At the funeral, everyone was gathered around the tombstone of Sweetie Belle, a picture of a music note with angel wings on both sides of it was etched onto the stone slab. Right now everyone stared down at it setting roses and their own teardrops onto it. Scootaloo and Apple Bloom, with stitches onto their flanks were the most emotional after seeing her actually die in a gruesome way right in front of them. Rarity hadn't stopped bawling the entire ceremony, and she had every right. Even Pinkie Pie was a polar opposite of herself at the moment, her hair down and tears staining her pink fur. Rarity's parents even coming out to the funeral as they should.
"I think we all should go home now, it's going to rain soon." AppleJack says, knowing that if someone didn't say something then they would be out there all night and that would not be healthy for any of their mental statuses.
It took a while for any of them to actually move but once they did the lightning could be heard. Rarity was the last to leave as she wished the rain would come sooner so they would blend in her tears. She trotted along delicately next to her parents. She kept on until a small tap on her hindquarters. She turned around to find a small dragon behind her.
"H-hey…." Was all spike could mutter. "Uhm, I just…though…that if you need anything. I'm always he-"
Before Spike could even finish, Rarity held him in a tight embrace, bringing a pink blush to his scaly cheeks.
"It's so unfa-a-a-air!" Rarity screamed, almost pushing the little dragon down. "It should've been meeeee! I never paid enough attention to her!" Rarity was spewing out more confessions than a hooker in church.
Soon AppleJack and Rainbow Dash trotted up to Rarity. "Come on sugar, we'll take you home." AppleJack offers as she holds onto Rarity's side, the poor unicorn almost falling right down onto her side. Dash looked back on everyone sighing as she flew up to a cloud making it rain finally now, setting the mood even further.
"Where did Fluttershy go?" Rainbow Dash asked as she landed next to Twilight.
"She left earlier, you know she can't handle these kinds of things." Twilight responded staring at the raining sky the entire time.
"Yeah…" Dash stared down while Twilight stared up.
"Twilight?" Spike asked walking up to her. "I think we should go…you have…uhm…"
He was cut off once again as Twilight walked past him. "I know Spike."
"I'm tellin' ya, that's all that happened!" Apple Bloom told two police ponies who were investigating the whole thing, it had been three weeks after the incident and the killer was still not found.
AppleJack stood next to her crying little sister the whole time, nearly being brought to tears herself after hearing the horrible experience from her mouth. "I think she's talked 'bout enough now." AppleJack says taking her now leaving the area, heading to Twilight's library.
At the library, Twilight was looking through the many books she had about coping with a loss. Spike watched her nervously tapping his claws together as he watched her. Suddenly a tap on the door made both of them jump. Spike quickly ran to the door and opened it up revealing Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash. Fluttershy wouldn't look up at them and kept her face hidden behind her hair.
"H-hey." Dash says walking inside. "What did you want us for Twi?"
"I needed help, I'm so close to figuring out who this killer is I can taste it."
"For crying out loud Twilight, didn't we say to let it go? The police are on it and once they find whoever did this, then we can finally rest." Dash says as Twilight just keeps her face in a book.
Dash lets out a frustrated sigh as Fluttershy butts in. "R-rarity still hasn't even left her boutique in days. I don't think constantly bringing up the killer is doing anything good for her."
"She's right Twi, we just need to let what happens, happen." Just then another knock was heard on the door as Applejack called from the other side. "Guys? You in there?" Twilight opened the door seeing AJ and a saggy eyed, somber Apple Bloom. "Oh, hey…"
As they walked in the atmosphere only dampened further with two more depressed ponies. "I just need everypony here with me so that we can find out on our own. We can't just let this rest, for all we know this pony could just keep on killing. Then what would we do?"
"Listen, if this is what all this is about then maybe ah should leave, Ah wouldn't be much help in trying to figure this out with y'all." Applejack turns around but feels a gentle tug on her tail.
"A-AJ…I wanna help." Apple Bloom says as Applejack has no choice now but to stay. "A-Alright, we'll help."
You don't want to get involved…
Pinkie Pie woke up with her eyes fluttering around. She stared around her environment and found she was inside the kitchen of her store in Sugar Cube Corner. Around her were cupcakes, cookies, cakes, and a variety of baked goods all over the place. "H-huh!? How did I get here? I could've sworn…oh wait I don't remember anything from last night." She thought to herself and took a step forward. When her hoof landed it hit a wire which knocked a hook form the wall next to her. A loud and raspy voice then rang out from the kitchen walls.
"Hello Pinkie Pie, I want to play a game."
Pinkie Pie's ears rose up as she looked around excitedly. "Oh what kind of game!? Checkers? Parcheesi? Hide and Seek?" She asked excitedly.
"The situation you are in right now is just like your whole life, you don't realize the danger you are in." The voice rang out through the kitchen. Pinkie walked, almost ignoring the voice and ate a cookie instantly but shuddered as she felt a sharp pain under her tongue. She licked under but felt a scar.
"Owie kazowie! What is that!?" Pinkie yelped as the voice continued.
"If you haven't realized yet, you will see the timer on the other end of the room counting down. In one of these treats is a scalpel, a scalpel that you can use in order to find the key hidden in you. You probably already know where it is. You may have to get rid of something you have used in a very negative way. All your life the only thing your body has seen you consume is sugar after sugary treats, well now it won't matter. Will you be able to rid yourself of one of your senses to save yourself, or will you die in the process?" Pinkie's eyes widen as she licks her scar under her jaw and tongue again.
"N-no." Pinkie squeals getting brought to tears.
"That key is your only way out of here, if you do not make it in time, then a gas leak in this room will ignite, burying you in the remnants of your life, make your choice, live or die." The voice cuts off as Pinkie hurriedly rushes to the door but it is dead locked. She rams the wall repeatedly screaming. "H-HELP! ANYPONY!?" She yells in vain as the timer hits 1 minute and 3 seconds.
Pinkie licks her scar again and begins sobbing as she digs through all of the sugar treats finding nothing but cream and crumbs. She uses her sticky hooves to look through the cabinets for knives only to find that they were all missing. She wipes her soggy eyes and continues to dig through the cakes and cookies. The timer hits 49 seconds soon as she tosses the stuff around into the air.
Pretty soon she stops and cries out again. "HELP! PLEASE!" She screams as the cake falls around her. She takes a step back and kicks the scalpel now. She looks back and licks it up with her hoof as she now gulps knowing what the next step is.
She pokes the scar with the scalpel but can't stand the pain at first. "N-nuuu!" She screams out and pushes against the door again but to no avail. The timer getting past 25 seconds as she pokes under the tongue again, slowly making the incision as blood gushes from her mouth.. She screams and cries a deafening tone as she digs in and coughs up blood all over the floor.
19…18…17…16…15
The timer ticked as Pinkie pulled her tongue back, ripping it halfway as she dug her hoof under her tongue and underjaw until she finally felt the key. She gagged and vomited a little form the pain and all the blood flooding down her pink fur. She pulled it out, half her tongue flying off as she tries to maneuver the bloody key into the keyhole.
The timer hitting 7 seconds as she manages to get it into the keyhole unlocking the door. She gallops out the kitchen room crying and leaking blood from her mouth as she pushes through the doors to the outside. The kitchen soon erupting behind her in an explosion as Pinkie watches from the night darkness outside.
The new engines
What Rainbow Dash was doing to stay busy.
