The next morning Fluttershy was done. She turned to the rest. “Ok. So the animal is a gray tabby cat. He didn’t take any serious injury. Just scared.”
Twilight, who had sat down, stood up and tilted her head. “How is that possible?”
“Maybe it’s because this train doesn’t have a plow.” the conductor, who’d mentioned her name was Steam Sprocket, responded.
Rainbow Dash asked, “I thought Twilight or Fluttershy would have noticed that.”
Twilight responded “Yeah, but you know how dark it was, and it was even darker outside.” Twilight raised her left hoof. “Wait, why doesn’t the train have a plow?”
Steam Sprocket, who’d started to stand back up, sat back down. “It’s extremely dangerous! What if a pony were on the track? At slower speeds it would merely push him or her to the side, but at greater spee-”
Applejack firmly placed her hoof against Sprocket’s mouth, cutting her off and pushing her back into a sitting position. “I think we get the picture."
Fluttershy nodded. “There being no plow would make sense. The cat was at most skimmed.”
AJ paused, “Then why did it take yall so long?”
“Well, I needed to get him to wake up, then check every bone and joint.”
Pinkie Pie, who had been bouncing with nervousness, stopped and stood still for once. “Wait! Didn’t you say he was injured though?”
“Not seriously, no, he has some minor bone fractures which will take a few weeks, but nothing permanent.”
Spike walked over. “Well, who’s cat is it?”
“There’s a collar. Most of the address is scrapped off... but what I can read says it's up ahead in Rowan Oak.”
Sprocket stood up. “Well, we’re near the town. We should still be able to reach it on time.”
Twilight shouted. “Wait!”
“What is it?”
“One of the wheels has come derailed. We need to fix it first.”
“Ok. You go fix it. I’ll check that the engine wasn’t damaged.”
“Ok. Rainbow, you help me.”
“Why me?” Rainbow retorted.
“Because you can fly and Fluttershy can work best with the cat. Now come along!”
A few minutes later, the train was chugging along towards Rowan Oak again.