The stallion stopped in the square and raised an eyebrow at the sight of a suspicious looking stallion. Curious about what he was up to, he followed the yellow haired stallion into an alleyway before ducking out of sight to listen as the stallion talked with a cloaked figure.

"Are you sure this plan will work?" The yellow haired stallion asked.

"Yes. And don't worry. When the time comes. You will have every female you wish. Just make sure her dad drinks it." The cloaked figure instructed.

Taking a deep breath, the young stallion stepped out from behind cover and…

"Hi I'm Pinkie." A Pink mare announced as she appeared in front of him. "My Pinkie sense told me to come and stop you from making a mistake…"

He blinked at her before looking past her at the now empty alley. Huffing, he glared at her and opened his mouth to speak before having a hoof shoved into it.

"No time for that. We need to get to Sugarcube Corner. My Pinkie senses are telling me it's super important." She instructed before scooping him onto her back and bouncing down the street.

Before he realized it, she had brought him up to her room and tossed him onto her bed. "What?" Was all he was able to get out as she giggled.

"Try not thinking about it too hard." She giggled before crawling on top of him. "There's a lot you should learn to just go with the flow on."

Tilting his head in confusion he sighed. "Fine. But I have one question… Why don't you smell like cotton candy?"

Blinking, she pouted and tied his hooves in place before hopping over to the closet. "Ok… you win. He can live. But the boss still gets first dibs." She hissed.

Scootaloo giggled as she made her way to the local balloon. She felt excited about visiting the home of her adopted family. And with Fluttershy's brother there to accompany her, there wasn't much of a problem about her leaving town.

"Are you ready to go Zephyr?" She called as said stallion approached her with a smile.

"Definitely." He replied, lifting her onto his back. "Now let's go before… they start wondering what's taking us so long." He laughed before taking off.

Rainbow sighed as she landed at the edge of the EverfreeForest and looked back into town. She didn't know if going alone was the best idea she had. But she didn't want to risk dragging her friends into danger. That and she didn't know what would happen to her when she found the passage that the princess told her about.

"Hay Rainbow. What's up?" A stallion asked.

"Hay Flash. Just deciding on what I should do…" She replied before blinking in shock and turning to the stallion. "Flash Sentry? What are you doing here?"

"Cadence and Shining Armor are visiting Twilight. And I was asked to tag along. So while they were in town. I thought I'd see what's going on." He replied before turning to the forest. "Were you thinking of going in there alone?"

"Technically… yes. But I have my reasons." She sighed.

"Why didn't you ask one of your friends to join you? Or one of the local Wonderbolts?" He asked.

"It's complicated. I don't want to put my friends in danger and I can't ask the Wonderbolts to join me and not tell them about it." She sighed before sitting on her flank.

Blinking, he sat next to her. "Is there anything I can do to help ease your burden?"

Her eyes narrowed as she spotted movement in the sky. "Yeah. Ask Soren to keep an eye on Zephyr."

Flash blinked and turned to look where Rainbow was facing. "Wow… you have really good eyes… where are they going?" He asked, trying to make out the small ponies flying off.

"Home."

"I'll deliver your message. So wait here." He told her with a smile. "When I get back. We can go on your mission."

"Flash I told you-"

"It's my job to protect civilians. No question asked." He announced before flying off.

Letting out an amused huff, Rainbow smirked at him. "Seriously. Why hasn't he just asked her out already?"

Luna sat with her sister as the two stared at Luna's notes. "You see sister?" Luna asked. "This gap in the records shows it. Somepony has tampered with our records. They are plotting something. Or YOU have lost them."

Celestia sighed. "Perhaps… it is possible that the records were stolen. But why only these six?"

"What I find most interesting is that the records show seven new families form around the same time." Luna added. "Do you think?... something had forced my guard into hiding?"

"Something… or someone…"

Author's Note

Things are spicing up nicely. Don't worry. Soon the action will begin. And then maybe blood.