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Whooves has been arrested but Carnage has little confidence that he is the killer, so what will the next move be?

Chapter 6: Lust, Royalty & Tea

He knew it wasn't him, he knew the killer was probably still on the loose because of the missing hoof, somepony is trying to make a collection and their demented mind is telling them to go for it, it had been a day since Whooves was arrested and when they had told Lyra Carnage was awarded with a slap to the face for his trouble, this had brought out laughter from Rainbow but she received a slap to for equal measure.

She berated them, screaming at them that he wasn't the killer and saying that she wished she never trusted him, in truth it wouldn't have made sense for Doctor Whooves to take Bon-Bon's hoof, he searched his TARDIS to be sure and found no sign of it, the town of course had made their mind up that it was definitely Whooves but that was peop… I mean ponies for you.

He let out a long heavy sigh, as he was sitting at the dinner table he realised due to a lack of evidence that he would have no choice but to wait for the killer to strike again, he closed his eyes for a moment to think back to happier times as a human in his world but this inevitably led to him thinking about how he got here and he pushed the thought out of his head, he didn't like thinking about it let alone talking about it, he looked up again to see Rainbow Dash was still at work, something about sorting the weather or something like that, maybe she's a weather girl, well it's not like she's going to change weather, looks like I'm still on my own this morning.

This reminded Carnage about the book, despite it technically being meant for Foals it was an interesting read, Equestria was ruled by two princesses which didn't make any sense to Carnage as that's not how a monarchy worked but he reminded himself of the fact that he was a talking unicorn and that he shouldn't question anything in this world.

The princesses were called Celesta and Luna and they are a very rare type of pony called Alicorns and they were probably the only two in Equestria. One raised the sun and the other raised the moon, apparently there had been some dispute between them and Luna was banished to the moon for 1000 years, when she returned for revenge she was stopped by the elements of harmony but was still given her royal title back and the sister's rule together again.

Mr. Carnage learned two things from what he just read; the first was that this Princess Celestia (who he now remembered is teaching Twilight Sparkle) is a very forgiving pony and the second that this book was relatively new as Rainbow Dash is an element but is not very old, at best guess Rainbow Dash was probably about 18.

Heh, of legal age then he thought to himself, wow hang on, what the hell am I doing thinking that, Christ she's a pony and I'm… a pony as well.

Carnage thought about her for a moment, that Rainbow hair is beautiful and I guess it is kind of attract… no stop, it's not, it can't be… well she does have a very nice skin/fur colour and those eyes you could lose yourself in… right stop it now, I refuse to have sexual fantasies about a pony whether I am one or not… she has a nice ass too… oh for god's sake… and she's in good shape, bet she could last for hours, "Oh no!"

Carnage looked down to see that he had gained a 'big' problem, "Oh Christ, oh god, oh my… WHY?"

It felt like shame had crawled all over his body, he was thankful Rainbow Dash wasn't here to see this as he would never live it down, the problem wasn't sex as he had it before, when he turned 16 he had spent a couple of nights with friends which involved picking up women and doing things he wasn't proud of but it was the sheer fact that this rise was caused by a pony, "Wait I have an idea, cold shower."

The only shower in the house was past Rainbow Dash's room, he ran upstairs as fast as he could but then realised that it was cloud controlled and he didn't know how to work it as Rainbow Dash had set it up for him previously, he kicked the cloud but it produced hot water instead, he had been defeated by a cloud today and he wondered if his brain and the cloud were in cahoots, he gave in to the warmth of the shower as he knew there was only one way to fix this before Rainbow Dash came back.

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He felt dirty after it had been done, pleasure during it mind you as his head was filled with images of himself and Rainbow… doing things, "God I'm disgusting, I'm probably one of the few creatures that have managed to exit a shower and feel more dirty than he did before the shower."

He dried himself off and went downstairs thinking about what he could do today when he heard the front door open and Rainbow Dash enter, "Hey I just got back from work, what have you been up to?"

Oh crap what do I say, "Uh… it's been uneventful."

"Really? You're sweating a little."

"What? Oh yeah, I've been… working out you know doing some exercises to keep in shape."

