Hello Mares and Gentlecolts and welcome to my story, what was the perfect night for Dash and Carnage was a nightmare for Rarity and Sweetie bell, what is the fallout?

Chapter 12: A Dream and a Nightmare

To Mr. Carnage last night had been a dream, as he flickered his eyes open on the comfortable bed he had never felt more comfortable in his entire life, he felt some sort of warm mass against him as he tried to clear his groggy head, as he tried to recall the events of last night he remembered being rejected by the princesses again, revealing the truth to Rainbow Dash and then… it went black.

Carnage remembered having a moment of pure orgasmic perfection about four times the previous night, as his vision started to clear a little more he was confused that all he could see was a rainbow right in front of him, he looked down a little more and he could now see nothing but the colour cyan, slowly the pieces came into place in his head and now his body could feel the beautiful mares grip on him tighten.

She had a large smile on her face as she snuggled up closer to him, hey were sleeping on their side but they were connected from belly to belly, Carnage lovingly stroked her mane a little but he didn't dare wake her as she was so beautiful when she slept, but he couldn't help but mutter under his breath, "Wow, you really could go for hours huh?"

He kissed her on her forehead and was contemplating on whether he should go back to sleep or not, he exited out any thoughts about how he had no choice in the matter of if he wanted to leave or not and decided that she was right, they should just enjoy the time that they have together and just screw the consequences that followed from this.

Rainbow Dash started to stir slightly next to Carnage she let out a slight murmur, Carnage just tightened his grip on her as she snuggled up close to him as she possibly could, she felt very warm and comfortable as well as she flickered her eyes open, unlike Carnage though she instantly remembered the events from last night and looked up at him to make sure that it wasn't a dream and she was relieved that this time it wasn't, she gave him a warm smile and said, "You really can last for hours huh?"

She gave him a little kiss and closed her eyes again but opened them when he randomly brought up a question, "You really don't mind that I was a human do you?"

She wasn't really sure how to answer his question but she guessed that she really wasn't as what they did last night appeared to be a clear indication of that, "Well I don't really know what humans really look like, really I don't even know what they are except for the fact their frequent on your world and you're like a pony now so it's all good… and don't let this go to your head and I know it will but your pretty sexy in a weird kind of way."

Even though she told him not to let it go to his head, he did, "So I guess that makes me a sex god, I always knew that my special talent was detective work but I guess that's my secondary talent."

She shook her head at this, "Now I guess that I will have to bring you down again before your head becomes t inflated, guess what baby, I've had better."

He raised an eyebrow, "Really? Well the noises you were making last night seem to contradict your claim, allow me to quote a few, one was 'oh yeah Carnage don't bucking stop' another was 'oh yeah baby I've always wanted to do it in that hole' and I still can't believe you let me do that, oh and I remember when I asked you who was the best you've ever had and you said, 'oh carnage you're the bucking best your so much better than Soarin, that ass had no idea what he was doing'."

Carnage received a slap around the head from Dash who gave him an annoyed look, "Don't push it, I can still throw you out you know."

"Well you could do that but then who would sexually satisfy you every night?"

"Ha, that's a fair point actually, so are you offering to take that job position."

She moved on top of him so she was sitting on his stomach and looking down at him, "I think I very much like that idea but since I haven't been a pony for very long I guess that I'm going to need some practice so shall we have another session now?"

Dash was a little surprised by this, "Really? It's the morning isn't it? Do couples really have sex in the morning?"

"Miss Dash, surely you have heard of the magical and energy giving concept of morning sex?"

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The two very happy ponies were now walking down the stairs and were constantly nudging each other but snuggling up against one another at the same time, in a situation where Carnage could be given the option to stay he might have actually taken it, he had many a girlfriend before in his short life but they never really tended to last very long, he never felt like this with a person but it appeared that it was a pony that finally managed to get his heart, "So Miss Dash, has that awakened you enough for today?"

"Yeah I suppose it has, so what's on the agenda today? You don't really have any new leads on the killer do you?"

"Your right, things have gotten serious now and I believe that the killer is now placing evidence on the scene of the crime that will purposely point to the wrong pony, so now I'll have to look at this a little differently."

The mood in the room slightly changed to a more serious one, Dash didn't like this because she knew that it depressed Carnage every time the conversation went here, she wanted to take this conversation somewhere else but one thing did make her curious, "How are you going to catch this pony then if you can't trust any of the evidence you find at the crime scenes."

They reached the bottom of the stairs and Carnage distanced himself from her slightly, "Well basically I have to look at it in a sense of who would have an opportunity to plant this evidence, the pony would have to know a least one of the locations in order to do so and had a chance to get close to the pony they framed."

"Why did they start framing the ponies on the second murder and why not just do it the first time round."

"Interesting point, perhaps when I arrived things changed and the killer had to be more careful because a professional was now on the job, so in a desperate attempt to make sure I wasn't onto him he planted evidence that framed Fluttershy and Applejack, but I can't say for sure as it is still technically a theory at this stage."

Rainbow Dash walked up behind him and wrapped her forelegs around his neck, "Well I know you'll catch whoever it is but do we need to worry about that right now?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"Well why don't we just do stuff today, we could go for a race, eat something I mean I don't know we could just do something together today."

Carnage felt that Dash was taking him off course from what he should be doing, he knew she meant well but the bottom line was that she wanted to just keep him here longer than he should, this sought of thing was what he knew was going of happening, "Listen Dash I…"

Before Carnage could finish his sentence both him and Dash heard a knock on the door, she got off of him and the two opened the door to see Fluttershy and Scootaloo standing there with sad expressions on their faces at the doorway, Dash was surprised to see Scootaloo since she wasn't able to actually fly yet, "Scoots what are you doing here? Actually better question how are you here?"

