Ponyville Confidential, you know the story and how the CMC were shunned by their friends and family until they apologized for their "misdeed" and were eventually forgiven. But what if the Crusaders didn't apologize? Instead, The crusaders decide that if everypony didn't want to talk to them or let them explain, then maybe they should just go away. When their siblings then do decide to talk to them reasonably, they find the crusaders have left Ponyville to Celestia knows where. Will everypony finally see the error of their ways? Will the three little fillies ever come home? And most important of all, will Diamond Tiara get her just deserts for her involvement in the whole Gabby Gums nightmare?

Apple Bloom wants to grow up. She's sure she does. Surrounded by the family that founded a town, shaped it, and made it what it is today, she finds herself all the more invested in becoming a part of this legacy.

Yet as Apple Bloom's interest in the legacy grows, so does her interest in a pony who never had one.

After all, sometimes there's a good reason to step outside. To fly on your own. To look beyond the herd.

A long lost artifact called the Blue Diamond had found itself in the hooves of Hooven Stone, the boss of the North Manehatten Mafia. One particular pony wants the diamond, and she wants it bad. For what reason? Nopony knows. She has a plan, and she will not hesitate to involve the law if she needs to.

Meanwhile, Minuette, a young ambitious mare from the police force, captain of the CEIB reserve team and negotiator, have inadvertently crossed paths with this mysterious pony, or did she? Meanwhile, her air-headed chief continues to question her motives. Minuette will be pulled into her plans. Driven by curiosity and determination, she will have to choose between aiding a possible criminal or abiding by her morals, and take her in.

The Blue Diamond holds immense value and the Mafia will not allow it to fall into the hooves of another pony, let alone the law.

The game of three days and the battle between three sides have begun, and only one will emerge victorious. Will Minuette be too blinded by admiration and virtues to see the bigger picture? Or will she really understand the true motive behind all this?

Only time will tell.

This story takes place in the metropolitan city of Manehatten where modern technology exist.
Focused solely on background ponies and OCs.

Cover art by BlazedSilver.

Interviewee: Rainbow Dash, weather pony, lives in Ponvyille.
Subject: The incident in Cloudsdale on the 18th May.
Notes: At current count, 10 fatalities.

Runner up in the Colourful Characters Contest #2 for stories focusing on Rainbow Dash in the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Group.

Inspired by xXMarkingXx's Bloody Marey

Cover Art by xXMarkingXx

SkywardSword's Review

The Bloody Mare Fanfic Reading

The clubhouse of horror has come early this year, but in a entirely different form. The crusaders are at a summer camp called Camp Fiery Forest. There the girls enjoy their time at the camp, playing the many fun games and sports. But, things got better when their next activity was scary stories. Sure enough, the crusaders got some of their own horror stories to share.

Spin-off to the clubhouse of horror
Clubhouse of Horror III
Clubhouse of Horror II
Clubhouse Of Horror

It is Nightmare again and the Clubhouse of Horror is back. For this creepy anthology story the Crusaders have brought a large audience with them, so they can listen to their terrifying tales.

Previous Clubhouse of Horror.
Clubhouse of Horror II
Clubhouse Of Horror

It is Nightmare Night again and the crusaders are out having fun. Afterward the three girls return back to their clubhouse to tell scary stories to each other, but this time their older sister or role model is there to listen in onto their horrifying tales.

Note: a sequel to Clubhouse of Horror

It's night time at the crusaders clubhouse, it's also the perfect time for them to tell each other some scary stories. Meanwhile outside Big Mac decides to listen in on her little sister and her two friends tell their stories. So stick around readers and prepare to read these three fillies horrifying tales.

Note: The plot is similar to the Simpson's first Treehouse of Horror, so I'm not really sure if that counts as a crossover but I 'll added it anyways.

Alula, a pegasus prodigy, moves to Ponyville after her wings are mangled in an accident. Foisted off on an earth pony aunt and uncle, Alula struggles to cope with losing her chance at greatness. What is there left for her to do in a world that only valued her for her wings? Constantly haunted by the ghost of what she could have been; Alula tries to find friends, make connections with her family, and even has a chance to work with her idol, Rainbow Dash. As Alula walks a fine line between genius and insanity, will her connections be enough to calm her rage, or are her nightmares just a premonition of horrors to come?

Horror Story Submission for the 2012 EQD Nightmare Night Fanfic Contest.