After what felt like hours of being in the abandoned castle, Twilight heard the rumbling of stomachs.
"Is any pony hungry?" the alicorn asked.
"Sounds like I am," Fluttershy shyly replied.
"So am I," Rarity added, putting away her mirror.
"We got to eat!" Spike claimed.
"But not without the others!" Twilight declared.
"But that means we have to...find them." Fluttershy gulped.
"It'll just be a while, darling." Rarity assured, before following Twilight deeper into the castle with Spike after her.
Fluttershy whimpered but still walked deeper into the darker, scarier parts of the castle after her best friends, hugging Angel close to her.
"Rainbow! Applejack! Pinkie!" the searchers called, but the only reply they received was their echoes.
"It already feels like we've been searching for hours," Fluttershy whimpered.
Twilight then used a spell to make her voice a lot louder, "Rainbow, Pinkie and Applejack, if you hear me, you got to get to where we unpacked our things! We should be having dinner by now, and we're waiting for you!"
"Sure thing, Twilight! We'll be there as soon as you see this!" Applejack called.
"What?!" Twilight asked.
"Come on over and we'll show you!" Applejack responded.
"Where exactly are you?" Rarity asked.
"Somewhere..." was the answer.
"You don't even know where you are?!" Twilight asked.
"Well...since I don't visit here quite often...yeah..." Applejack's voice could be heard saying.
"Hang in there, we'll find you!" Twilight assured.
"But, how?" Fluttershy asked.
"With magic," Twilight answered, allowing her horn to glow.
"Just like finding gems," Rarity commented, letting her horn to glow as well.
"Oh, talk about gems," a hungry Spike started licking his lips.
"Maybe I should set up the food back where we placed our things...I don't think I can handle...going all over the place in this place!" Fluttershy whimpered.
"But Fluttershy, if you joined the search..." Twilight tree to reason with the pegasus, but was cut off by the latter.
"I'll just slow you down and make things worse! Go without me! It' for the better!"
Rarity and Twilight looked at each other, before turning back to Fluttershy.
"Alright, you can sit out the search for them." Twilight informed.
"And have a little brave dragon to accompany you while we do the searching," Rarity added.
"Brave? Really?" Spike asked, blushing a bit upon hearing what his crush called him.
"I am totally alright with my assistant being with you instead of us for this situation." Twilight supported, before leaving with Rarity.
"Be careful!" Fluttershy called to her pony friends.