Today was almost a nightmare for us. I received a letter back from Princess Cadance (stamped yesterday) that said Fluttershy hadn't arrived in the Crystal Kingdom at all! She even checked the passenger manifest from the train, and there was no record of Fluttershy being on that leg of the trip, so Cadance was very concerned. We all saw her get on the train, so we were worried that something horrible had happened, like a ponynapping, or who knows what.

Fortunately, just after I rounded up the gang to make emergency plans, a courier showed up at the Library with a second note from Cadance. It was date stamped with today's date and sent Special Delivery. Cadance said not to worry after all. Apparently, Fluttershy had actually been staying in the castle all this time, and Shining Armor had been so busy with royal duties he forgot to tell his wife, if you can believe that. (As a royal myself? I can.) She had also been checking an outdated manifest by mistake. Disaster averted!

We were pretty relieved, to say the least, though it's always nice to see the fire in Rainbow Dash's eyes when push comes to shove. Our plan was that we'd take the train up there, but Rainbow would fly straight to the Kingdom nonstop, wind and snow and all. She'd have done it, too, probably cracking rainbooms all along the way. Rainbow Dash knew Fluttershy long before any of the rest of us had met, and she's always been protective of her. It's actually kind of cute, in a way. Dash doesn't want anyone to think she's a softie deep down, but c'mon. We all know.