It's been two months since Teotle left the wolf fortress to live with Twilight and Nyx. After he heard of the existence of his lost sister, he's been trying everything he can to find her. Everypony has been supportive of his search, but they've been beginning to worry about him. He skips meals, and he barely sleeps. He spends most of his time asking around ponyville for any sign of his sister, but always reaches a dead end.
Princess Celestia had sent word of the search to all the ponies in charge of Equestria's towns and villages. They haven't seen or heard of any wolf sightings either. They all said that they would keep looking, but that gave Teotle little comfort.
Summer had just ended and it was almost time for Nyx to go back to school and continue her studies. Teotle didn't want to go. He said it would waste his time. But Nyx had convinced him to go after a few hours of endless debating.
Nyx put on a show during that argument, using her acting skills that she learned from the school play that she was in last year. She put on fake tears and practically drowned Teotle in her begging. Eventually Teotle agreed to go for a few days if only to stop her crying.
Twilight was taking them both to the store to buy some school supplies. They needed pencils and paper for taking notes, calculators for basic math, highlighter pens for marking the important notes in their text books, rulers and protractors, and some paper clips and rubber bands.
After they got all the supplies on the list, Twilight let Nyx and Teotle pick out some extra things for fun with their allowance. Nyx got a mini make-up kit, some hair clips, and a brush to see what styles she and her friends can try to make. Teotle got a drawing guide, some sketch books, and a pack of colored pencils. Rarity suggested Teotle get a hobby, so he thought he should try sketching first.
They all went to the counter and payed for the school supplies they picked out. The cashier smiled when she saw Twilight, but frowned at Nyx and Teolte. It would seem that she was one of the many ponies who were still angry with them for their mistakes in the past. They both felt her cold stare and hung their heads. Twilight finished the perches and walked the two of them out of the store, trying not to glare back at the cashier.
"The nerve of some ponies." Twilight huffed.
"It's understandable to me." Teotle protested. "A lot of the recent disasters in Equestria have been kind of our fault."
"No, Teotle." Twilight said, patting his head. "You two are victims of other people's evil plots. The fact that you were being used to succeed in those plots wasn't your fault."
"But, Twilight..." Nyx tried to speak out, but stopped for a second to find the right words. "When I became Nightmare Moon, I made my own choices and overthrew the princesses. How isn't that my fault?"
"Nyx, would you have chosen to become Nightmare Moon if you could?" Asked Twilight.
"No." Nyx answered.
"Exactly." Twilight said with a nod of her head.
They made their way back to the library, where Spike was feeding his phoenix, Piewie. Nyx and Teotle took their none school related stuff out of Twilight's saddle bags allowing her to take the school supplies and pack them evenly and neatly in Nyx and Teotle's saddle bags for school.
Nyx examined her make-up set, while Teotle opened his drawing guide to the first chapter. Twilight watched them with a smile, thinking how much fun they'll have with the new things they got.
Spike walked over to Twilight, pulled out a scroll and said, "You're just in time. Celestia just sent a letter."
Twilight turned to face him and asked, "What does it say?"
Spike called for Nyx and Teotle, who got up to and walked over to him to listen. He opened the scroll and read, "To my faithful student, Twilight. I have just received word from Manehattan of a wolf being spotted on the city bridge. She was seen wearing a black ragged cloak. We don't yet know anything else at this point, but we'll keep you informed of all other activity. Good luck. As always, Celestia."
Teotle took the scroll from Spike and looked it over. After a while, he finally asked, "How far away is Manehattan from here?"
"The answer is no, Teolte." Said Twilight.
Teotle looked at her blankly. "Why not?"
"Because you have school tomorrow!" Twilight snapped.
"You promised me that you would go with me." Nyx commented, shyly.
Teotle grunted and protested, "This is the first and only sign of my sisters whereabouts in months. I have to go."
"And where would you start?" asked Twilight. "All you know is that she was seen at a bridge in Manehattan. There are a lot of bridges in that city."
Teotle tried to protest, but he couldn't think of a good defense on going. "What if I never get a chance like this?"
Twilight rested a hoof on his shoulder and said, "Trust me, it won't be. Somepony will see her again and when we have enough to work with, we'll make our move to find her."
Teotle sighed and said, "I trust you, Twilight."
Twilight pulled him, Nyx and Spike into a hug and said, "I'm proud of all of you." She let them all go and went with Spike to make dinner.