My Dear Pinkamina,

Today was a glorious day for Ponyville. The baby that Rarity and Spike had been waiting for was delivered by Celestia herself. Of course she had her bit of fun, by delivering it still unborn, in the egg. I thought Spike was going to eat his own tail when he saw this, and Rarity just fainted. Fortunately, Twilight was on hand to help the happy couple, and explained what was needed to hatch it. She had found out that not all entrance exams were of this kind, and Rarity had never even tried to get into the academy.

After a few false starts, and Spike fainting himself, Rarity managed to get the spell right, and a new dragon was born. It was a female dragon, bright red and orange. They decided to name her Pyre, after her flame colors. It was the cutest thing I've seen since little Pinkie was born.

Rarity also announced that she was retiring from running her business, so she can be a full time mother to the new baby. She will be staying on as advisor, but had handed the business over to her vice president. The new president of the company is an energetic young filly with a talent for making enchanted fabrics. She was the one that made the silversilk for Sweetie Bell's wedding dress. Hopefully she will have as much business sense as she does talent.

Celestia still wont tell anyone where the egg came from, even when I cornered her and try to pry it outta her. Strangely Luna did not attend again. I am starting to worry, since I hadn't seen her since you became ill, and I am hoping she didn't become sick herself.

Alicorns are immortal, and can heal most any damage, but this was a different kind of sickness. Everfree Death, that's what they are calling it now. We don't know where it came from, but it had killed over a hundred ponies, including you, before we found the cause. That was why nothing we tried worked, it wasn't a disease, it was a curse. An honest to goodness curse, that slowly drained the life force from it's victims, and spread by touch. Only earth ponies were affected somehow, and we still don't know what caused it. Once we knew it wasn't a disease, we were quickly able to find a counterspell, but not before losing you, and many other ponies. I can't help but feel that if only I could have seen it sooner, I could have saved you. But it's best not to dwell on that. Time now for the future.

Speaking of which, Celestia did tell me to stop by the castle in a few days. Apparently Luna finally wants to talk to me about something. I'm burning with curiosity to know what has had her acting so strangely lately. Hard to believe an entire year has gone by though since you have gone, and I haven't seen her at all in that time. Maybe she has been mourning you as I have, since you two were pretty close for awhile. Always ganging up to pull pranks on the castle staff. Who woulda guessed that the Princess has such a naughty streak?

So in the meantime, I am gathering my latest report on the Everfree forest to bring to Twilight when I go. I am still tracking down the source of the curse, but all I can tell is it came from the deep in the Forest. I will keep searching until I find the cause, so that nopony ever dies from something like that again.

Still laughing for you,

Your Silly Draxy