A Downwards Spiral

''Alright every creature change of plans'' Captain Gallus announced ''Diamond Sparkle is now lead detective of The Hacksaw Killer Copycat case'' Gallus explained before all of a sudden walking off ''Alright every creature you may not like me, call me a snitch, a rat but unless you want to picked to die, we better start the actual investigation right now if we want to get anywhere.'' Diamond explained before walking over to Laser who was in the supply closet ''Got a detective board and some red string should be a good place to start.'' Laser told Diamond

Time Skip

The the sun was the setting and evening has come Diamond just getting off of work trotted down the street of Ponyville proud of herself, finally able to lead a investigation but also a worried of how this will turned out. Once gatting to The Golden Oak Library which wasn't really a library anymore more of just a home for Diamond.

Unfortunately the wood work for the tree library wasn't very good since it would cost a fortune to replace all the wood on the outside in the tree making some spots of the library to look new and some parts to looked rotted.

Once Diamond got inside see looked around the former library which now was more of a home. Most of the wood on the shelves were chipped and rotted she didn't even want to know how much it will cost to replace the wood on the shelves, since most of her mother's fortune was used on house improvements one of them being replacing the rotten wooden walls with a actual house wall and painted bright white.

Most of the furniture in the house were still covered in tarps, the only ones not covered in tarps were the kitchen a single chair in the living room and her bed.

This is when Diamond heard a noise and she started sneaking up the stairs charging up her horn, ''FREEZE INTRUDER!'' Diamond yelled jumping out ''Seriously charging up your horn at your own big brother i could've killed you.'' The Stallion said ''What do you mean i'm the one with the working horn.'' Diamond reminded him

''I said i could've killed you'' The stallion said pulling out a gun ''I always keep forgetting you live here with me Diamond'' Diamond said facepalm with her hoof canceling out her blast ''Can't believe you forgot my name'' the stallion said ''What do you mean you're my big brother.'' Diamond reminded him ''What i'm trying to say is that my name is Diamond Sword and i like to go by Sword we shouldn't be calling each other the same name.'' Sword reminded his little sister

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''Heard about your close friend Flash are you okay i know how close you 2 were'' Sword asked Diamond ''Nah big bro i'm fucked up right now'' Diamond said ''Hacksaw Killer copycat never thought i would hear that name again'' Sword explained

''Well guess what that was the same name that ended our mother's life and almost got me killed and if it wasn't for the Royal Guards i would be dead right now, that experience alone is what inspired me to attend detective acandemy.'' Diamond explain her voice breaking a little

''You're also forgetting about the part where while being Royal Guard Captain,i got into a horrible accident that broke my horn.'' Sword said pointing at his bandaged up horn ''And after realizing i'll never recover from this they pulled you out of the detective acandemy and made you a detective but i still stuck around a few days as captain before retiring. Speaking of Hacksaw copycat could be difficult.'' Sword explained

''Are you scared you might be embarrassed by me?'' Diamond asked ''Being lead detective is a huge responsibility and this isn't about you that is what led to you ruining your carrer.'' Sword reminded Diamond ''Big brother advice serisouly i don't think i can even call you my B.B.B.F.F anymore we haven't done anything together since i became a detective 10 years ago.''

''Let me tell you something remember how mom used to tell you her schedule well let me simplify it for you, mom she went to work came home that's it just a simple point A to point B situation.'' Sword explained

''Well if you excuse i can't believe me i gonna say this but i'm gonna do some actual research.'' Diamond said before walking out of the room.

Since the Golden Oak Library wasn't really a library anymore more of a home for the Diamond siblings and because neither of them was a bookworm or a egghead like their mother they didn't read a lot but at the same time weren't illiterate. That meant during the home improvement process all the books were taken off their shelves stored in boxes and put up in the new attic.

Once Diamond went up into the attic and used her horn as a light source this revealed how dusty the attic actually was, Diamond eventually found a book called Hacksaw Killer and when she opened it she found a picture of her mother in it. ''One if the only non corrupt law enforcers in the department so glad we inherited that from her.'' Diamond said to herself before using her magic to flip through a couple of pages and eventually finding a news article stating ''Ponyville schoolhouse teacher found dead in one of the classrooms.''

When Diamond checked the date it turned out be from 15 years ago ''That sounds like there was a Hacksaw Trap'' the unicorn said before flipping a couple more pages before coming across another article saying ''Hacksaw killer dead video tapes says his games aren't over''

The detective once again flipped through a couple more pages and found ''Another one of hacksaw's game take place at a pig farm'' Diamond read ''Not sure if this copycat could be connected to Hacksaw'' the unicorn detective concluded.

Time Skip Nighttime

Gabby wanting to fine more clues and out of curiosity decided to check out The Carousel Boutique without any backup she was easily able to break down the boarded up door and went inside turning on the flashlight. The Boutique was way bigger than she thought.

All of a sudden a pin cushion was knocked over causing needles to make a lot of noise and go everywhere. Gabby shined here flashlight in that direction and saw a hooded pony ''GOTCHA NOW!'' the griffon said firing her gun at the pony when she went to check on the pony it turned out to be a pony mannequin ''GOD FUCKING DAMM IT!''

Gabby then turned around quickly to find no creature behind her all of a sudden she heared a another noise and the flashloght revealed that a mannequin display was knocked over and saw the hooded pony. The informant lunged at the hooded pony certein it was the real one only to find out it was another mannequin. Gabby ripped off the mannequin's head in anger ''You gotta be FUCKING KIDDING ME!'' the griffon informant yelled in anger.

