"Hurry up!" Shouted Party Favor! For him and Double Diamond were rushing to get to Sugar Belle's house. But the reason Double Diamond was slacking behind, was because he had many things on his mind. Once he realized that Party Favor was calling at him to hurry, Double Diamond picked up the pace. Night Glider had already been at Sugar Belle's house for the past half hour. Her and Sugar Belle just sat and talked—like most mares do—While waiting for the two stallions to show.

Finally, Party Favor and Double Diamond arrived to Sugar Belle's house. No one knew why they were there, expect Sugar Belle. All that Sugar Belle would go on to tell them, was that it was a surprise! "Welcome!" Sugar Belle said, as she greeted the two stallions into her house. She offered them a seat. "Hold on… I need to go get the surprise!" Sugar Belle trotted into another room, most likely her bed room, to get said surprise.

Of all ponies in the room, beside Sugar Belle, Party Favor was the most excited! He loved surprises! He also kind of had a liking for Sugar Belle… More of a liking then, just a friend. Party Favor just looked over toward the room that Sugar Belle went in to, with excited, glowing, eyes. And every time Night Glider or Double Diamond looked over at him, they could tell the glow in his eyes was waiting for more then just the surprise.

Finally, Sugar Belle came out of the room with a saddle bag! But she brought out with her, 3 other saddle bags. The other 3 friends looked around at each other in confusion, but still excited. Sugar Belle cleared her throat to interrupt the awkward silence, and began speaking, "I made these saddle bags for all of us," she began, "but I guess you are wondering why I made saddle bags of all things!" The three others, nodded their heads. Sugar Belle continued, "Well, I thought it would be swell to go on an adventure!"

Night Glider and Party Favor seemed all for it, as they smiled big and went over to collect their saddle bags! But Double Diamond didn't feel up to it. He wasn't so sure if it was a good idea. Sugar Belle went over to him, and continued to persuade him, "It would be a good way to get used to our talents again!" she smiled at Double Diamond. Double Diamond looked down in thought of what she just said, and then looked up at her and smiled.

The four finally gathered their bags, and supplied them with common needs first. Then they supplied them with stuff based on their talents. The saddle bags were a bit odd. They seemed to fit larger things into them. Things that wouldn't normally fit in such a saddle bag. But so be it, Double Diamond was able to fit his ski's into his saddle bag like a glove! As Double Diamond, Party Favor, and Night Glider packed up their things, Sugar Belle stepped out side of her house and announced to the village, that she and the other three friends, would be leaving for a few days to go traveling! She began saying her goodbyes to the other villagers, then the 3 others came out, and began saying their goodbyes.

A half an hour or so later, the 4 friends made their way out of town and to wherever their hooves would take them. Sugar Belle led the way, even though it didn't really matter. Night Glider stood behind-beside Sugar Belle, and so did Party Favor. Double Diamond strayed a bit behind all of them. He was still a bit unsure of this "adventure" they were taking. Night Glider looked behind her self, to see Double Diamond mooping behind! Night Glider flew over to Double Diamond, and hovered above him as they walked.

"Is everything alright?" she asked, concerned. Double Diamond put on one of those, classic fake smiles, and looked up at her. "Yes! Everything is fine." He answered. Night Glider knew that wasn't true, but she let it go, since she figured he didn't want to discuss whatever was bothering him, right now. She flew back over to her original spot, by Sugar Belle and they all continued walking.

As night fell, the four came across a town! It seemed pretty big! But, then again, compared to their little village, any town seems big in their eyes. It seemed really old fashioned though! Many ponies with top hats, and fancy dresses were trotting around. It wasn't Canterlot. It wasn't Manehatten. None of the ponies knew what the city was. Until Night Glider pointed out a sign with the villages name on it!

The sign read, "Olds Ville." All of them thought that the name was very cliché and uncreative, but, they knew what that was like. So they didn't argue… At least, not aloud. They trotted through the night of this village, hoping to find a place to stay for the night.

The town had many twists and turns, so they decided to split up. There was a pro to that plan, and a con. The pro was, they would find a place to stay sooner. The con was, they would have to search forever to find each other. But to fix that a bit, they sent Night Glider to go above the village to fly from one friend to another, just to keep track of all of them, while looking for a place to stay her self.

