked past.

END FLASHBACK

“So she played nice then stabbed us in the back, that doesn't surprise me in the least bit with Trixie.” Twilight replied in a dismal tone placing a hoof on her forehead followed by a sigh. “At least here I know I can't kill anypony.” Twilight added after a few moments.

“Exactly, we've been in here for a few days now. Take a look at this Twilight.” Erick said, bit onto a rolled up news paper, and threw it over to her.

“Wait, how long was I out?” Twilight asked in a shocked tone then gasped as she looked on the front page.

MRS. CAKE TURNS UP DEAD

Mrs. Cake a popular bakery pony was found dead in sugarcube corner earlier this morning, she had been horribly mutilated, missing her legs as well as a few other parts we will not disclose in this article, police ponies are working hard to find out who is behind these murders.

TWILIGHT SPARKLE SUSPECTED OF OVER TWENTY COUNTS OF MURDER IN JAIL

Twilight Sparkle was taken into custody two days ago after attempting to to murder resident business owner Trixie. While Trixie declined to comment on the exact events of what happened, authorities suspect that she was her latest target in a long string of murders that have occurred in the last few months.

Police ponies have also apprehended three other ponies who are suspected of being her partners in covering up these crimes.

Scootaloo, a local Pegasus who was up till recently the caretaker of Twilight's library in Ponyville. Nurse Redheart, a medical pony who treated ponies for free in her clinic.

Erick Wingfield, a police pony who recently transferred from Canterlot who was put on the case recently by Princess Celestia herself.

Police chief Moneybank had this to say,

“We suspect all four of these ponies were working together for a very long time. When you look at each pony's background, it sets up the perfect stage to murder and clean up after to leave no evidence behind. We believe this is an open and shut case. The loss of Mrs. cake is saddening to us all, but we have reason to believe that this was done many days ago.”

We will keep everypony posted on the events to follow up this case. Ponyville can now sleep soundly once again with the killer in jail.

“Moneybank?” Twilight asked curiously as she finished reading the new article.

“The new Police chief who was assigned a few years after the Carrottops moved in. That money hungry mule will say and do anything the Carrottops tell him to as long as he gets paid under the table by them.” Scootaloo replied in a sour tone.

“This won't hold up in court. Everything here is nothing more than circumstantial evidence.” Erick said with a confident smile.

“Ten years ago and I would have agreed with you Erick.” Nurse Redheart said with a frown.

“The Carrottops will see to it that we never see the light of day again and Twilight is put on the execution block.” Scootaloo chimed in punching the stone wall in a spurt of fury.

“Something doesn't add up. Just how did the Carrottops get so influential over Ponyville? The apples were here for much longer and they never once had any major influence over Ponyville.” Twilight remarked curiously.

“That's because they never tried to.” Scootaloo replied simply.

“I don't buy that. Bits may talk, but they don't give ponies the right to rule over a town like the Carrottops are doing. Something fishy is going on and I don't like it.” Twilight replied putting a hoof on her chin looking deep in thought.

“You think the Carrottops have something to do with the murders?” Erick asked in a suggesting tone.

“No, not directly at least.” Twilight replied still looking deep in thought. “What's the connection? Why would the Carrottops be so quick to lock us in jail? Me I can see perfectly. I tried to kill Trixie, but the others? It doesn't make sense. What could they possibly know that would be a threat to the Carrottops?” Twilight thought to herself tapping her hoof on her chin.

A loud explosion down the hall however snapped the purple mare out of her thoughts and looked through the bars to see several police ponies flying a crossed the hall and landing on the floor out cold. “What in Equestria?” Twilight asked in stunned tone.

“A jailbreak?” Erick asked in a curious tone.

“Quickly Ditzy! Find Twilight and the others!” A voice rang out which all four of them recognized immediately.

Moments later Ditzy Doo ran past their cell, did a double take, then ran back to in front of them. “I found them Trixie!” Ditzy Doo exclaimed.

“Ditzy, what is going on?!” Scootaloo exclaimed in a confused tone as Trixie ran up to the cell, magically ripped the bars off, and magically undid everypony's shackles.

“What are you four waiting for?! Come on!” Trixie exclaimed in a semi-panicked tone to which the four ran out of the cell and down the hall following Trixie closely.

“What's going on Trixie?! We all know that you sold us out!” Scootaloo exclaimed angrily as they ran down the hallway.

“The Great and Powerful Trixie did no such thing! She was sold out as well!” Trixie exclaimed in an offended tone.

“Wait, you were sold out? How?” Twilight asked in a confused tone as Trixie blasted several unsuspecting ponies out of the way and into the wall with them running past moments later.

