ECIS

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"WHAT!" Twilight screamed into the heavens, hoping the princess would hear her. Yet, it was in vain. She looked over to Fluttershy, who sat there and began to cry even more.

"As I said, we identified the bodies as Rainbow Dash and Soarin. I am sorry, to the both of you," the chief said sadly. Fluttershy broke into crying even more. Twilight began to feel so many emotions. Anger, sadness, regret, all of those mixing inside her mind. 'How could this happen to one of my friends,' she thought.

"T-Twilight," Fluttershy began, finally calming down enough to talk. "Yes, Fluttershy," Twilight replied, hiding her discontent from her broken friend. "Wh-what will happen now," she asked, worry began to cloud her voice. "I don't know Fluttershy. I just don't know," Twilight replied, her mind beginning to wander.

At the hospital, Twilight began to pace in the waiting room, as Fluttershy was being checked up by the doctor on call. 'Where are they at,' she began to wonder. She had called the rest of the gang when she arrived at Ponyville Medical. Fluttershy had passed out during the trip over and Twilight was awaiting what the doctor had diagnosed.

Pinkie Pie was the first to charge into the waiting room. Then the rest of the girls piled in, one after another. "What happened, darling," Rarity said, the first to catch her breath. "All we got was a letter saying that Fluttershy was at the hospital," she continued, the sound of worry in her voice. "Well," Twilight began. "have a seat first." She said, a grim look upon her face.

"This. Is. The. Most. Terrible. Thing. Ever!" Rarity screamed. It could be heard throughout all of Ponyville. "I know who did it. I do. I do. I do," Pinkie said while bouncing about all Pinkie like. "Pinkie, please. You could not possibly know who it is," Rarity replied, containing a giggle, though not very well. "Well, fine then." Pinkie said, turning her back and walking towards the corner of the waiting room.

Twilight just stared at Pinkie, thinking how she could possibly know. But she just shook it off as the usual random Pinkie. Applejack grabbed her and finally shook her to her senses and said "What do we do now, Twilight,". "I..." Twilight began, but was interrupted when Nurse Redheart ran through the doors leading to the waiting room. "Ladies, Fluttershy is now awake. You may visit her whenever you would like," she said. As she finished her sentence, all of the remaining girls ran past her towards Fluttershy's room.

"FLUTTERSHY!" Pinkie yelled, nearly jumping on Fluttershy's bed before freezing in midair and settling back down on the floor. "Darling, how are you doing." "I'm fine, Rarity. Hello everyone," Fluttershy replied in her shy voice. Fluttershy sent a questioning look over at Twilight, as if sending a message, which Twilight acquired immediately. "Sorry, I had to tell them," she replied. "It's ok, Twilight," Fluttershy said with a smile.

They had been talking for hours about things that had happen lately and how Fluttershy's animals have been. The doctor and nurses came in multiple times to check up on everypony and see if Fluttershy needed anything. During those times, the doctor never said what he had diagnosed Fluttershy with, if anything.

The girls where just about to leave when the door opened and Nurse Readheart peeked her head inside. "Miss Shy, you have another visitor," she said. Fluttershy asked who, but she received her answer when the chief marched into the room. "Hello ladies," he said, as happy as can be.

"Girls, this the chief of police," Twilight said, curious about why he was so happy. "Please Miss Sparkle, call me by my name, LionHeart," he said. "Very well, ch-eh LionHeart," she said.

"Eh, what's up, doc," Pinkie chimed in, taking a bite of a carrot. "Well, that's quite the way to put it." LionHeart said. "I came over to check on how Fluttershy is recuperating. Has the doctor said anything about her yet," he asked, looking over all the long faces. "Ah'm afraid not, sir," Applejack said, shocking everypony from her absence of talking.

"Well, that's a shame. I do hope for good news," he said, the happiness gone from the voice. "I guess only time will tell," he finished, everpony now looking at the ground.

Twilight finally worked up the courage to ask the question everypony was thinking. "Have you or your men advanced in the case any," she asked, still looking at the floor. "No, we haven't. We have a few suspects, but the list just keeps growing. What happened, who could have, who would have. All three lists keep growing every hour. As of now, we have no prime suspect," he said, going deeper and deeper into depression.

The girls where just about to leave Fluttershy (again) when the doctor came in for the final time that night. "Fluttershy and friends, I'm afraid I have some bad news," he began, with a grim face. "It seems that Fluttershy will have to stay for a while," he continued, now with a sad look. "From the hit that she took, she suffers from a concussion and a broken wing. She will be looked over in the morning to see how she has improved but no promises," he said, now looking at Twilight. "If you want to see her for a short time tomorrow, talk to Nurse Redheart. But for now, you must all leave. Visiting hours are over. I will leave you to say your goodbyes now."

"Ok, thank you Doctor," Fluttershy said. He left without another word. "Goodbye girls, see you later," Fluttershy said while her friends where piling out the door. Each one saying there goodbyes, Twilight stayed behind for a little bit. "I'll be back tomorrow Fluttershy. Take care and rest up, ok," she said. "Ok, I will," Fluttershy said. Twilight then got up to leave. But when she reached the door, she turned around, ran back to Fluttershy, gave her a kiss, and left a very shocked Fluttershy quickly.

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Pinkie was taking a walk in the what was left of Ponyville at night. A few shops where open, but no ponies inside. Pinkie was walking with her head down, thinking about earlier in the day, when she told everyone she knew who the culprit was. But as usual, nobody believed her. 'Curse me and my randomness,' she though. She looked up and saw that she was a few blocks from the library. 'I'll go see if Twilight is up and is able to talk.' When she walked past between two buildings, she saw a light. As she walked into the alleyway, something grabbed her and tied her in a sack.