The train let out a large cloud of steam as it pulled into Ponyville station. It came to a smooth stop and ponies began filing out of the carriages. Stormflower walked out onto the station and looked around her. She had never been in Ponyville before but it looked like a nice town. She turned right and saw Joan exiting a carriage. He turned towards her, winked, and disappeared into the crowd of ponies. Stormflower chuckled and walked out of the station.

"Dashie told me in a past letter that her house was just on the outskirts of town," Stormflower said to herself. "I just wonder which direction it's in." She began flapping her wings and ascended several feet into the air. "Ah! There it is!"

She took off towards the cloud home in the distance. She reached it within the span of a couple minutes and landed in front of the front door. She knocked on the door three times and waited. Nopony answered.

"Hmm. Well it is early. She must be busy sleeping," she chuckled. She knocked on the door again and again until she finally gave up. "I guess she isn't home."

"Hey!" called a voice from down below. "Rainbow Dash! I'm ready for my lessons!" Stormflower looked down towards the ground to see a small brown pegasus filly. "What the hay? You're not Rainbow Dash!"

Stormflower lowered herself to the ground and approached the filly.

"So you're looking for Dash too?" she asked.

"Yeah. What do you want with her anyway?!"

"I'm her older sister, Stormflower. I've arrived in Ponyville a bit early to give her a nice surprise."

"You're Stormflower?!"

"Yes. It looks like my sister has mentioned me to you. I hope what she said was good."

"It was. She told me about you yesterday. Hmm...you two don't really look that much alike."

"Yeah. So how do you know my sister?"

"She's my hero! The name's Scootaloo!"

"So she has fans? That's nice. Well it was nice meeting you, Scootaloo."

"Are you heading off somewhere?"

"I want to find my sister and say hello."

"Why don't we both look for her together? She promised me some private lessons today."

"Lessons? Why kind of lessons?"

"Uh...private ones."

"Okay then. So where should we start looking for her?"

"Well...the last time I talked to her she said that she was meeting Pinkie Pie at Sugar Cube Corner."

There was that name again. Pinkie Pie. Where had she heard that name before? Stormflower shook the thought out of her head and looked back down at the young filly.

"Okay," she said. "Lead the way. I'm new around here so I don't know where everything is."

"This way! Just follow me!" said Scootaloo. Stormflower began to fly upward but she noticed that Scootaloo was walking to town instead of flying there. She lowered herself back down to the ground and walked after the pegasus filly. Strange. A pegasus filly who preferred walking? A light bulb turned on in Stormflower's head. Those private lessons suddenly made more sense.

The two pegasi walked calmly through the streets of Ponyville. Stormflower noticed a few heads turning her way and she blushed. She had never been in a town where she was recognized so easily. They were just passing through the middle of town when Stormflower bumped into somepony.

"I'm sorry!" she said as the pony in front of her fell over. "Let me help you!"

Stormflower helped the unicorn pony up.

"It's no problem," said the unicorn. "I wasn't watching where I was going and-"

The unicorn looked up at Stormflower and a wide smile appeared on her face.

"It seems I'm well known around these parts."

"Yes you are! My name's Twilight Sparkle. Can I call you Stormflower?"

"Sure."

"I've read all of your books and I find them all really informative. I'm also really close friends with Rainbow Dash."

"So another pony who knows my sister. Scootaloo and I were just looking for her."

"That's funny. I was just about to do the same thing."

"You haven't seen her either?" Scootaloo asked.

"Not since the night before last."

"We were just going to see if she was at a place called Sugar Cube Corner," said Stormflower.

"Yeah. Pinkie Pie should know where she went."

The three ponies then continued on their quest to find the missing pegasus.

They arrived at Sugar Cube Corner within the span of a few minutes. An orange earth pony approached them.

"Howdy, Twilight!" she said.

"Hey, Applejack," said Twilight. "Are you looking for Rainbow Dash too?"

"Actually yes. Ah was just about to go ask Pinkie about that and...who the hay are you?"

Stormflower chuckled and extended her hoof.

"I'm Stormflower, Rainbow Dash's older sister," she replied. Applejack smiled and shook Stormflower's hoof.

"Ah knew there was somethin' about ya that looked familiar. I've seen ya on many different book covers."

"Can we talk about all of this later?!" snapped Scootaloo. "I want to find Rainbow Dash!"

"Okay! Okay!" said Stormflower. "No need to get your wings in a bundle!"

The four ponies then walked into the store. As soon as they entered, however, Applejack's face instantly became bright green.

"Are you okay?" Twilight asked. Applejack shook her head, ran over to a nearby wastebasket, and threw up the contents of her breakfast. "I'll take that as a no."

"Ah...ah don't know what's wrong," Applejack coughed. "Ah just...suddenly feel...really sick."

"You should head over to the clinic. I think you might have come across some type of food poisoning."

Applejack nodded in agreement and walked out of the store.

"That was strange," Twilight continued.

"How so?" Stormflower asked.

"I've never seen a pony get sick so quickly."

"There must be an illness out and about."

"Maybe."

"So where is this Pinkie Pie?"

"I'm right here!" said a high pitched, cheery voice. Stormflower turned right to see a happy pink pony with a large, wild mane staring happily at her.