I sigh, “I don’t like this, she said she would be alone, why send this guy ahead of her without telling us?”

“Oh come on, like you said, she’s probably just as scared as us. You know… one of us is going to have to make the first move. And it’s not going to be Starbreezer, so it’s going to be either you or me.”

I nod slowly, “Yeah, but—”

“DIBS!” Pinkie leaps out of the bush and bounces towards the man.

No! I watch helplessly as she goes towards him by herself. The guy is typing something on his phone and doesn’t see the pink mare bouncing towards him, but it’s only a matter of time.

I move out of the bushes and gallop after Pinkie; I’m about two-thirds of the way to the strange man when he casually looks up to see Pinkie bouncing about five feet away from him. “Hi there mister, I’m Pinkie Pie!!”

“What the ffffuuuuu—!”