Applejack is living happily with her siblings, parents, and grandmother in Ponyville. She has good friends, Rarity and Pinkie. But tragedy eventually comes for everypony. A previously unknown monster destroys the delicate peace in Applejack's life, leaving her broken and scarred. But, surely, there isn't anything else to be done.

Written for The Whodunnit? Youdunnit! Contest, hosted by the wonderful RB_, which ends the night of October 24th (EST). Write a story yourself! Speedwrite if you have to! (Or don't; goodness knows I couldn't.) Check out the other submissions as they are posted! Also, be sure to check out RB_'s Detective Rarity series if you haven't, which is a wonderful series of fun whodunnits. I had a lot of fun reading them as they came out. (Well, the latest one, I wasn't here for the first few.)

Content warning: Death, depictions of grief, brief depictions of characters worried about early-onset Schizophrenia in Chapter 1.