The thought of Carnage exercising in her house was a surprisingly pleasant one for the young Pegasus as she bit her lip, maybe he was doing some pull ups while the sweat trailed down his chest… what? No stop it brain... or some push-ups, Celestia knows he could do some of those on me… crap! Just stop it alright… hell he's in as good of shape as we are I bet he could go for hours…

"Um Rainbow Dash, are you alright?"

Rainbow opened her eyes and realised there had been a long pause of her biting her lip and got dangerously close to rubbing her hind legs together, "I'm fine, honest. I have an idea why don't we go out for lunch."

"Where exactly?"

"That restaurant that was next to Bon-Bon's shop, do you remember."

"Oh yeah, alright that sounds like a good idea."

"Right then you go ahead and use the air balloon that Twilight let you borrow and I'll meet you there, I have something I need to do first."

"Are you alright? Do you need any help?"

Oh yeah big boy you can 'help' me all you want in my room, you can 'help' me in any position, in any hole… ew that's gross brain… oh come on, you know you want it in your…, "No thanks, this is something I need to do alone" This time lover colt.

Carnage left the house while Rainbow Dash quickly flew upstairs to get to her shower but when she kicked the cloud the water didn't flow, "Oh no, all the waters gone."

She was starting to feel a little damp and realised there was only one way to shake this feeling, "Oh sweet Celestia please don't let him come back… I can get a little loud" a little? Yeah right!

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Carnage had been waiting just outside the restaurant for twenty minutes now but there was still no sign of Rainbow Dash, he spied the nearest clock and saw that it read '12:15' "Where is that mare? What is she doing that is taking so long?" he said to himself.

Eventually Rainbow Dash joined him as she floated right in front of him, Carnage noticed she was out of breath which was unusual for how much stamina she had, oh yeah she has a lot of stamina if you know… Shut Up Brain! We went through this shit already this morning we don't need to do it in public, "Are you alright my dear?" Dear? Why the fuck did I just call her dear?

A light blush found its way onto Rainbow's cheeks, "Oh I'm fine it's just that I was just clopping… WORKING! I mean I was working on a new trick to show the Wonderbolts and I had to write it down or I would forget it but then I got carried away."

There was an awkward silence between the two of them but both decided to get some seats outside the restaurant as it was a beautiful today, they could hear couples and friends gossiping around them about how they always knew there was something wrong with Whooves but they were also taking about Rainbow's and Carnage's relationship, it appeared that his lie had reached the entire town and it seemed to have worked, Spike then suddenly appeared and greeted the two of them, "Hey guys."

Carnage acknowledged his presence, "Hello Spike, how are you?"

"Sorry can't stop, I was just helping Fluttershy with her 'problem' and now I've got to help Pinkie Pie and the cakes so see ya."

The two of them gave Spike a nod as he went on with his business but Carnage was curious about something so he asked Rainbow Dash, "Who is Fluttershy?"

"She's like my oldest friend I've known her since we were foals, she's also one of elements of harmony, kindness."

"What's this problem?"

"Her feathers are malting, although it's normal it's a little embarrassing for Pegasi, she actually told me yesterday…"

She paused for a moment as she remembered something that she should have told him earlier, Rainbow Dash finally spoke "You know when we were heading back yesterday and you went to talk to Twilight about borrowing the balloon?"

"Yes I remember."

"Well while I waited outside it turned out that the rest of my friends had already heard about us, you weren't kidding when you said news travels fast and by the way Twilight knows this isn't real right."

"Yes as she knew you only met me that night, the rest the town doesn't though and I convinced Twilight to keep mum."

"Right well anyway, guess who confronted me on this."

"The rest of the elements of harmony."

"How did you know?"

"Educated guess."

Their orders had arrived, Carnage had his daffodil sandwich which he pretended was a sausage
sandwich as he was seriously missing meat and Rainbow had a salad to watch her weight as she felt she had been gaining some, they both also had a pint of cider each, Rainbow continued "So they were really happy for me and all but they were confused about how they had never met you before, I said I knew you since I was a foal and you moved away but Fluttershy didn't remember you so I panicked but then… they said that they… want to meet you."

Carnage wished he hadn't been drinking his cider at the time as he spat it out upon hearing this, he turned to her with a shocked expression, "This is where the lie will eventually unravel, I need this cover to guarantee I won't be suspected and for somepony to confirm my credentials, could you not have thought of anything better."

