Note Pad sat back down next to Derpy, who put her book down once more upon his arrival.

"When we depart, where are we going to begin looking?" she asked.

"I'm not entirely sure," said Note Pad. "Scarlet mentioned a brother of hers in Canterlot. We can start there."

Derpy nodded. "But how are we going to find him?"

"Well," said Note Pad. "How hard could it be to find a Mister Letter?"

Derpy smiled. "Oh! We're also lucky she kept her maiden name!"

"Yeah," chuckled Note. "We got lucky there."

Derpy turned and opened the window behind her, peeking her head through.

"I can see Canterlot!" she said.

Note Pad smiled. "Great. We're practically there."

Several minutes later, Derpy and Note Pad exited the train with everypony else, getting off at the station. Derpy yawned and Note Pad cracked his neck.

"We're looking for a Mister Letter," said Note Pad. "Scarlet's brother."

"We could ask Princess Celestia!" exclaimed Derpy. Everypony still at the station gave her odd looks.

"Please don't be so loud," groaned Note Pad, putting a hoof to his forehead. "And no, we don't need to see the princess. Phone books exist for a reason."

"A phone... book...?" asked Derpy.

"Oh come on, I know not everypony has a phone, but filthy rich ponies like the Scarlet family sure do." explained Note.

Derpy tilted her head. "Um..."

Note Pad stared blankly. "You've never seen somepony use a phone?"

"My cousin Ditzy has one I think..." said Derpy Hooves, staring into space.

Note Pad turned without saying a word and walked away from the station, off towards the main shops in town.

"H-Hey!" said Derpy. "Wait!"

Back in Ponyville, all was not right. A saddened pink party pony was moping around and sighing to herself, seated alone at Sugarcube Corner.

Rarity walked in, expecting her friends. Instead she found Pinkie Pie and decided to cheer her up. After all, what are friends for?

"Pinkie, dear, why are you upset?" asked Rarity. "A fresh batch of cupcakes always cheers ME up. In fact, you should make me some right now!"

Rarity smiled for her friend, but Pinkie just huffed.

"I miss being a detective, Rarity."

Rarity was puzzled. "I beg pardon?"

"Derpy and I were detectives you know, until she got back with that red stallion," said Pinkie. Rarity perked up at the mention of Note Pad.

"It's been so long since I've been a detective..." said Pinkie. "I still have that watch I bought with Derpy in case she wants me to be her partner again..."

Rarity frowned. "I'm sorry Pinkie, but Derpy is off somewhere else, parading around with that... handsome, rugged red stallion..."

Pinkie was sure she saw Rarity lick her lips, but she disregarded it as her friend being weird at the mention of Note Pad again.

"I know, I know," said Pinkie. "But I hope she gets back soon so we can fight more criiiiime."

"What crime did you fight the first time with Derpy?" asked Rarity.

Pinkie shook her hoof dismissively. "That's not important... I'm just soooo boooored..."

Rarity thought for a moment. "If you want, perhaps you could be a detective too? Here in Ponyville while Derpy is away?"

Pinkie gasped. "That could work! But I'll need a sidekick!"

Pinkie grinned widely at Rarity.

"What, me?" Rarity asked. "Oh, no no no no no no no, Pinkie, I'm much too busy for that."

"You're right," said Pinkie. "I need someone cool..."

Rarity looked insulted, to say the least.

"I think I know who can be my partner!" said Pinkie.

"No," said Vinyl Scratch, one of Equestria's most well-known DJs.

"Oh come on!" said Pinkie, giving a sad face. "How cool does The Adventures of Pinkie and DJ PON3 sound?"

"It sounds cool I guess," said Vinyl. "But I'm a busy pony, Pinkie. I promised my fans I'd put out an album by the end of the month."

Pinkie scrunched her face. "You didn't say WHICH month!"

Vinyl stared blankly while Pinkie gave a face that looked like this:

:D

The DJ pony giggled and sighed. "You know, Lyra told me about your little adventure with her and Derpy. That crazy pony can't even fly straight, how is she going to solve crimes?"

"Derpy's a good detective! She told me herself!" said Pinkie.

"But why would I want to be one?" asked Vinyl. "Sorry Pinks, that just ain't my style. I couldn't even beat LA Noire."

Pinkie frowned. "Okay..."

"Don't look so down," said Vinyl. "I'm sure there's other ponies more than happy to help you."

"Okay," repeated Pinkie. "Well at least I asked. Seeya Vinyl! Try to finish LA Noire!"

"No!" said Vinyl with a smile, waving goodbye as Pinkie left.

Pinkie Pie walked over to Fluttershy's cottage and softly knocked on the door. After a bit of waiting, Fluttershy opened the door and smiled softly at her friend.

"Hi Pinkie Pie," said Pinkie's introverted friend.

"Hiya Fluttershy!" said Pinkie. "Do I have an idea for you!"

Note Pad sat with Derpy as they flipped through the phone book.

"Letter, look for Letter," said Note Pad.

"Yeah," replied Derpy. "L..."

The duo stared into the L section of the phone book, hoping they would find a phone number of sorts for Scarlet's relative.

"He..." began Note Pad. "He's not in here..."

"I thought you said Scarlet's family had phones!" said Derpy.

"Well apparently not everyone!" replied Note Pad with a raised voice.

Derpy shrunk back with a surprised expression. Note Pad sighed.

"Sorry..." he said.

She glanced away. At least he's apologizing more often... she thought. Derpy flipped through the pages aimlessly.

"Maybe it's by first name..." she said, going to random pages in the phone book.

"Don't be ridiculous," said Note Pad. "Can't you see? It's..."

Note Pad stopped, and put his hoof over Derpy's, holding the page she was on so that she wouldn't change it. His eyes went over the same line and number that they had caught, his eyes wide as they could be behind his sunglasses.

Candi Swirl's Candy Shop, East Canterlot.

His stiffened and couldn't move his eyes away from the text, almost certain his mind was playing tricks on him. Slowly, he moved his hoof off of Derpy's and pointed to the line that he was looking at.

"What does that say...?" he said simply.

Derpy looked. "Candi Swirl's Candy Shop? I like the sound of that. It sounds tasty." Her expression brightened. "Can we go there?! I could go for some candy!"

"Yeah..." said Note Pad in an almost catatonic state. "Yeah we can go there... we can go there right now..."

"I can't wait!" said Derpy, flapping her wings in anticipation. "I wonder what kind of candy they have!"

Note Pad blinked, and slowly rubbed his forehead.

"This can't be real... this has to be too good to be true..."

Derpy stopped and looked at him. "Huh? What do you mean?"

Can she really be here? thought Note Pad. Is it really true?