//------------------------------// // Week 13 Hiatus Special: Speculation in the Ponyville Express // Story: Unpleasant Correspondence // by StormLuna //------------------------------// To the Citizens of Ponyville, As all of you know, it has been three weeks since the brutal attack on local resident and animal lover Fluttershy and there is still no evidence as to who could have committed this crime. Now we are a fair and balanced publication and do not wish to make any speculations but we also like to throw some fun into things, even the tragic events. So we are giving you, the citizens of Ponyville a chance to share your speculation with us. Who do you think did it and why? Curious, The Ponyville Express My belief is that Fluttershy likely paid off some ponies to do this to her so that she would have more mud to sling at not only our beloved Princess Celestia, but those honorable ponies from up in Canterlot. For all we know she could have hired the local dentist to do it so that Dr. Colgate's office up in Canterlot would get shut down and force more ponies to have to come down here. Sharing My Beliefs, Mr. Breezy To be honest, I think that Princess Luna was behind it. After all, she has been jealous of her older sister for years and the fact that Fluttershy slandered Celestia not that long ago likely caused the Princess of the Night to see an opportunity. The attack did happen after sunset so it very well could have been her. I personally think her sleeping chambers need to be searched to see if Fluttershy's tail is in there. Come on Princess Celestia, search Luna's room and prove your innocence! Davenport I think it was those four ponies who are so close to Celestia that Fluttershy called out. I know how those four are, especially Dr. Colgate. They are friends of Twilight and she has told me about how vindictive they can be, especially how violent Dr. Colgate can be. Princess Celestia your Majesty, if y'all want to clear your name, search the houses of those four and I know you'll find my friend's tail. And if it isn't those four, search the Pie Family's rock farm because I could easily see it being Limestone and Marble Pie. After all, those two have committed a violent crime against my friend in the past and I think they could have done it again. Speaking the Truth, Applejack The Great and Powerful Trixie thinks that Twilight was behind it. After all, Twilight does have a bad history with Fluttershy so it would make perfect sense that she was behind it. From what Trixie understands, Twilight did free her from her dungeon earlier on the day that she was attacked. Trixie thinks that Twilight did that so that she could make somepony else look responsible. Search Twilight's castle for the tail and clear everypony else! Speculating, The Great and Powerful Trixie While I do not live in Ponyville nor do I know much about some of the ponies involved, I actually think that Fluttershy not only drilled the holes in herself but also ripped her tail out. I think she then buried it behind her cottage and then instructed that bear of hers to injure her just so she could sling mud at my aunt Celestia along with my incredibly sexy sister-in-law and those four mares from Canterlot. Search the ground behind her cottage and you'll certainly find the tail there. Do that so you can clear everypony else's names and put and end to this fiasco. Princess Cadence To the Ponyville Express, Thanks a lot, now it is going to be impossible to get a good investigation done because of all this speculation. Chances are we will likely never find the culprit. All we have now is a bunch of hearsay and anypony who may have known the remotest thing about this will now likely have nothing more than biased opinions. Officer Silver Shield....Police Chief of the Ponyville PD