"Alright girls, it's going to be ok, we'll find the fillies." Twilight reassured three of her friends. Her other two friends sat behind her, nodding their agreement.
"But Twilight dear! What if they have been foalnapped? Or, or, or-" Rarity was cut off from her panic by a blue hoof.
"Hey, it's ok Rares. If Twi says we'll find them, then we'll find them. Plus it's not the first time they've just disappeared like this, right?" Rainbow Dash tried to sound as calm as possible, though it was obvious that she was still freaking out over Scootaloo just disappearing. The three mares had spent the entire morning searching for the fillies. They had searched every nook and cranny of Canterlot, but there hadn't been a trace of the fillies. The only reassurance they had, was that Scootaloo's scooter was also missing, so that probably meant they had wandered off, and not been foalnapped.
"Applebloom!" Applejack wailed, "It ain't like her ta just up an' disappear this early! An' 'specially without tellin' me or Big Mac! She normally don't miss lunch neither!" Rainbow Dash just stared at Twilight uncertainly, out of the three fretting mares, she was fretting the least. It wasn't because she didn't love Scootaloo. No, she loved Scootaloo as a sister, just like Rarity and Applejack loved their sisters, but she knew that Scootaloo was a tough pony and could handle most danger she got herself into.
"It's ok Applejack" Twilight said, getting a bit annoyed that her friends weren't listening to her, "We'll find them, Maybe they just went back to Ponyville." That seemed to calm down the two, still fretting, mares
"Or, maybe they went to the Everfree forest to try and capture Nightmare moon!" Pinkie Pie suddenly shouted. Silence reigned the room, then, Rarity shot out of the room like a rocket, closely followed by Applejack. Rainbow Dash stared at Pinkie hard before saying,
"They wouldn't do that right? I mean, they're not that crazy..." She looked at Twilight, but when she saw the uncertain look in her eyes, she followed Rarity and Applejack out of the room. Fluttershy calmly walked up to Pinkie Pie from behind before slapping her really hard on the back of the head.
"We're trying to calm them down! Not send them into another panic!" She yelled. Pinkie Pie just wobbled precariously for a split second before face planting into the floor.
Twilight wasn't sure that the CMC had gone to try and capture Nightmare moon, though she did think that Pinkie Pie was on the right track of them going into the Everfree forest. An hour after Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Applejack had left the room, Twilight, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Spike and Paul found them waiting at the train station. They had missed the train to Ponyville and were now waiting for the next one. Twilight could see that train along the track, coming up to the station. Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Applejack had seen it too. They moved closer to the edge as the train started to slow down.
"Rainbow Dash! Rarity! Applejack!" Twilight called "Wait!" The three mares turned around, "Wait for us!" Twilight called again. When the train pulled up, the three mares stayed where they were so their friends could catch up. Pinkie Pie was looking a bit guilty as she saw the three mares, two of which were distraught, the other was trying to hold back her desperation. Twilight, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Spike and Paul caught up with the mares in time to get onto the train back to Ponyville. Unfortunately, Paul wasn't allowed on the train, so he just waited at the station, wondering whether he should go back to the castle or find a way to Ponyville. In the hour they had waited before going after their friends, Twilight had told Princess Cadence that they were heading off. She had also packed some supplies, while Fluttershy waited for Pinkie to gain consciousness, though Twilight was pretty sure that Pinkie Pie was just faking it. Twilight had packed all the supplies they would need if they were going to go searching around in the Everfree forest for three fillies. Those supplies were:
Several torches, a megaphone(by Pinkie's insistence), path markers, a first aid kit, a few bottles of water, some food and a blanket.
The train journey was uneventful. Rarity and Applejack sat next to each other for comfort. Rainbow Dash sat next to the window muttering to herself that Scootaloo would be ok and that they wouldn't find her somewhere in the forest, helpless and hurt. Fluttershy sat next to Pinkie Pie, so as to stop her from worrying the three. Spike slept away, next to Rarity, he had tried to cheer her up at the beginning of the train ride, but soon realized that his attempts were futile and just curled up next to her. While Twilight went by the three upset mares to try and comfort them. It seemed to work for Applejack an Rarity, but Rainbow Dash seemed to be in a world of her own, ignoring everypony and everything, just imagining the horrific things that could have happened to Scootaloo.
Once the train stopped, Twilight had to jab Rainbow in the side, hard, to get her to realize that they had arrived. The six mares first went around Ponyville, just to be sure that the fillies weren't just running around town playing. They asked Big Mac, Sweetie Belle's parents, the orphanage, Cheerily, anypony who knew the fillies well. Fluttershy had asked her animals if they had seen the fillies, but none of them had caught a glimpse of them. Not even the nocturnal animals hadn't seen them. But, after two hours of searching, they decided that the fillies must have gone into the forest. Twilight dropped Spike off at the library, telling him that he wasn't allowed to come along for fear of him getting hurt. Spike had protested against this, saying that he was able to look after himself and that he could also protect the girls if need be, especially Rarity. Eventually, Twilight persuaded him to stay by saying that she'll get him several large emeralds for when she got back.
The group stood at the edge of the forest. Right where the CMC had been standing hours and hours ago. Twilight was double checking the supplies, they had picked up extra supplies just in case, Pinkie Pie insisted that they had to bring sleeping bags, she said that her pinkie sense told her that they'd be spending more time in the Everfree than they though they would. After several minutes of checking, and double checking, and triple checking, and making several lists, and quadruple checking, and, ok, I'm getting off topic. But, after Twilight had finished checking the supplies, they six stepped into the Everfree forest to begin the biggest adventure they'd ever go on.