Chapters Chapter 1: Tonight's the Night
Tonight's the night. And it's going to happen again... and again.
Dexter was sitting in his car and watched a dark-haired man entering the door of a house. As soon as he closed, Dexter got out from the car. He was wearing the outfit that he wears when he's on this kind of missions. 'Indian shirt' and dark pants. He took his bag and approached the house, came to the door and tried to unlock it with a wire, hereupon he found out that it’s not even locked. You make it easier for me. Dexter thought with a soft evil smile on the lips and slowly opened the door trying not to make any noise. Also closed that carefully. As soon as he did, he was blinded by a green sparkle of light.
What did happen? Dexter was confused. A moment ago he set foot to the house of a murderer that he wanted to kill and now he’s lying in the grass somewhere out. Where am I? He asked himself sebe a looked around. Noticed his killing bag and some legs standing next to it. They belonged to his dead father, Harry, that was now staring at lying Dexter.
"What did happen?" asked him Dexter quietly, "Where am I?“ He started to look around again. Several colorful butterflies flew over his head. He looked up to the sky. It was pure blue. Everything seemed so perfect. Dexter has never felt like this before. "Am I in... heaven?"
"You, Dex? I heavily doubt." Harry answered.
Dexter frowned. "Hm... So where am I? And how did I get here?"
"Dexter, I’m only a figment of your imagination. I don’t know more than you."
A pony with yellow fur, pink mane, big eyes and... wings... was staring at him. And looked very scared.
Uh. So a talking horse. I always knew that I’m not completely sane but this is too much for me. "I... I..." Dexter tried but just couldn't put a coherent sentence together.
She rolled her eyes. "You can... talk?? B-but how..." She was absolutely in shock.
What? I should ask you that! Dexter calmed down and finally said: "Yes."
The mare was amazed. She have never seen anything like this creature and it can talk! She looked at his strange hooves. They looked like dragon claws but certainly not so sharp. "What kind of... um... animal are you? Have you got a name? Eh... I am Fluttershy."
Fluttershy? Weird name. Dexter swallowed. "My name's Dexter Morgan and I'm... a human."
Dexter Morgan? Weird name. And... "Um... I'm sorry but... can you please tell me what are you again?" Fluttershy asked confoundedly.
"A human." Dexter said again, "Can I ask you where the hell am I?"
"You don't know? You're in Ponyville." Fluttershy asnwered but she was still thinking about the word 'human'. She already heard it somewhere. Some pony talked about it somewhere.
Ponyville. Hm. Today I've lost my mind. This can't be real. Well, i'm going to improvise. "That... Ponyville, is it a town?"
Fluttershy nodded. "Um... Yes. A town in Equestra. Can I ask you... um... if you don't mind... where are you from, Dexter Morgan?"
"Miami." he said.
"Where's Miami?"
"In Florida."
"Eh... where is... Florida? Is it a... kingdom?"
"No, it's a state of USA!"
"I've never heard about... USA."
"What?"
"H-how... how did you get here? Are you an... alien?" she continued quietly.
„Probably! have no idea! I was just going to...“ Kill Richard, cut him to pieces, pack them in bags and drop them to the bottom of the Bay. "... Going to... Going to go home... from my job but suddenly I showed up here! Why did I showed up here?! This all is ridiculous!" Dexter noticed that he raised his voice. That caused Fluttershy to make several steps back. She looked very scared now.
Her name perfectly fits her. "Fluttershy, don't be afraid, I... won't hurt you." Dexter said quietly and slowly walked to her, petted her on the head and tried to calm her down.
The yellow mare began to smile. He doesn't look dangerous. I think he's little bit scared too... He prolly doesn't have a place to sleep, doesn't have anything to eat, to drink! I could take him with me... Like other lost animals. Yes, that would be right. "Dexter Morgan, -"
"Call me Dexter." he interrupted her.
"Um... ok. Dexter, you probably don't have a place to go 'cause you're not... you know... local..." Truth. "So you could... eh... for a while... live in my house... if you don't mind, of course..." She finished the sentence with a nervous smile.
Dexter thought.
"You can't refuse that, Dex." told him Harry that stood right behind him.
"I know!" he sighed. "Fluttershy, I really don't want to bother you...-"
"No, no, no. You do not!" she said and then began to blush softly, so she hid it behind her mane. "Um... sorry."
"- I accept your offer. Thank you." he smiled.
"Yes? Okay! Ehm... so come with me." she commanded.
Dexter nodded and began to follow Fluttershy.
They were walking over the meadow when Fluttershy noticed his bag.
"Dexter, um... can I ask you, what do you have in that?"
Knives, cleavers, injections, ... "Ehm... nothing important." he said nervously.
For five silent minutes of walking, Dexter was bombarded by hundreds of his thoughts. This just can't be happening.
"It is happening, Dex," his father told him, "you found yourself in a world of talking ponies." And began to laugh loudly.
"You think it's funny? Whatever, this is all happening only in my head. Richard probably stunned me somehow. I'm unconscious and now I'm having these weird dreams. It's clear."
"But you don't belive that."
"I...! I... argh! Let me be, okay?!"
His father faded away with a smile on the lips.
"So here we are." Fluttershy said. Dexter looked at her. She was pointing with her hoof at her house. It looked like a huge tree with windows. A bridge over lake led to it. Around there were trees with birdhouses. Gorgeous view.
"That's... beautiful, Fluttershy. Really. I don't say this very often but this is seriously beautiful." Dexter stated. He wasn't saying this just of courtesy, this was the purest thing he ever said.
Fluttershy hid her red cheeks behind her pink mane. "Um... Thank you... I'm glad you like it..." She didn't know what to say now. An awkward silence has occured. Then the yellow pony finally spoke: "So... Eh... Do you like pets?"
One of the memories of Dexters's childhood came to Dexter: He killed neighbour's dog. "Pets? Oh, I love pets!“ he pretended to be happy.
"Really?" Fluttershy tossed her mane. "That's great! So come with me inside. I will introduce you to my little friends!"
"Hello." Dexter said and waved his hand nervously. As he did it, every pet hid behind the couch.
Fluttershy laughed. "Don't fear, little ones, Dexter is not going to harm you. He's my friend. Don't hide." One white rabbit showed up and slowly approached Fluttershy. „Dexter. this is Angel. Angel, this is Dexter Morgan. He's a human.“ The rabbit came to Dexter. Dexter crouched and petted him. Angel liked it and began to nuzzle Dexter's hand. Soon the others came welcome Dexter too.
"They like you." told him Fluttershy with a smile. "By the way, um... You have very strange hooves."
Dexter looked at his ,hooves‘ a grinned. "These hooves... they're called hands an these are fingers, you know."
"Uh..." Fluttershy thought for while. He must be hungry and thirsty. "Um...would you want water and... something to eat?" she asked Dexter.
Dexter nodded.
"Do you want some flowers?"
Huh? "Eh... No, I don't eat flowers. Water. That will do." Should I tell her that I eat meat? Hell no.
"Ok." Fluttershy went to the kitchen.
But I'd rather kill someone right now.
Author's Note
If I make any grammaratical mistakes, tell me... you know... if you don't mind...
"My parents? They're both dead." No more questions, please.
"Oh... ehm... and do you have any... um... you know... special somepony?" Fluttershy asked.
"You mean... something like a wife?"
Fluttershy nodded with a smile.
He closed his eyes. "She's dead."
Fluttershy's smile quickly vanished. "But... why? What did happen to her?"
Dexter sighed. "She was... murdered."
"M-m-murdered? That's... horrible..." The mare looked at him with wet eyes and Angel did the same.
Dexter remembered the night when he found Rita in a tub of blood and his little baby son crying and sitting in front of it in a bloody puddle.
Then he did what he would do if he could feel any emotions. Put his palms on the eyes and tried to cry. He can't be sad but he should be at his moment, so he was pretending it.
Oh no. Fluttershy didn't know what to do. She just put her hoof carefully on his shoulder and said: "I... I'm sorry... I... didn't want to..."
"It's alright, Fluttershy. I'm fine, don't worry." Dexter told her with a soft smile. No more questions.
"OK, OK." She dried her eyes and stepped back. "Em... do you have any siblings and friends?"
Debra! She must be worried. „Oh yeah, I have a lot of friends and sister, her name is Debra. I had a brother too but he's now...“ Dead. Argh, no more sadness! „Enough about me. Tell me something about you and this world.“
Fluttershy nodded with a smile.
She told him basic need-to-knows about Equestria. About the culture, government and rules. He listened to each word and was amazed how the things work here. Magic, controlling the weather, mythical creatures... She also told him a bit of history. Mainly about the Nightmare Moon. Then began to talk about the Elements of Harmony and her friends.
"My friends! I gotta show you to my friends!“ said Fluttershy with excitement. „They're gonna be surprised what new pet I have!"
"Pet?"
"I mean friend." Fluttershy blushed, "They're gonna be surprised what new friend I have." then nervously grinned.
Hmpf. From her telling her friends seemed to be little bit... weird. I'm mainly afraid of that hyperactive one. Pinkie Pie or what.
"Dexter, I'm going to write a letter to Twilight. Wait here, please."
He nodded and Fluttershy walked upstairs.
Dexter took another sip of his water. Then Harry showed up next to him on the couch.
"She's nice, isn't she?" Harry told him.
Dexter looked at him. "Dad, I really need to kill someone... I didn't kill for two weeks. I never wanted anything so bad... I could just... kill her..."
Harry gave him an imaginary slap. "Don't even think about it, Dexter!"
Dexter was puzzled. "But... you used to let me kill animals, remember? She's a pony."
His father frowned at him. "Dexter, she gave you a shelter and she's kind to you! You got to realize that in this world you are an animal."
"So you're telling me that here she is at the same level as humans on Earth..."
Harry nodded.
"...So I can't kill her because she is... innocent."
Harry nodded again. "That was exactly what I wanted to tell you."
Fuck. Dexter leaned back. Then he heard a clapping of hooves. Fluttershy just came back and his father faded away.
She said: „Sent. I think she will visit us soon.“
Dexter came out from the thoughts. „Oh... that's great. I'm looking forward to meeting her.“ No.
"Don't be nervous. She's really nice. She won't hurt you... But she will probably... um... study you."
"What?“ Study me?!
"Don't be afraid. Everything's going to be okay."
"I hope."
Twilight Sparkle just finished reading of Fluttershy's letter and she was excited. Fluttershy's got a new pet? And she says I'll be very surprised? It must be very strange. What could it be? "Spike!" she shouted.
The dragon ran to her. "What's up, Twi?"
"I'm going to Fluttershy's. She needs to show me something important. Could you tidy here when I'll be gone?"
"Yes, ma'am!"
"Thanks."
She levitated a saddlebag and put quills, inks and vellums in it. Then she placed it on her back and walked to the door.
"Bye Spike, see you later."
Fluttershy opened the door. A lavender unicorn with purple mane was standing there.
Fluttershy smiled. "Hi Twilight."
"Hi Fluttershy! So where's that strange animal you were writing about?" she asked impatiently.
"Come in."
Twilight did.
