The flight to the Wonderbolts' hotel seemed to be the longest trip that Dash has ever taken. She thought long and hard about what Soarin had said to her back at the stadium. She wanted to believe him, she wanted to know that he wasn't lying to her and keeping secrets. She just wanted to trust him completely.
The story he gave seemed pretty convincing and he didn't hesitate when telling her. She just didn't understand the letters. Sure, mail-ponies make mistakes too, but for this long? If somebody had gotten a hold of her letter, they would've sent it to Soarin by now, and this wouldn't be an issue. She hoped that whoever had the letter just forgot to send it or sent it to the Wonderbolts Headquarters and that is was on its way there if it hadn't already arrived.
She glanced over to Soarin, who was flying a little above her. He seemed to have the same train of thought going on, and she had realized that no one was talking. How long has it been this silent? She thought of something to say, and then finally broke the tension-like silence.
"So, this Airbrush girl, we can trust her, right?" She asked.
"Totally, she may be a talker, but she gets her work done correctly," Wave Chill said with confidence.
"It IS her special talent, after all," Soarin added.
"How long has she worked with your team?"
"Well, she's been with us for about three to four years I'd say, but she's been in the mail business for about ten years. There was that one year that she took a few months off," Wave Chill answered, "remember that, Soarin?"
Soarin thought for a moment before nodding. "I remember something was going on with her husband, got sick with something serious. Can't exactly remember the name, but he had to be under extreme care. She left to help him, but he died a month after that."
"Oh, that's terrible," Twilight said, "How has she been holding up after that?"
"She took the next month off to prepare his funeral and mourn. She came back with a forced smile but she has definitely gotten better since then. Almost like her old self. Don't worry if you bring him up though, she loves talking about him and his legacy in the Wonderbolts," Wave Chill said, chuckling at his last statement.
Dash stopped, which caused the others to stop as well. "Woah, woah, woah. Airbrush's husband was a Wonderbolt? Who was he?"
Wave Chill shrugged. "I think it was Wind Waker. Yeah, that was it."
Dash raised an eyebrow. "Wind Waker? But I heard he retired after breaking his wing."
Soarin was the next to speak. "He did break his wing a few times throughout his career, but he never retired. Airbrush asked Spitfire to tell the press that he had retired, so she could take care of him in peace."
"She also knew that the chance of his survival was slim, and since she's not the type of mare who goes for the excessive attention, Spitfire told everypony that he retired and moved to a more isolated town in Equestria. They did end up moving to that town though," Wave Chill added.
He looked towards the direction they were to head and say a glimpse of the hotel.
"We should get going now, the hotel is just ahead."
The four ponies walked into the Canterlot Hotel and went up to the sixth floor, where the Wonderbolts were staying. They walked into room 667, where Airbrush, Fleetfoot, Surprise, and Spitfire were staying.
As they walked in, a middle aged mare turned around and smiled. She had a dark magenta mane in a ponytail, light orange skin, and sparkling blue eyes. Her cutie mark was an envelope with wings on both sides and a lightning bolt in the center of the said envelope. She spoke in a southern accent, very similar to Applejack's accent but with a higher tone, almost like a southern belle.
"Why hello there," Airbrush smiled as she walked over to Dash and Twilight, "I wasn't expecting company. I'm Airbrush, the mail-mare for the Wonderbolts."
She then examined the two mares that stood before her, she then realized who they both were. "Oh pardon my manners!" she bowed to Twilight, "Princess Twilight, it's such an honor to meet you. And you must be Rainbow Dash, Soarin has gone on and on about you! I haven't seen him that happy since the Pie Fest back in Appaloosa. He's very lucky to have you!"
Dash smiled awkwardly as Airbrush mentioned Soarin. She couldn't help but snicker quietly as Soarin's face went red with embarrassment.
"It's so nice to meet you, Airbrush, but you can just call me Twilight. I was wondering if you could help us."
"What do you need?"
Wave Chill answered as he walked closer. "Do you happen to have a letter from Rainbow Dash or Soarin? They both never got one and we were hoping that it arrived late or something."
Airbrush thought for a moment. "Well, I know for sure that the last time Rainbow Dash had sent a letter was last week. Blaze said that you sent her to get your mail while you went to practice your stunts. You should've gotten it by now."
Soarin tilted his head as he looked at the mail-mare with confusion. "I never told Blaze to do that, but I DID tell her to give you my letter yesterday. Did you send that yet?"
"Sorry, I never got your letter. Blaze only stopped by to pick her mail up, never even mentioned you or Rainbow."
Twilight thought for a moment before a lightbulb went off in her head.
"Of course!"
The pegasi looked at Twilight before Dash spoke up. "Uh... what?"
"Don't you see? Rainbow Dash, you never got Soarin's recent letter because Blaze never gave it to Soarin. And Soarin, you never got Rainbow's reply because Blaze never gave it to Airbrush!"
Soarin shrugged. "She could've just forgotten. We're all pretty busy around here."
Dash rolled her eyes and muttered under her breath. "Of course you're quick to defend her."
Fortunately, only Twilight heard Dash's remark and gave a stern look to the prismatic pegasus, who simply rolled her eyes.
"Anyway... Blaze might've forgotten the first time around, but she would have remembered by now and would have done something already after the news got out about her and Soarin."
"I don't know, Blaze is pretty cool. She wouldn't do something like that intentionally, especially after this ordeal," Wave Chill shook his head as he spoke.
"Then why hasn't she done anything about it?" Dash asked with a slight annoyance tone in her voice.
"Rainbow does a make a point," Twilight said.
"You should definitely ask her about it. If she really did forget, I'm sure she wouldn't mind fixing the situation up. Might also clear up the other events that have been going on recently," Airbrush glared at Soarin at the last sentence.
Wave Chill nodded. "Yeah, that seems like a good idea. Any idea where she is?"
Airbrush nodded. "Heard she was grabbing a bite over at The Tasty Treat. Just go down Restaurant Row, make a left at the first turn you see, and it should be right there. I'll come along so you don't miss it, also I could go for some food right now anyway."
Dash nodded as Twilight spoke up. "Thank you."
And with that, Wave Chill, Twilight, Soarin, Airbrush, and Dash all left to finally get to the bottom of this whole mess.