Applejack, Applebloom, and Sweetie Belle arrived where Sigma was last seen. For reasons unknown to them, he wasn't there.

Applejack looked at Applebloom and growled "Where is he?"

"Ah don't know, he was right over there. Right where..that tree...was." Applebloom said. Whatever she was going to say was lost when she say the remnants of the tree stump.

They all stared at it until Sweetie Belle broke the silence "What happened to the tree?"

"Ah don't know, but whatever happened must've been real powerful." Applejack chimed in.

The silence continued for thirty seconds when Applebloom asked "What do we do sis?"

Without looking at her, Applejack said "The only thing we can do, get Twilight. She'll know what to do." Applejack turned around and said "Come on girls, your comin' with me."

The girls both started whining about how they wanted to stay.

Applejack answered "Ah don't wanna see either of you get hurt. ah know you wanna look for Scootaloo, but she can take care of herself."

"But what if something happened to her?" Sweetie Belle asked?

"Ah'm pretty sure something did and for her sake, Sigma ain't the cause of this. If somethin' did happen to them, then she'll be safe around him. Ah hope." Applejack said worriedly.

"But what if Sigma is the reason Scootaloo's gone?" Applebloom asked.

"Then Ah reckin' we'll need help against him." Applejack answered.

"But why?" Sweetie aked.

Applejack came clean on this one and said "Its cause Ah reckin' that he's a dangerous sort and as much as Ah hate to admit it, Ah don't think Ah'm strong enough to fight him. Now come on, we need to get back to Ponyville."

Sweetie Belle and Applebloom didn't complain any further. They followed Applejack silently back to town.

Dude, this fucking sucks big balls. First, you piss off Twilight and her friends. Then you teleport into a tree and get your horn stuck in it. You also deemed it necessary to blow up said tree. This led to you having a burnout. You passed-out from the migraine that you still have and these low lives captured you while you were unconscious. Now, your locked in a cargo compartment with an inhibitor ring on that has been enchanted further to mute you. How fucked are you?

Royally, but your logic is flawed. First, your equally at fault for pissing off at least half of those ponies. Second, it was your idea to teleport to the library where we knew Twilight would be in the first place. Third, you and I both know that the ponies that captured us are clearly professionals and they have probably been stalking us us since we got here. Also, when those fillies left, they could've easily removed us and then captured us. Fourth, no matter how much I hate you, we are in this together.

Yeah, too bad Trixie isn't here to get us out of this one

Do you think she's still alive?

No idea. After what happened, it would surprise me if she was. If she is alive, then she probably wouldn't help us anyway.

I wonder how her traveling magic show went?

I don't know, we'll ask Twilight if we ever see her again.

I miss Trixie.

Me too bro, me too.

Applejack had gathered the girls up. She didn't tell them what was going on at the time because she needed all that time to gather them and get going.

"So, what is so important enough that you had to bring me to the Everfree at this time. I am late for my appointment at the spa." Rarity complained.

"Quit whining Rarity." Rainbow said.

Rarity shot Rainbow a look and said "I am not whining, I am complaining."

"What's the difference?" Rainbow said lazily.

Before Rarity could demonstrate, Applejack interupted. "Rarity, this used to involve Sweetie Belle, that's why you're here."

Rarity groaned "What did she do this time."

"All ya need to know right now is that it involved Sigma." Applejack answered.

There was a groan from everypony there, including Fluttershy.

"Oh, and it also involves Scootaloo." Applejack added.

"What happened?" Twilight asked.

"Ah don't know Twi, Ah was hopin' that you could tell us." Applejack said.

"So what do you know Applejack?" Rainbow asked.

"That Sigma teleported and his horn got stuck in a tree." Applejack answered.

Rainbow started laughing once she heard this.

"AND" Applejack yelled to they could hear her. "That tree is now scattered all over the place from some sort of explosion."

"Anything else?" Twilight asked.

"Scootaloo was near when it happened and now she's gone." Applejack replied.

Rainbow sobered up fast once she heard this. "If he laid one hoof on her, I'm gonna knock his flank to next Tuesday."

Pinkie added "Silly Rainbow, tomorrow's Tuesday."

Fluttershy said "Maybe he didn't have anything to do with it."

"That's what Ah'm thinkin' Flutteshy." Applejack said.

Twilight spoke up "It would make sense Fluttershy, he said he was running from somepony when I interviewed him. Maybe they found him."

"Do you know why?" Rarity asked

"No, he refused to tell me who it was or why he was running." Twilight answered.

Before they could answer, the arrived at the sight.

"Alright Twi, you go on ahead and start looking around." Applejack said.

30 minutes later

"Alright" Twilight begun. "It appears that it was Sigma who blew up the tree, but Scootaloo wasn't hurt in the blast. Thats the good news."

"Whats the bad news?" Applejack asked.

"The bad news is that I was right and he was taken by a group of ponies-" Twilight started to say but was interrupted by Rainbow Dash.

"How is that bad news? That's great news. We'll never have to see his sorry flank again."

"Please let me finish." Twilight said.

When Rainbow didn't respond, Twilight continued. "Anyway, he was taken by a group of ponies. Probably the same ones who were looking for him. The problem is is that Scootaloo was also taken or she decided it was a good idea to follow them."

That earned a gasp from the group.

"Wait, it gets worse." Twilight interjected. "Sigma probably had a burnout. Now, I personally don't think he would want Scootaloo in this with him so he might try to help her. But he won't be able to do much before they get to their destination. We have another problem as well. They didn't leave much of a trail and what little there is has gone cold. So we can't track them."

This simmered for a couple seconds before Rainbow spoke up. "So what do we do?"

"The only thing we can do, go to los Pegasus and try and find who would want Sigma." Twilight said. "If we leave tonight by train, we can get there in two days."

"What about the fillies?" Rarity asked.

"Granny Smith can take care of them." Applejack answered.

"Its settled then. Meet me at the train station at six tonight." Twilight said.

Scootaloo was tired. She had gone all day without food or water.

Why did I do this again? She asked herself.

Her hooves were hurting and she needed a break. But what she needed more was a plan.

Think Scootaloo think.

She continued on for a while before an idea came to her. What she didn't know is that this plan was extremely risky and it required for her not to be recognized.

The mane six were on board the train headed to Los Pegasus when a question came up.

"Have any of you been to Los Pegasus?" Twilight asked.

All of them gave an answer of no in one form or another, except Rainbow Dash.

"Well, whats it like darling?" Rarity asked.

"I'll tell you guys tomorrow." Rainbow said. "Its late and I'm going to sleep."

Scootaloo saw that the caravan had stopped and she prepared herself.

Alright, lets get my story straight. I ran away from home and have been on my own for a couple days now. Yeah, that'll work.

She looked at her reflection in a nearby stream.

Hmm, I don't look like I have, I'll fix that.

She then went to putting mud in her mane and on her coat. Once she decided that she looked her part, she started to walk to the caravan.

Alright, moment of truth. Maybe I'll get my cutie mark in acting. She thought happily to herself.

But when she walked into the firelight, she saw a mare that she thought she would never see again.

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