New Friends from Far Away

Once Ryder, Rex, and Zuma were ready to head for Froggy Bottom Bogg, Fluttershy sat next to Zuma in his hovercraft. When they reached the bog, Ryder and Zuma set their radar systems to maximum in order to find Daisy's capsule. Initially, the EPIRB showed up on their radar screens, but it disappeared after a few minutes.

“Daisy’s signal is gone!”, yelped Zuma.

“WHAT?”, asked Ryder and Rex out of shock.

“It was here just a minute ago, and now it’s stopped.”

Fluttershy had an idea.

"I will fly up to look from above. If I see anything, I will radio you.", she said as she got out of the spare seat in Zuma's hovercraft.

Ryder gave her a thumbs-up and Fluttershy took off. She looked around for a minute and then spotted the orange from Daisy's parachutes. She radioed where she was after touching down and transmitted her signal to Ryder. When they got to her, they saw that the hatch had been broken off the capsule and Daisy was not inside. Ryder looked at the damage and determined that the parachutes must have been late to open and the hatch was hit so hard that it broke off on impact with a tree that appeared to be missing some branches.

"Looks like the impact damaged the EPIRB. I’m surprised it lasted this long before it died.", said Rex.

Fluttershy took off again and started hollering for Daisy. After a moment, she saw a cloud of orange smoke and flew towards it.

"FOLLOW ME!", she yelled.

Ryder nodded and they started riding after her. When they stopped, Daisy was holding onto a vine for dear life because she was stuck in quicksand. There was a smoke canister next to her.

"A little help here, please?", she asked frantically.

Zuma threw a life-belt to her and she caught it with her left hand. She was holding her right hand close to her chest, which implied she was injured. Once she was pulled out, Ryder helped her to her feet.

"My parachutes were delayed and I landed too hard. My hatch was broken off and I was thrown out. I hit my arm on a rock and broke it before I tried to find my way out of here. Then I found myself sinking. When I heard you yelling for me, I quickly lit my orange smoke can.", she explained as Ryder splinted her right arm.

"At least you're alive. We're saving the rest of your friends now.", Fluttershy explained.

As Fluttershy flew Daisy back to Twilight's castle, Ryder and Zuma attached cables to the escape pod and towed it out of the bog.