The darkness finally leaves my present and I immediately make a break from where ever I was. However, I really need to start looking where I am going.

*ow* "Who put a wall in my way?" I said as is slowly slide to the floor. " Yuck! I think something got in my mouth!" I said out load trying to clean my mouth.

"I would suggest that you restrain yourself from making any more rash decisions, Miss." A voice spoke behind me.

I turned around quickly to see a creature covered in shadows. It stands a foot taller than me with two big yellow eyes staring back at me. I don't respond right away but started to look around where I was at. I seem to be in another cave? What am I a bat? In any case, I can many tunnels but no signs of which one can get me out of here, and then there is this creature I have to deal with. I do not know what he wants but one thing is for sure; I am NOT joining the dark side.

"I want out of here!" I shouted at the ghost in front of me.

"Is that any way to talk to the one who just rescued you from the Royal Guard?" It simply said

"NO. But I have seen where this leads before. I watch movies."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean that you just saved me from the ones that wanted to capture me earlier. Just so you can make me owe you a favor now. And then you will make me cash in the favor to help in a plot to kill someone or even taking control of these lands. Well here is my answer to that, It is not ever going to happen. You bug eye... bug eye... What are you anyway?" I asked not knowing what this thing is.

"Are you done ranting?"

"Hold on I got a little bit more in me." I then proceeded to give him some raspberries for five seconds. "Okay, I am done."

It shakes its head slowly at me, "How you have taken his heart is a mystery to me. But that is not my concerned."

"Who's heart? What are you talking about?" I asked knowing that I haven't taken any hearts. I am no heartless.

"Listen to me, rude creature."It said moving in close to me and I back up to the wall, "It is not safe to leave this cave yet. Wait for my return or the arrival of the one who asked of your safe return."

"Wait you are just doing a favor for someone?"

"Wait. Here." It said before moving into the darkness of the cave disappearing from sight.

"Am I ever going to be able to do something that I want to do without something or someone interfering with it?" I said to no one in particular as I sat down and waited.

"I hungry."

Lyra's Point of view

So this is the end of the line for me. They are going to lock me up forever and throw away the key and only feed me leftovers from last Wednesdays meal. Not the ending I thought I would be facing. I kind of thought of growing old in a nice home with grand foals around me.

Well, I not going away quietly. "Yo let me out of here!" I said to the guard outside of my cage.

I then got hit on the head by a very fast stick from the outside of the bars. "Quiet Pony!"

I rub my head at the stop where he hit me. That was smarts. Lucky he didn't hit the horn. "Where are you taking me!"

"To the mines miss, well at least that where I am going." A voice said in the corner of my cell.

I almost forgot that they put him in here with me. I turn to look at the stallion who just stares at the ground defeated, "Who are you?"

"My name is Mathew. I used to be the leader of the Human resistant." He said in a quiet voice.

"Wait, you're the leader of that human campsite? But why were you capture so easily? I thought leaders were supposed to be hard to take down?"

He looks at me in the eyes, And I can feel a strong emotion coming from them. "When another person life becomes more important than your own. You would do anything to see them safe." He then looks away. They must have someone very important to him if he gave up without a fight or maybe he made sure that someone got away safely? I am not sure but whatever the reason was he is here now. I can only hope that we still have some right in where we are going because we are going to need them.

I am not sure what is at these mines, but if they need humans for it, beings without magic. What can they be possibly be digging for? I guess I will find out soon enough for I can see a mountain we are closing in, but It didn't take that long to get here. Maybe this is the first stop for one site of the mines they have? Or I don't know a prison? There are so many questions I have right now but I have no one to get the answer from. Will I ever be free again? Will I ever be able to see my family and friends again? I just don't know.

Back with Twilight and her small group.

Twilight has just finished the preparations for the tracking spell. Once Rainbow had joined up with them, along with Jessica mane sample, they made their way back to the tree where the lost the trail.

"So how long does this tracking spell last for anyways?" Rainbow asked handing Twilight Jessica mane.

"For about a day," Twilight said separating the mane into two groups one big and one smaller one. "However since Jessica has been missing longer than that. Is another reason I didn't want to use it. Until we ran out of leads." Twilight then put way the smaller group of mane in her saddlebags and pulls out a small blue potion from it.

"So how does it work? All you going to do is pour some liquid..."

"Potion." Starlight corrected her.

"Potion on it and then what happens?"

"It works by how the object of the pony we are looking for, which is hair, in this case, reacts to where we are facing. It will glow brighter the closer we get to her." Starlight explains to Rainbow.

Rainbow looks confused at her statement because of a simple fact. "But didn't we just establish that she is underground somewhere?"

