The next day comes and Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle go back to the Castle of Friendship to see Twilight Sparkle, Spike, and Starlight Glimmer, Twilight Sparkle also calls Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Applejack over,
"Good, you all are here, and as you heard, Walker, Runner, and Sprinter have suddenly disappeared." Twilight Sparkle said,
"I know, I checked all of Ponyville, they're nowhere." Pinkie Pie replied,
"Anyway, Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle here asked Discord about Walker and his family, and he mentioned something about their family being able to see and hear the afterlife." Twilight Sparkle said,
"I spoke to Walker in class once, too, he said only his father and grandfather understand him." Sweetie Belle replied,
"Well, there's that, so, anyway, I did some research on Walker's family tree, and I've found several suspicious things." Twilight Sparkle said, the attentions of the others were caught,
"What did you find?" Sweetie Belle asked,
"Spike, would you, please?" Twilight Sparkle asked, and Spike unrolls a long list. Everybody present looks at Walker's family tree,
"Alright, as you all can see, the first thing I found suspicious right away were the children, every time Walker's family has a child, it's always an only child, never any twins or siblings, not only that, every child the family bore is a son, there's not a single daughter." Twilight Sparkle said,
"What? That is strange." Rainbow Dash said,
"Yeah, no siblings or daughters? That can't be a coincidence." Applejack replied,
"Another thing I find suspicious is Walker's paternal side of the family has no relatives, if he has any cousins, aunts, or uncles, they're from the maternal side instead." Twilight Sparkle said,
"No relatives from his father's side? There has to be an explanation." Rarity replied,
"I agree, but that's not most suspicious thing of them all." Twilight Sparkle said,
"What is it?" Fluttershy asked,
"I checked the birth and death dates of Walker's family, all of the mothers have died on the same day their sons were born." Twilight Sparkle replied,
"WHAT?!" Rarity asked,
"It's true, every mother in the family died on the exact same day their son was born." Twilight Sparkle replied,
"You think it could just be plain bad luck?" Scootaloo asked,
"No, I think there is no way that's just a coincidence." Twilight Sparkle replied,
"I was shocked when I saw this the first time, too, I think as you three can see, there is something wrong with his family." Starlight Glimmer said,
"Yeah, but still, what in tarnation is goin' on?" Applejack asked,
"Come on, everypony, let's go to their home." Twilight Sparkle replied, and they all head out.
Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Applejack, Spike, Starlight Glimmer, Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle go to Walker's, Runner's, and Sprinter's home, Twilight Sparkle knocks on the door a few times,
"Excuse us, we'd like to speak with you three." Twilight Sparkle said, there was no answer,
"Hello?" Twilight Sparkle asked, they look through a window and see Walker's paintings, he had a total of five paintings hanged on the wall, the far left painting was a desert with a gray tower in the center of it, the center-left painting was grass field with a gold building shaped like an eagle unfolding its wings, the center painting was a nighttime landscape with a black ground, the sky was full of stars and northern lights, the building was a silver temple shaped like a dragon's head, the center-right painting was a bunch of mountains with three identical shrines on top of the three mountains in the center, the left shrine was silver, the right shrine was bronze, and the center shrine was gold, and the far right painting was a winter landscape and it had a blue temple made from ice in the shape of an unknown creature, it had its wings unfolded like a bird, a fish's tail, a bird's body and legs, and the head of a shark with its mouth open. The ponies and Spike look at the paintings,
"Wow, Walker is quite the painter." Starlight Glimmer said,
"Still, I wonder what those buildings there are for." Rarity replied,
"Walker said he also likes architecture." Sweetie Belle said,
"Well, they're beautiful, I've never seen architecture shaped like animals before." Twilight Sparkle replied, knocking was heard at the door again and they see Pinkie Pie knocking on the door with her snout,
"Walker, Runner, Sprinter, it's Pinkie Pie, you wouldn't lock out your best friend Pinkie now, would you?" Pinkie Pie asked, there was no response,
"You all want to discuss my welcoming party plans for Runner and Sprinter?" Pinkie Pie asked, there was still no response,
"Hello? Is anypony home?" Pinkie Pie asked, there was still no answer, so Twilight Sparkle opens the door with her telekinesis and enters the house. Twilight Sparkle and the others enter the home and were in the living room, the kitchen was to the left,
"Nope, nothin' looks out of the ordinary." Applejack said,
"I sure am glad they kept their curtains open, it was so distracting during the day." Rarity replied,
"Yeah, I was distracted by that, too." Twilight Sparkle said, and they go to the next room that was through the door in the back. The ponies and Spike arrive into the bedroom, and the bathroom was to their lefts, there were three beds in the bedroom,
"Wow, this is a small house." Starlight Glimmer said,
"Yes, I doubt they'd be able to hide anywhere in here." Fluttershy replied,
"Still, where did they go?" Scootaloo asked,
"We don't know, we'll have to wait until they come back." Twilight Sparkle replied, and they leave the house and get on with their days, they watch the house throughout the day but the three never return, they all decide to call it a day and go to sleep.