“I wasn’t looking at the water when it happened,” she began. “I heard a loud report, and turned to see a column of water fly into the air, carrying pieces of the raft with it. Since I’m the fastest, we’d already decided to have me report to Canterlot, and Soarin was going to report to the Element bearers.” She paused, stretching her wings. “We both launched at about the same time as the pegasus recon team, figuring that if there were an attack we might be missed in the confusion.”