I was riding along on my trusted horse Cinnamonswirl when I heard a terrifying cry from the barn; we raced to the barn just in time to see May, the barn manager.

"Hi, May" I said, as I leapt of Cinnamonswirl back.

"Oh, Hi Annabelle" she sighed. "Oh, thank goodness; I see you still have Cinnamonswirl—that's good"

"Still have?. ... What do you mean?

"Oh...well...you see, I..." she stammered, obviously stalling.

"May, stop stalling" I barked. "Whatever it is you can tell me".

"Well, okay..." she sighed. "You know your beloved horse and ponies?"

"Yeah"

"Well, they've...sorta...kinda...well" she went on hesitantly, then finally blurted. "They have escaped"

"What?" I said puzzled, "Cinnamonswirl did you heard that—you and my two ponies have apparently escape; aww, have you ever heard of such a darn thing" I chuckled.

"I'm not talking about Cinnamonswirl" she interrupted, "I'm talking about your other horse"

"What!? You mean Scarletdimmed, Rosepetal and Snowflake. They've all escaped?"

"Yes, I'm afraid so" she replied.

"How" I demanded,

"Well..." she began, as I pulled out my little notebook with a weathered brown covering and the words "Star Stable" etched on the front, and an erasable pen from my pocket.