Chapter 2 - A New Day

The next morning, the three ponies went to Fluttershy’s house and found Spike there, cleaning. Spike had already done most of the tasks, but the girls helped with the few there were left.
The three ponies then went out to the Cutie Mark Crusaders club house, to plan the day.
They had no idea what they were going to do. So they decided to look around town to see if there was something they could help with.
No. Nothing...
"What now?" Said Scootaloo with her head dangling upside down, whilst she’s lying in the bean bag chair in the club house.
"I don’t know" said Apple Bloom quietly tapping the floor rapidly. She always does this. She’s got a restless leg from running around the farm.
Suddenly a whitish grey pegasus pony with a bag around its waist flew by the window.
"Derpy!?" Scootaloo yelled at the obviously confused pegasus pony.
The flying pony stopped and looked around, finally found the shack in the tree hidden behind some branches.
"Oh there you are girls, I’ve been looking for you everywhere!" said Derpy Hooves
The girls were having a really hard time not starring into her confusing cross eyes.
"I’ve got a letter to you two, from your sisters" she said, and looked at Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle.
Derpy reached into her bag and fished out an envelope with their and Spikes name on it.
"Shouldn’t we wait for Spike to so we could open It together?" asked Sweetie Belle
"He can read it later" said Apple Bloom, already opening the letter.
She opened it read it out loud.
Dear Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Spike
"We are writing to let you know, that we have safely arrived at our destination at the hotel were staying in."
The formal horn writing was Rarity’s, Sweetie Belle could clearly see, but decided to not to share.
"Fluttershy and Pinkie Pies says hi"
"What about Rainbow dash?" Said Scootaloo, now lifting herself up from the bean bag chair and nearing in on the girls so she could read the letter.
"Did she say anything about me? Did she say hi?"
"Actually it says Rainbow Dash is out, watching the Wonder Bolts rehearse for a show..."
"Ahhh how cool" Scootaloo said, and jumped around in the room, and then dropped back down in the bean bag chair where she had lied before, looking up in air.
"The Wonderbolts..." She said, and sighed with a smile.
Following in the steps of Rainbow Dash she has always been a huge fan of The Wonderbolts and dreams of flying with them one day. Of course, Rainbow Dash has already achieved this goal.
The cross eyed pony looked at the girls and then asked Apple Bloom
"Do you know where Big Macintosh and Granny Smith are? I have a letter to them from your sister."
"I think they’re in the barn" Said Apple Bloom, and pointed in the direction of the big red barn.
Derpy turned her head, and said goodbye to the girls and then flew in the direction Apple Bloom was pointing.
"Let’s go find Spike, to give him the letter" Said Sweetie Belle, already leaving out the door.
The three ponies went to Twilights house, and went inside. The light was on, but Spike was nowhere to be found.
"I... guess he’s at Rarity’s..." Apple Bloom said, looking like a giant question mark. It was getting dark and he should be done with cleaning Rarity’s house.
The girls then went to Rarity’s house. But he wasn’t there either. Where could he be? He had cleaned the house, you could easily see that. He had done his best to impress Rarity.
He left nothing behind. Nothing but a piece of paper on the counter next to the cash register.
"What’s this?" Scootaloo asked, and moved closer.
"Looks like a letter" Said Apple Bloom.
She was right. On the counter were an opened envelope and an unfolded note.
----
Spike
We need to speak to each other.
Meet me by the big lake in the Everfree forest, tonight at 6 o' clock.
----
It wasn’t signed. Not even a "goodbye" or "hope to see you there"
"What’s the time?" Asked Apple Bloom.
Sweetie Belle looked at the clock on the wall by the counter, amazed by why Apple Bloom hadn’t noticed it when they walked in.
"Its twelve minutes past seven..." She answered with a perplexed face.
Shouldn’t he be home by now? Who was he meeting? When will he be back? Should we go find him? Is he in trouble?
So many questions were running through the 3 ponies heads.
After a moment, Sweetie Belle finally broke the silence
"Should we go find him?"
"Ehh... I don’t know... It’s getting dark...” Said Scootaloo.
"And I don’t think Granny Smith would like us to go into the Everfree forest at this hour of the day" Added Apple Bloom. She knew how her grandmother would react to this, and was very nervous, but kept on a mask. After all she wouldn’t seem un-cool in front of 2 best friends.

A moment passed.

"I guess we could wait for tomorrow..." Sweetie Belle then said
"But if he has not come back then-"
She gulped
"If he has not come back then we have to go find him in the Everfree forest"
Apple Bloom and Scootaloo look at Sweetie Belle, with surprised faces. Like they didn’t already knew that they had to go find him, but that it was pointed out it seemed a lot more realistic.
They went back to Sweet Apple Acres and tried to fall asleep. Every now and then one of them would get up and look in the direction of town, in hope of some sign that Spike had returned home in his small bed in Twilights house. Though there were no signs, they knew he hadn’t.

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