Fluttershy
"I feel fine" I hear Rainbow say, for about the seventh time.

"I'm glad to hear it Rainbow but until we get to someone who has actual medical knowledge, then you still aren't allowed to move," Twilight returns. "We still don't know what she's put into your neck and we can't remove it without the proper tools. I'm still not sure how she managed to do a full fledged surgery on you without being in a hospital."

Noticing that a strand of hair had fallen in front of Rainbow's eyes I brought my wingtip down and brush It off.

"Thanks 'Shy." I hear her hoarse voice say.

I give her a gentle smile and give a glance around the timber-framed building that we had been staying in to the large window mounted on the wall.

Walking over to it, I glance out and down the now pitch black mountain-side where I can see several bright lights where the two guards that remained behind were investigating the area.

I hear movement behind me and turn around to Twilight pulling out her notes and a pencil.

"This would be easier with Spike, but I didn't want to keep him awake. Are you sure you're okay with this now Rainbow? I don't want to keep you up" Twilight says.

"It's fine Twilight, kinda hard to sleep right now with everything going on and if me answering questions ends this all quicker then so be it." Rainbow responds.

I watch Twilight give a nod and I make my way over to Rainbow's side for comfort.

"Okay, this might be redundant but just in case I missed anything at the time. Where were you when you discovered that Blue Syringe was in the town and how did you find out?" I hear Twilight ask.

While I'd expected an argument from Rainbow she seems to be too tired to argue, she's like Angel at times who when he gets tired just accepts anything that happens, and then she says "I was in the Bloom's house, in the kitchen looking for something to eat and then suddenly I hear Pinkies voice as she bursts in the front door and says 'Come quickly, think I found Blue, gotta go!'"

Hearing a sigh of relief from Twilight to which I give her a inquisitive look but she just continues on "That's good, it's what I remember as well. Do you remember what you did next?"

"I left the house and took to the sky, to try and catch up with Pinkie and as I was flying after them I'd spotted Pinkie looking down the hill at a pony on a sled and after getting Pinkies attention, she said 'that's her, you need to go after her before she gets away. I will tell everypony else where you went'" Rainbow continues

"Pinkie told you to go after her? She didn't mention that right, Fluttershy?" Twilight says to me.

"Umm, I don't think so. Maybe she forgot?" I replied.

"Maybe, it seems strange though. Please continue Rainbow" Twilight says while placing the pencil on her lip.

"Yeah well after that, I knew that Blue was already a fair distance away and on that sled she would be traveling at a decent speed, so I knew I needed to get her off it as quickly as possible so tried to fly at the fastest speed I could, I think there might have been a Rainboom at one stage but I was focusing on making sure I knocked her off the sled, which I managed to do and then I took a tumble on the ground.
After getting my bearings, I managed to stand up and noticed she was about 50 meters away from where I'd landed. She then pointed and said something to me but I couldn't hear her over the blood pumping to my head from the exertion. She then started galloping down the hill and then I tried to catch her while only noticing the avalanche just before it hit me. After that, I only remember the noise and flashes of white for about twenty seconds before hitting something painful and hard and from there blank."

I notice Twilight scribble this all down in her notes and then she says "We are nearly done, I am sorry that we need to do this at all but with how hard it is to find her I'd like to make sure we have notes on everything we know in case we need to reevaluate it all."

Twilight gives her eyes a rub and then says "Okay, last bit what can you remember after you woke up in the cave?"

Rainbow seems to have a strained face and then says "It's a bit foggy, I remember it feeling like when you wake up from a really long sleep and you are waiting for your brain to wake up, maybe it was the medicine she used. But yeah anyway, I woke up on the rock slab that you all found me on and my first instinct was to try and stand up but when I tried to move my legs, there was no response at all. I tried to shout out for help but as soon as I did, a figure came into my vision."

Rainbow stops her story for a second, looks at me and says "Sorry to stop, Fluttershy is there any chance you could get me some water?"

I nod, stand up and make my way to the door to the room.

"Right, as I was saying I called out I saw a figure and before I was able to react…" I hear Rainbow say as I start walking out of the room.

I hear the sounds of Rarity and Applejack downstairs in the sitting room and I start making my way down as well.