"Hey don't get cross with me, I didn't know what to say as you keep your past hidden from me so I had to make something up."

Carnage calmed down a little, he knew that she was right and he hadn't told her much for a reason, Rainbow was now doing that cute little pout she did, Carnage knew he might regret what he was about to do, "Your right, you've been very generous and understanding towards me, more so than you should so I'll let you ask any one question about my past and I will answer it truthfully."

"Any one question?"

"Anything you can think of."

Rainbow pondered on what to ask him, she ate some of her salad when she thought of something that had been bothering her, "How did you get to Ponyville? I mean I know you came from this London but what led you here."

This is why he thought he would regret it, well here we go I'm going to tell her the truth, god I better say this quietly so nopony else hears, "You see Rainbow I..."

"No don't tell me! I have a better question."

Carnage mentally sighed but a part of him felt bad about not being able to get it off his chest, "OK then what is your question?"

"Tell me about your family, I would like to hear about them."

Carnage paused; he hadn't thought about his family in a long time for a very good reason, it wasn't pleasant at all, "I don't really think you want to hear about that Dash…"

"Of course I do and you said I could ask any question and you would answer it, besides they can't be that bad I mean you're pretty smart after all" and pretty sexy too… Brain! Quit it, I bet Carnage's brain doesn't have to deal with these problems.

"Alright then, but I'm going to blunt about it, alright?"

"OK."

"Alright, my mother's dead, she died because her body was run down by my constantly ill father who last I heard was somehow still alive, I am the youngest of four siblings, one sister is a spiteful person who is jealous of my accomplishments as a detective because her music career failed and she somehow blames me for it, my other sister is clinically insane and is at a mental ward because she kept biting people and my brother was a drunk and is in jail for killing someone in a fight, are you happy now?"

Rainbow Dash just didn't know what to say, her folks now lived near Trottingham as part of their retirement but she hadn't seen a lot of them since then, she thought that was bad but Carnages family were mess, she just couldn't imagine being in his position and she actually started to tear up a little when she realised that she may have asked the worst question possible to him, "Carnage I'm… so sorry… I didn't."

She couldn't finish her sentence as tears started to flow very lightly as she did her best to cover it up, other ponies around them started to notice and Carnage offered her a napkin, "I'm not crying… I just got something in my eye."

"Rainbow I'm sorry for being so blunt, I just don't have a lot of happy memories from my family life, I guess the reason I became a detective was because I was determined not to end up like the rest of them and I would never dream of upsetting you like that on purpose."

He saw her red puffy eyes and thought that she might need some comforting reassurance, he grabbed her hoof in his hoof but saw that this gesture had been taken the wrong way by Rainbow Dash, the two looked into each other's eyes from across the small table, it was like they didn't have control over their own bodies as their heads began to instinctively draw closer together, Carnages brain was going haywire what am I doing? I just can't stop myself but do I even want to?

Rainbow seemed to be facing the same problem, I know having a coltfriend is just going to make things more difficult but I just can't turn away, they could feel each other's hot breath and their lips came dangerously close to touching, Carnage turned away before the kiss when he heard a pony call out, "Hey everypony, look up at the sky!"

Dash had just missed her chance at the kiss and quickly looked over as well to see a golden chariot approaching town, damn it why did Celestia have to come visit now I was so close, is this what I've been feeling? Am I really in love? No I can't be I've only known him a couple of days this isn't some fairy-tale… but he's so hot though… yeah he is isn't he, Rainbow had given up fighting her own desires and now she knew what she wanted, as Carnage went up to approach the chariot which was still descending to the ground Rainbow watched him walk away with desire in her eyes.

Carnage heard ponies calling out to Princess Celestia, he had totally forgotten about what had nearly happened moments ago as he wanted to see this ruler who has somehow managed to stay alive for over 1000 years, he looked back at Rainbow who was just staring at him now and he looked back to see the chariot landing just outside Twilights library, "Hey Rainbow are you coming!"

"You go ahead Carnage I need to do something at home, Bye!"

"See ya later, fly safe."

He felt like he genuinely meant those words but he was far more focused on why a Princess would lower her standards and go to a small town like this, maybe she has come to see her student Twilight he guessed as it was the most logical explanation.

