....And, we were going to achieve that goal no matter what.

I checked the time from the sky, and I realized it was just about sunrise. Perfect timing.

In a short time period, we reached where the others were... And, for once, they weren't sleeping! Perfect.

"Shadow!" Ollie and Lucy shouted, and came to my side. They wagged their snowy tails with delight. Ollie examined Looka, as well and nodded.

Looka giggled to herself. "Hi again." Looka said, politely. Looka was like a savior of the darkness, though, she would never be my savior. I knew that. But, I was glad that she was helping other ponies and creatures... Mostly creatures, but, who knows? It could be ponies in the future, too.

"Hi, miss!" Ollie said in his own unique tone... Dear Luna, it was like that dog had his own accent.

"Hey." Lucy said, looking at her and smiling. Echo wandered over to Lucy, and he sat by her...

"I see you have returned, Shadow. Oh! And, miss Looka. It's a pleasure to see you again." Echo said, looking at her. ...I think Echo is a natural flamboyant dog that likes to flirt with everyone... Interesting.

Looka just shrugged it off, and nodded. "Nice to see you too, Echo." She said, with no real intentions except replying.

"Where's Athena?" I asked, as I wanted to bring them all together so we could start on our adventure. I hope she wasn't-

"Sleeping." Echo said, in a monotone, tone. That's exactly what I didn't want to hear, but what did I expect? She slept all the time... Anywhere, anytime.

"Where?" I asked. Echo pointed to a high spruce tree that was some-how not covered in snow. And, you want to know where she was sleeping? At the very top. Great.