Applejack sat next to Scaleblade at the breakfast table, tapping her hoof impatiently. Granny Smith and Macintosh remained silent which was out of the norm, at least for Granny. Scalblade mumbled something incoherent through a spoonful of Apple Jack's namesake. Applejack probably thought it was something about his lackluster sleep habits. Slowly his hoof balanced chin caved and his face slammed into his bowl splitting it. Granny was the only one shielded from the explosion. AJ and Macintosh made their way to the sink to clean themselves off.

        "Listen," Macintosh said with the big brother tone she knew too well. "Your new beau is, well worse than a stick in the mud."

        "He's not my beau, and he's one of the best stallions I ever met."

        "All he's done is sleep, and make more work for me to clean up. He screamed the window to pieces, uprooted a tree, and he almost broke the table."

        "He's just... oh you wouldn't believe me if I told ya."

        "Oh you hush up," Granny stepped through the doorway. "She'll date who she wants, ain't nobody got time to argue bout it."

        "We're not datin, I'm just puttin him up til he can buy a new house." Applejack yelled.

        "THAT'S ENOUGH OUTTA BOTH A Y'ALL!" Granny shouted in anger. "I don't have any more medication, so you two stop fightin er dear old Granny's gonna pop you upside the head. Now go find yer sister, she's been gone for three days straight, I'm startin to get worried."

        "You've gotta be kiddin', she's been out for three days? Usually it's just two at most."

        "And she still tells us,"

        "Is something wrong?" Scaleblade asked still drowsy and damp.

         "Go'on Get, don't come back without her!" Granny pushed the three of them out the door.

         -Carousel-

         Rarity was just starting her morning routine when she was interrupted by a knocking on the downstairs door. She had hoped for a quiet day, Sweetie Belle was back home, and she opted not to turn the closed sign around. She rolled her eyes seeing her disdain in her reflection. "Coming!" She forewent the rest of her routine to answer the door. "I made sure to notify the mayor that I would not be taking customers today," As she got to the bottom of the stairs the knocking rapidly increased. "Un minute s'il vous plaît!"

        Rarity lighted her horn, and almost yanked the door off it's hinges. "The sign says..." She paused after seeing her parents. "I'm so sorry, I didn't get much sleep last night, I was occupied." Rarity plastered on a false facade. "Why are you here so early, and why knock? did Sweetie Belle lose the key I gave her?"

        "Is she here? She forgot her things." Pearl asked.

        "No I haven't seen her since Friday, she left before I woke up on Saturday." Rarity tumbled over her words with a questioning inflection. "I could have sworn she went home."

        -Ponyville Campgrounds-

        Invisible slowly opened his eyes. "Rainbow Dash..." He paused to take in a breath. "Rainbow?" As his eyes focused he found he was alone. "Damn, always happens." He thought he was used to the pain of running off another mare but still felt sad. Then he noticed a familiar cyan hoof part the tent entrance. "Good Morning."

        "Nothing's great about it. I can't find her..."

        "Who?" Invisible was still groggy.

        "Scootaloo, I told you I'm responsible for her."

        "Okay calm down, give me a minute and we'll get going."

        -Golden Oaks Library-

        Twilight had been studying the shrine that magically, without explanation she might add, teleported them home. She'd rather not touch it for fear of returning without a clear way back. She noted the designs had slightly changed from the Tamrielic version, they were rounder and more soft. In Tamriel they had sharper edges and clean cuts. It was engraved in a combination of ancient Equestrian, a mixture of Dragon, and Daedric. Then she noticed something else out of the ordinary. Evidence of foul play, three distinct hair colors laying on it.

        "Weird, Fluttershy knows fur, maybe she knows." The nine strands, each three of a different color, were levitated in a purple aura and dropped into a manila envelope. as she locked up on her way out to Fluttershy's

        -Town Square-

        "Hey Kid!" Rainbow shouted.

        "Rainbow Dash?" Rarity stopped her Pegasus friend. "You lost Scootaloo as well?"

        "Don't say lost, you make me sound like a bad parent, and whadaya mean as well?"

        "You've misplaced her then, and Sweetie Belle isn't with her parents."

        "Hey you guys seen Applebloom?" Macintosh stayed quiet while Applejack and Scaleblade went up to ask.

        "From what I gather these three are good friends, maybe they are together somewhere..." Invisible pondered aloud. It may be beneficial to form a scouting party, than to split up, if I knew more about them I could help more."

        "Why didn't I think of that? Oh well shall we search together?"

        -Fluttershy's Cottage-

        "What do you think Fluttershy?" Twilight asked.

        "It's fur..." The butter pony stated, examining them through a microscope.

        "I know that!"

        "I'm sorry, Discord just left, and he's a little overbearing."

        "You still didn't answer me."

        "I was sure you'd have figured it out, you have read  every book in that library seven times each." Fluttershy was simply pandering at this point. She looked toward her lavender friend's angry face before feeling sad and sighing.

        "I may have an encyclopedia or three in here but it takes time to look anything up."

        "I'm sorry," Fluttershy took a deep breath. "By the looks of it it's Pony fur, filly, not to fresh maybe two or three days, since shed."

       "We don't shed."

       "Of course we don't, we're older, we shed occasionally we never notice, we're too preoccupied with our daily lives to notice." As Fluttershy paused to take a breath, Rarity burst in without knocking, throwing her out of her skin. "Don't do that, you know I scare easy!"

       "My apologies, I was just wondering if you had seen my sister anywhere."

       "I haven't sorry, what about you Twilight?"

       "No I've been busy... Hold on... Rust, yellow, and white, same colors as theirs..." Twilight's rational mind returned to the helm. "Pinkie Pie!"

       "Speak of the Deadra and she appears." Pinkie waltzed into the den from the kitchen.

       "We have a big problem, Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo, they might have, maybe, possibly."

       "Spit it out!" The three steaming sisters shouted in unison.

       "Be in Tamriel."

       The Pink pony pounced around the room. "We're going back, we're going back, we're going back..." Pinkie stopped mid air and put on a somber smile, before slowly landing. "I must put on my war face."

       "Going back where?" Macintosh asked.

       "Home..." Scaleblade said with a somber tone.