The pink and purple maned filly opened her eyes. All she could see was a blur, but it wasn't the depressing grey blur she expected from the prison she was in. She could feel a comfortable bed embracing her and a thin blanket keeping her warm. She nearly let the embrace of sleep take her again when a orange and red blur jumped onto her to hug her.

"She's awake, thank Celestia she awake" Applebloom's voice shouted.

"Eeeyup" Her big brother agreed.

Scootaloo hugged her next as her vision started to recover and she realised she was in a ward of the Ponyville hospital.

"I'm so happy you are okay" Scootaloo said as she hugged the white filly tight.

"Wooohooo me too!" Screeched the pink mare that came into focus. "I think we should have a party to celebrate!" She said enthusiastically. She was regaining her ability to keep her friends spirits high, but her hair was still straight and she was still are darker pink, she was still worried about the rest of her friends. "But only after we find the missing ponies" She added.

Sweetie Belle finally tried to speak, but she realised she couldn't as she had an oxygen mask on. A tan coloured pony with a short brown mane leaned over her to take the mask off. His cutiemark is a heart monitor. Pinkie Recognises him as the same doctor that took care of Dashie when she was in the hospital.

"Hi I'm Doctor Stable and I have been taking care of you for the past twelve hours". He smiles at her. That's when it all started coming back to her, the pain she felt trying to explode the door to the prison she was in. She gulped as she reached up and was relieved when she felt the sharp point of her horn. This made her more confused.

"Huh? what happened? I thought my horn exploded!" She started asking frantically.

The doctor pony put his hoof on her mane and pet her softly.

"Shhhh it's okay, I have good news and I have bad news". He said to her softly.

"Wh.. what is the bad news!" Sweetie Belle asked dreading the answer.

"Well... I'm afraid your horn is still broken, you are not going to be able to ever use magic..."

Sweetie Belle gasped. "What?" She began to cry.

Scootaloo stepped into her view to explain the good news.

"But you are alive Sweetie Belle, you nearly died, we nearly lost you" She explained.

The white filly felt the tip of her horn again.

"Then... Then what is this?" She asked.

"It's a synthetic horn.” The doctor explained. "It's just for show, so that you can at least look like a normal unicorn.”

Sweetie Belle was still trying to take it all in.

"So I'll never use magic again?" She cried.

"I'm sorry, no.” The doctor confirmed.

The filly sank into her bed, at least that's what it felt like, she felt like she was in quicksand. After a few minutes of silence she shook her head and responded.

"I was never any good at magic anyway.” She pouted.

Applebloom hug her friend again. "Ah don't ya be like that, what ya did was amazing, ah... ahm sorry for tryin’ ta make ya try to explode tha door, ah had no idea that would happen". The farm pony started crying on her friend's shoulder.

"No... I'm sorry" Sweetie Belle replied. "I heard you ask me to stop, but I kept going, I should have stopped.”

Pinkie leapt up in excitement. "But you are okay, you are alive, I'm so happy"!

Sweetie Belle nodded. "I suppose I am, thank you girls."

"Oh by the way" Scootaloo said. "There is something you should see.”

The orange filly pulled off Sweetie's blanket and pointed at her flank. "You got your cutiemark" She smiled.

"What"? Sweetie Belle gasped in surprise and looked at her haunches and to her surprise there was indeed a symbol there. She was afraid she would see something to do with exploding stuff, that would now he useless to her. But instead it was something she didn't expect, it was a black musical note, with a few circles around it, implying loudness.

Everypony in the room clapped for her in celebration and Sweetie Belle blushed in embarrassment. "Aw guys.... stop it". She giggled.

After they celebrated her cutiemark for a while. They started to get quiet and it was Sweetie Belle who broke the silence.

"Um.... how did you find us Scootaloo and Pinkie?"

Scootaloo was not looking forward to that question, neither was Applebloom who already knew the answer now.

The orange filly scratched her hoof on the ground in hesitation. "Ummm. We found you in a secret room in the Carousel Boutique".

"What?!" Sweetie screeched loudly, her cutiemark was already emphasising it's relevance as she began speaking loudly.

"No! no no no no, what? no! Why would my own sister?" She started blabbering.

"We know, Sweetie Belle it's ridiculous, there is no way Rarity would ponynap us...." Scootaloo said.