Meanwhile, Double Diamond had a sinking feeling in his stomach the whole time he was looking. He felt that something wasn't right in this village. He felt something more dark going on in this village, then what happened in his own village only a few weeks back. And the worst part of this feeling, was that it was just a feeling. As he looked around, he saw nothing awful or strange. Which just made the sinking feeling worse, because whatever was being hidden here, must be so bad, that not even a clue is shown throughout the town or its citizens. Which means its well hidden. Did the ponies around here even know if their was such an evil thing around? Is there even a dark evil magic in the town at all? Double Diamond had so many questions, and he wanted them answered.

But before he knew it, he found him self ramming into the staircase of a bed and breakfast by mistake! It was that moment, Night Glider flew over head, and saw Double Diamond waving, signaling her to get the others. She nodded and dashed off to find Sugar Belle and Party Favor.

After a few minutes, the 4 were reunited as they all stood outside the bed and breakfast. Lucky for them, they remembered to bring all the bits they could bring. Sugar Belle walked into the bed and breakfast, and up to the front desk as her friends followed in with her. An older stallion with glasses, a beard, and a dark and pale yellow coat and a grayish-redish-sleeveless vest, welcomed them as he walked behind the desk.

Double Diamond felt a slight chill go down the back of his neck, then his spine. He knew he had seen that stallion before, somewhere. No, no, it wasn't anyone like his father or cliché stuff like that… But he knew he saw him before. Before all of the equal cutie mark stuff happened.

Double Diamond quickly erased the thought from his head for now, and just thought of a comfortable bed, in a comfortable room, waiting for him. "What can I do for ya?" The old stallion asked. "Well, first, I would like to ask:" Sugar Belle began, "how many beds are in a room?" she asked. The stallion thought for a moment, which seemed odd, for he had most likely worked their most of his life. Finally the stallion came up with an answer, "Two. Two beds in each room." Sugar Belle nodded and took a small sack of bits out of her saddle bag, and gave it to the stallion. "We'll take two rooms then, please. One for us mares, and one for my two stallion friends!" Sugar Belle, demanded, sweetly. The stallion nodded and took the sack of bits.

He then led them to their rooms, and then walked back down the hall, to his office. The two stallions walked into their room, while the two mares walked into theirs. They all settled in and admired their surroundings. All, except Double Diamond. He did look at his surroundings, yes, but he looked as though he had seen many, many ghosts! Party Favor looked over at Double Diamond, with a concerned look on his face. "What seems to be troubling you?" Asked Party Favor. Double Diamond looked up at him, as if Party Favor was accusing him of some sort of crime! He looked afraid and didn't answer Party Favor, instead, he walked over to what would be his bed for the night, and began to fall asleep. Party Favor sighed and went over to his bed as well, he turned out the lights, and began to fall asleep.

Meanwhile, in the mares room, Night Glider sat, concerned. At least, that's what her facial expression expressed. Sugar Belle walked over to her. "Whats the matter?" She asked. Night Glider looked at Sugar Belle in the eyes, sadly. "I think something is bother Double Diamond. And not just the fact we are traveling around… I think something more is troubling him. Ever since we got to this town he has been-" Sugar Belle interrupted her. "—Shhh…" Night Glider became quiet, and Sugar Belle stayed quiet. They both heard the sound of hooves in the hallway, and the sound of keys as well. They, whoever they were, were walking, ever so slowly down the hallway.

Night Glider whispered, "What? Its probably just that one stallion." But Sugar Belle shook her head in disagreement and continued to stay silent, and listen. Sooner or later, they heard muttering… And then the walking became more like pacing, back and fourth. It sounded like a stallion, but not any of their friends, nor was it the stallion that was at the desk. The stallion kept muttering in a panicked matter. The panicking slowly turned into sounding insane and rage. At one point, the stallion seemed to slammed his hoof against the wall in frustration. That caused the mares to jump in sudden shock.

