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// Day 3 
// Story: The Town Of Salem 
// by Lucy_Marigold 
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Pinkie Pie trotts into view while the background behind her is black and white, an outfit close to that of the cast is what she’s wearing.

“Hi, umm you're probably wondering why i’m here and the background behind me is black and white. Well this is a story right? I’m just here to clarify some commonly asked questions about this fic. For those who commented thanks! That goes for those who added the story to their library. First questions is.. Umm.” She pulls out a laptop and looks at it intently. “Ah yes the cast list. Well I’m guessing by now you know who the bad guys are and some of the town members, well those who are still alive. Anyway the cast list is as follows, Black Ink the Doctor, Goldie the Medium, Misty the Lookout, Swift Lighting the Escort, Vine Flower the Jailor, Mai the Godfather, Ludwig the Arso, Feather Doe the Werewolf, Shadow Nexus the Mayor, Phoenix the Serial Killer, Mouse Pad the Sheriff, Dove Wings the Investigator and Cider the Veteran. Geez that’s a long list. Second question, Do i have an editor? Well no i don’t least not right now. Third question, how many words per chapter? Well my old goal was 1000 words per chapter but now that i have stuff ta do it’s as much as i feel like writing. Fourth question, Does this still follow the rules of the game? No and yes. It follows some rules but characters can escape death or not, for example Bubbly should of died when the WW came through but she escaped. Fifth and final question, Who’s my co-writer? That would be my mate, Mai. His OC, Mai, is in the story obviously and he’s been reading through it and helping me write bits.  Hehe, anyway back to the story. I’ve taken up about 2 quarters of this chapter writing this bit. My author's note will still be down the bottom but i thought i’d add a bit of fourth wall breakin’” 

Pinkie Pie chucks the laptop away and walks off the screen with a cheerful jump.

Morning couldn’t of come sooner for Cider as she stumbled from her house. Three corpses lay in the center of the town as they all gathered once more. Ludwig already held the wills and death notes with her magic as she started to read the one that belonged to Black Ink.

“Black Ink died last night, he was killed by a member of the Mafia. His role was Doctor. I shall now read his will and death note. Night one I attempted to heal Ludwig think she would be targeted, she was not attacked. Night two I need to restock my supplies therefore i don’t think i’ll be able to heal anyone tonight,” Ludwig paused before lifting the death note and reading it aloud as well. “Don’t stay quiet.” She then shuffled to through the papers and lifted the next will. “A-Absential died last night,” She said with a gulp. “He was mauled by a Werewolf. His role was Framer. I shall now read his last will. You will regret the day you messed with the Mafia, we aren’t a family but we have bonds like one.” Mai was staring at the ground while Feather Doe and other comforted him. Ludwig pulled out the dead note and started to read it. 

The world around him seemed to of crumbled, Mai stared at the dirt ground, the sounds around him going numb. There was shouting around him telling him to get up off the ground, that he had a duty. He rose his head and looked at Ludwig who was standing in the middle of the town, her hair wasn’t tied up in a bun like normal. 

Ludwig lifted the final scroll. “Swift Lighting died last night, he was shot by the Veteran. His role was Escort.” Cider rocked back and forth on her spot while three bottle lay around her, all empty. Tears ran down her muzzle as she cried.

“Enough. This is enough!” Shadow Nexus yelled at everyone who was gathered there. “Crying and panicking won’t get us anywhere! We only have a group of 6 children, 3 of which belong to Feather Doe! 2 of them are orphans since yesterday seeing as Goldie and Black Ink died!”

“We’ve gotten the Serial Killer and one member of the Mafia.” Bubbly chirped in a slightly sad tone.

“We know Bubbly.” Misty replied. 

“So who are we hangin’ now?” Mai muttered. 

“I don’t know..” Shadow Nexus said, a slightly confused look on his face. “I guess we can just end this meeting for today.” Everyone murmured in agreement before heading back to their own spaces. Ludwig trotted over to Feather Doe while Mai started to walk back home. They trotted towards the store that Misty owned, it was a small cafe mixed with a food supply store. The slightly rusty sign hung from its hinges above them. They sat down at one of the tables while a young colt trotted over to take their order, him being one of the recently orphaned children. Misty, feeling guilty at condemning the young colt’s father to death, took him in. He now helped around the small shop to earn his keep. The two mares ordered a coffee while they sat in the afternoon sun. 

“How have you been, Feather Doe?” Ludwig asked as she sipped her drink.

“Busy, being a single mother in these times is difficult, especially when raising three foals.” She replied. “Umm Ludwig, can I trust you to keep a secret?”

Ludwig looked up and nodded. I hope she’s telling me something i can use against her. A slightly grim look covered her face as she looked at her friend. 

“I-I can’t handle all of this stress, w-with raising the foals and everypony dropping like flies.. It’s too much.” 

“Woah, woah. Calm down.” Ludwig got up and rubbed her friend’s back. Ludwig looked down at the mare’s hooves, under the sleeves of her dress were faint cut or bite marks. “What are these?” Feather Doe pulled herself away suddenly from the mare before running away leaving a stunned Ludwig in her path. 

Meanwhile Mai hung out some of the washing outside the house while Feuer ran around him. A slight breeze flew by and it ruffled the foliage in the tree above. The creaking sound of a wooden gate opening signalled that Ludwig had arrived home. She came around the house and seemed to of spotted them. Mai stood behind a sheet and peaked around it to greet her. “Hello. Where have you been?” Mai said. 

“I’ve been out with Feather Doe.” She replied as she came over to help him. They completed the laundry and started to head inside for dinner