Groom Hornwell's 2022

Kalby was flying. He had left Canterlot thirty minutes ago. He was flying high, dodging the clouds in his way.

Just like the same time as yesterday, the sun was setting on the western mountains. Ponyville looked beautiful with an orange tint thanks to the leaving sun.

When he saw Ponyville in the distance, he decided to reduce the height of his flight.
He descended more and finally landed near the Ponyville's train station. From then, he walked.

He could see a sign on the road to the station: Equarantine No Trains Available. The sign was of wood, and it was staked on the dirt. The paint was still fresh.

He looked south and saw a School and the Apple farm in the distance. He started to follow the trail to Sweet Apple Acres. He crossed a stream and continued on a dirt road.

While he walked, with a wing he opened one side of his saddlebags. He looked for the red book, introducing part of his wing inside the bag. Then he checked the bag on the other side, but in vain. He stopped walking. Both of his saddle bags were empty.

"Dung! I can't believe I dropped it!" He told himself. He sighed. Then he kept walking to the orchard's direction. "Please, Celestia, tell me she followed this path.

He kept walking for a while then decided to fly low. He watched the ground, looking for any objects that ressembled a camera. "I can barely see. It's getting dark." He thought aloud.

"Buck this" He kicked the air with a leg and turned around. He advanced but then stopped. "Wait, she said she looked north and saw a, uh, hospital, yes! Red, alive or dead, must be there". He took flight and headed to the hospital building.

Flying, in less than two minutes, he got to the hospital entrance. The building looked like a mansion; and it had the same style of a regular Ponyville's house.

He opened the door and walked inside. The waiting room was stacked of ponies waiting for a turn. Even some of them were sleeping on the floor. Most of them were elderly or foals.

He was greeted by a nurse crossing the hallway. The nurse was a female earth pony with a pink coat and white mane. She approached Kalby with a smile. "Good afternoon, gentlecolt. Do you need anything?"

"Uh, hello, yea". Kalby cleared his throat "Have you received ponies in the last 24 hours? I mean ponies that came here because of the fire on Sweet Apple Acres. You know, uhm, the workers from there or maybe others."

The nurse's smile dropped. "Yes, I'm afraid"

"Great, uh, heh." He combed his mane with a wing "Can I pay them a visit? It's for, uh, the Stablo's sake"

"Of course, sire, although you may have to choose where to go first", the nurse said, looking down. She started to walk and Kalby followed.

"What do you mean?" Kalby asked.

"Either the recovery room or the morgue"