FAE3

The mane six were hanging out in twilight's castle, trying to find any info on the "horsemen."

"Anything yet?" Twilight asked.

"That's the problem. There's too much info. It would take us a whole freaking year to follow all these leads." Dash groaned.

"If we could just narrow it down…that could make it easier." Fluttershy said.

Spike walked in. "Hot cocoa? You look like you need it. You've been up all night."

AJ looked at a clock on the wall. It was 3 in the morning. "Jeez. We've been working longer then ah thought."

Twilight took a mug. "Thanks, Spike."

"Hey, spike?"

Spike turned to Dash. "What?"

"Do you have any ideas on how to narrow the search down?" RD stretched and yawned. She then took a mug of cocoa.

"Well…" Spike thought for a minute. "… I would look for the earliest reports of the horsemen. Then I would cross reference the reports with the DVD's stats. Then I would ask celestia if she add anything else on them, add cross reference that with the info already gathered. Then, I would work from there, using the info on what they've done before and use it to predict what they'll do next."

"Why didn't I think of that?" Twilight muttered.

"Thanks spike. Can you send a letter to celestia?"

"Sure. Call for me if you need anything else." Spike walked out.

'Oh, and Spike?"

Spike looked back through the doorway. "Yeah?"

"Ask celestia for some better tech. We're gonna need a world map." Twilight said.

"Didn't I mention when you got the Laptops that they came with that stuff?"

"No. They do?"

"Yeah. She said it was easy to figure out. Just type the element name you embody while you're in the desktop."

"Thanks, spike." RD said.

"I'm gonna go write that letter."

Four hours later.

"I got something!" Pinkie whooped.

"Wait, seriously?" Dash asked.

"Yep!"

"How?" Twilight asked.

"I did what spike suggested, but then I compared the voices, physical records, and so on, to everyone. We have six matches with full bios, not just what Robotnick's files had!"

The others looked at her.

"What?" Pinkie asked.

"How'd you-? You know what, forget it." Fluttershy said

"Who are they?" RD asked

"I'll send you an email with the record for the horseman we each chose." Pinkie said.

"Let's each go to a separate room so we won't have distractions." Rarity said.

The others agreed and walked into separate rooms, except for Dashie, who stayed in the main room.

Dashie opened the email and clicked the link. The grid showed up, and Robotnick's voice could be heard in the background.

6th Horseman: Death

"Yeah, yeah, I've already seen it." Dash skipped the physical data and went straight to the bio.

Real name:

Suddenly, the screen froze.

"Oh, come on!" Dash yelled. The screen unfroze, and words began appearing.

You aren't allowed to see that.

"Very funny, Pinkie!"

"That wasn't me! I swear that had been the actual file!"

Good night.

The computers suddenly shut down.

"Well, that's just great! We had a lead, and then some hacker screws it up and shuts down our laptops!" Dash said sarcastically.

"These computers were supposed to be unhackable. Who could have hacked it?" Rarity asked

"We don't know anyone that smart." Twilight said

"Did ya forget, twilight? That horseman you looking into-Famine?-has an IQ five times that of a normal person." AJ said.

"He'd either have to have a really long-range hacking system, or he'd have to be very close…" Twilight's voice trailed off as she let the thought sink in. She looked at the others. They immediately ran to any openings.

"Anything?"

"Nothing."

"Not here."

"I can't even see out there. Luna must be taking the night off."

The group walked back into the main room. Spike walked in, carry 6 to 7 flat, steaming boxes.

"What are in the boxes, Spike?"

"Ya'll have been up, so I figured you'd be hungry. I got each of you your own individual pizzas."

The girls immediately grabbed the pizzas and began chowing down.

"I knew you were hungry, but if you keep eating like that, it's gonna come back up. I don't want to clean that up." Spike said, crossing his arms.

"Okay, okay." Das said, rolling her eyes.

"What were you guys looking out the windows for?" Spike asked.

"Our laptops got hacked, and we were seeing if the hacker was close by. But we didn't see anyone."

Unbeknownst to them, six figures were in the Everfree forest, about 300 yards away, with a fire blazing, and meat roasting watching. The figure in front switched his left eyes vision from telescopic back to normal.

"Ready to engage. Should we go ahead?" A figure sitting on a tree stump asked. He was feeding the fire with some logs, using a spit to roast the meat, making sure it didn't burn.

"No. For now, we wait. It's not time yet."

"When will it be time?" Another figure asked. He was leaning against a tree, arms crossed, and foot tapping impatiently.

"When it's appropriate for them to know who we really are. The time will come."

"So what now?" A figure laying down on a tree branch asked.

"We pack up, scatter, pull out, and meet at the next target." The figures nose smelled the now finished steak. "But first, we eat."

The six figures ate all the meat quickly. Then, five of them disappeared in the darkness of the forest. The six one, the one who had been watching them, looked back in the direction of Twilight's castle.

"Death will attack the ones who deserve it, but will defend itself from those who attack. Please don't force my hand." The figure clenched his fist and closed his eyes. "I don't want to kill you, dashie. You and your friends are the only other things I have left." With that, he plunged into the darkness, leaving the fire blazing in the dark forest.