//------------------------------// // The Beginning of the End // Story: Death Note: Alight Equestria // by DeviousNights //------------------------------// Nightmare Moonlit stared at the television, eyes bucked. So many deaths had happened in one night. And he coincidentally just hadn't touched the Death Note that day. He wasn't doing anything but hanging out with Rarity and Sweetie Belle at the Boutique. It couldn't have been Lawrence could it? No, he had called him earlier and told him to not make any unnecessary movements... "I literally didn't do anything." He said facing Ryuuk, who responded by shrugging his shoulder comedically. He took a sip of his caramel frosted frappuchino. The bitterness helped him to relax in times of extreme stress such as these. He placed two sugar cubes into the coffee, which quickly began to dissolve into the dark caffeine mixture. He mixed it swiftly with his magic and began to slowly but surely take sip after sip awaiting Ryuuk's response. "Neither did I." "I can piece together that much you sarcastic ass." He commented, rolling his eyes. Yet another Death Note user? What exactly was on this one's agenda? He obviously must've done this to attract his attention. It's the only possible explanation. But what does this user want with him? Could he or she possibly be an ally? "Oh yeah, by the way Nightmare, Rarity is at the hospital right now." Ryuk figured if he told him that piece of info he would get an apple when he went to town the next day. "Is this 'Don't tell Nightmare anything day?'" Nightmare asked irritated. "Did she get hurt?" "No, no, she's telling Colonel Heaveswood about the Death Note." Nightmare dropped his coffee mug onto the tile floor, where it burst into multiple shards, the coffee starting to fill the cracks in between the tiles. Nightmare stared at the mess for a full minute before finally making a movement. "That Idiot!!" Nightmare hopped from his couch and weaved around the coffee table to get to the stairs. He rushed down them, missing a stair or two on the way down and came upon a bookcase. He tugged at three different books in order and the bookcase began to slide backwards, revealing a tiny room with another bookcase and a single desk with a light and microscope. Nightmare came upon the desk,sitting himself down and looking into the Death Note, trying to find any signs of tampering. He shifted the microscope carefully over every page that had not already been written on, closely zooming into he edges and the craves between the pages, to make sure no pages or pieces thereof had been ripped out either. "Good." He commented, finding no signs that any pages had been removed or added. Ryuuk cut through the wall next to him and looked down at Nightmare. Sweat was filling his brow as he clinched his teeth. Nightmare levitated a feather quill dipped in ink and began to write into the note. He showed little to no hesitation in his writing. He didn't even write on a line, he wrote sloppily across the page. His writing was panicked and unorganized. R-A-R-I-T-Y B-E-L-L-E Ryuuk's already large eyes grew wider in amazement. "You'd really kill her?" "You idiot! Shes in my way! And I can't kill Colonel Heaveswood I don't know his first name! Even if I did if he died right after the heart attack got broadcasted it'd pinpoint Kira as having done it!" He exclaimed, finishing the final stroke of how she would die. Ryuk backed up a bit, surprised. He turned his head from the page to face Ryuuk. His expression changed to a crazed one, a very angry face that took even Ryuuk back. The last time anyone had treated him like this was back in the human world. Nightmares anger radiated from his face as his eyes seemed to turn to a darker shade of red. "Right... My mistake." Apologized Ryuuk. Ryuuk, feeling the situation was akward, slipped back into the wall he had come from. Nightmare glanced at the Roman wall clock he had in his study. 30 more seconds. A knock came at Nightmare's door from upstairs. Raising his eyebrow, he slipped from his study and came back up the stairs. He figured whoever this was wouldn't come down there anyways. He used magic to open the door. Standing in his doorway was a police pony. His uniform was different than the ones that were in his city. He had a single ponytail yellow mane that was slung over his left shoulder. The officer pulled out his badge. "Colonel Sycamore Gavin with the New Horse City police department. We need to talk." Nightmare's expression drooped to a more serious one. "And to what is it do I owe the pleasure, Colonel?" Nightmare asked rendering a salute. Sycamore grabbed his hoof and put it down. Nightmare felt a pulsation go through his body. "W-was that...?" Suddenly a large black human-like figure appeared behind him, clothed in all black with flowing green hair. This Shinigami was a bit easier to distinguish as a female than the others, from her breast size and more slender figure. She was also very beautiful, Nightmare being taken aback by how a Shinigami could possibly be beautiful. "Your right Colonel. We do need to talk." Meanwhile, the Attorney General had finally awoken from his chloroform-induced slumber. He had started transit back home, unsure of what had exactly happened before hand. He had noticed however, that his Death Note was on the ground in a puddle next to him, obviously not where he had left it. He would have to. Check for signs of tampering later. He stuffed the killer notebook into his pocket, glancing around him to make sure no one was looking at him. He scratched himself behind his mane as he boarded the train back to his office. Some thirty minutes later, he had arrived in his office. It was around 2:00 AM, so every other employee had turned in for the day. He turned on the lights to his office, to see everything ransacked. His shelves were left in a messy disorganized manner, his computer was completely flipped onto its side and all the drawers were open. The only thing not broken into was his safe, which lie behind a painting of all the previous Attorney Generals of Equestria all having coffee together. "Damn. I can't even call the authorities. They'll get suspicious of the safe. And that's where I normally hide the Notebook." He thought aloud quietly. He started to pick up files and papers from the floor, levitating them back on until respective shelves. He pulled his seat back up with his front hooves and straightened out his desktop computer. He booted the computer up, the computer turning completely white with only three words in the middle of the screen in the Old English Font. "All Data Deletion" Lawrence, panicked, arose from his seat and rushed into the secretary's offices and booted up that computer. "All Data Deletion" "Damn it!!" Out of frustration, he tossed the computer off the desk, it crashing onto the marble floor. He dug through the drawer next to him and flung out the master key, fumbling it through his hooves before flinging it into the qHigh Prosecutor's Office keyhole and slamming open the door. He quickly knocked the chair out of the way and began attempting to log into that computer. "Damn it!!!" All Data Deletion Lawrence slammed his hoof into the desk. "Damn it! Damn it!! DAMN IT!" If these are off the rest of them are off!" His cell phone then began to ring, playing "Finale" from his favorite game soundtrack. "God..." He muttered, eyes wide. "Yes, God?" "Yes. This is Nightmare. This is you right?" "Yes, God." "What is this 'All Data Deletion'?" "I don't know God. Something happened, our criminal database is deleted..." "And is this effecting all government computers or just these?" "If these are off, every other government computer is off." "Alright. Stay by your phone." Nightmare then hung up. "Gavin, we're going to the Attorney General's office." "You wasting my time?" Gavin asked, cocking his head as Nightmare tossed on his dress coat. "No. We have business." Nightmare replied, flinging open the door and rushing outside his house. Gavin flanked him, his red eyes illuminating the dark in front of him. He pocketed his Notebook and steadied his step as they walked into the night. "So..." A yellow pony sat in the middle of a train set, it was very advanced, smoke even emanating from the top of it, moving in a complete circle before it began to restructure itself as the robot that L had with her on the day of the meeting. Spark's eyes glowed a tinted yellow in her dark room. "It's begun." She said as the computer behind her showed the words: All Data Deletion