The yellow pony came to the couch. Dexter was just sitting there and stared at the incoming unicorn.
Twilight Sparkle opened her mouth. Couldn't believe her eyes.
"Dexter, this is Twilight Sparkle. Twilight, this is Dexter Morgan, he is a -"
"Human!“ the unicorn finished.
Fluttershy looked at her puzzled. "You... you know them?"
"Yes!" she began to analyze him with her sight. "I thought... everyopny thought they were only a made up in old mare's tales! But he's sitting here! Right in front of me! This is unbelievable!"
This is getting interesting. Dexter thought. "Hello. Nice to -"
The purple mare jumped. "He can even talk!“ she screamed. "Great! I have so many questions!"
Dexter was unable to say anything. "Uh..."
"Do you really live on Earth? How many poeple does live in your world? You really can't use magic? Do you -"
Fluttershy interrupted her. "Twilight... you should calm yourself down. He looks... scared."
Twilight grinned. "Yeah... sorry."
The human closed his eyes and sighed. "It's alright. Ask me whatever you want."
"But don't ask him about his family."
"Why not?"
"Just... don't, Twilight."
"Okay, Fluttershy." she said and quickly moved to Dexter.
So there they were. Twilight Sparkle asking and Dexter asnwering. For an hour. Twilight Sparkle was writing down every word he said. She was so excited. She was talking with a human! I'm going to faint!
"So. You analyze blood splatters and you can found out from them how the murder has been done?" Twilight asked.
"Yes." Dexter answered. Don't tell me about blood now, please.
Twilight was amazed. Fluttershy was scared. "That must be terrible job..." Fluttershy stated quietly.
The purple unicorn continued: "This is awesome!" And wrote something down on the vellum. Then she raised her head and gave Dexter a big smile.
If I had a heart I'd find this adorable.
She jumped down from the couch. Levitated her things to the saddlebag and told him: "Well. I need to go. I need to write a letter for princess Celestia."
After she said that, Dexter raised the eyebrows. "A letter... about me?"
The mare nodded. "Of course, silly! She should know about you. She most likely will want to meet you!"
Shit.
Next day
Dexter was standing right in front of the Princess of the Sun and the Princess of the Moon in the Canterlot castle. Twilight and Fluttershy next to him. The princesses were really beautiful alicorns. Celestia had wonderful colorful mane and Luna looked so darkly. And they can even raise the Sun and Moon.
Celestia broke that awkward silence. "Welcome to Equestria, Dexter Morgan."
"Thank you, it's nice to meet you."
"We hope you like it here.“
"Oh yes... Equestria's very beautiful place and this castle... just wow."
Celestia smiled. "Thank you. Dexter, we need to ask you some questions about you and your kind. You are the first human in Equestria after thousands of years."
Twilight stepped in the conversastion. "Excuse me but I asked him everything important yesterday. I have it all written here." She took the vellum and gave it the princess.
What a nerd. Dexter thought.
Celestia levitated it in the air and began to read it. Then she told Twilight: "Thank you, my pupil. You saved our time."
The lavender unicorn smiled from ear to ear.
"But there is still one thing we need to do, Dexter."
He swallowed. "Okay. What is it?"
"We need to read your mind now."
Author's Note
Yes, mind reading...
Chapter 3: The Spell Worked!
Dexter stood there. Paralyzed from Celestia's words. Unable to say anything. His heart almost stopped at the moment. Then he finally spoke. "Why?"
"It's necessary. We need to know If you really mean no harm to my little ponies as you say." Celestia stated. "Nothing personal. We do it to every stranger." Her horn started to glow.
Dexter began to sweat, his heart beated fast and his brain was about to explode. "Wait!"
Celestia stopped.
"What's up with you Dexter? Just let her do it." Fluttershy said in a whisper.
"Yes, what is wrong with you human? What are you hiding from us?" questioned Luna curiously. "You should not be afraid if you have no bad intentions, should you?"
If you weren't immortal... "I just... eh... I... meant..." I meant, I meant, "will it hurt?" he asked, his voice cracked.
The white alicorn smiled. "No, I swear." Then her horn began to glow again.
So this is my end? I imagined it so many times but never like this. In a world of talking pastel coloured ponies. I'd give anything for an electric chair right now.
Her shiny horn touched Dexter's forehead. He tried not to think about anything... bad, but the knew that it's useless.
One minute later. Startled Celestia looked at him with widened eyes. Dexter was waiting for the sentence. He imagined his father showed up next to him, put his hand on Dexter's shoulder and gave him a worried gaze. But then he, without a word, faded away. The serial killer looked Celestia in the eyes.
Luna spoke: "Sister what did you saw?"
"Nothing."
"What nothing?"
"Nothing but dark."
Luna paused for a while. "And that means... ?"
"And that means it didn't work."
Twilight and Fluttershy were confused. How could a spell of the most powerful pony of Equestria fail. Thank god! Dexter quietly sighed in relief.
Luna began to angrily frown at him. "THOU!" she shouted. "How dare you to block our spells, human? Who do you think you are?!"
The human was puzzled.
"He did not do anything Luna. It seems that our spells just don't affect him."
"They don't? Then he is even more dangerous! We should lock him in a dungeon right now!"
This Luna has some good instinct. You should listen to her, Celestia.
"No, Luna." said Celesta in a calm tone.
"But...!"
"Calm yourself down." She made several slow steps towards Dexter, studied him intensively with her big eyes and questioned: "Dexter Morgan, do you promise you will not do anything that would make us have to punish you?"
More likely not. "I promise." Dexter stated with right hand on his heart.
The princess slowly nodded. "Well, then it's solved."
"Thank you." he replied trying to make his scratchy voice sound honestly.
Luna was upset. The thoughts that occupied her mind. What? What is solved? Nothing is solved! Only a promise?! She just let this strange creature go with a single promise?! I don't like the way he looks, I don't like the way he talks! He is dangerous! Even his job involves blood! We can't trust him!
Princess Celesta walked to Twilight. "Twilight Sparkle, even though he seems to be harmless," she looked at him, he grinned stupidly, "write me every day about his behaviour and do not let him go anywhere alone."
That's worse than a dungeon. Dexter thought.
The lavender unicorn nodded then stopped and put her hoof to her chin. "So he should stay at the library with me and Spike."
Celestia agreed.
"Hey, but," Dexter spoke almost in a whisper, after that he little bit raised his hoarse voice, "I'd rather go back home... to my... eh... universe, you know."
"That's a great idea!" Luna said. She still had that angry expression.
Celestia turned her head to her upset sister and gave her an annoyed glance, then she looked back at our beloved serial killer. "I understand but magic spells don't affect you. I think we will find a way how to send you home but now we can't do anything. I'm sorry."
"Okay... fine..." Dexter replied quitely. You suck.
"But at least I will help you to introduce yourself to Ponyville."
***
Bon-Bon watched from half-opened door a mint unicorn with a lyre as the Cutie mark to throw some book away. "It's useless!"
She asked her: "Lyra, what's going on?" She has never seen her so upset.
Lyra turned her head at her worried roommate. "It's useless!" she pointed angrily at a pile of books. "All of this is useless!" Then she kicked the pile with her hoof. The books fell on the floor.
Bon-Bon sighed. "Lyra, does it have anything to do with humans?" She hated that Lyra's crazy obssession.
"No! It absolutely does not! These are worthy of burning! They're useless! Loads of bullshit!" she shouted and stamped on one of them. And then again and again.
The creamy mare picked up the nearest book from the floor. "Interdimensional Travels? Don't tell me you tried to -"
"Bring here a human? Yes I tried!" she screamed. "I read every of these books and did everything they say! I was preparing the spell for three months, staying very late at nights and after it all it didn't work! Nothing has happened! Nothing!"
"Lyra -" Bon-bon said in a soothing voice but was interrupted by her crazy roommate again.
"Don't say anything! Just leave me alone!"
"But -"
"Leave me alone!" Lyra yelled louder.
"... Okay."
Bon-Bon slowly walked away from Lyra's room, looked at her friend - she was still frowning - and closed the door slowly.
Lyra aggressively layed on her bed, mummled something and fell asleep.
***
Ponies accepted me well. Very well. Yeah, some of them were scared and absolutely shocked but most were more likely fascinated. And Celestia's speech on the stage wasn't bad too. It was actually pretty good. I'm glad she didn't talk about me like some animal. She talked about me like completely equal to ponies.
And now I'm sitting here at the library with six mares. They're looking at me... It's frustrating... They want to ask me loads of questions, just don't know how... Come on! I can't stand this fucked up silence!
The pink one is still smiling... Why is she smiling? What's funny? She's depressing me... She must be that... eh... Pinke Pie... Oh no... She's gonna -
"So Dex, Twilight and Fluttershy were all morning with you in Canterlot? We didn't know where they are, we were very very very very very very worried about them, they didn't tell us. But it's okie dokie. It's nice to meet you! I know everypony in Ponyville! I'm Pinke Pie but friends call me Pinkie. You too can call me Pinke... or Pie but I think that Pinke is prettierrrr! Or call me Pinkamena but it doesn't sound nice....... Do you like cupcakes??? I love cupcakes! We have the bestest at Sugarcube Corner! I can bring you some! Yeah? Whatcha think? Yeah?"
Dexter was just nodding stupidly.
"Pinkie!" the one with stetson hat whispered.
"What?"
Applejack shook her head like 'do not'.
Twilight spoke up, "So.. Dexter," and began to introduce her friends, "this is Pinke Pie as you already know. This is Rainbow Dash,"
"The best and fastest flyer in all Equestria!" she added.
"This is Applejack,"
"Howdy."
"And Rarity."
„Hello darling.“
Dexter waved his hand at them. "It's nice to meet you all. I hope... we will get on with each other well." He said nervously.
The white unicorn spoke again: "Of course we will," she smiled, "but only if you take down those terrible clothes!"
"Rarity!" Twilight hissed at her.
"Oh, where are my manners? I'm sorry darling."
Dexter stopped imagining how would a pony look wrapped in plastic on the table. "It's okay. Rarity's right."
"Yes, of course i am! Why are you wearing them Dexter if you know they are horrible? They don't even suit you."
Well, they're not meant for any special company. "I don't know."
"That's alright. If you let me take your measures I can make you much more better!" she said proudly. Then she made few ellegant steps towards him.
"No, no, no!" "he snapped back. That litte bit startled her. "I'm not going to stay here for long! I can wear these. I don't need new ones, I will wash them."
Twilight stepped in: "But princess Celestia said -"
"I believe she will find a way to send me home! She... has to..." the volume of his voice suddenly lowered. But what if she won't? ... No! She will!
"„As you wish darling, I don't want to force you to anything but in my boutique is door always opened for you."
"Thank you Rarity, I appreciate that."
She nodded with closed eyes but opened them quickly. "Oh my, Lyra will freak out if she knows about you!"
After she said it every mare looked at each other. They were nervously nodding.
"Who's Lyra?" Dexter asked Rarity but got the answer from Rainbow Dash.
