It's really somethin' here. Ah've 'splored this whole town, at least the streets 'n' the orchard, 'n' Ah ain't found nothin'. No bones, no red stains, no life, no nothin'.
Right now, Ah'm here at the sheriff's office. Maybe Ah'll find somethin' here.
Ah'm inside, lookin' 'round, 'n' there's papers ever'where. But, the papers don't have nothin' Ah can read on 'em.
Ugh!
Fine'ly, Ah got this file cabinet open. Now, Ah can look inside 'n' see if'n the sheriff had any re-parts on m' big sis.
Aargh!!
There ain't nothin' in these re-parts 'bout my big sis! There's this big folder with info 'bout Trouble Shoes, 'nother 'bout some colt named Petty Theft, but nothin' 'bout no Apples!
Huh!
Maybe Ah should look in th' town hall. All vital records are stored there. Maybe there's where Ah'll find info 'bout my big sis.
[a few minutes later]
Well, here Ah am, at Appleoosa's town hall, 'n' the door's locked! How am Ah s'posed t' 'vestigate my big sis's death, when Ah can't even git in the front door!?
Y'know, Ah suppose Ah could kick the door in. There ain't nopony here t' try t' stop me. 'N', since the town's 'bandoned, there won't be no pony to catch me 'n' throw me in jail. But still, would that make it right?
Urrgh!
A locked door in an a-bandoned town, 'n' the one thing that's stoppin' me's my conscience!
{sigh}
Alright, Ah'll save the town hall fer later. Ah'll 'vestigate the houses in town, startin' with Cousin Braeburn's house. Then, if Ah have time, Ah'll go back t' th' town hall 'n' kick down that door. But, only if'n Ah don't find no clues nowhere else.
[a few minutes later]
{Yawn}
Just m' luck. Ah walk int' Uncle Braeburn's house, 'n' Ah'm gittin tired. Ah gotta git some sleep. Maybe this evenin' Ah'll be able t' c'ntinue the 'vestigatin'.
{Scream}
Ah'm sorry. Ah jest got waked up by this strange breezy. Ah ain't seed nothin' like it. It's this deep red color. 'N', it's actin' like it wants me t' follow it. At least, it keeps pullin' at m' mane like it wants me t' go with it.
Well, Ah ain't tired no more, so Ah s'pose Ah may's well.
[A few minutes later]
That strange breezy dragged me back t' the train station. But, Ah don't understand. Does the breezy want me t' leave town already? Well, Ah can't do that. Ah came here t' find out what happened t' m' big sis, 'n' Ah ain't leavin' 'til Ah find out.
Wait, there's somethin' a-glowin' jes' off the deck. Maybe Ah should take picture 'v it.
[A few minutes later]
Well, that didn't tell me nothin' Ah could use. Ah jest saw m' big sis a-leavin' the train. 'N', course she was a-lookin' worried. After the news that Apple Butter'd died, 'n' Braeburn 'n' his mare were bein' 'vestigated, why wouldn't she be? But, why show me that?
Ouch! That breezy pulled m' mane 'gain. Ah guess it wants me t' go with it 'gain. Well, whatever it wants me to see this time, it better be good. Ah hate gettin' m' mane pulled, 'specially fer nothin'.
[A few minutes later]
Now that breezy leads me back t' uncle Braeburn's home again? What's it a-gonna show me this time? Uncle Braeburn servin' m' big sis dinner? Huh! Well, if all Ah'm a-gonna see is m' big sis bein' treated good by Cousin Braeburn, then maybe Ah should go back t' Ponyville. That, 'r maybe Ah should do m' own 'vestigatin'.
Wait, there's a spot a-glowin' at the front door. Well, since Ah saw what happened the first time Ah taked picture o' one o' them glowin' spots, Ah may's well take picture o' this one, 'n' see what it's a-gotta show me.
[Perhaps ten minutes later]
{sigh}
Well, Ah guess it's somethin', least. Ah jes' saw cousin Braeburn open the door, then shout 'citedly when he saw m' big sis there a-wantin' t' come in. He lead m' big sis in the house, 'n' Ah watched 'em talk 'bout what happened t' nephew Apple Butter, how 'e died. Then Applejack said she's there t' help out. Jes one problem. All this is stuff Ah already knew!
{sigh}
Ah'm a-beginnin' t' wonder if Ah'm ever a-gonna know what happened to m' big sis. Ah ain't learned nothin' so far.
Ow!
Look, ya little pest! Y'all ain't show'd me nothin' since y' woke me up! Don'tcha dare glare at me like that! All Ah seed so far was m' big sis at the train station, then a-talkin' t' Braeburn at his house! How's that showin' me anythin' that happened t' her, huh? What're ya gonna show me next? Harses drawin' harse-drawn carriages?
