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// A Grim Discovery 
// Story: A Dream With Sharp Teeth: The New Nightmare 
// by Henry Hatsworth 
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And just like that, she was gone.


When Richard awoke, it was 7 in the morning. He slowly opened his eyes, but closed them again upon realising that he was hungover. He'd been at a massive party last night to celebrate him and Joe taking over from Celestia as rulers of Equestria, at this party he got absolutely shit faced and did some things that just a day before he'd asked his fellow humans not to think less of him for doing. Turns out that Fluttershy wasn't the only pony who wanted something from him, but he'd gotten used to such tasks. Richard reflected on these memories while nursing his hangover, and finally got out of bed by 10.

As he wandered the streets of Ponyville, which was where he and Joe now ran Equestria from, he noticed Joe running towards him.
"Hey, Joe! What's the hurry? Just realised you left your wallet down at the party or summat?" He said, still in his laid back party mindset.
"Dude, you're gonna want to see this." Joe told him, grabbing him by the arm and pulling him along.
"Oh god, I didn't get somepony preggers, did I?" Richard asked, groaning.
"No, but you're gonna want to see this all the same." Joe replied as the entered Sweet Apple Acres. Here, Joe and Richard both found something horrifying. Before them lay the Cutie Mark Crusaders. Dead. Bruises and cuts all over their bodies. Richard vomited, having only seen this for the first time.
"Oh god." He said, almost unable to speak."Who did this?"
"I don't know." Joe replied."This reeks of Sweet Apple Massacre. but Big Mac's dead. And I'm sure Fluttershy's not THAT crazy. Also, look at this," He said as he went to investigate the bodies."Horn marks AND feathers, ring any bells?"
"Again, oh god." Richard said as he realised what might be going on."Right, we're going to do what any new politicians would do in this situation: Cover it up and secretly investigate on our own.
"Gotcha." Joe said."Where do we put the bodies?"
"Just stick them in those barrels.." Richard told him,"No-one comes here anymore, so they won't find them. Meet me back at my place once you've done that and we'll figure out our next step from there." He said as he began to walk towards the gates.
"Wait a minute, I've just remembered something. Didn't you plan a press conference to happen here today?" Joe asked him once he'd finished hiding the corpses.
"SHIT! shit shit shit fuck crap piss bugger bugger shit willy!" Richard shouted as he ran towards Joe and picked up one of the barrels.
"Alright, keep your hair on!" Joe shouted after him.
"Just shut up and bring those barrels down here!" Richard replied as he found the way to the basement.
"Sure thing mate." Joe said as he moved the barrels."He he, we are for it now."