//------------------------------// // Rainbow sus... // Story: There is one infected among us.. // by Arial_Dreemmurr //------------------------------// Everyone shut quiet as they just stared at the yellow pegasus for a bit, taking in what she said before they felt tears falling down their cheeks. The lights also shot back on, making the insides of the castle light up again. A bit later, Fluttershy was going to lead them to where she found the body when they bumped into a speedy cyan pegasus. The pegasus grounded herself again before looking over to her friends. "Finally I found you guys! I've been flying for ages trying to find-" She noticed their faces. "What's wrong?" She got no answers from them and followed them as Fluttershy continued walking. Dash was still confused but was willing to follow them noticing that they weren't going to say anything. They eventually arrived in storage where they found Spike's body in one of the boxes in the higher areas. All of their expressions turned into horror again as they eyed the dragon's lifeless body. Soon after, an emergency meeting was held. They all met up in the map room again like the day before and took place on their thrones. Everyone had their eyes on each other, with Dash noticing that most of the others were on her as she walked in. Once they all sat down and were able to talk about the incident, Twilight asked the first question. "I think we all know why we're here..." She looked across her friend's faces and received multiple nods. "Let's start then. Did anyone see anything suspicious today? Before and after the lights turned off." Apple Jack put her hoof in the air before looking over at both Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash, who sat across from them at the other side of the table. "When ah and Rarity were tryin' to find out why the lights turned off, we saw a big mess in the map room." "What do you mean?" Rainbow Dash asked confused. "I don't see any of that here now. Also, if that's true. What did it look like exactly?" "Ah'd be more than happy to tell ya, but ah think ya know already." Apple Jack looked straight at the pegasus, not breaking eye contact with the mare at any time. She simply showed a confused face in return. "I don't get it..." Apple Jack started explaining. "Ah know for a fact you were here for tasks. You're the one that knows most of how the electricity system works out of all of us. Ah think we all know what ah'm gettin' at." Dash looked just as confused as ever but took the time to look around the table and see the others nodding. "Just tell me what it is already!" She yelled both confused and annoyed. "Ya sabotaged the lights Dash, admit it." Apple Jack said bluntly, holding nothing back. "And ah think ya used it to get away with murdering Spike!" She slammed the table like she was slamming evidence onto the table. "Did not!" Rainbow Dash yelled back almost immediately after hearing her conclusion. "I was with Fluttershy the whole time! Right, Fluttershy?" "Actually..." Fluttershy started quietly. "You did head to storage before me after we agreed that I would put the tools back in the toolbox. You could've sabotaged something and killed him in storage while the lights were off." "That's not true at all! I mean, the first part is but not me killing Spike!" She basically screamed at the pegasus next to her, who hid away in her throne. Twilight spoke up now. "I mean, there is a lot of evidence against you right now." The others nodded again, agreeing that she must be the one infected. Dash still stood her ground and yelled against is once more. "But it's not true! Because that would mean I killed Pinkie Pie too and Apple Jack was with me the whole time when that happened!" She got a smile again, giving them more evidence that she was innocent. "Not the whole time." Apple Jack spoke up again. "Ya had at least a few minutes alone when ah took out the garbage. And when ah came back, it was only a minute later when we heard what happened." "But-" "Also," She continued. "You'd be fast enough to make your way there and back." Rarity put her hoof in the air. "If I may add something, if I remember correctly, Dash also had Pinkie's blood on her during the last meeting." Everyone had their eyes on Dash again, waiting for her to either admit to it or throw out another excuse. This time, she stayed quiet for a bit, just looking at all of them defeated, before speaking again. "But it's not me.." Her voice was quieter and had less force behind it. "What now?" She quietly asked, tears starting to form in her eyes a little. "If it's true that you're infected," Twilight started. "We'll have to throw you out to prevent anyone else here getting it from you." She looked away. "Since Spike is dead... I can't send a report to Celestia on a quick notice so we'll have to send you out with the others and what's left of Ponyvile." Dash's face turned from hopelessness to fear as she heard the alicorn's words. "But all the ponies out there are infected! They would kill me in a second if you leave me out there!" Her voice was shaking with horror as she said it. "We don't have another choice," Twilight said simply before standing up from her chair. "Apple Jack, hold her down." Apple Jack nodded and acted quick, pinning the pegasus to the ground and keeping hold of her wings. The pegasus tried to break free, kicking and yelling as hard as she could, but without any success. They took her to the castle's balcony and looked down at Ponyvile that was in ruin and splattered with blood everywhere, along with ponies that were acting aggressively towards each other as soon as they caught sight of one another. Dash looked down with even more fear than before, seeing her inevitable death below. "Please don't do this! I'll die out there! Do you see those ponies! I'm not anything like that! Please just don't throw me out there! I'm not-" Before she could continue her pleads, Twilight got rid of the force field around the castle before Apple Jack threw her down, closing her eyes as she let go of her friend. Once Dash was out, Twilight got the force field back up, making her unable to get back to safety, keeping her out. As she fell down, Dash desperately tried to flap her wings to escape the blood-hungry herd below but failed due to the damage done to them as she was held down earlier, she could only slow her fall a little. A huge spike of pain shot through her once her body hit the hard, cold ground. She tried to get up but failed due to her whole body hurting and looked up to see tens to hundreds of blood-hungry ponies. They didn't waste any time getting to her and after some last few yells and screams from the pegasus, she was silenced as her body was ripped apart and all signs of life left her. As this happened, the others were already back in the castle, not even looking back at their friend's corpse down below. Thinking they got the one infected, they ended the day and went to bed to look forward to the next day. Hopefully without any murders...