Hello Mares and Gentlecolts and welcome to my story, Rainbow Dash has accepted her feelings for Carnage while Princess Celestisa has revealed that she knows Mr. Carnages name.

Chapter 7: Murder most Owl

To say that Mr. Carnage was having a shit morning would be nothing less than an understatement.

He had to find some sort of motivation to get up today as his entire world was nearly shattered before him as the secret he was told to keep at all costs was now in the hands, or hooves of the most powerful pony in all of Equestria, Princess Celestia somehow knew his real name.

The truth was he actually wasn't going to get up at all today until Rainbow Dash had burst into his room and told him that there had been another murder, this announcement had put him in a doing mood as there was now a problem to solve however as he had his shower and a quick breakfast two things had taken that mood away from him.

The first was that Rainbow Dash could not join him this morning as she had something important that she needed to do and the second was when she told him who the victim was.

He was just walking up the path to Fluttershy's cottage when he stopped halfway; he looked around to see if there were any ponies in earshot and then screamed at the sky, "I HAVE BEEN CALLED TO INVESTIGATE THE MURDER OF A FUCKING OWL!"

Mr. Carnage felt like his talents were being wasted just going to this crime scene, he started to ramble to himself, "After killing Bon-Bon why would the killer kill Twilight Sparkles pet? That doesn't make any sense."

He knew it was Twilights pet as she had told him previously that it was staying at Fluttershy's cottage because the creature was ill, his name was Owloysius and one suspect on his mind would have to be this Fluttershy but even in his agitated state he could not make assumptions and he did his best to try and keep his composure, he finally got to the door of the cottage, "OK, I just have to calm down, for all you know there could be a massive clue to the killers identity in this building… alright here we go."

As soon as he opened the door he felt like he was going to have a meltdown, there before him were guards everywhere, they had obviously been informed about the murder before and arrived before he did and this wouldn't have been a problem normally, however there were so many and they were all potentially trampling over evidence.

The normally calm and gentlemen like persona of Mr. Carnage was gone and in its place was an 'I'm not going to take this shit anymore' persona, "What in the love of all that is holy do you Ponies think you're doing?"

All the guards in the cottage turned towards him, one of them was guarding a banana coloured Pegasus while the others were just walking around the place trying to find some sort of evidence but to Mr. Carnage's point of view they had probably destroyed it all at this point, one of the guards finally spoke, "Um… were trying to find some clues."

"Oh really? You were trying to play detective? Well that's cute but not all of you need to be in here destroying any evidence by stomping around the place."

All of them in unison started to check their hooves for anything on them, Carnage in response to this simply face hoofed, another one of the guards spoke out, "Hey wait a minute, who are you and when do you get to talk to us like that? We are the law in Equestria and…"

"Oh please you're not Judge Dredd so get back in line and let a professional handle this."

"How dare you! You know what? I'm placing you under…"

The guard next to him then nudged him and said, "You can't arrest him remember, this is the detective the Princess told us about, the one whose orders were not allowed to question."

"What! Are you serious?"

Mr. Carnage answered for him, "Well it appears that way now doesn't it, all of you I want you outside and I want the suspect to wait right there as…"

Suddenly a light flashed right in front of Mr. Carnage, he was stunned and couldn't see for a moment but his eyes focused on what looked like a camera, it appeared a Pegasus pony had flown through the window and was taking pictures, it was a Stallion but that was all he could make out, "Hey you're the detective right? Can I get an interview for Equestria daily?"

Carnage was now officially at hulk levels of angry and in that moment he no longer contained it, he turned to the guard closest to who he presumed was Fluttershy, "Mr. guard if you would be so kind as to cover the young mares ears for me, no mare should have to hear what I am about to say."

The guard did as he was told and Fluttershy closed her eyes as well, Carnage turned back to the reporter, "OK, you want your interview then I want you get every word that I say and keep it firmly in your tiny skull, *clears throat* YOU CAN…"

[The following sentence has been removed by the author as he does not feel the need to poison the relatively 'innocent' minds that may be reading this, in reality we can only show you the beginning and end parts of the sentence so please do not question what has been said, thank you.]

"…WITH YOUR MOTHER, AND TRUST ME WHEN I SAY THAT SHE'LL ENJOY IT TO, HAVE I MADE MYSELF PERFECTLY CLEAR!"

