My Little Pony: Justice is Served

The funeral is packed with miserable ponies waiting to say their last goodbye to Lightning Dust. I admire her for always trying to be the best, although it ended up being her downfall. I stand in the back of the line of grieving ponies. I try to look professional.  Rainbowdash walks over to the casket. No matter how many flowers they have covering her wounds, Rainbowdash can't look at her friend the same way. She can't erase the image of Lightning Dust's brutal murder from her mind. Rainbowdash throws herself on the ground and sobs for her fallen friend. Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie go over to comfort her. Fluttershy seems devistated but Pinkie Pie shows little remorse. Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie walk Raibowdash to the bathroom to calm her down.

Next, Spit Fire steps forward to the coffin. I stay closely behind her watching her every move. She takes a golden object out of her saddlebag and places it on her chest. The leader badge. Soarin trots to her side to try to comfort her. She pushes him out of the way and gallops to the mare's bathroom. I move towards the casket. She looks so peaceful. She looks like she's sound asleep.  I've become so distant in the past couple years. I've seen so many dead ponies and their mourning loved ones. Now it doesn't hurt anymore. Have I become immune to pity?

I see Thunderwing's family and friends giving them their sympathy. I hide behind a table and watch from afar. Honey Flower is wrapping her front legs around him. He still seems upset. I'm not used to seeing him that way. What would I say to him? Do I even have the right to tell him that everything is going to be okay? As his employer I should say something. I can't. Last time I talked to him I chewed him out for breaking my microscope. He should spend time with the people who make him happy, not me. Although I didn't know he was related to Lightning Dust. I'm sure he understands. What should I do?

"I thought you weren't going to show up!" Thunderwing says catching me off guard.

"I'm sorry for yelling at you. I'll pay for the microscope." I say.

The mayor, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Shining Armor, Princess Cadence, and Princess Derpyhooves walk onto the stage.

"Citizens of Ponyville!" Luna say in her Canterlot Speak to get everypony's attention.

" We have gathered here to day to not only mourn for our beloved, Lightning Dust, but to celebrate the time she spent with us before she passed away." Princess Celestia says.

"She will be missed by all of her peers." Princess Cadence adds.

"Why is everypony so sad?" Princess Derpy Hooves asks.

"When we find the killer, they will be severely punished. If the killer confesses, he or she will be put in prison for thirty years. If the murderers don't confess and I find them, they will be sentenced to death." The mayor says.

"Raise your glass. We shall toast for a happy afterlife for Lightning Dust." Shining Armor says.

"Cheers!" Derpy Hooves says spilling her glass of cider on me. Rarity worked so hard on my dress. Maybe I could still wash off the stain. Honey Flower and I go to the mare's bathroom to try to clean off the stain.

Honey Flower wets some paper towels under the sink. The mayor trots in and locks herself in the last stall.

"It doesn't seem to be coming out." Honey Flower says putting the warm water on my skirt.

"It's a black dress, anyway. Nopony will notice it." I say looking at myself in the mirror.

Suddenly the lights go out and all I could hear is rapid hoof steps and blood curdling screams. The lights turn back on and all the stalls are empty. Honey Flower and I are the only ones there.

"What happened?" Honey Flower asks.

" I don't know." I reply. There is a pool of blood on the floor of the third stall. Honey Flower opens the door wider and shrieks. Her body stiffens and her jaw drops. The panic stricken earth pony takes a few steps back. I shutter.

I take a tiny peek inside. My heart skips a beat. The mayor's decapitated body is sitting on one of the toilets. She has slash marks down her front legs. She must have been trying to block the weapon from coming at her neck. There isn't as much blood as I imagined. I follow the bloody hoof prints to the sink. Her head is sitting inside with her mouth hanging open and her eyes widened with shock. Her sandy colored mane is drenched and stained red. This could have been me. Even though I know we're alone I keep looking behind me to see if the killer is behind us.

We gallop out of the bathroom. A swarm of flustered ponies surround us.

"What happened?" Princess Cadence asks.

"The mayor has been murdered!" Honey Flower screams. The frightened ponies gallop all over the place in a paranoid frenzy.

"Are you alright?" Thunderwing asks.

"We're fine." I say.

"Where's Fluttershy?" Rainbow Dash asks.

"She fainted." Pinkie Pie says lifting her unconscious body off the ground.

The terrified ponies hide under the tables and chairs. Some of them run in circles franticly.

" Everypony go home!" Princess Luna hollers over the noisy ponies. Everypony sprints out the door. They push and shove each other so they could go out the door first.

"Princess Cadence, may we take a look at a few criminal records of our suspects?" I ask.

"Sure. Just give me their names and I'll have their criminal records ready by tomorrow. You'll need to go to the Crystal Empire to retrieve them though." Princess Cadence says.

"The ponies that were in the bathroom at the time of the murder are Fluttershy, Rainbowdash, Pinkie Pie, and Spit Fire." I say.

"Other than the mayor, Sprinklejinx, and I." Honey Flower says.

"I'll take Fluttershy home." Thunderwing says.