Chapter 2: A Dark Past Revealed

It was light out when Kat Awoke from his less then peaceful slumber. Throughout the night he relived his terrible childhood over and over again in different ways. He tried to suppress these memories as best he could but doing so only made him feel worse. He looked at his brother Night, perched on the spare bird perch, and remembers why Kat trudges on every day.

Kat picked himself off the floor and moved towards the door to the main lobby. The sun was out but its light was screened by the clouds that still lingered from last night, and by the sound of it the rain had stopped. Kat looked around and saw a plate and with a dandelion sandwich cut into halves with a glass of orange juice placed by the plate.

The sight brought a smile to Kats face, a warm jubilee that is not often seen in Manehattan. Kat moved his way to the table and sat down, as he levitated the sandwich to his mouth ready to take the first bite he was interrupted by a male voice.

“Hey who are you? And why are you eating Twi’s sandwich?” asked the little purple dragon that had just entered from the front door holding a large roll of parchment. “Well this is awkward” Kat said mouth still halfway open in position to take a bite out of the sandwich.

Kat placed the sandwich back in place on the plate and stood up from the chair. “My name is Detective Kat I thought that Twilight had set this sandwich for me. I am truly sorry for the misunderstanding.” Kat apologizig sandwich down disappointed that it was not for him.

“Eh its okay man Twilight never eats them anyway; “I have to study” is all she ever says. So you can have it I guess, the name’s Spike by the way.” Spike said in a slightly disappointed tone.

Kat looked at Spike and held his hoof out, “It is a pleasure to meet you Spike.”Spike returned the gesture as hoof and claw met in a friendly smile.

Kat finished the sandwich and glass of orange juice and began looking over his notes.

As he read the list the sound of crunching in the background kept breaking Kats concentration. Before Kat could continue he needed to figure out what that sound was.

CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH

It did not take very long for Kat to figure out where it was coming from as the little purple dragon was munching on what looked like a rather large uncut sapphire. “Um spike was it?” Kat asked scratching his head. Spike swallowed the food in his mouth in order to answer the rather annoyed Colt.

“Mm yeah that’s me what can I do for ya Kat?” Spike asked never making eye contact in favor of the half eaten sapphire. “Well I don’t mean to interrupt your eating but um would you try to keep it down?” Kat asked trying to keep his annoyance with the little purple dragon less apparent.

Spike swallowed the rest of the gem “Oh yeah sure thing there man I didn’t mean to interrupt.” Kat was surprised that this youth was so complacent to his demands. The children of Manehattan are rude and unkind. Sins of their Fathers and Mothers and so on was the only thing that could explain how innocent souls could become so corrupt at such a young age.

Kat put this thought aside for the time being it only made him that much more bitter to the world. Kat had no leads anyone in Ponyville could be the culprit, it was as if looking for a needle in a hay stack. So he would start with the closest possible witness, Spike. “Hey Spike what do you know about the disappearance of the pegasi Rainbow Dash and the unicorn Rarity?” Kat asked once again readying his note book and pen.

“Oh my gosh Rarity is missing? I knew that Rainbow Dash was missing but not Rarity! Not my sweet sweet Rarity.” Spike said dropping the sapphire to the ground rushing to Kat. Kat was taken back, Spikes reaction and the look in Spikes eyes were sincere, he had no idea where they were. “I see” Kat said slightly disappointed putting away his note book and pen back on the table and sat back down.

Spike was confused and very upset, what had happened to Rarity and Rainbow Dash? “Why are you asking me all these questions?” Spike asked as he began to cry. “Where is Rarity?” Spike simply stared at the ground claws curled up into a fist.

Kat moved to Spike and placed a hoof on the crying dragon.“I am sorry Spike I thought you knew. But I am a detective I was sent here to find your friends.” Spike continued to cry even when Twilight came through the door.

Twilight was surprised at the scene in front of her. “Spike what is wrong?” Twilight asked looking for any injury inflicted to her number one assistant. “I’m sorry Twilight I thought that he knew.” Kat said with sincerity in his voice.
“Knew what?” Twilight asked confused.

“About Rarity!” Spike yelled through his tears. Twilights face turned from concern and surprise to anger as she turned to Kat. “Kat I was trying to keep Spike from knowing. Not only is he sensitive he has a crush on-” Twilight stopped in her tracks she knew the last time she mentioned Spikes crush on Rarity he did not speak to Twilight for a week.

