The Mysterious Murders

The sun broke over Ponyville, lighting up the town. Rainbow Dash woke up from her rough sleep. She wondered whether yesterday was a dream or not. It seemed so real, but it felt horrible to think about. She got up and slowly walked downstairs.
She looked at herself in her bathroom mirror with shock. She looked awful. Her mane was messed up, her eyes were sore and red, and her coat was filthy. It was a darker blue than normal. She sighed. "What a rough night." she thought to herself.

She still wasn't sure if yesterday was a dream. Did she dream Fluttershy's death? She left her house and flew over to Fluttershy's cottage. She landed with a sigh when she saw the police tape strung around the house, like streamers hanging from the roof at one of Pinkie Pie’s parties, except these streamers were a lot more depressing. She started thinking about Fluttershy, which made her shed a few tears. There were still a few policeponies there, probably continuing their investigation.

"Have you found out anything yet?" she asked one of them.
"Yes. Wait, uh... No, not yet." he replied. "We've checked the entire house and haven't gotten any evidence." He look oddly at her mane.
“Then how'd you know it was a murder?"
"The message on the wall was written in quite a lot of blood."
"Yeah, so?" Rainbow Dash said impatiently.
"She could never have written that message herself. She would have lost too much blood to be able to write it in the first place."

Rainbow Dash thought back to yesterday, about the message that was horrendously scrawled onto the wall in the attic. "SO MUCH BLOOD" it said. It was pretty creepy. It was pretty intense compared to a normal day. She kept thinking about Fluttershy's blood-stained body, lying in that thick pool of blood. She cringed at the memory. She wanted to stop thinking about it, but she couldn't. It was too grotesque to forget.

At that moment, one of the policeponies radios buzzed. "Officer Sunbeam report?"
He picked it up and spoke into it. "This is officer Sunbeam. What’s the situation chief?”
“We have a report of a murder. You might wanna check it out.”
This got Rainbow Dash’s attention. She hoped it wasn’t one of her friends again.
“Another one? Where’s it at?”
“Carousel Boutique.” it buzzed. Rainbow Dash’s heart stopped.
“Rarity!” she yelled as she flew off to Rarity’s house.

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She tried to stop her hoof shaking as she opened the door. She didn’t know what lay on the other side. She walked in and saw Applejack sitting on Rarity’s couch, comforting Sweetie Belle, who was sobbing. That wasn’t a good sign.

“Oh. Hi Rainbow Dash.” Applejack said, with no expression in her voice.
“Hello Applejack. Hello Sweetie Belle.”
Sweetie Belle looked up at Rainbow Dash. Her eyes were filled with tears. She sniffled and then dropped her head again. She wrapped her arms around Applejack and continued sobbing. Rainbow Dash really felt sorry for her. They were really close sisters.
“Where’s Rarity?” Rainbow Dash asked sadly.
AJ pointed her hoof towards the staircase. “She’s in her room. Twilight and Pinkie are up there as well.”

As Rainbow Dash walked upstairs, she took another look at Sweetie Belle, who was still tightly hugging AJ. Her tears ran down her face and dripped onto Applejack. She hugged Sweetie Belle back, trying to keep herself from crying too.

Rainbow Dash went to open Rarity’s bedroom door, but hesitated for a moment. She braced herself for what was through that door. She slowly swung it open and took a look inside. Once again, one of her friends was left hideously mangled on the floor, lying in a puddle of blood. This time it was Rarity, her mane and coat were also crimson red. She had large gashes in the side of her body, and her cutie mark had a big cut across it. And once again, there was another massage, written in Rarity’s blood.
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Rainbow Dash stumbled back a bit. Those words, they were so creepy.
“It’s terrible, isn’t it.” Twilight said.
“Yeah.” Rainbow Dash sighed

The police walked in at that moment. “Where’s the murder?”
“Up here!” yelled Pinkie Pie.
They walked in and saw Rarity. “Oh no. It was same guy that killed that other mare.” he said to the other policepony.

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That night, Rainbow Dash once again sat up and thought. She sighed as she hung two portraits onto the wall above her bed. One of Fluttershy and one of Rarity. They were the last good pictures of them by themselves.

She knew she had to protect herself somehow. She grabbed a baseball bat from her cupboard, and strung a tripwire across her door way, which she connected to an alarm system. She wasn’t entirely convinced she was safe, but it was the best she could do. She took another look at the two portraits on the wall, before falling asleep.