Scootaloo appeared to have been crying as her eyes were red and puffy, Carnage thought something bad must have happened for the two of them to come directly here, "Fluttershy brought me up here… something bad has happened Mr. Detective, could you please help us."

Carnage got down on his knees and looked directly at her, "Tell me little Scootaloo what has happened to get you so upset?"

Fluttershy who also looked visibly distressed answered for the little filly, "Oh it's just awful, just awful, poor little Sweetie Bell, how could anypony do such a thing to a little filly like that?"

Carnage stood up with those alarm bells going off in his head, "Fluttershy what's happened? What's going on?

"… Sweetie Bell w-was… she was attacked last night… she's in critical condition at the hospital and her throats been partially cut and her horn is missing."

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To Rarity and her little sister Sweetie Bell last night had been a nightmare, Sweetie Bell had been attacked by an unknown assailant and Rarity was unable to see who it was as it was wearing some king of cloak that completely covered it, she couldn't even tell the gender of the attacker.

Sweetie Bell was now lying in a private suite at the hospital, Rarity looked down at her sister who looked like she had been broken by the attacker, her horn was completely missing and the only thing left was its base, her throat had been bandaged and she was currently on life support that was helping her breath.

Sweetie's parents were also in the room with the father trying his best to comfort his wife, Rarity couldn't take the atmosphere in the room and exited to the corridor to find Applebloom and the rest of the elements of harmony minus Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy waiting for her, Rarity didn't even have to say a word as they all gathered into a group hug, the tears were still flowing from Rarity but now she had multiple shoulders to cry on.

She had never been more terrified in her entire life last night, as she was holding her little sister who was gasping for air she had also never felt more helpless, the only thing she could do was apply pressure to the wound and call for help, she was told by the doctors that she did the right thing and saved her life but it didn't make her feel any better, when they broke the hug Pinkie Pie tried to change the mood, "Hey cheer up, the doctor said that Sweetie Bell will likely pull through and her horn will grow back eventually…"

Twilight cut her off, "It takes about a year for a unicorn's horn to regrow actually."

Pinkie continued, "So it's a long time and all but it will be back and we also have the grand galloping gala again in two days and when Sweetie Bell gets better we will all have a big party."

This received a groan from everypony and Rarity said as politely as she could, "I like the idea of having a party for Sweetie Bell when she gets better darling but must we go to that dreadful gala again, I don't think you remember but it was a disaster last time."

Twilight explained to her, "We have to go, it's been dark times because of the murders and ponies want to see the elements of harmony so what better than the gala… well you have to go, I convinced the princess I will be too busy with an experiment but I'll be with you in spirit."

They gave Twilight a suspicious look but Applejack turned the conversation back to its point which was comforting Rarity, "The thing is sugar cube that were here for you and you can't blame yourself for what's happened to Sweetie Bell."

Rarity just hung her head, "Oh Applejack, I know you're trying to help but I have to take some responsibility here, there are three ponies to blame for this, one being the killer obviously, the second being me as she is my little sister and she was staying under my roof I should have protected her…"

Twilight was a little confused, "Wait you said three ponies are responsible, who's the third pony?"

"It's obvious isn't it…. It's the stallion that I see walking towards us right now."

Rainbow Dash, Mr. Carnage, Fluttershy and Scootaloo were all walking down the corridor towards the rest of them, Scootaloo ran ahead and hugged Applebloom while Rarity with an angry expression on her face walked to meet them and slapped Mr. Carnage in the face, Carnage was visibly taken aback by this and said, "Well that's four out of the six elements of harmony that have attacked me so far so would anypony else like too? Twilight and Fluttershy appear to be the only two who haven't yet so would you two like a try?"

"How dare you show your face here!"

Rainbow Dash attempted to defend him, "Hey back off Rarity he…"

"Oh and don't get me started with you, some element of loyalty you are!

Carnage had to get a clear answer from her about why she was so angry with him, "Rarity tell me why are you getting angry at me."

"Ha, why am I angry at you? All this time instead of doing your job you have been arresting my friends or messing around with Rainbow Dash, I bet you were sleeping with her while my little sister was being mutilated by a monster."

"Did you see the assailant what did he look like?"

"Whoever it was very a cloak so I couldn't even tell the gender."

Spike had suddenly appeared behind him and started to talk to Rarity, "I'm sorry Rarity but I've sorted things at the shop and told everypony that placed orders that they'll have to wait because of what happened to your sister."

"Oh spikey wikey you're always coming over to my Boutique to help me, you see that Dash, that's loyalty to friends."

The Doctor who was looking after Sweetie suddenly appeared from behind the door and approached all the ponies in the corridor who at this time were all gathered together, "This is the situation, hopefully Sweetie Bell will pull through but it will take a year for her horn to grow back and until that time she won't be able to do any magic, I'm truly sorry."

Rarity turned back Carnage, "You see, because of your negligence with Dash like having lunch and going to Wonderbolts shows and taking trips to Canterlot the killer has remained at large and now my sister has paid for it, I hope your happy."

Rarity walked away and re-joined her parents in the hospital room, everypony else followed besides Dash who seemed conflicted, guilt was the only thing Carnage felt, the more he thought about what she said the more he realised that she might be right, instead of helping him like he thought Dash this entire time might have just been a major distraction from his usually calculative brain, he could see Dash desperate to go but not wanting to leave him, "Go ahead Dash I'll go check out the Boutique, you go be there for your friend."

She gave him a kiss on the cheek and went ahead, he didn't find anything at the boutique, not even broken glass so the killer had to know the building but his brain had just had enough that day, when Dash had gotten home they snuggled up on her bed and just let sleep and guilt swallow them…

Next chapter, the killer will be revealed!

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