Another beautiful day in Ponyville, Fluttershy is preparing for her bimonthly trip into the Everfree Forest to gather medical herbs. after making a quick trip to library to barrow the newest herbology she makes her way into the forest to begin gathering supplies. Several hour after borrowing the book from Twilight, Pinkie Pie comes running looking frantic saying her Pinkie sense is going haywire. Leading her friends through the forest to find a gruesome scene the middle of a clearing. blood splattered everywhere and the torn remains of Fluttershy's saddle bags, surrounded be Manticore claw marks.