forest, and making up a story that Rainbow Dash was called back to Cloudsdale regarding a great importance.

She wasn't sure how long her story would last, but it was the only way to get away with what she'd done.

She flew over to the body, and took Rainbow Dash my the shoulders, raising her from the bed and managing to carry her out of the room.

Making sure that nopony was around to see, she dragged the corpse out behind her cottage, and off into the Everfree forest.

There she found a murky lake, and she let the gassed-out Rainbow Dash fall into it, the body submerging into the water with bubbles of air escaping from her various cavities.

Time passed, and Fluttershy managed to cover her tracks.

After these two days, thesmell had not completely gone from her bed, but it had diffused to the point where the smell was not overbearing.

Fluttershy was in the town square with her friends, explaining herfalse story to them.

"So you're sayin' she up and left?" Applejack inquired, confused at the story Fluttershy had provided.

"Yes. I don't know why, but she just... Left. Said it was important."

"I'm sure she'll write and let us know." Twilight added, trying to raise the overall morale of the group.

"Course she will!" Applejack laughed.

"I'm starvin', what would you girls say to some lunch?"

The group arose into a chorus of agreement, all evidently very hungry too.

"They just opened a new restaurant on the outskirts of town, the food is really good I hear." Twilight suggested.

"What's it called?" Pinkie chimed in.

"Bronco