All the reporter could do was nod his head and then he flew out the window, he would tell his grandfoals in the future that it was the fastest he had ever flown in his entire life, Carnage turned back to the guards and all of them were in shock, one of them looked like he was about to cry and Carnage gave his final order, "All of you outside! I will call you in if there is an arrest to be made."

There were no arguments this time as all of the guards did as they were told, before Carnage continued he took a mental breath and thought about what was really bothering him, Celestia's revelation was still heavy on his mind and he knew the only way it would be appeased was to confront her about it, however this would have to wait till later as now he had a suspect to interrogate.

According to Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy was her oldest friend as she has known her since they were young, she was just sitting there and looked very afraid at the situation she was in, it didn't help that she had all those guards banging on her door today so Carnage had to gain her trust, "You are Miss Fluttershy am I correct in asking?"

His polite demeanour had returned and his question had earned a small nod from Fluttershy, "Hello there I am Mr. Carnage, I believe Rainbow Dash has told you about me."

Again this got the smallest nod from Fluttershy, "I'm afraid that I'm going to have to interrogate you but do not worry, if you didn't commit any crime then that will show through in the interrogation, can you talk to me?"

"Yes, sorry I'm still a little shaken; my name… my name is Fluttershy."

"Fluttershy I know you don't really want to talk about it but could you be so kind as to point me in the direction of the body."

Fluttershy shuddered a little but pointed her hoof right next to him; Carnage knew he had to get his head in the game if he missed something so close to him, he could see a small blood trail leading from the corpse to the front door and he decided to look over the body to see if this was going to be a waste of his time.

As soon as he looked over it for just a moment he realised that it wasn't, the cause of death appeared to be exactly the same as the first killing, a sliced throat and not only that but the cuts width and depth looked identical to Bon-Bon's, the one thing that separated the two killings appeared to be the fact that no body parts were missing from Owloysius's corpse but the pony may have been in a rush or panicked because they were in someponies house.

But there was something that caught his eye, around the body there were feathers, yellow feathers to be precise and they matched the colour of Fluttershy's coat, he had an idea, "Miss Fluttershy, I am aware that you were ill yesterday, where did you go inside this cottage?"

"Oh well I didn't want any of the animals to start having their feathers malt so I was in my room all day yesterday."

He caught her with that, normally that alone would have been enough to make her the prime suspect but there was something off about how the feathers were around the body, it was almost if they had been placed there as they were to bunched up, Carnage would question her further about this so he decided to start the interrogation, "OK Miss Fluttershy I think it's time that we…"

He was cut off by the voice of a guard outside, "Stop right there this is a crime scene, you may not go past until the detective gives the clear."

"But it was my owl who was the victim!"

"Yeah you meanie, she just wants to see Owloysius."

"Please! I know the detective."

Carnage peaked his head outside to see Twilight Sparkle who was the owner of the victim and a pink mare who he recognised from a description from Rainbow Dash as the element of joy, Pinkie Pie, "You may let them through guard I will need to speak to them."

The guard did as he was told and the two mares walked (well Pinkie bounced) into the house, Carnage let Pinkie in as a chance to meet her and the two mares approached him, Twilight was the first to speak, "Hey Carnage, may I see the body?"

Carnage pointed behind him and Twilight cautiously approached the body, Pinkie started to bounce around Carnage, "Hi! I'm Pinkie pie and you must be Dashie's new coltfriend and its super awesome exciting to meet you."

"Um… thank you Pinkie, I must confess that I'm surprised how happy you are despite the situation before us."

"Oh I always try to keep my mood up, later I'm going to cheer up Twilight with a sorry-your-pet-owl-is-dead party and it would be great if you could come."

"Well I've never heard of a party quite like that but I must decline your offer I'm afraid as I will most likely be busy trying to process the information I get today."

"Okey Dokey lokey but I need to throw you a welcome to Ponyville party soon as I haven't done one in sooooooooooooo long."

Pinkie then hopped over to Fluttershy and gave her a hug, Carnage could hear Twilight sniffling and sobbing behind him as she stood over the body of her nocturnal friend, Carnage walked up behind her and put a hoof on her shoulder, she asked him a question, "Did he suffer?"

He knew he had to as a sliced throat takes a little bit to kill you, but he thought it was best to give her some comfort, "No, he didn't suffer."

"What do you need to do now?"

"Well I have to interrogate Miss Fluttershy now to see…"

Pinkie Pie suddenly zoomed right in front of him and started acting hysterically, "What! No way did Fluttershy do this, she is the kindest and sweetest pony in Equestria, she loves animals and nurses them back to health and I was here last night and…"

Every single alarm bell rang in Carnages head, "Wait! What did you just say?"