"Lyra's one crazy unicorn. She's obssessed by humans, y'know? And if she knows -“
"I don't think she heard Celestia's introduction of Dexter. She would be already here jumping around him." Twilight said, "But she will find out soon 'cause everypony in Ponyville talks about him now."
***
Lyra was sleeping on her bed, dreaming about humans again. The floor of the room was covered with books.
Somepony opened the door and stepped in the room. She didn't pay attention to that and tried to sleep again but somepony was waking her.
"Lyra! You gotta wake up!" It was Bon-Bon and she was shaking her trying to wake her quickly.
The mint unicorn slowly opened her eyes and looked up at her roommate. She rubbed her eyes and asked quietly: "Bon-Bon, what's going on?"
"Lyra wake up!"
"I'm awake!" she screamed, "What do you want?!"
"You didn't hear that Celestia's speech?"
"Eh... no. What speech?"
"I'm really sorry Lyra."
"You're sorry for what?"
"For calling you insane and silly dreamer, remember?"
Lyra was confused. "That was long ago, why are you apologizing right now?"
"Because... you were right."
Lyra rolled her eyes.
"Humans exist!"
"Bon-Bon are you making fun of me or what?"
"No, really, humans exist and one is here in Ponyville! Your spell... did work!"
Lyra opened her mouth. "W-w-what?"
"A human is in Ponyville!"
Lyra didn't know what to say. "R-really?"
Her friend nodded with a grin.
Then Lyra suddenly got down from her bed and began to jump in around her roommate. "I KNEW IT! I KNEW IT! Where's is he? Or she? Where'sthehumannow?!"
"At the Golden Oaks Library, I think."
As Bon-Bon said it, Lyra was already running through the streets of Ponyville. As fast as she could.
Author's Note
If you think that nothing is happening yet, be patient and wait for another chapters. It's not tagged as Dark, Tragedy and Gore for nothing.
The ambience at the library was much more relaxed now. Our beloved murderer had almost forgotten that his new companions were actually ponies and one dragon because they behaved just like humans.
Dexter and the mares were talking with each other about their worlds, the differencies of them and the things that they have in common. The topic that interested them most was, of course, technology. He didn't want to confuse them so he told him only a bit about it.
"... and pegasi and unicorns are only myths too." He said.
Suddenly a knocking was heard. "Excuse me.“ Twilight went to open the door.
"Uh... Hi Lyra..."
The mint-coated unicorn pushed Twilight away and without a word quickly ran in.
Twilight sighed and said: "Lyra don't..."
Too late. Lyra was already in front of Dexter, staring at him quietly. He did too.
Rainbow facehoofed. "No, not this. Lyra, just stay -" she was interrupted by Lyra's high pitched screaming. Dexter rolled his eyes and nervously swallowed.
Applejack covered Lyra's mouth with her hoof. "Hey, calm sugarcube! Don't scare our guest!"
Lyra gasped as Applejack took her hoof down. "Guest?" She tried to restrain her excitement; shivering was the result. She looked over at silent Main 6 then back at Dexter.
Dexter was already annoyed so he spoke. "Hi, I'm Dexter Morgan, you are Lyra?" He shook her hoof.
She only nodded with mouth open.
"Fluttershy found him near the Everfree." Twilight chimed in.
The yellow pegasus nodded proudly.
Lyra had been lost in thoughts for a while. Fluttershy saw him first? Not fair! ... Oh, what should I say now? ------ Lyra let out only a few mumled words that were supposed to be a sentence. Lyra you're being dumb! What will he think about you?
"Alright, you don't need to say anything." She looked up at him with her beautiful eyes as he said it. I'm kinda having some strange feeling. Something like d'awww. Little bit.
"No!" Lyra came to life, "No I have so many questions for you!"
Fuck it! Everything went dark. He grabbed her by the neck and threw her against the wall. Everypony in the room was scared. The wall was crashed and Lyra was breathing heavily on the floor, blood flowing from her mouth. Dexter only angrily glared at all of this.
THAT would happen if Dexter was totally stupid.
In real he just said: "Okay."
And Lyra's face shined with joy.
Fluttershy suddenly spoke up: "Lyra... um... you shouldn't..."
"Shut up Fluttershy! You undoubtedly asked him a bunch of questions and I can't?" Lyra shouted and immediately regretted that.
The tone that she was talking with made others upset but the only one that spoke up was Rainbow Dash. "Hey, nopony will talk to Fluttershy like that!" she yelled at Lyra.
"Oh, forgive me Fluttershy... I just... can't control right now, you know, a human's there... sorry..."
Fluttershy hid her sad face behind her mane and tremulously replied: "I understand... it's alright..."
"Okay..." Dexter searched for words but didn't find any good ones. He scratched his head and then he told Lyra: "Well, you had some questions, didn't you?"
After about one hour, Lyra had ran out of the questions to ask. She had an interest in his hands so the questions were mainly about them. It's amazing how something so ordinary for humans is so wonderful for ponies. Why, at least for Lyra.
When Dexter told her how much he wants to go back home, she began to think. I won't tell him that I brought him here... But I'm supposed to send him home somehow. I'm supposed to find some spell... But spells don't affect him as he said... so I could create a portal, it's more difficult but it's the only thing I can do for him.
***
It was about 6 pm. Fluttershy was preparing dinner for her little friends. But then she noticed something under a cushion on the couch. She came to the couch and slowly uncovered the thing. It was the bag with 'nothing important' as Dexter said. He's forgotten it here. I should bring him it right now. She touched it with her hoof. Seems that it contains some solid things. She stopped. Um... I think I could just take a peek inside. Fluttershy slowly began to open it but suddenly somepony knocked on the door. Fluttershy yeeped, hid the bag under the cushion and went open the door.
"Hi Dexter," she welcomed him, "what are you doing here?"
"Hi Fluttershy, I think I left my bag here."
"Um... yeah... I don't know..." she told him tremulously. "... Come in... if you want to..."
"Okay."
He walked through the door, waved his hand at Fluttershy's pets and then he began to think. I hope she didn't look into it. Dexter noticed his bag under a cushion and took it. "Good."
"Oh, you found it." she said, then asked: "Would you... um... want to stay here for dinner?"
Dexter scratched his chin. "I don't know... Twilight told me that I should just take my bag and return at the library."
Fluttershy tilted her head. "Uh... okay..."
Dexter thought with a sigh. "Maybe I could stay here for a while, Twilight surely won't mind."
Now Fluttershy raised her head happily. "Great! For dinner I'm having the salad you liked!"
He smiled. Fluttershy went to the kitchen.
After dinner, Dexter wanted to walk away but they started another debate so he stayed.
They chatted about everything. They laughed and cried with each other as they were talking about their life's situations. Fluttershy was so happy that she has somepony to talk with. No, it's not like she has not anypony to talk with, she has friends, of course, but this was different. She had nothing much in common with her friends. They usually didn't pay much attention to her but Dexter did. He was almost like her. Unsure, quiet and not too much assertive. She was glad to finally have somepony who listens to her.
"Oh god, I gotta go back at the library! Twilight must be worried... or worse... angry!"
"I'm sorry, I... I... didn't want to keep you here for so long. I'm sorry." Fluttershy apologized quietly.
"It's not your fault." He stroked her mane. "By the way, the dinner was delicious!"
They said bye to each other and Dexter walked away. Fluttershy smiled as she closed the door.
On his way back he met Pinkie Pie. She was going to the Fluttershy's.
***
Yes, Twilight was angry but not for long. She told him again: "Do not go anywhere alone!" and everything went calm. But then...
"Dexter what do you have in that bag?"
"Nothing important."
She raised her voice. "But there is something in it and I wanna know what it is, even though it's not important!"
Dexter heavily swallowed. "No... it's... ehm... it's... just... too... personal..." What the fuck?!
Twilight was puzzled. "What... too personal?"
"... Really nothing you gotta be afraid of..." Really?
She frowned, put her hoof on the chin and thought about something. "Well."
He let out a sigh of relief in his mind.
"I'm going to sleep, you also should go."
The human nodded.
"What are you going to do tomorrow Dex?" she asked him.
He thought but nothing good came into his head. "I don't know," he said, "probably I'll help... someone with... something... I really don't know."
"That's OK, goodnight Dexter!"
"Goodnight."
Twilight Sparkle went upstairs to her bedroom.
Dexter finished the last Pinkie Pie's cupcake. They're great, she was right. He didn't even took his clothes off and he lied down on the couch. He slowly opened his killing bag and caressed one of the cleavers. His vision started to go red. Dexter closed his eyes for a while. Then he zipped his bag, put it under his cushion, laid his head down and stared into the darkness.
In this moment, Harry showed up. "Dexter, I'm proud of you," he told him, "You can restrain the desire."
"Not for long," Dexter replied in a whisper, "this abstinence drives me crazy."
***
After sleepless night Dexter woke up to another day in Ponyville... And Lyra.
"Hi Dex!"
He rubbed his eyes and looked up at the unicorn. "Huh? Hi... Lyra...?" he said. "What are you... doing here so early?"
"I'm going to show you around the town!"
Twilight Sparkle agreed with that but couldn't go with them, she needed to study. Or something like that. Lyra was happy to introduce other Ponyville ponies to him and show him her friends. And mainly Bon-Bon.
Everypony's eyes were fixed on the human passing by. That made her feel important.
When Lyra and Dexter, which kept his bag with himself even right now, were walking through the streets, they saw Fluttershy waiting in line for some vegetables.
"Hi Fluttershy!" they called at her.
"Oh, Hi Dexter, hi Lyra!" As she replied, she was going to ask the vendor for tomatoes but was suddenly interrupted by a turquoise earth pony that stepped in front of her. Fluttershy didn't say anything, only tilted her head.
The earth pony was asked for five carrots and was ready to pay. Dexter crinkled his eyebrows.
"Don't worry Dexter, that always happens." Lyra said.
"What? Fluttershy lets everyone to treat her like that?"
"Well, she is a big pushover. She just can't make a stand for herself." Lyra answered.
Dexter looked back at Fluttershy. The turqoise mare was already gone so she took her turn but suddenly a brown stallion showed up and stepped in front of her.
Fluttershy sighed sadly. Fluttershy brace yourself at least now! You'll be a pushover even for Dexter! She raised her head, frowned and took a deep breath. "Uh... Excuse me but... You just stepped in front of me..." she told the stallion almost in a whisper.
He turned his head at her and gave her a contemptuous gaze. "I don't think so." he said and turned back at the vendor.
Dexter couldn't stand that anymore.
"Dex!" Lyra yelled at him as he was approaching the insolent stallion. He payed no mind.
Everypony in the line was shocked.
Fluttershy made several steps backward like others as Dexter came to the brown earth pony.
"But I think so." Dexter said calmly.
Everypony in the street and mainly Fluttershy watched it all with rolled eyes.
The stallion looked up at him with a glare. "Oh, you must be the human everypony talks about! Could you be so kind and stay out if it?"
"I couldn't." Dexter immediately replied. "But could you be so kind and let my friend here -"
"Wait a minute human, I need to pay." That stupid stallion showed contempt again and that made Dexter even more upset.
Of course you will pay! "No!" Dexter snapped back, "YOU wait a minute! Fluttershy was going buy something before your fucking ass showed up!"
