The Town That Changed Everything (Ichabod X Reader)

The New Victim

The next morning, Mr Killian gave Y/N and Ichabod two horses. Gunpowder, for Ichabod, and Thunder, for Y/N. While they were talking with Mr Killian, they heard a couple of loud gunshots. They looked at each other. They didn't show it, but they were scared. "Murder! The horse man's killed again!" They heard someone yelling. The two Constables got on their horses and went to where the dead body was.

When they arrived, a bunch of people were already there. "It's alright, we are here now." Said Ichabod and got off his horse almost falling off of him. Y/N saw that and tried to hold her laugh back because of the situation they were in. Instead, she got off the horse and followed Ichabod to the body.

"The fourth victim. Jonathan Masbath." Said Dr Thomas Lancaster. "I see. And...The head?" Asked Ichabod a bit grossed out. "Taken."

"Interesting. Very interesting." Mumbled Ichabod. "What is?" Asked Baltus.

"In headless-corpse cases of this sort, the head is removed to prevent identification of the body." Explained Y/N while walking in front of Baltus, Lancaster and Philipse. "But we know this was Jonathan Masbath..." Said Baltus. Ichabod then took a deep breath and said: "Precisely. So, why was the head removed?"

"Why?" Asked Baltus. "Right!" Answered Ichabod and walked back to Lancaster. "Have you moved the body?" Y/N asked, before Ichabod could. "Yes."

"You must never move the body!" Said Ichabod, almost yelling. "Why not?" He asked. Ichabod just looked at him, said: "Common sense." And started walking back to Y/N. As he was walking, he stopped, looked at Y/N and said: " Come here. Carefully. " Y/N was confused. "Look at this." He mumbled. "The hoof mark?" Asked Y/N, also mumbling quietly. "Yes." Answered Ichabod. "There are...The stride is gigantic!" He said and carefully walked a few feet away from the body. "The attacker rode Masbath down, he turned his horse and came back..." He said while imitating the horseman's movements. "He came back to claim the head!" Added Y/N, almost Yelling.

Ichabod stood there for a couple of seconds, saying nothing. "I think we should do a small experiment..." Said Y/N to Ichabod, just to break the silence that was making them uncomfortable, along with the horrible stench and walked over to the corpse. "Yes, I'll do it." Said Ichabod and took his bag. Y/N stood there, doing nothing, just looking at what Ichabod was going to do next. He opened his bag and took some tools out of it.

He did the experiment and then, he had to look at the neck, so he put his special glasses on. Y/N always thought he looked very cute in them. She thought about him a lot, she liked being around him, she would melt on the inside whenever he would be around her or make any type of physical contact with her, whenever he would talk or smile... So, she had to accept the fact that she were in fact in love with her best friend. It was kinda weird that they realized it all just now. When she came to Sleepy Hollow and while she was looking at a dead body.

Ichabod slowly got closer to the wound, and all of a sudden, he jumped back. "What is it?" Asked Y/N and quickly looked at the wound. There was a bug coming out of under the skin. "Interesting..." She mumbled. "What is it?" Asked Baltus curiously. "The uh...Wound was cauterized in the very instant. As though the blade itself were red hot." Explained Ichabod.

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The next day was the funeral for Jonathan Masbath. Y/N was standing next to Ichabod. She saw Ichabod looking over at Katrina. Brom, Katrina's boyfriend, also saw that and hugged her more tightly while giving Ichabod a cold look. He didn't like it when other men looked at her.

"You fell in love with her or something? I thought you were worried that I had fallen for her." Said Y/N teasingly.

"No I did not. I just got the feeling as if she was looking at you." Answered Ichabod genuinely.

When the funeral was finally over, Y/N and Ichabod were planning on going back to the Van Tassel house, but someone stopped them. "Excuse me, Constables!" They heard someone yelling. They turned around and saw that it was young Masbath. "Hello. You're young Masbath, right?" Said Ichabod. "I was young Masbath...Now I am the only one. Masbath, at your service! In honor bound to avenge my father."

"We would love it if you worked with us. Thank you very much. But however, we cannot be the ones to look after you...I am truly sorry." Said Y/N.

"Yes. We are also sorry for your loss, one and only Masbath." Added Ichabod, and they continued walking. However, Philipse stopped them to tell them something. He was out of breath. "So...Turns out...Jonathan wasn't the fourth Victim. He was the fifth. There are five bodies in four graves." He explained. Y/N and Ichabod just stared at him blankly and confused. He sighed and walked away. "Five to four..." Mumbled Y/N. "You know, maybe we should actually..."

"Yes, we should." Responded Ichabod, as though he read their mind. "Mr Masbath!" He yelled. The boy turned around and he continued. "Find a place in the Van Tassel house, wake me before dawn. I hope you have a strong stomach."

"One of you can wake me up too." Added Y/N with a slight smile and they both walked away.

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"This is just weird." Said Y/N as they were walking back to the Van Tassel house. "What is?" Asked Ichabod. "Brom. He seemed jealous when you looked over at Katrina, but I am the one she kissed at the party. I mean, nothing has ever happened between you and Katrina before..."

"Well, it's simple, really. He, like many others, does not like it when people look at his girlfriend. Why do you like talking about Katrina so much though? Do you seriously like her?" Asked Ichabod curiously.

"No, I do not. I have told you multiple times. It just felt nice, is all. " Answered Y/N a bit pissed off. "You never care about the men I look at. I mean, I don't see a big difference between men and women when it comes to love-" She then stopped at the realisation. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that-"

"No, it's totally fine, I do not mind. Nothing wrong with it in my opinion. It's just that i don't really ever see you looking at any man in that way. Or women, for that matter. This was the first time I've ever seen that expression on your face." Said Ichabod, cutting her off.

"Well, I do think that I love someone."

"Do you actually?" Ichabod asked. He was surprised. He thought she was not even into all that romance stuff.
"Well that is nice! May I know who they are?" Asked Ichabod curiously.

"It's a secret." Answered Y/N with a smirk. "Is there anyone you love?" She asked.

"I suppose so. It's strange though, I only started really noticing when.. doesn't matter." Replied Ichabod.

"Oh, can I know who it is?" Asked Y/N nervously. She really did hope it was her. "Secret." Answered Ichabod and giggled.

Y/N heard it and in her opinion, it was the cutest thing ever. "Fair enough." She said.

It was a relief for both of them, knowing that neither of them had a thing for Katrina.