Pinkie froze; when she spoke again her usual energy had disappeared, "Huh? What do you mean? I didn't say anything I…"

"You just said you were here last night didn't you."

Pinkie Pie didn't say a thing as she slowly backed her way towards the door, Twilight called out to her, "Pinkie? Were you here last night?"

Pinkie looked like she was about to run out the door when a guard stood at the exit, Pinkie was trapped and Carnage said, "Miss Pie you are not allowed to leave the premises until I say you can leave as you are officially a suspect."

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The front living room was chosen as the scene for the interrogations, Fluttershy was sitting opposite from Mr. Carnage who was facing her and one of the guards was in the cottage as was making sure that Pinkie Pie would not make a quick getaway while Twilight was in another room entirely.

Carnage started with the questions, "Miss Fluttershy do you understand why you are a suspect?"

"No not really."

"Allow me to clarify then, the victim was killed in your home when you were home also, this was something that you confirmed to me earlier and secondly there were yellow feathers found near the body which match your coat and I know that your wings have been malting too."

Fluttershy observed the feather that Carnage presented to her, "Yes that is my feather, but I would never kill, let alone harm another creature, besides I was sleeping all last night."

"Have you any proof."

"Angel bunny can tell you."

Fluttershy pointed towards his feet where he could see a little bunny on the floor nodding his head up and down, "Unfortunately Miss Shy I cannot take witness testimonies from a bunny rabbit, however I do have somepony who can vouch for your character, she described you as a very quiet and shy but loving pony who would not harm a fly."

"Who?"

"It was somepony who knows you well and I have come to trust as of late."

Fluttershy knew who it was now and she let the detective continue, "Well to be honest with you I can't find a good enough reason to send you down."

"Really? But what about the evidence."

"The funny thing is that it looks almost planted, and due to the character testimony from RD and the fact that there is no motive and nothing to link you to the first murder you are free to go."

"Thank you Mr. Carnage, oh and by the way, look after Rainbow Dash, she seems tough but inside she can be fragile, I'm going into town for pet food so goodbye."

Carnage gave her a nod as she left the room and he called for the next suspect to be brought in, Twilight quickly walked in first, "Sorry I know you said I shouldn't be here but can I ask you a question?"

"Sure, go for it."

"Do you really believe it could have been Fluttershy who is the most loving pony I know or Pinkie who is the most carefree pony I know?"

"Miss Sparkle for someone who is so knowledgeable and smart you seem to have a sort of naivety to you, anypony can become a murderer, it just takes the right amount of passion, anger and a motive to do it, now please leave as Miss Pie is being brought in."

Twilight quickly exited as Pinkie was escorted in by a guard, her energy seemed to return to her by the smile on her face and this reminded him somewhat of the Joker from the Batman comics, he thought back to three characters that inspired him to become a detective, the Doctor because of his adventures, Sherlock Holmes as the classical British detective and of course the Batman for being the most badass detective and superhero in history, in his opinion Batman could beat Superman because his badassness would obliterate Superman, with Pinkie now reminding of the Joker it disturbed and thrilled him at the same time.

"Hello Miss Pie, I see you've calmed down now."

"Of course I have, this whole will be cleared up and then you'll see I had nothing to do with it silly billy."

"Uh-huh, so do you come to Fluttershy's often?"

"Only when I want to invite her to a party or take some of her eggs and other food so I can give it to the Cakes."

"Who are the Cakes?"

"Oh their the people I work for, they run the bakery called sugar cube corner, their super nice and they let me live with them even though their having money problems and…"

"What kind of money problems?"

Pinkie was quieter again, "Well… uh… they can't afford all their supplies because business has been a little slow so Fluttershy and some others give us supplies."

"For free?"

"Yeah, it's so nice of them I just wish they gave us more as Fluttershy only gives us a quarter of the food so she can feed her animals."

With this information in hand it was now time to make a wild guess which would make or break the entire interrogation, "So now I can guess why the Cakes are able to get more than enough supplies now."

Pinkies eyes opened wide in horror, "How did you know the Cakes were getting enough supplies?"

"I didn't, but you just told me."

Pinkie realised her error and buried her head in her hoofs, Carnage continued, "So let me guess, you started stealing food supplies from other ponies including Fluttershy in a desperation bid to get enough food supplies for the Cakes am I correct in saying?"

