Guards gallop the halls of the palace in a rush to find their target. Servants scavenge through any papers and report them to Celestia immediately. Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash soar through the sky surveying the ground below them. Applejack and Pinkie Pie ride the train to neighboring towns in a hurry. Rarity serves as a detective and looks for details that not many find obvious.

All that runs through their minds is that they need to find her.

It has been a week since Twilight's disappearance had been announced and Equestria was going nuts. Twilight was the savior of her people next to Celestia. She was the Saint of Friendship. Just as her friends are praised as Saints of their elements, she is the one who is praised the most. With someone as 'holy' as her gone, the regular peace was disturbed greatly.

Posters of the princess' face were everywhere and large rewards were issued out to those who found the slightest trace of her. Celestia sat on her throne listening to the stories of the ponies saying that they found evidence of her presence somewhere. Most of them were fake stories. Celestia made sure of the honesty of her subjects by having 'St. Honesty' by her side as she listened to the long drag of stories. No luck had come out of it.

In the end, Celestia knew they weren't any closer to solving the strange disappearance. She found herself thinking of the worst case scenario. That Twilight was dead. Sometimes thoughts of her former student being trapped in a cell starving and suffering plagued her mind. It got so bad that Luna had to make her fall asleep and she soothed her mind by entering her dreams and letting happy things enter her head.

It never worked.

When she woke up harsh reality stabbed through her like a knife.

Celestia was reading the files she was given by servants from Twilight's private study. None of it made much sense. How did she obtain her schedule? What did the circled date mean on Twilight's schedule? Why did Twilight try to recreate the gas that caused Sunset autism? Too many things were going on inside her head.

Celestia took a deep breath and tried to refresh her memory on what happened.

Ok, so the first thing she noticed was Twilight's behavior. Twilight was acting strangely and Celestia thought it was because of her being overwhelmed by her duties as princess. The next thing she saw noticed off was the schedule. Twilight's schedule had all of Celestia's appointments somehow. She had not asked for the schedule or anything, they were just there.

Next, was the file. It had Sunset Shimmer's records, theorems, observations, life work, and notes. On February 21, Celestia noticed that Twilight had sprawled chemical calculations on it, all crossed out. Celestia made the assumption that Twilight was trying to recreate the terrible fume that ruined her daughter's life.

Slowly things came together.

The circle date on Twilight's schedule was the day before Celestia noticed her student was gone. Twilight was clearly planning something. The nervous attitude of hers, the files, the formulas...

Suddenly a theory came into her head.

Twilight was upset that she couldn't go see Sunset in the other world after her exile and so she decided to snoop around. Getting a hold of Celestia's schedule, she was able to time her spying and got the files. After reading the files, Twilight became hooked on remaking the gas to use as a new thing to experiment and test. However, because it wasn't said what the chemicals were to make the gas, Twilight got frustrated. She got in a bad mood but couldn't tell anyone about it. The circled date was probably the day Twilight aimed for the recreation to be complete.

But Twilight felt it wouldn't be finished...

Celestia thought it over and over again. This seemed to be a very likely explanation for everything but why Twilight disappeared. She wasn't too keen on science, but she knew it had to do something with that field. Twilight probably was in search of a missing chemical or concoction of some kind...

Yes. This had to be it.

Twilight was convinced there was something missing that was vital to her making the gas.

Where would Twilight have gone in search of this item? Celestia had to think very hard on it. She yawned. It was getting to be time she set the sun. Celestia stood up and stretched. She needed a break anyway. She walked out on to her balcony and saw her sister from the watch tower. Luna nodded to her.

"Everything hath gone well thou hope?"

Celestia sighed and shook her head. "I'm afraid not, little sister. I'm still working on it."

Luna nodded again, this time slowly. "Thou see..."

She looked up with purpose.

"It is the time of the setting of the sun. As always, thou shalt proceed."

Celestia bowed her head down slightly and she conjured up the alicorn magic inside her. Seeing the setting sun only made Celestia think one word.

Sunset...

The golden ball of fire lowered it's position in the sky and Luna cast the dark colors of night that combined with the warm shades of day. Making a beautiful sky of red, pinks, oranges, and yellows. The sun Celestia was controlling lowered down before the vast ocean long out in the distance, the Equine Sea. The water glistened with light and waved in calm waves.

Shimmer...

The process of night fall eventually came to an end and Celestia went back into her room. She needed rest. Looking back at the file on the table an idea hit her.

Zecora.

Zecora was the pony anyone went to when it came to potions and herbs. Surely Twilight went to her. Celestia laid down and yawned. She'd go to Zecora's first thing in the morning.

Author's Notes:

The real stuff doesn't happen yet. So calm down!!! Iamawesome suggested I put the Author's Notes at the bottom of the chapters because they can be annoying and some people may skip over them. I appreciate the feedback and will keep it in mind. Also, I advise you follow Iamawesome. They give really good advice that could help you improve your writing skills. Ferhog is also someone who gives constructive feedback.

Also, this! Twilight was sure that making the gas would work...All she had to do was fart! That's Celestia's real theory.

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