Then out of no were, the stallion grew silent. He wasn't thinking, he was hardly breathing. He knew. He knew that Night Glider and Sugar Belle were listening. The two mares looked at each other panicked. What if this stallion was mental? What if he was dangerous? The two mares scrambled around the room, as quiet as they could, and turned out their lights, and laid down in their beds. They looked at each other from across the room in their beds, in fear and hope that the stallion would go away and not bust into the room. After a couple minutes of suspense, the two mares heard the sound of hoof steps trailing away from the hall. Both the mares exhaled, in relief and began to fall asleep.

Later, in the middle of the night, Party Favor heard heavy, panicked breathing on the other side of room. He turned over in his bed, and saw Double Diamond, in his bed, staring at the ceiling. "What in Equestria is the matter with you, Double Diamond!?" Party Favor asked, a bit harshly. Double Diamond turned is head, toward Party Favor. "What sort of evil lies upon this place?!" Asked Double Diamond, panicked. It wasn't answering Party Favor's question, but it answered why Diamond Double was acting crazy. He thought that some evil was somewhere in the village. "Double Diamond, there isn't anything evil, or wrong, with this village." Said Party Favor, reassuringly. But Double Diamond didn't listen.

The thought of an evil, far greater then anything facing Equestria, itched at him. Double Diamond took a few deep breaths, to calm him self.

"I-I Just need to go outside, and get some fresh air."

"Mind if I tag along?"

Double Diamond nodded his head, which meant he allowed Party Favor to join. Party Favor smiled, and got out of bed, and so did Double Diamond. They both made their way outside, and began to just trot around the village. Surprisingly, there were still ponies, mostly what seemed to be couples, out strolling around. They all seemed so refined and classy. It was odd. It seemed as if Party Favor and Double Diamond were back in time! Why was this town so old fashioned? Most likely were they got their name, though. But it seemed to have had a reason.

As Party Favor and Double Diamond walked around, they noticed not even one pony, stare at them. That's odd. Thought Double Diamond. Wouldn't "different" ponies, starngers, like me and Party Favor be more noticed…? Double Diamond shrugged the thought off, and just went about looking around his surroundings. The lights in every building seemed to be lit, bit dimmed. "Do these ponies stay up through the whole night, or what?" Asked Party Favor, not expecting to get an answer from Double Diamond, since he him self most likely didn't know the reason. All he did was shrug, again.

Party Favor felt a chill go down his spine. It was odd. He didn't know why that happened. He wasn't cold, and he didn't have "the shivers", he simply just had a dark, cold, chill quickly crawl down his spine. He cleared his throat to get Double Diamond's attention. It worked. Double Diamond looked over at him, wondering why he did such a thing. Party Favor whispered to Double Diamond, "I… I think I'm starting to feel what you're feeling." He said, a bit fearful. Double Diamond looked down, a bit discouraged and frightened. He looked back up, toward Party Favor, "Maybe its best to go back to the bed and breakfast, and start investigating tomorrow."… Party Favor nodded in agreement.

As they both made their way back to the bed and breakfast, Double Diamond, who was in front of Party Favor as they walked, bumped into a shady stallion. He seemed to be a pegasus with light purple skin… They couldn't see his face, for the stallion was wearing a dark cloak over his back and his face. "Oh! Sorry, sir!" Said Double Diamond, nervously. "Yes, sorry!" said Party Favor, agreeing with the apology. The stallion just grunted, and rushed off behind them into the dark of the village. "That was odd." Said Party Favor. Double Diamond slightly nodded in agreement.

The next day, after the stallions returned to the bed and breakfast, all of the four friends got up from their beds. The mares were well rested, while the stallions were a bit weary-eyed from the stroll they took last night. But they still had a good attitude and some energy. The four friends all gathered in the dinning room of the bed and breakfast, were they had… Well… Breakfast! They had pancakes and juice. Double Diamond didn't eat, and Party Favor hardly ate. They pretty much just stared at their plates, nervously. Sugar Belle and Night Glider both looked at each other and then at the two stallions. "Is everything alright with you two?" Asked Sugar Belle. "Yeah," agreed Night Glider, "you both look distressed!" she continued.

Double Diamond took a deep breath, and as he opened his mouth to say something, Party Favor decided to interrupt, very nervously and spoke quiet quickly, as if to finish the subject with in the sentence, "Yes, yes, we are fine. Completely fine." Which of course, made things more suspicious to the two mares.