Another noise came from upstairs and Gabby didn't hesitate at all and flew upstairs and shined her flashlight at the end of a hall showing the hooded pony turning around the griffon informant tackled the hooded pony and shot it 5 times make sure it was dead. Turns out this was a animatronic mannequin. ''Fuck this is no normal criminal'' Gabby said to herself but when looking up from the animatronic saw the REAL hooded pony ''THERE YOU ARE YOU SON OF A BITCH!'' The griffon yelled firing her gun only for it to be out of ammo.

Gabby quickly reloaded but when looking up again from reloading the hooded pony was gone. The hooded pony appeared behind her a put a rag over her face knocking her out.

When Gabby woke up she found herself on the second floor of The Carousel Boutique she was laying on a sewing table some feathers were plucked off her wing. When the griffon informant tried moving her wings each tip turned out pinned down with a needle. When Gabby tried to move her wings again the pins didn't seem to react to her movement, no shaking no wiggling, no moving upwards nothing, ''WHAT THE FUCK!'' The griffon informant yelled before a TV on a rolling cart turned on and Cross appeared on the screen.

''Hello Informant Gabriella i want to play a game, you've seem to use the hard way on every creature during questioning to get information out of them even for the smallest crimes like littering, by mainly using you sharp talons to threaten them, you refuse to stick your neck out when it comes to using the hard way on the creatures, in 60 seconds 3 pin cushions with spikes on them will fall on your body all you have to do is make a deep cut in your neck with blade under your neck die or die live or die make your choice.'' Cross said before the TV turned off

The first thing Gabby tried to do is to flap her wings hoping to get the needles off, but once again not reaction to her movement no wiggling,no shaking, nothing. Then the griffon informant tried to what she was told to do by trying to make a deep cut in her neck.

Unfortunately the blade she was given to do so wasn't sharp enough since when she tried to cut off her fur to cut her neck the blade just seemed to graze her fur barely any fur was actually coming off. Realizing her time was running out the griffon informant yelled ''WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU! WHO THE FUCK ARE YO-'' The 3 pin cushions then fell on her body one on her face, one on her neck and one on her chest and to add insult to injury her neck fell on the blade passing out and eventually she bled out.

The Next Day

After reports of a broken into Carousel Boutique was filed Diamond and Laser were sent out to check it out. The reports were right not only was the boarded up door destroyed there was a mess inside the Boutique itself there was a mess of needles and a bunch mannequins were knocked over. ''Um Diamond i think i see something.'' Laser said pointing at a nearby sewing table, once Diamond grabbed the small box and opened it she found a severed bloody talon and another badge this time it was a bronze infromant badge.

''I don't see any symbols on this one so looks like were gonna have to go back to the station.'' Laser said ''This is Gabby's badge, i've recognized almost every creature's badge in the station even the ones without symbols, and looks you weren't look hard enough there's a talon on the badge.'' Diamond explained this is when the unicorn found a note at the bottom of the box it said ''If you want to know my next move is to go after your younger group.''

''I don't think this copycat killer is that messed to the point where he'll go after foals.'' Laser pointed out ''Maybe the copy is referring to rookies'' Diamond argued ''Plausible but i doubt since we don't seem to have a lot of rookies right now last time i checked.'' Laser concluded

Before the movment to lower the crime rate as much as possible by killing innocent ponies and before almost every creature in the department became corrupt thanks to Diamond. Gabby was basically every creature's friend even during the movement to lower the crime rate, when most creatures were showing signs of corruption.

Before corruption Gabby had her cheerful and excitable personality during the movement to lower the crime rate barely showing any signs of corruption. But after Diamond snitched on and turned in a corrupt detective this made almost every creature in the department go full corrupt and turn against Diamond including Gabby.

Her personality had completely changed she became agressive and hostile not only towards Diamond but also to be creatures she questioned using the hard way on them even for the smallest crimes like littering or shoplifiting by mainy threating them with her talons.

Flashback

Diamond was interrogating a mare earth pony who was suspected of burying stolen money in a empty field ''Okay just tell me in what field you buried the money in it's that simple you can worry about the consequences later.'' Diamond explained

Gallus was observing the interrogation through a one way mirror ''Okay this isn't gonna work'' The griffon said pulling out a radio ''Hey Head Detective send in Gabby she's good at this type of stuff.'' Gallus said

''Alright what the deal this time'' Gabby said walking into the interrogation room ''HEY MOVE!'' the griffon yelled pushing Diamond aside ''TELL ME WHERE DID YOU BURY THE STOLEN MONEY!'' Gabby yelled ''I serisouly have no idea what you're talking about.'' the mare said ''DON'T PLAY DUMB WITH ME!'' the griffon yelled slamming the table and threatening her with her sharp talons.

''Hey look what just came in'' Flash said flying into the interrogation room ''I just got new footage from the field from another angle'' The pegaus said playing the footage revealing that the pony wasn't a earth pony it was a unicorn ''See look closley a horn meaning it was a unicorn and the she didn't do the crime let her go.'' Flash explained

Unfortunately Gabby didn't want to let the mare go so it took Diamond,Flash,Gallus and 2 other Royal Guards to get the griffon off of the earth pony mare ''NO I STILL BELIEVE SHE DID THE CRIME!'' Gabby yelled as she was dragged out of the interrogation room lashing out.