Hello Mares and Gentlecolts and welcome to the continuation of my second story ever, a quick message to all the people who are currently following this story, I would very much like that all of you give this story a like if you haven't already, it will get me closer to getting this story on the main slide bar.
Mr. Carnage has ascertained a lot from talking to Cheerilee and Lyra and discovered a possible link from the murder to a love triangle.

Chapter 4: Where Rainbow's live

Dash looked at him with a bewildered expression, "Sorry did I just miss something? What do you mean, what suspect?"

Carnage turned to her with a smug expression on his face "Why isn't it obvious Miss Dash, Doctor Whooves is now our suspect number 1."

Rainbow shook her head at this "But that doesn't make any sense Carnage, he couldn't have killed her because they were going to tell her about their relationship anyway."

Carnage waved for Rainbow Dash to follow him downstairs and they began to walk "You only know Doctor Whooves as a funny pony with a blue box correct?"

"Yes."

"So we don't know the kind of pony that we are dealing with, he could be a nice and calm pony but he may also have a sudden violent side which could be brought about by the smallest thing."

When they reached the bottom floor Twilight had overheard what they were talking about "You think Doctor Whooves killed Bon-Bon?"

Carnage turned to her quickly and gave her a stern expression, "I don't think anyone killed anyone yet, I merely have a theory, innocent until proven guilty Miss Sparkle."

Twilight let out a small giggle "Good point."

"Do you know the suspect personally at all?"

Twilight shook her head "Not really, I must confess I heard Lyra's confession, I can't believe she would cheat on Bon-Bon like that."

"Miss Sparkle you should never judge another pony like that without knowing all of the facts, you do not know both sides of the story after all, this can cause nasty rumours and speculation to begin which may not be true, besides according to her she was the one seduced, whether she allowed it willingly is another matter entirely."

Twilight looked down "You're right sorry" She suddenly perked up "Oh that could be a good letter to the princess."

She clapped her hooves together in glee when Rainbow Dash interjected "But what are these theories that you came up with?."

Carnage thought for a moment, "Well you see Miss Dash this Doctor Whooves, by the way I question his status as an actual doctor could have a violent streak, he may have been on his way to confess with Lyra when he could have run into an upset Bon-Bon, she may have then shouted abuse at him which could have caused him to react violently and kill her."

Rainbow Dash thought about this, everything he just said made sense to her, Carnage added "But it could go deeper than that, it may have been his plan for her to get upset upon the discovery and run out the way she did, she could have ran right into him and then he could've taken that chance to kill her, however these are just theories that will be eliminated upon the discovery of the facts that contradict them and the thing that makes me question it being a moment of passion is the fact her hoof is missing indicating the killer…"

Twilight let out a large yawn, "Oh my is that the time, we really all should be getting to bed right now."

Carnage looked at the time Twilight was referring to, '2:00am' sleep was never really on his agenda as Carnage rarely got tired but he acknowledged that it would be best to get to sleep, however it occurred to him that he actually had no place to sleep at all, Rainbow Dash then asked him a question "So where are you staying carnage? Cause I guess you could stay at my place if you want."

Carnage looked at her, her body language was saying that she was bashful, she wasn't making eye contact with him instead she was looking down at her own front right hoof with was making circles on the ground in front of her, Carnage gave her a smile when she looked up at him "That sounds lovely, I'd love to stay with you."

Twilight interjected herself back into the conversation, "But Rainbow Dash, Carnage isn't a pegasi, he's a unicorn so he can't stay in the clouds with you."

Carnage realised how little he actually knew about this world, he had no clue that pegasi as they were called lived in clouds and apparently they were the only ones who could, he then spied something that could prove invaluable to him, it was a book entitled 'The history of Equestria – for younger years' the book in question wasn't very big and it appeared to be for younger ponies but it could give him all the info he needed, he noted that he would need to ask for it later.

Twilight then started to jump up and down in excitable glee, "Oh I know this gives me a perfect opportunity for a spell, Carnage would you like to cast it?"