Pinkie now had tears flowing from her eyes and she nodded her head, "And now it's my time to theorise, all of Fluttershy's friends knew of her illness including you so you knew that she wouldn't want any animals getting ill so she would leave them outside but when you got there Owloysius was inside and he must have heard you enter so out of desperation you killed him."

"What? No I couldn't I wouldn't… wait! There's no link here to the first murder, why would I kill Bon-bon?"

"Good question but one I think I have the answer to, Bon-Bon sold sweets which would have included chocolate, which is popular with pastries so I imagine your bosses got food from her too."

"Yeah they did but she was outside and…"

"Yes but the paranoid mind can play tricks and criminals are the most paranoid ponies on the planet, you must have thought she came to confront you or you were just leaving her shop after stealing food and killed her, either way that's enough for me to make an arrest."

With that statement Pinkie Pie's hair spontaneously deflated, it was now long and straight, "Guard! Take her away."

As the guard took her away Pinkie gave no resistance, Twilight ran into the room and looked mad, "How could you do that to Pinkie? She isn't a killer…"

"Weren't you listening earlier Miss Sparkle? Anypony, even you could become a killer, even me with the right motivation."

"I don't know what Rainbow sees in you, you don't trust anypony."

Twilight angrily stormed out of the house while Carnage simply shook his head.

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Carnage was now walking down towards town, he wasn't one hundred per cent sure that Pinkie was the killer however she had more of a motive than Whooves who he knew would now be released and back in the forelegs of the one he loves by the end of the day.

He looked up to see a familiar female Pegasus flying down in front of him to greet him, this finally put a smile on his face, "Hey you, what have you been up to?"

"Oh Carnage I'm glad I found you, listen I just got these two tickets to see the Wonderbolts perform here in Ponyville!"

"Really their coming here?"

"Yep, here's you ticket."

The way Rainbow Dash had sold them previously she had made them sound like the greatest performers on the planet so he was grateful, "Wow thank you it sounds like fun, it says on the ticket that they perform tomorrow."

"Yeah I had to rush there because I forgot to buy them before because of the murders, I… uh."

Rainbow was now having difficulty getting words out of her mouth, a light blush was on her cheeks and she couldn't face him however she had a certain look of desire in her eyes, "I thought… you know that… we could go together on a da…"

Before Rainbow could finish her sentence she was interrupted by another voice with a thick southern accent, "Rainbow Dash you no good, back stabbing good for nothing, how dare you buy those tickets."

An orange earth pony with a blonde mane was marching up towards Rainbow Dash to face her, Rainbow turned around, "Oh c'mon AJ, their the Wonderbolts and their my heroes."

"I thought y'all were the element of Loyalty, not the element of back stabbing."

The two mares were now butting heads; Carnage could tell from RD's acronym that this was Applejack the element of Honesty, the situation they were in looked like they were about to fight, looks like they're about to wrestle, maybe wrestle each other to the ground when they go into the mud and then by accident their lips touch but neither break the kiss and then… OK brain we went through this yesterday and although the southern accent is hot as hell, if I have to fancy ponies I'll just stick to the two thank you, Carnage managed to get his head straight and try to defuse the situation, "You must be Applejack right, my name is Mr. Carnage it's a pleasure to meet you." And your smoking hot southern accent and your curvy body and your… I said stop it!

"It's a pleasure to meet ya partner, did you just come back from Fluttershy's?"

"Yes I did and I made an arrest."

This caught Rainbows attention, "Really who was it?"

"Pinkie Pie, she was very suspicious and I managed to find a link that…"

Before Carnage could finish his sentence he got a slap on the face from Applejack, Carnage was taken aback then Applejack said, "Partner, you are not welcome on the apple family ranch."

She then turned around and left, "Can you belive that Rainbow? I mean that was…"

Then another slap on the face but this time the perpetrator was RD, she was now in floods of tears "I thought I could trust you."

"Rainbow I…"

"No! I thought you were different from the other colts… and I thought we were…"

She didn't finish her sentence as her face was now one of rage, "You know what? You can find yourself another place to stay because you are not welcome at my house any longer!"

Before he could say another word Rainbow Dash flew off presumably back to her house, Carnage was just left there feeling more alone than he had when he first arrived in this world, he could only sum up today in three words, "Shittest! Day! Ever!"

Next chapter, Carnage is up shit creek without a paddle.

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