The stallion glared at him angrily.
"Dex..." Lyra stepped in. "Let it go!"
"Yeah, be good boy and listen to your owner Dex!" the brown one said with a chuckle.
Enough! Dexter threw his bag on the ground and aggressively grabbed the cocky stallion by the neck.
"Dexter no!" Lyra screamed but Dexter didn't stop. She tried to depart them from each other but she just could not.
Everypony watched the scene but nopony spoke up. They actually felt like he deserves that.
The stallion was choking, Dexter's grip was getting stronger and stronger. The stallion tried so hard as he could to push Dexter's hands away but ineffectually. He couldn't take a breath and began to lose his consciousness.
Dexter diabolically smiled and would really kill him if Lyra didn't scream at him again. So he unwillingly released him. "Get - the - fuck - away - bitch!" Dexter shouted.
The half-dead stallion was scared as hell. Dexter looked in his swollen eyes. He gasped heavily and ran away.
Fuck! Dexter realized what just happened here. He looked around, everypony was staring at him.
Chapter 5: Go on, Fluttershy
"That was awesome!" a cute little filly spoke up.
Awesome? Dexter couldn't believe his ears. He just almost strangled a pony to death and she finds that awesome? "Huh?"
The other ponies began to mumble to each other with nodding heads and smiles on their faces.
"That fucking dick finally got what he deserved!" the filly stated. Dexter rolled his eyes as he heard that. The illusion of cuteness has been broken. Eh... Did this kid here just say 'fucking dick'? ...No.
The others didn't care. They agreed with her.
About fifteen ponies in the street continued to talk with each other about what happened here. Dexter heard some very positive words from the crowd. That made him softly smile.
Fluttershy's lip corners lightened. She didn't like violence or anything like that but she was quite happy that Dexter did this for her. Her eyes weren't teary anymore. But then she began to worry about what will happen if princess Celestia finds out what the human did.
I'm sure I didn't do that for Fluttershy, Dexter thought, she was just a pretext for my freaking out. Uh... I hope this won't happen again.
"Dexter!" Lyra shouted. "You -"
"Lyra, I just... got carried away! You know, I hate to see any idiots treating my friends like that!" he lied. If this this will happen again I'm fucked!
"But -"
"Just promise me that you won't tell Twilight!"
"No I -"
"Just promise me!"
"Fine!" she said. "But she will find out anyway."
"I don't care!"
"Okay, now let's get outta here."
He grabbed his bag and with Lyra left the street full of amazed ponies. But this will certainly happen again. Damn it. My hand is itching... it wants to pull out a knife... I could run to that bastard and cut him to four fucking dudes! NO! I couldn't! I can't think about these things now! Shut up brain!
***
It was evening. Luna's moon was already in the sky. Dexter was at the library but Twilight Sparkle wasn't there so he spent some time talking with Spike.
"Spike, you just ate a gem!?"
"Yeah, I'm sorry if you wanted it."
"You just ate a gem!?" Dexter repeated.
"Yes I did, they're delicious, what's wrong with you bro?"
"Nevermind!" He's not normal! He just ate a sapphire! Does he ever realize how much it costs, my god?!
Spike started a new topic. He asked for some tips for attracting a woman... mare. Dexter didn't know much about these and didn't even know why is he asking for these things. So he circumlocuted it somehow.
Then somepony knocked on the door. Spike went open it.
Please, not Lyra anymore. Dexter was saying for himself.
"Hi Fluttershy!" Spike welcomed the pegasus.
"Hi Spike, is Twilight here?"
"Not yet." he answered.
"And... Dexter is here?" she asked shakily.
"Yeah come in." He let her enter.
Fluttershy looked around the room. Her beautiful eyes quickly found Dexter, he was sitting on the couch. He softly waved his hand at her. She felt like she needs to thank him for what he did for her in the morning. Seeing him again made Fluttershy incredibly happy.
"Hello Dexter!" Fluttershy said, smiling.
"Oh hi Fluttershy!" Dexter replied, smiling too, "What are you doing here?"
Fluttershy began to blush and tilted her head. As always. She thought it will be easy just to say 'thank you', it's always easy for her but not now. "Uh.. I... um... I... just wanted to... thank you for... uh... you know..."
Dexter sighed and called at Spike: "Spike could you let us alone for a while?"
"Okay, Dex." he said and went upstairs.
When he was gone, Dexter looked back at Fluttershy.
"Fluttershy," he told her, "you're welcome, really. That was nothing."
"Nothing?" she said, "No, that was not nothing! You risked your life! What if the other ponies wouldn't accept that well? You'd be immediately in a dungeon or worse!" she almost shouted. When she realized, her volume lowered and her voice was now even more quiet than as usual. "And... if that would happen... I... I could not... that... because of me, you..."
"It's alright, calm." he soothed her and stroked her silky pink mane, "Everything is alright, Fluttershy, that's most important."
She looked up at him with her wet eyes. "Thank you." As she said it, a tear fell down her cheek.
This is... weird situation. Does she have feelings for me or something like that?
Oh my, I think I begin to... have feelings for him! He's so nice and kind and quite handsome... And he maybe feel the same! ... But no, Fluttershy, what would he see in you? You are a shy, timid, charmless pushover. You have no chance here... She thought and another tear fell from her eye.
"Oh, Fluttershy come on." He dried her cheeks with his hand and then gently hugged her.
The hug lasted quite long. Then she moved her head from his shoulder and gazed him in the eyes. From hers was visible joy.
Go on, Fluttershy, she commanded herself, Just do it! Kiss him! When will you have a chance again?
She was ready to do it. She was ready to kiss Dexter. Why not? Why not to show him she feels about him? Words could not describe it better. Her lips began to slowly approach those of his.
But then the door open and Twilight Sparkle ran in, gasping fast. Fluttershy and Dexter quickly moved from each other and looked at the out of breath unicorn. She had terrified expression on her face.
"What's going on Twilight?" Dexter asked.
Twilight breathed heavily. "Lyra... Lyra's..."
"What's with Lyra?" Dexter chimed in.
"Lyra is...!"
"Lyra is what?!"
"Lyra is...!" she couldn't let it out.
"Twilight what's with Lyra... and you?" Fluttershy asked her tremulously.
"Lyra is... dead!"
Author's Note
Some romance has been added as you can see. And Lyra is dead... What?! No! Why Lyra?!? Why her??! How is this even possible?! How did she die?!? Lyra!!!
By the way, sorry for the length of this chapter.
Chapter 6: A Glimmer of Darkness
"Hey, everypony, stay out of the crime scene, please!" a dark blue police officer earth pony shouted.
All of the residents of the street wanted to know what the hell has happened there. Why is there a cop? Bon-Bon knew why and she was crying. Everypony else tried to get a better view but Luna's spell pushed them away and made them unable to approach. Then she created a mist all around the venue. Inside the dense mist were only herself, the police officer pony, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy and Dexter.
They all slowly looked at the dead unicorn's bloody body lying on the ground. Except Fluttershy, she was shakily hiding behind her beloved Dexter.
No one of them didn't say anything. There was a silence, enough for Dexter to get lost in thoughts.
Oh god, she is massacred... Things like this don't happen here! Who the hell in this world is capable of something like this? No remorse but curiosity.
While the police officer was scratching his chin, Twilight drying her wet eyes and Fluttershy barely breathing, Dexter's calm face expression made the night princess incredibly angry.
"You," she almost screamed, "you have done this, you monster!" Her eyes were full of hatred.
Dexter got startled by that. "H-how could I -?"
The police officer pony made a great statement: "If the princess says so then it's truth. You're arrested, human!"
"What?" Dexter let out from confusion.
"No, he couldn't do anything to Lyra!" Twilight Sparkle spoke up to defend Dexter. "He hasn't seen her since noon!"
Luna didn't care, she had her own opinions and she stood by them. "These are no alibis!"
The cop began to approach Dexter. Twilight Sparkle couldn't do anything now - contradicting a princess doesn't pay out.
Dexter! Fluttershy wanted to tell them not to do this but only sound she made was a quiet whispered "No". Nothing more.
Oh my fucking god! After everything I've done I will be arrested for something I have not even done? What would Harry say right now? Dexter asked himself.
"The first rule of the Code, Dexter." an illusion of his father said.
"Don't get caught." said Dexter.
When he was in the reality again, he spoke: "I didn't kill Lyra! But I can help you find out who did!"
The police officer pony stopped and frowned. "How?"
"Well, I am a forensic blood spatter analyst," he said, "I've got experiences... here's a lot of blood... it's a whole story... I can tell you what exactly happened here."
The earth pony turned his head at the princess, waiting for a command.
"Yes, of course you know what exactly happened here, you've done that!" Luna yelled.
"Luna!" a familiar voice was heard suddenly.
"Princess Celestia!" Twilight Sparkle exclaimed with joy.
She elegantly flew down from the night's dark sky to the spot in dense mist. The police officer was the only one who bowed down. When she was with the hooves on the ground, she tilted her wings and began to talk as she was walking towards Luna.
"Sister, I heard about what happened here. This..." with disgust she looked at the unicorn's slaugthered body, "is just... terrible and sad..." Her eyes were gleaming because of tears but they immediately vanished. "And then I heard you blaming Dexter!"
Luna was kind of concerned. "Tia, it is obvious if not clear!" She pointed at Dexter with her hoof. "He is pure evil! He just appeared and two days later Lyra died!"
Twilight wasn't so afraid of defending Dexter with her mentor near. "But he hasn't seen here since noon as I said before! He just couldn't!"
"That is true, princess." Fluttershy whispered.
Luna was much more upset. "He certainly could somehow! He is strange, don't trust him sister!"
Celestia frowned. "But I trust my student."
Luna didn't know what to say. Twilight Sparkle proudly smiled and Fluttershy's heart calmed down.
Dexter sighed in relief. "Thank you, princess Celestia."
"So..." he spoke nervously, "What are we going to do now?" the police officer finally joined the conversation.
The night princess snarled with a glare. "Let that genius show us how he can help us."
Dexter quickly came to the corpse. He passed around it carefully, looked at it from several angles and spots. The others were staring at him.
"Still at the first stage of decomposition but probably not for long by now. Time since death is about... 4 or 6 hours. The cuts on the flanks were done when the victim was yet alive. They're gritty and imperfect, she was resisting."
"Wait, 4 or 6 hours?" The police officer chimed in. "No way this is possible, somepony would notice her! She's lying here for about one hour!"
"Yes, she can be lying her for one hour but she died earlier." Dexter pointed at not much visible blood trail. "Somone's brought here here. Too bad that any hoofprints aren't visible."
Everypony gasped.
"She was brought here by somepony?" Luna asked.
"Clearly." Dexter answered.
Celestia looked up to the sky. "Who would do such a thing?"
And they stood there in silence again.
"What are we going to do now, princess?" Twilight Sparkle tremulously questioned Celestia.
The day princess was still gazing to the dark night sky. "Murders are... unusual in Ponyville, if not in all Equestria my faithful student... We have to find out who... you know..."