Carnage rubbed his horn a little, he got the impression only unicorn's were able to cast magic, thus the horn but he had no clue how to use it so he made an excuse, "Oh I've never really been that good with magic, I've always been better with my brain, but what spell is this?"

Twilight began her explanation "Well you see a little while back me and the girls went to Cloudsdale…"

Carnage interrupted "Sorry I need to cut you off there, did you just say Cloudsdale?"

Twilight nodded her head in affirmation, "Right sorry I just needed to check."

"Cloudsdale what a load of shit, and I thought Ponyville was bad" he thought to himself, Twilight continued "Anyway we got there with a special spell that lets any pony stay on the clouds, however because there were a number of us the spell was weakened and we couldn't stay there for very long but since you're the only one who requires the spell you should be able to stay there for as long as you want."

Carnage looked back to Rainbow Dash who seemed to nod at him in earnest so Carnage said to Twilight "Screw it lets give it a shot."

Twilight clapped her hooves together again and had a gleeful expression on her face "Wonderful, okay let's get right to it."

Twilight trotted back a couple of paces, her horn started to glow a purple and pink colour while Carnage started to feel butterflies in the pit of his stomach, he turned to Dash again who seemed to be taking cover behind a nearby chair which did not fuel Mr. Carnage with confidence at all, Twilight then called out to him, "Okay then, here we go!"

Before Carnage could back out he was zapped with a blinding energy which completely covered him, he felt his head suddenly hit the floor and he felt like he was going to pass out for a second but he quickly recovered, he then realised that he was now lying on the ground with Rainbow Dash and Twilight looking down at him, Rainbow seemed genuinely concerned "Are you alright?"

Carnage started to get up, "Yeah I think so, I don't feel any different."

Twilight just smiled "Good, that means it worked, you can now stay at Rainbow's house without fear of falling through the clouds."

"Well that's lovely, if the offer is still on the table."

He turned to Rainbow Dash who was trying not to show how happy she actually was about the situation "Oh yeah, I mean you should fell honoured about staying at the house of the most awesome pony in all of Equestria."

"I will be sure to keep note of that, but before we go, Twilight may I borrow a book from your vast library?"

"Oh of course you can, would you like me to help you find one in particular?"

Mr. Carnage simply waved his hoof in front of her "Oh no thank you, I have already spied the book that I am looking for, I will just get."

Carnage walked over to the bookcase where he saw it last, it was right there on the second shelf, he quickly peeked back to see what the other two were doing and they appeared to be in a conversation on whether Dash was ok with technically letting a stranger stay at her house, she appeared to be adamant on this, he quickly took the book he wanted and tried to keep it from the others sight.

He trotted back up to the other two and asked, "Are you ready to go Dash?"

"Yep I'm ready to go, see ya later Twi."

Twilight waved to them as they went to leave the library, "Goodnight everypony sleep well."

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The flight to Rainbow dash's house had been interesting to say the least, Carnage had felt a mix between excitement and nervousness on the way up, and also a fear that Rainbow dash might accidently drop him but these fears did not prove reality as he and Rainbow Dash landed safely on the clouds, something that he never thought would actually happen to him, let alone that he would be sleeping on them tonight.

If he had to describe her house in one word it would be 'beautiful', the house as he suspected was completely made of clouds and it appeared to be surprisingly tall, there also appeared to be some sort of rainbow fountain that was coming from the side of the house, "Rainbow you have a very beautiful house, in fact it is almost as beautiful as yourself."

Carnage hadn't realised the comment he just made until he said it "why did I just say that?" he thought to himself, he looked at Rainbow Dash to make sure he hadn't accidently crossed a line somewhere but was instead greeted with a blush and a smile, "Um thank you, that's kind of you to say."

There was an awkward silence between the two of them for a moment until Rainbow finally spoke, "You want to go inside or just stand out here all night?"

She said this with a playful expression on her face, one that Mr. Carnage could see "I don't know, it is a beautiful night out tonight, I've heard worst ideas than sleeping out here tonight."