"True but Jessica has and uncanny luck of getting out of prisons alive. My Hypothesis is that if she was able to get out a Diamond Dogs jail cell on the first-day being there. Then there is a 53% That Jessica has already gotten out of whatever cell they put her in down there, and just got lost coming up." Twilight explained pouring a small blue potion onto the hair and it started to glow when Twilight moved it around with her magic. "See it is saying that she is this way."

Rainbow is a bit surprised when Twilight just used the potion after saying that Jessica was an escape artist. Just because that they got lucky with the Diamond Dogs. "Ah, Twilight you do remember how we got out of that cell in the first place right?"

"Yes, You girls used your hair correct?"

"Yeah only did that because of fact that the keys to the cells where just out of reach."

Twilight stop in her tracks once she realizes what Rainbow was going on about. She then turns to look at Rainbow with a shocked face. "You mean to tell me that I could have wasted my potions ingredients on this tracker spell if Jessica was still down there."

"Yeah," Rainbow said rubbing the back of her head before turning Twilight attention back to the glowing hair. "But hay look. She is not. So your hunch about Jessica being an escape artist was right."

"Hypothesis Rainbow. And now it is your turn."

"My turn to do what?"

"Find Jessica. The hair will glow brighter the closer you get to her." Twilight said as she tied the hair around Rainbows left foreleg with her magic. "So all you have to do is fly all over the place until you find her."

"Okay then. But what are you two going to do in the meantime?"

"We need to head back and check up on how Ponyville is doing. It won't take us long and if you find her. Protect her Rainbow, she is the only known pony that has ever escaped from the ponynappers."

"Got it, find Jessica. And keep her safe no problem." Rainbow said taking to the skies and the others leaving the site. Unaware to them that they have a fourth pony among them.

Bonbon then leaves form her place in the tree and makes haste to follow Rainbow. "If I any chance of finding Jessica before they do. I got to get that hair from Rainbow Dash or delay her long enough for the spell to wear off." She then hides behind a bolder when Rainbow Dash stops for a moment. "Now how do you stop Equestria's fastest flying mare?" Bonbon said to herself as Rainbow took a second to look around her.

"Did I just saw a sneaking pony behind me?" Rainbow said to herself before doubling back and checking the hair to look unaware of the others pony presents. "Well, it not Pinkie Pie she better at following me than that. And if it was a fan of mine they would have just flagged me down to talk to me. Then it must be one of the bad ponies! I guess they don't know that I aware of everything around me when I am flying. Well if they want to follow this pony, they are going to need to think fast!" Rainbow then takes off in a hurry leaving Bonbon behind.

Bonbon Just looks at where Rainbow was going for no reason.

"Come on Rainbow. Even I could see that the hair was glowing more the west then to the north. She must have noticed me and is trying to lose me, but that is a double edge sword Rainbow. You are on the clock. And when you move into strike me down. You will leave me one step closer to finding that Human." Bonbon then laughs to herself. "Well then, lets the games begin." Bonbon said going after Rainbow unaware that Twilight and Starlight were nearby watching the whole thing.

"How did you know that there was somepony listening to us Twilight?"

"I didn't. But if these ponies are smart enough to sneak ponies out of Ponyville without us knowing. Then they would have to make sure to keep somepony nearby us to see if the coast was clear. Or in this case, follow us and let us do the dirty work of finding somepony important." Twilight then pulls out a similar glowing potion and pours in onto another bunch of Jessica's hair. "Known then Let's find Jessica," Twilight said moving the hair in front of them as they began there journey.

Starlight did a double take on what Twilight is currently using. "Wait that's the tracking spell. So then what did you gave to Rainbow earlier a fake?"

"No, it is the tracking spell but a weaker version which will only last for six hours. This one we have here will last for 18 hours."

"So you divide the tracking spell into two potions just in case?"

"Well Yes and no. I really thought that we would only need the six hours one. So I gave that to Rainbow to see if she can find Jessica before then. But on the off chance that she was being followed. Is why I said that we should slip up and meet back up again. That way at least one of us would be able to find her."

Starlight nods at Twilight explanation but then notice Twilight only said half the reason why she split the potion. "And the other reason?"

Twilight sighs an then fesses up. "I could still reverse the remaining portions of the potion back into the ingredients before; if we didn't have to use it." Starlight stares at Twilight with a 'really' look on her face. Twilight notices this and backs up her reason why. "It is not a cheap spell Starlight."

"But don't you get funding from the Castle Treasury for items like this?"

Twilight lets out a deep sigh. "They cut off my research funds after the whole Woona swarm last month."

"What you did that! I thought Princess Luna was just having a relapse over something."

"No, she wasn't. And Princess Celestia thought it was the cutest thing to happen in a while but..."

"Princess Luna didn't felt the same way as her sister did."

"It was an accident!"

Author's Note

Things are really moving along here. It is just a matter of time before everyone meets up. And secrets are revealed.

Stay tune everyone.