“The great and powerful Trixie will explain later! For now we need to get out of here in one piece!” Trixie replied as they ran through the front area of the police station and in front only to see a whole crowd of unicorns, earth ponies, and Pegasus ponies standing right outside whom were all wearing police uniforms.

“Oh dear...” Trixie said in a panicked tone looking about herself.
“Great escape Trixie.” Scootaloo remarked in a sarcastic tone as she rolled her eyes.

“Any bright ideas?” Trixie asked in a panicked whisper to Twilight.

“If I had my horn I could easily teleport us out of here, but I lost that over ten years ago when Fluttershy tried to kill me.” Twilight thought to herself and immediately shook her head in an attempt to push out the horrifying images. “Why did I think of that right now?” Twilight asked herself in a confused tone. The purple mare hadn't recalled that event in over ten years but no matter how much she tried to shove them out, the images played like a slide-show through her mind which was driving the purple mare crazy...literally!

“No,no,no! Make it stop!” Twilight exclaimed in a frantic tone as she slammed her hooves over her head.

“What's wrong Twilight?!” Scootaloo asked as she attempted to move to her friend only for a police unicorn to appear in front of her in a flash of magic and tackle her to the ground. “Stop! Something is wrong with Twilight!” Scootaloo exclaimed in a frantic tone as she fought against the unicorn but was having little luck.

“What's wrong with her?!” Erick exclaimed in a worried tone.

“I don't know!” Nurse Redheart exclaimed in a worried tone.

“Alright miss sparkle, hooves where I can see them!” A earth pony said as she attempted to live the mare up only to get clocked upside the head and the purple mare jump on top of him putting both hooves around his head. “Heh, heh,heeeh...” Twilight said in a crazed tone.

“Oh no...it's just as I feared.” Nurse Redheart said in a horrified tone as police ponies rushed off grabbing a hold of Twilight and yanking her from on top of the earth pony.

“What's going on? No pony said the F-word!” Erick exclaimed in a panic as Twilight bucked ponies off grabbed a hold of earth pony's arm and snapped it earning a shrill cry of agony from the police pony.

“Her mental state has collapsed. Just like Fluttershy's did.” Nurse Redheart remarked in a horrified tone.

“Stop it Twilight! This isn't you!” Scootaloo exclaimed as she struggled against her shackles now having been ignored as police ponies were attempting to subdue the purple unicorn now.

“This is too much fun to stop!” Twilight exclaimed in a sweet yet crazed tone as she snapped yet another police ponies arm only to get abruptly slammed against the wall in with a unicorn's magic. This however seemed to have very little effect on the purple mare as she slowly but surely walked towards the unicorn who was sweating bullets right now trying to hold her back with all his might.

“Wait, Twilight wasn't this strong before. What's going on?” Erick asked in a confused tone.

“Unicorns have a natural amount of magic stored in them, this magic is channeled through their horn. Though it is rare, when a unicorn loses their horn, their body will redistribute that magic elsewhere to make up for their lack of a horn. In the case of Twilight, it seems that her body decided to channel it into her psychical strength.” Nurse Redheart explained as she looked on.

“Come on, while they are distracted with Twilight!” Trixie exclaimed in a whisper.

“We are not leaving her!” Scootaloo exclaimed in a whisper as Trixie undid her shackles.

“Be my guest then!” Trixie retorted and ran off.

“As much as I hate to say it, we better make a run for it while we have the chance.” Erick remarked and ran off following Trixie.

“How can you guys even think of doing this?! Twilight needs us!” Scootaloo exclaimed angrily until Nurse Redheart put her hooves around Scootaloo's head and forced her to look at her.

“Twilight is gone! She's no longer in that pony you see! The most we can do to honor Twilight's name is to solve these murders now!” Nurse Redheart exclaimed, let go of the Pegasus staring into her eyes.

“How can you be so sure?!” Scootaloo exclaimed refusing to believe what she was hearing.

“I just know!” Nurse Redheart exclaimed back and looked away.

“You know something, don't you?!” Scootaloo replied in an accusing manner as more Police Ponies attempted to hold Twilight down.

“Fluttershy did the same thing...” Nurse Redheart replied after a few moments looking away with teary eyes.

“What do you mean? You said you gave Fluttershy to a family when she was a certain age.” Scootaloo replied in a confused tone.

“I did, but she contacted me a few months before her killing spree. She was frantic, worried she might be losing what sanity I had managed to give back to her. So I attempted to treat her again. It seemed to be going so well until...”