Applebloom looked at Scootaloo with disapproval and spoke her own mind.

"We hope she didn't ponynap us, but tha evidence ain't in her favour is it?"

"Nope" Big Mac agreed.

"But... Why?" Sweetie Belle stared at them confused. "She's my sister.”

"Ah don't know Sweetie Belle, but ah want ta find out, maybe she was protectin' us.” Applebloom reasoned.

"What? from what?" Sweetiebelle looked around frantically and then realised that she saw her kidnapper.

"I saw her...." She said hesitantly.

"What?" asked the two other fillies.

"She was a pony dressed entirely in tight black stuff, she had a horn, well I think it was a mare, her identity was completely concealed, um.... maybe it was my sister" Sweetie Belle explained.

"Oh" Applebloom laughed, "I saw her too remember, when we were in the cage".

"Oh right, sorry, my memory is fuzzy and I have a headache". Sweetie Belle apologised.

The doctor pony held up some pills and a small cup of water to her. "These will help with that" He explained. "I want you to stay in the hospital for several days, just in case".

Sweetiebelle took the medication and rubbed her painful fake horn.

"No... I need to find my sister" She objected.

The doctor looked at her with a worried look. "I don't think that's a good idea, your horn is still recovering".

"What horn?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"I can't keep you here against your will, but I will warn you, I've never treated a broken horn before.... You may still be able to use magic, but don't because it could kill you, even the simplest little telekinesis could make your horn explode again.... what's left of it that is" He said with haste.

Sweetie Belle nodded. "Fine, I won't use any magic, can I go now doctor?”

"Ah think ya should rest" Applebloom objected.

"Shut up Applebloom, I'm going to find my sister alone if I have to". She shouted and her voice cracked in emphasis on the word alone.

"You won't be alone Sweetie Belle" Scootaloo grinned. "Cutiemark Crusaders always stick together".

"Am I still a cutiemark crusader?" Sweetie Belle asked. "I have my cutiemark.”

"Of course ya are" Appleblood cuddles her. "Ya'll need ta teach us how to find ours".

"Ha ha I guess I do" the white filly blushed. "But first I need to find my sister.”

"Yes, let's find your sister" Scootaloo nodded and helped the white filly out of her bed.

Sweetie Belle could already feel the painkillers taking effect and her broken horn now felt numb. She felt sad that she would never get to use magic, but she pushed that thought aside and decided to focus on what was important now.

"Okay girls, let's find my sister, where should we start.” Sweetiebelle asked.

"Well..." Applebloom felt nervous as she dared to make the suggestion. "Maybe ya sister is with that Redblood ponynapper guy.”

Sweetie Belle shook her head. "No... I mean yes, she's been ponynapped too" The thought of her sister being the mare that ponynapped them sickened her.

"Word in Ponyville is that they are in the Everfree forest somewhere" Scootaloo said.

"Well then let's go" Sweetiebelle said without a second thought.

"Nope" Big Macintosh put his hoof down in an attempt to exert his adult authority.

"I have to agree" Pinkie Pie frowned. "It's dangerous in there, I have pinkie promised to keep you three safe and I can't break a pinkie promise.”

"Then ya'll have to come with us, cuz we are goin' no matter what ya say". Applebloom protested.

"Please girls, Twilight and Applejack are already looking for them, I'm sure they will succe...." All of a sudden, Pinkie Pie started to shake uncontrollably.

"Ye ee ee ii ii kk kk ee ee ss" She screeched as her voice sounded like it was going through a fan.

"What is it?" Scootaloo asked.

"Somepony is in danger! I think it's Twilight!" She panicked as her shaking stopped.

"We have to help her!" Sweetie Belle yelled.

"Yes, my scooter is outside hurry!" Scootaloo yelled back at the room.

"All right!" Applebloom called out as the three of them rushed out of the hospital.

"Girls wait.... I wanna come too!" Pinkie called out to them.

"Then keep up!" Scootaloo called back to her.

"That's easy" Pinkie giggled. Her confidence started growing again and she was somehow running along side them all of a sudden, she didn't know how she got there, nor did they. But the answer was obvious. Because Pinkie Pie.

Big Macintosh tried to follow then, but he couldn't keep up.