Rainbow let out a little chuckle "C'mon lets go in."

The two of them trotted inside her house, as soon as they got inside it turned out to be what Carnage thought it would probably be, pretty much everything was clouds, the walls were clouds, the furniture were clouds, it was a white fluffy paradise, Carnage quickly put the book on a desk behind him where she couldn't see and got her attention elsewhere, "You know I actually have a question for you."

Dash turned to him "yeah?"

"When we were interviewing Lyra she told us the reason everybo…I mean everypony thought that you know, went the other way was because they never saw you with any Colts, now why is that may I ask?"

Rainbow raised her eyebrow to him "And why do you want to know that?"

"No reason in particular I'm just curious."

In truth Carnage didn't actually know why he was asking her this question, a lot of things he had done around her had left him rather confused, he chalked this up to himself trying to get used to the fact that he is now a pony and making rather odd statements but there was something about Dash, maybe it was her rainbow mane it was…beautiful after all, Dash then disrupted his thought process "Well I suppose it's ok to tell you, basically I don't really have any time for a coltfriend."

"And why is that?"

"Because I'm trying to join the Wonderbolts."

"I'm sorry I don't know who they are."

Rainbow Dash's jaw dropped as soon as Carnage said it "What! You don't know who the Wonderbolts are."

Carnage was nervous, he was yet again in a situation where it appeared he should know something but didn't, he never liked these situations especially when it could give away that he isn't from the world he was in, "I'm sorry I just never heard of them."

"Wow London must have been like living under a rock."

Carnage didn't like her mocking the place he was born, but pressing the issue would get him nothing but aggravation, "So why don't you tell me about them."

"Oh my gosh where do I begin, the Wonderbolts are the greatest performers EVER! They do all these amazing moves and aerial tricks and I just know that one day I'm going to be one of them and it is going to be AWESOME!"

When Dash said awesome she made some sort of kissy face by squeezing her cheeks together, Carnage could tell that she was passionate about joining them one day, "But is that the only reason?"

Dash thought about it for a second, "Well when you join the Wonderbolts it's a on the road thing so I can't imagine being in love with another pony and not being able to see them, plus there's no ponies in Ponyville that I'm even interested in," "well until recently I suppose" she added in her head.

Rainbow Dash looked at her clock "Wow look at the time it really is getting late."

She let out a nervous giggle as she probably wanted the conversation to end, "Indeed, it appears I will have to locate this Doctor Whooves tomorrow morning, can you show me my room?"

"Oh it's just to your right there, do you see it?"

Carnage turned to his right to see what looked like a small bedroom, "Oh and my bedroom is right there…not that I'm proposing anything I'm just saying if you need anything, hey you better not be getting any ideas."

"I assure you Miss Dash that the thought never crossed my mind for even a second."

Dash actually looked a little disappointed at this, "Well uh good night."

Before Carnage could say anything more Rainbow Dash had run upstairs to her room and closed the door behind her, Carnage wondered if he had inadvertently upset her but decided that she was probably just tired, he took this opportunity to grab the book he had borrowed from Twilights library and take it in with him, as he sat down on his new bed he realised he needed to go to sleep soon so he decided to look up just one section in the book tonight that had caught his interest, he read it aloud "the elements of Harmony."

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Dash was doing her best to drift off to sleep, she tossed and she turned and she snuggled up to her bed the best she could but the same thought kept finding its way into her head, she let out a long sigh, wondering how long Carnage will have to stay, she hadn't known him long yet she felt like she could trust him in some weird way "What is it about him?"

She said this aloud to herself "He's so annoyingly polite and he's also really weird but, he's also honest and he seems really smart and in a weird way he's kinda cool."

She paused for a moment thinking back, realising that she has only known this pony for several hours now and he was already sleeping at her place, from this thought came some kind of admittance "Also apart from being cool, I guess he's also kinda cute."
Moments later Rainbow Dash finally let the blissful arms of sleep take her as she had very pleasant dreams that night.

Next chapter, the hunt for Doctor Whooves begins!
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