Twilight began to cry. "Lyra was... my good friend. I will help you find that... not pony but that monster!"
The cop finished writing down the things Dexter said then he told the princesses: "You can leave now, I can handle those curious ponies out there and carry Lyra to the chariot."
The both princesses nodded. "I'll see you tomorrow. Good... night." Celestia said and took off together with her sister.
As they disappeared, the mist began to fade away slowly and at that moment Fluttershy jumped and without a word tightly hugged Dexter.
He didn't protest and wrapped her in his arms and then he suddenly received a kiss from her. Yeah but not on a cheek but on the lips.
Twilight and the cop stared at her with open mouths, also Dexter himself.
Fluttershy heavily blushed when she realized what she just did. "Eh... um... I'm sorry, I'm just... glad you're alright..." She gave him a forced shaky smile.
Dexter widened his eyes. "Okaayyy... uh... thanks..."
Twilight wanted to say something but the mist already faded away and a crowd of ponies, which so badly wanted to know what is going on, was now visible.
Good cupcakes... even better than before. Dexter thought as he bit his one. Pinkie Pie brought them at the library for free to ease Twilight's sadness.
Twilight Sparkle already pulled herself together. She was the Element of Magic after all, she couldn't cry all days.
She was having breakfast, the cupcakes, with Dexter and Spike at the table. Spike had already eaten and went do his chores, rearranging the books etc.
"So how are you?" Dexter asked Twilight at the table.
"It's better." she replied simply and continued in eating.
She doesn't wanna talk about it.
Then they ate there in silence for a while.
"Dexter," Twilight spoke at Dexter sitting opposite her. "are you dating Fluttershy?"
Dexter rolled his eyes in shock. "What?!" he immediately blurted. He seriously didn't expect this question. "What am I?!"
She began to blush. "Uh... sorry, I thought you are..." she replied, her voice getting quiet.
"No, no, no!" he assured her, scandalized. "How did you even come to this?!"
She was surprised by his reaction. Twilight tilted her head, searching for appropriate words in her mind. Her cheeks were completely red now. Then she looked up at him again. "Well," she started but paused and sighed, "you know..." she put her hoof on the chin, "the way she looks at you... you came at the library late from hers, one night... and that kiss at yesterday night... I just thought you and Fluttershy are already dating!"
As Spike heard it, he immediately stopped to do his work and to the dining room. "What did ya just say, Twi? Dex here is dating Fluttershy?"
"No, Spike, that's a misunderstanding!" Dexter said.
"Oh come on," Spike slyly smiled, "you can tell us, big guy." and approached Dexter to hear better.
"No! Twilight tell him!"
Twilight sighed with a slight smile. "Spike, Dexter is not dating Fluttershy..."
Yes. Dexer nodded.
She continued: "... But Fluttershy is in love with Dexter. That's how it is andy ou can't prove me wrong." she exclaimed triumphanly.
Yes... NO!... Yes... it's true... Dexter sighed.
"Oh seriously?" Spike spoke. "Cool! And you were telling me that you're not good at hittin' on mares!"
Dexter facepalmed. I'm done.
"You don't seem to like that Fluttershy likes - or rather loves - you." Twilight said.
"Of course I don't!" Dexter snapped. How could I do?!
The lavender unicorn was a bit confused. "But why?" She didn't know. "Fluttershy is a very pretty and kind mare... -" Spike was nodding.
"But she is a pegasus, you know!"
"Oh, you're more into earth ponies and unicorns?" Twilight questioned curiously.
He facepalmed again. "No! I am not into any PONIES!"
Twilight squinted her eyes. "Hey, what do you have against ponies?"
"Nothing! Ponies just... just don't attract me much!" he awkwardly explained.
"Yeah," Spike chimed in, "I used to say this before I met... Rarity..." and lost in thoughts as he said the name.
"Maybe you'll change your mind after some time, Dexter."
Spike nodded.
Maybe . "Okay..." Dexter said and looked at through the window at empty street. Let's change the topic. "Much ponies don't go outside now, right?"
Spike agreed. "Yeah and I dunno why." He shrugged.
"Go to your room Spike." Twilight commanded.
Of course she didn't tell him, he's yet a kid.
"Uh, why Twilight?" he asked.
"Just go!"
And he went.
Twilight seemed to be a bit depressed again.
I shouldn't have said that. "I'm sorry, Twilight, I shouldn't have remind -"
"No," she interrupted Dexter. "It's alright. After all, the princess is going to visit us today, I mustn't let my feelings control me so much, she must be sure that I am able to help." Then she put a sheepish smile on the face.
Great, 'cause I don't wanna have to calm you. I'm not even sorry. "I am truly sorry for your loss Twilight."
"I don't want to talk about it now, okay?" she ended it and left the table.
***
What a catastrophe can one single sudden murder cause. Ponyville streets are almost completely empty. No children playing, no lines in front of stalls, only few courageous ponies. One of them was the arrogant stallion, a.k.a 'fucking dick', which recently got what he deserved, talking with his companions.
"Oh guys, if I'd only saw that bucking killer, I'd beat him up to unconsciousness! Yeah, I'd be a hero!" he exclaimed and made few fighter gestures.
"Yeah, says the one who got his ass kicked by a monkey!" laughed a green pegasus stallion.
"Shut up cunt!" the first one replied in an annoyed hiss.
"Hey, don't call Dexter a monkey!" Rainbow Dash yelled from above.
"I can call that creep whatever I want!" he shouted.
Rainbow Dash frowned. She was about to fly down and punch him in the face.
But then everypony bowed down as princess Celestia with her two guards and the police officer by her side walked by. She was heading to the library and Rainbow Dash knew it so she followed her while flying.
***
The guards stood still at the library's door like obedient dogs.
"It's nice to see you again, your highness." said Dexter and bowed down before her.
"Please, call me Celestia." she told him.
"Oh great..." Great? "I mean... that's kind of you... to... let me call you by your... name" What the fuck am I saying, the 'great' would do.
The princess chuckled, but still ellegantly. I can't say this about Rainbow Dash, she was barely holding her laughter quiet. "You have no reason to be nervous in my presence, Dexer Morgan, seriously." Celestia assure him in a soothing voice.
"Oh... great..." He smiled sheepishly and glanced over his shoulder at the two amused mares. "Nice to meet you again, too, police officer." said Dexter when he turned his look back.
"Thanks, you too." the stallion replied dryly.
"Princess, sir, may I offer you to sit down?" Twilight questioned.
"That would be great." the dark blue stallion replied and went to the couch and sat down on it.
"I can stand, but thank you, my student. " Celestia said politely and Twilight proudly grinned with eyes closed.
So they were talking there like that until they finally got to the point. Then the room's atmosphere was way more sheepish. Dexter has never talked about murders so awkwardly. But after some time he finally realized one thing - he didn't need to kill - and it scared him a bit, but then he just had to smile, in the usual sly way.
I don't need to kill anymore, he thought, I already don't feel it inside , another smile, It's... unbelievable, is my Dark passenger already gone? Does this land heal or what? Don't know but it's... great!
"Are you all right?" Celestia worriedly asked him. "You was seeming to be distracted."
Uh... "I'm fine." Dexter replied.
The cop was annoyed a bit. "So, we should go to that... Bon-Bon." he exclaimed.
"Yeah, that's what I said." Dexter said. "Yes, she's the main suspect, she was Lyra's roommate and she was always with her." But he was somewhere else in his mind. I don't need to kill, that's just... awesome!
Celestia simply nodded with a serious face expression. "But I think that I can't go with you. I've got my duties in the castle and I've got to be there."
"You even don't have to go to the mare, your highness, I will handle it." the stallion said.
Celestia nodded again.
"And I and Dexter are going too." Twilight Sparkle stated.
"I think I'm going with you guys too." then Rainbow Dash exclaimed.
The cop seemed to be little bit annoyed by those ponies butting in.
***
"Lyra... my Lyra..." was Bon-Bon repeating over and over.
Curtains draw, the room was in darkness. She was lying on her bed, looking terrible, with a wet photo of her friend... or rather her secret love. She was repeating the name, crying there about an hour and she didn't seem to stop already; the pillow was almost all wet by the shed tears. Her love was gone and is never going to come back, it pained her everytime she thought about it.
A knocking on the door was heard. "Police, open the door!"
"Uh...?" Bon-Bon slowly got up from the bed, dried her eyes, combed her mane a bit and went open the door to Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, the police officer and Dexter Morgan. "What do you want from me?" she dryly asked and gazed with those swollen eyes of hers at them.
The cop was a bit startled by what just opened the door. She looked like a body without a soul. "We need to talk to you." he said calmly.
"Twilight..." she turned her look at the lavender mare. "What's going on?"
The cop opened the mouth to answer but Twilight cut him off. "Don't be afraid, Bon-Bon, we just need to talk to you about... you know... please, let us in."
Bon-Bon was hesitating.
"If you're not lettin' us in then you're gonna be officially the main suspect of the murder, think about it!" Rainbow Dash said.
Dexter was slowly nodding.
"That's what I wanted to say." the stallion said with squinted eyes.
Bon-Bon sighed. "Okay..."
As they walked in, they were furtively looking around for some suspicious things but haven't found any. They were going to the bedroom when Bon-Bon stopped them.
"Uh..." she spoke sheepishly. "Let's go to the living room."
So they all went.
Bon-Bon uncovered the windows. The sunlight illuminated the furniture in the room. A colourful carpet covered all the floor. Cupboards with photos of Bon-Bon and Lyra, closets, a brown couch and two armchairs near the table in the center of room. It was perfectly tidy.
Bon-Bon offered them to sit down. The cop took a spot on the couch, Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash too, Dexter sat down on one of those armchairs; Bon-Bon sat down on the other one.
They sat there in silence for a while, maybe waiting for Bon-Bon to offer them a coffee or tea. She didn't just stared at the floor sadly. Dexter was glad that he almost can't feel the awkwardness of this situation, but the other did feel it and weren't sure what to say. The cop was annoyed.
"So," the stallion just started, "Where were you yesterday at night?" he questioned with a serious look.
"I was home alone." Bon-Bon answered.
The cop squinted his eyes. "And who can testify it?"
"No... 'cause I was... uh... home alone...?"
"Okay... of course..." he replied nervously.
Rainbow Dash let out an annoyed sigh and spoke: "These questions are dumb! Did you kill Lyra or not!?" she yelled and approached her.
Tears appeared in Bon-Bon's eyes. "How..." she sniffed, "H-how can you s-say that?" she was already almost crying. "I-I would never ever do s-such a thing..." Her voice lowered and then she began to bawl loudly.
The others glared at the pegasus mare angrily, except Dexter.
"Rainbow, that wasn't nice." Twilight told her quietly.
"Yeah, wasn't, but we need to get to the bucking point!" Rainbow Dash shouted.
The police officer facehoofed.
Bon-Bon was crying. "C-Could you, please, go n-now?"
The stallion considered it appropriate, nodded and got up from the couch. Everyone did too. Bon-Bon led them to the door and immediately closed when they were already out.
"You, young filly, seriously bucked it up!" said the stallion.
"Hey!" Rainbow Dash snapped back.
