55 Days

55 Days

DAY 1

Twilight is dead. We all killed her, though that was not our intent. That is, all but one. Who could have plotted such a thing? How did they deceive us into this murder? Why is that somepony currently murdering another pony once every eight hours? Why do the murders occur the same time every day? How can I solve this? That is my dilemma. This is the case of the century; and at this rate, might be my last case.

I have 55 days.

SUGARCUBE CORNER, DAY 1, 12:01 PM

I must interview everypony in town... Great, this shouldn't take longer than, oh, 55 days or so. Less if I'm dead.

Pinkie walked into the room.

"Hiya, Hal!", exclaimed Pinkie cheerfully. Perhaps too cheerfully, recent events considered. Oh, I forgot to mention my name is Halt Kent. Not that it's important.

"So Pinkie, let's sit down and have a little chat."

She sat down in front of me.

"What're we chattin' about?", said Pinkie.

"Tell me what happened on the day of the incident. Start from the beginning."

"...Incident?", she said.

"When Twilight was killed! You were in the same room when it haopened!"

"Who's Twilight?", she questioned.

My god, this is why I hate talking to her.

"Ugh... I think I'll go ask Fluttershy instead. I'll come back tomorrow."

I stepped away from the table.

"Goodbye."

I left the building, bound for Fluttershy's cottage. Hopefully she'll have answers.

FLUTTERSHY'S COTTAGE, DAY 1, 12:31 PM

I knocked on the door.

"Who... Oh! Um... Hi, Hal."

She opened the door, and I stepped inside after giving her a slight nod. We sat down at the table in the living room.

"So, do YOU have any information on what happened yesterday?"

"What happened yesterday?"

"...the killing. Jeez, does everypony here have amnesia?"

"Oh, my! That's awful! Who was killed?"

I just sat there, stunned.

Doesn't anypony remember???

"Your friend, Twilight Sparkle."

"Twilight... Sparkle? I don't recall anypony by that name."

"You've been friends for years! She operates the library!"

"We have a library? Oh that's nice, now I don't have to go to Cloudsdale to get my books."

Sweet celestia, whoever killed her didn't just kill her... They wiped her off the face of Equestria!