{sigh}
Ah'm sorry. It's jest that, well, Ah came all the way here t' find out what happened to m' big sis, 'n', well, Ah ain't seed nothin' Ah didn't already know 'bout. Ah know m' big sis died here, but Ah don't know how. 'N', what happened here that was so bad that it made ever'pony leave? Somethin' really bad happened here t' m' big sis, 'n' t' m' cousin Braeburn, 'n' Ah jes' wanna know what it was. Will ya please show me what it was?
Please, don't do the face-hoof thin'. Jes' lead the way, 'n' Ah'll follow, 'right? Ah won't ask no more questions. Ah'll shoot any glowin' spot Ah come 'cross, too. If what'cha show'd me 'til now's jest part o' the story, Ah won't complain no more.
Huh.
Who'd'a thought Ah'd be 'pologizin' to a bug? 'N', it's a-gesturin' to the picture Ah jes' took. Maybe there's more ta that picture than Ah first thought. Ah guess Ah'll have 'nother look.
[After another ten minutes]
Hmm.
Nope, nothin' Ah didn't already know. But, that glowin' spot was there fer a reason. 'N', there's so much more Ah don't know right now.
Well, Ah guess Ah better follow this breezy t' wherever it wants me t' go next.
[A minute or two later]
Well, here Ah am, at the sheriff's office. 'N', there's 'nother glowin' spot on the ground. Ah better git closer, so Ah can git a good picture 'v it.
Wait a minute. The spot was a-glowin' so bright, then it jes' went out. Am Ah too close? Lemme try backin' off, 'n' see if it'll come back.
Ah was right, it did come back; or least it started a-glowin' again. But, why did it stop glowin? Was Ah a-gittin' too close to it? Why the hay would that make so much difference? Well, Ah guess Ah better take a picture 'v it.
Huh? What the hay ... ? Braeburn, why 're y'all bein' dragged t' the sheriff's office?
Y'all ain't gonna believe what Ah jes' saw. 'Parent-like, Braeburn 'n' m' big sis was dragged t' the police station by the dep'ty. Why'd she do that? No, Ah know why, Ah jes' don't believe it. Braeburn 'n' m' big sis wouldn't never kill nopony, they wouldn't do nothin' bad. Th' Appleoosans is all wrong, 'specially th' dep'ty!
There's more t' this picture. Ah'm a-goin' inside.
Huh? Hey!
You can't 'cuse m' big sis 'n' m' cousin o' murder like that! They ain't killed nopony, 'n' you can't prove they did! They wouldn't do such a har'ble thin'! 'N', m' big sis couldn't'a killed Apple Butter nohow! If y'all gotta 'vestigate somepony, go 'vestigate the school! Don't nopony 'n this town know nothin'?
Ah'm sorry Ah got all worked up like that. It's jes, well, Ah jes saw m' big sis get throw'd in jail fer murder, 'r somethin' like it, 'n' Ah know she wouldn't, she couldn't, 'a done nothin' like what they was 'cusin' her of. 'N', neither'd cousin Braeburn. 'N', t' drag 'em outta Braeburn's house 'n' throw 'em in jail like that, it ain't right!
Wait, that breezy done gone disappeared on me. Was that all it wanted me t' see? Well, if that's all fer t'night, then Ah better go back t' uncle Braeburn's house 'n' sleep the rest o' the night. Tomorrow, Ah'll git t' studyin' these pictures, 'n' hopefully git more information on what happened here. Maybe Ah better write t' Princess Celestia, 'n' see if Ah can't git more info on what happened elsewhere whiles things was a-happenin' here.
Y'know, Ah seem t' remember it were Sheriff Silverstar come back 'n' told me 'n' the rest o' th' family what happened t' m' big sis, m' cousin Braeburn, 'n' Pinkie Pie 'n' Rainbow Dash; or at least that they all died. He even brought back the bodies o' Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, 'n' cousin Braeburn. That stallion was so loyal, he was considered t' take over repr'sentin' th' element o' loyalty. 'N', Princess Celestia had t' call Cheese Sandwich in so he could repr'sent laughter 'stead o' Pinkie Pie since she was dead. 'N', when m' big brother was chosen t' repr'sent the element o' honesty, his first 'sign-a-ment was to come her 'n' find out what happened. But, he 'fused. He didn't wanna know.
Well, Ah'm her', 'n' Ah've found out somethin', anyway. 'N', Ah'm too tired to figure it all out right now. Ah've made it back t' uncle Braeburn's house now, so Ah'll go inside 'n' sleep fer th' rest o' th' night. So, 'til t'morrow.