Dexter spoke: "Bon-Bon is not the one."
The cop squinted his eyes as he usually does. "And how can you know that, huh?"
"She bawled like a baby, haven't you noticed?"
"She was faking it!"
Dexter sighed. "No, trust me, I can recognize it, she was not."
"Yes," Twilight chimed in. "I, too, think so."
Rainbow Dash didn't say anything, she was still piqued, frowning.
The stallion hesitated, didn't want to agree with but then unwillingly nodded. Pressure.
Chapter 9: Dexter the Human
I can finally touch it without any sick thoughts.
It was almost midnight now and Dexter was the only one awake at the library. He was caressing the edge of one of his knives with a true joy in his smile; after all not to want to kill anyone is good, isn't it? He has never put a finger on a blade without immediate imagining a throat this blade is slowly going through.
"Yeah, murder is such a terrible thing." he whispered. Uh... What was that? He was shocked by what he just said. Where the hell did that come from? I don't say things like this!
His heart began to beat faster. He was feeling very strange inside, like something was leaving, fading away from him. Then Dexter recognized it; the same feel that he had few hours before Rita's funeral, after he beat a random innocent man up to death in a restroom, but now it was something much more.
Fuck! He dropped the knife and put the free hand on his heart which pounded furiously. He fell down with his pillow and was immediately gasping on the floor, tears in his eyes. He was quietly crying with the face buried in the pillow. Oh my god! His mind was racing. I really killed so many people! He took a deep, very deep breath. I'm a... murderer! Serial killer! He thought when he realized. Dexter was having a horrified face. Just like all the restrained regrets and remorses of his life came to be finally felt. Like a tank of all the unshed tears just broke and the water was spilling out now. He wasn't able to get up from the floor, he was bawling into the pillow, trying to stop but ineffectively, so he just was keeping it quiet as much as possible.
"What's wrong with me?!" he cried agonised.
"Nothing," Harry said, smiling proudly. "Everything's actually all right. You're a real human by now."
Dexter has never thought that he would ever hear this. "But," he sobbed, "how is that p-possible?"
Without another word, Harry faded away.
Dexter lied there for about a half an hour. After he finally got rid of the torturing feel, he didn't get up from the floor yet; he could barely move, only to dry his eyes from tears.
I am a monster. He was thinking about his entire life, so many lives that he took, even though they were bad people's, it was paining him. This is crazy, stop to think about it! You can't change the past! Man up!
The human began to slowly get up. But fell down again; another shot of emotions hit him.
What the - He felt some overwhelming warm. His heart suddenly melted.
Joy and happiness. A picture of a yellow pegasus mare popped up in his mind. His brain was bombarded by hundreds of thoughts. Dexter didn't want to say this but the feeling was too powerful. "Oh my god!" he hissed. "I love Fluttershy!"
He was sure. "Yes, this is love!" he agreed with himself happily and amazed. "Oh god! THIS IS LOVE!" he shouted... in a whisper.
For the rest of night he couldn't sleep. He then cried for Rita, his mother, his brother, his father, and because he is so far away from his son and sister. Desperate guy.
Dexter has become a brand new person, the morning is going to be very interesting.
***
Bon-Bon was freaking out. All of a sudden, she got incredible anger, flipped a table over and began to destroy everything in her room.
"Me?!" she screamed with an offended facial experssion... more like 'I've lost it' expression. "So they think that it was ME?!" With her hooves she broke glass of a cupboard. The shatters cut her foreleg a bit and fell on the floor. She ignored the pain.
"I would never ever harm Lyra!" she shouted then gasped for a breath and a psycho grin appeared on her lips. "But I know who did!" Frowning badly. "...the human!" A cup crashed against the wall. She didn't even know why she suspects the human but she convinced herself somehow. Maybe she just needed to put the blame on somepony. "The human! Who else!?"
*Glass crash*
***
Dexter felt great. He came out from the bathroom to the kitchen.
"Good morning, Twilight!" he greeted happily with waving hand.
"Good morning!" she replied, smiling and continued in making pancakes.
"That smells great," he said, sniffing the air. "But I won't eat now."
She turned her head back at him. "Thanks... uh... and may I ask why?"
"I need to do something important now." Dexter answered and wanted to already go but then paused and looked at the unicorn. "Has anyone ever told you that you're such a cute being?"
Well, she didn't expect this, her cheeks blushed lightly. "Uh... thank you..." She quickly changed the topic: "Princess Celestia wrote me that she's probably got the way to send you back home but it's not clear yet."
"Great, beautiful Twilight!"
She blinked in confusion. "...Thank you... Dexter, what's wrong with you?"
"Nothing!" he assured her, "Everything is actually all right!" and caressed her mane. "Now excuse me, I gotta go to Fluttershy!"
Sooner than Twilight could open her mouth, he was already away.
That was... WEIRD. Twilight thought.
***
As he walked by, his mind was somewhere else but he felt just great.
"You," somepony yelled. "You bitch, I'm gonna - hey!"
Dexter pushed the brown stallion away and with a true smile continued in heading to Fluttershy's. Then he stopped and turned back. He recognized him, the stallion that humiliated his beloved Fluttershy.
"You..." Dexter pointed his finger at him, badly frowning. "I'll be back."
The brown earth pony was offended by the ignorance. He shouted at Dexter going away: "Yeah? You're afraid of me or what?!" No response from Dexter. "Come back!" Dexter just ignored him.
***
"Fluttershy!"
He knocked on the door again.
He was already thinking of words that he'll use when confessing to her. The feel's great. Should I be straight or...
"Fluttershy, open please, it's Dexter!" he called while knocking again.
No response.
What's going on? "Fluttershy?"
No response.
Dexter tried to open the door. Wasn't locked.
Author's Note
...Dun dun duuun...
"Have you already seen Fluttershy today, Twilight?"
"Uh... No."
"Then it's fucking obvious, she's been kidnapped!"
"Dexter," Twilight started after an annoyed sigh, "She might just went to a shop and will be home soon."
"Kidnapped! The door wasn't locked!"
"That means nothing," she replied with a wave of hoof, "Everypony sometimes forgets."
The human frowned. So many emotions were running his head. He wanted to cry but also puch the lavender mare in the face for her ignorance. Where could Fluttershy be? He was frankly sure that she was not buying anything anywhere. Fluttershy has been kidnapped, this stuff doesn't happen often here, but it's just true.
"Well, maybe you're right," Dexter spoke calmly, "I'm a bit paranoid," agreed with her, "I'd better take a nap."
Twilight nodded. "Okay," she said but then she also remembered something. "Uh... and by the way, may I ask you why were you acting so... different this morning?"
"How different?"
"Well, you know..."
"No." He shrugged his shoulders with a smile. "I'm completely all right."
Twiligh blinked few times. "Okay..."
"Great, thanks for hearing me out, you cute little unicorn!" he happily said and walked out from the library.
Twilight just stood there in confusion with eyes rolled and mouth opened.
***
I'm not paranoid! I am right! And I'm pretty sure that it has something to do with that murder!
"Hi, Applejack, nice to see you again!" Dexter exclaimed as he stepped on the floor of the Sweet Apple Acres barn.
As quick as possible, the orange mare with a stanson hat lying on her blonde mane trotted to him. "Howdy, Dex, we haven't met for so long!"
"Yeah, this is where you work?"
"And live."
"It's very pretty here!"
"Why, thanks!" Applejack thanked, blushing brightly. Then she asked, "Is Twilight fine? It mus' be so painful to have lost a friend!" Her face turned very serious.
"It was hard for her, but she's already alright."
"That's good ta hear," the mare replied.
"Yeah," he said, "Haven't you seen Fluttershy today?"
Applejack rubbed her chin with a hoof and thought. "No," she responded, "Why are ya askin'?"
He sighed. "Nevermind."
On the way out he waved at Big Mac and left the Sweet Apple Acres ground.
***
Bon-Bon put something in her saddlebag.
***
"You, too, haven't yet seen her today?"
"Haven't, darling, but I'm sure she's all right," Rarity answered.
Dexter nodded in disappointment.
"Have you already made up your mind if you want me to make some clothes for you?"
"No, thanks, I need to go now."
"Oh, well, then... bye! But keep in mind, Carousal Boutique is always open for you!"
I've asked all her friends, Pinkie Pie's the last one. I hope she knows where Fluttershy is. Please, she just HAS to know!
***
"Pinkie Pie's having a day off today."
Dexter sighed. "Okay, thank you Mrs. Cake."
***
I'm powerless, where's my Fluttershy? Dexter was asking himself as he walked down the streets.
Maybe she really is just in a shop or... somewhere, and I'm just exaggerating. In any case, I'm here in her cottage, looking for something suspicious.
Dexter seeked for anything at least little bit weird but hasn't found it. Everything seemed so calm and all right. But Dexter was still sure that something, something's just NOT all right.
"Remember your instincts", he told himself.
He immediately ran up to the fridge, opened it and saw.
A tiny white body of... the bunny Angel... headless. Dexter was having the feel that he's going to puke very soon. He better looked away and quickly closed the fridge.
Dexter was freezed. Not by the cold of the fridge but by disgust. Who woud... who would...
He shaked and ran upstairs. So upset.
He yet can't control his anger and when he got it, it's just like... like... this.
When Dexter was in the bedroom, he started totally freaking out. He was screaming, running in circles and pulling his hair hard.
As he was insanely shaking on the bed, a book fell out from under the pillow. Although he wanted to pull out more of the wrath, he decided to pick it up.
Flowers on the cover; he quickly noticed it was Fluttershy's journal.
He began to read.
Many pages were just uninteresting, then he finally got to the part where she first met him.
Today I found a very odd creature. He calls himself 'Dexter Morgan' and he's a hewm human... from another world! I've never seen anything like him before, he's quite similar to apes but has very little of fur.
I couldn't just leave him there confused in meadow, so I allowed him to sleep in my place tonight. He seems to mean no harm. I wonder how Twilight will react when she sees him!
Meeting Twilight, asking questions, meeting others... As the time passed, Fluttershy began to think different about Dexter. After some time, it was noticable, he was not only an animal to her. He became her friend. And then... someone even more...
Sext Dexter is just amazing. One of the best friends I've ever had. Today he defended me! How sweet of him, I hope he won't have any problems because of that. I had to thank him for that, and now I feel very good, the way I've yet never felt.
He's kind, he hears me out, he can be funny, he's quite handsome... I like him so much... *hearts*
It was almost like she praised him.
I heard that Lyra knows how to send Dexter back home... But... I don't want to, he can't go back now, he just began to mean so much to me!
That kinda made him happy that some...pony cares about him that much.
Today, Pinkie Pie was here, she told me those news. She, too, said that she can handle that if I want her to... I nodded, but I don't know what she's going to do... How handle...? What did she mean?
And then there was Lyra's death...
So... this was what she meant? Oh my... I... don't know what to... I... this just can't be... real... no... why would she do such a thing...
I did it for you, she told me... But I... didn't want it this way... Pinkie Pie.... why...?
Should I whistleblow on her?... But... I'm an accessory now! I'd lost Dexter forever after that...
