On the one hand, I was miffed and bummed out that Cato wasn't going to the Winter Formal with me and Applejack. He was after all our boyfriend and we did love him dearly and the same could be said for him. On the other hand, after the events of the Friendship Games, I could see just how Equestrian Magic could be a threat to our lives and Cato seemed to be at the center of the incidents most of the time, so me and Applejack had to let him do what he had to do. I mean, the boy had survived Canterlot High twice, one almost single handed and the other assisting Urchin. So yeah, he had been through a lot already.
At least I could go to the Winter Formal with my friends, all except Thaddeus, that is. He came down ill on the day of the Winter Formal, but all my other friends, with the exception of Cato, Ryan, Thresh, Marvel, Urchin, Noah, Jason, and Flash, were going. So at least it could be a good time, even if it is without Cato. Even so, it was painfully clear to me that despite his normally calm and serious demeanor about this whole thing, Cato could see storm clouds on the horizon. I could see it in his eyes, when he had those moments when he was staring off into space the entire week before the Winter Formal, which was announced it was being held on Friday of this week. It promised to be a lovely night, for sure. No Equestrian Creatures, no insane demons, no monsters. Just a bunch of kids dancing their hearts out with their friends or the people they loved. None of us suspected of just what lurked underneath the building, or that Cato and his friends would end joining us for the Winter Formal. Only instead of dancing, they would be spending it trying to save a missing girl from Equestria from a minion of a foe that was connected to Cato's nightmare and the audio and killing the monstrous form of said minion.