The Princess gracefully excited the chariot and look around at her adoring subjects around her, she was clearly very beautiful despite herself being a pony, great another pony I'm attracted to, he entered the crowd and saw Twilight exiting her library and approaching the Princess, "Princess Celestia, is there anything I can do for you?"

"My dear student Twilight it is wonderful to see you, I have been meaning to come visit you however another matter has caught my attention."

Her voice was as beautiful as her looks, it seemed to suit her perfectly, the Princess continued talking to her pupil, "You see I am fully aware of the murder that has happened recently and two of my guards mentioned a pony taking over the case, he was apparently a detective but he did not prove his credentials and I would like to meet him."

This rang alarm bells inside Carnages head as he worried about what trouble this could bring him, he could not prove he was a detective in this world so he tried to make a quick exit, but Twilight didn't help, "Oh you mean… Dash's coltfriend, yeah he's right over there, hey Carnage! The Princess wants to meet you."

Carnage froze; he looked back and saw the crowd part like the red sea before him which displayed a path straight to the Princess who appeared to be eagerly awaiting him to approach her, he trotted as calmly as he could towards her and bowed his head to her, "Good day your majesty."

"It's a pleasure to meet the pony who is taking on such an interesting case."

When Carnage looked up he swore he could see Celestia wink at him, "Twilight would you allow me and Carnage the use of your library to talk privately."

"Of course your majesty, me and Carnage will be happy…"

"No my faithful student, just me and Carnage please."

"Oh… fine I'll just lock the door behind you then."

Twilight pouted a little and Carnage swore when Twilight passed him she bumped into him on purpose, she opened the library door for the two of them and they trotted inside with Carnage wondering what exactly the Princess wanted to know.

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Celestia had calmly asked Carnage to sit on the opposite chair to her, they could hear some of the ponies outside that were trying to listen in, "Excuse me Mr. Carnage, please allow me to take care of that."

Celestia stood up and casted a spell on the tree house; a purple energy seemed to completely cover the exterior of the library, "There we are, now nopony will interrupt us and our conversation, would you like some tea?"

"Pardon?"

"Some tea, how do you take it?"

"12 sugars and milk."

Celestia didn't even have to get up, she was clearly experienced in magic as she was making it all just from where she was sitting, "You sure like a lot of sugar in your tea."

Carnage let out a light chuckle, "What can I say? I like things sweet, but I must confess that I'm surprised you can even make the stuff, I mean I've met a lot of higher up types in my line of work and I wouldn't have been surprised if they couldn't wipe their own arse without someone's help."

"My, such vulgar language in front of your Princess, you must be very brave or rather foolish."

"I'm no fool your majesty, there are just some things that I feel very passionate about and I'm not one for keeping my opinions to myself, especially to one as beautiful as yourself your majesty."

He knew full well that he was flirting, it wasn't like Rainbow Dash when he didn't even realise that he was doing it, he was hoping that if he got on the Princess's good side then this would make her ask less questions about his credentials and past, he had been told previously that he had some weird rough charm but he never personally saw it, Celestia let out the quietest chuckle, "It's been a while since I was complimented like that, be careful your 'marefriend' doesn't find out."

Carnage noted the emphasis she put on marefriend, Celestia continued on, "Back to your original point however, I can do many things myself including cooking, its why I enjoy moments like this when I'm able to let my hair down and do things on my own without a servant to cater to me hoof to hoof, my sister does not share this anymore but to be fair she was trapped on the moon for a 1000 years so I think she's aloud a few luxuries."

She must be referring to Luna he thought to himself, "Anyway we should get back on subject so what is it you wanted to know?"

The tea then floated towards the two of them and they both took their cups but instead of Celestia who took hers with magic carnage took his with hooves, "You're not using your magic, is there a reason for that?"

"Oh… well I was never very good at magic and I've always been better with the old noggin."

Both Ponies started to take sips of their respective teas, "Hmmm, well first I want you to confirm my suspicion, were dealing with a serial killer aren't we?"

Carnage froze at this and he breathed in and let out a long heavy sigh, "How did you know?"

"Educated guess" hey that's my line he thought to himself.

