"Spike, get me every book I have on finding things," said Twilight as she entered the library. She spotted Spike sleeping on top of a pile of books.

"Spike, I thought I told you to clean up this mess," said Twilight. Spike made a slight snorting noise.

"Spike! Wake up!" Twilight trotted over to Spike and nudged him with her hoof. He groaned and sat up, rubbing his eyes.

"Twilight?" he asked.

"Yeah, Spike. I thought I told you to clean up the library," said Twilight. "Now it's going to be even more difficult to find the book."

"What book?" asked Spike and he rolled off the pile. He picked up a book from the bottom and brought it over to the bookshelf, putting it in place.

"The new one, that Princess Celestia gave to me, by Starswirl the Bearded. I haven't read the whole thing yet, but I think there might be some sort of location spell in it that can help me find Rainbow Dash," explained Twilight, beginning to sift through the books lying on the floor.

"You mean you didn't find her?" asked Spike, piling books into his arms.

"No, and it's not looking good," said Twilight, looking faster, her horn glowing nearly without pause. "Which reminds me…" Twilight took out the small plastic container that held the sample in it. She placed it on a desk carefully, trying not to disturb the contents any more than she had to.

"What's that?" asked Spike, indicating the container. Twilight told him everything that she and her friends had found. Spike stopped stocking books and stared in disbelief.

"You don't think she's been…" Spike couldn't finish his sentence.

"Ponynapped? No. Yes. Maybe. We just don't know," said Twilight worriedly. "What can really help is if you find me that book." Spike grabbed another armful of books and started sorting them. After what seemed like hours, Twilight finally found the right book at the bottom of the pile. Excitedly, she took the book over to the desk where the container sat. She began rifling through the pages and scanning each of them as fast as she could, hoping to find a location spell.

She looked through the entire book and found nothing. Twilight sat down in frustration and her eyes welled up.

"Spike," she said. "I don't know how to find her. I don't know any kind of spell that could help me find her. What kind of princess am I if I can't even protect my friends?" She put her face in her hooves. Spike walked over and hugged her gently.

"It's okay, Twilight. I know you can find a way. I know you can," he said. "Did you find a spell to figure out what the red stuff is?"

"No, but I didn't really look." Twilight took her hooves from her face and sniffled. She looked through the book again, carefully searching for anything that could help her. Again, she flipped over the last page and found nothing.

"It's hopeless Spike. I'm never going to be able to find her." She got up and began pacing. "What can I do Spike?" Spike began to pace on his own, placing his hands behind his back.

"I know what we can try," said Spike. Twilight stopped and looked at him.

"We can go and ask Zecora if she can help!" he said.

"That's a great idea, Spike! Maybe she'll even have something to find out what that is," she said, looking at the container. "Let's go." Twilight floated the container over to her and she and Spike left to find Zecora.

Spike struggled to keep up with Twilight as she ran as fast as her hooves could carry her into the forest. For them both, it seemed to take forever, though for different reasons. Twilight needed to see Zecora; she needed to see if she could do anything to help her. Spike felt like he was running nonstop for hours. When they finally arrived in front of Zecora's house, they both breathed a sigh of relief. Twilight trotted up to the door and knocked loudly.

"Zecora, we need your help! Are you there?" asked Twilight. She heard a noise and a shuffle from inside and the door swung open.

"What is it that troubles your hearts,
is there anything I can do with my magical arts?" asked Zecora as Twilight and Spike walked in.

"We can't find Rainbow Dash," said Twilight. "And we were hoping you could do some sort of spell to find out what this is." Twilight motioned at the plastic container that she was still floating with her magic.

"I shall try my best to analyse this,
and I hope that this trouble will not persist.
I dreamed something of whom you speak
the night it made me very weak.
Dash was flying when sleep was occurring,
sleepflying is to what I am referring," said Zecora. Twilight looked confused.

"You mean to say that Rainbow Dash was sleepflying? She's never done that before, not from what I remember," said Twilight. Zecora shrugged and took the container.

"I simply retell what the spirits told me,
this information is but free.
I will get to work on this evidence,
perhaps we can find something of relevance.
For now you must wait
and a spell I will create."

Twilight nodded and sat down, waiting impatiently. Zecora set about her house, gathering ingredients for some sort of spell.

"I hope you can find something Zecora, I really do."