Sunkick stood next to the fence bordering Sweet Apple Acres, examining the dark shadows cast by the trees. Yellow tape bordered the exterior of the barn and a small group of investigators were busy examining the crime scene within. Applejack stood on the porch of the house. She looked at the barn sadly as she slowly approached the fence.

"It's nice to see that everypony's gone now," she sighed as she approached Sunkick.

"What do you mean?" Sunkick asked.

"A lot of ponies in town are assumin' that somepony in the Apple family is the killer!"

"That's bullshit! Oops! Pardon my language!"

"Don't worry yourself. It is bullshit...but I understand why we're under suspicion."

"Applejack, I haven't known you or your family for that long but I can honestly say that none of you are killers!"

"Thanks. It's nice to here somethin' like that from somepony durin' a time like this."

"No problem."

"Not tryin' to intrude here but what are you doin' here, Sunkick?"

"I don't know. I just...have this feeling that something's here, hiding amongst the trees."

"And what would that be, exactly?"

"Who knows? Definitive evidence maybe?"

"Aaron had definitive evidence...then the killer went and destroyed it."

"Have you thoroughly examined the orchard?"

"Yes. Twilight and myself examined the original crime scene with Aaron quite a lot."

"Why don't we take another look?"

"Huh? What for?"

"I just...have this feeling. It's hard to explain."

"Alrighty then. Let's make this quick. I don't want anymore of those investigators gettin' anymore suspicious of me."

Sunkick and Applejack remained silent as they walked through the trees of the orchard. The sun was beginning to set and now the landscape was covered in a bright, orange glow. Sunkick couldn't get the images of what he had seen earlier that day out of his head. What did it all mean? Sunkick could easily make one conclusion about the whole event but he didn't want to accept it. It couldn't be true. Of all the ponies who could be potential killers, Pinkie Pie would not even qualify to be on the list. Then again, there were a few curious things that were pointing the blame towards her.

"We're here," said Applejack. Sunkick's train of thought was disrupted but he didn't care. This is what he came for.

The place where Rainbow Dash's body had been discovered was practically barren now. Old police tape lied sprawled on the ground and piles of dirt and rocks were scattered all over the place. Leaves covered the ground and all possible evidence that could have existed there following the initial discovery were wiped out by this point. Something was telling Sunkick that there was some secret hiding nearby, either tangled high in the trees or buried beneath the earth. The pegasus took in a deep breath of air and scanned the scene with his eyes. There was hardly anything to go on besides this feeling but there had to be something, there just had to be.

"Let's not stay here too long," said Applejack. "I don't prefer being at this particular spot for very long."

Sunkick nodded and turned back to the scene. The memory of that day made Sunkick cringe with sadness. The look of Rainbow Dash's corpse following its discovery. It made Sunkick sick to his stomach. Just then, there was a rustling in the trees. Sunkick and Applejack turned towards a nearby bush to see a lavender unicorn emerge from the shadows.

"Twilight?" Sunkick asked. Twilight Sparkle looked up at the two ponies and jumped.

"Whoa! I didn't expect to see anypony out here!" she gasped.

"What are you doin' here, Twilight?" Applejack asked.

"Looking for something."

"What is this somethin' exactly?"

"Well...I'm not sure. I just-"

"Had a feeling?" Sunkick finished.

"Yeah. How did you-"

The unicorn fell silent and chuckled.

"Right," she continued. "Your sixth sense."

"What sixth sense?" Applejack asked.

"It's hard to describe but I've had several encounters with Dash's spirit," said Sunkick. Applejack fell silent.

"Rainbow."

Twilight and Sunkick looked at each other awkwardly. Suddenly, Sunkick felt a familiar chill run down his spine. He watched as a dark shadow appeared several feet away from him.

"Follow me, Sunkick," said the shadow. Sunkick had heard that voice before. It didn't take him long to remember. He had heard it earlier that morning, when he had visited the afterlife with the ghostly Pinkie Pie.

"Bellamina?" he asked under his breath. Twilight and Applejack looked towards the spot that Sunkick was staring at, only to see nothing.

"Are you okay, Sunkick?" Applejack asked.

"Do you...sense something?" Twilight asked. Sunkick gave a quick nod as he followed the shadow of Bellamina into the trees. Twilight and Applejack trotted after him.

"You are searching for something, yes?" Bellamina asked.

"Yes," Sunkick replied. "Are you taking me to what I want to find?"

"You could say that. I cannot lead you to the pit of sin but I can lead you to a scrap of it."

"What do you-"

The shadow disappeared and Sunkick found himself standing in a small clearing. It didn't take long for Twilight and Applejack to catch up to him.

"What did you see?" Twilight asked. Sunkick took another deep breath as he turned back to face the two mares.

"Can you smell it?" he asked.

"Smell what?" Applejack asked.

"That rusty smell. That deadly smell. That smell of death and mutilation."

Twilight and Applejack took deep breaths and found their nostrils brimming with the odor of death. They recognized the scent well. They had smelled it the previous morning when they had discovered Aaron's corpse.

"It smells like...blood," Twilight gasped.

"And rotted skin," Applejack continued. Sunkick suddenly found himself drawn to a particular patch of earth. This patch was different from the other parts of the ground. It was a lighter color and looked as if it had been stirred up more. He began making swift digging motions in the ground. Twilight and Applejack watched as Sunkick dug vigorously into the ground. Then he hit something.

Sunkick found a piece of cardboard staring back at him from the earth. He dug further until he managed to unearth a medium-sized box. The box was big enough to hold a foal and looked as if it had been buried for quite a while. A horrible smell was emanating from it and a single name was written on the box in marker. The name read Twist.

"Twist?" Sunkick asked. Twilight gulped.

"Twist is the name of a young pony who went missing a while back. She was a friend of Apple Bloom's. She's on the list of missing ponies that I examined in Canterlot," she explained.

"It can't be," Applejack choked.

"There's...only one way to find out," Sunkick said as he looked at the mares nervously. He slowly pulled the dirty tape off of the box's lid and pulled the flaps open. What they saw within the box horrified them. Inside were the skeletal remains of a young pony. A small cluster of rotten, internal organs were placed neatly within the reconstructed rib cage of the skeleton and a jar of spilled blood was placed next to the skull. Remnants of red, frizzy hair stuck out of the top of the skull. "Fuck!"

Sunkick jumped back as the smell of death completely overwhelmed him. He gagged violently as both Twilight and Applejack lost the contents of their stomachs.

"Will this ever end?" Applejack cried. Sunkick suddenly felt something cold touch his shoulder. He looked to see the rotting face of Bellamina looking back at him.

"You must be strong. There is more to find," she said as she disappeared.

"This isn't it," he said.

"What?!" asked a sickened Twilight.

"There are more boxes. There are more bodies. They're buried somewhere within the vicinity of this area!"

"We better go warn Brutus!" Applejack said.

"I'll do it! You two stay with...the corpse," Twilight said. Twilight disappeared into the trees as Sunkick and Applejack sadly looked down at what remained of Twist the filly.