Twilight read the scroll five times over to make sure she had read it correctly. She couldn’t believe it. It couldn’t be true. She rushed out of her tree house and all the way back to Sugar Cube Corner. She burst through the door and shouted into the kitchen.
“PINKIE!” Twilight screamed. “Get out here!”
Pinkie walked out of the kitchen covered in frosting and singing. “Once you take a nap, you’ll fall right into my trap. When I kidnap you, you don’t wanna know what I’ll…” But she was cut short when Twilight shoved the letter from Spike into her face.
“TELL ME THIS IS JUST SOME CRUEL PRANK YOU AND SPIKE ARE PLAYING ON ME!” Twilight shouted with tears in her eyes.
Pinkie read the letter and gasped. “Oh Celestia! Even I don’t go this far.”
Twilight broke down crying on the counter. “Oh Celestia, he’s really gone! Why did he leave?”
“Maybe he didn’t. Maybe he’s just playing hide and seek.”
Twilight shoved the letter Pinkie’s face again. “Does this look like a game of hide and seek to you?! Damn it Pinkie this is no time to be silly!” She cried even more.
“Twilight I’m sorry…but please don’t cry. Crying doesn’t solve problems you know. Mommy always told me that you shouldn’t be crying when you could be trying. Like this one time when Gummy got lost I started to cry. But then I remembered Mommy’s words and I sang a song and…”
“SHUT UP YOU STUPID SCATTERBRAIN!” Twilight shouted. “SINGING ISN’T GOING TO BRING SPIKE BACK!”
Pinkie stood speechless for a second, and then ran into the kitchen crying.
Twilight felt like a jerk. She walked into the kitchen after Pinkie. She was curled up crying in the corner. Her mane had also lost all of its puff. “Pinkie…” Twilight said.
“Go away…” Pinkie said while still crying.
“Pinkie I’m sorry for yelling. I’m just really upset that Spike ran away.” Pinkie kept on crying. Twilight wrapped her arms around Pinkie comfortingly. “Come on Pinkie. You said that crying won’t solve anything.”
Pinkie turned around and hugged back. “Yeah but sometimes it’s to let it all out.” Twilight let out the rest of her tears onto Pinkie. “Good. Are you feeling better now?”
“Yeah.” Twilight opened her eyes and saw that Pinkie’s mane had returned to normal.
“That’s great. I’m sorry for being silly. You’re right Twilight, we really need to focus on finding Spike. Come on, I’ll get the mares and we’ll all search for him together.”
In a matter of minutes, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Rarity were all at Twilights house and brought up to speed on the situation.
“Don’t worry Egghead.” Rainbow Dash said. “I’ll find Spike. I can circle Equestria in less than a day. Finding one purple dragon shouldn’t be hard at all!” She took off into the air and zoomed off.
“And I’ll ask the animals if they’ve seen him.” Fluttershy shyly said before she left to the forest.
“Pinkie and I will search Ponyville to see if we can find any clues on where Spike might have gone.” Rarity said.
“You can count on us!” Pinkie said excitedly. She ran through Ponyville and started to search every nook and cranny; even bazaar places such as trashcans and under somepony’s hat.
“You got anything that belongs to Spike on you right now?” Applejack asked.
“I have the letter he gave me.” Twilight said. “Why do you ask?”
“’Cause Winona could use its scent to find him.”
“You really think so?”
“Sure. Winona has the best nose in all of Equestria.” The two mares went back to Sweet Apple Acres and called Winona. Twilight showed her Spikes letter, which she sniffed all over. Then she sniffed the air, barked, and ran off. “Follow that collie!” Applejack shouted. And with that, the search for Spike was on.