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SADIE WAS RIGHT. THIS WAS A SWEET RIDE. SHE normally exaggerates amazing things, so I didn't expect much. [Oh, yes you do.]

The driver wasn't very talkative, or nice, for that matter. She was silent most of the time and really straightforward, so I sat in the back twiddling my thumbs most of the time. She didn't seem too happy about Walt and his fur didn't help improve her mood. She told me to keep 'that fur ball of dirtiness that might ruin the seats' put away in my bag at all times. She frowned at my suitcase, and told me it looked like a mouse nest. It seemed as if she would be blunt about all my faults the entire trip, but she shut up most of the way. When we pulled up to her mistress's mansion of a house, the front door swung open to reveal a really cute purple haired teenager in slim jeans and a revealing lavender blouse. She greeted me with a warm smile and ushered me up-stairs to a rainbow colored bedroom occupied by another cute purple and pink haired teenager, my sister and…

A horse?

"Hi, Sadie. Why's there a horse in the room?"

"Hello to you too, dear brother. This is my friend I came to help, Ruth Diane."

Oh, wow. "She does have a serious problem. Can she talk?"

"Yes, but just-neigh-barely so," neighed the horse, Ruth Diane or whatever.

"Oh, am I interrupting?" A quiet and shy sounding voice wondered.

I turned around to see who spoke. It was another cute teenager with weird hair. Man, I had too many choices!

This young girl had pink hair and a yellow sundress. Her eyes were big, blue and curious. Her nose was small and so were her lips. Her face was rounded, but pointed slightly at the end. She had a very small build. Her voice barely made it above a whisper.

"Oh, no, Fawn, you're fine. But how did you get in?" asked the purple and pink haired girl.

The small girl quivered and so did her voice as she answered, "Well, the d-d-door was o-o-open so I-I-I-"

"You're fine," the purple and pink haired girl assured her. "I just wondered."

"Well, I'll be jiggered. Ruth Diane, is that you?" A Western accented voice broke through the silence Fawn's voice gave.

Another teenager stood against the door. This teenager didn't have dyed hair, but she stuck out just like the others did, but in a different way.

She bore a cowboy style of hat tilted on her blond hair that was tied back in a braid. She wore a red checkered shirt, brown slacks and cowboy boots. She was attractive in a wild sort of way.

"Hi, ya'll. I don't reckon I know all o' ya folks. Why don't ya'll introduce me ta ya."

The purple and pink haired girl sighed. "for those who don't know, this is Annie Jaklyn, or, I guess, AJ. Any questions?"

I raised my hand. "One. Who are the rest of you?"

The purple and pink haired girl sighed again. " I'm Twilight Sparkle." Why did that sound familiar? " That's Rachel, that's Fawn, and this is AJ. Any more questions?"

Then I remembered.

"Twilight Sparkle!" I shouted. Fawn jumped.

"Twilight, do you know someone named Walt Stone?" I asked the startled girl.

She nodded very slowly. "Yes. We practiced…magic together. A few years back." She looked alarmed. "Did something happen to him? Is he O.K.?"

"well…," I showed her Walt the weasel. He squeaked once and showed no more interest in her.

"He mentioned you just before he…transformed." Then I remembered something. "Sadie, Walt told me to give this to you." I handed her the blue and gray* amulet Walt had given me. She looked at it and put it on. Then she noticed my necklace. "You too, then?" she asked, nodding at it.

"Yep," I answered. "Walt said to contact Twilight Sparkle. Did you have something to tell me about?" I turned my attention to Twilight.

"Yes, I do." She said.

"First, I'm really thirsty. Do you have any water?"

"Yep," she said, pointing behind me. "In the kitchen downstairs. Hurry."

I turned around to find a bright, round, and cheerful face right next to mine.