I'm so powerless...
Dexter didn't need to continue in reading...
He threw the book against the wall. "That pink BITCH!" he screamed.
Chapter 11: This is the End (Part 1)
I'm slowly starting to think that this all is just a dream. I'm still on Earth, I'm just sleeping and somehow I can't wake up... Well, that's more scary than a crazy killer pony.
Speaking of crazy killer ponies, I need to find one...!
Those words were in Dexter's mind as he fast walked the streets. On his face were easily noticable signs of pure anger and purer insanity. Everypony would've better not to stand in his way. But then, all of a sudden, that stupid stallion appeared.
"I was waiting for you!" the stallion said, "Now it's time for my revenge!"
Why's he still haunting me, that's kinda creepy. Dexter was upset, didn't need this again. "What revenge are you still talking about!?"
Well, the pony was little bit taken aback by the question. "Uh," he started, "You know!"
Oh my god, what's still wrong with you? "I seriously do not know, could you please tell me?"
"Uh," The stallion began to scratch his head. "You took away my dignity!" he stated.
Dexter only quietly chuckled first, but then he burst into loud laughter.
The brown stallion had been quite offended; he snapped, "Why the hay are you laughing!?"
"Sorry," was heard from laughing Dexter, "But I don't know what," He took a deep breath, "What dignity you're talking about."
The stallion frowned, "Okay, you asked for it!" The pony yelled and began to prepare for a battle; stood up on his hindlegs and raised the forelegs.
"I really don't have time for this," Dexter said while pushing him aside.
"Again?!" the pony screamed, "Again you're running from a fight?!"
And Dexter, as usual, didn't give a...
***
"Dexter, where were you? I thought you were having a rest," Twilight Sparkle questioned as he watched Dexter poking under the couch.
Here you are, The human was finding his bag, found it and immediately put it out from under.
"Dexter, answer me!" Twilight demanded.
"What!?" he snapped. "What do you wanna know!? I have no time for your questions! I need to go somewhere, right now!"
Twilight Sparkle was a bit startled by his reaction. "...I'm sorry If I offended you or..."
"Save your apologies for later!" Dexter got up from his knees and Twilight watched him walking out of the door. "I'll be back late!"
"Where are you going?"
The door slammed.
Twilight was staring at it a while. Woah, humans are moody.
***
Mrs. Cake sighed. "Again, sir, I'm telling you that Pinkie Pie's having a day off, she's not here!"
"Oh really, really?" He gazed at her closer. "Aren't you hiding anything from me? Huuuh?"
"Uh... No?" The mare was confused. "What do you mean by that?"
"Oh, nothing," Dexter started rubbing his chin, "But I think that Pinkie Pie is still here!"
Mrs. Cake facehoofed. "So once again - Pinkie Pie is NOT here! Now buy something or go away!"
"Okay, okay..." He, still rubbing his chin, squinted and stared at her, waiting for any sign of suspicious behaviour.
The mare was already annoyed by him. "I'm losing patience, sir!" she raised her voice. "Buy something or go away!"
"Okay, as you wish..." he replied in a whisper, "But you're hiding something from me, and the customer is always right..."
That was supposed to sound scary, but Mrs. Cake was more likely confused.
"See you later, Cake..."
***
He sat on a bench. Our beloved Dexter's instincts were shouting at him that Pinkie Pie's still somewhere in Sugarcube Corner. He didn't know why, but he just felt it.
He burried his face in the palms and all of a sudden he began to cry.
"Some say, a boy should be ashamed when someone sees him crying."
Dexter slowly raised his head and looked up to Harry. "You," Dexter began, "Long time no see."
Harry chuckled.
"Why are you here?"
"I'm here to help you."
"I'm helpless," Dexter said, "So how can you help me, you are practically me."
Harry ignored the last sentence. "Your emotions clouded your judgement. Remember what you always did."
"What I always did?" Dexter thought for a while, searching in his past. "...Well... I'll wait for the night, he finally started, "And I'll get there using a wire...
The father was nodding with a slight smile.
"But that's gonna be a break-in!"
"Really? You're about to kill a pony and all that's bothering you is 'that's gonna be a break-in'?"
"What? I don't wanna kill anybody!"
Harry frozed for a while. "...But you're just about to do so!"
"I know!" Dexter shouted.
"...So?"
"So it's gonna be all really crazy... I hope that Fluttershy's not hurt or worse..."
***
The room wasn't much illuminated, only one of all those bulbs emitted some light which shined on the objects of the room. Fluttershy woke up and quickly imagined that something's wrong, she couldn't move. All her limbs were tied to the metallic desk she was now lying on. Her memories were completely mixed.
The pegasus started to shake and with all her force tried to free herself but the rops were too tightened.
"Help!" she screamed, although her voice was too weak to be heard. Where am I? "Help me, please, anypony!"
"Nopony can hear you now," said a voice.
Fluttershy gasped as a shiver ran through her body. "W-Who's there?" she squeaked.
"Oh, you silly filly, it's me!" the voice replied, and from the darkness walked out a familiar pony figure.
"Pinkie Pie?" Fluttershy whispered in disbelief. "Help me, please!"
"I'm afraid I can't let you do that," the pink pony said, "The fun's just yet to come!"
"What are you talking about, Pinkie Pie, please untie me!" the powerless pegasus pleaded, tears flowing down her eyes.
"No, no, no!" Pinkie Pie replied with a happy smile. "I need you to help me with cupcakes!" Fluttershy was a bit puzzled by those words.
"So... why did y-you tie m-me?" the yellow mare confoundedly questioned.
"I need you to help me with cupcakes!"
Fluttershy blinked at her few times with concern look. "...And why did you tie me?"
"I need you to help me with cupcakes," Pinkie Pie repeated in the same tone. "And by the way, how come you're already awoken? Nothing is prepared yet!" Pinkie Pie trotted to the table, took something from it and came back to Fluttershy.
"W-What are... you doing, Pinkie?" the yellow mare asked as she watched the pink one holding an injection in her mouth. "Please let me go, I-I won't tell a-anypony!"
"Sleep tight!" Was the last thing Fluttershy heard before she fell to sleep.
***
It was already 9:45pm, Dexter spent whole 6 hours sitting on the bench. Sugarcube Corner was already closed and the Cakes were already sleeping. The streets were empty.
"Tonight's the night," he muttered under his breath, stood up from the bench and picked up his killing bag.
He quickly approached the house; no lights were on there, that was a good sign.
Okay, he thought, Just like back in my old days. He took out a wire out of his pocket and started unlocking the door with it.
Everything was working out, until he heard a female voice behind him, "You! I knew it!"
Dexter immediately turned around. "Uh..." He hid the bag behind his back. "Hi Bon-Bon, what are you doing here this late...?"
Bon-Bon, which was holding a knife in her both hooves, frowned. "That's what I just wanted to ask you, human!"
"Well," He scratched the top of his head. "I'm just..."
"I think you were just trying to break in this house!" the creamy mare yelled at him.
Yes "No! I would never do such a thing!" Dexter stated in a serious voice.
"So what are you doing here, huh? Planning to kill another innocent pony?!"
What? "...What?"
"Don't act like you don't know!" she growled.
"No, I really don't know!"
"Well, I do know!" Bon-Bon shouted, "You killed Lyra, and now you're trying to kill the Cakes!" Dexter was confused. "But why, human, why are you doing this?! What do you have against ponies? Why are you so mean to us!?"
Dexter sighed. "Shh, please," he told her silently, then he started to whisper, "I did not kill Lyra, trust me, but I know who did."
"Liar!" Bon-Bon shouted although Dexter didn't want her to. "You're so lying!"
"Shhh!!" Dexter repeated, then pointed to the house. "Here," he started, "Here's the one."
Bon-Bon looked at it with one eyebrow raised. "Do you think I'm so stupid? You think that I'll believe that the Cakes killed Lyra?!" she said in a whisper.
"Not the Cakes! But Pinkie Pie!"
"What kind of game are you playing with me, human?! Pinkie Pie?! You must be crazy!"
"No, seriously!" Dexter stated. "Now, throw away the knife, please!"
"Never!" she shouted. "You just want to deceive me, but that's not gonna happen!" Bon-Bon started slowly walking to Dexter, with the knife held high.
Dexter tripped her up and as she fell he took the knife and was holding it before him. "Listen to me now," he began angrily, "I am not the murderer, Pinkie is! She's sick and she's got Fluttershy now and I'm going to stop her or she's gonna do the same she's done to your friend!"
Bon-Bon hesitated to believe that but he sounded seriously and very convincingly. "Well," she said as she was slowly getting up, "And how do you know that Pinkie's there?"
"I just think so," he answered, "She usually rents there, doesn't she?"
Bon-Bon nodded.
"Then I hope she's there."
Dexter started unclocking the door again. When a click was heard he quietly opened the door. "Are you coming with me?"
Bon-Bon nodded with a serious look.
After they got inside the Sugarcube Corner, they began to look side to side if everything's all right. It seemed that everything was all right. Dexter began to be little bit more depressed. If the Cakes was woken, it would be his end and Bon-Bon's too.
Bon-Bon, accompanied with the same feeling, was now trotting hither and thither in all ways. Then she quietly went upstairs. Pinkie Pie wasn't in her room. "She's not here," she whispered down at the human.
"What?" he asked in a whisper.
"She is not here," Bon-Bon repeated a bit louder.
"Okay," he silently said, "Come here, I think I found something."
"What?" now asked she.
"I said," he started after taking a deep breath, "Come here!"
Bon-Bon nodded and trotted to him, not making any sound. "What is it?" she questioned while looking at the thing Dexter found after he uncovered the carpet.
"It looks like a door in floor," Dexter explained, caressing it along an imaginary diagonal and then trying to open it. "Give me a sec."
Bon-Bon turned away, watching the surrounding. Then a loud crash was heard and Bon-Bon yelped, "What in they hay are you doing?!"
"Shit, that was inadvertent," Dexter said.
A shaky male voice came from upsairs, "...W-Who's there?"
"Follow me, Bon-Bon!" Dexter commanded and came down the stairs of the floor-door. Bon-Bon did as he said and Dexter shut the door above them.
There it was dark. Very dark. Dexter was poking in his bag.
"What are you doing? I can't see you," Bon-Bon spoke and that caused a big whispering echo. It startled her and she accidentally stepped in a bucket on the right side. "Damn!" As soon as that happened, a beam of light illuminated the unkempt room with buckets and brooms. "What is this?" asked Bon-Bon, pointing with her hoof at Dexter's flashlight.
"Useful thing," Dexter said, "There." He pointed the light at another door in front of them.
Bon-Bon swallowed, calming down her heartbeat. "So... Shall we go?"
Dexter slowly nodded.
His hand pushed the knob, the door started to creak until it was fully open. The room hidden behind this door was much more larger than the chamber Dexter and Bon-Bon were moment ago.
"Oh my fucking god," Dexter let out; Bon-Bon's only reaction was dropped jaw. They both was staring at all the things that were there. An oven, a table; whole kitchen countertop. On the wooden table were prepared some knives, cleavers and injections - stuff similar to Dexter's. "This is..."
