As the day went on, The Wonderbolts hired ponies to make posters, and spread the word, and by the time 6:00 P.M. came around, the Wonderbolts were ready for tomorrow. Lightning Fire was prepared by getting a saddle and attaching the sleeping bag, food bag, and tent to the sides and top. The Wonderbolts slept peacefully, believing that this was just another game with better rewards. Lightning on the other hand, slept in rough patches, having the dream of rainbows everywhere, still not understanding what it could mean.
As Celestia raised the sun up for the next day, Lightning Fire flew off, leaving behind a blaze of fire on the clouds. All the Wonderbolts flew out 15 minutes later put up the posters at every town, all over the land of Equestria, telling everypony about the contest which had begun. By lunch, almost all of the ponies in Equestria knew what the contest was, and had ideas about where they planned to look, or in the case of the weak or the lazy, how long Lightning would last.
Ponies also thought that the contest wouldn't be interesting enough, so they decided to bet on who would win. Most of the bets were made by 3, and money was put in boxes, ready for the winner. In Ponyville, Mayor Made held a meeting, saying that a better reward would be given to the pony who told her where to find the Wonderbolt.
Rainbow Dash happened to be at the meeting, and upon hearing the word "Wonderbolt" had flew off to Twilight's place. Once she got there, she barged in, calling out Twilight's name. When Twilight heard Rainbow's yelling, she teleported over, and asked about what was so important she had to come in and disturb her studying. Rainbow told her all about the contest, and Twilight said the probability of the Wonderbolt winning was close to 5%, unless he his somewhere that nopony would want to look. Rainbow thought on this, and immediately came up with the idea to check the Everfree Forest. Rainbow said goodbye to Twilight and flew off again, to her home to sleep on it, and plan her route.
Lightning had his stuff set up by the time Luna raised the moon. He had flown over a group of trees, and realized no one would notice his tent from above, so he went down to drop his stuff. He found a river nearby to keep him clean, and a nice area for his little lamp to keep things warm. As he fell asleep after finishing his little camp, he had a peaceful dream, where he was back at Cloudsdale, happy for some reason, and confused for another. He thought on this as he slept, hoping the answer would be revealed soon.