"Ah don't think we all should be heading back to Canterlot tomorrow, we know that snake is slithering her way through the mountains and the more hooves we have looking for her the better. Can't believe how lucky she got with that avalanche." Applejack says.
I make it halfway down the stairs as I hear Rarity say "We are not equipped nor trained in the matters of mountaineering or pony hunting. The guards are, and I am sure they would tell us not to go if we were needed. And most importantly, Princess Celestia wants us to go, you saw the message we got back after we updated her after Rainbow's accident. I imagine she wants to make sure we are… Oh Fluttershy, would you like to join us?"

I make it to the last step as Rarity finishes and after nodding no I say "Just getting a glass of water for Rainbow first, I think they are nearly finished but just want to make sure. I'll come join after though. Where's Pinkie?"

"She went to bed apparently, and said she was feeling tired. I can't think of many other times where I've stayed up later than her actually." Rarity says.

"She's been down all day, 'think the avalanche got to her. " Applejack says in addition.

I get to the kitchen and grab a robust looking glass from the cupboard and fill it up with cool water from the tap.

I say "I think she might feel guilty, Rainbow said that Pinkie had sent her to get Blue."

"That'd probably do it, at the time it was probably the action that made the most sense. Who'd have known that happened?" Applejack says.

"Poor sweety, I'll try to have a talk with her tomorrow. I hope she isn't clinging onto this." Rarity says and then sips her tea.

I give a nod and start making my way back up the stairs and back to the room.

"..that's when you guys came into the cave and we sent off the guards to look for her." I hear Rainbow say as I walk back into the room.

"And I think that's everything on my end at least, I'm glad that's all done with." Twilight says while putting her notes back into her folder "And I am glad you are okay for now, Rainbow, that could have been a lot more dangerous and I am not sure we would do without you."

"As I said, I'm fine, I've been through tough scrapes before and come out of it with no issues. And what other pony do you know that can say they've been in an Avalanche!"

I manage to make it to Rainbow as I hear Twilight harumph in disapproval and I position the glass under her mouth with a straw allowing her to drink.

Giving a glance out of the window, I notice the light has got closer and has made it to the lip of the town.

"Twilight, I think the guards are nearly back," I say.

"Oh perfect, I wonder if they found anything," Twilight says.

"I think I'm going to try to take a nap then, I would rather not stay awake staring at this wall." Rainbow says sardonically.

I try to stifle a laugh as I am leaving the room with Twilight and we make our way down stairs to chat with the others.

After about fifteen minutes, we hear the guards make their way to the door of the lodge's door and make their way in.

Behind them, we see the remnants of a sled being dragged along upside down with what looks like the remnants of fabric wrapped up on the back

The guards place the sled in the middle of the room and say "This is all we were able to find for now, we will have a more in depth investigation when the other guards get here with some more sophisticated tools."

Twilight stands up from the couch and says "Thank you for at least getting this, it's something to start with at least, we should be okay for the evening if you'd like to finish your shift. Oh and do you know what's happening with the other two?"

The guard seems to relax with the shift ending and says "I believe they'll probably camp out for the night, they said not to expect them. Got a few ways to message us if they see anything if they see her or we need to coordinate more going there."

The guards both give us a salute and then make their way to their rooms.

The four of us make our way to the sled and sit down on the carpet it's been placed on.

I watch Twilight giving a glance over the sled and say "I think there used to be a logo here, looks pretty scraped but maybe we can see if its a local brand, could at least narrow down the search if we don't find her in the mountains."

We all give a nod and then the remnants of the bag is opened.

We all start grabbing items from the bag and I manage to grab a pouch.

Opening it up, I see the glint of gold bits shine back at me.

"I think this was her money, there are about two-hundred bits in here." I say.

"Not an insignificant amount of money to lose, I think I've got a hair dye here myself, black, which makes sense I suppose. She is literally named after her hair colour." Rarity says.

"Got what ah think is a torn bag of food, with some dried carrots in it, she felt like a carrot eater when ah first heard about her" Applejack says.

I notice Twilight being quiet and turn towards her.

"I think, and I am not sure, but I think I got her house keys." She says.

Author's Note

Bit more of a relaxed one this chapter,
and it seems Blue might have lost something important...