As the sun ascended, Twilight and her friends started a desperate search for their friend around town. They asked several ponies about possible sightings, anything strange they noticed and even if they might know any of the victims. A few times they learned of ponies vanishing that have yet to reappear.

Sitting at a table the girls tried to think about where they should look next. "Nopony has any information about what happened." Twilight sighed. "Any twitches Pinkie?"

Pinkie sat and wobbled back and forth as she thought about it. "Nope. Nothing major." She replied. "Other than that one when Dash was attacked in the slums. Why?"

The girls looked at her in shock. "Why didn't you tell us sooner?" Rarity asked. "We could've been looking there for information."

"Don't be upset, Rarity. We did find useful information." Pinkie chimed.

"Like what?" Fluttershy whimpered.

"Like none of the victims lived around here."

The girls plinked in shock as Twilight thought for a few moments. "Wait… she's right. None of the ponies we talked to knew any of them. None of the victims lived in this area. And the guards only asked the locals."

Hearing this Applejack turned to a nearby guard. "Y'all catch that? Best get a list of the victims and spand out your search." The guard nodded and ran off to follow the new lead.

"With that covered." Twilight sighed. "Let's look for Rainbow."

"That won't be necessary." A familiar voice said flatly. "By tomorrow morning, we'll find her body." The girls turned to glare at the stallion as Applejack pulled Fluttershy close to comfort her. "Now you see why I wanted you girls to stay out of this. Let's hope no more of your friends go missing."

"You don't know that for sure." Rarity countered. "She may have found something and was captured for it."

"Then all we'd need to do is use a tracking spell to find her. Unless she's dead." He countered.

"Or the feather is fake." Twilight rebutteled as she held the feather in her magic. "A very believable fake. But still a fake Dash feather."

The stallion rubbed a hoof to his chin. "Interesting. Only a pony that saw her would be able to make such a believable fake. Any chances you know who saw her last?"

"Just the guard." Pinkie replied.

The stallion sat and thought. "Perhaps you should focus on talking to them then. Leave the search for your friend to me. If she's alive. Then I'll let you know and I promise. I will get her back."

Twilight sighed and nodded. "What can we do for you?"

"Let me find the beast." He replied.

"You won't hurt them. Will you?" Fluttershy asked.

"Them?... I mean no. I'll do what I can to catch them."

Twilight glared at him for a moment before nodding. "Ok. We'll leave the hunt for the mind controlled animals to you."

With a nod, the stallion set off to the slums to start his search.

Once he was out of sight Pinkie grinned. "Ooooooo did you hear something Twilight?"

"We have to beat him to Rainbow. And whatever it is he's hunting." She replied. With a nod, the girls split up again. Pinkie, Fluttershy, and Rarity went to investigate the guards, as Twilight and Applejack went off to look for Rainbow and whatever the stallion was looking for.

Several hours later, a dark figure stood in front of several cages with mares stuck in customs holes leaving their front ends out of the cage. "How are my little sluts doing?" He laughed. "Don't worry. You'll get a chance to rest." He moved over to one of the mare's and pulled a leaver on the cage that pushed her out of the hole, letting her flop on the ground motionless.

"Of course. There's no promise that you'll leave alive." He rolled the mare to her side and pressed on her stomach, pushing a gallon of cum out of her. "If you're lucky. You can live as a breeding bitch." With a smile, he knelt down and grabbed her mane, dragging her to the corner and dropped her down a slope. "Looks like she was stronger than her mom." He turned to the other girls. "Let's see if any of you get to live another night."

Several hours passed as a large figure slipped through the alleyways of the slums and gathered what little bit of food it could find. Every now and then slipping bits in place of food it took.

Each time somepony got a glimpse of it, it'd hide and move something to replace it so none of the ponies knew what it was. A few times it'd make a face at fillies to make them laugh and distract the parents so it can snag some food or slip to the next street.

Author's Note

Quite a few things are happening. What will happen to the girls? And why is Pinkie so calm about her missing BPFFE?