Although it was obvious that Kat knew she did not want to make a bad situation worse. “A um crush on Rainbow Dash” Twilight said nervously. Kat looked at Twilight with an eye raised. “Rainbow Dash? Really?” Kat asked in disbelief due to Spikes previous outbursts. “Yeah really” Twilight said through gritted teeth.

Kat got the hint; he decided to try to reassure the little dragon that was still crying on the floor. Kat put a hoof on Spike and got on eye level with him. “Hey Spike don’t worry we will find them, I have worked many cases and they almost always are just fine.” Kat finished, looking deep into Spikes eyes.

Spike wiped his eyes and stood back up. “Almost?” Spike asked concerned. “What do you mean by almost?” Spike now looking directly at Kat's eyes.

“Well” Kat said looking to the side and avoiding eye contact with all of them. Twilight decided to step in. “Kat what are you not telling us?” Asked Twilight now with her eyes raised. Kat looked back at Twilight and Spike “Sit down I guess I should tell you about my first case as a detective. Night is not up yet and I will need his help cross referencing witnesses.”

Twilight sat on the floor and grabbed Spike and held him close. Kat moved to the floor, never making eye contact with either of them. “This is not the first case in Ponyville. No my first case was just on the out skirts of Ponyville.” Kat looked off the ground into Twilights eyes.

“The clients were the same couple that found me when I escaped the slender colt. Their daughters Pinkamina and Bellamina had gone missing earlier that afternoon. I had a feeling that I knew who had pony napped the two young fillies and immediately began backtracking to that night I escaped that horrid place.

I relived the darkest moment in my life that very night crawling through the same blood soaked drain. Luckily I had found that at least one of the girls was still safe but I could not get in the room as the slender colt had reinforced the grate. Not that it mattered I would not fit through anyway.

I ran as fast as I could, looking for the entrance as I sent Night to get reinforcements.
I found the entrance in the base of a tree but I had no way of getting in. The door was made out of 3 inch thick steel. I pounded my hooves on it till they were ready to break.

Reinforcements arrived hours later we breached the bunker the moment they arrived. It was over in a flash the Slender Colt lie on the ground a piece of his steel door lodged in his twisted brain.

To quick of a death if you ask me, but we were too late. Bellamina had been cut up and put into cupcake papers; the trey was missing one that we found in the corner of the cell we found that terrified filly in.

I picked the poor filly up and calmed her down as she flailed screaming in defiance. I told her it would be fine, I started to carry her to her parents and her last remaining sister but the captain need to de brief every pony and take the child in for questioning.

That was the last time I saw that filly I moved to the precinct in Manehattan after that and started fresh. It was my biggest failure in my career as far as I am concerned but to everyone else it was my greatest achievement.”Kat finished looking at Twilight with cold eyes.

Twilight was speechless, she simply hugged spike who looked as distraught at the story they had just been told.
The silence was broken with the sound of an owl hooting. Kat's stare was broken and turned to a warmer expression at the
sound of his faithful companion waking up.

“Ah you are awake Night finally we can get the day started” Kat said in a surprisingly upbeat tone. “Hoo” was the only thing that came out of Nights beak. “I will get you something on the way to our first contact we really need to get going.” Kat said as he picked himself off the floor and grabbed his coat.

As they made their way to the door Twilight rushed to Kat and grabbed him as close as she could. “I’m sorry” were her only words. Kat returned the hug “I will be back do not worry Twilight” Twilight felt comforted by his words and she let go and he left.

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Twilight moved back to Spike as she reassured him that everything will be fine. “Spike how about I make you some lunch for a change, I will make you anything you want just name it.” Twilight said gleefully trotting to the kitchen.

“Rubies?” was the thing that came to spikes mind. Twilight giggled “I will get to work on finding a conjure rubies spell right away” she said moving from the kitchen to the book shelf. She grabbed a book the shelf, the title reading Advanced Conjuring, but before she had a chance to open it a thud was heard from upstairs.

“Huh I wonder what that was?” Twilight said putting down her book and moving up the stairs. As she looked around she saw that a suction cup arrow with a small note attached to the shaft. Twilight opened the envelope which contained a note.

Dear Twilight why don’t you and Spike come to Sugarcube Corner for lunch? I have a few new recipes I would like to try out.

Your friend Pinkie Pie.