"Terrifying!" Bon-Bon finished.
Dexter looked over his shoulder and saw another thing, a metallic desk... And a familiar yellow pegasus tied to it.
"Fluttershy!" Dexter called, running up to her but didn't receive any response by her; she had her eyes closed. Dexter made sure that she's breathing. Unconscious.
His creamy-coated companion came to him. "Is she... alive?"
The human nodded.
Bon-Bon sighed in relief. "Free her, I'm going to find Pinkie Pie!"
Dexter pulled out the knife he took from her before. "Then you'll need this."
"But... how will you free her without it?"
"I have my own," Dexter replied with a sly smile and opened his bag. The pony rolled her eyes as she watched the blades. Dexter gave her the knife, she took it in her mouth.
"Well, now I'm gonna find that bitch!" Bon-Bon exclaimed and Dexter started cutting the ropes keeping her on the desk.
"That's not necessary!" said Pinkie Pie's voice suddenly. "I'm here, my friends!"
They both immediately turned around. Pinkie Pie's mane wasn't fluffy as it always is, it was straight like Twilight Sparkle's. Also her eyes were different, their pupils were a lot smaller. Overall, she looked very psycho.
"You're here to help me with cupcakes, too? Aww, you're so sweet!" she joyfully said with a big grin.
"Help you with... what!?"
"With cupcakes, Dex, and... hey, don't do that!" Pinkie shouted after she noticed Dexter cutting the ropes.
In Bon-Bon, incredible anger started to accumulate. "You!" she yelled. "You killed my best friend!"
"Uh, she just helped me with cupcakes, that's all!" the pink mare replied innocently.
"You're gonna make fun of me or what!?" Bon-Bon shouted at her, and with her knife she was now running towards her. All of a sudden, Pinkie Pie pulled out from somewhere a sharp cleaver. Bon-Bon wasn't even able to brake; her throat got immediately slit. Blood was squirting in all directions, also onto Pinkie Pie. Bon-Bon tried to choke her neck, gasping for a breath but it was too late. She fell on the floor, bleeding to death.
Dexter was terrified by what he just saw.
"She was very, very bad," Pinkie dryly stated. "Hey! I told you not to touch the ropes! Drop it!"
So Dexter stopped to cut again and dropped the knife as she commanded.
"Good boy," she said, "Now the cupcakes!"
Dexter had to facepalm. "Pinkie Pie," he began annoyed, "What fucking cupcakes are you talking about!?"
"Uh, I'm just going to make cupcakes..." she said calmly.
"Bullshit!" Dexter yelled, "When someone's making cupcakes he usually doesn't tie anyone to table!"
Pinkie Pie looked a bit puzzled.
The human continued, "So now, let Fluttershy go!"
The insane mare shook her head. "No, no, no, I can't! She's my secret ingredient!"
Dexter was about to continue again, but had to pause and think about what Pinkie just said. "Wait... what!?"
"She's helping me with cupcakes, she's my secret ingredient!"
"But... she's your friend and the element of kindness!" Dexter couldn't believe.
"Yeah," she replied with a big smile, "She's so kind to help me, isn't she?"
Dexter blinked few times. "But... ponies don't eat meat!"
"But the broth of it is delicious! And when you soak a cupcake in the broth it's sooo yummy!" she explained happily, "That makes my cupcakes the bestest in all Equestria! You liked them, didn't you? These will be for your 'Welcome' party!"
I think I'm gonna puke out; I ate ponies!? "Wait... you've already done that before?"
"Only with animals," she asnwered, "Gummy was very tasty!"
Dexter had to facepalm again, taking a deep breath. "Pinkie, listen to me," he spoke in a calm voice, "You are ill, now slowly lay the cleaver and let me untie Fluttershy!"
"After I make the cupcakes!" she raised her voice and began to approach Dexter with her bloody cleaver.
"Pinkie Pie, stop it right now!"
She didn't listen to him. "Get outta my way, Dex!"
"No!" he growled.
"Dexter, don't want to upset me!"
"You too!"
Pinkie Pie frowned and with all her force jumped on him. She tumbled him to the ground on his back, holding her cleaver dangerously close to his neck. He tried to throw her off but that mare had incredible strength. She was pushing him hard to the floor. Her face expression while she was doing it was full of pure insanity and craziness. "You ungrateful prick!" she angrily grunted straight into his face. When he finally could raise his arm, he hit her in the face and she fell off him.
Dexter needed some time to get up. Pinkie Pie immediately took the chance, instead Dexter she furiously trotted to the desk with sleeping Fluttershy. "Don't you!" Dexter shouted and tripped her up with his hands when as he was slowly getting up from the dirty floor. Pinkie fell on the ground. He ran to take her cleaver and disarm her but she bucked in the stomach after he got near.
He was lying on the floor. Pinkie now decided to kill him first. "You," she spoke in a raspy voice, "Somepony wants to make a great party with delicious food and this is how you pay back!?" Dexter was only coughing. "Well, I think the cupcakes I'll made of you will be good!" She was already close; she looked at him and raised the cleaver in her hooves. That was Dexter's chance, he pulled out a knife and thrusted it hard in her bare pink stomach. Pinkie Pie didn't expect this. She slowly looked down at the knife sticking out of her belly and blood flowing down it from the wound. "No..." she whined quietly. "No!"
"Yes," said Dexter as he watched Pinkie's body fell on the floor, in the puddle of her own blood.
Her terrified face was fading slowly. "...Make of me... good cupcakes..."
"Don't count on it."
She took her last breath, and closed her eyes. Forever...
All of a sudden, Dexter dropped the bloody knife and fell to the ground. Unconscious...
The story has been cancelled.
Chapter 7: Love, Love's Everywhere...
Murders don't happen often in Ponyville... even in entire Equestria. Lyra's death was the most horrible thing that ever happened in Ponyville. Yes, Discord's chaos is nothing compared to this. Yeah, let's make some chaos all around or make never ending night but never ever take a pony's life. That's just too much. Ponies are not used to these things.
Equestria is a peaceful world of harmony and friendship and now everything seems to be slowly fading away or it at least will. Celestia and her night sister were truly worried about what is going to happen in following days.
And directly for Ponyville, everything is going to be really very bad. After every citizen has been informed of the terrifying and disgusting event, locked oneself at home and didn't even venture to go outside because... what if the murderer attacked again? No risking.
Oh my. But now we're going to go back to that night and see the events that happened then, insight into the souls of some poor broken ponies. There are still lots of unanswered questions and some... dark secrets...
So okay... here we go.
***
Fluttershy was in her cottage now. She fed her pets and put them to sleep. Except Angel, he didn't want to sleep yet and he demanded to stay up. Fluttershy allowed him because, as you know, she always was helpless with arquing with him. And tonight even more. Something was heavily bothering her, but as I see... it's not about Dexter. She more likely regretting something.
Yes, undoubtedly.
Fluttershy needed to confess to somepony and the only being she could talk to now was her little white friend.
"I've done a terrible thing, my little Angel," Fluttershy spoke, "no, not directly I but..." she sadly expired without another word.
Angel cocked his head and looked at her, puzzled.
Tears appeared in her eyes. "I never wanted it to end up this way... I... I didn't expect it even could end up this away... It wasn't supposed to... " her voice was trembling in sadness and also fear, "Why would she do that...?" Then she began to cry.
Angel was having still the same confused face expression. Animals can't understand ponies well but he knew that she was broken. Fluttershy was for him like his own mother. And he didn't like to see his mommy crying.
He came to her. She was still having her hooves on her face as she wept. He gently caressed her foreleg. Then she looked at him with her shiny glossy eyes.
"I love you, little one." she whispered to the white bunny and softly smiled. I wish I could tell this to Dexter that easily...
And the last tear fell down her cheek.
***
Twilight Sparkle and Spike were still sleeping so Dexter was alone now. He thought while staring at a wall of the library.
Jamie and others will take care of my son, no doubt, that's not bothering me now. Even the yesterday's murder is not. But that Fluttershy is.
He sat on the couch, which also was his bed, and continued in watching the wall pointlessly.
There's something wrong with her. No, not wrong but... weird.
Harry suddenly appeared. "Are you blind, Dexter?"
Dexter looked at him. "What do you mean by that?"
"That pegasus just loves you. Can't you see that?"
Dexter frowned. "No."
That made Harry chuckle. "Really? So you forgot what she did about two hours ago my son, or what?"
Dexter facepalmed. "That was just one... accident. It often happens in stress situations, you know? Nothing more, you're simply wrong." Dexter said.
"Oh, of course." his father replied sarcastically.
"No, really! Are you hearing yourself? How could a PONY love me?" he forced himself to fake laugh. "Well, good joke, though!"
Harry was slowly shaking his head with a soft smirk. "You just don't want to admit to yourself." Then he disappeared.
Those words really hit Dexter. Fuck everything! I wanna go back home!
***
Morning is coming.
A room was in dark, the curtains were drawm. Bon-Bon was looking at her poor face in a mirror. Hers refelction's swollen teary eyes met hers own, then they focused on her plum and pink mane. It was horribly messed up. She immediately looked away.
At a photo of her friend Lyra.
"Lyra," she sadly muttered for herself, "I miss you so much," more and more tears covered her vision, "I wanted to told you this so long ago... I... I love you...", she was crying, "Why you? Why did they stole you from me?", then she began to glare, "They are gonna suffer! They are gonna suffer for what they did to you! I want revenge!" she shouted.
After she calmed, she softly touched the photo of her friend. "My love."
***
Luna was looking at her sister.
Celestia was too and waiting for her sister to speak up.
"So..." Luna broke the silence, "You are telling me that the human can be dangerous but you defend him so much only because of some... prophecy!?"
Celestia sighed with closed eyes. "You got to understand, Luna, it's so clear!"
Her sister didn't respond.
"I have never paid so much attention to it." Celestia continued, "Until now."
Her sister was slowly shaking her head in disagreement but still didn't say anything.
"It says:
And one day, a being from stars will appear,
Dark but not evil, not mean, will fight spreading fear.
In times when suffers everypony,
Darkness will face Darkness and restore the Harmony.
...It's just something like that..."
"You really believe these ten thousand years old fairy tales?"
"This is not a fairy tale, Luna!"
"Okay!" Luna yelled, "But why didn't you tell me before? The day we met him?"
"I wasn't still completely sure, but I needed to be." Celestia staded quietly, "I didn't see much of his memories but I saw something very... some... two children in blood, holding each other's hoo-... hands..." she closed her eyes for a while. "I let him stay in Ponyville. And after one of my little ponies died... I was already sure."
"Hey! So the spell -"
"Worked..."
Luna paused, then said: "If these fairy tales are right, and I believe they are not, then... bad things are going to happen again?"
Celestia nodded worriedly.
"And he has to help us stop it all somehow?"
Her sister nodded again.
"How?"
"I... don't know... but we already know that Lyra didn't die at the venue but somepony's brought her there... and... tortured her..." Celestia answered with teary eyes.
Luna squinted.
"I'll just visit him tomorrow and... Maybe we'll find out something useful..."
