Lyra, Derpy, Bon Bon, Octavia, and now Time Turner approached the train station. Lyra went up to the ticket booth.

"How much for five tickets to Manehatten?" she asked the pony at the booth.

"Twenty bits per pony." The pony replied.

The five ponies frantically searched their bags for bits. Octavia panicked. She only had ten bits.

"What do I say?" she thought.

"I have bad news." She told the four. "I only have ten bits. I can't get on the train."

The ponies were shocked. They looked through their bags. No bits.

"Maybe we can stay here another few days! And you can a favor for a neighbor here and maybe get some bits!" Bon Bon suggested.

"I don't think she should." Lyra replied. "Twilight's after us. We can't stay in a place longer than we have to. Twilight might hurt or do something to Octavia. We can't leave her here."

"Then what do we do?" Derpy added.

Octavia was nearly in tears.

"Maybe I can stay here until tomorrow, and then take a train to Manehatten, and I'll meet you there." She said through her tears.

The four ponies hugged Octavia. Lyra, Bon Bon, Derpy, and Time Turner hugged Octavia, and then hopped on the train. Octavia started towards the city, with her head held down. She had nowhere to stay. She walked around the city. The only light there was the faint moonlight. Suddenly she heard rustling from the bushes.

"So there you are." A voice called out.

A pony pounced on Octavia and pinned her to the ground. It was Rainbow Dash.

"Rainbow Dash?" Octavia asked warily.

"Yeah. But anyway," Rainbow Dash continued. "Twilight originally told me to tell you watch out and all that, but I have a deal for you. I can get you to Manehatten now."

"How?" Octavia questioned curiously.

"I have my ways." Rainbow Dash responded.

"So we're in?" she added as she held out her front right hoof.

"I guess." Octavia replied warily as she held out her front left hoof and shook Rainbow Dash's hoof warily.

"Come on then!" Rainbow Dash replied.

She grabbed Octavia and flew at full speed and did a circle around the Crystal Empire. She then dropped Octavia from the sky. Octavia screamed for help. Within a few seconds, she landed on a train. She saw Manehatten faintly in the distance.

"Yes!" she thought. Then the train made an immediate turn and headed towards Canterlot. Octavia starting crying. She didn't know what to do.

Lyra, Bon Bon, Derpy, and Time Turner hopped off the train. They had arrived in Manehatten.

"Wow." Bon Bon muttered as she looked at the high rises and skyscrapers.

"Focus." Lyra told the three. "We don't have Octavia. Manehatten is a huge city. We're just country ponies. We live in a small town. This city is huge. We have to split up to find Vinyl. I'll go with Bon Bon. Derpy, you and Time Turner look for her. We should look in places she'd most likely be, like nightclubs or parties."

Bon Bon and Lyra walked towards the northern section as Derpy and Time Turner walked to the south.

Bon Bon and Lyra looked around them. There were several small boutiques and shops.

"Over there!" Bon Bon tapped Lyra then pointed to a nightclub. "Maybe she's in there?"

The two friends walked into the nightclub. The crowds were much bigger then Ponyville parties or even Canterlot parties. They approached the DJ stand. No one was there.

"We're never going to find Vinyl!" Bon Bon said sadly.

"We can't stop." Lyra replied. "We need Vinyl."

Derpy and Time Turner walked down the streets of Manehatten. It was dark by now.

"Wow. It's night yet it's still so bright, because of all the lights." Derpy said as she looked at the high rises. Suddenly they heard footsteps from an alley. A flash of cobalt blue and brilliant cyan flashed in front of them. A huge crowd followed. Time Turner had fallen over.

"Are you ok?" she asked Time Turner.

"Yes." He continued. "I just don't want to be here longer then I have too."

"Me too." Derpy agreed. "How does Vinyl live here?"

Suddenly, out of nowhere, they were pulled into an alley.

"I thought you'd be smarter than this to come here." A chilling voice called. "But, like Octavia, you were dumb enough to fall for it." The voice was Pinkie Pie.

"What about Octavia?" Time Turner questioned Pinkie Pie.

"Rainbow Dash told her she could get her to Manehatten for free. So instead of that, she flew up high and dropped her on a train. Who knows where she is now? She might not even be alive. Besides, the train she fell on was headed towards Canterlot." Pinkie Pie laughed.

She pushed the two down on the ground. She was about to knock them out when a spark came from the darkness. Pinkie Pie ran.

"You ok?" a voice called out.

Derpy and Time Turner responded "Yeah."

A unicorn came from the darkness. The unicorn looked down at them and gasped.

"Derpy? Time Turner?" the unicorn called out.

"Vinyl?" Derpy responded.

The three ran to each other and hugged.

"What brings you two to Manehatten?" she asked them.

"Well you see," Derpy continued. "Lyra had a plan to reunite me, you, Time Turner, her, Octavia, and Bon Bon, and to regain our fame."

"Cool! I just, have so many fans now that I can't just abandon my fans!" Vinyl replied.

"You still have fans in Ponyville too! Maybe your fans will come to Ponyville to see you!" Time Turner added.

"I guess." She replied. "But if this doesn't work, I'm taking the next train back to Manehatten."

"Ok." Derpy replied.

"So where's Lyra?" Vinyl asked.

"Searching the city for you." Derpy replied.

"Oh." Vinyl replied warily.

A spark came from Vinyl's horn. She summoned a scroll. In it, she wrote:

"Dear Lyra,

Vinyl here. I have agreed to go forth with your plan. However, if it doesn't work, I'm going back to Manehatten.

Love,

Vinyl"

"I think that's a good letter." Vinyl said proudly as she sent the letter to Lyra.