FLASHBACK

“No,no,no! Somepony make it stop! Please!” Fluttershy wailed in the middle of the night waking Nurse Redheart from a peaceful sleep with a start.

“Fluttershy?! What's wrong?!” Nurse Redheart exclaimed in a panicked tone as she rushed into Fluttershy's bedroom.

“I-I don't know! Just make it stop!” Fluttershy shrieked slammed her hooves on her head.

“I can't help if I don't know what's wrong!” Nurse Redheart exclaimed as she attempted to hold the Pegasus down who was flailing now in her bed.

“A voice, an oh so terrible voice! It keeps screaming at me to kill! It won't stop saying it! Make it stop!” Fluttershy screamed at the top of her lungs.

“F-Fluttershy, listen to me! Block it out! Remember what I taught you? Block it out!” Nurse Redheart exclaimed in a panicked tone stuttering over her words as she spoke them.

“I-I-I-I can't! It's too loud, it won't stop!” Fluttershy replied a she began to rock back and forth.

“F-Fluttershy, don't give in. you stronger than it! Don't give in to it!” Nurse Redheart exclaimed in a panicked tone.

“I-I'm sorry...” Fluttershy replied in a quiet tone and moments later went still.

“Fluttershy? Are you-” Nurse Redheart began to say only for Fluttershy to reach over and grab her by the throat with both hooves and begin to choke her.

“I'm just fine.” Fluttershy replied in a sweet tone as Nurse Redheart continued to gag and choke.

“Flut...ter...shy...ack...ple...ack...ase...ack...stop!” Nurse Redheart exclaimed through chokes and gags.

Just moments before Nurse Redheart lost consciousness she was abruptly let go at which point she began to cough loudly. “Get away from me!” Fluttershy shrieked as she began to flail once again haphazardly falling out of bed.

“Fluttershy...” Nurse Redheart said between coughs feeling her vision come back to her...

END FLASHBACK

“After that I had no choice but watch her become the monster you all saw.” Nurse Redheart said with a heavy sigh.

“You did nothing? Why didn't you tell the police?!” Scootaloo exclaimed in a shocked tone.

“Could you turn somepony in that you saw as your daughter? I did what I could to protect her, but after she began killing I couldn't watch it anymore...I did the only thing I knew of. I gave twilight's the clues she needed to stop her.” Nurse Redheart replied as tears began to flow from her eyes.

“The portfolio, you were the pony she spoke of who through that at her?!” Scootaloo exclaimed shocked by this new set of information completely ignoring the chaos going on behind them at the moment.

“Yes.” Nurse Redheart replied with a sigh until she was slammed against the wall by the orange Pegasus.

“Did you know about Applebloom?!” Scootaloo asked in a furious voice and when the mare didn't reply she slammed her against the wall again. “Did you know?!” Scootaloo exclaimed furiously.

“No, I had no idea.” Nurse Redheart replied at which point Scootaloo let her go, looked over at Twilight, sighed, closed her eyes, and ran off in the direction Erick had to which Nurse Redheart followed shortly after.

“Somepony knock that mule out!” Moneybank exclaimed loudly.

“I never knew how much fun this could be, I don't need to kill just friends I know anymore..why the entire world is my best friend!” Twilight exclaimed with a hysterical giggle as she stomped on a pony just under her shattering their spine causing them to give a shrill cry of agony.

Twilight! Stop!

A voice rang out just before Twilight was about to snap a pony's neck effectively killing them at which point she froze. “F-Fluttershy?” Twilight said in her normal voice. Without warning the purple mare let go of the police pony and ran off to her left with about five to six hot on her tail.

“What was I doing?!” Twilight exclaimed in a horrified tone as she made a sharp turn behind town hall.

“You two that way! We'll cover this direction!” Twilight heard one Police pony exclaim with the sound of hurried hoofs to follow that statement. She had to hide somewhere quick. It was then she saw it, the back entrance to town hall. Twilight quickly opened the door and closed it behind her, found herself in the mayor mare's office, ran to the back of the room, opened a floor door in the mayors office which lead to the panic room in case of emergencies, and closed it behind her.

“Wh-what just happened to me back there? Did I finally lose it?” Twilight asked herself in a whisper as she looked at her hooves in the dim light of the panic room. They were covered in blood. “How many did I kill? Will I lose it again?” Twilight asked herself in a horrified tone. These questions didn't help her feel any better but what scared the purple mare more than anything now was the fact that she no longer had to worry about anypony saying the word “friend” around her anymore. No, her biggest fear now was that she might lose it around Scootaloo or somepony else close to her, suddenly, and without warning.