"Well anyway I believe your right; the missing hoof on the victim may indicate that the killer is trying to make some sort of collection."

"Did anything come back from the autopsy of Bon-Bon?"

"No, it didn't shed any new light and she died exactly as I thought she did, the victim killed her by slicing her throat with something sharp and then it removed her hoof."

Celestia took another long sip of her tea and wore a very serious expression on her face, "The news of this murder has reached all over Equestria, Ponies have told me they can't remember the last murder they heard about, and there's a good reason for that because if our theory is correct then this is the first serial killer in Equestria for over nearly 300 years."

Carnage eyes grew wide open, "That's… that's impossible there's no way…"

"It's true, I've been alive for over 1000 years remember so I should know, also this is the first murder in Equestria for over 100 years."

"My god, why would there be one now then? What could have possibly set this pony off?"

"I don't know but is it as I fear? Will we have to wait for the killer to strike again? And is it definitely not Doctor Whooves?"

"Yes to both of your questions I'm afraid, there is no evidence left to point to anypony else and there was no reason for Whooves to take the hoof and I searched his home and there was nothing there either, I'm afraid I'm back to square one."

"Well I for one am positive you will find the pony behind it."

"Heh, I wish I had that much confidence in my abilities."

"Oh and by the way, don't worry about proving your credentials I've told all the authorities to not question your status as a detective."

Carnage was surprised by Celestia's trust in him, "Really? Why do you trust me so much?"

"We all have secrets Mr. Carnage, even you have a few I'm willing to bet, I must return back to Canterlot but it has been a pleasure talking to you."

Carnage stood up and bowed his head to her, "Well then I look forward to your next visit."

Celestia made her way to the library door when she paused, she turned around to face Mr. Carnage again, "Two things before I go, one I do not mind the flirting… in fact it's quite welcome from a handsome stallion as yourself."

Carnage swore that the Princess winked at him again but felt that it was somewhat different than last time, the room felt a little hotter and he hoped that she was just joking around, also he wondered how handsome he actually was in this form because he never was attractive before, "And the second thing is make sure you keep your secret safe even from Rainbow Dash, even she may not be able to comprehend what you really are Marty Wright".

As soon as Celestia uttered that name Carnage almost had a fit, he tried to speak but he just fumbled on his words, Celestia turned to leave "Goodbye…"

"Wait… h-how…"

"Marty 'Mr. Carnage' Wright."

"HOW DO YOU KNOW MY NAME!"

Carnage had practically screamed at the highest authority in all of Equestria but she just ignored him, it looked like she cast a spell to remove her previous one and she walked past her subjects to her Chariot and flew away presumably back to Canterlot, Carnage just laid there unmoving, he just didn't know what to say or do as the secret he had tried so hard to keep was somehow out, he could feel tears coming to his eyes he did his best to keep his composure, everything exited his mind; Rainbow Dash, this world, the case, all of it didn't seem important now, "How? I was told to never tell my name and I didn't, how could someone… I mean somepony know?"

Twilight had entered her library and was shocked to see Carnage lying on the floor, "Carnage? Are you alright? What happened?"

Carnage got up slowly his legs were very shaky but he could still walk, his eyes were a little red but the only thing he could think about doing is going home and lying in bed, "I'm sorry twilight, I have to get home."

And like that Carnage slowly trotted home, once he got there he said a quick hello to Rainbow but said he didn't want to be disturbed and to forget about his tea, he got into bed and let sleep take him, he slept all the way through the rest the day and the night…

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That night…

Owloysius was fast asleep, he had come down with a rare case of avian flu and according to Fluttershy he would be feeling better very soon and he could return to Twilight by the morning.

The entire cottage was dead quiet with the only sound you could hear were animals sleeping but because of Fluttershy's feather malting she asked her animal friends to sleep outside tonight, Owloysius however couldn't stand the cold so he snuck inside.

The noise of a door creaking open caught the owls attention, he turned his head a complete 360 but could not see anything or anyone else in the room with him, he started to close his eyes again and embrace sleep once more when suddenly a large figure appeared before him, Owloysius tried to call out but he was grabbed around the throat by the assailant, the last thing Owloysius would ever hear was a small dark chuckle…

Next chapter, the killer has struck again.

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